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'Apocalypse Anoymous' has had a long involvement in UK environmental and Anarchist movements. In this essay he addresses the 'movement for Climate Justice' and it's Consequences to anti-capitalists.
Climate Justice and its Anti-Capitalist consequences
by Apocalypse Anonymous
The whole political landscape of the climate 'debate' has changed immensely in the past year particularly in the wake of the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen. This article attempts to stake out some of the new terrain and present some of the ideas that are now appearing at the level of grassroots social movements for climate justice.
Capitalism is crisis
The governments of the world have been unable to act to avert climate disaster; this failure reveals the contradictions inherent in a system which is responsible for causing this crisis. Many people are now seeing the climate crisis as one of the symptoms of the general catastrophe we call capitalism. Climate change stands alongside the current political-economic crisis and the impending energy, food and water crises as problems caused and exacerbated by the capitalist system of social relations. Ruling elites are consequently seeking to legitimise a system which is the root cause of these socio-ecological crises; using "crisis management" as an opportunity for capitalism to re-assert itself, creating a new round of accumulation and enhanced social control.
The green capitalist project of 'ecological modernisation', through false solutions such as; carbon trading, agro-fuels, nuclear power and carbon capture and storage, will continue to concentrate political and economic power to the hands of the ruling class. These elites have a vested interest in maintaining economic growth and business as usual, despite ever increasing destruction of our planets ecosystems and widening inequality between rich and poor. Climate change is evidence of the limits faced by a system of infinite growth on a finite planet. However our political systems are institutionally unable to respond to the scale of this challenge due to their commitment to serving the neoliberal agenda. Solutions must come from people themselves through an emancipatory transformation of social relations, in order not just to save the world, but to create a better one.
The post–politics of carbon reductionism
"…the issue of climate change is often perceived as a question of science rather than politics […] the problem […] is exclusively or predominantly framed as a problem that has to be dealt with globally, that is from above, with Western knowledge and through the techniques of scientific and economic management rather than through social or political transformation. Such an approach obscures the many local conflicts over scarce resources and land use that are as constitutive of 'climate change' as any abstract figure expressing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere…[The] invocation of urgency, its basis in scientific discourses notwithstanding, narrows the room for a critique of existing global climate change policies and politics; goes hand in hand with a 'technocratisation', that is, de–politicisation, of climate change politics; and places our hopes in the discovery of some as yet unknown silver bullet-technological solution that would simply 'fix' the anthropogenic greenhouse effect." (Contours of climate justice 2009)
Implicit in this "post-political climate consensus" is a climate politics that seeks to re-establish neo–liberalism out of its current crisis of legitimation. Viewing the climate crisis through the lens of the dominant political ideology of hegemonic neo–liberalism, it can be seen that the solutions offered by corporations and governments serve simply to promote the reproduction of capitalist social relations; which are the very structural cause of the climate crisis and of course the driver behind a multitude of social injustice.
"What is climate justice?"
There are 3 main ways in which climate injustice occurs. Each of these can be analyzed with respect to the conditions of capitalist and colonialist domination that give rise to them. This is instructive in understanding exactly why the struggle for climate justice is consequently a struggle against these forms of political and economic domination.
Climate change is a problem for all life on earth that has been caused by the historical emissions of the rich industrialised nations. Climate injustice results from one class of people having benefited from industry despite it harming everyone to some extent. There is a differentiated responsibility for having caused this the problem; climate change is not "human induced" but capitalist produced. Rich nations have the greatest responsibility in mitigating climate disaster by bringing down emissions.
Climate change will affect the poorest the most, exacerbating pre-existing conditions of poverty. This inequality in the ability to adapt is one of the reasons why climate change affects people to different extents. Given that this inequality was created by that very same exploitation that caused climate change there are now demands for this climate debt to be repaid in the form of reparations for adaptation.
Many of the false solutions advocated by governments and corporations cause even greater injustices, through for example; the land grabs of carbon colonialism, the introduction of GMOS, agro-fuels exacerbating food scarcity, austerity measures, population control etc. Many of these injustices have greater impacts for people currently than the impending climate disaster.
Climate Justice seeks to unite multiple emerging perspectives towards a new political approach which sees climate change as a social justice issue. This can be viewed as more than environmentalism and social justice coming together finally but as a new cycle of discourse that sees the relationships between the causes of multiple impending social and ecological crises and seeks to forge new forms of political encounter in order to respond adequately.
Social movements are currently in a process of articulating a climate justice agenda which is antagonistic enough to challenge the hegemonic agenda of the G20 governments and the institutions of transnational capital. As the system again attempts to assert its control over the discourse the fledgling concept of climate justice must be defended from recuperation and discover how it can inform a new consensus on climate change. It is important to understand just how antagonistic climate justice is and how its emergence represents a significant development for the anti-capitalist project.
Cop 15
The COP15 was an encounter where these political forces were played out. With the rejection of the G20's neoliberal agenda at the climate talks, the movements that mobilised began to manifest an alternative climate politics to this post–political consensus. An emancipatory climate justice agenda is emerging in the space created by this fracture.
Many people who took action demanding climate justice also displayed an outright rejection of Green capitalism and social control. It was difficult to differentiate these protests from the myopic cheerleading for leaders to get a deal, in this way the fracture was not entirely perceivable to the outside world.
Prior to cop 15 it was difficult for the rejection of the G20 agenda to be heard over the noise of the re-legitimisation exercise undertaken by capital and the international institutions to promote Capitalism 2.0 and rejuvenate multilateralism. The UN climate negotiations are one of the arenas where the G20 is asserting its global hegemony. "Tackling climate change" has been used as a front to promote a whole range of policies linked to trade, development, energy security, land and resource control, militarisation and social control. The urgency to deal with this "threat" is a crisis narrative that plays into the hands of institutional power. Climate change was often not quite seen in relation to other struggles but as an extra-ordinary priority that came to eclipse all else. Demands for action have played into the rhetoric of those in power, merely reinforcing the post–political consensus while lacking any serious confrontation against the domination of capital.
The G20 power block hijacked the UN negotiations by agreeing its own terms then holding held the rest of the world to ransom. (In a move that indicates its willingness to flex its muscle the US has now dropped its aid commitments to Bolivia and Ecuador because it refused to endorse the Copenhagen accord.) However with the failure to get a legally binding agreement the public faith in its leaders has evaporated, the G20 has damaged the UNFCCC and the COP15 failed to re-legitimise governments, the UN or trans-national capital.
Most importantly we began to see that there is an emerging movement for climate justice which re-articulates the climate issue at the interface with a multitude of related struggles. People are beginning to reject the post–political consensus and find the emerging re–politicisation of the climate issue as the common ground for a new cross-fertilisation of global social movements which has been viewed as the maturation of 10 years of alter-globalisation struggle.
With climate justice alter-globalisation comes of age!
Climate Justice represents a confluence of a multitude of different struggles which are discovering their interrelatedness. Significantly there is an encounter between those from the anti-capitalist tradition who are articulating a confrontation with green capitalism and radical environmentalists who continue to develop an analysis of the political and economic causes of climate change. To separate them would be either 'carbon reductionist', neglecting of social issues, or court an anti-capitalism which neglects to consider the imperative to stop climate change.
Climate change has been problematic in its potential to become a totalising narrative, arguably this has in the past limited the extent to which other struggles can see themselves in relation to it. Now that the discussion has moved beyond the carbon reductionism that predominated, there is scope for more holistic analysis to be developed in our encounters.
This multitudinous confluence of struggles is still in the process of articulating the affinities and links between respective movements and has yet to cohere entirely as a unified agenda. Demands for climate justice have been around for several years and have mobilised considerable political force as such there is a contest over what it actually means. The argument of this paper is that for climate justice to have meaning as a uniting concept it must avoid recuperation by establishing a coherent theoretical foundation. If our conception of climate justice can sufficiently describe and integrate the multiplicity of demands that are now converging under its use, then we must defend this concept from attempts to would subvert it.
The climate justice agenda may be thought of as a coherent set of strategic objectives which have emancipatory implications. The practical manifestation of climate justice can be found in the solidarity between movements as they work together to achieve their strategic goals as part of a generalised struggle. What follows are some of the key strategic objectives of the climate justice agenda outlined by documents like the KlimaForum declaration and by networks like Climate Justice Action, Climate Justice Now!;
· Prevent catastrophic climatic destabilisation
· Confront the structural causes of emissions
· Rejection of market-orientated and techno-fix false solutions
· Promoting socially just and ecologically sound alternatives
· Democratic ownership and control of economy
· Resource sovereignty (energy, food, water, land etc)
· Leaving fossil fuels in the ground
· Reparations of ecological debt
· Protection of eco-systems eg forests
· End to militarisation and authoritarianism and social control
It is in the diversity of struggles uniting for climate justice that so called "single issue campaigns" are able to find increasing affinity towards a more developed conception of solidarity. This articulation of the increasing interrelatedness of struggle is what marks the maturation of 15 years of alter-globalisation. A greater elucidation of the links in our theoretical understanding of the issues informs, through an evolving praxis, a more integrated vision of global strategies for action.
Articulating antagonism
A key question for this movement is how can we maintain enough common ground and solidarity as the state attempts to split up our uniting struggles? If we are to struggle for transitional demands then we must question how their fulfilment might satisfy certain quarters thereby losing the solidarity of others. In this diverse political pact we see great potential for uniting struggles yet also still huge challenges in developing a mutual articulation of affinity in our antagonism.
The common ground of these movements is broad and within them there is still a discussion about the types of political engagement necessary to achieve the general and specific goals of these respective movements. The debate about how those within this new movement relate to institutional power is still ongoing and it is likely to continue to be a major problem for developing coherent social movement praxis.
The concept of justice itself has different interpretations which are culturally relative ranging from emancipation to judicial power. In the same way climate justice can mean anything from a most radical project for human emancipation to taxing pollution and using the money for building more infrastructure. At this stage it is useful to consider the political forces that render these interpretations. Brand (2009) identifies four approaches to environmental politics which correspond to distinctly different political strategies for contesting the means of social reproduction. These types of strategies are summarised here as;
Business as usual
(Green-Capitalism and ecological modernisation)
Openly coercive
(Neo-imperial land and resource appropriation, Green authoritarianism and Eco-fascism)
Roll back
(Regulation of system, institutional reform, union and civil society power)
(Participatory democracy, worker and community owned, social and ecological revolution)
The emergent climate justice agenda is most properly interpreted as a part of the constellation of emancipatory politics finding itself in antagonism with the other variants of contemporary social reproduction. It is evident all these variants are operating out their various repertoire of strategies in order to contest the political terrain of the climate discourse. It is evident they are all capable of using the climate change imperative to promote their own specific political strategies. Even an emancipatory climate politic seeks to use its climate change solutions as a rational for inaugurating its own vision of social change.
The post–political consensus around climate change attempts to conflate the first three of these variants of social reproduction by setting the frame of debate within those terms where the role of the state and corporations is not questioned. Emancipatory strategies are dialectically formed in the confrontation with these and so cannot be tolerated in mainstream discourse. In this way climate justice strategies that promote emancipatory social transformation are marginalised.
The increasing poverty of liberal environmentalism
It is fair to say that Climate justice is for the most part an anti-capitalist project; however there are demands supporting reformist strategies that present themselves alongside the more emancipatory agenda but that would be satisfied with partial reforms. What is at stake, is the extent to which an emancipatory climate justice agenda is able to avoid recuperation by the various forces of the post–political consensus. As anti-capitalists who struggle for climate justice how can we claim its definition and maintain its usefulness as a uniting concept given that there are others who would consider a climate justice that could be delivered through dealings with the state and capital? For our emancipatory vision of climate justice not to be conflated with these calls for reform, we must extend the fault–lines of our antagonism into the specific demands of what we are fighting for.
NGOs can talk about climate justice to policy makers yet there is not a fundamental antagonism with capitalism. How can we avoid our slogans and rhetoric being co-opted by business, authoritarians and liberal reformists? A good example of this problem at COP15 was the sheer diversity of political sentiments encapsulated by the banner "system change not climate change", such a broad church is arguably too simplistic to articulate and communicate the multitude of perspectives.
Reformist approaches to tackling emissions support strategies for; strong regulations of corporations, a strengthened UN, "green" jobs and a tax on carbon. For each of these reformist approaches we can envisage alternative strategies that achieve better results without contradicting the rest of our emancipatory vision of climate justice. Addressing these departures is instructive of the challenges inherent in articulating broad political pacts where there are underlying strategic tensions.
Strategies for strong regulation of corporations fail to question: the fundamental crime of private property, the exploitation inherent in the capitalist system or the social value of that activity. Regulation simply serves to sanction this activity making profit under 'business as usual' slightly more sustainable. Only through democratising the economy can we achieve the necessary shift in productive relations towards a sustainable future.
The UN is a corrupt institution that is committed to neo-liberalism and neo-imperialism; it serves to promote the interests of hegemonic states and the corporations they serve. From past experience it is inconceivable that the UN could provide a space where the interests of climate justice were put before governments and corporations. We may need to organise an alternative dual power which is capable of adequately responding to the crisis with its own "peoples' protocol".
The Green New Deal is a grand project to kick start Capitalism 2.0 and re-legitimise governments as the appropriate managers of the economic, energy and climate crisis. It is the social face of green capitalism and seeks to create a new social contract that has crisis management at the centre of a new political consensus. "Green jobs" are still a form of wage slavery; only through democratisation of the workplace and direct ownership of the concrete value produced by workers can work be useful and socially just, and only when this is embedded within principles of ecological stewardship can work become ecologically sustainable. Such a profound transformation of productive relations must come from workers organising themselves and cannot come from bankrupt politicians.
Finally taxing carbon is a highly problematic strategy with respect to climate justice. It fails to challenge the underlying rational for burning fossil fuels, (often unnecessary activities driven by profit). Taxation is not equitable and so will merely create austerity for the poor while the rich can continue contributing to emissions unhindered. It is also problematic in that as with all taxation it creates an income stream which can be used to back the investments of transnational capital, under the auspices of "mitigation and adaptation"- arguably the new paradigm economic development. The emissions reductions now necessary are so dramatic and structurally far reaching that aggressive taxation is woefully inadequate. What is needed is a planned complete phasing out of fossil fuel exploitation all together; in a way that is swift yet doesn't entail intolerable austerity for the majority. For such an objective to work it is necessarily linked to a radical change in social relations.
Climate Justice vs. economic optimisation
The science suggests temperature rises be kept below 2C in order to prevent climatic destabilisation indefinitely. In order to achieve this we need to, for the large part, leave fossil fuels in the ground. Consequently an economic system which is dependent on burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale is clearly un-viable. Yet it is evident that elites are continuing to expand the world's fossil fuel infrastructure in order to maintain growth in profit. Despite the rhetoric from politicians, it is in their view "politically unfeasible" to reform a system based on economic growth in such way that would harm profits.
Many of those in power do desire some form of emissions reduction but the scenarios on the table are divergent from those desired by many of the world's people. The Stern report made the case for reducing emissions sooner rather than later because it would be cheaper overall than doing nothing. This rational of economic optimisation would merely extend the time before the 2C threshold is reached in order to maximise profit in the medium term. This mitigation strategy has its rational in economic optimisation which is entirely divergent, quantitatively and qualitatively, from a reduction path based on any concept of justice.
Climate justice reduction scenarios put the emphasis on industrialised countries making the deepest cuts and helping the rest of the world adapt to the climate changes which cannot be mitigated; while not leading even more injustices in the process. This reduction scenario would necessarily involve much more radical cuts than one based on economic optimisation.
Following the history of inaction we might rightly welcome any emissions reductions at all, yet it would be unwise to assume that action based on economic optimisation now will make the leap to more effective action later. Even if this could happen any further delay now means it will be much harder to stay below this 2C threshold. Both politically and materially an emissions reductions plan must be based on a sufficient rational of climate justice from the outset, it is inconceivable that anything else can prevent catastrophic climate change.
Anti-capitalist approaches to Climate Justice
The state and the corporate interests it protects are responsible for maintaining the structural causes of emissions. The climate justice project must go beyond the narrow focus on rejecting the takeover of climate solutions by these interests to attacking these interests as the very cause. Put simply, we must smash all capitalism; confronting green capitalism is just one part of that.
Overthrowing capitalism through a revolutionary process is the only way we can actually stop catastrophic climate change and ensure climate justice. This social revolution must also be an ecological revolution otherwise it is impossible to conceive of humans sustaining any quality of life into the long term.
What follows are a number of interrelated approaches uniting anti-capitalist struggles for climate justice. This illustrates that there is definitely enough common ground for movements coming together that we can be confident in confronting politicians and business as usual. The sooner this seismic shift occurs where the social and ecological meet the sooner this urgent revolutionary process can emerge.
Green Anti-capitalism
Capitalism directly generates emissions through; overproduction for overconsumption, the cost externalisation of pollution, the global transportation of goods, the unequal distribution of wealth and growth in unsustainable economic activity generally. Wage slavery and resource consumption may both be thought of as exploitation, this system which creates value through exploitation for short term profit is necessarily destructive. For these reasons environmentalists challenge capitalism as the root cause of climate change but there are of course other reasons to challenge capitalism…
Climate change is one of capitalism's many symptoms.
Capitalism causes multiple crises which are mutually re-enforcing. The climate crisis is one of a number of immanent convergent crises, including energy, financial, economic, political, food, water crisis. Significantly capitalism's addiction to fossil fuels causes specifically; climate change, conflict, militarisation and imperialism. Crises are being used to maintain political dominance, crisis management is the systems raison d'être and must be confronted.
Green capitalism promotes false solutions that create profit but don't solve the problem. Climate change is used as a rational for more capital accumulation but green capitalism not only fails to solve the problem but squanders investment that might have been useful elsewhere, and give people a sense that something is being done, while at the same time actually exacerbating a whole range of social and ecological problems and even creating new ones.
Anti-green authoritarianism/Eco-fascism
Climate change used as a rational for enhancing social control measures such as the border regime, ID cards, austerity and economic oppression, not to mention surveillance and repression of climate activists.
Social movements and direct democracy
The governments and corporations insist that climate change can only be solved by a technocracy of specialists, scientists and bureaucrats; that solutions will be top down and based on techno-fixes and market mechanisms. In this way capitalism attempts to prevent people from becoming empowered to solve the climate crisis as this would threaten their power.
Social war and dealing with the crisis
The conditions of capitalism and climate change will increasingly exacerbate each other. On the one hand capitalism will prevent people responding adequately to the problems faced, mitigation and adaptation cannot happen properly while capital has a hold on human and natural resources. On the other side of this climate change will magnify the social conflict between rich and poor as life for the majority becomes harder.
Climate Debt
The historical responsibility that the industrialised nations have for causing climate change is an ecological debt the north owes the south. Compensation and reparations can only come around if the north recognises that it has historically exploited the south and is responsible for the climate crisis. Such a revelation cannot come about without the simultaneous alleviation of the current system of political and economic exploitation.
Community and worker solidarity
Huge emitting industries are usually sited near marginalised communities; Environmental justice seeks to empower the resistance of these communities. Climate change is being used as a rational to undermine worker solidarity; Workers Climate Action seeks to put workers and communities at the heart of a just and sustainable transition.
Ways forward
Climate Justice represents a significant development to both the climate debate and the anti-capitalist discourse; here are some of the potential ways forward.
Peoples Global Action
The Climate Justice movement must defend against cooption by "NGOs" and vertical leftist organisations and parties. What is desperately needed is trust and unity between the movements that are coming together as they manifest solidarity; a useful model for establishing normative approaches to solidarity was achieved with the Peoples' Global Action encounters. A number of climate movements are in the process of considering, or have recently signed up to, the PGA hallmarks as a way of expressing this newfound solidarity with generalised struggle. While this is useful, it might be that some new form of encounter is needed to articulate these hallmarks with respect to climate justice specifically.
As social movements converge on Bolivia to take part in the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change, Evo Morales's initiative to respond to what happened in Copenhagen, there are still issues outstanding. There is concern that with all the best intentions of a "new politics", that sees civil society and government working together; there is a great danger that the "crisis of climate politics" (Pusey & Russell 2009) has yet to be resolved as action is still centred around the UN and new commitments to the Kyoto Protocol. The questions below, offered by an open letter from Climate Justice Action Europe to participants in Cochabamba are instructive of a movement trying to learn from the difficulties it found in confronting the post-political climate consensus in Copenhagen.
· Do you think that the UNFCC and the COP process can be effectively
used to bring about climate justice? If so, how?
· Is climate justice possible without moving beyond capitalist relations?
· What are the possibilities and dangers of social movements cooperating with governments and the state?
· What does solidarity mean, and how can we work together more
effectively to build the transnational struggle for climate justice?
· What are your views on the 'global south' and 'global north' and their
relationships to struggle?
Despite these challenges Cochabamba promises to be a historic encounter where a number of interesting initiatives will be developed including; producing a report analyzing structural and systemic causes of climate change, a Universal Declaration of Mother Earth Rights, a World People's Referendum on Climate Change and the establishment of a Climate Justice Tribunal.
Experiences from Europe suggest there is great potential for Anti-Militarist, Anti-fascist, No Borders and Climate Action networks to work together more closely and find new forms of convergence that support general leftist anti-authoritarian struggle. There doesn't seem to be much of a problem with the capacity for resource mobilisation, the question is more one of finding common points of contestation where collective strategic affinities can be more effectively articulated. The document "What does climate justice mean in Europe?" is a useful discussion paper in terms of exploring this terrain.
Through the attainment of transitional demands we can transform climate politics such that it is "politically unfeasible" for politicians not to make concessions. As a confrontational climate politics manifests with increasing confidence, the inaction that has so dominated the climate politics of the past must surely give way to the urgency that is desperately needed. It is almost as though the emergence of an emancipatory climate justice agenda is the beginning of a climate politics that is fit for purpose.
There is now no time left to repeat the failed strategies of the past. Maintaining unity is very important yet this must not come at the expense of effective strategic action against capitalist domination. However unless these forms of action are forthcoming then this discussion is largely academic. A revolutionary praxis that includes Climate Justice is desirable but until there are more manifestations it will remain difficult to envisage the viability of such a project in having substantial resonance with people.
In the past the climate movement had to focus on movement building in order to grow. It seems that its development must now be more qualitative than quantitative in order to keep pace with the radicalisation of those who already take part. What is desperately needed is for people to take forward the concept of radical direct action and push the envelope outside of anything that can be mistaken for militant lobbying. There is now a global movement that can manifest a significant amount of material action yet this potential will remain latent until people begin to see what they are doing within the context of collectivised strategies. As this movement coheres further we can better see our actions as part of the bigger picture. What is not needed is just more people telling us we need to act, only by taking personal responsibility to act immediately can we really hope to inspire others.
Climate Justice seems to inform a movement praxis that implies a level of militancy and radicalism few who rhetorically endorse it seem to recognise or act upon. When we talk about climate injustice, we are really talking about the burning of the Amazon, the desertification of sub-Saharan Africa, the collapse of human society around the world, the eventual extinction of all vertebrate life. When we talk about climate injustice we are really talking about planetary ecological genocide perpetrated by the rich against all life on earth. It is of benefit to all life for those of us who burden ourselves with the responsibility of confronting this to reconsider our level of commitment in attacking climate injustice. When urgency is viewed in the context of this confrontation, it no longer leads to paralysis but to a profound immediacy that could just spark the revolution we desire. We have 10 years left at the most, there is now no margin of error, so let's get on with the hard work implementing strategies for planetary survival. Another world is still possible but only just…
Apocalypse anon
Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 2010
Further reading
What does climate change mean in Europe? – a discussion paper Climate Justice Action
Environmental crisis and the ambiguous postneoliberalising of nature Ulrich Brand Development dialogue no.51
Peoples Declaration from KlimaForum09
The climate crisis or the crisis of climate politics Andre Pusey & Bertie Russell
The crisis of crisis Parts 1& 2 Dysophia Publications
Dealing with distractions – Cop15 Zine
UK Camp for Climate Action political statements
Contours of climate justice Critical current no6
Open letter to from CJA Europe to Cochabamba Climate Justice Action
Are We Anywhere? Carbon, Capital and COP-15 – Shift magazine issue 5 Pascal Steven
Climate change is not an environmental issue Zine


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Grille Party Race
To celebrate Update 2.11's new range of big guns, we're holding a race event! The tier X Grille 15 is a fearsome machine at the top of the new German tank destroyer line, so we've dubbed this event the "Grille Party Race," because after all, summer is barbecue season.
Begins June 29 (after the release of Update 2.11)
Ends July 12, 23:59 PT / 02:59 ET Goal
Work with the rest of the North American region to deal 482,000,000 damage using the new German tank destroyer line. The six applicable tank destroyers are:
Pz.Sfl. IVc Nashorn St. Emil Rhm.-B WT WT auf Pz. IV Grille 15 Reward 5 Days of Premium Time 1 Garage Slot
Note: You must complete at least 30 battles in the new German tank destroyers to qualify.
Track Your Progress
As always, you can track the event's progress on the Blitz website, but we've also added the ability to track progress in the Blitz Assistant app!
We're celebrating 100 Years of Tanks! Keep your eyes peeled for more great content as we celebrate the centennial of the first tank battle!

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I Was Bitten By An Animal - Should I See A Doctor?
January 11, 2019
January 11, 2019
If you are suddenly bitten by an animal, it is far from an enjoyable experience. This is true regardless of whether or not this occurred during an interaction with your family pet, or it happened with an animal that you did not have any previous history with.
In addition to the pain that exists from your bite, it will be critical that you treat it properly. It will also be important for you to understand the potential issues that can result from receiving an animal bite if you do not seek medical care. Especially in situations where it is recommended.
Dog Bites
According to the Center For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC), 36% of all households own a dog. While these family pets usually provide excellent companionship, even the dogs that we know can bite. Over 50% of all dog bites occur in our homes, children are bitten more frequently than adults, and a dog is also more likely to bite a man than a woman. When these bites do occur, the injuries can be more severe. One out of every five people who are bitten by a dog will need medical attention, and dog bites do deliver the potential for infection, pain, injury, or nerve damage.
If you are bitten by a dog that you know, or if you are walking down the street and an unknown dog suddenly bites without warning there are immediate steps that you should follow in order to reduce the risk of infection.
You should carefully press on the wound with the goal of causing some bleeding in order to also rid yourself of as much bacteria as you can. You should also wash the wound with mild soap and water, then wrap the wound after it has been cleaned and keep it bandaged until you have seen a doctor. It is also important that you also continue to look for signs of infection.
It is also very likely that you should seek medical attention on the same day that the bite occurs, as many dog bites that create an open, jagged wound can cause complications if the wound becomes infected. Around 50% of all dog bites will inject bacteria into your system. If the dog has not been vaccinated it could also be transferring rabies. As a result, if you are unfamiliar with the dog that bit you, this is something that your doctor will absolutely need to know.
Cat Bites
The CDC also estimates that nearly 40 million households in the United States contain cats as pets. A cat bite may not initially appear to be as serious as a dog bite, but a cat's teeth are very sharp. When they bite, this injects bacteria into your system more deeply, which increases the potential for a serious infection to occur.
If you for a member of your family has been bitten by a cat, the steps are very similar to those that should occur after other animal bites. You should place pressure on the area, clean it, and bandage it similar to how you respond to a dog bite. You should also continue to observe the area surrounding the bite in case you see redness, swelling or anything that is oozing from the wound.
However, it is highly recommended that you see a doctor soon after being bitten by a cat in order to determine if you have experienced an infection. It is also possible that the wound will need stitches.
Other Animal Bites
One quick note concerning other animals beyond dogs and cats. While it is always wise to see medical attention if you have been bitten by an animal that you do not know, this is definitely true with bites from a wild animal such as a skunk, fox, raccoon or bat. The possibility of contracting rabies will increase in these circumstances, and there is an additional note of caution regarding bats. This is due to the frequency with which they can carry rabies, and can infect you even if you do not appear to have received a bite.
What A Doctor Will Do
As mentioned previously it is wise to visit a physician if you have been bitten in order to ensure that you avoid any complications from an infection. You should see a physician if the area surrounding the bite is red, swollen, or is draining fluid. It is also important to seek medical attention if you believe that there may be damage to bone tendons or nerves due to the bite or if you are having difficulty bending or straightening the part of your body that was bitten.
It is very possible that the doctor will give you antibiotics in order to make sure that an infection does not occur. In addition to providing you with antibiotics to combat any potential infection, a physician will ensure that the wound is sufficiently clean. He or she might numb the wound in order to make sure that there is no additional damage in the area, and will supply stitches in situations where that is necessary. A tetanus shot will also be given if there is any concern about infection, and the rabies vaccine will be administered if there is any risk that you have been exposed to this virus.
At Rapid Med Urgent Care We Can Help
If you have any questions or concerns about animal bites or any other health issues that you may be facing, they can be addressed by contacting or visiting an urgent care center such as Rapid Med Urgent Care Center. We understand that your health and your personal peace-of-mind are both extremely important. There is a reason that we are called Rapid Med Urgent Care Center and we make your comfort and care our top priority from the moment that you visit us. We also provide you with the option of discussing your problems or concerns simply by contacting us through our On Demand service.
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Mini-Refrigerators: Main Criteria For Choosing
A modern mini fridge is a portable device that fully performs all the functions of a cooling unit. It is used to reproduce design ideas when arranging a kitchen, as a bar for hotel rooms, or to store food on a trip.
The latter option refers to the portable category and can be represented as a portable option or a fridge and thermoelectric device for the car. In this article, we will talk about what is desirable to consider when choosing the mini-refrigerator.
Types of mini-refrigerators
Refrigerators have long been an important part of our everyday life. Most prefer dimensional models with capacious chambers and freezers.
However, for hotels or cars, such a capacious unit is not at all suitable. In this case, the rational decision is to purchase a small, but quite a convenient refrigerator.
Depending on the design type of the device, the principle of operation and dimensions, there are several main categories of portable refrigerators: portable, up to 11 liters, automobile/car – up to 110 liters, and stationery – up to 122 liters.
Of course, the most compact representative is an isothermal cooler bag. Visually, this is a small-size case with different configurations and designs.
The package may include a wide variety of accessories, for example, cutlery for a comfortable picnic, etc.
Such a device can for a long time maintain the necessary temperature conditions for storing food on a trip.
In addition to insulation, the use of one or more refrigeration elements is mandatory. Special cold accumulators/batteries are made of durable plastic, liquid-filled, and they must first be frozen before putting them in the cooler bag.
The advantages of such thermal containers are compact size, simpleness, and affordable cost. The disadvantage is obvious – over time, the cooling elements are thawed, therefore, such refrigerators are not designed for long-term storage, a preferable maximum is one day.
The smallest refrigerator in the world is designed for only two cans of drink – its volume is 0.4 liters. Like many other portable devices, it can work for both cooling or heating.
To start the cooler, you will need to connect it via a standard USB connector to a desktop computer or laptop. Since the dimensions of such a chamber are very small, five minutes of the operating mode are enough.
For some users, designing their comfort zone is not possible without a compact refrigerator, which can easily be placed even on a coffee table. At the same time, designers are not limited to the standard appearance.
Various decorative solutions, for example, a mini-model in the form of a telephone box, allow you to bring some zest to the retro interior.
The capacity of such units varies from 5 to 11 liters. However, these options are designed to work in only one of the modes: refrigeration or freezer.
Use in the car
Mini-refrigerators specifically designed for use in the car are perfect for long trips. The choice of their volume is based on the number of people for whom the products will be kept in the device.
For a company of four passengers, a 30-40-liter chamber will be enough. For short trips, you can use the smallest option of 7-10 liters.
Depending on the type of power supply, refrigerators can operate through such sources:
- car electric network;
- combined type;
- liquefied gas.
If a unit is selected for a passenger car, its voltage should be 12 V, and for a truck, it must be twice as much – 24 V.
The combined type of cooling device can function not only from the cigarette lighter socket but also from the home network. Devices operating on liquefied gas with the help of a single-cylinder are able to provide the necessary temperature conditions for at least 7 days of continuous operation.
Functional classification
Mini-refrigerators are presented in several forms.
Based on the type of construction, there are four main categories of units:
- isothermal;
- compressor
- thermoelectric;
- absorption.
The isothermal option is an absolutely silent analog of a household appliance. It can be made in the form of thermal boxes, where the cigarette lighter or a conventional outlet serves as an electric source, but there are models that do not require a connection at all.
Its principle of operation is quite simple: the built-in plastic cold accumulator maintains the desired temperature for a certain period of time.
Depending on the environmental conditions and the load on the chamber, the average exposure of the cooling mode is up to 10 hours, and the heating mode – up to 8 hours.
A refrigerant made in the form of a briquette filled with a special heat-consuming composition needs constant recharging. To do this, it is placed in the freezer until completely frozen.
The compressor type is noisier, which does not interfere with car lovers, because in the process of driving in the vehicle this drawback is not noticeable.
Freon mobile refrigerators are economical in power consumption. The unit is equipped with a special safety device that notifies you of a low battery.
Usually, cooling is carried out from -15 to -22 ° C / 5-7.6 F, so the container is quite suitable for freezing food.
The thermoelectric type can operate in two modes: cooling and heating. They have increased resistance to mechanical damage, insensitive to tilting and vibration. The best representatives of this species are able to cool to 0 ° C / 32 F, reducing the temperature by almost 30 ° C / 86 F from external indicators.
These devices are multifunctional and multi-seasonal. Additionally, they have a heating function up to +65 ° C / 149 F.
It is possible to control all processes and settings thanks to the display. The package includes a cable for sockets designed for 220 V.
Absorption (gas) thermal boxes are operating from a 12 V and 220 V network or a gas cylinder. Due to this, they are quite suitable for long trips by car. When operating exclusively on a gas cylinder of 6 liters (or more), the charge is enough for seven days of continuous operation.
The refrigerant here is ammonia-water concentrate. The heater can use not only gas but also the mains.
Absorption models are used both in automobiles and in everyday life due to the good chamber volume, efficient gas consumption and silent operation. They are especially relevant in areas where there are constant interruptions in electricity.
What to consider when choosing a mini cooler?
Before choosing a specific model of a small refrigerator, it is worth carefully familiarizing yourself with the specifications declared by the manufacturer. Here are a few recommendations on this subject, and consider all the advantages and disadvantages of the most popular models.
# 1 – dimensions and type of construction
For a small kitchen with a small cubic capacity, an ergonomic solution is a compact refrigerator up to 130 cm / 51 inch high. Conventionally, such devices are divided into minibars used to cool drinks, and full-fledged refrigerators with or without a freezer, but in a compact design.
Refrigeration equipment is represented by freestanding or built-in options. In the second case, the equipment is placed in a prepared niche in whole or in part, depending on the idea of the person. Also, models in the form of drawers or independent boxes are popular.
Manufacturers of small freezing equipment produce single- and two-chamber systems with and without a compressor. Despite small dimensions, some have retractable shelves for drinks.
For free-standing units, the installation location is not limited to space under the kitchen worktop, they can be placed in any niche. Most single chamber fridges are also equipped with a freezer. There are models with the lower and upper arrangement of the freezer compartment. However, the first option is more spacious.
There are models without a freezer at all, and accordingly, there is much more useful space in them. Nevertheless, separate freezer cabinets are purchased for domestic use.
# 2 – the type of defrost system
Just like standard models, small-sized ones work with one of the defrosting systems: a crying (weeping) wall or No Frost.
The principle of operation of the equipment with a weeping wall looks like this: condensate droplets formed on the rear wall of the chamber drain into a special compartment, where they are evaporated.
Such refrigerators must be thawed once a year. This is a budget option.
No Frost technology is based on chilled air circulation. Condensed moisture enters a special compartment where it evaporates. As a result, there is no need for defrosting.
# 3 – materials of the case
Recently, shockproof plastic has been used as the main material for the manufacture of the case. Due to this, there is a significant reduction in metal consumption in the manufacturing process, which reduces the total weight of the device.
Despite the positive characteristics of this composition, the most reliable version is still the combination of plastic and metal.
# 4 – energy class and management
Mini-refrigeration equipment is not complicated by unnecessary details, so you should not count on anything more than the electromechanical type of operating parameters. However, this solution is quite successfully implemented – for the most demanding customers they produce models with multi-stage temperature settings.
With regard to energy consumption, refrigerators with small dimensions consume quite a bit of energy in operation mode, but for maximum savings choose class A energy consumption. Nevertheless, B class will also not affect your monthly energy bill significantly.
# 5 – compressor and type of refrigerant
Mini-refrigerators are equipped with reciprocating compressors only. Such a motor unit perfectly demonstrated its positive qualities. But the refrigerant is represented by several options. It is useful to opt for an isobutane engine. It is less noisy and more efficient.
It is also worth paying attention that piston units cannot be disassembled at home since this leads to depressurization. To repair such a motor, special equipment will be required.
# 6 – climate categories
Due to their compact dimensions, small refrigeration units can be installed in the most non-standard places: balcony, corridor, garage, etc.
It is better to arm yourself with knowledge of a suitable climate class, as indicated in the equipment manual:
T – / + 18 … + 43 ° C – not suitable for a balcony or garage, but great for hot climate.
N – / + 16 … + 32 ° C – the most suitable option for most regions.
N-ST – / + 16 … + 38 ° C – it is similar to the previous class.
The operating manual will help find out which climate class the device belongs to. This information is also mentioned on a sticker on the back of the unit, along with other parameters.
The life of a modern person can no longer be imagined without household appliances, and the refrigerator can be attributed to the most necessary ones.
Nevertheless, the interior should not be cluttered with bulky equipment, and today's models of small refrigeration units are presented at a decent level. Therefore, it will be easy to choose the best mini-option that can be useful not only in everyday life but also on trips or for camping out.


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As entrepreneurs Amy Dagliano and Kate Viggiano Janich embarked on their journey to start Rowan Tree, they leaned on the many robust resources offered by the Fairfax Economic Development Authority. In this article, FEDA interviews the two co-founders and best friends, and highlights some of the ways FEDA supported the team all the way to their grand opening.
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Hashim Ansari, the main petitioner in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit is no more but his battle to get the Masjid built is being fought by his son Iqbal Ansari. "Babri Masjid will be rebuilt and handling the Muslims won't be easy for the government," says Ansari in an exclusive chat with InUth.
Ansari, however, claims that he is deeply hurt by the comments made by some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the recent times over the Mandir-Masjid issue. Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharati's comment allegedly targeted Muslims by saying "agar maa ko doodh piya hai to Ram Mandir ka nirmaan rok kar dikayein (if you have the guts, try and stop us from building the temple)'.
Speaking to InUth, Ansari said that comments like these irk Muslims. "The matter is sub-judice, but despite that, leaders like Uma Bharti, Sakshi Maharaj and Vinay Katiyar make inappropriate comments. If they will provoke us, then we can also give statements like Muslims will rebuild the Babri Masjid. We can also come onto the streets for Babri Masjid," he says.
He also adds that "If we (Muslims) come onto the streets, then the government won't be able to handle us. What I want to say is that the BJP should stop provoking us, we want to go by the court verdict, hence we never make any inappropriate comment on this matter," he said.
Lashing out at the saffron brigade, Ansari said: "BJP has been raking people's sentiments due to UP assembly elections. BJP thinks that unless it pursues the politics of Bhagwaan Ram it won't succeed."
He also said that the Election Commission should take stern action against these leaders and that mere complaints won't help. "The EC should take strict action against such leaders. Only FIRs are lodged against them and then no action is taken. Even you know the fate of such FIRs," he said.
Expressing disappointment over the SP-Congress alliance, Ansari state that the Samajwadi Party didn't need the support of Congress. "Akhilesh could have won the elections alone. He hasn't done any bad work in the last five years, a lot of people support him," said Ansari. "After the alliance with Congress, many Muslims have moved to support the Bahujan Samaj Party," he added.
Ansari who has been raised in Ayodhya says that he has no problem with people in Ayodhya but the source of tension for him are the outsiders brought by the BJP. "Whenever BJP wants to spread hatred and spark communal tension in Ayodhya, they take support from outsiders by bringing them here. In Ayodhya, Hindus and Muslims have no issues, they live with each other peacefully. You can see our unity in festivals and marriages," said Ansari.
"Our unity is such that there's not even a civil case registered against each other. We only face trouble when outsiders come here to spoil the communal harmony," he added.


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Licensees should pre-arm themselves for dealing with Australian Securities and Investments Commission on life/risk churn by maintaining a replacement premium register.
Integrity Resolutions principal, Col Fullagar has suggested that keeping of replacement premium registers as a safeguard against suggestions of churn and the absence of any industry-wide agreement around what actually represents a lapse.
Discussing the issue with Money Management, Fullagar said feedback he had been receiving indicated a number of concerns including the lack of transparency and likely consistency about how lapse rates are recorded.
"There is poor correlation between lapse rates and replacement business bearing in mind there is a natural attrition rate of business for sound financial reasons, and there is also a lack of control by licensees over their own destiny in that the life office controls the recording and reporting of lapse rates," he said.
Fullagar suggests a register may be a way to overcome the issues and, at the same time, enable licensees to counter any accusations of "churn" from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
He suggested that licensees retain a replacement premium register with details extracted from Statements of Advice (SOAs) resulting in existing business being replaced.
Fullagar said the level of replacement premium when compared to total new business premium would provide a replacement premium percentage — a more accurate means of measuring replacement business without making judgements about its merit or otherwise.
"This measure will alert licensees of potential issues well ahead of ASIC becoming involved," he said.
"If licensees do that, they will be able to tell ASIC what is really the case," he said. "They will be taking control of their own destinies."
Fullagar said that it was clear that there was no real unanimity around what represented a genuine lapse and therefore what represented churn, with the major life offices often using different definitions.
"In those circumstances, licensees have no control over it and have ability to argue that many lapses are not an accurate reflection of churn," he said.


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Direct tax is a type of progressive tax that is imposed upon a person or property as distinct from a tax imposed upon a transaction. Income tax corporate tax, property tax, inheritance tax and gift tax are its examples. In advanced countries, direct tax accounts for a major part of tax revenue. For instance in USA, more than 75% of total tax is received through direct tax. This percentage is 60% in case of UK and 50% in case of Japan. It has a limited scope in developing countries due to low per capita income and a huge gap between masses in terms of wealth accumulation and income.
India's dilemma
India is one of those countries where direct tax accounts for less than 25% of total tax collection and it is decreasing steeply since independence. As per the official statistics, around 36% of the total tax in 1950-51 comes from direct tax which declined to 30% in 1960-61 and again to 19% in 1984-85.
Direct tax contributes to around 3.61% of GNP of 2014-15 whereas total tax to GDP ratio is 11.002 which clearly shows that direct tax share is significantly lower than indirect tax share.
While comparing this ratio to those of USA and China, this value comes out to be 10.577 and 9.87 respectively which can be assumed to be a significant figure because a large part of total tax in India is coming in the form of indirect tax, the burden of which will ultimately fall upon the general public of country.
Direct tax sources
Direct tax comes primarily from Government employees, business firms, shopkeepers, trusts, cooperative societies, AOP/BOI and others.
"Direct tax is one that cannot be shifted by the taxpayer to someone else unlike indirect tax."
As against an estimated number of 4.2 crore persons engaged in organised sector employment, the number of individuals filing return against salary income is only 1.74 crores. As we can see that in contrast to the previous data, if we consider 5.6 crore informal sector individual enterprises and firms doing small business in India, the number of returns filed by this category is only 1.81 crore.
Out of the 13.94 lakh companies registered in India upto 31st March, 2014, 5.97 lakh companies have filed their returns for assessment year 2016-17. Of the 5.97 lakh companies which have filed their returns for assessment year 2016-17 so far, as many as 2.76 lakh companies have shown losses or zero income. 2.85 lakh companies have shown profit before tax of less than Rs1 crore; 28,667 companies have shown profit between Rs1 crore to Rs10 crore, and only 7,781 companies have profit before tax of more than Rs10 crores.
Among the 3.7 crore individuals who filed the tax returns in 2015-16, 99 lakh show income below the exemption limit of Rs 2.5 lakh p.a.; 1.95 crore show income between Rs 2.5 to Rs 5 lakh; 52 lakh show income between Rs 5 to Rs10 lakhs, and only 24 lakh people show income above Rs10 lakhs. Of the 76 lakh individual assessed who declare income above Rs 5 lakh, 56 lakh are in the salaried class. The number of people showing income more than Rs 50 lakh in the entire country is only 1.72 lakh.
We can compare this with the fact that in the last five years, more than 1.25 crore cars have been sold and the number of Indian citizens who flew abroad, either for business or tourism is two crores in the year 2015. From all these figures we can conclude that we are largely a tax non-compliant society. The predominance of cash in the economy makes it possible for the people to evade their taxes. When too many people evade taxes, the burden of their share falls on those who are honest and compliant.
Income tax statistics
According to the income tax statistics in AY (assessment year 2014-15), only 3.91 crores fill their returns in an economy of 1.25 billion people which certainly raised some eyebrows. According to the Economic survey of India 2017, just 7 out of every hundred voters in India paid taxes .Only a handful of countries such as Mexico & Indonesia have fared worse than India in this regard.
Way forward
Direct tax should be made elastic with respect to income along with the incorporation of an appropriate tax structure so per build in flexibility in budget. As the number of tax levels in India are less as compared to USA and China. India has only 3 tax levels with range (5% – 30%) whereas America has 7 levels with range (10% – 39.6%) and China also has 7 levels with range (3% – 45%) and are thus more tax compliant society than ours. Government needs to pay some attention toward this to bring more and more people in ambit of tax structure. Increase in share of direct tax will also help in reducing inflation as due to any increase in share of direct tax, government may think of reducing indirect tax (GST) which will ultimately help in price control of commodities. Demonetization is a tough process that is braced by India, whose motive was to curb black money accumulation but on the other hand, evading direct tax is a gateway for black money accumulation. So to give a meaning to demonetization this window of evading direct tax must be closed as soon as possible.
Planning commission report, Economic Survey of India, Income Tax Statistics 2014-2015, World Bank data


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From a definition early in the show:
A library: one of the few places left in America where you can enter without requirements, where you don't have to buy or believe anything.
It's an interesting idea, though, one to think about: how rarely or how often does school provide a room of requirement? How do we distinguish between what we think we want, what we think we need, and what we require?
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The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is capable of causing serious yield loss on soybeans every year and is widespread throughout Iowa and much of the Midwest. In the "good ole days," a farmer was "good to go" with SCN management if he or she knew what fields were infested with the nematode and then grew SCN-resistant soybean varieties in rotation with the nonhost crop corn. Nowadays, though, things are a little more complicated.
The fact is, your SCN numbers may be building up unbeknownst to you. This buildup can go unrecognized because a soybean crop often does not appear stressed above ground, even though SCN numbers are building up below ground and yield loss is occurring.
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You can now play OWM for Outlook Email OWA for PC on a desktop/laptop running Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and MacOS/OS X. This can easily be done with the help of BlueStacks or Andy OS Android emulator.
OWM Outlook Web Mobile is an email app that let you use OWA in a smart phone friendly layout, with Auto Login and Email / Meeting Notification.
It is NOT compatible with GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, Horde Mail, cPanel or any other mail provider.
Please contact us for customer service, or if you experience any issue.
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Feature list:
– Email notification, auto check for new email on a timed interval **
– Calendar appointment and meeting reminder, when enabled, auto set an alarm to alert you before the event **
– Download basic information of calendar events to local calendar, for offline view, to use with third party widget, etc.
– Blink LED indicator for new email and appointment/meeting reminder. (If device is compatible)
– Screen layout reformatted to improve usability on smart phone screen
– Wide screen mode for tablet
– Prefill username, password, auto login
– Schedule "Off Time" to lower power and data usage, or if you don't want to be attached to work email 24/7. When enabled, the app will not check for new email or new/updated Calendar event during the specified time interval, for example, from 6 PM to 7 AM. Applies to Notification only, you can still launch the app to check email manually.
– Desktop browser mode if your company's OWA blocks access from mobile browser.
For regular Office 365 with Exchange, use web address: https://outlook.office365.com/owa
For Office 365 with ADFS login, use web address:
https://www.outlook.com/MyCompany.com, replace MyCompany.com with your company's email address domain.
** For notification to work, Auto Login must be able to bring you directly to Inbox when you launch the app.
*** Upload attachment requires File Explorer, download any one from Google Play if the phone does not come with one.
How to download and run OWM for Outlook Email OWA on your PC and Mac
OWM for Outlook Email OWA For PC can be easily installed and used on a desktop computer or laptop running Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and a Macbook, iMac running Mac OS X. This will be done using an Android emulator. To install OWM for Outlook Email OWA For PC, we will use BlueStacks app player. The method listed below is set to help you get OWM for Outlook Email OWA For PC. Go ahead and get it done now.
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- Tap the first result and tap install.
- Once the installation is over, Tap the App icon in Menu to start playing.
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With a clear, straightforward definition such as this, the subject of the church isn't one that most people would consider a "doctrine." For this reason, there aren't many books that deal with this crucial fundamental belief. This very readable and informative treatment of such a vital topic fills an important gap in Adventist literature. Reinder Bruinsma's far-ranging look at the doctrine of the church moves from Old and New Testament foundations for this doctrine up through church government and on to controversial issues such as ordination and church discipline. Fittingly, he concludes with the mission and future of the church. His fourfold approach-biblical and theological, historical, practical, and with an Adventist perspective-ensures that every facet of the doctrine is explored in detail. This thought-provoking discussion challenges those who call themselves "God's people" to examine their current understanding of the church and to prayerfully consider their roles as part of the body of Christ. Book jacket.
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Being a manager isn't easy. It is a struggle that can take a toll on anyone. That is why businesses of all sizes are always looking to ensure that their managers are well skilled in handling their work. How d they do this? We have the key ways that businesses improve managers (or if you want to improve yourself). Keep reading below to find out what they are:
Take A Course
One of the most effective – and challenging – ways to improve your management skills is to undertake a professional course. While this might sound like a waste of time, the fact remains that it will ensure that your skills will improve if you make the most of it. And better yet, as well as there being general Management training courses in Brisbane and around Australia, there are plenty of courses that focus on particular skills. For example, there is assertiveness training in Melbourne so you can focus on that particular attribute if you need. Find the right course for you.
Learn From A Mentor
Sometimes, you don't need to take any course to get your skills enhanced. By watching or studying how a person acts in the field, you can gain some vital experience in the field. So if you are looking to enhance your skills, perhaps undertaking a mentor relationship with an experienced manager can help. You can see how they interact in the flesh and wonder what is required to take on the role at your best. There is no questioning that a role like this can make a huge difference to your skills as a manager.
Go Back To Basics
Ever heard of the term: "two steps forward, one step back"? Well, you can apply that logic in a positive manner. Sometimes going back to basics can actually improve your management skills. How is that possible? Because you get a scope of what you need to make it as manager, and from there, built upon it. Going back to basics can kickstart you again and help you down the line in more ways than you know.
Note: There Is No Need To Panic
Regardless of how you feel in terms of your management skills, don't panic. You can always improve your skills and come out better in the end. At first, you might feel that it won't work in your favour, but be patient and you can see the results turn to your way.


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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Who am I?
My mother was a practical woman, she was able to turn negatives into positives, whatever life threw at her, her coping mechanism kicked in. Although she was feminine she was a strong woman. Perhaps I have a little bit of her personality in me. On the other hand my father was a man's man, drinking with the lads, working to bring home the bread, and only being involved with the child rearing when it suited him, which wasn't very often. There is a little bit of him in me as well.
Putting that aside for a minute, I believe there is another reason I am like I am, my brain is wired up differently. A few years ago I did an Introduction To Psychology course, free at college I might add, and there was a particular light bulb moment which hit me between the eyes. I listened very intently to what the teacher was telling us, and thought, blimey, she is talking about me. I was gobsmacked, I didn't know there was a word for it.
My brain has been puzzling me for some time, why does it work in the way that it does? Does everyone think like me? How come I get it and other people don't? It can't be because I am clever because I got away with the minimum of education, and couldn't get out of the school gates fast enough. Yet I know enough to get by in life, that's what puzzles me.
OK, so now I am going round in circles, but that's what I do. My brain goes off in all directions. I ponder a lot, I contemplate a lot, I look for the meaning of life a lot, there has to be a meaning, that's why we are here. Looking inside ones head is the most satisfying past time I have, that's why I spend so much time alone. To put together all the little jigsaw pieces of ones mind and end up with a complete picture, leads to a greater understanding and contentment within oneself.
So what was the word that the teacher used which opened up a whole new train of thought? Androgyny. Now I am going to borrow a bit from Wikipedia, you can look at the whole article if you wish. 'Androgynous traits are those that have no gender value or have some aspects generally attributed to the opposite sex.' 'No gender value,' what does that mean? The way I see it is that both physically and mentally some are born male and some are born female, and some are born as both. My working with men for a great many years may have contributed to the way I think like a man, but the trait must have always been there for me to take that career path in the first place.
Another quote. Sandra Bem 1977 says this, 'The androgynous individual is simply a female or male who has a high degree of both feminine (expressive), and masculine (instrumental) traits.' This explains why I could haul a 40 ton truck around, and break down in tears at the side of the road. At times I admit I did struggle with my identity, I often felt that I was straight down the middle.
On the brighter side, it seems my androgyny is not a bad thing. There have been a lot of tests conducted on the benefits. According to Sandra Bem we are more flexible and more healthier than either masculine or feminine individuals.
Also, (quote from Suite 101), 'The resilience of androgynous individuals helps them to deal with social pressures. They do not adhere to the same standards that gender typed individuals do. As a result they exhibit higher levels of self esteem and psychological well being.'
I didn't always have high self esteem, it grew with me once I realised that I could control the path of my life. It used to gall me when people said I was taking the job off a man. I would retaliate with fury, and a few choice words. It isn't a mans job it is anyone's job. I was bloody resilient alright. Then I would go home and cry, in private.
Discovering my identity has taught me a lot. Whatever questions you have about your life, the answers are all there inside you, if you look. It took that one word prompt from the teacher to make me explore more, and I'm pleased that I did. Question yourself but look for the answers inside your own head, and I deliberately say head and not heart, because that's how a man thinks.
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Never been a girly girl myself. I followed my Dad into the Royal Navy..did some really 'tough' stuff,but still cried at the thought of a homeless cat etc. I haul wood, chop logs, drive a tractor,but still want pink toe nails. It's just varying degrees of the gender traits, and I'm glad we are all different.ReplyDelete
Jane x
Yes, interesting post. I am one of the relatively few people where i live who cut the grass trim the bushes wash the car and paint the house. The other married women in the neighbourhood consider these tasks mens work and they will demean themselves doing them. I love being the way I am as I feel I can tackle anything - AND I like pink toenails - in fact I am just off to have them done (my bi -annual luxury) the color, in fact, will be DimSum Plum.ReplyDelete
Doh and there's me thinking you were "Wonderwoman" or should that be "wonderperson" LOLReplyDelete
The thing I like about you most Ilona, is your uniqueness. Never change.
Blimey if I waited for my husband to do all the "mens jobs" I'd have a very long wait LOL
(just taking a break from loppering the hedge).
You hit the nail on the head there! I always felt I disappointed my mother because I was tall and a bit galumping, climbing trees, digging bits of pottery stuff out of the soil, going to museums and graveyards to explore history, reading a lot. I didn't go to ballet like my mum's friend's daughter, didn't wear ribbons - I wore glasses. Yet, I always had boyfriends (stayed out late a lot - oops) and after I had children, we became very good pals. But even then, she didn't understand me because I wasn't the typical girl she expected all those years ago. Heigh-ho - my daughter is a carbon copy of ME! and I love her because she is different and a bit independent - she'll do fine. PS - she and I do the painting in this house - my OH and 2 sons would rather not...ReplyDelete
I entered what was a woman's profession in the early 1960's nursing. I finished school than did what was unthinkable and joined a medical outreach that worked in some of the poorest countries in th world. I returned to the statesReplyDelete
to care for my parents until the times of their
deaths. I have always followed a voice within.
I am now retired duse to bone cancer. I still
follow the voice with in and find serenity in
solitude and in doing what I can in my circustances to reach out to others in need.
What you have written makes perfect sense to me.
What a great post (again). Couple of things - the living in your own head and having a particular liking for your own company may be more to do with the way you process things in your head and also just, clearly you are interesting, why wouldn't you want to spend time with yourself? Makes sense to me. You might be interested in your Myers Briggs score if you haven't looked into it before (link here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator). You can do the tests most everywhere online and they are fairly accurate. I love it as I really helps me to make sense of the way I process information and think and be.ReplyDelete
Re androgyny - yes, possibly. I think the combination of your personality, your upbringing and your life experiences have just meant that you looked at society and thought - the way that roles are supposed to be constructed via gender makes no sense to me, it is illogical and it doesn't fit what I really most want to do with my life and be so I am going to do something else. As other posters above, I think it is indicative of a curious, furious, intelligent, spirited and brave mind and for that, thank you! I love reading your blog, there is something very life affirming about it.
I have a similar outlook, Ilona and so does my daughter. We're always the ones fixing things, painting walls, shopping for new cars etc. My girly older sister was always mystified by me but I have a great relationship with my older brother.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 June 2011 at 17:58
I have been following your blog for a couple years now. I actually found it by typing into the google bar 'I have too much stuff' LOL! Like you, I was sick of all work and no time for fun/home. I really wanted to downsize and spend more time doing the things I enjoy. You even gave me the idea to have my gas turned off. (My water runs on electric.) Not only did I cut out a very BIG expense, but I managed just fine during two winters with a space heater. I also invested in an electric blanket. My light bill actualy isn't much more than it was before. I've also adopted many of your common sense tips. I'm not quite where I need to be, but I'm a lot less stressed out. So here is long due thanks for your blog, great ideas, and just for being you.ReplyDelete
On the subject of your brain being 'wired up' different. I've often thought that of myself. I'm just me too. I love my make up and hot rollers, but you will never catch me watching the 'Lifetime' channel. I like action flicks, taking charge of my own affairs, and lots of things attributed as masculine. My favorite parts of your blog are going along with you on your travels. I also like hearing about your animal friends and lately the cute smiley face meals. I wish I could see some of your television programs, but I live in the states.
Thanks again for this blog and know that you've probably helped tons of people that mainly 'lurk' on websites like I do. Have a great day! :)
Cat from KCMO
I have always been a tomboy and yet I like to be feminine. Went camping this weekend at York Racecourse on a cycling show weekend. Hardly washed all weekend but when we went out on Saturday for an Indian meal with my friends as a treat, I had a quick scrub up, wore my nice light turquoise cycling jacket and my glam gold leather bum bag. Like to have a bit of style when cycling!ReplyDelete
I decorate, do the garden, and fixed my bike yesterday (got oil all down my T shirt).
Love my own company as well as meeting friends. Just like to be different from the norm.
Great post, food for thought. I'm 100% girly, like pink, collect dolls (I'm 43!!) etc but my hubby has a very strong feminine side. He's completely straight but very sensitive and enjoys shopping (I hate it), present buying and wrapping (I hate this too) and is useless at diy or any 'male' pastimes. He has no interest in gadgets, gaming etc etc. My son is just like him, which is making growing up challenging but he looks set to be a wonderful, unique person like his dad :0) I believe everyone is a mix of male/female with some people being more one way than the other. What a boring world it would be if we were all the same.ReplyDelete
Great post Ilona, I think I'm wired a bit differently in some respects and often feel I don't fit. The school gate Mums at our school chat about X Factor - never watched it, hair straighteners - I'm curly and proud and general girly stuff. I prefer to chat with the Dads about allotments. I sometimes wonder if it's because I grew up with 2 sisters, my Dad never wanted a son but didn't treat us like girly girls. We were taught how to change our own car wheels, check the oil etc and our Mum showed us how to look after our finances, so we'd never be dependent on blokes.ReplyDelete
I think me and Mr Twigs complement each other these days, I dig the allotment but then he'll make the dinner - yay !!
Twiggy x
Picture two Bell Curves. They almost overlap with the two high points just an inch apart. On the left are men and on the right are women. The far left and the lowest part has the macho men...very few. At the top of the left bell curve are the men who have traits that are less Macho and yet not girly. On the right bell curve at the far right are the barbies, and extreme women who just care for their nails and looks above all...extremely "feminine." At the top of the right bell curve are the women who have balanced traits. The men and women at the top of the two separate bell curves are more similar than the women at the top are with women on the far right...the few ultra feminine (with help of makeup and helplessness). The men at the top of the bell curve have more in common with the women at the top of their respective bells curve than they do with the macho-tattooed, no-crying men at the lower left of the male bell curve.ReplyDelete
Anyone understand that?
Men and women (aside from anatomy) that are a balance of traits are more alike than different.
Yes, I studied this stuff but usually can draw the bell curve to illustrate. So, women's traits and men's traits in a balanced individual are often sooo similar.
If anything was ever fixed in our house, I did it. If I needed more strength, height, or heft, I stood very close and instructed my husband how to do it. If I left, he screwed it up!
I get dirty and sweaty when I need to but cry if I hurt myself doing something. I also clean up and wear very feminine clothing when the occassion calls for it. Sometimes this mix offends both men and women. Sometimes they wonder aloud if I am a lesbian, which in my case is not true.
Only lesbians work with tools, plan, and draw designs for the bird houses they make? HA! So, I guess men who cook dinner are gay? People are just so stupid at times.
I have a friend who does all the home repair and installation of cabinets and ceilings in her home. She is very tiny and feminine. So, I see nothing incongruous about supposedly ill-defined traits of masculinity and femininity in one person.
People are different and complement each other in a relationship or friendship. That does not mean one person being only "feminine acting" and the other only "male acting." If a man can cook better than I or just wants to, he can. But, if I am better at figuring how to accomplish something that involves mechanics, I will either do it or tell him how. Honestly, it takes all kinds. So driving a truck and crying all seem really normal for a woman.
Gender is a social construction!
There are only two jobs that are gender specific--wet nurse and sperm donor.
That fits both myself and my husband LOL.He is the one who wants to take the girls dress shopping or sit and talk about girly stuff.(Snore)ReplyDelete
I am much happier dismantling a computer or digging in the garden. My daughter is much more girly than me ,liking make up and clothes and my son is much more masculine than my husband so it doesn't always carry on down the line.
Just goes to show that we all could be total individuals with specific traits that just define who we truely are. All this male and female role nonsense has screwed up most people`s own perseption on how things could be. If you have the skills and knowhow to perform a task, just go for it. I don`t think there are rules to make us conform to the so called 'norm', Whatever that might be. I`m all for individualism. It adds to the spice of life!ReplyDelete
Ilona, you are just fine as you are!!
Hi Practical Parsimony, I fully understand what you are saying, very eloquently put. I think one of the reasons I have ended up without a partner is that I have always been around macho men who have not treated me as an equal. I want a man who is equal to me, who will do his share of cooking washing and cleaning, who will cry at soppy films, and who is kind and loves animals. I thought I was maybe asking too much,ReplyDelete
so I made do with what I had. But none of them were the right person to get hitched up with. All except one maybe, and he was not free.
Lovely to see so many interesting and informative comments, I see I have many androgenous friends here. Hello Cat KCMO from The States, glad you have revealed yourself, you're most welcome.ReplyDelete
Comments are welcome from anyone with a Google account. I have had to change the settings due to the amount of troll comments coming through. My apologies to genuine readers who have been with me for a long time.


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Let's Get Political
I hate politics. I don't like to comment on politics or bring up politics because frankly, I don't think I know enough about it or follow it as well as I should to make statements about it. However, after last week's announcement (made on Twitter!!) by our lovelllly President Trump, I can't stay silent. The ban on transgender people serving in the military is completely outrageous and I am sickened to think that our country has come to this. As I said, I don't like to get political, so I thought the best way to share how I feel was by letting someone else do it for me – Stephen Colbert. This. Is. Important. Yes, it's funny and all, but when it comes down to it, it is important for everyone to understand the countless flaws in this tweeted decision. Thank you, Stephen.
Now, can you please run for president??
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Hi, Jacky here. Time for another share.
This share is made using the "Art Tag" cut and create which comes with 5 sets of tags in different colour stories, you also get 2 different types of labels. It's such a versatile kit, especially for a tag lover like me!
I made a tag mini using 4 tags from the brown colour story. I'm a bit of a vintage girl so they are perfect for this project.
I've backed the tags on to some card stock leaving a tiny gap between each tag. I was then able to score in the gaps and fold into a concertina. On the back side of the mini I've sewn in some pages, these pages are cut slightly smaller than 2 tags laid side by side, but folded down the middle not cut.
Next the fun bit... decorate!
For the decorating I've used some images from the"Spring Flower" cut and create and Meg's "German Glass Glitter" in black. OMG! for the glitter lover this stuff is amazing!
Anyways, I hope I've given you a little inspiration using some of Meg's beautiful products.
'til next time, Happy Crafting!


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