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Politicos Urged Not to Worsen Cemetery Mess with Leaflets and Tarpaulins
A waste and pollution watch group appealed to national and local politicians running for public office in the 2019 elections not to drown cemeteries and adjacent communities with propaganda leaflets and tarpaulins.
"We urge all candidates not to use the cemeteries and the roads leading to their gates as a 'common poster area' to publicize their names and faces," said Aileen Lucero, National Coordinator, EcoWaste Coalition.
Poll candidates are usually tempted to take advantage of the popular observance of Undas to make themselves known to citizens who swarm the cemeteries to gain some political mileage.
"People go to cemeteries to offer flowers and prayers for their departed loved ones, and not to be bombarded with all sorts of political propaganda. No campaigning in cemeteries please," Lucero said.
"Cemetery administrators should ban the distribution of leaflets, commercial or political, as well as the hanging of tarpaulins, including greetings and reminders, from politicians to shield Undas from partisan politics," she proposed.
"Local government authorities should likewise disallow the display of tarpaulins bearing 'happy halloween' and 'have a safe Undas" messages from politicians on the streets leading to the cemetery entry points," she added.
The nailing of tarpaulins on trees, in particular, should be forbidden as this can harm trees. "Please spare trees of all types of tarpaulin announcements," she pleaded.
Leaflets and tarpaulins, according to the EcoWaste Coalition, only add to the cemetery mess that blemishes the time-honored observance of Undas.
The group also expressed its concern over the presence of hazardous substances such as cadmium and lead in tarpaulins that are usually made out of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.
"These tarpaulins will end up as garbage sooner or later. And these are not your ordinary garbage due to their toxic content," Lucero said.
Tarpaulins are not biodegradable and will take a very long time to degrade in dumpsites and landfills, releasing their toxic additives in the process, the EcoWaste Coalition said.
Burning these plastic materials will also be problematic as this will result in the formation of extremely toxic dioxins that can contaminate the environment and harm human health, the group warned.
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Tuesday, October 30, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Continued Sale of Toxic Candles with Leaded Wicks Worries Waste and Pollution Watch Group
Candles with leaded wicks are still sold for consumer use despite a government's warning that such candles are an "imminent hazard to public health."
The waste and pollution watch group EcoWaste Coalition made this revelation after buying last Saturday candles worth P120 to P240 per box of two candles from a store selling Chinese prayer articles along Ongpin St., in Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown.
Using a handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analytical device, lead in the range of 1,257 to 2,797 parts per million (ppm) was detected on the lead wire that is used to keep the cotton wick upright as the paraffin wax melts.
"We are worried by the continued sale of these imported toxic candles that can affect air quality and cause lead poisoning hazard, especially to young children," said Thony Dizon, Chemical Safety Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition.
"To prevent lead air pollution, we ask the manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of such candles to cease and desist from marketing candles with leaded wicks. Consumers should not light such candles that can result in serious health problems," he said.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2016 issued a public health advisory regarding "the purchase and use of all candles with wicks containing lead, candles in metal containers that contain lead, and wicks sold for candle-making that contain lead," stressing that such products pose "an imminent hazard to public health."
The said advisory was prompted by the EcoWaste Coalition's investigative research that found candles with lead-cored wicks on sale in Binondo. Tests commissioned by the group detected lead up to 200,735 ppm on the wicks of 20 candles it submitted to a private laboratory for analysis.
"As a lead-cored wick candle burns, some of the lead may vaporize and be released into the air. This airborne lead may be inhaled and may deposit onto floors, furniture and other surfaces in the room where children may be exposed to it," the FDA advisory said.
The FDA warned that exposure to lead emissions "can result in increased blood lead levels in unborn babies, babies and young children," adding that "other toxic effects includes neurological damage, delayed mental and physical development, and attention and learning deficiencies."
As the blatant sale of leaded candles continues, the EcoWaste Coalition appealed to the FDA to issue another advisory imposing outright ban on the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of such candles.
The group emphasized that the governments of Australia, Finland, Denmark and USA had already banned candles with lead-cored wicks in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)in 2003 banned lead-cored wicks and candles with lead-cored wicks after determining that candles using lead-cored wicks could present a lead poisoning hazard to young children.
"It's high time for the Philippines to follow suit and take action banning such toxic candles to prevent lead air pollution and protect children's health," the EcoWaste Coalition said.
https://ww2.fda.gov.ph/attachments/article/390455/FDA%20Advisory%20No.%202016-146.pdf
https://www.cpsc.gov/content/cpsc-bans-candles-with-lead-cored-wicks
Undas Tips on Safe Use of Candles:
1. Pay attention to the manufacturer's candle use and safety instructions.
2. Shun candles with lead-cored wicks and go for candles with cotton and other non-metal wicks.
3. Trim the wicks as a long and curved wicks can cause irregular burning and dripping.
4. Use sturdy candle holders that will not turn over, catch fire or break when they get too hot.
5. Place the candle holder on a stable, heat resistant and uncluttered surface.
6. Light candles in a well-ventilated space to lessen indoor air pollution.
7. Keep burning candles out of the reach of children and pets.
8. Do not leave a lighted candle unattended.
9. Keep the wax pool free of wick trimmings, matches and debris at all times.
10. Keep burning candles away from anything that can catch fire.
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Monday, October 29, 2018 7 comments: Links to this post
Groups Campaign for Clean and Waste-Free Observance of Undas
Caloocan City/Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, a zero waste advocacy group, has again appealed to the general public to show respect for the dead as millions are set to visit the cemeteries next week.
Together with Caritas Kalookan, the group gathered today at La Loma Catholic Cemetery to promote ecological practices that should help in reducing waste and pollution in cemeteries on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
With a green banner that says "Igalang ang mga patay, Igalang ang Kalikasan" on the background, the participants prayed, performed a skit, and listened to calls for a respectful observance of Undas.
"Year in and year out, visitors leave tons of garbage in cemeteries as if littering is a customary ritual that has to happen as we remember our dearly departed," said Daniel Alejandre, Zero Waste Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition.
"It is as if litterbugs are having a field day unmindful of the consequences of their action, which is disrespectful to fellow visitors and to the environment as well," he added.
Past monitoring by the group's Basura Patrollers revealed that visitors often treat cemeteries as dumpsites for discarded food and food packaging, plastic bottles, soiled papers, and cigarette filters.
The groups emphasized that Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, prohibits the littering, dumping and burning of trash that should be strictly enforced within and outside the cemeteries.
As some candidates may take advantage of the occasion to entice voters to support them in the May 2019 polls, the EcoWaste Coalition urged well-meaning politicians not to engage in political propaganda in cemeteries.
Instead of distributing leaflets and hanging tarpaulins with their names and faces, the group urged political wannabes to deploy or support volunteers who can assist in keeping cemeteries litter-free.
To educate the public on proper cemetery etiquette, members of the Catholic Charismatic Bible Apostolate performed a skit showing how wasteful, polluting and disrespectful practices are tainting the time-honored tradition of remembering the dead.
Among the ecological and ethical practices being promoted by the groups include the following:
1. Only lit clean-burning candles and do not let the plastic holders or receptacles to burn. Don't use candles with lead-cored wicks that can emit dangerous fumes.
2. Bring fresh local flowers or potted plants as offerings. Refrain from wrapping them in plastic, which only end up as trash.
3. Carry your own water container to avoid buying bottled water.
4. Bring just enough food and beverage to avoid spoilage or wastage.
5. Use reusable, not disposable, cups, plates, and utensils.
6. Opt for bayong or other reusable carry bags, and decline plastic bags and wrappers from vendors.
7. Don't throw food and beverage packaging, food leftovers, cigarette butts and other discards on the ground.
8. Put your discards into the recycling bins if available, or bring them home for proper sorting, reusing, recycling or composting
9. Keep the urinal or toilet bowl clean as a courtesy to the next user. Do not defecate or urinate in public places.
10. As a general courtesy, don't smoke or vape in the cemetery.
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Sunday, October 28, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Group Reminds Parents to be Cautious of Unsafe Halloween Toys
The EcoWaste Coalition, a health and safety advocacy group, cautioned consumers anew against Halloween playthings that may result in toy-related injuries, especially if played without parental supervision.
The group made the warning after buying cheap Halloween toys from vendors in Divisoria, Manila most of which have not passed through the required quality and safety verification by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"There is no assurance that all toys being sold in the market are safe for our children to play with," lamented Thony Dizon, Chemical Safety Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition. "Some of these toys might be putting vulnerable kids in harm's way."
Dizon warned that some toys may pose chemical, choking, fire, and laceration hazards, and even blunt force trauma.
"Parents should only pick safe notified or registered toys for their children and supervise them as they play to prevent any untoward incident," he suggested.
For this year's Halloween celebration, the group bought 35 assorted Halloween toys, including scary headbands and masks, imitation weapons, creepy hammers, and "blood-stained" accessories like "blood saw in head," "terrorist necklace" and "horror blood and fangs."
Notified or registered toys, as per FDA's requirements, should bear the following labeling information: license to operate (LTO) number, age grade, cautionary statements/ warnings, instructional literature, item/ model/ stock keeping unit (SKU) number, and manufacturer's marking, including the complete name and address of the manufacturer or distributor.
None of the 35 samples provided complete labeling information as required by the FDA, which for the EcoWaste Coalition is a matter of serious concern as this deprives consumers the right to know.
"Compliance to the labeling requirements is essential as this will equip consumers with vital information on which to make their decision to buy a product or not. In fact, toy manufacturers should also disclose the chemicals present on a product and their effects, particularly to children's health," emphasized Dizon.
Of the 35 samples, only eight have the required License to Operate (LTO) number on their labels. In most cases, the information on LTO stickers was hardly readable. "Parang ayaw ipabasa," observed Dizon, saying that "a good magnifying glass is needed to enable consumer to read the extremely fine print."
While 20 samples gave various hazard warnings, the warning symbols and statements were ineffective because they were too small to get noticed, the group observed.
Out of the 35 samples, the EcoWaste Coalition selected potentially hazardous toys and described the hazards such toys posed, especially to young children. For example:
1. A plastic imitation weapon measuring 35 inches in length with a massive blade-like part that may cause blunt force trauma.
2. Toy axes and swords with sharp edges that can cause abrasions and cuts.
3. Seemingly harmless devil headbands and light-up toys containing button batteries that a small child may swallow, causing damage to the gastrointestinal tract.
4. Costume masks adorned with fake hair that can easily catch fire, but provide no fire hazard warning.
5. Some vampire-inspired accessories with matching "cosmetic blood" the content of which is a mystery due to zero labeling information.
6. Accessories and toys with varying levels of lead content, including a skull headband with 1,265 parts per million (ppm) of lead, way above the allowable 90 ppm regulatory limit.
As the peak toy shopping season is upon us, the EcoWaste Coalition reiterated the need for concerted action involving the government, business and consumer sectors to uphold the right of all children to quality and safe toys.
The group further advised consumers to observe the following tips to avoid unsafe Halloween toys:
1. Carefully read the product label and refrain from buying unlabeled and unregistered toys.
2. Choose toys that are suited to a child's age, ability and behavior.
3. Watch out for toys that may cause injury or pose burn, chemical, choking, laceration, strangulation and other safety hazards.
4. Shun toys that have small parts such as button batteries and magnets that can be pulled off and get swallowed by a child.
5. Steer clear of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic toys that may contain banned phthalates and other hazardous substances such as cadmium and lead.
6. Refrain from picking toys that have a strong chemical or perfumed smell.
7. Avoid painted toys unless labeled as certified lead-safe.
8. Avoid face paints unless guaranteed free of toxic metals and other cosmetic contaminants.
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Saturday, October 27, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Visiting US Expert Cites Dangers of Toxic Compound in Paint Removing Products, Presents Safer Alternatives
Citing increased risk of cancers and central nervous system damage, as well as accidental exposure deaths, a visiting expert on clean production has urged manufacturers of paint removing products containing methylene chloride to consider switching to safer substitutes.
Speaking at a seminar yesterday on "Safer and Effective Alternatives for Methylene Chloride in Paint Stripping Products," Dr. Greg Morose, Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, drew attention to steps by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to potentially ban the extremely toxic solvent in paint strippers and the voluntary plans by retail giants in US and Canada to stop selling such products by end of 2018 or early 2019.
Methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane, is a highly volatile compound used as solvent in paint removing products. Because of its high volatility, poisonous fumes are unavoidable. The major route of exposure is via inhalation, but exposure may also occur through ingestion and eye or skin contact.
The seminar, organized by the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers (PAPM) with the EcoWaste Coalition, coincides with the celebration of the Paint Industry Week as well as the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
An analysis conducted by the Center for Public Integrity identified at least 56 accidental exposure deaths linked to methylene chloride in the United States. The vapors from paint strippers that include methylene chloride can depress a person's central nervous system, slow breathing and cause loss of consciousness and death, according to the US EPA.
Based on environmental, health and safety evaluation and performance testing, it is possible to design and test alternatives to methylene chloride based paint strippers that are safer, cost effective, and have equivalent performance, Morose said.
"One of the biggest roadblocks that consumers and companies have to using safer alternatives is performance. If the safer solution doesn't work as well as the product that contains toxic chemicals, then it's more difficult for consumers to make the switch," he pointed out.
According to the US EPA, "effects of short-term (acute) exposures to workers and consumers, including bystanders, can result in harm to the central nervous system, or neurotoxicity. These effects include dizziness, incapacitation, and, in some cases, death. Effects of longer periods of exposure (chronic) for workers includes liver toxicity, liver cancer, and lung cancer."
As per the agency's website, EPA is proposing to prohibit the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride for all consumer and most types of commercial paint removal, and to prohibit commercial use.
US retail giants Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sherwin-Williams have announced their plans to stop selling paint strippers containing methylene chloride and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) by December 2018, while Walmart will stop selling them by February 2019. In neighboring Canada, major retailer Canadian Tire will phase out such paint removers by end of the year.
Biosketch of Dr. Gregory Morose:
https://www.uml.edu/Health-Sciences/Public-Health/faculty/Morose-Gregory.aspx
https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-methylene-chloride
https://chemicalwatch.com/69824/walmart-to-phase-out-methylene-chloride-and-nmp-paint-strippers
https://chemicalwatch.com/70581/canadian-tire-to-phase-out-nmp-methylene-chloride-paint-strippers
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Thursday, October 25, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Groups, Mothers File Petition for Writ of Mandamus to Enforce Toy and Game Safety Labeling Law
After their repeated demands for the promulgation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 10620, or the Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act, went unheeded, consumer protection and environmental health groups finally went to the court to compel the concerned agencies to act.
The EcoWaste Coalition and Laban Konsyumer Inc., joined by 20 mothers as petitioners, today filed a petition for writ of mandamus at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to direct the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Health (DOH) to immediately issue the IRR of RA 10620.
The filing coincided with the national observance of the Consumer Welfare Month this October, and the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week on October 21 to 27. The latter seeks to promote awareness and action to protect children from being exposed to health-damaging lead in paints, toys and other sources.
RA 10620 was enacted by the 15th Congress and signed into law by former President Benigno S. Aquino III on September 3, 2013. Section 12 of the said law mandates the DTI, in consultation with the DOH, to promulgate its corresponding IRR.
Petitioner Rene Pineda of the EcoWaste Coalition lamented that "the inexcusable five-year delay in the issuance of the IRR has unjustly deprived consumers, particularly parents and their children, access to vital product labeling information that can help in making informed purchasing decision and prevent hasty purchases of unsafe and unsuitable toys."
"The long and unwanted inaction by the regulators show open bias in favor of the toys and games industry," commented Atty. Vic Dimagiba, President, Laban Konsyumer, Inc.
Atty. Gregorio Rafael Bueta, counsel for the petitioners, stated that "five years to issue an IRR is unacceptable and is even unheard of," emphasizing further that the petition is meant "to aid in the enforcement of RA 10620, to promote the legislature's will, and strengthen toy safety regulation for the best interest of children."
The mothers who came from EcoWaste Coalition's member groups in Quezon City endorsed the petition as the dissemination of the IRR and its strict enforcement will address a persistent problem with unregistered toys proliferating in the market.
"Napapanahon na pairalin na ang batas na ito upang kaming mga nanay ay magabayan sa tamang pagpili ng laruan na hindi maglalagay sa aming mga anak at apo sa kapahamakan," said Evelyn Galang,a 66-year old grandmother of six.
According to the petition, a first draft of the IRR was submitted for public consultation in April 2014, in which the EcoWaste Coalition participated and submitted comments. In May 2014, the Technical Working Group met to discuss the comments received from the said consultation and made amendments to the draft IRR.
However, from the 27 May 2014 meeting of the TWG up until the filing of this petition, no IRR has been issued.
The EcoWaste Coalition and Laban Konsyumer, Inc. have on several occasions written to both the DOH and the DTI to push for the promulgation of the IRR. The groups have likewise aired their demands through the media to encourage the respondents to act.
https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10620_2013.html
Groups Promote Safe Work Practices to Protect Painters and Their Families from Lead Exposure (Workers reminded not to bring home toxic lead dust for the health of their children and families)
PREVENT LEAD EXPOSURE: Painters say yes to "lead-safe work practices" to avoid the creation of dangerous lead-contaminated dust during painting and renovation activities. The EcoWaste Coalition and the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers back workers' education to reduce occupational lead hazards as the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is observed this week.
We need to protect our children, women and workers from lead exposure.
This was the message that resonated with over 150 people who have gathered at the Quezon Memorial Circle today in observance of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW).
Held every last week of October under the auspices of the UN-backed Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint, the ILPPW raises awareness and promotes actions to address the health effects of lead exposure, especially for children and other vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and laborers.
To mark the occasion, the Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturers (PAPM) and the EcoWaste Coalition jointly organized a "Workers' Skillshare on Lead Paint Hazard Control" that drew the active participation of painters and community members from various parts of Metro Manila.
The groups emphasized the need for workers' education on lead-safe work practices as lead in paint can be released into the environment during repair, repainting, removal, renovation and demolition activities.
"Through this initiative, we hope to equip our workers with life-saving techniques that can help in reducing occupational exposure to lead-contaminated dust, which can pose serious health risks to workers and even to their families," said Vergel Dyoco, Technical Committee Chairman, PAPM and Technical Service Department Manager, Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc.
"Knowledge of lead-safe work practices will ensure that workers and their customers are protected from lead hazards that could be generated from renovating homes, schools, offices and facilities. Dangerous amounts of lead dust can be created when lead painted surfaces are disturbed," said Thony Dizon, Chemical Safety Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition.
For his part, Dr. Erle Castillo, toxicologist at Medical Center Manila and member of the Philippine Society for Clinical and Occupational Toxicology, explained: "Lead gets into the body when lead dust is ingested or inhaled. Workers may swallow or breathe lead dust when they disturb lead painted surfaces such as by dry sanding or scraping. Studies have shown that renovation activities, especially if conducted without precautions, can result in increased risk of elevated lead levels among children."
Castillo emphasized that lead is toxic and can have adverse effects on human health, including damage to the brain and the central nervous system, developmental delays, learning difficulties and behavioral problems in children. In adults, lead exposure can bring about joint and muscle pain, high blood pressure, memory loss, infertility in women and men, and miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth in pregnant women, he said.
Speaking at the event, Quezon City Councilor Elizabeth Delarmente noted the relevance of popularizing lead-safe work practices as the country moves toward the complete phase out of lead-containing paints by 2020.
"I congratulate the EcoWaste Coalition and the PAPM for this joint initiative to train our painters on lead-safe work practices. As a woman and as a mother, I find it very important for our workers not to take lead home to protect our families, especially the children, from being exposed to lead in dust," she said.
Delarmente is the principal author of Quezon City Ordinance No. 2739 requiring the mandatory procurement and use of lead-safe paints in construction, maintenance and renovation projects and activities of Quezon City.
The PAPM, with support from the EcoWaste Coalition, has developed in 2012 its "Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards" to guide workers for the safe removal of old paints that might contain lead compounds.
In addition to using only lead-safe paints, the groups recommended these steps to prevent and reduce lead hazards in renovation activities:
1. Workers should wear protective clothing.
2. Control and contain the dust during work.
3. Don't blast, burn, dry sand, dry scrape, and use power tools without HEPA* vacuum attachment.
4. Post warning signs.
5. Residents, tenants and pets should stay away from the work area.
6. No eating, drinking or smoking in the work area.
7. Wash face and hands frequently, at the end of each shift and before eating.
8. Clean up the work area thoroughly.
9. Place working clothes, shoes and tools in sealed bag; wash and clean them separately.
10. Don't hug your family until you get clean!
Among those who joined the skillshare in commemoration of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week were the officers and staff of the EcoWaste Coalition and PAPM, Buklod Tao, Piglas Kababaihan, ROTCHNA Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Quezon City Barangay Project 6, Quezon City Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department, Quezon City Parks Development and Administration Department, Sagip Pasig Movement, Samahan ng mga Nangangalakal ng Scrap sa Capulong, San Vicente Elementary School, and several community-based groups.
* HEPA: High-efficiency particulate air
http://www.who.int/ipcs/lead_campaign/en/
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Monday, October 22, 2018 No comments: Links to this post
Filipino viewers moved by film about workers who are dying to make e-gadgets we cannot live without
"Stories from the Clean Room," a moving documentary exposing health and human rights violations in the electronics industry, drew close to 300 viewers at its screening yesterday at Cine Adarna, University of the Philippines (UP) Film Institute. The attendees came from various youth and student groups, labor federations, informal waste workers' associations, and environmental and health organizations.
The film, directed by Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry (SHARPS), a South Korean public interest organization, shed light on the toxic chemicals used in the manufacturing of electronics, especially at the so-called "Clean Rooms," and their impacts to workers' health and safety.
The EcoWaste Coalition, KAISA-Nagkakaisang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan at Sambayanan (KAISA UP) and the Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) co-organized the film screening in partnership with SHARPS, IPEN (a global NGO network for a toxics-free future), Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, and a host of concerned local organizations.
IPEN and partner groups screening the film in 25 countries are hoping that public awareness of the dangerous chemicals in electronics will spur the public and governments to demand that the industry reveal listings of toxic chemicals and end to the practice of hiding toxic liabilities behind "trade secrets."
"Clean Rooms" refers to the highly controlled areas within electronics factories where large numbers of dangerous chemicals are used in the course of electronics production. The irony in the name is that the face masks and body suits for workers entering the "Clean Rooms" are not designed for worker safety, but rather to keep dust and dirt off of the products.
The film featured testimonies of 23 people whose lives have been devastated by sickness and death from toxic chemical exposures while making LCD screens and the chips that power our electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones.
"There were no dry eyes when we previewed this film. The people telling their stories in this movie are ringing an alarm bell that we in the Philippines need to heed to protect our workers, especially women who are the prime labor force in the electronics industry," said Primo Morillo, E-Waste Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition. "Chemicals in electronics production is not only an issue for workers' health, it is a women's issue as well because many of the dangerous chemicals in electronics production are especially threatening to a developing fetus."
After the film screening, Dr. Jeong-ok Kong of SHARPS delivered a video message where she updated the audience that they were able to claim victory for more than 30 workers who are now set to receive compensation. "These victories open the door of Korean workers compensation system widely for other victims," she said. Kong also underscored that this is a product of a long struggle, including sit-in street protests that lasted for 1,023 days.
Hwang Sang-gi lost his 22-year-old daughter Hwang Yumi to leukemia after her stint as a semiconductor worker. Like most others in the predominately female electronics labor force, Yumi had been recruited from high school. She worked on a fabrication line bathing semiconductor chips in chemicals. Learning that another young woman from the same production line also died of the same disease, Hwang Sang-gi began an inquiry that has grown into a movement to break the silence around hazardous chemicals used in the electronics industry.
In "Stories from the Clean Room," Mr. Hwang and 22 others describe grave illnesses, such as leukemia, lymphomas, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, and infertility, and share their visceral stories about common chemical exposures in electronics production. Another father in the film whose daughter, Yoon Eun-jin, worked at Samsung Semiconductor and died at age 23 said, "We know now that they used really deadly chemicals, but we didn't know back then. Did the company ask the parents for permission and tell them the company is using deadly chemicals? If we'd known, we wouldn't have sent our kids there."
"Workers and their families are paying a painful cost for use of toxic chemicals in electronics production. These costs should be paid by the industry," said Jongran Lee of SHARPS. "Products should be designed and produced in ways that eliminate their potential for harm to human health and the environment."
Toxic chemicals used in electronics include solvents, metals, persistent organic pollutants, such as certain flame retardants, endocrine disruptors, and known carcinogens, mutagens, and substances toxic to reproduction and development. In South Korea, a peer-reviewed scientific study revealed high rates of spontaneous abortion and menstrual aberration among female microelectronics workers aged 20 to 39 years old. Similar concerns emerged when researchers in Vietnam recently published a revealing report exposing health and labor violations at mobile phone factories, including reports that miscarriages are common.
"Mobile phones and computers are used daily by billions of people, but few are aware of the toxic chemicals used or the occupational health and safety issues involved in electronics production," said Dr. Joe DiGangi, Senior Science and Technical Advisor of IPEN. "Stories from the Clean Room" pulls back the curtain to show the human face of harm and the need for action."
To date, SHARPS has documented over 400 cases of severe and often fatal occupational illnesses related to exposures in the electronics industry in South Korea. While 144 workers have died, a growing number have won court and government rulings linking their illnesses to work in electronics factories. Samsung, the largest and most secretive electronics corporation, continues to refuse to reveal the chemicals that it uses in manufacturing. Corporate refusal to disclose chemical identity and denial of compensation to sick workers and their families are running themes in the film.
You may watch the trailer here:
https://ipen.org/campaigns/stories-clean-room
Posted by EcoWaste Coalition at Thursday, October 18, 2018 1 comment: Links to this post
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The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has received a donation of neonatal equipment from a Zambian well-wisher based in the United Kingdom (UK).
Chaka Henderson with other incorporating partners in UK made the donation of assorted items valued at over K30, 000 to the maternity ward at UTH.
The donation comprised of assorted items such as size zero napkins, sanitary towels, and soaps among others.
Mrs Henderson acknowledged that the initiative was driven by her experience as a neonatal mother.
And receiving the donation, Acting Senior Medical Superintendent Mulindi Mwanahamuntu said the material aid will go a long way in caring for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Dr Mwanahamuntu disclosed that the department has an overflow of about 100 babies being attended to, and pauses a challenge for the hospital in terms of staffing and resources.
Head of Department Neonatology Dr. Kunda Kapembwa said the donation means a lot and it will improve service delivery in the neonatology department.
Dr Kapembwa added that lack of material aid has in the past disadvantaged the department in terms of enhancing their core business, which is to aid neonatal babies, through various means, and ensuring that no lives are lost.
Diasporans please emulate, don't just moan and complain about PF. Do something for your country!!!!
Nonsense, keep these kind of stories to Facebook. Chaka Henderson? What kind of Zambian is that who abandoned her Zambian names? Another BEST Zambian on Earth.
How can baby diapers and soap be called equipment? And am shocked that First Lady was not there to handover.
I am not against making donations, especially to hospitals and schools. This lady and her partners mean well.
What worries me is the Zambian culture of expecting to be given all the time. From top to bottom, Zambians are always begging.
What we should be fighting for is for this government to equip hospitals and schools adequately.
Surely if this government has money to spend on luxury jets, and foreign trips, they should have money to spend on hospitals (especially UTH). But they never use Zambian hospitals. They get a scratch on their hand, and off they go to RSA (like Mushimba).
Let us not just clap anyhow just because someone throws us a bone.
Most do great things for Zambia without blowing the trumpet and patting themselves on the back.
I think there is a place for handouts to those in urgent need, but it's not the only way to share good fortune. Lending to those who are willing to work for a return on their loans is one way to help people stand on their own two feet. If you are unwilling to give, will you at least lend?
shameful donation. These are items you donate to orphanages. Zambia's biggest hospital should have these things in excess and be able to donate the excess to other orphanages. Dr. Chilufya should be ashamed of himself. What type of insults are these to us Zambians. Are we this poor sure to be receiving bathing soap from abroad by any Jim and jack? Is UTH now an orphanage?
The Shameful and Satanic person is you. This will end up helping your relatives in Zambia after giving birth.
The moment you begin being ashamed is the day you will be come a better people as Zambians. theres nothing to be celebrating about here. This shouldn't make international news but should be trashed and never to be seen in public.
Imagine your distant relative living afar donating used underwear to your household then you go around dancing and ululating allover the village.
I totally agree with you. Just look at the !diots voting you down.
Zambians you have NO shame. Always expecting donations while your leaders steal and abuse your money.
This culture needs to change, otherwise we will always entertain thieves like Lungu.
When someone provokes a wider debate like "gbouy" has, you insult him.
Let us fix our own systems, so that when a donation does indeed come, we would all know that at least we had tried our best.
Meanwhile, Lungu is boarding his luxury jet, going to see his concubine in his Swaziland mansion.
Okay, but they do not have and we can not continue complaining.
Way to go! God Bless You.
You don't wait for government all the time. You become part of National Contribution to Development.
You're a styupid idyot,!! Tell your Chaka Chaka to donate to her village if she has any.
If you people want to donate to UTH, go buy ice creams and pizza for the all ward.
UTH has never heard of Medical Stores Lungu is commissioning, go get supplies from there.
You are the ones encouraging governments to steal money that is meant to develop hospitals and schools.
#1.1 and 2, you have to be trib.al, nothing else. They say "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", ever heard that ma trib.als?
Am a proud Luapula boy with beutiful Tonga inlaws , so w_t_f are you talking about? You dimwits always see opposing views as "tribal".
Ubufontini with no shame. What gift horse are you talking about?
This way of thinking is dangerous.
You are the ones dragging Zambia down.
Publicity seekers, why not give quietly.
I know people who donate millions of US dollars to charity without inviting the media.
What's the problem here? The recipient institution are greatful for the donation by Chakra, only those satanic minds can criticize a noble gesture as this one. Some are asking what is K30,000? Well it's alot of money to many of us, that's why not many of you have done so before. Instead of venting you anger on an innocent Chaka who just wanted to help her country in the little way she could afford donate £1m. If not just shut your beak sit down.
Thanking the lady for the donation as indeed it will help the recipient department but my take on this is it shouldn't take one to the extent of being moved to make such an items donation which is literally a must have in the institution must indicate a desperate situation! All being equal I am sure this lady would have put the money to purchase of a long lasting item of equipment to donate than disposables! Let's however be grateful for her consideration!
I wouldn't blow my trumpet over that worth of diapers.
Do you even have $2000 in your account??
We all donate and When we give, we don't blow the trumpet and pat ourselves on the back.
Most Zambians do great things for orphanages and rural communities.
Awe donation lisebanya to whats supposedly the biggest hospital for the country…. Really..??? Let's not just nod anyhow mwebantu…..if I were a Leader I would definitely be ashamed…. A small health post in a rural area kasako not UTH….and its publicized with no shame….why not donate silently…. Ati give with your right and let the left not know of your gesture….
It would be wise to direct your anger at those who should ensure, such items are provided for all hospitals and clinics in the whole country, than condemning someone who just saw it fit to help. Let not the beneficiaries suffer just because everything in Zambia is politics. With or without the media publicity, Chaka has done a good job, someone has benefited from her good heart of giving to the needy. Most of you boasting here and condemning her can never give out such an amount even though some are saying its just ka $2500 but why can't also donate? God bless you Chaka don't listen to these armchair critics, good for nothing parrots.
Chaka, Thank you for your donation. Most of the detractors do not understand the value of money or services. They do not understand that you have to respect the Ngwee, because multiple Ngwees add up to Kwacha which then add up to millions of Kwacha. Most detractors have never given or donated anything to anyone. They are just full time armchair critics. For those of you who do not understand – it is important to publish small donors because they tend to encourage others. That is the way it is in the rest of the world. Our own small individual tax payments add up to billions used for national development. Please people THINK before you comment – especially negatively.
I have read all your comments with interest. I am proud of my wife (Chaka) for her hard work co-ordinating this small donation.
I do want everyone to realise that the press were not there at my wife"s request. The desire to give was born out of our pain and joy of having premature twins, one of whom did not survive and this in a UK hospital.
The small donation was raised by my wife and our friends who suffered and endured a similar story with our children.
For months my wife contacted people outside and inside Zambia to help. Indeed it took great skill, effort and goodwill from both the people of the UK and Zambia to get this small amount of help directly into the hands of the mum's.
…I would say from "small beginnings great things come'. I have been inspired by the people of the UK and Zambia who have been kind in giving up their time and money for this small donation to happen.
My sincere hope is that, politics aside, people will be inspired and encouraged to help where they see a need and in away that is meaningful and relevant to them and those they seek to help.
Much love and prayers to all.


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Bjp Member Opposes Setting Up Steel Plant At Bastar
BJP member opposes setting up steel plant at Bastar Raipur, Feb 20 : The ruling BJP government in Chhattisgarh today faced an embarrassment in the Assembly when a party legislator opposed the setting up of a steel plant at Tata at Bastar and demanded change in site.
"People of Bastar are angry that the Tata is planning to set up its proposed steel plant in a place which is not only prosperous but also having high density of population", tribal MLA from Bastar, Lachchuram Kashyap told the state assembly.
Opposing the statement of Finance Minister Amar Agrawal that the steel plant was proposed in Bastar so as to remove underdevelopment from that area, Kashyap said when the local people are opposing the plant to be set up in that area, why it was not being moved to a place which is underdeveloped and more poorer.
The statement of the BJP MLA was welcomed by the Opposition benches with thumping of desk but the Finance Minister, in a face saving situation, said all the peoples' representatives would be consulted before taking a final decision on the matter.
Such apprehensions are expressed when ever a new plant is set up and the matter would be resolved by discussion, the Minister said.
Earlier, the Congress MLAs, led by Deputy Opposition member Bhupesh Baghel, accused the state government of showing special favour to Tata and Essar because of which their MoUs are being treated as a state secret and are not making public.

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The BHS Lady Bison swimmers were at the Cheyenne Invite on Saturday and had a number of top-10 finishes during the meet.
A couple of the top-10 finishes for the girls were Hannah Chapin taking second in the 50 free and Gracie Meacham finishing fourth in diving.
The Lady Bison swimmers will host their own Buffalo Invite this Friday at the Johnson County Family YMCA with action getting started at 4pm.
The deadline for submitting photos for the 2013 Dog and Cat Shelter of Sheridan Pet Calender contest is this Sunday.
To recognize October as Dental Hygiene month, students with the Sheridan College Dental Hygiene program will host the first ever "Miles for Smiles" 5k run and walk in mid October in Sheridan.
Sheridan College will host its 52nd annual college rodeo this weekend, September 28-29 at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds. Slack will be held beginning on Friday at 1:00 pm as well as on Saturday at 8:00 am. Performances will follow starting at 6:00 pm on both Friday and Saturday.
The Sheridan Economic and Educational Development Authority made the decision at their August meeting to extend the deadline on the request for qualifications for their career technical education and training study.
A nationally renowned yoga instructor and practitioner is visiting Sheridan this weekend to offer a three-day workshop focusing on energy.
Sheridan has another feather in its cap this week, as it made it into the Top 10 Small Towns of 2012, according to Livability .com.
Saturday's 8th annual RENEW (Rehabilitation Enterprises of North Eastern Wyoming) Shoot Out at the Sheridan County Gun Club was blessed with great weather and a great turnout.
The Sheridan Police Department, in cooperation with programs sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency, is hosting a prescription drug take-back event Saturday in Sheridan.


The abrupt shutdown of supply chains ahead of Hurricane Harvey left many chassis out of position.
To handle import-export demand, the Bayport and Barbours Cut terminals had full operations on Labor Day, historically a no-work day for the International Longshoremen's Association, and will be open for trucks this Saturday.
Shippers, carriers, and truckers praised the port authority for quickly reopening its Bayport and Barbours Cut container terminals, but said the influx of ships dropping off imports has caused containers to accumulate at the terminals.


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The Supervisory Board of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine has appointed Mr. Christos Bougiouklis as a member of the Management Board.
The Supervisory Board of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine has appointed Christos Bougiouklis as a member of the Management Board, responsible for all commercial banking business, effective from July 23, 2020.
Following approval by the Supervisory Board, his responsibilities as a member of the Management Board will include development in corporate and SME banking business, as well as the development of financial products focusing in lending and trade finance.
"Mr. Christos Bougiouklis has served the bank from the position of a member of the Supervisory Board for more than two years. His exposure, during this period, was related to the commercial banking activities of the bank and this contributed to his familiarization with the local market and practices. With his appointment to the position of Member of the Management Board responsible for commercial banking, we are gaining an experienced senior banking executive with a wide-range of expertise in this area. We are certain that Piraeus Bank will rise and develop to a new level of cooperation and successful relationships with corporate and SME clients, which are strategically the priority for Piraeus Bank," stated Yannis Kyriakopoulos, Country Manager, Chairman of Supervisory Board of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine.
NOTE: Before taking this position, Mr. Bougiouklis was a Member of Supervisory Board of Piraeus bank Ukraine for more than two years.
Also, Christos Bougiouklis was CEO & Executive Director of Perseus SA for almost four years, a company engaged in fish feed production.
From 2013 to 2016 he was a General Manager, Executive BOD Member in Euroconsultants S.A., a management consulting company focusing in operational restructuring of companies.
From 2010 until 2013 he was employed in ZANAE S.A: Food Production Company Mr. Christos Bougiouklis was Director of Financial department and Strategic Planning.
From 1993 to 2009 Christos served in various positions within HSBC Bank, in Athens and Thessaloniki, becoming Head of Northern Greece, responsible for business development and HSBC group members operating in Northern Greece.
From 1989 to 1993, Christos Bougiouklis worked in Arthur Andersen, Athens, Greece.
Mr. Christos Bougiouklis holds an MBA from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow and a B.S. degree in Economics from Richmond University, London.


Margot Robbie in Gucci at the premiere of The Legend of Tarzan in Hollywood, California, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Where: The Hollywood premiere of The Legend of Tarzan.
What: A Gucci Fall 2016 silk embroidered dress with pink mink cuffs.
Why: Borrowing its silhouette from a Chinese cheongsam, this design evidences the painstaking embroidery that defines Alessandro Michele's Gucci. The tiny birds and flowers pay homage to the design's vintage, far eastern inspirations, while the dramatic thigh-high slit — only visible from certain angles — and bright fur cuffs seemed more drawn from the Anastasia playbook than Tarzan. We're not picky with our fairy tales, though — on the runway and the red carpet, this one works.


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Q: How to use global variables in pseudo code? I have some pseudo, where I have to use global variables. Now I can't find any documentation about how to "tag" them. Even if pseudo is pseudo, there are some rules, which I like to respect.
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Home » Hacking News » Anonymous Hacks Justice Department Website Threatens over Aaron Swartz's Death
Anonymous Hacks Justice Department Website Threatens over Aaron Swartz's Death
January 26th, 2013 Waqas Hacking News 0 comments
The Anonymous hackers have hacked and defaced the official website of U.S. Sentencing Commission (http://www.ussc.gov) working directly under the Justice Department for their operation #opLastResort.
The hackers did not only took over the site but also left a deface video message on the website, demanding the United States government to reform its justice system or face the release of "warheads" of incriminating information and explaining why the site is attacked over killing of a hackavist Aaron Swartz.
According to the deface message:
Citizens of the world,
Anonymous has observed for some time now the trajectory of justice in the United States with growing concern. We have marked the departure of this system from the noble ideals in which it was born and enshrined. We have seen the erosion of due process, the dilution of constitutional rights, the usurpation of the rightful authority of courts by the "discretion" of prosecutors. We have seen how the law is wielded less and less to uphold justice, and more and more to exercise control, authority and power in the interests of oppression or personal gain.
We have been watching, and waiting. Two weeks ago today, a line was crossed. Two weeks ago today, Aaron Swartz was killed. Killed because he faced an impossible choice. Killed because he was forced into playing a game he could not win — a twisted and distorted perversion of justice — a game where the only winning move was not to play.
For reading full deface message and related stuff regarding the hack, click here.
It was just few days ago when Anonymous hackers defaced the official website of MIT website over Aaron Swartz and demanding the justice department to take down all the charges against the hackavist and let the freedom of using internet grow.
At the time of publishing this article, the U.S. Sentencing Commission website was down but the deface page was removed.
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Weinstein Accuser Helped Bring Down Disgraced Italian Premier's Entourage
Ambra Battilana, the Italian model who accused film executive Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, was instrumental in convicting three people for "inducing" young women to become "prostitutes" for former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italian court documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News detail her harrowing experience at Berlusconi's villa.
By Nicolás Medina Mora
Nicolás Medina Mora BuzzFeed News Reporter
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Ambra Battilana speaks to media outside the courthouse after the verdicts in the "Ruby bis" case on July 19, 2013 in Milan.
On Aug. 22, 2010, in the Italian city of Milan, a famous television anchor invited two young models to a dinner party at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's country villa. The models, both of them barely 18 years old, were flattered by the invitation and enticed by the anchor's promises that he could help them get jobs in Berlusconi's media empire.
But the women's excitement turned into horror shortly after they arrived at the villa, according to hundreds of pages of Italian court records reviewed by BuzzFeed News.
The models reported they were repeatedly groped by the prime minister and his associates, the records show. They were pressured to join what appeared to be an incipient orgy. When they asked to leave, they were warned that their entertainment careers would be ruined.
The models left anyway. Months later, after the Italian media began reporting on the massive prostitution scandal that would end Berlusconi's political career, they decided to come forward. Defying a cultural climate where sexual harassment, particularly by powerful men, is often ignored or rationalized, they wrote an excruciatingly detailed account of their experiences and presented it to the prosecutor in Milan.
Italian media coverage was often harsh, branding the models as "whores" — even though they were still in high school when they decided to speak up. But their testimony proved instrumental in holding accountable the man who controlled not only the Italian political system, but also most of its media. Their statements helped convict three of Berlusconi's closest associates, all of whom were sentenced to prison.
Four years later, one of the models, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, is involved in another high-profile sexual assault case. This time, the powerful mogul being accused is Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood kingmaker who co-founded Miramax and produced Shakespeare in Love, Pulp Fiction, and other critically acclaimed movies.
(BuzzFeed News does not typically name potential victims of sexual assault. In this case, Battilana's identity has already been widely reported.)
Among the few undisputed facts in this case is that Battilana went to Weinstein's Tribeca office March 27 for a business meeting. Several sources in the entertainment industry told BuzzFeed News that it is not typical for someone in Weinstein's position as the head of the studio — even one as famously micromanaging as he — to meet alone with an unknown talent with no acting credits.
BuzzFeed News asked Weinstein's representative how the meeting came to be, what specific project the meeting was for, whether a director or casting director was meant to attend, and whether meeting with talent with no acting credits is something Weinstein does regularly.
Weinstein's representative declined to comment.
Whatever brought the meeting about, Battilana alleges that Weinstein groped her and demanded sexual favors. The model first met the producer the previous day, during a premiere at Radio City Music Hall, the New York Times reported. Battilana reportedly made her complaint against Weinstein in person, walking into a New York Police Department station just hours after the incident.
The NYPD confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it had received a complaint against the producer and that the matter was under investigation, referring all other questions to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. A spokesperson for the DA declined to comment.
Weinstein's spokesperson, Risa Heller, declined to comment on a detailed outline of this story. In the past, Weinstein's representatives have denied Battilana's allegations and said the producer is fully cooperating with the investigation.
David Godosky, Battilana's attorney in the case against Weinstein, told BuzzFeed News that the fact that his client testified against Berlusconi is evidence of her willingness to confront powerful men.
"She is the kind of person who'll speak up when she witnesses something that is wrong, whether it is the prime minister of Italy or someone in the industry here," Godosky said. "We think that Ambra has made a credible claim and that she is a credible witness."
Godosky declined to comment on a detailed summary of the contents of this article or to make Battilana available for an interview.
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Reactions to Battilana's decision to testify against Berlusconi were largely hostile. Italian court records cite testimony from the vice principal of her high school and from a former teacher, both of whom said Battilana was harassed by journalists and classmates.
Much of Battilana's testimony can be found in a public document issued by the Ordinary Tribunal of Milan on July 19, 2013, during sentencing proceedings against three of Berlusconi's associates: Dario Mora, a talent manager; Nicole Minetti, a model and politician; and Emilio Fede, the television anchor who invited Battilana and the other model to the villa. The documents were provided to BuzzFeed News by Battilana's former attorney, Patrizia Bugnano.
All three defendants were convicted on charges of "procuring, favoring, and inducing" young women to become "prostitutes" for Berslusconi. Mora and Fede were sentenced to seven years in prison and Minetti to five — but it remains unclear whether they will serve their sentences.
(Berlusconi was also convicted on separate charges, but the verdict was overturned by a court of appeals.)
The sentencing document provides some details about Battilana's background that have not been previously reported in the American press. Battilana grew up in an economically disadvantaged background and turned to modeling to help her mother Corazon Gutierrez, an immigrant from the Philippines, pay the bills.
Shortly after she turned 18, Battilana entered the Miss Italia beauty pageant, where she met and befriended Chiara Danese, another young model.
While in Milan at the time of the pageant, on Aug. 21, 2010, Battilana's talent manager took her and Danese to what he said was an audition at Rete4, one of Berlusconi's TV channels. But, according to the document, the audition never took place. Instead, the talent manager introduced the two women to Fede — one of Italy's most famous TV anchors and another defendant in the case.
In a private meeting in his office, according to court records, Fede offered the women positions as weather forecasters for the channel. He said they would be paid a large salary: between 3,000 and 5,000 euros per week, or between $3,250 and $5,500. The women said they were shocked by the amount — the average wage in Italy in 2014 was 500 euros per week — but also that they felt happy for the opportunity, the document states.
The next day, Aug. 22, Fede called Battilana's talent manager and asked him to invite the two models to San Marino in Arcore, Silvio Berlusconi's famous villa just outside Milan. At the villa, the women were taken to the back garden, where the Prime Minister's guests — including at least 15 young women — were having an aperitif. There, Fede made advances on Danese, the document states. Later, during dinner, Fede would begin touching both of the models' thighs.
"The most embarrassing moment was when he was behind me, kind of massaging me, and talking to me, saying 'Are you happy you are going to be a weather girl?'," the document quotes Danese as saying. "But I told him that I really wanted to continue in the contest for Miss Italia, because my parents made a lot of sacrifices so that I could participate in the contest. He got upset and pushed me away. I got mad, but I thought, '5,000 euros a week, I need them.'"
According to the document, Fede then introduced the two models to Berlusconi. The prime minister was apparently very interested in Battilana and Danese, which provoked Fede's jealousy.
"Keep calm!" the document quotes Fede as saying. "You eat from your plate and I'll eat from mine."
During dinner, court documents state that some of the other female guests simulated oral sex on a statue Berlusconi had brought to the table. The prime minister then invited the guests to join him in one of his infamous "bunga-bunga" sex rituals. The invitation made Danese feel unwell. She asked for a cup of chamomile tea and lay down for a while.
After Danese recovered, Berlusconi offered to give the models a tour of the house. Berlusconi then forcibly groped both of the women's buttocks while they were walking up a flight of stairs, the court records show.
"Chiara and I were shocked by his behaviour," the document quotes Battilana as saying. "I asked her: 'What do we need to do? Do we need to give it away?'"
Berlusconi later took the women to a room in the villa decorated to look like a strip club, where most of the female guests wore nurse costumes and some of them — including Nicole Minetti, who was a representative at a local legislature at the time — were completely naked, the document states.
Berlusconi and Fede repeatedly tried to get Battilana and Danese to join the other female guests in dancing sexually with them, but they refused and asked to leave, angering the two men.
"So you are not going to do anything?," the document quotes Fede as saying. "The night is over? Be careful tomorrow at Miss Italia. Be careful, because you won't get anything."
The two models insisted. Finally, Fede drove them back to Milan. Court records state that he was apologetic in the car, and that he told the models that they had "passed the test."
"All the other girls are just whores," the court record quotes Fede as saying. "But he [Berlusconi] will help you make your dreams come true."
Neither Battilana nor Danese spoke to the police about what had happened that night for several months, the record states, in part because they were worried that the prime minister would retaliate against them. But after news broke that Berlusconi had brought child prostitutes to some of his sex parties and a media frenzy ensued, the names of the two models began appearing in the newspapers.
Battilana suffered greatly from the stigma of being associated with Berlusconi and his parties. Eventually she and Danese decided to testify against Berlusconi and his associates in an attempt to clean their reputations.
During the trial, Battilana was heavily questioned about a sexual assault lawsuit that she had filed two years earlier against Ilario Gino, a wealthy car salesman in his fifties with whom she had had a sexual relationship when she was 16 years old. Gino alleged that he had paid her for her services; Battilana, that he had abused her. The tribunal decided that the previous lawsuit had no bearing on the case against Berlusconi's associates.
After the trial, Battilana had difficulty finding work as a model, and was forced to work under a pseudonym, the document states. Today, her modeling website lists her as Ambra Gutierrez.
Jacques Demarthon / AFP / Getty Images
On Tuesday, in New York, the big question was whether the Manhattan DA would indict Weinstein on criminal charges or not.
Were the producer to be convicted for forcible touching or sexual misconduct — both of which are criminal misdemeanors — he could face up to a year behind bars. But a former NYPD detective who spent years working in the Special Victims Squad told BuzzFeed News that an indictment seemed unlikely.
"They don't want to end up with another DSK," the former detective said, referring to the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund.
Strauss-Kahn was indicted on sexual assault charges in Manhattan in 2011 after a domestic worker at the Sofitel hotel accused him of having attacked her. Prosecutors dropped the case after the alleged victim's credibility was called into question.
On Tuesday, Battilana's public Facebook profile was topped by a a photo post showing white letters on a black background.
"Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare," the post read.
Adam Serwer and Kate Aurthur contributed reporting. Valentina Cordero contributed research and translation.
Read the Italian court records here.
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has flecks of ice on his nose.
Sheep wool is stiff bristles.
fogs and steams, their visible spirits.
I am always cold and barely notice.
Frozen hoof ruts make standing hard.
and ice water warmed by her breath.
from the first rumors, the whispered portents.
by the coarse wool and staring blindly around.
when I have time. One more child.
a man I understand. King. Warrior.
Our own child. Dung and hoof-dents.
that sang me to sleep despite the hunger.
How well I remember her, dead at 28.
Now this woman sings, something like it.
How lovely it is, how it fills.
or dreaming. I will leave. I will go home.
As soon as her song is done.
From Ordinary Time: Poems for the Liturgical Year. Used with permission from Wipf and Stock Publishers, www.wipfandstock.com.


Well, 3 Day Badges are gone now too. So if you were planning for whatever DC movie reveal was gonna happen on Saturday, you're as lucky as Superman in his last movie.
The parking page updated too, we have a huge Disney lot nearby to fill up, it just might be a slosh to get in with so many people coming.


Standing as the tallest capital building in the states, the Texas Capitol building is an excellent example of late 19th century Renaissance Revival architecture. Finished in 1888, it took 7 years to complete. The Goddess of Liberty stood nearly 16' tall, weighed approximately 2,000 lbs, and held a gilded star above her head. She was cast in 80 separate zinc pieces, welded together, and coated with multiple applications of white paint containing sand to simulate a stone appearance. She was then hoisted up into position and securely fastened to cap the top of dome. The original Goddess of liberty was removed in 1986 and is currently displayed inside the Capitol. It was replaced by a lighter cast aluminum sculpture which now sits atop the dome.
The Texas State Preservation Board contracted B.R. Howard & Associates Inc. to provide a condition examination report of the Goddess of Liberty on top of the capitol and a conservation treatment of the goddess that is displayed inside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Due to years of harsh Texas weather, the gilding on the star had deteriorated badly and needed to be re-gilded. Biological growth had formed over the aluminum surface and needed to be removed. The Goddess of Liberty at the museum had years of accumulated dirt and dust along with actively flaking paint on the surface. Scaffolding was erected and surface cleaning was performed along with paint consolidation.


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from django.db import migrations, models
import proposal.models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('proposal', '0023_event_agenda_url'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='proposal',
            name='status',
            field=models.CharField(db_index=True, max_length=64),
        ),
    ]


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Q: C++: Why can I pass a pointer-valued member variable from a const member function to an external function taking a non const pointer parameter? I am using a function from an external library (here represented by the printer-function).
By chance, I noticed, that I can pass a class member from a const member function like done by the print()-function. Even if I compile using
g++ -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror -o test test.cpp

I don't obtain an error.
This seems to be horribly wrong, because effectively I am modifying the object by calling a const member function. Why is the compiler not complaining?
Here is the code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void printer(void* data) {
    static_cast<char*>(data)[0] = '1';
    cout << static_cast<char*>(data) << endl;
}

void setUp(char* data, int length) {
    for(int i=0; i<length; i++)
        data[i] = '0';
    data[length] = '\0';
}

class Test {
    private:
        char* data;

    public:
        Test(int length) {
            data = new char(length+1);
            setUp(this->data, length);
        }

        ~Test() {
            delete data;
        }

        void print() const {
            printer(this->data);
        }
};

int main() {
    Test T(3);
    T.print();
    return 0;
}

My best guess is, that the compiler only guarantees, that the pointer variable is not modified, i.e. not pointing to a different physical address after the function call. But I also noticed, that the compiler throws errors when I try something similar with a std::vector<char> instead of char* and a modified print-function:
void print() const {
    printer(this->myVector.data());
}

So if my guess is correct, why is it not possible to do something similar with the pointer obtained by data() of a STL vector?

A: *

*You have a char* data member.

*In the context of a const-qualified method, that means the member may not be mutated.

*The member is the pointer. Changing a pointer means changing where it points.

*Just to be clear, the effective qualified type inside the method is
 char * const

and not
 const char *

*Which is all to confirm that you're absolutely right that

My best guess is, that the compiler only guarantees, that the pointer variable is not modified, i.e. not pointing to a different ... address after the function call.

However, for the vector, you want to call data on something that again has effective qualified type std::vector<char> const& ... so you need the const-qualified overload of std::vector::data, and that returns const char*. This is what you expected in the first place, but it's not the same behaviour as the raw pointer.
The reason for the difference is that the vector was written to express ownership of that data, so a const vector should have const contents. Raw pointers may own the data they point at, but there's no way to express this, and no way to have different const behaviour for owning and non-owning raw pointers. This is one of the may reasons to avoid raw pointers where possible.

A: This is a common way of allowing a const method to change data.  The immutable thing in Test is the pointer address data; which is not altered by print.  You are nonetheless free to mutate what the pointer is addressing.
Another way round a const method is to declare a member as being mutable.  Arguably, ensuring an internal string attribute is e.g. null terminated for printing could be considered a legitimate use of mutable.
See this piece from Kate Gregory at CppCon 2017 where she provides an interesting example (a method is designed to be const but a cache is added later):
https://youtu.be/XkDEzfpdcSg?t=854
Also see this question for a lively discussion on the topic:
Does the 'mutable' keyword have any purpose other than allowing the variable to be modified by a const function?


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In March THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS will be part of a multiple author box set, entitles "AT ODDS WITH DESTINY".
I'm very excited to team up with such great talent and have decided to feature all of my fellow authors from the set here in the Countdown to the release.
Today I continue with P.C. Zick, no stranger to this site at all.
Writing is my passion, and I call myself a "storyteller" no matter the genre. I write contemporary fiction with a bent toward the environment. But always my work contains elements of love, which I consider to be the most important emotion of all.
I was born in Michigan and moved to Florida in 1980, where I lived for thirty years. Love brought me to my current location in Pennsylvania when I married my high school sweetheart, after a thirty-six year separation. That's probably why romance always seeps into my work—I'm a hopeless romantic in real life as well as on the page.
I began my writing career in 1998 as a journalist after many years of teaching high school English. I'd been working on a novel at night and on vacations for several years, but soon the bug hit, and I couldn't think about anything else except writing. When the local newspaper offered me a gig as a feature writer and political reporter, I went for it, while continuing to write fiction in my spare time. When I started winning awards for my columns and articles, I knew I'd made a wise choice. In 2000, I published my first novel with a small traditional publisher. That book is no longer in print, but since then I've published six more novels and several works of nonfiction. I'm getting ready to publish another romance and hope to finish a murder mystery set on the banks of the Suwannee River later this year.
I was in a writer's group while I was still teaching. Our leader became annoyed one night when no one had brought any new work. We all had excuses. He said, "Look, writers write. That's it. Either you write or you don't, but don't make excuses for not doing it." The group broke up that night because folks took offense to his words. I didn't. Instead I went home and finished my first novel which I published the following year. His words stay with me, even today more than fifteen years later.
It's been rather organic. I don't think I started out thinking about genre. I just wrote the stories I wanted to write and read. It's only been recently that I've been trying to step out of the mold with my novels. I wrote my first romance last year, and my latest work Native Lands combines historical fiction paralleled with contemporary lives.
My ideas come from life. Living in Florida and covering small town politics provided me with rich fodder for my three novels in the Florida Fiction Series. When I wrote my romance, I found myself still including social issues within the love story when I added a soup kitchen for homeless vets. I watch what is happening in the world around us and try to write fiction that is both entertaining and educational about important topics.
What are you most proud of in your books?
I'm proud of the topics I've chosen. I've written about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the effort to save wildlife on Florida's beaches; I've written about the plight of Florida's Native Americans who supposedly became extinct; I've written about dysfunctional families and how to overcome them; I've written about loss, depression, and suicide. But even though the topics are sometimes painful, I try to give hope when all seems lost.
My husband and I live in western Pennsylvania, and I have no choice but to follow Pittsburgh's teams: the Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates, so that occupies some of our time. We also love the water, so in the summer we're either kayaking or out on our small powerboat on the weekends. We also golf, make homebrew, and garden. We're headed into a transition point in our lives. Within two years, my husband will retire, and we'll live in Florida for half the year. Right now we're trying to downsize here and find a smaller place that will eventually become our summer home. I'm thinking cabin-size!
Life's absurdities. Stupid criminals. Politics. My husband. I think I laugh hardest at nonsensical things that no one can explain. I still laugh at underwear jokes and impolite noises in public. I try to remain a kid as much as possible.
I would invite Jon Stewart (who makes me laugh), Rachel Carson (who I hold in high esteem), Carl Hiassen (who I also hold in high esteem), and Henry VIII (just because).
I write because it pleases me. If I please someone else along the way, then all the better.
Fascinating guest, Christoph. Thanks for the interview.
Thank you, Olga. Christoph always makes me sound fascinating.
Judith, thank you so much for reblogging on your site.
Thanks Christoph, for an interview that was both informative and charming. So nice to meet P.C. Hugs to you both.
Thanks Teagan. P.C. is an amazing writer and a lovely person.
Thank you, Teagan! I'm so happy you enjoyed the interview.
That would be quite the dinner party she had 🙂 Great interview here!
Come on over, Christy! Love new guests.
Lovely interview with one of my favorite author, Christoph Fischer. His questions give great insight into the life of a writer.


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Haiti Once Again Shaken by Massive Earthquake
Last Update:2021/08/18
On 14 August 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake rattled southwestern Haiti, at a depth of around 10km, causing deaths, injuries and property damages, and reviving terrible memories of the great earthquake of 2010. The main event has been followed by constant aftershocks with magnitudes ranging between 4.5 and 6.2.
According to local authorities, the earthquake has left at least 1,900 people dead, over 9,000 injured, and thousands left homeless due to massive destruction of buildings and homes. The numbers are expected to keep rising.
The people in Southwestern provinces of Nippes and Grand'Anse were in great shock as the earthquake struck on 14 August 2021.
The earthquake caused thousands missing and left homeless due to massive destruction of buildings and homes.
The main event has been followed by constant aftershocks with magnitudes ranging between 4.5 and 6.2, rendering the survivors exposed to further risks and unsettlement.
The destruction in infrastructure brought by the earthquake is causing much hardship to the people.
A church building damaged by the earthquake.
In Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, more than 60% of the population lives in poverty and millions of people live on less than US $2 a day. The quake occurred at a particularly untimely moment for the country that has been through a mix of bad circumstances including the COVID-19 pandemic, the food insecurity threatening more than four million Haitians and the worsening political stalemate since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last month. The imminent tropical storm Grace is also expected to sweep through Haiti, making rescue efforts even more complicated.
"We are deeply concerned by the devastation that this earthquake can cause, in a country already stricken by extreme poverty, social and political unrest. The ongoing pandemic is also a situation that complicates local authorities' ability to respond," says Marcelo Viscarra, World Vision Haiti National Director.
"3 children were rescued under this house. One died from his injuries at the hospital," said staff Jean Baptiste Fritzner.
"The day was one of the worst in my life. My house was destroyed and we had to abandon it. It's a two-story building. The whole first floor is so damaged that it could fall on us. Last night, I slept at a neighbor's open yard. The aftershocks have not stopped," said 16-year-old Ashley.
"Yesterday was really difficult for me. I lived it very badly. It seems like the tremors lasted all day. I couldn't stand all the shaking. I cried. My head hurt all day," said Daylie, a 15-year-old girl from Jeremie.
World Vision's immediate relief actions include providing food kits and hygiene kits to support 6,000 people. For the upcoming 12 months, we aim to provide humanitarian aid targeting to reach 240,000 vulnerable people, out of which 60,000 are children, in the following areas:
WASH: Ensure the availability of clean water and purifiers to prevent infectious diseases such as cholera and COVID-19.
SHELTER: Provide tents to shelter people who lost their homes.
FOOD: Provide primary food assistance to families, prioritising those with children.
CHILD PROTECTION: Ensure the wellbeing of vulnerable children, especially those in orphanages, making sure they are safe and cared for amid the prevailing social unrest.
World Vision has vast experience, proficient staff and strong local partnerships to ensure the access of vulnerable families to humanitarian aid, while ensuring a stable logistical supply to tackle the most pressing needs of families and their children.
Please donate now to support the people in Haiti during this difficult time.
Donation by Crossed Cheque1
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Please prepare a crossed cheque payable to "World Vision Hong Kong" together with your personal details and mail it to us at World Vision Hong Kong, Freepost No. 69. Please mark "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on the envelope.
Please prepare a crossed cheque payable to "World Vision of Macau Association" together with your personal details and mail it to us at World Vision of Macau Association, P.O. Box 530, Macau. Please mark "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on the envelope.
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You may also use online bank transfer or scan the Faster Payment System (FPS) QR code (image below) with any supporting mobile banking app to donate. If you need a donation receipt, please mail us the bank-in slip or send the screen capture of the confirmation page (recipient: World Vision Hong Kong) to [email protected], together with your name, phone number and postal address.
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Figura z 1906 roku w Łubczu – kapliczka  przydrożna typu wnękowego wykonana z kamienia w 1906 roku, znajdująca się w Łubczu, na terenie parafii św. Anny w Gródku. Podobna w swej formie do szeregu kapliczek postawionych  w okolicznych wsiach po wydaniu przez cara Mikołaja II ukazu tolerancyjnego z 30 kwietnia 1905 roku znacznie rozszerzającego swobody religijne na terenach objętych zaborem rosyjskim.

Historia lokalizacji
Kapliczkę postawiono przy skrzyżowaniu głównej drogi Łubcza z drogą do Szlatyna oraz z nieistniejącym traktem w kierunku Gródka, naprzeciwko dworu dziedzica. Istnienie wcześniejszego krzyża w tym miejscu lub niedaleko tego miejsca potwierdzają m.in. Mapa Topograficzna Królestwa Galicji i Lodomerii z lat 1779-1783, tzw. Mapa Miega oraz austro-węgierska mapa topograficzna z 1878 roku.

Architektura
Figura ma formę trójdzielną. Składa się z ustawionej na postumencie kapliczki z wnęką, w której niegdyś znajdowała się późnobarokowa rzeźba putta z II połowy XVIII w.. Pod wnęką znajduje się wyryty napis "POD TWOJĄ OBRONĘ UCIEKAMY SIĘ ŚWINTA BOŻA RODZICIELKO 1906". Kapliczka przykryta jest skrzyżowanymi kalenicowo daszkami, co uważane jest za nawiązanie do neogotyckiej wieżyczki. W narożach ustawione są 4 ozdobne urny. Ponad daszkami znajduje się smukła czworoboczna zwężająca się ku górze sterczyna, której ściany zdobi motyw stylizowanej gałązki palmowej. Sterczyna zwieńczona jest prostym żeliwnym krzyżem.

Figura w relacjach mieszkańców
Z figurą związane jest ocalenie jednego z mieszkańców Łubcza podczas największego napadu UPA na wieś w dniu 5 kwietnia 1944 r. (zginęło 105 osób). Według relacji mieszkańców mężczyzna schował się za figurą przed przechodzącymi drogą Ukraińcami, co pozwoliło mu uciec i uniknąć śmierci.

Pierwotnie figura stała kilka lub kilkadziesiąt metrów od obecnego miejsca. Według relacji mieszkańców podczas przesuwania znaleziono pod nią kilka guzików z orłami pochodzących z polskiego munduru.

Figura jest jednym z dwóch miejsc w Łubczu, w którym tradycyjnie pod gołym niebem w Wielką Sobotę Wielkanocną święci się pokarmy, czyli "Paschę".

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Łubcze
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