Shah Saturday presented the Sindh Budget 2016-17 for Rs 869.1 billion in the Sindh Assembly.
should not increase by more than 13 per cent.
other equipment of the hospitals should increase substantially.
betterment and welfare of the people, for which efficient and optimal utilization of the resources was mandatory, given that effective public financial management has direct impact on service delivery.
and prosperous Sindh by bringing about sustainable and inclusive socio-economic, infrastructural and human resource development.
of the Constitution. The last NFC award was to end on June 30, 2015.
He called for the earliest completion of NFC.
facilities like Dar-ul-Amans and Dar-ul-Atfals etc.
meant for Special children across the province.
been increased by 46% to provide better avenues of development for the youth of the province.
The budget for the Women Development department has been increased by 149%, most of which will be spent to provide microfinance facilities to women entrepreneurs and also to provide legal aid services to needy women.
on different welfare schemes for the minorities.
Rs 124 billion would be achieved.
go to ts chairman Tashfeen Niaz.
24% higher than the current year's target.
He said there were no new taxes which would affect the common man.
an ambitious but achievable goal.
of Rs 16.8 billion with the confidence that it would achieve it by introducing reforms and automation in its collection mechanism.
budgeted for the next fiscal year.
The minister said the government had managed to keep a check on unproductive government expenditure. Austerity measures were introduced into the financial management. A whole set of PFM reforms aiming at more transparency and accountability were introduced. There had been a ban on procurement of new vehicles except for the operational vehicles for police and hospitals etc.
He said procurement of other luxury items like air conditioners etc.
had also been kept under control.
groups and their leaders for cooperating and supporting Sindh Government, which he said, will continue in future.
made with participation and consensus of all parties involved.
forward to their cooperation in future.
Sahab Pagara of PML(F), Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (PML-N), Imran Khan (PTI), Asfandiyar Wali (ANP), Moulana Siraj-ul-Haq (JI) and Moulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (JUI-F).
live up to their expectations.
in maximum efforts to translate this dream into actionable plans.


Petrol and diesel prices remain stabled on Monday in Delhi. The petrol costs Rs. 72.86 a litre while diesel is sold at Rs 66.09, no change compared with yesterday's price.
Petrol is being sold at Rs 74.88 per litre in Kolkata, down 5 paise compared with sunday's price while diesel is being sold at Rs. 67.83 a litre, 9 paise less than Sunday's rate.
In Mumbai, the petrol price costs Rs 78.43 a litre 5 paise down while diesel costs Rs 69.17 a litre, 10 paise drop from yesterday's price.
Similarly, citizens in Chennai have to shell out Rs 75.62 for a litre of petrol, a 5 paise drop compared with Sunday's price while diesel retailed at Rs 69.78 per litre as against Rs 69.88 a litre yesterday.
In Chennai, petrol costed Rs 75.62 per litre, 5 paise down from yesterday's price and diesel is sold at Rs 69.78 a litre.


From Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterest Forms.do?msNum=L15-0103.
Case isolation has been the method of choice for dealing with disease epidemics for hundreds of years. Yamin and colleagues (1) improve on our knowledge of how to truncate the human–human transmission of a communicable disease by estimating the time during which case isolation is most effective for patients with Ebola, namely, within 4 days of symptom onset. Because rapidly fatal diseases for which no effective treatment is available tend to be self-limiting, can the authors estimate how long the Ebola pandemic will continue before it dies out on its own?
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(10):734.


A Fourth Cross Appears At Copley Square Bombing Memorial Site.
Until about 6pm Thursday night, three white crosses graced the Boston Marathon bombing memorial site at Copley Square. But many thought there should also be a cross at the site to honor fallen MIT police officer Sean Collier.
Kevin Brown, a Brockton man who has spent much of the time since the bombings at the memorial display, decided to remedy the situation. He went home and built a special cross and placed it beside the other three.
I spoke to Mr. Brown just as he finished putting the fourth cross in place.
Click play to see the interview with the man who made the cross for Sean Collier.
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We are feeling a little sad at New Longton because we haven't had any messages to our visitors book recently. Maybe you'd like to say hello to us and leave us your comments!
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Dear All, I am sending this email below as it is going round the world because I know that a member of your congregation, Mrs Bernadette Good, visited Bergen Belsen as a young girl when her mother was working with DP's alongside Sue Ryder in Hanover. Regards Alexandra Oon, Scotland The Wedding Dress which made History Lilly Friedman doesn't remember the last name of the woman who designed and sewed the wedding gown she wore when she walked down the aisle over 60 years ago. But the grandmother of seven does recall that when she first told her fiancé Ludwig that she had always dreamed of being married in a white gown he realized he had his work cut out for him. For the tall, lanky 21-year-old who had survived hunger, disease and torture this was a different kind of challenge. How was he ever going to find such a dress in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Person's camp where they felt grateful for the clothes on their backs? Fate would intervene in the guise of a former German pilot who walked into the food distribution center where Ludwig worked, eager to make a trade for his worthless parachute. In exchange for two pounds of coffee beans and a couple of packs of cigarettes Lilly would have her wedding gown. For two weeks Miriam the seamstress worked under the curious eyes of her fellow DPs, carefully fashioning the six parachute panels into a simple, long sleeved gown with a rolled collar and a fitted waist that tied in the back with a bow. When the dress was completed she sewed the leftover material into a matching shirt for the groom. A white wedding gown may have seemed like a frivolous request in the surreal environment of the camps, but for Lilly the dress symbolized the innocent, normal life she and her family had once led before the world descended into madness. Lilly and her siblings were raised in a Torah observant home in the small town of Zarica, Czechoslovakia where her father was a melamed, respected and well liked by the young yeshiva students he taught in nearby Irsheva. He and his two sons were marked for extermination immediately upon arriving at Auschwitz . For Lilly and her sisters it was only their first stop on their long journey of persecution, which included Plashof, Neustadt, Gross Rosen and finally Bergen Belsen Four hundred people marched 15 miles in the snow to the town of Celle on January 27,1946 to attend Lilly and Ludwig's wedding.The town synagogue, damaged and desecrated, had been lovingly renovated by the DPs with the meager materials available to them. When a Sefer Torah arrived from England they converted an old kitchen cabinet into a makeshift Aron Kodesh. "My sisters and I lost everything - our parents, our two brothers, our homes. The most important thing was to build a new home." Six months later, Lilly's sister Ilona wore the dress when she married Max Traeger. After that came Cousin Rosie. How many brides wore Lilly's dress? "I stopped counting after 17." With the camps experiencing the highest marriage rate in the world, Lilly's gown was in great demand. In 1948 when President Harry Truman finally permitted the 100,000 Jews who had been languishing in DP camps since the end of the war to emigrate, the gown accompanied Lilly across the ocean to America Unable to part with her dress, it lay at the bottom of her bedroom closet for the next 50 years, "not even good enough for a garage sale. I was happy when it found such a good home." Home was the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D.C. When Lily's niece, a volunteer, told museum officials about her aunt's dress, they immediately recognized its historical significance and displayed the gown in a specially designed showcase, guaranteed to preserve it for 500 years. But Lilly Friedman's dress had one more journey to make. Bergen Belsen, the museum, opened its doors on October 28, 2007. The German government invited Lilly and her sisters to be their guests for the grand opening. They initially declined, but finally traveled to Hanover the following year with their children, their grandchildren and extended families to view the extraordinary exhibit created for the wedding dress made from a parachute. Lilly's family, who were all familiar with the stories about the wedding in Celle, were eager to visit the synagogue. They found the building had been completely renovated and modernized. But when they pulled aside the handsome curtain they were astounded to find that the Aron Kodesh, made from a kitchen cabinet, had remained untouched as a testament to the profound faith of the survivors. As Lilly stood on the bimah once again she beckoned to her granddaughter, Jackie, to stand beside her where she was once a kallah. "It was an emotional trip. We cried a lot." Two weeks later, the woman who had once stood trembling before the selective eyes of the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele returned home and witnesses the marriage of her granddaughter. The three Lax sisters - Lilly, Ilona and Eva, who together survived Auschwitz, a forced labor camp, a death march and Bergen Belsen - have remained close and today live within walking distance of each other in Brooklyn. As mere teenagers, they managed to outwit and outlive a monstrous killing machine, then went on to marry, have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were ultimately honored by the country that had earmarked them for extinction. As young brides, they had stood underneath the chuppah and recited the blessings that their ancestors had been saying for thousands of years. In doing so, they chose to honor the legacy of those who had perished by choosing life. Hinda In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated with the German and Russian peoples looking the other way! Now, more than ever, with Iraq, Iran, and others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.
Bernadette Bernadette and Wah's Partaking of Passover at Currie, Edinburgh The three things of Passover: the lamb, unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Our Passover meal began at eleven and finished at three in the afternoon. Numerically it was four full hours which, as far as I was concerned flew by. The preacher was excellent and thought not Jewish he had for many years been a director of the Mission to the Jewish people. He was very well versed in the practices of Judaism and the Messianic Jew. Wah and I were enthralled to learn so much and to partake of such an informative service. The people were very friendly and welcoming without formality. We knew that we are one in Jesus the Christ, rather, in Yeshua. The food for the meal was lovely and mostly kosher. I had water for the four cups as I do not take grape or other juices. Cup1 for joy and sadness Cup 2 for liberation, Pessac from the Egyptian word peche. The word Easter comes from the name of a pagan god! Cup 3 for redemption, where we become grafted in as we have been brought out of slavery. A child next goes to the door to look for Elijah who was the forerunner of Jesus that is John the Baptist. Cup 4 the Cup of Completion. So much more about which to write but this must suffice and it only remains for us to wish all readers a blessèd Easter.
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Very informative site and help us in contact with friends in New Longton. Only thing, have to adjust my view to fit the screen properly as alignment may be out for certain screen fitting. Keep it up!!
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First may I thank those who have commented on our website. It is always good to have feed back so that we can make improvements and provide information which is useful.
The web host is a company called Church123 who, as their name suggests, provide web sites for Churches. They will allow 30 days free trial which you can sign up for in a matter of minutes. I would say that if you have some experience in using a word processor then you could have a web site up and running in an evening. There are a multitude of features built into the templates, some of which are more involved than others. Most of the features are very simple to use and require no technical knowledge whatsoever. Obviously, if you want to incorporate more advanced features then you can make it as complicated as you wish.
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It would be true to say that a large amount of time is required to set up a website but this is more to do with gathering information and arranging things on pages to look attractive rather than with anything technical. If any Churches are considering setting something up I would be happy to explain more about the features if you contact me by clicking here.
The New Longton site is really good, and you would never think that it was created from a template - it looks like a bespoke site.
Good afternoon, I am just contacting you to ask if you would like to have a Donkey present at the service this Palm Sunday? I have a Donkey who is kept at a farm on Chapel Lane and as he is so friendly I thought it would be nice to have him at the Church. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested.
I love the photo of the Christmas Day nativity scene with the colour background - really effective!
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Hooters, the restaurant chain widely known for the skimpy outfits of its waitresses, has built its reputation in part on its fun-loving and mildly provocative spirit. But a Korean-American customer has accused a Hooters restaurant in Queens of taking that carefree ethos too far and has sued the company for racial discrimination.
In early July, Kisuk Cha and his girlfriend, both Korean immigrants, walked into a Hooters in Fresh Meadows and ordered buffalo shrimp and chicken wings to go. After they placed their order, they noticed their server and another employee standing at the computer giggling and "gawking at them," according to the lawsuit.
"I was shocked," Mr. Cha, 25, an unemployed information technology specialist, said in an interview. "My girlfriend was shocked as well." He said he was so distraught that he lost his appetite and, when he got home, threw the food away.
Nicole Conboy, director of human resources for the holding company that owns the Fresh Meadows restaurant and three Hooters on Long Island, said that when Mr. Baek advised the company of the incident, the restaurant management responded swiftly with an internal investigation. During the inquiry, she said, a 17-year-old hostess stepped forward and admitted to committing the act, and the employee immediately resigned.
"We take all of that very, very seriously," Ms. Conboy said Monday.
The company's lawyer, Edward G. McCabe, said there had been no prior incidents or complaints of a similar nature at the restaurant.
Mr. Cha, who emigrated from Korea in 2000 and who lives in Philadelphia, said he remained unconsoled.


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French renewable energy developer Neoen installed a 16.3 megawatt photovoltaic array on a parking lot in Corbas, France. Covering an area of 12.5 hectares with 4,600 industrial parking spaces, this facility is currently the largest parking lot project in France.
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Xavier Barbaro, managing director of Neoen, said that the power cost of the Corbas carport is about 50% higher than that of the ground-based photovoltaic equipment, but this distance is largely offset by the savings in power transmission costs. The use of solar carports, the cost of generating electricity is 80-90 euros / MWh, while the cost of generating electricity on the ground array is about 50-60 euros / MWh, but the former saves 30 euros / MWh of grid-connected capital.
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August 30, 2010 May 26, 2012 Thomas Pluck UncategorizedCars, Vacation
On Twitter, @OTooleFan was talking about some of the worst automotive disasters, like the AMC Pacer- celibacy on wheels- and the Yugo. For more of these, I suggest you read Car Talk's Worst Cars of All Time. Now, a lot of cars stood out as truly bad, but almost any car you drove from 1973 to 1986 was like a prank an auto exec was playing on you. I had a '76 Pinto Wagon as my first car, and the only fun I had in it was when it was parked. It was rust brown with fake wood panels, a folding rear seat and a roof rack. It looked like the Family Truckster from National Lampoon's Vacation.
Come to think of it, the round headlights and grille remind me of my current ride, a Mini Cooper S. Maybe that's why I like it so much. But anyway, the wagon may not have exploded like the Pinto hatchbacks did, but it was a dung cart of fun to drive. Steered like a cow, but it knocked down a parking meter I hit chasing my girlfriend, with nary a scratch. It wouldn't go a hair above 55, which is probably why my father picked it. He had used it for lugging his construction tools around, but I recommissioned the folding rear seat for other fumbling teenage endeavors in Lover's Lane, which for us, was a shady spot over by a railroad trestle. Despite being hindered by a catalytic converter and smog equipment that was probably a pipe filled with Henry Ford's old sweat socks, this car wasn't that bad. It had vinyl everywhere, but other than burning more oil than BP barbecuing a sea turtle, it ran okay after months of abuse. I replaced the steering column with a junk yard part, but it did well for a 12 year old car.
My next car was a '79 Mustang six-banger. While this was a far cry from the horrible Mustang II era, it was put together more cheaply with lots of plastic than that Pinto. The one luxury I remember was a silly light panel that would tell you when your tail lights, head lights, or other light bulbs were out. Nice touch. It ran like a champ, and was my first Mustang. A mere eight years old, it was already rusting through quarter panels. The speedometer only went to 85mph to appease Ralph Nader, but that just made us want to pin the needle. By this point we had the wonders of unibody construction, meant to save us in accidents. My first accident bent the car in half and required $700 of repair for a little fender bender. That would be $3000 today. But it sure beats the days of my favorite car I used to own, the 1965 Mustang convertible. It had no seat belts, and a dashboard made of steel. The steering column pointed at your heart like the sword of a bloodthirsty Mongol. To steal Jay Leno's only funny joke, if you crashed it, they'd just hose you off the dash and sell it to somebody else.
I loved that car because it was smoking hot, Silversmoke Gray with a red interior, my first V8 engine- a 289 2 barrel carb auto. Less horsepower than my Mini has today, and awful, awful handling, but what a blast to drive- because you were constantly putting your life in your hands. The master brake cylinder only had one chamber, so any leak in the brake lines put you in a suicidal charge toward the enemy front. Sure, it had an emergency brake but the cable was frozen, so I ended up throwing the car into reverse, bouncing my nose off the horn, and suddenly going backwards. The transmission held up, amazingly enough. I could change the oil by crawling underneath it without a jack. I had to raise the power top manually, there was a rust hole in the passenger door, but I didn't care. Because it was a blast to drive, and simple to work on. The only problems I had were gas and brake lines older than I was constantly leaking all over the place, a leaky fuel filler cap getting water in my tank, and a complete inability to back out of a parking space if there was more than a sprinkling of snow on the ground. So on second thought, thanks Ralph Nader!
Soon, cars went from simple machines, sort of like tractors, to add with sleek fins and chome bumpers shaped like tits (the infamous '60 Cadillac and its "Dagmars" named after a Swedish comedienne's rack). But after the muscle era faded, they became annoying household appliances, like a push-button blender with wheels. This was the era of the K car and the Yugo, when the best-loved car was… the Taurus. Shaped like Mork from Ork's Eggship, it at least gave a passing nod to the concept of aerodynamics. Everything was made of shoddy plastic that would dry out and crumble like sawdust in too much sun. They gave us automatic seat belts that would try to strangle you, but pop off their rails and let you smash into the windshield. You may complain about daytime running lights and nanny devices, but just try finding the damn headlight switch in a car from the late '70s. And the high beams? Try the floor, next to the emergency brake pedal. Oops, I was trying to flash my highbeams, and locked up the rear tires! What a calamity! At least nowadays, when someone plows into oncoming traffic it was because they were playing Farmville on their iPhone, and not because they pressed the wrong button.
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The Story of 2 Su-34 Pilots Which Survived After Being Shot Down by a Ukrainian Missile
International Military - The war between Russia and Ukraine which has been going on for nine months since February 24 and until now has not ended, gave birth to many stories of battles that will one day be written.
One of them is the story of a Russian Su-34 pilot who was shot down by a Ukrainian missile. The two Su-34 crew almost died in the hands of the Ukrainian ground forces after they were ejected from the plane and broke their bones.
But fate said otherwise, both of them survived and they were able to return to Russia and get awards as Heroes of Russia.
In the "Time of Heroes" program on the Red Star television channel, pilot Senior Lieutenant Pyotr Kashtanov who flew with navigator/weapons operator Nikolai Koptilov tells his story.
On a September day in 2022, the two are tasked with destroying enemy (Ukrainian) military equipment and facilities. The two flew in a duck-billed fighter-bomber that had side-by-side seats in the cockpit. Long story short, the mission was successfully carried out and they immediately wanted to return to the aircraft base.
But suddenly, a missile flew towards their plane and directly hit the right half of the plane at the rear. The plane suddenly turned and there were only 3-4 seconds left to make a decision in this emergency. With great difficulty, Kashtanov tried to control the plane, but to no avail. Because the plane's altitude was very low, the two Su-34 crew members immediately pulled the ejection seat belts and managed to escape from the plane.
As a result of the rough landing, both of them suffered broken bones. Kashtanov suffered a broken right arm. Meanwhile, Koptilov suffered a spinal fracture and was unconscious. Kashtanov immediately rushed to his friend. After being resuscitated, Koptilov instead asked Kashtanov to leave him immediately and save himself.
"Nikolai, I will only go with you," said Kastanov calling out to his partner. Kashtanov finally decided to pull Koptilov 30 meters away so he could hide in the forest. They crossed the swamp and injected painkillers.
At the same time, a number of Ukrainian ground troops in three cars rushed towards the landing site of the Kashtanov and Koptilov ejects. They began to scatter in search of the two Russian pilots.
Realizing the bad situation, Kashtanov immediately took out a grenade with one hand that was still movable. Likewise with Koptilov, taking out a grenade and ready to pull the pin when needed. "We are ready to blow ourselves up so we don't get captured," said Kashtanov, who was commander of the mission.
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed them at ever closer distances, only 5-7 m from where Kashtanov and Koptilov were hiding. By some miracle, the Ukrainian ground forces did not know that two Russian pilots were hiding with their broken bones.
"I even remember the face of someone from them," said Kashtanov during an interview. As they were walking away, Nikolai said, "They're gone, Peter. We will live longer!" Unexpectedly, suddenly an artillery barrage fell near the Ukrainian troops. They quickly left the location quickly.
Five hours later, Kashtanov and Koptilov lay where they were without speaking. Both are trying to heal and do not want to give up on circumstances.
After re-gathering energy, they returned to continue the long and dangerous journey. "We walked all night, 13 hours, through fields and forest paths," says Kashtanov. Finally, they arrived at a village. Even so, to enter the village, they were still unsure about the troops that were there.
Suddenly Koptilov saw a combat vehicle emblazoned with the letter "Z" drive by. That was enough of a sign that the village was occupied by Russian troops. They then approached a house and knocked on the door.
An old man opened the door, then greeted them and gave them a drink. It was the grandfather who then informed other Russian troops about the presence of two Su-34 pilots at his house in need of help.
Not long after, Russian troops came to the house. Kashtanov and Koptilov were embraced by Russian troops who had come to evacuate him. "Be thankful, you guys are still alive!" said the arriving Russian troops. Kashtanov and Koptilov were evacuated and brought back to Russia.
Senior Lieutenant Pyotr Kashtanov was later awarded the title of Hero of Russia by the Russian government for his services in the battle.
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City Room | State Moving to Restrict Use of 'Bug Bombs'
State Moving to Restrict Use of 'Bug Bombs'
By Sewell Chan
October 20, 2008 9:29 am October 20, 2008 9:29 am
Updated, 3:33 p.m. | "Bug bombs" — pesticide products intended to fill a home or workplace with insecticide, killing cockroaches, flying insects, fleas and other pests — have been in use in American households since World War II, but federal and state authorities are now warning that the products could be dangerous, and the state is moving to allow only professional exterminators to handle the bug-killing devices.
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study of illnesses and injuries related to bug bombs — technically known as total release foggers — in eight states from 2001 to 2006. New York was one of the eight states in the study, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The study found 123 cases of bug bomb-related illness or injury in New York State (including 58 in New York City alone) from 2001 to 2006. The most commonly reported acute health effects from bug bombs were respiratory problems and gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In the study, the C.D.C. also noted that the injury and illness figures were most likely underestimated.
Equally alarmingly, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation noted:
In each of the past several years, total release foggers have caused at least four to eight serious explosions in apartments in New York City, according to Fire Department data. Just last month, an apartment building in Manhattan was evacuated after a fogger caused an explosion. Ten people were treated at the scene, including six who were brought to the hospital.
"Fortunately, we have the authority to address these hazards and protect New Yorkers," said Alexander B. Grannis, commissioner of environmental conservation, whose department will move to classify foggers as a restricted-use product, meaning that only certified pesticide applicators — rather than the public — will be able to obtain them.
The state and city health commissioners said they supported the move.
"The C.D.C. study makes it clear that we cannot wait for the federal government to restrict the use of foggers," said Dr. Richard F. Daines, the state health commissioner.
"There are far safer and more effective methods of controlling pests that do not put people's health at risk," said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city health commissioner, whose department publishes a guide to safe pest control [pdf].
However, the Consumer Specialty Products Association, a national trade group, raised concerns about the proposed regulatory action. Gretchen Schaefer, a spokeswoman for the association, noted that pesticides were already regulated under federal law and suggested that the main problem was improper use of the pesticides, not their availability to ordinary consumers. Ms. Schaefer said in a statement:
The report released by the Centers for Disease Control on total release foggers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's decision to classify the "foggers" as restricted-use products in the state raise concerns from the household pesticide industry. The C.D.C. reported that many of the illnesses or injuries reported were associated with improper use of these pesticides. The current regulatory requirements for these products as directed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act assures that the most meaningful information for consumers is included on the product label, including instruction on proper use, storage and disposal. It is critical that consumers read and follow the label instructions to help protect themselves while also controlling pest infestations in the home that can often lead to health problems.
Fifra provides the basis for regulation, sale, distribution and use of pesticides in the U.S and authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review and register pesticides for the specified use for which a registrant applies. Before registering a new pesticide or new use for a registered pesticide, E.P.A. must first ensure that the pesticide, when used according to label directions, can be used without posing unreasonable risk to human health and the environment. To make such determinations, E.P.A. requires extensive scientific studies and tests from applicants. When E.P.A. registers a pesticide, it approves the product's label, which includes (among other things) directions for use, hazard warnings, and precautions. It is a violation of Fifra for any person to use a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its E.P.A.-approved labeling.
The so-called bug bombs were invented by Lyle D. Goodhue during World War II to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the tropics, but their potential for consumer use was quickly exploited.
A Sept. 18, 1945, article in The Times, "Bomb-Type Insecticide Dispensers Slated to Be More Available in the Stores Here," about the new device being made available to consumers, quoted an official at Westinghouse, which developed the technology for the Army, who said each bomb contained a pound of aerosol of fine mist, enough to "de-bug" 150,000 cubic feet, about 10 to 15 average-size homes. (Keep in mind that American homes were much smaller on average.)
MARK KLEIN, M.D. October 20, 2008 · 11:10 am
Add to the cost of living being eaten alive by bedbugs and now defenseless against mosquitoes no wonder following Wall Street psychotherapy is NYC's second economic engine.
Dan Stackhouse October 20, 2008 · 11:31 am
So they're only now realizing that blasting huge amounts of poison throughout a house, toxins that will likely linger for years, is dangerous? Remarkable.
No one dies from bedbugs, and mosquitoes don't carry malaria here. But complex artificial toxins don't break down easily, and are invariably discovered to be carcinogenic. They generally damage DNA enough to affect development and most likely damage reproduction and gestation.
So, pumping all these mutagens into our environment is probably part of why Americans seem to be getting more and more stupid and incompetent as the years go by. Which in turn makes us less likely to realize what we're doing to ourselves and fix the problems.
Anyway, reducing the use of these bug bombs is somewhat helpful, but eliminating their use completely would be much better. The general trend of people trying to solve problems by massive destruction bodes ill for our species.
Michael Camiolo October 20, 2008 · 11:40 am
Another NYS regulation that should be specific to population density. For residents with homes in rural areas, this does nothing but make life more expensive and difficult.
Why do NYC rules keep impacting the lives of people in the entire state?
Vicki October 20, 2008 · 11:57 am
So, the state is restricting this, and the city says "here's a guide to dealing with pests." The pest guide may be great if the problem is cockroaches or mice, but what are we supposed to do about fleas?
RhetRx October 20, 2008 · 1:14 pm
The mosquitos we have don't _currently_ carry malaria. That can change as the habitat changes.
We used to not have mosquitos that carried West Nile, either….
Pat October 20, 2008 · 2:17 pm
I would rather see better directions on the packaging.
1) have the fogger boxes show apartment layouts and where to position the foggers. This way people don't overuse them (using 8 instead of 3) because the diagram will only show 3.
2) have the foggers' packaging list how many are needed based on number of bedrooms.
3) sell the foggers in 2-bedroom, studio, etc. packages.
George October 20, 2008 · 8:02 pm
This is a pernicious rip-off of the people by so-called "professional exterminators" being aided and abetted by our good friends – the best State Legislature that money can buy.
For over 60 years the people have been able to clear their homes of vermin with bug bombs. Now, the so-called "professional exterminators" have bought-off enough Albany politicians (BTW: what is the current collective price to buy the State Senate, Assembly and Governor?) to ensure them full employment..
Who is a "professional exterminator"? He's some pimply faced kid who buys a license after "passing" a no-brainer test administered by a tester with a prominently displayed over-sized back pocket.
What we really need in this State is a giant bug bomb. One that we set off in the State Capitol when all of the pols and all the the lobbyists are in full attendance.
This is another rip off of the people being portrayed as a good liberal social advance, But , folks, that's b.s, This is a way of carving out a sinecure for a favored group at the expense of the rest of us. Part and parcel of NYS's constant kowtowing to special interests.
Why doesn't the NYT dig into the real causality of stories like this since it seems to be so concerned with cleaning up Albany and our corrupt legislature?
Smotri October 21, 2008 · 9:13 am
How many decades has it taken to figure out that spraying your entire living space with poison is, um, not good for you?
CES February 16, 2009 · 12:29 pm
Sorry but if any of you had ever had a serious bug infestation you would not oppose the use of these devices.
Having a flea, cockroach or bedbug problem can harm your mental facilities and quality of life in way I would not wish upon my worst enemy.
Too bad people hardly ever read the instructions for anything and do not turn off the pilot light or allow enough time to air out the space, but having to pay a professional hundreds of dollars to set off the same device is just not a solution for most people.
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Shortcross Gin is distilled by husband and wife team Fiona and David Boyd-Armstrong on the grounds of the 500 acre Rademon Estate, located near Downpatrick in County Down. Founded in 2012, Rademon Estate Distillery was Northern Ireland's first craft distillery and its flagship spirit, Shortcross Gin, has won a loyal fanbase and international industry recognition having been awarded over 20 international medals including Gold at the San Francisco World Spirts Competition in 2017.
Fiona and David, formerly a quantity surveyor and engineer, decided in 2012 to embark on a project to create an artisan distillery in Northern Ireland which would capture the rich scents of the gardens and forests surrounding her family's home, Rademon House. With a shared love of gin and the desire to create a new standard in Irish gin distilling, the couple studied at the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in London and set about visiting distilleries across Europe, North America and Asia to learn the art of distilling. They were particularly inspired by the craft distilling movement in the United States, with its thriving community of micro-distilleries.
In 2013 David and Fiona commissioned a custom made 450 litre copper pot still from renowned German still makers Carl. This unusual still incorporates two enrichment columns into its design, each of which houses seven bubble plates which allows the level of reflux in the distillation process to be controlled with precision. With their still installed in a purpose built distillery located in the grounds of the Rademon Estate, they set about developing the recipe for their first spirit that would become Shortcross Gin.
The recipe development took six months with Fiona and David experimenting with a variety of different botanicals and flavour combinations. The final recipe for Shortcross Gin combines a selection of classic botanicals with homegrown flowers and fruits from the gardens and meadows around Rademon House. Foraged wild clover, elderflowers, elderberries and green apples are added to the more traditional botanicals of coriander, lemon and orange peel, cassia and juniper berries. These locally grown botanicals give Shortcross Gin its unique flavour profile and rich aromas which truly capture the lush verdant gardens, meadows and forests of the Rademon Estate.
These botanicals are added to their copper pot still with wheat spirit. The unique design of the still allows David and Fiona to control every aspect of the distillation process with precision and balance the wide range of botanical flavours, ensuring that the freshness of the delicate wild clover, elderflowers and elderberries are captured in the spirit. Each batch yields 200-300 bottles. After distillation, the spirit is cut to a bottling strength of 46% ABV with pure spring water drawn from a well on the grounds of the Rademon Estate itself. The quality of the spirit and the precision and care during distillation ensures that Shortcross Gin has a soft, smooth and velvet like texture.
After distillation the bottles are hand labelled and waxed on site at the distillery, with each bottles signed by hand. Shortcross Gin is named after the local village, Crossgar, which in Gaelic means 'the short cross'. The thick parchment paper label incorporates into its design the short cross penny, a tenth century English coin. High resolution scans of an original coin were taken and incorporated into the Shortcross Gin logo.
Since its launch in 2014, Shortcross Gin has won a host of internationally recognised awards and legions of devotees. Fiona and David are working on a visitor's centre at the distillery and have been busily experimenting with different expressions of their gin. 2016 saw the launch of a highly sought after limited edition Cask-Aged gin matured in French oak casks from Chateau de La Ligne in Bordeaux. They have also laid down casks of Irish malt whiskey which they expect will be ready for a first release in 2018. Fiona and David have certainly succeeded in creating a unique artisan distillery and a truly wonderful craft gin!