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We're hurtling down the track to a Big Australia
In June 2010, Prime Minister Julia Gillard famously said: "Australia should not hurtle down the track towards a big population." She was distancing herself from her predecessor Kevin Rudd who had famously said on ABC TVs 7.30 Report that he believed in a "Big Australia", of 36 million by 2050.
Ms Gillard then indicated she would be putting the brakes on immigration. "We need to stop, take a breath and develop policies for a sustainable Australia." Bravo Julia, we said at the time.
Figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tor the year ending March 2012, however, suggest that we are indeed hurtling down the track to a Big Australia.
The overall population growth rate of 1.5 per cent is up from 1.4 per cent. The increase is largely due to a rise in net overseas migration, 197,200 people -18 per cent higher than that for March 2011.
So much for "putting the brakes on immigration."
Australia's population increased by 331,200 people in one year to reach 22.6 million people in March – the 23 million milestone will be reached later this year. This was the figure that the Academy of Science agreed in 1994 was a safe upper limit for Australia's population. Given we are now growing by a million people every three years, we will only be enjoying that 'safe upper limit' until 2015.
But we have probably exceeded it already. The State of Environment report that was tabled in the Australian Parliament last December, painted a bleak picture and cited population growth as a driver of environmental decline.
While its authors said the situation could be turned around, there is little indication, with the possible exception of the clean energy package, that we are doing so. If population growth is a driver of environmental decline, the latest figures from ABS suggest we are putting the foot on the accelerator, rather than the brake.
A growth rate of 1.5 per cent is very high by OECD standards. Few countries are over 1 per cent and most are below, some with virtually zero population growth. If you look at the world rankings, apart from oil rich states, the highest population growth rate countries are also the poorest: Niger, Uganda, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Timor-Leste. It's not a good direction to be heading.
Australia may have iron ore, coal and natural gas resources, the exports of which are making us temporarily rich. But if we keep growing at 1.5 per cent, we will double the population to 45 million by 2060 and will have passed that 36 million figure well before mid-century.
Will there be minerals to export then to maintain our population? Probably not. Solar energy is expected to have parity with coal by 2020 so coal-importing countries are unlikely to want much after that. Let us hope so for the sake of the atmosphere at least. Australian coal exports are helping to cook the planet.
The US author Richard Heinberg is touring Australia at the moment, speaking to his latest book: The End of Growth. He warns that the combined effect of higher oil prices, the debt bubble and climate change are bringing an end to economic growth as we know it.
Energy alone may cause it to end with production of conventional oil supplies peaking around 2005. Supplies are only being maintained by expensive unconventional oil such as from tar sands, ultra-deep water and from 'tight' oil that requires fracking.
Some analysts predict oil prices will double to $200/barrel by 2020. Given the Global Financial Crisis was partly precipitated by oil prices of $147/barrel, we can expect the economy to go into a tailspin with a doubling of price.
It is climate change, however, that is the most worrying. With trend lines suggesting the Arctic will be ice free as early as September 2015, positive feedback mechanisms will be set off causing further warming. We are likely to go to 3.5o C. warming at least, which will wipe out agriculture from much of the Australian mainland.
Even without the converging crises of debt bubbles bursting, peak oil and climate change, however, the simple fact remains that if more and more people are to be provided for in this country, whether migrant or native-born, money has to be spent on infrastructure.
Assuming schools, buses, trains and hospitals have to be replaced every 50 years on average, it means two per cent of the value of all infrastructure must be allocated from income each year just to
maintain infrastructure for a stable non-growing population.
There is an infrastructure backlog right now that manifests itself in inflated housing prices, congested roads and long waiting times. Add a third of a million people every year and it all gets just that much harder to deal with it.
We are entering a period of uncertainty. The future will not be like the past. We need to keep our doors open a little to welcome the most desperate people in need of refuge, but we simply cannot sustain net migration levels of nearly 200,000.
We have to adopt policies "for a sustainable Australia" as Julia Gillard once said but, on the population front at least, we are going in the wrong direction.
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Ironside says:
Oh come on you don't mean to tell me that Gillard said something popular to get the media and opposition to drop a topic and then did the complete opposite? She wouldn't do that surely?
Super D says:
But that was said before the election so doesn't count. Don't make the mistake of confusing a vote grabbing exercise with an actual policy.
St. Michael says:
"We are entering a period of uncertainty. The future will not be like the past."
And yet you claim with Cassandrian certainty the likelihood of doom for the planet despite the fact your predictions for disaster rest entirely on the past.
Reverend Malthus would like to talk to you.
Dry Liberal says:
I'm sick of this Xenophobia masquarading as Chicken-little doomsday-ism. Whenever this topic gets raised, we have all the negative-nellies coming out of their crank-hovels to shake their heads and tut-tut about the "dire predicament" of having a larger population in our country.
To put it into perspective, Australia is the least and most sparsely populated Continent on the planet. Australia, with a land area of 7,617,930 square kilometres, is positively empty with only 23 M ppl occupying it. In comparison, France, one of the most environmentally sustainable countries on Earth, has almost 3 times the population (64 M ppl), in less than one tenth the area (547,030 km2)!
We ought to be proud our Country is growing healthily like it is! What these negative-nellie chicken-little dooms-day shrieksters inexplicably fail to understand is that every new addition to our population adds net potential to our wealth and power.
While the author laments that population growth necessitates new infrastructure to be built, I rejoice about it! Because see possibilities, I'm a big-picture type of thinker.
So we'll have bigger cities… Awesome! Now we can justify cool public transport infrastructure like subways and high-speed rail links between our 5 major capital cities.
So we'll have more migrant workers… Awesome! Now we can undertake big projects like the Snowy river hydro scheme again, perhaps a network of Dams in the tropical north and a series of pipes running inland into the interior to create a huge inland sea and irrigate the desert.
I long for the day when Australia is a real world power, 50 Million strong, a real player on the world stage, and certainly in our region. Our closest neighbour has like 250 Million people for God's sake! On archipelago of a handful of tiny islands! I hardly see how a little bit of healthy growth in the most sparsely populated habitable continent on Earth is really such a disaster…
TChong says:
22+ million does sound a hell of a lot, Sydney with 3 mil does at times seems to be straining the tack welding, but both seem insignificant when compared to China ,and India, where cities like Shanghai or Kalkata have aprox the same number as our entire population, in 1 city.
We can feed ourselves if we had to, by nationalising arable land from mining leases ( which in the hunter valley, and liverpool plains )covers many of thousands of hectares,as well as overseas interests( like cubbie station) , and commonwealth land.
Failing that , I'm off to Broken Hill with me XB Cobra, shotgun and blue cattle dog.
George says:
We certainly are, and have been for a long time. It will never end whilst people continue to put Liberal, Labor and the Greens in charge.
Bob the builder says:
We don't have a lack of energy. The whole mississippi valley has energy under the ground. Science and the price of oil were key now it has been solved. The environment will suffer we will adjust. Immigration will only change if the labor party goes back to the white australia policy, and I doubt that it will. We will be a country of 40 million plus in my lifetime. The environment will be worse but stuff will be cheaper as we will have a market big enough for people to compete in. All the immigrants that come will help our society and make us a part of the asian century. Jenny's views are just those of the old european centric generation. Europe isn't the centre of the world anymore no one cares about it and its ideas. So more over environmentalists get with the new asian century.
PittTheYounger says:
"Solar energy is expected to have parity with coal by 2020"
I'll believe that when i see it!
andrew says:
"Solar energy is expected to have parity with coal by 2020" - I highly doubt that. Can you provide a source please Jenny. Nuclear maybe but all the NIMBY's are paranoid about that one.
"Some analysts predict oil prices will double to $200/barrel by 2020." Yes and some analysts were claiming we would be paying $2 a litre for petrol by christmas, and that was about 2005. It might happen, but it would take a combination of circumstances such as a weak US dollar, reduced output by the OPEC and probably a war in the middle east.
The argument for a Big Australia is purely an economical one - by taking in vast numbers of young skilled migrants we can increase tax revenue to offset our ageing population. Of course the downside to this is that in 40 years time they will be retiring and we'll have the same problems again, but simply on a larger scale.
I disagree with the article's sentiment that the primary argument against a Big Australia is to protect the environment, personally I don't think anything Australia does will have a noticeable impact on climate change. I would suggest though that not all of us want to live in large cities in small high rise apartments, or the alternative commute on congested toll ways or public transport for an hour each way to get to work. Then when we get to the weekend some us us appreciate being able to go to a beach that does not resemble Bondi on a hot summers day, and may also like to have bushland nearby for recreations such as mountain biking or 4WD.
Blazes says:
Immigration is only a small part of the broader demographic/social/population picture in Australia. The Government's 2010 Intergenerational Report predicts that, at current fertility rates, the proportion of Australians over 65, which is 10% today, will grow to more than 20% by 2050. This would mean that the proportion of people of working age would fall, hurting economic growth and creating a fiscal gap. The report also says that as a result of ageing and the associated health/pension costs, Government revenue is projected to be 3% less than expenditure.
Experts on population and family policy, like Jessica Brown, argue that only high fertility can slow the inevitable ageing of our population.
The latest estimates of our fertility rate are around 1.9, well below the replacement rate of 2.1. To deal with our demographic problem, we need more children.
Go forth and multiply!
Gregg says:
I just love your optimism Jenny and on a Friday too.
Oh well, grass should still be green for the grand finals and up at Mount Panorama for next weekend or slightly less green there.
Gregg says:
@Dry Liberal,
It's Friday so go and have a drink!, quite a few in fact.
" To put it into perspective, Australia is the least and most sparsely populated Continent on the planet. Australia, with a land area of 7,617,930 square kilometres, is positively empty with only 23 M ppl occupying it. In comparison, France, one of the most environmentally sustainable countries on Earth, has almost 3 times the population (64 M ppl), in less than one tenth the area (547,030 km2)! "
And you need to consider rainfall and the irregularity of it too.
" We ought to be proud our Country is growing healthily like it is! What these negative-nellie chicken-little dooms-day shrieksters inexplicably fail to understand is that every new addition to our population adds net potential to our wealth and power. "
And potential it may only be too without the country having a sustainable employment situation for then many more on welfare will just cripple the country more than is happening already.
" While the author laments that population growth necessitates new infrastructure to be built, I rejoice about it! Because see possibilities, I'm a big-picture type of thinker. "
And so big picture type guy, where do you think the income for the nation will come from long term?
" So we'll have bigger cities… Awesome! Now we can justify cool public transport infrastructure like subways and high-speed rail links between our 5 major capital cities. "
Awesome, cities clogged and polluted more than they are already.
Where will the money come from for developing infrastructure?
" healthy growth in the most sparsely populated habitable continent on Earth is really such a disaster…"
Just in case you haven't checked an atlas or google earth, Australia is also the driest inhabited continent with somewhere about 80% inhabitable, half of that which is only marginally so.
Dams in the north will be OK for some of the year and there is a very high evaporation factor at other times and then costs of pumping what is available will not be so cheap.
If we are to get serious about forever increasing populations and new type Snowy schemes, we also need to be serious about telling people where they will decentralise to and having many people accept that they may have to work for lower wages and I cannot see that happening anytime too soon.
You need to put some research and planning into your pipe dream.
Troy Flynn says:
"I long for the day when Australia is a real world power, 50 Million strong, a real player on the world stage, and certainly in our region. Our closest neighbour has like 250 Million people for God's sake! On archipelago of a handful of tiny islands! I hardly see how a little bit of healthy growth in the most sparsely populated habitable continent on Earth is really such a disaster…"
And how many of those 250 million people live below the poverty line? 12.5% in 2011 according to the world bank. That's 31.25 million people. I'm sure those people are happy trying to live on less than a dollar a day.
Babylon says:
Ed Balls UK Labor MP
"Labour's immigration policy had led to the British worker having to accept lower pay and worse conditions."
Ed Balls admitted that the people of Britain have every right to say: 'But look what it's doing to my community, my child's prospects, our housing queues.' And to say it without a Labour Prime Minister dismissing them as bigoted. Another Labour leader, Andy Burnham, also claimed Labour was 'in denial' over immigration.
It's too late for the UK Labour Party to say sorry, like they have done. Unlike a Labor Government deficit, you cannot reverse Mass Immigration.
Ordinary Britons, many of them former immigrants themselves, find themselves in competition with recent arrivals on every level., for example, having a Baby on the NHS.
Pakistani youths in Oldham have gone as far as to ring immigration officers to complain they have been sacked and their job given to the more recent arrival and cheaper resource from Karachi.
As for the White Britons, a Left-leaning think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research said opponents of Labour's immigration policy were 'nasty, stupid and backward'.
Labour was able to push 4 million immigrants through UK borders, swiping any objections with an accusation of racism, even though the majority of migrants were white from Eastern europe?
Ironically, the benefits of Labours massive glut of desperate cheap labour in Britain is the upper classes, whom now could afford services formally out of their reach, cleaners, gardeners etc and the Big Employers that could now indulge in taking liberties with their threatened resources.
The easiest way to enter Australia is through a 457 Visa or a Student visa. In response to 45,000 jobs created by the Mining boom in WA, the Government signed in 18,000 migrants on temporary 457 visas to take those jobs. Students can get signed in for up to 5 years on pointless VoC courses.
The UK Labour Party argued that mass immigration was needed to pay for pensions and that there were other economic benefits. But an independent report showed that the benefit of immigration to the UK nation was only 58 pence per week per person, because migrants themselves needed pensions, services, housing and new infrastructure.
Tim Colebatch reported in the Age (July 13 2012), that in one year Australia received 341,000 new arrivals of working age, but that 222,000 are just 'sitting there', nether registered unemployed or working. In that same year, only 104,000 jobs were created.
Let us learn from the UK and instigate controlled immigration, what goes out can come in.
We are heading for hard economic times now, we need to instigate controls and consolidate the good we've got.
Lance says:
I am more concerned about the type of immigration, and where we are taking people from. In Australia we embrace secularism (the separation of religion and government), though an increasing number of people migrating to Australia come from countries where secularism is a dirty word… mostly Islamic countries. The problem is that a lot of these people bring their problems and hatreds with them, as we can see with the recent Sydney riots.
The issue isn't HOW many we are letting in, it's WHO we are letting in. France has shown us that once the Muslim population reaches around 10% in a non-muslim country that things can get ugly. We may be looking at our future when we look at France and all the problems they are experiencing. I would like to think of a future Australia as still being a tolerant and relatively peaceful nation decades down the track.
Gordon says:
Well Jenny, you may be right, and when Tasmania becomes the most succesful state in the Commonwealth, subsidising the rest of us from the output of the central department of public eco-sustainable photovoltaic ecotourism, I will be the first to admit that turning an erstwhile forward-looking optimistic country into a frightened nimbyish little nook was a good idea. I recommend a visit to China as an antidote to your feelings of the world hurtling to some abyss.
Super D says:
If we are prepared to build nuclear reactors and a lot of desalination plants there is no reason why the population couldn't be 200m. I mean it wouldn't be very nice for most people but lets not pretend it isn't possible.
Babylon says:
I've always held that the Gillard Government is a clone in every respect of the UK Labour Government under Blair and Brown. Currently we are at UK year 2004 in the policy calendar.
I'm expecting an announcement that Mass Immigration adds millions to the economy and is necessary for pensions, as they did in the UK, only for that flawed report to be shot down after it was too late.
The only major inquiry ever conducted in the UK was carried out by the Select Committee on Economic Affairs of the House of Lords in 2007/08. In April 2008 they reported that "We have found no evidence for the argument, made by the government, business and many others, that net immigration - immigration minus emigration - generates significant economic benefits for the existing UK population."
The Components of UK Labours mass immigration were:
1. Economic Migration
2. Family Reunion
3. Asylum
4. Students
Sound familiar?
The UK Labour Parties policy of Mass Immigration has lowered wages, reduced standards of living and created unemployment and social issues.
That there is no benefit to Mass Immigration is born out by the fact that 25 percent of Britain's want to emigrate, citing Australia as the preferred destination. The main reason for leaving is poor living standards.
Of course there should be immigration. I am quite happy to see faces in Australia change. Perhaps even choosing specific countries like China or India to recruit immigrants from, but going for talent and using a Balance Immigration approach of what is going out can come in.
Michael S says:
Big business and property developers gain from high immigration. And because that's who donates to political parties, we have high immigration.
The rest of us don't see any benefits from population growth, and indeed our quality of life is being eroded. The price of housing, whether renting or buying, has tripled in real terms in the last 25 years; while our roads and public transport is hopelessly over-congested. And we're in big trouble when the next drought comes.
But of course, anyone who supports anything other than unlimited, unfettered immigration of anyone and everyone is a racist bigot.
Nev Norton says:
I wouldn't worry to much about a high population, food is the natural constraint, and one that I didn't see mentioned in any other posts.
That could be because we take our food supply for granted.
Australia will suffer food shortages in the future, nothing surer.
In the next twenty years much of our food and fibre production will be destined offshore, principally to China. The seeds are being sown right now in the name of Foreign investment. Even with seafood we already import 72%.
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Participation in any sport, whether it's recreational bike riding or Pee-Wee football, can teach kids to stretch their limits and learn sportsmanship and discipline. But any sport also carries the potential for injury.
By knowing the causes of sports injuries and how to prevent them, you can help make athletics a positive experience for your child.
Kids can be particularly susceptible to sports injuries for a variety of reasons. Kids, particularly those younger than 8 years old, are less coordinated and have slower reaction times than adults because they are still growing and developing.
In addition, kids mature at different rates. Often there's a substantial difference in height and weight between kids of the same age. And when kids of varying sizes play sports together, there may be an increased risk of injury.
As kids grow bigger and stronger, the potential for injury increases, largely because of the amount of force involved. For example, a collision between two 8-year-old Pee-Wee football players who weigh 65 or 70 pounds each does not produce as much force as that produced by two 16-year-old high school football players who may each weigh up to 200 pounds.
Also, kids may not assess the risks of certain activities as fully as adults might. So they might unknowingly take risks that can result in injuries.
You can help prevent your kids from being injured by following some simple guidelines:
It's important for kids to use proper equipment and safety gear that is the correct size and fits well. For example, they should wear helmets for baseball, softball, bicycle riding, and hockey. They also should wear helmets while they're inline skating or riding scooters and skateboards.
For racquet sports and basketball, ask about any protective eyewear, like shatterproof goggles. Ask your child's coach about the appropriate helmets, shoes, mouth guards, athletic cups and supporters, and padding.
Protective equipment should be approved by the organizations that govern each of the sports. Hockey facemasks, for example, should be approved by the Hockey Equipment Certification Council (HECC) or the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Bicycle helmets should have a safety certification sticker from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Also, all equipment should be properly maintained to ensure its effectiveness. In the United States, the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) sets many of the standards for helmets, facemasks, and shin guards. In addition to meeting the NOSCAE standards, all equipment should be properly maintained to ensure its effectiveness over time.
Check that playing fields are not full of holes and ruts that might cause kids to fall or trip. Kids doing high-impact sports, like basketball and running, should do them on surfaces like tracks and wooden basketball courts, which can be more forgiving than surfaces like concrete.
Any team sport or activity that kids participate in should be supervised by qualified adults. Select leagues and teams that have the same commitment to safety and injury prevention that you do.
The team coach should have training in first aid and CPR, and the coach's philosophy should promote players' well-being. A coach with a win-at-all-costs attitude may encourage kids to play through injury and may not foster good sportsmanship. Be sure that the coach enforces playing rules and requires that safety equipment be used at all times.
Additionally, make sure your kids are matched for sports according to their skill level, size, and physical and emotional maturity.
Just as you wouldn't send a child who can't swim to a swimming pool, it's important not to send kids to play a sport that they're unprepared to play. Make sure that your child knows how to play the sport before going out on the field.
Your child should be adequately prepared with warm-ups and training sessions before practices as well as before games. This will help ensure that your child has fun and reduce the chances of an injury.
In addition, kids should drink plenty of fluids and be allowed to rest during practices and games.
Three common types of sports injuries in children are acute injuries, overuse injuries, and reinjuries:
Acute injuries occur suddenly and are usually associated with some form of trauma. In younger children, acute injuries typically include minor bruises, sprains, and strains. Teen athletes are more likely to sustain more severe injuries, including broken bones and torn ligaments.
More severe acute injuries that can occur, regardless of age, include: eye injuries, including scratched corneas, detached retinas, and blood in the eye; broken bones or ligament injuries; brain injuries, including concussions, skull fractures, brain hemorrhages; and spinal cord injuries.
Acute injuries often occur because of a lack of proper equipment or the use of improper equipment. For example, without protective eyewear, eye injuries are extremely common in basketball and racquet sports. In addition, many kids playing baseball and softball have suffered broken legs or ankles from sliding into immobile bases.
Overuse injuries occur from repetitive actions that put too much stress on the bones and muscles. Although these injuries can occur in adults as well as kids, they're more problematic in a child athlete because of the effect they may have on bone growth.
All kids who play sports can develop an overuse injury, but the likelihood increases with the amount of time a child spends on the sport.
Some of the most common types of overuse injuries are:
Overuse injuries can be caused or aggravated by:
Reinjury occurs when an athlete returns to the sport before a previous injury has sufficiently healed. Athletes are at a much greater risk for reinjury when they return to the game before recovering fully. Doing so places stress upon the injury and forces the body to compensate for the weakness, which can put the athlete at greater risk for injuring another body part.
Reinjury can be avoided by allowing an injury to completely heal. Once the doctor has approved a return to the sport, make sure that your child properly warms up and cools down before and after exercise.
Sudden exertion can also cause reinjury, so your child should re-enter the sport gradually. Explain that easing back into the game at a sensible pace is better than returning to the hospital!
Treatment of sports injuries varies by the type of injury.
For acute injuries, many pediatric sports medicine specialists usually take a "better safe than sorry" approach. If an injury appears to affect basic functioning in any way — for example, if your child can't bend a finger, is limping, or has had a change in consciousness — first aid should be administered immediately. A doctor should then see the child. If the injury seems to be more serious, it's important to take your child to the nearest hospital emergency department.
For overuse injuries, the philosophy is similar. If a child begins complaining of pain, it's the body's way of saying there's a problem. Have the child examined by a doctor who can then determine whether it's necessary to see a sports medicine specialist. A doctor can usually diagnose many of these conditions by taking a medical history, examining the child, and ordering some routine tests.
It's important to get overuse injuries diagnosed and treated to prevent them from developing into larger chronic problems. The doctor may advise the child to temporarily modify or eliminate an activity to limit stress on the body.
In some cases, the child may not be able to resume the sport without risking further injury. Because overuse injuries are characterized by swelling, the doctor may prescribe rest, medications to help reduce inflammation, and physical therapy. When recovery is complete, your child's technique or training schedule may need to be adjusted to prevent the injury from flaring up again.
Reviewed by: Alfred Atanda Jr., MD
Date reviewed: November 2011
Originally reviewed by: Joseph A. Congeni, MD
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Reports are flying that interim special teams coordinator Bob Ligashesky will retain his position as Joe Marciano's successor and the Texans' special teams coordinator.
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The bloodbath continues at Reliant Park today, as the Texans have fired special teams coordinator Joe Marciano hours after terminating head coach Gary Kubiak. Texans fans will not be upset by that move at all.
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Francis Marion (9-4-3, 4-0-1 PBC) vaults to first place in the Peach Belt Conference with the last second victory, while North Georgia (6-10-1, 1-3-1 PBC) will hang on to fourth place with the defeat.
With time running down under ten seconds in the second overtime, FMU's Kyle Clinton broke free and dribbled toward Saints' goalkeeper Rade Tanaskovic who came out and got a hand on the ball, but Clinton was able to get off a shot that crossed the goal line with no time remaining, giving the Patriots a 2-1 double overtime thriller.
North Georgia led for most of the contest however, as Avram Allen scored his first goal of the game in the 16th minute to give the Saints a 1-0 lead. Bradley Rose dribbled out of trouble and set a liner that was deflected by Terry Gibbs, giving Allen a clear shot, one he took full advantage of as he sent a laser inside the left goal post.
The game would be a 1-0 North Georgia lead at the half, but Francis Marion would come out and tie the game just 13 minutes after intermission as Adrian Williams sent a shot past Tanaskovic to even the score 1-1 and set up the Patriots last second double overtime heroics.
Francis Marion led North Georgia 21-10 in shots, and also held a 9-6 advantage in corner kicks. Clark Richeson tallied six saves for the Patriots, while Rade Tanaskovic saved three shots of his on in the loss.
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There he is in the grocery store: flailing in the middle of the aisle, frothing from his mouth, tears pouring down his red face, and shouting commands for everyone to hear. Out of obvious desperation, his poor mother agrees to buy him sugar puffs, a balloon, and a Shetland pony if only he will stop making a scene. Grateful that it isn't your child going nuts this time; you smile sympathetically and keep strolling down the aisle.
How do you prevent these public tantrums? First, remember that children are very smart. It only takes giving in once for your child to realize you would rather cave to his demands than be embarrassed. Being consistent and not rewarding undesired behavior will help prevent public tantrums. It is also very important to set realistic expectations (no child wants to sit for 2 hours of shopping).Share those expectations with your child and reward him with plenty of praise when he does a good job.
1. Share your techniques for avoiding public tantrums.
2. How do you deal with public tantrums when they occur?
Distraction, distraction, distraction. Anytime we're out in public the first thing I look for in a store is something to put in my daughter's hands - toy, cookie, plush doll. As long as she has something to keep her mind focused she doesn't realize mom isn't holding her at the moment. In the case of toy aisles, when they can't be avoided I do my best to keep her focused on one object until we get out of them and I can refocus her attention elsewhere. Aside from the cookies, the rest are never purchased however because that isn't the point, and if she throws a tantrum in the aisles because she saw something she wants I am always willing to carry her outside.
I do that too. I am constantly handing her something to play with. Today a bag of peas held her for a good ten minutes! :)
Yeah, distraction is a good thing. I also make sure I don't take my tantrum-prone children to places I'm not willing to leave if they throw a fit. I'm a big believer in being consistent with your consequences, so if I'm not willing to follow through with the threat of leaving due to bad behavior, then I won't go there at all and reschedule my trip. I also make sure my daughter is well fed and napped. That cuts down on the tantrums.
I must say, my older daughter was always very well behaved in public, but my little one will throw the public tantrum and won't sit still for anything. So I look to these times as teaching opportunities for her and lessons for myself.
I walk away.... literally...but not too far... if either of my boys start I look at them straight in the eye and tell them I'm not putting up with it and they can throw the fit all they want but they won't get what they want and I'll leave them there throwing the fit so I start walking away.....It Immediately works because they switch thinking and go " mommy's gonna leave me in the store " I have a 3 and 5 year old.... it's harder to do with a younger child which I found out in a halmark...sometimes kids have a bad day and EVERYONE who's had kids knows that... its only the people that haven't that every truly have a problem with kids acting up....It happens. I'll never forget I was in a Hallmark store and they were transitioning cards out so half the shelves were empty well my now 3 year old decided he wanted to start pulling out the partitions I repeatedly told him no and he threw a fit screaming and carrying on flipping out on the floor. I told him to continue all he wanted, that he wasn't get his way and he wasn't allowed to do that. There was a woman who thought I was satan and told me not to talk to him like that..... Boy did she get a piece of mind and literally ran away. can you tell I don't put up with anyone's misbehaving? It was an amusing scene because he quite literally got up from the middle of his fit all red faced and acted like nothing happened because all the attention wasn't on him.
Okay what I would do, if they started acting up in a way that they shouldn't i would bend down and tell them that if they didn't behave we would leave the store ( my kids love to come to the store with me). If it continues, i put my items down and take them out of the store, when we get to the car I explain to them why we left and that we will try a trip to the store another day when they want to behave. Then arms empty handed I head home. I then hit the store when either my husband is home or he can pick up whatever we need on his way home from work. It takes somewhat of a pain in the butt effort to go through that trouble but after doing it a couple of times my kids are saints whenever we go out in public no matter where, and I can take all 3 and in march all 4 without worry, and that is as a great thing.
My little sister used to throw the public "on the floor screaming, kicking, pulling her own hair" tantrums, and my mother finally broke her of it using this strategy. She would try to leave saying, "If you can't behave then we will leave I and I will come back by myself" but my sister would throw herself on the floor and refuse to move. So Mom would take my hand, say loudly "Come on Leslie, we're going to leave your sister here because she's naughty" and walk just far enough away that Ashley couldn't see us, but Mom could watch and make sure she was okay. After a couple of minutes Ashley would look around, see a bunch of strangers, and the crying went from tantrum to "Oh my God where's Mommy?" As soon as that transition happened Mom and I would reappear and we'd all leave the store or mall or where ever, so Ashley learned that tantrums were not okay but still had the support and comfort of having Mom there when she was frightened.
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I'm new on this site but I'm weilling to meet people because I plan to travel in Europe from mai to ... all summer if possible and I want to get used to couchsurfing. :) So if you are around Montreal and want to have company for whatever activity, you can communicate with me and I will be happy to meet you!
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well as simple as that,it can be a thread at the garden grotto? Where the newcommers can meet an older member who can help them out around the forums and show them the ropes.
This would help the new guys to actually stay with us,im proposing something like this because I know how it is when you are the new member who has no friends,doesnt know what VM means or how to upload an image.
The adopters can be members who have been here for a reasonble amount of time, are friendly,good posters but more importantly;members willing to help the news. I know there is a good amount of people like that here so this might work.


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Glendale is cracking down on oversized fast food signs.
Glendale is looking to chop down super size signage from the streets of the Jewel City. Recent outspoken arbiters of taste and beauty, the Glendale City Council is targeting large pole signs often associated with fast food chains.
A council member, perhaps suffering from acid reflux-induced insensibility, took a verbal bite at East L.A. as officials were directed to find codes that will force companies to remove offending beacons, reports the Glendale News Press.
"It's a matter of aesthetics," said Councilman Ara Najarian. "These signs are something you see in East L.A." Under the first phase of the effort, Glendale would give businesses two years to comply with city size restrictions due to the protracted recession and high costs involved.
The signs — most of which are on West Glenoaks and Verdugo boulevards and Honolulu, La Crescenta and North Pacific avenues — are too big, according to city code. Some reach as high as 25 feet, with surface areas of up to 200 square feet, far larger than the 6- to 8-foot height limits. The city also restricts surface areas to between 40 and 75 square feet.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky.— KPPC—the Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center—selected Akebono Brake Corporation of Elizabethtown and Denyo Manufacturing of Danville as winners of KPPC's 2009 Environmental Sustainability Award.
The award recognizes Kentucky companies that have demonstrated a commitment to the principles of sustainability: ensuring the social well-being not only of their company as a whole, but also their employees and the community around them; identifying opportunities and implementing environmental-related improvements to their facility; and enhancing economic outcomes related to savings from environmental improvements.
Both companies receiving the award have well-developed pollution prevention and energy efficiency programs and their recent activities have spanned the social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability.
- Akebono Brake – Elizabethtown Plant has implemented a number of energy conservation projects resulting in a reduction of its carbon footprint, improved recycling efforts, reduced water usage and made significant financial investments to reduce chemical usage in its production processes. The company also worked with local government to conduct a household hazardous waste collection event at its facility for the citizens of Hardin County.
- Denyo Manufacturing has implemented a four-day work week, reducing air emissions and gasoline consumption by commuting employees, energy consumption at the facility and the company's carbon footprint. Employees receive the same pay as they did with a five-day work week, while production has remained stable and in some cases improved. In addition, Denyo's recent pollution prevention and energy efficiency efforts have resulted in improved recycling of scrap metal, reduced water and natural gas consumption, improved wastewater treatment operations, better management of chemicals and substantial financial savings.
"KPPC is very pleased to recognize these two Kentucky companies for their significant efforts to continually improve their operations. With the support and vision of management, as well as strong teams who implement environmental initiatives, both Akebono Brake and Denyo have shown long-term commitment to environmental sustainability. Their contribution to reducing waste and improving Kentucky's environment is commendable," says KPPC Executive Director Cam Metcalf.
Accepting the award, Doug Morgan, Akebono Plant Manager, said, "We at Akebono are proud to be recognized by the Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center for our associate's efforts in something as important as protecting our environment. We are especially proud of the fact that this is recognition of a long term commitment by the Elizabethtown Plant in conserving our natural resources and performance of various pollution prevention projects. The word 'sustainability' is key and all of our associates have contributed in making this award possible throughout our 21 years of operation."
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In both my last post, and in John Ferguson's posts, the reasons, challenges and costs associated with "waivers" for DRC were discussed. As we have both pointed out, this is a growing problem as the IC industry increases its use of 3rd party IP while simultaneously the number of waivers within that IP is also increasing – resulting in a sea of waivers to deal with.
As we have deployed our Calibre Auto-Waiver solution, we have seen it can be used to form a closed loop communication system for waivers throughout their lifecycle. As we first deployed we were focused on automatically managing the sea of waiver (or waiver information) flowing between the: 1) IP provider and the foundry/fab and 2) IP provider and the Fabless designer. What we learned is that there is also a third waiver communication channel between the designer and the foundry/fab that could also be addressed – creating a closed loop system.
Communication Channel #1: IP Provider to/from the Foundry/Fab
Before an automated solution was available, this channel relied on text documents, emails and telephone calls to: 1) request what waivers might be approved by the foundry/fab and 2) communicate which ones actually are. Approved waivers are a function of the technology/process of the IP library AND the version of the physical verification deck. Both of these will change as a given technology node matures. This ensures that there is a sea of waiver requests / approvals flowing back and forth between the IP provider and the Foundry/Fab today.
Communication Channel #2: IP Provider to the Designer
Again, without an automated solution this channel also relied on text errata sheets, emails and telephone calls to communicate what IP waivers have been approved by the foundry/fab. We have seen three big issues with this current communication channel:
1. Development and use of errata sheets, etc. is very slow, inefficient and tedious for both the IP Provider to create and for the end designer to try and use.
2. The errata sheets, etc. used to communicate waivers are more often than not created and then rarely/never updated for that technology node – hence they are incomplete and out of date. Also, we have seen many IP Providers charge end users big bucks for updates…
3. The IP library is created and waivers are defined at the very beginning of a technology node. The process, design rule manual and the DRC deck are immature at this point in time and will evolve significantly over time. What this means is that the waivers documented in the errata sheets are often very different than what a design team actually sees on their screen – hence not very useful.
Communication Channel #3: Designer to/from the Foundry/Fab
At advanced technology nodes, every design taped out includes waivers that are approved from the foundry/fab. Until an automated solution was in place, this channel relied on text documents, emails and telephone calls. Poor communication within this channel on waivers can be the difference between a design that will yield and one that won't. This is especially a concern when companies use error markers over entire cells as a waiver mechanism. This commonly used methodology will also waive real errors if that cell improperly interacts with other elements within the design. Such a methodology can easily result in real errors slipping through and not being found or found very late during manufacturing – resulting in (best case) huge schedule delays and (worst case) bad chips. It was one of our lighthouse deployment customers who raised our awareness of how our current Auto-Waiver solution could also be used to address this final leg of the waiver lifecycle – creating a closed-loop system.
What Does "Nirvana" Look Like?
The system we created allows us to capture and communicate waiver information without new data types or additional files, and in such a way that the waivers are associated with specific layout structures. This implementation allowed us to avoid the need for additional files that the designer would have to manage, ensure that the waivers and the IP remain in sync, and to avoid the risky use of marker layers as waivers (that waive all results both waived and real DRC errors).
We found that same Auto-Waiver system can be used to streamline communication between the: 1) IP provider and the foundry/fab, 2) IP provider and the Fabless designer and 3) the designer and the foundry/fab. All of the parties in this lifecycle benefit by spending less time managing and communicating waivers and there is a far lower risk of miscommunication than what they all endured using manually created text documents, errata sheets, emails and telephone calls.
One further benefit we hope to see in the future is better synchronization (and regular update) of IP libraries and the associated waivers through as the process matures. With the simplification in the creation, management, and communication of waivers we have delivered – this ought to be more easily achieved by the IP Providers and Foundries but only time will tell. I will save this topic for a future blog.
Want to learn more about waivers and how to reduce their impact, see http://blogs.mentor.com/johnferguson/blog/2009/07/21/waive-bye-bye/.
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Pet worms? Well, not exactly.
But those whose plants have benefitted from the rich vermicompost that worms produce are usually enthusiastic about having a plastic bin of these wiggly red creatures in their home. Vermicompost is a humus-like material that contains large numbers of worm castings produced when organic materials pass through a worm's gut.
"It's an alternative to conventional backyard composting," said Henrico Extension Agent Karen Carter. "And it's generally a faster process."
Conventional composting depends on micro-organisms to break down organic wastes. Vermicomposting uses worms for most of that work. The worms are housed in a plastic "worm bin." Carter periodically gives "make and take" workshops for people interested in trying the process.
"None are scheduled right now," said Carter, "but if you're interested, call the Extension Office, and we'll put your name on a waiting list."
To make a worm bin, drill air holes around the top of a 14-gallon plastic container, roughly 24 x 16 x 12.5 inches. Add roughly 4 pounds of shredded newspaper, a gallon of water, and 2 quarts each of coffee grounds and purchased bagged compost.
"We recommend the bagged compost," said Carter. "With backyard compost, you run the risk of bringing in insects."
Last, and most important, add a pound of worms.
"Be sure you get the right worms," said Carter. "That's critical because not just any earthworm will work. You need Eisenia fetida, the red wiggler worm."
The worms are commercially available on line, or you may be able to get them from someone who is already vermicomposting. Periodically, the bins have to be divided both as a method of harvesting the vermicompost and because the worms can easily double in number.
"Harvesting the compost can be the most challenging part," said Carter. "Some people use purchased systems rather than making their own because they can make separating the worms from the vermicompost a little easier."
Worms can eat most fruits and vegetables provided they are not too salty or too acidic. Meat, dairy products, and fatty or greasy foods shouldn't be given to the worms. Coffee grounds including the filters and tea bags also make excellent food.
"Make sure you don't overfeed the worms," cautioned Carter. Under optimum conditions, worms can process their body weight in food each day. Typically, however, they can't quite eat that much, and overfeeding can create odor problems.
Carter recommends anyone interested in starting a worm bin look online at the Virginia Extension publication, "Composting Your Organic Kitchen Wastes with Worms."
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Without the drainage holes, a worm bin can be kept in the kitchen or basement, anyplace where temperatures don't fall below freezing or go over 100 degrees Farenheit.
"Vermicomposting can be more convenient than backyard composting," said Carter. "Plus, it's an interesting process to watch, particularly if you have children and want to teach them about the natural world."
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The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
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Listening to NPR's "Marketplace" program Friday. Best estimate for all the contortions retailers go through, only 18% of shoppers turn out. Me, I got to need something really bad to leave the driveway this weekend. (yeah, I did have to buy a half-gallon of milk).
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