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Advantages of Hiring Cleaning Services for Sewer Line
It is very comfortable for you, to stay in a house that smells badly. In order to avoid contaminating such diseases, you should seek the services of professionals, who clean sewers. You will get to enjoy a lot of rewards when your sewer is clean. The advantages that you will enjoy when you decide to have your sewer line cleaned are clearly explained below.
Firstly, the benefits that you get when your sewer line is cleaned is that there will be no more strange smells. You will not feel embarrassed when you have guests in your home, cause all the bad odor will be no more. Also, you will be more comfortable staying in your house. This means, that you will not incur more money, buying all types of air fresheners that you know. It is important that you ensure that you are breathing clean air. This is because, the good odor will be spreading in each and everything that you have in the whole house.
Secondly, another advantage that you get when the sewer line is cleaned is that you will be able to get faster drains. The drains include, the toilet, showers and the sinks. If in your house you are experiencing slow drains and you do not the cause of it, now you have known that is the cause. You will enjoy faster drains because of the debris that was building up in the sewer system will be flushed out. Another thing that you should know, when you have slow drains, it may be a place where mosquitoes breed. Malaria is a very dangerous disease and cause death.
When you find a way of reducing the clogs, that is a benefit. The clogs can be very inconvenience in your home. Also, if you are operating and the toilet pipes are clogged, you are endangering the lives of your employees. The customers that you had, will start disappearing one after the other. Also, you are risking getting caught the health officers. Depending on the type of business that you are doing, backups from clogged drains are very dangerous. You should ensure that your drains are clean and anything that can cause contamination is removed.
When you hire a professional to clean the sewer line for you, they will do the work in an environmental friendly way. The professional, is trained of how to handle the thing that he or she will use is the cleaning of the sewer. Most the drain cleaning products that are used to clean the sewer, are filled with chemicals. They prefer to use the treated water rather than chemicals to clean your drains.
When you get a chance where you will be able to save money, which is an advantage to you. All that you will need to know is how you will to properly manage your sewer system. You will be able to take proper measures to prevent your sewer having any problem.
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Friday, 25 May 2012
May GlossyBox Anniversary Edition
I bought into the hype again and re-subbed to Glossy box to get their Anniversary box. I thought it would be a good one seeing as it is being called the Anniversary edition. I was wrong. I am totally underwhelmed with my box, even if it hadn't been hyped I would still feel the same.
I got two samples that I could have picked up from any department store myself and ANOTHER shower gel ( I don't even have a shower haha). I think it is quite safe to say I am going to be cancelling my subscription and just keeping Jolie Box as I have been satisfied with the two I have had and I gather their customer service is excellent from my experience.
I Know some people got HD Brows products that are worth around £20 in their box. I think it is unfair that there are such variations in the value of products in the boxes.
So here is what I got in this months Glossy Box
Noble Isle Summer Rinsing Shower/Bath Gel, worth £6, full size (250ml) £20
Blah, another mini shower gel to add to my collection!
Eldora False Lashes Full Sized Product worth £3.90
I do quite like these, they look quite natural and not too over the top, they will get used.
Lolita Lempicka Perfume Samples, not worth anything really as you can get these for free.
I do quite like the smell of them and will use them, maybe take them on holiday with me. But receiving tiny perfume samples in a box which claims to give you luxury samples does not fill me with joy.
Apivita Express Beauty Masks, worth £3.50
I am not a lover of skin care as I have such sensitive skin. I will give it a go though I suppose.
OSMO Berber Oil Hair Treatment, worth £2 full size (100ml) £19.99
I have an OSMO hair mask that I got from the hairdresser and wasn't that impressed. I am quite curious to try this as I do like hair oils but I think the sample could have been more generous that a little 10ml.
So all together my box was worth £15.40, and other people had a product in their box worth £20. Not impressed Glossy Box! I did think the little extras of a mirror and balloon, and the tissue paper were nice touches though.
Did you get a Glossy Box this month? What did you think of it?
Gem x
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I'm cancelling as I don't feel its fair to have so much variation and the box was a let down.ReplyDelete
I agree joliebox are much more reliable and I'm so happy with them.
I never signed up for Glossybox, I like the idea of getting samples every month. I think it can be a bit of a disappointment though when people are getting much better boxes than you you know xxxReplyDelete
i cancelled mine cos i didnt think it was worth the money anymore :( i got some cool things in the past tho :)ReplyDelete
great blog! new follower from #bbloggers
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Monday, December 05, 2011
Do you remember the prayer I was asked to share and pray last month?
(Nov. 1) The little prayer card that was pressed into my hand?
The request for Amy's husband to get a job after a year of looking?
Last Monday Amy's husband started a new job.
I am overjoyed for their family and full of thanks.
I thought you would like to know. I know you were praying too.
Thank you.
Katie and I went to Chicago on Saturday night for a Just Embrace holiday meal.
It was so nice. The food was delicious, the house was decorated so prettily.
A deaf man lives across the street and he just happened to come over.
It was a challenge to read his signs and remember many of the words I wanted to say
but it was fun nonetheless.
His hearing aids are broken and he can't get more...I imagine there is a group in the
city that helps with that....don't you think?
My friend from Madison, Mary, gave me three chicken pies to donate to Justembrace from her church pie sale...
Sher served the first one on Saturday night along with all the other holiday fixin's....last I saw, there was only one piece left!
So thankful for hearts full of charity.
It turns out that a person was shot and killed two blocks from where Sher and Emma live after Katie and I left that night.
Drive by.
Gangs are bad. People are hurting.
I know that there are bright lights of hope and love all around.
let your light so shine before men...
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
James 5:16
Encourage one another and shine,
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Author Paulo Freire wrote in his book "Pedagogy of the Oppressed":
"The generosity of the oppressors is nourished by an unjust order, which must be maintained in order to justify that generosity. "
I was deeply shocked 3 days ago when I found out that the Royal British Legion gala Remembrance event was sponsored by the war monger corporations Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems!
I wouldn't even fill in my Census form because of Lockheed!
The RBL does a huge amount of good work for people who would be destitute and struggling because of the MoD.
But Fuck ME!
Two of the most devastating warmonger corporations of the Military Industrial complex sponsoring a Remembrance event for those who had fallen in two World Wars???
Absolutely in the worst possible taste imaginable!?http://on.rt.com/vo0ti8 LockHeed Martin and BAE Systems weapons manufacturers sponsor the Gala Poppy Ball.
Remembrance charity ball sponsored by Lockheed, veterans and activists outragedPublished time: 7 Nov, 2014 18:28Anti-war activists have criticized the Royal British Legion for its decision to allow one of the world's largest defense contractors to sponsor its annual 'Poppyrocks Ball'.
The ball, which was held last week in the prestigious HAC in the City of London, is hosted to raise money and awareness for the Royal British Legion, which "helps the whole Armed Forces community through welfare, comradeship and representation."
According to the Poppyrocks ball website, the event was organized by the Royal British Legion Young Professionals Branch, an organization to "educate and encourage" 18-40 year olds to donate to the charity.
The charity are also considered to be the UK's "custodian of Remembrance." Their duties include coordinating the Poppy Appeal, an initiative designed to commemorate fallen and serving soldiers, and raise money to assist returning servicemen and their families.
Earlier this month, Lockheed Martin, which has helped to produce the UK's Trident weapons system, said it was "thrilled"to be the sponsor of the ball, especially as 2014 marked the centenary of the First World War.
"We owe a great deal to those who have given so much themselves and our company strives to serve and honor those who have served us," Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Stephen Ball Said.
While the Royal British Legion has said that the traditional paper red and green poppies were about "remembrance and hope" and not a show of support for war, religion or politics, other groups have been critical about what is represents.
"While many people wear [poppies] to remember the people who have died in wars, they are also being used to promote arms companies and the organizations they are associated with," Lindsey German, convener of the Stop the War Coalition told RT.
"The relationship only results in promoting current and future wars," she added.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot also expressed discomfort with the RBL's choice of sponsor.
"It turns out that @PoppyLegion strongly linked to arms trade. Until now I've bought a poppy every year. No longer," he tweeted.
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Inter Campus regularly organizes fun play football training for girls and boys in the process of healing and healed from leukemia. The activity is prepared by integrating the expertise of Inter Campus and the medical staff, creating a specific formula suitable for these young participants.
Inter Campus works in collaboration with the Department of Pediatric Oncohaematology of the Monza Hospital and with the Maria Letizia Verga Committee. Aim of this project is to develop an initiative that wants to emphasize the significance of Sport in recovery from childhood leukemia and lymphomas.
The event is limited to the project participants.
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text: REWATCHING: A WOMB WITH A VIEW Apr 28, 2009 22:04:23 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by sinceifell4u on Apr 28, 2009 22:04:23 GMT -5 Apr 28, 2009 18:15:57 GMT -5 beesnbears said:4.What is your take on the Nanny For Hire business? Do you feel that this was out of character for David at this point in the show?No not at all, it is the essence of David. It's what I (we) love about his personality.(I know my answers are uncharacteristically short but this is a process for me...I almost cried when I read "Baby Love" at the beginning of the review questions, lol...I'm too 'essed right now)


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Now that the first quarter of the New Year has passed, it's time to stop and evaluate your life. It's a New Year and any changes that you said you would do in 2018…are you doing it? Spring is right around the corner and like you would stop and spring clean your house, you should stop, and spring clean your life. This is a good time to look at the changes you have put into place and evaluate if you need to make more changes of what you already have in place or do you need to just make some adjustments.
The only way your life will run smoothly is you have to put procedures into place and make changes where it's needed. I started my new company, Relationship Empowerment Group, http://www.relatepowergroup.com last year and I realize I was still holding on to part of my old company. As I was evaluating my new procedures I had put into place the first quarter of the year to make sure I was on the right track, I discovered I needed to make some adjustments for the new company and let go of things from the old company. If I had not stopped and evaluated things, I would still have part of the old company still existing. I had to clean out my office to remove documents and information from the old company to make room for my new company.
It's the same way in your life with relationships or your career, you need to evaluate it to see if it's right and if it's what you want. By not taking the time to do this you will find yourself holding on to the past and not making room for the future. Everyday life can sometime take over where we have habits and certain ways of doing things that we become too comfortable with in our lives until it's too late. To stay on top of your life, no matter what it is you must stop and evaluate your life to see if you need to make a change, replace things or let go.
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Coffee: Coffee at 33, 33 Trafalgar Street
With one trillion coffee shops and counting, Brighton loves the bean. Ponder that while sat on a coffee sack, sipping a double espresso made from freshly ground Monmouth beans.
Tea and cake: Marwood Bar & Coffeehouse, 52 Ship Street
Gloriously grungy, this cafe/bar has a daily-changing blackboard of teas, a roster of cakes (fab carrot cake) and the coffee ain't half bad either. themarwood.com
Pint: The Evening Star, 55 Surrey Street
A Brighton outpost of Sussex brewer Dark Star, it's just off the main drag near the station, so remains hidden from passing tourists. Drink Dark Star's hophead or espresso (yes, it's a beer), or go off-piste for a guest ale. darkstarbrewing.co.uk
Wine: Ten Green Bottles, 9 Jubilee Street
A wine shop and wine bar with English fizz by the glass and plates of cheese and charcuterie to help prolong the fun. A large communal table rocks when the place is busy (metaphorically, not literally). tengreenbottles.com
Fish and chips: Bardsley's, 22 Baker Street
Okay, so it's nowhere near the seafront, but open since 1926 they know what they're doing, and that's right and proper fish and chips served in an unreconstructed manner. A blackboard lists specials… although the haddock and chips keeps a calling. bardsleys-fishandchips.co.uk
Takeaway: The Chilli Pickle, 17 Jubilee Street
An Indian restaurant with a great rep, go for the takeaway grand thali and tuck into a distinctively spiced chicken or Sussex mutton shoulder curry. They arrive with a host of pickles, chutneys and side dishes. thechillipickle.com
Sandwich: Grow 40, 40 Kensington Gardens
An all-day joint with a kitchen garden on the roof, it's all good, as they say, but the open sandwiches hit the spot; how about salmon ceviche, dill crème fraîche and home-grown watercress? grow40.com


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Aspasia Yacht Provisioning
7-8 Neoriou Square,
Mandraki Harbour
85100 RhodesGreece
More about us...
One of the best yacht provisioning supermarkets in Rhodes, run by Panayotis-aka Peter and his sister. Offering a full provisioning service, sourcing local produce and hard to find products. Fresh fish, fruit & veg, wines, spirits, beverages and ice delivered directly to your boat. They have a clever 'look book' of products, fish, and cuts of meat to help you choose if there happens to be a language barrier, but both Peter and his sister speak very good English. They also supply refill gas bottles.


text: NEWS Sisqo Preps For June 'Return' 5/23/2001 FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME R&B sensation Sisqo will return June 19 with a new Dragon/Def Soul album, titled "Return of Dragon." The 12-track set boasts guest appearances by the members of the artist's group Dru Hill, and hi R&B sensation Sisqo will return June 19 with a new Dragon/Def Soul album, titled "Return of Dragon." The 12-track set boasts guest appearances by the members of the artist's group Dru Hill, and his protege groups the Associates and LovHer, among others. First single "Can I Live" is at radio now.Jarod B and Boy Genius, Al West and J.P. Edmund, and production collective One Up Entertainment each produced multiple tracks on "Return." Other producers contributing their talents are Teddy Riley, Paul "PDA" Allen and J. Moss, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Nathan "N8" Walton, and Jason Edmonds and Warryn Campbell. And while Sisqo (real name: Mark Andrews) enlisted plenty of help in creating his sophomore album, he also co-wrote five tracks. "One of the most important things I did was to create my own sound," he says. "I mean I did that on the last album but this time I didn't want people to think I was a one hit wonder or a flash in the pan. Now I know with this album I can sit back and say to them, 'watch me do it again.'"Sisqo's last album, "Unleash the Dragon," peaked at No. 2 on The Billboard 200, and spawned the single "Incomplete," which topped The Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, as well as "Thong Song," which hit No. 3 and No. 2 on those charts, respectively. The album has been certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 4 million copies.Sisqo came to prominence in the mid-1990s with the Baltimore-based Dru Hill. And while there were rumors last year of a full-blown reunion album from the group, the closest thing to that on "Dragon" is the appearance of Nokio, James "Woody" Green, and Larry "Jazz" Anthony on the track "Without You." Outside of music, Sisqo has taken on acting with a passion. The former host of his own MTV series, "Sisqo's Shakedown," he starred opposite Kirsten Dunst in "Get Over It," and recently wrapped shooting on "Winter Dance" with Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Coburn. The artist also has a five-picture contract with Miramax Films and a development deal with NBC/Big Ticket Television. In addition, his Dragon clothing line will soon be launched. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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The young, golden-voiced singer took the stage by storm and won first place in the contest with only a Yamaha synthesizer and his beautiful rendition of "Rise Up." He also received a well-deserved standing ovation.
Micah Singleton has a bright future in music, and we can't wait to see what he achieves. Watch the video below to see what you missed or, if you attended, refresh your memory on that wonderful moment on stage.
We've watched the video clip at least 10 times - you probably will, too.


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Federal lawmakers are currently considering legislation that aims to improve the safety of reusable medical devices. The bill would require makers of devices, such as duodenoscopes, to obtain special preclearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before marketing their products.
As previously discussed on this San Diego Injury Blog, closed-channel duodenoscopes have now been linked to 25 incidents of drug-resistant infections. In California, three patients lost their lives. A Congressional investigation into the deadly superbugs concluded that the three leading manufacturers of duodenoscopes in the United States were aware that the reprocessing procedures used to clean the devices could be ineffective to prevent infections. It further found that hospitals that experienced outbreaks and FDA also failed to follow proper procedures that could have prevented further infections.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who commissioned the investigation, proposed the new medical device legislation. The "Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act" (S. 2503) would establish requirements for reusable medical devices relating to cleaning instructions and validation data.
"I asked my staff how the outbreaks could have occurred in the first place, and what Congress could do to protect patients and families going forward," Murray stated during an executive session. "So, I'm pleased to introduce a bill today that would take some initial steps to improve patient safety by giving the FDA additional tools to review and ensure the safety of medical devices. That yearlong investigation showed that we need to significantly [improve] our medical device surveillance system to ensure risks to patients are identified earlier."
The bill would specifically require device makers to submit proposed labeling, including instructions for use, as part of a pre-market 510(k) submission to the FDA. In addition, manufacturers would be required to submit validated data regarding cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization. We will be closely tracking the status of the legislation and will post updates as they become available.
If you or someone you care about has suffered serious harm due to a defective medical device, don't hesitate to contact a San Diego medical product liability lawyer at the Law Offices of Robert Vaage for a free consultation.


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Hey, my name is Cailyn and I've recently just started to learn to drive at 19 years old! I have done nearly 10 hours of lessons so far and here's how my first lesson went. I've decided to share my experience with you as I remember how nervous I was before I hopped into the car for the first time. Hopefully, by sharing my experience, I can reassure you what to expect in your first lesson- it's not bad I promise!
Starting my Lessons:
Before starting my driving lessons, there were a couple of things I had to do first! Some of these are easy to forget, but without them, you're not going anywhere. Make sure you follow all of these things!
1. Getting a provisional licence
I applied online at the GOV.uk website on my 17th birthday for my provisional licence. I had to fill out the application online which required details such as my address, age and identity documents. I had an email of approval saying the application is being processed and all I had to do was wait. 3 weeks later, my provisional licence arrived! I decided to buy my provisional licence before thinking about driving lessons. 2 years later, I decided to start my driving lessons!
2. Choosing an instructor
I decided to go with a driving instructor which my close friends and family have used before. They all passed their tests with her and have always said good things about her and her teaching style. So for me, finding an instructor was pretty easy. I'd always recommend getting recommendations off of friends and family of who they used if you can – you can then get first-hand reviews on how their lessons went.
Finding time, scheduling the first lesson
I got my instructors number from my friend (who just recently passed his test, just as I started looking to learn) and text her. It didn't take her long to get back to me and we arranged our first lesson! We booked it in for 2 weeks later. I had lots of encouragement from my friend to book my lessons and is the reason I started driving!
I am fitting my driving lessons around college and working. After my first lesson, I booked lessons in 10 hours' worth of driving, so I have the freedom to do 1 hour, 1.5 or 2-hour lessons.
What happened in my first lesson?
Getting in the car for the first time, I was obviously nervous, as anyone might be. I had little to no experience in driving – so I didn't really know what to expect. I also started my driving lessons the same day my sister passed her driving test, which added an element of pressure on me! Before my lesson, I read tips for 'first time driving nerves' and 'an instructor's tips for calming my nerves' on Marmalade's Driver Hub which helped me to understand what the lesson may be like… I remember sitting in the car, slightly shaking but my instructor assured me it was completely natural to be nervous, which helped me in feeling a lot calmer.
I met with my instructor at my college as this was the closest meeting point for us. We chatted for around 15 – 20 minutes – mainly to get to know each other and discuss what I expected from my first lesson and how I was feeling a.k.a calming my nerves! After our discussion, she drove me to a quiet area of town and that's where I learnt safety procedures, cockpit drills and was my first time hitting the pedals!
My instructor introduced me to the pedals, and we practised finding the biting point parked up. Once I gained confidence, we 'trundled' up the road to my first junction. My instructor was very calm which reassured me that I was in safe hands. She got me to use the brake for the first time – basic stuff but enough to introduce me to the journey of driving.
After my first junction, I did a little loop around the quiet part of town. I was quite impressed I even moved the car more than 10 yards, let alone tackled junctions! I was simply practising using the clutch, brake and acceleration pedals – which is super important and something I need to master before trying to learn more. We looped around this area multiple times to make sure I was understanding how each pedal worked.
By the end of the lesson, I was feeling more confident than ever. I was worried and scared of the road before starting my lessons, as you always hear horror stories of terrible accidents and awful drivers. However, after my first lesson, I felt confident to start my driving journey. I was so excited about the next lesson that I went home and told my family about my lesson in detail – which they eventually told me to shut up about because I went on and on! It's exciting though – the roads aren't a place to be petrified of. Yes, other drivers can act recklessly, and accidents can happen – but I was on my way to learning how to be a safe and confident driver, and I can't wait!
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The navigation workshops that we deliver are governed by The National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) which was launched in 1994 at the Royal Institute of Navigation in London. In late 2015, The Bronze Award was accredited by the Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) at Level 4, and 2 SCQF credit points are awarded on completion.
I have known Kev for several years and we have worked together in various capacities, involving youth work and working with adults. I have found Kev to be intelligent, practical-minded, patient and generous in his skills and knowledge sharing. He is highly professional with strong leadership skills, and understands the value of a collaborative approach in bringing out the best in others, especially when they are struggling with something new. His relaxed and friendly style makes him an easy person to approach and discuss any issues.
I have worked with Kev and been taught mountain skills by him – Kev is a highly experienced mountain leader with a great deal of knowledge and a teaching manner that encourages his students to quickly pick up safe techniques and become proficient.
An amazing and organized guy who takes everything he does with passion and integrity, worked with him in the lakes for two weeks.
Kev has organised and run climbing and mountain activities for my students and myself. He instils confidence in even the most nervous of climbers. The students gain a great deal from his expertise and enthusiasm. I had previously, with another provider had a bad abseiling experience resulting in a serious injury. Kev talked me through and gave me back my confidence to get back into an abseiling harness.
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On April 5, traffic police in Thanh Hoa Province noticed a suspicious ambulance traveling on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the section going through Thach Thanh District, and signaled the vehicle to stop for a check.
The driver of the ambulance, carrying the license plate of the nearby Nghe An Province, ignored the order and instead sped up his vehicle, leading to a police chase.
Upon checking the abandoned ambulance, police were stunned to find a frozen tiger weighing more than 180kg.
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Right to information and transparency in
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W hen you cry, in fact cry hoarse, and yet not be heard, what do you do? Experts contend that going to courts should be the last straw. "Firstly, there is a kind of misplaced loyalty towards the formal justice delivery mechanism as the be-all-and-end-all," says Ramesh. Secondly, there is over-reliance on them. As a result, the higher judiciary is choked with cases, some of which are frivolous.
An alternative is to strengthen the public hearing of the projects at the formulation stage. This would also help the investor, who would be saved from the public project delays and cost overruns after the project has started. But this can happen only if the public hearing scrutiny of the project is effective and transparent. However, in its present state, the public hearing notification is a toothless device, says Rao (see box: Loopholes aplenty ). For them to be successful, comprehensive guidelines in consultation with all those who are involved in the process are needed. This is particularly important because in India, the pressure on the environment is very high and a development project will impact on the local environment and affect livelihoods. Protest is the only weapon people have to stall projects.
Unless there is an environmental governance system that allows people the ability to intervene in project siting, design and, most importantly, monitoring. But with the unholy alliance beween industry and officialdom persisting in this non-transparent system, public protest remains the only weapon in their hands.
The most important is recognising the right/ access to information, which ensures public approval and also imposes a sense of environmental accountability on the companies concerned. Secondly, there is a need to make eia more than just a "formality" and also weed out possible chances of corruption in the preparation of the report.
"Right to know" is critical in environmental matters. It is necessary for people's participation in decision-making and public approval, firstly because it is important they are made aware of the effects of the project on their social and economic well being and, secondly, to promote transparency in the decision-making process.
The right to information is a fundamental right, which is set in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. Besides, in 1988, the Supreme Court in the Reliance Petrochemicals vs Indian Express SCC 592 held that the right to know is a basic right, which people at large have in order to be able to take part in participatory development in industrial life and democracy. The eia notification on public hearing is also a step forward towards this direction.
There is, however, a lack of awareness of these rights to begin with. "In any case, whose duty is to make people aware of the basic rights -- ngo s or the government?" asks Hari Babu of Equations, a Bangalore-based ngo . Even if they are brought under the purview of public hearing, there is no guarantee that the project promoters will provide details of the proposed project to the public. An example is the bmic case, where the proponents refused to divulge anything apart from the executive summary. Even the High Court ( hc) refused to make available relevant documents, says Ranjan Rao. At the same time, the Gujarat hc has passed an encouraging order. On March 2, 2000, the court laid down guidelines for public hearing, which includes access to all the relevant documents. "Unfortunately, the decision does not bind Karnataka and unless the sc or hc passes some such order we will not have access to the same," says Rao.
Karnataka is at present drafting a Right to Information Bill, which will be placed before th Cabinet for approval. It will be the fourth Indian state to have an exclusive legislation on Right to Information. A significant aspect of the bill is that information sought should be provided within 15 days, compared to 30 days as in the Central draft Bill. Another provision is that every public authority is expected to make a voluntary disclosure of information relating to cases affecting public interest.
The Karnataka draft Bill also provides for a penalty in the form of a fine of Rs 2,000 on any competent authority or official for refusing to disclose information sought or for providing false or inaccurate information. But whether the eia , a document of a private company, will come under the purview of the act remains to be seen.
eia is an exercise to evaluate the probable changes in the various socio-economic and biophysical characteristics of the environment, which may generally result from a proposed programme. But in India, says Hari Babu, "The assessment is usually manipulated in order to make sure the project gets a go ahead." That corruption is involved is obvious though proving it would be difficult, says Ranjan Rao. "At a training programme an mef official once said it is obvious why there is such a great demand to be in the iaa division of the ministry. It was because of the 'incentives' available there," he says.
A good case in point is the eia of the proposed Dandeli Mini Hydel ( dmh ) project downstream of Supa Dam on Kali river in Uttar Kannada district. Ernst & Young, an American consultancy company, was given the task of preparing the eia . However, instead of wasting manpower and money on conducting field studies, the company reproduced the eia of Tattihalla Augmentation Scheme ( tas ) prepared by Bangalore-based Catchment Studies and Environmental Management's ( icsem ) in 1999. The only "earnest" thing they have done is changed the name of the dam -- dmh in place of tas . But despite this being brought to the notice of kspcb , the public hearing was held on August 21, 2000 and the project cleared.
Despite all the discrepancies, environmentalists hail the system of public hearing as no doubt a very innovative one with far reaching consequences. "This is the only opportunity we get by law. Sadly, it is only limited to hearing grievances, it does not talk about redressal of problems," says Ramesh. At present, it is more of a formality. But guideline have to be drawn especially because, unlike in the past, development projects have become an every day feature, says Hari Babu.
So, the question is one of extent. The process has to give people an opportunity of following up on the action taken about their grievances. They ought to have a right to veto public hearings if they remain dissatisfied. The process has to be made accountable to the people, and not merely to the dm and the officials of the spcb . To this end, public hearing is just the beginning. To make industry really accountable to the people, they need to be involved in monitoring of the project, eia , and even in the follow up of industry's environmental performance.
"Environmental justice is something you have to seek, not just in the court of law. It is not about conflict resolution. It is about anticipating problems, consensus building, meeting the needs of everyone and learning to live with nature," says Ramesh. One way of ensuring this is through community monitoring bodies, he opines. Once the company concerned realises that there is no scope for survival unless it has the confidence of the people amid whom it has to reside, the company has no alternative. Partnership with the people becomes necessary for survival.
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[ Government Street Old Town | Downtown | Antique Row | Chinatown ]
Government Street
The Government Street promenade is line with brick pavement for the five blocks from the Inner Harbour to the start of Old Town (from Humboldt Street to Bastion Square). The area is a mix of quality souvenirs, which include Cowichan Indian sweaters, Haida carvings and British woolens, and low-end "kitch", including plastic totem poles, and cheap t-shirts. This area has many of Victoria 's most unique shops, so have a good look around. The street also passes by the Victoria Eaton's Centre, an indoor block-sized shopping paradise. Off to one side is Trounce Alley, which leads to the water, and is home to several very fine ladies fashion shops.
Old Town
The Old Town preserves the city's treasured past, and are located just north of the original Fort Victoria. The buildings have been recently restored, and includes Swan's brew pub, the Market Square block of heritage buildings around an enclosed square, with a bit of an Old England style. This area is full of one-of-a-kind boutiques and little shops. For a more interesting shopping experience, search out all the old-style woodcarved Pub signs in the area.
This area runs from the Victoria Conference Centre along Douglas Street toward Yates Street and the Old Town. This area is deemed to include the Eaton's Centre, and is home to many of the contemporary chain stores, like A & B Sound, Benetton, and Roots.
Antique Row
This three block stretch of Fort Stret, where the signs are also labelled "Antique Row," is known as one of the best sources of British antiques in North America. Both because of its long status as a British colony, and its attraction to retirees, many older items and furnishings end up in Victoria. While the area has its share of junktiques (more recent collectibles), keep in mind that certified 100-year old antiques can be imported duty free into most countries (including the USA).
This is Canada's oldest Chinatown, which got its start in the 1850's Gold Rush days. The other cities' Chinatowns didn't get their start until the rush of immigrants to help build the trans-continental railway. By 1884, half of Victoria 's population was Chinese (Vancouver reached this level in 1998), though today's Chinatown has shrunk to a about two colourful blocks, between Fisgard and Herald Streets. Chinatown opens with the 11-metre tall Gate of Harmonious Interest, and is filled with interesting shops and restaurants offering a variety of Asian fare. This area is home to Fan Tan Alley, the narrowest street in all of Canada.
Cadboro Bay Village
At the corner of Cadboro Bay Road and Sinclair is a neighbourhood shopping area serving Ten Mile Point and the University Area. You will find a variety of shops, services and a Pepper's grocery store, all close to the popular Gyro Park on Cadboro Bay.
Cook Street Village
On Cook Street in the southern part of Victoria you will find a wide variety of restaurants, stores, services and grocery stores with a warm neighbourhood atmosphere. Located near the eastern side of Beacon Hill Park and only blocks from the Dallas Road waterfront.
Oak Bay Village
In the town centre for the Municipality of Oak Bay is a cluster of shops, services, restaurants and businesses.
Brentwood Bay
The Brentwood Bay shopping area is located along West Saanich Road on the Saanich Peninsula. It is the neighbourhood shopping area for the people in Brentwood Bay and contain shops, restaurants, and grocery stores.
Colwood Corners
At the corner of Goldstream Avenue and Highway 1A (as you turn off from the Trans Canada Highway) contining on towards Sooke, are a wide variety of stores, shops, restaurants, grocery stores, etc.
Cordova Bay Village
This neighbourhood shopping area is in the north eastern part of Saanich on Cordova Bay Road and is on the Eastern waterfront. It is close to parks and the shopping area contains shops, services, a mini golf, restaurants, and Mattick's Farm.
Sidney by the Sea
The town centre of Sidney on the northern end of Saanich Peninsula has lots of shops, stores and businesses, primarily along Beacon Avenue (and one or two blocks to the north and south) ending on the Sidney waterfront.
Sooke Village
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My client's pets are a meaningful part of their daily life and seek a pet sitter or dog walker they can trust, someone who truly cares and can be present when they can't. Trust comes from a person who not only treats pets with the same love and care they receive at home, but has the experience and knowlege to recognize a problem or emergency should one occur. My customers are leaving their four legged (sometimes three legged!) family member in the hands of someone else and want comfort knowing they are entrusting their pet with a person with animal experience as well a heart big enough to love them like their own


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I was invited to my Dutch friend's house this morning for tea and cake to celebrate her birthday. It felt very decadent to be eating cake at 9am.
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Dr. Werner Wolf
Werner Wolf is chairman of the scientific advisory board of the BCRT. He has many years of experience in providing expert advice to various biotech projects and companies. Werner Wolf has served as Vice President of R&D at Boehringer Mannheim and at TVM Capital, Munich. His particular expertise lies in the early recognition of research findings in the biotech sector so that they can be rapidly developed into practical applications in the fields of medicine and environmental technology. In 2008 he set up his own consultancy company "Bio Innovation" in Switzerland where – as at the BCRT – he brings projects forward to translation.
- 1960-70: Study of Chemistry and Physics, Technical University Vienna, University of Vienna, University of Graz
- 1967-70: Research Assistant at the Institute for Cancer Research in Vienna
- 1972-74: Doctoral degree, Institute of Physiological Chemistry; Postdoc, Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg
Professional History
- Since 2008: Owner, Bio Innovations, Ballwil, Schweiz
- 1998-08: Special Partner and Senior Resident Scientific & Technology Advisor, TVM Capital Munich
- 1986-98: Vice President of Global Research and Development, Biochemica (Germany and USA), Boehringer Mannheim
- 1979-85: Director, Department of Molecular Biology, Boehringer Mannheim
- 1974-78: Group Leader, Department of Biochemistry, Boehringer Mannheim
- 1972-74: Research Associate, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Institute of Virology and Immune Biology, University of Würzburg
- Since 1992: Project evaluation for the European Commission, member of various scientific advisory boards in Germany, Austria and Sweden, member of the administrative board of MetrioPharm, Zurich
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- 2006-09: Member of the board of directors, European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB), member of the editorial board, New Biochemistry
- 1993-02: Member of the scientific advisory board, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle/Saale
- 1997-98: Founding director, European Structural Biology Industrial Platform
- 1993-05: Co-editor-in-chief, Biomolecular Engineering
- 1992-97: Chairman, European Yeast Industrial Platform
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Please join us the last Friday of every month for Vintage Friday.
We'll select one of our nicely aged vintages for tasting and purchase. We will pair these wines with gourmet cheeses from the Walla Walla Cheese Company. In addition, we'll feature musician Sam Kirtley on the keyboards from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. Sam is known for entertaining his crowds with easy listening tunes as well as the old stand-by's. 21 and over only, please.


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Marjon is part of a consortium of universities and colleges across the South West which has won £5.5million in government funding to inspire young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education.
Institutions across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset have been awarded two years' funding in the first phase of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), being launched by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in January 2017.
With funding of £60 million per year, the programme will drive a step change in the progression into higher education of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, including members of ethnic minority groups and young men.
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson said:"We are seeing record numbers of disadvantaged young people going to university and benefiting from the real opportunities that our world class universities can offer. This funding and the schemes that have been developed by universities will make a real difference to young people in key areas. In addition to this, we are legislating for a new transparency duty which will place a clear requirement on all universities to release more information about their admissions process and real incentives on all institutions to go further and faster to promote social mobility."
HEFCE Director of Policy Chris Millward said:"NCOP represents a significant investment by HEFCE in improving the life chances of young people in some of our most disadvantaged communities. Our evidence has shown that there are young people in these areas who are achieving the qualifications they need to benefit from higher education, but are not currently doing so. The programme will ensure that they are better equipped to make the right choice for them by exposing the range of higher education options available and the careers they make possible."
To meet those goals, the consortium – under the name of Next Steps South West – will focus on Year 9 to 13 students in wards and schools identified as having presently low HE representation, using targeted interventions in an attempt to raise aspirations, achievement and awareness of HE.
Next Steps South West, which will officially begin working in January 2017, brings together a variety of higher and further education providers, and its membership includes:
- Devon – University of St Mark & St John, University of Plymouth, University of Exeter, Plymouth College of Art, South Devon College, City College Plymouth, Exeter College, Petroc;
- Cornwall – Cornwall College Group, University of Exeter Penryn Campus, Falmouth University, and Truro and Penwith College;
- Somerset – Strode College, Bridgwater and Taunton College.
It will draw on the experience and expertise of existing consortia, such as the Devon Collaborative Outreach Network and Next Steps Cornwall, but also establish fresh approaches to outreach activities that foster new relationships with target schools at a local level.
This could include mentoring schemes, summer schools and parents events, but also see young people being invited to take part in events at universities and colleges with HE lecturers and students visiting local schools in return.
Funding from the NCOP programme was approved by the HEFCE Board following a competitive process for local consortia involving higher education providers, schools, colleges and other organisations such as charities and local agencies involved in education, careers and skills. A total of 260 higher education providers in England are involved, and the planned collaborations will ensure all 997 of the local wards identified in HEFCE's gaps analysis will be covered.
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A New Lease of Life
Past the successful Rag and Bone event last November, the Singapore Institute of Management-University of London (SIM-UOL) Student Representative Council (SRC) Transformers turned their sights to home refurbishments for needy families.
With the help of Heartware Network, the Transformers spruced up 10 home units of beneficiaries from Ang Mo Kio FSC in December using the funds they previously raised, in support of President's Challenge. With a turnout of more than 100 volunteers, they managed to work their magic just a day.
Transformers brought in new furniture after completing their paint work.
It was, by far, one of the most satisfying programmes the Transformers had participated in, as their efforts had not only improved the client's living conditions, but brought delight over what is now incredibly visually pleasing.
We picked the minds of 2 committee members:
Clement Chong Wen Hao, 24
Year 2 Banking and Finance Student
SIM-UOL Transformers Committee Overall-in-Charge
What is this entire project about and when did the planning process started?
The planning process started since July 2018 but the juniors only came in during September 2018. The committee started to plan for 3 different events – Rag & Bone, Games Carnival with MINDS and Home Refurbishment. Rag & Bone event was conducted to raise funds for the other two events. We collected recyclables such as electronics, newspaper, old shoes, etc. We then sold them to the waste trading company to get money.
What was your first impression of the beneficiaries and their state of living?
4 out of 10 units had bed bugs and they required more attention. 6 out of 10 units required major painting. Certain parts of the house were not clean and the beneficiaries may have faced difficulties cleaning them as well. They live a very simple life in one room flats. We provided some things for them to improve their living conditions.
What are some of the difficulties you faced during this engagement?
For me, it's budgeting. We made sure not to overspend while hitting the requirements of each unit. House ICs had to check for every single detail of the housing needs and gain consent from the seniors if they were alright with the new furniture or appliances. Some of them were uncomfortable with change.
What did you learn from all these?
The biggest lesson was that most of us are quite fortunate, even after having spent just a day with the beneficiaries or refurbishing their houses. We felt better to have impacted someone else's life. It really requires us to have the heart to work through the planning phase because one person alone wouldn't be able to do it. But if all of us put in the effort and have the heart to help these people, it becomes a meaningful event and the outcome is really satisfying.
Leave a message for your committee members and the beneficiaries!
Good job! Throughout this past 3.5 months, we really put in a lot of effort. It's not easy to plan an entire event. The fact that they join this committee is solely for the purpose of doing something meaningful.
For the beneficiaries, I hope they are satisfied with what we had done, I really hope so. We did our best to give back to the society and we hope they really liked it.
Shannon Goh Jia Ling, 22
Year 2 Data Science and Business Analytics Student
SIM-UOL Transformers Programme Senior
You were from Transformers 2017. Why did you join again?
It joined again with my friends. I also wouldn't serve again if I was unwilling. I really like volunteer work and helping those in need. It is very meaningful and fulfilling for me.
What was your first impression of the beneficiaries and their state of living?
It was different from when I was junior back then, and now as a senior. As a junior, I was shocked at first because I had never been into a house with bed bugs before. When I learnt that we might step into a house filled with bed bugs, it scared me a lot! I remembered spraying lots of insect repellent before entering the senior's house and taking all the precautions.
But after the entire refurbishment, it was so fulfilling to see the 'before' and 'after'. And I was part of the change in this. As a senior, once I got the home profile, I was like "okay, it's time to help them. I am prepared to go in."
What are some of your difficulties faced?
As a junior last year, I had to decipher everything from scratch. But as a senior, I was more involved in the back-end planning and that took a toll on me. Still I experienced and learnt so much in these two years.
What did you learn from all these?
I really hope that the seniors would be happy to see the change in their houses. Last year, the senior we helped held my hand and shook it for quite some time. He kept thanking us before sending us off. He called me a few days after saying that he would really like to thank the group for the fumigation. There were no more bed bugs and he was very happy.
I hope that they enjoyed themselves as much as I enjoyed myself. One day, I might be interested to go back and help again on my own.
Volunteers with a senior after revamping his house.
The Transformers refurbishment team.
The Transformers efforts did not stop at the refurbishments. They had a chance to work with Movement for the Intellectual Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) Me Too! Club with the help of Heartware Network.
The carnival-themed event proved successful with the participation of at least 60 MINDS clients, ending with a mass dance session!
A fun Zumba session with clients from MINDS.
Let's get active with simple ball games!
As shared by student Troy,
"It was a very fulfilling and heartfelt event that have touched my heart. A lot of Singaporeans are not aware of such pressuring issue for intellectual disabilities beneficiaries. Through this experience, It makes me understand the real meaning of having empathy and not just sympathy. I felt the tiredness of taking care of the clients just in a day. Since then, I'm very glad and happy to know that there are quite a number of helpers who came voluntarily to guide and teach the clients daily. At the end of the event, I see a lot of smiling faces from the client which really makes my heart pounded."
Kudos students for the amazing work done!
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A range of empirical findings is first used to more precisely characterize our distinctive tendency to objectify or externalize moral demands and obligations, and it is then argued that this salient feature of our moral cognition represents a profound puzzle for evolutionary approaches to human moral psychology that existing proposals do not help resolve. It is then proposed that such externalization facilitated a broader shift to a vastly more cooperative form of social life by establishing and maintaining a connection between the extent to which an agent is herself motivated by a given moral norm and the extent to which she uses conformity to that same norm as a criterion in evaluating candidate partners in social interaction generally. This connection ensures the correlated interaction necessary to protect those prepared to adopt increasingly cooperative, altruistic, and other prosocial norms of interaction from exploitation, especially as such norms were applied in novel ways and/or to novel circumstances and as the rapid establishment of new norms allowed us to reap still greater rewards from hypercooperation. A wide range of empirical findings is then used to support this hypothesis, showing why the status we ascribe to moral demands and considerations exhibits the otherwise puzzling combination of objective and subjective elements that it does, as well as showing how the need to effectively advertise our externalization of particular moral commitments generates features of our social interaction so familiar that they rarely strike us as standing in need of any explanation in the first place.
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Daniel Joel, not Dan or Danny. Daniel.
This sweet boy, blesses my soul, the only man in our house, he has a tough job but does it with such grace. His wounds are deep, but his heart shines brightly through his smile. His laugh is contagious. Despite all he has been through his sweet, gentle heart is evident.
He is constantly flipping, spinning and jumping, I had to designate a "jumping couch" in our house, instead of constantly redirecting him, I just limited him. He loves all things break dancing and can spin on his head and do some impressive handstands. He wants to be in gymnastics, he is currently in karate, I keep telling him we need to help him learn some self control first, then he can sharpen his skills.
This new season of life he is all about bugs, he loves collecting them and studying them. This summer we took a beach trip, he fell in love with all things in the ocean. He found a starfish, hermit crabs and a fish, his soul soared. Our friends Mr. Seth and Neela, tried to instill in him a catch and release mindset, he insisted that the creatures come inside where they promptly died, the struggle is real. This past weekend we went camping, he found the storehouse of all locust, he was on cloud nine. Spending the night watching them hatch from their shells. He loves creatures, it has been so fun watching this develop in him.
His love for all things of the sea, is not limited to creatures and swimming, his true love is mermaids. 80% of his mode of transportation is flopping around in his mermaid tail, he has that tail to thank for his strong core, his abs are impressive. Almost all games turn into mermaid games, all dolls become mermaids and all the stories are about mermaids, currently we are reading a chapter book together about mermaids and his eyes just light up as he listens.
Close second to mermaids is his favorite gal, Bethany Hamilton, she was the incredible surfer who lost her arm to a Tiger Shark when she was a teenager. This girl has overcome incredible odds and continued to pursue surfing, she is a hero in our home. We had to actually put a ban on what I call, "Bethany dolls" suddenly every barbie, doll, action figure, really anything with arms had one arm ripped off, in order to sport the incredible one arm look of Bethany. We discussed, several times, we are all about beautiful Bethany Hamilton, but we need a little diversity in our home, they can't all be Bethany.
He is my thinker and a deep thinker at that. He is the most verbal about how he feels about adoption and his past. He often looks at me and says, "remember when I was in your tummy…" He loves to know how things work, what things are real. He loves to create, build and tinker. He can see something once, and recreate it. Lately he has been into singing and it makes me smile, he just belts it out. He loves skinny jeans, sharks, cucumbers and chewing on things. His love language is physical touch, he loves to come lay with me in the morning. Being his mom is a joy.
I chose Daniel as one of our options because of the meaning, God is my Judge. I want Him to be bold in who he is and I want him to not be afraid of what others think. He is kind hearted and sensitive and I want to remind him that he has a voice and can do anything he puts his mind into. He is brave and strong and so inspiring.
If you had a dollar you would buy? A mermaid tail.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A Locust finder.
What is your favorite food? Raviolis.
What makes you laugh? Being tickled.
What is your favorite toy? Mermaid doll.


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Angular is a platform that makes it easy to build applications with the web. Angular combines declarative templates, dependency injection, end to end tooling, and integrated best practices to solve development challenges. Angular empowers developers to build applications that live on the web, mobile, or the desktop.
Why that new version is not 3?
Angular is being developed in a MonoRepo. That means a single repo for everything. @angular/core, @angular/compiler, @angular/router etc are in the same repo and may have there own versions.
@angular/core v2.3.0 @angular/compiler v2.3.0 @angular/compiler-cli v2.3.0 @angular/http v2.3.0 @angular/router V3.3.0
Now the problem is with the @angular/router which is already in a 3.X version. And that's because of some active and huge developments on the router section, like route-preload.
Now releasing Angular as version 3, with it's route on version 4 will create confusion (this confusion is already there, that's why they want to resolve it). To avoid this confusion they decided to skip the version 3 and release with version 4.0.0


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I love my little garden.
It's been struggling. The woodchuck LOVES the greenbean leaves and the spinach.
My first planting of greenbeans was pretty much a disaster. All but two of the plants were eaten by insects or critters. Those two are fertile, flowering, and seem to be a variety that does NOT require fencing or poles to climb on. One has a seed-pod growing already.
My mom and I planted greenbean seeds that are children of her beans from her garden last year. And we planted A LOT. Of those, about half are doing well, and half have been chomped by deer or woodchuck. Those are struggling to bring up leaves again, but I'm afraid they may not make it. I planted more of the organic freestanding beans between the climbing beans that probably won't make it. So that will be 3 crops of beans if any of the 3rd planting make it.
The basil is starting to look healthier, the parsley is growing into it's pre-adolescence. The dill looks great. But the mystery is that the oregano never grew. At all. So I used that area to plant a late batch of tomatoes.
My son's one lonely pea plant is climbing faithfully up one tomato cage and its started to flower. I hope they don't require separate plants to be fertilized.
I put two cages down around the cucumber plants to give them something to climb on, but I'm really afraid they're going to totally overwhelm the cages LOL
I have one more cage for the tomatoes unless I find the other ones that may be buried under the poison ivy.
The spinach is starting to stalk and grow vertical, but many of the baby leaves were trashed by the varmint that has been eating the greenbean leaves wholesale.
Because most of the plants have been struggling, I planted all the rest of the seeds in various places for a free-for-all. Many of the plants can be harvested before they are mature (basil, spinach, parsley, dill), so why not? Nearly all the new seeds I planted are already sprouting above the soil, and will join their more mature brethren.
I've considered fencing in the front side of the garden, but I'm not sure it will inconvenience the critters more than it inconveniences me. Next year, I have to plant the tomatoes all across the front. I only put them across half the front. Hopefully that will be enough of a "nothing interesting here -- now move along" to keep most vermin out (tomato leaves are poisonous -- tomatoes are in the nightshade family, and in the middle ages the fruit of the tomato plant was thought to be poisonous).
Any of my spare seeds I scattered in the wilds around my garden plot. If nature allows them to root and grow, the critters can chomp away. Or they can eat the beans and cut out the middleman ;)
Bees. Some of the largest bumblebees I've ever seen live in my garden. And they don't like me much. They come over and check me out here and there. One decided I was too close to their hive and stung me a little on my eyebrow. Not enough to hurt me too badly, and not enough to rip its stinger off. My eyebrow was unhappy for a couple days, but I did my first aid like a good little mommie so it didn't get too bad. Now I avoid the area where the beehive is. Unfortunately it was a place that my mom and I planned for the beans to vine into. I need alternatives now.
I have wild strawberries all over the wild parts of the yard. Tons of them. But the berries are going to be tiny, which is typical of strawberries that haven't been cultivated or which have escaped from the garden. And there are brambles. I think I have black raspberries, and I'm waiting to find out what the other varieties all around the yard are - I expect blackberries, in abundance.
That's about all the gardening news for now.
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ayah 255 (Part 2) – Allah's Greatest Name is in Ayat Al-Kursi
Imam Ahmad recorded that Asma bint Yazeed ibn As-Sakan said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say about these two ayaat (2:255 & 3:2) they contain Allah's Greatest Name."
Ibn Marduwyah recorded that Abu Umamah reported that the Prophet salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said,
اسْمُ اللهِ الْأَعْظَمُ، الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ، فِي ثَلَاثٍ: سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآلِ عِمْرَانَ وَطه
"Allah's Greatest Name, if He was supplicated with it, He answers the supplication, is in three Surahs – Al-Baqarah, Aal 'Imran and Ta-Ha."
Hisham ibn 'Ammar, the Khateeb [orator] of Damascus (one of the narrators in the above narration) said, "As for Al-Baqarah, it is in,
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ
'Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists.' (2:255); in Aal 'Imran, it is in,
الم – ٱللَّهُ لاَ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ
'Alif-Lam-Mim. Allah! None has the right to be worshiped but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists' (3:1-2), while in Ta-Ha, it is in,
وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ الْقَيُّومِ
'And (all) faces shall be humbled before (Allah), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists' (20:111)."
Ayat Al-Kursi describes the Oneness of Allah and His Attributes in a unique manner – He is Living, He Hears and Sees, He Speaks, He is Self-existent, He is Eternal and Everlasting. He is the Creator of the entire universe, He is above changes and effects, He is the Master of the universe, He is so Exalted in His Majesty that no one can speak before Him without His permission. He is the Wielder of such absolute power that the tremendous function of creating the universe, sustaining it and making it work steadily, does not tire him. So all-encompassing is His knowledge that the minutest possible atom or drop, open or hidden cannot stay out of it.
Ayat Al-Kursi has Ten Complete Sentences
The first sentence:
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ
"Allah! None has the right to be worshiped but He" means that Allah is the One and Only Lord of all creation. No creation can have the name Allah. What does the word Allah mean? It is Al-Illah meaning The God. Therefore, it doesn't befit the creation to have this name. He is the only One who deserves worship and subservience. No human being or object deserves submission and worship. Everything that we have in this world is from Allah – He created it, He owns it and He sustains everything.
The second sentence:
الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ
"Al-Hayyul-Qayyum" testifies that Allah is the Ever Living, Who never dies, Who sustains everyone and everything. All creation stands in need of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and totally relies on Him, while He is the Most Rich, Who stands in need of nothing created. Similarly, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ أَن تَقُومَ السَّمَآءُ وَالاٌّرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِ
"And among His signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command," (30:25).
The third sentence:
لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ
"Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him" means, no shortcoming, unawareness or ignorance ever touches Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Rather, He is aware of, and controls what every soul earns, has perfect watch over everything, nothing escapes His knowledge, and no secret matter is secret to Him. Among His perfect attributes, is the fact that He is never affected by slumber or sleep. Therefore, Allah's statement, "Neither slumber overtakes Him" indicates that no unawareness due to slumber ever overtakes Allah.
It is recorded in the Saheeh that Abu Musa radhiAllahu 'anhu said, "The Messenger of Allah delivered a speech regarding four words:
Allah does not sleep, and it does not befit His majesty that He sleeps. He lowers the scales and raises them. The deeds of the day are resurrected in front of Him before the deeds of the night, and the deeds of the night before the deeds of the day. His Veil is light, or fire, and if He removes it, the rays from His Face would burn whatever His sight reaches of His creation."
The fourth sentence:
لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَـوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الاٌّرْضِ
"To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth" indicates that everyone is a servant for Allah, a part of His kingdom and under His power and authority. In a similar ayah, He said,
إِن كُلُّ مَن فِى السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ آتِى الرَّحْمَـنِ عَبْداً – لَّقَدْ أَحْصَـهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدّاً – وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ فَرْداً
"There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Gracious (Allah) as a servant. Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting. And every one of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or defender)," (19:93-95).
The fifth sentence:
مَن ذَا الَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ
"Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission" is similar to another ayah in the Qur'an:
وَكَمْ مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمَـوَتِ لاَ تُغْنِى شَفَـعَتُهُمْ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَى
"And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He wills and is pleased with" (53:26), and,
وَلاَ يَشْفَعُونَ إِلاَّ لِمَنِ ارْتَضَى
"They cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased," (21:28).
These ayaat assert Allah's greatness, pride, and grace, and that no one dares to intercede with Him on behalf of anyone else, except by His permission. Indeed, the hadeeth about the intercession, states that the Prophet salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said,
آتِي تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَأَخِرُّ سَاجِدًا، فَيَدَعُنِي مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَدَعَنِي. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ: ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ، وَقُلْ تُسْمَعْ، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ قَالَ: فَيَحُدُّ لِي حَدًّا فَأُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّة
"I will stand under the Throne and fall in prostration, and Allah will allow me to remain in that position as much as He wills. I will thereafter be told, 'Raise your head, speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.'" The Prophet salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam then said, "He will allow me a proportion whom I will enter into Paradise."


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DENVER, N.C. — For the fourth consecutive year, Leonard Automatics, Inc. reports, it has won the Gold Safety Award presented by the North Carolina Department of Labor.
"At Leonard we have a culture in which safety is our top priority. Our business operates more efficiently with an effective safety program and I think it also shows our commitment to our employees' overall health and well-being," says Scott Abernathy, Leonard's general manager.
Safety matters, it writes.
The goal at the company, it relates, is to foster an injury-free workplace by making safety a part of its operational plan and including employees in that plan through committees, walk-throughs and meetings.
At Leonard, the company writes, the people are the most important part of the company's success. Therefore, the firm takes their safety very seriously, it points out.
The company relates that workplace injuries not only affect the employee, but also affect their families, and in turn, affect their attendance and performance.


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Here to ameliorate the plight of many college students who forget to bring their wallets around, the Isis Mobile Wallet is a tech bundle that allows you to pay at checkout simply by scanning your phone against a contactless terminal. Sounds cool, huh? We've never imagined the human race would reach such a pinnacle in technological achievement, especially when Google launched pretty much the same thing in 2011. Oh wait, that was more than two years ago.
Sources* confirmed Friday that the use of wallets has significantly declined since the stock market crash of 2008, and now even more with the advent of Isis. "I used to be able to assess whether or not I like a guy just by looking at the thickness of his butt pocket, but now I can't because most don't even carry wallets anymore," laments one Stanford resident**. According to her, "guys with bigger wallets tend to have bigger personalities."
Isis Mobile Wallet, along with Google Wallet, allegedly aims to create a hassle-free world one smartphone at a time. With more than 200,000 merchants that now accept the contactless payment option and even more shoppers who use it instead of their wallets, a measurable number of romantics are having trouble finding their significant others. "Birth rates are lower than ever before," claims one public health official. "I guess this resolves our concerns of overpopulation." Others have vented their sexual frustration, saying that it's tough and less emotionally transcending to bang someone whose wallet size is unknown.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has since been abolished after the introduction of Isis and the ensuing effects of a declining cash-oriented economy. Half of its staff was laid off due to departmental cutbacks, and the other half was fired for embezzlement attempts, which staff members thought would hedge the potential of also being offered the pink slip.
When asked what he foresees in the future for the mobile wallet, an Isis representative says the company hopes to make the world a safer place from loss and theft, because people would have one less item to worry about. Later that day, after repeated unsuccessful nights at a popular club, that representative quit his job and effectively ended his two-year dry spell.
*No actual sources used.
**Stanford sucks.
Contact Raymond Yang at [email protected].


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21st April 2020
It's no wonder West Park is popular with families, professionals and academics; the area has a delightful local shopping parade with some super eateries and cafes, a beauticians, hair salon, retail shops and some professional services, as well as The Village Hotel and Leisure Club (gym club, spa, etc) and the Stables pub and Convive restaurant at Weetwood Hall. If this doesn't provide you with some local leisure facilities you can stretch your legs with a ½ mile walk to Far Headingley where you can have an Italian or Greek meal out, a few beers in either Woodies, The Three Horseshoes or the New Inn, or take in a film at the Cottage Road cinema – without the need for the car or a taxi ride home (unless absolutely needed!).
Families chase properties in this area not just because many are generously proportioned, set upon spacious garden plots and set well apart from each other thanks to the Edwardian and post-war development, but primarily because of the proximity to schools; St Chad's and Weetwood Primary are both highly desirable local authority funded schools, and Richmond House is one of the most sought-after private schools in north Leeds. These schools along with Lawnswood Academy are within easy walking distance, eliminating the need for cars for the 'school run'. Mum's of primary school age children love meeting for a coffee on 'the Parade' after the morning 'drop-off' and for secondary school pupils, independent travel to and from school is not only character-building but allows parents a greater freedom of time.
If you work in town the public transport down the A660 Otley Road is unrivaled in Leeds; buses run every few minutes throughout the day and night. Although with the Lawnswood Business Park ½ mile to the north and with development along the Kirkstall Valley bringing new businesses within walking distance of West Park the area has much to look forward to.