Not a day goes by that the medical and relief organizations working in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo do not announce the death or injury of a number of civilians by exploding mines scattered in farmland and by the side of public roads.
Since the beginning of their entry into the "war" taking place on Syrian territory, ISIS has relied on two military weapons. The first consists of using plans and tactics that confuse its opponents. The second weapon is more deadly and has affected not only fighters but also civilians. Its deadly effects continue even after ISIS has left the areas it previously controlled.
In this report, Enab Baladi aims to inform people in northern Aleppo of the types of mines widely deployed in their area, how dangerous they are and how to detect them, as well as the procedures that civilians must follow in order to avoid being exposed to them and reduce the number of casualties and deaths.
This report also provides contact information for those responsible for dismantling and removing mines. If you suspect a mine is present, you can speak to those responsible at the Mine Clearance Center, which is in charge of removing mines, alongside military commanders and medical and emergency relief organizations.
There are no accurate statistics on those who are injured and killed by mines and weapons left behind in the region by the war but Enab Baladi obtained figures for the city of al-Bab and its countryside alone, which has the largest share of victims.
According to the statistics produced by Ambulance Without Borders, an organization operating in the region, there were 77 civilians in the city who were killed by mines after ISIS left, including six women and eight children. In addition, more than 100 were wounded and more than 200,000 people risk being injured by mines that remain in the city.
The young Haitham refused to talk to Enab Baladi, held back by fear and shame. The injury he suffered while he with his father in their farm, which they had returned to after ISIS left the village of Sawran, has made him withdrawn and shy. The incident left him totally paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, which his brothers take turns pushing to help Haitham move around the rooms of their house and to the toilet.
Haitham did not think that a stroll with his father would be his last but his is not the only such case. He is only one of dozens of children in the area who have become the main victims and targets these killing machines. They risk death when playing, on the way to school, and while walking around in their neighborhoods.
Mahmoud Abu Ahmed, Haitham's father, recounted the incident that took place in Sawran after they returned. A landmine, which they did not see buried in the ground, exploded while they were plowing the land. They were both taken to Turkey for treatment.
Haitham's father also suffered severe injuries to his right hand, paralyzing It completely. The mine that hit them contained big explosive materials and steel fragments that were scattered wide during the explosion.
Enab Baladi posed several questions to Ghiyath Ahmed, Director of Community Services at the Fi Aydi Amina Demining Center. The questions focused on advice for civilians to help them avoid the dangers of mines as well as what they should do if they notice any unknown object they suspect to be a mine.
He also advised "staying away from any suspicious or unknown object, placing a sign to mark the suspicious area and keeping children away from the area for a radius of at least one kilometer, in addition to immediately communicating with the Center's staff".
The Center has held workshops in dozens of areas in northern Syria. After the withdrawal of ISIS in October 2016, they completely cleared the town of Akhtarin and, in cooperation with the local council, declared it to be safe and clean of mines. Villagers returned and the land was sown again after being cleaned of around 400 mines.
The Center's work to date has covered various areas of the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib including Tilalyan, Maree, Kafr Kalbin, the outskirts of Jarabulus, the city of al-Bab and its rural outskirts, in addition to other villages and towns outside the control of ISIS.
The Commander-in-Chief of the National Police and Security Service in northern Aleppo, Brigadier-General Abdul Razaq Aslan, stressed what the Center's director had said. When interviewed by Enab Baladi, he asked civilians to "inform the police of any foreign object they might notice in the area and warn children not to play with foreign objects".
He explained that the mines are buried at a shallow level and can be seen with the naked eye, "which calls for immediately reporting the issue to police stations which can be found in all towns, who in turn will tell the mine clearance team to extract the mines and completely demine the area".
In addition, the Commander-in-Chief cautioned against "walking in suspected areas. We have to keep away from roads that have not been approved and cleared, and to be suspicious of anything that has unusual wires".
In the last few months, the villages and towns of the northern and eastern parts of Aleppo have experienced significant urban movement, after these areas were fully secured. This has been accompanied by agricultural movement in areas that were not cultivated when ISIS was in control, followed by the current harvest season.
He pointed out that " mines have been placed in all kinds of places that you wouldn't even think of, such as in household utensils, for example". He pointed out that there is "joint cooperation with the Center for Mine Clearance and military officers in Free Army factions".
The dedicated telephone numbers that can be called immediately upon suspicion of any foreign object are 00905385649464 and 00905356645350. These phone numbers have been disseminated widely through brochures and promotions in the cities that were targeted by awareness campaigns.
In addition, the Center's officer in charge of mine clearance in the city of al-Bab, Younis Amin, noted that "the team is in a permanent state of readiness" and welcomed any requests from affected civilians.
He identified the areas in which mines are most heavily present in northern Aleppo. They are concentrated in the front lines where former ISIS fighters were located and the homes they occupied, which he considers to be one of the most dangerous places for civilians.
He pointed out that it is unadvisable to enter homes suddenly. Instead, it is advisable to examine the corners of all doors, since ISIS tended to plant mines behind doors, and to beware of foreign objects such as wires and cables, wires that contain many nodes or anything out of place like large plastic and jute bags placed anywhere inside the house or outside.
According to Enab Baladi's sources, more than 50 people were killed by mines near the city of al-Bab before the Syrian regime took control of the area and evicted ISIS on 23 February.
This is a mine in the form of two rulers, one on top of the other, connected to an explosive device and placed between the house door and frame. It explodes as soon as the door is opened and "causes immediate death".
This is a necklace of beads that explodes as soon as someone touches or stands on it. It may contain more than one knot and its explosion range reaches 80 centimeters. It is used to target children and women in particular.
The laser is in the form of a lens that explodes as soon as someone passes behind it. It is the most dangerous type of mine.
It operates through a light sensor that gives a signal to explode the mine as soon as someone passes in front of the laser lens, or allows it to be detonated remotely. Its danger lies in the fact that it is difficult to detect.
ISIS makes stone mines, which explode as soon as they are touched or after the electric wire connected to them is touched.
ISIS relies heavily on the well-known "doussa" mine, which explodes when someone walks over it. It is usually covered with dirt or hidden in the ground.
In addition, there are other types of mines that could be seen as comical and tragic at the same time, such as cans of water containing toxic substances and explosives. The detonator is placed under the cover and it explodes immediately after opening. It is not as deadly as the above types of mines but is poisonous as it burns the face and can contain acid or chlorine.
What to do in the first hours of an injury?
Civilian injuries caused by the explosive remnants of war vary depending on the type of exploded mine and the range of explosion. Injuries range from from shrapnel that spreads throughout the body to serious cases such as amputation and permanent bleeding.
Despite the spread of a number of medical Centers in the villages and towns of the northern countryside of Aleppo, their range of work is narrow, especially in terms of immediate emergency care. This represents a significant threat to the lives of civilians who suffer serious injuries.
In an interview with Enab Baladi, the Director of Training and Rehabilitation at Ambulances without Borders operating in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Alaa al-Hattab, presented several pieces of advice must be followed and implemented immediately after being injured by an explosion, pointing out that they can help save civilian's lives.
Al-Hattab advised that "if hearing is damaged by the sound of an explosion and the ear starts to bleed, the head must be immediately lowered to let the blood out. Then, the injured person must be transferred to the nearest treatment Center." He added that this kind of injury requires immediate rest.
The medical officer explained that in the case of a slight injury caused by shrapnel, "no foreign object should be removed from the body. A simple band-aid must be applied and the victim must be transferred to the nearest medical Center. In case of a deep injury and injury to large areas, the same steps must be followed and a band-aid must be applied until the bleeding stops completely".
Ambulance without Borders is a medical organization founded in May 2013 by a group of young volunteers and supported by a number of traders in the northern countryside of Aleppo, as well as some relief organizations operating in the region.
It mainly operates in al-Bab city and its countryside. Emergency services are provided to civilians on a daily basis by a team of paramedics with medical and emergency care experience, a consultant doctor and medical staff to monitor the situation of patients at home.
The organization's medical officer explained the steps that should be followed in an amputation, "The amputated limb should immediately be cut off from the rest of the body by firmly tying the upper area of the amputation with any kind of strap, except for rubber, and lifting the tip up". This helps the bleeding to stop until the victim is transferred to a medical Center.
However, head, neck or spine injuries are treated differently. The injured person should not be moved, unless there is an emergency, and compresses should be placed on the injury. The victim should then be transferred with care or by a trained instructor to the nearest medical Center.
Abdominal injuries should be cleaned immediately. If the intestines have been exposed, a wet medical bandage should be placed and the victim's legs should be folded towards the abdomen.
Hattab spoke about many injuries related to different types of bone fractures in every part of the body, which must be treated with caution. As a first step, the broken bone should not be moved or returned to its natural position. The fracture must then be fixed as it is.
Mines and the weapons left behind by war have effects that extend for many years, with civilians increasingly becoming mere numbers on the lists of victims or persons with permanent disabilities caused by limb amputation or deformities, which can reach the loss of one of the five senses.
The psychologist, who is a specialist in promoting psychosocial well-being and providing mental health services continued, "The psychological impact of this loss is great and cannot be ignored, as it starts with the child feeling lost and disabled. He sees himself as different from other children and unable to do the simplest activities that his peers can do. He looks at other children racing or playing ball with eyes filled with sadness and sorrow. A lot of injured children suffer from anxiety and fear of the future, which they are constantly thinking about".
Al-Sheikh explained that injured children "may be in a bad mood, undergo a period of depression and a sense of hopelessness, and feel that they lack value because they cannot be like others. They may also suffer from sleep disorders and recurrent nightmares". She added, "It has been observed that injured children may refuse to talk about the traumatic incident and avoid remembering it and sharing their feelings with others because it brings them fear and anxiety. These are symptoms of mental disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which are experienced by children who have been subject to violent trauma".
The psychologist pointed out that "children's response to such harsh life events and their adaptation to them are linked to several factors, including the age of the child, his individual character, the intensity of the event and the support he receives from his surroundings, especially his family".
The child's positive adaptation to these difficult events is linked to his own view of himself, of the future and of others and especially to the way his parents see him after the incident. Many parents reinforce the frustration and helplessness of their children when they consider him to be helpless and vice versa.
According to the specialist, parents are put under a great deal of pressure as a result of their child's injury, including psychological pressure (grief over their child's condition and concern about his future) and material pressure (providing treatment for children and artificial limbs, etc.). This negatively affects the type of support they provide to their children. In order to help them better adapt to the new situation, rehabilitation services should be provided equally at the psychological and medical level in a coordinated way.
The Syrian Mine Action Center (SMAC) operates the first organized campaigns to remove mines and the remnants of war from cities and towns in northern Syria. It has more than 50 active volunteers who work to demine and educate people about the dangers of mines through five programs, the most prominent of which is a project to destroy weapons stockpiles.
The Center was established in 2015 in the city of Azaz in the province of Aleppo as a youth initiative and includes activists from Aleppo and Idlib. It emerged following the retreat of ISIS at the hands of Free Army factions in different regions in northern Syria, and the appearance of the problem of mines and a "complete lack" of solutions to this problem.
At the end of last year, the initiative became a working system called the Syrian Center for Mine Action and War Remnants, after consistent policies, standards and programs were established by the Center's operators, in line with programs run by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
The Center is currently working in cooperation with civic institutions in northern Syria, including 50 local councils in Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Lattakia, as well as the Civil Defense, the Ambulance and Rehabilitation Committee in Aleppo and the National Police.
Five programs were developed in order to deal with the remnants of war in liberated areas, namely rapid response services and assistance to local residents, mine clearance, education on the dangers of mines, mine victim support, and destruction of weapons stockpiles, which is the only program to be implemented to date.
The Mine Action Center relies on one type of device in order to detect explosives, which is intended for metal detection but not explosives. This means that it is difficult to detect mines recently planted by ISIS inside plastic containers.
The Center is also facing several difficulties, the biggest of which is the lack of funding, especially in the current period when the Center's senior staff are trying to turn it into a team with a similar structure to that of the Civil Defense. However, they were surprised by the prices of some equipment, with one mine disposal suit costing 3,000 dollars or more at times.
Concerning the programs proposed within the Center's workplan, Ghiyath Ahmed, an official at the Fi Aydi Amina Center, referred to ongoing efforts and discussions with several organizations that fit artificial limbs and conduct difficult and precise surgical procedures, in order to obtain moral and psychological support for the injured and victims of the remnants of war.
He added that the Center had reported the names of 70 victims so far to international organizations and the Turkish Government, including the full name of the person, the place of residence and the degree of injury. The Center was also able to carry out 11 eye surgeries.
According to Ahmed, the Mine Action Center is based on personal efforts and small-scale communication. The Center's senior staff are currently working on a census of all mine victims and are coordinating with Relief International to sign a joint memorandum in order to establish a program for these victims.


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A special retirement celebration was held for longtime Marion County Superintendent Richard McCorkle last Wednesday at Marion County Middle/High School, although the community is certainly not "celebrating" the fact that he will be stepping away from the helm of the school system on June 30. However, the huge and diverse crowd that attended the event certainly honored the local leader and celebrated all that he helped accomplish over the course of his career.
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Colombia: Troops stay on streets as unrest continues
Published : November 24, 2019
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Colombia's President Iván Duque has said security forces will remain on the streets to maintain order, as protests continued for a third day.
The anti-government demonstrations erupted on Thursday when more than 250,000 marched in a national strike.
They started peacefully but clashes between protesters and police have since broken out, and there have been reports of vandalism and looting.
Mr Duque said troops would carry out joint patrols with police.
"We express the total and absolute rejection of all Colombians for the vandalism, for the terrorism, for the looting," Mr Duque told reporters on Saturday.
At least three people have died since the protests against corruption and possible austerity measures began.
A curfew was imposed in the capital, Bogotá, on Friday, but it did not deter protesters from returning to the streets a day later.
When protests resumed on Saturday, police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered near Bogotá's National Park, reports said.
Demonstrators also gathered outside of congress in Bolivar Plaza, near the presidential palace.
Separately, late on Friday, three police officers were killed in a bomb attack in the country's south-west.
It is not clear if the incident is connected to the protests. The area is notorious for drug trafficking and gang violence.
What are the protests about?
Colombians have taken to the streets over possible changes to the minimum wage, pension and tax reforms, and the privatisation of state companies. The government insists there are no planned pension or labour reforms and that any changes would take place in consultation with labour groups.
Protesters are also angry about alleged corruption and what some see as the government's failure to honour a 2016 peace deal with left-wing Farc rebels amid a rise in violence.
Thursday's general strike was called by unions and student groups, and more protests were held on Friday, with police using tear gas to disperse crowds.
President Duque said he had heard Colombians and vowed to deepen "social dialogue".
Unrest in Colombia has coincided with a surge of anti-government demonstrations elsewhere in Latin America.
Protesters have taken to the streets in several Latin American countries in recent months, including in Chile, where conservative President Sebastián Piñera is grappling with the country's biggest crisis since its return to democracy in 1990.
In Bolivia, claims of election fraud led to the resignation of long-time leftist President Evo Morales amid nationwide protests. Demonstrations have also taken place in Ecuador and Nicaragua.
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Nobody is shooting anyone because tennis professional Andy Roddick is not going to give them a chance.
After this year's US Open, Andy Pandy is retiring. Sad face.
"I just feel like it's time. I don't know that I'm healthy enough or committed enough to go another year....," quips Roddick.
Andy won the US Open only once in 2003. Roddick, also, was a former #1-ranked player.
As a side note, we were ardent fans for Roddick in the early 2000's, including 2003. THEN!!!!.. that all changed in 2004, when we FIRST laid eyes on Nole Cakes. We jettisoned Andy quicker than Ripley did that Alien.
The spunky Serbian with the wicked cross-court backhand stole our heart from day one. We have been faithful and monogamous fans of Nole's ever since!!
Andy turns 30 on Thursday and will announce his retirement on his birthday.


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Clay County. Home of William Toney located north of Fort Gaines was built ca. 1803. Over the years the house has been owned by many different people. Walter Vining Standley acquired it in 1968. By 1970 the house had been restored.
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A bird's feathers are more than mere decoration. In addition to insulation and flight, feathers help birds stay afloat on bodies of water. A feather has a hollow shaft and interlocking barbs that form a continuous surface that maintains tension over the water. They also have natural oils that repel the water from the stem. Soapy detergents lead to contaminated water in natural ground reservoirs. This water refills ponds and lakes where ducks, egrets and other birds gather. Detergents dissolve the oil and break up the interlocking barbs, allowing water to flow into the shaft and making the feather "heavy" and less buoyant.
In this experiment, the independent variables are the detergents added to the water, and the dependent variables are the effects on the feathers. The constants are the feathers, the bowls, the water, the food coloring and the conditions.
What is the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat?
Fill a wide bowl with water.
Carefully float a feather on the water.
Wait one minute and gently wipe a cotton swab across the surface of the feather.
Use tweezers to remove the feather and let it dry on a paper towel.
Add two tablespoons of detergent to the bowl and stir without making bubbles.
Carefully float a second feather on the water.
Examine the swab and record your observations.
Repeat for different household detergents.
Compare the results and determine if one brand or type is better or worse for a bird's buoyancy.
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A. Lafayette doubled to left field.
C. Dunn walked; A. Crowley advanced to second; A. Lafayette advanced to third.
J. Butler doubled to center field, 3 RBI; C. Dunn scored; A. Crowley scored; A. Lafayette scored.
K. Murphy singled to right field, RBI; J. Butler scored.
J. Bink singled to center field.
B. Pulasky singled to center field; J. Bink advanced to third.
C. Seariac singled to left field, RBI; B. Pulasky advanced to second; J. Bink scored.
C. Seariac advanced to second; B. Pulasky advanced to third on a balk.
B. LaBonte flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; B. Pulasky scored.
L. Rumbolt singled to center field, RBI; C. Seariac scored.
J. Lippincot homered to right field, RBI.
B. Dooley doubled to left field.
A. Crowley doubled to left field, RBI; B. Dooley scored.
J. DiMassimo singled to right field; A. Archina advanced to second.
J. Bink reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second; J. DiMassimo scored, unearned; A. Archina scored on an error by ss, unearned.
L. Neri to p for N. Barnes.
S. Robinson to p for B. New.
A. Clancy pinch hit for J. Butler.
J. Gibb advanced to second, advanced to third on a wild pitch.
J. Ferrara singled to right field.
J. Lippincot doubled to left field.
B. Dooley walked; J. Lippincot advanced to third on a wild pitch.
A. Crowley flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; B. Dooley advanced to third; J. Lippincot scored.
B. Kelly to p for S. Robinson.
K. Murphy reached first on an error by 2b.
K. Murphy stole second, advanced to third on an error by c.
F. Rickus to p for B. Kelly.
A. Lafayette doubled to left field; B. Dooley advanced to third.
C. Dunn walked, RBI; A. Crowley advanced to second; A. Lafayette advanced to third; B. Dooley scored.
M. Morel to p for F. Rickus.
A. Clancy hit by pitch, RBI; C. Dunn advanced to second; A. Crowley advanced to third; A. Lafayette scored.
T. Cyr pinch ran for A. Clancy.
T. Cyr advanced to second; C. Dunn advanced to third; A. Crowley stole home.
B. Farnum to p for M. Morel.
J. Lippincot doubled to right field.
T. Tongue to p for S. Strachan.
J. Toledo homered to left field, RBI.
C. Seariac reached first on an error by ss.
B. LaBonte walked; C. Seariac advanced to second.


"There is no sign that 2017 will be much different from 2016.
Another long and deadlier game has started. The main clash of the first half of the 21st century will not oppose religions or civilisations. It will oppose liberal democracy and neoliberal capitalism, the rule of finance and the rule of the people, humanism and nihilism.
Capitalism and liberal democracy triumphed over fascism in 1945 and over communism in the early 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the advent of globalisation, their fates were disentangled. The widening bifurcation of demo-cracy and capital is the new threat to civilisation.
Abetted by technological and military might, finance capital has achieved its hegemony over the world by annexing the core of human desires and, in the process, by turning itself into the first global secular theology. Fusing the attributes of a technology and a religion, it relied on uncontested dogmas modern forms of capitalism had reluctantly shared with democracy since the post-war period — individual liberty, market competition and the rule of the commodity and of property, the cult of science, technology and reason.
Each of these articles of faith is under threat. At its core, liberal democracy is not compatible with the inner logic of finance capitalism. The clash between these two ideas and principles is likely to be the most signifying event of the first half of a 21st-century political landscape — a landscape shaped less by the rule of reason than by the general release of passions, emotions and affect.
In this new landscape, knowledge will be defined as knowledge for the market. The market itself will be re-imagined as the primary mechanism for the validation of truth.
As markets themselves are increasingly turning into algorithmic structures and technologies, the only useful knowledge will be algorithmic.
Instead of people with body, history and flesh, statistical inferences will be all that count. Statistics and other big data will mostly be derived from computation.
As a result of the conflation of knowledge, technology and markets, contempt will be extended to anyone who has nothing to sell.
The humanistic and Enlightenment notion of the rational subject capable of deliberation and choice will be replaced by the consciously deliberating and choosing consumer.
Already in the making, a new kind of human will triumph. This will not be the liberal individual who, not so long ago, we believed could be the subject of democracy. The new human being will be constituted through and within digital technologies and computational media.
The computational age — the age of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter — is dominated by the idea that there are clean slates in the unconscious. New media forms have not only lifted the lid previous cultural eras had put on the unconscious. They have become the new infrastructures of the unconscious.
Yesterday, human sociality consisted of keeping tabs on the unconscious. For the social to thrive meant exercising vigilance on ourselves, or delegating to specific authorities the right to enforce such vigilance.
Repression's main function was to set the conditions for sublimation. Not all desires could be fulfilled. Not everything could be said or enacted. The capacity to limit oneself was the essence of one's freedom and the freedom of all.
Partly thanks to new media forms and the post-repressive era it has unleashed, the unconscious can now roam free. Sublimation is no longer necessary.
Language has been dislocated. The content is in the form and the form is beyond, or in excess of, the content.
We are now led to believe that mediation is no longer necessary.
This explains the growing anti-humanist stance that now goes hand in hand with a general contempt for democracy. Calling this phase of our history fascist might be misleading unless by fascism we mean the normalisation of a social state of warfare.
Such a state would in itself be a paradox because, if anything, warfare leads to the dissolution of the social. And yet under conditions of neoliberal capitalism, politics will become a barely sublimated warfare. This will be a class warfare that denies its very nature — a war against the poor, a race war against minorities, a gender war against women, a religious war against Muslims, a war against the disabled.
Neoliberal capitalism has left in its wake a multitude of destroyed subjects, many of whom are deeply convinced that their immediate future will be one of continuous exposure to violence and existential threat.
They genuinely long for a return to some sense of certainty, the sacred, hierarchy, religion and tradition. They believe that nations have become akin to swamps that need to be drained and the world as it is should be brought to an end. For this to happen, everything should be cleansed off. They are convinced that they can only be saved in a violent struggle to restore their masculinity, the loss of which they attribute to the weaker among them, the weak they do not want to become.
In this context, the most successful political entrepreneurs will be those who convincingly speak to the losers, to the destroyed men and women of globalisation and to their ruined identities.
In the street fight politics will become, reason will not matter. Nor will facts. Politics will revert into brutal survivalism in an ultracompetitive environment.
Under such conditions, the future of progressive and future-oriented mass politics of the left is very uncertain.
In a world set on objectifying everybody and every living thing in the name of profit, the erasure of the political by capital is the real threat. The transformation of the political into business raises the risk of the elimination of the very possibility of politics.
Achille Mbembe is based at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research. His new book, The Politics of Enmity, will be published by Duke University Press in 2017.


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November's Full Moon is called the Beaver Moon because now is the time to set beaver traps before the waters freeze over.
If you want romance to heat up with a potential love interest, give him or her a cup of hot ginger tea. Its warming action on lower circulation makes for a cozy evening.
The Aztec ruler Montezuma mixed red hot peppers into a hot chocolate drink for a bedtime aphrodisiac. With over a hundred wives, old "Monte" was a busy man !
The scent of pumpkin pie spice at Thanksgiving is supposed to drive men wild with lust. Fast forward nine months – more babies are born in the U.S. during August than at any other month.
The things we do for love- In Italy, ladies slip fresh basil leaves inside their bra before going out for the evening. The combination of fresh basil on warm skin drives a man crazy with passion. So far, there is no data on basil and boxer shorts, but I'm looking around for some stats. ha ha.
Tarragon's name is derived from the French esdragon, meaning "little dragon." Thomas Jefferson first grew tarragon in his Monticello garden, handing out "tarragon slips" to fellow gardeners for spring planting.
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This Saturday, October 1, from 9am-12pm kids can make a FREE Fire Truck at the Home Depot Kids Workshop! It's a great way to spend some quality time together with the family!
Join our hands-on workshop and you and your child can build a toy fire truck with real wheels so you can race it to the rescue! Once the toy truck is built, your child can decorate it with paint & vehicle stickers.
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Starting October 2nd, CVS will be offering up a $10 ExtraBuck when you spend $20 or more on Schick, Edge or Skintimate products. Head over to print this $7/2 Schick Disposable Razor Packs (excludes 1 and 2-count) coupon and this $3/1 Schick Disposables Razor Pack (excludes 1 and 2-count) coupon to score some great deals starting this Sunday!
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This flat iron features negative-ion generator technology to help reduce static and flyaways leaving your hair soft, smooth and shiny. Offering temperatures up to 450℉, a 360 degree swivel cord an LCD read out this truly is a professional grade hair styling tool.
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Making friends as kids was pretty straight forward, you would say "hi", say you like someone's shoes, sit with them at lunch and then your parents would arrange a playdate. But once you start getting older and become an adult, making friends gets more difficult because suddenly you are more self conscious and have no idea what to say. Looking for friends now feels lonely and you internalize things, even if you already have friends. What is important to remember is that everyone feels this way, and we all have some trouble with friendships, and just knowing that can help a great deal.
Are these people out of my league?
Can I just creep into this group? Will they notice me?
5. If I look pitiful, will someone come over to me?
6. Who should I say hi to?
7. Who looks like someone I can latch on to and never let go of?
8. How many more friends do I need?
1o. Why is this so difficult?
Trying to make friends when you are older can come with many of these thoughts, sometimes more than one at a time. Let us know what you think when trying to make friends or if you have had similar experiences!


Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) is a hair restoration procedure that is based on the same concept as Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). Both are designed to take hair from healthy donor areas of the scalp and place in areas where hair has thinned, making it possible for new hair to grow. The two techniques differ in the way that the hair is harvested before it is transplanted, with differences in treatment outcome and the recovery.
In FUE, units of one to four hairs (hair follicles) are harvested from the scalp, one at a time.
The FUT procedure is done by removing a strip of tissue and then separating multiple units for transplantation from the strip.
The success of any cosmetic procedure is a reflection of the skill of the surgeon. Dr. Michael Wolfeld brings a rare combination of experience to his work. He is the only hair restoration provider in the country who is certified in both hair restoration and plastic surgery.
At a boutique practice in New York City that is focused strictly on hair restoration, he draws upon deep knowledge of technique and aesthetics to achieve exceptional results. He is one of the best hair restoration doctors in New York, a fact that is reflected in many referrals from past patients.
How is Follicular Unit Transplantation Done?
In a FUT transplant, the surgeon will remove a thin strip of hair from a donor area in the back or sides of your head. The sides of the area from which the strip was removed are brought back together. When this heals, a thin scar (1-2 mm wide) will form. The closure is done in such a way that hair will be able to grow through the scar.
Next, individual follicular units are harvested from the strip using microscopic dissection techniques. After harvesting, these individual follicular units, which contain nerves, oil glands and muscle, are transplanted to the target areas. For some cases of severe balding, this may be the most effective method.
You may experience soreness or bruising following FUT. Your donor area will have been closed with sutures or staples and will be covered by a dressing. The treated area will be red or pinkish for about a week, and you will notice some scabbing. For the first few days you will need to sleep with your head elevated and take care not to touch, scratch or rub the transplanted areas.
Strenuous exercise should be avoided, and you'll want to avoid putting tension on the donor area for about a month. You'll need to protect your head from sunlight for several months. Additional simple precautions will be required along the way; your doctor will guide you through this period.
Many questions can arise about any surgical procedure. Here are some common ones regarding FUT.
Other than the need to have good general health, the main consideration may have to do with your preference regarding your hairstyle. The procedure will leave a scar in the back of your head that may be visible if your hair is too short. We offer more advanced techniques, including the ARTAS Hair Studio, which may produce a more attractive outcome, and allow you to wear your hair however you want with confidence.
This is dependent on the size of the area that you want to cover and the density of coverage you want to achieve. The number could range from hundreds to thousands but remember – each "unit" is only one to four hairs.
The procedure will require a number of hours, perhaps as many as ten if a large number of grafts are required. Your surgeon will be able to give a more precise answer after evaluating the current condition of your hair and scalp.
You will begin to notice new growth within six months, and within a year the true results of your surgery will be visible.


If you didn't make it to Tuscany this summer, here is the next best thing. Jenn Louis in Pasta by Hand, A Collection of Italy's Hand Shaped Pasta, includes this recipe for "Rustic Malfutti" (spinach dumplings) in her excellent new book.
To accompany the pasta, Louis' recipe for "Tomato Sauce" combines techniques from all over Italy. She adds butter to mitigate the acidity of the tomatoes, and the result is a creamy sauce that pairs well with many pastas.
Named as one of Food & Wine's "Best Upcoming Chefs" in 2012, Louis' book contains easy-to-follow recipes and beautiful photographs for everything from pasta and sauces, to stocks and ragu. It's worth checking out.
1. Heat oil over medium heat in large frying pan. Cook the garlic, onion, herbs and pepper flakes until the onion is translucent, about 8-10 minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes and butter and simmer for 45 minutes.
4. Process the sauce in a food mill, or press through a mesh strainer. Discard the solids.
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1. In a large bowl, prepare an ice bath for the spinach.
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil; add the spinach to fill the pot and blanch it for about 2 minutes. Remove spinach with tongs to ice bath. Repeat with any remaining spinach.
3. Drain the cooled spinach in a colander. Squeeze out excess water with hands, and then with towels.
3. In a food processor, mix the spinach and eggs until smooth. Taste for salt.
4. Scrape the spinach into a bowl with a rubber spatula. Fold in just enough flour until the mixture is thickened to resemble thick pancake batter. Mixture can be covered with plastic wrap and stored for up to one day. Note: this pasta cannot be frozen.
5. Bring a pot of water to boil. Make a dumpling by scooping up the spinach mixture on one soup spoon, and then slightly rounding it off in another spoon. Drop the dumpling into the boiling water; repeat with all the spinach mixture until the pan is filled. When the dumplings rise to the top and appear done, transfer them with a slotted spoon to a paper towel and pat dry.
6. Reheat the tomato sauce in a large frying pan. Add the cooked dumplings to the sauce and let the flavors blend together for 1-2 minutes. Serve immediately.


The agreement will set up ENOC Misr, ENOC's first on-ground operations in the lubricants sector in Egypt.
The agreement marks ENOC Group's physical presence in Egypt as part of its wider plans to expand its internationally into key markets, including Africa.
Through this JV agreement, ENOC Misr will market and distribute ENOC's full range lubricants to the commercial, industrial and marine sectors locally in the Egyptian market.
"Over the last 25 years, ENOC has contributed significantly to the UAE's socio-economic progress, and has played a key role in the development of key infrastructure required to fulfill the country's energy needs. We are proud to establish ENOC Misr as it offers a unique opportunity for knowledge sharing between us and industry experts like Proserv Egypt", said Group ENOC CEO, Saif Humaid Al Falasi.
"With hard work and sold planning, Proserv. has managed to establish a well-maintained and highly secured network of warehouses, best in class branded fleet, and a robust logistics infrastructure to meet customers' needs in all 28 Egyptian governorates. We are confident that ENOC Misr will be a key game changer in the future of Egyptian downstream market", commented Proserv Group Chairman, Said Ahmed Hashem.
ENOC's product portfolio includes a diverse offering of lubricants services and products, in addition to jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), lubricants, bulk fuel, aviation, marine and alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas (CNG). The Group's products are distributed in over 60 Markets in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, South & Central Asia and Africa.


Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh recently received two National Science Foundation grants to make major improvements to the UCLA Donald R. Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection. Like most natural history collections, this one is a priceless record of past ecosystems. The Dickey Collection includes over 64,000 specimens, a large number of which were collected prior to the widespread industrialization and population expansion that occurred after World War II. As a result, it includes specimens that can provide baseline data on genetic diversity, disease distribution, and industrial contaminant levels (e.g. mercury) for comparison with post WWII individuals. UCLA faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, high school interns, and visiting scientists use the collections for research, and it also exposes thousands of students to tangible evidence of variation in nature, the relationship of animal form to function, and evolutionary relationships. For the past several decades, the collection has resided in deteriorating 70 year-old wooden cases that can no longer protect specimens from possible insect and water damage. Funds from the NSF grants, along with contributions from an anonymous donor and the Dean of Life Sciences will be used purchase 164 modern specimen cabinets that will be installed in a new space-saver system. These improved cases will ensure the safety and longevity of the bird and mammal specimens for the foreseeable future. For more information on the history and contents of the Dickey Collection, see here.


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London Luton Airport (LLA) is one of the UK's largest airports and in 2005 it opened its new £35million passenger terminal development. It employs over 500 staff directly and around 8,000 indirectly and is a primary economic driver for the region, as well as a major base for 'low cost' air travel.
Scheduled airlines such as ?easyJet, Monarch, Thomson and Flybe operate from the airport, departing to over 90 destinations including services to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Over 10 million passengers used LLA in 2008, 87 per cent on international flights and 13 per cent on domestic.
Over the past decade particularly, LLA has made a wide variety of improvements to the airport and was keen to host a business event showcasing the new facilities to local business people, with business travel in mind.
It tasked integrated agency Milton Bayer with creating an invitation that would inspire 200 senior decision makers from SMEs within an hour's drive of the airport to attend the business event and engage with the airport's travel business advisers.
In response to the brief, Milton Bayer devised an integrated campaign under the mantel of 'Perfectly Suited for Business' using both on and off-line media to target business leaders.
Three primary channels were used; traditional DM, eDM and telephone follow-ups to ensure all contacts were reached. As the campaign was targeted at senior decision makers, the first challenge was to ensure the DM piece was actually received by the intended recipient.
So, each piece was disguised as a fabric sample from a bespoke tailor so that if either a secretary or PA checked it, it would slip below the 'radar'.
A promotional message using the airport code 'LTN' was screen-printed onto metre square sheets of suit fabric to mimic tailor's chalk, button samples were also attached to complete the illusion.
A small business reply card was included so that recipients could register their interest. Three days after that DM piece was sent out, an e-shot carrying the same promotional messaging and styling was broadcast to all 200 contacts to reinforce the initial mailshot. Recipients were encouraged to click through to a dedicated micro site to register their interest.
Two days later an LLA representative called any recipient that hadn't responded. The timescale from brief to production of campaign material was four weeks.
The 3-part campaign itself was delivered over a week. The results Of the 200 prospects originally contacted, more than 40 responded, with 48 actually attending LLA's 'Perfectly Suited for Business' event. This represented a conversion rate of 20%, exceeding expectations.


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Home Improvement: How home design trends are evolving for social distancing – Salisbury Post
COVID-19 has brought changes to everything, and home design is no exception. Experts are expecting to see lasting impacts on everything from the materials we use to the rooms we prioritize. Check out these and other noteworthy trends:
Houses over apartments: Many people who live in condos or apartments do so to be closer to the action — work, entertainment and shops — and never planned on spending much time at home. But the pandemic has changed that, and more people are going to want a home that offers plenty of room and outdoor space in case they need to self-isolate again.
Self-sufficiency: A hard lesson we've learned is that things and services we thought we could count on aren't necessarily a sure thing, so items that increase self-reliance will become very popular. Expect to see more homes with sources of energy like solar panels, sources of heat
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Trump plans mass events in Wisconsin where White House task force calls for social distancing.
Wisconsin is listed in the document as the state with the third-highest rate of new cases in the country, with 243 new cases per 100,000 people over the previous week, about 2.6 times greater than the national average. Ahead of Trump's scheduled rally in Green Bay, the Bellin Health System said Tuesday that its hospital in that city is at 94 percent capacity as covid-19 continues to spike in the community.
"During the intense period of viral surge, large numbers of acutely infected individuals caused exponential growth in infections," the task force report reads in a section about Wisconsin. "Although young adults are the most affected group currently, spread to other age groups is inevitable."
The task force report, which is sent to the leaders of all 50 states and D.C., is distributed weekly with specific recommendations for curtailing the spread of the coronavirus, along with progress reports on testing
Top Trump officials seen not wearing masks or social distancing at White House Supreme Court announcement
Many of the guests for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination announcement arrived at Saturday's event with masks on, but as the Rose Garden event got underway, masks were virtually non-existent.
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From right, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie greet people after President Donald Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, on Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Some of the Trump administration's top health officials, as well as other attendees, were seen not wearing masks or social distancing at the highest-profile event at the White House since the Republican National Convention in August.
Seats for guests in the White House Rose Garden at the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett also did not appear spaced apart the recommended
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Extraordinary Women Caver Quotes — THE NEON LAMB.
After the success of the Women Quotes series, I wondered if we could achieve even better results with women who are cavers too. Digging deep, I thought to use quotes from the women featured in the magazine I produce. I was a very big success. Several have been seen by more than 10,000 people on the web! They were created for EWLS and can be seen on the Facebook page or blog.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from django.views.generic import CreateView, DeleteView, ListView, UpdateView
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

from braces.views import LoginRequiredMixin

from .forms import CategoryForm
from .models import Category

class CategoryListView(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
    model = Category
    template_name = 'category/list.html'
    context_object_name = 'categories'
    queryset = Category.active.all()
    paginate_by = 10

category_list = CategoryListView.as_view()

class CategoryCreateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, CreateView):
    model = Category
    template_name = 'category/add.html'
    form_class = CategoryForm
    success_url = reverse_lazy('category:category_list')
    success_message = _('Category %(name)s was created successfully!')

category_add = CategoryCreateView.as_view()

class CategoryUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView):
    model = Category
    template_name = 'category/edit.html'
    form_class = CategoryForm
    success_url = reverse_lazy('category:category_list')
    success_message = _('Category %(name)s was updated successfully!')

category_edit = CategoryUpdateView.as_view()

class CategoryDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, DeleteView):
    model = Category
    template_name = 'category/delete.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('category:category_list')

category_delete = CategoryDeleteView.as_view()


The video uses a montage of vivid visuals that put together a story behind these lyrics that allow the viewers to understand the different phases jJ's experienced in his journey so far.
Based in the east end of Toronto, Malvern, jJ is a 23 year old emcee and producer looking to change the stereotype of hip-hop while building the culture. His major influences and creative ideals stem from the first time he heard Jay-Z's Black Album on his mother's iPod Nano. From that point, his love for hiphop and its culture began to fester and take form. Thanks to his Jamaican & Memphis roots, jJ was able to immerse himself in the varieties of sound. His rhyme style of story telling came to fruition after taking influence from Kid Cudi – helping him understand that there is more than one way to deliver his message to his listeners.
His dedication led him to find more like-minded individuals who came to be *Wrong Crowd* – a group of friends in different fields working as a team in their city & culture and striving to be a prominent voice.


San Francisco, CA – A coalition of tribes, conservationists, and commercial fishing groups filed suit today in San Francisco Superior Court to block a precedent-setting agency proposal to strip endangered species protections from threatened coho salmon in northern California's Klamath River watershed.
The groups, represented by Earthjustice, oppose a plan by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to issue a blanket permit for agricultural practices that kill salmon or destroy habitat in the Shasta and Scott rivers, two of the Klamath's key salmon spawning tributaries.
This summer, the Scott and Shasta garnered headlines statewide after irrigation withdrawals caused record low flows and dewatered stretches of both rivers as thousands of salmon swam upriver to spawn. While local officials blame lack of rain for this year's record low flows, peer-reviewed science shows that steadily increasing irrigation withdrawals are largely to blame for no-flow and record low-flow conditions in these rivers.
The Watershed-Wide Incidental Take Permits (ITPs) at issue in this case would provide legal cover for continued de-watering of the Scott and Shasta while allowing illegal dams, water withdrawals, and livestock grazing in stream beds to continue unchecked. ITPs for coho salmon are required under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) because the species is listed as threatened with extinction. Coho populations in the Klamath Basin have declined to roughly 1% to 2% of their historic abundance, with the Scott and Shasta rivers among their most important remaining habitat.
California currently issues individual permits to allow farmers and ranchers to continue lawful use of these rivers while threatened salmon are present, as long as their activities do not jeopardize fish survival and efforts are made to mitigate harm. But in the Scott and Shasta, the agency is planning a blanket waiver for all farming activities – without first determining whether any activities are harmful to salmon or even illegal. The program may be replicated by CDFG in watersheds throughout the state.
"The agency proposal runs exactly opposite to the intent of the laws protecting our natural resources. Unfortunately, these permits as outlined by CDFG will ensure that conditions for threatened salmon will continue to erode in these key salmon watersheds," said Wendy Park, attorney with Earthjustice.
The proposals have been in draft since September 2008. Tribes, conservationists, fishing groups, and the general public made frequent and substantive objections to the process, but CDFG failed to make significant changes in its final Environmental Impact Report released early this October. The agency's action flies in the face of a 2004 National Academy of Sciences report suggesting that curbing agricultural water use and habitat degradation in the Scott and Shasta watersheds are critical for restoring Klamath River coho salmon. Indeed, the Shasta River was once the most productive salmon stream, for its size, in the state of California.
"This plan would also significantly undermine the efforts of the state's Regional Water Quality Control Board, who were tasked with restoration of acceptable water quality in the Scott and Shasta under the federal Clean Water Act," added Daniel Myers of the Sierra Club.
The suit comes on the heels of renewed concerns of another possible wave of fish kills in the Klamath Basin. Relatively high numbers of fall chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath this fall, even as the Shasta and Scott experience record low flows. Scientists found that low flows sparked the infamous September 2002 Klamath River fish kill that took the lives of some 70,000 returning salmon before they could spawn.
"We all want to encourage local landowner actions that help coho salmon recover in the Scott and Shasta, but this plan fails to deliver meaningful recovery actions for salmon. We cannot allow the state to just write off two of its greatest salmon rivers," concluded PCFFA's Glen Spain.
More information, references, photo galleries, and photos for download of the de-watered Scott and Shasta Rivers are available at http://www.klamathriver.org/tribs/ITP.html.


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Montana Casino Worker Murdered, Suspect Likely A Suicide in Burning Building
Last April's discovery of two dead bodies at an inflamed Honest Tom's Saloon & Casino in Bridger, Mont., is now being described as a murder. The suspect then apparently took his own life.
The burned exterior of Honest Tom's Saloon & Casino, pictured above. The incident is now being called a murder and likely suicide. (Image: Billings Gazette)
Montana officials announced this week that a man who worked there part-time fatally struck a female employee over the head repeatedly with a red prybar. He then likely killed himself.
MTN News, a Montana news site, said Carbon County authorities determined John Ahles, 33, murdered Marla Murray, 71, with "chop-type" wounds. He then set a fire.
Rather than leave the small casino, he remained and was overtaken by smoke inhalation.
Suspect Took Meth
Later, a review of Ahles's cell phone content showed he was apparently considering suicide. Toxicology tests also revealed Ahles had taken THC, methamphetamine (meth) and amphetamines prior to his passing. No reason was given for murdering Murray.
News of the finding was included in a letter from Carbon County Attorney Alex Nixon to Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan.
Officially, Nixon did not conclude Ahles committed suicide, but presented the available evidence and then stopped the investigation.
The fire was likely set.
The … gas line to the furnace had been intentionally damaged, causing natural gas to leak into the building. The gas was most likely intentionally ignited, causing the fire," the prosecutor's report revealed, according to the Billings Gazette, a local newspaper.
Ahles Snuck Into Casino
The incident began when Murray showed up at the casino at 7:45 am on April 20. She soon was playing one of the casino games.
Ahles arrived at the casino a short time later. He soon snuck into the building and began watching video from a surveillance camera. He had a pry bar in his hands.
At about 9:30 am, a delivery worker discovered the casino afire. He tried to enter the casino, but the smoke was too strong. Local officials were alerted.
The first to arrive was Bridger Police Chief Mike Buechler. He found smoke billowing out of the front door, KTVQ, a local TV station, reported.
He yelled out to see if anyone was inside, but no one answered. He was able to open a screen door. He could only see a couple of feet inside because of the smoke.
Firefighters soon arrived. The heavy smoke made it challenging for them to fight the blaze and a rear door was locked from the inside. Eventually, they forced it open.
Later, a search revealed Murray was dead. She was in a kitchen with head wounds. Ahles's lifeless body was located near restrooms. Blood was on his clothes. Later, DNA tests showed it was Murray's blood.
Initially, McQuillan said the fire was not believed to have been set, KTVQ said. But further investigation led officials to change their minds and begin a homicide inquiry.
The two victims were alone in the building during the fire. Both resided in Bridger.
Ahles worked part-time at the casino doing IT, but was not scheduled to work the day of the fire.
Since the blaze, Honest Tom's was closed by its owners. The small building was described by McQuillan as a "total loss" because of smoke damage, the Associated Press reported.
The casino was located on the main thoroughfare through the southern Montana town. Bridger is a small community located about 47 miles south of Billings.
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Had meeting all day long in Malibu yesterday so Emil and I decided to stop by our favorite restaurant to grab some quick dinner. Since the place is sort of on a fancy side, I decided to dress up a little. You've seen this shirt before, told you I'm obsessed, but I finally got a chance to wear my latest acquisition. Love these pants to death, so comfy and stylish, and a bit of the animal print on the pocket makes them so much more special. What do you think?
BTW, I got a few emails asking which lipstick and blush I wear. Right now, I am completely crazy for YSL Rouge Pur Couture in 25: Rose Toupe, and YSL Creme de Blush in Velvety Peach. My philosophy is less is more, I prefer pretty natural lipstick shades and a slightly brighter cheek. And YSL products have this really great texture, easy to apply, they go on very smoothly and stay on equally well.
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Runstedt war eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Helmstedt in Niedersachsen. Sie befand sich etwa drei Kilometer östlich von Wolsdorf und musste dem Braunkohletagebau im Helmstedter Revier weichen. Zu ihr gehörte auch der einen Kilometer südöstlich des Dorfes Runstedt gelegene Wohnplatz Trendelbusch.

Geschichte
Im Mittelalter befand sich hier ein Festes Haus, welches Stammsitz der sich danach benennenden Adelsfamilie von Rundstedt war.

Von 1958 bis 1968 erfolgte der Abriss des Dorfes, weil es sich auf abzubauender Kohle befand. Am 1. April 1960 wurde das Dorf Runstedt in die Stadt Helmstedt eingemeindet. 1964 entstand der Film Runstedt – Dorf auf Kohle, im selben Jahr wurde die Kirche abgerissen. Am 24. Oktober 1972 wurde mit der Mühle das letzte Gebäude von Runstedt abgerissen.

2009 wurde ein Gedenkstein zur Erinnerung an das ehemalige Dorf eingeweiht. Informationen zu Runstedt finden sich heute im Heimatmuseum in Reinsdorf.

Erwägungen, Runstedt an einem neuen Standort nördlich von Neu Büddenstedt oder im Bereich Wolsdorf/Frellstedt wieder zu errichten, wurden nicht umgesetzt.

Einwohner

Infrastruktur

Kirche
Die Mehrzahl der Einwohner und die Kirche waren evangelisch-lutherisch. Die kleine Kirche befand sich in der Ortsmitte, sie wurde 1822 errichtet und verfügte über einen Dachreiter. 1960 wurde die Kirchengemeinde Runstedt aus dem Pfarrverband Wolsdorf herausgenommen und um ein Teilgebiet der Stadt Helmstedt erweitert, aus ihr entstand in den 1960er Jahren die Kirchengemeinde St. Thomas in Helmstedt. Am 14. Juni 1964 fand in der Runstedter Kirche der letzte Gottesdienst statt, und noch im gleichen Jahr wurde sie abgerissen. Die ebenfalls aus dem Jahr 1822 stammende Bronzeglocke fand einen neuen Platz in der Kirche St. Marienberg in Helmstedt.

Die nächstliegenden katholischen Kirchen befanden sich in Wolsdorf (seit 1914) und Helmstedt.

Literatur
 Hermann Kleinau: Zur Geschichte der Höfe des Dorfes Runstedt (Lkr. Helmstedt) und ihrer Ländereien.
 Anneliese Perkampus: Kindheit in Runstedt. In: Kreisbuch 2012 des Landkreises Helmstedt

Weblinks
 Geschichte der Kirchengemeinde

Einzelnachweise

Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Helmstedt)
Gemeindeauflösung 1960
Wüstung im Landkreis Helmstedt
Geographie (Helmstedt)

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Sainsbury's is set to abandon its Phone Shop offering, slashing 160 jobs amid a "significant period of change".
The retailer has announced a 45-day consultation period as it sells 16 of its Phone Shops to EE and pulls the shutters on the other 22.
Despite stating they will "redeploy them where possible", 160 shop workers along with 15 members of Sainsbury's central telecoms team will face the prospect of redundancy.
This comes just a year after the retailer pulled the plug on its Mobile by Sainsbury's service.
"Our business is going through a significant period of change and growth, most notably with the recent acquisition of Home Retail Group," a Sainsbury's spokesperson stated.
"While a number of Argos outlets have been relocated within our stores, we've also carried out a commercial review of the other in-store services we provide.
"Following this review, we have now agreed a commercial partnership with EE who will take over a number of Phone Shop by Sainsbury's. Some Phone Shops will be closing.
Joanne McGuinness from retail union Usdaw said: "Since the company closed their Mobile by Sainsbury's service in January 2016, we and the staff were aware that they were looking at options and that review has resulted in a new partnership with EE.
"We will now enter into consultation talks with Sainsbury's, starting Monday for at least 45 days, where we will be looking at the business case for this proposal.
The move comes amid ongoing integration of Argos into the Sainsbury's estate, following last year's £1.4 billion acquisition.