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Funnily enough, today is 20.12.2012. So, a good day for writing about... 2012, no?
New Year in Paris, under the Eiffel Tower. No official fireworks, but firecrackers everywhere. We walk back to the flat, from one side of the city to the other. It's magic.
Ring shopping, an afternoon spent playing with diamonds and designs. Excited. A secret that noone else knows.
Paris gets cold, temperatures below zero for a fortnight. Snow, but less than an inch.
We get engaged, in the sparkling cold of Place des Vosges, our favourite place for every season in Paris. Champagne for breakfast, enjoying that bubble of time where we are the only people who know what we have done. Letting everyone know - phone calls, texts and emails flying about.
Moving back to London, refamiliarising myself with the workings of our London office. Sad to leave Paris, less sad not to be working there anymore. Excitement at finally starting our life as a new family together and the journey of engagement. Spreading the happy news further and showing off our ring.
Venue hunting. Panic, despair that we will never find somewhere suitable for hosting our wedding.
Resignation at visiting the last place on the list. Delight when we realise it's perfect. Nervously waiting to see if they still have the date we want. That moment when we realise we will be getting married on 11 May 2013. That's our date. This is really happening.
Realising there's one year to go, and being glad we don't have to wait until the following September.
Walking on Hampstead Heath in the early summer sunshine, not realising that we will have to make the most of every minute the sun is out this year.
A weekend in Devon at cookery school, a whole weekend of food and laughter.
Wedding blitz week 1. Meeting lots of people and creating a vision for our day. Being let down by people who don't turn up to appointments.
The Dress. Trying on several, picking one. I love it, but have I settled too soon?
It rains.
A quiet month, with a lovely housewarming dinner in a friend's new flat.
The Olympic Opening Ceremony. What was that about?
It rains more.
Going to the Olympics, being part of the nation's excitement. I am an expert on dressage, synchronised swimming and lord knows what else.
Going to the Proms, losing myself in an evening of Scottish-themed music and chocolate ice-cream. Inexplicably I feel like we are on a proper old-fashioned date night.
Wedding blitz week 2. Getting there, most suppliers booked.
Two weddings in a week, both lovely. One on the hottest day of the year so far.
All change at work, a new office and supervisor, different work. That feeling that I am six months from qualification.
Another lovely wedding, disappointed to be struck by cold and sore throat. City centre brunch in the sunshine the following day.
Off to the theatre to see the Mousetrap. Whodunnit? Not telling.
The Dress is here. I try it on. I am not sure I like it any more, I feel frumpy and miserable. Am I crazy?
My birthday, another year passes. A day off work and a lovely evening meal out by the side of a lake.
A weekend spent kayaking, culminating in a BCU 1* award and a capsize and rescue drill in the chilly autumn water. Paddling down the canal in the sunshine on a Sunday morning. It's bliss.
Our house goes back on the market, people come to view but nobody is taken by it. We start planning where to live next, searching houses in so many different places. Waiting.
An afternoon of wedding ring design. Annoyed that the appointment is late to start, happiness that they do not kick us out at the time they would normally close. That moment of horror when the sapphire I am holding pings out of the tweezers and onto the floor. Relief when it is found, twinkling its blue light under the table.
A lovely day of museums and afternoon tea with my old housemate, who will be my maid of honour in May. I am struck down by a headache and am inexplicably sick lots. Brightening up and going to watch fireworks together in Blackheath - thousands of upturned faces reflecting the mesmorisingly bright sparkles exploding in the night. Back to my friend's flat for warmth, wine and popcorn.
Visiting friends in Ashby, just enjoying catching up in the late autumn sunshine. Dinner in a pub with THE largest portions of food ever. The waitress mentions desserts and at least one of us turns visibly pale.
Trying on the Dress again. I have lost weight and it is far too big. But the lady shows me how it can be solved, and I am happy again.
Alan turns 30, celebrations and an excuse to spend a day making the perfect birthday cake.
That first morning when we have to scrape ice off the car.
Buying our first tree together, a real one that smells of pine and Christmas. Decorating, delighting in the baubles twinkling in the lights. Watching a series of Christmassy films and drinking ginger wine. Checking to see when The Snowman is on.
About to find out whether I will be staying at this firm come February. Nervous. It's not the end of the world if not. But nervous.

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The Moatize-Macuse Logistics Corridor, the largest infrastructure project in Mozambique, has reached its final stage, with the launch scheduled for 2019. The consortium is led by Thai Mozambique Logistica (TML), a subsidiary of the Ital-Thai Development (ITD) of Thailand, which won the project in 2013, and holds 60% of the capital.
The TML is to be financed exclusively by Chinese capital through public banks targeting Africa, and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) based in Beijing. The World Bank, through the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), of which Mozambique is a member, covers the political risk of such an investment. Project funding is in the process of being finalised.
The concession has a 30-year term and its primary objective is to transport coal between Zambezia and the new port of Macuse, which will also be built from scratch.
The investment is estimated at US$ 2.7 billion. This value will cover the railway infrastructure between Moatize/Chitima – Macuse, the port of Macuse (Zambezia), and the railway fleet (costing approximately US$ 300 million).
The 639 km-railway will mainly transport coal from the mines of Moatize in Tete province. The first operational train carrying coal and other goods should occur in 2022, taking into account that the construction contract will last 44 months. There are also potential plans to transport people and goods.
There will be 14 trains of ore transported per day, each with a capacity of 11,200 tonnes of coal, along with two trains for the transport of passengers.
In 2016, engineering consultants Mota Engil Mozambique and China National Complete Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of the China Machinery Engineering Corporation listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange were selected for the project. The official contract was signed in June of 2017.
The economic potential of the project is significant. The increase in production at the Moatize mines is expected to grow from 8.7 million tonnes per year (mtpy) in 2016 to 18 mtpy by 2018. The positive outlook for the coal sector should turn this raw material into the main source of export revenues, surpassing aluminum. The new deep-water port of Macuse will have an initial capacity of 33 mtpy but can be extended to a capacity three times higher.
Mozambique is the 8th country in the world with the largest estimated reserves of coal (28 billion tonnes), with sustained growth since 2011 reaching 11 million tonnes in 2017, i.e. 18 times the export volume in 2011. Mozambique's mineral resources and energy sector have led to a lot of foreign direct investment and is one of the main sources of job creation in the last 4 years along with agro-industry and construction. The main customers of Moatize coal are in the Asian market, namely India, Japan, China and Thailand.
Aside from the Thai Mozambique Logistica (TML), Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) and the Corredor de Desenvolvimento Integrado do Zambeze (Codiza) hold 20% of the capital each.
Codiza is formed by Transzambezia and Olaba Zambezia, a company owned by Graça Machel. Codiza was initially headed by jurist and former deputy president of the Assembly of the Republic Abdul Carimo from Zambézia but is now headed by Salimo Abdula. Abdula was the former President Armando Guebuza's right-hand man in business as well as the representative of Frelimo's economic interests.
In June 2018, Abdula was honoured with the Performance Award of Excellence for his performance in the Business Confederation of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CE-CPLP) in Portugal.
The added value of Codiza for the project is the creation of a safe investment environment through the political influence of its partners with decision-makers.
According to local sources, it is also a way for SPI – Gestão e Investimento to be involved with the project through Codiza after having lost the bid to Ital-Thai Development, which provided more favourable terms.


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Ms C was a secure tenant of H&F (whose tenancy agreement repairing duties were limited to s.11 specifically). There was a fire in April 2010, which was started in a neighbouring flat through arson by the tenant. The fire gutted that flat and did considerable damage to the walls, ceilings and electrics in the common area outside the flats. There was smoke damage to Ms C's flat, but the only other particular issue was a smoke damaged air vent that required replacement. Ms C also complained about a lingering smell of smoke.
After the fire Ms C had moved out. Although repairs and temporary lighting were fitted in the communal part within some weeks, Ms C did not move back in, despite H&F insisting the property was fit for use. It appears she also stopped paying rent, or some rent.
H&F brought a claim for possession, Ms C counterclaimed for disrepair. The principle issue was the smoke damaged air vent.
H&F argued that as the fire had not been caused by disrepair or H&F's actions, the resulting damage to common parts, which was accepted to be disrepair fell under s.11(2)(b) and that therefore no liability arose to Ms C.
The District Judge apparently agreed with H&F and found that there was no liability for the fire related disrepair.
This argument could be extended to, for example, cases of water penetration between flats where the landlord is not primarily liable for the escape of water in the first place. It suggests that it would be a defence to a claim for the damage to the claimant's flat (damaged plaster, walls, ceiling, electrics etc.) that the damage was the result of a 'flood' so no liability on the landlord's part to rebuild or reinstate under s.11(2)(b).


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Since we recognise multilingualism as a fact, a right and a resource for learning, SEK International School El Castillo is proud to present for the next academic 2019-2020 year the EAL (English as an Additional Language) and SAL (Spanish as an Additional Language) programmes focused on all foreign students whose mother tongue is different to the languages of instruction (Spanish / English).
The EAL and SAL programmes are aimed at those students whose mother tongue is not English and / or Spanish, or who have no experience with academic studies in any of these languages. We aim to develop students basic language skills so that they can join the classes as soon as possible.
Objectives of the EAL and SAL programmes:
In the case of applicant students whose mother tongue is different from English and / or Spanish, or that have no previous experience with academic studies in these languages, admission to the school will be subject to the enrolment of said student in the EAL or SAL programmes.
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WIDA Program:
Once the student begins the academic year they will continue receiving support in English / Spanish through the WIDA programme (World-class Instructional Design and Assessment).
WIDA is a programme that designs standards to teach and work on English / Spanish language studies from the earliest stages supporting the academic success of multilingual students by offering a variety of research-based assessments to measure language proficiency.
The mission of WIDA is to promote language development and academic achievement for students who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research and professional learning for educators.


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Welcome to our New School of Public Administration Faculty Members
The UNO School of Public Administration is proud to announce three new faculty hires for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The School of Public Administration welcomed two new assistant professors, Drs. Nuriel Heckler and Trang Hoang, and a new associate professor and Chair of the Master of Science in Urban Studies Program, Dr. Daniel Scheller.
Dr. Nuriel Heckler specializes in administrative law, nonprofit and social equity. His research focuses on how public service organizations—nonprofits, social enterprises, and governments—negotiate the institutions that surround public service.
Dr. Trang Hoang specializes in public and nonprofit budgeting and financial management. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of public and nonprofit financial management and public management with a focus on representative bureaucracy and organizational performance.
Dr. Daniel Scheller is an urbanist who specializes in community development. His main research interests are in the areas of urban policy and governance. Scheller is excited to be in Omaha, and in the School of Public Administration. His goal is to become intertwined in the community, and to grow the Master of Science in Urban Studies Program.
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text: We are a nation of gardeners, and we take pleasure in tending our backyards. But this pleasure sits uneasily with our knowledge that the places where most of us live are running out of water. We suspect that our lawns and many of our plants from the damp climates of northern European gardens are too demanding of scarce supplies, but can't imagine our streets and gardens without them. The Old Country opens our eyes, and minds, to other possibilities. It does so by telling us stories about our natural landscape. George Seddon believes that the better we understand the delicacy and beauty of our natural environment, the more 'at home' we will feel as Australians. This passionate, wise and witty book, enriched with breathtakingly beautiful illustrations, suggests that the answers to our water problems lie here, at home.


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Sitting at the heart of this hamlet, Donaldson's Lodge serves both the local community and several villages around the area.
Worship would best be described as traditional and the average congregation ranges from 12-20.
Services are led by our Minister or one of our preachers/retired ministers from across the circuit.


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control and manage the operations of ships, boats and marine equipment.
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A spacious 4/3 bedroom semi detached family home with oversized garage and driveway parking for several vehicles, situated on a large plot and backing onto open countryside.
Ground Floor
Via solid door with storm canopy over, leading into:
Entrance Hall
Cornicing to ceiling. Wood effect floor. Radiator with cover. Stairs rising to first floor. Double glazed window to side. Doors into dining room and cloakroom
Part pitched smooth skimmed ceiling. White suite comprising wall mounted wash hand basin with tiled splashbacks and low level flush wc. Wood effect floor. Obscure double glazed window to side.
13' 7" x 12' 0" (4.14m x 3.66m) Coving to ceiling. Double radiator. Double glazed bay window to front. Double doors opening into:
Dining Room
12' 0" x 11' 5" (3.66m x 3.48m) Coving to ceiling. Radiator with cover. Wood effect floor. Door to kitchen. Double doors into conservatory.
13' 0" x 9' 1" (3.96m x 2.77m) Brick and UPVc double glazed construction. Tiled floor. Double radiator. Double glazed sliding patio doors into rear garden.
14' 0" x 8' 6" (4.27m x 2.59m) Coving to ceiling with spotlights inset. A range of eye and base level units providing storage with worksurface and tiled splashbacks. Cupboard housing gas boiler.Four burner gas hob inset to worksurface with double oven under and extractor hood incorporating light over. One & half bowl sink with mixer tap. Integrated fridge and dishwasher. Two double glazed windows to side. Archway to:
Utility Room
8' 6" x 7' (2.59m x 2.13m) Coving to ceiling. A range of eye and base level units providing storage with worksurfaces and tiled splashbacks. Space for double width fridge freezer. Plumbing for washing machine plus further appliance space. One & half bowl sink with drainer and mixer tap. Tiled floor. Double glazed window to rear. Double glazed window and obscure glazed door opening into rear garden.
First Floor
Coving to ceiling. Doors to all rooms. Double glazed window to side. Stairs rising to loft area.
Master Bedroom
13' 7" x 12' 6" (4.14m x 3.81m) Coving to ceiling. Radiator. A range of mirrored sliding wardrobe. Double glazed bay window to front.
Bedroom 2
12' 0" x 10' 0" (3.66m x 3.05m) Coving to ceiling. Radiator. Built-in wardrobe. Understairs storage cupboard. Double glazed window to rear.
Bedroom 3
8' 5" x 6' 1" (2.57m x 1.85m) Coving to ceiling. Radiator. Wood effect floor. Double glazed window to rear.
Shower Room
Fully tiled with white suite comprising low level flush wc, double shower cubicle, wash hand basin inset to vanity unit. Radiator. Obscure double glazed window to front.
Loft Area/ Bedroom 4
13' 0" x 10' 2" (3.96m x 3.10m) Currently used as a bedroom. Part pitched smooth skimmed ceiling. Storage to eves. Double glazed velux window to rear.
Rear Garden
Generous size rear garden laid mainly to lawn, with flower and shrub borders. Gated side access.
Front Garden
Tarmac and shingled driveway providing off road parking for several vehicles. Gated access leading to further driveway to the side and access to:
Oversized Garage
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Some of the areas where biotechnology has proved very effective in environmental clean-up include:
Landfill Technologies:
Solid wastes account for an increasing proportion of the waste generated by urban societies. While a part of this volume consists of glass, plastics, and other non-biodegradable material, a considerable proportion of this is made of decomposable solid organic material, like food wastes from large poultry and pig farms.
In large non-urbanized communities, a common method for disposing off such biodegradable waste is the low-cost Anaerobic Landfill Technology. In this process, the solid wastes are deposited in low- lying, low value sites.
The waste deposit is compressed and covered by a layer of soil every day. These landfill areas house a wide variety of bacteria, some of which are capable of degrading different types of wastes. The only shortcoming in this process is that these bacteria take a considerably long time to degrade the waste.
However, modern biotechnology has enabled scientists to study the available bacteria, which are involved in the degradation of the waste – including hazardous substances. The most efficient strains of these bacteria can be cloned and reproduced in large quantities, and eventually applied to the specific sites. This ensures rapid degradation of the waste material.
Composting is an anaerobic microbially driven process that converts organic wastes into stable sanitary humus like material. This material can then be safely returned to the natural environment. This method is actually a low moisture, solid substrate fermentation process.
In large- scale operations using largely domestic solid wastes, the final product is mostly used for soil improvement. In the more specialised operations using raw substrates (like straw, animal manure etc.), the compost (final product) becomes the substrate for the production of mushroom.
The primary aim of a composting operation is to obtain final compost with a desired product quality in a limited time period, and within limited compost. The basic biological reaction of the composting process is the oxidation of the mixed organic substrates to produce carbon dioxide, water and other organic by-products. However, it is important to ensure that a composting plant functions under environmentally safe conditions.
Composting has long been recognised not only as a means of safely treating solid organic wastes, but also as a technique of recycling organic matter. This technique will increasingly play a significant role in future waste management schemes, since it enables the reuse of organic material derived from domestic, agriculture and food industry wastes.
Various products (chemicals) generated by the modem technologies are posing a great threat to the natural breakdown processes and the natural mechanisms of maintaining ecological balance. Many of these pollutants are complex in nature, and are hence difficult to break down. Such pollutants are accumulating in the natural environment to an alarming rate.
The application of biotechnology has helped in the environmental management of such hazardous contaminants by bioremediation. This process is also referred to as bio-restoration or bio-treatment. Bioremediation involves the use of naturally existing microorganisms to speed up the breaking down of biological substances and degradation of various materials.
This process adds substantial momentum to the process of cleaning up. The basic principle of bioremediation is the breaking down of organic contaminants into simple organic compounds like carbon dioxide, water, salts and other harmless products.
Bioremediation can help clean up the environment in two ways:
Promotion of microbial growth in situ (in the soil) can be achieved by addition of nutrients. The microbes acclimatise themselves to these toxic wastes (so called nutrients). Over a period of time, the microbes use up these compounds, thus degrading these pollutants.
Another option is to genetically engineer microorganisms, which can degrade organic pollutant molecules. For instance, bioremediation engineers from an American organisation used the 'Flavobacterium' species to remove pentachlorophenol from contaminated soil.
The use of microbes has also proved efficient in cleaning up toxic sites. An American microbiologist has discovered a GS-15 microbe, which can eat up uranium from the wastewater of a nuclear weapon manufacturing plant. The GS-15 microorganisms convert uranium in water into insoluble particles that precipitate and settle at the bottom.
These particles can subsequently be collected and disposed off. GS-15 bacterium also metabolizes uranium directly, thus yielding twice as much energy as it would generate normally in the presence of iron. This organism has a very fast growth rate, and can be extremely useful in waste treatment of uranium mining.
Bioremediation employs biological agents, which render hazardous wastes into non-hazardous or less hazardous compounds. Even the dead biomass houses some fungi that can trap metallic ions in aqueous solutions. This is due to their special cell wall composition. Many fermentation industries produce fungal biomass on unwanted by-products, which can be used for this purpose.
The biomass of the fungus Rhizopus arrhizus can absorb 30-130 mg of cadmium/gm of dry biomass. Fungus has ions in its cell-wall like amines, carboxyl and hydroxyl groups. 1.5kg of mycelium powder could be used to recover metals from 1 ton of water loaded with 5 grams of cadmium.
'Algasorb', a product patented by the Bio-recovery Systems Company, absorbs heavy metal ions from wastewater or ground water in a similar manner. Trapping dead algae in silica gel polymeric material produces Algasorb. It protects algal cells from being destroyed by other microorganisms. Algasorb functions in the same manner as commercial ion exchange resin, and heavy metals can be removed on saturation.
Controlling pollution at its source itself is an extremely effective approach towards a cleaner environment. Heavy metals like mercury, cadmium and lead are often present as pollutants in the wastewater of modem industry. The effects of mercury as pollutant have been known for quite some time now.
These metals can be accumulated by some algae and bacteria, and thus removed from the environment. For instance, 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa ' can accumulate uranium and 'Thiobacillus' can accumulate silver. Several companies in the US sell a mixture of microbes and enzymes to clean up chemical wastes including oil, detergents, paper mill wastes and pesticides.
Of late, plants are also being used to clean up metal infested sites. These plants absorb the metals in their vacuoles. This process is referred to as Phytoremediation. The metals can be recovered by burning the plants. This practice of growing such trees near the industrial plants that release heavy metals in the environment has proved extremely effective.
Biosensors are biophysical devices that can detect and measure the quantities of specific substances in a variety of environments. Biosensors include enzymes, antibodies and even microorganisms, and these can be used for clinical, immunological, genetic and other research purposes.
The biosensor probes are used to detect and monitor pollutants in the environment. These biosensors are non-destructive in nature, and can utilise whole cells or specific molecules like enzymes as biomimetic for detection. Their other advantages include rapid analysis, specificity and accurate reproducibility.
Biosensors can be created by linking one gene to another. For instance, mercury resistance gene (mer) or toluene degradation (tol) gene can be linked to the genes coding for proteins showing bioluminescence within a living bacterial cell.
The biosensor cell, when used in a. particular polluted site, can signal by emitting light – which would suggest that low levels of inorganic mercury or toluene are present at the polluted site. This can be measured further by using fibre-optic fluorimeters.
Biosensors can also be created by using enzymes, nucleic acids, antibodies or other reporter molecules attached to synthetic membranes as molecular detectors. Antibodies specific to a particular environmental contaminant can be coupled to changes in fluorescence so as to increase the sensitivity of detection.
In India, the Central Electrochemical Research Institute at Karaikudi has developed a glucose biosensor based on enzyme glucose oxidase. This enzyme is immobilised on a electrode surface acting as an electro-catalyst for the oxidation of glucose. The biosensor in turn gives a reproducible electrical signal for glucose concentration as low as 0.15 mm (milimolar), and works for several weeks with no apparent degradation of the enzyme.
Another similar application of the biosensors is 'Bio-monitoring', which may be defined as the measurement and assessment of toxic chemicals or their metabolites in a tissue, excreta or any other related combination. It involves the uptake, distribution, biotransformation, accumulation and removal of toxic chemicals. This helps minimise the risk to industrial workers who are directly exposed to toxic chemicals.
Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Compounds:
Xenobiotics are man-made compounds of recent origin. These include dyestuffs, solvents, nitrotoluenes, benzopyrene, polystyrene, explosive oils, pesticides and surfactants. As these are unnatural substances, the microbes present in the environment do not have a specific mechanism for their degradation.
Hence, they tend to persist in the ecosystem for many years. The degradation of xenobiotic compounds depends upon the stability, size and volatility of the molecule, and the environment in which the molecule exists (like pH, susceptibility to light, weathering etc). Biotechnological tools can be used to understand their molecular properties, and help design suitable mechanisms to attack these compounds.
Oil Eating Bugs:
Accidental oil spills pose a great threat to ocean environments. Such spills have a direct impact on marine organisms. To counter this problem, scientists have now developed living organisms to clean up the oil spills. The most common oil-eating microorganisms are bacteria and fungi.
Dr Anand Chakrabarty, a leading US-based scientist of Indian origin, has successfully created bacterial forms which can degrade oil into individual hydrocarbons. These bacteria include Pseudomonas aureginos', where a gene for oil degradation has been introduced into the Pseudomonas.
Once the oil has been completely removed from the surface, these engineered oil-eating bugs eventually die, as they can no longer support their growth. Dr Chakrabarty was the first scientist to obtain a patent for such live organisms.
Penicillium species has also been found to possess oil degrading features, but its effect needs much more time than the genetically engineered bacterium. Many other microorganisms like the Alcanivorax bacteria are also capable of degrading petroleum products.
Designer Bugs:
More than hundred thousand (one lakh) different chemical compounds are produced in the world every year. While some of these chemicals are biodegradable, others like chlorinated compounds are resistant to microbial degradation.
To tackle these Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), scientists have now isolated a number of PCB-degrading bacterial (Pseudomonas pseudoalkali) genes KF 707. A whole class of genes, referred to as bph-making enzymes, has also been isolated. These enzymes are responsible for the degradation of PCBs.
Other genetically engineered bacteria are also degrading different ranges of chlorinated compounds. For instance, an anaerobic bacterial strain Desulfitlobacterium sp. Y51 dechlorinates PCE (Poly chloroethylene) to cw-12-dichloroethylene (cDCE), at concentrations ranging from 01 – 160 ppm.
Japanese scientists have come up with a technology called 'DNA shuffling', which involves mixing the DNA of two different strains of PCB degrading bacteria. This results in the formation of chimeric bph genes, which produce enzymes capable of degrading a large range of PCBs. These genes are further introduced in the chromosome of original PCB-degrading bacteria, and the hybrid strain thus obtained is an extremely effective degrading agent.
Genes have also been isolated from bacteria that are resistant to mercury called as mer genes. These mer genes are responsible for total degradation of organic mercurial compounds. The bph genes and tod-genes for toluene degrading bacteria (pseudomonas putida Fl) have shown similar gene organisations. Both these genes code for enzymes which show a sixty per cent similarity. By exchanging the subunits of the enzymes it is possible to construct a hybrid enzyme. One such hybrid enzyme created is hybrid deoxygenase which is composed of TodCl – Bph A2 – Bph A3 – Bph A4.
This was expressed in E.coli. It was observed that this hybrid deoxygenase was capable of faster degradation for Trichloroethylene (TCE) based compounds. The todCl gene from toluene degrading bacteria has been successfully introduced, in the chromosome of bacterial strain KF707. This strain then resulted in efficient de-gradation of TCE. This KF707 strain could also be grown on toluene or benzene etc.
Among the oldest industries in the world, mining is the source of alarming levels of environmental pollution. Modem biotechnology is now being used to improve the environment surrounding mining areas through various microorganisms. For instance, a bacterium Thiobacillus ferooxidans has been used to back out copper from mine tailings. This has also helped in improving recovery.
This bacterium is naturally present in certain sulphur-containing materials, and can be used to oxidise inorganic compounds like copper sulfide minerals. This process releases acid and oxidising solutions of ferric ions that can wash out metals from the crude ore. These bacteria chew up the ore and release copper that can subsequently be collected. Such methods of bio-processing account for almost a quarter of the total copper production world-over. Bio-processing is also used to extract metals like gold from very low-grade sulfidic gold ores.
Biotechnology also offers the means of improving the efficiency of bio mining, by developing bacterial strains that can withstand high temporaries. This helps these bacteria survive the bio-processing which generates a lot of heat.
Another option is to genetically engineer bacterial strains that are resistant to heavy metals like mercury, cadmium and arsenic. If the genes that protect these microbes from heavy metals are cloned and transferred to the susceptible strains, the efficiency of bio mining can be increased manifold.
Pollution Control:
With the help of modem biotechnology, naturally occurring biocatalysts can be used to detoxify harmful chemicals being released into the environment. Such biocatalysts have helped get rid of carcinogenic compounds like methylene chloride from industrial wastes.
These special bacteria are exposed to the waste in a bioreactor, wherein the bacteria consume the noxious chemical and convert it to water, carbon dioxide and salts, thus completely destroying the chemical compound. A species of bacteria Geobacter metallireducens is also used to remove uranium from drainage waters in mining operations, and from contaminated ground waters.
The isolation and subsequent characterisation of various important genes will help in developing strains that can degrade a wide range of pollutants. Using molecular manipulations can also help tailor bacteria to use them for removing specific toxicants.
Treating Industrial Wastes:
Wastes from the Pulp Industry:
Wastes from the paper and pulp industries contain high levels of cellulose and lignocellulose, which pose massive treatment problems. Cellulose is extremely resistant to enzyme breakdown, and becomes resistant to both chemical and enzymatic attack when bound to lignin. Since lignin's and carbohydrates are interlinked in wood, it becomes difficult to delignify the pulp.
Researchers have now developed enzymatic pulp bleaching, which prevents bleach waste formation by eliminating or reducing chlorine consumption. It also reduces the water in pulping and bleaching. This process involves the use of a xylanase producing organism Bacillus stearthermophilus, which is isolated from soil.
Microorganisms usually produce xylanases along with other polymers like cellulase and hemicellulose. Recombinant DNA technology is now being used to express only the xylanase genes in non-cellulolytic hosts. The first cellulase-free xylanase was reported from actinomycete Chainia from the deserts of Rajasthan.
Various other xylanases were subsequently reported. Xylanases are being widely used because of their high temperature stability and high alkaline optimum. This property helps in its tight binding to the substrate. Alkaline xylanase has been reported from Bacillus stearthermophilus, which is active at pH 9, and 65° C. This has been tested for bleaching of wood pulp with promising results.
Another waste from wood pulping process is sulphite waste liquor, which contains ligno-sulphate (60%), sugar (36%) and a mixture of other organic compounds. This can be treated with yeast (Candida albicans), which ferments the sugar, producing nearly one ton of yeast for every two tons of sugar in the liquor.
Wastes from Dairy Industry:
The whey fluid is a substantial by-product in the manufacturing of cheese. Whey is left after the curd has been separated, and for every one kg of cheese produced, as much as nine litres of this fluid (whey) is generated.
Though the whey contains potentially valuable nutrients, its use is limited to animal feed and some processed food like ice cream. With the world whey output approaching five million tons per annum, enormous waste disposal problems are beginning to haunt the dairy industry.
When discharge into municipal sewage system would result in massive biological oxygen demand (BOD). This fluid has a lactose content of upto 4-5%, which is poorly metabolised by most of the organisms used in commercial fermentation. To make matters worse, whey is diluted (92% water), and involves high costs of collection.
Whey disposal is now being handled by various biotechnological approaches. These include:
1. Treating whey with proper strains of microbes and nutrients,
2. Direct fermentation of lactose to ethanol,
3. Using yeast like 'Kluyvewmyces fraglis' and 'Candida intermedi',
4. Hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose. (Fermentation results in sweet syrup, which is used in the food industry).
Wastes from Dye Industry:
The textile and dyestuff industries produce a number of dyes and pigments, which are released into the environment in effluent streams. Though most of the dyes are not toxic or carcinogenic to fish or mammals, some of them pose serious hazards.
Chemical methods for treatment of coloured effluents have proved successful, while the microbial removal of dyes and pigments is still very limited. Microorganisms have been found to degrade dyes only after adaptation to concentrations much higher than normally found in different streams.
The discharge of noxious toxic and odorous gases is a serious environmental problem. Reduced sulphur compounds (thiosulphate, hydrogen sulphide) are generated from a variety of industrial processes in photographic and pulp industries, oil refining and purification of natural gases. These compounds are the by-products of anaerobic digestion of animal wastes with a high organic content. Most inorganic reduced sulphur compounds can be utilised either aerobically or anaerobically.
Most commercially used chemical pesticides and fertilisers have proved hazardous beyond a certain threshold level. These chemicals, when degraded by microorganisms or ultraviolet light, release pollutants in the environment. Biotechnological tools can help in such situations.
Weed Control:
New herbicides have been developed, which will be selective to the target and harmless for the non-target organisms. Genetically engineered herbicide resistant plants have also been developed in a number of crops, which would help in the use of environment friendly herbicides. Genetically engineered insect resistant plants have also been successfully developed in certain crop species, thus suggesting the restricted use of pesticides in future.
Pest Control and Bio-pesticide:
Bacterial pesticides are now being synthesised by transferring bacterial gene (Bacillus thrungiensis) Bt into plants. This gene encodes a protein, which when ingested by feeding insects, results in the solubilisation of the insect's digestive tract (mid gut) and releases protoxins. This leads to disturbances in the equilibrium and ultimately kills the insect.
These 'biological pesticides' are being developed to target insect pests (ball worm and bud worm) by transferring the Bt gene into a soil bacterium (Pesudomonas species). Several American companies are involved in the development and marketing of biological pesticides and have come up with genetically engineered live bacteria for coating seeds before planting. Mycogen kills recombinant bacteria and applies them to the leaves of crop plants. Both these approaches protect the toxin from degradation by microorganisms and ultra violet light when applied to the crop plants.
Viral Pesticides:
Viral pesticides are environmentally safe and carry lower risk of toxicity. These pesticides can also be used against the pest strains, which have otherwise become resistant to chemical pesticides. A number of entomopathogenic viruses (virus infecting insects) have been used as safe and effective pesticides. These viruses kill specific pest species and have no adverse effects on useful insect pollinators, insect yielding useful products, parasites or predators. They are safe even in long scale spray operations.
Restoration of Denuded Areas:
Increasing human activity has created havoc in Earth's otherwise well- balanced ecosystem. More than half of the world's total land area is now being threatened by problems of salinity, acidity and metal toxicity. Biotechnological tools are being used for restoring the degraded ecosystem. Some of the methods based on plant biotechnology include reforestation, involving micropropagation and use of mycorrhiza.
Micropropagation has resulted in increasing plant cover, which in turn helps in preventing erosion and also adds climatic stability. Specific plant species have been planted in areas, which are more prone to denudation.
For instance, different species of plant Casuraina have been planted in nitrogen deficient soils, which will increase the soil fertility and enhance firewood production. Some plant species that can grow in high saline soils can also be planted in such areas. These species include Prosopis spiagera, Butea monosperma and Terminalia bellerica.
Biodiversity and Conservation:
Human activity has also proved devastating for the diversity of species, and the human induced extinction of species has been increasing at exponential rates. The need for expanding population with an unequal distribution of wealth has invariably resulted in unsustainable and exploitative use of existing resources. One of the major concerns today is the preservation of our existing flora and fauna (plants, animals and microbes).
Biotechnological applications have opened up new and improved methods of preserving plant and animal genetic resources, and have accelerated the evaluation of germ plasm collection for specific traits. Maintenance of a wide genetic base, which is an important element of biodiversity, is essential to the future of biotechnology and the sustainable use of biological resources. New technologies may increase the value of the world biodiversity if they allow increased use of the genetic diversity of both wild and domesticated species.
Plant tissue culture has been regarded as a key technology for increasing the production capability of many plants of selected varieties, so as to improve and increase their production and to prevent them from extinction.
However, the inherent nature of plant species is such that most crop genetic resources are conserved ex situ (outside the natural habitat). There are very few ex situ methods of preservation, which can distinguish the part of the plant to be conserved (whole organ, seeds, tissues or genetic material). But the newer biotechnological devices can help preserve the seeds as the preferred method of ex situ conservation. Here one has to overcome the problem of dormancy.
Another successful method of conserving biodiversity is the conservation of germ plasm by cryopreservation (freezing the tissue in liquid nitrogen at -196° C). The basic principle here is to bring the metabolic activity to a complete halt while keeping the tissue live (in a passive form).
Biotechnological tools have thus paved a way for restoring and preserving our biodiversity in multidimensional ways. These tools will definitely be the ultimate answer to the growing challenge of a depleting environment.
These have also been used to reduce the cost of fertiliser applications and to reduce the environmental hazards caused by chemical fertilisers. Recently marine plants (seaweeds) have been used as bio fertilisers. They have proved to be very encouraging and thus reducing the burden of using chemical fertilisers.


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Model: PO15003
Size: 30cm
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Beatrix Potter's tales of Peter Rabbit and friends have been brought to life with this beautiful Jemima Puddleduck soft toy.
Jemima Puddleduck is dressed in her pink shawl which has a blue paisley print and shiny pink cotton edging and embroidered with her name Jemima Puddleduck.
Jemima Puddleduck stands in her classic upright pose and her fur is realistically soft while her duck's feet are soft yellow plush.
Beatrix Potter's Jemima Puddleduck has black oval beads for eyes and a firm yellow beak.
Made by Augusta Du Bay, Jemima Puddleduck will make a beautiful gift for a girl and will add grace to a baby nursery or child's bedroom.
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Sec. 29.
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall
cause to be prepared by a certified public accountant a complete and
detailed report and financial statement of the operations and assets and
liabilities of the Port District. A reasonably sufficient number of copies
of such report shall be prepared for distribution to persons interested,
upon request, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Governor and with
the county clerk and the presiding officer of the county board of St. Clair
County. A copy of such report shall be addressed to and mailed to the
corporate authorities of each city within the area of the District.
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Sri Ganesha Temple Education Program strives to provide religious, cultural, and language education and programs to the Hindu community of Middle Tennessee in order to preserve our culture and pass on a strong legacy of self-awareness to our children.
In 1994, Nashville parents came together to start a religious program for their children, creating 3 different classes, divided by age group. Today, the education program has grown to include an offering of several religious and language classes. This enriching environment helps to preserve and pass on our culture.
The Sunday School`s goal is to teach Hindu Vedic Heritage with emphasis on applying basic human values in daily lives.
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Two outdoor events announced today help launch a summer of music fests. The Local Spins Summer Kickoff with The Accidentals and Conrad Shock in late May is the post-party for HopCat's 5k Race in downtown Grand Rapids; Perrin's Can'd Aid Concert supports a good cause.
Wrapping up one national tour before starting another, Traverse City's The Accidentals will celebrate their return to Michigan by headlining the Local Spins Summer Kickoff outside HopCat in downtown Grand Rapids on May 27.
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The indie alt-folk/rock sensations will be joined by Grand Rapids' Conrad Shock + The Noise for the event that also serves as the post-party for the HopCat Beer Me! 5K Race that begins at 4 p.m. that Sunday.
The live music hosted by Local Spins on an outdoor stage south of HopCat Grand Rapids on Ionia Avenue SW will begin at 4:45 p.m. Admission to the party is free.
It's the second straight year that Local Spins has hosted the free event to celebrate its anniversary and the beginning of the summer festival season, with bands performing immediately following the 5K Race, which this year is sponsored by Grand Haven's Oddside Ales. Register for the 5K Race online here.
The Accidentals were chosen for this year's Summer Kickoff because they epitomize the vibrant, collaborative nature of West Michigan's music scene, according to Local Spins, which also named Grand Rapids rock band Conrad Shock + The Noise the emerging artist of the year in early 2017.
(Last year's fifth anniversary celebration hosted by Local Spins – also held on Memorial Day weekend – featured sets by Hannah Rose & The GravesTones, Big Dudee Roo and Jesse Ray & The Carolina Catfish and the release of a Local Spins compilation CD. Check out coverage of the 2017 event here: Hannah Rose, Big Dudee Roo, Jesse Ray bring sun-splashed revelry to Local Spins' CD-release party.)
This year's event will feature beer, food trucks and special Local Spins merchandise, as well as opportunities to donate to Access of West Michigan, which cultivates solutions to poverty in Kent County.
The Accidentals – who are touring behind their Sony Masterworks album "Odyssey" while recording a new batch of songs in California – once again have a busy summer ahead, with several big Michigan shows: June 16 at Buttermilk Jamboree at Circle Pines Center in Delton; June 17 at Fountain Point Resort in Lake Leelanau; June 21 at St. Cecilia Music Center opening for Langhorne Slim; June 22 as part of Hastings' Live Friday Night series on Thornapple Plaza.
Grammy-winning North Carolina bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers will headline the first-ever Can'd Aid Concert outside Perrin Brewing Co. in Comstock Park on June 15, with Michigan's own Mark Lavengood and Seth Bernard opening the show.
The outdoor event is a fundraiser for the Colorado-based Can'd Aid Foundation which works to improve communities across the country via environmental action, cultural enhancements and more.
The Friday evening event will also feature food trucks, a silent auction, raffle and outdoor games.
The music will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a set by Earthwork Music collective founder Seth Bernard, followed at 7 p.m. by Grand Rapids bluegrass act Mark Lavengood.
The Steep Canyon Rangers – who've toured and collaborated with banjoist/comedian Steve Martin (and will share the stage with him at Interlochen Center for the Arts on Aug. 11) – will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. The band currently is touring behind its latest album, "Out in the Open," which was released in January and shot straight to No. 1 on Billboard's Bluegrass chart.
Tickets are $20 and available online here; $100 VIP tickets include dinner, drink and a meet-and-greet with Steep Canyon Rangers.
"The Can'd Aid Foundation is one of the non-profits that the CANarchy Craft Collective utilizes as the core non-profit," said Lindsey VandenBoom of Perrin Brewing. "We will continue to partner with other non-profits in the community as well."
For more information about Can'd Aid Foundation, which "spreads people-powered do-goodery," go online to candaid.org.
The Can'd Aid Concert will take place the evening before Founders Fest in downtown Grand Rapids. Steep Canyon Rangers also play Bell's Brewery Eccentric Café on June 14.
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Pope Francis' visit to the United States is a special moment in history. Pope Francis, or "the People's Pope" as he's called, is only the third pope in history to visit the White House and the fourth head of the Catholic Church to visit the U.S. in almost 50 years.
While the pope only planned stops in Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia, Pope Francis has had a very strong presence in Stark County as Holy Cross Academy Catholic Schools have followed the pope's visit closely and implemented learning and special programming in their classrooms during his stay in the United States.
Each of the Holy Cross Academy Catholic Schools highlighted the significance of the pope's visit with special activities.
At the Regina Coeli/St. Joseph Campus, students had a visit from "Pope Francis" when Alex Tokarski, a student at the school played the part while wearing "papal vestments" and visiting the school to talk with his classmates about the role of the pope and the symbolism of his vestments. Besides a papal visit, the school came together on Tuesday to celebrate a special Mass for the pope which featured prayers for church leadership, especially Pope Francis, and a homily focused upon the lessons taught by Pope Francis.
Throughout the pope's visit and the duration of each and every school year, students have many opportunities to talk about the impact the Catholic Church has had on history and movements for social and environmental justice around the globe. In keeping with Pope Francis' flu teachings as well as the mission of the Catholic Church, students at Regina Coeli/St. Joseph often put into practice the mission of their faith: praying continually throughout the day, holding special prayer intentions for those in need, taking care of the earth though care of their flower garden at the school, showing love for their neighbor as they participate in a buddy system between the older and lower grade students, and community service when they make blankets for families in the NICU of local hospitals, make cards for nursing homes or lead food drives for those who are food insecure.
The pope's influence is felt every day in Holy Cross Academy Catholic Schools, but his visit has allowed Catholic school students to celebrate in a unique way which will help students remember the historic visit for a lifetime.


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On Monday, Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis thwarted the Kansas legislature by ruling that a law barring telemedicine abortions has no legal force. The law was set to take effect in January. It would have prevented doctors from providing abortion-inducing pills to women with whom they consult only through remote video conferences.
As John Hanna reports in the Associated Press, Theis objected to lawmakers making abortion inconvenient for women and also for "singling out abortion for special treatment when state policies intend to encourage telemedicine."
In his discussion of telemedicine, however, Theis overlooked one very fundamental issue. That happens often when judges bypass the legislative give-and-take and make decisions on their own. If Kansas is not yet a full-blown kritarchy, it is trending in that direction.
Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life (KFL), finds the consequences of that trend "infuriating." Said Culp, "This judge has a long history of taking laws designed by the Legislature to protect unborn babies and women and turning them into laws that instead protect the abortion industry."
According to Hanna, Kansans for Life has argued that "telemedicine abortions are dangerous." This is a paraphrase. Were it a direct quote, Culp would have added "for the woman." Telemedicine abortions are always dangerous for the child. With the rare exception, they are lethal.
To counter the KFL claim, Hanna cites a study published in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' journal in 2015. The study claims that "less than one-third of 1 percent of medication abortions" resulted in "major complications." If that study involved telemedicine abortions, Hanna does not so specify. It almost surely does not.
The more fundamental question has to do with the definition of telemedicine. Merriam-Webster defines "medicine" as "a substance or preparation used in treating disease" or "the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease."
In cases for which a pill is used to terminate a child's life, there is no disease to be treated, no condition to be cured or alleviated. If the mother did have some complicating health condition, the doctor would have had to do more than communicate with the woman through space.
Yes, Judge, the state law does encourage telemedicine, but an early-stage abortion fits no known definition of medicine, "tele" or otherwise.


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Meal Planning Monday slipped up on me this week. Here's what I have so far, but since I'm off to work I'll have to post the rest later. Feel free to leave a comment on what you are having this week and maybe I'll fill in my holes with your ideas!!Monday: Lemon Pepper Chicken, Zucchini, & Sliced Potatoes
Wednesday: Southwestern Bacon Wraps
Friday: Drew's Graduation Dinner with Family
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Wow, I've just realised that this is my first post of 2019. It's been a long while since I posted last so I'm going to keep this post nice and short and straight to the point!
So a few weeks ago I decided to book a spontaneous Dermaplanning treatment with Charley from Charley Klein permanent make-up and when I say spontaneous I do not mean I just picked a random person, random salon and random treatment! I ALWAYS re-search treatments and salons before I make any appointments. I started seeing that the celebs and influencers where having Dermaplanning last year and after reading up and deciding it was something I was definitely interested in. There aren't many salons locally to me that offer the DP facial but I chose to go to CK permanent make-up as I've had many treatments with her in the past and trust her totally.
I also a sneaky HD brow top up as well before my Derma Planning facial as I get them topped up every now and again and they were DEFINITELY over due (there's nothing like a HD brow!) I turned up for my Derma Planning with a clean face no make-up on and just my face cream from that morning. The DP begins with a cleanse and tone all of the products that Charley usues are organic and smell amazing. Once your face has been prepped its straight on to the Derma Planning facial, it's a small medical-grade scalpel that is used to scrape away all of the peach fuzz (vellus hair, the small light hairs that cover your face mainly around the cheek area) and dead skin cells that sit on the surface of our skin. It's a super affective way to exfoliate the face!
The Derma Planning its self can take from 15 minutes to up to 30 depending on the contour of your face. Once the DP treatment has finished you finish the facial with a gold collagen face sheet mask, which you get to take home and re use for 1-2 extra applications.
01 What are the benefits of Dermaplanning
It's a amazing exfoliator and leaves you with no peach fuzz (so smoother makeup), it promotes the growth of new skin cells, leaves your skin brighter. It minimized your pores, helps to hide wrinkles and will help with breakouts.
02 Can anyone have Dermaplanning
Any one can have a Dermaplaninng facial it's suited for all skin types, the only limitation is if you have enflamed acne you would need to wait until the skin clears up.
02 Will my face appear red and soar
The amazing thing about DP is that you could have it done in your lunch break or the friday before the weekend or a night out and no body would know. It doesn't leave your skin soar, red or enflamed but you can expect massive amounts of super plump and glowing skin!
03 Will it make my hair grow back worse
The answer plane and simple is NO!
So having Dermaplanning will not change how your hair grows back BUT the hair may feel slightly different when it re-grows this is because the hair is cut straight across creating a blunt end. But it won't re grow thicker or faster its still your same old hair!
Would I have Derma Planning again? Short and simple, YES!
For me I noticed such a difference in my skin and how the application of my make-up is, I loved it so much it's definite yes for me. I'm going to try and have one every few months as think that would be best for my skin, as I usually have good skin and don't suffer with breakouts etc.
Disclaimer – I payed for this treatment and no discount was given all opinions are my own and honest. I wouldn't recommend a treatment if I didn't love it myself and wouldn't rebook! I'll leave a link to Charley's website below for anyone that's local to my area and want's to check her out, but I do highly recommend her she is the only person I trust with my brows and any treatments I have with her. Thank you so much for reading please leave me your thoughts or any questions below. G
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
A Thanksgiving State of Mind
To those family celebrations?
Passing on knowledge down through the years
At the gathering of generations
Every year it's the same routine
All over, all over
Come on over, it's Thanksgiving Day
"Thanksgiving Day" Ray Davies, singer/songwriter
I love Thanksgiving. It's a day of stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, rolls, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie. Images of Norman Rockwell abound as families come together for a communal meal. It's a day of tradition in North America where we give thanks to the conclusion of harvest season (I suppose today it's more like coming to the end of the tax season).
Thanksgiving is better than Christmas or Hanukkah because it is generally a two-day holiday because many companies seem to give the Friday after as an unofficial holiday. Christmas is one day at best, half day for Christmas Eve, and no days off for Hanukkah (that doesn't seem fair). So, basically, Turkey Day becomes a four-day holiday.
Does Thanksgiving apply to the preparation or the meal? The holiday lasts only an hour if it is the meal, once the dinner is over the day is done until next year. It's rather anticlimactic to realize that the hours and days of preparation and presentation just end up as a pile of dirty dishes and a week's worth of leftovers. In reality it's shorter than Christmas because at least kids can play with their
toys and adults can admire their new gift cards once everything has been unwrapped, but thanksgiving leaves everyone feeling stuffed, sleeping or nauseous.
Friday morning becomes a race to department stores for early morning discounts. Reporters and television cameras line up at the stores to in order to catch a glimpse of the hordes stampeding over the weaker or unfortunate who slip while greedily racing to grab whatever discount the first 50 shoppers receive for making a spectacle of themselves. Saturday and Sunday the relatives start packing up to go home with memories of another holiday that will only improve as the memory gets hazy.
It seems to me that Thanksgiving is more a state of mind than anything else.
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- B2 said...
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- Anonymous said...
On The Mark says: I used to feel the same way until my dad died a couple years ago. It's still a special day with my mom, but it's just not the same without dad cutting the turkey, giving the toast, and sitting with him out on the patio with a beer talking about old times.
- The Misanthrope said...
OTM, I am not as enamored with any of the holidays. It's not the same as when you are young, which is why it is really just a state of mind. It's just a day off.
- Anonymous said...
On the Mark says: Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday because it's not tied to gifts, mass celebrations (e.g., New Year's or July 4). It's all about family. But life carries on. This will be my first Thanksgiving with a child in the family, and I hope that in 11 years or so, when he's in college, he'll look forward to coming home for Thanksgiving.
- B2 said...
Wow, I can no longer even post comments to my own blog. [sigh]
- The Misanthrope said...
B2, not when they point out my mistakes for all to see.
- Jack Steiner said...
I rather enjoy these four days. But you won't find me anywhere close to a mall, at least not on Friday.
- Unknown said...
To me it is also just another day. And to top it off, I must cook a massive meal that I will have to eat for a week in some form.
Crass commercialism killed the 'holiday's for me quite some time ago.. :(
- The Misanthrope said...
Hi Jack, You never fail to show your intelligence.
Hi Dusty, I still like the day itself, but all the surrounding nonsense I can do without.


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|Sometimes Donnie it just means:
" For frack about it"
Fracking the USA: New Map Shows 1 Million Oil, Gas Wells
By Bobby Magill
(Climate Central) – If you're wondering where oil and gas production and hydraulic fracturing are happening near you, FracTracker has a new mapping tool that will help you find out.
Researchers at FracTracker, an independent oil and gas research group that started as a mapping project at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Healthy Environments and Communities, analyzed oil and gas well location data for all 50 states and created a map showing where most of those wells are, including wells that have been fracked and those that haven't.
Fracking is the energy industry's practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals deep underground at high pressure to extract crude oil and natural gas from dense rock formations. It's controversial because of its not-fully-determined affect on public health and the environment. The fossil fuel produced by way of fracking contributes to climate change through the burning of crude oil and possible leaks of methane and other gas emissions from oil and natural gas production equipment and distribution pipelines.
Using data available from individual state governments, FracTracker researchers counted more than 1.1 million active oil and gas wells across 36 states. The group published most of the raw well location data on its website and mapped them. The result is an interactive map showing generally where you'll find oil and gas wells, fracked or not, and the oil and gas basins where wells could be drilled in the future.
The glaring exception to this is the state where you'll find the highest concentration of oil and gas wells in the country — Texas.
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Fom Pacino to the Beach Boys - fracking covers all the bases. New hits like "Fracking USA" are swamping the Billboard charts.
We could go on and on evaluating this topic from all sides based on hard information, opinions, speculations and outright propaganda. it is not imagined that another rehashing would be useful at this stage.
So instead of following that path again, we will ask one simple question; "what happens when all this fracking is over?"
" For frack about it Donnie"
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This Lil Nas X song just hit NUMBER 1 on the Billboard 100!
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Lil Nas X is quickly becoming of one of the hottest country/rap artists on the planet right now. Or the only one…
The singer has released a song Old Town Road, and has been breaking all the barriers with the song falling into a country rap genre.
The song has just hit number 1 on the Billboard 100, beating out artists like Ariana Grande.
Lil Nas X has been shaking the game up recently. First for notably being removed from Billboard's Country Top 100 chart that sparked racism rumours. Just days ago, we saw the remix to the already fire track. The remix features country star Billy Ray Cyrus.


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Residents of Ozone Park are continuing their fight against an impending homeless shelter with a rally in front of the location this week.
According to an announcement on Facebook from Sam Esposito and the Ozone Park Residents Block Association (OPRBA), the rally will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in front of the shelter being built at 85-15 101st Ave.
A large portion of the local population has shown its opposition to the shelter for 113 mentally ill men ever since the Department of Homeless Services announced the plan in June, and Esposito himself launched a hunger strike in front of the building that lasted for two weeks.
"We are asking the city to take notice and pay attention to our community, our neighborhood and our safety," Esposito wrote in the Facebook post. "We are asking everyone, especially women and children and seniors to come and support our efforts to protest and to please rethink their positions."
At the time when he ended his hunger strike, Esposito said he had received calls from "very influential elected officials" who expressed interest in helping the community in its fight, and he added that he confirmed a meeting with a "major public official."
When reached over the phone on Sept. 10, Esposito told QNS that the situation hasn't changed, and his meeting with the public official — whom he wishes to keep anonymous until after the meeting — is scheduled for Sept. 25.
The rally is simply being done "to show force," and its timing is a matter of logistics, Esposito said. With children back in school and less families on vacation, there will presumably be more people that are able to attend, he added.
Meanwhile, the retired NYPD officer turned community activist said he just finished walking through every block of the neighborhood to count the apartments and send out a mass mailing to invite people to the OPRBA, as well as assess the potential impact of the shelter on the entire community, Esposito said. In addition, the first hearing for the lawsuit filed by the residents of Ozone Park against the city will take place on Sept. 17.
While Esposito reiterated that he and the OPRBA are opposed to the specifics of this shelter and not homeless people in general, he reflected on his days as a cop to explain his view on the problems with the shelter system.
"When we had to take people off the street, they begged us to not take them to a shelter," Esposito said.
Local lawmakers, meanwhile, are also doubling down on their opposition to this shelter and others in the area. On Sept. 10, Senator Joseph Addabbo released a statement pointing out that the children being back in school now makes it even more clear why the community does not think this shelter will be safe.
"Our children's safety is our utmost concern and sending them to school where homeless men — especially mentally ill men — are being housed is very concerning," Addabbo said. "I understand that my constituents are aware of the need to assist the homeless, but building large population shelters in such close proximity to several community schools is not the right answer."
Addabbo added that, as a father of two young daughters in the school system, he can relate to these parents' concerns. The senator has personally spoken to Mayor Bill de Blasio about the Ozone Park shelter and the possible shelter in Glendale, and said he intends to follow up on those conversations in the coming weeks.


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Kenya's coast reopens as travel warning lifted
Travel restrictions have been lifted from Mombasa, Kenya, and the adjacent coast, from Watamu to the border with Tanzania. The Foreign Office had previously advised against all but essential travel to the area.
The move was welcomed by Kenya's tourism board. "While the south coast has always remained open for business, tourists will now be able to once again enjoy the majority of the Kenya coast," a spokesman said, "with the only exclusion being Malindi and areas further north, including Lamu County."
It listed the beaches that are available for tourists to enjoy as: Watamu, Kilifi, Mtwapa, Shanzu, Bamburi, Mombasa (including Mombasa Island), Nyali, Likoni, Shelly, Tiwi, Diani Beach, Galu Beach, Kinondo, Msambweni, Funzi Island, Shimoni and Wasini Island .
The coast can be accessed by Moi International Airport (Mombasa) and Ukunda / Diani Airport.
A beach at Mombasa, Kenya (Photo: AP)
Muriithi Ndegwa, managing director of Kenya Tourism Board said: "We are delighted with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's decision to lift their travel advice for Kenya's coast from Watamu to Diani as announced today.
"While our operators have continued to send their guests to the southern areas of the coast including Diani, Wasini and Msambweni we look forward to welcoming guests back to Mombasa and the beautiful coastline of Watamu and Kilifi."
• Safari holidays: a first-timer's guide to Kenya
Terrorist attacks in Kenya over the last two years have led to a 25 per cent fall in visitor numbers, denting the country's tourism industry.
The east African nation, which was once popular for its sandy beaches and safari tours, lost a quarter of its visitors in the first five months of 2015 – 284,313 down from 381,278 in 2014, according to Kenya Tourism Board figures seen by Reuters. This follows a fall of 4.3 per cent the year before.
Kenya has a number of white, sandy beaches popular with tourists (Photo: AP)
The decrease shows the effect that a spate of Islamist militant attacks that have killed hundreds has had on Kenya's tourism industry.
Tourism is a vital foreign exchange earner for the country, but a two-year slump has forced hotels to shut, cut job numbers and sent the shilling to 3-and-a-half-year lows.
The number of visitors from Britain, the biggest contingent, fell by 35 per cent to 36,022 so far this year. Tourist arrivals from the United States dropped 22 per cent to 30,083.
Kenya has been hit by a series of attacks by Somalia's al Shabaab Islamists in the past two years. Gunmen raided Nairobi's shopping mall in 2013, coastal towns in 2014 and a university in April this year. More than 400 people have been killed.


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WordCamp St. Louis 2015 presentation- Blogging and Content Creation for WordPress
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Blogging seems to be the best way to get recognition for a nifty talent, share your experience with the world, or even leverage your business. Content creation aside from social engagement is truly one of the life bloods building an authority in your niche. In this session we'll go over:
- Basic blogging tips
- A little about SEO and how to keep it in mind when creating content
- Some syndication and social sharing tips
- How to avoid that dreaded bloggers block I'll even give you plenty of resources to topic ideas to take away so you never have a problem creating content ever again!