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International Jazz Day – April 30th
guest | April 30th, 2012
UNESCO and the International Music Council have declared April 30th 2012 the first International Jazz Day!
UNESCO is organizing a Jazz concert at the UNESCO head quarters in Paris, and is anticipating the day to "bring together performers, educators, governments, experts, and fans alike, as they explore together the history, meaning, impact, and legacy of jazz music throughout the world."
The one and only way to celebrate International Jazz Day is to listen to some jazz. After all, even Louis Armstrong once said: "If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know."
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work – April 28th
Today is the 9th anniversary of World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
'Green' technology doesn't always mean 'safe'
The day was established by ILO (International Labour Organisation) in order to promote good, safe working conditions and basic rights every work place.
This year's theme for the day is Health and Safety in a Green Economy. Generalized advertising and public fear of global warming had led to a common perception that anything 'green' must be thoroughly good. The International Labour Organisation website corrects this and explains the theme choice by saying, "Even if certain jobs are considered to be "green", the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all." In addition, "A true green job must integrate safety and health into design, procurement, operations, maintenance, sourcing and recycling policies, certification systems and OSH quality standards."
World Intellectual Property Day – April 26th
In our postmodern era of information overload, instant communication, and virtual realities, who owns ideas?
Who owns ideas?
If no text is original, everything is intertextual, writing is teamwork, music is an industry, and art has no fixed meaning, then what is intellectual property?
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day (also know as IP Day). The day is founded by WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization, a special branch of the UN, to create understanding and awareness of intellectual property rights. WIPO is dedicated to creating a balanced intellectual property system to protect the ownership of ideas, while still encouraging innovation.
World Malaria Day – April 25th
According to the WHO, the World Health Organization, in 2012 half of the world's population was at the risk of Malaria. Every year, this leads to 216 million cases of Malaria and to approximately 655 000 deaths.
April 25th commemorates World Malaria Day. The theme for 2012 is Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria. This theme has been chosen to remind the public that, although Malaria deaths have been reduced in the last decade (by 30% in Africa, and by 50% outside of Africa), malaria spreads easily and these numbers are fragile.
The day was first observed in 2007, at the sixtieth session of the World Health Assembly, the board of WHO. The United Nations hopes that the existence of World Malaria Day will open discussion for the countries affected by malaria to learn from each other's experiences. In addition, for further progress, the UN hopes for new donors to set against malaria, for researchers to share their advances with each other, and for sponsors to showcase their efforts.
St. George's Day – April 23rd
guest | April 23rd, 2012
Today is St. George's Day! St. George was a Roman soldier who lived approximately from 275-303 AD. He was killed as a Christian martyr, and after his death he became a patron saint for many countries.
St. George's Rose
Examples of countries that celebrate St. George's day are Lebanon, Hungary, Spain, and England. In each country, the celebrations usually include street fairs, music, and food. In places like Valencia and Catalonia the day even hosts street performances and parades.
Red roses are traditionally associated with St. George in every country. Other than the rose, however, colours used on St. George's day are usually appropriate to each nation's flag. In England, for example, St. George's Day has high nationalistic value. Currently, the day is not a public holiday but a large petition online is advocating it to become one.
Today is Earth Day – cultural differences abound
Deborah Swallow | April 22nd, 2012
The Europeans may be ahead of the US in terms of accommodating climate change as a BIG issue, but it was a US Senator who brought about an awareness day forty years ago – Earth Day. Whilst we are trying to save the world one recyclable, reusable bag and low-watt light bulb at a time, it is interesting to note how the different nations of the world think about climate change and how differently they are planning their future energy needs…
International Mother Earth Day – April 22nd
guest | April 22nd, 2012
International Mother Earth Day was established in 2009. It was introduced to the UN by the state of Bolivia, with the rationale that "the Earth and its ecosystems are our home," and that "its necessary to promote harmony with nature and the Earth."
Once the resolution for Mother Earth Day was passed the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma, said "Sixty years after adopting the [Universal Declaration of Human Rights], Mother Earth is now, finally, having her rights recognized."
Not everyone finds Mother Earth Day significant, but when thinking about the interdependence between human beings, other living species and the planet president Morales' statement seems very appropriate.
International Day for Monuments and Sites – April 18
In 1982, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) proposed to the UNESCO to launch an International Day for Monuments and Sites. This day was approved a year later, in 1983, and International Day for Monuments and Sites has been celebrated since on every April 18th.
Douro Vineyards, Portugal
According to UNESCO, the aim of this day is to "explore cultural heritage… and to encourage local communities and individuals to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities, and communities."
Every year the International Day for Monuments and Sites holds a theme. The theme last year, 2011, was Cultural Heritage of Water. This year's theme, World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of Local Communities, marks the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
Vaisakhi – April 13th
Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, is a Sikh celebration which originates in Northern India, specifically in the Punjab region. Although Vaisakhi is considered a Sikh holiday in Punjab it is celebrated by everyone regardless of religion.
Vaisakhi celebrations in Birmingham, UK
Vaisahki is mainly a celebration of harvest. It's popularity in Northern India is supported by the fact that agriculture provides a livelihood for the majority of people in rural areas. Sikhism adds it's own origin story for Vaisakhi, a story of the Beloved Five, five young Sikhs who were ready to sacrifice their lives for their fate but who were eventually spared.
International Day for Street Children – April 12th
The International Day for Street Children was organized for the first time in 2011.
Louder Together
The day was launched by a London-based organization called CSC, Consortium for Street Children which aims to bring a voice for the tens of millions of children who live and work on the streets all around the world.
Why the International Day for Street Children matters is that these children, extremely vulnerable and at risk for sexual abuse, exploitation, and extreme poverty, are too often ignored in policy and programming. They live in the margins of society and face constant discrimination, not only in their communities but from policy makers.
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Fear, panic, and TDR-TB, the new disease
Today we're going to learn about Totally Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (or TDR-TB), but first we're getting a history lesson.
Matthew Claxton Jan 13, 2012 2:00 AM
Back in the days of prehistory, in 2004 and 2005, there was a disease that sent every public health official in the world scurrying to come up with a preventative plan.
It was called H5N1, a bird influenza that had popped up in Asia and was quickly spreading around the world. Domestic poultry carried it, migrating birds carried it.
They died in large numbers, creating localized economic catastrophes for farmers. Sometimes they passed their viruses on to humans, who also had an alarming tendency to drop dead.
And then we forgot about it.
It hasn't really gone away, but bird vaccinations have reduced the number of outbreaks. On an informal scale of disease scares, H5N1 has dropped from "Holy $&*^!" down to "Huh? Wha?"
Before H5N1 got its time in the media spotlight, there was SARS, which managed to kill quite a few folks and was popular enough as a murderous bacillus to get a TV movie made about it.
After that there was the H1N1 pandemic which, while widespread, was fortunately not nearly as lethal as feared.
So now we get to tuberculosis. A hospital in India is reporting 12 cases of TB, which is resistant to every known treatment antibiotic. Other cases are likely present elsewhere in the country.
This is no surprise, because many poor people in India get sick, go to fake doctors and get the wrong course of treatment.
TB strains then survive getting blasted with a halfcourse of antibiotics and develop a resistance. This has been going on for years, and now at least one lucky strain has developed complete resistance and become TDR-TB.
A similar strain turned up in Iran about three years ago.
So get ready for the ride. This is the problem with reporters: we're human. So we get as panicky, irrational and hypochodriacal (is that a word?) about disease as anyone. One of my coworkers has pink eye, and I've been feeling itchy in my eyeball all day.
So we write about what worries us. We write about H5N1 and H1N1, we inflame one another with low-grade panic, and we spread it to others. Kind of like a disease outbreak, actually.
I caught a bad case of H5N1 paranoia a few years back. I was a few news cycles away from retreating to an underground bunker with bottled water, canned beans and a supply of air filtration masks.
But, like a cold, the paranoia passes and we develop a bit of an immunity to it.
Unfortunately, neither the paranoid, overblown panic nor the blasé attitude that follows are really the right response.
TDR-TB is not going to kick your door down, steal your stuff and eat your kids. People might get sick. Some of them might die. But fullon panic is not a good plan.
The real danger is not that we'll do too much during the panic stage, but that we'll do too little later.
TDR-TB will make the front pages when (always when) it first arrives in Canada.
But it won't turn into The Stand, and so it will slip to page 3, and then to the health supplement, and then only a few dedicated bloggers will care.
But TDR-TB probably won't be gone. It will still kill people, here and there, and lack of attention won't help stop new infections.
We need to find a healthy balance, where we care enough to prepare our health systems, to educate the public, but without being overwhelmed by fear.
Matthew Claxton writes for the Langley Advance.
His blog is http: //tinyurl. com/7mwo2qj at www.langleyadvance.com.
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Keyword: 12th National Party Congress
Diplomacy helps create favourable environment for national development: official
The diplomatic sector has significantly contributed to maintaining a peaceful, stable environment favourable for national development, as well as national security, according to Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Official: Party diplomacy contributes to 13th National Party Congress
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 16:30
The Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy contributed to fulfilling goals during the tenure of the 12th National Party Congress, said head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan.
CPV national congresses – glorious historical milestones
Friday, January 15, 2021 07:35
Since it was set up in 1930, the Communist Party of Vietnam convened 12 national congresses, which marked important historical milestones of the country, summarising achievements as well as lessons of Vietnamese revolution and sketching out the future development orientations for the nation.
Vietnam among leading countries in export growth despite COVID-19
Despite adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to the global economy, Vietnam still enjoyed high export growth last year, at 6.5 percent over 2019, becoming one of the economies with highest growth in the field.
Construction sector urged to pay heed to residents' housing demand
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the construction sector to pay more attention to housing demand of residents.
Culture - Sports
Hanoi arts programme praises Party's leadership
The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper held a special arts programme in honour of the Party in Hanoi on December 22 night.
Party, State leader attends national political-military conference
Monday, December 07, 2020 17:57
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has lauded the achievements of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of Defence, and officials and soldiers during 2020, which contributed to the completion of targets and tasks set in the resolution of the 12th National Party Congress.
Private economic sector – important driver of economy
Monday, January 20, 2020 17:38
Just one month after the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, on October 13, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh wrote a letter to the industrial and business circles in the country, in which he stressed their great role in the cause of national construction.
Inspection, supervision work helps uphold Party discipline, rules
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 14:20
Inspection work has received special attention from the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh throughout the process of building a politically, ideologically and organizationally strong party.
Party Central Committee's 11th plenum wraps up
Saturday, October 12, 2019 19:07
The 11th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee concluded in Hanoi on October 12 after six days of sitting, fulfilling all of its set working agenda.
Studying, following Uncle Ho's thought, morality and lifestyle reviewed
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:30
The studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and lifestyle have become a regular activity of officials, Party members and people nationwide, contributing to the country's development in many aspects, said head of the Party Central Committee's Information and Education Commission Vo Van Thuong.
Party official vows close ties with Cambodia
Monday, August 19, 2019 19:41
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and chief of its office Nguyen Van Nen has affirmed that under any circumstance, Vietnam will, together with Cambodia, develop their fine neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability for the sake of prosperity of each country.
Party and State leader instructs preparations for congresses
Thursday, June 06, 2019 16:06
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen PhuTrong has said the preparations and organization of Party congresses at all levels is one of the key tasks of the Party committees, organizations and members for the 13th National Party Congress.
Laos vows to preserve relationship with Vietnam
Thursday, May 23, 2019 15:19
Leaders of Laos on May 23 reaffirmed that the country will work together with Vietnam to preserve the great friendship and special solidarity between the two countries, and pass down the relationship to next generations.
Highlights in economic growth in 2018
Monday, February 04, 2019 14:20
The year 2018 ends with several records, which are the highlights in the national economic panorama.
Leader: Army must strive to complete tasks for 2019
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on January 10 asked the entire army to make all-out efforts to complete targets and tasks set for 2019.
The year 2018 ends with several records, which are the highlights in the national economic panorama, laying the firm foundation for the country to strive to successfully implement the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress and Resolution 142/2016/QH13 on the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2016-2020.
Foreign service information work contributes to national development
Information work for foreign service has been carried out comprehensively, making significant contributions to ensuring peaceful environment, territorial integrity and international integration for the country.
CPV Central Committee issues announcement about 9th meeting
The 9th plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on December 26 after two days of sitting.
Party Central Committee's 9th plenary session closes
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong on December 26 urged the members of the CPV Central Committee, soldiers and people nationwide to build on the past achievements, and create a new driving force so as to successfully accomplish tasks for 2019 and those set by the 12th National Party Congress.
New South African Defence Attaché welcomed in Vietnam
Science - technology strongly changes human's future: seminar
Quang Ninh ready to welcome foreign tourists back
Cold weather continues in northern region
Hanoi cancels Lunar New Year's Eve firework display


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Early in their histories, these neighboring parishes - Brillion, Maple Grove, and Reedsville - began a strong commitment to Catholic education which continues today. In 1885, the old church in Maple Grove was converted into St. Patrick School. There were 100 students when the first classes began in the fall of 1886. A new St. Patrick School was built in 1913.
St. Mary School in Reedsville began in 1886, and a larger school was built in 1895. The present school was built in 1951.
The first Catholic school in Brillion was built in 1889, and when the 1899 church was built, the old church was converted into school rooms for older students. A new school was built in 1922, with a major expansion in 1961.
St. Patrick School closed in 1981 when students began attending the Catholic school in Reedsville. In 1985 the school was named St. Mary-St. Patrick Catholic School.
We developed the two campuses in 2002, with Preschool through 3rd in Reedsville and 4th through 8th in Brillion. Each campus had a chapel for weekday masses, and each chapel had items in memory of the former churches.
In 2006, Kindergarten through 3rd grade joined 4th through 8th grade in Brillion while Preschool remained in Reedsville. In the 2007-2008 school-year, the Preschool classes were moved to the Brillion campus for better integration of the HFCS experience. In the 2008-2009 school year, our 4 year old preschool became a 4K program.
Holy Family Catholic School and Religious Education continue to serve parish children today at both the Brillion and Reedsville locations.


The Makers' Market is a new event featuring vendors selling a wide variety of original artworks and artisan-made goods. Please contact us if you're uncertain whether your creations are appropriate for this event. Invitations will be issued based on aesthetic quality, overall craftsmanship, and originality.
This is a new event. Total estimated attendance is 750 people over 2 days.
Previous average daily attendance of 130 people per day.
The Maker's Market is centrally located along the busy main pathway between the park entrance and the open meadow where performances and activities are held.
For the first year of the new Makers' Market, we are offering participating artisan vendors a discounted rate of $50 for a 10x10' space for one weekend (Solstice or Shakespeare) + $25 for each additional weekend. There is no commission charged on sales.
We will respond within 14 days of receiving your inquiry.


TTT Riga trailed by nine points midway the first quarter but returned early to control the most of the game and climbed to the top with a 73-63 success over Tsmoki Minsk on Sunday, March 17, at Rostov on Don.
Kate Krēsliņa saved the best for last. Latvian guard/forward hit four shots from the three point line, including two successful attempts and eight points in the fourth quarter.
Krēsliņa scored a game high 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and 4-of-7 from the deep.
Aija Brumermane was huge too. Center posted 12 points, six rebounds and six assists. Brumermane also had a game high +15 ratio.
Shey Peddy (Temple) scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds and forced six fouls.
Ieva Pulvere and Ivey Slaughter (Florida State) added 10 points each.
Viktoryia Hasper led Tsmoki Minsk with 17 points (tied with Krēsliņa) and nine rebounds.
Danielle McCray (Kansas) chipped in 16 points and eight rebounds.
TTT scored 19 points off turnovers, while Minsk posted just four points.
Krēsliņa alone scored 12 points from the three point line. Tsmoki Minsk needed 25 attempts to tie the score with Riga`s sharpshooter (4/25).
Rachel Theriot scored her first two points in the fourth quarter. Viktoryia Hasper and Shannon McCallum didn`t scored in the final 10 minutes.
Five TTT players finished in double figures, compared with three for Minsk.
Riga played with power forward Kristine Vitola – she also missed the last three quarters on Saturday.
TTT bench had 21 points, including 17 points by Krēsliņa. Minsk reserves replied with 10 points.
Kate Krēsliņa and Viktoryia Hasper.


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I don't use oil that much usually but in winter, it's like a "HAVE TO" use item. Sharp winter wind tear my skin so easily. This oil seems like making a barrier for my skin. It covers the skin well and keep it well moistured. It's really easy to have a glossy skin look after applying this oil.
Since my skin is a bit oily I use this oil with my moisture cream. When I apply my moisture cream, I put few drops on the cream and mix well and then apply it on face. If you have normal or dry skin, then you can just apply this oil well and then put cream.
Maybe some people recognize that I just fell in love with honey, haha.
And then apply on the face with light massage. It smells just like honey! love it so much !
Whenever I'm quite tired to open my sleeping pack, I just apply a lot of this cream and sleep.
Ginger Sugar Overnight Lip Mask is more for night care. Of course you can also use this as normal lip balm. I love this lip mask because there is no fragrance and color ingredients in this lip mask. Other lip mask/balm has their own flowery or sweet fragrance and it really doesn't help me sleep. But this lip mask doesn't bother my sleep.
I love to use the Laneige Water Sleeping Pack as everybody knows but I also love using the Sulwhasoo Overnight pack for winter. It's a bit richer and it really holds my facial skin during night. I always use sleeping pack especially in winter because my body can hide from the cold air during night but not my face!


Chances are if you take a walk down the halls of St. Ambrose School, you will hear the kindergarteners singing songs about the months of the year, days of the week or the sounds that the letters make.
You may also hear us counting or we may be hard at work learning to print our letters and numbers.
We may be trying out our engineering and problem solving skills in a STEM activity, learning the scientific process through hands on experiments or you may just see us having fun on the playground with our friends!
Our full day kindergarten combines the rigor of academics with fun, developmentally appropriate activities to make learning meaningful.
Our small class size enables us to meet the needs of each child through individual attention, differentiation and a variety of instructional approaches.
Our program consists of religion, literacy, math, science and social studies as well as art, technology, spanish, music and physical education.
Our kindergarten classroom is a safe environment with clear expectations where our students are provided opportunities for leadership, social interactions and hands on learning.
Christian values are instilled daily and are the core of all we do.
Our students come to school each day smiling and excited for a chance to learn something new!


A sweet corn salsa makes this fish dish more appetizing.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons seasoning over both sides of fish fillets.
Fry in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat OR place fillets on a parchment lined sheet pan, covered with foil, and bake for 15 minutes in oven preheated to 400°F.
In a medium saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium low heat and sauté onion and garlic until softened.
Add chopped corn and sauté, stirring frequently, until tender, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Add diced peppers and all spices, stirring frequently for an additional 2 minutes.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot or warm on top of the fish fillets.


The Prophet's antagonistic contemporaries used any means to discredit his prophethood, discerning in it a cardinal threat to their supremacy as leaders of the community. Is it not strange to note how when modern Orientalists echo these accusations made fourteen centuries ago, they merely phrase them anew? God's Composition under challenge - as His Book foretells. The human theorists refuted.
This is one of the most controversial points about the sacred book. Muslims are of the firm belief that it was God's composition, word by word and even letter by letter; the divine revelation coming down through the mission of the Archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad (s) in installments. Immediately after each revelation the Prophet (s) repeated the heavenly words aloud to his followers around him and to his scribes who wrote them down.
Yet, on the other hand, non-Muslims find it hard to accept that any book whatever exists or ever existed which was actually composed by God. Books held sacred by non-Muslims have been written by men who were saintly and held in great spiritual esteem, but who nonetheless were mortals. This applies to the Old and New testament as well as to books of other faiths.
Islam is the sole religion whose followers firmly believe their sacred book to have been composed by God. This, however, has been persistently denied by non-Muslim writers down the years who claim categorically that the Quran was composed by Muhammad with or without the help of others. Some of these writers' statements are extremely sweeping and moreover make little or no attempt to give supporting evidence.
Sale, for instance, in his Preliminary Discourse, first published in the eighteenth century, declared: "That Muhammad was really the author and chief contriver of the Quran is beyond dispute; though it be highly probable that he had no small assistance in his design from others." [Prophet Muhammad (s) never claimed that he is the author of Qur'an]. Sir William Muir in the last century, Wollaston in 1905, Lammens in 1926, Champion and Short in 1959, Glubb in 1970 and Rodinson as late as 1977 merely reiterated this logically unfounded assumption.
We find the echoing statements of other Orientalists: from Menzees, "Nothing else but a pure creation and concoction of Mohammed and of his accomplice;" and from Draycott, "Through it all runs the fire of his genius; in the later Surahs (chapters) it is the reflection of his energy that looks out from the pages." Many Orientalists have claimed the Prophet to be a poet, a thinker, an epileptic or bewitched, or to have relied on Jewish and Christian sources in composing the Book. A few writers in the Middle Ages even came out with the fantastic assertion that it was put together by Christians or Jews especially employed for the purpose, patching it up with bits of the Bible in order to satisfy popular demand! Of course, this particular medieval assertion was subsequently proved to be untrue and accordingly dropped when some accurate information became available in the West.
Is it not strange to note how when modern Orientalists echo these accusations made fourteen centuries ago, they merely phrase them anew?
Courtesy: The Message, an ICNA Publication, 1995.


This is the first point in my life where I am void of the comfort, compassion and companionship that comes from sharing ones home and heart with other creatures.
All my life I adored them. And it didn't matter what form they came in, be it feathered or furry, so long as I could look into their eyes and feel the connection.
Kind, gentle, funny, loving, knowing and faithful. We are blessed to share our planet with them and cursed if we're arrogant enough to believe ourselves of higher value.
One by one I've said goodbye. Nursed the horrendous void left when we've had to part ways.
And lately I've been feeling really emotional about the emptiness that I sense now I don't have a creature to love, in my daily life.
Chickens and ducks, goats, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits… I would talk to them, feed them, build them homes, hold them, love them from a distance and now nothing. Not since my goldfish, the last of the tribe, died a few months back.
And I miss them more than I can say.
Circumstances dictates I'm unable to share my life with animals right now. And I don't know if I ever will… I don't think I believe in 'pets' anymore. I can't get my head around how we slaughter and torture some and then drag others around on leads calling them 'ours'. They're not ours. Not to keep, eat, test, carve, torment, enslave. They are ours only to love. And only for a short space of time.
Remember you keep your dog or cat only because these animals were the first to be domesticated. Your dog and that bit of flesh you're putting into your body? Yeah. There's no difference.


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Pediatric Trauma 2013
In 2013, Pediatric Trauma II attracted over 1200 participants from 33 countries. The presentations are concise and the discussions of interest. Please enjoy this archived event. It has always been extremely well attended!
This course is directed by Drs. Marty Eichelberger, Wayne Meredith and Todd Ponsky and is the second installment of the pediatric trauma symposium series which was so popular last February. The topics will cover the mangement of the pediatric patient in the acute trauma setting, resucitation, and mangement of many traumatic injuries. The format will be brief presentations followed by lively discussion and debate fueled by key opinion leaders in the field of trauma. As always with our courses, the audience will be able to participate and ask questions.
Martin Eichelberger, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Children's National Medical Center. Safe Kids Worldwide, Founder. Washington, D.C.
Todd Ponsky, MD
Dr. Ponsky is a Professor of Surgery, and the Director of Clinical Growth and Transformation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, He is also a consultant pediatric surgeon at Akron Children's Hospital.
Wayne Meredith, M.D.
Executive Director of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, and Chair of General Surgery and Director of the Division of Surgical Sciences at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
Ernest E. Moore, MD
Professor, Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Robert Sheridan, M.D.
Director, Acute Burn Service, Boston Shriners Hospital for Children; Associate Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts.
Min S. Park, MD
Mary Edwards, MD
Marc David Leclair, MD
Professor of Pediatric Surgery; Head of Dpt of Pediatric Surgery at NANTES University Hospital, Nantes, France; Research and clinical activities dedicated to pediatric urology and surgical oncology
Karim Brohi, MD
Professor of Trauma Sciences, Consultant Trauma & Vascular Surgeon at the Barts & THe London School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Joseph Tepas, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery; Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Shands Jacksonville; Associate Dean for Clinical Informatics; College of Medicine - Jacksonville
John K. Petty, MD, FACS
Dr. John Petty is a pediatric surgeon at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC, where he serves as the director of the level 1 pediatric trauma center. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Wake Forest School of Medicine, with research interests in pediatric trauma care and antireflux surgery. He has been recognized for teaching excellence, and he is involved with student and resident training. He is active in professional organizations, including the Pediatric Trauma Society, where he is currently the chair of the guidelines committee and in the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), where he is currently the liaison to the Pediatric Trauma Society. He has been a core member of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma and has shared in the efforts of the institute from the very beginning. His care for sick and injured children is animated by his love for his three children and the patience of his wife.
John Holcomb, MD
Jack H. Mayfield, MD Chair in Surgery; Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery; Chief of the Divisionof Acute Care Surgery; Director, Center for Translational Injury Research
Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD, Col. (Ret)
Dr. Geoffrey Ling is a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is a professor in the Department of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), attending neuro critical care physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was recently appointed to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
Derek Bruce, MD
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David Shellington, MD
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Michael J. Bell, MD
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Children in Harm's WayLand Mines, IED, UXOMechanism and pattern of injury.
Damage Control Resuscitation: A New Paradigm
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Blast Pulmonary Injury Treatment:
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Panel 3: Pelvic Fracture, VAC, Genito-urinary injury, Burn
Pelvic Fracture, Abdominal Injury
Pelvic Fracture with Genito-urinary injury and burn
Burden of Injury to Children
Mechanism and Patterns of Injury
Damage Control Resuscitation
Blast Pulmonary Injury Assessment
Penetrating Chest Injuries and Pulmonary Contusions
Head Injuries and controversies
Rehabilitation Options
New Brain Therapies
Pelvic Fracture
Vacuum Assisted Closures
Burn Resuscitation and Management
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Q: PostgreSQL: How Do I Declare and Utilize a Variable Value? I'm quite familiar with using SQL Server and am new to PostgreSQL.  I am using the latest version of DBeaver Community Edition to access my database. In SQL Server, I can declare and use variables very easily as in this example:
DECLARE @MyIdABC INT
SET @MyIdABC = 31

SELECT *
FROM MyTableABC
WHERE Id = @MyIdABC AND FirstName = 'John'
ORDER BY Id DESC

Executing this query in SSMS would then return records like:
Id | FirstName | .....
----------------------
31 | John      | .....
.. | ......... | .....

However, despite doing my best to follow the PostgreSQL documentation referenced at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/plpgsql-structure.html, https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/plpgsql-declarations.html, and the solution for the post at How to declare a variable in a PostgreSQL query, I seem to only get syntax errors of various kinds. I believe, according to that documentation, my query should look something close to this:
DECLARE
MyIdABC integer := 31;
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM MyTableABC
WHERE Id = (MyIdABC) AND FirstName = "John"
ORDER BY Id DESC
END

However, this doesn't work at all because every time I try to run this, I get the following error message: "ERROR: syntax error at or near "integer"".
The CLOSEST behavior I can get to KIND OF get to work like I want is by using a query like this:
 @set MyIdABC = 31;
 SELECT *
 FROM MyTableABC
 WHERE Id = $MyIdABC AND FirstName = 'John'
 ORDER BY Id DESC

This ALMOST works except whenever I add anything on after the "$MyIdABC" text in the WHERE clause, I get a syntax error. If I use everything up until the "$MyIdABC" and nothing else after it, then it executes successfully. However, this causes issues if I want to have additional WHERE conditions after using the "$MyIdABC" portion.
If anyone is able to provide the exact and complete query that I would need to run to execute the above mentioned logic, that would be awesome. I'm finding a lot of documentation that people have includes examples or portions of scripts that leave out some really key details.
I would love to have someone's input on this. It seems really silly that SQL Server can make the process of using and recalling variables so seamless and easy while PostgreSQL seems so limited. I realize though that I may just not be understanding how to do it.

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Islamic Terror Incidents (not worth a separate thread)
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Location: Fort Worth
Update to the above story.
Three cadets and one officer were killed. Three were female including the officer.
The attacker, identified as 28-year-old Fadi Qunbar, came from the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in east Jerusalem — located near the attack site.
The neighborhood, home to many other past attackers, has sporadically experienced violent clashes between residents and Israeli security forces. Netanyahu ordered a closure of the neighborhood. Israeli media said his Security Cabinet decided to destroy the attacker's home and withhold the release of his body.
A woman who identified herself as Qunbar's sister told journalists that his wife had asked him to come home for lunch, but that he turned her down because he "had work to do." She said police had arrested the attacker's parents, wife and two brothers.
Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-int ... 09465.html
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Louvre 'attacker' was Egyptian: Machete-wielding man shot five times after attacking French soldiers outside Paris museum 'had been in the country for just over a week'
A man armed with a machete was shot five times in the stomach after attempting to storm the museum
Police source said the attacker was shouting 'Allahu Akbar' before being gunned down
Streets around the Louvre have been evacuated and France's interior ministry branded the incident 'serious'
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has described the attack as 'terrorist in nature'
A second person has been arrested, but it is not known if they were linked to the attack
The identity and nationality of the attacker are not yet known, the interior ministry has said
By Dave Burke For Mailonline and Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline
Published: 20:24 +11:00, 3 February 2017 | Updated: 05:04 +11:00, 4 February 2017
A terror probe has been launched in Paris after a machete-wielding man was shot while attacking four soldiers outside the Louvre.
The suspect was shot five times in the stomach and is in a critical condition.
He was shouting 'Allahu Akbar' - Arabic for 'God is the greatest' - according to the Paris chief of police, and reportedly had paint bombs in his backpack.
A source close to the investigation claims the suspect is an Egyptian man who arrived in France at the end of last month.
An unconfirmed report by TV network LCI names the suspect as 29-year-old Abdallah EH, who arrived in France on a flight from Dubai on January 26. He was not known to security services, the network states.
A source told Reuters: 'According to the investigation's initial indications, it was an Egyptian national.'
After being refused entry to the Louvre, he pulled out the weapon and was shot by a soldier, officials have confirmed. A paratrooper is believed to have suffered a minor head injury.
US President Donald Trump tweeted following the attack in the French capital: 'A new radical Islamic terrorist has just attacked in Louvre Museum in Paris. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART U.S.'
A second man was arrested after 'acting suspiciously' close to the scene, police now do not believe he was linked to the attack.
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has described the attack as 'terrorist in nature'.
...more at link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Paris.html
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Two Americans plead guilty to bomb plot, admit supporting ISIS
By RT America | Published time: 11 Feb, 2017 01:26
A pair of New York City men who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, researched pressure cooker bombs and scouted tourist attractions have pleaded guilty to all charges in a federal terrorism case.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement confirming that Fareed Mumuni, 22, pled guilty to conspiring and attempting to provide material support to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), assaulting and conspiring to assault federal officers and to the attempted murder of federal officers. He faces up to 85 years in prison for his charges.
The DOJ confirmed the following day that Mumuni's co-defendant, Munther Omar Saleh, 21, pleaded guilty to conspiring and attempting to provide material support to IS as well as assaulting and conspiring to assault federal officers. Saleh faces up to 53 years in prison.
Both guilty pleas were accepted by US District Judge Margo Brodie, who scheduled hearings for both men on May 16, according to the statment from the DOJ.
Mumuni and Saleh, both US citizens, were a part of a group of six men in New York and New Jersey arrested in connection with an attempted bomb plot in New York City.
More at link: https://www.rt.com/usa/377021-guilty-mumuni-saleh-bomb/
There is very little news on this and conflicting information.
At least 2 arrested following ax attack at Dusseldorf train station, 5 injured – reports
By RT | March 9, 2017
Police in Dusseldorf have arrested at least two people following an ax attack at the city's main train station. Several people have been injured, according to reports.
There are opposing reports as to whether police are searching for other suspects.
Photos & tweets at link: https://www.rt.com/news/380058-d%C3%BCs ... ax-attack/
Source: http://www.terrorevents.com
Four Israelis were stabbed and lightly wounded by a Palestinian terrorist in two hotels on the Tel Aviv promenade Sunday afternoon.
The 18-year-old man attacked people with work tools in the Leonardo Hotel, then ran to the nearby Herod's Hotel, where he continued his rampage before being arrested.
Tel aviv 0:25
TERROR IN EGYPT: 23 massacred as gunmen open fire on bus carrying Christians
By Joshua Nevett / Published 26th May 2017
AT LEAST 23 people have been slaughtered in a brutal gun attack on a bus carrying Christians in Egypt, it has been reported.
The gunmen opened fire on a bus in the city of Minya in southern Egypt – around 245km south of Cairo – killing at least 23 and wounding 25.
The bus, which is thought to have been carrying around 50 Coptic Christians, was heading to Anba Samuel monastery in the city.
Authorities have rushed to the scene of the attack to assess the number of casualties.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes after ISIS bombed churches in Tanta and Alexandria over Easter – killing 46.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest- ... e-shooting
H/T Molly
DOJ Press Release Today
Two Men Arrested for Terrorist Activities on Behalf of Hizballah's Islamic Jihad Organization
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-men- ... ganization
An insult to terror victims: Jihadi who is fighting to stay in Britain is handed £250,000 in legal aid despite being caught with manuals on how to attack nightclubs and airports
• Terrorist who cannot be named is fighting deportation with taxpayer cash
• Man was given £250,000 in legal aid, some of which is helping keep him in UK
• Police found bomb-making manuals and terror attack guides on his computer
• He argues deportation will breach his human rights because he will be tortured
By Paul Bentley | The Daily Mail | Updated: 18:05 EDT, 12 June 2017
A terrorist fighting deportation has won £250,000 in legal aid despite being caught with jihadi manuals on attacking nightclubs and airports.
The extremist, who cannot be identified, was granted the taxpayer funds even though he was described in court as the 'very model of a modern Al Qaeda terrorist'.
He is using some of the money to try to stay in the country following a nine-year prison sentence. He claims throwing him out would breach his human rights.
The payments are particularly alarming following the atrocities in Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge that cost 35 innocent lives.
And the election result has cast doubt on Theresa May's pledge to tear up the Human Rights Act in cases where it blocks the deportation of extremists.
The terrorist who has been granted legal aid came to England illegally in the months after the September 11 attacks as a 'sleeper agent' for a group linked to Al Qaeda.
The Jordanian claimed asylum by pretending to have fled the Middle East in fear of his life.
The claim was dismissed and he should have been deported. But he managed to stay and evade authorities simply by using a fake name. He was given a council house with his wife and claimed at least £100,000 in benefits.
The terrorist was arrested after a bank tipped off police about unusual activity on his account.
More at link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l-aid.html
There are NO lone wolf terrorist. The first sentence is contradictory.
Delhi on alert over lone wolf attack
TNN | Updated: Jun 14, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi has been put on high alert following inputs about a possible lone wolf attack by a terror outfit. Patrolling in and around crowded markets and religious places has been stepped up.
On Tuesday evening vehicle checks were intensified, with barricades put up every 500 metres in south Delhi. According to the intel input, the elements might target crowded areas in Punjab, Haryana and Bihar, apart from Delhi.
Anti-terror units of states, including Delhi, have been asked to act on all "actionable intelligence", said sources. The special cell has intensified checking of guesthouses near Jama Masjid and nearby Old Delhi areas. Railway police and staff have been asked to maintain vigil at stations and near tracks.
More at link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 134103.cms
China police: Bomb behind kindergarten blast; suspect dead
By Associated Press | June 16, 2017, 3:00AM ET
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say a homemade bomb was used in an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten that killed eight people, including the suspect.
Police say the 22-year-old male suspect was identified primarily using security camera footage and DNA collected at the blast scene. They provided only his surname, Xu, but no motive.
Investigators say they found materials for making a homemade bomb at Xu's nearby residence. They say emblazoned on the walls of the residence were the Chinese characters for death and disaster.
The police announcement says Xu had left school because of an autonomic nervous system disorder, whose symptoms can include dizziness and problems with basic bodily functions.
Sixty-five people were injured including eight listed in critical condition.
Source: https://apnews.com/e890397c98d646eab7d8 ... spect-dead
2 dead in ongoing terrorist attack at luxury resort in Mali - Security Minister (PHOTOS)
https://www.rt.com/news/392938-terroris ... ry-resort/
Terror inquiry launched after armed driver rams police van on Champs-Elysées in 'suicide attack'
By Henry Samuel | The Telegraph | 19 June 2017 • 3:16pm
A Renault Megane abandoned on the Champs-Elysees in the aftermath of an incident that is being
investigated by police Credit: CHARLES PLATIAU/REUTERS
A heavily-armed driver "deliberately" rammed a police van at the Champs-Elysées roundabout in Paris on Monday, just 200 yards form the presidential palace where Emmanuel Macron resides.
The vehicle struck a blue police van in the central Parisian district at around 3.40pm, and burst into flames. Yellow smoke then billowed from the vehicle as police moved in to neutralise the driver.
Police are treating the incident as a terror attack after finding a Kalashnikov, "numerous" gun cartridges and a gas canister inside the vehicle.
The driver - reportedly a 31-year old known to intelligence and on a security watch list - is dead, according to the French interior minister, Gerard Collomb.
More at link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06 ... ees-paris/
Flint Bishop Airport slasher identified as Amor M. Ftouhi, charged in attack
By Ron Fonger | Michigan Live | June 21, 2017, 5:34PM
FLINT, MI -- Investigators have identified the man they say attacked a police officer at Bishop Airport as Amor M. Ftouhi, a 50-year-old Canadian citizen.
Federal prosecutors filed an affidavit Wednesday, June 21, supporting a criminal complaint of violence at an international airport in U.S. District Court in Flint.
The affidavit from FBI Special Agent Thomas M. Sondgeroth says an officer who observed the attack on police officer Jeff Neville told him Ftouhi used a large knife to stab the victim.
Ftouhi yelled "Allahu Akbar" before making the attack, according to the affidavit.
After stabbing the officer in the neck, Ftouhi continued to yell, "Allah," several times, Sondgeroth's statement says.
"He further exclaimed something similar to, 'you have killed people in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die.' "
Ftouhi entered the first-floor lobby at Bishop at approximately 8:52 a.m. Wednesday, carrying a red duffle and dark satchel bag, traveling up an escalator before attacking Neville.
Sondgeroth's affadavit says the knife Ftouhi used had a green handle and a black serrated blade and was marked Amazon jungle Survival Knife.
He has not yet been arraigned.
Photos at link: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.s ... her_i.html
CANADIANS!!
Add Canada to Trump (Muslim) Travel Ban
Amor Ftouhi, 49, a citizen of Canada and Tunisia
Tank crushes car full of bombers before massive blast at Egypt checkpoint 2:31min
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:13 pm
I've been watching for this news.
It's a long article.
Hamburg supermarket attacker 'was known Islamist'
By BBC | July 29, 2017
The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a "known Islamist", officials say.
"He was known as an Islamist but not a jihadist," Hamburg's Interior Minister Andy Grote said, noting the suspect also had "psychological" issues.
The man, a failed asylum seeker born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attacked customers at random on Friday.
Police said he acted alone and he was overpowered by passers-by.
The 26-year-old man, identified as Ahmad A, is a Palestinian from the UAE who is registered on an Islamist database, Mr Grote said on Saturday.
The attacker, who arrived in Germany in 2015 but could not be deported because he had no identification papers, was also suffering from mental health problems, officials said.
Police have carried out a search of the shelter in Hamburg where the man was living but said there was no evidence that he had accomplices or was part of a terror organisation.
It is not yet clear what the suspect's motivations were.
More at link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40763369
IMO any "Known Islamist" should be a DEAD ISLAMIST... but that's just me
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:10 pm
You're right, dead is what I always hope for.
This is getting awfully close to home, Rumpole, but authorities in Australia seem to thwart any potential plans before they get to last stage.
4 arrested in Australia for plot to 'bring down an airplane'
By Jon Swartz | USA TODAY | Updated 10:43 p.m. ET July 29, 2017
Police foiled a plot to blow up a plane after raiding homes in Sydney on Saturday and arresting four men.
"I can report last night that there has been a major joint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters on Sunday. "The operation is continuing."
Details were sketchy on the timing and location of the attack, according to Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin, though he said the plot was believed to involve use of an improvised device.
Security had been on high alert at Sydney airport and other major international and domestic terminals throughout the country since Thursday. The country's terrorist threat level remains "probable," Turnbull said.
The alleged threat was the 13th thwarted by law enforcement officials since Australia's terrorist threat level was elevated in 2014.
More at link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/201 ... 523300001/
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Prosecutors: Flint airport stabber celebrated 9/11 attacks
By Corey Williams | Associated Press | August 8, 2017
DETROIT (AP) — A Tunisian-born man who lives in Canada and stabbed a police officer at a Michigan airport subscribes to Osama Bin Laden's ideology and celebrated the 9/11 attacks, federal prosecutors said in a court filing.
In an interview after his June arrest in Flint, Amor Ftouhi (ah-MOOR' fuh-TOO'-ee) also told federal agents that he praised Bin Laden for organizing the 2001 attacks on the United States which he "considers an enemy of Allah," according to the documents.
Ftouhi, 49, of Montreal, Quebec, has been indicted on charges of committing an act of violence at an international airport and interfering with airport security in the June 21 attack at Flint's Bishop International Airport, about 50 miles (80.46 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
Lt. Jeff Neville was stabbed in the neck, but later recovered from his wounds.
Authorities have said Ftouhi mentioned killings in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and yelled "Allahu Akbar," the Arabic phrase for "God is great," at the time Neville was attacked.
The FBI has said Ftouhi legally entered the U.S. at Champlain, New York, on June 16. The FBI said he bought a knife in the U.S.
More at link: https://apnews.com/24e947c0a43442d2a33203a3d07c9960
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Villains: pro 'gay cure' charity infiltrates government
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a 'gay cure' is a fiction borne from prejudice and fear
The notion that you can cure people of homosexuality, like you can cure them of headaches or a penchant for reality television, is one of those outlandish notions that hangs around like a bad cold. There always seems to be someone who has it.
The organisation CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) is one of those afflicted. Earlier this year one of its directors moderated the Core Issues Trust conference "The Lepers Among Us: Homosexuality and the Life of the Church", the subject of the Villains article "On US gay-conversion tactics … again". Furthermore, CARE shares a director with the Anglican Mainstream, the group that, along with Core Issues Trust, proposed the campaign to run pro ex-gay slogans on London buses. CARE is also one of the founder groups behind the Coalition for Marriage, an organisation that believes equal marriage is a form of discrimination, and has a tendency to stack the decks with crooked polls supporting that view. This group of people has, through its various organisations, been very extremely busy this year.
CARE has been making sure that its message is heard in the back-channels of government by providing interns to MPs. CARE states that the interns are not involved in lobbying, but it would be naïve not to believe that any influence is exerted. Phillip Dawson started the petition "MPs should sever links with the Christian charity CARE which co-sponsored a 'gay cure' event", in January, 2012. When the petition was launched, 18 MPs were called on to sever links with CARE, and now that list is down to 13. Dawson has been using social media with great effect to make people aware of these practices, and has even been accused by the MP Gary Streeter of running "an aggressive campaign based on falsehoods". It is apparently proof enough to say it because Streeter has no evidence to back that up, which makes him rather like CARE, and rather like the MP who brought CARE to Dawson's attention, David Burrowes.
The Enfield Southgate MP David Burrowes, the subject of the opinion piece 'It's A Nice Day for a White Wedding', has been vocal in his support of the anti-gay crusade. He has defended the Coalition for Marriage, and thinks that anyone who opposes his stand is a bigot, an untenable stance laid out in the article 'Same-Sex Marriage Storm of the Week'.
The petition Dawson started now has 9,500 signatures. One of the MPs who withdrew from the internship as a result of the petition, Catherine McKinnell, stated "I have taken the decision to terminate my collaboration with CARE's internship programme with immediate effect, and I will not be taking an intern from the CARE Leadership Programme in the future". The MPs who, as the petition states "have made declarations of material support", and still hold interns from CARE are:
Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, Berwick-Upon-Tweed (LibDem)
David Burrowes MP, Enfield Southgate (Con)
Paul Burstow MP, Sutton and Cheam (LibDem)
Alistair Burt MP, North East Bedfordshire (Con)
Stephen Crabb MP, Preseli Pembrokeshire (Con)
John Glen MP, Salisbury (Con)
Stephen O'Brien MP, Eddisbury (Con)
James Paice MP, South East Cambridgeshire (Con)
Andrew Selous MP, South West Bedfordshire (Con)
Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Meriden (Con)
Gary Streeter MP, South West Devon (Con)
Desmond Swayne MP, New Forest West (Con)
Steve Webb MP, Northavon (LibDem)
There is no place for this type of negative thinking in a democracy. The idea that there is a is a 'gay cure' is a fiction borne from prejudice and fear. As The Royal College of Psychiatrists has made clear, "There is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Furthermore, so-called treatments of homosexuality create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination flourish."
Click here to sign the petition"MPs should sever links with the Christian charity CARE which co-sponsored a 'gay cure' event"
Click here to follow Phillip Dawson's Facebook group Kick Homophobia Out of Government
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E-cigarettes: What's the Buzz?
Articles Good Health Good To Know
By Madeline Hammett
It is not uncommon knowledge that teenagers have been using and abusing various nicotine devices, turning to e-cigarettes in recent years. However, one mystery does remain: why do a vast number of teenagers opt to take such a large toll on their health?
"Between 2011 and 2019, the number of high school students using e-cigarettes grew from 1.5% to 27.5%," according to the National Youth Tobacco survey.
Although cigarette smoking rates among teens have gradually dropped in the past couple years, it appears that teenagers have found a new 'buzz' in e-cigarettes.
False sense of security
E-cigarettes were originally marketed as a ploy to slowly wean cigarette smokers off of nicotine. Companies such as JUUL and Blu first began targeting older audiences who needed to lower their nicotine usage into smaller, more controlled doses.
Although this first appeared to be a safe way to cure the US from its smoking epidemic, it began to attract a new generation to nicotine.
Many teenagers began forming the notion that e-cigarettes were safer and had less health effects than regular cigarettes, even though this has been disproven on various accounts.
"Besides nicotine, e-cigarette aerosol can contain other chemicals that harm the body," finds the US Department of Health and Human Services. "This includes cancer-causing chemicals and tiny particles that reach deep into the lungs."
Sleek packaging has inconspicuous appeal
E-cigarettes such as the JUUL are manufactured to be compact and sleeker to appear more like a USB drive.
This new look for nicotine devices allows teenagers to hide these products from their parents easier. Along with keeping these devices from their parents, students are able to use them more inconspicuously than cigarettes, partaking in juuling during class, in the school bathroom, at family events, in their room, etc.
Along with the 'new look' comes new flavors designed for luring in kids with their wholesome sounding taste. Flavors like key lime pie and mango ice attract kids more than the taste of cigarettes, trapping these young kids into a cycle of addiction and bad habits.
A much bigger risk
Recently more than ever in the United States, nicotine content has only continued to rise in e-cigarettes. According to Rally Health, e-cigarettes now contain nicotine salts instead of freebase nicotine, which allows for more nicotine to be absorbed more quickly and with less irritation.
"Not only has the average nicotine concentration in e-cigarettes gone up, but sales of e-cigarettes with 4% or greater nicotine concentration increased from 12.3% of the market to 74.7%," finds a study conducted by the Truth Initiative. "Nicotine is highly addictive and young developing brains are even more susceptible."
As if teenagers were not already susceptible enough to nicotine, because of the availability of nicotine products with higher nicotine content in them, kids are becoming more addicted and staying addicted.
"Nicotine salts deliver nicotine more efficiently across the brain/blood barrier," Truth Initiative Scientist King says. "This all means greater potential for nicotine addiction among kids."
How can parents help?
The most important thing a parent can do is to inform their teenagers on the effects of smoking and using nicotine products. Most teenagers start vaping out of curiosity or because they think it's cool or will help them to fit in.
"Teach your teenagers skills to resist pressures to use," suggests an article published by the Partnership to End Addiction. "Children in middle school or high school are likely to be in social situations where they are offered an opportunity to try vaping. Try to ask them questions about what they might do in that situation."
One of the most fundamental contributions to teen vaping comes as a result of children watching a family member use nicotine products. If a child is exposed to a relative using nicotine products, they will associate nicotine with something positive.
"When it comes to why teenagers vape, many of them say they have a social connection," finds the 2019 National Youth Tobacco survey. "30.8% of teenagers list their top reason for trying e-cigarettes as a family member using the devices."
Above all, having a healthy conversation with your teenager about the effects of vaping is the most important in preventing usage. Being open and honest with your teenager and setting a good example is vital in assisting your teenager in setting boundaries in social situations in which they might be tempted to try one of these devices.
https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/activity-pages/What_is_the_Appeal_of_E-Cigs.html
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/about-e-cigarettes.html
https://www.rallyhealth.com/quit-smoking/why-do-so-many-teens-vape
https://drugfree.org/article/how-to-talk-with-your-kids-about-vaping/
https://goodlifefamilymag.com/2016/11/14/planet-of-the-vapes/
https://goodlifefamilymag.com/2019/10/02/now-is-the-time-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-vaping/
https://goodlifefamilymag.com/2015/01/05/vaporized-as-demand-for-e-cigarettes-picks-up-steam-across-north-texas-many-parents-are-asking-are-they-safe/
Editor's Note: Madeline Hammett is a sophomore at the Episcopal School of Dallas, where she is a staff writer for the school newspaper, The Eagle Edition.
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Clean Ganga in Varanasi a mirage?
IANS | 2 Feb 2015 7:33 PM GMT
Clean Ganga In Varanasi A Mirage? Nearly nine months after the Narendra Modi government laid out an elaborate plan to revive the river Ganga here and clean up the ancient city, there appears a huge gap between his vision and visible reality even as environmentalists dub the entire plan as \"over-ambitious\".
Varanasi: Nearly nine months after the Narendra Modi government laid out an elaborate plan to revive the river Ganga here and clean up the ancient city, there appears a huge gap between his vision and visible reality even as environmentalists dub the entire plan as "over-ambitious".
In the prime minister's constituency, the local authorities have not yet woken up to Modi's vision for the beautification of the Ganga and the ghats (the steps leading to the river), which is why the problem remains intractable, said students from the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA), who conducted a clean-up drive in the area.
"The local authorities are not responsive to the Swachh Bharat call. There are very few bins. Where do we throw the garbage that we collect? There are no garbage collection vans either in the city," said 21-year-old Shubh Jindal, a participant in the Clean India drive near the Assi Ghat organised to generate awareness about keeping Varanasi clean.
"There is a gap between what Modiji said and what's being done on the ground. We are trying to motivate others," said another student.
While the locals remain upbeat and pin hopes on Modi for delivering his claims, experts seem little impressed with the moon that has been promised.
"It is a false plan developed by the government... I am not satisfied with the pollution control efforts so far because the government is ignoring the aviralta (continuous flow of water) aspect of cleaning the Ganga," Brahma Dutt Tripathi, professor of environmental engineering at the Benaras Hindu University (BHU), told IANS.
While it is important to stress on the problem of pollution, the focus must go beyond as the issue of the Ganga's resurgence is deeper than the contamination caused by floral waste, dead bodies and industrial effluents.
The issue of "nirmalta (clean water) vs avirlata" is at the core, said Tripathi, who is also a member of the National Ganges River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
Functioning under the water resources ministry, the NGRBA is the financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganga.
"The Ganga is seriously suffering from the problem of reduced flow... due to construction of dams on the main stream and the Bhagirathi in Uattrakhand. When water is stored in dams, it leads to the problem of seepage, affecting the quantity of water (in the river)," Tripathi said.
The diversion of water for irrigation is another stress, he said. The healthy flow of water in the river is key to ensuring its self-cleansing potential, and "that's the main reason why we are not able to control pollution... Priority should be given to enhancing the flow of water and ensuring its continuous flow (aviralta). The clean water (nirmalta) aspect depends on that," the professor said.
Another case in point is the mismanagement of solid waste by the local authorities. The ghats being morphed into crematoriums only compounds the problem. Floral waste, plastic bags, coconuts, silt and other solid waste also dot the ghats.
"About 33,000 dead bodies are cremated on the Harish Chandra and Manikarnika. Moreover, about 3,000 dead bodies of humans and about 6,000 of animals are thrown into the Ganga in Varanasi every year," said Tripathi, who has been researching on the river since the 1970s.
Equally concerned, the Supreme Court asked the central government last month to spell out a time limit as no verifiable progress was evident despite the decades-old cleansing work.
The clarion call for reviving the Ganga, seen as a winning card for Modi from Varanasi, was at the core of the Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for the April-May 2014 general elections. Under the public-private-partnership model, the Modi government set aside Rs. 80,000 crore for its plan for a "aviral aur nirmal (continuous and clean)" Ganga.
Also, the time frame committed to clean the 2,525-km river stretch from Gaumukh (Uttrakhand) to Ganga Sagar (West Bengal) cannot be accomplished within three years as promised by the government in its first phase of the action plan, say those who research the insidious factors responsible for a "dying Ganga".
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar has assured the apex court that the government proposed to conclude the cleansing programme by 2018 and that municipalities and other authorities have been moved into action.
But BHU profressor A.S. Raghbanshi is not convinced. "If the government is saying 2018, it's not possible, at least in Varanasi. It's an over-ambitious plan," said Raghubanshi, who is director of BHU's Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development.
"The local authorities laid down the sewage line and almost 80 percent of that work is also over. But we are still struggling to get a sewage treatment plant (STP) established," Raghubanshi told IANS.
The local quantum of sewage, one of the primary pollutants, is 300 million litres a day (MLD). In contrast, the capacity of the current STPs in Dinapur and Bhagwanpur is about 90 MLD - when they work at full capacity.
Thus, about 200 MLD is still discharged untreated and "even if they start building STPs today, they would take about five years to complete," Raghubanshi said.
This would mean missing the claimed deadline of 2018.


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Property flipping couple lose in tax arrears case
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Tourism chiefs fear speed bump
Business leaders, exporters and farmers upbeat about revised TPP deal
13 Nov, 2017 5:41pm
Trade Minister David Parker says that a deal can still be struck with or without Canada
The government is winning praise from farmers, exporters and the business sector in general for the way it handled trade negotiations on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam.
The core principles of the rebranded TPP were agreed by negotiators from 11 nations at the weekend after last-minute hold ups.
New Zealand's team managed to get most of what it wanted from the free trade deal.
"It's not a perfect agreement but it's a damn sight better than what we had when we started," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
Further negotiations will be held over coming months to iron out remaining issues before the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is signed.
"This is a great outcome for not just the primary sector but all New Zealanders," Federated Farmers said on Monday.
"The federation is delighted that the prime minister has been pragmatic and assertive to keep this agreement moving forward."
The Employers and Manufacturers Association said it was good news for exporters.
"The New Zealand team did well," the association said.
"We are an economy of 4.5 million people and it's exciting that we will have access to markets such as Japan, which we otherwise wouldn't."
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BusinessNZ said free trade agreements enormously increased the value and volume of exports.
"A successful conclusion to the CPTPP would be a huge boost for New Zealand exports."
Beef and Lamb NZ and the Meat Industry Association have also welcomed the agreement. Critics are suspicious about the deal.
"The new government has begun to spin its achievements while omitting some inconvenient details," said Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey, a veteran free trade opponent.
The Green Party has said it will continue to oppose the TPP.
"We don't think the changes make enough substantive difference," said trade spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman.
The Greens have a support agreement with the government but don't have to back it on anything other than confidence votes in parliament.
National supports the agreement, so the government won't have a problem passing legislation needed to implement it.
The CPTPP countries are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
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The kiwi was trading at 67.32 US cents at 5pm.


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So with Papa's supermarket heavily promoting a half price chicken breast pack offer to celebrate their new more freedom food friendly ethos, we decided to treat outselves for once. I never buy breast as it can become dry and is normally too expensive, but it's what the kids and the ex love and it is admittedly easy to work with.
This time I fried up a chopped onion with a few chopped garlic cloves and then when soft and fragrant, I added a teaspoon of cumin, and one of cinnamon. Then I fried the cubed up chicken pieces in this and sprinkled on some Marigold and poured in a little QuickCup water once the pieces were browned and coated in the spices.
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