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Full stops are 'intimidating' Gen Zers and are being 'revised', linguists say…
August 25, 2020 August 25, 2020 greenteeth diversity multiculturalism, education, free speech, Uncategorized	english, language, politically correct, students, university, woke
… just like 'racist' maths & the white supremacism of proper spelling.
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For a long time I believed that to be accepted by the 'liberal' left, that mix of authoritarian socialists, quasi – religious atheists and racist progressives these days one had to be either insane or retarded. However, the past few months have taught me that to be accepted into the cohorts of the 'woke' it is necessary to be both insane AND retarded.
One of the ideas straight out of George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" that proves my point is the "woke" culture's embracing of an idea created by the Big Brother rergime that the novelist calls Newspeak. This is a policy of limiting language in a way which makes the expression of dissent from Big Brother's dictum impossible. Words that can be used to describe ideas or criticism of the regime are banned and non conformity is enforced by The Thought Police whose technology which, though described in ways that seem clunky to us (1984 was written in the years immediately after World War 2,) accurately predict the technological surveillance now operated by governments in collaboration with Silicon Valley tech giants through internet technologies.
And we have observed how the "woke" generation and their cancel culture have been proscribing certain words and banning certain topics in order to suppress discussion and critisism of their ideas. No surprise then that the latest nonsense to emerge from that festering sewer of 'progressive' idea, the university system is an attack on spelling and grammar, which if suggessful would rob language of nuance and subtlety and render everything we read as wooden and devoid of expression as the text of a Bill Gates speech.
A full stop, or period as America has it, ending a sentence, is a sign of 'aggression' to the hyper-sensitive generation raised with cell phone in hand, according to linguists working in the university system's linguistics community who would presumably prefer we communicate icons and emojis.
Ending a message with a stop has come to "signify an abrupt or angry tone of voice" to Generation Z, some linguists claim, arguing that in the era of ubiquitous texting and instant messaging, full stops are no longer necessary to merely indicate the end of a sentence. Which is utter bollocks of course because text messages are an abbreviated form that does not use properly constructed sentences.
An idea's conclusion is implied by the end of the message, they insist (because nobody communicates in more than one sentence at a time anymore, apparently – you just hit 'send' and start a new message). When full stops are used, they're supposedly interpreted as "ominous" or emotionally charged by the hyper-sensitive young people reading the message.
Well that's fine for the illeterate fuckwits spewed out by modern universities, but some of us still like to READ long texts. Novels, biographies, books on history, travel, science and philosophy. Try writing that sort of thing when you have to replace grammar and punctuation with signifiers of emotions and see how far you get.
The full stop's use is being "revised in a really fundamental way," Professor David Crystal, billed by the UK Telegraph as "one of the world's leading language experts,"alleges. It's no longer about ending a sentence but about an "emotion marker," he says. This is even "backed up by science" – a 2015 Binghamton University study found college students perceive text messages ending in a full stop as being "less sincere" than those without one.
Well we all knew modern students are infantile idiots but I suppose information like that strengthens the case.
It is easy to attribute this supposed aversion to definitive sentence endings to the wilting mindset of Generation Snowflake, university educated young adults who demand both literal and metaphorical safe spaces where they can be sure they will never encounter anything that might offend their delicate sensibilities, although how they will cope with the rude brutality of the real world when they eventually emerge into it is going to be amusing to observe, but the elevation of generational sensitivities over linguistic coherence is part of a more ominous trend.
The far left wankers woke academics running the English Department at Rutgers University, USA are staging a full frontal assault on grammar, having somehow managaged to convince themselves that the linguistic rules which are essential if we are to make sense of each other's speech are somehow a kind of colonialism.
There's a campaign in Seattle (where the idea of winding up the police force because law and order is racist has recently been popular,) to ditch the notion of "teaching" altogether, led by an ethnic studies educator who argues her colleagues have no business teaching little Johnny that 2+2=4 because arithmetic has been used to "marginalize people of color."
The University of Washington issued a statement back in 2017 cautioning professors against expecting perfect spelling from their students, declaring"there is no inherent 'standard' of English." Maybe at the coming elections the good people of washington State and it's largest city, Seattle, could vote to defund the university.
We're still a few years out from Orwell's Newspeak, which used an ever-dwindling vocabulary to control thought (although with dictionaries hastily redefining words from 'racism' to 'woman', it may be closer than we think), but the incoherent Babel that would result if every social group – racial, ethnic, age, gender, and so on – had its own rules of speaking and writing what is supposedly the same language is a very real threat. There are few quicker ways to atomize a population than preventing them from communicating, and with literacy rates declining across the UK and US alike, a future where the tightly-controlled emoji library becomes the lingua franca isn't unrealistic.
Come to think of it, the idea is not unlike the Indo – European proto language that neolithic clan members in the fertile cresent fom the Indus Valley to the Balkans used to communicate around 8000 years ago. Yes, that's real progress, led by the reality denying idiots who teach in out universities.
University free speech society told free speech a 'red risk', external speakers must be vetted
Sheffield University's recently formed Free Speech Society has been warned that free speech is a "red risk" and all external speakers at events it organises will have to be vetted by the University Thought Police squad and the topics they intend to talk about shown to be in line with ideas and opinions the titty – sucking babies who run the Student Union are not frightened by.
Pupils Shut Out Of School Because They Refuse To Wear Gender Neutral Uniforms
Overshadowed somewhat by the idiocies in Parliament this week as Remain supporting, democratically elected MPs try to overturn the democratically expressed wish of the people and keep the UK in The Fourth Reich politely known as the European Union, the idiocy of politically correct, far left authoritarianism in education goes on.
Students Feel Pressured To Reflect Uinversities Anti-Brexit Bias In Essays
University students have claimed they are being pressured by political activist lecturers into writing essays which pander to the "anti-Brexit bias"in the higher education system, and fear they will be marked down if their work does not comply with the left wing agenda. Students have alleged that free debate on Brexit, and opinions opposed to those of the "Remain" camp is being shut down by lecturers supporting the movement to thwart the democratic will …
Eight Subjects That Ought To Be Part Of The Manadtory Curriculum For Basic Education?
Should subjects like meditation and gardening be part of the school currriculum? Or as one high school in Massachusetts, USA, seems to believe, classes in analyzing conspiracy theories (if taught properly this could help students distinguish between a true conspiracy theory, a fantasy and what is legitimate questioning of official propaganda. The embedded article from Collective Evolution presents some interesting ideas.
Students censored – An Academic Community In A Crisis Of Collectivism.
Intellectual freedom in our universities is under threat from … intellectuals. So overbearing have the left wing screechers of bourgeois politically correct leftism now become that even the universities have surrendered to the intellectual control freakery of cultural Marxism. But if universities are now dedicated to turning out dull minded conformists, what hope is there for western society?
Who Should Make Decision About Childrens' Welfare, Parents Or Authoritarian Left Wing Schoolteachers?
We like stories about bureaucrats abusing their authority and about schoolteachers (especiall head teachers) letting their inner fascist out of the closet. So a story than combines both, like this tale of a South Yorkshire primary school head who banned packed lunches because out of concern for 'her' children's welfare she wanted them to have no alternative to the nutrition free slop served by the school kitchen.
Poor white pupils put off school by multicultural timetable
Education, should it be about learning to read, write, spell and calculate? Or should it be about feminism, gay rights, black history and 'gender awareness' whatever that is? For many years we have had multiculturalism and politically correct thinking rammed doiwn pupils throats but noe a study by a local education department suggests this obsession with politicallly corret diversity is responsible for the failure of white working class pupils.
Education, Education, Education And To Hell With The Kids
Teaching used to be a vocation and education a high minded calling for those who wished to prepare young minds for adult life by making the process of learning, in the classroom, by discovery and through osmosis, an exciting and fulfilling lifelong process
The Degree Factory: The Decline Of University Education
The decline of university education in parallel with dumbing down of the general population is contributing to the economic and social problems of the industriaised democracies. But why have standars been allowed to slip so far and can the trend in university education towards theraputic and politically correct courses be reversed?
Where Is Bicycle Repair Man When The World Needs Him
A superhero whose superpower is repairing bikes? It was a sketch in a Monty Python's Flying Circus show. But forty years on is it as crazy as it sounded then? We seem to have plenty of people with degrees in things that are not every practical and shortages of people who can do useful stuff. And when we have health and safety officers stopping people from climbing ladders unless they have been properly trained, people are discouraged from learning those everyday skills by themselves.
Modern Maths Teaching Is Making Children Mentally Ill
It is a well established fact that people who are good at mathematics are insane so why are we making such a big deal of abstract maths in proressive education when what most people will need to earn a living is a good command of basic arithmetic – which modern education is failing to give them.
The Science Fraud: Many Scientific Research Papers Are Pure Gobbledegook
The war between humanities and science goes on, both in academic faculties and internet comment threads. But in an environment that is increasingly politicised and influenced by corporate profit motives rather than the pure and unsullied pursuit of knowledge, can we trust either side? This article suggests not.
Its Nineteen Eighty Effing Four In The Education System
Progressive aproaches to education seem to be ideologically driven rather than focused on the needs of the individual pupil. so will the left's dreams of eqality be fulfilled when every child leaving the school system is equally dysfunctional.
The STEM Education and Scientism – the curse of modern education.
Education, education, education, said Tony Blair. He meant indoctrination, indoctrination, indoctrination of course. The thing the Politically Correct intellectual bullies of the new left fear most is an educated working class capable of questioning the dogmas of the scientific dictatorship …
Big Tech tyranny is the biggest threat to democracy in our era
This weeks main story, pushing Coronavirus aside at last, has been the attempt by Twitter to censor U.S. President, classifying his somewhat rabid tweets as misinformation. Whether you love or hate Trump or any other occupant of The White House, their utterings can never be dismissed as 'misinformation' because they represent what one of the most powerful people in the world is thinking.
French Intellectual Jailed for Calling Mass Immigration an "Invasion"
French intellectual Renaud Camus (above) has been conditionally sentenced to 2 months imprisonment for arguing that mass immigration in Europe represents an "invasion." Summit.news reports: The writer, who is the author of Le Grand Remplacement (The Great Replacement), was charged with "public incitement to hate or violence on the basis of origin, ethnicity, nationality, race or religion."
The insanity of the left, the psychosis of political correctness and the death of humour
May 2, 2013 greenteeth Uncategorized	comedy, football, language, professional, race, racism, racist, satire
One of my favourite comedians of recent years is the very talented and very funny Reginald D Hunter, a black American from the deep south, who probably knows more about racism than all of us a blog.co.uk put together.
Reg is currently copping a lot of flak from The Politically Correct Though Police for using the n – word in his stand-up performance in front of an audience of Professional Footballers. (Now the more alert and less hysterically P C of you might have noticed that these days many Professional Footballers tend to be – ummm – just a tad dark skinned.
Reg uses the n-word liberally in his act, reflecting the way black people in the south east of the U S A speak to each other. It brings some reality in to his comedy, not that the lefties complaining about Hunter's language would recognise reality if it ran up to them and pulled their collective pisser (or tickled their collective tits, I have to say for the sake of gender equality).
The comedian also told jokes about Jews, women and Ireland. Now, the PFA is demanding its five-figure fee back (underlining what we all knew, that football is run by cupid stunts). Outraged members of the media chatterati (who never have never ben nearer to football than the time they attended a Victoria Beckham fashion show) are accusing Hunter of setting back the cause of anti-racism in football.
A more-hysterical-than-usual Guardian writer says Hunter has made it that bit more difficult to "kick racism out of football" because in the future racist fans might defend their use of the n-word on the basis that "Hunter said it". Guardian writers are cupid stunts and possibly the only people who know less about football than the cupid stunts who run the game. Go into any northern pub (well except for those in Cheshire maybe) and you will soon understand football supporters need no encouragement from Reg. D. hunter to use offensive language.
Ah but the only way a Guardian writer would ever enter is northern put is if they were the filling in a Holland's meat pie.
Are these fucking fuckwits serious? Complaining about Hunter's gags shows how crazy and disconnected from reality the culture of political correctness has become. Specifically it shows how PC treats words themselves as evil, as charged with a magical power to do harm and cause pain regardless of the context in which they are spoken. It is like Orwellian newspeak, a belief that if language is stripped of the words to express and idea the idea can be mutilated.
Is that really so? Will banning one (or two or three) words really grant racial equality to a bunch of mud hut dwelling vagina mutilators. (I only said that to prove you don't have use the forbidden words to be racially offensive, not all African societies practice FGM.)
Hunter is himself black, and was using the n-word ironically and wittily, and was doing so in front of a seated audience of Amarni-clad millionaire footballers and their bosses rather than in front of a braying mob of Union Jack T shirt wearing, shaven – headed bastards with British bulldogs tattooed on their butt ends, still he stands accused inciting racism.
In the words of a writer for the Independent who was at the PFA dinner, "a racial slur is a racial slur". That is, Hunter might have thought he was making a few funny, close-to-the-bone observations but in fact he was behaving in a racist manner according to a person who writes for The Independent, a newspaper not as wholly given over to outbursts of self righteous, left wing cuntiness as is The Guardian but getting there.
Surely in order to make a "racial slur", you have be a) racist and b) intending to make a slur? And do these high priests of Political Correctness actually understand what "racism" really means.
Not in the world of Politically Correct thinking you don't. In the left's ecstacies of self loathing, the context in which words are spoken, and the intention and meaning behind them, are meaningless. Lefties (who are actually fascists but too cowardly to admit it) lack the imagination to handle context, their inflexible minds need rules (Orwellianization again) So to have a black comedian say the n-word for very obvious laughs is apparently the same thing as having a white racist shout the n-word in the face of a black man or woman. Das word ist verboten. In a free, liberal society you must never question authority.
And of course we must never ask who elected these moral fascists as arbiters of our mores and values.
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Jamie Oliver And An Fing Burger
October 26, 2008 greenteeth Uncategorized	televisión, burger, food, language
We have blogged before on the joys of television subtitling. On the Andrew Marr morning show today, during the review of the Sunday papers, the subject of bad language came up. One guest deplored the current Jamie Oliver food crusade and selof promotion show saying Jamie's language was worse than that of Gordon Ramsey and it would only encourage children to think it was normal rather than asking for a burger to say "I want an effing burger."
The subtitler reported this as "I want an Fing burger." Ignore the grammar, they sound more tasty than a Big Mac or a Whopper, or even one of Sarah Palin's Mooseburgers.
Immigrants Cause Language Problem For Native Brits.
September 25, 2007 greenteeth Uncategorized	immigration, language, society
Unrestricted immigration such as is happening since the EU expanded to many East European nations can case many problems, not the least of which is language.While we rejoice in the fact that NHS Dentists and freelance plumbers are available to all, we must sympathise with the schoolteachers who are suddenlyfaced with teaching a class, up to 50% of whome either only have very limited English or do not speak the language at all. But problems are not restricted to schools or the workplace.
Some busineses, in their eagerness to welcome the new Europeans had gone just a little overboard. For example, outside ASDA's local store a large advertising board proclaims "Polish food in stock."
This has so confused older shoppers they are taking in dusters and tins of Mr. Sheen and buffing up a few tins of beans on their way round.
The Dreaded P Word ( Language )
September 16, 2005 greenteeth Uncategorized	bbc, humour, language, prude, royal
Although the word is rarely heard in everyday language these days it describes one of the more unpleasant traits of the Anglo – Saxon character. Unfortunately this personal quality is alive and well and hiding out in underground suburbia. Occasionally however some unfortunate occurrence will goad it into announcing its presence.
There was such an instance after the BBC's documentary marking the 21st birthday of Prince Harry. During an interview the pot – puffing – princeling was heard to say "arse."
Now arse is one of those words that though completely harmless is guaranteed to excite the "old fashioned values" brigade. They do not seem to mind the American variation "ass" but get uptight about our old English spelling. Well it is our language and we should preverve our right to use its more colourful extremes. Perhaps in common with piss and shit it is just too earthy or working class for the prudes. Oops, silly me. I used the forbidden word. There will be letters in the Daily Mail tomorrow complaining "just because we have values it does not mean we are prudes. Yes well they might have values but they have arses too. It is nothing to be ashamed of. We are not supposed to describe people as prudes now though, its a politically correct thing, rather like having to describe my walking stick as a mobility aid, or members of the dark skinned races as people of ethnic origin (these in the guidelines issued to staff by the charity my daughter works for) although we are all derived from one or more ethnic groups.
Is it pejorative to describe narrow minded, prissy, pretentious snobs who think they have a God – given right to impose their moral prejudices on the world as prudes or is it just shorthand?
The true cause of the collective ire that prompted so many people to bombard the BBC with complaints is probably not the Prince's arse, after all Royalty are no strangers to the word. When King James V1 of Scotland was travelling to south to become King James 1 of England he insisted in on keeping the blinds lowered on the coach despite the crowds of his new subject who lined his route through town and villages. His courtiers advised the King that his new subjects might like to see him to which he replied "then I shall pull down my breeks and they shall see my arse."
Despite lapses into the vernacular Prince Harry has not yet suggested that us proles are not good enough to look at his face. So what has upset people.
The scandal that surrounded D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover four decades ago blew up not because Lawrence used words like "fuck" and "cunt" in describing sex acts ("Ee Constance, tha's gett'n a beautiful cunt, I love to fuck thee," says the incurably romantic Mellors to the Eponymous Lady C) but because the protagonists are cuckolding a member of the nobility. There were plenty of dirtier books in print when Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned but the authors had a better understanding of the sexual etiquette of a repressed society. Using bad words was not the taboo broken to bring the case to court, but that an aristocratic married Lady was joyously and graphically having it off with a working class man. It would have been OK had Lord Chatterley been rogering one of the maids of course. Lady C could even have "yearned" for the embrace of the lusty gamekeeper so long as her sexual involvement with him was confined to becoming flustered in his presence.
Maybe the same energy was at work in Prince Harry's case. Would anybody have batted an eyelid if it had been uttered by Jonathan Ross or Graham Norton. A lot of people apparently still believe that the Royal family are different to us mere mortals, fingered by God to be superior. Well done Prince Harry for showing us you are human and know your arse from your establishment. Now if you could just tell those prudes that as a Prince and second in line to the throne you will not put up with this kind of shit.
BRITSPEAK
June 13, 2005 greenteeth Uncategorized	america, british, english, language, slang
Some American academics are concerned about the number of British slang words and colloquialisms that are finding their way into the pure and beautiful American language after being picked up from TV shows and films. One particular individual who shall be nameless because he is probably the type of small minded, humourless bastard who would sue, is getting his knickers in a right old twist and throwing hissy fits about it every chance he gets. And what are these colloquialisms he finds so irritatingly un-American? Well his favourites are "gone missing" and "at the end of the day." Learn more Britspeak here: links to slang dictionaries provided.
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Hitman Gurung – kathmandu triennale
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Hitman Gurung
Philippe Van Cauteren
The City, My Studio/ The City, My Life
Taragaun Museum
I have to feed myself, my family and my country, 2017
Hitman Gurung is an artist who's work takes an engaged and activist position. He uses his art to bring to light social problems dealing with migration and discrimination. For him art is only meaningful when the aesthetic relates to the ethical. For Kathmandu Triennale the artist creates an installation consisting of a series of small drawings (in light boxes) and two coffins. The conditions of the workers going to Qatar or to the Middle East and other destinations are questioned. In this work the artist spans a scope from the fate of anonymous workers in relation to their contribution to the economy of the country.
Hit Man Gurung is a multimedia artist based in Kathmandu. His body of work is a direct response to some of the most pressing socio-political issues of the country. Most of Hit Man's artwork addresses mass migration and haphazard urban development, aspects that are consequences of the ten year Maoist civil war and a reflection of an unstable, apathetic government. Deeply concerned about the impact of these larger forces on individuals, communities and societies, Hit Man infuses his paintings, documentary photo collage and installation work with political conviction and personal poetry.
His recent series of work deals with Nepali migrant laborers who leave their families and country to join transitory work forces in foreign countries. International migration has increased exponentially since the civil war, causing disconnections between generations and altering structures of towns and villages. This trend has had a direct impact on traditional knowledge chains and local economies. These series highlight both the ensuing emotional landscape and the altered socio-economic realities.
Hit Man Gurung was born in 1986 in Nepal's Lamjung district. He completed his M.F.A. from Tribhuwan University's Central Department of Fine Arts in 2012. Gurung was selected for the first Yinchuan Biennial 2016, hosted by the Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA,
Yinchuan) in China. He was also the featured artist at Moesgaard Museum of Denmark in 2016. In addition, his work was exhibited as part of "Afterwork" at Para Site Art Center, Hong Kong. Gurung was also selected for the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) in Brisbane, Australia. He was represented by Nepal Art Council, Nepal and Blueprint12 Gallery, India for India Art Fair, 2016. Most recently, his work was exhibited as part of "Mining Warm Data" curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt at Dhaka Art Summit, 2016.
In 2014, Gurung was nominated for the Signature Art Prize organized by the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation in Singapore. That same year, he participated in the second Dhaka Art Summit, represented by Siddhartha Art Gallery. In 2013, Gurung was invited by The Center for Culture Development, Denmark (CKU) at Images Festival. That year, he was also selected for an International Artists Residency granted by the city of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. He was one of the selected artists for the second Kathmandu International Arts Festival which was held in 2012. Gurung is a co-founder of the artist collective, Artree Nepal.
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It's sorta funny after you have been in Evergreen for a while. It's a pretty small mountain town nestled in the beautiful Denver Foothills. When we were first shopping for a home here years ago we met a a couple in restaurant that told us "you have to live north of Evergreen Lake". They were very animate about it. It was border line strange to us. We then began to meet people from north and south of the lake. All of them were very happy with their choice of location.
For people that work in Denver being north of the lake saves them a few minutes off their commute. The people that chose to live south of the lake (in general) enjoy a little less density and more land. Not always because their are some very nice lots north of Evergreen Lake. As a general rule the bigger lots are south of Evergreen Lake.
In the past it has been true that the property value north of the lake is higher. That is beginning to change. Prices in the last few quarters have been equal if not higher in the south neighborhoods.
Some of the notable neighborhoods in North Evergreen are Hiwan, Soda Creek and Sunset Ridge. The nice thing most people find appealing about these areas are the close proximity to I 70.
Some of the South Evergreen areas are Hangen ranch, Evergreen Meadows and Bear Mountain just to mention a few. You can always search my site for listings by neighborhood.
To sum things up we ended up south of Evergreen Lake and could not be happier. The elementary schools are fantastic (the kids in north and south Evergreen go to the same middle and high school).


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Second Watch Factory phase in for planning
An application for 88 houses and 103 apartments, representing the second phase of development on a former watch factory on Bookbinders Lane, Prescot has been lodged with Knowsley Council.
The application outlines the demolition of existing buildings on site, comprising the former factory and former social housing for elderly people, owned by Knowsley Housing Trust.
DK Architects has designed the scheme for KHT's parent First Ark Group, with Turley acting as planner. DK's design & access statement said that the project will look to build on the success of the first phase at the Watch Factory, "adding to the housing variety and sustainability of the neighbourhood".
That first phase comprised an extra care development and bungalows, and phase two combines apartments in three blocks that are designed for the over-55 market, along with family housing.
Of the housing, 60 homes are to be three-bedroom, eight four-bedroom, and 14 two-bedroom, with six further bungalows. There will be 55 one-bedroom apartments and 48 two-bedroom apartments.
The 8.2-acre site lies 1km east of Prescot town centre, close to the A57 Warrington Road. Opened in 1889, the factory was a rare example of a UK watch factory of size, and was only operational or 20 years for its intended use, later becoming an army barracks and then a printworks.
The professional team also includes Alan Johnson Partnership as structural engineer, Wilkinson Cowan as employer's agent, PSD as M&E engineer and Vectos on transport.
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What is Lead Safe Roanoke?
Lead Safe Roanoke is a grant-funded program designed to reduce lead poisoning in children age 5 and under by stabilizing lead-based paint hazards found in rental and single-family homes built in Roanoke prior to 1978.
Lead poisoning is a condition caused by swallowing lead-contaminated objects or breathing lead dust.
Lead poisoning is the nation's #1 preventable environmental health problem facing children today.
Infants and children age 5 and under are most at risk for lead poisoning because their growing bodies absorb lead more easily than adults' bodies. The younger the child, the greater the risk.
There is NO safe level of lead in the body!
Most lead hazards come from paint in homes built before 1978, especially if before 1950, and are most hazardous when paint is peeling or chipping.
Play areas can be contaminated by chips or dust from lead paint, as well as, lead from car batteries or past use of leaded gasoline.
Air may be contaminated by lead from dust created by sanding, scraping or burning to remove lead-based paint.
Water can be contaminated by lead pipes and lead solder used to connect plumbing.
What Are the Effects of Lead Poisoning?
Most children show no symptoms, even at high levels. If symptoms occur, they are often mistaken for the flu or other illnesses.
The long-term effects of lead in a child can be severe.
How Do I Know If My Child Has Lead Poisoning?
Regular screening of blood for lead is the best way to detect lead poisoning. Have kids tested at ages 12 and 24 months!
There is no safe level of lead found in the body so have your child tested today!
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE to help stabilize deteriorating lead-based paint hazards in your home and/or rental units.
The program's goal is to reduce deteriorating lead hazards found in 115 low-to-moderate income residences built before 1978 where children under the age of 5 years reside or visit frequently. This is accomplished by stabilizing lead-based paint hazards discovered in the home as a result of performing a lead paint assessment on the property.
Participation in the Lead Safe Roanoke program is FREE and is available at no cost to all residential property owners who meet the program's financial criteria and requirements.


The Owl Pals offer to look after Giggle Bot while Hootaluna goes on a space adventure. But Giggle Bot runs out of energy and can't moon bounce anymore. How can they go moon bouncing if Giggle Bot is too tired?
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Everything You Need to Know About Barbara Corcoran's Plastic Surgery Operations
By Chandler On June 13, 2020
Via rags and riches, the women who turned $1,000 into a billion-dollar company, the maker of 'The Corcoran Group,' the 'Shark Tank' host, an activist, a lobbyist, an author, a TV celebrity, and a syndicated columnist, Barbara Corcoran has done it all.
What prompted Barbara Corcoran to conduct plastic surgery – appearance, or necessary condition? Follow the article to know the full details of her adjustments and speculated cosmetic surgeries.
Barbara Corcoran Survived Skin Cancer; Underwent Facial Plastic Surgery
Barbara Corcoran before and after plastic surgery.
Source: Life and Style Mag
Skin cancer is the hardest to identify because it starts where you can see it. Unfortunately, years later, Barbara Corcoran discovered the lump on her left eyelid was, in fact, a cancerous basal cell.
In a speech she stated, trembling at the knees with terror because cancer is, after all, a huge deal. The operation went well, though, and now she is smiling even more than before.
Also Read: Are Halle Berry Plastic Surgery Rumors True? Evidence with Before and After Comparisons
The real-estate queen openly admitted that as long as she was playing with her face, she may as well turn it into something nice. That is why she strived for plastic surgery and had an eye boost. And we ask, why not? She looks fabulous!
Barbara, 70, said her left eye still needs to work, but her right 'looks drop-dead gorgeous.' We can't help but agree with her on that.
Did She Get Facelift?
In the recent 'Shark Tank' season, the entrepreneur looked like she was aging backward. There is no question the beauty and elegance of the lady, is going to enhance with the years.
Dr. Anthony Youn, a board-certified cosmetic surgeon, believed the corporate woman got a facelift plastic surgery that sculpted and strengthened her jawline.
Dr. Alexander Rivkin, the creator of 'Westside Aesthetics,' suggested the 'Shark Tank' ace could have sought the 'Profound' therapy, which is a microneedle radio frequency machine that costs between $4,000 to $7,000 per session. It is one of the most powerful, efficient methods for tightening and smoothing the skin available on the market.
Also See: Truth About Deavan Clegg's Plastic Surgery
The doctor suggests the preserved contours of her cheekbones and cheek is presumably achieved through fat transfer, collagen stimulators like Sculptra, or fillers like Voluma.
Corcoran is Married to a Former FBI Agent Husband
Corcoran bumped into Bill Higgins, a retired FBI agent, and Navy commander, at a conference in New York in 1981, as per Yahoo Entertainment. Higgins was taken with Corcoran, but he approached her under the guise of business.
Barbara Corcoran on why she won't invest in rich kids pic.twitter.com/41gIMCLPM0
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) May 24, 2020
Corcoran's shark-like attributes have clearly always been a key component of her, where after a few work meetings, she made the first move to take her relationship to the next level and asked Higgins to spend the weekend with her.
Higgins turned her down. He now understands that his resistance just fuelled Corcoran's power. "By me saying no, I think, knowing Barbara now, that just did it."
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Higgins was correct on that. Corcoran followed him for six months, and after getting into a relationship for a while, the pair moved together with Higgins' four kids from a previous marriage.
As per Yahoo, two years on, the couple got engaged in Norway. "When Bill proposed to me and said, 'Want to marry me?' I swear to God my thought was 'Eh, I'm not sure, I'll give it a whirl,'" Corcoran said.
Corcoran's insight was yet again on the mark – after thirty years together, the pair is still going stronger than ever.


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PT&P designed and manufactured standard HD-2 hold-down pipe clamps for an LNG plant in Australia. They are fabricated from hot-dipped galvanized carbon steel and include PTFE slide plates. The hold-downs are designed for 8″ diameter pipe and an operating temperature up to 400°F. The HD-2 is a restraint type hold down which allows axial movement while restraining lateral movement.


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RAMALLAH, Feb 9 (JMCC) - The United Nations Security Council is considering a trip to the Middle East with the goal of addressing the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace process.
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the UN Vitaly Churkin urged the Security Council on Tuesday to make the trip, which wouild be the first trip to the Middle East in over three decades.
Russia is one of five permanent Security Council members, along with the United States, Britain, China and France, and is also part of the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers, which includes the US., the UN. and the European Union.


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2020 Storms
Read more about the effects of 2020 storms on national parks below. Information about current severe weather as well as 2019, 2018, and 2017 storms is also available.
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Tropical Storm Eta
Tropical Storm Eta brought tropical storm conditions to portions of Florida and the southeast US, including heavy rainfall and flooding. National parks in the area implemented their severe weather plans and closed park areas and/or facilities in preparation for the storm and reopened as it was safe to do so.
Park News Releases for Tropical Storm Eta
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At Gulf Islands National Seashore, debris, pieces of a pier, and damaged boardwalks are scattered across roads in the Mississippi areas of the park. (NPS photo)
Hurricane Zeta
Zeta made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi as a strong hurricane on October 28 delivering high winds and heavy rains across the southeastern states. National parks in the path of the storm made preparations for possible impacts. Some closed park areas in advance of the storm and parks that are closed due to COVID-19 also implemented severe weather preparation plans to protect park resources.
Zeta caused numerous power outages, tree fall, and other damage. As it was safe to do so, impacted parks began assessing damage, clearing debris, and making any needed repairs. Parks with closures due to Hurricane Zeta include Gulf Islands National Seashore in Mississippi and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana. Check park websites for additional details.
Park News Releases for Hurricane Zeta
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Hurricane Delta
Hurricane Delta made landfall along the Louisiana Gulf Coast late on Friday, October 9, before moving into the lower Mississippi and Tennessee river valleys bringing heavy rainfall across the southeast from Louisiana and Arkansas to the Atlantic coast. National parks in central Louisiana and southern Mississippi ensured the safety of employees and implemented their severe weather plans. Impacted parks had minimal damage from the storm but had some closures as they completed any needed clean-up and repairs. Check park websites for additional details.
Park News Releases for Hurricane Delta
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Tropical Storm Beta
National parks along the Texas/Louisiana coast and inland areas monitored Tropical Storm Beta for possible impacts, but there were no closures or significant impacts.
Hurricane Teddy
Although Hurricane Teddy was hundreds of miles away from the Atlantic Coast, it brought severe rip currents and overwash to Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout national seashores in North Carolina. Check park websites and social media for information.
Hurricane Sally
The Fort Pickens pier at Gulf Islands National Seashore was severely damaged by Hurricane Sally. (NPS/Mapes)
Hurricane Sally made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast on September 16 delivering significant rainfall, flooding, and strong winds. Parks in the area activated their severe weather plans and prepared for possible impacts. While some parks in the path of the storm were already closed or had reduced operations due to COVID-19, they continued to implement their severe weather plans to protect employees, visitors, and park resources.
At Gulf Islands National Seashore in Mississippi and Florida, some park areas remain closed as staff continue to address recovery needs. An NPS incident management team was deployed to support the park's recovery.
Park News Releases for Hurricane Sally
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Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco
Hurricane Laura moved inland in the early morning hours of August 27. (NOAA GOES-East image)
Laura made landfall over southwestern Louisiana early on August 27 as a Category 4 hurricane delivering storm surge, flash flooding, and hurricane-force winds to western Louisiana and eastern Texas. Laura was downgraded to a tropical storm later in the day as it moved north into Arkansas bringing rain and strong winds.
National parks in the path of Laura implemented storm plans and closed park areas. While some parks in the path were already closed or had reduced operations due to COVID-19, they continued to implement their severe weather plans to protect employees and park resources. Parks impacted by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Laura assessed damage as it has been safe to do so. Some parks have reopened areas that were closed for the storms. Check park websites for additional details.
Several days earlier, the same coastal areas impacted by Hurricane Laura had heavy rains from Tropical Storm Marco. In addition, before crossing the Gulf of Mexico, Laura brought moderate winds and rain to the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. National parks in the Caribbean received little to no damage and have reopened areas that had been closed for the storm.
Park News Releases for Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco
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Wind history of Isaias (Graphic from the National Hurricane Center)
Isaias moved along the eastern coast of the US from July 30 through August 4, when it moved into Canada as a post-tropical storm.
Some national parks in impacted areas were already closed or had reduced operations due to COVID-19. Others closed park areas for the storm and have reopened as conditions allow. Check park websites for further details.
Park News Releases for Hurricane Isaias
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Hurricane Hanna
Hurricane Hanna made landfall along the south Texas Gulf Coast on July 25. Padre Island National Seashore, which already had some locally mandated COVID-related beach closures in place, has reopened areas that had been closed after the storm.
Hurricane Douglas
Hurricane Douglas passed north of the islands of Hawaii on Sunday, July 26. Some national parks were already closed or had reduced operations due to COVID-19. Park areas closed in preparation for the storm have reopened. Check park websites for additional details.
Tropical Storm Cristobal
On June 8, Cristobal moved inland from the Gulf of Mexico across southeastern Louisiana bringing tropical storm force winds, storm surge, and flooding along the central Gulf Coast. Parks in the storm's path implemented severe weather plans. Several parks, including Gulf Islands National Seashore, closed park areas in preparation and response to the storm and some were already closed or had reduced operations due to COVID-19. Check park websites for further details.
Other Federal Resources and Information from FEMA and the CDC
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Department of Homeland Security) (Español) is the lead agency for the federal response to severe weather emergencies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has information about natural disasters, severe weather, and COVID-19 including guidelines for preparing for hurricanes.
USA.gov provides links to the latest available information on relief and response, including storm preparedness, helping survivors, and other resources. (GobiernoUSA.gov también provee información del gobierno en español.)
For information about tropical weather that may be affecting a park near you, please visit the National Hurricane Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NHC issues watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of tropical weather.
NPS Policy and Authorities
NPS emergency response efforts are directed by NPS Management Policies, which state, "The saving of human life will take precedence over all other management actions as the National Park Service strives to protect human life and provide for injury-free visits" (Section 8.2.5.1, Visitor Safety and Emergency Response). The NPS ability to respond to incidents is essential to the safety of all who enter NPS areas and is implemented in this policy.
The NPS also has authority to support emergency response outside of the parks. During times of emergency, the NPS may be asked to provide response to conduct search and rescue, firefighting, or public safety and security. The NPS can provide support for needs involving public works and engineering, public health and medical services, oil and hazardous spill response, and external affairs. In addition, the NPS is one of the support agencies to provide natural and cultural resources and historic preservation functions in the federal government under the National Response Framework.


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In performing some testing against Vault, I decided I wanted to actually call the resource instead of mocking out calls to it. Spinning things up locally went more or less smoothly, but getting access to the vault-token in CircleCI was proving to be a chore.
If you need to get access to resources in an opaque container, I highly recommend taking the approach of wrapping the container with a python -m SimpleHTTPServer. SimpleHTTPServer serves the file system it's located at over http, which means you can traverse and access the filesystem on your container over a port.
All of the above is then continuously deployed to Dockerhub using CCI.


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Blog > New Zealand: A Testbed for Metropolitan Restructuring
New Zealand: A Testbed for Metropolitan Restructuring
Written by Peter McKinlay on December 24th, 2010. 0 comments
New Zealand seems bent on becoming the world's laboratory for metropolitan restructuring, testing the strengths and weaknesses both of government-directed change and of voluntary approaches. I've just been re-reading PricewaterhouseCoopers's governance review for Wellington region councils. It's a must for anyone who wants to get a good idea of why it is so hard to make real change even when it looks as though almost everybody will benefit, and why it must be so tempting for a governement to intervene.
The authors have clearly been walking on eggshells, trying to draw a fine line between highlighting opportunities for change, and not wanting to upset councils which are clearly protective of their local democratic role.
It's a real wake-up call as Wellington reflects on how to respond to the changes in Auckland - the Western world's most recent example of a large scale and comprehensive city restructuring. The authors are clearly aware of the increasingly important role of metropolitan centres both nationally and internationally and make the aspirational case for Wellington to join this increasingly important international network. But that means change. Reading between the lines it's not clear they have convinced their client councils as a group that this is the direction they need to travel.
Why should this be so when the case seems so strong? The answer may lie in the way in which in New Zealand we think about local government as reflected in the following statement from the executive summary: "This … has again highlighted the key tension that exists in local government reform relating to the reconciliation of the community connectiveness of small authorities with the strategic and efficiency opportunities available in larger or special purpose authorities." Readers from other jurisdictions, especially in the English speaking world, will recognise the dilemma.
At least since the reforms of the 1980s, we've done a couple of things which differentiate us from much of the rest of the world. We have treated representation as a cost rather than a benefit, and we have believed that bigger is better. Both of these treat local government as essentially efficient deliverers of services and overlook the equally important role of local democracy (notwithstanding the lovely words of section 10 of the Local Government Act).
This has made it very hard for us to work seriously with the concept, common elsewhere, that different functions of local government require different scales. Delivering a functioning metropolitan region needs local government at a regional level scale. Local democracy needs decision-making at the neighbourhood or community level, and representation which allows most people most of the time personally to know one or more of their immediate representatives. This is not the resident to elected member ratio of 10,000:1 which categorises Auckland's local boards. It's much more the less than 1000:1 ratio typical of much of European local government.
Building a strong metropolitan region in Wellington, able to make its mark internationally, and with real efficiency and scale in service delivery through shared services or other options does not mean abandoning local democracy. It does mean standing back and thinking carefully through how to deliver the best outcomes for Wellington's citizens, and Wellington's businesses. In a nutshell, it probably means strengthening Wellington both regionally and locally so that the region's citizens feel that they are in control of what matters locally, but benefit from the strength of an effective metropolitan region.
There is clearly a debate to be had. Hopefully the councils, their advisors, and the citizens and businesses they represent will do this reflectively and realise that this is not the either/or of choosing between a strong region or strong local democracy but an opportunity to show the rest of New Zealand, and indeed local governmetn in other jurisdictions, how to have the win/win of strength at both levels.
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Places → Asia → India
If British colonization has ended, why is India still part of the British Commonwealth?
by Alma Colacrai 3 hours ago
Alma Colacrai
Kim Siever
Technically, the British Commonwealth has been replaced by the Commonwealth of Nations, to which countries join voluntary (including India). Of course, many of the members are the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies. Some of the colonies did not join the Commonwealth (such as Burma—now Myanmar, South Yemen, and the Republic of Ireland). Member countries must have a constitutional link to the UK or its colonies (such as Australia or south Africa); however, Mozambique was accepted a member of the Commonwealth in 1995 with support of its Commonwealth neighbours. Various member countries have withdrawn their membership or had it suspended at times of civil unrest or under non-democratic regimes. For more information on the Commonwealth of Nations, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_countries
Drinking Dano
Kim is totally correct! The Statute of Westminster in 1939 effective ended the British Empire and created the Commonwealth of Nations. The Statute essentially gave all the members of the British Empire self government (with a few exceptions here and there, Canada for example, still had to get British Parliament consent to change it's "constitution" until 1982!) and turned most of the Empire in to Self Governing Dominions. However, there are still remnants of the Empire left around the world, usually small countries that did not want to go it alone or could not go it alone.
Mr.LiAr . . . . . AwAy
Technically, the British Commonwealth has been replaced by the Commonwealth of Nations, to which countries join voluntary (including India). Of course, many of the members are the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies. Some of the colonies did not join the Commonwealth (such as Burma�now Myanmar, South Yemen, and the Republic of Ireland). Member countries must have a constitutional link to the UK or its colonies (such as Australia or south Africa); however, Mozambique was accepted a member of the Commonwealth in 1995 with support of its Commonwealth neighbours. Various member countries have withdrawn their membership or had it suspended at times of civil unrest or under non-democratic regimes.
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A perfect choice for men who don't usually wear jewellery as this bracelet is very like wearing a watch. Both the leather and brass stud will age beautifully.
We carefully cut, bevel, dye and burnish the edges of the leather in our workshop using traditional tools, finishing this process with a coat of beeswax to give them a beautiful, smooth finish. The bracelet fastens with a simple Sam Browne solid brass stud.
The standard sized bracelet will fit a wrist of up to 21cm, but we can make these to any length.


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One-in-Ten Black People Living in the U.S. Are Immigrants
Top 10 states of residence for U.S. Black immigrants
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Black immigrant population climbs to 4.6 million and is projected to reach 9.5 million by 2060
Roughly one-in-five Black people in the U.S. are immigrants or children of Black immigrants
Black immigrants differ from U.S.-born Black population, immigrants overall on income and educational attainment
Among Black immigrants in 2019, those who were born in an African country are the least likely to have lived in the U.S. for more than two decades
Number of Black immigrants from Africa living in the U.S. more than tripled from 2000 to 2019
Top birthplaces for Black immigrants in U.S., 2000 and 2019
Black immigrants more likely than immigrants overall to be U.S. citizens
U.S. immigrants from Africa, Caribbean more than twice as likely as immigrants overall to have refugee status
African immigrants represented the largest share of recent Black immigrant arrivals in the U.S. in 2019
Black immigrants have highest median age among the U.S. Black population
Over half of Black immigrants live in a household headed by a married couple
Share of Black foreign-born bachelor's and advanced degree holders has grown by 10 percentage points since 2000
Educational attainment varies among U.S. Black immigrants
Most Black immigrants live in Northeast and South
Colorado, Nevada and Washington are the fastest growing states for Black immigrants
Black immigrant household incomes lower than that of the overall U.S. immigrant population but vary among different origin groups, 2019
Fewer than one-in-five Black immigrants lived below the poverty line in 2019
Black immigrants are less likely than U.S. population or overall immigrant population to be homeowners
Among Black immigrants and U.S.-born Black adults, more identify as Protestants than as any other religion
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The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) published a study in its September 2016 edition titled, "Effectively Communicating Risk and Uncertainty to the Public." The study was jointly funded by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) to study how residents in Easton and Lambertville, Pennsylvania perceive and respond to risk communication in NWS flood forecast products. The study's findings reveal tools and thought processes people use to make decisions about their safety, in response to floods. The study also suggests ways NWS can adapt its flood products and messages to motivate people to take action.
According to the study, "People differ in how they react to uncertainty; for some, not having a concrete example of what a risk means can make them uncertain of what the actual impacts might entail, and thereby impede their decision on whether to take action" (Carr et al., 1650).
We are in the information age where television, radio, web and social media, mobile apps, and alerts are all dependable information outlets for weather forecasts. But knowing the risks isn't enough, because we are usually motivated to take action by concrete messages we can perceive, thereby allowing us to personalize the risk.
The table below summarizes input from study participants on ways NWS products and messages could be modified to show personalization of risk.
Of all the NWS products that were tested on participants, the NWS Hydrograph was the best for motivating action in response to flood risk because, "When they [saw] it reaching flood level, preparations [began]" (Carr et al.,1656). The Hydrograph allowed participants to see the rising water of the Delaware River, which made them feel what the risk meant for them. Once they could perceive the risk, they began to take action. Participants were also more motivated to act when Flood Watches and Warnings (non-graphic products) used a concrete word to describe flooding, such as damaging, instead of significant. One participant said, "When it says damage and flooding possible, I'm calling my friends along the river and asking if they're paying attention" (Carr et al.,1659). This telling statement leads to the second insight.
The major flooding in the Susquehanna River basin in 2011 is a reminder that emergency warnings alone can be insufficient to motivate people to take action (Carr et al., 1651). If information alone doesn't do the job, what does?
Our first instinct when we feel uneasy about a situation is to observe how others feel, then choose our response (i.e. peer influence)! When messages communicate risk well enough to make us take action, we also influence our peers to do the same. The study concluded that for residents, "Motivation for action came from knowing what was forecast for their specific town, and knowing what neighbors, friends, and family were doing to prepare" (Carr et al., 1662). When risk is personalized, people are motivated to take action from the direct persuasion of their peers, or following the example set by their peers. Thus, personalization of risk and peer influence go hand-in-hand.
Too many weather-related tragedies still dominate the headlines despite cutting-edge forecast accuracy that was unimaginable a quarter century ago. This dilemma is the motivating force behind NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation initiative, which seeks to mitigate the devastating impacts of extreme weather through the communication of actionable forecasts. Social science research, like the BAMS article featured here, plays a fundamental role in building a Weather-Ready Nation by helping NOAA understand what it takes for people to perceive their risk during extreme weather events, personalize their risk, make decisions, and take actions that keep them safe.


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Q: Margins not working I made the following layout programmatically:
LinearLayout progressLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
    progressLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

    TextView t = new TextView(this);
    t.setText("Test..");
    t.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 20);

    LayoutParams l = new LayoutParams(android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    l.setMargins(10, 10, 10, 25);   ===> does not work?
    t.setLayoutParams(l);

    ProgressBar circle = new ProgressBar(this, null,
            android.R.attr.progressBarStyleLarge);
    circle.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));

    progressLayout.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(
            android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
            android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));

    progressLayout.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

    progressLayout.addView(t);
    progressLayout.addView(circle);

    this.setContentView(progressLayout);

But no mather what I give as values in setMargins, it doesn't have any effect at all.
What is the reason?
The layout has a heigth and width of fill_parent so that can't be the problem..
Thx :)

A: progressLayout.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

aligns the textview and progressbar at center.

A: Try this Solution
LinearLayout progressLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
        progressLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

        TextView t = new TextView(this);
        t.setText("Test..");
        t.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 20);

        LayoutParams l = new LayoutParams(
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        // ===> does not work?
        // l.setMargins(50, 50, 50, 25);
        // t.setLayoutParams(l);
        l.leftMargin = 10;
        l.topMargin = 0;
        l.rightMargin = 0;
        l.bottomMargin = 150;

        ProgressBar circle = new ProgressBar(this, null,
                android.R.attr.progressBarStyleLarge);
        LayoutParams p = new LayoutParams(
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        // circle.setLayoutParams(p);
        p.leftMargin = 0;
        p.topMargin = 0;
        p.rightMargin = 0;
        p.bottomMargin = 20;

        progressLayout.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));

        progressLayout.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

        progressLayout.addView(t, l);
        progressLayout.addView(circle, p);

        this.setContentView(progressLayout);

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A moorland moth, occurring sparsely throughout western and northern Britain, commoner in the north.
The adults fly during May and June, and can be attracted by light.
A wide range of moorland plants are used as food, including heather (Calluna) and bog-myrtle (Myrica gale) as well as sallows (Salix sp.).
The moths quite often rest in the open on fenceposts, tree trunks and rocks.


Trek through the lush middle hills, full of farms and forests and inhabited by sturdy Gurung and Magar peoples. Your goal is the exquisite Annapurna Sanctuary, a gem-like bowl set in and completely surrounded by the peaks of the Annapurna Massif. You will visit both Machhapucchare and Annapurna Base Camps.
Drive out of Pokhara and trek to the village of Dhampus, about 2 hours from the roadhead, then on to Pothana.
Head north along the Modi Khola river, through forest and farms. Stay in Landruk, above the river.
Farther north today, and gaining altitude, to the town of Chomrong.
Cross 10,000 feet today, and overnight at Bamboo.
Climb higher today, still close to the river. Stay at the Himalayan campsite.
Machhapucchare Base Camp today. Now you are totally enclosed in the great Himalaya.
Trek two hours across the Sanctuary to Annapurna Base Camp today, and then explore the area.
Descend past both base camps and below 13,000 feet. overnight near Bagar.
Descend more today, and stay near Doban.
A shorter day to Ghandruk. Time to explore this large and prosperous town, home to many retired British Gurkha soldiers.
Rafting! 3 Days, US$ 325 For those who elect, there are three awesome days of rafting on the Kali Gandaki River.
The trek was really memorable, like the magical morning when we hiked through a steep, narrow canyon after a heavy snowfall during the night - rhododendrons in full bloom capped with snow, and the river winding its way through snowy cliffs lit by a bright sun.