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How Young People In Lebanon Cope Amid An Economic Collapse, A Pandemic & Civil Unrest
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By Noura Abou Ammo, Legends Report Writer
Names in this article have been altered to protect people's identities.
Lebanon, once known as the Switzerland of the Middle East, is currently facing one of the worst economic crises it's ever witnessed, and it has taken a toll on young Lebanese people such as myself and my friends.
The World Bank announced in March 2021 that if conditions kept worsening, Lebanon's economic hardships could rank as one of the three most severe the world has seen since the mid-19th century. What is most astounding is the rapid decline of the currency's value since the October revolution. We've attributed this decline to the smuggling of over $8 billion from Lebanon. To put it simply, former minister of Finance, Ghazi Wazni, confirmed public speculation when he announced that retrieving billions of smuggled money should be the government's priority.
Since the 17th of October, 2019, experts have observed a concerning shift in numbers relating to Lebanon's economy:
GDP per capita plummeted by around 40%
Basic goods' prices increased by 700%
The currency lost 90% of its value
55% of people are now below the poverty line
The inflation rate increased from 2.9% to 88.18%
Worries continued to pile up as banks illegally practiced strict withdrawal restrictions in 2020. Some banks have completely barred us from depositing, withdrawing, exchanging, transferring, or spending money online, rendering banks useless.
Lebanon kept sinking and fear of hunger rested heavily on our shoulders until the 4th of August 2020 when over 4 tonnes of highly explosive material, Ammonium Nitrate, stored at the Beirut port exploded. The Beirut blast, shrouded in mystery and frantic coverups, was an accumulation of years of negligence. The blast turned the world's attention to us. Grieving eyes from neighboring countries who have once envied Lebanon's wealth silently mourned.
Recent investigations show that many Lebanese officials knew of the ticking bomb that rested for 7 years at one of the Middle East's most robust and busiest ports. Despite their knowledge, the elite's greed and self-serving nature turned a blind eye until it couldn't be ignored any longer. Selfishness really does self-destruct.
One year after the devastating blast that resulted in an estimated $20 billion in property damage, 218 deaths, and over 3000 people injured and homeless, living conditions have somehow worsened.
Our tears had just started to dry when another tragedy struck. The recent Akkar explosion, which took place days after the anniversary of the Beirut blast, left subjugated people who have been starving for diesel dead or with first-degree burns. Hospitals struggled to treat the injured as medical supplies are growing dangerously scarce. The port was our most important gateway to other countries, acting as an oxygen tank for many Lebanese hospitals. Now that it's gone, many of us are left suffocating, tending to our burn wounds primitively.
Perhaps Beirut's Biggest Loss Is In Its Youth
Quarantining during a global pandemic, an economic collapse, massive power outages, goods being smuggled to Syria leaving stores and pharmacy shelves empty, hospitals threatening to close their doors, and medicine and gas growing scarce all took a toll on Lebanon's youth.
Amir, a dear friend of mine, who is a college graduate, was in Beirut during the blast. He summarises his experiences as heartbreaking. "Knowing that there's no future for me to look forward to, knowing that I'm stuck right where I am, wanting to do more, ready to work hard yet getting paid barely enough for my daily commute, my food, and, sometimes, coffee." Amir is an example of a young graduate in Lebanon who is scarcely making $80 a month. His parents poured their life savings into his education, and he's heartbroken that he can't pay them back.
Save the Children, a Lebanese organization that aims to help children in Lebanon, addressed the increasing concern of young people's mental health, especially after the blast. Despite recording an increased number of cases of depression and anxiety among the youth as well as higher rates of suicide and calls to suicide hotlines, conversations regarding the youth's mental state during a pandemic, a depressive economy, and after the Beirut blast, are left out of the news as the urgent need to form a new government takes center stage. Ms. Dybdal of Save the Children has said that older children may hold feelings of guilt related to their parents' sadness, anger, or confusion.
"I'm confused, tired, hopeless yet hopeful, sad, angry, very angry, scared, annoyed...Now group all these together and you'll have my morning routine," Amir said when asked about his mental wellbeing, "but I do cope. I was able to get back into more productive things like game development and learning chess... I'm bad at both, but I do enjoy them. Really anything that needs a lot of attention and allows me to zone out and escape this reality is great. If I had a VR headset, I'd probably be fired by now."
After the resignation of the designated prime minister, Saad Hariri, who has spent 9 fruitless months attempting to reach an agreement on a new government with the slumbering president, Michel Aoun, a new politician known as Najib Mikati has taken his place, leaving much of us disenfranchised. "Everything you've been working hard for is gone, evaporated. Logically, when everything's difficult to commit to, you don't feel like doing anything anymore." Tariq, a struggling graduate, said when reflecting on the past 9 months. Much like the currency's value, conditions in Lebanon are worsening by the minute. The need for a mental and physical escape is on the rise.
Lilian Ghandour, an associate professor of epidemiology at the American University of Beirut (AUB), has led an investigation with over 500 subjects on their drug use. The ongoing study showed a spike in substance abuse as a means to escape the hellish reality of Lebanon. "I've been self-medicating with it [Ketamine] for over a year because I'm so anxious. Disintegrating. Almost everyone I know is using [drugs] or drinking because we're losing money as we speak," says Nadim, "You think that the government that let Beirut explode will help me – or fight Covid?"
"Drugs have always been a means to escape whatever is stressing me." Amir added regarding his use of weed, which is illegal in Lebanon. The young man expressed that he used weed to relax, but now it has become a tool to escape his reality even though it has become much more expensive than before the crisis.
But not everyone resorts to drugs. "I try not to think about it [drugs]. I keep myself busy because if I were to sit down and think, I'll get more depressed than I already am." Tariq added. The promise for a visa has been keeping some of us abstinent. Recently, Tariq has been trying his best to secure a visa to any country that would take him, and much like Tariq, many of my friends and other young people wish to leave by any means. That's all they talk about. We no longer discuss future plans, dreams, or even what's on TV. We ask one another if they've been accepted for a visa, and if they will ever come back.
While some have been trying the legal route, the more desperate of the crowd are contacting people smugglers. The word desperate is the drive for most young people in Lebanon, whether they are affluent or have been financially struggling even before the crisis because although goods and services have tripled in price, shelves in stores and pharmacies remain half empty. Most young people, despite their cynicism, continue to volunteer to help the less fortunate when they themselves need help as well.
Our hope lies outside the borders. Foreign countries such as France, who have always had a friendly relationship with Lebanon, have condemned the ruling elite and have announced an immediate call for action. Donations, investments, and any outside help have all ceased to pressure the unabashed president at the price of the people. If the newly formed government fails in its mission to implement immediate change in the upcoming months, as Van Gogh's last words say, the suffering will last forever.
Despite my cynicism and my inability to motivate myself enough to conclude this article, I constantly advocate for mental health. No matter our backgrounds, all Lebanese people share the same hardships, and I urge anyone in Lebanon to seek help for their mental wellbeing or drug abuse. If you're interested in joining an online support group organized by us for young Lebanese people, please email us your contact information (Email, Phone number...) and someone will be in touch with you soon. Currently, Embrace Lebanon is one of the most sought-after suicide prevention clinics that you can contact. You can also donate to them.
Embrace Lebanon Hotline: 1564
Other mental health organizations in Lebanon: Nine Wellness Center
You can also join support groups online through Zoom to talk about any hardship no matter how small: Compeer Lebanon
You don't have to be alone. There is always help once you allow yourself to receive it.
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I enjoy traversing unexplored angles of different topics to provide a significant insight that hasn't been considered before. Writing has always been a quintessential element of self-expression, so I was lucky enough to be granted an opportunity to write for Legends Report where I get to unveil truths and share insights on controversial topics.
Joseph Coughlan 27th September 2021 at 1:01 AM - Reply
Excellent work managing to eloquently write up such a tragic topic that I did not realise the full extent of before reading. It's shocking with the number of challenges that stand in front of Lebanon right now. Hopefully a great, insightful article like this one will help in raising awareness towards this issue!
Kavish Bhopal 18th September 2021 at 1:41 PM - Reply
An effective insight into a world I've only ever had a glimpse of. This article induced many feelings, sorrow for the neglect of the Lebanese people, anger at the lack of hope from traditional authority, and feelings of guilt for my occasional ungratefulness for living in a first world country. The Beirut explosion being such a physical representation of the carelessness in Lebanon and having almost no long-term effect on the living conditions in Lebanon was truly shocking to read, and I have to admit my own limited knowledge, not even hearing about the Akkar explosion, bringing upon genuine feelings of my own ignorance.
Yet despite the challenges people face in Lebanon: Drugs, economical and political helplessness, and (in regards to young people especially) a stripped and uncertain future, I'm glad to read about the power the people have through volunteering and their willingness to help despite their own need for help. It is a real testimony of the human spirit, and the power ordinary people can achieve united. The selflessness attitude described despite experiencing such a horrendous, ongoing crisis is unbelievably motivating!


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I never have time to read all of it -- and honestly I probably don't have the attention span for all of it anyway. But I love skimming through the "Review" and "Off Duty" sections for a glimpse into the life I don't lead. Complicated recipes with ingredients I've never heard of, raincoats that cost thousands of dollars, high speed cars with no room for booster seats, and luxurious travels to faraway lands.
I also really love the writing in the Saturday WSJ -- seems there's always some article that makes me interrupt whatever my husband is doing to read a passage out loud to him. Sometimes it's a clever car review, a couple weeks ago it was a review of an Xbox360 game, occasionally it's about a trip maybe we could one day make together.
So I've decided I'll try to share a passage with you each week -- a snippet of a favorite something from that Saturday's paper. Think of it as a virtual clipping sent in the mail.
Books as physical objects matter to me, because they evoke the past. A Métro ticket falls out of a book I bought 40 years ago, and I am transported back to the Rue Saint-Jacques on Sept. 12, 1972, where I am waiting for someone named Annie LeCombe. A telephone message from a friend who died too young falls out of a book, and I find myself back in the Chateau Marmont on a balmy September day in 1995. A note I scribbled to myself in "Homage to Catalonia" in 1973 when I was in Granada reminds me to learn Spanish, which I have not yet done, and to go back to Granada.
The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain things are perfect the way they are. The sky, the Pacific Ocean, procreation and the Goldberg Variations all fit this bill, and so do books. Books are sublimely visceral, emotionally evocative objects that constitute a perfect delivery system.
Electronic books are ideal for people who value the information contained in them, or who have vision problems, or who have clutter issues, or who don't want other people to see that they are reading books about parallel universes where nine-eyed sea serpents and blind marsupials join forces with deaf Valkyries to rescue high-strung albino virgins from the clutches of hermaphrodite centaurs, but they are useless for people engaged in an intense, lifelong love affair with books. Books that we can touch; books that we can smell; books that we can depend on. Books that make us believe, for however short a time, that we shall all live happily ever after.
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Assignment 2.1. Post-firing, the school board found itself a miracle -- agreement on student assignment. Okay, not all of student assignment, but at least agreement that they needed to revert to the previous base school assignments instead of the new proposed ones. It actually didn't change anything much for my house, but it made a big difference for most of my neighborhood.
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Samrath Singh, first turbaned Sikh to play NCAA baseball, is more than the challenges he has overcome
'I'm confident in who I am and I love myself, and the people around me, my own beliefs, and my religion, have helped me accept myself and be proud of who I am,' said New Jersey native and Boston College senior Samrath Singh.
Boston College senior Samrath Singh pitches during a game against Charleston Southern University. Photo courtesy of Boston College Athletics
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(RNS) — Despite belonging to the world's fifth largest religion and despite being in the United States for more than a century, Sikhs are often left out of the national conversation in America. And when our stories are told, they are typically told through the lens of violence and victimhood: Look at these people who are attacked for how they look.
While it's important to discuss the discrimination Sikhs face, it can be dehumanizing when that's the only story ever heard. We are more than what happens to us; Sikhs do things too.
Take, for example, New Jersey native and Boston College senior Samrath Singh. The first turbaned Sikh to play NCAA college baseball, Singh has faced his share of discrimination, but he doesn't want his story to be about that. He told me he focuses less on those negative moments and more on the values that help him navigate and transcend discrimination.
He also said a write-up that truly represented him would try to do the same.
I want to honor that outlook and share some of what he expressed to me on how his Sikh faith has guided him to success on the pitcher's mound and in life off the baseball diamond.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Tell me what it was like growing up as a Sikh in Princeton. Were there Sikhs in the schools you attended? Would you see other Sikhs playing baseball?
Boston College senior Samrath Singh pitches during a game in April 2021. Photo courtesy of Boston College Athletics
I attended the gurdwara in Lawrenceville called the Sikh Sabha of New Jersey. I loved being a part of the community there and some of my closest friends even now are from there. There weren't a ton of Sikhs in my school, just a few. I was the only Sikh in my Little League who had a joora (topknot) and patka (small turban) and kesh (uncut hair).
I know this is a common challenge for a lot of Sikhs playing Little League, and one my brothers and I faced as well. How did you deal with the norms about wearing hats and helmets?
I definitely had to find little ways around baseball norms to be able to play. I was never going to wear a hat, and I didn't feel comfortable wearing a viser over my joora either. So to put a helmet on, we had to think outside the box a bit. Any time I got a helmet, my dad and me would take out all the extra stuffing from the inside. Then I would tie my joora really loose, tie a patka on top — and then jam my head in there. It wasn't ideal, but it got the job done and I was able to play.
Has that changed for you over the years? What do you do now in terms of baseball hats and helmets?
Well, I'm a pitcher now, so I don't bat anymore and don't have to wear a helmet. On the field, I just wear my turban and it's not a big deal to anyone. Growing up, my parents and coaches would talk to the umpires in Little League about a religious exemption, and they always agreed. So that was easy.
Going into college, some umpires talked to my coach and noted I wasn't conforming to the uniform policy. My coach responded and said you're going to have to allow him to play as he wants, because if you don't, you'll be opening up a whole can of worms for yourselves. So my coach was able to resolve that really easily, and I could play and pitch while wearing my keski (wrapped turban). That was huge for me because my coach has been willing to fight for me and what I wanted, and he's made my experience at the Division I level a lot better.
I imagine you've had your share of trials and tribulations traveling around the country to play baseball. What guides you in those moments when things get difficult?
I've had many where people have said all kinds of things to me and about me. But one thing I want to make clear is I don't want to be seen as a victim. These are experiences that help shape who I am, but I don't want people to pity me.
Boston College senior Samrath Singh, center, talks with teammates in the dugout during a game in April 2021. Photo courtesy of Boston College Athletics
I've learned how to deal with these things through growing up as a Sikh in a place where there aren't that many Sikhs, and through practicing a religion where we stand out wherever we go. To me, the whole reason we look different is so we stick out and can be a pillar of support for people in need. I've also learned there's no need for me to be angry. If I respond in an angry or aggressive way, it's not going to help anyone. If I can be at peace with who I am and my work is not dependent on these people's words, then it's like water off my back.
Are there any particular teachings from Sikhi that you lean on that you think might be helpful to other people who encounter difficult moments?
There are so many people who are bullied and discriminated against. That's something I've had to face too. But it doesn't do them much good to just focus on the negative. It's more important for them to see and hear that these are trials and tribulations — that you'll be stronger once you've gone through them. I believe there's a reason for everything, that's what Sikhi teaches us, and rather than feeling sorry for yourself, you have to remember that life is in your hands and you can take it where you want to. I'm confident in who I am and I love myself, and the people around me, my own beliefs, and my religion, have helped me accept myself and be proud of who I am.
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By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on December 1, 2014.
ANNETTE LONGPRE
MAY 18, 1919 ~ NOVEMBER 20, 2014
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our sister, aunt and friend. She passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, AB at the age of 95 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610-4th Street South, Lethbridge. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer¹s Society Lethbridge Chapter, #402, 740-4th Ave South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0N9.
Send condolences at http://www.mbfunerals.com
BARRY LINKLATER
Passed away peacefully on the morning of November 24th at the age of 74, with his family at his side. Barry will be missed dearly by his wife Wilma of 51 years and his children Dana, Scott, and Craig. Barry was born in Selkirk, Manitoba on August 1, 1940 to his parents Orton and Audrey Linklater, and was raised on the family farm along with his brothers Dennis and Lyle. After marrying the love of his life Wilma, they moved to California where he completed his Psychiatric Nursing Degree. Barry then moved his family back to Selkirk to become a Journeyman Electrician. Soon after, an opportunity arose to move his family to the beautiful place of Waterton Park, Alberta. Barry being a man of many talents with the assistance of his family built his amazing home on his acreage in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Barry and Wilma also built their second home in Arizona where they spent many winters enjoying their retirement. His love of the great outdoors was endless and whether he was bow hunting, fishing, hiking or horseback riding he made many amazing friends along the way. Barry was well known for dancing the Linklater shuffle at all the social gatherings and always wore a very contagious smile. All those who were fortunate enough to be touched by Barry¹s endless energy and humor will never forget this incredible husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend. No services will be held but a Celebration of Life will be held in the spring of 2015. Memorial Donations may be made in Barry¹s memory to the Good Samaritans Vista Village – Pincher Creek, P.O. Box 1510, Pincher Creek, Alberta, T0K 1W0
THOMAS CARUSO passed away at St. Michael¹s Health Centre, surrounded by his loving family, on Thursday November 27th, 2014 at the age of 59 years. Tom is survived by his loving wife and best friend Edna-Marie (Eddie), his children Lisa (Jon) Ruigrok, Andrea, Michael (Denise), Rochelle and Kaitlin Caruso, his two grandsons Cooper Ruigrok and Vincent Caruso, his siblings Phyllis (Bill) Pastoor, Dee (Rick) Hebert, Rick (Carlina) Caruso, Irene (John) Doucette, Danny Caruso, David (Joanne) Caruso, and Connie (Jeff) Shewchuk, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Tom was pre-deceased by his parents Joe and Mary Caruso. Tom was born at his parent¹s home in Iron Springs. He was the fourth son in a large Italian family that grew to include nine children. While the family did not have a lot of money, Tom would always say they had a lot of love and a lot of food. Joe and Mary taught Tom the importance of a strong work ethic; from doing the ³blue² jobs at home, to hoeing beets, to working construction projects with his dad, Tom never stopped. Tom was first and always a family man. His love, passion and dedication to his parents, siblings and his wife and children was something that never wavered. He took so much pride in watching his children grow from beautiful babies into dynamic young adults and he never missed a birthday, graduation, or wedding along the way. His favourite thing in the world was to have all of his kids home and have his siblings come over. With some Italian music playing in the back ground, the family would enjoy an endless supply of delicious pasta and red wine while laughing, conversing and solving the issues of the world. In 1987, Tom and his dad Joe bought Noble Concrete in Picture Butte. Tom¹s entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and passion for his company saw him take Noble Concrete from a small five-truck business to a large operation, doing projects across Alberta and Saskatchewan. In his younger years, Tom was very involved in the community. He proudly served two terms with the University of Lethbridge¹s Board of Governors and he was also involved with the Picture Butte Lions Club, Picture Butte Chamber of Commerce, Lethbridge Construction Association and the Alberta Ready Mixed Concrete Association. As his children¹s schedules became busier, he took on new roles playing coach, chauffeur and resident cheerleader to the various activities his kids took part in.
Tom had an adventurous spirit. He could fly down a ski hill faster than anyone in his family. He loved to play golf, hockey and proudly wore his Noble Concrete jersey with the Picture Butte Old Timers Hockey Team. At 58, he was still ripping up the waves wake-surfing behind the boat. Tom also loved to travel. With Eddie and the kids, they went on many wonderful family trips from Italy to Mexico. They took numerous trips to Australia to visit Eddie¹s family and also enjoyed camping trips to Waterton and Lake Five, Montana with the extended family and close friends. More recently, they spent quality time boating in the summer and skiing in the winter at Flathead Lake, Montana. In Tom¹s last weeks, he told his wife and kids, ³My life has been just perfect. I wouldn¹t change a thing.² While no amount of time with Tom would have ever been enough, he made a huge impact on his family, friends, and community, and will forever be remembered in the hearts of all the lives he touched. In lieu of flowers, Tom has requested that everyone should make a contribution to their own children or grandchildren¹s education fund. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2405 12th Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. A private family interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Edward Charles Crowe of Lethbridge passed away peacefully on November 22, 2014, at the age of 79 years. Edward is survived by his loving wife Georgeana, his two brothers Harvey and George, his four children Kyle, Trina, Sherry and Linda, his stepchildren, grandchildren and great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Ed Crowe was born in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and received his education there. A self-taught artist, Ed has enjoyed this pastime since his retirement in 1994. His farm upbringing and 52 years as a Lethbridge resident are reflected in his work, which reflect landscapes and landmarks. His work has been featured at the Galt Gift Shop, the Blackfoot Art Gallery and the Penny Coffee House. His presence will be missed by many. Cremation has taken place. There will be no formal service at Ed¹s request.
EDGARDO SAAVEDRA
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Edgardo Saavedra on November 16th, 2014, at the age of 82 years after a long battle with Pakinsons Disease. He is predeceased by his daughter, Alicia Rebeca; his parents and the love of his life, his wife Marina. Edgardo is survived by his daughters, Carolina (John) and Maria (Rick), his grandchildren Alex, Nadia (Eric) and Alicia (Michael) his great-grandson, Anthony and his other family members in Chile. The Funeral Mass will be on December 5th at 11:00 am in St. Basil's Parish. There will be a celebration of life on December 6th at his home from 3:00 to 7:00 pm
ELIZABETH N. (CARD) ROOD
Following a rich life, Elizabeth Rood of Lethbridge and Fort Macleod, Alberta, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2014 at the age of 88 years. As her mental clarity faded, Elizabeth was well cared-for at the Extendicare and Legacy Lodge cottages and her family extend most sincere thanks for the care and comfort that was provided by the generous staff. Elizabeth was born and raised in Holbrook, Massachusetts, a small town near Boston, and then earned her first degree at Radcliffe, the women¹s college of Harvard University. She moved to San Francisco to work in architecture and there she met and married Joseph Rood, and family followed. With a move to upstate New York, she extended her studies to earn a Master of Arts – Education at the University of Rochester. The family moved to Lethbridge in 1967 for the commencement of the University of Lethbridge where Elizabeth periodically participated as a student and occasionally an instructor. She worked for two decades as a teacher in Fort Macleod and was the reading specialist for the Willow Creek School Division, working with many children, including youth from the nearby Piikani and Kanai First Nations. A joy and convenience was the home that she designed and was built adjacent to the W.A. Day school, where she taught. Elizabeth is predeceased by her husband, and son Andrew, and survived by her children John and Stewart (Dianne) Rood and Catharine (Felix) Wyss, daughter-in-law Terry Rood, and grandchildren, Neil, Keith, Andrew, Amanda, Joe and Danika. Following her wishes, a private family gathering will follow. To commemorate her lifelong commitment to learning and literacy, a scholarship is being established at the University of Lethbridge, the ŒElizabeth Rood Memorial Award In Community Literacy¹ – donations towards that scholarship are welcomed – http://www.uleth.ca/giving/make-gift (A735,University Hall 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta,T1K 3M4). Send condolences at http://www.mbfunerals.com
Fulton, Evelyn ³Darlene² of Vulcan, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Vulcan Community Health Centre, on Sunday, November 23 , 2014 at the age of 74 years. Besides her loving husband Owen, Darlene is survived by her two children – Jason (Christine) Fulton, grandsons Kaiden and Tyler and granddaughter Emery and Deana (Scott) Campbell and grandson Colton, a sister Echo Paton, brother-in-law Vic (Gladys) Fulton, sister-in-law Helen Fulton and numerous nieces and nephews. Darlene was predeceased by her parents Budd and Mildred Crick, a brother Dusty and brother-in-law Wesley Fulton. Memorial Service will be held Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 1:30 pm at Vulcan United Church, Sue MacDonald, D.M. officiating. Tributes in Darlene¹s memory can be made to the Vulcan Hospital Palliative Care Unit, Box 299, Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0. Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 1-403-485-2633. E-mail condolences through http://www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca
JOHN JAMES HARVIE
Mr. John James Harvie, beloved companion of Sandy Heldt, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the age of 82 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm, on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the COUTTS COMMUNITY CENTRE, with Pastor Keith Dangerfield officiating. Send condolences at http://www.mbfunerals.com
LAVADA ANDERSON
Mrs. Lavada Anderson of Lethbridge, beloved mother to Aldena Baranyi, passed away on November 22, 2014 at the age of 71 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm, on Monday, December 1, 2014 at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610  4 Street South, Lethbridge, with Pastor Mark Noonan, officiating. Send condolences at http://www.mbfunerals.com
YELLOW WINGS JR.
ISAAC YELLOW WINGS JR., beloved husband of Virginia Yellow Wings, passed away in Lethbridge at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday, November 22nd at the age of 57 years. Isaac is survived by his children Travis (Shannon) Black Water, Crystal Jean (Mike) Yellow Wings, Clayton Yellow Wings, and Ty Yellow Wings. He is also survived by seven grandchildren; Sarah, Dallas, Austin, Simon, Darion, Dayton, Sherice. A Funeral Service will be held at BROCKET COMMUNITY HALL – on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. with Wayne Boersma Officiating. Burial to follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brocket, Alberta


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Canada has an "appalling record" on Indigenous health and should take concrete action to address the issue, according to The Lancet. The British medical journal questioned Canada's potential to be a global leader on health if it "can't be a leader at home on Indigenous health and equity."
Chronic heavy drinking is the biggest preventable risk factor for early-onset dementia, according to a Canadian studied published in The Lancet. The observation study of 57 000 cases of dementia before age 65 found that 57% were related to chronic heavy drinking.
More than twice as many Canadians age 15 and over use marijuana than 30 years ago, according to Statistics Canada. The reported rate of cannabis consumption increased from 5.6% in 1985 to 12.3% in 2015.
Brain Canada and the federal government announced a $10-million grant to create the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform. Fifteen universities are involved in the platform, created to help neuroscience researchers share data that could lead to treatments for neurological diseases.
Patients in northern British Columbia are facing safety risks because of a lack of nurses, according to the province's auditor general. Up to 15% of registered nurse positions, and 25% of nurse practitioner positions, are vacant in the remote region.
Nova Scotia is starting an immigration stream for foreign-trained doctors qualified to work in Canada. The program is intended to cut red tape and paperwork to help attract more physicians to the province.
More than 540 000 residents of Quebec have found family doctors through the province's online registry, launched in April 2016, but almost 74 000 have been declined by a physician. The most common reasons doctors decline taking on a file is because a patient is "unreachable" or the patient's condition is "incompatible" with their medical practices.
The British Columbia government will eliminate medical service plan premiums in 2020, according to the province's budget. The elimination of the unpopular premiums can save up to $900 a year for individuals and $1800 for families.
Insurance company Sun Life Financial plans to offer coverage for medical marijuana under its group benefits plans. Starting March 1, organizations that offer extended health care plans through Sun Life can choose to add coverage for medical cannabis for up to $6000 per person per year.
Alberta Health Services is being taken to court by two airline companies over air ambulance contracts. The companies claim the process for selecting air ambulance operators is "dramatically void of the appearance of fairness" and is "a sham."
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package com.logzc.webzic.orm.kpi;

import com.logzc.webzic.orm.dao.Dao;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.dao.DaoManager;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.dialect.phoenix.function.ToDateFunction;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.jdbc.JdbcConnectionSource;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.kpi.model.KpiHistoryByFeeder;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.stmt.query.CriteriaBuilder;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.stmt.query.Predicate;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.stmt.query.Specification;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.support.ConnectionSource;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.table.TableInfo;
import com.logzc.webzic.orm.util.OrmUtils;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by lishuang on 2016/8/31.
 */
public class DescriptionTest {

    @Test
    public void testOrm() throws Exception {

        //Load Driver and get the ConnectionSource.
        Class.forName("org.apache.phoenix.jdbc.PhoenixDriver");
        String uri = "jdbc:phoenix:9.181.86.37:2181:/hbase";
        ConnectionSource connectionSource = new JdbcConnectionSource(uri, "root", "passw0rd");
        //Get the dao.
        Dao<KpiHistoryByFeeder, ?> dao = DaoManager.createDao(connectionSource, KpiHistoryByFeeder.class);
        //Query the result.
        List<KpiHistoryByFeeder> list = dao.query(new Specification<KpiHistoryByFeeder>() {
            @Override
            public Predicate getPredicate(TableInfo<KpiHistoryByFeeder, ?> tableInfo, CriteriaBuilder cb) throws SQLException {
                //Config the Predicate.
                final Date date1 = OrmUtils.toDate("08/10/2016", "MM/dd/yyyy");
                final Date date2 = OrmUtils.toDate("09/22/2016", "MM/dd/yyyy");
                Predicate fromPredicate = cb.gt(tableInfo.getColumnType("date"), new ToDateFunction(date1));
                Predicate toPredicate = cb.lt(tableInfo.getColumnType("date"), new ToDateFunction(date2));
                Predicate predicate = cb.and(fromPredicate, toPredicate);
                predicate = cb.and(predicate, cb.eq(tableInfo.getColumnType("substation_region"), "Substation_COMLK"));
                return predicate;
            }
        });
        //print the result.
        System.out.println(list.size());
        //close connection.
        connectionSource.close();
    }

}

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They go by a lot of names: side-gig, side-hustle and side-job, but it's all basically the same thing. You go to your day job, then come home and start on your sideline career. I'm sure a lot of people are thinking, "Sure, I'll just squeeze that in between soccer practice, taking care of the house and yard work..." Okay, not everyone will be able to shoehorn it in, but there are good reasons to develop a side job; many of which stem from the fact that a full-time job doesn't mean what it did in your parents' and grandparents' days.
As incredible as it sounds, there are still employers out there complaining about a lack of qualified applicants. Every whine like that from big business should have a disclaimer tacked on the end that says "...for what we're willing to pay." Raise the base pay and offer great benefits, you'll get lots of quality applicants, yet that never seems to occur to the titans of industry; the same companies that gleefully shipped manufacturing jobs overseas during the Bush years.
Employers have worked hard to tilt the power relationship away from employees and toward employers. Those tactics include undermining union membership, unemployment benefits and weakening laws against age discrimination and wrongful termination. For the most part, big business succeeded beyond its wildest expectations. Companies today owe you nothing. You can work somewhere for decades and be let go with little in compensation and no recourse. The power dynamic is so one-sided today that you simply can't trust your employer to do the right thing. The only person you can trust is you.
That institutional lack of commitment to employees is the basis of your need to run a side gig. Having your own business means having a fall-back for income in case you lose your day job. Side jobs can also be something you enjoy doing. Just about anything you're good at can be turned into a side job. One woman I know runs dive and snorkel trips in the Keys on the weekends. She found a way to get paid for doing what she loves, not to mention a way to live life like a beer commercial.
A side business is also the proving ground for new entrepreneurs. Being new at business you'll make the mistakes that are common among new entrepreneurs. One of the most common is mixing business income and expenses in your personal bank account. Come tax time it's almost impossible to sort out which expenses belong where. Open a separate bank account for your business. Do that and you don't have to be all that good at numbers come tax time. A good accountant can sort it all for you. Even better is to organize your side business as a corporation, or LLC. That costs money, and there are tax and reporting requirements, but it provides maximum protection of your personal assets.
Investing in yourself to learn the skills to run a business is one of the keys to wealth and getting rich. The majority of the wealthy claim they're more willing to take a risk and strike out on their own. Striking out without a basic understanding of business and business processes is monetary suicide. But if you're smart, learn about business, and don't mix personal and business assets, you can build your own safety net, reduce morale-sapping dependence on your employer, and chart your own path to a richer tomorrow.


In 2006, Aaron, the founder, realized he had an opportunity to transform his long time hobby of homebrewing into a viable business while taking an Entrepreneurship class at California State University of Fullerton. He set about honing his business plan and pitched it to a class panel. Before he knew it, he had leased a small 1800 square foot building, purchased a 7-barrel brewhouse, and was well on his way in building Fullerton's first production brewery. In April 2008, after over a year of construction, Bootlegger's Brewery opened and sold it's first keg to a well known neighborhood bar in Downtown Fullerton.
Aaron Barkenhagen's brewing roots can be traced back to 1998 when he brewed his first batch of homebrew in his brother's garage at the tender age of 19. That first batch, an English brown ale clone, opened his eyes to the diversity of beer, and the satisfaction of having created something different from the mass-market beer.
Before opening Bootlegger's, Aaron was a programmer and an Insurance Product Manager. However his passion was always drawn back to Homebrewing. After making the decision to go back to school and attend the Entrepreneurship program at California State University of Fullerton, his business management experience, and passion for brewing collided in a business plan for a local craft brewery in Fullerton.


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After the accidental death of his twin brother Rudy (Conor Donovan) on a scorching Independence Day, Twelve and Holding's protagonist Jacob Carges (also Donovan) finds himself navigating, along with his friends Leonard (Jesse Camacho) and Malee (Zoë Weizenbaum), an unbelievably harsh adolescent fallout. While Jacob—who sports a giant, warpaint-red facial birthmark—deals with the Alan Ball-ready malaise of his father and mother (Linus Roache and Jayne Atkinson), the overweight Leonard begins an apple-and-exercise regiment at the urging of his kindly gym coach (Bruce Altman) and much to the chagrin of his similarly obese family, who might as well be Oompa-Loompas for the cruel way in which they're treated as sight gags. Malee, meanwhile, finds herself attracted to Gus (Jeremy Renner), the much older construction worker patient of her psychologist mother Carla (Annabella Sciorra—so you know the kid's got "neurotic" coursing through her veins) and begins an increasingly ridiculous romantic pursuit that involves the Blue Oyster Cult ballad "Burnin' For You," a gun that—per the Screenwriter's 101 template—has to go off by the third act, and a seduction scene that plays, unintentionally and quite uncomfortably, like an audition tape for the role of pre-teen prostitute Iris in Taxi Driver. Twelve and Holding comes off as something of a neo-con paranoid fantasy, its wayward trio of suburban youth standing in for the ills of an America that could only exist in the most myopic of dirty minds. I know artistic professions attract their fair share of recluses, but, based on Anthony S. Cipriano's contrivance-heavy screenplay and Michael Cuesta's Six Feet Under-tutelaged direction, you'd think they just got off the boat from Eden and found themselves in the cities of the plain. The idea of America as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah isn't entirely without merit, but Cipriano and Cuesta reflect their vision of Western excess and uncertainty in a mirror crack'd.


There are four official languages in Switzerland, so you can say hello in German, French, Italian and Romansh (also called or Raetoromanisch). It is considered polite when you look into someone's eyes and wish them with a smile.
In German: Say "Grüezi" to greet one person, or "Grüezi Mitenand" to greet two or more people.
"Buna saira" for good afternoon or good evening. Pronounced as "boon-a serra".
Maria de Conceicao moved to Switzerland to work for a Radio Station in Zurich as a copywriter. In India, she worked as an English Editor. Maria now calls Switzerland home. Between mothering and life, she works as a freelance Copy Editor. She is currently pursuing her two passions, cooking and photography.
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I hereby swear allegiance to the Open Web.
> Linux-based operating systems with Webkit browsers.
Why not? This is open source after all. Both can feed off each other.
Will Chrome be renamed to Internet Chrome Explorer and get features like poor CSS and HTML support too?
If one OS has to die I hope it's Android: it's not really Linux, it's not really Java. At least Chrome is really a web browser.
The architecture is very similar to Cloudo, our own project. We are still in beta phase and we do have lots to do left but at least you can try it out.
Have in mind that we are just a small company with few employees and we're financing this project privately ourselves by undertaking profitable projects.
@hbi: After i saw your post I was thinking.. here we go yet another web os. Not true, I am in awe of what you and your team have achieved, I can't get over just how much work has been done to make it an almost full-featured OS and being funded off of your own back to boot.
You and your team must be commended on such a fine effort.
One thing I quickly noticed was commits to source code in existing applications. What happens with these? Is it stored only on the users instance or is it pushed back to a source control branch etc? ..you can see where I'm going with this right. Imagine the collboration when you have people branching and fixing bugs for you!
Chrome OS looks awesome. Cloudo looks awesome too.
I don't see how the architecture is similar though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears Cloudo is a web app that looks like an OS and allows file storage/sharing. And Chrome is a local desktop environment that runs over a linux kernel.
Isn't this exactly what gOS Cloud is doing?
We're already beginning to see the precursors. Flex, Silverlight, Google Chrome OS: these are being created in response to demand from consumers who want a richer, faster Internet experience and who want the Internet to play a more central role in their daily lives.
First of all, thanks for the kind words. Even though I'm a daily reader of Ajaxian, I have deliberately postponed submitting anything about Cloudo at Ajaxian. The reason for this is that I don't feel we're anyway near a final release. Additionally, we want to avoid the cliché "promise mighty, deliver poorly". Instead our aim is to deliver our vision of how it should be and at the end we will be judged regardless but at least we have not promised limitless blue skies.
The goal is to submit/surrender applications running in Cloudo to suitable developers/groups. They will decide and plan the development branch themselves. Obviously, the open source community works for everyone's benefits so why not absorb this process? Furthermore, IMHO, if some day Cloudo (or any other platform) becomes popular, the control as well as contribution to it should be decentralized. Of course we'll organize some important applications in Cloudo, such as Finder and the core of Cloudo. Our intention is to offer Cloudo for free and we want to deliver a solution so that the developers/groups share revenues from potential banners (or whatever commercial ads they add) so that their work in fact is rewarded. I think you see where I am going with this but have in mind that this is our goal. It might take some time before we're there.
Once again, thank you for taking a positive pose towards Cloudo. But we have received criticism for not developing Cloudo faster but the reason is as stated above. We're working with other projects as well. If you like Cloudo and what we're doing with it, I hope you'll have patience with us.
That's all we'll see for the next 5-6 years. Google's notoriously bad customer support will undoubtedly be ramped up by a person or two to handle stone walling the increased number of users looking for help.
Sigh… it's an exciting announcement, but I call bullshyt until it's out of beta with strong customer support.


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New Report: Trial Lawyers Spend Millions on TV Ads in West Virginia
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New Report: Trial Lawyers Spend Millions on TV Ads in West Virginia S.B. 66 to address deceptive lawsuit advertising practices FEB. 25, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort […]
S.B. 66 to address deceptive lawsuit advertising practices
FEB. 25, 2019 (WASHINGTON) – Today, the American Tort Reform Association released a study showing spending in the millions on TV ads by trial lawyers in two top West Virginia media markets.
"Don't settle for quick cash! Call now to get what you're entitled to!" If it feels as though these ads flash across the screen nearly every commercial break, it's because they do. In the first, second and third quarters of 2018 (January 1 – September 30), nearly 90,000 ads for legal services aired on local broadcast networks in two of the largest media markets in West Virginia – totaling $3.9 million in spending to purchase these ads.
"We know these ads may be irritating or even comical at times, but they absolutely can have negative effects on consumers," American Tort Reform Association President Tiger Joyce said. "Oftentimes, a TV ad with a lawyer speaking might claim a certain prescription or medical device may cause harm, and without consulting a doctor, viewers who are prescribed these medications may cease use due to the fear created by unfounded advertisements."
A Public Opinion Strategies survey found that three-quarters of Americans saw ads by law firms about pharmaceutical lawsuits in 2016. The survey goes on to say that one-in-four people who saw one of these ads concerning a medicine they take, say they would immediately stop taking the medicine without consulting their doctor.
The FDA found that 61 patients stopped using their prescribed blood-thinner medications, Xarelto or Pradaxa, after viewing these commercials in 2016. Six of the patients died – three from stroke, one from cardiac arrest, one from a pulmonary embolism, and one from an unreported cause.
Dr. Ilana Kutinsky, doctor for one of the deceased, directly associated these ads with patients' deaths and was quoted in Forbes saying: "Patients are dying because they are afraid to take the medications prescribed for them due to the fear brought on by these negative and one-sided campaigns."
West Virginia's largest media market, Charleston, saw $3.6 million spent in its local television market to air more than 82,000 trial lawyer ads between January and September of 2018. Viewers saw an average of one legal services ad every five minutes, and 16 percent of the ads related to alleged injuries caused by asbestos, pharmaceutical drugs or medical devices.
In the Mountain State's third largest media market, spending in Clarksburg was significantly less with a total of $300,000 spent to air more than 7,300 trial lawyer advertisements between January and September of last year. Approximately the same amount of ads were related to alleged injuries caused by asbestos, pharmaceutical drugs or medical devices, at 14 percent. There was an uptick in both spending and in the number of ads that aired in the third quarter of last year, leading up to elections.
S.B. 66, sponsored by Sen. Chandler Swope (R – Bluefield), seeks to prohibit such deceptive lawsuit advertising practices. The legislation requires certain disclosures and warnings to protect West Virginians from misleading legal services advertisements.
"This bill aims to protect citizens from deceptive marketing tactics that unfortunately have unintended consequences," Joyce said. "Passing this bill will help empower West Virginians to make important health decisions with their primary care physicians – not at the suggestion of a television lawyer."
To view the full report on trial lawyer advertising in West Virginia, visit ATRA.org.
About the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA): Founded in 1986, ATRA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with affiliated coalitions in more than 40 states. It is the nation's only organization dedicated exclusively to reforming the civil justice system through education and legislative enactment, and acts as a nationwide network of state-based liability reform coalitions backed by 135,000 grassroots supporters. ATRA works to bring greater fairness, predictability and efficiency to America's civil justice system. Those efforts have resulted in the enactment of state and federal laws that make the system fairer for everyone.


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HomeWaste ManagementIs the waste-to-energy plant in Deonar a good idea?
Is the waste-to-energy plant in Deonar a good idea?
February 28, 2022 Sabah Virani
Fueling Waste Management
Garbage has been dumped in the Deonar grounds since 1899. Photo: Gopal MS, Mumbai Paused
The Deonar dumping ground has mountains of garbage, some reaching 18 floors high, having accumulated 18.35 million tonnes and counting. Years have passed since the government agreed to close the facility, Mumbai's oldest. Its most recent deadline, 2023, is fast approaching. But it seems this time the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might just make the deadline, by switching to a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.
Construction for the Rs 504 crore plant will begin in a month and a half, seven years after it was first announced. Just one clearance, from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), remains.
Spread over 12 of the 120-hectare dumping ground in Govandi, the plant will have a capacity to process 600 tonnes per day – roughly the amount reaching Deonar today. Its combustible components will be burned to generate 4 megawatts (MW) of electricity, miniscule compared to the city's daily energy consumption of 3,500 MW.
The BMC has to find a better way to deal with Mumbai's solid waste, given the poor levels of waste segregation in the city. But is a waste-to-energy plant a wise alternative?
The residents of the slums measure success by how far away they've moved away from the dumping ground. Photo: Google Earth
No smoke without a fire
"Yaha ke log slums me rehte hai aur zyada pade likhe nahi hai. (Most people here live in slums and are uneducated)," says Shaikh Faiyaz Alam, a resident of Shivaji Nagar and president of the NGO New Sangam Welfare Society. "Bohot kam logo ko plant ka pata hai. (Very few know about the plant.)"
Nestled along the edge of the dumping ground, Shivaji Nagar and Bainganwadi are two of the largest slum clusters of the ward. They house over 2 lakh people, breathing in the methane, hydrogen sulphide, benzene and carbon monoxide emitted during decomposition.
"Yahan ke locals ko kafi bimari ka saamna karta padta hai, jaise tuberculosis, asthma, blood pressure aur sare. (The locals suffer from a lot of diseases, like tuberculosis, asthma, blood pressure problems, and more)," says Faiyaz. A recent study found a greater prevalence of respiratory illness, eye irritation, and stomach problems among those within a kilometre of the grounds, compared to those of similar socio-economic conditions.
It is these residents the waste-to-energy plant will affect the most. But conspicuously, they have been absent in the planning process.
The mandatory public hearing meant to address the concerns of local residents was held on April 27th, 2021. But because of the pandemic, it was held on Zoom with an audience of 100 people. Only one of them was a resident of the area. The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report was also not shared publicly, violating the 2006 EIA notification.
"Plant ka location khachre ki dher me hai, jaha log ki nazar nahi padti hai. Jab instal hoga aur emissions nikalne lagenge, tab logo ko pata chalenga. (The location of the plant is in the middle of heaps of garbage, out of sight. People will find out about it when it is up and running and starts affecting them)," says Faiyaz.
Residents of the slum clusters in the close vicinity of the Deonar dumping ground will be affected most by the upcoming waste-to-energy plant, yet many don't even know about the plans. Photo: Apnalaya NGO
The same view was echoed by those at Apnalaya, an NGO working with the urban poor in the ward since 1976. There was no news of the plant in the community, says Raghunandan Hegde, Director of Impact at the NGO.
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Making watts out of waste
Among the ways of dealing with waste, waste-to-energy plants rank low, second only to landfilling. "Incineration is an option to be considered only after implementing suitable material recycling and recovery systems, or where other better options for processing are not feasible and land availability is a problem," states the Ministry of Urban Development's Solid Waste Management (SWM) Manual.
This is because, alongside power, waste-to-energy plants also produce pollutants such as toxins, dioxins, furans, acidic gases, fly ash, etc. These are extremely harmful to the environment and humans. Dioxins and furans, in particular, are cancerous and can cause reproductive and neurological problems even at low levels.
Armed with these concerns and questions, Prasad Khale, Senior Conservation Officer at the environmental NGO, Conservation Action Trust (CAT), wrote to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). He has received no reply yet.
For its part, the delayed EIA details the mitigation measures to minimise and compensate for the negative impact. A gas treatment system, dry lime, activated charcoal, and a 50m high chimney for SO2 and NOx emissions will curb air pollution. Temperatures will be controlled so as to prevent the formation of dioxins and furans. Effluents, also called leachate, will be re-circulated, evaporated, or treated. Greenery will be planted in the vicinity for aesthetics.
The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) further directed the fly ash – the residue after burning – be used in brick manufacturing and road construction. The air, groundwater, and soil quality, and odour levels will also be monitored regularly. Meanwhile, Rs 12.40 crore has already been allotted for the environment management plan.
"Such systems are expensive and do not eliminate or adequately control the toxic emissions from highly chemically complex MSW," contends Prasad in the letter. Nor have the measures and environmental clearances proved to be a failsafe. All three of Delhi's functioning WTE plants were exceeding permitted pollution levels, the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) found. The plant in Okhla was releasing dioxins and furans a whopping 890% over the limit, and was in response just fined Rs 5 lakhs.
The waste-pickers would weed out 30% of the waste dumped for recycling at great risk to their health but are still considered a menace. Photo: Apnalaya NGO
How practical is a waste-to-energy plant?
The practicality of the plant is also under question. Prasad's letter points out that the waste received at the dumping ground is a mix of plastic, glass, metals, paper, rubber, cloth, electronics, and organic wet waste (food). The latter makes up the most of it at 73%, followed by construction waste at 17%. This adds another step to the working of the WTE plant: segregation and moisture reduction.
The plant plans to separate the biodegradable waste mechanically, turning it into compost or biogas. The rest will be fed to the furnace. But Prasad's letter warns, "This process would require more energy to be invested than what would be produced."
The WTE plants in Delhi, revealed CFA, were underproducing energy even when burning more waste than their stated capacity. Besides the wastage implied, the energy produced is several times more harmful for the environment too. Each unit will emit 68% more greenhouse gases than a coal powered plant, and is on average three times more expensive.
Despite these contentions, the BMC is lavish in its claims of benefits of the waste-to-energy plant. A reduction in CO2, smoke, respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, child labour, and rag-picking are promised in the EIA report.
But these are due largely to the reduction in waste sent to the dumping ground in the recent past. More than half the 3100 tonnes sent per day in 2018, is now routed to the waste processing facility at Kanjur. Children rooting through the garbage for recyclables is at an all-time low, which Faiyaz attributes to the reduced waste coming to the ground. Security at the grounds has been ramped up. Those desperate to scavenge bribe the guards with Rs 50, those that sneak in are beaten, detained, and sent back. Small fires, which were lit by the waste-pickers to melt away the lighter trash, have also dwindled.
The city's only biomedical waste facility, also in Deonar, received roughly 12-14 tons of waste a day before covid. Photo: Gopal MS, Mumbai Paused
A more polluting source – the biomedical waste incinerator
The dumping ground, however, is not the main cause of pollution in the area. That honour goes to the biomedical waste treatment facility a few kilometres away, operated by the company SMS Envoclean Pvt Ltd. All of Mumbai's medical waste is incinerated here, resulting in thick smoke.
But it, too, is on its way out.
After the pandemic nearly doubled the medical waste coming to the facility, Faiyaz and other residents complained to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPBC). Spearheaded by Abu Asim Azmi, MLA of Mankhurd Shivajinagar, the complaint escalated to a legal notice. By November 2020, the facility was asked to move 70 km out of Mumbai, to Khalapur, by February 2022. There is little indication of the move happening, says Faiyaz.
But it is in Asim that the waste-to-energy plant might find its staunchest opponent. "Hum banne nahi denge isko yaha par. Hum janta ko leke andolan karenge aur court me jayenge. (I will start a people's movement and go to court, but I won't let the plant be built here)," he says.
The BMC has, however, already started gearing up for a second, bigger, waste-to-energy plant in Deonar. While the specifics are subject to change, the kickstart of the tendering process hints that it may not take as long this time.
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It is better late than never. Let we all citizens of India Decide that we will successfully deal with our own creation of waste at source. Let every Coop.Hsg Soc or gali mohallas take up th collection and segregation of bio degradable and non biodegradable waste at Housing Soc level. Segregate all wet waste like food and vegetable waste at society level and treat the weet wate by Anaerobic Digestion process using small Bio gas Plants like 25 Kgs to 100 Kgs capacity per day and treat it there itself use the emerging Bio gas for society lighting or as cooking gas for watchman staying and protecting Society or give it to Mahanagar gas. Actually This project can be taken up Mahanagar Gas in coolaboration with Local civic bodies. Indore Bio CNG Plant can be copied and Mumbai wil really become swachch and Sundar a dream of every mumbaikar since last 40 years or so and of course that being the main concept proposed by SHIVSENA Ruling BMC for last 20 years or more.Our yound Environment Minister Shri Aditya Thakare can take the Oath that He will not take any sleep till he realises the GOAL of Clean and Green Mumbai by continuous dedicated work Even Plastics and rubbers can be converted to raw mineral oil and cobustible gases using thermal or Microwave pyrolysis.Let our young leaders raelize that climate is worsening day by day as we have not taken any positive step so far.GORAI Dump Ground Management plan could have been followed for Deonar and Kanjur Dump Grounds. Alsoextract and used Land Fill gases which otherwise go into atmospjere and spoil or heat it rlentlessly. All Technologies are available only leadership with determined and dedicated commitments needed. Completion can not be left to take decades otherwise all our youngsters wuill curse us that we left unlivable planet for them.


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Fembio Specials Black History Buchi Emecheta
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(Florence Onye Buchi Emecheta)
born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria
Nigerian-British writer
60th birthday on July 21, 2004
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Many say that Buchi Emecheta is to date the most important female African writer. She is certainly Nigeria's best known woman writer, and is respected for her imaginative and documentary writing about African women's experiences in Africa and in Great Britain.
Emecheta was born with the full name Florence Onye Buchi Emecheta, in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria on July 21, 1944. Her mother was Alice Ogbanje Okwuekwu Emecheta, and her father was Jeremy Nwabudike Emecheta, who worked as a molder on the railways. Buchi dreamed of being a writer from an early age, influenced by an older aunt who told stories to the children after dinner. After her father was killed as a soldier in the British army in Burma, Buchi was sent to a Methodist Girls' High School in Lagos.
In 1960, Emecheta married Sylvester Onwordi, a student to whom she had been engaged since the age of eleven. After bearing two children in Nigeria, Buchi followed her husband to London where he was a student. The young family struggled with poor living conditions to help finance Onwordi's education. Emecheta worked as a library officer at the British Museum and bore three more children, and at the same time began writing. Sylvester was not supportive of Buchi's efforts, and was sometimes abusive. She separated from her husband in 1966 when he burned the manuscript to her first book, The Bride Price. According to Emecheta, "I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. And later he burnt the book ... and that was the day I said I'm going to leave this marriage and he said 'what for, that stupid book' and I said 'I just feel you just burn my child'" (BBC website).
So at the age of 22, Buchi set out on her own. She struggled to support her children and continue writing. From 1970 to 1974, Emecheta studied and received an honors degree in sociology at the University of London. At the same time, the British left wing magazine The New Statesman published passages subsquently gathered into her later novel In the Ditch (1972). Thus Emecheta began her dual career, working as a social worker with youth and other communities, while writing in the early mornings at the kitchen table with her children playing around her.
Struggling against reluctant publishers and male-dominated audiences, Emecheta has published nine novels to date. Her first two published novels, In the Ditch (1972) and Second-Class Citizen (1974) are largely autobiographical, describing a woman's struggles against sexual discrimination in Nigeria and racism, classism, and sexism as an immigrant to Britain. Other novels including The Slave Girl (1977) and The Joys of Motherhood (1979) address the harmful potential of rigid gender structures amidst otherwise changing Nigerian culture. The allegorical novel The Rape of Shavi (1983) details the clash of Western and traditional African cultures. She has also written four works of teenage fiction, two works of children's fiction, and an autobiography entitled Head Above Water (1986). She has written numerous plays for the BBC and won several awards, including being selected as one of the Best British Young Writers in 1983.
From 1972 to 1982, Emecheta served as a visiting lecturer and professor at universities in the United States, England and Nigeria. Shortly thereafter, she and her journalist son founded a publishing company in London and Nigeria, named Ogwugwu Afor. Since 1979 Emecheta has also served on numerous British committees as a respected voice for arts, integrationist, and women's issues, although she rejects the feminist label. She achieved a PhD in social education in 1991. (Text from 2003)
Author: Sarah K. Horsley
What I am trying to do is get our profession back. Women are born storytellers. We keep the history. We are the true conservatives – we conserve things and we never forget. What I do is not clever or unusual. It is what my aunt and my grandmother did, and their mothers before them. (Malinkowski 188, from interview with Rosemary Bray, Voice Literary Supplement)
Interview with Emecheta done by Julie Holmes, from The Voice July 9, 1996, on Philip Emeagwali's website
Literature & Sources
Malinowski, Sharon. "Emecheta, Buchi," in Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Linda Metzger, senior editor, Hal May, Deborah A. Straub, and Susan M. Trosky, editors. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1989, pp. 185-188.
Smith, Christopher. "Buchi Emecheta," in African Writers, volume 1. C. Brian Cox, editor. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997, pp. 235-239, 246-247.
Petersen, Kirsten Holst. "Buchi Emecheta," in Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, from Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 117. Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander, editors. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992, pp.159-166.
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