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Union News
TUC concern over sharp rise in deaths at work
There has been a dramatic upturn in the number of workplace fatalities, new official statistics show. Figures published this week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal the number of workers killed in Britain in 2010/11 was over 16 per cent up on the previous year. The provisional data for the year April 2010 to March 2011 shows 171 workers died, compared to the record low of 147 in 2009/10. The fatality rate increased from 0.5 fatalities per 100,000 workers to 0.6/100,000. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber expressed concern at the reversal in the recent downward trend in workplace fatalities and stressed the need for official inspections and enforcement. 'The responsibility for the increase in deaths this year must be placed at the door of negligent employers, but more needs to be done to ensure that all employers protect their workers from harm,' he said. 'The government's recent decision to reduce workplace inspections and the budget cuts for both the HSE and local authorities make it more far less likely that problems will be identified before something goes wrong. Traditionally injury rates increase as we come out of a recession. If we are going to stop this year's increase becoming a long-term trend we need more inspections in the workplace - not less.'
- HSE news release and fatal injury statistics. TUC news release. STUC news release. Irwin Mitchell news release. Morning Star. BBC News Online.
Cuts mean there could be worse to come
The sharp increase in workplace fatalities show the government must reverse it attack on workplace regulation and enforcement, unions have said. Prospect, whose members include staff in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), said the government must now rethink plans to cut the safety body's budget by 35 per cent. Prospect negotiator Mike Macdonald said: 'The increase revealed by these figures is even more alarming given that economic output has remained stagnant over the past 12 months. We fear that as the economy recovers and the workforce grows the number of workplace deaths and serious accident rates will rise even further.' He added: 'Not only does HSE's work save lives and reduce the misery felt by friends and family following the death of a loved one, it saves industry and the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds in lost working days and medical bills. Therefore we have to question how appropriate it is for the government to make cuts of 35 per cent which will result in fewer frontline inspectors.' Macdonald said members were particularly concerned by the withdrawal of up to 11,000 'proactive inspections' normally undertaken by HSE but axed in a bid to meet budgetary restrictions. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey also expressed concern. He said: 'The reality is that 171 people went to work and did not come home again. From Potters Bar to Piper Alpha the lesson to be learned is that strong and effective enforcement of health and safety legislation is vital, not the cuts and deregulatory agenda being pursued by the government.' He added: 'The only way to stop deaths at work is more inspections, more enforcement and no cuts.'
Unions denounce safety red tape 'sham'
The increasingly desperate tone and tactics employed by the government in its attempts to justify the removal of safety protection at work have been described by unions as a 'sham' bordering on 'reality TV show' banality. In a news release issued this week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), employment minister said the government's Red Tape Challenge on health and safety regulations, which will run from 30 June to 21 July, 'is the opportunity that every beleaguered business leader, incredulous community group or outraged newspaper reader has been waiting for - a chance to directly change the laws underpinning Britain's health and safety culture.' In a statement, the TUC was highly critical of the government approach. 'The government is, once again, spreading the myth that health and safety regulation is 'red tape'. We do not believe that government policy should be made on the basis of who shouts loudest, and do not think that the safety and health of workers should be determined by the outcome of a web-based discussion forum,' the statement said. 'The need to protect your workers is not a burden, it is a responsibility and, at times like this we should be trying to ensure that employers do obey the law and do not cut corners. Instead we have seen a retreat away from enforcement, two reviews of health and safety regulation and now this. What is to be next - a TV reality show to decide what piece of legislation gets ditched?' TUC added that the approach is 'a flawed process which undermines the existing decision-making process on health and safety which seeks to regulate on the basis of consensus and evidence.' Unite general secretary Len McCluskey dismissed the red tape challenge as an 'insult' and 'a sham.' He added: 'It is not an appropriate way to determine government policy on health and safety at work - and it is an insult to workers everywhere, particularly those who have been injured themselves or for those families who have lost a loved one.'
- HSE news release. Unite news release.
- If you think it is a good idea to have strong regulations properly enforced to protect your health and safety at work, you can tell the government this on its Red Tape Challenge webpages.
Expert slams government's safe jobs 'fantasy'
Cuts to safety enforcement, regulation and budgets are being justified with government 'lies', UNISON members have been told. Addressing 150 concerned workers at a fringe meeting of the union's annual conference last week, Hazards Campaign spokesperson Hilda Palmer ripped into the cut price, cut back health and safety strategy which will see most workers in 'low risk' workplaces shunted off the official enforcement radar (Risks 507). 'The government claims that offices shops and schools - the kind of places where UNISON members work - are non-hazardous. This is wrong. You are actually quite likely to die of stress-related illnesses,' she said. She added that people who work with computers or in call centres are more likely to suffer from muscle and joint disorders. Employment minister Chris Grayling 'hated health and safety' and wanted to throw the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the 'bonfire of the quangos,' she said. The minister has fronted a government assault on health and safety that has seen HSE inspector numbers slashed, preventive safety inspections cut back by 11,000 a year and an attack of safety regulations based on an unfounded claim they inhibit enterprise and are bad for business, she said (Risks 499). 'There is an acceptance that proactive inspections work,' Palmer added. 'But they are not taking place in agriculture, which kills more workers per 100,000 than any other industry, manufacturing and the whole of the public sector. The idea that work is safe is a lie.' The Hazards Campaign is leading a 'We didn't vote to die at work' campaign, to challenge the government's safety strategy (Risks 508).
- Morning Star. We didn't vote to die at work facebook group and webpage. Campaign resources: T-shirts - Adult sizes s, m, l, xl, xxl, xxxl: £6 (UK postage free), Child (ages 5-13): £4. Posters 'Job killer' and 'We didn't vote to die at work' (free). Details from the Hazards Campaign, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester M16 7WD, UK.
- 'We didn't vote to die at work' meeting, 6.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, 12 July [meeting flyer].
'Massive campaign' to protect rail services
Rail union RMT will run a 'massive national campaign' in a bid to head of what it says is a dangerous assault on UK railways. The union's annual meeting this week endorsed the campaign strategy, which includes a cross-industry strike ballot 'if necessary.' It says if the government implements the job cutting recommendations of the McNulty rail review (Risks 507), rail services, safety and employment conditions for rail workers would all suffer. A report backed by conference delegates notes: 'Any attempts to attack the jobs, pay, conditions and safety of our members or free collective bargaining in the industry will be met by a ballot for industrial action.' RMT has also vowed to work with other unions, passenger groups, politicians and local communities 'to build a mass campaign of national resistance to McNulty.' RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: 'McNulty would leave no rail worker and no section of our industry unscathed whether they work for the train operators, Network Rail or one of the many sub-contractors.' He added the union 'will be building a mass, national campaign against this all-out assault on our railways that will leave no stone unturned in the fight to stop us being dragged back to the days of Railtrack (Risks 506), Hatfield (Risks 495) and Potters Bar (Risks 506) while the private companies are locked in to gold-plated deals that leave them laughing all the way to the bank.'
Ford forced to up rotting flesh payout
A Ford worker who was offered just £2,000 after developing occupational dermatitis which left his flesh 'rotting' has received £24,000 with the help of union lawyers. The 41-year-old Unite member, whose name has been withheld, developed the painful skin condition after he was exposed to a rubber lubricant used while building engines at the Ford plant in Dagenham. He has been left with a life-long condition, which leaves his hands red, itchy and blistered. The irritant must not come into contact with skin and must be handled with specialist gloves, but the Unite member was never warned about the dangers. He first noticed problems with his hands in December 2006 but it took Ford's occupational health department more than eighteen months to give the employee a patch test to discover the cause. By the time he was diagnosed his hands were covered in blisters and his flesh was rotting. He still works for the car company but is now limited in the jobs that he can do because he needs to avoid contact with the lubricant. Unite brought in lawyers to negotiate a compensation payout. Ford quickly admitted liability but offered just £2,000. Unite regional secretary Steve Hart commented: 'This member has been let down by Ford and now has real concerns about his working future. The final settlement sum in this case proves how important specialist legal help can be - he got 12 times more compensation than Ford initially tried to short change him with.'
Council job caused deafness
A council driver was made deaf by exposure to dangerous levels of noise at work. GMB member David Carr, 65, from Rotherham has received £6,000 in damages after suffering from noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus. His hearing became damaged while working for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council during the 1960s and 1970s. He worked as a roadworker, JCB driver, HGV driver and mower for the council. As a roadworker, he was exposed to unsafe levels of noise from tools like jackhammers, drills and vibrator rollers for up to five hours a day. He was exposed to engine noise for just as long when working as a driver on JCBs, HGVs and lawnmowers. Mr Carr was diagnosed with deafness and tinnitus after a check up in the workplace in August 2009. Facing a union-backed compensation claim, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council admitted liability and agreed the £6,000 payout. Mr Carr, who is now retired, said: 'We were never warned about the dangers at the time. We just got on with our work and never imagined what damage it was doing to our hearing. All these years later I'm now left hard of hearing. It can leave you feeling isolated and I now wish we had been given the correct protection for our ears to have avoided this happening.' Paul McCarthy, GMB North West regional secretary, said: 'Industrial deafness is usually a condition associated with factory workers and those using pneumatic drills. As Mr Carr's case shows employers who have staff driving heavy machinery must also be aware of their responsibility to provide suitable hearing protection.'
Other news
Waste and recycling up to 15 times more deadly
New official statistics show the number of workers killed in Britain's waste and recycling industry last year has sharply increased and now has a fatality rate nearly 15 times the average for all workers. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provisional data for the year April 2010 to March 2011 shows nine workers killed in the sector, compared to three deaths in 2009/10. The 2010/11 waste and recycling fatality rate of 8.7 deaths per 100,000 workers compares to 0.6/100,000 for all workers. HSE's head of waste and recycling, Peter Woolgar, said: 'The increase in number of workers killed last year in the waste and recycling industry is disappointing and remains a serious cause for concern. The fact that nine people failed to come home safe and well from their jobs last year is a stark reminder to the industry that it still has a long way to go.' He added: 'The rate of injuries in the sector has consistently fallen in recent years but we need to see this improvement transferred to fatal injuries and sustained. Waste and recycling must learn from other higher-risk industries and not fall behind in managing workplace risks.'
Agriculture deaths still over 13 times higher
The number of workers killed in the agricultural industry last year decreased slightly, but the overall fatality rate remains over 13 times the average for all workplaces. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provisional data for the year April 2010 to March 2011 reveals 34 workers were killed - a decrease on the previous year when 39 died. HSE board member Sandy Blair commented: 'The number of workers killed each year in the agricultural industry remains stubbornly consistent.' He added: 'This slight decrease is obviously welcome and should give some encouragement to the industry to keep seeking improvement: a step in the right direction but one that will only continue to save lives if the effort is maintained.' The rate of fatal injury in the agricultural sector in 2010/11 fell to 8.0 per 100,000 workers. By comparison, the death rate for all workers is 0.6/100,000 for all workers. The agriculture average rate over the last five years has been 9.6 per 100,000, consistently over 10 times the all industry average. The 2010/11 death total of 34 compares to an average over this period of 35 deaths each year. Prospect negotiator Mike Macdonald warned government cut backs will mean an end to preventive HSE inspections in the sector this year, making a hazardous industry more dangerous still. He said: 'Agriculture is one of the key areas to see a withdrawal of proactive inspection despite the excessive number of fatal injuries. Enforcement and the prosecution of people who break health and safety law is important - but so is HSE's intervention to reduce the risks of hazardous situations in the first place.'
Construction deaths up by 22 per cent
Site fatalities have risen by 22 per cent, ending a four-year period of declining deaths in the construction industry. The latest provisional figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal the number of construction deaths rose to 50 last year, up from 41 the year before. The construction death toll equates to a rate of 2.4 deaths per 100,000 workers, compared to a rate of 1.9 recorded in 2009/10. The latest figures reveal a death rate in construction four times the all industry average. The bad news prompted construction union UCATT to call on the government to 'urgently rethink' its safety strategy, which has seen HSE's resources slashed. George Guy, the union's acting general secretary, said: 'These latest figures must serve as an urgent wake up call for the government and their policy of cutting safety laws and legislation. This rise in deaths occurred before the government's cuts kicked in. By slashing the HSE's budget and the organisation's effectiveness the government are in reality giving a green light to business to avoid taking safety laws seriously.' Pointing to the government's Red Tape Challenge, which will highlight health and safety for three weeks from 30 June, he said: 'The government's constant attacks on safety laws are sickening. The simple fact is that in dangerous industries like construction, there aren't too many regulations. There isn't too high a level of enforcement. There simply isn't enough. Every single day workers are facing unnecessary dangers as basic safety laws are ignored.'
Warning on deadly 'asbestos protection crisis'
There is an 'asbestos protection crisis' throughout the UK as a result of government cut backs on safety campaigns, enforcement and resources, a victims' advocacy group has said. The warning came on 1 July as hundreds of sufferers of the aggressive and deadly cancer mesothelioma and their families gathered to mark Action Mesothelioma Day. The Asbestos Victims Support Groups' Forum (AVSGF) says the crisis stems from a government policy that has seen the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) halt its award-winning 'Hidden Killer' asbestos campaign, an end to preventive health and safety inspections in state schools and from plans to allow tenants to undertake repairs on their frequently asbestos riddled homes. The forum says government policy means that people will continue to die from mesothelioma, including from low levels of exposure to asbestos in social housing and in schools. Cancer sufferer Carole Hagedon commented: 'I was diagnosed with mesothelioma after a 35 year career in teaching. Needless to say, I had not imagined teaching to have such deadly potential. It is shameful that some schools are still failing to protect the children and staff in them. We must campaign for proper controls.' Forum chair Tony Whitston added: 'Government policy is putting maintenance workers, tenants and school staff and children at risk. It is unforgivable for government to repeat the policy mistakes of the past which have caused so many deaths. The Hidden Killer campaign should be reinstated and action taken urgently to protect tenants, school staff and children.'
- AVSGF news release [pdf]. HSE's shelved 'Hidden Killer' campaign. Plymouth Herald. Telegraph and Argus. Action Mesothelioma Day.
Boring jobs can cause burnout
Boring, 'under-challenging', administrative and service jobs can lead to exhaustion and burnout, new research has found. A survey of 400 university employees found undertaking 'monotonous and unstimulating' tasks can lead to disenchantment and high stress levels. Researchers at the University of Zaragoza in Spain found a distinct category of 'underchallenged' employees who end up finding they can take no more of the 'monotonous and unstimulating' tasks they are expected to perform. They 'have to cope with the disenchantment caused by feeling trapped in an occupational activity to which they are indifferent, which bores them and produces no gratification,' concluded lead author Jesús Montero-Marín. Writing in the journal BMC Psychiatry, the research team described two other types of burn-out: 'frenetic', in which the employee works 'increasingly harder to the point of exhaustion'; and 'worn-out', where workers 'give up when faced with stress or lack of gratification.' Longer-serving employees were more likely to be "worn-out", with those clocking-up more than 16 years' service most at risk.
'The longer the service, the greater the likelihood of having this burn-out,' the study found.
- Jesús Montero-Marín and others. Sociodemographic and occupational risk factors associated with the development of different burnout types: the cross-sectional University of Zaragoza study, BMC Psychiatry, volume 11, number 49, 2011 [abstract and full text]. The Telegraph. The Guardian.
Marine company put diver's life at risk
The owner of a Cornish marine company has been fined £10,000 plus costs of £2,000 for safety breaches which put a diver's life at serious risk. Kenneth Dunstan, owner of Mylor Marine Maintenance of Marlowe Bridge, pleaded guilty to breaching four diving safety regulations. Truro Magistrates' Court heard Mr Dunstan used incorrect equipment and an unqualified diver. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the breaches on 5 May 2010. The court heard one of Mr Dunstan's employees had been working underwater on moorings in the estuary near St Mawes. Inspectors said they found the diver, Benjamin Taffinder, was using one tank of breathing gas with a mouthpiece. They said a full face mask and a secondary supply should by law have been used. The court heard there was no standby diver or a lifeline and the employee did not have the proper qualifications. There was also no diving plan for the work being carried out, which should have included a risk assessment and a project plan, the court heard. In addition, Mr Taffinder was only qualified to carry out recreational dives, not commercial ones. The inspectors used a prohibition notice to stop the dive and issued three additional improvement notices to the firm. In 2004, Dunstan had been issued a prohibition notice for diving safety offences. Speaking after the prosecution, HSE inspector Bill Chilton said: 'Working underwater can be unforgiving should anything go wrong. Therefore, diving projects need to be planned, the equipment needs to be suitable for the task and the divers and their support team need to be competent.' He said Mr Dunstan 'fell far below the standard required of a diving contractor,' adding: 'He had been made aware of these important standards in 2004, but six years later he was still not adhering to them; in fact, he was so far below the benchmarks that we had no choice but to prosecute.'
Fines after worker left with brain damage
A construction worker was left fighting for his life after he was hit on the head by a 7lb piece of scaffold tube that fell 18 floors, a court has heard. Bristol Crown Court fined main contractor Miller Construction £40,000 and £17,232 costs and specialist lift company Hoistway Ltd £70,000 and £14,616 costs for criminal safety breaches. Both firms had previously pleaded guilty to failing to protect the health and safety of site worker Richard Chodkiewicz. The 53-year-old father of five, who was wearing a hard hat, was left suffering serious brain injuries, in need of emergency surgery, unable to return to work and facing months of painful rehabilitation after the incident in July 2008. Richard's wife Karen Chodkiewicz said as well as being relieved at seeing the guilty firms brought to justice she was 'pleased to hear that as a result of what happened, the companies have since implemented new safety systems to hopefully ensure similar tragedies are avoided in the future.' She added: 'Richard's life has been turned upside down as a result of what happened that day. His life will never be the same and he now has to live with the consequences of the terrible mistakes which happened on site that day.' During the criminal prosecution, brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it was revealed that the 7lb section of scaffold tube had been tied to a piano wire plumb line and was being used as a makeshift 'plumb bob'. This came loose as it was being winched 18 storeys up inside a lift shaft and fell to the base of the shaft, striking Mr Chodkiewicz who was working below. Deborah Bigwood from the law firm Irwin Mitchell, who is representing the family in a civil compensation case, commented: 'This particularly horrific workplace accident highlights the importance of the health and safety regulations which exist to protect workers.' She added: 'Sadly, Richard will never be able to live independently or return to work. Whilst no amount of money will ever turn back the clock, it is important that we now secure justice for Richard and his family so that he has a care package that will provide rehabilitation and financial security for the rest of his life.'
Two firms guilty over Legionella risk
Fines and costs totalling nearly £250,000 have been imposed on two firms after workers and members of the public were put at risk of exposure to the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted multinational automotive parts manufacturer Eaton Ltd and water treatment services provider Aegis Ltd after an investigation in 2006. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard HSE inspectors found Eaton Ltd had failed to properly manage the water cooling systems used in manufacturing processes at its plant in Brierley Hill. Aegis Ltd, now trading as Aegis Water Treatment Ltd, was also found to have failed significantly in its duties. There was no comprehensive and up-to-date risk assessment in place and neither company had taken reasonable steps to control the potential spread of Legionella by assessing the risk or properly cleaning and maintaining the water cooling system. Employees had not been properly supervised. The management failings by both companies were present over a prolonged period of time. Eaton Ltd pleaded guilty to criminal safety offences and was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs. Aegis Ltd was found guilty at a trial in May and was fined £40,000 with £80,000 costs. After the hearing, HSE principal inspector Paul Billinger said: 'Legionnaires' disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia, which can affect anyone coming into contact with it. Neither Eaton Ltd nor Aegis Ltd, which was specifically contracted to manage the water system, took the Legionella risk seriously. They failed to deal with their own risk assessment and service agreement in respect of cleaning the system. These were persistent and systemic failures, which put people's health at risk.'
Managing presenteeism pays off
Employers can save money and improve the health of their staff if they manage presenteeism alongside sickness absence, according to a discussion paper produced by Business in the Community (BITC) and Centre for Mental Health. 'Managing Presenteeism' examines how employers can deal with reduced productivity among people who come to work and are not fully engaged or perform at lower levels as a result of ill-health. The paper says simple, low-cost measures that can cut the costs of presenteeism include training for line managers in recognising the signs of mental ill-health, creating an open atmosphere for staff to talk about health issues, and recording presenteeism through staff surveys. BITC's Workwell Director Louise Aston said managing presenteeism effectively 'not only saves money in both the short and longer term, but also contributes to the development of an engaged and productive workforce. Progressive employers are increasingly recognising the need to actively manage presenteeism.' Centre for Mental Health joint chief executive Professor Bob Grove said: 'Presenteeism from mental ill-health costs the UK economy £15 billion a year. This is almost double the cost of sickness absence due to mental ill-health. And presenteeism is growing as white collar jobs become more common and more people carry on working while unwell.' He added: 'Employers need to manage presenteeism alongside absenteeism. The two are intimately connected and cannot be managed separately. Bearing down on sickness absence, for example, could simply increase the costs of presenteeism, whereas managing absence more flexibly may help to cut the costs of both.' A German study this year found that presenteeism, where the working wounded labour on despite being ill, costs twice as much as sickness related absence from work (Risks 510).
- Centre for Mental Health news release, presenteeism resources page, and Managing Presenteeism discussion paper.
International News
Canada: Unions appalled' at asbestos crassness
Canada's top union leader has said he is 'appalled' the Canadian government has blocked an international effort to list chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance. Ken Georgetti, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), was speaking as Canada stepped in to veto listing of chrysotile asbestos under the Rotterdam Convention. Listing a substance under the convention is not a ban, it only requires that countries importing it be informed by the exporting country ahead of time what hazards exist. Information on safe handling and proper precautionary measures has to be included and the importer has to sign prior consent. According to CLC's Georgetti, who was speaking last week as it became clear Canada would block listing: 'The science is clear and experts from around the world have said repeatedly that chrysotile asbestos is a dangerous substance that causes cancer. Yet our government continues to pretend that in selling asbestos to developing countries it is exporting a safe product. Canada's government is putting people's lives at stake for what can only be described as crass politics.' The Rotterdam Convention concluded on 24 June, with Canada having stepped in to block listing when it appeared a consensus might be reached on adding the cancer causing fibre to the 'Prior Informed Consent' list. India, the major customer for Canada's asbestos exports, had earlier switched sides to support listing of asbestos. CLC wants Canada's federal government to support a ban on all asbestos production and export, to support a just transition of workers from the industry, and to stop providing financial support to the one mine left in production in Canada. Canada's role in blocking listing at a third successive Rotterdam Convention meeting unleashed a barrage of criticism both at home and abroad.
- CLC news release and Ken Georgetti's June 16, 2011 letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Montreal Gazette and related story. The Tyee. Yukon News. The Province.
Korea: Leukaemia linked to semiconductor work
Authorities in Korea have for the first time accepted cancer among workers in the semiconductor industry as an occupational disease. On 23 June, the Seoul Administrative Court ordered Samsung Electronics to compensate the families of two workers, Hwang Yumi and Lee Sookyoung, who died of acute myeloid leukaemia, a white blood cell cancer. Both had worked in the same job on a Samsung production line. This ruling overturned a decision in 2009 by the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service not to pay compensation and funeral expenses for the deaths and which refused to recognise them as work-related. Handing down their decision, the Administrative Court panel of judges stated: 'Although the cause of the employees' leukaemia has yet to be determined clearly on a scientific basis, it is presumable that their constant exposure to toxic chemicals and ionising radiation had caused or, at least, expedited the illness. It is fit to say there is a link between their leukaemia and their careers.' Campaign group SHARPS had spearheaded the campaign for recognition of these cancers. Its records show that 23 Samsung workers so far have suffered from hematopoietic cancer like leukaemia or lymphoma, at least nine of whom have died. On 1 March 2010, activist groups including the Korean Metalworkers' Union (KMWU) and SHARPS launched a global campaign calling on the Korean government to investigate the link between these cancers and employment in electronics manufacturing. Samsung, which has strongly denied that its production lines pose a cancer risk, refused to accept the Seoul court's ruling. Company spokesperson Park Chun-ho said: 'As the ruling is not final, we will try to clear suspicions through continuing trials.' Samsung said it will announce in July the result of a one-year investigation into possible health risks posed by its facilities and currently being conducted by a group of overseas experts retained by the company.
India: New occupational lung disease identified
A new deadly occupational lung disease caused by inhaling plastic dust may have been discovered. Health experts in India have identified four workers at a single factory developed a serious respiratory disease within a year of starting work. Dr Aruna Dewan, a toxicology expert, said the disease came to light after she examined 27-year-old Naina Gajjar. She was suffering from 'severe fibrosis along with pneumothorax'. After checking up what the factory - Corel Pharma Chem's factory at Kadi, Mehsana ? produced, Dr Dewan got in touch with the Vadodara-based People's Training and Research Centre (PTRC), a grassroots occupational health project. PTRC head Jagdish Patel said they visited Gajjar's home on 3 June 2011 and found her 'bed-ridden, frail.' She had difficulty speaking because she was breathless. The day labourer recalled being required to fill and stack bags of an unidentified powder for between 10 and 12 hours each day. PTRC believes the powder, used to make gel used in beauty and grooming products, is a polyacrylate. It began looking for other workers at the factory suffering from similar symptoms, and found three more. A further worker, Alka Thakor, had reportedly died of lung disease last year. One of the three surviving workers had already been diagnosed with an 'occupational lung disease'. There have been a series of occupational lung diseases unearthed relatively recently. In Spain, an outbreak of deadly Ardystil Syndrome affected textile workers exposed to chemicals. Two conditions have been identified in groups of US workers, 'flock workers' lung' and popcorn workers' lung.
USA: Honeywell lockout a serious safety concern
When union workers were locked out over a year ago at the Honeywell uranium facility in Metropolis, Illinois, they warned that the unskilled replacement workers bussed into the plant did not have the experience to operate the uranium enrichment facility safely (Risks 469). Despite these warnings, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified the workers as suitably qualified, and the plant has continued to operate. Since then, a series of explosions and gas releases have alarmed the community. And now the safety fears raised by the locked out members of the steelworkers' union USW have been confirmed by the official safety watchdog. In June, the federal safety agency OSHA cited Honeywell for 17 separate 'serious violations' that could have resulted in death or serious harm and fined Honeywell $119,000 (£74,300) for the uncontrolled release of HF gas in December. Union workers say the new safety violations are even more evidence that Honeywell needs to settle the lockout. 'The OSHA violations further validate the USW claims that union members are the guardians of safety in the plant, and left to themselves, Honeywell will not ensure a true culture of safety first,' said Darrell Lillie, president of USW Local 7-669. 'The findings rebuke Honeywell for attempts to block the OSHA inspection and send a loud message management has something to hide on unsafe work practices that threaten our community outside the plant. You would think after a full year of locking out our experienced union workforce, Honeywell would negotiate in good faith to quickly settle the dispute that includes safety issues.'
- OSHA news release. USW news release. In These Times. USW TMC blog. USW news report. ICEM news report.
- Sign the petition calling on Honeywell to end the lockout.
Events and Courses
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Useful Links
- Visit the TUC www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s website pages on health and safety. See what's on offer from TUC Publications and What's On in health and safety.
- Subscribe to Hazards magazine, supported by the TUC as a key source of information for union safety reps.
- What's new in the HSC/E and the European Agency.
- HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA. Tel: 01787 881165; fax: 01787 313995
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Harriet Harman faced some tough questions at yesterday's Treasury Select Committee hearing on the City's treatment of women.
Naturally, the Equalities minister wanted to argue the case for more flexible working practices, but MPs confronted her with a warning given by one of the City's most senior women at the last hearing on the same topic. Nichola Pease, deputy chairman of J O Hambro Capital Management, had told MPs that many of the rights already given to women, particularly on maternity leave, were actually damaging their career prospects.
Ms Pease believes that many employers — though they would never admit it explicitly — are put off hiring women by the maternity leave rules. Why hire a woman who is entitled to ask for a year out of the office after having a baby, if you could hire a bloke, for whom paternity leave is capped at a fortnight?
Ms Harman's argument is that maternity leave is important to the family and to society, and that it has wider economic benefits too. She is undoubtedly right, but if a significant number of employers really are discriminating against women because they're worried about the maternity leave question, we need to address that problem, rather than simply sweeping it under the carpet of progressive policy making.
In fact, there is no question that this is a problem. We may not like their answers, but time and again, research conducted with employers, particularly those who run smaller organisations, reveals that maternity leave is something that worries them — and more so since the Government extended maternity rights.
The solution, however, is not to turn back the clock, by insisting that mothers who want to keep their jobs are back at work before their babies have checked out of the maternity ward.
A much better response would be greater equalisation of parental rights. In a world where men were as likely to take extended leave to look after a young baby as their partners, employers would no longer see any benefit in not hiring or promoting women in case they fall pregnant.
In fact, the current government already has ambitions of this sort. From April 2011, fathers will have the right to take up to six months of paternity leave — three months of it paid — during the second six months of their baby's life, assuming that the mother has returned to work. The change will effectively enable new parents to split the year's parental leave that is currently available only to mothers.
Once that legislation is on the statute book, there will have to be a concerted effort to ensure that men feel able to exercise their new rights (research published this week suggests that many men don't even feel comfortable taking their full paternity leave entitlement of two weeks).
But if that is successful, we could remove the fear expressed by Ms Pease. Employers could no longer be confident that by hiring men rather than women the question of parental leave would not arise.
That, by the way, is not to say that the worries of employers should be just dismissed. The majority of businesses that worry do so not because they have some ludicrously old-fashioned view about women staying at home, but because coping with maternity rights genuinely presents them with problems.
If you run a company with, say, five employees, all of whom are crucial to what you do, suddenly discovering that 20% of your workforce is disappearing for up to a year can be quite a shock. You'll be required to continue paying them for some of that time, while also covering the cost of a temporary replacement.
Larger companies have workforces that can be rearranged more easily to provide cover. Smaller organisations are much more exposed.
Still, there are ways to mitigate that difficulty, through tax incentives and concessions on national insurance contributions, for example. Such policies will not come without cost to the taxpayer, but if we want to put a stop to discrimination against women — and fathers, for that matter — there will be a price to pay.
Mervyn King is at it again. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic may have resolved not to break up the banks, but the Governor of the Bank of England continues to insist that any reform has not gone far enough if it leaves intact organisations deemed too big to fail.
Mr King last night outlined several ways in which the problem might be addressed, but it is clear that he favours a much more aggressive intervention than any government has so far proposed.
The Governor's increasingly strident tone on this issue is entirely justified. For all the talk of outrage about the behaviour of the banks — and the focus on bonuses which, in the grand scheme of things, are a side issue — we have been remarkably reluctant to tackle the central problem head on.
For as long as the world has banks whose collapse would pose a systemic risk, the world — that is the taxpayer — must act as their guarantor or last resort. The massive scale of taxpayer support for these institutions over the past two years may have been abhorrent, but if they continue to exist in their current form, the implication will always be that we will provide such support again should it be necessary.
The arguments so far presented for not returning to legislation similar to the Glass-Steagall act repealed in the US 10 years ago do not stack up.
Chiefly, the objection seems to be that finance has grown too complicated and international for legislation enforcing a strict separation of retail and investment banking to be practical.
That, however, is a smokescreen. The real reason for the caution is that even after the crisis we have been through, the nerve and will to take on the banks is still not there.
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Song of the Vineyard by B. Davie Napier
B. Davie Napier, at the time of this writing was Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Intepretation at Yale Divinity School. He later became President of Pacific School of Religion. He is a minister of the United Church of Christ and an author of several books on the Old Testament. Song of the Vineyard was published in 1962 by Harper & Row, Publishers. This book was prepared for Religion Online by Harry W. and Grace C. Adams.
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Additional reading is recommended from the following list of books, all in English. A number of significant German works are cited in the footnotes. A fuller, annotated English bibliography may be found in Gottwald, A Light to the Nations, pp. 553 ff.
Albright, NV. F., From the Stone Age to Christianity, Anchor Edition, Garden City, 1957.
Anderson, B. NV., Understanding the Old Testament, Englewood Cliffs, 1957.
Bentzen, A., Introduction to the Old Testament, Copenhagen, 1952, vols. I-II.
Bright, J., A History of Israel, Philadelphia, 1959.
Buber, M., Moses, Torchbook Edition, New York, 1958.
Buber, M., The Prophetic Faith, New York, 1949, (Torchbook Edition, 1960)
Burrows, M., An Outline of Biblical Theology, Philadelphia, 1946.
Childs, B., Myth and Reality in the Old Testament (Studies in Biblical Theology, No. 27), London, 1960.
Driver, S. R., An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament, New York, 1910.
Gottwald, N. K., A Light to the Nations, New York, 1959.
Hahn, H., The Old Testament in Modern Research, Muhlenberg, 1954.
The Interpreters Bible, Nashville, 1952-1957, vols. I-VI; especially articles by NV. A. Irwin, NV. F. Albright, J. Muhlenberg, and G. F. Wright (vol. I); Exodus Introduction and Exegesis by J.C. Rylaarsdam (vol. I); Job Introduction and Exegesis by S. Terrien (vol. III); Isaiah 1-39 Introduction and Exegesis by R. B. Y. Scott, and Isaiah 40-66 Introduction and Exegesis by J. Muhlenberg (vol. V); Lamentations Introduction by T. J. Meek, Ezekiel Introduction by H. G. May, Zechariah 9-12 and Malachi Introduction by R. C. Dentan (vol. VI).
Jacob, E., The Theology of the Old Testament, New York, 1958.
Mowinckel, S., He that Cometh, New York, 1954.
Napier, B. D., From Faith to Faith, New York, 1955.
Noth, M., The History of Israel, trans. S. Godman (from Geschichte Israels, 2nd ed.) New York, 1958.
Pedersen, J., Israel, Its Life and Culture, London, 1926 and 1940, vols. I-II, III-IV.
Pritchard, J. B., ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts, 2nd ed., Princeton, 1955.
von Rad, G., Genesis, trans. J. Marks (from Das Erste Buch Mose, in the series Das Alte Testament Deutsche, vol. II) Philadelphia, 1961.
von Rad, G., Moses, New York, 1960.
von Rad, G., Studies in Deuteronomy (Studies in Biblical Theology, No. 9), London, 1953.
Robinson, H. W. Inspiration and Revelation in the Old Testament, Oxford, 1946.
Robinson, H. W. The Cross in the Old Testament, Philadelphia, 1955.
Rowley, H. H., The Biblical Doctrine of Election, London, 1950.
Rowley, H. H., The Servant of the Lord and Other Essays, London, 1952.
Rowley, H. H., ed., Studies in Old Testament Prophecy, Edinburgh, 1950.
Rowley, H. H., ed., The Old Testament and Modern Study, Oxford, 1951.
Scott, R. B. Y., The Relevance of the Prophets, New York, 1947.
Snaith, N. H., The Distinctive Ideas of the Old Testament, London, 1944.
Voegelin, E., Israel and Revelation, Baton Rouge, 1956.
Vriezen, T. C., An Outline of Old Testament Theology, Boston, 1958.
Wellhausen, J., Prolegomena to the History of Israel, 1885 (Meridian Edition, 1957).
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Hi! I currently have a 20g tank stocked with a decent school each of zebra danios and cories, as well as 3 ghost shrimp, two female bettas, and a male swordtail. It has a tiny swordplant in it, a sponge filter, and the light that came with the tank. So, all in all, it's a mess.
I want to turn it into a low-tech planted tank, and may get a larger tank over Christmas. I have some dry compost, with no manure, and was thinking of mixing it with black sand for substrate. Will this work? I tested to make sure the soil won't turn the tank into a cesspool.
I will be dosing with Flourite Excel, but I still need plants that aren't high-demand. I may get a better light, but I'm not sure. What plants like medium-ish light and no extra fertilizer? I must note that our water is rock-hard, but we have a softener, so it's not too hard.
I will definitely have java fern and java moss, possibly swordplants or peacock moss. Any other suggestions? Tips? Size of tank that will fit on a 24" by 14" stand?
Be careful with the water softener as most are not suitable for aquariums and do not reduce the TDS at all, other than that it sounds like you are on the right track.
I'm pretty sure the softener is fish-safe, as it's hooked up to the whole house and my current fish don't seem to mind. In fact, a couple have been showing even brighter colors since it was installed.
Do you have any plant recommendations? Now that I look at the tank, the lighting is probably considered low.
I don't know of any whole house softeners that are fish safe so I really do recommend you do a little research and make sure it wont have any long term effects.
Alright, thanks! What lighting strength/brand do you recommend?
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Electronic cards are the increasingly popular form of greeting card sent via the Internet. Rather than shop around for the perfect card, an Internet user simply selects a card, inserts a recipient's email address, adds a personal message, and hits the "send" button.
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"I'm totally cool and so happy; I think I'm about to cry," LeAnn told the crowd at the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center in Eau Claire, Wis., according to People. "Thanks for being awesome fans - patient and understanding."
LeAnn performed 14 songs, including new music from her upcoming album, which the singer said is her most emotionally raw album to date.
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"On this new record, I guess I bared everything down to the core," she said, according to the mag, adding that she's "pissed off at a lot of things" but "can't say it."
"So, it comes out in the music," she added.
One new ballad - "Borrowed" -- seemed to point to her relationship with husband Eddie Cibrian, who was married to Brandi Glanville when they met.
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The song, which LeAnn dubbed "the most honest song I've written," includes the lyrics, "I don't want to give you back. You're the best I've ever had."
LeAnn later thanked her concert-goers via Twitter, writing, "Thanks to all my wonderful fans in Wisconsin. You showed me an amazing amount of love and respect tonight. Love you always."
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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, last week, LeAnn entered a treatment program to get help with dealing with stress.
"LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30 day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress," the singer's rep, Marcel Pariseau, told Access Hollywood at the time. "While there will be speculation regarding her treatment, she is simply there to learn and develop coping mechanisms. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
The country star's rep also clarified LeAnn is not seeking treatment for any type of substance abuse or eating disorder.
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Remodeling previously finished basement
I recently purchased an older home, originally built in the 1950's. Sometime during the 60's or 70's, the then owners apparently decided to finish out the basement. As such, the basement is technically "finished," but is in definite need of a remodel.
For the most part, all this remodel will consist of is paint, laying down carpeting, and putting new ceiling tile up (using the same hardware that was already there). As far as I know, these kinds of repairs generally don't require a building permit.
However, I'm also considering walling off a section of the basement in order to make an office of sorts, which would require getting a building permit.
My question is this: If I get a building permit for the wall, does that also allow the inspector to inspect the rest of the basement as well? I had the house inspected before purchase and it was fine, although I am unsure if he inspected the basement as well.
While the finishing of the basement seems to have been done quite well, I have no idea whether it is or was up to code. I would hate to open up a huge can of worms over a simple wall.
When the basement was finished, it required a permit. You can easily find out if this was done.
While the house inspector wouldn't know if the basement was legal, not inspecting it would have been neglegent. Didn't the report mention the heating plant?
You lawyer should have overseen the homes legality through the papers filed at the local building dept.
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'We joined euro at right time'
It was not a mistake that Malta became a member of the eurozone in 2008, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said yesterday.
He was winding up the debate on the resolution to enact a European Union fiscal discipline treaty obliging governments to balance their budgets or face sanctions.
The minister said he did not agree with Labour MP Alfred Sant on this issue but, on the contrary, he maintained that it had been thanks to the euro that the country had reached a certain level of stability and economic growth. The crisis was not due to the currency but the prevailing financial circumstances of the member states involved.
The euro, the dream of many a politician in the years following World War II, was established in Maastricht by the European Union in 1992. To join the currency, member states had to qualify by meeting the terms of the treaty in terms of budget deficits, inflation, interest rates and other monetary requirements. Of the EU members at the time, the UK, Sweden and Denmark declined to join the currency.
Mr Fenech said the end game of the European Stability Mechanism would be discussed in depth during the summit to be held later on this month.
The treaty was not restrictive and offered escape clauses in special circumstances.
The intergovernmental treaty was signed last March by all EU member states bar the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic. It will enter into force for all those who ratify it on the first day of the month following ratification by the 12th eurozone member. Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg said on Tuesday that he expected Malta to be the 10th member to ratify the treaty. Once in force, the Fiscal Compact would require member states to enact laws requiring national budgets to be in balance or in surplus within the treaty's definition. These laws must provide for a self-correcting mechanism to prevent their breach.
The treaty defines a balanced budget as having a general budget deficit of less than three per cent of GDP and a structural deficit of less than either 0.5 per cent or one per cent, depending on a country's debt-to-GDP ratio. If the structural deficit for the annual account or budget is found to exceed those limits, the country will have to correct the issue within the timeline, nature and targeted size deemed necessary by the European Commission.
The treaty also places compliance with its budgetary and other requirements under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. This contrasts with the EU treaties which specifically exclude this jurisdiction. Once ratified, any ratifying state may bring enforcement proceedings against any other ratifying state before the Court of Justice, if they fail to fulfil their obligations under the Fiscal Compact. A state found in breach of its obligations can ultimately be fined up to 0.1 per cent of its GDP.
During the debate, Opposition foreign affairs spokesman George Vella had said it was not good that the government was postponing the financial balance targets to 2015. Mr Fenech argued yesterday that 2009 and 2010 had been exceptional years and the government had had to sustain the economy and employment.
Answering Opposition finance spokesman Karmenu Vella, the minister said the Government had resorted to debt in order to invest in the country, including an annual €950 million on the social sector and €400 million on education.
Mr Fenech agreed with the Speaker's suggestion of creating an ad hoc parliamentary committee in charge of financial and economical matters. The committee could also discuss what was happening in the ESM fund.
It was important to make a distinction between the structures of the federal states of America and the European Union, he said. The former did not recognise the concept of bailing out other states or banks. On the other hand, the EU had economical structures such as the ESM and the resolution fund to make such bailouts. Furthermore, the EU did not have fiscal power to impose taxes to back its currency but depended on the coordination and cooperation of member states.
The eurozone structure had been built on good principles but had lacked surveillance structures. This had become evident during the crisis.
The House then started discussing the treaty clause by clause, as suggested by Labour MP Alfred Sant at the start of the debate last week. Both sides agreed that the Speaker be a participating chairman.
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UN launches Flash Appeal for Iran
The United Nations (UN) will launch a Flash Appeal on January 8, 2004, for victims of the earthquake that struck Bam on December 26, 2003. The appeal will address relief, recovery and early rehabilitation needs for the next three months.
The appeal will also prepare the ground for longer-term rehabilitation and development. Assessments of needs are currently ongoing, in collaboration with the Government of Iran and the Iranian Red Crescent.
The humanitarian response to the earthquake in Bam, Iran, is shifting from search and rescue, emergency medical intervention and evacuation, to relief assistance and determination of short and medium term needs. More than 10 search and rescue teams had left the area, while medical teams are arriving.
At least 1,400 relief flights have landed since December 26. Most immediate needs are being addressed, with shelter and sanitation the highest current priorities. — (menareport.com)
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Her daily workout includes two dozen chin-ups with a 25-pound weight fixed to her waist, three sets of 300-pound leg squats and something called "the woodchop." Out where they park the courtesy Buicks, we bet Swedish golf sensation Annika Sorenstam could kick the butts of at least half the men on the PGA Tour. In Fort Worth this week, we'll see how she handles the boys inside the ropes. Nothing like a woman making her move in golf--which the guys are holding onto like Dunkirk--to get a fix on 21st-century sexual politics. Still, this being Colonial, rest assured some traditions will be upheld. There'll be the margarita-soaked wingding around the clubhouse, the skimpy tops on the golf groupies, at least one ol' boy diving into the lake left of 18 and the award to the winner of the funkiest plaid sports coat on the planet. Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, David Toms, Jim Furyk, Dallas native Justin Leonard and defending champion Nick Price are among the big names in the Tiger Woods-less field. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are $30 daily Thursday and Friday, $45 daily Saturday and Sunday or $100 for a four-day badge. Call 817-927-4280. --Thomas Korosec
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Boys in blue battle on bikes
Thousands of cops from the United States and Mexico convene upon the West End for a drastic motorcycle showdown, when suddenly...actually, that's it. Despite the lack of a thrilling Saturday-afternoon movie plot, this weekend's 10th Annual Police Motorcycle Training Competition is a free event that gathers two nations' worth of motorcycling boys in blue. The competition trains officers in a variety of driving and chasing maneuvers, and onlookers are invited to watch the various bike races, turn drills and cones that are knocked over by errant police bikes. Anyone with a motorcycle can join the Motorcycle Poker Run for a $10 entry fee, where riders search for poker cards scattered around the West End, and the riders who gather the best poker hands win prizes. Also, kids can visit the police autograph booth to complete their collection of DPD Drug Fraud Trading Cards. Just kidding. See it Saturday and Sunday at 603 Munger Ave. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 214-890-5990. --Sam Machkovech
Sporting Socialites
Gallop among high society
If you think the only sporting horses in North Texas are at Lone Star Park, then head north to Irving for the more refined sport of polo and the Merrill Lynch Challenge Finals at the Las Colinas Polo Club. And if you think polo is just a stuffy shirt, then you're not too far off the mark, as the club seems to spend more time encouraging socialites to participate in the half-time "divot stomping" (where spectators chat while covering up the holes in the field created by the horses' hooves) than they do supporting the intense athleticism being a jockey requires. 5 p.m. Sunday at 600 Royal Lane, Irving. $10 general admission, $15 grand stand seating, free admission for children under 12. Call 214-373-8855. --Jay Webb
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Slip on your boots and biggest belt buckle and head to the Mesquite Championship Rodeo's Western Frontier weekend May 23 to May 24 in the air-conditioned Resistol Arena (LBJ at Military Parkway). Watch professional cowboys battle bulls and broncs, then let the kids ride a pony and join in the calf scramble. There's plenty of barbecue and live country music, even free American flags. For additional information, call 972-285-8777 or check www.mesquiterodeo.com. --Carlton Stowers
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The public is invited to a public hearing to provide comments on the 2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI). The AI is a requirement of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The document will serve as an action plan and guide to assist in the elimination of impediments to fair housing choice and to support the provision of fair and equal access to housing for residents without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or familial status. A ten (10) day Public Comment Period on this AI will begin Monday, September 12, 2011 and will conclude on Wednesday, September 23, 2011. All comments received will be added to the document.
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Moderators Please sticky for a few weeks? Thank You!
This is for a fellow Michigan hunter .... who lost his dog while hunting in Saginaw Bay area. Lets see if we can all be vigil of his lost dog and best friend. Their family is just heart broken!
The dog's name is "Sierra"
Thank You!
Sierra my Chesapeake Bay Retriever ran off today at 10:30am we were hunting on the bay behind Ney...Point, I am not sure of why. She is not gun shy, I hope that one of the shots did not hurt her ear drums, because after I looked and called for her for 10.5 hours she never came, I did get a tip when a local (very good guy and he would bw welcomed at my house any day any time) called me over and told me he had seen her at one of his cameras but she darted off, he helped me out for almost an hour before we departed and I was looking on my own again....
Anyhow If any of you are in the area tomarrow or any other day if you don't hear from me please call me or my wife at 248-632-2927 or 248-310-1441 ASAP she is very timid and I do not want her to take off again, I will be out there ASAP tomarrow as well.... If by chance she does come to you because of being hungry or whatever remember her name is Sierra and call me!!!!
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Baht in Record Losing Streak; SET Has Worst Start to Year
Thailand's baht fell for an 11th day, the longest losing streak on record, and stocks posted their worst start to a year since at least 1988 amid concern prolonged political unrest will spur capital outflows.
The baht retreated 0.3 percent to 32.955 per dollar from Dec. 27 as of 5:02 p.m. in Bangkok, according to prices from regional banks compiled by Bloomberg. It touched 32.958 today, the weakest level since March 1, 2010, after losing 6.9 percent last year. The benchmark SET Index (SET) slid 5.2 percent to 1,230.77 at the close, the biggest decline on a first day of trading since Bloomberg began compiling the data.
Groups opposed to caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plan to surround government ministries and occupy 20 major intersections in Bangkok on Jan. 13 until she agrees to step down and allow an unelected council to reform the country's electoral system, Suthep Thaugsuban, a former opposition lawmaker who is leading the movement, said yesterday. Global investors pulled $1.3 billion from Thai stocks last month, exchange data show.
"Portfolio flows will be affected given the ongoing political situation," said Saktiandi Supaat, the head of foreign-exchange research at Malayan Banking Bhd. in Singapore. "The question is whether the central bank is going to make any moves to ease policy."
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The central bank will review policy on Jan. 22 after official figures showed exports contracted for a third month in November.
One-month implied volatility, a measure of expected moves in the exchange rate used to price options, increased five basis points, or 0.05 percentage point, to 6.95 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The SET index posted its biggest one-day drop since Sept. 26, 2011. The gauge's 14-day relative strength index fell to 19.91, the lowest level since October 2008 and below the 30 threshold that some traders use as a signal to buy.
Central Pattana Pcl, the nation's biggest shopping mall developer, slid 8.5 percent, the most since January 2011. Bangkok Bank Pcl, the largest commercial lender, lost 6.7 percent. Airports of Thailand Pcl tumbled 7.6 percent.
"The political crisis has badly hurt the Thai economy with delays in state spending, declines in consumption and investments," Itphong Saengtubtim, the head of research at KGI Securities (Thailand) Pcl, said by phone from Bangkok. "The tourism sector, which was the economy's only bright spot, is also beginning to feel the adverse impact with plans for more demonstrations in Bangkok."
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Thailand's Election Commission plans to meet members of the nation's biggest political parties today. The anti-government protest group hasn't agreed to talks, Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn told reporters yesterday. The protesters have said they plan to shut down large parts of Bangkok starting Jan. 13 to pressure the government to delay the Feb. 2 election and allow political reforms to take place.
Consumer prices rose 1.67 percent in December from a year earlier, after increasing 1.92 percent the previous month, a report showed today. The median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a 1.6 percent gain.
Overseas shipments declined 4.1 percent in November from a year earlier, according to a Dec. 25 report. The Bank of Thailand cut its one-day bond repurchase rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 2.25 percent in November.
The baht may pare declines once there is political clarity after the current deadlock is broken, according to a Dec. 31 research note from Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
The yield on the 3.625 percent sovereign bonds due June 2023 declined four basis points to 3.89 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Why are my cats so skinny and unactive
My 12 year old cat (Purdy), who recently isnt active at all n my 14 week old kitten (Scarlet), who is extremly active are underweight. I'v tried feeding them all kinds of diffrent foods hard and soft. Before i got Scarlet i took Purdy to the vets to see whats going on. I thought maybe there was something making her uncomfterbal and causing her to not wanna eat and play. They did blood test and told me she was perfectly healthy, just a lil dehidrated (which they said was normal) and underwieght, iv asked vets, trainers, n friends what i can do, they say kitten food cuz it has more fat in it n to try this brand n that brand at the moment its Wellness but it dosnt seem to be doing anything just like the others. And Scarlet used to have a nice belly on her n iv recently noticed shes gettin just as skinny as purdy. I'v had cats my whole life n never had this problem. Does any1 know what i can feed them to help them gain weight n motivate Purdy to wanna play more??
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As I posted when you asked this yesterday, you need to take one or both back to the vet and tell them what's going on. As kittens grow, they do lose that round little tummy, but a noticeable weight loss in a cat of any age is cause for concern. At the age of 12, Purdy is slowing down and older cats may lose weight as they age. She may also resent Scarlet and if you just got the kitten, it may take time for Purdy to warm up to her and want to play. Many times people get a kitten to entice an old(er)cat to play, but sometimes the older cat just wants to be left alone. If Purdy doesn't drink a lot of water, you may want to consider one of those kitty fountains for her. Dehydration can be serious. I would suggest getting a second opinion from a different vet, sharing with them that you are concerned because both your kitties seem to be losing weight. It may be normal and nothing to worry about. Always remember to integrate new foods slowly to avoid stomach upset.
Izadore (Izzie) answered on 8/11/10. Helpful? / 0
Have they done a stool sample? If you have a new kitten in the house hold it may have brought in intestinal parasites (round worms or coccida most commonly) they can cause diarrhea but don't always. If you haven't already take a sample of both Purdy and Scarlet's stool to your vet. The test should be around $20.
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I really like it! maybe a midground size plant with some red to it coming from behind the driftwood to the next section of tall plants on the left??
pretty good. though, personally, a little too green for my taste. would appreciate some plants that are light green or red. you also seem to be very heavy with stemmed plants that have similar leaf morphologies. was this intentional? stemmed plants with varying leaf structures would definitely make the greens and the reds pop.
some plants that i think would work well for you could be:
Myriophyllum tuberculatum
Rotala wallichii
Limnophila aromatica
a Blyxia species.
Oh I probably should have mentioned that this is a low tech tank, no CO2, only started dosing glut a few days ago. Plant choices were mostly by price/what I could trade for and I started out with only a few cuttings of each so its not surprising that the fastest growing stems now command the most tank space. That will change as the tank matures and slower growers catch up. I can just imagine the conversation with my other half if I suggested buying the plants up front "Thanks for letting me keep an aquarium larger than our bath in the living room, I'm just popping out to buy a few hundred pounds worth of plants for it. BTW don't expect to see me for a few weeks, I'll be glued to the aquarium pulling out all the dead leaves and replanting whatever decides to float". I think that would push the limits of even the most tolerant spouse XD
I think it looks great, but I would try to find a nice piece of wood to add some warmth to the dark section of the tank.
Hornwort generally behaves itself quite well as long as you don't pour excel on it or change PH really suddenly. I cull about half of it every week and take out the least healthy bits and give the rest a good rinse while I'm at it as it collects mulm in the same way as moss. The tank is a 72 gallon (4ft wide)
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