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Male Gender is independently associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among sputum and non-sputum producers people with presumptive tuberculosis in Southwestern Uganda
Yap Boum1, 3Email author,
Daniel Atwine1,
Patrick Orikiriza1,
Justus Assimwe4,
Anne-Laure Page2,
Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire1, 3 and
Maryline Bonnet2
© Boum II et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
Little is known about the association between gender and risk of TB infection. We sought to assess the impact of gender on TB prevalence among people with presumptive tuberculosis at a regional referral hospital in a high TB and HIV prevalence setting.
We analyzed data from two diagnostic TB studies conducted in rural, southwestern Uganda. People with presumptive tuberculosis were evaluated by chest X-ray, fluorescence microscopy, TB culture, and HIV testing. Our primary outcome of interest was TB infection, as defined by a positive TB culture. Our primary explanatory variable of interest was gender. We fit univariable and multivariable logistic regression models to investigate associations between TB infection and gender, before and after adjusting or possible confounding factors, including ability to produce sputum, age and residence.
Between April 2010 and September 2012, 863 people with presumptive tuberculosis (PWPTB) were enrolled in the two studies at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in Uganda. Among them 664 (76.9%) were able to produce sputum. X-ray was suggestive of TB for 258 (66.5%) of males and 175 (44.8%) of female (p < 0.001). using microscopy 84 (20%) of males and 48 (10.9%) of females were diagnosed with TB (p < 0.001) while 122 (30.3%) of males and 76 (18.4%) of females were diagnosed with TB (p < 0.001) using TB culture.
In multivariable logistic regression models, the odds of having TB was higher in males than females (AOR 2.2 (1.56-3.18 95% CI°, P < 0.001), after adjustment for age, HIV status, ability to produce sputum, and residence.
In Southwestern Uganda, TB prevalence is higher among male than female people with presumptive TB. The increased risk of TB among males is independent of other TB risk factors. These findings emphasize the need for gender-focused interventions aimed at reducing TB transmission.
String test
Sputum induction
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the global male to female prevalence ratio of tuberculosis (TB) is 1.85 [1]. This gender imbalance increases with age and may have implications in the management of TB [1].While the causes of gender imbalance in TB diagnosis remain unclear and vary among countries, most published studies on the association between gender and TB have not assessed different possible contributing factors in the same setting. To our knowledge, no studies have examined gender differences in non-sputum-producers, mainly HIV infected patients, to assess the effect of gender on TB diagnosis in this population. Moreover, there are no published data on TB prevalence by gender in Southwestern Uganda, a high TB and HIV prevalence setting [2],[3].
We determined the prevalence of culture confirmed tuberculosis among men and women presenting to a regional referral hospital in southwestern Ugandan with presumptive tuberculosis (PWPTB) and we assessed the effect of gender on the diagnosis of TB.
We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected in two cross-sectional diagnostic studies: 1) a study that evaluated the performance of colorimetric culture methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis [4] ("colorimetric study") and 2) a study that assessed the detection yield of alternative specimen collection methods (the "string test study") in patients unable to produce sputum [5].
Both studies consecutively recruited participants from the outpatient department (OPD) and the HIV clinic (Immune Suppression Syndrome [ISS] Clinic) at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). Patients were eligible if they reported a cough lasting more than two weeks and were older than 15 years of age. Patients able to produce at least 1 mL of sputum were enrolled in the colorimetric study and patients with less than 1 mL of sputum or who were unable to produce sputum spontaneously were included in the string test study. In addition, patients without cough but with unexplained weight loss, fever or recent chest x-ray showing radiological features compatible with PTB and who could not produce sputum were eligible for participation in the string test study. Participants were excluded if they had more than seven days of anti-TB treatment prior to enrollment and/or if they were too sick to comply with the sputum induction procedure of the string test study.
Study procedures
Socio-demographic characteristics specifically age, gender and residence, were collected using a standardized questionnaire which was administered in the local language. Participants underwent a physical examination by a clinical officer to record data on duration and nature of signs and symptoms. Participants were tested for HIV using the algorithm recommended by the Ugandan Ministry of Health STD/AIDS Control Program [4]. Finally, all participants had an antero-posterior chest X-ray. Chest x-ray images were interpreted by study clinicians according to a predetermined pictorial tick sheet with quality control by the hospital radiologist and reported as: "normal", "abnormal, possible TB", or "highly suggestive of TB". For this analysis, we considered the latter as radiographic evidence of TB.
For patients enrolled in the colorimetric study [4], two sputum samples were collected including one at the time of enrollment and a second the following morning. For patients enrolled in the string test study [5], participants swallowed a weighted gelatin capsule filled with 90 cm of nylon string (Entero-test®, HDC Corporation, San Jose, California, USA), which was retrieved after 2 hours followed by a sputum induction using 5% hypertonic saline solution nebulized for a maximum of 20 minutes. Two samples were collected during two consecutive days.
Each collected specimen was processed by auramine LED-fluorescence microscopy (on fresh sputum and sediment sample after string test and sputum induction) [4] and TB culture, using both Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) tubes and a manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, USA) [4],[5]. Observation of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) under the fluorescent microscope was considered a positive smear result, and observation of growth suggestive of TB on/in TB selective media and confirmed by biochemical/serological tests was considered a positive culture result.
Patient,' specimen characteristics, and test results were summarized by gender, and compared using chi-square test for categorical variables and t-test or rank-sum non-parametric tests for continuous variables. We defined our primary outcome of interest as a culture diagnosis of TB. Our primary explanatory variable of interest was gender. Secondary predictors included age, HIV serostatus, productive versus non-productive cough, urban versus rural residence, presence or absence of a chest x-ray highly suggestive of TB, sputum volume (greater than or less than 1 mL [6], and macroscopic specimen appearance (mucopurulent/purulent or mucoid/mucosalivary/salivary/bloody versus not). We fitted univariable and multivariable logistic regression models to assess for relationships between gender and our outcome of interest, before and after adjustment for confounding variables.
Data was analyzed with STATA, version 11 (StataCorp, College Station, Texas, USA). A confidence level of 95% was deemed as statistically significant.
Both study protocols were approved by the CPP Ile de France, the Mbarara University Faculty of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Committee and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology. All participants gave written informed consent.
Participant's enrollment and characteristics
A total of 863 participants were enrolled in the two studies April 2010 and September 2012, and were included in this analyses. 664 participants (76.9%) were enrolled in the colorimetric study and 199 (23.1%) in the string study (Figure 1).
Study profile (*PWPTB patient with presumptive tuberculosis). Number of patients enrolled in the study, results by diagnosis tools with the proportion of positive results among the general population and the percentage of males in the patients with a positive result.
We enrolled 441 (51%) female participants. Female PWPTB were younger than males, had a higher prevalence of HIV sero-positivity and were less likely to have chest X-ray results suggestive of pulmonary TB than males (Table 1). There were no differences in other socio-demographic or clinical characteristics by gender.
Patient characteristics and by gender
Total n (%)
Sputum producers
Non sputum producers
Age in years (N = 852)
mean (SD)
39.7 (13.9)
Age categories in years (N = 852)
HIV positive, N = 820 (%)
Residence (N = 860)
X-ray ,N = 779 (%)
Suggestive of TB
Non suggestive of TB
Specimens' characteristics, microscopy and culture results
Sputum specimen characteristics were similar between males and females (Table 1). Significantly more males than females had positive TB microscopy (84/421 [20%] versus 48/441 [11%], P < 0.001, Table 2).
Specimens' characteristics and laboratory results by gender and study
Colorimetric study (sputum producers)
Sputum volume (n = 689) More than 1 ml
Sputum Quality (n = 681) Purulent-mucopurulent
Microscopy (N = 664) Positive
TB Culture (N = 618) Positive
Xray (N = 605) suggestive
< 0.001
String test and sputum induction study (non sputum producers)
Both studies
Males were more likely to have a positive AFB sputum smear, and more likely to have high grade (2+/3+) smear results (Table 2, Figures 2 and 3). Males were also more likely to have a positive TB culture (30.3% versus 18.4%, P = 0.001, Table 2). This was true both for those who produced sputum and those who could not produce sputum. Of the participants with smear-negative results, the males were more likely to have culture positive TB (males: 40/318, 12.6%, versus females: 29/367, 7.9%; P = 0.043).
Proportion of X-ray suggestive of TB and TB positive results by microscopy and culture stratified by gender. The right column represents the proportion of male, the middle column represent the proportion of female and the left column the proportion of both in the general population.
Proportions of microscopy results by gender in sputum producers with presumptive TB. The right column represents the proportion of male, the middle column represent the proportion of female and the left column the proportion of both in the general population.
In univariable models gender, age, X-ray and microscopy were associated with a diagnosis of TB by culture. In multivariable models, gender remained significant (AOR 2.2 95%CI [1.56-3.18]). We also found independent associations with a TB diagnosis for age (Table 3).
Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for the relationship between gender and TB culture positivity (N = 779)
AOR (95% CI)
1.9 (1.40-2.69)
Age (categories in years)
575 (139.3-2378.9)
Type of cough
Non-productive
HIV status
In a prospective cohort of people with presumptive tuberculosis at a regional hospital in rural Uganda, male people with presumptive tuberculosis were twice as likely to be diagnosed with culture positive TB compared to females. Although the proportion of males and females seeking care was similar, males represented the majority of culture confirmed TB patients irrespective of their ability to produce sputum, the sputum volume and quality and the HIV status.
Our data are in agreement with data from other settings, which also demonstrate a higher proportion of males with TB culture confirmed compared to women and a higher prevalence of TB in young women [7]-[11].
TB prevalence in males versus females varies widely among countries, and in some areas prevalence is higher among women. In Pakistan, the majority of TB patients across all age groups are females [12], and in Peru a higher prevalence of TB was found in women of reproductive age compared to males in the same age range [13].These countries are an exception, however. In Africa and Eastern Europe males seem to represent the majority of adult patients with TB [14]-[16]. In fact the figures are higher in Eastern Europe than African countries with prevalence as high as 66% and 88% in Uzbekistan and Belarus respectively [7],[8].
Various reasons have been suggested to explain this gender imbalance in TB prevalence. Less access to health care for women, and therefore more unreported TB, has been mentioned in many countries [2],[15],[17], and the potentially less sensitive screening and diagnosis strategies for women [15] has led to underestimation of TB in women [15]. Another contributing factor suggested is the higher prevalence of HIV among women in many countries. The paucibacillary nature of pulmonary TB that is common in high HIV prevalence settings leads to an increased proportion of microscopy smear negative results. Therefore any gender disparities in HIV prevalence setting are likely to be reflected in TB detection because of the association of HIV with a reduced performance of TB diagnostic tests, especially microscopy [18]. Reliance on microscopy for diagnosing TB in most resource-limited settings could underestimate the TB burden in women who are more likely to be HIV infected than men and typically produce a lower quality of sputum specimen [18].Other explanations such as social behaviors among men and the difference between male and female susceptibility to TB have also been mentioned [19],[20].
It is unlikely that test characteristics could explain the difference we found in TB detection by gender. We used highly sensitive methods for diagnosing pulmonary TB based on the combination of solid and liquid culture methods [21] and on the use of alternative specimen collection methods when patients were unable to produce sputum. Therefore, it is very unlikely that the difference of prevalence of TB between men and women is due to under TB diagnosis in women. The use of culture increased the detection of TB as described by Lawson et al. in Nigeria [16], who reported similar performance of culture among males and females [16]. In agreement with previous studies women tend to have less smear-positive pulmonary TB than men. The association between the quality of sputum specimen and the performance of smear-microscopy is well known and could explain partially the gender imbalance among smear positive TB patients, because men tend to produce a better sputum than women [18]. However, in contrast to other studies, in our study there was no difference in volume or quality of sputum specimen between men and women. Moreover the proportion of men having TB remains significantly higher than females in non-sputum producers (33.7% Vs 18.4% respectively, p = 0.014).
It is likely that differences in health seeking behaviors are at least partially responsible for the gender-based difference in TB detection we demonstrated. While we did not find a difference in district of residence (as a surrogate of distance to health center), many factors can explain differences in access to health care between men and women, including stigmatization and social factors were not assessed in our study. It has been observed in several settings that women have better health-seeking behaviors compared to men and that men have more advanced symptoms by the time they seek healthcare [22],[23]. Similar differences in HIV serostatus, presentation to HIV care, HIV-related mortality have been found by gender [24]. This is likely to be the same in our setting. Indeed, the bacterial load and the proportion of suggestive chest X-ray were significantly higher among men than women, which suggests a late stage of the disease most likely due to late presentation for health care services [18]. Moreover males represent 85% of patients admitted in the TB ward of Mbarara Hospital, where patients are admitted at a late stage of the disease and require higher level of care, hence confirming our finding (Unpublished data).
Unexpectedly, HIV infection was not associated with TB culture positive results, yet TB is more prevalent among HIV-positive people [8] and MTB detection is known to be less sensitive in HIV infected patients than the HIV non infected [19]. The association between gender and culture results was the same in HIV infected and non-infected patients. Similar findings were described by Lawson et al. in Nigeria [16] with smear microscopy among women. However, in their study, HIV-infected males were less likely to have positive smears than HIV-negative males.
The study has some limitations. First, it focused on patients referred to a regional referral hospital, which might not reflect the same population of people who access health care in rural areas, and might reflect care for those who have been referred on after failure of local therapy or diagnostics. Indeed, an important proportion of the population of Southwestern Uganda does not reach the regional hospital and seeks care in peripheral health centers. Therefore, a higher proportion of women with TB could be potentially diagnosed in more remote facilities. Nevertheless, data from all health centers of the region suggest that this is not the case: males represented 65% of the 4438 TB cases detected in the Southwestern region during the period of our study, which is similar to the proportion of male among culture positive patients in the study (61.6%). (Asiimwe Justus, personal communication). Secondly, the study did not include any information to assess health seeking behavior and access to health services between men and women as potential factors that could explain differences we found.
In Southwestern Uganda, we found significantly higher odds of a diagnosis of TB among male people with presumptive tuberculosis. This difference was independent of age, HIV-serostatus, and residence. The higher prevalence of TB in men attending the TB clinic is not due to under-diagnosis in women and seems to be related to delayed diagnosis of TB in men, most likely due to late presentation. These findings emphasize the need for research on understanding social and potential biological determinants of higher prevalence of TB in men and to identify the barriers faced by men in seeking TB healthcare in the early stage of TB. Gender based interventions, such as TB health education targeting men or active screening of TB in men should be pursued. Our data also highlight the need for more targeted interventions in young women, who are at high risk of transmitting TB to children and, re-emphasize the need for TB contact tracing.
We would like to thank the patients who have participated in the two studies used to perform this analysis and the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for allowing Epicentre team to carry out these studies. We are also grateful to Yolanda Muller, Patricia Kahn, to FHI 360's Mario Chen, Laura Philips, Kenneth Schultz and Suzanne Fischer for their support in the preparation of this manuscript. We thank Victoria Katawera and Mark Siedner, for their critical review of the manuscript.
YB JMA conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript. YB AD performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. MB AJ PO ALP participated in statistical analysis and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Epicentre Mbarara, Mbarara, Uganda
Epicentre, Paris, France
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A: So as it turns out, it was a server-related issue beyond my control. The guys dealing with the server setup did something weird.
I had two copies of the source, one just for my own testing and one for everyone to use and build from. The files from my copies were basically overwriting everything whenever you wanted to make a build in the main general build area.

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Lodge 669 finished their year 2017 Charity fundraising drive with a grand total of £2,682 donated to a range of charities and to our Lodge widows.
Diabetes UK NI, Autism NI, Belfast Masonic Charity Fund included.
The W. Master in 2017 W. Bro. Luis Fred Presbitero thanked everyone for their immense support and generosity.
He asked the Brethren the give the same support to W. Bro. Romeo Godines, our Worshipful Master for 2018, and already that is happening!
Donations have been made so far in 2018 to Belfast Masonic Charity Fund and Action Cancer totaling almost £1,000.
Diabetes UK will be the next charity recipient after our summer Filipino Festive event 23rd June in 45 Club, Park Avenue, Belfast, and our Ladies Night formal dinner dance on 20th October at the Park Avenue Hotel, Holywood Road, Belfast.


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Breaking… Edo Assembly Members-Elect seats Declared Vacant
Speaker, Frank Okiye
Confirmed reports indicate that the fleeing members-elect of Edo State House of Assembly have had their seats declared vacant by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Frank Okiye in accordance with the House Rules.
The long awaited decision was taken this Wednesday 4, 2019 in Benin City, the State capital.
It will be recall that some elected members have refused themselves to be inaugurated into the House since June when the Assembly was proclaimed by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The sacked members-elect stayed off and were camped in Abuja, thereby abdicating their role as representatives of their constituent.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is expected to conduct election into the vacant positions in 90days.
Godwin Obaseki Deserves Second Term – President Buhari
BREAKING… EFCC: Orji Kalu Convicted for Fraud, Bags 12 Years Jail
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Чорново ( или Φυτιά, Фития, до 1926 Τσόρνοβον, Цорновон) е село в Република Гърция, дем Бер (Верия), област Централна Македония.

География
Селото е разположено на 480 m надморска височина в източните склонове на планината Каракамен (Вермио), на 12 km северозападно от демовия център Бер (Верия) и на 10 югозападно от село Янчища (Агиос Геогриос).

История

В Османската империя
Църквата "Свети Атанасий" е от XVIII век и в 1969 година е обявена за паметник на културата. В XIX век Чорново е село в Берска каза на Османската империя. Александър Синве ("Les Grecs de l'Empire Ottoman. Etude Statistique et Ethnographique") в 1878 година пише, че в Чернова (Tchernova), Берска епархия, живеят 250 гърци. В 1900 година според Васил Кънчов ("Македония. Етнография и статистика") в селото живеят 280 българи християни. По данни на секретаря на Българската екзархия Димитър Мишев ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne") в 1905 година в Чорново (Tchornovo) има 384 българи патриаршисти.

В 1910 година в Чорново (Τσόρνοβον) има 550 жители патриаршисти.

При преброяването в 1912 година селото е отбелязано с език македонски и религия християнска.

В Гърция
През Балканската война в 1912 година в селото влизат гръцки части и след Междусъюзническата в 1913 година Чорново остава в Гърция. При преброяването от 1913 година в селото има 334 мъже и 305 жени.

В 1926 година селото е прекръстено на Фития. В 1987 година Спирос Лукатос посочва "език на жителите гръцки" (γλώσσα κατοίκων ελληνική).

Населението произвежда овошки, пшеница и други земеделски култури. Тъй като селото е полупланинско, е развито и скотовъдството.

Личности
 Родени в Чорново
  Антониос Апостолу Галициос (Αντώνιος Γκαλίτσιος του Απόστολου), гръцки андартски деец, четник
  Антониос Докас (Αντώνιος Ντόκας), гръцки андартски деец, четник
  Атанасиос Пагонис (Αθανάσιος Παγώνης), гръцки андартски деец, четник при Василиос Ставропулос, укрива и оръжие в дома си
  Георгиос Докас (Γεώργιος Ντόκας), гръцки андартски деец, четник
  Димитриос Тоцикас (Δημήτριος Τότσικας), гръцки андартски деец, четник при Георгиос Франгакос в Ениджевардарското езеро, воюва срещу българи и румънската пропаганда
  Йоанис Докас (Ιωάννης Ντόκας), гръцки андартски деец, четник
  Николаос Теодоропулос (Νικόλαος Θεοδωρόπουλος), гръцки андартски деец, четник при Георгиос Франгакос, борец срещу румънската пропаганда
  Николаос Халадзукас (Νικόλαος Χαλατζούκας), гръцки андартски деец, четник
  Никос Зьогалас (р. 1953), гръцки певец
  Томас Зьогас (Θωμάς Ζιώγας), гръцки андартски деец, агент от трети ред, четник при Константинос Гарефис и Емануил Кацигарис, борец срещу румънската пропаганда
  Томас Мармарас (Θωμάς Μαρμαράς), гръцки андартски деец, четник при капитан Тасу (Бомботас) в района Бер-Кумария-Ксироливадо срещу румънската пропаганда, работи и с Георгиос Франгакос и Василиос Ставропулос

Бележки

Села в дем Бер

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Frederic Lefebvre, new Minister for SMEs, has today announced at the National Assembly that CFE will be cancelled for auto entrepreneurs with NO turnover. The 70 000 auto entrepreneurs with no turnover declared having received a CFE bill will be exonerated. Those having already paid their bill will be reimbursed. The pressure is still on, notably from the FEDAE, to change the law and set up a CFE based according to the auto entrepreneurs turnover. No statements have been made on this issue yet.
The last couple of weeks have seen an increasing negative buzz growing about the CFE (former Taxe Professionnelle) for auto-entrepreneurs. Many threads and blog entries have been published on French and English forums about the CFE for auto-entrepreneurs. The Federation Des Auto Entrepreneurs (FEDAE) has also decided to lodge a formal complaint to the Government and is trying to change the law, so auto-entrepreneurs with no turnover would not pay the CFE.
What is CET and CFE?
As a reminded, the Taxe Professionnelle, a local tax paid by businesses to local authorities, was axed on 1st January 2010 and replaced by Contribution Economique Territoriale (CET). The CET tax is divided bewteen: Cotisation sur la Valeur Ajoutée des Entreprises (CVAE), a contribution based on your business' added value (only paid by larger businesses with a turnover over 152 500€) and Cotisation Financière des Entreprises (CFE), a taxed based on your office, workshop, equipement and the town you live in. Auto entrepreneurs are only liable to CFE in their second year in business, if they have not otped for the income tax paid at source (impot liberatoire). And this is where the confusing situation starts.
Auto-entrepreneurs who did not opt for the income tax paid at source or impot liberatoire ARE liable to CFE from their second year in business. In this respect the way the government communicated on Auto-Entrepeneur with no sales = no taxes was misleading. Unless you opted for impot liberatoire or income tax paid at source, the CFE is due. Most people do not realise that the Auto-entrepreneur is a full blown business and therefore is liable to extra taxes such as CFE.
If the CFE is higher than the income tax, it is worth opting for the income tax at source. If the CFE is lower, you are better of not opting and paying this tax.
Gregoire Leclerc, President of the Federation Des Auto Entrepreneurs (FEDAE) has written an open letter to Frederic Lefebvre, new Minister for small businesses. In this letter, he asks to cancel the CFE for businesses with no turnover in 2009 and 2010. He also requests for the 1st year exoneration to be implemented as it should (many auto entrepreneurs received a bill, while they should benefit from an exoneration in year one). Finally he asks for the CFE to be indexed on the auto-entrepeneurs' turnover.


We pride ourselves on our commitment to customer satisfaction and consider our customers part of the Merrill Sheet Metal Works family. In fact, the many positive customer reviews we have received for our heating, air conditioning and HVAC equipment installations are the main reason for our success since 1913.
Our experience with Merrill Sheet Metal Works began when Bill came to our home to discuss our gas furnace options. He was very polite and pleasant. We felt completely comfortable as we discussed the process of taking out the old oil furnace, tank, etc. Next, Dylan and Jamie came to our home, took out the old oil furnace, and installed the new gas furnace. They were courteous, and left the entire work area in our basement clean and neat. No one would ever guess that so much work had taken place. When showing us how to use our new thermostat, they took off their shoes without being asked. Surely they noted our cream-colored carpets—we have a shoeless household—so we were very appreciative of their polite behavior. Both were easy to engage with in conversation, and at all times, were pleasant to have on the premises. They are fine, young men. Several days later, Matt came to our home because we had additional questions, and he, too, was very polite and patient in his clarifications. Thank you, Merrill Sheet Metal team!
Bill and Merrill Sheet Metal Crew, Just want to say thank you for all you have done for me to get my gas furnace installed. We communicated weekly for the past six weeks because of the wet April and not being able to drive across the grass to load up the outdoor wood furnace and install the propane tank. Your crew worked for two full days and did everything I asked them to do. I appreciate the highly professional workers at Merrill Sheet Metal and recommend their services. Thank you again!
To everyone at Merrill Sheet Metal, We want to thank you so much for your kindness. From the initial assessment to installation, your company and those working for it have been so kind, informative, and a pleasure to work with every step of the way. My husband and I are thrilled with the service we received. Keep up the good work and God bless.
We had our furnace, etc., checked for fall/winter a few days ago by Merrill Sheet Metal. The work was done thoroughly and professionally, and we are happy with the result.
Merrill Sheet Metal Works came in to install a new mini split system for my new office. Their service and product exceeded my every expectation. I honestly can't think of a single thing I was the slightest bit dissatisfied with.
Great team. Really nice guys.
Thank you Ellis, Mike and Kurt — all of you did a fantastic job for us, especially Kurt with the installation of our new furnace. 🙂 All of you are very personable, easy going and really care about your customer's satisfaction. THANK YOU!!!
Merrill Sheet Metal Works came in to install a new mini split system for my new office. They were $1,200 less than the dealer in Wausau and their service and product exceeded my every expectation. I honestly can't think of a single thing I was the slightest bit dissatisfied with.
Curt Wendt, Michael Ninnemann and Ellis from Merrill Sheet Metal Works all did a super job of installing our Bryant gas furnace. All showed great professionalism in dealing with us and were most courteous. We are truly grateful to have such a wonderful team to rely on to do the work for us.
We were very pleased and having been a contractor and seen many types of workers, etc., this crew was outstanding.
I (our family) have been with Merrill Sheet Metal since day one. I have nothing but good things to say.
Kurt was very pleasant to work with. Very courteous and considerate. We went with Kurt because we felt we would be able to rely on him.
We were very pleased with the service! The basement was very clean when completing the installation!!
They got here exceptionally fast.
They are very good people to do business with—the only ones in town who I will do business with!
Called up and said I could smell gas and they came right away. Explained everything to us. Excellent service.
The company called Sunday evening, came first thing the next morning. When it was discovered that we needed to immediately shut down the furnace, he came back with electric heaters to install (January) and installed a carbon monoxide detector. Mike was extremely customer-focused. Later it was discovered that Focus on Energy had apparently left out important details on how individuals qualify for the program. So, Merrill Sheet Metal Works personally wrote out the check to cover the amount of the rebate so I, as the customer, would not be impacted. The ethics of this company in dealing with the situation go well above and beyond my expectations in today's world. It is so wonderful to know that good old-fashioned honesty and caring about one individual customer at a time is what is practiced at Merrill Sheet Metals Works in Wisconsin. Congratulations on their 100th year of serving the Central Wisconsin area. With customer service like I experienced, it is no wonder their business has prospered.
Very well satisfied. Guys did an awesome job!
I called about a little ice on an intake pipe and Kurt was here that same day and explained why. How super is that?
The air conditioner is the best thing we ever bought! John was the first one to turn it on and we both thoroughly like having a comfortable home.
We had a new furnace put in the garage. They take care of any of our air conditioning and heating needs. They do all our work and they are excellent. They are honest, friendly, and they are prompt.
The original owner retired. The new owner is Kurt Wendt, but they have the same employees. We are having some other remodeling done in the house and they found a problem with our furnace, which we had also asked them to check it. They are coming in again to put a new furnace. They are very dependable and very courteous. They are efficient. When we called them with a problem just recently with the unit they had installed, they came right back and repaired it immediately. The price was very fair.
Did a free maintenance on my furnace, hot water heater and gave me advice on a better place to put my thermostat, so my house heats more evenly. Very polite and very professional.
Everything was great - sometimes companies say they are 24 hour and really aren't. Merrill Sheet Metal really is. When we saw the scorch marks, we weren't sure about the unit's safety. Kurt's willingness to come out to check on the unit at 7pm made everyone in the family feel safer and more comfortable. He was open and honest about what he found and his recommendations. As they were already packed for the week, Kurt came out to install the new unit after hours to ensure that it got taken care of asap. We love our new water heater! For the first time since we moved into the house 17 years ago there's enough hot water for everyone to get ready in the morning - and enough left over to do dishes or laundry!
Kurt came out at almost 7pm to check out a concern we had with my parents' water heater - it had blown out and when we re-lit the pilot we noticed some leaking and scorch marks on the unit. He inspected it thoroughly, determined that it needed to be replaced, and was back the same week to install a new one.
We were unable to remove our original firebox without damaging our stonework and Merrill Sheet Metal worked out a way to replace it from the rear, saving our stonework. They did an excellent job installing and replacing chimney and siding, etc. There was a problem with some chimney caulking and they came immediately and corrected the problem. We are extremely happy with the new fireplace and the people at Merrill Sheet Metal!


Colors TV is always came up with new ideas when it comes to bring new TV series for their audiences. This time, the channel is planning to come up with the historical saga Mughal-E-Azam. It is expected that the show will be produced by Anirudh Pathak, owner of Writer's Galaxy who is currently entertaining the audiences with historical tales of Prithvi Valabh and Chandra Shekhar Azad on Sony TV and Star Bharat respectively.
Mughal-E-Azam is a very popular historical saga in India and we all know the base of this ancient love story. So, it is expected that the story will be the same with new entertainment.
Promo is not yet released by the channels or the producers. Stay tuned with us.


I always love what I see after I complete a piece and look at it through the camera lens and on my computer screen. With this one, I see two things: 1. The light purple line on the top left is way too distracting for me and doesn't seem to fit. 2. I really do not like the teal green combo but wanted to try it. On a positive note, I was bold and tried the orange thread. I can see my machine quilting is slowly improving with tightly spaced quilting lines.
I am trying to do a better record keeping job in hard copy and in my journal. Maybe it will give me a better perspective when I can look back and see things in one place.
I seem to have lost another day with blogger issues. I know tomorrow is unlikely for a post but hope to post during my week away. I have no idea how I will be ready to go by Sunday morning at 8am. And then my father-in-law is having open heart surgery on Monday so I am leaving Marc with a real mess. I feel badly leaving but he says -go. Is everyone's life this crazy? Maybe.
Being creative definitely keeps me sane. Try it, my friends!
This entry was posted in Connections series, quilts 2011 on May 13, 2011 by Colleen Kole.
Funny how I go back to simple strip piecing and am happy with it.
I continue to like tight dense quilting. It just looks crisp and clean.
I had a proud mom moment this week. My son Ben won an award at the speech meet. He recited the JFK inaugural address without an one mistake-boldly and confidently. I was beaming. The pictures were all blurry so I am waiting for another mom to send me some of hers. Which led me to schedule an eye appointment for today! I kept noticing how blurry everything was I was taking. Ughh… I hate missing kid photo moments.
The sun came out after the ice storm . All my class fabric samples from the last month and it captured the sunlight so beautifully.
I am off to Connecticut this weekend for a funeral of a dear man and pastor of the church we used to attend. I haven't been there for a visit in a long time. It will be a time of re-connecting with old friends and memories. Must pack and get the kids ready for the weekend. They are staying home with Dad.
Appreciate those you are with, my friends. And be creative.
This entry was posted in Connections series, family, quilts 2011, workshops on March 24, 2011 by Colleen Kole.
I have spent the past 48 hours trying to move forward. And I am. I keep reminding myself of that. I have added a computer to our household-for my husband. I have spent hours deleting old files and then getting the data transferred. He has been very patient but is tired of searching for our one and only desktop throughout the house. By the end of the month- or should I say Christmas day- we should have 4-yes four operating and efficient computers. It is a huge deal to us as we have been operating on one for the past few months- limping along- going nowhere fast.( My daughter is taking a graphics design class and is hogging up the time at night.) I am very excited. More than excited.
I have also spent way too much time(and money) getting my beloved Yukon fixed again. Yesterday. An unexpected and unwelcome start to the week. The Yukon had problems after the decision was made on computers so no looking back. She has 115,000 miles on her and she is mine. This is a sentimental kind of thing. She has been reliable. She is old and very dog friendly , if not a little smelly. But repaired and good to go today.
Now, back to my quest to finish things. Finish #4: Carnival Ride.
It's for a table in Vermont. Table art. Carnival Ride, 14×33, 2010 , and it's finished!
My daughter Hope chose a winner for this last giveaway. She pulled out the name –Lynne– you are the winner. You will love the velvet. And the paints. I'll mail it out tomorrow.
I want to join in the holiday fun over here. It might totally distract me from this finish thing. Remind me next year not to do this during December. Motivation to finish works- in- process needs to come in November.
This entry was posted in Connections series, quilts 2010 on December 7, 2010 by Colleen Kole.
If You Have Known Me Long Enough….
………..it's not hard to believe this story. After a very busy day unrelated to any kind of sewing, I finally sat down to fix my piece from yesterday. I had three different pieces sewn on to the bottom of the quilt and after much fussing and picture taking, I decided on the simplest one and was very happy to just have to press it up. I even had grand delusions about basting it and being ready to actually quilt this tonight. Well, I needed to go pick up my son from school and left it on the ironing board to press it up.
I went to press it when I had a few minutes before dinner. This is what my quilt looked like prior to me leaving for school.
And this is what it looked like after the dog ate the corner of it off.
And there is no more of this hand-dyed purple left. She eats things when she has a sick stomach to make herself sick. And I guess the quilt was the next best thing when I was gone.
No wonder she wouldn't look at me. Some things are more amazing than others in my life….Guess I will have to find out another solution to the borders on the quilt.
Hope you have fun sewing.
This entry was posted in Connections series, quilts 2010 on March 31, 2010 by Colleen Kole.
Life is picking up speed. My oldest came home from college on Thursday night for spring break. My husband took my eleven year old to Florida for Tigers spring training-baseball for those of you not eleven years old! It was his birthday present and the they had a great time in sunshine. I stayed home with the two girls and we had a great time too. Despite three soccer games in 30 degrees and snow (just a bad dream of winter returning for a short time), we had fun just not doing much.. Spring and sports will make me very busy soon and I am just enjoying the peace before the craziness begins.
I decided to pick up some scraps yesterday and just go backwards a bit. It felt good to just let what was there in my box of scraps come to life.I I just worked at my machine and didn't even use a design wall. Simpler-one piece at a time determining the next with no big picture in mind. The scraps you will probably recognize. Old familiar friends they felt like. And I finished it. Even better despite the size.
I think it's about 12 by 14 and has no name yet. And it's very happy to be outside-my first outdoor picture without snow. Spring is coming.
This entry was posted in Connections series, quilts 2010, small works on March 22, 2010 by Colleen Kole.
I am enjoying seeing the patches of grass that are starting to peek through the melting snow. The sunshine, brighter blue skies and longer days definitely made my weekend! I was at a soccer tournament this weekend and realized I better stock up my bag that I bring for the long car rides with some hand stitching. The soccer season is just beginning.
When I visit Vermont, one of my favorite things to do is to take a walk in our neighbors woods. It is actually cross country ski trails but you can walk for miles and always find your way back home. I especially like to go right after the snow has fallen.
The texture of the trees and snow always intrigues me.
So after being inspired by the greens and blues of this walk, I created this piece.
I haven't done the binding yet. I must dye the deep navy blue again and am waiting for some pfd fabric I ordered. Maybe I will put a visible binding on it. What do you think? I heavily quilted it with the lines being less than 1/4 inch. And I quilted each block separately which added some time to it. Heavy quilting also added some wave so I wet blocked it. It did help. I think I need to flat bind it because it is not a perfect square!
I like this piece because it captured what I wanted to represent visually from my walk. I know from an art perspective it isn't a great composition but I do like it. And I will take that today.
Now I must move on to spring colors. Happy sewing, my friends.
This entry was posted in Connections series, inspiration, quilts 2010 on March 8, 2010 by Colleen Kole.
I had fun rounding up this little Valentine's day treat for you. Enjoy all the pretty things that remind me of the day.
Hope you enjoyed your day and were able to sow or sew a little love with your hands. It makes you feel better. Happy Sewing and Happy Valentine's Day, my friends. Hugs!
This entry was posted in Connections series, quilts 2010 on February 14, 2010 by Colleen Kole.


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All voices are pointing in Southwest direction for 2023 presidency, says Oluwajana
By Seye Olumide
Ezekwesili, Sonaiya, Lithur task women on 2023 politics
18 hours ago Politics
Forget 2023 presidency, you have taken your turn, Ohanaeze tells South-South
Nine Imo lawmakers defect to APC
Oluwajana
Pastor Bankole Oluwajana is the National Vice Chairman (Southwest) of All Progressives Congress (APC). He spoke on the crises in the party and also expresses hope that all voices are pointing to the region to produce President Muhammadu Buhari's successor in 2023. The former governorship candidate in Ondo State also said the aim of APC is to retain power in Ondo in the coming 2020 gubernatorial election. SEYE OLUMIDE reports.
As a chieftain of APC, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has rejected the reconciliation committee set up to resolve the face-off between him and Oshiomhole. What is the next step to addressing the crisis?
The rejection will also be resolved because it is part of the crisis. Let me explain this. At the NEC meeting, the president was mandated to set up a committee and it was announced. I would have expected Obaseki to see the president if he had issues with it to express his fears. But again for Obaseki to have expressed displeasure is itself an issue to be resolved because that is not the end of the matter. Efforts are still going to be made so that APC speaks with one voice before the election.
Some sections of the north are saying it is the time for APC and Nigeria to drop zoning as a condition for Buhari's successor in 2023?
Those saying so are in the minority. I am happy though that voices are pointing to the Southwest and I will not shy away from the call to duty to my region. If they talk about competence we have many in the region. All we are saying is that zoning limits a lot of rancour. You know as much as I do that the region is never lagging behind in terms of competent hands capable of taking Nigeria further. We don't lack people of solid merit in the region and we also recognise that other parts of Nigeria have competent people.
Looking at the series of crises in APC, would you say that it would still be intact if it were not ruling at the centre? Would it not have since collapsed?
Let me ask you a question. Is PDP different? Are the governors in PDP not at each other's throat? Are some not clamouring over the misunderstanding between Governors Nyesome Wike and Henry Dickson? Are the governors of PDP in the Southeast not being accused of being pro-APC? These things are normal in politics and they will be resolved. It is only in a party that is set up by one man you won't hear all these kinds of misgivings and, even at that, immediately such a party starts raising money there will be dissenting voices. That is party politics, as far I am concerned, and it is part of democracy.
From 1999 the country has had presidents from the Southwest, South-South, and the Northwest. What about the Southeast?
Don't forget that you are talking to APC national vice chairman and not that of PDP. Where does APC have its greatest numbers of members? We are talking of fairness, but this is not a military regime that will just sit down and take decisions. It is a situation whereby we talk about the strength of the party. We have some party members that come from the Southeast; they occupy very good positions in government. But in all sincerity, APC today is very strong in the north and Southwest and we hope our brothers in the Southeast will join us in the same strength, and when they do, I will be one of those who will spearhead moves for them to produce the president of this country. Let the Southeast also understand that as Nigerians and progressives, they must demonstrate enough unity and not put unnecessary ethnic colouration to parties. Nobody is ever going to beg them with the presidential ticket when they themselves have not volunteered politically and collectively to support the ruling party. There are states in the Southeast where we didn't get up to 50,000 votes in the last election. They must begin to understand that they cannot be an island inside the nation called Nigeria.
How can APC avert another rancorous governorship primaries in Ondo State in view of what happened in 2016 in view of the ongoing wrangling in the Ondo chapter?
One thing is very clear: what people refer to as rancour is a normal human behaviour in a particular situation. We are talking of democracy where people aspire; they have ambition and things they plan to do. If someone decides to express that it does not mean there is any form of disunity. You must also be mindful that it is in a dictatorial environment that we don't have people speaking out on situations. There is no government anywhere that does not have people with comments and agitations or voices of disagreements. But that does not mean there is any serious rancour. I want to say that the leadership of APC as it relates to Ondo is that the ruling party must retain power in the coming gubernatorial election this year. Whatever is happening by way of argument now is a normal development in an election year and you may probably see more. It happened everywhere except where there is no vibrant party. I am happy that you said the way it was in 2016 when we still had an election and our party still won.
I must also accept the fact that we have a governor in Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, who appears to focus essentially on the infrastructural development. He sees the state as one belonging to the citizens, where we have a population of about over three million. If you are specifically close to Akeredolu, his ultimate goal is that whatever he wants to do must be available to all the people.
I heard a story sometimes ago that some civil servants went to him and they were talking about their outstanding salaries. At about that time, he had offset some salary areas left behind by his immediate predecessor, Segun Mimiko. The outstanding salaries remain just about one or two months to pay after having consistently paid. But at that time the civil servants felt that he should pay everything at once but he said, 'look, you (civil servants) are not the only ones that own the state; this is what I can afford going by the resources available.' One of the workers wanted to blackmail him with the coming election but he was unshaken and told them he was there to work and there is no free money to throw around. Everybody knows that Akeredolu is the most difficult governor to get free money from. We all know that is his nature and the leadership of APC doesn't quarrel with that. I especially see nothing wrong in that gesture.
Our concern is, what exactly is Akeredolu doing and how far is he addressing the issue of infrastructure in his state? I would rather encourage that instead of giving out free money; he should focus on developing Ondo. I am emphasising it that people should learn the act of creating activities for themselves within the concept of government and not to think that it is the government that will give you free money in whatever you are doing. I can easily point to certain things that happened in form of development under the current administration.
Now we have different flights going to Ondo unlike before. I'm aware of the activities going on in Ore. I am aware of the efforts of the governor to ensure that we have Oloka Ports in Ondo. I am aware of the tremendous work he is doing. I am aware of the drive to make the bitumen issue a reality and I am aware of the road the governor is constructing. These are what concern me as far as election time is concerned.
As a party leader, every member aspiring to be governor is free to showcase his plan, but I want to issue this warning: that anybody that runs down the party because he wants to be governor will never get there. You should rather tell us what you can do to improve on what the incumbent is doing and not to tell us that the governor is not working because by so doing our party is not favoured. It is understandable if a PDP aspirant is using that to the campaign, but for any of our members, it is not acceptable and I personally will frown at such an attempt.
A section of the party is calling for the dissolution of the Ade Adetimehin-led state executive as the basis for reconciliation of the Ondo chapter. How do you regard this?
Maybe someone told you so, but I don't have such an issue before me, and again, let me say that we always have agitations and we are doing all we can to reconcile everybody. President Muhammadu Buhari said something, which I want us to hold onto when he said whatever is to be done must be constitutional. This is not a directorial regime, where we use military fiat. When you want to follow the constitution then the decision would have to be made by the people at the party. I am not going to block such and it is not for me to also promote them. Having said that, I know there is nobody that will be in the office and issues will not be raised. That is not to say that the incumbent executive does not have a lot of jobs to do. Adetimehin's executive has a lot to do by way of reconciliation and we are working towards that. But you don't throw away the baby with the bathwater.
How about the friction between the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi and his principal?
Who told you that? The man has denied it and said there is no friction. How did people come about the friction and who said so? If you say there is friction and the deputy said he is in good terms with his boss, what else are the people looking for? Akeredolu himself has not told me there is friction. If there is an argument between them it is part of politics. Is there any vibrant democracy where at times you don't have a little bit of misunderstanding? I would want to take the deputy governor for what he has said, that there is no friction. If the man has complaints, I am probably one of the persons he would have approached and I am not aware that he has gone to meet any of our national leaders to lodge a complaint of any issues with the governor. If he had gone to see Asiwaju Bola Tinubu or Chief Bisi Akande, I know they would have meditated between them. You must understand that many Nigerians, who are not journalists, are all over the place publishing all manner of fake stories. You know as well as I do that they once said Tinubu and Akeredolu were at each other's throat, but it was mere fiction. I can tell you here that that is pure fiction.
After the recent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, some group called for the removal of the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. What step is the party taking towards resolving it?
Recently, the president set up reconciliation committee to address some of these issues, but let me say this: that before now and in the future you will always hear voices in any dynamic party. There will always be dissenting voices; the only gathering you won't see that is where the party is just existing in the name. In a party as large as APC there will always be voices. You will also discover that somehow the voices before the elections had a higher tone than what we are hearing now. Before our last national convention, people thought that APC would collapse, but many of us knew that it wasn't an issue that could disperse us, but it was resolved. This is another noise and I can assure you it will be resolved but that will not mean that that is the end of the noise. In fact, greater noises are coming when we start moving towards the 2023 election. That is always part of party activities.
Do you think Akeredolu has performed well enough to get the second term based on the disposition of the civil servants?
I will first mention some of the achievements of Akeredolu since he assumed office in 2016 despite the fact that I am not his spokesman. These are what I see and can also defend. I can differentiate between former governor Mimiko's performance and that of Akeredolu. Most of the road projects Mimiko finished during his eight years tenure were projects that the late governor Segun Agagu started but couldn't complete before he left office. Akeredolu has done all the roads in Owo and I cannot blame him for that. The incumbent has done far more than what Mimiko did in the last three years. Ondo people are likely very critical of every government from time to time. The reality is that Akeredolu is working and if you must have complaints against him it should be about something else and not in the area of performance.
The civil servants that are complaining, saying the governor has done nothing, is it their eight months salary areas that the man has been able to pay? So, what else are they looking for? I also understand that the governor has been able to tighten some loose ends where people made free money in the government system and some might not be happy.
APC lost two senatorial seats in the last election…
(Cuts in) You know that it happened because of the crisis then, but we have gone beyond that. We didn't loose because of our party's unpopularity but for the crisis.
How is the party intervening in the crisis between Governor Gboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State?
I will repeat what I said earlier, that in every situation there will always be some noises and onlookers will misjudge it as war. When you ask the duo if there is a crisis between them they will say no. And you know as much as I do that people fight one another on the streets when those they are fighting for are drinking wine and eating food together. I was in Osun recently to see former Governor Bisi Akinde and I couldn't find anybody fighting on the streets because of Aregbesola and Oyetola. There is no petition at the national headquarters that they are fighting. Maybe it is speculative fighting.
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Hamilton: Hoodie bill cloaks Oklahoma in shame
By: Arnold Hamilton	Guest Columnist	January 8, 2015	0
Arnold Hamilton
Hoodies don't commit crimes. People do.
The clever twist on an old gun rights slogan spread like a prairie fire across the Internet this week, spoofing state Sen. Don Barrington's unartfully written anti-crime proposal that could end up banning hoodies in Oklahoma.
Yes, hoodies.
Once again, a silly legislative proposal has ratcheted up the ridicule of Oklahoma. Never mind that Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy's sideline attire includes a black Pistol Pete hoodie. Much of America now suspects our state is so backward it doesn't know hoodies aren't just for hood rats anymore.
They're mainstream, fashion statements, 21st-century Americana.
Unless, that is, you are a permanent resident of the far-right talk radio bubble, in which case you're likely to assume hoodies are the uniform of certain someones of a certain age, a certain race and a certain anti-social bent.
That is the only plausible explanation for the proposed Senate Bill 13, though Barrington claims it was born of his concerns about mask-wearing protesters who gathered in recent years at the state Capitol and about masked rioters looting and torching buildings in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.
"I like to think we take the security of our people seriously, especially at the Capitol and state buildings," the Lawton Republican told the Associated Press. "It certainly had nothing to do with hoodies."
It is true that Barrington's bill – which would amend a 92-year-old anti-mask law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan – doesn't mention the terms hoodie or hooded sweatshirt.
But it is so broadly written that it could turn almost any hoodie wearer into a criminal, unless he or she can prove the "mask, hood or covering" is related to a religious belief or the "pranks of children on Halloween."
This is a classic example of the old legislative tendency to promote a solution that's in search of a problem.
"Here in Oklahoma, it has been illegal to use a hood, mask, or disguise for criminal conduct for over 90 years," American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Legal Director Brady Henderson said. "This bill does nothing whatsoever to strengthen that law or to prevent or punish crime.
"Instead, this bill specifically targets only law-abiding individuals," he said. "Worse yet, the bill explicitly attempts to criminalize protected First Amendment rights. This bill would turn Oklahoma law enforcement into literally the fashion police."
In the far right's alternate universe, hoodies have been linked with crime ever since cop wannabe George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Martin was of a certain age (17), of a certain race (black), and wearing certain attire (a hoodie), all the evidence Zimmerman needed to suspect Martin was bent on criminality.
Even if you give Barrington the benefit of all doubt – he's not stereotyping, he's only interested in making Oklahoma streets safer – you have to wonder about his vision, or lack thereof, for Oklahoma.
Aren't there more pressing matters to command the attention of a three-term state senator?
What's really criminal is that Oklahoma's public schools are so poorly funded and more than a half-million Oklahomans can't afford health care insurance. One in four Oklahoma children is food-insecure. Oklahoma's county jails are the state's largest mental health facilities.
Conservative Republicans ought to be embarrassed by Barrington's proposal. It's something they bellyache about all the time – government overreach.
Isn't it ironic that the very lawmakers who wail incessantly about the nanny state are so often the first to propose legislation that would restrict individual liberties?
Arnold Hamilton is editor of The Oklahoma Observer, www.okobserver.net.
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Fred dares to have glue, let alone super glue in this house?
Maybe hidden away in the off-limits attick or something.
I hope the super glue didn't deep through her clothes and stick to her skin.
This is one of my favorite jokes you've ever done. It takes excellent advantage of the comic medium.


Home > Blog > Why use CPL filter?
You might be wondering why to use CPL while shooting water blur ?
It causes trouble to carry it everywhere.
It's a tedious job to keep it clean and dry in monsoon.
It adds vignetting while using with ND filter.
Then why should we use it anyway ??
#1: What does CPL do ?
Circular Polarizer AKA CPL mainly has two pieces of glasses; Polarising filter and quarter-wave plate. To keep it simple they work as a sunglasses for your camera. To know how it works scientifically check this link : How CPL Works?
The first thing that we notice when we use CPL is that it darkens the blue sky and makes the clouds more dramatic. Well that's really useful but to work with it perfectly you need to make 90 degree angle from the Sun. Sometimes you might witness that it makes only a part of sky darker in your frame when you do not get the angle right. You have to move accordingly to make a perfect 90 degrees angle. To get the perfect angle you may have to change your compositions. Personally i do not compromise on the compositions so i prefer not to use CPL while clicking the landscapes. I darken the sky in post processing the images.
You can clearly check that the image with CPL looks better than without CPL. All the reflections from the cliff are removed without any post processing. You can also see that the water looks more smooth while clicked with CPL as it does not have any reflections in it.
Well that would sound strange but it's true. As CPL can be used to cut the reflections they can be used to improve them as well. Sometimes if you are shooting the calm pond or seas water and you want to capture the sky's reflection on the water you can use CPL to boost the reflections. At perfect angle CPL removes all the reflections likewise if you can achieve the opposite. The light from the bottom of the water gets filtered which actually enhances the reflection. If the conditions are right the water's surface can be turned into a perfect mirror.
#5: How to use ?
Put your CPL on the lens.
Rotate the front element while looking at the composition through viewfinder.
When you achieve the desired angle click the photo.
Reflection free scene, darkest sky or popped up clouds is the indication of perfect angle. It completely depends on the composition; so make full use of it.
Clean the CPL before using else it might leave dust spots on your photos.


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  <title>CodePen - Charles' Stage 0</title>

 My Stage 0 Notes

 In Unit 1 we learned that the main type of document on the web is HTML. We also learned that web files can be plain text, HTML, images, videos, and music.

HTML-stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It utilizes -text content, -markup, references to other documents, and -links to other pages

Basic HTML Vocabulary-consists of

o A Tag- An HTML tag is always contained within angled brackets. Most tags have an opening tag and closing tag.
Some tags (called "void"tags) do not require a closing tag

o An Element- An HTML element consists of the content contain within the opening and closing tag.

o An Attribute- is a property of an  HTML element.

I have learned the  so far there are two types of elements:

Inline and Block

Examples of Inline are: "b", "em", and "img". An example of a block element is "p". A block element encapsulates the content into an "invisible box". "Span" and "Div" are also examples of inline and block elements.I have much more to learn as I cannot yet use the < or > in my text without the code trying to create a new element.

 An example of a tag that uses an HTML Attribute woulds be the "a" or anchor tag. It would contain an attribute, followed by a "value", the content, and a closing tag.

 A useful job aid that the instructor provided to practice code is called "HTML_Playground" and can be found HERE. I tried to practice a bit with it but much prefer using an alternate site called scratchpad.

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Q: set postion of no of the UITextviews in iphone I have a UITextView added on my UIView programmatically. The textview added is not editable, it is just to display some data. The data displayed in the textview is getting from array.The no of the textviews are same as texts which I Stored in Array.Textview is displaying from start to end one by one.I need to set the postion of textview one by one means first textview come and set at some postion,second will be set as just before first textview,third will be just before on second and so on..    Note: Something like using Animation. suppose one textview come from top and it stops at Y postion at 250 then next textview will set at just before that..it cant come upto 250 of Y postion. and so on. I have no clue how to do this. Please give me some ideas.

A: Don't Consider the array and the UITextView data.... its fot temporary..
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:@"One",@"Two",@"three",@"Four",@"Five",@"Six",@"Seven",@"Eight",@"Nine",@"Ten", nil];

for(int i=0;i<[array count];i++) {
    UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc]init];
    [textView setFrame:CGRectMake(20, 20*i+height, 200, height)];
    [textView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    [textView setText:[array objectAtIndex:i]];
    [self.view addSubview:textView];
}

A: you want to add textviews programmatically in your view based on the array,if you are adding textviews to your view then there is a problem(if u are having more number of textviews then you must take scroll view )  that's why better to take scroll view and add scroll view to your view  after that you will add textviews to your scroll view ,
now take constant x-coordinate value ,width and height only change y-coordinate value and you must give the content size to scrollview .

for(int i=1;i<[array length];i++){
    text_desc = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(63,64*i,370,60)];
    text_desc.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:13.0];
    text_desc.editable=NO;
    text_desc.tag=1;
}

and then set srollview content size,
scroll.contentSize = CGSizeMake(0,total*87);

A: //loop over the substrings of type Array to add textfields at run time
for (int i = 0; i < [substrings count]; i++)
{
    CGRect frame = CGrectMake(0, i * 40, 100, 30);
    UITextField * txtDynamic = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame: frame];
    txtDynamic.text = [substrings objectAtIndex:i];

    //add as subview
    [view addSubview:txtDynamic];

    //if you are not using ARC release the txtDynamic
}

Note
If number of UITextField more i.e it goes out of screen, then Add UITextField to UIScrollView and you can make its Size and content size dynamic.
Hope this will give you some clue.

A: hey mate then take one scrollview and in it just set all textview with its ContentSize like bellow
here i give an example ,
Note: this is just example here take one UIScrollView and give name scrview and after add your all this UITextField in it.
you add this code after you add data in textfield
 txt1.frame = CGRectMake(txt1.frame.origin.x,    txt1.frame.origin.y, txt1.frame.size.width, txt1.contentSize.height);

float txtscreen1 = txt1.frame.origin.y + txt1.contentSize.height + 10;

txt2.frame = CGRectMake(txt2.frame.origin.x, txtscreen1, txt2.frame.size.width, txt2.contentSize.height);

float txtscreen2 = txt2.frame.origin.y + txt2.contentSize.height + 10;

txt3.frame = CGRectMake(txt3.frame.origin.x, txtscreen2, txt3.frame.size.width, txt3.contentSize.height);

//.....and so on to 10

float txtscreen10 = txt3.frame.origin.y + txt3.contentSize.height + 10;

txt10.frame = CGRectMake(txt10.frame.origin.x, txtscreen10, txt10.frame.size.width, txt10.contentSize.height);

float scrollviewscreen = txtscreen10.frame.origin.y + txtscreen10.frame.size.height + 20;
scrview.contentSize=CGSizeMake(320, scrollviewscreen);//take scrollview

i hope this help you....
:)


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'Before and After' paintings by Nella Khanis, on view through August at Mattituck-Laurel Library, Main Road, Mattituck. 298-4134.
Photographs by Robert DeCandido on view through Sept. 10 at Town Hall, 200 Howell Ave., Riverhead. Presented by East End Arts Council and Town of Riverhead. 727-0900.
Sculpture garden exhibition at Brecknock Hall, 1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport, presented by Peconic Landing and East End Arts Council. Large-scale contemporary works by 14 artists. On view through Sept. 26, Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission.
Acrylic paintings and photographs by JoAnn Corretti on view through August in mezzanine at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library, Main Road, Cutchogue. 734-6360.
The Collage Show at East End Arts Council, 133 E. Main St., Riverhead. On view through Aug. 27. 727-0900.
'UN-Hampton's North Fork Edition Outsider Art Show,' includes works by local artists Garance, Bella Christ and Janis Garramone, on view Sunday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m. through Sept. 26 at Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, 234 Carpenter St. In coordination with "The 5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons" event at Galerie Belage in Westhampton Beach. 477-6681.
Photographs by Pat Patterson Hauck and paintings by Gina Gilmour on view through Nov. 3 at Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport Manor Inn, Jamesport, presented by East End Arts Concil. 727-0900.
Duplicate bridge with Kathy Fibkins, Tuesdays, noon at Mattituck-Laurel Library, Main Road, Mattituck. Open to all; 734-8096.
Bingo, Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. at Moose Lodge, Riverside Drive, Riverhead. Gaming begins 7:30 p.m. 727-6667, 779-2694.
Mah-jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon, and Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Mattituck-Laurel Library, Main Road, Mattituck. 298-4134.
Peconic Rug Hooking Guild of Long Island meets the third Tuesday of each month, 7-10 p.m. at Hallockville Museum Farm, Sound Avenue, Riverhead. New members welcome. [email protected]
Community supper, free soup kitchen for all in need, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Agnes R.C. Church parish hall, Sixth Street, Greenport. 765-2981.
Free lunch, Almuerzo Gratis for ages 6-18, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army, 130 Osborne Avenue, Riverhead. 727-3338.
For Bargain Hunters
Blessings Thrift Shop, Riverhead United Methodist Church, 204 E. Main St. open Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Donations accepted Thursdays, 9-11:30 a.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., or weekdays by appointment. 727-2327.
Play dates with Southold Mothers' Club: Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m.–Open play at Fun-N-Fitness, Southold. No registration. SMC members $6, second child $3 additional. Thursdays, 10 a.m.–Toddlers' playgroup at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library, Main Road, Cutchogue. 734-2183, [email protected], [email protected] New Moms Group; for times and locations contact [email protected]
Crafts for Kids at Southold Indian Museum, Sundays, 12:30-1:30 p.m., 1080 Main Bayview Road. Fee: $5 per child per craft; must be accompanied by adult. Registration appreciated but not required. 765-5577.
For History Buffs
The Railroad Museum of Long Island open Saturday-Sunday through November; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Riverhead, 727-7920; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in Greenport, 477-0439. Admission: ages 13 and up $5; ages 5-12 $3; under 5 free. www.rmli.org. Exhibit of railroad photography and artifacts on loan from New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, on view at Greenport site, Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 9-10.
'Ever Eastward: Alfred H. Cosden and His Estate at Southold' documents history of 40+ acre Cosden Estate, one of the largest properties on the North Fork in early 1900s, on view through Sept. 19 in Southold Historical Society's Mayne Memorial Gallery in Ann Currie-Bell House, Main Road and Maple Lane. Open Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. 765-5500.
Summer exhibit 'Games: Here, There and Everywhere,' on view at Southold Indian Museum, 1080 Main Bayview Road. 765-5577, [email protected]
Exhibition 'A Stitch in time: What We Wore, 1776-1976' at Janet T. Swanson Gallery, Old Point Schoolhouse, Village Lane, Orient, on view Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2-5 p.m. through Sept. 26. Free. 323-2480, oysterpondshistoricalsociety.org.
'Best Seats in the House: The Chairs of Hallockville,' on view in Trubisz Little House, Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Ave., Riverhead. Exhibit presents view of social and cultural history 1771-1900s as told through chairs, curated by Richard Wines, Nancy Gilbert and Mary Anne Huntington. Through December. 298-5292, hallockville.com.
Free beginner's Hatha Yoga classes, Sundays, 3-4:15 p.m. at Mary Smith Recreation Center, Greenport. Bring non-skid, body-length mat. 765-3005.
Every Saturday, dusk to midnight: Stargazing at Custer Institute and Observatory,1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. 765-2626. To arrange group visits, e-mail [email protected]
The Yellow Barn at Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court St. open for book purchases Mondays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 727-3228, ext. 0.
The Book Cottage at Southold Free Library, Main Road, open Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 765-2077.


Backpackers Pantry Bulk Food Ice Cream Sandwich - Single Serving 102207. One thing that makes this meal so great is the fact the pouch it comes in is your bowl and once you're done with your meal trash recepticle all-in-one. Just add the specified amount boiling water zip lock it closed let it stand for the required amount of time then serve. Once you are done with your meal clean up is easy. No more dishes just zip it shut and you're all set.


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We love gifting the BG kids with pyjamas each Christmas which they open up on Christmas eve, ready to hopefully be looking their finest when they rip open their gifts the following morning. We've trawled for our favourite buys and as always have steered clear of all TV characters and too much twee, pink, and blinding blues. Enjoy our pj gift guide and don't forget to check out the rest of our gift guides.