I wasn't sure I would see them again. It had been three years I hadn't set foot in the same spot. Nothing had changed but every time I got a glimpse of the ocean and its truly turquoise colour, I wanted to stay, never to come back where I was expected to come back to – home, work, obligations, self-imposed responsibilities, whichever.
The calm lagoon waters of the island of Mauritius were protected by the coral reef, the presence of which about three hundred metres at large was revealed by the distant sound and sight of waves crashing onto it. That memory had accompanied my thoughts when I had been asked by nurses to think of something pleasant: they were about to try inserting yet again the drip for my epidural anesthesia, for they had failed to do so at the first attempt. I would force myself to remember how I would enjoy eating goat cheese with a piece of freshly-baked baguette (or was it some other kind of bread back then, I don't remember). Sat directly on the sand, alternating between looking at the ocean and reading my book, I would lick my fingers covered with the juice dripping from the small, ready-cut pineapple.
Those memories had replaced the ones from Thailand's southernmost island of Koh Lipe I had used in my mind as I went through previous surgeries. Why? Because while I had loved the tranquillity of that tiny island – there were no cars just like on the Gili islands in Indonesia – I kept remembering that I had to swim next to a series of anchored longtail boats when I wanted to have a dip in the Andaman Sea. I couldn't help but think that, as a result of their guzzling use of petrol, the near-shore waters must have been fairly polluted. That thought kept bothering my psychorigid mind that needed anything but environmental concerns as I was about to get "stabbed" with an intravenous drip or other medical procedure!
Mauritius offered me that reprieve. Yes, I had been disappointed with its coral which I didn't expect to be dead. But there was something about Mauritius, its on-the-surface peace between a variety of ethnic groups, its interesting mix of English and French, the general warmth of its people, that made me want to come back. At the same time, just as much as I avoid reading the same book twice or avoid watching the same film twice (with some exceptions), I tend to dread coming back to the same faraway geographical location, lest I be disappointed.
Three years back, in Mauritius, I had encountered a couple of turtles far below the surface of the well-named Blue Bay Marine Park. I had been snorkelling for a couple of hours and had been lucky to encounter them. It had reminded me of the similar thrilling experience off the coast of Gili Air. This time, I was on my way back to shore and thought, wouldn't it be funny if I got lucky again and spotted "my" turtles? I scrutinised the green-tinted seafloor through my snorkelling mask and within a few minutes, lo and behold, I spotted a turtle. See if you can spot it too in the following photo taken with my GoPro.
Can you spot the turtle located in the centre of this unprocessed photo taken with my GoPro?
What followed was "obviously" a thirty-minute chase to make sure I would have something for dinner. I'm joking. How could I hurt that cute animal?! I did follow the turtle though, eager to swim alongside it and possibly be able to take better, closer shots, ideally with only the water in the background.
It was exhilarating to get really close to the turtle and see it reach the surface to take one big breath of fresh air before immediately and quickly diving back into the depth of the ocean. I was still smiling when I noticed that "my" turtle was swimming towards another turtle! Despite keeping distance, I did notice I was causing the turtle to be cautious: it had given a first attempt at reaching the surface before retreating, perhaps due to my nearby presence, before trying again and then dashing back downwards. The glass-bottom boats that were bringing their weekend load of local families had inevitably observed my strange movements in the water. As one got closer, I could hear the expressions of joy of the families as they saw the same turtles through the glass. The skipper nodded at me in appreciation before ferrying everyone back to shore. I was back to being alone with "my" turtles, taking the time to film them through different angles… as I had done just three years before. Fins firmly anchored to my feet, it was easy to swim at the same pace as them.
It was time to get back to shore. I started feeling cold, having possibly stayed a little too long in the water. There's always that little fear in me that I wouldn't be able to receive help if a sudden heart attack struck me – silly thought considering the low probability of this happening but still a thought that comes to my mind pretty much every time I'm swimming alone or relatively far from the coastline. Till next time, maybe?


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package hyper

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container"
	"github.com/google/cadvisor/fs"
	info "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
	"github.com/google/cadvisor/manager/watcher"
)

const WatchInterval = 3 * time.Second

type hyperContainerHandler struct {
	name               string
	id                 string
	alias              []string
	isPod              bool
	client             *HyperClient
	fsInfo             fs.FsInfo
	machineInfoFactory info.MachineInfoFactory

	// container watcher
	containers  map[string]string
	stopWatcher chan error

	// container's podID
	podID string

	// Time at which this container was created.
	creationTime time.Time

	sync.Mutex
}

func newHyperContainerHandler(
	client *HyperClient,
	name string,
	machineInfoFactory info.MachineInfoFactory,
	fsInfo fs.FsInfo) (container.ContainerHandler, error) {
	handler := &hyperContainerHandler{
		client:             client,
		fsInfo:             fsInfo,
		alias:              []string{name},
		isPod:              true,
		machineInfoFactory: machineInfoFactory,
		stopWatcher:        make(chan error),
		containers:         make(map[string]string),
	}

	// Process hyper containers
	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "/hyper") {
		containerId := strings.Split(name, "/")[2]
		container, err := client.GetContainer(containerId)
		if err != nil {
			return handler, err
		}

		handler.id = containerId
		handler.name = name
		handler.podID = container.PodID
		handler.isPod = false
		handler.alias = append(handler.alias, "hyper://"+container.Name,
			containerId, "/"+containerId)
		return handler, nil
	}

	// Process hyper pods
	vmName, err := isHyperVirtualMachine(name)
	if err != nil {
		return handler, err
	}

	glog.V(3).Infof("Got hyper vm: %s", vmName)
	pods, err := client.ListPodsByVM(vmName)
	if err != nil {
		return handler, err
	}
	if len(pods) == 0 {
		return handler, fmt.Errorf("Can't find any pod in vm %s", vmName)
	}

	pod := pods[0]
	handler.name = name
	handler.id = pod.PodID
	handler.podID = pod.PodID

	alias := []string{pod.PodName, vmName, pod.PodID}
	for _, a := range alias {
		handler.alias = append(handler.alias, a, "/"+a)
	}

	return handler, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) Cleanup() {
	self.StopWatchingSubcontainers()
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) ContainerReference() (info.ContainerReference, error) {
	// We only know the container by its one name.
	return info.ContainerReference{
		Name:      self.name,
		Namespace: HyperNamespace,
		Aliases:   self.alias,
	}, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) GetSpec() (info.ContainerSpec, error) {
	var spec info.ContainerSpec

	podInfo, err := self.client.GetPod(self.podID)
	if err != nil {
		return spec, err
	}

	startedAt, err := parseTimeString(podInfo.Status.StartTime)
	if err != nil {
		return spec, err
	}
	spec.CreationTime = startedAt

	spec.Cpu = info.CpuSpec{Limit: uint64(1024 * podInfo.Spec.Vcpu)}
	spec.HasCpu = true

	spec.Memory = info.MemorySpec{Limit: uint64(1024 * 1024 * podInfo.Spec.Memory)}
	spec.HasMemory = true

	spec.HasDiskIo = true
	spec.HasNetwork = true
	spec.HasCustomMetrics = false

	spec.Labels = podInfo.Spec.Labels

	return spec, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) fakeStats() (*info.ContainerStats, error) {
	stats := info.ContainerStats{Timestamp: time.Now()}

	stats.Cpu = info.CpuStats{
		Usage: info.CpuUsage{
			Total:  24750780,
			PerCpu: []uint64{18354559, 6396221},
			User:   0,
			System: 10000000,
		},
		LoadAverage: 0,
	}

	stats.DiskIo = info.DiskIoStats{
		IoServiceBytes: []info.PerDiskStats{
			{
				Major: 253,
				Minor: 8,
				Stats: map[string]uint64{"Async": 5353472, "Read": 5353472, "Sync": 0, "Total": 5353472, "Write": 0},
			},
		},
	}

	stats.Memory = info.MemoryStats{
		Usage:      5763072,
		WorkingSet: 1871872,
		ContainerData: info.MemoryStatsMemoryData{
			Pgfault:    3174,
			Pgmajfault: 12,
		},
		HierarchicalData: info.MemoryStatsMemoryData{
			Pgfault:    3174,
			Pgmajfault: 12,
		},
	}

	stats.Network = info.NetworkStats{
		InterfaceStats: info.InterfaceStats{
			Name:      "eth0",
			RxBytes:   123223,
			RxPackets: 128,
			TxBytes:   10240,
			TxPackets: 10,
		},
		Interfaces: []info.InterfaceStats{
			{
				Name:      "eth0",
				RxBytes:   123223,
				RxPackets: 128,

				TxBytes:   10240,
				TxPackets: 10,
			},
		},
	}

	stats.Filesystem = []info.FsStats{}

	stats.TaskStats = info.LoadStats{}

	return &stats, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) GetStats() (*info.ContainerStats, error) {
	stats := info.ContainerStats{
		Timestamp: time.Now(),
		DiskIo: info.DiskIoStats{
			IoServiceBytes: make([]info.PerDiskStats, 0, 1),
			IoServiced:     make([]info.PerDiskStats, 0, 1),
		},
		Network: info.NetworkStats{
			Interfaces: make([]info.InterfaceStats, 0, 1),
		},
	}

	// TODO: container stats is not supported now
	if !self.isPod {
		return self.fakeStats()
	}

	podStats, err := self.client.GetPodStats(self.podID)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get hyper pod stats: %v", err)

	}

	stats.Cpu = info.CpuStats{
		Usage: info.CpuUsage{
			Total:  podStats.Cpu.Usage.Total,
			PerCpu: podStats.Cpu.Usage.PerCpu,
			User:   podStats.Cpu.Usage.User,
			System: podStats.Cpu.Usage.System,
		},
	}

	for _, stat := range podStats.Block.IoServiceBytesRecursive {
		stats.DiskIo.IoServiceBytes = append(stats.DiskIo.IoServiceBytes,
			info.PerDiskStats{
				Major: stat.Major,
				Minor: stat.Minor,
				Stats: stat.Stat,
			})
	}

	for _, stat := range podStats.Block.IoServicedRecursive {
		stats.DiskIo.IoServiced = append(stats.DiskIo.IoServiced,
			info.PerDiskStats{
				Major: stat.Major,
				Minor: stat.Minor,
				Stats: stat.Stat,
			})
	}

	stats.Memory = info.MemoryStats{
		Usage: podStats.Memory.Usage,
	}

	for _, stat := range podStats.Network.Interfaces {
		stats.Network.Interfaces = append(stats.Network.Interfaces,
			info.InterfaceStats{
				Name:      stat.Name,
				RxBytes:   stat.RxBytes,
				RxDropped: stat.RxDropped,
				RxErrors:  stat.RxErrors,
				RxPackets: stat.RxPackets,
				TxBytes:   stat.TxBytes,
				TxPackets: stat.TxPackets,
				TxErrors:  stat.TxErrors,
				TxDropped: stat.TxDropped,
			})

		stats.Network.RxBytes += stat.RxBytes
		stats.Network.RxPackets += stat.RxPackets
		stats.Network.RxErrors += stat.RxErrors
		stats.Network.RxDropped += stat.RxDropped
		stats.Network.TxBytes += stat.TxBytes
		stats.Network.TxPackets += stat.TxPackets
		stats.Network.TxErrors += stat.TxErrors
		stats.Network.TxDropped += stat.TxDropped
	}

	// TODO: fsstats and taskstats is not supported now
	stats.Filesystem = []info.FsStats{}
	stats.TaskStats = info.LoadStats{}

	return &stats, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) ListContainers(listType container.ListType) ([]info.ContainerReference, error) {
	containers, err := self.client.ListContainers()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	ret := make([]info.ContainerReference, 0, len(containers))
	// lock to protect containers map
	self.Lock()
	defer self.Unlock()
	for _, c := range containers {
		if c.PodID == self.podID {
			cotainerName := "/hyper/" + c.ContainerID
			self.containers[cotainerName] = cotainerName
			ret = append(ret, info.ContainerReference{
				Name:      cotainerName,
				Namespace: HyperNamespace,
			})
		}
	}

	return ret, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) WatchSubcontainers(events chan watcher.ContainerEvent) error {
	// Disable subcontainers watcher since we can't fetch container data now
	if self != nil {
		return nil
	}

	timer := time.NewTimer(WatchInterval)
	if !self.isPod {
		return nil
	}

	go func(self *hyperContainerHandler) {
		for {
			select {
			case <-self.stopWatcher:
				self.stopWatcher <- nil
				return
			case <-timer.C:
				containers, err := self.client.ListContainers()
				if err != nil {
					glog.Errorf("Error list hyper containers: %v", err)
					continue
				}

				newContainerMap := make(map[string]string)
				for _, c := range containers {
					if c.PodID != self.podID {
						continue
					}

					containerName := "/hyper/" + c.ContainerID
					newContainerMap[containerName] = containerName

					if _, ok := self.containers[containerName]; !ok {
						self.containers[containerName] = containerName
						// Deliver the event.
						events <- watcher.ContainerEvent{
							EventType:   watcher.ContainerAdd,
							Name:        containerName,
							WatchSource: watcher.Hyper,
						}
					}
				}

				for k := range self.containers {
					if _, ok := newContainerMap[k]; !ok {
						delete(self.containers, k)
						// Deliver the event.
						events <- watcher.ContainerEvent{
							EventType:   watcher.ContainerDelete,
							Name:        k,
							WatchSource: watcher.Hyper,
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}(self)

	return nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) ListThreads(listType container.ListType) ([]int, error) {
	return nil, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) ListProcesses(listType container.ListType) ([]int, error) {
	return nil, nil
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) StopWatchingSubcontainers() error {
	// Rendezvous with the watcher thread.
	self.stopWatcher <- nil
	return <-self.stopWatcher
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) GetCgroupPath(resource string) (string, error) {
	return "", fmt.Errorf("CgroupPath is not supported for Hyper container deriver")
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) GetContainerLabels() map[string]string {
	return map[string]string{}
}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) Exists() bool {
	_, err := self.client.GetContainer(self.name)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}

	return true
}

// Nothing to start up.
func (self *hyperContainerHandler) Start() {}

func (self *hyperContainerHandler) Type() container.ContainerType {
	return container.ContainerTypeHyper
}

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Q: Html5 input pattern can not handle positive lookaheads correctly I want 2 regex mathing input string at one time:
<input type="text" pattern="(?=first match of whole string)(?=second match of whole string)" />

In the output I want only the RegEx /^(?=first match of whole string)(?=second match of whole string)$/.
I saw similar post, but there must to be added .* at the end of initial pattern value, - it does not feet for my purpose.
Thanx

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Колумбовата обмяна е термин използван за означение на пренасянето на голям брой и различни видове растения и животни, технологии и културни постижения, както и етнически групи (включително принудително преселение от Африка в Америка на роби с триъгълната търговия) от Стария свят към Новия, и обратното, след откриването на Америка от Христофор Колумб през 1492 г.

Произход на термина
Терминът е въведен от историк Алфред Кросби (Alfred W. Crosby}} в книгата му The Columbian Exchange:Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (1972). Сред историците и журналистите, които го възприемат, са Чарлз Ман (Charles C. Mann), чиято книга 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (2011) развива идеите на Кросби.

Колумбовият обмен в табличен вид

Източници

Външни препратки
 Колумбовият обмен (на английски език: The Columbian Exchange)

Велики географски открития
Америка

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Q: Passing mulltiple className as a props I have modular component using css module as styling method, let's say component.js and component.module.scss.  what I want to achieve is to use the component with className as prop.

// component.js

import React from 'react';
import Style from './grid.module.scss';

const Grid = (props) => {
    return(
        <div className={`${Style[props.test]}`}>
            {props.children}

    )
}

export default Grid;

// component.module.scss

.foo {
  // some style here...
}

.bar {
  // some style here...
}

The problem is that Style[props.test] doesn't work if the props has more than one class name.
For example
// index.js

import React from 'react';
import Grid from './component';

// Working
<Grid test="a">Baz</Grid> // the output is class="a--3ofml"

// doesnt work
<Grid test="a b">Baz</Grid>  // the output is class="undefined"

How to have code that working with multiple props value?

A: Looks like you can do something like this:
return (

 `${Style[s]}`).join(' ')
    }>
      {props.children}

)

Used this as a reference.

A: const Grid = (props) => {
    let cls = props.test.split(" ");
    let styleNames = "";
    cls.forEach(el => {
        styleNames = styleNames + Style[el] + " ";
    })
    return (

            {props.children}

    )
}


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Die Dja-Schlitznase, auch Ja-Schlitznase (Nycteris major), ist eine seltene Fledermausart der Gattung der Schlitznasen (Nycteris), die bisher in West- und Zentralafrika nachgewiesen wurde.

Beschreibung
Die Dja-Schlitznase ist mit etwa 12 g und einer Unterarmlänge von durchschnittlich 4,7 cm eine kleine Fledermausart. Äußerlich ähnelt sie der Bate-Schlitznase, die etwas kleiner und leichter als die Dja-Schlitznase ist. Das Fell ist ober- und unterseits braun gefärbt, die Bauchseite wirkt heller. Die Flügel sind ebenfalls dunkelbraun und unbehaart. Die Ohren sind breit und abgerundet, der äußere Rand des Tragus ist auf der Hälfte der Länge konkav geknickt. Wie bei anderen Schlitznasen wirkt das Gesicht oberhalb der Schnauze durch eine Längsfurche zweigeteilt.

Verbreitung
Das gesamte Verbreitungsgebiet der Dja-Schlitznase ist unbekannt; es wurden bisher nur wenige Exemplare gesammelt. Sie stammen aus der Elfenbeinküste, Gabun, Benin, Liberia, Kamerun und der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und im angrenzenden Sambia.

Lebensweise
Die Datenlage über die Dja-Schlitznase ist gering, sodass keine gesicherten Erkenntnisse zur Ökologie der Art vorliegen. Die meisten Exemplare wurden im Tieflandregenwald gefangen. Quartiere wurden in Baumhöhlen großer Bäume, aber auch in Gebäuden gefunden. Teilweise wurden in den Quartieren ebenfalls Zyklopen-Rundblattnasen (Hipposideros cyclops) gefunden. Vermutlich jagt die Art in Wäldern, bei Netzfängen gelangen auch Fänge in geringen Flughöhen, sodass die Tiere ihre Beute auch direkt von der Vegetationsoberfläche oder dem Boden absammeln könnten.

Etymologie & Forschungsgeschichte
Die Dja-Schlitznase wurde von Knud Christian Andersen unter dem Namen Petalia major erstbeschrieben. Der Fundort der Fledermaus war nahe dem Fluss Dja, auf den der Name der Art hinweist.

Gefährdung
Seitens der IUCN erfolgt keine Gefährdungseinschätzung der Art, da die Datenlage zu gering ist ("data deficient"). Da die Art im Tieflandregenwald vorkommt und selten ist, ist sie vermutlich durch Rodungen gefährdet.

Literatur

 Jacob Fahr: Nycteris major Dja slit-faced Bat (Ja slit-faced Bat), Seite 453–454 in Thomas Butynski, Jonathan Kingdon und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa Volume VI. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2252-5

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

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Q: Pry show-source not showing implementation Using Pry show-source it's not showing me the method implementation as I expected:
[2] pry(main)> show-source Object#extend

From: eval.c (C Method):
Owner: Kernel
Visibility: public
Number of lines: 3

static VALUE
rb_obj_extend(argc, argv, obj)
int argc;

That's all I get, but according to the official docs (I have pry-doc installed) I should see:
[1] pry(main)> show-source Object#extend

From: eval.c (C Method):
Owner: Kernel
Visibility: public
Number of lines: 16

static VALUE
rb_obj_extend(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
    int i;

    if (argc == 0) {
         rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong number of arguments (at least 1)");
    }
    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
    Check_Type(argv[i], T_MODULE);
    while (argc--) {
        rb_funcall(argv[argc], rb_intern("extend_object"), 1, obj);
        rb_funcall(argv[argc], rb_intern("extended"), 1, obj);
    }
    return obj;
}
[2] pry(main)>

Any ideas about why is this happening?

A: This solved it for me:
$ rvm docs generate all
Also useful, if you want to generate the ri docs for all your installed gems:
gem rdoc --all --ri --no-rdoc


By now you've seen and read no less than one trillion Fenty Beauty reviews, so thanks for checking mine out. You won't be disappointed!
I've been stanning for this beauty line since the announcement was made earlier this year about the launch. So I *DIED* when I saw Joanne The Scammer's Instagramz stories of her scamming the launch party and I set my eyes on Trophy Wife, the already ICONIC, shine bright like a DIAMOND yellow gold highlight. After her PR team that, I knew Trophy Wife was the life for me!
But what wasn't for me was that 3 am launch time. I knew it was gonna sell out (and be restocked), so I figured I'd just catch the restock whenever that would be. Then I saw Alyssa Ashley's video from the Fenty Beauty launch party and HUNTY! I set my alarm for 2:45 right then and there.
Of course, it didn't actually sell out, in store or online so I could have slept but whatever. I actually had a free morning on launch day and I went into the Sephora store. And literally as soon as I walked in, someone asked me if I wanted to try the Fenty face. Foundation, contour, highlight, the works. Yes! Yes. I. Do.
I wasn't actually going in for the foundation (I love my Lancome stick), I just wanted to try the contour stick. But after that makeup artist beat my face IT WAS A WRAP! The color match was flawless, the foundation literally felt like second skin, and I looked sooooo good. So ended up with the foundation in 440 and the espresso match stix.
But I had to play a little with the rest of the collection right? Strictly for blogging research purposes!
I really wanted to try these products out before giving a review. A day or two with one or two applications really isn't enough for a thorough review in my opinion. So I've been testing these out all week!
First things first, get matched in the store if you can! I've seen some terrible mismatches. And I know you have too. And your color may not be what you expected since there are a lot of subtle undertone differences. As far as the oxidization problems, the one time the foundation oxidized on me, I forgot to shake it up before applying.
As for the formula: I am amazed at how good my skin looks wearing this. The first day I tried it, I got a compliment from a complete stranger hours after application. The finish is matte-ish without being drying. I use Hourglass' matte foundation and that is my holy grail matte (borderline drying) foundation. Fenty is not that. This formula evens you out without the drying spots Hourglass leaves. But you'll still have to blot sis and use a matte primer and setting spray.
I also wouldn't call this complete full coverage. Definitely medium to full, buildable. It didn't completely cover my dark spots and I did have to conceal under my eyes.
Bottomline: No other formula makes my skin look and feel this luxurious. A steal for $34.
I've yet to see someone who looks bad in this, from the palest to the richest skintones. If you're a glamorous bish who lives for dramatic makeup, this is for you. Easily the most pigmented highlighter I've ever used. It's a smooth powder formula that's very glittery and a very bright yellow tone. (The other powder highlighters are smoother and less glittery and the match stix are more creamy.) Trophy Wife is super easy to over do, so use a *very* light hand and build. (If you are looking for a less glittery, less powdery version of this color try the Blonde match stix).
Bottomline: If you live for a blinding highlight like I do, get this for your collection and be seen from space! But there are more subtle options available as well.
This is what I actually went to the store to get. So for each foundation range, there are corresponding highlight, contour, and shimmer shades. My contour shade is espresso. I'm not the *best* with contouring, so the contour looked better when I got my makeup done in store than when I did it myself. But I'm going to get there! The contour was sooooo good, I need to recreate it!
The match stix are cool because the packaging is magnetic, so you can stick them together if you have more than one!
Bottomline: This stick is dark enough for us black girls! And if you know what you're doing, it makes for a very nice contour shade. Very creamy and blendable.
The hype around this beauty line is WARRANTED! The products are phenomenal. Rihanna and her teams did an excellent job with this line and I can not wait to see what else is in store.
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When you're considering applying for a role at a new firm, chances are that you're doing your research. Getting insight directly from the company's employees isn't always feasible but it's the best first step in making your next career move an easier decision. Every consulting firm looks for different qualities in candidates, so to shed light on what makes a great Propeller consultant, we interviewed our Director of People Strategy, Allison Torpey, who leads our recruiting process.
You've conducted quite a few interviews with Propeller candidates over the past 3 years. What do you think is unique about the Propeller interview process?
Propeller practices a thorough interview process, in which each candidate interviews at least four times and each interview is conducted by a different Propeller consultant or someone from the leadership team. This allows us to get a deep understanding of who our candidates are and where their capabilities lie. We're selective in our hiring process and only about 1 percent of all applicants ultimately join the firm.
What are the qualities that you look for in an exceptional consultant candidate?
Competence: Can the person do the work; are they smart?
Warmth: Is the person easy to relate to; can they build strong relationships; will people like them?
Ability to deal with ambiguity and the grit to "figure it out": Most of the problems that are put in front of us are not well-defined. To be successful at Propeller, consultants need to be eager and able to step into a new situation easily and roll up their sleeves to figure out the problem.
What made you decide to start a career in consulting? What do you enjoy about it?
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I enjoy too many things and I get bored easily. Consulting has been a phenomenal way for me to try new things and stretch myself in new ways - as fast as I am comfortable growing.
Propeller has been the perfect match for me because I thrive in small and growing organizations and love the challenge of helping a company take shape in its formative years. Additionally, the culture Jeff and Amy have fostered is one of transparency, authenticity, trust, and empowerment. This is the type of environment in which I thrive and sought out as I was looking for a new professional home.
You just recently started working as the Director of People Strategy. What are you most excited about?
I define success in this role as always having the right person lined up and ready to go for any new project that comes our way. I will do this by finding amazing people, keeping amazing people, and making people more amazing.
The social experiment on which Propeller was founded ("commit to people") is what makes Propeller unique. It's why people join, it's why people stay, and it's why clients rehire us. Our success as a firm is built on the strength of this core principle. The Director of People Strategy role is the manifestation of our belief in the importance of committing to our people, and I'm extremely excited to play a part in helping Propeller grow in its own unique way.
What are the biggest benefits and the biggest challenges of working as a consultant?
Benefits: The exposure to a wide variety of projects, companies, and industries. It's also great to have the flexibility and freedom to try new things to build one's toolkit.
Challenges: Always having to say goodbye – to do our job well, we have to build strong relationships at the client site. While transitioning between projects, companies, and industries definitely has its benefits, it's always hard to leave people who have become good friends.
How can you tell if someone is a good fit with our culture?
I look for people who are smart (but not arrogant), passionate, curious, driven, tenacious, and gritty. Strong candidates demonstrate these qualities both at the workplace and in their personal lives.
Run! I didn't play any sports growing up and I've always been kind of a bookworm. Running has been a really fun way for me to challenge myself in a completely new way, to see how fast and how far I can go. Running has taught me patience and has reinforced my already gritty personality.
"I can and I will." I use this mantra in everything that I do — whether I'm working, running, or taking on any other challenging endeavor.
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The Ozarks Technical Community College Lebanon Center will debut a line worker training program in the fall of 2018. The two-year program will lead to an Associate of Applied Science in Electrical Distribution Systems. Local electric companies, private donors and the college partnered to develop the curriculum and secure the equipment necessary to offer the degree.
Currently, few higher education institutions in Missouri offer a two-year associate degree in electrical distribution systems. Acknowledging the necessity for more training opportunities, Laclede Electric Cooperative donated electrical poles and their installation, and Lebanon resident Bill Williams made a significant donation.
Before beginning the program, OTC surveyed dozens of electrical companies and co-ops in the state to gauge the need for a line worker program. The results of that survey informed the college's decision to develop the program and begin this fall. Many of those same companies and co-ops have provided input and consultation in the program's development.
Through the program, students will learn how to build, repair and operate the nation's power grid. Instruction includes how to safely climb utility poles and install and maintain electrical distribution systems. Additionally, students will be trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and obtain a commercial driver's license.
Students interested in being a part of the inaugural 24-person class should visit otc.edu/eds or call 417-447-8146. A new cohort of students will begin every fall.


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Our team is well placed to work with clients when they are seeking to make a decision in choosing the form of entity they use. We provide the crucial tax advice surrounding these decisions and regularly advise organisation on whether or not to incorporate, joint venture/partnership structures and on the use of limited liability partnerships. We also advise clients on how best to structure the provisions of the funding for the business.
Working hand in hand with our client and colleagues dealing with the acquisition or disposal of the company, we ensure that the way in which the transaction is implemented reflects the strategic tax advice that we provide and deals with negotiation of tax indemnities and warranties.
Corporate restructuring, demergers etc.
We understand that though inevitable, change is always difficult to handle. We regularly guide clients through the tax implications and efficiency when undergoing a business restructuring. Our experience varies from advising on a relatively simple arrangement, such as the introduction of a new holding company / group structure, or on a more elaborate restructuring, sometimes to split an existing group between two groups of shareholders or to split a group up so that different areas of business can operate independently. In each case we provide the relevant tax advice, secure any necessary tax clearances from HMRC and oversee implementation of the restructuring to ensure consistency with the advice.
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We regularly advise international businesses looking to expand into the UK or to use the UK as part of its structure, and provide them with advice on the appropriate business structure (e.g. branch or subsidiary), group financing and capitalisation arrangements, profit repatriation issues, avoiding double taxation liabilities and withholding tax problems, employment tax issues and value added tax issues.
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Our team understands the tax benefits of enterprise and seed enterprise investment schemes and venture capital trusts. We regularly support numerous start-up and early stage businesses to secure tax efficient funding through these schemes; to secure pre-investment approval of HMRC as to SEIS and EIS status; and to deal with post investment enquiries made by HMRC.
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Our extensive expertise in advising on equity incentives and ownership structures for key managers, including advice to management teams in private equity backed transactions, is second to none. We also provide advice on carried interest structures. We navigate our clients through the complex "employment related securities" rules to find the optimum means of providing equity participation for management.
Exit strategies and capital gains tax planning
Our experts understand that successful CGT often depends not just on the structuring of an exit but also on managing the tax position when the shares are first acquired. We provide advice when shares are originally acquired with the aim of securing tax efficiency for any future exit. We also advise on the structuring of the exit, to include advice on specific issues involved with payment of deferred consideration and use of loan notes and structuring earn-outs.
Today's political climate has led HMRC to be under more pressure than ever to be seen to be clamping down on organisations and individuals suspected of improperly handling their tax affairs and those advising them to do so. We understand the process and the importance of having one's tax affairs in order. We regularly provide our clients with advice in relation to COP9 investigations, and both criminal investigations and prosecutions. We have also successfully advised clients on statutory tax appeals within the Tax Tribunal.
Our experts are regularly called upon to advise clients on the UK tax issues associated with cross border corporate transactions or with commercial projects which have an international dimension and we regularly assist with the identification of potential issues in other countries and project manage the provision of tax advice from advisers in those countries.
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Our dedicated tax team understands that commercial arrangements which involve licence fee or royalty payments, particularly when involving a cross border element, give rise to the need to consider issues such as the application of withholding tax rules and the application of value added tax. We advise on such matters, including as to solutions available under applicable Double Tax Treaties and means of minimising potential problems through the drafting of the relevant agreements.
Our experts have acted for a number of P2P platforms to identify issues and successfully find solutions to those issues, sometimes including approaches to HMRC in order to agree a pragmatic approach which respects the tax rules but which also takes account of the practicalities of operating a P2P platform.
We work closely with our real estate experts to identify the specific tax issues that arise where property interests are to be transferred as part of a corporate transaction or where corporate structures are being considered for a property project.
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Our extensive expertise in tax disputes places us in a position to adequately assist our broad client base in appealing HMRC decisions from the initial appeal to HMRC, all the way through to the tax tribunal system and, if necessary, to the appellate courts.
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Our team has considerable expertise in guiding cross border organisations through the plethora of issues relating to tax arising from the PAYE system including income tax and national insurance contributions and help in the consideration of Double Tax Treaties and other European regulation.
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We understand the complex regulations surrounding the PAYE and national insurance systems and how this affects businesses of all sizes. We guide our clients on any issues that may arise with these including where non-cash benefits may be provided, termination payments are made, director payments are made, and any other matters. We also have vast experience in dealing with all matters of cross-border issues relating to PAYE and NI regulations.
Pensions are fraught with tax implications and structuring them adequately should be a priority for organisations and individuals. We regularly work with organisations in ensuring that their pension schemes are structured to be as tax efficient as possible. Our qualified experts have a wealth of experience of advising on pension issues relating to TUPE transfers, compromise agreements and other employment related matters where pensions may be affected.
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Our experts are well versed to advising clients on the tax implications when an individual is engaged via an intermediary company or "personal service company". They understand the importance of identifying where PAYE responsibilities fall and have particular expertise in dealing with tax rule matters such as IR35 rules and work in tandem with their clients to ensure that all HMRC obligations are met.
Remuneration packages
Whilst many forms of remuneration planning have been scrutinised of late and legislated against, tax benefits is one area where employees can still benefit through the use of specific forms of arrangement. We regularly advise businesses on their remuneration policies and ensure that all documentation relating to the arrangement reflects the relevant tax principles.
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Incentivising staff is an important part of business management. We advise organisations on how to incentivise their employees through tax efficient share schemes including share incentive plans, also known as SIPs, as well as bespoke share schemes. Our bespoke schemes are tailored to the desires of a particular client and can lead to any legal option including implementing joint share ownership plans or introducing cash profit sharing plans.
Termination packages
The termination of a contract and the subsequent drafting of a mutually beneficial compromise agreement is no easy feat. Ensuring that the termination of a package is tax efficient for both the employer and employee can help speed up the process of securing the agreement. We regularly advise on applicable tax rules and opportunities to maximise the tax efficiency for both parties and work closely with the client to ensure that all relevant tax issues are reflected in the final settlement agreement.
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Acted for the trustees of a Liechtenstein Foundation which in turn holds various Liechtenstein anstalts holding a UK property portfolio worth in excess of £200m.
Successfully overturned assessment of Excise Duty 'handling' penalties, on appeal to the Tax Tribunal.
Advised on cases of HMRC's enquiries into alleged under-payment of VAT by a nightclub chain.
Acted for a landlord on a highly complex £140m City development in relation to preserving landlord capital allowances on £90m landlord's contribution.
Advised Thames Water (ongoing) on the tax implications of Thames Tideway Tunnel Project, focussing on VAT and SDLT.
Acted for a major UK client over a six-year period on an ongoing HMRC SDLT enquiry (up to £50m).
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Advised companies caught up in HMRC's crack down on MTIC VAT fraud and in other instances where HMRC has sought to rely on the 'knew or should have known' principle.
Getting the decision of a VAT office overturned by HMRC business unit for a major residential developer allowing the developer full VAT recovery on a significant project.
Advised on the sale of corporate entities by a large REIT.
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Advised on 'design and build' VAT recovery structure for residential purchase/redevelopment for property valued at £11 million.
Advised on SDLT saving structure on the acquisition of commercial development opportunity with a value of £100 million.
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Edward Jost Chapman, Jr., 85, passed away peacefully at his home in Lansing, Kansas on May 10, 2018. He was born on July 30, 1932 in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Edward Jost Chapman, Sr. and Anna Coonrinda Engel DeRidder.
Ed graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1950, and was known around Leavenworth County as "Chappie" and "Chap." He was academically successful and known for his strong musical talent on the piano where he won numerous local and state awards. During his brief enlistment in the Air Force, Ed was stationed at the Western White House in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he played trombone in the Air Force band that performed for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Having seriously considered a career as a professional concert pianist, he instead enrolled at Columbia University. After his father's death in 1957, Ed returned home and completed his education at the University of Kansas. In 1958, Ed married Marilyn Sue Bogner. They divorced in 1971. Ed married Lois (Anderson) Chapman on October 5, 1974 in Leavenworth, Kansas. She survives at the home.
Ed passed the Bars in Kansas and Missouri in 1959 and started his law practice that would continue for over 55 years. Ed was committed to the community where he practiced and lived. He served as Judge of City Court, Leavenworth County from 1961-1963. He was County Attorney from 1963-1967, and a member of the Kansas and American Bar Association.
In the community, Ed facilitated the transfer of the Carroll Mansion to The Leavenworth County Historical Society. He was also a member of the Board of Directors that helped create the new Leavenworth Library. He was a long-time member of the Leavenworth Kiwanis Club, Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, King Solomon Lodge No. 10 A.F. and A.M., Leavenworth. His commitment to the Leavenworth and Lansing communities earned him recognition as the Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year in 2000.
He loved puns and humor; often times you could hear his raucous laugh. You could not help but smile with him.
Ed is survived by his wife, Lois (Anderson) Chapman; his children, Edward J. Chapman, III (Ann), Rebecca Sauter (John), and Lisa Walsh (Joe); and his grandchildren, Edward J. Chapman, IV, and Jacob J. Chapman. He is also survived by his faithful companion and pet, Kitty.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, David W. Chapman, Sr.


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Faith Front Page WorldTROUBLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Raging wind-whipped arson flames threaten Israel
Tens of thousands evacuated before security services push back worst of danger
By Bob Unruh
Published November 24, 2016 at 4:22pm
Israel fires in image posted on Twitter.
In what could be a new and horrifying act of terrorism, wildfires raged across northern and central Israel on Thanksgiving Day.
They were brought under a semblance of control after some 80,000 people were evacuated near Haifa alone.
Officials have said some of the blazes erupted because of arson.
In a statement to the Jerusalem Post, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said generally the blazes were being brought "under control."
This after havoc raged across the small nation over several days this week as several burning wildfires inflicted injury on dozens of people.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cause of at least some of the fires was arson. He warned the culprits would be dealt with as terrorists.
Erdan said a combination of firefighters, Homefront Command forces and police had responded to the threat.
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Agence France-Presse reported Erdan indicated about half of the fires were arson, while Education Minister Naftali Bennett appeared to blame the trouble on an Arab minority.
"Only those to whom the country does not belong are capable of burning it," Bennett said in a tweet.
AFP reported the tweet brought a rejoinder from Ayman Odeh, the chief of the Arab coalition in parliament, who said such comments were "incitement" against Arabs.
"We have lived in this country for hundreds and thousands of years and not burned it," he stated.
Netanyahu said authorities had noticed "encouragement to arson" on social media, but a determination of the causes was pending.
"Every fire caused by arson or incitement to arson is terror and will be treated as such," he said.
YnetNews reported there were "countless" people "gloating over the recent rash of fire plaguing Israel over the past three days.
"They tried to ban the muezzin's call, and Allah rained fire on them," Hamas official Izaat al-Risheq tweeted, the report said. Israel recently has considering noise limits on the Muslim calls to prayer five times a day.
The report said some people "posted their hopes that the fires would reach strategic facilities in Israel, like the Haifa Chemicals plants, gas storage facilities across the country, and ADF bases that have large arms depots."
Reuters reported that Arabs and Palestinians were celebrating the fires and the hashtag #Isrealisburning was appearing on Twitter.
"It's likely that where it was arson, it goes in the direction of nationalistic," police spokesman RoniAlsheich told reporters, without detail.
Noah Wolfson of the Meteo-Tech meteorology website did confirm that a dry period and windy conditions turned the region into a tinder box for flames, whether set by arsonists or sparked by nature.
"The extreme dryness – relative humidity below 10 percent – coupled with very strong winds, enhance and encourage any small fire to expand and be horrendous," he told AFP.
Reuters said there had been several fires burning regionally over the past few days.
But on Thursday they intensified, fueled by unseasonably dry weather and strong easterly winds.
They were burning in the forests west of Jerusalem, near Haifa and in parts of the West Bank. Israel even had asked for help from its neighbors to fight the conflagration.
Several aircraft responded, dropping fire retardant on the worst of the flames, after Turkey, Russia, Greece, Cyprus and Croatia offered to help. The Post said Russia sent two planes and crews to fight the fires, Greece sent three planes, Italy two and Cyprus sent the only one it had.
Even Turkey, which has had limited relations with Israel since the Mavi Marmara confrontation in 2010, sent one firefighting aircraft and promised a second.
The report said local images showed a "wall of flames raging through central neighborhoods of Israel's largest city."
"A thick haze of smoke hung over Haifa, which rises up from the Mediterranean Sea overlooking a large port. Schools and universities were evacuated, and two nearby prisons transferred inmates to other jails, a prisons service spokesman said," Reuters reported.
Patients also were moved away from hospitals in the region, and Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman, told AFP that residents in eight neighborhoods in Haifa were evacuated due to six different fires, one of which was burning "from one house to the other," according to a rescue services official.
"Sometimes we are taking residents out against their will," said Naftali Rottenberg on public radio.
AFP reported Haifa resident Yael Hame described it as worse than the 2010 wildfires that killed 44.
"The fire was up over the skyscrapers. It came up to 20 stories high," she told the agency.
AFP said hundreds of homes were damaged and some destroyed. But no deaths were reported.
The major highway route between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv was temporarily closed as flames approached Modi'in.
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Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially.
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Michigan is ground zero of the economic recession. No state has been hit harder by previous failed economic policies and the loss of America's manufacturing sector. That is why it is crucial that The Wolverine State carry the torch of the new clean energy revolution in the United States.
At least that was the message Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm conveyed to the audience gathered at the Center for American Progress in downtown Washington, D.C. to hear her speak about the progress Michigan has made in clean energy on the one year anniversary of Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Detroit in which he announced a massive investment of Recovery Act stimulus funds into Michigan's advanced battery industry.
According to CAP Vice President Sarah Rosen Wartell, who provided introductory remarks before the governor took the podium, of the $2.4 billion in advanced battery funds, over half went to Michigan. She also noted that the state is now home to sixteen battery companies representing nearly $6 billion in public and private investment, creating almost 62,000 jobs.
Perhaps it was the fact that Granholm was born in Vancouver, Canada and her grandfather immigrated from Sweden and her grandmother came from Norway -- all three countries being on the cutting edge of the transition to clean energy -- but she was about as animated and excited about clean energy as any public official I've ever seen.
Granholm sadly pointed out that Michigan has lost jobs every single year of the first decade of the 21st century -- over 800,000 jobs lost out of a population of ten million. That staggering figure is due to Michigan being at one time the automotive capital of the world and having seven times more manufacturing employment than other states, so they were hit seven times as hard.
"We are the poster child for this global shift in manufacturing jobs," said Granholm. "So I'm obsessed about creating jobs for everyday citizens in America and that's why this clean energy opportunity is so huge."
She told a devastating story that took place when she first took office in 2003. A town called Greenville had just found out that the Electrolux-owned refrigerator factory was threatening to go to Mexico and bring the 2,700 jobs with it. The governor held a meeting with representatives from the town of 8,000 and the company management. After offering amazing incentives like zero taxes for twenty years and building them a new factory, the management told Granholm that it was more than they expected, but that they can pay $1.57 an hour in Juarez, Mexico so there was nothing they could do to overcome that.
Afterwards Granholm attended what employers call the "last supper" where the hundreds of recently jobless people gather one last time to say goodbye and ask each other what they are going to be doing next. She said a 48-year old man who was with his two daughters walked up to her and told her that he had worked for the company for 30 years and that his father and grandfather worked for the company and that he went from high school to factory and it was all he knew how to do. With his children on each side of him he asked the Governor point blank: "I'm too young to retire. Who's going to hire me?"
"That question has been asked in communities all across the industrial Midwest as we have seen this manufacturing base hollowed out in America," said Granholm. "We don't make things in the United States. We are a weak nation. And that's why this energy bill gives us such an opportunity."
But things have changed in Michigan since the state signed an energy package into law in 2008. Since then there has been somewhat of a mini renaissance, although the unemployment is still at 13.2%, second only to Nevada.
Granholm stressed how important it is to pass a national clean energy and climate bill because states can only go so far in pushing clean energy jobs through legislation. She said that nations that have feed-in tariffs like Canada and Germany are stealing jobs that could be here in the U.S.A. She also mentioned that Sweden -- a country of similar size to Michigan -- has created 400,000 jobs through clean energy and that there is no reason Michigan can't do the same with the right policy in place.
"We are missing out if we don't adopt smart policy," Granholm said. "The Federal Government must play a role by passing an energy bill. With the right policy in place it will send market signals and will bring jobs."
And regarding that town that lost all the refrigerator factory jobs back in 2003? Well, Granholm was happy to report that Greenville plans to go completely off the grid by powering every school and city building with solar energy.


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Pannuto Martin Javier et al. v. Instituto de Obra Social de la Provincia de Entre Rios (I.O.S.P.E.R.)
Download Judgment: Spanish
Court: Civil Court of Appeal of Entre Ríos [Cámara de Apelaciones en lo Civil - Entre Ríos]
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Medicines, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to family life, Right to health, Right to life
Tags: Access to health care, Access to medicines, Access to treatment, Health insurance, Health regulation, Right to Health, Right to Life, sexual and reproductive rights, Social security
The plaintiffs, a married couple, filed a precautionary measure against the Health Insurance of the Province of Entre Ríos to provide comprehensive coverage of the assisted reproductive treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) until the pregnancy was achieved. The co-plaintiff suffered from oligoastenozoospermia which left him infertile so they requested the health insurance company to provide coverage for the assisted reproductive treatment but denied it given the age of the co-plaintiff – 39 years old- , the low chances of success the treatment would have and that the treatment was not covered by this health insurance company or by any health insurance company in the country. The plaintiffs based their claim in articles 14 bis, 28, 33, 42, 43 and 75 inc. 23 of the National Constitution, article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, article 264 of the Civil Code, Law 23 719 of Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and law 25 672 of the National Program of Sexual Health and Responsible Procreation, articles 19 and 20 of the Provincial Constitution and Provincial Law 9501 of Sexual Health.
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Nowinski, Elsa Alicia s/inconstitucionalidad artículo 16 de la ley 6982
V., C. G. v. I. A. P. O. S.
The Court of Appeal of the province of Entre Ríos found that even though there was no legislation that impose the health insurance company the comprehensive coverage of assisted reproductive treatment, the right of the plaintiffs was guaranteed by: article 14 of the National Constitution that established the "integral protection of the family" and law 25 672 of the National Program of Sexual Health and Responsible Procreation that establishes "to ensure the highest level of health for the population of sexual health and responsible procreation, to be able to adopt decisions without discrimination or violence." Also in the provincial constitution it is established that "the province recognizes the right to health as a fundamental right [...] the health services would be free, universal, equal, integral, adequate and opportune" and its article 20 states "sexual and reproductive rights are basic human rights. The province must ensure through public policies the information, orientation, methods and healthcare provided for sexual health, responsible procreation and the protection of the pregnant woman." Therefore, their right to health was guaranteed by constitutional and local norms and international treaties. The negative of the respondent constituted a violation of these rights, so they should provide coverage for the reproductive assisted treatment. As there was no law that determined the amount of the treatment that the health insures companies should provide, they based the amount of coverage on other precedents, that determined that a comprehensive coverage would result in a detriment of other affiliates of the health insurance company, so it determined that the respondent should provide 60% coverage of the reproductive assisted treatment and the remaining 40% should be loaned to the plaintiff from the respondent.
"Surge sin hesitación, atento la normativa señalada, que los amparistas poseen garantizado desde el bloque de legalidad constitucional su derecho a la salud, el que se encuentra intrínsecamente relacionado con el derecho a la vida." Page 11
"According to the indicated norms it must be concluded that the plaintiffs have guaranteed their right to health from the constitutional norms, that are intrinsically related to the right to life" Page 11
"Asimismo los derechos vinculados con la salud reproductiva tienen un fuerte contenido social, ya que de ellos deriva la constitución de una familia, lo cual constituye una expectativa
natural de una pareja [...] Y, exige "... una mirada alerta a través de prestaciones positivas que evite que la población de menores recursos vea incumplido su anhelo de progenie en resguardo del derecho consagrado por el art. 14 bis en torno de la familia, sin discriminaciones de ninguna naturaleza." Page 12-13
"Reproductive rights have a strong social component because they result in the constitution of a family, that constitutes a natural expectation of a couple [...] and requires that the population with lower resources don't see frustrated their desire for offspring, a right guaranteed in article 14 bis of the National Constitution regarding the constitution of family, without any discrimination." Page 12-13


tHE TROLLY COSTS $6 FOR THE WHOLE DAY $4 for a round trip.
9:30 AM...............................We leave for the Tourcade from the front of the convention center 9:30 AM we leave. Our first stop will be to see the folks at Brighton Ridge Nursing home at 235 Huntsville Road. StRagglers can catch up with us there.
The Tourcade takes a couple of hours driving through the beautiful Arkansas countryside. We cross an old one lane suspension bridge at Beaver and have a break at a lakeside park below a giant mansion called the Castle. We take a snack break there so bring some pot luck snacks and drinks if you want to. We also make a stop at the Beaver Lake dam.
And then, it's goodbye till next year.


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Highway 1 UC Santa Cruz students plead no contest
Updated: 10:00 AM PDT May 7, 2015
Phil Gomez
KSBW
Six UC Santa Cruz students held a press conference after they pleaded no contest. (May 7, 2015)
SOURCE: KSBW
Six UC Santa Cruz students who caused a public outcry when they shutdown Highway 1 with a human blockade agreed to accept terms given to them by a Santa Cruz County judge.Students pleaded no contest Thursday morning. The judge is expected to sentence each student to each serve 30 days in jail, and pay up to $40,000 in restitution as a group.Sentencing will happen on June 29. MUG SHOTS: UC Santa Cruz Highway 1 studentsThe six students who protested university tuition hikes and police brutality by blocking Highway 1 for four hours were: Ethan Pezzolo, 19, of Santa Cruz, Alexander Pearce, 19, of San Francisco, Sophia Dimatteo, 19, of Sherman Oaks, Janine Caceres, 21, of Los Angeles, Lori Nixon, 28, of Santa Cruz, and Sasha Petterson, 19, of Santa Cruz.After entering their pleas, the six students held a news conference and offered no apologies to the town of Santa Cruz."Our actions were organized as part of the UC-wide 96 Hours (Of Action) against tuition hikes and police brutality. We felt the urgent need to raise our voices and take action to expose the injustices the state commits, specifically regarding sky rocketing cost of public education and the epidemic of police murders," Sophia Dimatteo said.Ethan Pezzolo said, "Today I plead no contest. I am accepting the sentence because the state never seeks to provide fairness to people who speak out. The justice we seek cannot be found in the courts, but in the hearts and minds of the community."Students declined to answer questions from reporters. Prosecutors believe the students got off easy in court, and that 30 days in jail is not long enough. The March 3 traffic nightmare began at 9:30 a.m. when a U-Haul van dropped off supplies needed to create an elaborate human blockade that law enforcement would not be able to quickly dislodge. Students linked their bodies together with chains, pipes, and trash cans filled with cement. Crews had to use jackhammers and sledge hammers to get the students off the highway. The group was arrested on charges of conspiracy, creating a public nuisance, refusing to comply with officers' orders, and resisting arrest. However, prosecutors only charged them with misdemeanor creating a public nuisance and misdemeanor resisting arrest. If the case had gone to trial and the students were found guilty, they could have faced 18 months in jail. Santa Cruz residents were outraged by the students' actions, and a viral petition was created online demanding that UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal expel them.University administrators decided to suspend the students for 10 months and require them to complete 100 hours of community service. They will not be allowed back on campus until Jan. 1, 2016, and the university may hand down additional sanctions.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —
Six UC Santa Cruz students who caused a public outcry when they shutdown Highway 1 with a human blockade agreed to accept terms given to them by a Santa Cruz County judge.
Students pleaded no contest Thursday morning. The judge is expected to sentence each student to each serve 30 days in jail, and pay up to $40,000 in restitution as a group.
Santa Cruz protesters create unwanted Jenga puzzle for law enforcement
Highway 1 UC Santa Cruz students sentenced
Will UC Santa Cruz expel the 6 students?
Sentencing will happen on June 29.
MUG SHOTS: UC Santa Cruz Highway 1 students
The six students who protested university tuition hikes and police brutality by blocking Highway 1 for four hours were: Ethan Pezzolo, 19, of Santa Cruz, Alexander Pearce, 19, of San Francisco, Sophia Dimatteo, 19, of Sherman Oaks, Janine Caceres, 21, of Los Angeles, Lori Nixon, 28, of Santa Cruz, and Sasha Petterson, 19, of Santa Cruz.
After entering their pleas, the six students held a news conference and offered no apologies to the town of Santa Cruz.
"Our actions were organized as part of the UC-wide 96 Hours (Of Action) against tuition hikes and police brutality. We felt the urgent need to raise our voices and take action to expose the injustices the state commits, specifically regarding sky rocketing cost of public education and the epidemic of police murders," Sophia Dimatteo said.
Ethan Pezzolo said, "Today I plead no contest. I am accepting the sentence because the state never seeks to provide fairness to people who speak out. The justice we seek cannot be found in the courts, but in the hearts and minds of the community."
Students declined to answer questions from reporters.
Prosecutors believe the students got off easy in court, and that 30 days in jail is not long enough.
The March 3 traffic nightmare began at 9:30 a.m. when a U-Haul van dropped off supplies needed to create an elaborate human blockade that law enforcement would not be able to quickly dislodge. Students linked their bodies together with chains, pipes, and trash cans filled with cement. Crews had to use jackhammers and sledge hammers to get the students off the highway.
The group was arrested on charges of conspiracy, creating a public nuisance, refusing to comply with officers' orders, and resisting arrest. However, prosecutors only charged them with misdemeanor creating a public nuisance and misdemeanor resisting arrest.
If the case had gone to trial and the students were found guilty, they could have faced 18 months in jail.
Santa Cruz residents were outraged by the students' actions, and a viral petition was created online demanding that UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal expel them.
University administrators decided to suspend the students for 10 months and require them to complete 100 hours of community service. They will not be allowed back on campus until Jan. 1, 2016, and the university may hand down additional sanctions.


As promised so many years ago, it's time for the ultimate reunion as the cast once again returns. They're all playing slightly older roles, yet everyone is still far beyond that in age and it's rather hilarious. This season brings the massive group back and quickly catches us up with what everyone has been doing since their last adventure to Camp Firewood ten years ago. Some are doing better than others in life and as part of the fun, we get to see all that drama unravel very fast. I loved the pacing of the episodes as everything just rolled by and it was a treat to binge.
It also felt conclusive despite running eight episodes in length and I was entirely satisfied by the experience. For those that have watched the movie and the prequel show, you'll absolutely love this return to the camp and I feel that others might also find this hilarious. It's got a variety of jokes, very overdramatic moments and all the clichés one would want to once again see at camp. There were also multiple minor plots going on with some secret moments waiting to be revealed throughout. I honestly felt it went a bit over the top towards the ending, but I suppose that's part of the charm in the series.
I would typically label certain performances though with a cast this large it would be impossible to do so. They were able to have some many memorable characters pop in for a story that weaves together beautifully. Some of the new members didn't quite fit in, yet no one felt out of place and all had clear goals. Fans of the series will love the references and while they had flashbacks to fill in some blanks, they weren't over-used. I did feel that some scenes could have used some more fullness to them having more actors appear in the background or something along those lines. Many scenes were smaller side stories that focused on a couple members of the cast at a time. I assume this is to work around schedules to make this possible, but it's more of a treat to see everyone get together or even scenes with multiple characters at once. There's a good sense of the camp being alive though as this is just a reunion and a new generation of kids are at camp. You'll see them running around while all these adults deal with their varying issues.
It was nice to see so many from the cast return for Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later and it's the larger group together that really makes this whole thing work so well. As a fan of the previous parts of the series this was satisfying not only in letting us know what's happened in-between, but also to conclude in a manner that felt right. The pacing of the episodes was solid, it flowed well and there was never a boring moment. All the plots felt as though they were finished off and while I'll always want more this selection of episodes worked well. I found the series to be funny, the jokes hit the mark and while too dramatic at times that's part of the charm in Wet Hot American Summer.


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Draft SIGN non-pharmacological depression treatments guideline, 8th post: therapeutic alliance in the treatment of depression
Originally added on 25th September 2008
Last updated on 28th September 2008
There was some discussion at the SIGN "Non-pharmacological management of depression" seminar about the possible importance of the therapeutic alliance in depression treatment. Professor Kevin Power said that SIGN had not found any good research that threw light on this issue. This is somewhat surprising because there is a fair amount of published research that does address this point. It is however a bit harder to scan the literature for - Medline, for example, has no searchable keyword phrase like "therapeutic alliance".
I already mentioned the CBASP study, in my 5th blog posting on the SIGN guideline, that reported early therapeutic alliance significantly predicted subsequent improvement in depressive symptoms after controlling for prior improvement and 8 prognostically relevant patient characteristics. Patients receiving combination treatment reported stronger alliances with their psychotherapists than patients receiving CBASP alone (Klein, Schwartz et al. 2003). As far as I'm aware, the most relevant sequence of studies on the importance of alliance in depression treatment are those on the classic NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program (Elkin, Shea et al. 1989). They're still mining the data from this very important research study, and several of the papers that have emerged have focussed on the alliance. Krupnick and colleagues (Krupnick, Sotsky et al. 1996) scored videotapes of 619 treatment sessions for alliance quality. They concluded "Therapeutic alliance was found to have a significant effect on clinical outcome for both psychotherapies and for active and placebo pharmacotherapy." I have a further seven papers also addressing alliance factors in the NIMH study in my own database (Blatt, Quinlan et al. 1996; Zuroff, Blatt et al. 2000; Meyer, Pilkonis et al. 2002; Hawley, Ho et al. 2006; Kim, Wampold et al. 2006; McKay, Imel et al. 2006; Zuroff and Blatt 2006). There is a special section in a 2006 issue of the journal of Psychotherapy Research where the Kim et al study is joined by another six papers discussing therapeutic factors in the NIMH study. Various authors are making major evidence-based claims that the therapeutic alliance is more important than the specific form of therapy when treating depression. So McKay et al analysed the NIMH data and concluded "The proportion of variance in the BDI scores due to medication was 3.4% (p < .05), while the proportion of variance in BDI scores due to psychiatrists was 9.1% (p < .05). The proportion of variance in the HAM-D scores due to medication was 5.9% (p < .05), while the proportion of variance in HAM-D scores due to psychiatrist was 6.7% (p = .053). Therefore, the psychiatrist effects were greater than the treatment effects" (McKay, Imel et al. 2006). While Kim et al argued for the priority of therapist effects in the NIMH interpersonal and CBT psychotherapy treatments, concluding "These analyses, which modeled therapist variability in several different ways, indicated that about 8% of the variance in outcomes was attributable to therapists, whereas 0% was due to the particular treatment delivered" (Kim, Wampold et al. 2006).
These are major claims that I think SIGN should look at very carefully. The findings are certainly not just limited to the classic NIMH study. Burns et al in 1992 looked at the importance of therapeutic empathy in quite a large series of patients and concluded "This study demonstrated that therapeutic empathy has a moderate-to-large causal effect on recovery from depression in a group of 185 patients treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)" (Burns and Nolen-Hoeksema 1992). Castonguay et al - again in a non-NIMH sample - made the even more challenging claim that not only is alliance a significant factor in determining outcome in CBT treatment for depression, but actually adherence to certain technical aspects of the therapy (possibly to the detriment of the alliance) seems to reduce therapeutic benefits (Castonguay, Goldfried et al. 1996). While Trepka et al analysing a further series of CBT treatments for depression concluded "Both therapeutic alliance and therapist competence were related to outcome. In regression analyses, the alliance remained significantly related to outcome when controlling for competence, but not vice versa" (Trepka, Rees et al. 2004). I have discussed these issues - including their relevance to therapist training - in a talk entitled "The alliance is crucial. What are the implications?" that I gave at this year's British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) annual conference (Hawkins 2008). It is important SIGN appreciate and note the importance of this area in their overview of "Non-pharmacological management of depression".
Blatt, S. J., D. M. Quinlan, et al. (1996). "Interpersonal factors in brief treatment of depression: further analyses of the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program." J Consult Clin Psychol 64(1): 162-71. [PubMed]
Burns, D. D. and S. Nolen-Hoeksema (1992). "Therapeutic empathy and recovery from depression in cognitive-behavioral therapy: a structural equation model." J Consult Clin Psychol 60(3): 441-9. [PubMed]
Castonguay, L. G., M. R. Goldfried, et al. (1996). "Predicting the effect of cognitive therapy for depression: a study of unique and common factors." J Consult Clin Psychol 64(3): 497-504. [PubMed]
Elkin, I., M. T. Shea, et al. (1989). "National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. General effectiveness of treatments." Arch Gen Psychiatry 46(11): 971-82; discussion 983. [PubMed]
Hawkins, J. (2008). The alliance is crucial. What are the implications? BABCP 36th Annual Conference. Edinburgh, 17-19 July. [Free Full Presentation]
Hawley, L. L., M.-H. R. Ho, et al. (2006). "The Relationship of Perfectionism, Depression, and Therapeutic Alliance During Treatment for Depression: Latent Difference Score Analysis " Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 74(5): 930-942. [PubMed]
Kim, D.-M., B. E. Wampold, et al. (2006). "Therapist effects in psychotherapy: A random-effects modeling of the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program data. ." Psychotherapy Research 16(2): 161-172. [Abstract/Full Text]
Klein, D. N., J. E. Schwartz, et al. (2003). "Therapeutic alliance in depression treatment: controlling for prior change and patient characteristics." J Consult Clin Psychol 71(6): 997-1006. [PubMed]
Krupnick, J. L., S. M. Sotsky, et al. (1996). "The role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy outcome: findings in the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program." J Consult Clin Psychol 64(3): 532-9. [PubMed]
McKay, K. M., Z. E. Imel, et al. (2006). "Psychiatrist effects in the psychopharmacological treatment of depression." J Affect Disord 92(2-3): 287-90. [PubMed]
Meyer, B., P. A. Pilkonis, et al. (2002). "Treatment expectancies, patient alliance, and outcome: further analyses from the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program." J Consult Clin Psychol 70(4): 1051-5. [PubMed]
Trepka, C., A. Rees, et al. (2004). "Therapist Competence and Outcome of Cognitive Therapy for Depression." Cognitive Therapy and Research 28(2): 143-157. [Abstract/Full Text]
Zuroff, D. C. and S. J. Blatt (2006). "The therapeutic relationship in the brief treatment of depression: contributions to clinical improvement and enhanced adaptive capacities." J Consult Clin Psychol 74(1): 130-40. [PubMed]
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The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published.
On this day 110 years ago Queen Victoria gave the royal assent to the Australian constitution. It remains a living document today - at various times relied on, argued about and revered. It can be divisive and cohesive.
Many things about Australia have changed since July 9, 1900: two world wars have been fought; humans have walked on the moon; our population has grown from fewer than 4 million to about 22 million. But one thing that has not changed is the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia's first peoples.
This fact remains unrecognised in Australia's founding document. It may seem insignificant to some but it upsets me, both as an Aboriginal man, and as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner.
Throughout school and civic life we are taught that the constitution is the fabric that holds us together. So what sort of message does it send when there is no recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our constitution? What message does that absence send after Australia lent its formal support in April last year to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
The potential, almost subliminal, messages people take away from it - especially younger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - cannot be good for our self-esteem, sense of self-worth and value.
I reckon today, Constitution Day, is as good as any to begin a discussion about what an Australian constitution that gives full recognition to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples might look like.
The national apology in 2008 was the crest of a new wave of commitment towards reconciliation in Australia. We owe it to ourselves as a nation to ride this wave further to give indigenous Australians the constitutional recognition we deserve.
This is not a new idea. Constitutional reform was flagged by the previous prime minister, Kevin Rudd, in the national apology as part of a series of efforts that could improve the life outcomes of indigenous Australians.
His predecessor, John Howard, went to the 2007 election with a commitment to working towards constitutional recognition.
We have already seen firm building blocks laid in parts of Australia. Victoria has already changed its state constitution preamble to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. So has Queensland. It now honours them as ''the First Australians, whose lands, winds and waters we all now share; and pay tribute to their unique values, and their ancient and enduring cultures, which deepen and enrich the life of our community''. In NSW, the government recently announced its intention to formally recognise Aboriginal people in the preamble of the state constitution.
And countries around the world that have supported the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are looking to recognise and enshrine these rights in their constitutions.
As these moves have shown, this does not have to be a scary discussion. But let's not allow ourselves to get sidelined, especially by those who dismiss it as an act of mere symbolism that will not put food on the table of disadvantaged indigenous families.
It may not, but generations of legislation that treats Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people unfairly - whether it was the forcible removal of children or the Northern Territory emergency response - does play a role in making it harder for us to put that metaphorical food on the table.
Constitutional reform is more than just symbolism. The positive effect on our self-esteem, the value of our culture and history, and the respect it marshals from others can make real differences to the lives of indigenous Australians everywhere.
To achieve it, in the lead-up to the federal election let's get the major parties and independents to support constitutional recognition, at least in general terms. Then let's harness the strong public support for full reconciliation to build widespread and bipartisan support for constitutional reform. And once we have the political commitment and public support, we can sit down and work out what the constitutional words might be.
The constitution is a living document and the time is right to finally breathe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life into it.


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Suicide Attack Injures Sherpao and Son, Kills 25
Suicide Bomber attack on the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Aftab Khan Sherpao. Sherpao is one of the most visible and popular leaders in the NWFP, and although he sits on the opposition bench, he's been very supportive of Musharaaf's moves in the region.
AP and CNN are reporting a Suicide Bomber attack on the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Aftab Khan Sherpao. Sherpao is one of the most visible and popular leaders in the NWFP, and although he sits on the opposition bench, he's been very supportive of Musharaaf's moves in the region. Sherpao has also long been seen by some as a possible successor to Musharaaf if the PML ever got pushed aside by the PPP (it's unlikely that Benazir Bhutto could ever return and hold office except by proxy due to the widely unpopular corruption of her tenure.)
 From CNN:
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a public meeting in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding the country's interior minister, police said.
Security guards blocked the attacker as he tried to get close to Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao after he had finished his speech at the meeting in Charsadda, an intelligence official said. The attacker detonated the bomb moments later.
Mohammed Khan, a police official, said the minister suffered minor injuries and was in stable condition. He was being shifted to a hospital in the nearby city of Peshawar.
Khan said at least 24 people were wounded, at least 10 critically.
Khan said the son of Sherpao, Sikandar Khan Sherpao, and some lawmakers and security officials were among the injured.
The intelligence official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of his job, said investigators had found the head of the suicide bomber. He had no details on the attacker's identity.Â
Things are heating up in Waziristan, and it's possible this could be a retaliation strike. Please stop by The Fourth Rail to see what might be driving the retaliation.
More on the the Sherpao family's rise to political power in Pakistan here and here.
Update: The death toll has now risen to 25 28 31 and newer reports state that the suicide bomber was Afghani. In the Daily Times a former Intelligence Bureau employee states the raids are "retaliatory". While both statements could be agitprop, they have the feel of truth to me.Â
More and more refugees who have been taken in the past few years are being pushed out of Pakistan, and some are losing property, wealth and positions in the process. There's bound to be some pushback, however if Pakistan wants a reasonable future it can't continue to host refugees who have no good reason not to return to their native lands.
The other thing in the background are the old-guard ISI who use these disaffected refugees as tools by paying the mullahs bribes. Whenever something like this occurs it's an almost automatic that if you dig deep enough you will find some connection to Hamid Gul — I have not seen one here yet, but certainly would not be surprised if I did.
From Daily Times:
Former Intelligence Bureau chief Massod Sharif while talking to a private TV channel on Saturday said suicide blasts in Pakistan were the reaction to military action in the tribal areas of the NWFP. "This is the internal reactionary force resorting to suicide attacks to register their protests against incidents like the bombing of Bajaur madrassa and military action in Waziristan," Sharif said in Geo television's programme 'Meray Mutabiq'. Muttahida Qaumi Movement Convener Dr Imran Farooq condemned the blast saying the moment had come for all the people against religious extremism to join hands and make a joint strategy to counter terrorism and religious extremism. Awami National Party head Asfand Yar Wali said if the present situation continued the future of Pakistan was in danger. He said the security situation in NWFP was alarming. "Suicide bombers register and ensure their presence by killing innocent people whenever they want and if the country's interior minister is in danger, then the people have much to fear," said Geo television's senior analyst Dr Shahid Masood while commenting on the Charsadda blast. He said the suicide bombers were reminding the government that they were still strong and could hit anyone. He suspected that in the present situation it would become very difficult for Aftab Sherpao, Asfand Yar Wali and all the liberal forces in NWFP to continue their politics in the province.
Yet another possible motive is speculated on in the Editorial section Daily Times. This one is as possible as the others, even if this isn't the motive, the editorial is an interesting read that I recommend.
One last note : As of now Pakistanis in general are pretty mad about this, now that the crows are roosting in their faces they are angry.
Some Random comments selected from Pak Blogs and Forums:
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I am so sick of these fking Jehadis….. another 22 innocent lives lost for some afghani mullah's ideological goals. Kick all the afghan and taaliban outta pakistan forcefully…. I am so angry right now..
this is terrible. we need to skin these idiots
Pakistan should quickly move to dump all the Afghan terrorist "refugees" — legal and illegal — infact I don't care, bundle up all people frm Afghanistan within Pak and just send them back!!
Author ThanosPosted on April 28, 2007 May 1, 2007 Categories Politics
2 thoughts on "Suicide Attack Injures Sherpao and Son, Kills 25"
nazarrabi says:
pashton killing pashton it is all game it has nothing got to do with afghanistan
afghan pashton pakistan pashton are same pashton need,s to no that they
are playing game with pashton on both said
In this case it might be Uzbeks killing pashtun, see this article
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.409818154&par=0
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If you are now buying or maybe very soon a new smartphone then I think you should definitely wait April 25. Because on that date it will start really cool promotion for Elephone P7000. It will be selling at the price of only $160!
The other name of this smartphone is Pioneer which has 5.5 inch full HD screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Under the hood there is 64-bit CPU Mediatek MT6752 with 3GB of RAM. As you can see this is a pure beast!
Elephone P7000 will have 13 megapixel Sony camera and high-capacity battery which will have a capacity of 3450 mAh. I must admit this sounds great and it is worth to wait for April 25, when it will sell at this special price! For more information you can also visit the official website.
Previous articleUlefone Be Touch – 3GB RAM – 64-bit MTK6752 = Perfection!
where is the price be at 160€ on 25th april?


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La magnesioclorofenicita és un mineral de la classe dels fosfats. Rep el nom pel domini del magnesi sobre el manganès en la composició, i la seva relació amb la clorofenicita.

Característiques
La magnesioclorofenicita és un arsenat de fórmula química (Mg,Mn)₃Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH,O)₆. Cristal·litza en el sistema monoclínic. La seva duresa a l'escala de Mohs es troba entre 3 i 3,5.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la magnesioclorofenicita pertany a "08.BE: Fosfats, etc. amb anions addicionals, sense H₂O, només amb cations de mida mitjana, (OH, etc.):RO₄ > 2:1" juntament amb els següents minerals: augelita, grattarolaïta, cornetita, clinoclasa, arhbarita, gilmarita, allactita, flinkita, raadeïta, argandita, clorofenicita, gerdtremmelita, dixenita, hematolita, kraisslita, mcgovernita, arakiïta, turtmannita, carlfrancisita, synadelfita, holdenita, kolicita, sabel·liïta, jarosewichita, theisita, coparsita i waterhouseïta.

Formació i jaciments
Va ser descoberta a la mina Franklin, situada a la localitat homònima del comtat de Sussex, a Nova Jersey (Estats Units). També ha estat descrita a la propera mina Sterling, a la localitat d'Ogdensburg. Aquests dos indrets són els únics a tot el planeta on ha estat trobada aquesta espècie mineral.

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Minerals arsenats
Minerals de magnesi
Minerals de manganès
Minerals de zinc
Minerals que contenen hidròxid
Minerals descoberts al comtat de Sussex