TransCanada, the owner of the recently-nixed northern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, has won a bid from Mexico's government to build a 155-mile pipeline carrying gas from hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in the United States to Mexico's electricity grid.
The company has benefited from Mexico's energy sector privatization promoted by the U.S. State Department, the same agency that denied a permit to the U.S.-Canada border-crossing Keystone XL. TransCanada said in a press release that construction on the $500 million line will begin in 2016 and it will be called the Tuxpan-Tula Pipeline.
The U.S. State Department released a batch of 3,000 searchable documents formerly stored on the private hard drive and in a private email account of Democratic Party presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Among them: a fully redacted job description for State Department International Energy Coordinator/Diplomat-At-Large.
David Goldwyn — now a fellow at the Atlantic Council, fellow at the Brookings Institution and head of Goldwyn Global Strategies — would eventually come to assume that role as head of the State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources, a Bureau that premiered under the watch of then-Secretary Clinton.
Heather Zichal, former top climate and energy aide to President Barack Obama his top aide in crafting his 2008 presidential campaign energy platform, has joined the industry-funded Atlantic Council as a fellow at its Global Energy Center.
The U.S. State Department recently announced that Amos Hochstein, currently the special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs, will take over as the State Department's top international energy diplomat.
Hochstein will likely serve as a key point man for the U.S. in its negotiations to cut a climate change deal as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), both at the ongoing COP20 summit in Lima, Peru and next year's summit in Paris, France. Some conclude the Lima and Paris negotiations are a "last chance" to do something meaningful on climate change.
But before getting a job at the State Department, where Hochstein has worked since 2011, he worked as a lobbyist for the firm Cassidy & Associates. Cassidy's current lobbying client portfolio consists of several fossil fuel industry players, including Noble Energy, Powder River Energy and Transwest Express.
Back when Hochstein worked for Cassidy, one of his clients was Marathon Oil, which he lobbied for in quarter two and quarter three of 2008, according to lobbying disclosure forms reviewed by DeSmogBlog.
Hochstein earned his firm $20,000 each quarter lobbying the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on behalf of Marathon.
In light of ongoing geopolitical tensions in Russia, Ukraine and hotly contested Crimea, three (yes, three!) U.S. Congressional Committees held hearings this week on the U.S. using its newfangled oil and gas bounty as a blunt tool to fend off Russian dominance of the global gas market.
Though 14 combined witnesses testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power and U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations, not a single environmental voice received an invitation. Climate change and environmental concerns were only voiced by two witnesses.
Using the ongoing regional tumult as a rationale to discuss exports of U.S. oil and gas obtained mainly via hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), the lack of discussion on climate change doesn't mean the issue isn't important to national security types.
Indeed, the Pentagon's recently published Quadrennial Defense Review coins climate change a "threat force multiplier" that could lead to resource scarcity and resource wars. Though directly related to rampant resource extraction and global oil and gas marketing, with fracking's accompanying climate change and ecological impacts, "threat force multiplication" impacts of climate change went undiscussed.
With another LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal approved by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Coos Bay, Ore., to non-Free Trade Agreement countries on March 24 (the seventh so far, with two dozen still pending), the heat is on to export U.S. fracked oil and gas to the global market.
So, why wasn't the LNG climate trump card discussed in a loud and clear way? Well, just consider the source: 11 of the witnesses had ties in one way or another to the oil and gas industry.


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Q: C# WinForms - How do I make a form that locks the main form I would like to make a form that, when opened, locks the user to only using that form until closed.
I see this done in many programs that have a "settings." You open the new form and if you try to click back on the old one, the new one pops back up and makes a beeping sound.
And just wondering, what exactly is this called, just do I don't have to reference it as a "Form that locks the main form"?

A: You need to use the ShowDialog method to do this. This will lock the parent form like your are wanting. Here is some sample code that will show you how to do this (all it does is check a textbox's content in form2, which is shown as a modal dialog to prevent the parent form from being used:
public void ShowMyDialogBox()
{
   Form2 testDialog = new Form2();

   // Show testDialog as a modal dialog and determine if DialogResult = OK.
   if (testDialog.ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.OK)
   {
      // Read the contents of testDialog's TextBox.
      this.txtResult.Text = testDialog.TextBox1.Text;
   }
   else
   {
      this.txtResult.Text = "Cancelled";
   }
   testDialog.Dispose();
}

Sample code copied from here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.form.showdialog(v=vs.71).aspx

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Here's what we mean when we say patterns: In almost every return-loss (S11) measurement there will be some ripple (and sometimes in the insertion loss, or S21, as well). The ripple is the result of reflections. In insertion-loss measurements, there is typically a monotonic dropoff; higher frequencies result in more loss. Often, we'll see broad dips in the insertion loss due to 1/4-λ stub resonance, and sharper dips resulting from coupling to a cavity or to floating metal in the circuit.
First, let's look at the ripple in S11 (Figure 1). Imagine an interconnect, with 50-Ω impedances on both ports, through which we'll send a waveform. However, the interconnect itself, which is much less than 1/4-λ in length, presents an impedance of 30 Ω, resulting in a reflection. Using the formula to calculate the reflection coefficient shown at the bottom left of Figure 1, we arrive at a negative number, which indicates that the impedance bump causes a 180° phase change.
However, some of the waveform transmits through the interconnect. Due to the interconnect's very short length, there is no phase change on the transmitted portion. The wave does, however, see an impedance bump from 30 Ω to 50 Ω, so there is yet another reflection.
But this time, Z2 = 50 Ω and Z1 = 30 Ω, which yields a positive number in the reflection coefficient calculation. Thus there is no phase shift off of this reflection. After a few ping-pong cycles, adding up the reflected and incident signals yields a minimum for S11 and a maximum for S21. A plot shows us that there is no loss at very low frequencies in any interconnect, so S21 is 0 dB. There is no signal reflected, so S11 is some very large negative value. At low frequency, all interconnects are transparent, which is something that we all intuitively know about low-speed signals and circuits. When the length of the channel is much less than one-quarter of the signal wavelength, the reflections from the front and back are 180° out of phase and they subtract. We get a minimum. There's no net reflection, all the transmitted waves add together, and we get a maximum at S21.
is one-quarter of the signal's wavelength?
Another important factor is the length of the socket and the associated time delay. What is the speed of a signal through a material? A good rule of thumb is roughly 6 inches per nanosecond. The time delay is the length divided by the speed.
What if the length of the interconnect is equal to 1/4 λ? Again, referring now to Figure 2, the incident signal sees a 50-Ω impedance at the ports and a 30-Ω impedance on the interconnect itself, and there is a 180° phase shift on the reflection. The signal that transmits through, however, undergoes a 1/4-λ phase shift due to the interconnect's length. Another reflection occurs with zero phase shift, but we add that 1/4-λ phase shift for the trip through the interconnect. Another 1/4-λ phase shift is added for the next reflection, giving us 1/2-λ phase shift, and yet another 1/4-λ phase shift is added on a final reflection for a total of 3/4-λ phase shift. The end result is a maximum for S11 and a minimum for S21. This configuration is true whenever the interconnect length is 0.5X some integer plus 1/4 λ.
Now, let's consider the case where the interconnect is 1/2 λ in length (Figure 3). The incident waveform is phase-shifted by half a wavelength as it transmits through the interconnect, again due to the length. The first reflection has no phase shift (plus the 1/2-λ phase shift on transmit). Subsequent reflections result in a waveform that is 1-1/2 λ out of phase, which means a minimum for S11 and a maximum for S21. Continuing in this pattern in multiple integers produces the ripple seen in the plot at top right of Figure 3. Remember that if the return loss is more than -10 to -13 dB, it will have an impact on the insertion loss. That will carry over into ripple on S21.
In conclusion, there are interesting things that can be gained by looking at ripple. The longer the interconnect is, the shorter of the frequency between the high and low, and the closer together the ripples will be. For a very long interconnect, the ripples will be closely packed. Conversely, in a very short interconnect, the ripples will be spaced far apart. And, the larger the impedance difference between the ports and the interconnect itself, the larger the modulation will be in a ripple waveform.


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Quilling, even called as paper filigree or paper rolling, amongst other things. At its most basic style, quilling is the means of rolling thin strips of paper and then working the coils into different designs. Although the art form has shifted in and out of fame after a while, it has itself proved to be extremely flexible and adjustable to the recent era. Spiritual community members were the first users and inventors of the quilling process. Slowly, this pleasing art form spread to other nations and ultimately became a vital part of the ordinary persons' life.
Main concept quilling includes the use of quilling tools to rolling fingers, hatpin, to roll paper into preferred shapes. Numerous shapes are rolled independently and then joined to one another to create a final design or shape. Final touches are then done to add to the charm of the piece and to make safe it in place. These final touches could involve making use of shadow box framing or acid free matte board.
At present that you're aware of the source and few facets of quilling, let's go into few details of quilling history. Research has found that kind of quilling metals were done in the mid-fourth and fifth centuries. Silver and gold wires were used to vases, pillars, and other objects and quilling jewelry was even created by means of this technique. By the thirteenth century this kind of metal quilling had become famous and was performed worldwide.
The conversion from metal to paper use possibly happens as supplies became scarce, or were out of stock to the lay individual wanting to make pieces. Metal quilling was usually known as metal filigree, and as the method integrated the use of paper, was usually known as paper filigree. Initial use of paper filigree was mainly restricted to spiritual groups supporting their beliefs and elaborating holy messages.
There are some truths, however a lot of stories, accredited to the beginning of quilling. Some state it was build on in early times, not long after creation of paper was revealed. Others state paper quilling was started in the 13th century while priests were incapable of purchasing metal filigree because of its' excessive cost. However others think that quilling online started in the America.
And still, further facts to quilling being used in the Mediterranean district. With numerous contradictory claims, no one can state for sure where quilling started off, however undoubtedly it carries a really international history.


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With works by Caroline Achaintre, Horst Ademeit, Fiona Banner, Sara Barker, Phyllida Barlow, Neil Beloufa, David Birkin, Karla Black, Carol Bove, Martin Boyce, Lea Cetera, Susan Collis, Thomas Demand, Jason Dodge, Boyle Family, Theaster Gates, Isa Genzken, Rodney Graham, Harry Gruyaert, Jeppe Hein, Marine Hugonnier, Pierre Huyghe, Matthew Day Jackson, Tatsuya Kimata, Rachel Kneebone, Elad Lassry, Bob Law, Nina Beier & Marie Lund, Kris Martin, Marlie Mul, Nika Neelova, Man Ray, Magali Reus, Pietro Roccasalva, Analia Saban, Erin Shirreff, Monika Sosnowska, Oscar Tuazon, Gavin Turk, Franz West, Douglas White.
In 1886, a 22-year-old woman in Lyon saw the world around her for the first time. Objects instantly recognisable by touch were hard to distinguish with her new sight, and shadows appeared more concrete than solid forms. Her doctors described the sudden strangeness of familiar environments, and her singular experience of the world as a newly sighted person.
In his 1932 book Space and Sight, Marius Von Senden collated the patient's experiences alongside testimonies of similar cases dating from 1020 to the present. These captivating accounts, which later inspired writers including Maggie Nelson and Annie Dillard, express how something familiar can show a previously unacknowledged beauty when seen in a new way.
She sees the shadows is a group exhibition of works from the David Roberts Collection that resonate with the ideas found in Space and Sight. Each artist has reconceived day-to-day objects and materials in unexpected ways – a bench, plug socket, grate, section of railing or broom – and invites viewers to see alternative qualities and narratives therein.
Some artists have used precious materials to confer value to unremarkable commonplace objects. Susan Collis' paint-splattered broom is inlaid with mother-of-pearl; Lea Cetera's disposable coffee cup is cast in ceramic; Tatsuya Kimata's generic plug socket is carved from white marble; Kris Martin's wall screw is solid gold; Gavin Turk's cardboard box is cast in bronze; and Rachel Kneebone's eggbox is filled with delicate porcelain. Meticulous tromp l'oeil studies of grimy undistinguished patches of a city street, including puddles, broken tiles and railings, focus attention onto the unnoticed fabric of daily life.
Other subtle modifications to objects can subvert their use: wooden bannister rails jointed into an endless loop, public benches where the seat is elevated beyond reach, notebooks opened to face the wall so their contents is entirely obscured, a single black leather glove behind a glass frame, a wind chime pitched to an atonal scale.
Stories and ideologies infiltrate the private sphere through different media channels. Isa Genzken's Weltempfänger (World Receiver) points to the domestic radio's influential role in both propaganda and resistance. Rodney Graham's couple reading a comic magazine in bed enact a popular sketch in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film The Lady Vanishes. Theaster Gates places a charged 1970's journal article 'The Black Bourgeoisie' in the seat of a piano stool. Harry Gruyaert's TV Shots capture the constant news stories and dramas of 1970s colour television sets. Neil Beloufa carves a constellation of floating cats into compressed wood and power sockets, the ubiquitous trope of online videos and memes streamed into contemporary homes.
"I Was So Entranced Seeing That I Did Not Think About The Sight". David Birkin's title directly quotes deaf-blind activist Helen Keller, describing her experience at the top of the newly built Empire State Building in 1932. Birkin exposed a sheet of gelatin silver photographic paper to sunlight at the same location, embossed with a braille transcription of the quote.
Each of the works in a collection, like the testimonies compiled by Von Senden, speak of personal experiences and moments. She sees the shadows is accompanied by a new publication with responses to the project from writers Orit Gat, Claire Potter and Sally O'Reilly and artists David Birkin, Jason Dodge, Marine Hugonnier, Marlie Mul, Magali Reus and Douglas White (download free PDF version at top of page).
*M. Von Senden (trans. P. Heath), Space and Sight: the perception of space and shape in the congenitally blind before and after operation, 1932, Methuen & Co. Ltd.: London, 1960.
She sees the shadows is a collaboration between DRAF and MOSTYN, curated by Olivia Leahy (DRAF) and Adam Carr (MOSTYN).
MOSTYN presents international art and culture of our time, activating people's lives through exhibitions, cultural programmes and commercial activities. Situated in the coastal town of Llandudno, it is Wales' foremost contemporary gallery and visual arts centre, serving as a place to form and share new perspectives through artistic/curatorial practice and audience engagement.
MOSTYN is part of the Plus TATE, the UK-wide contemporary visual art network. MOSTYN (Mostyn Gallery Limited) is a registered charity in England and Wales (number: 507842) and receives financial support from the Arts Council of Wales.
Started in the mid 1990s, the David Roberts Collection currently comprises over 2,000 works. It focuses on contemporary art but also includes some modern works. It is not focused on a specific medium, generation or geographical area. The Collection is an evolving archive of forms and concepts. Works from the Collection are regularly exhibited by DRAF (David Roberts Art Foundation) and internationally within exhibitions at other institutions.
1/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
4/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
6/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
8/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
11/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
13/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
14/15Installation view, DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, 2018. Courtesy the artists and David Roberts Collection. Photo: Dewi Lloyd.
15/15MOSTYN Llandudno facade. Courtesy MOSTYN.


There's been some amazing games of hurling and lots of fun with after school hurling in the yard since September. Each Monday, boys in 1st Class don their helmets and grab their hurleys and join Br. Frank, Peter, and Mr. Keevers in the yard for skills and games! 3rd Class take on one of our national games on Wednesdays with Mr. Casey, Mr. Fahy and Peter, while 2nd Class take aim with the sliotar on Thursdays!
The first term has come to an end now, and all the boys who go hurling with Br. Frank, Peter Galvin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Fahy and Mr. Keevers were presented with medals in the school hall on Tuesday, December 8th. Check out the photos below!


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Why we should stop telling new parents to 'enjoy every moment'
Ariane Beeston
Nov 21 2014 at 11:12 AM
Becoming a parent, like life generally, is full of ups and downs. Photo: Getty Images
A few weeks ago, some dear friends of mine had their first baby. As the proud dad texted me a picture, along with her name, I had to fight the natural instinct to say "Enjoy every moment!"
The words I hated hearing as a new mum
I don't even know where the words came from. Excitement, perhaps, caught up in the safe arrival of a much-longed for baby. They certainly weren't from my own experience. And yet there they were, a ready-made, empty cliché from someone who knows better.
We're all far more open now about discussing the realities of parenthood, the lows as well as the highs. And yet expressions like "enjoy every moment" still roll effortlessly off the tongue. I heard it countless times myself as my bump grew bigger and I waddled towards my due date, then for months after my baby was born. A subtle, unintentional reinforcement of the idealised version of motherhood.
It occurred to me just how harmful those words could be, how unhelpful for brand new parents. Why? Because the reality is that you won't enjoy every minute. And being told to do so, over and over, can easily lead to feelings of guilt and inadequacy when you simply don't.
Becoming a parent, like life generally, is full of ups and downs. Of steep learning curves, good days and bad days. You can feel soul-stretching love and utter frustration – sometimes even in the same minute.
Those early months are certainly full of enjoyable moments: holding your baby for the first time, searching their squashed newborn features for family resemblance, taking a deep breath and inhaling the sweet new baby scent, passing your bundle around to love-struck relatives and clucking friends. There are smiles that erase entire bad days, time-stopping cuddles, and the joy of free-falling in love again.
But there are moments of sheer exhaustion, too. Fatigue that morphs you into a grumpier, tearier version of yourself you had no idea you were capable of becoming. When you physically don't think you can go on any longer without. When you find yourself arguing with your partner over things you'd never usually be bothered by, simply because you're both so tired you can't think.
When your writhing, pink-faced, overtired baby won't settle, no matter what you do and you feel helpless and incompetent. And when you find yourself, just briefly, aching for aspects of your old life and who you used to be. There are some moments you simply need to get through. Enjoying them doesn't even come into it.
And yet not enjoying every moment doesn't take away from the fact that being a parent is a privilege. That we are, indeed, the lucky ones. And that while it can be tough and challenging at times, the rewards keep coming in first giggles and words and wobbly steps.
And so, when they arrived home from hospital as a new family, instead of telling my friends to enjoy every moment, I sent three other simple words instead: "How are you?"
"Was it harder than you expected it to be?" The new father texted back.
"So much harder," I replied.
"Yeah," he said. "Worth it though, hey."
And it is. Every moment.
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Our teeth go through a lot every day, but, thankfully, dental professionals can perform treatments like a root canal procedure to save teeth from damage such as cavities or infection. If left untreated, problems like these can eventually lead to tooth loss. Today, dentistry has come a long way, and a root canal procedure can save your natural tooth from needing to be extracted.
A root canal procedure is one of the most widely known dental treatments. Unfortunately, there is a large amount of misinformation out there when it comes to this procedure. Otherwise known as endodontic therapy, this procedure is used when a tooth has become infected and is no longer viable on its own.
Despite what you may have heard, root canals are not all that painful. In fact, this treatment is often used to alleviate pain, and the procedure is virtually painless thanks to local anesthesia and advanced dental technology.
A tooth needing a root canal procedure can be painful. However, pain does not always need to present itself in order for a tooth to benefit from this treatment. Often when a tooth is damaged, an infection will arise near the base of the root. In self-defense, the tooth will cut off blood flow to the affected pulp, causing it to die. This can put pressure on the nerve, causing pain.
In some cases, the nerve is so damaged that it begins to die slowly. When this happens, you may not feel any pain or very little pain. This type of trauma can often go unchecked, as there is no pain to alert you to the area. It is always best to consult your dentist if you think a tooth is damaged, even if there is no pain. Sports injuries, falls or biting down on something unexpectedly hard can all cause damage to a tooth.
The tissue deep inside the tooth is called pulp. The most common cause of the need for a root canal is the infection of the pulp, referred to as pulpitis. To prevent the spread of pulpitis, a dentist or endodontist will go into the tooth, which is usually a molar, remove all infected pulp and thoroughly clean the area before reshaping the roots and sealing the space.
A dental drill will be used to gain access into the center of the tooth. After the hole is made, the dentist will then use specialized tools to clear out the infected pulp and shape the root. Finally, a filling will be used to fill the space. After the filling has bonded and dried, you will be able to use the tooth almost immediately. Steer clear of hard foods for a while in order to give your tooth and surrounding gums the best chance at healing after the procedure. Instead, reach for softer foods that are high in calcium and protein.
A root canal procedure can be needed due to trauma, poor oral hygiene or many other environmental and hereditary factors. Some may be more prone to infection compared to others. A properly maintained root canal will prevent future microbial attacks and stop the destructive infection in its tracks. Talk to your dentist right away if you experience any kind of trauma to your teeth. Getting a root canal as soon as possible will increase the chances of saving your natural tooth.
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I'd really like a Guardians book. They're popular enough to support it. I'd like to see a cool Xmen team book with characters similar to the classic cartoon. Also a Cap book and maybe Thor or Iron Man. Come on IDW and Marvel make it happen!
I'm all for an Iron Man one. His Marvel Adventures was so fun and I couldn't believe how good the art was on the run.
That was a really fun book. I really enjoyed the focus issue on Happy and the "search for Howard Stark" arc .
Agreed. Both were great plot points in the series.
Sadly there isn't a lot of discussion on these books on the Web and it appears as if Spider-Man is going to be a couple months delayed, unless these aren't planned on being monthly. If that's the case this line won't make it.
If they want these books to succeed why not try getting them back into drug stores, supermarkets, and Walmart?
How do you know Spider-Man will be delayed months? Just asking as I have not seen anything about that. The second issue of Avengers is already dropped and Black Panther is next up on deck.
Yeah, it's Black Panther that was delayed, not Spider-Man.
Are there no digital editions? That can't be helping.
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Propelled by a requirement to assure well-being, health and safety of workers, company substance misuse policies have eventually become increasingly popular across the UK. But unfortunately, there still persist an abundance of misinterpretations relating to the system, which can lead to misgivings among the staff involved in the process.
Alcohol and Drugs Testing In The Workplace – Exactly where is the danger?
A significant proportion of the population estimate that the impact of misused drugs within the workplace is a very minor issue. Everybody has seen Christmas anti-drink-driving commercials and as a consequence, bear in mind that drug driving and drink-driving is not safe, so can't we trust in the general public's common sense? Alas, as many as 50% of all workplace and roadside fatalities throughout the United Kingdom are connected with drink, street drugs, or a combination of both. Latest figures reveal that over 70% of illicit drug abusers are in full-time employment, meaning that the average substance misuser is, in a sense, the average member of staff. Modern Home Office stats estimate the number of 16 to 29-year-olds who have misused illicit drugs within the previous 12 months at just under 50% of the population. So, it is irresponsible to view this as someone else's issue, because it is relevant to every place of work. While the usage of illicit drugs doesn't automatically mean irresponsible attitudes within the working environment, it does drastically magnify the probability of incidents and accidents, attendance issues, a marked reduction in productivity, damage to equipment and stock, being involved in a lawsuit and a higher than average turnover of personnel.
Alcohol and Drugs Testing In The Workplace – So What Can You Do? Isn't workplace drug testing difficult to do?
Lots of organizations only conduct a workplace drug screen in response to a significant damage to property or an injury, an incident, or in cases where they have reasonable cause for concern that an employee is unsafe or unfit for active duty. Due to the vast range of potential dangers associated with heavy industrial company premises, many workplaces believe it entirely reasonable to trigger diagnostic tests in such situations, as a measure to prevent them occurring ever again.
However, random drug tests brings the screening process to the next level, where a predetermined sample of the workforce is chosen at random to provide a sample of urine and/or breath. This could be seen as a little invasive, however, it is pretty commonplace for as few as 5% of the personnel to be screened up to once in every year. this is equivalent to only one in 20 people being drug and alcohol tested, as an alternative, as an individual, your likelihood of being subject to a test should be once each 20 years. As incredible as it seems, such infrequent testing has indeed been shown to decrease positivity rates from as high as 46% down to as low as just 2% within just a few months. This strongly suggests that the average substance abuser present in the working environment isn't hopelessly addicted and unable to change, but is simply making lifestyle choices that can possibly be reshaped toward a more positive end result.
Alcohol and Drugs Testing In The Workplace. Can this be seen as an infringement of the person's civil liberties and human rights?
Although some individuals within the company could be hesitant at first regarding the thought of testing, the majority of them comprehend that this will be conducted to safeguard the health and safety of anybody throughout the business. Provided the extent of testing is in proportion to the hazards within the work environment and doesn't intentionally disrupt employee life outside of work, it doesn't pose a danger to employee human rights. When it comes to America, around 98% of the top 1000 corporations drug test their workers without any issues.
Who says there is any danger while recreationally using street drugs away from the workplace?
Countless illegal drugs have certainly acquired a softer image as a result of their frequent coverage throughout national newspapers and magazines. Undoubtedly, phrases including "recreational cocaine use" may cause a great amount of harm in glossing over the risks to the general public. For a lot of teenagers, the use of cocaine is even more habit-forming than heroin and cannot be abused on a recreational basis without considerable risk of becoming addicted. Addiction aside, the level of cocaine purity has fallen from an average 45 percent purity in 2004 to a low of about twenty five percent purity in 2010 (with the purity of cocaine as low as nine percent being reported currently). Worryingly, the powders that dealers use to cut the cocaine range from local anaesthetics, carcinogenic pharmaceuticals, dog worming powders, through to insecticides. The unfortunate fact is you can never rely upon a drug dealer.
Even substances formerly regarded as soft drugs can still carry dangers. In recent years in England and Scotland, a frightening 92% of patients accepted for therapy for mental illness are regular cannabis users. With this in mind, workplace drugs testing undeniably possesses the realistic potential to deal with wider antisocial and health related problems when it becomes commonplace.
Read more about employee drug screening plus home drug screening kits, check out www.drug-aware.com
Regarding the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a supplier of Alcohol and Drugs Testing In The Workplace, alcohol and drugs screening kits, laboratory services and also alcohol and drugs awareness education. He has educated literally thousands of delegates across hundreds of organisations, HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals and GP surgeries across the United Kingdom.
Spurred by a need to guarantee well-being, safety and health of contractors and employees, workplace substance misuse testing has gradually become increasingly common throughout Great Britain. Having said that, there still persist a significant number of misunderstandings relating to the system, that can possibly result in an uneasiness amongst the staff being screened.
Drug and Alcohol Information At Work – So, where is the hazard?
Numerous people suppose that the influence of alcohol and drugs in the working environment is a very minor concern. Pretty much everybody has been exposed to Christmas drink-driving commercials and as a consequence, bear in mind that drink-driving and drug-driving is risky, so isn't it possible to rely upon most people's common sense? Unfortunately, as much as 50% of all industrial and road fatalities around England and Scotland relate to drinking, illicit drugs, or a combination of both. Latest information reveal that in excess of two thirds of substance abusers are in full-time work, indicating that the average illegal drug user is, basically, the typical member of staff. New Home Office information estimate the volume of 16 to 29-year-olds that have engaged in drugs in the most recent 12 months at a significant fifty percent of that age range. As a result, this shouldn't be viewed as somebody else's problem, because it involves almost every working environment. Whilst the use of illicit drugs doesn't by default point to risk-taking and irresponsibility within the work environment, it does greatly broaden the probability of incidents and accidents, attendance issues and absenteeism, a decrease in productivity, damages to equipment and stock, being involved in a lawsuit and a more substantial turnover of employees.
Drug and Alcohol Information At Work – What is realistic? Isn't random drug screening rather complicated?
Many businesses only perform diagnostic tests after an industrial accident, an incident, or when they find reasonable grounds for concern that a member of the workforce may potentially be unsafe or unfit to be operating machinery. Because of the vast cross section of potential hazards associated with heavy industrial sites, many employers see it as being wholly prudent to carry out workplace drug screening on these occasions, as a measure to prevent them occurring again.
On the other hand, random drug and alcohol tests brings drug screening a stage further, wherein a predetermined sample of the employees is randomly selected to provide a sample. This could be seen as intrusive, however, it is actually pretty normal for only five percent of the staff to be drug screened up to once in every year. This would mean that just one in 20 individuals being tested, or maybe, as an employee, your probability of being screened would be once every 20 years. As amazing as it sounds, this style of minimal screening has been shown to lower positivity rates from as much as 46% down to a low of two percent in as little as only a couple of months. This indicates that the average drug abuser within the work environment is not addicted to drugs, but is purely making decisions about their lifestyle which may be adjusted towards a more agreeable outcome.
Drug and Alcohol Information At Work. Could this be seen as a violation of freedoms?
Although certain individuals on the payroll are hesitant at first regarding the thought of on-site drug testing, most recognise that this is primarily undertaken in order to improve upon the health and safety of everyone within the workplace. Provided the extent of testing is comparable to the possible dangers within the work environment and does not specifically interfere with staff time outside of work, it should not represent a danger to employee human rights. When it comes to America, more than ninety eight percent of the most successful 1000 organisations drug and alcohol test their staff without any issues.
So where is the danger when using substances away from work?
Numerous illicit drugs have established a less dangerous image due to their frequent coverage throughout the country's television, radio and newspapers. Sure enough, terminologies including "recreational cocaine use" are responsible for a great deal of harm due to it downplaying the risks to people. For a lot of young people, cocaine is much more habit forming than heroin and, for this reason can not be taken on a recreational basis without having substantial threat of dependency. Addiction aside, the purity of cocaine has decreased from a typical 45% cocaine content in 2004 to a mere twenty five percent purity as of 2010 (with the purity of cocaine being as low as 9 percent being reported currently). Even more alarmingly, the added cutting agents that dealers use to add mass to the cocaine powder often range from dangerous anaesthetics, cancer-causing chemicals, animal worming chemicals, through to cockroach insecticide. The underlying message is that you can never ever rely upon a drug dealer.
In fact, substances previously deemed to be soft drugs nevertheless carry risks. Right now in England and Wales, 92% of individuals accepted for therapy for mental health problems are heavy users of cannabis. With this in mind, drug screening in the workplace genuinely has the potential to tackle wider social and mental health issues when it eventually is more common.
To discover more about drug screening in the workplace and also home drug testing kits, browse through www.drug-aware.com
Information on the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a supplier of Drug and Alcohol Information At Work, drug and alcohol testing devices, lab services as well as drugs awareness training. He has personally trained literally thousands of delegates across hundreds of companies, HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals across the UK.
Prompted by a demand to provide well-being, health and safety of employees, employee alcohol and drug screening has come to be more and more common across England and Wales. However, there still persist a variety of misunderstandings surrounding the strategy, that can most likely produce concern amongst the staff being tested.
Random Substance Misuse Tests – So, where is the danger?
Lots of individuals estimate that the impact of abused drugs within the modern workplace is a minor issue. Each and every one of us has taken notice of Christmas time drink-driving TV advertisements and as a consequence, recognise that drug driving and drink-driving is dangerous, so can't we rely upon everyday people's judgement? The sad thing is, a staggering half of all roadside and industrial fatalities in the UK relate to alcohol, illicit drugs, or both together. Modern studies prove that well over 70 % of illicit drug abusers are in full-time work, suggesting that the typical illegal drug misuser is, effectively, the average member of staff. Recent Home Office reports estimate the number of 16 to 29-year-olds that have misused illegal drugs within the previous 12 months at just over fifty percent of that age range. In light of this fact, you cannot treat this as someone else's concern, it involves each and every industrial environment. While the occasional use of illicit substances doesn't automatically suggest irresponsibility within the workplace, it does substantially magnify the likelihood of accidents, attendance and punctuality problems, a reduction in productivity, damage to workplace equipment, being sued and a raised turnover of personnel.
Random Substance Misuse Tests – So what should we do? Isn't employee drug and alcohol testing operationally disruptive?
Numerous organizations only conduct an employee drug screen in response to an industrial accident, an incident, or if they have reasonable cause for concern that a member of the workforce may be unsafe for duty. As a result of the large cross section of prospective dangers within heavy industrial work environments, many employers judge it to be completely logical to conduct diagnostic testing on such occasions, as a measure to prevent them occurring again.
On the other hand, random workplace drug testing brings workplace testing to the next level, where a predetermined sample of the personnel is chosen at random to produce a sample. This may sound intrusive, though it is pretty normal for only five percent of the workforce to be tested up to once every year. This is the same as just one in 20 people being drug tested, or else, as a member of staff, your chance of being subject to a test would likely be once every 20 years. Incredibly, this style of marginal screening has been confirmed to lower failure rates from as much as 46% down to a low of 2% in as little as just a handful of months. This indicates that the typical drug user present in the workplace is not addicted, but is merely making choices about their lifestyle which could be adjusted toward a better conclusion.
Random Substance Misuse Tests. Is this often perceived to be an infringement of freedoms?
Although some individuals within the company might be initially resistant to the possibility of screening, the majority perceive that this is being performed in order to underpin the basic safety of all the people throughout the company. Provided the amount of on-site drug testing is proportional to the dangers within the workplace and doesn't especially disrupt staff time outside of work, it doesn't technically represent a danger to staff human rights. In the United States, beyond 98% of the most successful 1000 organisations drug screen their work force without any problems.
Who says there is any risk while experimenting with illegal drugs outside of your job?
Quite a few illicit drugs have actually established a softer image as a consequence of their frequent mentions throughout countrywide television, radio and newspapers. In reality, expressions such as "recreational cocaine use" are responsible for a significant amount of harm due to it downplaying the dangers to impressionable young people. For numerous people, powdered cocaine is much more habit-forming than heroin and can't be used on a recreational basis without significant risk of dependency. Addiction aside, cocaine purity has dropped from a typical 45% purity in 2004 to a low of roughly twenty five percent purity as of 2010 (with the purity of cocaine at an all-time low of 9 percent being reported). Worryingly, the chemicals that dealers use to bulk out the cocaine can be anything from local anaesthetics, cancer-causing chemicals, dog worming agents, all the way through to to insecticides. The reality is that you can certainly never rely upon a drug dealer.
Even drugs generally deemed to be soft drugs nonetheless carry risks. Right now in United Kingdom, a whopping 92% of men and women accepted for treatment for mental health issues are regular users of cannabis. bearing this in mind, workplace drug screening seriously possesses the potential to deal with wider antisocial and mental health concerns as it becomes commonplace.
For more information on workplace drug testing as well as home drug testing kits, stop by www.drug-aware.com
Information on the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a provider of Random Substance Misuse Tests, drugs and alcohol screening equipment, lab services along with drugs awareness training. He has educated literally thousands of delegates across hundreds of businesses, the HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals and GP surgeries across the country.
Stimulated by a requirement to guarantee safety, well-being and health of employees and visitors, employee substance abuse screening has gradually become more commonplace throughout England and Scotland. Nevertheless, there still persist an abundance of myths associated with the strategy, that might result in doubt among the members of staff subject to testing.
Substance Misuse Screening In The Workplace – Precisely where is the risk?
Lots of individuals estimate that the impact of drugs of abuse throughout the modern workplace is a trivial matter. Pretty much everybody has seen Christmas time anti-drink-driving commercials and as a consequence, get the idea that drug driving and drink-driving is hazardous, so shouldn't we be able to count on most people's common sense? Sad to say, it's estimated that one-half of all road and industrial fatalities across the United Kingdom involve alcohol, drugs, or both. Up-to-date statistics show that over 70 % of illicit drug users are in full-time jobs, meaning that the typical drug misuse is, essentially, the average business employee. Most recent Home Office research estimate the amount of 16 to 29-year-olds who have used illegal substances in the previous year at in excess of fifty percent. So, this shouldn't be viewed as someone else's problem, as it affects every single workplace. While the recreational use of drugs doesn't by default suggest a tendency to ignore risks within the working environment, this does drastically broaden the probability of accidents, attendance issues, a drop in productivity, damage to equipment and stock, being the target of legal action and a larger turnover of personnel.
Substance Misuse Screening In The Workplace – What should we do? Isn't workplace alcohol and drug testing difficult to do?
A lot of businesses only perform employee drug screening in the event of an accident, an incident or near miss, or in cases where they find reasonable grounds for concern that a worker may potentially be unsafe or unfit to be at work. Due to the broad cross section of potential hazards associated with heavy industrial companies, many businesses judge it to be entirely logical to perform diagnostic tests on such occurrences, in order to prevent them occurring ever again.
Of course, random workplace drug screening brings testing a stage further, whereby a predetermined percentage of the workforce is picked at random to volunteer an urine and breath sample. This sounds a little intrusive, though it is actually pretty customary for only five percent of the staff to be drug screened up to once per year. This is the same as only one in 20 individuals being drug and alcohol tested, as an alternative, as an employee, your probability of being actually screened should be just one time in each 20 years. Incredibly, such minimalistic testing has indeed been documented to lessen failure rates from a high of forty six percent down to as low as 2% within only a handful of months. This indicates that the run of the mill drug misuser found in the work environment isn't addicted, but is just making choices about their lifestyle which could be influenced in the direction of a better end result.
Substance Misuse Screening In The Workplace. Is this often deemed a violation of the person's civil Liberties?
While some individuals on the payroll might be resistant at first to the prospect of on-site drug screening, the significant majority are aware that this will be carried out in order to underpin the health and safety of everybody within the workplace. Provided the extent of on-site drug testing is proportionate to the threats found in the workplace and doesn't deliberately interfere with employee time outside of work, it doesn't represent a threat to staff human rights. In the US, beyond 98% of the most successful 1000 businesses drug and alcohol screen their work force without any controversy.
Is there really any risk when misusing street drugs outside of your job?
A number of illegal substances have certainly created a softer image through their repeated exposure throughout the country's radio, television and newspapers. Of course, expressions including "recreational cocaine use" are responsible for a great amount of harm due to it misinforming people. For a significant proportion of youngsters, powdered cocaine is even more addictive than heroin and can not be abused on a recreational basis without considerable threat of becoming addicted. Addiction aside, cocaine purity has reduced from an average 45% cocaine concentration in 2004 to as low as about 25% purity in 2010 (with the purity of cocaine as low as 9% being reported). Worryingly, the powders that the dealers use to increase the volume of the cocaine have been known to range from local anaesthetics, carcinogenic chemicals, cat worming powders, through to cockroach insecticide. The reality is that you should certainly never rely on a drug dealer.
In fact, drugs typically thought of as soft drugs still carry dangers. In recent years in England and Wales, a dramatic 92% of individuals accepted for treatment for mental health problems are regular users of cannabis. bearing this in mind, workplace drugs screening unquestionably has the opportunity to attack wider community and health problems when it comes to be commonplace.
Read more about drug testing in the workplace plus home drug screening kits, check out www.drug-aware.com
About the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a provider of Substance Misuse Screening In The Workplace, alcohol and drugs test devices, laboratory services together with drug awareness training sessions. He has taught literally thousands of delegates from hundreds of organisations, HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals across the country.
Prompted by a necessity to assure health, safety and well-being of members of staff, workplace alcohol and drugs screening has grown more common around Great Britain. But nevertheless, there still persist an abundance of myths relating to the practice, that might result in misgivings amongst the staff involved in testing.
Substance Misuse Awareness Training For Employers – So, where are the dangers?
Lots of people assume that the effect of street drugs throughout the working environment is a very minor problem. Each and every one of us has seen Christmas drink-driving TV advertisements and understand that drink-driving and drug-driving is illegal and dangerous, so isn't it possible to depend upon everyday people's common sense? Sad to say, about one-half of all workplace and road deaths across Britain are connected with alcohol, illicit drugs, or a combination of both. Up-to-date reports demonstrate that over two thirds of illegal drug users are in full-time jobs, which means that the average illegal drug user is, in effect, the typical company employee. Up-to-date Home Office statistics estimate the number of 16 to 29-year-olds that have abused illegal substances throughout the last 12 months at almost 50% of that age range. Therefore, this shouldn't be seen as someone else's problem, it impacts almost every business. While the use of illicit drugs doesn't necessarily imply a tendency to ignore hazards within the company, this does substantially broaden the possibility of accidents and near misses, attendance and punctuality issues, decreased productivity, damage to equipment and stock, litigation and a higher than average turnover of staff.
Substance Misuse Awareness Training For Employers – What companies do? Isn't workplace alcohol and drug testing operationally disruptive?
A lot of organizations only carry out testing after a workplace accident, an incident, or in cases where they find reasonable cause for concern that a worker could potentially be unsafe or unfit to be at work. Due to the large variety of prospective risks found within heavy industrial work environments, numerous companies view it as completely prudent to trigger diagnostic testing in such instances, as a way to prevent them occurring ever again.
However, random employee drug testing takes on-site drug screening a stage further, whereby a predetermined sample of the workforce is selected at random to produce a breath and urine sample. This may sound intrusive, though it is quite commonplace for as little as five percent of the staff to be drug tested up to once per year. This would mean that only one in 20 individuals being drug and alcohol screened, or else, as a member of staff, your odds of being tested may be just once every 20 years. As incredible as it seems, this kind of minimalistic screening has already been demonstrated to lower failure rates from as much as 46% down to a low of only 2% within only a handful of months. This might indicate that the run of the mill substance abuser found in the work environment isn't addicted and unable to change, but is simply making lifestyle choices that can possibly be adjusted in the direction of a more agreeable end result.
Substance Misuse Awareness Training For Employers. Will this be perceived to be a violation of an individuals' freedoms?
While some employees may be resistant at first to the possibility of workplace screening, most perceive that this is primarily performed in order to underpin the well-being of all the people throughout the place of work. Provided that the extent of testing is comparable to the hazards within the workplace and doesn't intentionally interfere with personnel personal time, it shouldn't represent a danger to staff human rights. When it comes to the United States, around ninety eight percent of the biggest 1000 businesses drug and alcohol screen their personnel without any difficulty.
Is there really any danger while misusing substances away from the workplace?
A number of drugs have certainly formed a softer image through their repeated exposure in nationwide magazines and newspapers. In reality, terminologies such as "recreational cocaine use" are responsible for a significant amount of harm due to it downplaying the dangers to impressionable young people. For a lot of people, cocaine as a drug is much more habit forming than heroin and, as a result can not be abused recreationally without having considerable risk of falling prey to addiction. Addiction aside, the purity of cocaine has dropped from an average of 45 percent cocaine concentration in 2004 to a low of approximately 25 percent purity in 2010 (with purity at an all-time low of 9 percent being reported). Shockingly, the added cutting agents that the dealers use to increase the mass of the cocaine can range from local anaesthetics, cancer-causing chemicals, animal worming powders, all the way through to to insecticides. The fact of the matter is you should never ever trust a drug dealer.
Even substances typically considered to be soft drugs still carry risks. In recent years in Great Britain, a whopping 92% of men and women admitted for treatment for mental health problems are heavy cannabis users. With this in mind, workplace drugs testing realistically has the potential to tackle wider antisocial and mental health problems as it eventually is more widely accepted.
To learn more about workplace drug and alcohol policies together with home drug test kits, pay a visit to www.drug-aware.com
Information on the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a provider of Substance Misuse Awareness Training For Employers, drugs and alcohol test kits, laboratory services and drugs and alcohol awareness education. He has educated literally thousands of delegates spanning hundreds of businesses, HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals and mental health units across the country.
Provoked by a requirement to assure safety, well-being and health of visitors and employees, company drugs and alcohol testing has come to be noticeably commonplace across the British Isles. But nevertheless, there still persist several misinterpretations relating to the process, that can most likely give rise to worry among the members of staff being screened.
Substance Misuse Awareness For Employers – Where are the risks?
Some people think that the influence of street drugs in the workplace is a very minor concern. We all have taken notice of Christmas time drink-driving television campaigns and understand that drink-driving and drug-driving is risky, so shouldn't we be able to depend upon everyone's judgement? Regrettably, as much as 50% of all road and industrial fatalities across Great Britain involve drink, drugs, or both. Latest figures demonstrate that about seventy percent of illicit drug users are engaged in full-time employment, meaning that the typical illegal drug user is, effectively, the average business employee. Current Home Office studies put the number of 16 to 29-year-olds who have indulged in illegal drugs in the most recent 12 months at a significant fifty percent. In light of this fact, this isn't someone else's issue, it affects each and every company. Although the consumption of illegal substances doesn't necessarily point to a tendency to ignore hazards within the place of work, this does significantly heighten the likelihood of accidents and near misses, absenteeism and attendance issues, a drop in productivity, damage to plant and equipment, being the target of legal action and a more extensive turnover of workforce.
Substance Misuse Awareness For Employers – So what do you suggest? Isn't random drug screening rather complicated?
Many businesses only conduct an employee drug screen in response to a workplace accident, an incident, or anytime they find reasonable cause for concern or suspect that a worker is unfit to be on active duty. Due to the vast variety of possible hazards associated with industrial workplaces, lots of businesses judge it to be wholly reasonable to conduct testing on these occurrences, as a way to prevent them occurring again.
In contrast, random workplace drug screening brings on-site drug testing a stage further, whereby a predetermined proportion of the employees is chosen at random to provide a sample of urine and/or breath. This may sound a little heavy-handed, though it is quite commonplace for only 5% of the staff to be screened up to once in every year. this is equivalent to just one in 20 staff being screened, in other words, as a member of staff, your odds of being actually screened would probably be just a single time in every 20 years. Incredibly, this style of infrequent testing has actually been demonstrated to reduce rates of positivity from as much as forty six percent down to as low as just 2% inside of just a handful of months. This just shows that the run of the mill substance abuser found in the average business is not addicted, but is just making lifestyle decisions that may be changed towards a better outcome.
Substance Misuse Awareness For Employers. Might this be regarded as an infringement of human rights?
Whilst a number of employees can be hesitant at first regarding the possibility of testing, the majority of them get the idea that this is being performed to improve the safety of everybody throughout the workplace. As long as the extent of on-site drug screening is in proportion to the threats throughout the work environment and does not specifically impact upon personnel leisure activities, it does not represent a threat to staff human rights. Around the United States of America, over ninety eight percent of the largest 1000 businesses drug and alcohol test their members of staff without any difficulty.
Who says there is any harm while experimenting with narcotics outside of work?
Lots of drugs have recently created a less dangerous image through their continued exposure within countrywide newspapers and television. Sure enough, terminologies such as "recreational cocaine use" can cause a significant deal of harm in downplaying the risks to individuals. For a large amount of young people, powdered cocaine is more habit-forming than heroin and, for this reason can't be used on a recreational basis without having major threat of addiction. Dependency aside, the purity of cocaine has decreased from an average of forty five percent cocaine content in 2004 to as low as roughly 25 percent purity in 2010 (with cocaine purity as low as 9% reported). Even more worryingly, the added cutting agents that dealers use to bulk out the powdered cocaine can range from local anaesthetics, carcinogenic pharmaceuticals, animal worming powders, all the way through to to dangerous insecticides. The underlying message is you should never ever rely upon a drug dealer.
Indeed, substances usually deemed to be soft drugs can still carry risks. Presently in England and Wales, a frightening 92% of everyday people taken in for therapy for mental illness are heavy users of cannabis. With this in mind, workplace drug testing in reality possesses the realistic ability to attack wider antisocial and mental health concerns when it eventually becomes more widely accepted.
To discover more about drug screening in the workplace and home drug testing kits, check out www.drug-aware.com
Information on the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a provider of Substance Misuse Awareness For Employers, drugs and alcohol testing equipment, laboratory services and also alcohol and drugs awareness training courses. He has instructed literally thousands of delegates from hundreds of businesses, Her Majesty's Prison Service, the British police and hospitals throughout the country.
Substance Misuse Information For Employers
Pressed by a requirement to assure health, safety and well-being of members of staff, company substance misuse policies have eventually become increasingly popular within the United Kingdom. Having said that, there still persist several myths surrounding the strategy, that can most likely give rise to concern among the workers involved in testing.
Substance Misuse Information For Employers – Just where are the dangers?
Lots of people presume that the effect of alcohol and drugs throughout the working environment is a trivial matter. Everybody has been exposed to Christmas drink-driving television campaigns and as a consequence, know that drink-driving and drug-driving is risky, so shouldn't we be able to depend on most people's common sense? Sorry to say, around fifty percent of all industrial and road fatalities across Great Britain are connected with alcohol, illicit drugs, or a combination of both. Up to date reports demonstrate that about 70 % of drug misusers are in full-time work, meaning that the average substance misuser is, essentially, the typical employee. More recent Home Office reports estimate the volume of 16 to 29-year-olds that have engaged in drugs throughout the last 12 months at approximately fifty percent. So, this shouldn't be viewed as somebody else's issue, because it has an impact upon every single business. While the recreational use of illicit substances may not necessarily mean a tendency to ignore risks within the working environment, this does greatly broaden the possibility of accidents, attendance issues and absenteeism, a marked reduction in productivity, damages to machinery and wasted materials, compensation claims and a raised turnover of employees.
Substance Misuse Information For Employers – What do you suggest? Isn't employee drug testing operationally disruptive?
Plenty of businesses only administer workplace drug screening after an industrial accident, an incident, or in the event that they have reasonable grounds for concern or suspicion that a colleague might be unsafe to be on active duty. Due to the vast cross section of possible threats found at industrial company premises, numerous businesses believe it to be wholly proper to perform workplace testing on such occasions, as a measure to avoid them from occurring ever again.
On the other hand, random drug and alcohol testing brings testing the workplace to the next level, whereby a certain proportion of the employees is chosen at random to provide a sample. You may see this as a little invasive, but it is very customary for just five percent of the personnel to be drug tested up to once per 12 month period. This is the same as just one in 20 staff being drug and alcohol screened, or perhaps, as a member of staff, your likelihood of being tested could be just once every 20 years. As incredible as it sounds, this form of minimalistic screening has indeed been confirmed to decrease failure rates from a high of 46% down to as little as two percent inside of just a handful of months. This highlights that the typical drug misuser found within the working environment is not hopelessly addicted and unable to change, but is purely making lifestyle choices which can possibly be changed towards a more positive conclusion.
Substance Misuse Information For Employers. Will this be deemed an invasion of an individuals' freedoms?
Whilst certain staff members might be hesitant at first regarding the prospect of on-site drug screening, many understand that this will be performed to improve upon the safety and security of everyone in the company. As long as the amount of testing is comparable to the dangers within the company and does not intentionally impact upon personnel life outside of work, it should not represent a danger to staff human rights. Within the USA, over 98% of the leading 1000 organisations drug screen their members of staff without any controversy.
Is there any danger while misusing drugs away from work?
Lots of street drugs have formed a less dangerous image due to their continual exposure in countrywide television, radio and newspapers. In reality, expressions including "recreational cocaine use" have been shown to cause a great deal of harm in glossing over the dangers to people. For numerous young people, snorting cocaine is unexpectedly more habit forming than heroin and, for this reason can not be used recreationally without having considerable threat of becoming addicted. Dependency aside, the level of cocaine purity has fallen from an average of 45 percent cocaine concentration in 2004 to as low as roughly twenty five percent purity as of 2010 (with purity at an all-time low of 9 percent currently being reported). Even more shockingly, the bulking agents used to add weight to the cocaine powder have been known to range from dangerous anaesthetics, carcinogenic pharmaceuticals, dog worming agents, all the way through to to insecticides. The underlying truth is that you should certainly never rely upon a drug dealer.
In fact, substances typically regarded as soft drugs often still carry risks. At this time in United Kingdom, a shocking 92% of individuals admitted for treatment for mental health issues are heavy cannabis users. bearing this in mind, workplace alcohol and drug screening really possesses the potential to tackle wider social and health problems as it eventually is more widely accepted.
Read more about workplace drug and alcohol policies and also home drug testing kits, pay a visit to www.drug-aware.com
Information about the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a supplier of Substance Misuse Information For Employers, alcohol and drugs screening devices, laboratory services and also drugs awareness education. He has instructed literally thousands of delegates from hundreds of companies, the HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals and drug treatment centres across the country.
Employee Drugs and Alcohol Testing
Prompted by a demand to assure well-being, health and safety of contractors and employees, business substance abuse policies have become more and more commonplace around Great Britain. However, there are still many misunderstandings surrounding the strategy, which might create apprehension among the workers involved in screening.
Employee Drugs and Alcohol Testing – Where exactly are the hazards?
Some people estimate that the impact of illegal drugs throughout the work environment is a trivial matter. Everyone has taken notice of Christmas anti-drink-driving television advertisements and as a consequence, recognise that drug driving and drink-driving is not safe, so shouldn't we be able to depend upon everyone's judgement? Sorry to say, around half of all roadside and industrial deaths across England and Scotland involve alcohol, drugs, or both together. Present statistics reveal that in excess of 70 % of illegal drug abusers are engaged in full-time employment, meaning that the typical drug abuser is, effectively, the average member of staff. The recent Home Office information place the number of 16 to 29-year-olds who have used controlled drugs throughout the last 12 months at almost 50% of that age range. Therefore, this is not somebody else's issue, because it involves each and every business. Whilst the occasional use of illicit substances might not by default point to risk-taking and irresponsible attitudes within the industrial environment, this does substantially broaden the probability of workplace accidents, absenteeism, decreased productivity, damage to plant and equipment, being sued and a raised turnover of staff.
Employee Drugs and Alcohol Testing – What is your recommendation? Isn't Drug screening in the workplace disruptive?
Plenty of companies only carry out employee drug screening in the event of an industrial accident, an incident or near miss, or in the event they find reasonable cause for concern or suspect that a member of staff may potentially be unsafe or unfit to be operating machinery. On account of the broad diversity of possible dangers associated with industrial businesses, many managers view it as completely proper to perform diagnostic tests on these occurrences, as a way to avoid them happening in the future.
However, random drug testing brings testing to the next level, whereby a predetermined sample of the employees is selected at random to volunteer a sample of urine and/or breath. This may sound intrusive, though it is quite typical for just five percent of the staff to be tested up to once in every 12 month period. This would mean that only one in 20 staff being drug screened, in other words, as a member of staff, your probability of being tested may be just a single time in every 20 years. Incredibly, this form of marginal testing has indeed been documented to decrease rates of failure from as much as 46% down to a low of two percent in as little as just a few months. This indicates that the run of the mill drug misuser found in the work environment isn't hopelessly addicted, but is merely making decisions about their lifestyle which can possibly be changed toward a more positive end result.
Employee Drugs and Alcohol Testing. Might this be perceived as an infringement of an individuals' human rights?
Whilst certain individuals within the company may be initially resistant to the prospect of on-site drug screening, the majority of them comprehend that this is primarily conducted to assure the safety of anybody within the working environment. So long as the extent of on-site drug screening is proportional to the possible dangers throughout the business and does not especially impact upon employee time outside of work, it doesn't represent a danger to employee human rights. When it comes to the United States, over 98% of the richest 1000 corporations drug and alcohol screen their work force without any difficulties.
Is there any harm when abusing drugs and alcohol outside of the workplace?
Quite a few street drugs have indeed acquired a softer image as a result of their continued exposure in the country's media. In actual fact, expressions including "recreational cocaine use" have been shown to cause a significant amount of harm in glossing over the dangers to young people. For some young people, the use of cocaine is much more habit-forming than heroin and, as a result cannot be abused recreationally without significant risk of addiction. Dependence aside, the level of cocaine purity has fallen from an average of forty five percent cocaine content in 2004 to a low of roughly 25% purity as of 2010 (with purity being as low as 9 percent being reported currently). Worryingly, the compounds used to add weight to the cocaine can be anything from local anaesthetics, carcinogenic pharmaceuticals, pet worming chemicals, through to insecticides. The underlying truth is you should never rely on a drug dealer.
Indeed, substances typically regarded as soft drugs nonetheless carry risks. Right now in England and Scotland, a shocking 92% of patients accepted for therapy for mental illness are heavy users of cannabis. bearing this in mind, drug testing the workplace truly possesses the opportunity to deal with wider antisocial and health related concerns as it comes to be more common.
For more information on workplace drug screening and also home drug test kits, browse through www.drug-aware.com
Information on the author: Christopher Evans is the Technical Director of Drug-Aware Ltd, a supplier of Employee Drugs and Alcohol Testing, alcohol and drug screening equipment, laboratory services together with alcohol and drugs awareness training. He has trained literally thousands of delegates spanning hundreds of organisations, HM Prison Service, the British police and hospitals and GP surgeries across the country.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Ten letters by Alexander Hamilton documenting the birth of the U.S. financial system are for sale in the Philadelphia area.
The letters are valued at $150,000. They span Hamilton's term as President George Washington's treasury secretary and relate to the founding of the Treasury, the establishment of the Bank of the United States and war in Europe.
Among them is a 1789 letter ordering the implementation of the first public loan by the U.S. government.
The Rabb Collection, a rare-documents dealer based in Ardmore, Pa., is selling the letters individually.
Prices range from $14,000 to $30,000.
The letters previously belonged to a family in New England.
Raab Collection President Nathan Raab says it's exciting and rare to find 10 letters of Hamilton all written while he was secretary of the Treasury and related to the founding of the nation's financial system.


This morning we disembarked with the hopes of finding Galapagos giant tortoise on our walk at Urbina bay on Isabela Island; as soon as we started our walk we found a young tortoise drinking from a small rain puddle, right next to it there was a big male munching on poison apples that are a delicacy to them. A few meters later, we found another and another some of them, where even leading the walk in total we found 13 giant tortoises, according to our young explorers that were doing the counting. Not to say the least the huge colorful land iguanas were also basking themselves along the trail so everyone was able to photograph these yellow dragons.
In the afternoon the kayak session was a great success, not to mention the Zodiac ride where the saw at least 20 penguins that had just arrived from their fishing adventure. The walk along the trail of Tagus cove was a great way to end the day with Darwin finches and mockingbirds singing in order to attract a partner.


Beautiful Koala (not a bear) Photo S.Jardine.
So I don't have any cute little toddlers to take photos of; I have found it quite difficult to get an 18 year old and a 15 year old to participate in cute finger painting photos for my blog. Really? Yes Really.
And I don't have an abnormally fantastic and shabby chic kinda house; one day I will and it will be very shabby and very chic, however, I can't really picture my husband sleeping in a very shabby chic bedroom, but then again he will have his eyes closed. He'll be fine. Happy wife happy life, he says.
And I don't go on very original and bloggable holidays, (not including the trips to Mum and Dad's farm in Tasmania) but I do have a bit of time on my hands and I will get to show you life in Brisbane, Queensland Australia and all the fantastic and weird and wonderful things we have.
The weather, so much weather. Hot, cold, fires, floods and that was just this week!
My terrible and incurable love (maybe it should be called a fetish?) for stationery.
Recipes, just standard for most blog these days (blog standard maybe?) Not that there is anything wrong with that!
My attempt at a Pinterest project or two and the fantastic results (some haven't been that fantastic).
And just some other funny and random stuff.
So stay tuned and please comment on as many things as you would like. I will reply to every email or post.


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Godfather Director Gets Good Rap
By Roger Friedman , | Fox News
Godfather Director | Six Feet Under | Jacko Redux
What do you do when you've made the two best movies of the modern era and your daughter asks for help on a new TV show? Why, you get hands-on.
Working on the new UPN series Platinum was evidently an offer Francis Ford Coppola — whose The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II are the aforementioned cinema classics — could not refuse. Even though he's listed as an executive producer of the series, I've heard that he is incredibly involved.
"You should see the pages and pages of notes we get back from him on each script," a production source told me recently. "Long sentences that run on and on. It's like stream of consciousness, but he knows what he's doing."
The idea for Platinum came to Francis' director daughter Sofia, who knows a lot about hip-hop. Sofia hooked up with writer/producer John Ridley, and the two of them hatched the idea for a serious one-hour TV drama about the world of rap, hip-hop and the record business. The show eventually came under the umbrella of Greenblatt Janollari Studios, the same company that makes the excellent Six Feet Under (see below).
Sofia — who directed The Virgin Suicides — has also learned a lot about the music video business through her husband, Adaptation director Spike Jonze, who's directed dozens of videos himself. On Platinum, which is a co-venture with MTV, groups will be discovered, and videos made and then played on MTV. The show should be sort of like mixing Making of the Band with The Godfather and Six Feet Under. Now that should be interesting.
The show debuts in March with a mostly unknown cast. But if FFC has a hand in the casting too, expect a lot of breakout stars. From Al Pacino to Matt Dillon, The Godfather to Rumble Fish, Coppola is famous for minting new superstars.
Six Feet Under Returns With a Surprise Beginning
You've heard of surprise endings? When HBO's Six Feet Under returns on March 2, the opening scenes of the first episode are very much don't-miss. If you're taping it, start the tape a few minutes early. If you're home, run and make that sandwich before the show starts. What happens is not violent, but it is disturbing and sad.
One of the characters, a member of the Fisher family, appears to meet their maker. I won't tell you which one. But at the New York premiere, actor Peter Krause — who plays Nate — told me he wished the premise were carried out for the whole season.
"There was talk of doing a real near-death experience with all the aftershocks," Krause told me. "Something clearly has happened to the character. We just don't know what."
What I can tell you is, just as I wrote in this space last summer, Rachel Griffiths does not return as Brenda until the fifth episode.
What happened? The show's creator, Alan Ball, told me it was his idea. "We wanted Lili Taylor's character to get solidified in the show. Then Brenda comes back, and we'll see what happens and how that affects everyone."
Of the first two episodes, which we saw last night, the second one is just as amazing. Kathy Bates and Patricia Clarkson guest star. At one point, the two actresses and regular Frances Conroy have a few scenes together. They're just wonderful. Clarkson is perfectly cast as the sister of Conroy's Ruth Fisher. They look they could be twins. In fact, they did play sisters once before, in the cult movie Rocket Gibraltar.
In person, Conroy is plain spoken and elegant. Having just flown into New York from Los Angeles, she was concerned about her dachshund, Nelson, who was left behind in the limo.
"We rescued him," she told me. "He was wandering around our neighborhood and no one knows where he came from. We put up signs, did everything, but no one claimed him. So now he's got a home."
Conroy — who should have Emmys all over her mantel for her extraordinary performances as the Fisher family matriarch — brought her two brothers and her sister, as well as Nelson, with her. Her brothers were just as you might imagine Ruth's siblings — they don't have HBO and have really seen almost nothing of Six Feet Under.
"I have rabbit ears on my set," said one of the brothers very charmingly. "I have a friend with a DVD player, and he just bought the first season and invited me over. So I've just seen the first two episodes."
The HBO shindig that followed at Capitale was chockablock with HBO stars and associates, including Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell, Sopranos stars Edie Falco, Vince Curatola, Robert Iler, Aida Turturro and John Ventimiglia; and the entire Six Feet Under cast, including Golden Globe winner Griffiths in an all white suit.
So what will happen this season beyond the first jolt? "I don't know how it ends yet," said Ball. "We still have three more episodes to shoot."
But do look for Catherine O'Hara as a hilarious recurring character who ties the morose L.A.-based Fishers to nearby glamorous Hollywood — even if it's just by means of name-dropping.
Jacko Redux: Oprah Said It Best a Long Time Ago
Michael Jackson's outtakes show, or his response to Martin Bashir's bashing of him, airs tonight on Fox. Not Fox News — Fox Entertainment. (See our exclusive reports from Monday and Tuesday this week regarding Fox, Dateline and Jackson.)
But I think it's so interesting how people have glommed onto Jackson's recent "revelations" as if they were new. I already told you that, back in 1994, GQ magazine did a thorough investigation of the family that settled with Jackson for $20 million over child molestation charges. Writer Mary A. Fischer concluded that the family conspired to extort millions from Jackson.
Many other "revelations" in all these documentaries are now a decade old. On February 10, 1993, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Michael at Neverland for ABC. Here are some excerpts:
Oprah : Your father teased you about your pimples?
Michael : Yes and tell me I'm ugly.
Oprah : Your father would say that?
Michael : Yes he would. Sorry, Joseph.
Oprah : So he would tease you, make fun of you.
Michael : Yes.
Oprah : Would he ... did he ever beat you?
Oprah : And why would he beat you?
Michael : He saw me, he wanted me ... I guess I don't know if I was his golden child or whatever it was. Some may call it a strict disciplinarian or whatever, but he was very strict, very hard, very stern. Just a look would scare you, you know.
Oprah : And were you scared of him?
Michael : Very. Like there's been times when he'd come to see me, I'd get sick, I'd start to regurgitate.
Oprah : As a child or as an adult?
Michael : Both. He's never heard me say this. I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me.
Oprah : Well, I mean, I suppose everybody has to take responsibility for what they've done in life. And your father is one of those people who also has to take responsibility.
Michael : But I do love him.
Oprah : Yes, I understand this.
Here's more, Jackson talking about how he came to he photographed in a hyperbaric chamber.
Oprah : ... I've been all over the house upstairs when you weren't looking, looking for that oxygen chamber and I cannot find an oxygen chamber anywhere in the house.
Michael : That, that story is so crazy. I mean it's one of those tabloid things, it's completely made up.
Oprah : OK, but you are in something there, there's a picture of you, where did that come from? How did it get started?
Michael : That's ... I did a commercial for Pepsi and I was burned very badly and we settled for $1 million and I gave all the money ... like we built this place called the Michael Jackson Burn Center and that's a piece of technology used for burn victims, right, so I'm looking at the piece of technology and decide to just go inside it and just to hammer around, somebody takes the picture. When they process the picture, the person who processes the picture says, "Oh, Michael Jackson." He made a copy and these pictures went all over the world with this lie attached to it. It's a complete lie. Why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth and I'm here to say, 'You know, do not judge a person, do not pass judgment unless you have talked to them one on one.' I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it's a lie.
On plastic surgery, Jackson was more forthcoming with Oprah than he was with Bashir, certainly.
Oprah : Are you pleased now with the way you look?
Michael : I'm never pleased with anything. I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.
Oprah : And so when you look in the mirror now and so the image that looks back at you are there days when you say I kinda like this or I like the way my hair ...
Michael : No. I'm never pleased with myself. No, I try not to look in the mirror.
Finally — and there is no real finally with Michael Jackson — I wonder why Bashir, Dateline, Oprah and Diane Sawyer never bothered to raise this aspect of Michael hosting children's groups at Neverland. There's a plain and simple reason to bring non-profit groups: It's tax deductible.
The document that would be of more interest than any allegation of molestation would be Jackson's personal income tax filing. The write-offs on Neverland are what's keeping the place afloat. Jacko, it seems, is not so wacko after all.


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