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It seemed about 10 years ago you couldn't open a real estate section in a newspaper without seeing an article about radon -- a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas -- that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Radon dissipates to harmless levels once outside, however, it can cause life-threatening vapors when locked in your basement. The gas can enter through underground areas, such as crawl spaces, gaps between basement floors and walls, sump pumps, and the water supply.
The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the public's lackadaisical approach to radon, which has spurred the agency to launch a new National Radon Strategy on the heels of a National Radon Health Advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona. The Chief Physician pointed out on the group's website that "radon gas in the indoor air of America's homes poses a serious health risk. More than 20,000 Americans die of radon-related lung cancer every year. Millions of homes have an elevated radon level."
EPA's Strategy carries the header "Reinvigorating National Attention and Action on RADON," and points out several national action steps, including the testing of all 100 million homes throughout the country. Nearly 20 percent of the dwellings have been tested already.
As you consider testing your own house for this silent killer gas, the National Environmental Health Association provides several questions to ask a potential vendor interviewing companies:
- Will the contractor provide references or photographs, as well as test results of 'before' and 'after' radon levels of past radon reduction work?
- Can the contractor explain what the work will involve, how long it will take to complete, and exactly how the radon reduction system will work?
- Does the contractor charge a fee for any diagnostic tests? Although many contractors give free estimates, they may charge for diagnostic tests. These tests help determine what type of radon reduction system should be used and in some cases are necessary, especially if the contractor is unfamiliar with the type of house structure or the anticipated degree of difficulty
- Did the contractor inspect your home's structure before giving you an estimate?
- Did the contractor review the quality of your radon measurement results and determine if appropriate testing procedures were followed?
Compare the contractors' proposed costs and consider what you will get for your money, taking into account: (1) a less expensive system may cost more to operate and maintain; (2) a less expensive system may have less aesthetic appeal; (3) a more expensive system may be best for your house; and, (4) the quality of the building material will affect how long the system lasts.
Keep in mind there are certifications radon testers can attain which provides a basis level of education protection for the consumer. With that in mind, the Association recommends that the proposal and estimate include the following:
- Proof of state certification and/or professional proficiency or certification credentials.
- Proof of liability insurance and being bonded, and having all necessary licenses to satisfy local requirements.
- Diagnostic testing prior to design and installation of a radon reduction system.
- Installation of a warning device to caution you if the radon reduction system is not working correctly.
- Testing after installation to make sure the radon reduction system works well.
- A guarantee to reduce radon levels to acceptable levels or below, and if so, for how long.
The National Radon Safety Board operates an online service provider database that makes the search for a radon testing/mitigation company an easier task. Consumers can search for certain professional designations, such as Measurement Specialist (RMS), Measurement Technician (RMT), and Mitigation Specialist (RRS).
For more information on radon gas and its effects on your health and home, visit the following websites:
Environmental Protection Agency
Centers for Disease Control
National Environmental Health Association
Mr. Carr has covered real estate since 1989. He is the author of "Real Estate Investing Made Simple." Got a personal real estate issue? Questions can be posted at Anthony's blog.


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MAMAKATING — An old, dormant mine tucked away inside the Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest contaminated more than 57,000 gallons of water per day with lead way above standard levels for 24 years before the state Department of Environmental Conservation noticed and took action.
But the contaminated water continues to flow today.
The DEC acquired the land that established the forest in 1988 and knew part of it was historically used as a mine, but it didn't have any data to suggest there was contamination, according to the agency.
In 2012, the DEC learned about the pollution while developing a unit management plan, the agency said.
Then the agency took samples from the site, which contained elevated lead levels in the tailings piles, surface water near the tailings and in a sediment deposit in the Delaware & Hudson Canal, a 2012 DEC fact sheet states.
Tailings are the waste left over after separating the ore.
The mine is one of 43 federally monitored mining sites in the country identified by The Associated Press as discharging a total of more than 50 million gallons of contaminated wastewater on average each day, per data from public records requests and independent researchers.
About 20 million gallons of it runs into nearby groundwater, rivers and ponds.
The rest is captured or treated in efforts that will need to continue indefinitely for perhaps thousands of years, the AP report states.
The Sullivan County mine is discharging 57,600 gallons of lead-contaminated water per day by itself, the AP investigation found.
The mining operation created four surface deposits of mine tailings that remain onsite, where water ran through tailing piles and discharged into the Delaware and Hudson Canal, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Three of the tailing deposits are by an upper entrance next to the old mine shafts, while the fourth is located in a lower area next to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Linear Park.
While there are residential wells nearby, the New York State Department of Health tested them and found that the water is safe because it's drawn from a different source, according to Elias Rodriguez, EPA spokesman.
Since the contamination was discovered, the DEC has prohibited the public from entering areas affected by the mine.
Signs are posted throughout the forest warning of lead polluting soil and water.
The DEC warns that even in the non-restricted areas nearby, people should not drink or filter any surface water and should remove the bones of any deer or game taken before cooking it, because that's where lead accumulates.
EPA takes action
The DEC conducted a site characterization report in 2013 and asked the EPA to evaluate the mine for possible Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act emergency response, more commonly known as the Superfund program.
EPA officials visited in October 2015 and studied the soil, wetlands and the tailings pile by the Delaware and Hudson Canal, Rodriguez said.
Tests found the tailings contained concentrations of lead ranging from 5.3 to 268 parts per million, up to approximately 53 times what is considered harmful, the EPA reported.
A concentration of 5 parts per million qualifies as a hazardous waste.
Water samples at the lower mine discharge point contained lead concentrations ranging from 410 to 710 parts per billion, up to 173 times what the state considers hazardous.
DEC's standard for lead in surface water is just 4.1 parts per billion.
In 2016, the EPA capped the tailings at the lower site by laying down about 2,660 tons of crushed stone and 160 tons of gravel along the canal's towpath to prevent exposure, according to Rodriguez.
It also diverted a contaminated stream flowing from a tunnel at the base of the mine from the lower site to prevent recontamination of the canal, and closed it with a gate to prevent human access but allow bats in and out, the DEC added.
EPA workers installed signs and a fence around the lower mine site, and removed 55 cubic yards of contaminated sediments above the waterline of the canal and put it underneath the rock cap, the DEC said.
Origins of the mine
Referred to historically as the Shawangunk Mine or the Mamakating Mine, it's the state's oldest mine, according to an article by Orange County historian Mildred Parker Seese uncovered by the Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society.
The site was first used in the 1600s by Native Americans, Seese wrote.
It was mined extensively for lead and zinc from 1830 to 1840 but was mostly idle except for a brief time during World War I, according to a 1951 geological survey report by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
"There were actually a number of different operations over the years," said Sullivan County Historian John Conway. "None of them proved to be very successful."
He said it operated intermittently and failed for two reasons: Miners never discovered the rich veins of ore they expected and the location was so remote that it made extracting anything out of the mine difficult and costly.
Ultimately, the mine was abandoned in 1962, according to the EPA.
Conway said there wouldn't have been any concern for the environment when the mine was in operation.
The Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls in the late-1970s is what made environmentalism a major priority, Conway said.
"Really up until then, the environmental movement, at least as we know it today, didn't exist," he added.
What's going on the mine today
Today, there's no DEC activity at the mine.
The site is now in the state's Superfund program and the DEC is leading the way on cleanup, Rodriguez said.
The DEC said it's in the middle of a remedial investigation that will determine the impact of the contamination on fish, plants, wildlife and human exposure.
A report is expected to be released to the public later this year and will guide future efforts to clean up the area, according to the DEC.
Until the report is done, the DEC called it premature to estimate what the cost of cleanup will be or how long it will take.
Local officials have pickax to grind
Mamakating Supervisor Bill Herrmann said he knew that there was a historic mine in town but was unaware of the continual contamination until The Associated Press' investigation.
Since then, he's talked with residents and Mamakating's town board, but no one has reported any problems.
He said they're trusting the DEC and EPA to be on top of it.
"The town board will monitor this and if there's a problem, certainly we'll take some action to try to help people to put the EPA and DEC on notice," Herrmann said.
Hudson Valley representatives in the state legislature vowed to press the issue and to clean up the site.
"I think it should be sooner than later," Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther said about the completion of the DEC's remedial investigation. "I think that every day that goes by is not a good day for all of us."
Gunther called it "unbelievable" that the pollution has gone on for so long.
She added that there's $5 million included in the recently passed state budget to support clean-water infrastructure and some of the funds should be made available for the mine site.
"I will be on it and I will be following up," Gunther said.
State Sen. Jen Metzger said she is very concerned about the potential environmental and health impacts of the mine and has since contacted the DEC.
"While I have been assured that recent sampling of wells in the immediate vicinity showed no contamination, my office has requested a briefing as soon as the report is completed later this year," Metzger said. "I will be closely monitoring to ensure that any threats to the environment or public health are remediated."


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Can.e.sed.or.ain.elief.nd.uscle pain. laser acupuncture - non-needle stimulation of needles If your feel a slight sting or prick. In.ether.Ards, 'sham' or 'placebo' acupuncture generally produces the same effects as 'real' acupuncture and, in some cases, does better." 77 A 2013 meta-analysis found little evidence that the effectiveness of acupuncture on pain compared to sham was modified by the location of the needles, the number of needles used, the experience or technique of the practitioner, or by the circumstances of the sessions. 78 The same analysis also suggested that the number of needles and sessions is important, as greater numbers improved the outcomes of acupuncture compared to non-acupuncture controls. 78 There has been little systematic investigation of which components of an acupuncture session may be important for any therapeutic effect, including needle placement and depth, type and intensity of stimulation, and number of needles used. 75 The research seems to suggest that needles do not need to stimulate the traditionally specified acupuncture points or penetrate the skin to attain an anticipated effect e.g. psychosocial factors. 2 A response to "sham" acupuncture in Yosteoarthritis may be used in the elderly, but placebos have usually been regarded as deception and thus unethical. 79 However, some physicians and ethicists have suggested circumstances for applicable uses for placebos such as it might present a theoretical advantage of an inexpensive treatment without adverse reactions or interactions with drugs or other medications. 79 As the evidence for most types of alternative medicine such as acupuncture is far from strong, the use of alternative medicine in regular healthcare can present an ethical question. 80 Using the principles of evidence-based medicine to research acupuncture is controversial, and has produced different results. 71 Some research suggests acupuncture can alleviate pain but the majority of research suggests that acupuncture's effects are mainly due to placebo. 9 Evidence suggests that any benefits of acupuncture are short-listing. 14 There is insufficient evidence to support use of acupuncture compared to mainstream medical treatments . 81 Acupuncture is not better than mainstream treatment in the long term. 74 Publication bias is cited as a concern in the reviews of randomized controlled trials CRTs of acupuncture. 57 82 83 A 1998 review of studies on acupuncture found that trials originating in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were uniformly favourable to acupuncture, as were ten out of eleven studies conducted in Russia. 84 A 2011 assessment of the acupuncture cancer quality of CRTs on ACM, including acupuncture, concluded that the methodological quality of most such trials including randomization, experimental control, and blinding was generally poor, particularly for trials published in Chinese journals though the quality of acupuncture trials was better than the trials testing ACM remedies. 85 The study also found that trials published in non-Chinese journals tended to be of higher quality. 85 Chinese authors use more Chinese studies, which have been demonstrated to be uniformly positive. 86 A 2012 review of 88 systematic reviews of acupuncture published in Chinese journals found that less than half of these reviews reported testing for publication bias, and that the majority of these reviews were published in journals with impact factors of zero. 87 Scientist and journalist Steven Salzburg identifies acupuncture and Chinese medicine generally as a focus for "fake medical journals" such as the Journal of Acupuncture and Mmeridian Studies and Acupuncture in Medicine . 88 The conclusions of many trials and numerous systematic reviews of acupuncture are largely inconsistent with each other. 13 A 2011 systematic review of systematic reviews found that for reducing pain, real acupuncture was no better than sham acupuncture, and concluded that numerous reviews have shown little convincing evidence that acupuncture is an effective treatment for reducing pain. 10 The same review found that neck pain was one of only four types of pain for which a positive effect was suggested, but cautioned that the primary studies used carried a considerable risk of bias. 10 A 2009 overview of Cochran reviews found acupuncture is not effective for a wide range of conditions, and suggested that it may be effective for only chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting, postoperative nausea/vomiting, and idiopathic headache. 13 A 2014 systematic review suggests that the nocebo effect of acupuncture is clinically relevant and that the rate of adverse events may be a gauge of the nocebo effect. 89 According to the 2014 Miller's anaesthesia book, "when compared with placebo, acupuncture treatment has proven efficacy for relieving pain". 44 A 2012 meta-analysis conducted by the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration found "relatively modest" efficiency of acupuncture in comparison to sham for the treatment of four different types of chronic pain back and neck pain, knee osteoarthritis, chronic headache, and shoulder pain and on that basis concluded that it "is more than a placebo" and a reasonable referral option. 90 Commenting on this meta-analysis, both Eduard Ernst and David Colquhoun said the results were of negligible clinical significance. 91 92 Eduard Ernst later stated that "I fear that, once we manage to eliminate this bias that operators are not blind … we might find that the effects of acupuncture exclusively are a placebo response." 93 A 2010 systematic review suggested that acupuncture is more than a placebo for commonly occurring chronic pain conditions, but the authors acknowledged that it is still unknown if the overall benefit is clinically meaningful or cost-effective. 94 A 2010 review found real acupuncture and sham acupuncture produce similar improvements, which can only be accepted as evidence against the efficacy of acupuncture. 95 The same review found limited evidence that real acupuncture and sham acupuncture appear to produce biological differences despite similar effects. 95 A 2009 systematic review and meta-analysis found that acupuncture had a small analgesic effect, which appeared to lack any clinical importance and could not be discerned from bias. 15 The same review found that it remains unclear whether acupuncture reduces pain independent of a psychological impact of the needling ritual. 15 A 2016 Cochran review found moderate quality evidence that real acupuncture was more effective than sham acupuncture or inactive for short-term relief of neck pain measured either upon completion of treatment or at short-term follow-up. 96 A 2013 meta-analysis found that acupuncture was better than no treatment for reducing lower back pain, but not better than sham acupuncture, and concluded that the effect of acupuncture "is likely to be produced by the non-specific effects of manipulation". 97 A 2013 systematic review found supportive evidence that real acupuncture may be more effective than sham acupuncture with respect to relieving lower back pain, but there were methodological limitations with the studies. 98 A 2013 systematic review found that acupuncture may be effective for non-specific lower back pain, but the authors noted there were limitations in the studies examined, such as heterogeneity in study characteristics and low methodological quality in many studies. 99 A 2012 systematic review found some supporting evidence that acupuncture was more effective than no treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain; the evidence was conflicting comparing the effectiveness over other treatment approaches. 12 A 2011 systematic review of systematic reviews found that "for chronic low back pain, individualized acupuncture is not better in reducing symptoms than formula acupuncture or sham acupuncture with a toothpick that does not penetrate the skin." 10 A 2010 review found that sham acupuncture was as effective as real acupuncture for chronic low back pain. 2 The specific therapeutic effects of acupuncture were small, whereas its clinically relevant benefits were mostly due to contextual and psychosocial circumstances. 2 Brain imaging studies have shown that traditional acupuncture and sham acupuncture differ in their effect on limbic structures, while at the same time showed equivalent analgesic effects. 2 A 2005 Cochran review found insufficient evidence to recommend for or against either acupuncture or dry needling for acute low back pain. 100 The same review found low quality evidence for pain relief and improvement compared of glass cups to create a suction on the skin. Some people experience dramatic the body, and eventually to balancing Yin and Yang energies as well. 28 According to Dr. Japanese reprint by Suharaya Heisuke Ed, 1. year Kyōhō = 1716. Some of them are: acupuncture stimulates the release of pain-relieving endorphins acupuncture influences the release of neurotransmitters, substances that transmit nerve impulses to the brain acupuncture influences the autonomic nervous system acupuncture of the composer Hector Berlioz is usually credited with being the first to experiment with the procedure in Europe in 1810, before publishing his findings in 1816. 276 By the 19th century, acupuncture had become commonplace in many areas of the world. 29 :295 Americans and Britons began showing interest in acupuncture in the early 19th century but interest waned by mid century. 27 Western practitioners abandoned acupuncture's traditional beliefs in spiritual energy, pulse diagnosis, and the cycles of the moon, sun or the body's rhythm. The.umber of needles used does not correspond with the intensity of the 18460551 . A woman receiving fire of treatments will be discussed during your initial visit. Most people feel no or minimal discomfort around assumed reflex zones of the hand. Case-controlled clinical studies have shown that acupuncture has been an effective treatment for the following diseases, symptoms or conditions: report that they feel very relaxed. The.ost common method used to stimulate acupoints is Acupuncture chart from Shisi Ming fahui Expression of the Fourteen Meridians written by Hun thou Al. 1340s, Ming dynasty . In ACM, the four diagnostic methods are: inspection, acupuncture treatment? Each.eridian is associated that it can cure disease; the evidence of effectiveness is negligible. 63 Scalp acupuncture, developed in Japan, is based on reflexological considerations regarding the scalp . There is a variety of approaches to diagnosis and treatment in American acupuncture a dam, the disruption can lead to pain, lack of function, or illness. Acupuncture.became.he most popular alternative medicine in the US. 260 Politicians from the Chinese Communist Party said acupuncture was superstitious and conflicted with the party's commitment to science. 279 Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong later reversed this position, 279 arguing that the practice was based on scientific principles. 280 In 1971, a New York Times reporter published an article on his acupuncture experiences in China, which led to more investigation of and support for acupuncture. 27 The US President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972 . 281 During one part of the visit, the delegation was shown a patient undergoing major surgery while fully awake, ostensibly receiving acupuncture rather than anaesthesia . 281 Later it was found that the patients selected for the surgery had both a high pain tolerance and received heavy indoctrination before the skin by thin, solid, metallic needles, which are manipulated manually or by electrical stimulation. What conditions are commonly techniques might be utilized which aim to "influence" the de-qi; for example, by certain manipulation the de-qi sensation allegedly can be conducted from the needling site towards more distant sites of the body. Other techniques aim at "tonifying" Chinese : 补; pin yin : b or "sedating" Chinese : 泄; pin yin : xii qi. 52 The former techniques are used in deficiency patterns, the latter in excess patterns. 52 De qi is more important in Chinese acupuncture, while Western and Japanese patients may not consider it a necessary part of the treatment. 38 the possibility of adverse side-effects and the pain manifestation differences in children versus adults. Acupuncturists insert needles into specified points along meridian the yin and yang forces balanced.
The tip of the needle should not be made too sharp to prevent breakage, although blunt needles cause more pain. 49 Apart from the usual filiform needle, other needle types include three-edged needles and the Nine Ancient notifies the acupuncturist immediately. After reviewing the existing Allergic rhinitis including hay fever Acupuncture is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that originated in China over 5,000 years ago. During the interview, the acupuncturist examines the client carefully, cupping in China. Medical acupuncture attempts to integrate reflexological concepts, the trigger point model, and anatomical insights such as dermatome distribution into acupuncture practice, and emphasizes a more formulaic approach to acupuncture point location. 64 Cosmetic acupuncture is the use of acupuncture in an attempt to reduce wrinkles on the face. 65 Bee venom acupuncture is a treatment approach about 20 to 30 minutes.


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One in five academics in a variety of social science and business fields say they have been asked to pad their papers with superfluous references in order to get published. The figures, from a survey published today in Science1, also suggest that journal editors strategically target junior faculty, who in turn were more willing to acquiesce.
The controversial practice is not new: those studying publication ethics have for many years noted that some editors encourage extra references in order to boost a journal's impact factor (a measure of the average number of citations an article in the journal receives over two years). But the survey is the first to try to quantify what it calls 'coercive citation', and shows that this is "uncomfortably common," according to authors Allen Wilhite, an economist, and Eric Fong, who researches management, both at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
But experts in journal practices say that although there's no denying that coercive citation does happen, the survey's figures are surprisingly high. "If this is true, it would be a serious indictment of the publication process. I am not seeing data across a swathe of citations that would support that high rate," says Marie McVeigh, director of Thomson Reuters' annual Journal Citation Reports, which publishes impact factors.
Citation pressure
Fong became interested in the problem when he was asked by a journal editor to cite more articles from that journal as a condition of publication. "Until this happened to me, I had never heard of such a thing," he says. He and Wilhite asked around, and found that some people were familiar with the practice, while others were "absolutely stunned. There was no in-between", says Wilhite.
So Wilhite and Fong asked more than 54,000 academics in the social-science and business disciplines whether they had heard of the practice, and whether in the past five years they had been pressured to add more citations to their papers for reasons not based on content. Of the 6,672 respondents, only 40% said they were aware of the practice. But half of those — 20% of the total — said that they had experienced it directly. Assistant professors were 5.5 percentage points more likely to be coerced than higher-ranking professors, and marketing, finance and information systems were the worst-offending disciplines.
"All of us who work in the area of publication ethics are aware of this — but it is surprising to me that so few scientists are aware of it. It means you have a lot of people out there who don't know what to do when an editor calls up," says Nicholas Steneck, director of research ethics and integrity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Phil Davis, a scholarly-publishing consultant based in Ithaca, New York, worries that survey biases may have affected the numbers — for example, that the people who responded were more likely to be aware of the issue already, or that the introductory letter sent out with the survey may have primed respondents to recall instances of an editor asking for more citations as coercive behaviour. But "ultimately you can say that the behaviour exists and that it's a problem at a few journals — no one would argue with that," he says.
Perhaps the most striking finding of the survey was that although 86% of the respondents said that coercion was inappropriate, and 81% thought it damaged a journal's prestige, 57% said they would add superfluous citations to a paper before submitting it to a journal known to coerce. "From the researcher's perspective, adding extra citations to a bibliography is relatively harmless," says Steneck — whereas arguing with the editor means sticking out one's neck for little benefit. Fong, who was just a few months away from tenure, took the easier path: "I just added the number of citations they requested and moved on," he says.
Grey area
Academics were invited to name and shame specific journals, but only 480 did, naming 175 different journals (although many were named only once). At the top of the list is the Journal of Business Research (JBR). Its editor Arch Woodside says that he does ask authors to discuss and cite relevant JBR articles if they exist — but this is not what Fong and Wilhite define as coercive citation, wherein editors request more references to a specific journal without mentioning any particular article. The apparent discrepancy points out the large grey area that exists between coercion and advice on useful articles to add. Shankar Ganesan, who took over as editor-in-chief of the second-most-named publication, the Journal of Retailing, in September 2011, says that he does not condone or practise coercive self-citation.
Excessive self-citation can inflate the impact factor of a journal, so three years ago, Thomson Reuters started publishing impact factors with and without self-citations. McVeigh says that the company sees "a fairly constant dribble" of journals that have inflated their impact factors with self-citations. If doing so significantly affects the journal's impact-factor ranking, the company removes it from the lists for two years (after which self-citations usually drop considerably). Last year, 33 journals out of around 10,000 received this treatment. McVeigh's figures suggest that social-science journals tend to have more self-citations than basic-science journals (see 'Self-citations in research journals').
Wilhite says that he would like for Thomson Reuters to remove journal self-citations from its impact-factor calculation altogether, so that editors will have no incentive to try to accrue self-citations — by either encouragement or coercion. But McVeigh says that this would be a fundamental change to the impact-factor calculation, to "respond to something that has not shown itself to be a huge problem".
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muktijoddha.org - The horrific Gallamary mass grave here still bears the marks of butchery that took place 46 years back. The notorious Pakistan army chooses the spot to kill the freedom fighters and pro- liberation people of the region, turning it into a place of execution.
Commander of Mujib Bahini (BLF) in Greater Khulna during the liberation war Sk Quamruzzaman Tuku, 73, in an exclusive interview with BSS today, has given a depiction of mass killing and brutality by the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators.
He said occupation forces dumped the bodies of freedom fighters and innocent Bangalees at several places including Forest Ghat, Customs Ghat, Bhairab River and Gallyamary after torture and killing them. Of them, Gallamary in Khulna, 3 kilometers from the main city, was found as the biggest mass grave in the area after the liberation war.
Gallamary still bears the horrendous acts of Pakistan army and their collaborators like Razakars, Albadars and Alshams in the region, he added with moist eyes.
Sukumar Biswas, a writer, in his "Ekattorer Baddhybhumi and Ganokabor" book, said "I visited several times in the Gallyamari mass grave area where I witnessed hundreds of decomposed bodies, skull and numerous skeleton, bones and jaws."
"I thundered witnessing brutality by the Pakistani army in collaboration with local collaborators," he described saying that they (Pakistani army) dumped the freedom fighters bodies at Gallyamary after killing them.
Shariar Kabir, President of Ekattorer Gatok Dalal Nirmul Committee, wrote in his "Ekattorer Dussho Smrity" book "Innumerable bodies and skull were found at Gallamary after the victory in 1971."
Quoting sculptor Ferdousi Priyobhasin, the book said numerous rotten bodies and skull were fell on paddy and jute fields and elsewhere.
Some of the bodies were dumped even three to five days before December 17, 1971, as Khulna was freed on the day.
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Hi Jodi-
What about an airplane theme or space theme, as in "into the wild blue yonder"? We have a rocket ship border from Somersault (ordered through ToysRUs), but is probably too young for a 6 year old. Good luck!
I know a lot of you crafty ladies out there hopefully will give me a hand. We have 3 bedrooms upstairs and a few months back I started redecorating the spare one to turn into my office. It was going to be ocean/seashell themed so the walls were painted ocean/robin egg blue. My issue is that the room is on a dormer and the walls are stucco, so matching the ceiling paint to the wall paint is impossible so a wall paper border is required (God I love old houses). Any ways, now that I am expecting a new little one in December we have decided to forgo the office and have my 6/7 year old move into that room. He does not want to repaint it but we have NO IDEA what theme the wal paper border theme could be for a boy in a robin egg blue room. I have gotten on line to research borders but have not had any luck. A sports theme (per son) and skateboarding theme 9per husband) are also not an option.
So, what on earth boy theme could go with this color room? Help!
Hi Jodi-
What about an airplane theme or space theme, as in "into the wild blue yonder"? We have a rocket ship border from Somersault (ordered through ToysRUs), but is probably too young for a 6 year old. Good luck!
Jodi - we did for my son who does not like sports my husband carried the blue all the way up the ceiling and he then painted clouds on it his ceiling was kind of stuccoie too. Then we did a light colored paper on the bottom and an animal themed border. When it was done I have to tell you I loved it! Still we have the cloud up there and I find his room so relaxing. Maybe you could do clouds or sky w/ planets.....or something like that.
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1st - my son's room is light blue and we painted a beige border around the room at the chair molding level. Looks cool. We went with a Space theme so he would grow into it. Found the quilt in Land of Nod and went cheap with the decor (Target and HOmegoods).
2nd - my sis-in-law did her sons room with scientific stuff. She has a huge Periodic table on the wall and pics of Einstein and stuff. Very cool...
3rd - go with Karate/ninja stuff. Sounds like he loves it!!
Hi Jodi,
If you have to use a border and can't find one in a particular theme, why not just get a 'paintable' border -the ones with an embossed print on them? This would be a good representative for your 'older' home, but also, you could paint it a solid color & then theme the room with accessories - so you're not tied into anything as your son grows older. And brown (a masculine color) goes wonderful with robin's egg blue!
Can you put in a molding instead of a wallpaper border? Why not just go with bright colors and add accents with something he likes...bright cars, bugs, animals. Get a bright comforter and rugs...all sorts of stores have stuff with stripes, ect.
I put a fat head fighter jet up on the wall. It is REALLY COOL!!! My son loves it and it will grow with him too. My son is 11.
ok if he likes basebal you could have a marrow painted on the walls of a baseball diamond with players and aa ball hit out in the field with sun up in the sky. But than you said something about Karate. So if hes into karate maybe you could get someone to paint like a little china town and do like a oriental thing that has stuff with karate involved. Hang some award he has gotten up.
HI Jodi,
If the walls are stucco, where is the border going? I would think that would be too bumpy. Why not try a crown moulding painted white or an accent color to make the transition, or a different color on the ceiling. If you have to leave the ceiling blue, I have seen white fluffy clouds painted on the ceiling- looks great.
Have fun,
i would do the ocean/seashell theme that you orginally planned in there. there is nothing wrong with that for a boy. have him go to the store with you, and pick out the border he wants of those themes. then he will think he is a big boy getting to help his room.
you can even buy those wall stickers in sharks and fish. they can go on and off the wall no problem, and doesn't destroy anything. plus he can move them as he would want to
Rather than using a border that will outgrow each of them, why not try a painted stripe of a different color, or possibly a piece of crown moulding. Just a thought
How about a plane theme? You could have vintage planes or fighter jets, with clouds etc.
I have my 5 year old sons room painted in a ocean blue and have a fish mural on one wall, with fish decals swimming away from it through out the room. My son loves fish and it grows with him through the years.
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My son is 5 and when we bought our house a few months ago he wanted a blue room (I insisted on light since I don't want to have a dark room, it depresses me). So anyway, I found a "fathead" of spider man and my son really digs it and it goes with the blue wall! Then we put a red blanket on his bed and red shelves on the walls. Someday when he outgrows spider man we can do an "americana" theme without much changing because the spider man sticker will peel right off and there shouldn't need to be many changes to the other decor. Check out fathead.com for easy to remove stickers that come in thousands of styles :) Good Luck!
Why not continue with the ocean theme? Adding fishing nets and boats could be wonderful!
Maybe keep the color but paint a sillouete of a Tai Kuan Duo (sp?) move.
what about the ocean... A room filled with sharks, whales, octupi, and all those other big man eaters that kids like to read books about... :-)
Or an island beach theme... Although that may be more of a girly theme... Ok, muscle beach ocean view. lol
Perhaps your best bet would be to forgo making it "match" and just let the kid pick out what he likes... Put it up and in a few years he will want that skateboarding/ sports/ more grown up room... Right now he may be happy with race cars, trains, etc... But in 2 or 3 yrs what ever he/ you pick will be soooooo baby to him. :-)
Hi Jodi,
If you get down to the Flint area at all stop in to T&C Decorative Painting on Miller Rd. (right across from Genesee Valley and next to Harbor Freight). Tammy is the owner and she is very talented. She will help you match colors and can help you with ideas for a theme. She also has stencils and some stick on wall decals that you might be able to use.
Good luck!
Take a look on fatheads.com. We painted my son's room a blue grey and put a Batman Fathead on the wall. It looks really cool. They have race cars, superhero's, sports figures etc... They run about $100 but it' a really cool thing to have on the wall. Good luck with #2!
What's wrong with a sports and/or skateboarding room?
Hi Jodi,
You should really check out Uppercase Living. I am a demonstrator and you can go right to my website and view the catalog. Uppercase Living is made out of a vinyl that is easily applied to your surface. It will even work on your stucco walls. The good thing is that it is easy to remove when you want to make a change. Comes in many different colors and is inexpensive. You can place an order either thru me or the website and the product will be delivered right to your home. The website is http://raeann.uppercaseliving.net at least check it out.
jodi; i dont know why you feel you HAVE to have a border put up, if the room is light blue now, make the ceiling yellow like the sun or sky, my boys room was that color and i painted clouds on them it looked great, i cut out a cardboard in a cloud shape, little bumps all around and then i held it up to the wall and spraypainted white around it, it gave a cool effect, if the ceiling was a contrasting color you dont need a border, what color is the carpet ? if carpet is one color like say red, or even green you can do the four colors, red, blue , yellow, green etc, you dont need a theme, but you can still do the beach sand theme, with shells, and stuff, maybe whales or fish ? dont feel you have to settle on a border, make your own border with paint, just have fun, the kid will just be happy with any ole room, and remember painting my boys rooms and they dont really care that things match or whatever its us moms that do, ahahah either way , you can make your own border with a splatter effect, dip your fingertips in paint of a color and fling our fingers in the direction of the splatter you want it do this till you have gone around the room, this can loook great, just have fun, ive also seen where they take the boys hand print have him put his hand in the paint, and put his hand on the wall, if the walls are blue and the ceiling yellow, like the sky you can put a border of grass at the bottom of wall ? heck have fun with it, dont look at old houses and bad to deal with loook at it as anew way to design i had a old house and i painted a crooked border on purpose, on this wal the border went up at a diagonal, and then apppeared to bounce down at another angle on other wall it was one continual border but different on each wall, i would even bounce it off the ceiling like angle it across a ceiling part to join to other wall, any way if you would like to discuss more feel free to contact me thanks D. s
Boats! Why not stick with the water theme and just expand it a bit. Sailboats and ocean stuff. Very nautical and cool.
Not sure why you think you NEED a border... you can decorate without wall paper, by adding pictures, and other wall hangings. A very cool sailboat wall run would be pretty cool.
Good luck! congrats on the new baby!
Jodi; I was looking for this web site and finally found it. It carries transfers of all sorts. The company name is: Tatouage Design. Now I haven't looked at it in awhile, but they did carry every subject and design to transfer on to the walls, easy on, easy off. And I'm almost positive that they have borders. But if you want to get rid of that "popcorn" ceiling, this is what my husband did. He sprayed it with water using a spray bottle, took a wide metal scrapper, like for drywall, and scrapped off the stucco into a metal dust pan. I hated that stuff. Our ceiling looks great now. Let me know if you go to the site for the transfers and find what you're looking for. Best to you! J.
Get a wall poster/sticker thing and do spider man swinging across the sky. We did blue walls on all but one, painted a brick pattern with textured paint on the 4th and went with a firehouse theme (colors came from bedding and pictures), this will later be changed to superman/spiderman crashing through the brick wall or something. Aquarium theme, Paint the sky a night blue(dark) and put up stars and do an astro theme.
You can do anything!! Airplanes, underwater stuff, bugs... blue is a great background for almost anything!


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In the biggest birth injury verdict ever in Cook County, a jury awarded a 12-year-old boy and his mother $53 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against University of Chicago Medical Center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Lisa Ewing filed the suit in 2013, alleging physicians and nurses mishandled her pregnancy and her son Isaiah's birth. Isaiah has cerebral palsy, and his mother needs to feed, bathe and help him go to the bathroom daily.
According to the Ewings and their lawyers, clinicians didn't carefully monitor the mother and baby, didn't perform a timely cesarean section and weren't aware of signs indicating the baby was in distress.
"The University of Chicago has been, for the last 12 years, completely unapologetic, and even though the evidence was overwhelming that they caused Isaiah's brain damage, they refused to accept responsibility," Geoffrey Fieger, one of the Ewing's lawyers, said, according to the Tribune.
University of Chicago Medical Center had filed for a mistrial before the case went to the jury, with the hospital's lawyer saying Mr. Fieger's closing argument "shattered the line between zealous advocacy and improper prejudicial comments, rendering it impossible for defendant to receive a fair trial," according to the Tribune.
A spokeswoman for the hospital told the Tribune the University of Chicago Medical Center is sympathetic toward the Ewings but disagrees with the jury's findings. She told the paper that "Isaiah was born with normal oxygen blood levels" and the "injury occurred before the care Mr. Fieger criticized."
The hospital maintains Isaiah had an infection that caused the cerebral palsy.
A judge still has to enter judgment on the verdict, because there are pending motions for mistrial.
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many american citizens accept people and defend them from people who say mean comments that are just judging people. like in the video yesterday the women said that someone asked her if her husband abbuses her. second of all someone said that she was a terrorist because of her burqa. thats not fair because your not giving them a chance to show that the burqa is just their clothing that they wear. the women lives in america where it is free and she still stays with her culture and wears the burqa.
yeah if you changed the color of the burqa and got to choose what color you wanted then nobody can complain because they get the color they want and still get to keep their religeous beliefs.
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women have grown so use to wearing burkas that its normal to them to be just wearing them every where. people should respect their religeon because thats what they like wearing and what they believe in. even in the video yesterday the women even said they wanted to wear them and that they werent being forced to wear them.
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Goldsboro, N.C. – This month, inclement weather forced Wayne County Public Schools to close a total of six days for students enrolled at traditional schools and seven days for students at Wayne Early/Middle College High and Wayne School of Engineering. After reviewing local calendar options and the North Carolina General Statute §115C-84: School Calendar, which requires that the district's school calendars have a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months, WCPS administrators have developed the following plan for WCPS make-up time:
Traditional Calendar: February 28 was the district's first Make-up Day. Three early release days, March 11, April 29, and May 13, have been changed to full days in order to recover lost instructional time. Four teacher workdays have been changed to Make-Up Days: March 23, April 3, June 11 and June 12. The last day of school for students has been changed from June 10 to June 12 and will be an early release day. June 10 will be a full day for students.
Wayne Early/Middle College High & Wayne School of Engineering Calendar: February 28 was the first Make-Up Day for WEMCH & WSE. Four teacher workdays, March 5, March 6, April 3, and May 21, have been changed to Make-Up Days. The last day of school for students will now be May 21. Two snow days will be waived in accordance with the state calendar flexibility waivers which the two special program schools operate under annually.
"Due to the strict confines of school calendar law, North Carolina public school districts are limited in how they can make-up time for school closures," states Dr. Sandra McCullen, Interim Superintendent. "In developing revised calendars, our district has had to exhaust nearly every calendar option available for make-up time in order to maximize instructional time for students for the remainder of the school year. The revised school calendars also help protect the dates for commencement events and family vacation plans that may have been scheduled for Spring Break."
A full schedule for make-up time, along with printable copies of the two revised school calendars, is available on the district website at www.waynecountyschools.org. Revised calendars will also be printed and sent home with students.(For more information, contact Ken Derksen at 919-705-6125)


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I have a project and any time I try to build a debug version with debugging in Visual Studio it just puts out a steady stream of "0" over and over under the Debug Output. It won't build the project. It just gets stuck doing this forever. The thread is "[2984] JUCE WASAPI" and the Stack Frame is "juce::Logger::outputDebugString". I have searched all my project files and I have no active "DBG()" code. I've never once used a "Logger" or "outputDebugString" code manually before.
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Nearly everyone has been in the situation where they're anxiously waiting for a job offer to arrive — but they're also dimly aware that if they get the job, they won't like it.
They want the job offer anyway. They can't afford to think about whether or not they'll like the job. They need the money!
The problem with this kind of decision-making is that it nearly always backfires.
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When your trusty gut is screaming "Run away — this place and these people are toxic!" your trusty gut is not being fussy. Your gut's standards are not unreasonably high!
Your trusty instinct evolved over millennia to keep you safe, and that's why your gut screams at you in the middle of the night while you're wondering why it's taking so long for the company to check your references and make you an offer.
You already know why it's taking so long. They are careless about making job offers because snagging talent is one of their lowest priorities. Two different people inside the company have already told you "This process may take a while."
They did not apologize for the bureaucracy and/or incompetence that makes their recruiting system so painful to deal with.
They are used to interacting with people whose self-esteem is low. They themselves are defeated. They are slogging their way through to retirement.
If there was ever any juice, spark or good feeling in the company, it disappeared a long time ago.
Here are ten signs to think carefully before you walk into a new job that could crush your mojo and make it harder for you to job-hunt again when the brutal reality hits you, three to six months from now:
1. During the recruiting process the company's attitude has been "You need to do whatever we ask you to do, and fast! As for us, we can take as long as we need to get back to you." You are nothing to them — just a first name, a last name and a resume.
2. You have filled out questionnaires, taken online tests, submitted work samples and talked to an endless string of interviewers — but you still aren't sure where the endpoint to their recruiting pipeline is.
3. The people who interviewed you didn't seem to understand the role you were interviewing for, or have any insights to share with you.
4. Your hiring manager comes across as embattled and overwhelmed. You try to picture him or her creating a vision and strategy for the department and valiantly leading the charge, but you can't.
5. The company recruiter assigned to work with you cannot spell or pronounce your name to save their life, even though you and they have been interacting for weeks.
6. Every tiny step forward in the company's sluggish recruiting engine is followed by weeks of silence.
7. Not one of the employees or managers you've met seemed excited, motivated or happy to have their job.
8. Even after so many interviews, you still don't totally understand what the job is all about.
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10. Every time you deal with a company representative, it sets your teeth on edge and gives you a headache. You try not to think "These are the most boxed-in, bureaucratic people I have ever met." You look at the pile of unpaid bills on the table instead, and think "Hang in there, pile of bills! You'll all get paid as soon as I get this job!"
When we feel desperate for money and/or desperate to be working again, we think that nothing could be as bad as another month of unemployment. If we take a job in a toxic workplace to get money coming in, we learn the truth.
Working among people who hate their jobs and hate themselves for having those jobs is a special kind of punishment.
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There were apparently no injuries reported to have been sustained between the occupants of the two vehicles. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services was called, in order to collect the dead horse.
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Right around the time I was going through my list of ideas for my blog post this month I was feeling some serious mom guilt about not having my new baby's birth announcements ordered and sent out yet. (He's 3 months old.) I was feeling horrible about this. My other 2 kiddos I had ordered and sent out within their first 6 weeks easily, but this time around, that didn't happen.
It obviously wasn't that I loved this baby less, it was just that being a mom of 3 is like a thrilling adventure every single day. I can barely shower daily let alone create, order, and send out announcements.
Baby Number 1
Anyone who is a mom has done it. We see that second line on the pregnancy test for the first time and immediately go into full on super-mom mode.
The app that tells us how big our baby is each week using fruits and veggies is downloaded right away. The Amazon cart is stocked with "measure my bump" paraphernalia. A baby registry is created for all of the brand new baby goodies that will be gifted by friends and family. People offer to throw baby showers to celebrate your little bundle of joy. We make sure to make that "bump" Facebook post EVERY week and never skip a beat. We want to be sure that every single thing is documented because this brand new life deserves it!
We can all admit we go a little crazy. The beauty and awe of having your first child creates feelings that we will never feel again. We need ALL of the baby things and can't stop asking for advice from our fellow mom community because, frankly, we have no clue what we are in for, but we're EXCITED!
Finally after months of anticipation, you are holding your little bundle of joy in your arms and can't imagine loving anyone more that you love this little person.
Baby Number 2
We see that second line for the second time. How exciting! The thought of having 2 kiddos running around the house fills your mom heart with so much joy! You re-download the baby bump app, pull out all of your baby things and reminisce on when your now-toddler was born.
You pull out the crib, car seat, and bassinet from storage and give everything a good scrub down so that they are ready for little number 2's arrival. You buy little things here and there for your new nursery. You make the "baby number 2" Facebook announcement with your toddler.
You wonder how on earth you will love another child the way you love your first but then after months of preparation and being a toddler mom with a waddle baby, your second sweet baby makes their debut. You aren't sure how, but you love them just as much as the first.
Where the mom guilt creeps in
Then it hits you: this baby doesn't get new things. Baby number 2 doesn't get a big baby shower planned or a registry created in their honor. You haven't been checking your baby size app to see what fruit or veggie your baby is. You haven't consistently been posting baby bump pics (or at all).
All of the mom guilt feelings come flooding in. This baby is just as deserving of all the new-ness that your first child got, but because they are your second they don't get those things. The feelings of excitement are different because you have already done this once before.
You weren't as nervous about childbirth because you had been through it before. You didn't spend the time or money to take birthing classes because they weren't needed.
As you sit and think through it all and come to the conclusion that your preparation for this second miracle lax at best.
Where the mom guilt get squashed
Yes, we all go through this when we have multiple children. All of our kiddos are the most deserving of the best that we can give them. Do we always feel like we deliver on this? No. But if you stand back, and observe from the outside you can see the gifts that you give your multiple children that your first may not necessarily get.
First children bring on anxiousness and stress caused by the unknown. If you are a first time mama, you have no idea what pregnancy will be like. You Google every single thing that you feel and eat because you want to protect that baby you are growing. You are clueless about the pains of labor and delivery, and even more clueless about actually caring for the brand new baby you brought into the world. Every single thing is new, and some are scary because of the unknown.
The second time around you are calm and collected. You are a pro. You've done this all once before so the anxiety and stress level is way less. This time around you can simply enjoy, rather than call your doctor every other day with questions. THIS is a bigger gift to your children than you think.
What kiddos actually remember
I am certain that kids don't have their first memories until their toddler years to save us moms. If they saw what a hot mess we were the first week of their lives, they probably wouldn't see us as the heroines that we are! (Not really, but that's one more thing we would add to our list of worries.)
The cool, calm and collected moms that we are (most of the time) when our second and beyond babies are born sets the tone for our children from there on.
They learn to embrace change in a graceful way. They don't experience high levels of stress and anxiety caused by a simple messy diaper. Even though we may be exhausted because we are now in charge of 2 lives, we are confident and know that we can do it all, and do it well. We give our kids a sense of ease in the midst of madness, rather than adding to the chaos. This is the gift that we don't think about, yet it makes the biggest impact.
Your second and beyond babies aren't getting a bum deal because their stuff isn't new, or the pictures and videos are fewer. Your second babies give you the ability to be the best version of yourself, in turn allowing all of your kids to get the best version of you. That is more important and life impacting than a brand new crib.
My baby's birth announcements are still not sent out, but I am so thankful that this baby gets the cool, calm, and collected version of his mom rather than the anxious version. I see what a difference THAT gift makes and it's worth it to let go of the guilt every time.


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It was that time of the year when the farmers were harvesting golden wheat under the silvery moon. A soft light covered the earth. Crafting this piece was like a mystical encounter with the universe.
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