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INSIGHT: A year on, Nigeria's oil still poisons Ogoniland
When BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico ruptured in April 2010, spewing nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the sea, its reputation took a devastating blow, and it had to pay billions of dollars to those affected.
In Nigeria, thousands of barrels are spilled every year, largely without negative consequences for the oil companies.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report found that the Ogale community, a group of nine villages including Ekpangbala, was drinking water from wells contaminated with benzene - a known carcinogen - at levels over 900 times the World Health Organization's guidelines.
"Even before the U.N., we knew this water was turning bad. It smells, and people are complaining of itching and skin rashes," said Walter Olaka, Ogale's youth president.
Shortly after the report, the government provided Ogale's villages with water tanks, part financed by Shell. They get refilled most days with potable water, but locals say it's never enough, and they still use the polluted groundwater for washing.
The tank Reuters visited in Ekpangbala was empty.
"Until now, nothing whatsoever has actually been done ... towards the clean up," said Ben Naanen, chairman of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), founded by the environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose campaign against oil pollution drove Shell out of Ogoniland in 1993 - although the firm's dilapidated pipelines still criss-cross its swamps.
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In a year of unprecedented British sporting achievement, it is fitting that the legacy of a tennis great is also being celebrated. A little more than 60 years ago, Frederick John Perry, the Stockport-born son of a cotton spinner and the first British player to have won all four Grand Slam events, showed remarkable prescience by giving his name to a simple sweatband.
As a player, Perry had wrapped medical gauze around the wrist of his right hand to protect his racket and wipe the sweat that beaded his brow while winning Wimbledon in three consecutive years, from 1934 to 1936 – the last British male to win in SW19.
In the late 1940s, Perry was approached by the Austrian footballer Tibby Wegner with the idea of an anti-perspirant to be worn around the wrist; Perry's subsequent prototype was made from towelling – and hardly lightweight. But, with a few tweaks, Perry's first commercial enterprise went into production in Leicester, and he and Wegner marketed the idea by giving them to top players for free and persuading them to wear them during tournaments.
That simple sweatband afforded Fred Perry Sportswear a remarkable level of success and the pair went on to create a slim-fitting, knitted cotton pique shirt in the crisp white of the game's traditional dress code. As a pipe smoker, Perry initially planned to use a pipe as the emblem of his company, but was soon talked out of this by Wegner, who "didn't think the girls would go for it".
Instead, Wegner suggested the laurel wreath, that ancient Greek symbol of victory, achievement and status that adorned Perry's Davis Cup sweater and touring blazer. Surprisingly, given Perry's history of conflict with the All England Tennis Club – he was frowned upon as a working-class upstart whose level of showmanship meant he was branded "not one of us" in the traditionally exclusive game – Colonel Duncan MacCauley, then secretary of the club, gave permission for the wreath to be used as a logo.
And so the now-iconic polo shirt went into production in 1952. Again the distribution strategy saw Perry and Wegner hand out shirts to the top players of the time, who found the slim fit a welcome relief from the baggy styles that had previously been worn.
"Being a realistic man," Perry wrote shortly before his death in 1995, "I have never worried about admitting that my name is better known worldwide not for winning Wimbledon three times, but because of Fred Perry shirts and sportswear." But how did his brand become such a perennially cool label? Although Perry and his business partner had come up with a marketing and distribution strategy that was distinctly forward-thinking, it was the rise of the mod movement – and subsequently that of the many subcultures it spawned over the past 50 years – that indelibly sealed the success of Fred Perry.
"The birth of the mod movement is where sportswear crossed into fashion and streetwear," says Richard Martin, director of marketing for the brand, which was bought in 1995 by Japanese company Hit Union. "Urban streetwear was about the cut of your suit, the length of your trousers, the covert rebelliousness and flamboyance this communicated – and Fred Perry was very much a part of that."
The fastidiousness of the look – a slim-cut, single-breasted three-button suit in sharkskin or mohair worn over a Fred Perry shirt buttoned to the top – represented a time when people began to look forwards rather than back. By 1960, the young British working classes had the freedom and funds to explore their own sense of style without the pressures of conscription or financially supporting their family. And so the mod movement found a foothold among boys showing off to other boys. The resulting peacock-ish demands for shirts with more variety led to the introduction of colours to the range and, later, the implementation of the now-trademark twin tipping on shirt collars and cuffs. This was later a big hit with football fans, who could wear their team colours with typically mod-ish attention to detail.
For the brand's anniversary celebrations, the British director Don Letts has created a series of films that explore the cultural scenes and hierarchies of the past 60 years, tracing a linear connection from the teddy boys of the 1950s via mods, rockers, punks, skinheads, rude boys, Two Toners, soul boys, new wavers and ravers to Britpoppers in the late 1990s. Watching the archive footage of mods on the Southend seafront, skinheads with their buzz cuts and Sta-Prest trousers, and, more recently, Damon Albarn and the Gallagher brothers leering moodily into the new millennium, all sporting Fred Perry, the continued relevance of these sartorial references and their influence on current designers is clear.
A strong part of Fred Perry's appeal is the sense of nostalgia that the clothes evoke. But the continued impact of the brand is also the fruit of a series of relationships that have been both off the cuff and precisely considered.
For many, Blur frontman Albarn embodies the contemporary brand more than anyone. Since the release of Blur's second album, Modern Life is Rubbish, in 1993 and the accompanying promotional image by Paul Spencer, "British image 1", the musician has frequently been seen wearing a Fred Perry polo shirt and Harrington jacket. "During Blur's 2009 reunion we got a call from [Damon] asking for eight of a particular style of shirt which he then wore all the way from Colchester Tramshed to the Hyde Park gigs and Glastonbury," reveals Martin.
In these days of corporate sponsors elbowing their logo into any situation, no matter how out of place it might appear, this sort of natural promotion is almost priceless. In Fred Perry's case, it literally is, as the brand refuses to pay people to wear its product – a policy begun by Perry himself in the 1970s. Albarn, adds Martin, wears a different colour shirt and Harrington jacket for each of his different roles in Blur, Gorillaz and Dr Dee.
Another musician who affiliated herself with the brand was the late Amy Winehouse. "She was a massive Perryhead," says Martin. "We spoke to her management years ago about doing a collaboration through her stylist. She was going through quite deep trouble at that stage – those Blake, Camden years – and we decided to pick it up when she was in a better place. A year elapsed and we got the call from her manager. When we met Amy, it was quite difficult to get her past purist Fred Perry products. She'd say, 'It's so perfect, how am I going to move it on?'"
The designers spoke to her about her own retro sense of style, incorporating the 1950s pin-up details she favoured. "She took traditionally masculine pieces and feminised them with a capped sleeve or a semi-sheer fabric. She always wore them with the collar up, so we made them that way," says Martin. When the singer died last year, the brand had to decide whether to continue the line and how to do so. After speaking to Winehouse's family and management it was decided that the range would live on, with profits going to the foundation established in her name. Designed by Winehouse's friend and sometime costume designer Amy Molyneaux of PPQ, the line continues to sell very well, particularly in the Far East.
"We obviously build up the music legends who wore the uniform of the subculture we were a part of," says Martin, before reeling off a list of entries from the Fred Perry hall of fame: "Terry Hall, Paul Weller, Ray Davies, Damon Albarn – but there is also a continued, contemporary relevance with bands such as Two Door Cinema Club and Everything Everything."
Striking the right balance between the past, present and future on one axis and sport, music and fashion on the other is part of a complicated and far-reaching strategy for the brand. And proof of its success comes in double-digit growth year on year, season on season. In part this is because, as the economy contracted, retailers hedged their bets with well-known classic brands, often with concrete ideologies and fan bases to ensure sales. Fred Perry is currently focusing on its expansion in the Far East, South America and the Middle East.
Menswear is the main focus of the brand, accounting for the lion's share of turnover, and while the classic 1952 cotton pique shirt is still a bestseller, more recently collaborations with designers such as Richard Nicoll and Raf Simons have helped to expand the company's horizons. This season, Nicoll's last designing womenswear for the brand's limited-edition Laurel Wreath line, features classic 1960s styles updated with equestrian motifs and a modern take on traditional fabrics. Of his appointment in 2010, then-marketing director John Flynn says, "Richard's signature style of feminising traditionally masculine shapes and silhouettes suited us perfectly."
Simons, recently installed as creative director of Dior, designed the Laurel Wreath menswear collection between autumn 2008 and spring 2011, and resumes the role for spring 2013 with a line that has already received critical acclaim. "He is a highly conceptual designer but also understands what you have to consider to ensure the range sells," says Martin. "His understanding of British creative culture has influenced his collections since the 1990s, whether it was Peter Saville, Paul Weller or Joy Division, and Fred Perry has been part of that. When I initially emailed him [about working with us], the yes came about five minutes later."
"The collaboration came about quite naturally," says Simons of the project, "probably because we share the same spirit and mind. Quality is very important for me."
The most recent addition to the brand's line-up is one that dovetails nicely with the founder's initial career: Bradley Wiggins' collection of cycling shirts tipped in the Olympic colours. Modishness is a defining part of the Olympian's identity, and the shirts that bear his name – rather sweetly on a tag sewn in as if on his PE kit – are classics of that era of design. "He didn't want it to be a technical cycling collection," explains Martin. "Other people do that, we don't. If you go back to the early 1960s, the cycling shirt – in block-coloured Merino wool – was part of the London-based mod's wardrobe."
Released earlier this year, halfway through Wiggins' winning Tour de France push, the collection sold out in weeks. "Bradley could have fallen off in the first week, but he won it and then a week later he won the gold medal time trial," says Martin. "He is now on this path of transcending his sport and becoming this wonderful cultural icon."
"I remember my first Fred Perry shirt," adds Wiggins of his love of the brand. "I got it in 1989, the standard polo in blue, I bought it myself. I'd watched Quadrophenia and started getting into the mod look – that's when I first knew Fred Perry. For me, the mod look will always be about the Small Faces and then, after that, obviously Paul Weller and the Jam, the revival thing. It's nice for me now that people like Paul Weller have thanked me for the shirt."Reuse content


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Many nations in Europe continue to twist and dodge concerning their behavior during World War Ii when six million Jews were sent to their deaths by the Germans. It is often ignored that Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria were allies of Nazi Germany and participated in the war as active participants. The French people have always found themselves divided since it was clear there were many collaborators with the Nazis and the Vichy regime worked closely with Germans in rounding up and deporting Jews to death camps. France's highest judicial body finally recognized the French government's responsibility for the deportation of Jews and made clear the Vichy government was fully "responsible" for these actions. The decision also stated that those who were deported had been compensated and therefore the claimants request for compensation was denied.
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JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, D.C. - Orlando's own Andre Petway is slated to perform for more than 53 million spectators as part of the United States Air Force Honor Guard Parade Flight's appearance at the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade® Nov. 22 in New York City.
Airman 1st Class Andre Petway joined the United States Air Force Honor Guard in October of 2011, where he represents Airmen all across the service to the American public and the world as a ceremonial guardsman.
"Being a part of such an amazing and prestigious unit is a blessing in its own. I'm very excited to be a part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in front of so many people," said Petway. "It's pretty amazing that we get to show off what we do, and represent the Air Force so well in a parade that is televised nation-wide. I'm sure that it's something that I'm going to remember as one of the biggest highlights of my Air Force career."
The parade begins at 9 a.m. East Coast time, and will be broadcast on many television stations.
"I am proud to represent the dedicated men and women in the world's greatest Air Force as my fellow wingmen and I step onto the streets and march in unison and formation to project the image of service and excellence instilled in every Airman," said Petway.
Located at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard leads the way as representatives of all Airmen around the world, both past and present.
Now, as one of the Air Force's oldest organizations, the honor guard continues to serve the Chief of Staff of the Air Force as the face of the Air Force to the American and global public.
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She's always up for a good time, and Julianne Hough had a blast searching for a flirty Valentine's Day getup in Hollywood yesterday (January 21).
The "Safe Haven" hottie hit up the Lady Love store in Tinseltown where she tried on a variety of sexy outfits while taking advantage of post-holiday specials.
Unable to decide on just one ensemble, Julianne appeared to purchase two different animal print catsuits along with a few other accessories before leaving the shop.
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Although it was critically acclaimed, the distribution network of Safari Records was not up to the job of getting a record into the charts until they signed a deal with Spartan Records, a specialist distribution company, and Toyah's second album, The Blue Meaning, released in June 1980, did manage to sell enough to reach the Top 40. Still a major breakthrough could not be achieved, and a live album, Toyah Toyah Toyah, was released at the beginning of 1981, recorded at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton the previous June and featuring many of the live favorites from the first two albums, including "Victims of the Riddle," "Danced," "Race Through Space," and "Ieya." This performed marginally better, but then Safari released a four-track EP with the umbrella title of Four from Toyah, with the songs "It's a Mystery," "Revelations," "War Boys," and "Angels & Demons." By now the band had a totally new lineup of Phil Spalding, Nigel Glocker, and Adrian Lee, only Joel Bogen remaining from the first three albums and of course Toyah herself.
"It's a Mystery" became a radio favorite early in 1981, and along with the follow-up single, "I Want to Be Free," propelled the band into the Top Ten for the first time. Both singles retained Toyah's sense of punk rock mixed with fun pop, and the video shot for "I Want to Be Free" showed her throwing furniture around a room with total abandonment and destroying a several-tiered wedding cake. 1981 was a hot year for Toyah as the album Anthem, featuring the two big hit singles, was released and became her highest-charting album, reaching number two in the summer and would have topped the album charts were it not for the disco-medley craze of Stars on 45 sweeping the country at that time. By 1982, she had teamed up with producer Steve Lillywhite, who produced the follow-up album, The Changling, a much darker affair, more goth than punk, and this would be the last time that Toyah ever hit the Top Ten. Later that year, another live album, Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour, a double album, was released, and early in 1982 she was voted the Best Female Singer at the British Rock and Pop Awards (The Brits). However, her pop career was already on the wane, and even a 1984 release of her greatest hits, confusing also called Toyah Toyah Toyah, the same as an earlier live album on the TV specialist label K Tel, failed to return her to the upper regions of the chart.
Disbanding her group, she signed to a major label, Portrait (a division of CBS), and released the solo album Minx, which contained several cover versions, not usually heard on Toyah albums previously, including a version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out." When this too failed to resuscitate her singing career, she turned back to acting and went on to perform in straight dramas on television and theater, including an appearance in the remake of Quatermass, with Sir Lawrence Olivier in The Ebony Tower, and as Billie Piper's mother in the 2007 TV drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She continued to record and release albums throughout the late '80s and into the 1990s with hardly any sales success at all. In 1986 she married guitarist Robert Fripp, formally of King Crimson, who joined her on her 1991 album Ophelia's Shadow, and she formed a new band along with her husband called Sunday All Over the World. In the 21st century, she continued to work in all areas of the media, signing up as a presenter on the video channel VH1, providing voices for the children's TV series The Teletubbies, performing at the Nottingham Theatre Royal in the role of Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians, and releasing a new album project, In the Court of the Crimson Queen, in the spring of 2008. ~ Sharon Mawer
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Demand is growing for schedule optimization and workforce management software. A historically manual task, optimized scheduling and workforce management software have proven to be the best opportunity to meet both corporate KPIs and improve the customer experience. Heightened focus on customer experience has since changed the focus of field service organizations. Post sales service was once annoyance but now field service organizations recognize the need for smarter, quality service, which is a differentiator and one for which customers are prepared to pay a premium. Even non product-intensive service organizations, such as insurance, in a highly price competitive industry, recognize the importance of the customer experience and the need for workforce management software to get them there.
Schedule optimization isn't about manually deciding who to send, where, when, and with what. Yes, those are factors in the decision-making process, but there's much more complexity to consider: It also must consider customer availability, service level agreements, parts availability future planned maintenance schedules, sensor data, costs, crew scheduling, dependent activities, and other factors, dynamically, and rapidly.
Workforce management software, which automatically considers all of the above, enables the field service business to become more efficient and productive, while also improving customer satisfaction, which increases retention rates and lowers costs. The best workforce management software and schedule optimization products also need to be easily configurable to adapt to specific business environments. The need for workforce management software is clear across industries, from the largest, multi-national conglomerate down to the small to medium sized field service business. Only workforce management software can achieve productivity, efficiency, cost reduction and increased customer service levels.


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Reporter: Alex Carey
Date online: 08 April 2014
THIS is the touching moment terminally-ill Richard Byram and his partner Cliff Leech tied the knot in Oldham's first same-sex wedding.
There wasn't a dry eye when Richard (42) and Cliff (58), who both live in Oldham, said their vows yesterday at Dr Kershaw's Hospice to take the surname Byram-Leech.
The couple had planned to marry on July 5, but as Richard's health continues to deteriorate they decided to bring the wedding forward and hold it at the hospice, which is caring for Richard, who suffers from lung cancer.
The two have been inseparable since they met in Blackpool more than 23 years ago, Cliff from Manchester and Richard from Carnforth.
Cliff said: "When Richard was diagnosed we said straight away we should get married. It seemed fitting to get married, given the circumstances."
The couple ended up in Oldham because Holts estate was the only area in which they could find suitable house 20 years ago. They have lived there ever since.
Richard was diagnosed with cancer in October.
Though the Chronicle reported last week that Greater Manchester's first same-sex marriage was to be Oldham women Natalie Brophy and Tracy Wild - who wed today - Cliff sprung into action on Sunday and planned he and Richard's big day in hours so they could be first.
Natalie said: "I'm really happy for them. It's obviously happy and sad at the same time for them, but it's great they have managed to do it."
New laws came into force at the end of last month making same-sex marriage legal and friends and family from across the country came to celebrate the union of the two men. Cliff said: "We were never in any kind of rush to be the first gay married couple in the area — it just happened this way."
Friends, family and hospice staff packed the service room at Dr Kershaw's as the song "Unchained Melody" played. The ceremony was conducted by Oldham registrar Bridget Gent.
Another body-blow to the scourge of bigotry and intolerance (religious and secular).
How is it in any way a body blow Shaun? Let me tell you that in Egypt 4 gay man have been jailed. In Doha where the world cup will be held gay people have been told not to travel there. In Saudi Arabia teenagers are regularly hanged in public for being gay.
At Manchester University a meeting of Muslim women declared that gay people should be murdered and the students union decided to take action against the man who exposed it for covert recording !
Such an amazing couple, congratulations xxxxx
Where did that ridiculous comment come from, Shaun. There is nothing within this story that displays bigotry and intolerance yet you decide to hijack to suit your own agenda. This was a moment for this couple to celebrate and you had to ruin it. Well done.
How shameful that you should be using this kind of article to promote your own agenda shaun.
Maybe not a knockout blow, Flake, but every punch counts (figuratively speaking).
And what 'agenda' would that be, Ernie? Please enlighten me.
Mikejh45, should be fairly obviously (certainly to the majority of people, anyway) that I wasn't referencing anything within the article, but merely acknowledging the bigotry and intolerance that exists towards such unions.
@Flake I don't think for one minute shaun McGrath was putting any bad light on this couples day, but merely pointing out that some of our local community would be supporting some of the comments you posted.
No Shaun every punch just makes the monster more angry!
Did you not hear the archbishop of Canterbury explain that the decisions made in England are costing Christians their lives in foreign countries.
Who do you think is attacking them Shaun? It's not an easy question given the bias of the BBC which staunchly refuses to broadcast the truth, but it doesn't take much imagination.
I must be thick, I thought Shaun was simply saying the new act, and brave people such as these, were delivering a body blow to those people against same sex weddings. If that is the case, surely he is supporting them, not spoiling their day. Live and let live is what I say, life is way too short. Sorry Flake, I disagree completely. Christians don't lose their lives because of couples such as these. They lose their lives because we stick our noses in to things that have nothing to do with us.
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I've built some guest cottages on the side of a slope and during the construction was compelled to to carve out about a 30' Long by 2' deep section running in a North-South direction and parallel to the cottages.
I placed the dirt removed from the excavation above it to form a berm. At the base of the excavation I cut a temporary lateral drainage ditch. I have observed the water flow during an unusually heavy torrential rain. I can see that as the water runs diagonally down the slope from East to West and from North to South, it is diverted at the foot of the berm and removed to a nearby creek. Water running below this follows the temporary ditch into the same creek.
The soil substructure is predominently red clay with a sand mix. Even during the downpour, the "wall" above the excavation remained stable with the exception of a bit of sand that washed down to the drainage ditch. It appears that the drainage imposed by the berm alieviates much of the water that would pose any potential hydraulic pressure against a retaining wall.
I plan build a board retaining wall using 4' long 4"x6" post set 2' into the ground and backed by 2"x12" pressure treated wood.
My question is this: with my particular situation, would an 8-foot post spacing be sufficent? Do I really need to go 4-feet? It just seems like a bit of overkill in this instance.
2 x 12's across an 8' span will result in an unacceptable bow pretty quickly. Even the 4' span will bow, a couple of inches over time. I think in the long term, you would be much better off spending the $ and laying 4 x 6's for the wall, with 6' support spacing. I also would go no less than 3' on depth, to fend off the problem of long term leaning. Even the modest pressure from only the two feet of fill you are retaining, will have dramatic effects when applied 24 hours a day, every day, long term.
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If the government does not act quickly the ambition in the health and social care white paper (Reality check, February 1) will crumble as the social care building blocks will have been thrown away.
It is giving the NHS cash increases next year of about 9% and schools 5%, but for adult social care services money is only increasing by 2% to 3%. The answer is an additional grant for local authorities this year that is specifically for adult social services.
The government gave grants to the NHS when it was financially stranded in the late 1990s. This time, it needs to recognise that it has left social care, and disabled and older people, stranded.
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Director of adult and community services, Wiltshire county council
Charities' new breed
John Low, chair of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (Acevo), refers to the sector as "facing, Janus-like, in both directions" (Public eye, February 1), but it may be that Darwin offers a better metaphor. Perhaps we are witnessing the evolution of two distinct species - one of large wealthy, highly professionalised quasi-charities, heavily involved in mainstream service provision, and the other of small financially limited voluntary organisations continuing to fulfil the very necessary traditional functions of standing aside from, complementing, stimulating and, when necessary, criticising the mainstream.
The very existence of Acevo may be evidence of this process of evolution: the term "chief executive" implies certain assumptions about the size and ambitions of an organisation, and at least some of the association's members will be (deservedly) drawing salaries in excess of the turnover of many smaller charities.
It may be time to stop pretending that there is a single identifiable entity called "the voluntary sector" and find more precise terminology for differing forms of charity that seem to be emerging.
Robert Anderson
John Low's article summed up the challenges facing voluntary organisations. We are at a critical moment, where many charities are delivering high quality public services while striving to remain independent from government and true to their organisational values. Frontline service delivery gives many organisations the evidence base to enable them to campaign effectively on behalf of their users and the wider community; equally, a campaigning and advocacy role keeps service delivery organisations in touch with the needs of those they provide services to.
In order to set out the relationship that should exist between the voluntary sector and government on public services, we have compiled "terms of engagement" for government funders and voluntary and community organisations. We hope they will help provide a framework for these organisations to reap the benefits of public service delivery, while avoiding the pitfalls.
Stuart Etherington
Chief executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Nuclear necessity
Michael Meacher commits several errors in his argument against a return to nuclear power (Environment comment, February 1). Chernobyl is completely untypical of the industry as a whole, and links between a small number of extra cancers and Sellafield are largely disproved. Fossil fuels account for deaths every year, ranging from the thousands of miners killed to the epidemic of childhood asthma, and they perpetuate global warming.
Alternative sources are unlikely to plug the gap any time soon while new failsafe reactors are being designed. And nuclear waste can be drastically reduced by accelerated transmutation.
Of course, nuclear power carries a small risk of extra cancers, but if the government extended the ban on work-place smoking to all pubs, far more cancers would be prevented. Let's get a sense of proportion.
Les Hearn


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i've used a chiro myself in the past, and am totally comfortable with peds chiro care - i understand that the adjustments they use are really gentle. if your child got ear infection relief from the chiro, how many visits did it take?
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I have a one-year-old baby and my husband insists on taking her sailing on the Hudson River. Is it safe for a small baby to be on board a 23 foot sailboat?
Dan Dickison responds: Thanks for your question. Without sounding too cavalier, yes, it is safe, but I'd like to qualify that. First of all, is your boat sound? Does it have on board all the safety gear needed? And do you have a reliable means of signalling a distress should one occur (VHF radio/cell phone/satellite phone)? All of these are important questions because it's not uncommon for sudden storms to crop up in your area, so being prudent is the best approach.
There are, of course, other factors. One is the given conditions you're sailing in. If it's windy and rough, then I'd change my answer and say no, it's not safe, but I suspect this is just common sense and you know that already. The other thing is your level of experience. If you and your husband are experienced sailors, you should be all right even in occasionally blustery conditions. But think about it from the child's point of view. Will she enjoy those conditions? Probably not.
I have good friends who took their first child on a 20-mile offshore race when she was just six weeks old. Now these are people who grew up sailing and have beacoup experience on a variety of boats offshore. But that was aboard a J/24, and the course took them out of sight of land for more than three hours. Their daughter is now 15 and sails on the local high school sailing team. She enjoys the sport, but of course doesn't remember any of that early sailing.
I too have a young daughter. She's only six months at the moment and she has only been out sailing once on a 38-foot boat. We probably wouldn't have taken her if it had been really rough, but it was a breezy yet pleasant day. She loved it. I suspect we'll have her out more often in the future, but not aboard anything smaller than 22 feet until she's able to swim. I hope that gives you some guidance on the matter. Here's wishing you the best of luck with your dilemma.


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UPDATE 2-Euronext brushes off concerns about EU wheat futures competition
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Feb 25 (Reuters) - Euronext's 20 years of experience in wheat futures and a planned relaunch of its contracts will help the exchange operator cope if U.S. rival CME Group enters the European wheat market, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
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The school, based in Midrand, Gauteng, formed part of Eskom's professional welding capability development programme which aimed to improve the company's capacity to train welders to international quality standards, to meet its requirements for the construction of new power plants and maintenance and upgrading of existing plants.
"WSoE has dual accreditation with the national authority which is [the] Energy Water Sector Education Training Authority (EWSETA) and [the] International Institute of Welding (IIW) under the umbrella of [the] Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW)," Eskom said in a statement.
Once qualified and competent, learners could also secure employment outside of Eskom or become self-employed.
To date the school had trained 200 welding learners in both national and international qualification – 150 learners had completed their training and the other 50 started their training last year.
Eskom said the welding school was formed to respond to the skills shortage in South Africa and would help ensure that as its new build programme progressed, Eskom would increasingly be able to replace skills which had had to be imported from other countries with home-grown welding professionals.
Eskom noted that maintenance of its power generating plants was progressing well and no load shedding was anticipated on Saturday.
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Paducah will pay $135,706 to the Kentucky Waterways Alliance for the relocation and monitoring of four mussel species impacted by riverfront development.
The mussels were relocated in October 2012. As a requirement for moving forward with the riverfront development project, the Paducah City Commission will vote to pay mitigation fees to the Kentucky Waterways Alliance on Aug. 26.
The city learned of the endangered mussels on the riverbank in April 2009, nearly three years after the initial planning and design of the riverfront project, which includes an expansion of Schultz Park and a boat launch.
To lessen the impact on the mussels' development and the cost of relocation, the city decided to move the project 500 feet downstream in November 2011.
"The cost was going to be $399,050 in its original location. By moving the location downstream, we reduced the cost to about $136,000," City Engineer Rick Murphy told the commission Tuesday.
The city received a cost estimate by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kentucky Ecological Services Field Office in 2012.
The terms include $20,000 for the future monitoring of the mussels and $71,706 for environmental impacts related to 6.29 acres of mussel habitat. The payment also includes a payment of $44,000 related to relocating Fat Pocketbooks, Pink Muckets, Orangefoot Pimplebacks, and Sheepnose mussels affected by the riverfront work.
The city's total obligation to the Kentucky Aquatic Resources Fund (KARF) for the monitoring, habitat, and propagation of the four impacted mussels is $135,706.
Commissioner Allan Rhodes said KARF uses its funds to monitor water quality and aquatic species, and to support conservation projects throughout Kentucky.
Murphy added: "These monies go back into the Ohio River basin. They go back into the environment to improve areas that were lost."
During the Tuesday meeting, the commission also approved an ordinance for an Upper Story residential grant program to promote the development of rental housing in downtown Paducah.
Property owners within the district are eligible to apply for aid for 20 percent of the construction costs or a maximum of $15,000 per rental unit.
Planning Director Steve Ervin said he has a few property owners already interested.
The city's planning department and Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency will oversee the allocation of funds up to $60,000 per project. If a project exceeds $60,000, the city commission will have final approval.
Contact Carrie Dillard, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8657.
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Friday July 6, 2012
NORCROSS, Ga. – The Georgia Pest Control Association has announced its scholarship recipients for 2012.
The students are children of GPCA members representing pest control companies throughout Georgia.
The scholarships are funded by a share of proceeds from the annual GPCA Charity Golf Tournament. Each student is an entering freshman, and will receive $500. The winners below:
Natali Herrmann, daughter of David Herrmann, president of Aant Termite & Pest Control, Peachtree City. Natali will attend the University of Georgia, majoring in music therapy.
Janalyn Dennard, daughter of Derrick Dennard, inspector with Active Pest Control, Stockbridge. Janalyn plans to attend Georgia Highlands College and later transfer to the University of Georgia to complete her degree in fashion merchandising.
Maggie Tindol, daughter of Chuck Tindol, owner of Allgood Pest Solutions, Atlanta. Maggie will attend the University of Georgia. She is an exercise and sports science major with hopes of becoming a physical therapist.
Russell Tindol, son of Mike Tindol, vice president of Allgood Pest Solutions, Atlanta. Russell will attend the University of Georgia, and will continue in his passion for cycling and work with cancer survivor groups during college.
Savannah Mitchell, daughter of Laurie Higginbotham Rice, manager and co-owner of American Pest Control, Athens. Savannah plans to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design, and will pursue a teaching degree.
Stephanie Brady, daughter of Tina Brady, partner and corporate secretary at Duncan Exterminating, Dawsonville. Stephanie will attend Young Harris College and plans to pursue an elementary teaching degree.
Haley Pilgrim, daughter of Sylvia Pilgrim, training coordinator with Orkin. Haley will attend Kennesaw State University, and plans to major in graphic design and wishes to pursue a career in advertising.
Kyle Whitlock, son of Robbie Whitlock, accounting specialist at Northwest Exterminating, Marietta. Kyle will major in business management at Georgia Highlands College.
Casey Cook, son of Jimmy Cook, district manager at Northwest Exterminating Company, Marietta. Casey plans to attend the University of West Georgia, where he plans to become a Spanish translator.
Alex Davis, son of Wayne Davis, technician at Cook's Pest Control, Rome. Alex will attend the University of Georgia, pursuing a major in pharmacy.
Moira Richards, granddaughter of Tom Diederich (retired) of Orkin, Atlanta. Moira will attend the University of Georgia, and plans to major in history.
Kristin Wilbur, daughter of Kelley Wilbur, secretary at WPM of Georgia, secretary at WPM of Georgia, Dallas. Kristin will attend Kennesaw State University, and plans to major in physical therapy.
In 1986, GPCA honored Glenn Burnett by establishing a member scholarship in his name. Burnett served as Executive Director for GPCA for almost 20 years. GPCA has awarded 108 scholarships. The next GPCA Charity Golf Tournament is scheduled for August 7 at Hampton Golf Village, Cumming. For more information, call the GPCA offices at 770-417-1881.


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How to know if your obsession with food has crossed the line
By Nicci Micco, April 7, 2010 - 12:02pm
What's your escape from a bad day? A massage? A walk with the dog? Or a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream? At one time or another, most of us have turned to food to soothe a negative mood. I know I have. And even celebrities do it too. But where does one draw the line between eating occasional treats to cheer up—and the type of bingeing for which you should seek help? American Idol judge, songwriter and music producer Kara DioGuardi recently has been talking about her struggle with binge eating disorder (BED), which is characterized by eating large amounts of food—not out of hunger but for emotional reasons—and feeling out of control while doing it. Could you be struggling with something similar? This short quiz can help you decide if you may have crossed that line.
Do you...
- Often eat when you're not hungry?
- Often rely on noncaloric foods, such as diet soft drinks, coffee, mustard or gum, to satisfy your appetite?
- Experience dramatic weight fluctuations of 10 pounds or more?
- Divide foods or behaviors into clear-cut "good" or "bad" categories, and avoid certain foods like sugar or bread because they are "fattening"? (Overcome "all or nothing" thinking when it comes to food.)
- Make excuses for not eating while others are having a meal?
If you answered yes to two or more of these questions, you may benefit from taking an expanded quiz on binge eating. But even if you have a generally healthy relationship with food, staying in control of what you eat can be challenging in our world where tempting foods seem to loom at every turn. Here are three tips to beat the temptation to binge and improve your relationship with food:
1. Keep a food diary. Recording everything—the ice cream binge as well as the carrots and celery—"makes everything you eat part of the plan," says Elena Ramirez, Ph.D., co-founder of the Vermont Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in South Burlington, Vermont. "It's no longer a sneaky, bad thing."
2. Give up grazing. While eating regularly helps prevent feeling deprived and hungry, "[grazing] can easily supply a binge's worth of calories, a little at a time," says Ramirez. Plan four "eating episodes" each day spaced at regular intervals to avoid going long stretches without eating—which can also trigger bingeing. Our easy-to-use 28-day meal plans make it fun to figure out what's for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks!
3. Plan for the occasional piece of cheesecake. Studies suggest that feeling deprived—even if you are consuming plenty of calories—can actually trigger overeating. Making any food off-limits just increases its allure. If pizza is your downfall, it might be too tempting to keep in your house—but you can learn to enjoy it in a "safe" environment. "Make a trip to a pizza place, order a slice and enjoy it out in the open," says Ramirez. "The more you practice this, the more it becomes ingrained behavior." Want more tips? Click here to discover 5 more ways to win the "food fight."
For more information on binge eating and other eating disorders: National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), nationaleatingdisorders.org or 800-931-2237.
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I have lived in West Michigan essentially my whole life with the exception of my graduate studies. I grew up on my family's dairy farm in Southern Montcalm County which bestowed the values of hard work and dedication. I am a graduate of Cedar Springs High School, Grand Rapids Community College, Ferris State University and Southern College of Optometry. I have knowledge in multiple careers as I worked in farming, manufacturing, fabrication, electronics, aviation, construction and healthcare. This knowledge allows me vast perspectives on the vision demands of my patients and aids my decisions on prescribing corrective lenses (glasses and contact lenses) for any age and career.
Vision is the most important ability that humans have, and one that is taken for granted by most. Protecting this sense is the job of all eyecare professionals. I have humbly accepted this honor with a great sense of pride and dedication to enhance my knowledge and skills in the optometric field. I pledge to continue my education to provide the highest level of care to all my patients throughout my optometric career.
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Being a member at national, regional and local levels allows me to be informed on important front line changes that affect the way I provide care to my patients. Healthcare is continually changing and my organizations provide me with the latest advancements in treatment regiments. This information enables me to be a leader in my profession. As we all know legislation plays a key role in any healthcare profession. The rights and privileges that are set by legislators now may change as new legislators are elected. My organizations are proactive in educating legislators of the abilities and scope of practice that optometrist are trained to provide. This ensures we continue to have the privileges to provide the highest level of optometric care. American Optometric Association (National) Michigan Optometric Association (Regional) West Michigan Optometric Association (Local)
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Pead & Wolfe Selected In Second Round Of 2012 NFL Draft
April 27, 2012
UC All-Time Draft List | UC 2012 NFL Draft Central | ESPN Coverage (Wolfe) | ESPN Coverage (Pead)
CINCINNATI - A pair of former University of Cincinnati student-athletes, defensive tackle Derek Wolfe (Lisbon, Ohio/Beaver Local) and running back Isaiah Pead (Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor Academy), were selected in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft Friday.
Wolfe (highlights) was chosen by the Denver Broncos with the fourth pick of the second round, the 36th selection overall and Pead (highlights) was taken by the St. Louis Rams with the 18th selection in the second round, the 50th overall pick.
View video of Broncos GM John Elway and Head Coach John Fox welcoming Wolfe HERE (courtesy DenverBroncos.com).
Wolfe is UC's highest drafted player since Bob Bell was the 21st pick in the 1971 draft while Pead is the highest drafted running back in school history. It is also the first time two UC players have been selected in the second round during the same draft. Wolfe and Pead are the sixth and seventh second-round picks in school history, respectively, and the first to go in round two since Connor Barwin was taken by the Houston Texans with the 46th pick of the 2009 draft.
With the duo's selection, UC has had 103 players drafted all-time.
"It's about the development of our players," Head Coach Butch Jones said. "We take great pride in using the term `NFL ready.' That was extremely evident today. It's great for the program in terms of our younger players. They see the example that if you buy in and work hard you can achieve all your dreams. It also speaks volumes as we continue to grow this program every year on the national stage. You can be a great player and come to the University of Cincinnati."
Wolfe was the BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All-BIG EAST selection at defensive tackle. He was also named to five All-America teams
He led the BIG EAST and ranked fifth in the NCAA FBS, averaging 1.65 tackles for a loss per game. He was third in the league averaging nearly a sack per contest. He finished with 21.5 tackles for a loss and 9.5 sacks. Wolfe sits in fourth place on the UC career sacks list with 19.5 and 10th place on the UC career tackles for loss list with 37.0. He tallied 70 tackles, including 31 solo stops along with six QB hurries, a pair of forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
"It's a lot of excitement," Wolfe said on a conference call. "I couldn't ask for better spot to be going into than the best defense in the NFL right now. Hopefully, I can just learn from those guys, and hopefully, contribute to getting the quarterback down."
Pead was the MVP of the 2012 Senior Bowl, adding to his list of accolades which include: 2011 BIG EAST Conference Offensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-BIG EAST running back and 2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl MVP.
He led the BIG EAST Conference with 1,259 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. He averaged 96.85 yards per contest, which ranked 27th best in the nation this season and added 319 receiving yards and three more scores for a total of 15 on the year. He capped off the year with an MVP performance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, going for 149 yards and a touchdown in the Bearcats' win over Vanderbilt.
Pead leaves Cincinnati ranked third on the school's all-time list with 3,288 rushing yards and 27 rushing touchdowns. He's in the top ten in several other rushing categories including attempts (545, 6th), 100-yard games (11, 6th), 200-yard games (1, T-3rd) and rushing average (6.03 ypc-4th). He also ranks tied for second with 33 total touchdowns and tied for seventh for total points with 198.
"I'm going to be in Steven Jackson's hip pocket, learning everything." Pead said on a conference call. "He's a pro and he's a pro for a reason, and a successful one. I'm going to try to learn as much as I can and try to make my career last as long as his."


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Another case of Hendra virus has been confirmed in Townsville, which is located on the North coast of Queensland.
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