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Children should be educated to recognise sexual abuse, says Mahira Khan
Updated May 23, 2019 09:29pm
The actor, with Shehzad Roy and Zeba Bakhtiar sat in a press conference to talk about the tragic case of young Farishta.
Mahira Khan has made an appeal to teachers and parents to give children proper education to protect themselves from sexual abuse.
The actor took part in a press conference today at Karachi Press Club along with Shehzad Roy, Zeba Bakhtiar and Younis Khan to talk on the tragic case of Farishta, a ten-year-old girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered.
"This is a tragic event, but such terrible incidents are happening all over our country. Children are suffering such incidents and we need to do what we can to prevent this," said Mahira, going on to talk about the importance of educating children against inappropriate touch.
"We aren't taught as children what is an inappropriate touch. Parents and teachers should teach their children about these things. Awareness of good touch and bad touch should begin at home and awareness to prevent abuse should be taught at home and school."
Khan emphasised the importance of having a conversation about these matters with children, as it will make them not only aware but will also allow them to speak up should they be uncomfortable in a setting.
"Please, when these things are not talked about in your homes, don't hush your children up... because you can't even think what those children must be experiencing at the time," said the actor.
She added, "This is something to give importance to. Whether it's the police, the child protection unit or counselors, they should be involved in helping children be aware... We need child psychologists and therapists in our child protection units to help them."
"This is the outcry we had a year ago when Zainab's murder happened and now this incident has shaken us yet again," said Shehzad Roy.
"Why are children not being properly taught how to protect themselves after everything that has happened? Why isn't our child protection unit working on making this happen?"
He added, "We need to understand that when such incidents happen, they start slowly. It starts with an inappropriate touch that a child doesn't understand and is quiet about and it grows to the point that a life is lost. We don't want it to get to that point, it can be stopped in the first go if a child knows what bad touch is."
According to Zeba Bakhtiar, "We all need to work together to make this change in our society happen. Education for children regarding all this is very important. Social media plays an important part in all this."
Absolutely right. Please Campaign for such issues so that children know the difference between good touch and Bad touch
fully endorse this.
SYED FAHD
ABSOLUTELY agree with Mahira Khan
Ahsan Gul
Alway these words that we use "should be ". When anyone is going to "We have put in practice"
Solomon The King
and at the hands of tutors too
Khan USA
Exactly ! Children should be taught about Safe Touch and Unsafe Touch ! This is happening in every civilized world so that no child could be abused even by a blood relative !
Mahira and friends please continue helping PK children from abuse and get govt. co-operation. Best to you all.
N abidai
Totally agree,the parents must learn that they are responsbile for the well being of their children ,which means teaching them saftey skills,and follow them in home ,and in schools ,in neighborhoods! Abuse starts at home by near and dear one's !
What on earth are these actors and actresses lecturing about 'teaching children about sexual abuse'? This is not the issue here. The issue is one of rape. Even if any of the children be it Zainab or Ferishta knew about sexual abuse would it have prevented them from being kidnapped by force and being subjected to rape? They were not groomed but taken unawares. They were young girls who were targeted as prey by predators. The issue is about society & police taking rape seriously and punishing the offender. The issue is about bringing up and giving men a moral education in which they have to be taught that they must respect girls and women. The issue is about changing mindsets about the role of men in society, not as rulers and controllers of women but their supporters and protectors. The issue is not about teaching girls to be fearful , but to be vigilant and stand up for themselves and teaching boys and men that their purpose in life is not to exert power and control over women
Absolutely! They should be made to feel comfortable about bring up the subject with their parents. Too often kids, as well as adults, are made to feel shameful about even mentioning it. That not only gives cover to abuses, and abusers, it is also very unhealthy for the mental and emotional well being of the victims.
hanifsmile
Children should be educated to do a lot more, then you will not have people who sexually abuse other people, teach them respect, patience, values, and list goes on and on
Two thumbs up for Mr. Khan. Be the leader in this cause.
Bilal Kashmir
@Parsa It all starts from being aware and sensitive children. Are you in a position to deploy a security guard to every children or is it practically possible to have an acquaintance all the time while playing or going to school or visiting relatives ?. If children themselves are cautious and alert ,they can gauge to understand behaviour of such predators.They can talk about this to parents. This will avoid many mishaps.
@Parsa You raise some very important points. But there have been quite a few instances of boys also being raped. Boys are not immune to abuse and inappropriate touching. Children do need to recognise the difference between good and bad touching. Adults have a duty to listen and to act when children confide in them, and not turn a blind eye. Emotional and psychological damage are most often the consequences.
Jawaid Islam
While this is important, it is also necessary to lecture the male child from the early years to not touch another child in any way. Also, mothers and fathers should be vigilant around their household themselves, who is coming and going, and not allow girls to venture out to play or shops on their own, cousins, brothers even fathers can play havoc to a child's life. So be vigilant.
Mahira I appreciate you. You take a good action to stand for the lifes of boys and girls. Yes the boys and girls want to knew about good touch and bad touch this is very important because the kidnapers have very smart. The teachers have must talk to child about good touch and bad touch.And the parents take proper responsibility to safe his child.


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UK climate policy hasn't even begun
David Wallace, Vice President of the Royal Society (the world's oldest academy of science), today urges the UK Government to face the challenge of achieving an adequate supply of affordable energy while cutting emissions of carbon dioxide.
He warns that the UK government's current climate change policies are not working well enough.
The Society has also recommended that the Government should...introduce a carbon tax which would put a cost on all emissions of carbon dioxide from all sectors including industrial, domestic and transport. This would encourage the development of cleaner technologies and a move away from carbon based fuels in the overall energy supply as well as promoting energy efficiency measures. A report by the Royal Society has shown that the impact of a carbon tax on the long-term global GDP would be negligible.
(New Zealand carbon tax discussed here and here)
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We were having some guests over a couple of nights ago and I wanted to serve them something that wouldn't be too time consuming to make, because I was going to be short on time, and it had to be something I already had on hand because I didn't have time to run to the grocery store and it had to go a long way and feed everyone. Ugh! That's a test!
I remembered I had two whole chickens in the freezer and thought I could figure out something to do with them. I am never a fan of roasted chicken because they never turn out as flavorful as I would like them to be. I started looking around the web and came across this recipe and thought it was perfect.
It was definitely perfect! It honestly could not have turned out any more perfect. This chicken was fantastic! The flavor was amazing and the house smelled divine while it was cooking. I couldn't believe how moist it was! I couldn't have asked for a better presentation. My guest raved about it which made me very proud. This is a must try if you have an extra chicken in need of a cooking!
Preheat oven and a roasting pan to 400°F. Rinse the chicken and chicken cavity with water and pat dry with paper towels.
Rub salt over the inside of the cavity. Grasp the skin at the tip of the chicken breast and gently pull up. Use your fingers to gently separate the skin from the breast meat, taking care not to tear the skin. Sprinkle a little salt into the gaps and insert as much of the chopped herb mixture as you can. Drizzle with a little olive oil. Stuff the cavity with the lemon, bay leaves, rosemary, and any remaining herbs and the quartered orange. Pull the skin of the chicken breast over the breast so that none of the meat is exposed. Tuck in the wings and truss with kitchen string.
Rub some olive oil over the chicken and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper.
Carefully remove the hot roasting pan from the oven and add a little oil to the bottom of the pan.
Place the chicken on one side, breast side down, on the roasting pan and put it back in the oven. Cook for 5 minutes, then turn the chicken so that the other breast is on the pan and cook for another 5 minutes. Starting off by cooking the chicken this way will help brown the breasts. Then turn the chicken over so that it is back-side down. Cook for 1 hour, or until the juices run clear (not pink) when a knife tip is inserted into both the chicken breast and thigh, about 165-170°F for the breast and 175-180°F for the thigh.


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Bangladesh's railway system mostly uses typical manual railway crossing techniques or boom gates through its 2955.53 km rail route all over the country. Accidents frequently happen at railway crossings due to the lack of quickly operating gate systems, and to fewer safety measures at the railway crossing as well. Currently, there are very few autom...
Challenges of Establishing Solar Power Stations in Hungary
Henrik Zsiborács
András Vincze
Istvan Haber
Nóra Hegedűsné Baranyai
In the context of the ever-growing demand for energy, especially electric energy, from renewable sources, there has been great interest in photovoltaic energy generation. The speed at which the penetration of photovoltaic technology can grow, however, does not simply depend on supply and demand but also on the various policies and schemes adopted b...
Analysis of Power to Gas Technologies for Energy Intensive Industries in European Union
David Borge-Diez
Enrique Rosales
Emin Açıkkalp
Daniel Alonso-Martínez
Energy Intensive Industries (EII) are high users of energy and some of these facilities are extremely dependent on Natural Gas for processing heat production. In European countries, where Natural Gas is mostly imported from external producers, the increase in international Natural Gas prices is making it difficult for some industries to deliver the...
ESG: Germany's energy options
Kaushik Ghosal
sukhman sandhu
Europe is facing dramatic issues relating to energy. It is very clear that Europe as a whole has no coherent energy policy and even the largest of the founding members of the EU, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands remain wedded to very different energy mixes. This can be seen in Chart 1 which shows data from 2020. Germany was dominated by c...
Comparative evaluation of different options for energy system development in small countries
Neli Zaharieva
Pavlin P Groudev
Anton Chaushevski
Emil Kichev
In this paper an approach, proposed in the frame of the IAEA International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) and its Collaborative Project "Key indicators for innovative nuclear energy systems" (KIND) for a multi-criteria comparative assessment of different energy options was studied and applied. Comparative evaluation...
Efekti izgradnje FN elektrana u proizvodnim pogonima Rudnika uglja "Kreka" u Tuzli
Merim M Aličić
Elektroprivreda Bih
Keroševića
The use of renewable energy sources is imposed as an imperative for the competitiveness and stable energy policy of companies. The basic production equipment in the "Kreka" coal mine in Tuzla has electrical plants with a total peak load of 12 MW, and the costs for electrical energy exceed €3.5 million annually. The paper analyzes the suitability of...
Experimental study of the flow induced by an axial hydrokinetic turbine
Danca Paul Alexandru
Bunea Florentina
Corina Babutanu
Ionut Stelian Grecu
The renewable energy policy strongly encourages the use of all renewable sources of energy. The authors started to develop a new hydrokinetic turbine to be implemented in small rivers or water channels with a low investment cost. This paper presents velocity map distribution around a hydrokinetic turbine prototype. Experimental measurements were pe...
Decarbonising Europe – EU citizens' perception of renewable energy transition amidst the European Green Deal
Demetrio Panarello
Andrea Gatto
The COVID-19 crisis has imposed a rediscussion of energy transition, offering the chance of promoting socioeconomic and ecological resilience to the energy sector, crucial for the post-pandemic recovery. Our societies are faced with a unique opportunity for changing people's behaviours and improving their lives. In the EU, the Green Deal is saluted...
Charging toward decarbonized electrification: Revisiting Beijing's power system
Da Huo
Yujie Dong
Chao Zhang
Beijing's power system has experienced a significant transition by eliminating coal-fired power generation and increasing the extent of electrification over the past two decades. This study uses a plant-level dataset, pair-wise energy flow, and customized index decomposition analysis to investigate the driving forces behind Beijing's rapid electrif...
Declining Discount Rates for Energy Policy Investments in CEE EU Member Countries
Rafal Bula
Monika Foltyn-Zarychta
Energy policy investments are usually evaluated using a cost-benefit analysis (CBA), which requires an estimation of the social discount rate (SDR). The choice of SDR can be crucial for the outcome of the appraisal, as energy-related investments generate long-term impacts affecting climate change. Once discounted, these impacts are highly sensitive...
Evaluating Biofuel Energy Policies for Sustainable Transportation Sector: A System Dynamics Approach
Vidosh Mahate
Anand Bisen
Sachin Vishwakarma
Rajeev Jain
Energy is vital for techno-socioeconomic development of global transportation sector. A country's energy policy will aim to provide an appropriate mix of resources to meet its energy demand. Biofuels have emerged as an alternative to meet the energy requirements. The contribution of this study is the evaluation of sustainable biofuel energy policie...
Analysis of Potential Electric Energy Rice Husk using Gasification Process in West Sumatera
Maidi Rizki Rizki
Nazir Refdinal
Currently, the use of fuel is increasing, it is feared that fossil fuels will run out in the near future and the national energy policy make the target of the new renewable energy to reach 23% in 2025, especially those most widely used for electricity fuel. Energy from vegetable waste is one of solution to produce new biomass energy an alternative...
Modeling CO 2 Emission in Residential Sector of Three Countries in Southeast of Asia by Applying Intelligent Techniques
Mohsen Sharifpur
Mohamed Salem
Yonis.m.Yonis Buswig
Jaroon Rungamornrat
Residential sector is one of the energy-consuming districts of countries that causes CO 2 emission in large extent. In this regard, this sector must be considered in energy policy making related to the reduction of emission of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases. In the present work, CO 2 emission related to the residential sector of three countries, i...
Systematic Review Renewable Energy Policies in Ghana
Mohammed Augustine Takase
Rogers Ronoh
Joy Kibet
Richard Asare
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Review of the Impact of Biofuels on U.S Retail Gasoline Prices
Karel Janda
Eva Michalíková
Luiz Célio Souza Rocha
David Zilberman
This study aims to provide a review of the state-of-the-art literature regarding the impact and contributions of corn ethanol on retail gasoline prices in the US. For this, a Systematic Literature Review following Prisma statement was carried out, seeking to answer four research questions: (1) what are the main characteristics of the literature reg...
Renewable Energy Pathways toward Accelerating Hydrogen Fuel Production: Evidence from Global Hydrogen Modeling
Shamal Chandra Karmaker
Kanchan Kumar Sen
Bidyut Baran Saha
Fossil fuel consumption has triggered worries about energy security and climate change; this has promoted hydrogen as a viable option to aid in decarbonizing global energy systems. Hydrogen could substitute for fossil fuels in the future due to the economic, political, and environmental concerns related to energy production using fossil fuels. Howe...
Determination of demographic and socio-economic factors influencing clean cooking fuel adoption in rural Bangladesh: Demographic and socio-economic factors on clean cooking fuel
Dilruba Shabnam
Laura Girling
Biogas as a clean source of cooking fuel has enormous potential to meet Bangladesh's energy needs. The objective of this article is to identify the factors influence biogas adoption in rural households. The study aimed to look at the policy framework that needs to be put in place to promote biogas adoption as a cooking fuel in the study region. Thi...


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That's right — in her new music video for her song " Wolves " with Marshmello, released exclusively on Apple Music on Friday, Selena shows off her impressive talent by calmly standing on, not in , the middle of a swimming pool. Sel's water-walking isn't the only thing that'll have you scratching your head and watching the video over and over and over again. The storyline of the three-and-a-half-minute clip is kinda confusing and kinda creepy: Selena appears to be in an indoor swimming pool facility, where she stands perilously close to the edge of the high dive, struts dramatically through a dark hallway, writhes around on the floor of the locker room, and lays down on the bleachers. All the while, she's being watched by security cameras; at the very end of the video, she stands in the aforementioned dimly lit hallways and stares straight at one of the cameras before the point of view switches to that of the camera's footage, showing that, in fact, there's no Selena Gomez standing in the hallway. Luckily, the video features an impressive number of extremely glamorous outfit changes to distract you from your worries that Selena maybe doesn't actually exist. She does exist, right? While laying on the floor of the locker room's showers, she wears a shimmery gold one-shoulder floor-length gown and strappy heels, and when she prowls down the blue-lit hallway, she wears a glittery, silver wrap dress with a plunging neckline and high-cut slit. While standing on the high dive and, presumably, deciding whether to do a cannonball or stick to an elegant swan dive, Selena opts for yet another sparkly gown: a full-length blue number with a long train. She also hangs out on the bleachers that overlook the pool while wearing a bright red power suit over a Fleur du Mal pink and blue bra , then wanders among the lower diving blocks in a light blue crop top with matching floor-length skirt. Finally, while walking on the water like it's NBD, she wears a light pink, strapless minidress that's covered in shaggy pink fur.
As always, Kanye West is full of surprises, and Friday was no exception, as he dropped a brand new video right on the heels of "Famous.
Kanye's seventh album "The Life of Pablo" is available to stream now.
A Chilliwack band that has been together for less than a year is getting ready to release a single and a music video this weekend. The band was formed in the summer of last year and the current three members are Bronsen Rasmussen lead vocals, bass , Allen Yang guitar and Nick Svab drums. Originally the band was called Feed The Wolves, and when they first formed, they found an artist in Greece via social media to design their logo. Grahn had reached out to the band after hearing about them from another person in the industry. Rasmussen then invited Grahn to a sold-out show at The Roxy in Vancouver in February where they met him after the show. Aside from each band member having to record his piece of each song separately and wipe down any shared equipment used in studio, it was all pretty normal. For the video, which was filmed at Main Street Night Club on July 25, masks were required by everyone in the venue. Those who were in the video had to wear them before and after filming but not while cameras were rolling , plus waivers were signed, there was increased sanitation and first aid, Rasmussen said. The pandemic did, however, have a greater impact on their live shows as they had to put their Western Canada tour, schedule for this summer, on hold. A band gets to plan a little bit more.
Wow, what a great day to be alive. Selena Gomez's "Wolves" music video is here and it's everything. The rhythm is contagious and the lyrics are so deep and romantic. The star is planning on performing the song for the first time at the AMAs, so be sure to check it out. But first, let's talk about this music video. Of course, Gomez has a super cool back story about the creation of "Wolves. She told Beats 1 radio host Zane Lowe,. Mentioning that the song lyrics are "personal" could mean a variety of different things. Did she first hear it when things with The Weeknd were hot and heavy or are they about something much deeper? I guess that is up for fan interpretation.
As always, Kanye West is full of surprises, and Friday was no exception, as he dropped a brand new video right on the heels of "Famous. Sure, Kardashian appears early on in the Balmain-centric video amongst a whole host of models — but the short answer is, yes, the video is ultimately about her. Unlike said models, who appear stalking the runway in packs, dancing, or shielded by camera flashes from the paparazzi with the emphasis on their clothing rather than their faces, Kardashian appears in a close-up, by herself, separate from the rest of the video's cast.
She's still wearing a design from the fashion house like everyone else, but she's far from blending in with the crowd. West himself is pictured with tears running down his cheeks, and it seems clear to me that Kardashian is the source of all that emotion — especially when you look at the lyrics to "Wolves. Later on in the song, he sings, "You gotta let me know if I could be your Joseph," this is a biblical reference, by the way — Mary and Joseph ring any bells?
It's a beautiful message, and one that West has underlined with the cinematography in the "Wolves" video. By zooming in close on Kardashian's serene face and his own tears to show how grateful he is that he found her amongst the "wolves," aka, the rest of the world obsessed with tearing him down.
Watch the video below, and I dare you not to tear up. It's a really lovely look inside the Kimye relationship, I feel like, and it makes me like them more as a couple, and West more as an artist, so really well done all 'round.
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Religious affiliation is not the only criteria when selecting a spouse. And also I thought it was weird she wore some kind of pants that come to her knees under her other pants, but I never asked about that. And to clarify, what I mean by physical demand is something that requires energy I don't have, like having sex or going for a walk. I also studied his advice for approaching and dating women. Maybe we'll break up in a month. If you can genuinely deconvert her then cool. I have finally realized that the church is fake and I'm so grateful that I got a second chance with this guy. The church really needs to tailor to more partial LDS families, imho. How the Book of Mormon was translated using a sacred rock. Sure it's lonely and hard work being a "single parent".
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Crazy Hart Ranch hopes to benefit from turkey shortage
Farm owner Linda Hart says her heritage turkeys are free-range birds
Updated: 6:03 PM EST Nov 19, 2013
Randy Gyllenhaal
If you're hoping to snag a last-minute fresh turkey at the supermarket this year, you might run into some trouble.The nation's largest turkey producer, Butterball, announced it will be shipping about 50 percent fewer large, fresh birds this year due to a shortage.Florida family farms, like the Crazy Hart Ranch in Fellsmere, are hoping people will look to them as an alternative.MOBILE USERS: Tap here to watch the video"These are not like the store-bought turkeys," said Linda Hart while tending to her 100 heritage turkeys. "It's got a great flavor. You have more turkey flavor with it. And it's a juicy bird. The dark meat is darker."Hart said her birds are different because they're a different breed than the white turkeys sold at many supermarkets. Heritage turkeys are thought to have been eaten by pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving.And the birds living here are not locked in cages or confined to a factory farm. They are free to eat, fly and mate within the 5-acre property."They're raised out on pasture," said Hart. "This is where they spent the last six or eight months."On Thursday, the birds will be processed and eventually turned into Thanksgiving dinner. It's a bittersweet time on the Fellsmere farm. This is a business, but Hart said she gets very attached to her birds."They're very personable," said Hart. "I've had people say, 'Oh, I'm going to raise a turkey for Thanksgiving.' And I kind of laugh, because it's like eating a family dog. They're going to follow you around. They're going to live with you."For information on obtaining a heritage turkey, contact Hart at 772-913-0036 or visit CrazyHartRanch.com.Follow Randy Gyllenhaal on Twitter at @wpbf_randy.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | SocialView, Share Breaking News Photos On WPBF.com's u local:9146236
FELLSMERE, Fla. —
If you're hoping to snag a last-minute fresh turkey at the supermarket this year, you might run into some trouble.
The nation's largest turkey producer, Butterball, announced it will be shipping about 50 percent fewer large, fresh birds this year due to a shortage.
Treasure Coast Food Bank distributing fewer turkeys this Thanksgiving
Florida family farms, like the Crazy Hart Ranch in Fellsmere, are hoping people will look to them as an alternative.
MOBILE USERS: Tap here to watch the video
"These are not like the store-bought turkeys," said Linda Hart while tending to her 100 heritage turkeys. "It's got a great flavor. You have more turkey flavor with it. And it's a juicy bird. The dark meat is darker."
Hart said her birds are different because they're a different breed than the white turkeys sold at many supermarkets. Heritage turkeys are thought to have been eaten by pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving.
And the birds living here are not locked in cages or confined to a factory farm. They are free to eat, fly and mate within the 5-acre property.
"They're raised out on pasture," said Hart. "This is where they spent the last six or eight months."
On Thursday, the birds will be processed and eventually turned into Thanksgiving dinner. It's a bittersweet time on the Fellsmere farm. This is a business, but Hart said she gets very attached to her birds.
"They're very personable," said Hart. "I've had people say, 'Oh, I'm going to raise a turkey for Thanksgiving.' And I kind of laugh, because it's like eating a family dog. They're going to follow you around. They're going to live with you."
For information on obtaining a heritage turkey, contact Hart at 772-913-0036 or visit CrazyHartRanch.com.
Follow Randy Gyllenhaal on Twitter at @wpbf_randy.


Chic Starts Here! Join Me and Ann Taylor to Celebrate Their Opening at Sherway Gardens!
Exciting news! Ann Taylor is opening their third Canadian location tomorrow, August 2nd, at Sherway Gardens in the city's west end!
As one of Ann Taylor's Canadian blogger ambassadors, I am not only thrilled to share this news with you, but also to reveal that I have joined forces with Ann Taylor for an exclusive collaboration to celebrate this special opening.
From August 6-8th, three mannequin styled by me will appear in the Ann Taylor at Sherway Gardens store. On August 7th I will be in-store from 6-8pm for a personal appearance and to help you style your own Ann Taylor looks with a bit of Gracie Carroll flair! Then, on August 10th from 2-5pm Ann Taylor will host their grand opening party from 2-5pm, complete with treats, DJ, raffles and more.
Can't wait until next week to check out the new store? Why would you! Especially since it's been announced that the gorgeous Kate Hudson has returned for the fall campaign! Get a sneak peek below, and from August 2-8th Ann Taylor's new Sherway Gardens location will provide shoppers with a mystery gift card with their purchase. Hurry, the gift cards will only be available while supplies last.
How do I wear Ann Taylor my way? Here's a recap of my favourite Ann Taylor looks from What I Wore. See you on August 7th from 6-8pm!


The national Economic Complexity Index (ECI) rankings for 2016 make interesting reading and raise some uncomfortable issues for Australia in particular.
ECI, developed jointly by MIT and Harvard University, has been shown to be a much more reliable descriptor of future national prosperity and growth than metrics like GDP. You'll find Australia ranked at 65 – slightly above Botswana but somewhat behind Kazakhstan (60) and Colombia (55). This has serious implications for Australia and I would love comments or discussion on this topic. One of the things I find interesting is the disparity between Australia's objective economic place in the world and our own cultural perception of ourselves. Certainly from a cultural perspective, we would largely consider our global peers to be those in Western Europe and North America (most of which have ECI rankings within the top 20). At the level of economic sophistication (related to complexity), however, our peer nations are those such as Kenya, Senegal and Zambia.


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Volunteers Met with Lawmakers to Ask Them to Support a $1.50 Cigarette Tax Increase and to Prohibit Teens from Using Indoor Tanning Devices
Today, the front steps of the South Carolina State House were covered in sneakers to remind lawmakers to protect teen health by raising the cigarette tax by $1.50 and prohibiting teens under 18 from using indoor tanning devices. Legislators and volunteers from across the state laced up their sneakers before coming to the Coaches vs Cancer Suits and Sneakers event, part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Day at the State House.
Coach Michael Kleinfelder, a two-time cancer survivor and girls' soccer coach from Gilbert High School in Lexington County, brought some of his players and their parents to join more than 50 volunteers from across the state who met with legislators.
South Carolina's 57-cent tax ranks 45th among the states and Washington, DC. It is one of the lowest in the country and is well below the national average of $1.79. An increase of $1.50 per pack will keep 20,700 kids under the age of 18 from becoming adult smokers, result in 34,800 adults quitting, and raise nearly $249 million in new, annual revenue for the state which would be used for healthcare and to increase teacher salaries.
Not only would a $1.50 per pack cigarette tax increase be good for public health, it would benefit the state's fiscal health as well. Increasing the cigarette tax by this amount will save an estimated $1.12 billion in long-term health care costs. Mississippi currently spends $1.9 billion on tobacco-related health care costs each year and experiences $2.35 billion in lost productivity annually.
"Our Legislature has a chance to save lives, stop kids from smoking, and increase revenue by raising the cigarette tax," said Beth Johnson, South Carolina government relations director for ACS CAN. "Increasing the cost of tobacco is one of the most effective ways to prevent kids from becoming addicted to these deadly products and to help encourage those already addicted to quit."
Like tobacco, the World Health Organization has listed indoor tanning devices as carcinogenic to humans and the FDA requires the highest level of warning possible on the packaging—a black box warning.
Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. In South Carolina this year, an estimated 1,810 people will be diagnosed with the disease. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and on average, one person dies from melanoma every hour.
The earlier a person starts tanning, the greater the risk of getting melanoma and other skin cancers later in life because ultraviolet (UV) radiation can damage DNA in skin cells and is cumulative over time. For those who use an indoor tanning device before the age of 35, their risk of getting melanoma increases by 59 percent.
"The scientific data that supports these recommendations are clear-cut," said Gustavo W. Leone, Ph.D., director, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina. "The impact these proposed changes would have on South Carolinians and their health is tremendous and long lasting."
This year in South Carolina, an estimated 29,830 people will be diagnosed with cancer and 10,720 are expected to die from the disease.
Sneakers displayed on the State House steps will be donated to Teen Challenge of South Carolina, a faith-based solution for youth, adults, and families struggling with life-controlling problems, such as addiction, located in Georgetown.
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Today, the Illinois General Assembly passed a $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes sold in Illinois, establishing a $2.98-per-pack tax on cigarettes and a 15% wholesale tax on e-cigarettes. In response, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and Respiratory Health Association issued the following statement:
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Today, Senate President John Cullerton joined health advocates from organizations across the state to announce new legislation that would increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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It is by no means to be denied that the man who subjects himself to studies too severe does violence to his nature; and, although he may sharpen his intellect on one point, yet whatever he does wants the grace and facility natural to those who, proceeding temperately, preserve the calmness of their intelligence, and the force of their judgment, keeping all things in their proper place, and avoiding those subtleties which rarely produce any better effect than that of imparting a laboured, dry, and ungraceful character to the production, whatever it may be, which is better calculated to move the spectator to pity than awaken his admiration. It is only when the spirit of inspiration is roused, when the intellect demands to be in action, that effectual labour is secured; then only are thoughts worthy of expression conceived, and things great, excellent, and sublime accomplished.
Giorgio Vasari, "Paolo Uccello" in The Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, vol. 1, Lavin, ed., Heritage Press (New York: 1967) p. 107.


I was thinking while writing my Loser Magazine articles what we can expect if the restraints in the economy were removed as urged.
Concentration of capital would be reduced, and competition would be increased, providing more opportunities, more jobs and lower prices, and more new and improved products and services. This is really just a general statement of the overall benefits which any economist could predict.
The development and marketing of systems to help self-employed persons offer and sell their services in the domestic and non-domestic markets.
Creation of daycare enters in convenient places, with suitable hours, at reasonable prices, offering attractive services on a competitive basis.
Creation of low-cost after-hour programs for school children including sports programs, and Japanese-styled juku schools to give some children a boost in needed areas (such as in computers, to supplement public and private schools which lack adequate facilities.
Data processing systems and employment opportunities in the field of turning unwanted household and office items into cash (in effect a profit-driven recycling program).
Systems to locate opportunities for persons according to their interests and skills.
Educational offerings at low prices live and through internet.
Systems for determining the quality of educational programs based on the successes of graduates, taking into account the background of the graduates before attending the school.
College programs providing better job possibilities than now available through traditional non-profit degree-granting colleges and universities, at a small fraction of the cost, and with no student loans involved.
Systems to identify and assist in the utilization of available resources (which, for example, might be available for after-hour school activities for inner-city school children; or for business to borrow to expand capacity for short periods of time).
Increased opportunities for creative persons to obtain financing for and then sell or distribute their works.
Increased opportunities to raise money to finance one's self-employment.
Higher returns (in the neighborhood of 10-20%) for the savings of the middle class and others, instead of the 4.5% which they are now getting from putting their savings in the banks (which you should note are permitted to solicit money publicly without any regulatory hassles under the nation's securities and blue-sky laws; which means that the banks don't have to tell savers how little they're getting in comparison to what is possible to get elsewhere).
Systems for getting payments to writers, movie producers and others at the instant someone accesses his/her work, which means that a movie producer (such as myself) could sell his work to one viewer per night in each of 100 cities and obtain say $2 per view, and receive this money the next morning in the producer's bank account; where under present distribution techniques a producer could not profitably distribute a movie for a single viewer per day in one city.
Businesses would develop for the licensing of special services and trademarks to apartment buildings as a way for building owners to become more profitable, and for tenants to obtain the benefit of valuable services at very low prices.
I would be able to practice law from the beach, using a cellular telephone and portable computer to conduct my business affairs, by tapping into data bases of available persons to do most of whatever I needed to have done.
Underemployed would be counteracted and substantially reduced by software and databases directed to the problem of maximizing the economic usefulness of persons perceiving themselves to be underemployed (I try to qualify things a bit because of the good possibility that some persons who think they are underemployed might not understand that they are in fact unemployable).
Systems to rent items of personal property (such as cars, trucks, heavy equipment) during periods when not being used by the owner (another recycling type deal).
Systems for letting elected officials know what you expect of them to do or risk losing your support.
I could think of 500 more things which probably would happen if deregulation occurred, but I hope I have started you to think about what could be. My emphasis has been on systems, which requires money to buy the manpower needed to put the information together, maintain the databases, market the system, and fulfill the customers orders.
I see a tremendous growth in employment if small business is given the opportunity to raise money to do the things such as listed above. But there are many other things, especially in the area of new and improved products, which are too vast in scope for me to even begin thinking about, even though I am an inventor and have been awarded two patents.


"The Heart" is an acrylic painting from my Codice d'Errico solo collection that exhibited in Rome, Italy in 2010. I've always been inspired by the artworks and life of Leonardo Da Vinci, and created a collection of my helmetgirls that echoed his marvelous inventions. Monarch butterflies have appeared in my paintings before, and this one held over, and mirroring the shape of the girl's heart, is a thematic focal point. What does it mean to you? Ask your heart!


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Lowstar - Alphabet Blues
Reviewed by HelenB on 18th June 2007
I was a little worried when i first started listening to this track, as the slow music and dreary lyrics gave the impression that it was just going to be another depressing record about wallowing in self pity. After sticking with it though, I was pleased to discover that although the track is undoubtedly depressing, it's not that bad an effort.
The chorus is surprisingly innovative, and if you can forget about the subject matter of sadness and depression for a second, it's almost pleasant to listen to. The singer Ian's gentle but anxious voice has an appealing quality that really comes through when the song speeds up.
There's clearly a lot of work to be done though, before these guys are really ready to take on the music scene but they're definitely not a hopeless cause. More original lyrics might benefit them, and improving the simple guitar riffs a smidgeon might liven the song up a bit.
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Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Masʾūd al-Kāshī (sau al-Kāshānī) (în persană: غیاث‌الدین جمشید کاشانی Qiyās-ud-din Jamshid Kāshānī) (n. c. 1380 la Kashan, Iran -d. 22 iunie 1429 la Samarkand, Transoxania) a fost un matematician și astronom persan.

Biografie
Nu se cunoaște cu exactitate data nașterii, ca de altfel multe elemente din biografia sa.

În 1420, la invitația lui Ulugh Beg, s-a mutat la Samarkand, fiind numit conducător al observatorului astronomic, funcție pe care a deținut-o tot restul vieții.

Contribuții
A descoperit ceea ce astăzi numim teorema cosinusului și care în multe țări islamice poartă numele teorema lui Al-Kashi.

A descris operațiile în sistemul pozițional sexagesimal.
A descris procedeul de transformare a fracțiilor zecimale în sexagesimale și invers.
A dat exemple de extragere a rădăcinii de ordin n din numere întregi și sexagesimale.

A calculat coeficienții binomiali până la indicele 9.

A stabilit regula de a aduce la același indice radicalii.

A stabilit formula:

Pentru rezolvarea ecuațiilor de gradul al III-lea, a propus o metodă de iterație originală, care constituie una dintre cele mai importante rezultate ale matematicii arabe.

Un alt rezultat valoros în constituie determinarea valorii lui π cu 17 zecimale exacte în sistemul zecimal.

Al-Kashi a încercat rezolvarea problemei trisecțiunii unghiului bazându-se pe următoarea ecuație trigonometrică:

printr-un procedeu de iterație rapidă.

În astronomie, a descoperit o metodă de calculare a distanței corpurilor cerești și a inventat un instrument ingenios pentru studierea poziției planetelor.

Scrieri
 Miftah al-Hisab (Cheia aritmeticii)
 1424: Învățătură despre circumferință
 Risala al-Vatar va-l dkeib (Tratat despre coardă și sinus)
 Zidj Hakani, tabele astronomice bazate pe cele ale lui Al-Tusi.

Legături externe
  Biografie la MacTutor Biography
  La biographie d'Al-Kashi

Nașteri în 1380
Decese în 1429
Matematicieni ai islamului medieval
Astronomi medievali
Matematicieni din secolul al XV-lea
Matematicieni persani
Matematicieni din secolul al XIV-lea
Astronomi din secolul al XIV-lea
Astronomi din secolul al XV-lea

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Ian Dale Talk
Kelvin Probus 8th February 2021 23rd February 2021 SPEAKERS, Talks
How to Murder Your ………..- A Short History of Poisoning
Ian started on a musical note by reminiscing on Tom Lehrer's 1950s song 'Poisoning pigeons in the Park', an anarchic ditty familiar to our generation. However, he quickly moved on to the serious subject of poisons starting with the observation that they have been used since before man could write through the simple expedient of trial and error and watching what happened. And, of course, applying the results such as poisoning arrow heads to improve hunting success.
Available written records from Egypt to China suggest that the use of poisons were well embedded from at least 3000 BC. One of the best known historical incidents known to most is the poisoning of Socrates in the 5th Century BC. Hemlock, the poison used, causes muscular paralysis and eventually kills when it paralyses the heart. Ian observed that poisons can be sourced in many ways including minerals, plants, animals, micro-organisms and synthesised from chemicals. Scarily we discover that dosage levels are very rough. Testing historically has been done on rats but scaling up to humans is not necessarily accurate! So Ian's advice is that if you are planning to get your forehead botoxed to iron out your worry lines, make sure you go to an practitioner who is good at arithmetic. The botulinus toxin is extremely poisonous in small amounts. With some irony Ian observed that poisoning is a very middle or upper class means of killing. Indeed, it was the Roman ladies preference of choice for removing unwanted husbands. Keep this knowledge from your wives, gentlemen.
During the medieval times, there was great interest in poisons and poisoning. There was even a School of Poisoning in Venice in the 16th Century. An assassin of the time, John of Ragusa is claimed in 1543 to have a price list for dispatching well known figures of the time such as the Great Sultan for 500 ducats, the King of Spain for 150 ducats, the Pope for 100 ducats, etc!! Ragusa, is now better known as Dubrovnik on the Croatian coast albeit that it was within the orbit of the Venetian Republic in this period. To make his point Ian showed a photograph of a Dubrovnik pharmacy founded in 1315, believed to be the oldest in the world. In medieval London Italy was recognised as the main source of poisons, so much so that someone who was poisoned to death was said to have been 'Italianated'!
Arsenic has proven to be a popular poison through the ages, it's advantages being easy to obtain and that it's symptoms could match many possible known ailments or conditions and therefore unsuspected. Unfortunately for would be poisoners, in the 19th Century a chemist, James Marsh, developed a test (1836) which meant that the poison could be detected.
While Ian referred to Glasgow's infamous cases of Madeleine Smith and Dr William Pritchard (the last person to be publicly hanged in Scotland), perhaps one of the most audacious cases he referred to was the attempted poisoning of former Nazi Camp Guards held in Stalag 13 after the war. Jewish partisans got jobs in the bakery serving the prisoners and added arsenic to the bread. It poisoned nearly 2,000 prisoners. However, it's believed that only a few died. What added to the poignancy of the story was that the planned poisoning of the bread was Plan 'B'. It turned out that Plan 'A' was to poison the water supply of cities such as Berlin, Munich, Weimar and Nuremburg. However, it is believed that Chaim Weizman, later to become the first President of Israel, vetoed the idea because of the humanitarian consequences and the impact on the reputation of Judaism.
Ian covered many different poisons and poisoners both in the real world and in fiction not to mention consideration of their military use. We were reminded of the use of scopolamine as a truth drug against Callan and the CSI story where poison absorbed by the skin was used. Saddam Hussein favoured using Thallium because it is tasteless and even the CIA had considered using it in their many hapless attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. It was comforting to hear that the British government actually rejected using Anthrax, a biological agent, in World War 2. Mind you, this was only after scientists realised that German cities would remain uninhabitable for decades if it had been used. Gruinard Island, the 'test centre' in 1942 off the West Coast of Scotland, was only declared safe in 1990. In the French and Indian Wars in North America in the 18th Century General Lord Amherst had no such scruples about biological warfare and instructed Col Henry Bouquet when there was a smallpox outbreak amongst his men to gift smallpox ridden blankets to the native Indians in the hope of spreading the disease among them.
In 2007 Ian received an unexpected request to assess the cause of death from a very small sample of blood. It transpired that the blood had come from a man who had ingested 373 coins weighing 2.8 kilograms into his body. This gave Ian a toxicological clue to check for zinc and copper in the blood. It turns out that it was the zinc which killed him! It makes the mind boggle!
Forensic science despite dealing with horrendous crimes is often portrayed as an unemotional search for evidence to help solve crimes. However, in 1996 Ian found himself having to analyse blood samples from the Dunblane School Massacre, this proved to be a very emotional experience. No elaboration was required for those who lived through the event which moved the world.
Ian gave a very intriguing talk. His subject is one where all of his audience have a familiarity from newspapers, books, films and folklore. However, Ian's exposition shed light into the subject which gave members a new perspective on poisons and their use. Thus, a rewarding talk to all. In closing, Ian anticipated everyone's question, how can you poison someone and not be detected? He tantalisingly indicated that he charges for this advice!
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The 2018 Race of Remembrance proved to be bigger than ever before with 50 teams taking to the grid for the 5th annual race. The weekend had added significance in that it marked 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of WW1.
A new event featured in the Anglesey this year, the Mission Motorsport Annual Biathlon of Foolishness! These brave souls (pictured left) undertook the challenge of a run round a section of the circuit and then a very brief dip - PTI assisted - in the Irish sea!
We once again returned to Blyton Park in October for a multi-activity day, this involved passenger laps, karting and car control. The weather was fantastic and SDC - the Supercar Drivers Club didn't disappoint with a wonderful selection of cars.
On Monday 24th September we once again descended on the iconic Goodwood Motor Circuit for our annual Mission Motorsport Invitational meeting. As always the event ran smoothly and we had a fantastic selection of cars on offer for our beneficiaries to experience high speed passenger laps around the track - and of course, the skid pan.
Before the C1 24hr race a lucky group of beneficiaries visited the world famous Nürburgring in Germany for a once in a lifetime experience. Built in 1927, the Nürburgring was designed to be the ultimate test of man and machine, and it remains to this day the benchmark for manufacturers to test new cars. A bucket list item for any petrolhead, it is a very special place.
We sent a team of staff, beneficiaries and volunteers to Spa, Belgium on the 4th October in order to take part in a 24hr race. Mission Motorsport ran 2 cars with the pit crew made up from many of our beneficiaries. Spa Francorchamps is an incredible circuit and to race through the night - amazing.


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The slight hints of flavour offered by Emblem's production of TGA SubCool's Conspiracy Kush does little to save itself from the revolting visuals endured before consuming it.
By the numbers Conspiracy Kush is pretty attractive. I can find it at only one delivery service and one online store in Canada priced at $17 and $9 per single gram, respective. In the US, I can find it listed in Arizona, Oregon and Washington primarily, still a small listing count of 20 and most listings start at 3.5 gram packages ($27.9USD on average). There is one outlier listing in Colorado, $16USD per gram. Emblem is the only legal producer to claim it in Canada.
I mentioned that this is a TGA Subcool cultivar, a breeder I have had really good experience with. TGA's flagship is called Space Queen, a mix of Romulan and the legendary Cinderella 99. We see it here in this Conspiracy Kush, a Space Queen crossed to something called Obama Kush, a relatively unknown OG, Afghani cross. There is some information to suggest this cultivar was originally created by Heros of the Farm and looks like it was incorporated into TGA's menu sometime during 2017.
Visual appeal for this Conspiracy Kush or Bella Luna is terrible. Buds are small, tight and compact, but connected to large stems or unsightly trim that could have easily been removed. In my gram container there is one acceptable looking top, but it only looks good from one side. The remaining contents are a mix of crumble or scant buds with large stem attached.
The dryness we've complained about in the past two reviews continues here. You do not need a grinder for this, it will crumble with your fingers and I recommend you wash your hands afterwards.
Up close, it's frightening, the details underneath turn the stomach. I rarely see hair and fibre on legal cannabis, but there is a large, gag-worthy fibre linking two of the buds together. The face of some of the trim leaves show some unusual white colouring. I suppose the stem is a nuisance as well, but the closer you look, the worse it gets.
I've crumbled off a few usable tips in order to continue this review, which I am not proud of.
The scent of the buds have some sour berry, maybe some light florals and gas. The flavour is scarce, a bit better than the previously reviewed Sour Kush, but too faint to continue the discussion.
There are no alternative recommendations to make here. This is no price point low enough to buy it. If you're considering purchasing the Bella Luna to try TGA/Heros' Conspiracy Kush, maybe hold out for something better.
In the span of these 3 reviews my idea of Emblem as a producer has completely changed. It's worth a look back to my review of their Quantum Kush I did three months ago. The lighting is bad in the photos. If I would have checked it under proper light, I suspect I would've had comments similar I made during these latest reviews. Previously, perhaps naively, I saw them as decent producers with great genetic selection. Now I find them as appealing as, say, licking a public toilet seat. Look at that hair in the picture above and the decomposing brown/grey colouring of the bud. Like I said back in the Organigram pre-roll review, all that stem and seed maybe doesn't look so bad now.
Next week, we get a brief reprieve from the downward tone of these reviews, I will review a Red Congolese. I'll talk about the love affair Toronto had with it in the summer of 2017, and try to find out if its popularity has continued afterwards.


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est une ville japonaise située dans la préfecture de Fukushima.

Géographie

Localisation
Shirakawa est située dans le sud de la préfecture de Fukushima.

Démographie
En , la population de Shirakawa était de  répartis sur une superficie de .

Hydrographie
La ville est traversée par le fleuve Abukuma.

Climat

Histoire
La ville s'est développée à l'époque d'Edo au cœur du domaine de Shirakawa. Le bourg moderne de Shirakawa est créé le . Il obtient le statut de ville le .

Culture locale et patrimoine

 Château de Komine
 Barrière de Shirakawa

Transports
On accède à Shirakawa via l'autoroute du Tōhoku et les routes 289 et 294.

La ville est desservie par la ligne principale Tōhoku de la JR East.

Jumelages
Shirakawa est jumelée avec :

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

Ville au Japon