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Okay, I don't want to use the term "idiot" here, but a related story.
The other day, my 19 year old daughter, who is well versed in the gun rules from a young age, came by with her boyfriend. I showed off my new holster to her and then she said she wanted to see my pistol. I dropped the magazine, removed the round in the chamber and lock it open then hand it to her. She looked in the chamber and magazine well, then proceeds to point it at her boyfriend.
I jumped her butt, "HEY!!! What is rule #1?"
She says, "Every gun is loaded... but I checked it."
I said, "I don't remember an 'I checked it' provision in the rule. What is rule #2?"
This is where she gets real sheepish and says, "Don't point the gun at anything you don't want to destroy." Her boyfriend just looks at her and says, "wow". I know he is not very familiar with firearms, but his wow was more about her wanting to "destroy" him.
Then she says, "My finger wasn't on the trigger." I just look at her.
I explained that the rules are not based on a passing grade, a 75% is not passing (even though she just scored a 50%,) you have to have 100% all the time, every time. I also tell her that in accidental shootings are almost always done with an "unloaded" gun. It doesn't matter what the circumstances you ALWAYS follow ALL the rules, it is the ONLY way to ensure no one is hurt and your life isn't changed forever.
Like I said, she is well versed in the rules, but had a momentary lapse of reason. I am glad I could correct it right then and there, and I hope it sunk in to her young brain. I feel I made a big enough deal about it that it did sink in, and not such a big deal that it was blown off as dad overreacting.

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Karrine Steffans Details Ray J Taunting of Bobby Brownby Hilton Hater at . Comments
The June issue of Vanity Fair takes an in-depth look at the life and death of Whitney Houston.
Written by Contributing Editor Mark Seal, the article delves into the late singer's love life, which is best known for her 15-year marriage to Bobby Brown, but which also included a dalliance with Kim Kardashian sex tape partner, Ray J.
Karrine Steffans - a self-proclaimed "Video Vixen," who has dated Brown, Ray J and Bill Maher, among other celebrities - is featured in the piece, telling Seal that Ray used to taunt Brown on a frequent basis.
One evening, according to Steffans, she received a call from J.
"He said, 'Is Bob still staying with you?' I said, 'Yeah, he's right here.' And Ray said, 'Tell him I f-cked both of his chicks, you and now his wife.'"
Ouch. Slam, yo!
Steffans goes on to side with Brown, who recently gave a defensive interview in which he shirked all responsibility for Houston's drug use.
"Bob's big thing was everyone blamed him for her downfall, but when he met her she was already using drugs. He always felt very angry about that. He told me, 'What everybody saw wasn't the real Whitney.' He always said her private persona - which you saw on Being Bobby Brown - was who she really was."
[Photos: WENN.com]
Don't believe anything that Steffans whore says, shes just trying to get her name back in print,and her picture out for publicity.She is pure TRASH.
celebs or not these people are just as sleazy as the corner WHORE and her PIMP, maybe worst--I don't think anyone's mind is that weak. You all should wake up and thank the man upstairs you're on this side of the dirt.
Yeah you maybe right on the black males, but white males loves little girls and boys. Check the R E C O R D S.
All of these people are a bunch of stupid morons...plain n simple.
I dont like bobby brown, but who the fuck is ray j?? The douche is milking off his sisters fame, hes a spoiled wannabe. i cant believe kim whitney n whoever else would mess with him. his 15 mins of fame shldv been over after the sex tape
Black Males! What else would you expect. You can dress them up - still they are thugs. How many can I fuck is the crown of manhood.


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This article addresses the issue of bullying, particularly as it is important for students with exceptionalities and, therefore, for special educators. The authors discuss that it can be an unintended side effect of inclusion: when students with disabilities are exposed to the general classroom, the risk of bullying increases.
Topics: Disabilities & Special Needs
For more info please visit http://www.behavioralinstitute.org/FreeDownloads/TIPS/Bullying%20of%20Children%20with%20Exceptionalities_CEC.pdf
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This article, from the Council for Exceptional Children, provides an overview of the statistics related to bullying students with disabilities and includes links to resources.
Topics: Disabilities & Special Needs
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|The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center
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|Dr. Elizabeth Englander, Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center
The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC) provides free or low-cost programs to K-12 Education and Communities in Massachusetts. We also provide some programming and resources for the "other" 49 states!
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Schools, Cyberbullying
For more info please visit http://webhost.bridgew.edu/marc/index.html
|Cyberbullying Research Center
|Dr. Sameer Hinduja and Dr. Justin Patchin
The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents. This web site serves as a clearinghouse of information concerning the ways adolescents use and misuse technology. It is intended to be a resource for parents, educators, law enforcement officers, counselors, and others who work with youth. Here you will find facts, figures, and detailed stories from those who have been directly impacted by online aggression. In addition, the site includes numerous resources to help you prevent and respond to cyberbullying incidents. The Cyberbullying Research Center is directed by Dr. Sameer Hinduja (Florida Atlantic University) and Dr. Justin Patchin (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire). They have been studying cyberbullying since 2002 and first launched this web site in 2005. They founded the Center as a means to further their mission of bringing sound research about cyberbullying to those who can benefit most from it.
Topics: Policies & Laws, Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Schools, Cyberbullying
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|Sexual Harrassment: A Guide for School Personnel
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|Ellie Young, PhD, Betty Ashbaker, PhD, & Bryan Young; National Association of School Psychologists
Offers and overview of sexual harrassment, prevalence, impact, and recommended intervention and prevention strategies.
Topics: LGBT, Schools, Gender
For more info please visit http://www.nasponline.org/resources/bullying/Sexual_Harassment.pdf
|Relational Aggression in Schools: Information for Educators
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|Ellie Young, Phd, David Young, PhD, America Hottle, MA, Brittney Warburton, BS, & Bryan Young, BS
Offers an overview of relational aggression for educators, including misperceptions, gender differences, types of relational aggression, impacts on learning and behavior, methods of identifying relational aggression, and recommended intervention strategies.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Schools, Gender
For more info please visit http://www.nasponline.org/resources/bullying/Relational_Aggression.pdf
|Badge Society
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|Emily Javis
To Whom It May Concern: I have just finished viewing the Stopbullying.gov website and found it quite enjoyable. I found the content to be very valuable and informative. I am the Co-Founder of Badge Society, an LGBTQ online community for all ages. The site is a year old and consists of a forum, news page and a directory (coming soon). Badge Society http://www.badgesociety.com was initially created in light of the many LGBT suicides that took place. I feel that for many people, especially youth, they should have an outlet and an endless amount of resources to encourage them or uplift them through their struggles. Badge Society visitors would appreciate your site visitors' input as I think we appeal to the same demographic group. We focus on the LGBTQ community and its supporters, and would likely be of value to your visitors. At the moment we want to expand and become affiliated with other organizations that have our common goals in mind. I am reaching out to you today to see if you would list Badge Society as a resource, whether it is in your site's newsletter, resource page or whatever means of communicating with your visitors that you may have to raise awareness for both of our causes. In return, we would feature Stopbullying.gov on our news page and provide a free listing in our upcoming directory. If there's anything else that you can think of that we may do for you, please do not hesitate to ask. You can contact me at anytime to let me know what you think by responding to this email. Thank you in advance for your time. Sincerely, Emily Javis Co-Founder of Badge Society Email: email@example.com
Topics: LGBT
For more info please visit http://www.badgesociety.com/
|"Make It Out This Town" video by Eve
|Tips & Facts
This is an anti-bullying video/song. Could be inspirational to those being bullied and could change attitudes of some bullies. Available on You Tube.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying
For more info please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWtSM0FZeE
|A Guide to the Film BULLY: Fostering Empathy and Action in Schools
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|Facing History and Ourselves
The film BULLY follows five stories of children and families who are affected deeply by bullying within the course of a school year. With intimate glimpses into homes, classrooms, cafeterias, and principals' offices, the film offers insight into the lives of bullied, ridiculed children. Historically, seemingly small instances of labeling and ridicule have catastrophic consequences for the marginalized groups involved. This film brings those "small" instances into the spotlight creating a space to discuss the effects of bullying. The accompanying guide tells the personal stories of those bullied, and suggests that improving school climate takes fostering a reflective and engaging learning community. Features include: • Essential background information about bullying, including testimony and research findings from experts who have studied the effects of bullying on children, parents, and communities. • Facinghistory.org/safeschools provides additional resources about creating safe and caring school environments. • A "toolbox" of discussion strategies that will help facilitate honest, open dialogue about the film with groups of students and adults alike.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Kids, Schools
For more info please visit http://www.facinghistory.org/publications/guide-film-bully-fostering-empathy-ac
|"Bullying Stops Here" Printable Pledge
|Tips & Facts
|FamilyEducation.com editors
Kids can play a big role in preventing bullying. Review these six steps children and teens can take to play an active role in ending bullying, and have them sign this free printable pledge.
Topics: Prevention, Kids, Youth Development
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|I visited three reputable flooring stores today and they all sell this brand "Casabella hardwood". It is significantly cheaper and comes from China. I am looking at buying oak solid pre-finished. Any comments? Reggie4
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- Posted by sweetwillie (My Page) on Thu, Oct 30, 08 at 22:29
|Good question,I too am curious if anyone has this flooring. I have seen it at some bigger flooring stores near me. I was drawn to the Asian Walnut. It was on sale for 4.99 sf
Can anyone please advise if they have this product. Also the samples of the Asian Walnut I have seem pretty soft. Is walnut a soft species
- Posted by soraya_2008 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 7, 08 at 10:09
|I am having Casabella Hardwood in a antique handscraped asian walnut installed in two weeks time. I love the look of it, but am still a little nervous as I have not been able to find out anything whilst researching on the web about this flooring.
Our floor guy tells me it is a good quality floor.
If you do have any luck finding out any info I would love to hear it.
|Msg to Soraya 2008 - I am considering installing Casabella Handscraped Asian Walnut. I know you installed it about 4 years ago. How are your floors holding up. Were you happy with your decision.
Would appreciate any feedback you have for me.
- Posted by UniqueWoodFloor (My Page) on Wed, Jan 23, 13 at 23:57
|Asian Walnut is also called Acacia or Acacia Walnut flooring. There are big and small leaf Acacia or Asian Walnut. They are both from China. While small leaf is quite hard and with tight and more beautiful grain pattern, the big leaf is light in weight with more plain grain patterns. Small leaf Acacia trees are small size shrubs. So the floor boards are usually shorter from 1 to 4 feet.
Here is a link that might be useful: Small leaf Acacia Hand Scraped
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Use current ingredients to expand your menu in new directions OK, friends, International Pizza Expo has come to an end and what an exciting time it was! It just gets bigger and better each year. While I am busy with my involvement with Expo, you probably also saw me buzzing up and down each isle … More »


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Pre-game with two local shows: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band (pictured), The Mantras and Molly Parti at Pisgah; Total War, Albert Adams, Taylor Rogers and Decent Lovers at the Lab.
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Paper Tiger's Molly Kummerle performs a DJ set as Molly Parti, opening for Gravitron Project at the One Stop on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Xpress will give away a pair of tickets to the show. Photo taken at Moog Music by Erin Brethauer.


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The Cotes du Coeur fine-wine auction and dinner takes place this year on February 10 at the Hyatt Regency. The event, expected to gross $500,000, was founded in 1992 by a Dallas physician, Dr. James Hillert, a true believer in the heart-health benefits of wine. Wine aristocracy from around the world will be flying to Dallas to attend what has become one of the premier wine auctions in the country. Bids will be accepted on more than 575 lots: rare wines (a jeroboam of Champagne Louis Roederer 1988 Cristal, valued at $8,000), vertical (same wine, several vintages) and horizontal (several wineries, same vintage) collections, as well as fantasy trips to major wine-growing regions (a week in Napa and Sonoma Valleys). For more information, call 748-7212. Hyatt Regency, 300 Reunion Blvd.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
2 sleeps....2 sleeps...........
10 comments:
- Living on the Spit said...
She is really adorable! Australian quilter's are so talented. I am drawn to the creativity of your country!
I forget that it is now summer there...here in the states we are having some crazy winter weather.
Hope you are having a nice holiday.
- December 23, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- Amanda said...
What a cute fairy. It seems strange to think of you having Christmas in such hot weather. Best wishes for a very happy and safe Christmas.
- December 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM
- Sherry said...
What a sweet little Angel. I love the way you refer to it as sleeps. :)
- December 23, 2008 at 5:45 PM
- Kris Meares - Tag Along Teddies said...
Hey Peg! Wow! I hadn't seen any 'roadkill' angels for ages and a friend showed me one she was making from an old magazine last week and now you show your pretty flat girl! they really are cute! Counting down's almost in hours now and then I don't have to be good any more! Tee! Hee! Hee! - Two sleeps!! Christmas Bear Hugs! KRIS
- December 23, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Great Angel.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:12 PM
- Quirky said...
She is a cutie, Peg. Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful and happy Christmas.
Western Australia
- December 23, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- Jackie said...
Lovely! I wish it were hot here.
- December 24, 2008 at 12:14 AM
- em's scrapbag said...
What a sweet little angel. Enjoy your toasty weather. We've had snow the last few day and it is forcasted through the Merry day. Have a Festive Yuletide.
- December 24, 2008 at 3:46 AM
- Tonje said...
Cute angel!
For me it's only one sleep... here in Norway Christmas Eve is the big day where we have our big family meal and open our presents. We open them in the evening though, so it's a long day waiting for the young ones.
Merry Christmas!
- December 24, 2008 at 7:04 AM
- Renee said...
I made one of these little girls too - but I just adore the curls on yours! She is gorgeous!
- January 1, 2009 at 6:11 PM


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The big draw on Impact Wrestling this week is the return of Dixie Carter to television. TNA has been working a story line where she has been in hiding since losing control of the company to MVP at TNA Lockdown 2014. No official word has been given on what her character will do on Impact Wrestling, but the belief is that Carter will be going after MVP again.
April 10, 2014
A fan created this video of a WWE 2K14 simulated match between Manik and Tigre Uno, based on their performance at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 23, 2014
When he made his face turn at TNA Lockdown 2014, a lot of fans were confused, as Bully Ray was such an effective heel. Well, there is actually logic behind the move, as the company is hoping for Bully Ray to be a key marketing asset when Impact Wrestling is taped in New York City, where the performer is from. TNA needs a big crowd at these shows.
March 21, 2014
As many already know, Kurt Angle has been sidelined after going in for knee surgery. The former world heavyweight championship actually had to pull out of TNA Lockdown 2014 in order to get his leg repaired. Angle has revealed that the recovery is going well, and the belief is that he should be back on the road with TNA in April.
March 19, 2014
After he made his second debut at TNA Lockdown 2014, a lot of wrestling fans became curious about Tigre Uno, so they went online in search of some information about the masked performer. While his date of birth is readily available, his real name is quite the mystery. The tradition of guarding identities of masked wrestlers in Mexico is strong here.
March 19, 2014
A video of footage from Impact Wrestling, where Bully Ray is attacked by Rockstar Spud, Ethan Carter, Robbie E, Jessie Godderz and Zema Ion for screwing over Dixie Carter at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 18, 2014
Internally, TNA is hoping that they can build up Gunner over the next several months, so that he can become a title challenger for Brutus Magnus and the world heavyweight championship. His program with James Storm and fantastic match at TNA Lockdown 2014 helped increase his credibility in the eyes of the fans. Management will be doing more of that as well.
March 15, 2014
A video of Bully Ray explaining his face turn at TNA Lockdown 2014 during an episode of Impact Wrestling this week.
March 14, 2014
When Bobby Lashley made a surprise appearance at TNA Lockdown 2014, where he answered the open challenge issued by Ethan Carter, it create a bit of a buzz in the world of professional wrestling. Many wanted to know about his long term status with the industry. That is being worked out with Dixie Carter still, as Lashley worked the pay per view without a contract.
March 14, 2014
To generate even further heat, Rockstar Spud will be hosting a special tribute segment to Dixie Carter on Impact Wrestling this week. The story line is that she has lost control of her company to MVP, whose team was victorious at TNA Lockdown 2014 thanks to the help of Bully Ray, who pulled off a surprising face turn that evening.
March 13, 2014
A video interview of Great Muta, Seiya Sanada and Yasufumi Nakanoue discussing their big victory over Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 13, 2014
Apparently, the cryptic message that Bully Ray posted on Twitter about the Chicago audience during Monday Night Raw convincing him to make a career change was about his own face turn that took place at TNA Lockdown 2014. Many were under the belief that it was a sign that he was headed back to WWE for one last stint.
March 12, 2014
After watching her incredible steel cage match against Madison Rayne at TNA Lockdown 2014, Jim Ross took to his blog to tell fans that Gail Kim is basically the best female performer in the industry, an opinion widely held by those who study the business.
March 12, 2014
Earlier in the year, it was revealed that Tommy Dreamer was going to start working for TNA again, and it looks like the ECW legend has started that job. He played a key role backstage at TNA Lockdown 2014 as an agent, helping to keep the flow of the show moving smoothly and coming up with creative spots for the performers during the matches.
March 11, 2014
Since he is now working closely with Wrestle-1, many were under the impression that Rob Terry might have been chosen to team up with the Great Muta and Seiya Sanada during TNA Lockdown 2014, but the move was something that management was against because they want him to return in a much bigger way down the line.
March 11, 2014
At one point last night during TNA Lockdown 2014, Sam Shaw was a Twitter trend, as a lot of fans were on the social media site talking about his match against Mr Anderson. His stalker story line with Christy Hemme has managed to gain the attention of the industry, and he was given a good amount of credibility from Anderson in that victory over the weekend.
March 11, 2014
Chris Sabin grew up as a wrestling fan, so it comes as no surprise that he would be a huge follower of the Great Muta. He gushed on Twitter about how awesome it was to work against the Japanese legend at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 11, 2014
At TNA Lockdown 2014, James Storm and Gunner put on a tremendous show inside of the steel cage. While they were both praised backstage for the match itself, both are receiving individual praises as well. James Storm is being lauded for making his opponent look like a million bucks, while Gunner is receiving words of encouragement because he is starting to look like a star.
March 11, 2014
Those that watched TNA Lockdown 2014 got a nice glimpse of new X Division Champion Seiya Sanada and Tigre Uno. An opportunity to get even more of a look will be available this upcoming Thursday night on Impact Wrestling, as both performers are scheduled to be there and scheduled to work a match. The company is hoping to revitalize the X division.
March 11, 2014
When Bobby Lashley made his return on TNA Lockdown 2014, fans immediately began to speculate as to whether it was a one time thing or if the former WWE star was back full time. In this video, the MMA fighter informs fans that he is back on a permanent basis and is hoping to win some championships in the company.
March 10, 2014
In regards to the release of ODB from TNA, reports are surfacing that the two sides are leaving on good terms. She was not released because of backstage heat or anything. In fact, her contract had expired, and management opted not to renew her deal at this time. The belief is that the two sides could come to an agreement down the line, but nothing is expected to happen until TNA can secure a new television deal.
August 29, 2014
It looks like TNA and ODB have parted ways. The former Knockouts champion has just been moved from the official roster to the alumni section. She has not been very active with the company over the last couple of months. ODB has also been working as a bartender. The belief is that the split was amicable, and she could be utilized at various live events if needed.
August 21, 2014
The TNA Knockouts website has undergone a bit of a makeover, with the company making some modifications to the layout and adding some new performers. A quick glance at the site shows that TNA now has nine Knockouts on the roster. Some new pictures of ODB, Christy Hemme, Velvet Sky, Taryn Terrell, Gail Kim, Santana Garrett, Angelina Love, Madison Rayne and Brooke Tessmacher have been uploaded.
May 31, 2014
In an interesting and comical move, Rockstar Spud worked the TNA Knockouts only pay per view over the weekend. The event was designed to showcase the contracted female performers against females performers from the independent wrestling circuit. Spud worked near the top of the card in a match against ODB, which he lost, of course.
May 11, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockouts hanging out together after a bikini photo shoot. Pictured are Brooke Tessmacher, Taryn Terrell, Gail Kim and ODB.
May 7, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockout ODB in a black bikini while crawling on the beach on all fours.
April 26, 2014
A picture of ODB in a maid costume. The TNA Knockout is also holding up some sausages that she is cooking up on the grill.
April 14, 2014
A video from Impact Wrestling of a fatal four way match, where Angelina Love defeated ODB, Santana Garrett and Gail Kim to become the new number one contender for Madison Rayne and the TNA Knockouts Championship.
April 13, 2014
TNA has been promoting a Battle of the Knockouts for the upcoming episode of Impact Wrestling. It's a six woman tag team match featuring newcomer Alpha Female, LeiD Tapa and Gail Kim on one team, while the other team is comprised of Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky and ODB. It is designed to promote the feud between Madison and Gail.
March 4, 2014
A rather interesting match took place at a TNA live event in Tennessee over the weekend. In order to fire up the audience for a backstage passes giveaway, Rockstar Spud played the antagonist by trying to prevent it from happening. ODB came out to challenge him to a match. She was victorious, so that enabled her to give away the free prize to fans.
March 2, 2014
On Impact Wrestling last night, Madison Rayne made her return to TNA, where the former Knockouts Champion saved ODB from an attack by Gail Kim and Lei'D Tapa. Rayne had taken some time away from the company to have a child.
December 13, 2013
There has been some confusion with fans about the relationship between Eric Young and ODB. While their characters recently got married on screen for TNA, they are simply just friends in real life.
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다음카카오가 수평적인 조직문화를 위해 영어 (유럽권) 이름을 사용하기로 결정했다는 소식을 들은지 얼마되지 않아 그들의 새 웹사이트에서 Judie, Alicia, Steve, David 등의 이름을 접할 수 있게 되었다. 회사의 방침이 알파벳 이름을 가지는 것이라 원치 않게 저런 이름을 선택한 직원은 없을까? 왠지 모르게 일종의 사대주의가 아닐까 하는 생각이 들며 최근 JTBC의 비정상회담이 대부분 유럽문화권의 백인으로 채워져 있다는 비판과 그림이 겹친다.Read More
A talk at Sint-Lucas in Ghent, 28 October 2013
I was invited to give a talk at the Sint-Lucas Faculty of Architecture, KULeuven in Ghent, Belgium. I shared my look on strategic design and sustainability through the lens of beef production and consumption worldwide and in Finnish context. The content of the talk included problem framing in design, soft paternalism and systems thinking.Read More
Futures for Food conference in Turku, Finland, 6-7 June 2013
I have been invited to the poster session of Futures for Food conference in Turku with Beef Finland 2012 project. One particularly interesting talk I had was with Birgit Busicchia whose research was a comparative analysis between Australia, the UK, and France of the dimensions of their respective food systems and policy environments.Read More
Demos Helsinki Associates
Today I have been appointed as one of the Demos Helsinki Associates. Demos Helsinki is an independent think tank based out of Helsinki, and its partners – companies, cities, governments and communities – include Aalto University, Biolan, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, IDEO, Ministry of the Environment, Stanford University, and University of Helsinki, just to mention a few.Read More
Paris, 23-28 December 2012
Homage to Midnight in Paris (2011) by Woody Allen
All footage including sound filmed with Sony RX100. Sincere thanks to the street musician in front of RMN Grand Palais.
Epilogue: Pixelache micro-residency on Food-Info-Activism
My contribution was quite an implicit one, suggesting ideas to Pixelache and Ruoan Tulevaisuus for a novel, down-to-earth, participatory food festival and its name – 'Foodycle' – presenting some ideas forward and making suggestion to put together a comprehensive plan for the event. All in all, I am relieved to see some concrete outcome I could contribute during my micro-residency, which I think was genius of Andrew, as he invited me as the micro-residency and arranged the meeting with Ruoan Tulevaisuus one day before my week ended.Read More
Pixelache micro-residency
I am invited to work with Andrew as a micro-resident of Pixelache |ˈpɪks(ə)leɪk| for the week as they are working on a series of event on Food-Info-Activism for September 2013. Pixelache is an organically developing, transdisciplinary platform for experimental art, design, research and activism in Helsinki, Finland. Organised by non-profit association Piknik Frequency Ry, it consists of an annual festival in Helsinki, as well as experimental art-science and technology productions, an educational programme called Pixelversity, residencies and other activities since 2002.Read More
My favourite This American Life episodes
This American Life (TAL) is a podcast radio show I started listening to since 2010 when I got back from Cambodia. Bryan sent me a link as he thought the episode being on NGOs in Haiti have some good stuff relevant to my studio work.
So far, I think I have probably listened to close to 100 episodes from TAL, and it is a mixture of fun and deep thoughts. Though I do not agree with every detail of the show, for example, how they describe Germany in their episode on Eurozone crisis, the show is really fun and often make me learn. Here's what I would recommend for TAL beginners, which is also for me to revisit later.Read More
Watching Lake Erie
I had a friend whom I had been very grateful to for often bringing me to the shores of Han river. Perhaps we didn't go to see the river too many times. It may be just my gratefulness exaggerating the memory. He drove his car whenever I am or he is at a time of grief or disappointment. We always went there at a very late night time, sat, and talked about this and that drinking coffee from cans or so. I did enjoy the great company and the talks we had, however, I think I did not really appreciated being at the shore and watching the river although I did not tell him because I did not want to devalue his effort. Maybe once or twice, but I do not remember any particular moment in which I felt being there was consoling.
My wife and I are spending our summer in Buffalo, New York, where my brother-in-law and sister-in-law live and we happened to be near the city hall and approached to the shore of Lake Erie. The sun was very strong but the wind towards us was equally strong. It wasn't hot although the temperature was high enough for me to sweat thanks to the wind. The very particular feeling of the strong sun, the warm, strong wind and the noise made by the wind breaking at my ears was consoling.
Few years back, I went on a packed trip on an island in Thailand that offered some snorkeling few kilometers from the beach, some fried rice cooked onboard by the captain, and a visit to a shark farm. There were some ten people I did not know, and the motored boat was a dated boxy, wooden boat that probably no one would use for fishing. On our way back to the beach from the shark farm, I saw a crew climbing up the ladder to the roof of the boat and take a nap. So did I. I was reminded of the mild sunlight and the nap on the shaky boat rooftop watching Lake Erie with the dose of warmth.
Food for birds
Winter is harsh in Finland, especially from January through March. It's harsh not only for us but also for birds: where do they find food when it snows as high as our knees? One thing you can do is buy and hang those grain balls available from supermarket. We finally got to do it for the birds we love to watch around after few years of living in Finland.
Thoughts on Foxconn
The blame on Foxconn and Apple has been a hot potato on social network after the suicides were reported. Many blame Apple for their loose auditing and some blame themselves for buying Apple products. Unfortunately it's not that simple, and fortunately there is little something we can do.Read More
A year and a half in Ullanlinna
Some words and photographsRead More
Beyond Criticism
Why Critical Design and conventional design are not be not the two unconnected, but parts of a continuumRead More
Ignorance and complicity-lessons from Earthlings
As I am doing my masters thesis work on beef in Finland, I have been turning my head to the issues around animal and food, and have come to watch a 2005 documentary film, Earthlings. By watching it, I have realized how ignorant and complicit I have been of animal rights. Unlike Food Inc and Fastfood Nation, Earthlings more focuses on how animals can feel as much pain as we mankind do, and how the way we treat animals draw parallels between racism, sexism, and speciesism.
As long as there are slaughterhouses … there will be battlefields. –Leo Tolstoy
With footage obtained through the use of hidden cameras to chronicle the day-to-day practices, the film urges the viewers to make connection and take actions. Covering various places where animals are undergoing agony, the film touches five most prevalent ways animals have come to serve mankind: Pet, Food, Leather and fur, Entertainment, Science, none of which, I must say, can be a good excuse to torture other earthlings after watching the film.
I did not know that milk cow dies in four years whereas normally they can live 20 years or so, nor did I know that my leather shoes probably have caused a cow in india a tremendous agony none of us mankind would take for himself/herself. A poet once said, "Pain is a sensation tricked by the distance. That's why a thorn under one's fingernail hurts more than the disaster in the other continent". I can't agree more.
The change should occur now, and it's not only about animal right. We do not see, living in the city, what it takes to make our foodstuff and products and how they will effect us in the long term, but the consequences are obvious.
Ironically we only see mankind's complete disrespect for these non-human providers. Without a doubt, this must be what it is to bite the hand that feeds us. In fact, we have actually stomped and spit on it. Now we are faced with the inevitable aftermath. This is evident in health reports due to our over-excessive consumption of animals. Cancer, heart disease, Osteoporosis, strokes, kidney stones, Anemia, diabetes and more. Even our food has now been effaced, and at its very source. With antibiotics used to promote weight gain in animals–who can't gain under the stressful, overcrowded living conditions in factory farms–with the over-use of pesticides and insecticides, or artificial hormones, designed to increase milk production, litter size and frequency with artificial colors, herbicides, larvicides, synthetic fertilizer, tranquilizers, growth and appetite stimulants, it's no wonder that Mad Cow Disease, Foot and Mouth disease, Pfiesteria, and a host of other animal related abnormalities have been unleashed on the human public. –from Earthlings
Nation Earth has agreed to stream Earthlings online for free as a part of their effort to spread awareness, and the YouTube embedment below is one of them with subtitles in many languages. I know many of you have watched this already, I know that this will make many of you uncomfortable, but if you haven't and if you are brave enough to face the reality, you should give it a try.
I had had a few choices for my thesis topic: beef, waste management, energy saving et cetera. I chose beef cause I thought I would be learning the most, which I think I am. From the beginning, however, I have deliberately chosen to exclude animal right from the discourse as it can easily be not about the rationale but feelings. Now, I am confused, but more motivated than before.
What (the heck) is design?
Design is everywhere nowadays. Every nation–or even some cities–runs design organization of some sort, and there are ever-more design awards, festivals, and fairs around the world.Read More
What is allowed, and what is not?
I met Teemu Mäki at Design Factory in September 2009 while he was running a seminar on the topic "What are we allowed to do in the name of art and why?". As also a part of his doctoral dissertation, the subject strives to discuss on the function of art, the reason being they need to be analyzed in societies where art and artists are supported by the tax payers one way or the other.
He categorized the function of art into some eight categories, one of those I now remember is escapism: such as block-buster movies that offer distraction and relief from unpleasant realities or engaging in fantasy. Art can also help us be more empathic to others by emotionally training us with stories of others or of fiction. The most interesting of the few he argued to me was to ask (good and/or right) questions.
'Person in a ditch measuring 300 x 500 x 300 cm', Image courtesy: www.santiago-sierra.com
Mäki presented us a piece of Santiago Sierra in which Sierra put a homeless person in a ditch between Kiasma contemporary art museum and the Finnish parliament. A homeless person was to stay for two weeks, for four hours a day, being paid 50 Finnish marks, some € 4 per hour. We were asked to discuss in groups and present what kind of questions the artist wanted ask.
While we were discussing in our group, I have learned from a teammate that he is the killing-cat-artist, who videotaped himself killing a cat and then masturbating on the dead animal, and he is not the only one who killed an animal in the name of art. There was even a Costa Rican artist who captured and then exhibited an underfed street dog for a gallery project, in which the dog was chained to the wall until its death of starvation in captivity. During the Q & A session, I asked Mäki about his project: how he felt killing the cat, and whether he had any legal issues. If I don't remember wrong, he said 'I did not like the feeling, but I thought it was right to do it.', and that he was convicted of breaking the law and fined the Euro-equivalent of roughly few hundred for failing to kill the cat professionally meaning in certain seconds.
I thought both works certainly asked difficult questions: why Sierra chose to dig a ditch between the art museum and parliament not elsewhere, why he chose to put the homeless person in it not others; why would a homeless person volunteer to sit in the deep ditch being exposed to the visitors; why the homeless person has become homeless; why we were sitting there listening to Mäki about these stuff; why we are conducting further studies in masters level; why we are angry to Mäki for killing a cat; why it is okay to kill a cat or any animal if one does it professionally; why he chose to kill a 'cat', not a dog; why we are not angry to ourselves eating beef, and pork, which cause someone else kill millions of cows and pigs everyday; why we deliberately call beef beef not cow-meat, and named pork pork not pig-meat; why we are more angry to those artists than to people who abandon animals; whether cows and pigs are lesser animals than cats.
These questions are coming back to me every once in a while urging me to think what I am allowed to do and what is not as a person and a designer, which is all but painful, however obviously so worth thinking about. I am deeply grateful to Mäki, and the organizer of the seminar. If you're too shocked or are not with me, here's a well written post about Mäki, his work, and the likes, before you make comments on a poor post as mine.
Feels good (or bad).
I sold an iPod JBL speaker dock via Huuto.net to someone who lives in Naantali, yes, the Moomi's home town. The reason I feel good is hardly because I made little money, but it will be used by someone for a little longer. Technically this JBL iPod dock is not mine. My ex-flatmate left it behind at my old apartment on Fredrikinkatu (Fredrik's Street) when she moved out abruptly. When I asked if she wants me to bring this over to her new apartment, she said no because she thought it was out of order. As it was bought in the US I had a hunch that it was only the adapter not working not the actual dock and I could revive it by replacing the power adapter.
One years and two movings later, I happened to find a universal adapter at an electronics store, and got it for € 39 with a promise that I could get it refunded within a month for any reason. Brought it home, hooked it with JBL, and it worked perfectly. Got it refunded, and went to Valtteri, one of the largest flee market in Helsinki. Three visits and 10 minutes of bargain later, I could get an old IBM power adapter for € 15. The seller did not want to sell it cheaper because he could easily sell it for more as laptop owners are ready to pay more. I couldn't find anything from cheaper and lower voltage adapters commonly used for micro electronics.
Later I realized that the remote was missing. I visited my old apartment where no my ex-flatmates live any longer, and found the remote. It doesn't work, which my ex-flatmate also thought out of order but I was sure that it was again just the battery. I bought a new one for € 3, then everything works perfect. I put it on Huuto with a great help of one of my best friends Masaich, because I do not speak as fluent Finnish as to handle it alone myself. After three trials on Huuto, I sold it for € 30 including the poatage which was €8.50 to Naantali. Taken all thing into consideration, I made € 3.50. Yeah, three and a half Euros.
In the end it ain't that bad. I have found really lovely porcelain for daily fruits, a wind breaker and useful 2nd hand tools during my visits to Valtteri. What is more I have got to learn the problems of too many standards. Not only plugs and input voltages are different, but also are the plugs–input plugs vary from country to country, while output voltages and power consulption greatly vary and there are at least as many as 12 different DC plugs which you connect from the adapter to the electronics. Even worse, some of the manufacturers use two or three different types.
Planned obsolescence. Is your charger broken, you won't be able to use your product again unless you are ready to pay for an expensive universal power adapter, let alone the possibility that you won't be able to use your charger for another electronics. It's not that I am saying everything should use the same standard which is of course impossible will diminish evolution and efficiency of the individual products even if possible, but we can at least reduce the number of kinds, by which we can also reduce gigantic amount of e-waste in theory. Yeah, I know that the bigger problem is the globalization and too cheap products, but still.
Then what about Apple and its authorized accessory makers ? My iPhone 3Gs doesn't get charged with most of docks that were released only three years ago. Newer iPhones in coming years will probably not be compatible with the docks you buy today. You'll throw it away in a few years because it doesn't play music from your new phone. What a scary idea–especially because most of these problems can be solved by simple firmware upgrade and a little more considerate attitude of hardware manufacturers to lengthen the obsolescence cycle of cables, which is why I am so happy that I could sell the old JBL dock to a guy in Moomi's home town. Stay strong with legacy iPod. Please.
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I have found this flag poll this evening coming home from supermarket. As you can see the poll is coming off from the holder, and it looked dangerous to me as there are cars right below it, and more importantly there are people walking by. I called the maintenence company, Kotikadun Kiinteistöpalvelu Oy, and the guy doesn't speak English, nor do I speak good Finnish, and therefore I ask an old lady to call them on my behalf and she does. She says the guys said that it's not their fault, but the snow cleaning company did it two months ago, and although they have been getting claims from this building's tenants–FYI, I do not live in this building–they have no intention to fix it.
The flag poll
Close-up, does this look dangerous only to me?
Sounds terrible, and I call the police, and I realize that I have the old number–10022, and the machine do not redirect me automatically to 112, but inform that the number has changed to 112 and hang up on me. I become more frustrated, call 112 and tell the police that the poll looks dangerous, the police tells me that I have to call the maintenance company, I tell her that the company doesn't give a shXX and ask her to force the company to do it or do something about this poll, then she redirect me to the Central Police which I do not know what it is, and they don't answer the phone for five minutes. I think they will realize that this is their responsibility when somebody will actually be hit by the poll.
The phone number of the maintenance company.
Update: I went down to the fitness club on the same street, the clerk agreed with me and took out a ladder, and we went to fix the problem. The ladder is not nearly tall enough, and the poll is really really heavy so no ordinary people with ordinary ladder can do this. The clerk says she will call the firestation. No change yet, as of 23:46 April 20, 2011. It's quite windy nowadays, and I am worried.
Update II: Now, after few weeks, the poll is back to where it is supposed to be. I guess nobody got hurted as I have not seen any of that on newspaper. Thank god.
Brand Gap
In the world of so much information and so little time, branding is not a mere marketing tool but probably the only and the most efficient way of communication: to tell what and why an organization does for whom and which is relevant not only to corporates but also to government, and even NGOs. Brand Gap is a small book with few pages and large font that gives the secret recipe to succeed in branding bridging between logic and magic a.k.a. strategy and design. Marty Neumeier, the author with several decades of experience in branding, very quickly and briefly touches every aspects of branding to help the reader understand what branding is all about–what brand is and is not, why branding is so important, and how to be good at it.
Neumeier offers a framework for better-branding: Differenciation – Collaboration – Innovation – Validation – Cultivation. By Differentiation he means focus, focus, and even more focus. he claims a brand should redefine its category if it is not the market leader or the 2nd player. Collaboration is about getting the best team. The author takes Hollywood as the best example of the collaboration–a village of different talents who work together for the best and disperse right after the show-best for each other. The model shall vary, however, for each brand as all brands have different genes and environment. Innovation means the gut to be different giving clear benefit to the customers from strategy through execution because execution is where the rubber meets the road. In other words, creativity is what gives brands their traction in the marketplace. Validation is about test, test, and more test as we do in design field (or at least we should). Good idea doesn't always validate, so tests in the real context in the only-and the most efficient way. Finally, cultivation is about cloning the gene of brand to all the personnels of the brand as brand is like person-I eat noodle today and rice tomorrow, but I am me, aren't I? Since keeping the track of all the people in an organization is simply not possible, the book suggests to get all the staff identical compasses.
Last, but not the least, Neumeier emphasize throughout the book that branding is about bridging left and right–strategy and creative, logic and magic, marketers and designers. For this, he claims each organization should have a CBO-Cheif Branding Officer who forms a human bridge between aforementioned elements. I find this book rather handy as it walks the reader through the essence of branding while touching many details of actual work. I believe, however, innovation should take place in every step of the framework he offered because methods of differentiation, validation and cultivation are to be innovative at the end of the day-I know he probably meant it as well.
The book, Nudge, talks about why people often make wrong choices, and how we can help make better choice by understanding 'human' and creating carefully planned 'choice architecture'. The fundamental idea of welfare in capitalism has been to create as many options for choices as possible so that homo economicus(econs)1 can choose what best-fits their interest. The book claims, however, we humans unlike econs make wrong choices very often for many different reasons: delay of consequences, complexity of choices, social aspect and so on. For example one picks up another muffin not seeing the consequences today as well as being social with his corpulent family members and therefore the chance to become obese is higher when one's family members are of obesity. Shockingly the chance of teenager pregnancy appeared higher when she has pregnant friends around in a research for the U.K.
Therefore the author advices us work on 'choice architecture' keeping 'humans' in mind. According to the given example in Nudge the nutritionist could increase or decrease up to 50 per cent of consumption of certain item in the school cafeteria by simply changing the order and the placement of food products.
I am now half way through the book and looking forward to more examples of application because 'choice architecture' is what we designers are doing pretty much every single day in our studios when creating posters, mobile phones, TV sets, software, furniture, whatsoever. We design products to make it more desirable, more useful based in human heuristics. We try to create things that are simpler and better for 'human' though many of our works are more commercial. At least many of us designers know that humans are not econs, or I think we should know.
In my opinion, Nudge gives us designers a hope that we can also make people better off by working in public and governmental sectors rather than helping only corporates excavate more, produce more, sell more, and dump more as we have been doing in the last century.
1. Homo economicus or Economic human is the concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments towards their subjectively defined ends.
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Behind the scenes video of Nas and K'Naan on the set of the latter's music video for "Nothing to Lose" in Toronto. The video premieres on Friday. * BTW, sometime later this week we should have Boima's take on K'Naan remixing Paul Simon on his new EP.
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Dr Jonathan Wolff of University College London makes a case for intellectual generalism at The Guardian. Of course, "interdisciplinary studies" and critical theory both attempt to do what Dr Wolff asks, but whether they actually do or even can is quite another matter.Read more →
Dr Pryor offers some helpful reflections and pointers for reading on the sin of Californication. Interested readers wanting to look further might consider perusing this work.Read more →
Kevin Williamson at National Review lays out some of the differences between democracy and demagoguery.Read more →
The great Dr Hankey traces the theme of conversion from Plato to Fielding: The aim of my outrageous generalizations is to present some features of conversion as represented over about twenty-five hundred years in the pagan and Christian west in a way which may prove illumining because not expected. The...Read more →
Philip K Howard at The Atlantic offers some very useful reflections on cutting bureaucratic and juridical overgrowth, and reinstituting a regime of principle and prudence.Read more →
My contribution to an online panel discussion of Dr Gavin Hyman's Traversing the Middle is up at Syndicate Theology; I recommend giving Dr Joshua Davis' very shrewd engagement with it a close reading too, and then keeping an eye on ensuing conversation.Read more →
Dr John Webster reviews Dr Nicholas Healy's Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction here, and finds that church-centered postliberalism might just be the same old man-centered liberalism after all: A final note: Is it really Schleiermacher who is Hauerwas's progenitor? Might not a better candidate...Read more →
Much ink is still spilled over whether Locke is the father of individualist Liberalism, and though much evidence has been entered to the contrary, the view persists especially among Papalist writers, for whom such an opinion is convenient because corroborative of their theories about the effects of Protestantism....Read more →
Justin Tse offers some very astute observations on the Supreme Court decision here. By specifying that the decision only applies to "closely held" corporations, the Court attempts to restrict its judgement to the narrow border of public and private; but this case, above and beyond the particulars of the suit,...Read more →
The Rev Wes Baker, a missionary in Peru, posts this very useful essay on the roots of modern medicine. I differ with his ecclesiological suppositions (he too much identifies the church with the ministerium, and does not see the civil magistracy as itself a diaconal order in certain respects, whereas...Read more →


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Does Hiv Survive In The Mouth
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HIV and the MouthOther Oral Conditions of HIV Disease The two most common conditions that may not be caused by an infection include dry mouth and small round mouth sores, called aphthous ulcers . Dry Mouth Dry mouth, or xerostomia , is a common condition in HIV disease that may have a variety of causes. HIV disease itself may cause dry mouth because HIV-related salivary disease causes swollen salivary glands (glands in the mouth that produce saliva, or...
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Kiss and drink (mouth to mouth)Dear Dr.Bob, This is quite a repeat of a question that was asked last year by someone and I just wanted to know if your judgement for the same has changed. Similar to the 2 questions below, I also met an asian girl (let's assume high risk). She...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS FoundationHi Ad,Nope! My assessment has not changed. The HIV-acquisition risk remains essentially nonexistent for bartending Barbarella's guy, the Sake Spitter's guy and you! Are you "breaking your head" over a non-issue? Yep!... Read more »
Would Hiv survive on a lollipop?At a friend's bachelor party I recently attended, there were two strippers hired for entertainment. While they did not offer or initiate any direct oral or vaginal sex, they did play certain "games". One involved a small lollipop that...
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Nevada State Health Division AIDS ProgramThis is a really difficult situation to answer. If there were vaginal secretions on the lollipop (and let's assume there were), then putting the lollipop in your mouth would expose you to her vaginal secretions. If there were any type of cuts... Read more »
HIV survival outside the bodyAlong the lines of previous questions on this topic - I was looking after a patient with a viral load of 10 million and a CD4 count of <1. As part of my examination (I am a doctor) I scraped the sole of his foot with my car key to elicit a...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS FoundationHi,HIV via Babinski??? Nah. Even if you used your tongue on his toes to elicit a tickle response, your HIV risk would remain completely nonexistent! Did you sleep through the HIV-transmission lectures in medical school??? It may be time for a... Read more »
can HIV survive in orange juice?A friend recently told me of a story where he drank a glass of orange juice served by the cabin crew on an aeroplane. After a few sips he noticed a red, blood-like substance in his drink and assumed it was his own blood. He finished the drink and...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS FoundationHello,That's a whole lotta "if's!" "If" the crew member were HIV-positive and "if" he cut himself on a wine bottle opener and "if" he bled into your friend's orange juice . . . . OK, even though... Read more »
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Posted by Anonymous, 1 ReplyI went to the toilet to rinse my mouth after my meal. I squirted some "hand-soap" from the dispenser, rinsed my hand and filled my mouth with tap water. After spitting, I raised my head & found someone's blood (certainly not mine) mixed with... Read more »
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The primary function of ballast is to keep the ship balanced when there is insufficient cargo weight. A ship also takes on extra ballast when sailing through rough seas in order to increase its stability, or to make the ship settle lower in the water when it needs to pass under a bridge.
What Is a Ship Ballast?
Ballast, generally, means anything that adds stability or weight. For example, an air balloon uses sandbags to control altitude and balance the center of gravity, and stone or gravel ballast is used in making concrete. In a ship, ballast is used to add weight for maintaining stability at sea.
Historically, shipping lines used rocks, sandbags, seashells and lumps of metal in order to weight their vessels. Today, most ships use water, since it is much quicker and easier to load and off-load, making it more economical.
Ballast Cycle
Once cargo has been off-loaded or depleted from a ship, the ship takes on ballast in order to replace the weight. When another cargo is loaded, the water is pumped back into the ocean. Between three and five billion tonnes of water is transported internationally each year, and a similar amount is distributed between domestic ports.
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Ballast water is one of the primary causes of importing invasive species into marine ecosystems, which is one of the most severe threats facing the world's oceans. Any form of marine life small enough to be sucked through the pumping system, including microbes, small invertebrates and the eggs and larvae of larger species, can be taken in with the ballast and transferred to another part of the world when the water is discharged.
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