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2006 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Niger
|United States Department of Labor
|Bureau of International Labor Affairs
|Publication Date
|31 August 2007
|Cite as
|United States Department of Labor, 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Niger, 31 August 2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/48d749474b.html [accessed 27 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
|Selected Statistics and Indicators on Child Labor
|Percent of children 5-14 estimated as working in 2000:
|Minimum age for admission to work:
|Age to which education is compulsory:
|Free public education:
|Gross primary enrollment rate in 2004:
|Net primary enrollment rate in 2004:
|Percent of children 5-14 attending school in 2000:
|As of 2003, percent of primary school entrants likely to reach grade 5:
|Ratified Convention 138:
|Ratified Convention 182:
|ILO-IPEC Participating Country:
|Yes, associated3090
Incidence and Nature of Child Labor
In 2000, approximately 71.8 percent of boys and 60.6 percent of girls ages 5 to 14 were working in Niger.3091 Children work in the agricultural, commercial, and artisanal sectors often in family businesses.3092 Children in rural areas work on family farms, gathering water or firewood, pounding grain, tending animals, or working in rice fields.3093 Children work in hazardous conditions in mines and quarries breaking rock; transporting heavy loads in head-pans; washing and processing gold, which may expose children to mercury; and crushing and hoisting ore.3094 Children also perform domestic work, guard cars, shine shoes, and work as porters.3095 Some boys, whose parents send them from rural areas to cities to attend Koranic schools, are forced by their schoolmasters or marabouts to beg on the streets or do manual labor.3096
Traditional forms of caste-based servitude, including of children, still exist in isolated parts of Niger.3097 Children's caste standing often determines the sort of work in which they engage. Depending on the region, children may be involved in agricultural work; cattle rearing; domestic service; or leather, wood, or iron working.3098
Niger serves as a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for forced labor, including commercial sexual exploitation and domestic service. Children are trafficked internally to work in mines, manual labor, and domestic service, as well as for commercial sexual exploitation and begging.3099 Some children are trafficked to Niger for exploitive labor from Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo. Children are trafficked from Niger to North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East for sexual exploitation and domestic service.3100
Child Labor Laws and Enforcement
The law sets the minimum age for employment at 14 years. Children 12 to 14 may work with special authorization for only 2 hours per day or 4 hours during school vacations. Children 14 to 18 may not work for more than 4.5 hours per day and are restricted to certain types of employment.3101 The law also requires that employers guarantee minimum sanitary working conditions for children.3102
The Labor Code prohibits forced and bonded labor, except for work by legally convicted prisoners.3103 Nigerien law also outlaws all forms of slavery and provides for a prison sentence of 30 years for violations.3104 There are no laws against trafficking. The law criminalizes the procurement or incitement of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, and establishes fines and prison terms of 2 to 5 years for violations.3105 Nigerien law also punishes the parents of minors or any person encouraging minors to beg and who profit from their begging by 6 months to 1 year of imprisonment.3106 The minimum age for conscription into the military is 18.3107
The Ministry of Labor is charged with enforcing labor laws, but has very limited resources to do so.3108 The Ministry of Labor had approximately 30 inspectors deployed nationwide who are responsible for enforcing all elements of the Labor Code, including investigating cases of child labor.3109
The Ministers of Interior, Justice, and the Promotion of Women and Protection of Children share the responsibility for combating trafficking in persons.3110
Current Government Policies and Programs to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor
The Ministry of Labor continued its work with ILO-IPEC and UNICEF on a program to determine the extent of the country's child labor problem.3111 The Ministry of Mines is cooperating in a USDOL-funded USD 3 million regional project implemented by ILO-IPEC to withdraw 1,500 children from artisanal gold mining and prevent 2,500 children from exploitive work in two mining areas in Niger and Burkina Faso.3112
The Government of Niger is also participating in a USDOL-funded, USD 2 million Child Labor Education Initiative project implemented by Catholic Relief Services to combat child labor through education. This 4-year project targets 3,200 children from exploitive work in industries such as mining; it also aims to limit children's exposure to agricultural work, cattle-breeding activities, and domestic service.3113 The government participates in a regional ILOIPEC project funded by France to combat child labor in Francophone Africa.3114
In July 2006, Niger was 1 of 24 countries to adopt the Multilateral Cooperation Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, in West and Central Africa and the Joint Plan of Action Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children in the West and Central African Regions.3115 As part of the Multilateral Cooperative Agreement, the governments agreed to put into place the child trafficking monitoring system developed by the U.S. Department of Labor-funded, ILO-IPEC LUTRENA project; to ensure that birth certificates and travel identity documents cannot easily be falsified or altered; to provide assistance to each other in the investigation, arrest and prosecution of trafficking offenders; to protect, rehabilitate, and reintegrate trafficking victims; and to improve educational systems, vocational training and apprenticeships.3116
The government worked with UNICEF and local NGOs to prevent trafficking. Efforts included the training of police and border security officers to identify victims of trafficking,3117 and facilitating the rehabilitation and repatriation of rescued children. The police also worked with local truckers' unions to organize homeward transportation for trafficking victims.3118
3080 UCW analysis of ILO SIMPOC, UNICEF MICS, and World Bank surveys, Child Economic Activity and School Attendance Rates, March 1, 2007.
3081 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Internationally Recognised Core Labour Standards in Niger and Senegal, ICFTU, Geneva, September 24, 2003; available from http://www.icftu.org/www/pdf/nigersenegalclsreport.pdf.
3082 UNESCO, "Regional Overview: Sub-Saharan Africa," in Global Monitoring Report 2003/4: Gender and Education for All, Paris, 2004; available from http://www.unesco.org/education/efa_report/zoom_regions_pdf/ssafrica.pdf.
3083 U.S. Department of State, "Niger," in Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2006, Washington, DC, March 6, 2007; available from http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78750.htm.
3084 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Gross Enrolment Ratio. Primary. Total, accessed December 20, 2006; available from http://stats.uis.unesco.org/.
3085 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Net Enrolment Rate. Primary. Total, accessed December 20, 2006; available from http://stats.uis.unesco.org.
3086 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Survival Rate to Grade 5. Total, accessed December 18, 2006; available from http://stats.uis.unesco.org.
3087 Ibid.
3088 ILO, Ratifications by Country, accessed October 23, 2006; available from http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newratframeE.htm.
3089 Ibid.
3090 ILO-IPEC, IPEC Action Against Child Labour; Highlights 2006, Geneva, October 2006; available from http://www.ilo.org/iloroot/docstore/ipec/prod/eng/20070228_Implementationreport_en_Web.pdf.
3091 UCW analysis of ILO SIMPOC, UNICEF MICS, and World Bank surveys, Child Economic Activity and School Attendance Rates.
3092 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 6d.
3093 Ibid.
3094 ILO-IPEC, Prevention and Elimination of Child Labor in Mining in West Africa, project document, Geneva, September 30, 2005, 2.
3095 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Examen des rapports présentés par les états parties en application de l'article 44 de la convention, rapports initiaux devant être soumis en 1992, Niger, CRC/C/3/Add.29/Rev. 1, Geneva, October 2001, para. 381.
3096 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 5. See also U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting, January 3, 2007.
3097 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 6c, U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting, August 26, 2005. See also Anti-Slavery International & Association Timidira, Slavery in Niger: Historical, Legal and Contemporary Perspectives, ed. Galy Kadir Abdelkader (London: Anti-Slavery International, 2004), 14, 82; available from http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/resources/publication.htm.
3098 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, E-mail communication to USDOL official, July 31, 2006.
3099 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting Jan 3, 2007, U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 6c.
3100 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 6c. See also U.S. Department of State, "Niger (Tier 2)," in Trafficking in Persons Report – 2006, Washington, DC, June 5, 2006; available from http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2006/65989.htm.
3101 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Core Labour Standards in Niger and Senegal, 6.
3102 U.S. Department of State, "Niger," in Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2005, Washington, DC, March 8, 2006, Section 6d; available from http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61585.htm, U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger." See also U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting Jan 3, 2007.
3103 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Core Labour Standards in Niger and Senegal, 8. See also U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 6d.
3104 Integrated Regional Information Networks, "Niger: Slavery – an unbroken chain", IRINnews.org, [online], March 21, 2005 [cited October 23, 2006]; available from http://www.irinnews.org/S_report.asp?ReportID=46200&SelectRegion=West_Africa. See also Amnesty International, Niger Human Rights Concerns, [online] [cited October 23, 2006]; available from http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/niger/index.do.
3105 Government of Niger, Criminal Code: Chapter VIII – Offenses Against Public Morals, (Previously online from The Protection Project Legal Library), Articles 292-294. See also U.S. Department of State, "Trafficking in Persons Report – 2006: Niger."
3106 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting Jan 3, 2007.
3107 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, E-mail communication to USDOL official, October 04, 2005.
3108 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2005: Niger," Section 6d.
3109 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, E-mail communication dated July 31, 2006, U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting Jan 3, 2007.
3110 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 5.
3111 Ibid., Section 6d.
3112 ILO-IPEC, Regional Mining, project document, 36.
3113 U.S. Department of Labor, Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Niger, project document, 2007, 20.
3114 ILO-IPEC Geneva official, E-mail communication USDOL official, November 16, 2006.
3115 ECOWAS and ECASS, Multilateral Cooperation Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in West and Central Africa, Abuja, July 7, 2006.
3116 ILO-IPEC, Combating the Trafficking of Children for Labour Exploitation in West and Central Africa (LUTRENA), technical progress report, Washington, DC, September 1, 2006.
3117 U.S. Department of State, "Country Reports – 2006: Niger," Section 5.
3118 U.S. Embassy – Niamey, reporting, January 10, 2007.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] OpenMPI and Valgrind
From: Reuben D. Budiardja (techlist_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-12 16:23:35
On Thursday 12 February 2009 11:50:07 am Ashley Pittman wrote:
> > I am using OpenMPI-1.2.8 with all the default configure option. What
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> > do to be able use Valgrind with program compiled by OpenMPI ?
> From memory and reading the above links (i.e. untested advice):
> 1) Use OpenMPI 1.3 where the default is not to include this.
I tried it with OpenMPI 1.3, I didn't give any configure option
except --prefix, and Valgrind still does not work as expected.
> 2) Configure Open MPI 1.2.8 with the --disable-memory-manager option
Tried this, no luck either. The option doesn't seem to be doing anything, and
it's not even listed as option with "./configure --help".
> 3) Compile you application without the -lopen-pal otion. In practice
> this means running "mpicc --show" and cut-and pasting the underlying
> compile line without the -lopen-pal into your application build
> procedure. I was able to do this for hello world but I can image it'll
> be a real PITA for anything larger.
Yes, I tried this before, and for a very small test program this seems to
work. But as you said, this would a real pain to do..
Reuben D. Budiardja
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In honour of the recently opened Thor : The Dark World (which I naturally loved), I made two fitting cocktails. The Thor cocktail is unapologetically strong and quite sweet whereas the Loki cocktail is deceptive (hmm nice mild cocktail....and you're seeing green fairies) and a tad bitter.
. Whiskey
. Sparkling Apple Cider
. Honey
. Squeeze of lemon
Mix a spoonful of honey with a large measure of whiskey until it is dissolved. Top of with ice cold sparkling Cider (the alcoholic kind...naturally). Finish with a squeeze of lemon. Make an icy Mjolnir by sticking a coffee stirrer in a yet to be formed ice cube and freeze).
. Absinth
. 2 cups of fresh pineapple
. 2 sprigs of mint
. Tonic
Blitz the fresh pineapple and the mint in a blender. Transfer to a cheesecloth lined sieve and let the juices seep out naturally. This will give a relatively clear liquid. Mix this with a good measure of absinth. Mine is 70 % proof. Add plenty of (Jotunheim) ice and make two horns from lemon peel. The pineapple and mint do a good job of masking the alcohol so be careful.
Now get ye to the cinema.
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2010 Midterms Analysis: House Generic, Senate RV/ LV Polls, Exit Polls vs. Recorded Vote
Richard Charnin (TruthIsAll)
Nov. 16, 2010
The 2010 midterms are history. The typical reaction of the pundits is to promote the conventional wisdom that it was a GOP blowout of epic proportions - even bigger than 1994. Yes, the party in power nearly always loses seats in the midterms. The unconventional wisdom is that the Democrats do significantly better than the recorded vote indicates in every election. There is no reason to suspect that 2010 was any different.
This analysis utilizes final likely and registered state and national pre-election polls along with preliminary and final exit polls. Likely voter (LV) polls are a sub-sample of registered voter (RV) polls. Since 2000, LV polls have closely matched the recorded vote while RV polls closely matched the unadjusted and preliminary exit polls.
As expected, the final 2010 National Exit Poll margin discrepancy from the average of 30 pre-election generic LV polls was a near-perfect -0.62%. Setting the returning voter mix to the 2008 recorded vote, the discrepancy from the 19 pre-election RV poll average was an even lower 0.07%.
The final state exit poll (i.e. recorded vote) discrepancy from the average LV poll was 1.52%. Setting the returning voter mix to the 2008 recorded vote, the discrepancy from the RV poll average was an even lower 0.83%.
The Democrats were going to lose seats in the Senate and House. They were surely going to lose in Arkansas. And they did. They were expected to hold on to CA, WA, WV, NY, DE and OR. And they did.
But IL, NV, PA, CO and WI were expected to be close. And they were. The Democrats won NV and CO. They lost WI, IL and PA. Or did they?
It is standard operating procedure for the exit pollsters to force the Final National Exit Poll (and final state exit polls) to match the recorded vote. Obama's recorded vote margin was 52.9-45.6%. The 2010 Final National Exit Poll indicated that 45% of the electorate were returning Obama voters and 45% were McCain voters. Of course, the pundits will claim that the 7.3% discrepancy was due to millions of unenthusiastic Democrats who did not return to vote in 2010.
The pundits always assume that the Final NEP returning voter mix is legitimate even though it is always forced to match the recorded vote. As usual, their implicit assumption is that election fraud was not a factor. But it always is.
In 2008 the National Election Pool, a consortium of six mainstream media giants which sponsors the exit polls, decided not to release unadjusted (or preliminary) state and national exit poll data. And they won't in 2010, either. They don't want anyone to see the adjustments they had to make to the return voter mix and/or the vote shares in order to match the recorded vote.
As usual, the pundits quote the final exit polls as gospel and claim that they show that Obama must move to the center – as if he's been part of the "professional left" all along. They never question the official results. That's why they're pundits: they know that they are paid to present the recorded vote as if it represented the will of the voters. So they avoid the subject of: systemic election fraud - otherwise they might find themselves suspended indefinitely at best.
Given that election fraud is systemic, what does the combination of pre-election registered and likely voter polls, preliminary and final exit polls and recorded vote data indicate? Well, we still have unverifiable elections and a strange reluctance of the Democratic leadership to do anything about it.
Obama won the 2008 recorded vote by 9.5 million. But his True Vote margin was at least twice that; his recorded share understated his True share by 4-5%. If the 2010 NEP returning vote mix is adjusted to match the 2008 recorded share, the Democratic share is within 1% of the GOP - matching the pre-election RV polls. The adjusted 53/45% mix includes the discount for unenthusiastic Democrats who did not return to vote in 2010.
"strange reluctance of the Democratic leadership to do anything about it"?


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Avondale will welcome a new City Council member and two returning members in January.
Three candidates ran for three council seats in Tuesday's primary election.
Charles Vierhout, 46, a computer system engineer, will take over a council seat now held temporary by Councilman Jason Earp.
Incumbents Jim Buster and Frank Scott will continue to serve on the council. Both were elected in November 2005 and sought second terms.
Because all three were unopposed in the primary, they won't have to run in the November general election. In January, they will begin serving four-year terms.
Vierhout had several reasons for running, but the main one is to work for more jobs in the city, he said.
�I don't see a lot of reasons for my kids or anyone else's kids to really return to Avondale after the military or after getting a college degree,� Vierhout said. �It's a great place to live, but there aren't a lot of work opportunities.�
Vierhout and his wife Carin have 8-year-old twin sons, Alex and Zac. The newcomer is researching and studying past and future city issues in preparation for the council.
�Hopefully, I'll be able to step in and live up to what Jason Earp was doing,� Vierhout said. �I'm excited about getting in there. I have a few more months of preparation time.�
Earp was appointed to the council in January to replace Charles Wolf, who resigned after taking a job promotion in Los Angeles. Earp served one term from 2004 to 2007 and is serving the remainder of Wolf's term, which ends in December.
Earp said Vierhout is doing the right thing by attending council meetings.
�At least he's on top of the issues that are being presented to us,� Earp said. �Even if it's just a discussion of the future, at least he's on top of that. He knows what we have approved, and I think he's getting a good idea of what our vision is.�
Earp recommends that Vierhout meet with City Manager Charlie McClendon to get briefed on major city issues.
�Around November, we usually have a budget and visioning retreat; I would highly recommend that he be involved in that,� Earp said. �Other than that, as a council member, be mindful of all residents from around the city and make good, sound judgments that are good for the city and its residents.�
Jim Buster, Frank Scott and Charles Vierhout
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Gulf Shrimpers Wonder: "Are We Next on the Extinction List?"
Darla and Todd Rooks idle their shrimp boat, the Cajun Queen, at the edge of a marsh in Louisiana's Grand Bayou, near the town of Port Sulphur. It's 12:40 a.m., and a full moon lights up the Mississippi River Delta. The couple is waiting for the tide to start falling, forcing the shrimp to flee the protection of marsh grasses and swim into the open bayou. Once that happens, the work will be non-stop. While they wait, Darla, the boat's captain, leaves the cabin to join Todd on the deck, a rare intimacy during the workday. She lights up a Benson & Hedges. Todd sticks a pinch of Skoal into his cheek and nuzzles their dog Dixie, a Catahoula cur. Together, they savor the stillness.
This is the Rookses' third night back shrimping since the Deepwater Horizon blowout last April. After six months, it marks a return to the familiar to them. Both are from shrimping families. The dock they left 40 minutes ago is located at the same marina where Todd and his cousin used to climb down the levee as boys and steal Coca-Colas from empty oyster boats. Where we're sitting now, we can see the faint lights of Happy Jack, the fishing community where Darla spent her childhood. Shrimping is part of the fiber of Plaquemines Parish, the 100-mile-long peninsula south of New Orleans where Darla and Todd live. In 2009, shrimpers pulled 19 million pounds from the parish's 1,600 square miles of water, more than one-sixth of the state's total harvest.
But both of the Rookses -- and particularly Darla, the more talkative of the two -- wonder whether their livelihood can continue. She worries that shrinking wetlands will reduce the Gulf's shrimp population and make the area even more vulnerable to future hurricanes and oil spills. And she is not convinced the water is clean or the shrimp totally safe after the BP spill, despite official assurances. She continues to shrimp, cautiously, because she needs to survive. But she is also speaking her mind along the way.
Darla Rooks grew up entirely oriented toward the water. Her parents caught shrimp and oysters to sell, shot alligators to eat, and trapped otters, nutria, mink and raccoon for their pelts. When she was not in school, Darla was likely to be found in the canal behind the family home in Happy Jack. "When most kids can't even play in front of their houses nowadays, me and my brother were getting in a little flatboat, pulling ourselves down this bayou, skiing on a little skimmer board made out of plywood and rope," she says. "We killed our ducks here. We caught crabs here. We had a blast."
She also dreamed of a bigger world. "I decided that I wasn't going to do what my daddy did," she says -- so at 17, she moved an hour away to Harahan, just outside New Orleans. Darla drove an ambulance, became an emergency medical technician, and transported bodies for the coroner's office. "It wasn't too long before I found out that all that stuff that was in town didn't make me happy," she says. She moved home, and in her twenties married Todd, who also grew up in a local shrimping family.
The couple -- she's 47, he's 45 -- began shrimping together full-time about 12 years ago. They bought the Cajun Queen in 2005; the 37-foot-long fiberglass boat is the second they've owned. Five months after they bought it, Hurricane Katrina battered Plaquemines Parish. The storm destroyed the rental house where they lived and blew their boat into a canal, where it sunk. By the time they recovered it, seven months later, it was covered with barnacles the size of nickels. The Rookses received $19,000 from FEMA, not enough to cover the damage. They made the repairs by themselves, then this year bought an $8,000 generator days before the BP spill.
The day I spend with the Rookses doesn't start so well. With an east wind blowing, the tide in Grand Bayou is taking longer than usual to recede, causing the shrimp to hang back in the grass. At 2:40 a.m., Darla decides they can't wait; in the distance, she sees the lights of what looks like a competitor's boat. Todd pulls the lever that lowers the L-shaped aluminum frames that are attached to the nylon nets. Darla returns to the cabin, grabs the wheel, and takes the Cajun Queen for its first "push" of the night.
When Todd raises the net again, what he sees are not shrimp but rather porgies and shad and croakers, which have no value to the couple. "All fish," Todd says, wishing his wife would have waited before starting the push. "She's just too nervous." He unties the rope that holds closed the tails of the nets -- the bottom of the funnel where the shrimp would normally be -- and releases the useless bycatch into the bayou. He shakes the remaining fish loose from the nets as Darla doubles back to their starting point. That's when she realizes her mistake: The lights she saw belonged to some oil-industry equipment. "Yeah, my boat was a rig," she says, her hand on Todd's shoulder. "Pat you on the back. You were right."
Todd settles into the cabin to watch Mixed Martial Arts on TV. At 3:35 a.m., he tests the tide and finds it starting to lower. "Let's try it," he says.
"I don't want to try it if we're going to catch fish," Darla replies, a bit gun-shy.
"Let's go," Todd says.
This time is the charm. A few minutes into the trawl, Todd briefly lifts one net to check the catch. "Fish is gone now," he declares.
For the next six hours, Darla steers up and down Grand Bayou. She points out manmade canals cut the by the oil companies, which, along with the river levees, have hastened the loss of the delta's wetlands. Less marshland means less habitat for young shrimp, she says: "They're knocking out the breeding area. They're knocking out their safety zone."
Every so often, Todd lifts the nets, unties the ropes, and dumps the catch onto the boat's fantail. Then comes the long process of separating the shrimp from the bycatch. Todd shovels the catch into a white plastic barrel that he has filled with salt water. If he gets the salinity correct (which he always does), the fish will float and the shrimp will sink. Todd dumps the fish overboard. He shovels the remaining shrimp into blue plastic baskets until he can pour them into the boat's enormous foam-and-fiberglass ice chest. He stops long enough only to fetch a energy drink from the cooler. Dixie terrorizes the blue crabs, exacting revenge for an attack when she was a puppy. Darla pilots the boat up and down the bayou, feeling meditative. "It's a stress reliever," she says, "It's like riding a motorbike or painting a picture -- you just have that one thing on your mind."
The BP spill shut down the Rookses' shrimping business for five months. They received four weeks' worth of clean-up work from BP's Vessels of Opportunity program, and Darla believes they were cut loose because she wouldn't stop speaking her mind about the oil. They were living with relatives at the time of the spill, but without an income, couldn't afford to pay rent, and neither Darla nor Todd can stand being a freeloader. So they moved onto their boat, into a closet-sized cabin with twin bunk beds, a coffee pot, a small portable stove, and a microwave.
Not only were they suddenly in dire financial straits, but the ecosystem surrounding them was in ruins. "As we'd be going down to Venice to provide paperwork for our claims, and searching for a job hopefully working with BP, there were sea gulls dead all over the road," Darla says. "They weren't hit by a car. They didn't have oil on them. There was nothing wrong with them that you could see. I actually saw a couple of them flying and drop out of the sky."
She fell into despair. "At one point, I put a hangman's noose on the back rigging of the boat. I was ready to stick my head in it," she says. Todd had trouble dealing with his wife's anguish. "I didn't understand her side of being depressed," he says. "She didn't understand my side of getting mad. And I'd get mad at her for being depressed." He pops open another Red Bull as he tells the story. "I can understand why there was all the divorces," he adds. (Steve Picou, a University of South Alabama sociologist who studies the human impact of disasters, say there were "numerous divorces" after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It's too early, he says, to compile divorce data for the BP spill's aftermath.)
A doctor acquaintance intervened when Darla felt suicidal. "He told me dead people don't talk, dead people don't sue, dead people don't tell the truth, and dead people don't bother BP. So I started thinking: You know what? I'm going to do what's right and I'm going to tell the truth, even if it costs me financially." Last month, at a town hall meeting in Buras, Rooks told a group of fisherman, "We need to stand up and fight or there will be nothing left. If you say nothing, you get nothing."
One of the riskiest things for Darla to say is that she remains unsure that shrimp from oil-affected waters is healthy to eat. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say Gulf seafood has been tested extensively and there's no reason for alarm. "Although crude oil has the potential to taint seafood with flavors and odors caused by exposure to hydrocarbon chemicals, the public should not be concerned about the safety of seafood in stores at this time," says the FDA's website. Darla doesn't feel so confident.
"I'm a seafood dealer. That's how I make my living. And I'm telling people, when it comes from that area over there," -- she motions miles away -- "do not eat it. I don't care if the president of the United States, or the Queen of England, or BP, or the Coast Guard says it's safe. If you get in shallow water five miles out and you kick up some dirt, oil comes to the top. It doesn't stay there for long because it sinks back down because it's been dispersed, but it does come to the top. And shrimp normally bury up in the mud in the middle of the day and come up at night when it's nice and cool. [Now] they're swimming on top of the water in 100-degree temperature during the day. I'm 47 years old and never seen that before in my life."
That's why Darla and Todd were slow to start shrimping even after the first areas reopened. "It took me that long to decide that the area that I chose to go in was clean. I had to keep seeing shrimp coming from that area that didn't have oil products stuck in their gills, and crabs that didn't have a funny color to them, didn't have a funny smell to them. It took me that long to decide that OK, I'm going to take a chance with my conscience and sell that seafood." While she'll sell her catch wholesale, she still won't sell it directly to a consumer. "If that individual got sick," she says, "I would feel personally responsible." She worries that by the time the water is clean again, "all the generations that know how to do it and can teach it to someone else will be dead already."
As dawn approaches, the net grows heavier each time Todd lifts the aluminum frame. The Rookses are now catching shrimp faster than Todd can sort them. He'll need to finish sorting at the end of the workday.
Still, he keeps his equanimity. Most of the time Todd wears a patient, almost childlike smile. Then at 6 a.m., the cable connecting one of the nets to a 350-pound weight snaps. Todd's eyes go wide for a minute; he shucks off his gloves and rubber overalls, strips down to his shorts, and dives 26 feet into the water to fix the connection. "It's not just a job -- it's an adventure," he says, smiling, as he emerges. "Now I'm really behind."
The only time Todd fully loses his composure comes three hours later, when three airboats -- perhaps used by surveyors, perhaps hired by BP to clean up the water -- come barreling around a corner, cutting off the Cajun Queen and creating a fearsome wake. Todd's blues eyes grow steely. He yells, waves his arms, gives the boats the finger, but they continue their acrobatics. This activity, called "swamping," can damage property and threaten lives. Darla has known shrimpers who have lost thousands of dollars' worth of catch overboard when their boats were swamped. "Todd's been throwing fish at people [who swamp us]," Darla says. "It won't kill 'em, but you know it when a porgie hits you at 50 miles an hour."
Still, today's harvest is shaping up to be respectable; the shrimp will later weigh in at 1,264 pounds -- "not great, not horrible," Darla says. At 9:45 a.m., they pull up the nets and move to a marsh where they can stop and continue sorting before heading inland. Three or four dolphins swim to the boat waiting for fish to be thrown overboard, while seagulls hover overhead. This is one of the favorite moments of the couple's day, but both note that neither the dolphins nor the gulls are as abundant as they were before the spill. "A couple of years ago, there was so many dolphins, you could pet them," Todd says.
The scarcity spooks Darla. "If all this stuff's missing, are we next?" she says. "Are we the next thing on the extinction list?"
Strong words, she knows. But these days, she says, no one will stop her from speaking her mind. "I can't be scared of Mr. Obama or Mr. BP or Mr. Coast Guard," she says, "because Mr. All-Those-People put their pants on one leg at a time. They're people just like me, and we have a right to this land."


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Partizan Belgrade midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba is believed to be closing in on a move to Thailand.
The 32-year old Cameroonian, who had failed spells with Manchester United and Aston Villa earlier in his career, is a target for promoted Thai side Air Force United and a move could soon be on the cards according to reports.
"The player is looking for a career in Asia, and we're ready to negotiate," Air Force's marketing director Kasemsak Mingsopha told Goal.com.
"If [manager] Narasak Boonkliang feels he's in good condition and fit in our system, the board of directors are ready to support him."
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Ten Tips For Traveling Gluten Free
1. Whether traveling a great distance from home or going out to do a few errands, always leave the house with food, even if it's just a snack or two.
2. If you're going on a trip or traveling to another city for a day, use the internet to research gluten free restaurant options.
3. Call restaurants during off-peak hours and speak to the manager. Ask questions like: Do you have a gluten free menu? Can you send, email or fax it to me? Is it posted at your website? Who can I speak to once I arrive to make sure that my dining experience is gluten free? Even if you don't have a gluten free menu, can your kitchen accommodate me?
4. Fortunately, there are more and more restaurants like Outback Steakhouse and PF Chang's that have gluten free menus. They can be found in many cities across the United States. Become familiar with these restaurants – many of which are part of national chains. They can be a lifesaver when you're on the road.
5. Remember, just because a menu item says it's gluten free doesn't mean it will arrive at your table and be gluten free. If you have any concerns about your food not being gluten free, speak to your server and if necessary, send it back.
6. If you are concerned about asking too many questions when your waiter or waitress takes your order, speak privately to the manager of the restaurant. Managers are usually quite willing and eager to make sure your dining experience is a good one and they will communicate your needs to your waitstaff.
7. Find out where the closest grocery and health food stores are to wherever you're traveling. If you won't have a car at your disposal, ask the hotel if they have a van service that can bring you to the grocery store. Another option would be to take a cab to the store and stock up on foods that will tide you over as needed.
8. If you travel frequently, especially for business, keep a food rider (that explains your food needs) on your computer and email it as needed to restaurants, catering halls, etc. Call ahead and speak to someone who can help make sure that your food needs are met.
9. If you're traveling by air, bring a doctor's note saying that you need to be able to bring your own gluten free food on the plane.
10. If you're staying in a hotel, call ahead and ask if they can supply a small dorm-sized refrigerator for your room. If not, fill the bathroom sink or tub with ice (every hotel floor has an ice machine) and put the food you brought with you from home into it.
Do you have any great ideas that you can share for traveling gluten free?


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Lockheed Selects Astrium for Jabiru-1 Hardware; NewSat Nets More Funding
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-23-12] European satellite manufacturer Astrium has won a subcontract to supply telecommunication products for NewSat's Jabiru-1 satellite by Lockheed Martin, the companies confirmed July 20.
Astrium will supply Ku-band communications receivers and Ka-band beacons to Lockheed Martin, which Australian operator NewSat selected as its prime contractor to procure, build and deliver the Jabiru-1 satellite in time for a launch in late 2014. Arianespace will place the satellite into orbit on an Astrium-built Ariane-5 rocket.
Astrium Frequency Converter Product Line Manager Andy Warburton said the equipment it will send to Lockheed Martin uses technologies developed for the Generic Flexible Payload (GFP) program, supported by the U.K. Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
"In addition to the hard work on the GFP program, this contract is further recognition of the technical expertise developed here within Astrium, which is highly relevant for frequency converters and beacons," Warburton said in a statement. "The Ku-band communications receivers recover the very low power uplink signals from ground stations and provide frequency domain isolation between the uplink and downlink signals to avoid interference. The Ka-band beacons provide a signal to enable ground antennas to locate and lock onto the spacecraft position."
The Astrium products are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2013. Jabiru-1 will be positioned over the Indian Ocean to cover regions including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.
Separately, NewSat announced it has completed the seventh phase of its Jabiru-1 satellite launch by acquiring an additional $102.74 million in funding from French export credit agency Coface on behalf of the French government.
NewSat said the grant would be used to back loans that are financing the construction of the Ariane 5 rocket Arianespace is using to send the satellite into space, but did not reveal the specific terms of the agreement with Coface. An existing condition to NewSat's closing agreements with the U.S. Ex-Im Bank and Coface debt facilities allows for further funding of about $200 million.
NewSat plans to expand its satellite capabilities with the Jabiru Satellite Program, beginning with the launch of Ku-band service on its Jabiru-2 satellite in the fourth quarter of 2013 and Ka-band service on the Jabiru-1 satellite in the fourth quarter of 2014. Last month, NewSat inked a $30.3 million contract with an unnamed South Asian reseller to provide three years of Jabiru satellite service in Afghanistan, which according to the operator, brings its total binding pre-launch contracts for Jabiru satellite capacity to $601 million.
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From duck fat burgers and hand-cut garlic fries to heirloom tomato salad and double fudge, walnut and white chocolate chip cookies, the FS Taste Truck is serving up delicious eats with a side of fun in San Francisco.
It's your last chance to sample FS Taste Truck gourmet on-the-go food: it completes its tour of the southwest with a final week in Santa Fe, NM.
After delighting taste buds and drawing crowds in Palo Alto and San Francisco, (and a short detour to feed stars and fans at the Breaking Bad finale), the FS Taste Truck heads to Santa Barbara from September 30 to October 6.
The genial executive chef at Southern California's Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara may have one of the best grower networks around, with a gigantic bounty of luscious fresh vegetables, fruit, nuts, seafood and meats year-round.
Bananas Foster Ice Cream Sandwich, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco SERVES 6 Ingredients for Caramel Macaron: 1 cup (250 ml)
Check out the best moments from the Four Seasons Undercover events held across North America.
The Old Fashioned cocktail campaign has launched at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts around the world and Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North is leading the charge with an Old Fashioned cocktail flight and distinct dining pairings.
Four Seasons is celebrating National Martini Day with their "Make Mine a Martini" programme, where properties across North America have created unique version of an elit™ by Stolichnaya® martini.
Four Seasons recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month by creating a variety of pretty-in-pink cocktails.
Meet the team of famous chefs who will host the September 2014 culinary event in Bangkok.
Four Seasons Scottsdale creates a Prohibition-busting ice cream float.
From a "hot chocolate doc" who makes house calls to hot chocolate infused with green chiles, Four Seasons definitely knows how to put the "haute" in hot chocolate. Warm up with one of these satisfyingly rich and delicious treats, plus get a recipe for hot choc with a kick: green chile hot chocolate.
Slow Roasted Turkey Breast and Confit Leg, "Dirty" Farro, Dijon Kale Chips, Pickled Cranberries and Turkey Heart Gravy, Four Seasons
On Sunday, November 3, 2013 – which marked the 5-year anniversary of Four Seasons Hotel Seattle – the red carpet was literally rolled-out for five Four Seasons chefs.
From gourmet breakfast granola and Oktoberfest fare to Mexican cuisine and Korean fusion: if it was fresh, innovative and unbelievably delicious, it was on the menu at the FS Taste Truck. Here are the highlights, including new pictures, from the eight-week tour.
What's the best way to celebrate a fifth anniversary? If you answered "a chef cook-off" you'd be right! In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Four Seasons Hotel Seattle rolls out the red carpet for the culinary talents of five chefs for a "Best of the West" dinner.
After six weeks of California dreaming, (Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Westlake Village), the FS Taste Truck has made its way to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona.
Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Los Angeles is the last California stop for the FS Taste Truck, after mouthwatering visits to Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. Get ready for premium burgers, bratwurst, poutine and salad—not to mention a Cup o' Pizza.
After rave reviews from diners in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Beverly Hills, the FS Taste Truck is serving up modern Mexican cuisine, created by the culinary team at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.
After wowing celebrities and party-goers at the Breaking Bad finale, the #FSTasteTruck went on to deliver the fun and flavour at a private event at Red Bull headquarters.
Now entering its fourth week of California living after stops in Palo Alto, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, the FS Taste Truck is checking out the casual glamour of Beverly Hills and the vibrancy of downtown LA, hosted by Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills (A Four Seasons Hotel) from October 7-13.
The first stop in Palo Alto was a huge culinary success and seven more Western US destinations remain. The FS Taste Truck has made its way down the Southern California coast and has reached its second stop… the vibrant city of San Francisco.
Nine top chefs, one unforgettable evening: Four Seasons Hotel St Louis hosts the James Beard Celebrity Chef Dinner Series on September 19.
Starting September 16, Four Seasons has its very own food truck, the FS Taste Truck, heading out on a week-by-week road trip to eight Western destinations in three states.
Homemade bratwurst, quinoa burgers and yes, cronuts: the FS Taste Food Truck is serving up a variety of sweet and savoury treats created by renowned Four Seasons chefs. Check out the recipes from each of the destinations.
The Raspberry Driver, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco SERVES 1 "The Raspberry Driver is a our take on the Screwdriver
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After an earth-shaking scandal by Salafī Member of Parliament Anwar al-Balkīmī, policemen arrested Salafī lawmaker 'Alī Wanīs in an indecent act with a young girl inside his car on a highway. [Salāh al-Wakīl and Dīnā al-Husaynī, al-Wafd, June 9, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Officer Ahmad Bahā' al-Dīn of al-Qalyubia Security Department suspected a car parked in a dark spot, 50 meters away from al-'Abd Mall in the city of Tūkh, on the agricultural highway, at 08:00 pm on Thursday (June 7).
It turned out that the car was boarded by Salafī legislator 'Alī Wanīs of al-Nūr Party, the second largest bloc in the People's Assembly, and a young girl seen together in an indecent act.
The prosecutor heard policeman Māhir Muhammad Nasr and police captain Ahmad Bahā' who both confirmed the reports. Wanīs dismissed the charges and said he was trying to recover her from a state of unconsciousness.
Salafī supporters started a march in Banhā led by Wanīs and mingled with another led by former presidential candidate 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, chanting slogans against the military rule. [Salāh al-Wakīl and Dīnā al-Husaynī, al-Wafd, June 9, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Joseph Malāk, the director of the Egyptian center for development and human rights studies, a think-tank specialized in Coptic affairs, said the absence instructions by the church or Coptic leaders in the first round of the presidential elections gave rise to different orientations of Coptic votes.
Malāk denounced some attempts to hurl the runoff round into a sectarian juncture in the manner of the March 19, 2011 referendum over the constitutional amendments.
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In an ad published by al-Ahrām newspaper, People's Assembly Speaker Sa'd al-Katātnī invited the non-appointed members of the parliament's two chambers, the Azhar, Egyptian churches, judicial organizations, executive power representatives, professional syndicates, farmers' union, Egypt's Trade Union Federation (ETUF), the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) and public figures to name their candidates for the constituent assembly within a deadline of Sunday (June 10). [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 9, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
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"The challenge from our perspective was that the contract vehicle was very detailed and prescriptive," he said. "It was very inflexible."
According to Flood's report, the HHSC built the call centers into its plans with the federal government so it wouldn't have to start a separate approval process for the call centers.
"We spent a lot of money on the application, so we just didn't want to throw it away," said Gary Gumbert, the HHSC's chief information officer. "Why go out and have to go through certification again? It's a waste of money."
Development of the TIERS program itself was no longer the sole factor in the changeover; the switch to call centers became the agency's driving force.
The first call centers were scheduled to open in late January 2006 - a pace that became a problem when TIERS wouldn't cooperate with another program slated to power the call centers, according to Flood's report. Instead of pushing back the schedule to allow more time for getting the programs working together, managers stuck with the original timetable and had employees enter enrollment data into two programs at once.
By that time, however, fewer people who knew SAVERR were working the cases - hundreds of staff members who used SAVERR for years took new jobs when the HHSC announced that call centers would replace their offices.
The low cost of operating and staffing phone bays rather than lots of small local offices was one of the call center plan's most attractive parts. The Legislature originally hoped to save hundreds of millions of dollars by switching to the call centers.
In practice, however, losing that much institutional memory may have come at a heavy cost. Flood said that even as complicated as data entry became, the old staff picked it up more easily. "The amount of training was different for the contractor staff who were brought on in great numbers," he said, "but had almost no background knowledge."
Gumbert said getting staff - both new and old - comfortable with the new program, when some had been using SAVERR for 30 years, has been a huge challenge, but an unavoidable one. "I wish I could make it easy, but it's just painful for the current staff," he said, adding that the agency is hoping to set up new training labs to help bring employees up to speed.
Things You Can't Plan For
Any large program like TIERS runs within some margin of error, McCurley said - for SAVERR it was between 5 percent and 7 percent. But TIERS was under the microscope because of the hype associated with the call center switch.
When the pilot indicated there were problems with the application, public outcry was swift because social services are of such vital importance and are under such close watch by the media.
The way employees adapt to the program and the most commonly made mistakes are things you can't plan for, McCurley said - they're the reason you start with a pilot and make adjustments.
"No matter how good a job you do of drawing up the process in a lab, they're going to do what they're going to do," he said. "You really have very little control over their behavior."
The controversy around TIERS and the push for private call centers blew in April, with the release of Flood's report and a series of Legislative hearings. House committees questioned Albert Hawkins, executive commissioner of the HHSC, on management decisions and ultimately put the program under closer Legislative oversight.
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posted May 17 2013 3:05PM
Need to get crayon off the wall? Colgate toothpaste! Baked on food? Fill the pan with water and put a dryer sheet in it! These are just a few of the many life hacks we have. Here are a few more:
1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair
2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair
5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any.
6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too
11 Bee stings - meat tenderizer
12. Chigger bite - Preparation H
13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H
14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
15. Stinky feet - Jello
16. Athletes feet - cornstarch
17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)
19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!
20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby
23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar !
26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!
27 Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak
28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!
29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste
31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.
33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!
34. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!
35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
36. Dirty grout - Listerine
37. Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste
38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup
39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!
40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water.
42. Gatorade is good for Migraine Headaches (PowerAde won't work)
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I live in Missouri, where bad weather is usually a temporary issue and weather is pretty unpredictable (or our weathermen are just lousy). This winter we've had to deal with 40 mph gusts that drive the temperature well below 0. Any quick and easy ideas on how I can find the source of drafts in this house and whether caulking would hold up around a window that's icy to the touch? And how do you weatherproof your fireplace (we don't use it) so there's no wind blowing down and no heat escaping?
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"Any quick and easy ideas on how I can find the source of drafts in this house" Hold a lighted candle near an area where you suspect air is leaking and the flame will quiver if there is air movement. Sometimes people tape plastic over the fireplace front to prevent heat from leaking out. You have the damper closed I hope? " and whether caulking would hold up around a window that's icy to the touch?" As long as the surfaces are dry, silicone can be applied when it's cold but it gives the minimum temp it can be applied on the tube(I can't remember what it was) so you will need to check it out.
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State Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef says the party executive committee voted 25-10 Wednesday to certify Taylor's place on the ballot.
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I'm trying to work with Jquery and Svg together. But I don´t want to use any plugin.
The problem I am dealing now is that when I try to work using the traditional append mode to add a child to the svg document, the object is not rendered. Let´s check out what I tried to do:
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Is there a way to create svg elements as svg descendants using jquery, or is better the use of pure javascript despite the loss of productivity?