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I could feel a change, as a gentle wind blew through the reeds on the edge of the lake.
I looked out across the water and watched the paddlers become small on the horizon. They were the last, and my job as a guide was coming to a silent end.
The country was about to use its natural moat and our island continent would once again return to the natural isolation it has known for countless millennia. Travellers were fleeing and we were pulling up the drawbridge.
I turned and walked back towards the shore, deep in thought. It was almost a year ago and I remember saying. "I just want things to stop". "I want the world to stop, just for a while so I can bloody catch up". It stopped alright, quicker than anyone could have expected.
And on that last day I walked up from the lake's edge and got into my car I drove a little slower. The tightness in my stomach had gone. The mob of kangaroos I drove past ate grass and looked up at me. As I looked back I thought how nature really needed this. The plants, the animals will all benefit from our absence.
We are too many and we have been too greedy. Far too many people living on top of each other, or maybe just outright stupidity. I don't know, but this slowness got me thinking of things I used to do.
I'd run through the bush trails. I'd hurriedly scramble mountains and look at my watch for some form of acknowledgment. Basically, I'd rush through life and the things I most enjoyed.
Now I've started hiking again. It is simplicity without pretence. Everything you require is on your back and you needn't bother others for help.
I paddle more, but with a real joy. I explore every little bend and twist and bay and stop to listen to the birds.
I ride my bike and look for places beside the trail to make coffee. I carry enough in my bags to stay out longer and take my time.
I've slowed down deliberately because I don't want to miss anything. I don't want to miss a single thing.
There has to be a word for it surely? Saunter – now that's an underused word. It just sounds beautiful and I don't care for a detailed history of the word as I prefer Henry David Thoreau's version. I can't write it any better of course, so I'll simple finish with this quote.
"I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of walking, that is, of taking walks — who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering, which is beautifully derived "from idle people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretence of going a la Sainte Terre, to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes a Sainte-Terrer," a Saunterer, a Holy-Lander.
"Some, however, would derive the word from sans terre, without land or a home, which, therefore, in the good sense, will mean, having no particular home, but equally at home everywhere. For this is the secret of successful sauntering. He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good sense, is no more vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea."


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Your Head Mechanic Just Left…What Now?
As business owners with staff we are always resting on a knife edge when it comes to finding the balance between good loyal staff, and having those who are simply there to collect a pay cheque.
It can take years of training on your part to bring a mechanic up to the level of skill and workmanship that you are satisfied with. This person might become your right hand man: the one who can just get on with the job without any fuss, and the one who you rely on to be in charge when you aren't there.
But what do you do when this person who appeared to be loyal and engaged with your vision, suddenly resigns without any warning signs that something was wrong? Not only that, they have either gone off to be employed by a competitor, or worse still, gone into business for themselves!
Your first thoughts will be filled with panic, but you must remember that rule number one is DO NOT PANIC!
Unless you have a specific non-compete clause in your signed work agreement with your employees, there is little point in heading down the path of taking legal action against your now ex employee for going into competition with you. Even if you do have this clause, the legal action is costly in terms of both resources and money, and quite frankly, you have better things to do with your time.
Your role now is to focus on the job at hand, which is rebuilding your team, all while making sure there is no loss of quality or service to the customer.
Yes, you are in a spot of bother if this key player was responsible for a huge chunk of your productivity, but you can overcome this by being a little bit resourceful. It will more than likely mean an increase of "on the tools time" for you, but it also provides an opportunity for other members on your team to show you what they can do, and if they will rise to the challenge.
When faced with this predicament, make sure you consider these five tips to ensure it doesn't happen again.
- Assess the damage- Has the newly departed employee had negative conversations with other staff, or customers, that could be detrimental to your business?
- Stem the flow – Call a team meeting for the remaining staff, address the situation, and clear up any misunderstandings. Also reach out to your customers via social media and email, letting them know you appreciate their business
- Consider why your staff work for you. Ask yourself the question "what makes them stay?". Do the remaining staff enjoy a good working environment, a decent reward for their time (their wage), and do you provide incentives and opportunities that they find relevant? By being honest with the answers, you can work to avoid a repeat of this surprise departure.
- Assess whether you need to fill the vacancy externally, or whether you already have the team that can be reshuffled.
- Consider avenues to find a suitable replacement. This is any workshop's toughest assignment: finding suitably qualified mechanics with a great work ethic. Before advertising, construct a list of the reasons that make your workshop a great place to work. Talk about the culture, the benefits, and the opportunities available. When that list is ready, then look to list your vacancy online or through social media.
From October 1, 2015 workshop owners will be able to utilize the services of JustMechanicJobs.com.au to find suitably qualified mechanics for their vacant roles. Employers.can choose to receive all candidate resumes for their job, or have candidates vetted by professional recruiters prior to being sent through for consideration.
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Expectations need to be set in all relationships and business is no different. If you're not upfront with employees, new and old, your turnover rates will skyrocket. And it's not just about their responsibility or duties. You also need to clearly explain what it's like to work at your company and how you expect them to behave as an employee.
Now it's my time to be upfront: my business had a high turnover rate. For years we struggled to figure out why. So I met with leadership coaches, other CEOs and anyone else who would listen to me and could give advice.
I learned it's not my employees, it's me. More specifically, it's the corporate culture that I established when I first started my company 16 years ago. Many things change in business over that amount of time but for some reason, I never took another look at our corporate culture -- that was something for HR to worry about.
Now my eyes are opened. Here's what I've learned.
Words matter
Any communications or HR professional will tell you this, but it's often met with eye rolls or disinterest by executives or business owners. Your corporate culture is integral to the long-term success of your company. So, before you fall into the rabbit hole that I did, you need to figure out exactly what you expect from your employees.
Most importantly, you need to figure out how to communicate this to employees. Everyone wants an honest employee, or hard working, but the "how" is often left out when defining employee conduct. This is the difference between getting employees who show up 9-5 for a paycheck vs those who are truly invested and dedicated to the success of your organization as a whole.
Lead By Example
No one will buy into your mission or culture when they see you, or other higher-ups, breaking the rules that you set or not acting in-line with how they're expected to act.
If you keep seeing employees leave for the same reasons, it's not that you're hiring bad employees (well, maybe a few). It's because you've not done a good enough job of defining what it's like to work at your company and what you expect out of employees.
No one wants to be blindsided after starting a new job. Be brutally honest and the ones that turn down your offer weren't right to begin with.
It's Not Them, It's You
Part of leading by example is owning mistakes. I'm not talking about typos or improperly imported data. I'm talking company-wide failures. A perfect example is something my friend Guy Kawasaki coined "the Bozo Explosion." It's simple: "A players" hire other A players, and B players hire C players to make themselves look better.
Years back I hired a President to handle most of our day-to-day. Turns out, he was a B player and hired a slew of incompetent employees and contractors that inevitably cost my business just shy of $1M and took months to reverse the consequences.
Was I mad at the President? Sure I was. But at the end of the day, it was my fault for hiring him. When looking for the bozo, all I had to do was look in the mirror.
The truth is, there's no easy way to determine who an A player is. Tons of candidates can look good on paper and appear to be a good fit for your culture. But if the culture itself is off, you're going to keep hiring the wrong people time and time again.
So sit down and define who your ideal employee is. Then work backward from that profile to define your corporate culture and you'll prevent the downward turnover spiral.
The biggest revelation of all is that people are your most important asset. I've found that I spend the least time with my best employees. So, when looking to take your business to the next level, don't look for that secret marketing initiative. Look for how you can strengthen your employees and the health of your organization, then the rest will follow.


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by Colin Hickey
For the first time, both sophomores and juniors at Messalonskee High School will be taking the PSAT. Guidance counselors at the school applaud the change.
"It's an opportunity for practice," guidance counselor Kara Sprague said, "and the money for testing is provided through a MELMAC (Foundation) grant."
Prior to this year, Messalonskee was one of two high schools in the state – Gardiner is the other – that did not require juniors to take the PSAT, a standardized national test that prepares students for the more comprehensive SAT.
Messalonskee sophomore and juniors are scheduled for PSAT testing on Wednesday, Oct. 11 during the school day. The SAT is slated for early April, also during the school day.
Along with helping students be better prepared for the SAT, the PSAT provides students an opportunity to qualify for a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship based on their score on the test, according to Sprague.
About 3.8 million students nationwide take the PSAT each fall, according to The College Board, the not-for-profit organization that distributes the test to schools.


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Problem Based Learning Activities vs. Project Based Learning Activities
The article "Insightful Tips on How to Integrate Problem Based Learning in Your Classroom" describes the difference between problem based activities and project based activities and shares the promised "insightful tips." I found the difference, as well as the tips, interesting. The "Infographic" which is part of the article was also interesting.
I'm seeing more and more of these infographics. I wonder if the creation of such an "infographic" might even be a worthwhile team project for some classes? Of course that would require some research on the part of the team . . . .


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Believing that the load of laundry she just washed is still dirty, Maria washes it again. And again. And again.
Every time Jason leaves his house he locks – and relocks – the door five times. If he doesn't he believes that bad will happen to his home.
Maria and Jason both suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). More than 3 million Americans have been diagnosed with the illness which, in its most severe form, prevents a person from functioning on a daily basis.
Obsessions are persistent, irrational, and inappropriate thoughts, ideas, or impulses. Compulsions are repetitive rituals that are performed in response, often in hopes of relieving obsessions. In normal circumstances, people are able to suppress or ignore these thoughts and/or rituals and continue daily functioning. OCD occurs when an individual experiences symptoms for more than an hour a day in a way that causes severe distress and interferes with his/her daily functioning. The person recognizes that the obsessions and compulsions are excessive or unreasonable, but is unable to stop them or control the anxiety they generate.
The most common obsessions are fear of contamination, arranging items in a symmetrical pattern, and aggressive thoughts. The most common compulsions are checking, cleaning, and repeating actions.
Scientific studies point to chemical imbalances in the brain as the cause of OCD. Genetics play a role as well. If a parent or sibling has OCD, there's a 25 percent chance that another immediate family member may have it as well.
While symptoms may become less severe from time to time, OCD is a chronic disease which typically begins during childhood. The illness tends to get worse as a person ages. Often, individuals attempt to hide the disease rather than seek treatment. Left untreated, however, symptoms may become too severe to control and rituals too deeply ingrained to change.
Fortunately, effective treatments are available. At Christian Health Care Counseling Center, a personal care plan is developed after discussing options with the client and his/her family, if appropriate. The most common treatment modalities are medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy, which teaches a person how to think, behave, and react differently to obsessions and compulsions.
For more information about OCD and treatment options at Christian Health Care Center, call (201) 848-4463, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit our Mental Health and Publications sections.


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I've written a number of times about the perils of ransomware and Bitcoin payments, but as we usher in the New Year, tracking down nefarious activities of cybercriminals is getting harder by the day. Why? The dark web "underbelly" has diversified because Bitcoin brought with it some unique liabilities, given its popularity.
The notorious bubble
The bubble that we see with Bitcoin is forcing price changes too frequently, sometimes more frequently than daily, and often as much as hourly.
Of course, certain players are still sitting on large stockpiles of Bitcoin, but as this cryptocurrency becomes increasingly volatile, other cryptocurrencies are gaining favor, like Ethereum, Monero and Zcash. As with any cryptocurrency, price fluctuations be make investors rich very quickly, or just the opposite, and so the dark web has adjusted, prompting law enforcement agencies to up their game.
Anonymity is key
First, Bitcoin doesn't offer full anonymity, so cybercriminals are not locked into it, and instead have begun to focus on other forms of cryptocurrency, more to their favor.
Monero as an alternative cryptocurrency
Conversely, Monero has gained popularity because it features additional privacy features and enhanced security. What this means is that transactions (and transaction histories) can't be traced to a specific address or user. Privacy is a cryptocriminal's best friend.
Monero has been around for almost 4 years, but it's just now gaining traction, and ransomware victims are beginning to see demands for payment with it versus Bitcoin. This simply makes the job of law enforcement agencies that much harder.
What we've seen cross-industry are corporations and organizations buying Bitcoin to be prepared for ransomware attacks, but as new cryptocurrencies are coming onto the scene, will they stockpile them as well, or be forced to reformulate their disaster recovery contingencies? I think at this point, they'd be better off looking in other directions as these attacks grow in sophistication.
Is Europol concerned? You bet they are!! As organized crime moves toward increasingly more difficult cryptocurrencies to trace, it puts more and more companies and organizations at risk.
Beyond Bitcoin moving into 2018
2017 was a banner year for cybercriminals as nearly all threat assessments conclude that Bitcoin remains the key enabler for their conduct across the World Wide Web.
In addition to Monero, here comes Zcash, another cryptocurrency that has drawn favor with cybercriminals. Why? Anonymity!!
Law enforcement agencies are being put to task
It's no wonder that these criminals are beginning to ditch Bitcoin, simply because law enforcement was beginning to catch up with their tactics and break through their wall of anonymity. When these guys started getting caught, the word spread that they needed a new approach, and so law enforcement agencies are being put to the task once again in their never-ending quest to reign these criminals in.
State sponsored hacking
State sponsored hacking groups like those working out of North Korea have already reportedly stole Monero from a company in South Korea as recently as last summer.
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Golden Knights to perform at air show
DAYTON — Officials say the U.S Army Golden Knights will join attractions already announced for the 2019 Dayton Air Show.
Air show officials also say Team Oracle with Sean Tucker and Johnny De Gennaro will be featured in the show scheduled for June 22-23 at Dayton International Airport.
The Golden Knights, formed in 1959, are the Army's official demonstration team. Members are drawn from U.S. Army paratroopers who have demonstrated excellence in parachuting skills.
Tucker, of Team Oracle, will be flying his Oracle Challenger III. That aircraft will be heading to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in 2121.
This year's show will be headlined by a demonstration by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which was announced earlier.
Air show officials said the 2018 show drew an estimated 62,000 people.
Fiona turning 2
CINCINNATI (AP) — Now a half ton of fun, the Cincinnati Zoo's famed prematurely born hippo will soon turn 2 years old.
The zoo says a variety of activities will celebrate Fiona's latest milestone. The hippo was born Jan. 24, 2017, at a dangerously low 29 pounds (13 kilograms). Round-the-clock critical care and outside help including from the Smithsonian National Zoo and the Cincinnati Children's hospital enabled Fiona to not only survive, but to thrive as a social media sensation . The zoo last month reported she had reached 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms).
Zoo spokeswoman Michelle Curley says the weather outlook isn't good for Fiona to be outside on her birthday, but a behind-the-scenes party is planned that will be shared on social media along with a two-year highlights video.
Employees fatally shot in armed robbery
COLUMBUS — Police say two employees at an internet cafe in Ohio were shot and killed during an apparent armed robbery.
Columbus police say officers responded to the reported shooting at Players Paradise Internet Cafe around 4 a.m. Sunday. They say 52-year-old Karen Arrington and 38-year-old Joseph Arrington died at the scene.
County records show the Arringtons were married.
Police Sgt. Jeff Strayer told The Columbus Dispatch it was unclear whether money was taken during the robbery.
No suspect has been identified. The investigation is ongoing.
Plane crashes after takeoff; 2 dead
APPLE CREEK — Authorities say two people are dead after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a privately owned airfield in rural Ohio.
The State Highway Patrol confirms two people were found dead Monday morning in the wreckage not far from Stoltzfus Airfield in Wayne County, roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Cleveland.
There was no immediate word on their identities or what caused the crash. It occurred as the area was blanketed in snow and shivering in single-digit temperatures after a weekend winter storm.
WJW-TV reports witnesses said the plane took out power lines as it went down.
The station reports the turboprop plane was registered to Priority Air Charter in nearby Kidron.
Sellers says the Federal Aviation Administration was notified and headed to the scene.
Nominations for senior hall of fame sought
COLUMBUS — Ohio's Department of Aging is seeking nominations for the statewide Senior Citizens Hall of Fame
The hall honors current or long-time Ohio residents age 60 and older who have made and continue to make a lasting impact on their communities, professions or vocations. Past inductees have included business and industry leaders, community planners, educators, scientists, volunteers and artists among others.
The nominees are evaluated on the scope and impact of contributions begun or continued after age 60. Nominees must be native-born Ohioans or have been residents of the state for at least 10 years. Posthumous nominations are accepted.
The department says nominations must be received by Feb. 11 for inclusion in the hall this year.
Those wishing to make nominations can do so on the department's website.


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Hi Friends it feels like I am slowly approaching the end of this pregnancy yet am still so far from it. So strange but so real. Over the course of the past 30 weeks I have mastered some pretty hilarious things that I thought you would get some enjoyment from and fellow pregnant women could probably relate to.
Related Post: Twin Breastfeeding Must Haves
1.Peeing in a cup
After so many doctors visits I am almost certain I can aim in the cup without looking. I started bimonthly visits at 24 weeks so there is a lot of that going on.
2.Picking things up with your feet
If I can pick it up with my feet it gets off the floor. If I can't it's dead to me. Simple as that!
3.Forgetting things
That good ol' pregnancy brain! It never gets old!
Related Post: 5 Twin Pregnancy Complications and What to Do
4.Finding the bathroom half asleep
I some times wake up in the morning and realize that I got up to pee at night but can't remember how I even found the bathroom.
5.Making strange snacks
Pregnancy cravings call for unexplainable food options. You let me eat my pizza with pickles while simultaneously eating ice cream and you do it without judging!
6.The belly photo pose
You know the one where you cup your baby bump so there is no question it's a baby bump.
7.Not punching people who comment on your size
This goes for not punching or screaming at everyone. This is for all you people who find the unexplainable need to comment on "How Big" we have gotten.
8.Balancing food, plates, cups on your belly
My twin baby bump has made the best side table anyone could ever want.
9.Dodging unwanted belly rubs
We might not always be up for strangers or anyone for that matter rubbing our belly, so we find ways to get around them. One of my favorites is putting my hand over my belly as if I meant to rub it and not allow space for anyone else.
I was never as good a shopper as when I became a mom. The deals, the coupons, the sales I find them all and I shop them only! Call it a gift, call it survival, I call it part of being a mom!
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Nancy Grace discusses Farrey family case in El Paso
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Nancy Grace, the cable television news show host praised and criticized for her outspokenness on legal issues, sounded off on Thursday on the Farrey family case in El Paso.
Grace discussed the case on her namesake show on the Headline News (HLN) cable news network. The show aired photos taken by the El Paso Times.
El Paso police assisted by other agencies on Wednesday located remains believed to those of 5-month-old Jackson Farrey found buried in the desert near Orogrande, N.M.
The military family was reported missing on Friday and Jackson was not with them when the family was found in Michigan motel. The baby's parents are in custody while an investigation continues.
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Amit Mitra: Bengal heading towards zero deficit target
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday told the Assembly that the state has been able to exercise more prudence in managing the state's finances compared to the previous Left Front regime
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday told the Assembly that the state has been able to exercise more prudence in managing the state's finances compared to the previous Left Front regime. Speaking at a debate on the state budget, Mitra told the House that in line with Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management, West Bengal is moving towards zero deficit.
He said revenue deficit, compared to the total expenditure of Rs 72,962 crore in 2010-11, was 23 per cent. While in 2016-17, when total expenditure rose to Rs 1.57 lakh crore, revenue deficit was just Rs 16,085 crore, or 10 per cent. Revenue deficit as a percentage of Geoss State Domestic Product (GSDP) reduced in FY17 to 1.62 compared to 3.57 in 2010-11 at the rime the TMC government took over the reins from the Left Front. He, however, did not reply to the opposition parties' demands seeking white paper on investments and job creation as claimed by the TMC government.
Replying to allegations of the opposition that the removal of plan and non-plan expenditure heads in 2018-19 budget was for misleading the public and "siphoning funds" between heads, Mitra said the system was recommended long back by a committee headed by former Reserve Bank Governor C Rangarajan. The committee had called for doing away with distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure for efficient management, Mitra said.
He said although there is no plan and non-plan distinction now, one can still understand plan expenditure which has come under the state development schemes that have been proposed at Rs 80,071 crore, or 23 per cent higher over 2017-18. Meanwhile, supplementary demands of Rs 22,319 crore for the year was passed in a vote after it was opposed by the Left Front and Congress members.
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Below is their official press release:
Adventure Games Guild, a new publishing company, today announced their first game, 'Adventurer: The Solo Role Playing Game.' Due for release in late 2012, this product will be designed by Shane Garvey (QUERP, Fabled Lands RPG) and Stuart Lloyd (Lloyd of Gamebooks). The game promises to blend the appeal of solo, gamebook style adventures with a fully detailed role playing system.
Mr. Garvey, president of Adventure Games Guild, said, "I am honoured to be working with Stuart Lloyd on this project. Our mission is to update the old style gamebook system, which always had a set of simplistic rules, into a fully realised, well detailed role playing game. Sort of Fighting Fantasy meets Dungeons and Dragons."
The company promises to offer a set of rules reminiscent of many popular role playing games but to adapt them into the solo format. They plan to include rules for low and high levels of play, rules for running your own keep and much more besides.
'Adventurer: The Solo Role Playing Game' is due late 2012. For more information, see:
Twitter: @adv_games_guild
Being a roleplayer and a massive fan of gamebooks in general, this project has got me highly intrigued - even more so when they release a teaser image of their character sheet, which you can download from here. I love the 1980s look and feel to the sheet and I'm looking forward to seeing what else they have.
So join me in supporting this project and wish Shane and Stuart all the luck in the world. Share this as much as you can and help spread the word -
Adventurer is coming.


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Maryland residents resist highway construction (Intercounty Connector/MD 200), 1980-2011
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Maryland Route 200, also called the Intercounty Connector or simply the ICC by locals, is an 18.8-mile six-lane toll highway meant to provide an express road connection between the neighboring Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George's, both of which are suburbs of Washington, DC. Initially conceived as a section of the proposed Outer Beltway that would fully encircle Washington, the ICC appeared on the master plans of both counties starting in 1950, at that time proposed as 32 miles. Although the local governments eventually dropped the Outer Beltway project, the ICC remained on the counties' infrastructure agenda. Widely considered to be one of the most controversial Maryland road projects in living memory, opposition to the highway stalled the project for decades, with construction getting underway sixty years after the highway's initial approval.
The opposition to the ICC historically has not been coordinated through a single entity or campaign leader, but rather has been taken as the collective protests of many small, autonomous organizations such as homeowners' associations and civic associations, as well as numerous private citizens individually and independently voicing their disapproval to their politicians. The region's residents have a history of being highly preoccupied with issues of town planning and development policy, with the local general public taking a great interest in what is elsewhere dismissed as the most mundane aspect of governance. As neighbors spoke with one another about the potential impact on their communities and the highway developed into a popular topic of everyday conversation, the issue became highly politicized (what the Washington Post named the single most divisive political issue in the state) and public opposition grew. In Montgomery County, where elections frequently revolved around candidates' development platforms, the county's entire delegation of state legislators (the state's largest bloc) declared its opposition to the ICC project in 1980. The declining political support, coupled with the difficulties state highway administrators faced during the 1980's in writing an environmental impact statement satisfactory to federal regulators, caused the first ICC study to be formally abandoned in 1989.
Public resistance to the project largely consisted of individuals choosing to express their opposition through traditional systems of communication established by the government and the media: residents wrote letters to newspapers, testified at public hearings, called their legislators, signed petitions, etc. In an unconventional twist on a traditional method, anti-highway campaigners attended a public hearing at a Greenbelt, MD, high school in June 1997, but instead of following the usual format of individually speaking at a microphone, the group performed a musical skit at the hearing, titled "Development Sucks." According to the ensemble's four-page script, the first act consisted of cast members dramatizing the history of suburbanization and urban decline in the Washington region since World War II, utilizing props that included a shopping cart, vacuum cleaner, and cardboard facades of Washington landmarks and suburbs. The second act focused on the collusion between the characters Developer and Board of Trade, who together rolled a black mat (a road) out through the audience, causing environmental and community destruction as they go. The governor was represented by a Ken doll, which Developer carried in his pocket. At the end, the Developer or Board of Trade sang a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way" replacing the lyrics "I did it my way" with "I built a highway."
Aside from private citizens working individually or forming ad-hoc opposition groups, it is also important to acknowledge the role of civic and homeowners associations in spreading the sense of discontent among the public. Many residents learned of the details of the highway proposal through attending neighborhood association meetings and reading the association newsletters. Through these highly localized communication forums, people were made aware of how the highway would impact their immediate communities and also of the environmental impacts in their area, which intensified their opposition. Furthermore, people's negative attitudes toward the project were reinforced upon seeing the shared sentiment of their neighbors in these neighborhood meetings and newsletters, and they were reminded of the issue on a monthly basis.
In addition to their role in stoking anti-highway sentiment among their own members, homeowners and civic associations also were important in generating media attention through protest events. One particularly creative event occurred in April 2008, when the Shady Grove Woods Homeowners Association organized a mock Irish wake to "mourn" the loss of forest cut down as part of the highway construction. Nearly 100 people attended the event in Derwood, MD, where a Scottish bagpiper played and attendees wore green t-shirts (in solidarity with the trees) reading "A Wake for MoCo" (MoCo being a nickname for Montgomery County). Aimed to influence Governor Martin O'Malley to cancel the project, the event was titled "O'Malley's March" to use the name of the governor's former rock band.
The Audubon Naturalist Society and the Sierra Club's Maryland chapter were also important participants in the opposition camp, as these larger organizations had certain resources, such as money, reputation, expertise, political clout, and large membership, that enabled them to be particularly effective challengers to the project. The Audubon Naturalist Society coordinated a loose coalition of over fifty civic and environmental organizations, dubbing it the Save Our Communities coalition and setting up a special website for the group. Around June 2007, the Save Our Communities coalition debuted a new campaign image, the "ICC is a lemon" logo, overlaying the highway sign on the citrus fruit, with the term "lemon" being a colloquialism for a defective car; the logo served as visual branding for the campaign after that. Similarly, an unnamed coalition of environmental groups utilized their collective expertise by submitting extensive comments on the state's draft environmental impact statement.
In June 2004, the Save Our Communities coalition held a press conference and rally at a Silver Spring, MD high school, where the State Highway Administration was simultaneously conducting a public ICC workshop onsite. According to the organizers, over two hundred people came to this alternative event, where attendees picketed and listened to speeches from fellow highway opponents, including political elites such as Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews.
Due to the highly educated backgrounds that characterized most of the opposition campaigners, the campaign had numerous experts in a variety of fields at its disposal. The campaign drew heavily on these human resources, utilizing sympathizers' technical expertise to more competently challenge the government's assertions about the economic, environmental, and community impact of the highway, to more effectively negotiate changes to routes and engineering features, to carry more clout when lobbying politicians, and to gain more credibility when trying to turn public opinion against the highway project. In an example of the last use, highway opponents held a rally in June 2008 where a doctor – a pediatrician who specialized in environmental health – spoke about the impact of increased air pollution on people near the proposed highway route, particularly students at a local elementary school. The organizers hoped that the speaker's medical credentials would attach authority to his statement that "the vulnerability of children to air pollution cannot be overstated." At the protest, the doctor was flanked by children as he spoke at the podium, at least one of whom visibly suffered from a respiratory ailment.
The opposition campaign achieved an initial victory in September 1999, when formerly pro-ICC Governor Parris N. Glendening announced he was withdrawing his support for the highway on environmental grounds, declaring it did not comport with the Smart Growth development policy that he championed. Subsequent elections brought a number of pro-growth politicians to local and state offices, shifting the political balance in favor of ICC construction, and Governor Glendening's successor, Governor Robert Ehrlich, revived the project in 2003.
In the view of the Washington Post, the loss of political allies hampered highway opponents' ability to effectively communicate their message, with the newspaper citing the events of a July 2005 press conference as an example. At the outdoor press conference in Rockville, MD, where the governor would announce the planned route for the ICC, approximately 30 protestors from the Sierra Club, the Audubon Naturalist Society, and neighborhood associations hoped to use the state's media event as an opportunity to counter the governor's advocacy of the project. After the state police cordoned off the boundaries of the designated protest zone, which the demonstrators had negotiated to be located directly behind the governor, the governor's staff rotated his podium and platform 90 degrees, thereby adding twenty feet of separation from the assembled picketers and excluding them from the view of the television news cameras. Lacking the political clout to renegotiate with state police, the protestors were not permitted to adjust their location (though a few seemed to defy the restrictions and get within camera shot nonetheless, as two placards are partially visible behind the governor in the photo on the state's official press release). Despite their disadvantageous siting, which prevented them from achieving the visual impact they had planned, the picketers managed to disrupt the press conference with their loud booing and chanting, forcing the governor to pause his remarks to acknowledge them. "We'll listen to the voices of the past here for a minute," he said. After a brief silence, he continued, "The vocal minority has won for too long. Today, the view of the vast majority finally wins."
The federal government also expressed support for the highway, approving the project in 2006 after an expedited environmental review, made possible by President George W. Bush's 2002 executive order that authorized fast-track approval of select transportation projects. In response, a number of homeowners and environmental groups sued in a last-ditch effort to cancel or delay construction. In 2006, Sierra Club and Environmental Defense filed a federal lawsuit challenging the highway on air pollution and public health grounds. Calling upon its vast membership in the local area, Sierra Club solicited donations toward legal fees, providing the general public with a way to support the opposition campaign despite the inherently technocratic nature of lawsuits. Also in 2006, the Audubon Naturalist Society and the Maryland Native Plant Society joined local residents in seeking a federal injunction against highway construction due to its environmental impact. The next year, in March 2007, the Shady Grove Woods Homeowners Association filed a lawsuit in state court asserting the highway project was not economically feasible.
The two federal lawsuits were consolidated, then dismissed, and ultimately settled on appeal in 2008. The state lawsuit was also settled in 2008. The opposition campaign secured significant concessions related to mitigating or compensating for the environmental impact of the highway, including construction redesigns, additional restoration work, reductions in exhaust pollution from school buses, airborne soot monitors, and other items. However, the ICC opposition proved unsuccessful in their ultimate goal of canceling the project. Construction began in November 2007, and the complete 18.8-mile road opened for public use on 22 November 2011.


text: "Eaters of Opium" by Vasily Vereshchagin'Pleasuring Dreams' by P. T. O'Talryn The Society April 18, 2019 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments They fell into a numbing sleep Perchance to darkly dream. The kettle for their tea was boiling; The plants were rich and green. They stoned themselves on television And marriage habits bad; Their sadness at declining Glory Muffled 'neath the fads. Quizzical they were, then, when Their children turned around To bite the mouth that spoke of How 'lone past was Glory found! Their children wouldn't stop Their God-damned noise about the tea! And the sound of kettle boiling Started sounding like a scream. They cringed, and spat, and plugged their ears; They chanted, fled, and toked. "Don't threaten me!" they barked out And in their sleep they choked. For, in their dreams what bubbled wasn't water for nice tea But Cyclopean basaltic city geometry. Rising, rising, rising from the bottom of the sea And the bubbles coming up for air were ghosts of You… and Me. P. T. O'Talryn is a Canadian poet and writer who likes to stir the pot. His interests include economics, politics, philosophy, and religion. When not studying these he enjoys tabletop roleplaying as a kind of latter-day radio play. His favourite author remains H.P. Lovecraft NOTE: The Society considers this page, where your poetry resides, to be your residence as well, where you may invite family, friends, and others to visit. Feel free to treat this page as your home and remove anyone here who disrespects you. Simply send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Put "Remove Comment" in the subject line and list which comments you would like removed. The Society does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or comments and reserves the right to remove any comments to maintain the decorum of this website and the integrity of the Society. Please see our Comments Policy here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) 6 Responses Joe Spring April 18, 2019 Thanks PT. Interesting poem, about… Weed, I think? I can follow this for the first stanza and a bit, but I might need some SparkNotes please! Some references I don't get, like the cylopian basaltic city geometry line – sounds compelling but I don't know… Reply Martin Rizley April 19, 2019 I think that the phrase "cyclopean basaltic city geometry" is deliberately meaningless and intended to convey the nonsensical thoughts that pass through their drug-clouded minds, thoughts assailed by the harsh realities pressing in around them like the screaming tea kettle on the stove, annoying children, their ruined marriage and ruined lives, realities they try to flee through drug-induced "pleasuring dreams." And as they choke on their own saliva in their sleep, the bubbles in their throat, which rise ghost-like in their dreams, symbolize the ghosts which they themselves have become through being stoned out on drugs. Reply Dave Whippman April 19, 2019 No, I think the "cyclopean geometry" is a clear reference to the work of Lovecraft, who is listed as the poet's favourite author. P.T. April 22, 2019 Yes, it's not about drugs per se but about the older generation not giving a damn about the world, and summoning hell through their drugged indifference. Cyclopean city = R'Lyeh where Cthulhu (the ultimate demon of darkness) lies dreaming. Reply Monty April 28, 2019 The "older generation", because of their very age (hence their experience at having by now seen things for what they really are) have an undeniable right, if they so choose, to "not give a damn about the world". For some, the ways of the modern world don't deserve to be "given a damn". And for those who see it as such, they have an equally-undeniable right, if they so choose, to ingest of botanical substances which may ease their passage through the modern world. As Lennon said in song: 'Whatever gets you through the night.. it's alright, it's alright'. Lewis Johnson April 23, 2019 Great post! Reply Leave a Reply to Martin Rizley Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


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ConAgra Off Hook for $100M in Explosion Case
CHICAGO (CN) – ConAgra Foods does not have to pay nearly $100 million in punitive damages stemming from the explosion at an Illinois grain bin that severely burned three workers, the 7th Circuit said.
The explosion of the grain bin, part of a flour mill in Chester, Ill., occurred on April 27, 2010. One of the injured workers, John Jentz, was burned on over 75 percent of his body, and can only leave his home on mild days because his body can no longer effectively regulate its temperature, the Huffington Post reported.
"Explosions are a constant risk in grain storage, which produces not only a lot of combustible dust and carbon monoxide (which can oxidize explosively to carbon dioxide) but also, through the decay of a bin's contents, heat that can set off a blast," the judgment says.
ConAgra discovered a burning smell in the bin a month before the accident, and hired West Side Salvage, an expert in "hot bins," to save as much of the wheat as possible.
But removing grain from the top of the bin allowed more oxygen to reach wheat composting at the bottom.
Seven days after West Side began work, it detected smoke coming from the bin, and called the fire department. While waiting for the firefighters to arrive, West Side foreman Mel Flitsch sent three workers in to remove tools that might get in the firefighters' way. Then the bin exploded.
A jury awarded the employees almost $180 million after a 17-day trial against ConAgra and West Side – $80 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages, $99 million of which were assigned to ConAgra.
However, the 7th Circuit ruled Tuesday that ConAgra cannot be held liable for failing to provide West Side with a safe place to work. Further, he found that West Side also cannot be held liable for the explosion, setting aside the $1 million in punitive damages is was ordered to pay.
"ConAgra responds that of course bin C15 was unsafe – that's why West Side had been hired!" Judge Frank Easterbrook said, writing for the three-judge panel. (Emphasis in original.)
"Although plaintiffs and West Side weakly contend that it did not know that C15 was a hot bin, the evidence overwhelmingly establishes that it did – indeed, it knew that this is why it had been hired – and no reasonable jury could have concluded otherwise. (The jury was not asked to return a special verdict on that question, which it did not need to resolve under the instructions it received)," the judge continued. (Parentheses in original.)
West Side did not deny its liability, but claimed that the jury's punitive damages award is excessive.
The court agreed: "No one contends that Flitsch sent the workers into the tunnel wanting harm to come their way; they were his coworkers if not his friends," the 10-page opinion said. (Emphasis in original.)
Easterbrook also noted none of the parties presented any evidence that Flitsch should have known an explosion was imminent or even likely.
"True, Flitsch asked ConAgra to call the fire department, which evinced consciousness of risk, but his order to retrieve the tools evinced a belief that the short-run risk was small (and Flitsch so testified). For all this record shows, Flitsch may have been right. The probability of an explosion before the workers could reach safety may have been only 1 in 10,000. It could have been more, or it could have been less. We just don't know," Easterbrook said. (Parentheses in original.)
"The verdict appears to be a consequence of hindsight bias – the human tendency to believe that whatever happened was bound to happen, and that everyone must have known it. If Flitsch believed that an explosion was imminent, then he is a monster; but of that there is no evidence. Hindsight bias is not enough to support a verdict."
The court remanded the remaining compensatory damages award to the lower court to re-determine how the award will be paid.


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ACC football must reverse current trend
The narrative about ACC football in July was the league's fortunes were about to change. Progress was just ahead with a few unbecoming seasons in its rearview mirror.
Eleven starting quarterbacks were returning, legitimate Heisman hopefuls were at several locales and optimism was high because ACC football couldn't struggle any more than it had been in recent seasons. Or so it seemed. None of that became a reality.
Instead, the league suffered one embarrassing defeat after another, culminating with this past weekend's 0-4 performance versus the SEC that saw the ACC outscored by a combined 87 points in those contests, three of which were on ACC campuses.
It was a continuation of a trend that has seen the league drop each year since 2008.
So what's next? Can the ACC get worse, or was last week, which began with Miami self-imposing another bowl ban and Maryland bolting for the Big Ten, the league bottoming out?
On the surface, some of this depends on which undergraduates head for the NFL. If quarterback Tajh Boyd returns to Clemson, tailback Giovani Bernard is back at North Carolina and defensive end Bjoern Werner returns to Florida State, those teams' chances at doing something special are significantly increased.
But what if they leave? The SEC deals with early defections each season and some teams simply reload, and the league as a whole keeps humming at the same sensational level. The ACC isn't the SEC, but why can't it try to follow that model?
That's what this really comes down to. The ACC has to decide what kind of conference it wants to be. Football is important along Tobacco Road and its extended territories, and at a lot of stops it's very important. But apathy has set in at too many schools, and that's dangerous.
Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia Tech used to draw much better crowds than in recent years. Even Clemson had a few thousand empty seats for its Nov. 17 home game with N.C. State despite a 9-1 record and prolific offense. The visiting Wolfpack didn't excite every Tigers' fan; an all-too-common theme in recent seasons.
Duke, Boston College and Miami have even more trouble filling seats. You see, the nation won't take the league seriously if its own fans don't. And the fans won't until an ugly trend reverses its course. The following figures simply don't lie:
— From 2005-08, the ACC went 141-73 in nonconference games with a high mark of 41-17 in 2008. From 2009 through this season, the league is 127-89, and that's with significantly softened schedules compared to earlier this century. This season, the league is 27-21.
— In 2003 and 2004, the ACC was the No. 1-rated conference by the Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings. It was No. 2 in 2005 and No. 3 in 2008. The last two seasons the ACC has been ranked seventh.
— ACC teams are 6-14 against teams from other BCS conferences this season, yet were 15-13 in 2008.
— And as for the SEC, the two conferences were 24-24 against each other in the seven seasons prior to 2005. The ACC has gone just 23-43 since.
Lastly, even when dealing with national respect issues earlier in the 2000s, the ACC could point to the NFL Draft with pride. From 2006-09, the SEC had 159 players drafted while the ACC had 158. But in the last three drafts the totals are: SEC 129, ACC 97.
ACC schools need to make better head coaching hires and salaries for assistants must significantly improve. Clemson now gets this, as offensive coordinator Chad Morris makes $1.3 million annually, the most of any assistant in the nation. Simply put: Higher salaries and staff continuity can only help recruiting. And better recruits can only help the on-field product.
But it requires more.
You don't have to play in an 80,000-seat stadium to compete nationally. Oregon, Kansas State, Stanford, TCU, Boise State and Oklahoma State, among others, all play in stadiums that seat 60,000 or less yet have been on the national scene in recent years. They have growing cultures, and the ACC could use a few more of its own.
Putting band aids on a leaking dam hasn't served the ACC. It must join the rat race once and for all.
Otherwise, it will be more of the same, if not worse.


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OKLAHOMA CITY – Just one day after a truck driver struck a heavily traveled bridge, collapsing a portion of it onto the street below, contractors are already working to clean up the mess.
Around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, the May Avenue bridge that crosses over Northwest Expressway collapsed after a semi hauling a boom lift hit the bridge.
The driver of the truck told police he passed under the other side of the bridge earlier with no issue.
One side of the bridge has a maximum height of 14 feet and eight inches.
The side that collapsed only has a maximum height of 14 feet and four inches.
Officials say contractors and engineers are already working to remove damage from a busy intersection.
However, the bridge and Northwest Expressway remains closed in all directions.
Officials say it will likely take at least two to three days to remove all of the debris from the area, depending on the weather.
They say they are hoping to reopen some traffic to Northwest Expressway next week.
Right now, consulting engineers and contractors are trying to figure out how long the whole project will take and how much it is going to cost.
However, they say that depends on the full extent of the damage to the bridge.
Contractors say they do not believe that the eastbound portion of the bridge suffered any damage, but they won't be sure until they do a full inspection of it.
They hope to start receiving bids from companies to fix the bridge soon, saying since this is an emergency situation, they hope to have it done faster than normal.
Officials estimate that 20,000 drivers travel on that portion of May Ave. each day.
They also estimate that 30,000 drivers travel under the May Ave. bridge on Northwest Expressway every day.


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Requirements: Medicine plants are among the most demanding locations on the air purity, due to very high impact that air contamination can have on the quality of the pharmaceutical products. In addition, majority of the production processes are emitted into the air various harmful substances that can harm workers inside the factory or the environment. Therefore we have chosen the most advanced filtration solutions that can ensure a clean and healthy air.
To use with: plane filters, pleane pleated filters, fine filters, ultrafine filters.
References: Gedeon Richter Romania, Labormed Pharma, Biofarm, Laropharm, Magistra, Filterman Pharma, Sintofarm, Romvac.
Requirements: Specific to these units, the quality of its results obtained from research and development is directly affected by the level of air purity. The existence of impurities in the air can impact the accuracy and correctness of the results. The challenge of this industry is to find the right solutions for air filtration that meets its specific requirements.
To use with: plane filters, plane pleated filters, fine filters, ultrafine filters.
References: Petru Poni Research Institute – Iasi, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Biology Institute, Edas, Biosintex, Bioeel Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health Bioeel, Hives, etc.
Requirements: Having a clean air is so vital when we speak about any patient treated in any hospital or facility care, especially in operating theaters or intensive care rooms (where the level of air purity must be the highest). Besides ensuring the best conditions for patients recovery together with a safe working environment for medical staff and visitors, hospital units should avoid spreading germs or harmful airborne particles. To achieve a healthy and conducive environment recovery, the holspitals units must implement the best air filtration solutions.
To use with: plane filters, plane pleated filters, fine filters, ultrafine filters.
References: Emergency Clinical Hospital Sf. Pantelimon, Coltea Clinical Hospital,Lotus Hospital, Zalau County Hospital, Medlife, Medicover, Ovidius Clinical Hospital, Polisano Clinic, Monza Clinic.


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No, it's not the late lamented Betty Buckley musical version, but the original Marivaux comedy The Triumph of Love, which Theatre Schmeatre's Free Classics In The Park Series is debuting in Volunteer Park's Amphitheater. The comedy, set in Ancient Greece, tells of a young woman's quest to unite herself with the man she loves, and restore him to his rightful throne.
Performances are 7 PM Fri. and 2 PM Sat. & Sun. matinees through June 14, and there will be a special Memorial Day matinee Monday May 25 at 2 PM.
The amphitheater is located at 15th Ave East and east Prospect in the park. For further information, call (206) 324-5801.
--David-Edward Hughes
Seattle Correspondent


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Hublot x Kobe Bryant HeroVillain Launch
On behalf of Hublot, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, RISE & SET was honored to produce an exclusive dinner for 100 guests to send off Los Angeles Lakers all-time great Kobe Bryant, whose legendary playing career and transcendent persona made for an incredible celebration. The event was held to honor Bryant's career, his partnership with Hublot, and the launch his new signature, limited edition timepiece, the HeroVillain, of which only 24 (Kobe's jersey number) were made.
The venue selected was a spectacular, secluded private home in Beverly Hills reimagined to reflect the Hublot brand and its premier ambassador. The focal point of the event, a giant, custom six-foot Hublot 'H' wrapped by an equally large model snake, paid homage to Bryant's nickname, the "Black Mamba." The VIP guests were greeted by glasses of vintage Dom Perignon and a stunning female snake handler whose real-life black serpent helped set the tone for the evening. As guests sat for dinner, their evening was highlighted by a special on-stage interview with Kobe, hosted by friend, sportscaster, and fellow Hublot ambassador, Erin Andrews. While guests enjoyed their three course meal and wine pairings, Bryant enchanted the audience, VIPs, and the famed journalist with a candid recanting of his career, milestones, and memories – from his childhood through the final hours leading up to his epic final game – and shared thoughts on retirement and life beyond the NBA.


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02- Travel to the Veterinary Clinic – Not so Cat Friendly!
A critical factor that prevents cats from receiving healthcare is the stress and difficulties people have catching, crating, and travelling with their cats to the veterinary hospital. The first step in healthcare is to educate people about how to make the trip to the clinic more pleasant. The point of first contact is the client's phone call to the clinic. At this time, the veterinary healthcare team member should ask the client several key questions prior to the veterinary appointment including:
1. Do you have a cat carrier?
- All cats should come to the clinic in a carrier. If you don't have a carrier, we can loan you one (see callout box below)
- Each cat should come in their own carrier. Carriers provide secure containment
- Sturdy rigid carriers that open from the top and the front are best because they can easily be taken apart. This allows the cat to remain in the bottom of the carrier during most of the examination, which may be a more familiar and reassuring place than exposed on the table
- Be sure to secure the carrier in the car on the floor of the back seat. The front seat is not safe because an airbag can injure a cat even in a carrier, a free standing carrier can become a flying missile or a seatbelt can crack through the carrier should an accident or sudden stop take place
- When carrying the carrier, keep it stable and horizontal for the comfort of the cat
- Cover the carrier (e.g., with a towel) to reduce frightening visual stimulation
- When carrying the carrier, keep it stable and horizontal
- For more tips, see the AAFP/ISFM Feline-Friendly Handling Guidelines (see Resources)
2. Do you have difficulty getting your cat into the carrier? Do you feel anxious about the visit?
The carrier can be a comforting place for the cat instead of a stressful place. Here are some ways to accomplish this:
- Leave the carrier in an area of the home where the cat frequently spends time
- Feed the cat in or near the carrier
- Place familiar bedding or some clothing inside the carrier as well as treats, catnip, and toys
- Use synthetic facial pheromones (e.g., Feliway™) in the carrier 10-15 minutes prior to travelling
- Travel with kittens on a routine basis for short (5-15 minutes) non-veterinary trips
- Some cats are prone to motion sickness. This unpleasant experience can be reduced by withholding food (but not water) for a few hours before the trip. If this is not effective, therapy for motion sickness with a drug such as maropitant or dimenhydrinate can be prescribed by the veterinarian
- Cats that have had previous negative experiences may benefit from having a veterinarian prescribe medication such as gabapentin or trazodone to reduce anxiety before the visit
Train your cat videos at:
- Cat carrier training, parts 1 and 2
Visiting the vet (video): tips for a stress free trip
AAFP/ISFM Feline-Friendly Handling Guidelines:
Cats and Carriers: Friends not Foes (video):
Using Feliway to decrease stress from travel and other situations:
English: feliway.com/ca_en
Loaner Cat Carriers
It is very useful to make loaner carriers available. These may be new carriers or carriers donated by clients that are in good condition. They can be disinfected and labeled with the clinic's name and contact information. A soft, clean towel can be put inside for comfort and traction.
Look for these products at your local pet supply store:
- Petmate Navigator cat carrier
- ThunderShirt for cats


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STOCK MARKET STRATEGY FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2016: The stock market has retreated and bounced around for the last few weeks. The internal indicators are near the lower range and could reach oversold readings if the market should fall in the coming days. Look for weakness early this week with the opportunity to buy near the end of the week for another run to new highs. If that scenario doesn't set up that way, then step aside and let the market create a different kind of opportunity further down the road.
Key underlying short-term market indicators show the following:
- NYSE McClellan Oscillator – Ultimate Indicator – 40 (neutral)
- NYSE Overbought/Oversold Indicator – Ultimate Indicator – 40 (neutral)
- Nasdaq McClellan Oscillator – Ultimate Indicator – 43 (neutral)
- Nasdaq Overbought/Oversold Indicator – Ultimate Indicator -43 (neutral)
- Volatility Indicator – Ultimate Indicator – 37 (neutral)
THE BOTTOM LINE: The internal indicators are neutral but within range of a bottom. While the readings have not been very severe to the downside, the length of time in this lower range suggests that a move up should be coming soon. It is based on that factor, that I'd be ready to move into action should we see weakness at the beginning of next week.


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Citizens must help to stop the spread of deadly dengue
We really can't fault the approach our health authorities have taken over the past few years in Jamaica's efforts to combat mosquito-borne diseases, particularly dengue fever.
Certainly, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the regional health authorities, and professionals in the sector have been circulating advice and updates on dengue through various media.
In fact, the scale of the public education campaign has, we believe, given the vast majority of Jamaicans — certainly those who read or listen to public service broadcasts — vital information about the disease, including what we all need to do to protect ourselves.
Despite all that, unfortunately, last month we had reason to comment in this space on what appears to be a widespread indifference to appeals from the authorities to rid homes and the wider environs of mosquito-breeding sites. People continue to carelessly dispose of refuse of every description — much of which provide ideal opportunities for mosquito breeding.
Dr Christopher Tufton, the health and wellness minister, has suggested that inadequate resources for the fight is not the biggest hurdle for the current anti-mosquito campaign. We share his view. The biggest problem, we reiterate, is the attitude of our people.
Our fear is that the individuals who continue to have this cavalier attitude to public health are placing us all in danger, especially given that global health authorities have told us that about 40 per cent of humanity is at risk of contracting dengue fever.
The World Health Organization has reported that the incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years. Prior to 1970, only nine countries had seen severe dengue epidemics. Now, we are told, as many as 50 million to 100 million infections are estimated to occur annually in more than 100 endemic countries; putting almost half of the world's population at risk.
Last month, Dr Tufton told Parliament that for the period January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 there were 135 suspected and confirmed dengue-related deaths in Jamaica. These included 47 cases in 2018 and 88 in 2019. He also reported that there were 10 suspected deaths in September.
The Pan American Health Organization has reported 2,563 698 suspected and confirmed dengue cases, including 1,082 deaths, in the Americas as at October 14 this year. And, while the highest incidence rates are reported by Nicaragua, Belize, Brazil, and Honduras, we here in Jamaica cannot rest comfortably, especially as we acknowledge scientists' prediction that the disease could affect two billion people worldwide by 2080.
Prevention and treatment, therefore, are vital to our survival. As such we encourage all Jamaicans to heed the advice of our health authorities.
At the same time, we are encouraged by research being done by The World Mosquito Project to eliminate dengue. Hopefully, their plan to inject the Aedes aegypti mosquito with a bacteria called Wolbachia which, we are told, blocks transmission of the disease to humans, will prove successful.
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25 injured in crash involving MTA bus in E. Flatbush
A BMW heading southbound on Utica Ave. struck a Nissan Altima coming out of a parking lot in East Flatbush. The impact knocked the BMW into the path of a B46 bus. It has been reported that four people are listed in critical condition and more than 20 were treated for injuries.
The entire front end of the BMW crumpled in the crash with the driver's side corner of the bus. Four men in the BMW were rushed to Kings County Hospital, where three were listed in critical condition. A woman in the Nissan Altima was also taken to Kings County Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The bus driver was also hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Residence permits for children moving to a parent in Sweden
A child under 18 years of age may be granted a residence permit in order to move to a parent in Sweden. The parent in Sweden must have a residence permit.
If the child is going to move to Sweden at the same time as his or her parent
If a child and a parent who do not have a residence permit will be moving to Sweden at the same time, the parent can apply for the child as part of their own application.
Read more about how you apply, as a parent, for a residence permit for your child in your own application
In order for the Swedish Migration Agency to be able to process the child's residence permit application, the application must be submitted by an adult. This can be a parent or another adult. If an adult other than the child's parent is applying on behalf of the child, the person submitting the application must show that they have the right to represent the child in the child's country of origin.
Residence permit requirements
For a child of someone living in Sweden to be granted a residence permit
- the child must be under 18 years of age and unmarried
- the parent must have a residence permit or a permanent residence permit
- the parent must be able to support themselves and the child, and have a home of sufficient size and standard for them to live in.
How to apply for a child
If you are a parent, you can submit an online application for the child if you have been granted a residence permit to study or work in Sweden, or if you moved to a family member in Sweden.
To submit an online application, you must be registered as a resident with the Swedish Tax Office and have a Swedish personal identity number.
However, you were granted a residence permit as an asylum seeker, you already have Swedish citizenship, or you are not the child's parent, you must apply using the paper form.
Application fees for residence permits
In most cases, you have to pay a fee to apply for a residence permit.
The following has to be included with your child's application
- copies of the child's passport showing their personal data, photograph, signature, passport number, issuing country, validity period and whether the child has permission to live in countries other than their country of origin
- birth certificate or proof of birth
If the child is adopted, the adoption documents must be included with the application.
If you have sole custody of the child, the custody decision must be included with the application. If the other parent has died, you must include the death certificate.
Check that the information on the documents you submit is clearly visible. On copies of passports, make sure that the numbers and characters at the top and bottom of the passport pages are clear and legible.
If the child has two legal guardians, but only the child will be moving to you in Sweden while the other parent remains in the country of origin, you must include a statement of consent from the other legal guardian with the application. The statement of consent must be in the form of a signed letter from the parent who is the child's legal guardian but will not be following along to Sweden, in which they state that they agree to your child being granted a residence permit to settle in Sweden. The statement of consent must clearly state that the child is allowed to move to Sweden. A copy of the passport or other identification document of the legal guardian who signed the consent must also be included.
The statement of consent should contain
- the name, date of birth and address of the parent providing their consent
- the name and date of birth of the child the statement of consent regards
- a statement indicating that the parent agrees to the child being granted a residence permit to settle in Sweden
- the signature of the consenting parent, along with their name in printed form.
When we have received the child's application
Once the Swedish Migration Agency has reviewed the child's application, you (the person who submitted the application on behalf of the child) will be sent an email asking you to make an appointment with the relevant embassy or consulate-general for an interview with the child. During the interview, the child will be asked questions about themselves and their relationship with the parent in Sweden.
The parent in Sweden will also be asked a number of questions. This will be done either via a questionnaire or through a personal interview at one of the Swedish Migration Agency's offices.
After the decision has been made
Once the Swedish Migration Agency has made a decision as to whether the child should be granted a residence permit or not, the decision is sent to the parent who applied for the child's residence permit.
If the Swedish Migration Agency refuses the child's application
If the Swedish Migration Agency rejects the child's application, the decision can be appealed within three weeks from the date the child's parent, legal guardian or other authorised individual received the decision. Information on how to appeal is included in the decision.
If the child is granted a residence permit
If the child is granted a residence permit, they will receive a residence permit card. The card contains the child's fingerprints and photo along with other information.
A child who does not require a visa to travel to Sweden can come here without the residence permit card. In such case, the parent in Sweden can make an appointment to bring the child to the Swedish Migration Agency in Sweden to provide a photo and fingerprints for the residence permit card.
Read more about scheduling an appointment at the Swedish Migration Agency for the child to be fingerprinted and photographed if the child is allowed to travel to Sweden without a visa
If the child needs a visa to travel to Sweden, they will need the residence permit card for the trip to Sweden. The child will therefore be photographed and fingerprinted in connection with the interview at the embassy or consulate-general.
Once the residence permit card is ready, the embassy or consulate-general will provide the card to the person entitled to represent the child in the country where the application was made. It can take up to four weeks to produce the card and deliver it to the embassy or consulate-general after you have received the residence permit decision. When the child enters Sweden, they must present the residence permit card together with a valid passport.
Before you begin your application
The Migration Agency recommends that you use a computer when you make your application and that you use Internet Explorer.
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Read more about the requirements for an online application
If you do not apply online
If you are not able to apply online, please fill in the form "Application for a residence permit to settle in Sweden – for a child under the age of 18", number 162011. The application must be submitted to the Swedish embassy or consulate-general in the country where the child is living. Contact the embassy or consulate-general before submitting the application to schedule an appointment for the child's visit.
The following must be submitted together with the child's application
- copies of the child's passport showing their personal data, photo, signature (if possible), passport number, issuing country, validity period, and whether the child has permission to live in countries other than their country of origin
- birth certificate or proof of birth
- the form "Family details"
- statement of consent indicating that the child is allowed to move with you to Sweden from the other legal guardian who is not following along to Sweden
- court order if you have sole custody or death certificate if the other parent is dead
- adoption documents if the child is adopted.
Application for residence permit to settle in Sweden – for a child under the age of 18, form number 163011 (in English)
Questionnaire regarding minors with a parent in Sweden, form number T87 (in Swedish)
Questionnaire when a minor applies to move to a parent in Sweden and the parent is subject to the maintenance requirement T87F (in Swedish)
Family details, form number 239011 (in English)
Statement of consent, form number 217011 (in English)
Swedish embassies and consulates-general
If it is not possible for you to apply in the country where the child is living, you must apply at the embassy or consulate-general closest to the country where the child is living. Contact the embassy or consulate-general for more information.