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My own higher education journey started at the Medway College of Art, where I did what was then known as an "Intermediate" followed by an NDD, a National Diploma of Design. After that I applied to the Royal College of Art, where I did a three-year course on printed textiles.
Once I got there, I loved being at college - I never wanted to leave. Once you do go out to work, you have to concentrate on doing things that are going to bring you in enough money to survive, whereas when you're at college, you're able to let your mind run free and work on advancing your designs.
My time at the Royal College of Art was an extremely creative period for me: I've just finished doing the rough drafts of a book of my work which covers 1961 to 1964 - when I left the Royal College - until 1971, when I set up for myself. It's clear to see that during that time I felt free to experiment: it wasn't about "will this design sell?", it was more about creating new work where I didn't have to worry about the work being commercial. I think higher education allows students to have that space. If you go into work, you have to concentrate on that; whereas if you choose to be a student, that is, in essence, your job.
Higher education also gives you the opportunity to learn practical skills that are going to help you in later life. You learn the basics and then you have a certain amount of time to develop your talent. You have to work as hard as you can, because there are so many people in the marketplace that you need to make yourself stand out to go forward.
It was higher education that made my career; without it I wouldn't have been able to have learned how to print textiles. I suppose I could have done that in a factory, but then I wouldn't necessarily have been designing.
If people don't go into higher education, you may as well just have factories, and there are hardly any of those left in our poor little country. Higher education allows you to mix with the best and become the best.
The eight honorary doctorates I've received from universities mean a lot to me. It's a great honour to be recognised for what you do and be a figurehead to a new generation of designers. As chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts, I hope to be an inspirational figure who can provide advice to students. Obviously, I have a day-to-day business to run, but I am happy to give guidance and advice - as well as to give out the diplomas, of course. I see my appointment as chancellor as a real mark of respect for the work I've done and I'm pleased that they think I'm enough of a worthwhile person to represent the university and help shape the future of the UK.
I'm a firm believer in education, and I think the people that you come into contact with in higher education serves you for the rest of your life. I think sometimes parents don't say how exciting education is and where it can lead you, and there are children with extraordinary talents whose desire to progress is annihilated out of them.
The burden of communicating the value of higher education falls on the teachers, and I was extremely lucky with the teachers I had at Medway and at the Royal College of Art.
The one thing I would stress to anybody is that whatever you do in life, if you don't put things into it, you won't get anything out. Too much is laid on for students, and the fact is you can do the social aspect of things later in life. Education is the only thing that will get you from A to B. Life is a series of examinations, there's no soft option.


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Upon arrival at the bustling airport, guests are safely met at the airport by a private driver. Bali was voted one of the safest destinations in Asia. All Bali Spirit drivers, instructors, and guides speak English. The Balinese people have a deep rooted culture in loving kindness with broad smiles and a heartfelt desire for your happiness. Travelers will enjoy a safe and exotic adventure. Lodging options meet every budget from $9 per night home-stays to the most luxurious accommodations in the world.
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Learjet is a Canadian owned, American aerospace manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use based in Wichita, Kansas. Founded in the late 1950s by William Powell Lear as Swiss American Aviation Corporation, it has been a subsidiary of Canadian Bombardier Aerospace since 1990, which markets it as the "Bombardier Learjet Family".
Learjet was one of the first companies to manufacture a private, luxury aircraft. Lear's preliminary design was based upon an experimental American military aircraft known as the Marvel, substituting fuselage-mounted turbojet engines for ducted fan turboshaft engines. However, that preliminary design was abandoned and the final Learjet design was instead adapted from an abortive 1950s Swiss ground-attack fighter aircraft, the FFA P-16.
The Learjet 60 is a mid-size cabin, medium-range business jet aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace in Wichita, Kansas. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A engines, it has a range (with 4 passengers and 2 crew) of 2,405 nautical miles (4,454 km) with NBAA 100 nmi (190 km) reserves, ISA. is an improved version of the Learjet 55, with a longer fuselage and more powerful turbofan engines. It first flew on 10 October 1990 and received FAA certification in January 1993.
The Learjet 60 is notable for its time-to-climb performance, climbing to 41,000 feet (12,497 m) in 18.5 minutes at maximum weight. It also distinguished as the last legacy Learjet, using the wing that designer Bill Lear adapted from the Swiss military aircraft, the FFA P-16. Production of the Learjet 60 ended in 2007 after 314 aircraft had been built.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 8 passengers
- Length: 58 ft 8 in (17.881m)
- Wingspan: 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m)
- Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.471 m)
- Wing area: 264.5 ft² (24.57 m²)
- Empty weight: 14,640 lb (6,641 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A turbofan, 4,600 lbf (20.46 kN) each
- Maximum speed: 522 mph (453 knots, 839 km/h) (max cruise)
- Cruise speed: 484 mph (Fast Cruise 536 mph) (420 knots, 778 km/h, Mach 0.74) (long-range cruise)
- Range: 2,773 mi (2,409 nmi, 4,461 km)
- Service ceiling: 51,000 ft (15,545 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,500 ft/min (22.9 m/s)
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Editor's note: Today, take a break from the busyness of the season and reflect upon the birth of your King. Let the peace of Jesus guide you to Christmas, fill your heart with joy on December 25, and be your one true source of comfort for every day beyond that. This devotion is slightly adapted from the Ministry Message that accompanies Glory to the Newborn King, one of CTA's Christmas themes.
If you've ever moved into a "fixer upper," you know what a nightmare it is to remodel a home. You start with the headache of permits and blueprints. Then you're in for the continuous eardrum-busting noise of demolition and construction—and the mess that comes along with it. You can't even walk across the floor in your own home without tripping on a paint can or a pile of stray boards!
After that, you'll make countless trips around town looking for the perfect paint color, furniture, fixtures, and artwork. And don't even get started talking about the budget. The financial stress of remodeling is the worst part!
This, my friends, is why most people who remodel hire a general contractor. He's the guy who will pull the permits and verify the blueprints and answer all of your questions. He's the guy who will clean up the mess at the end of the day. He'll point you in the right direction for materials and order them for you—he'll probably even get you a discount.
Oh, the peace of mind you have when you hire a general contractor! Without his direction, without his leadership, the situation is sheer chaos.
This Christmas season, does your house feel like a peaceful sanctuary where you can concentrate on the real meaning of the holiday or does it feel more like a chaotic circus—perhaps a home renovation site? We have all our normal responsibilities like work and kids, but then shopping, holiday parties, and family obligations pile on top. There's little peace to be had when you hardly have time to stop and take a breath!
Peace is often hard to come by, and not just during the Christmas season. Our busy schedules knock peace right off our calendars; life's challenges shut peace out of our hearts, too. Do you know people who have lost their jobs in December? Ask them about peace. Look around after the funeral of a young person. Do you see peace on the faces of mourners? More likely, you'll see anger or just plain misery. Or even after watching the evening news, do you feel peace in your heart after hearing about refugees, epidemics, and natural disasters?
The truth is that sin stole peace from this world in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in perfect peace at first, living among God's beautiful creation. It was literally Paradise! Peace galore, not a worry in the world! But, as we know, it didn't last. Now we feel the effects of sin in our hearts every day. Peace is crowded out by anxiety, sadness, anger, and hurt.
But know this: even before the Garden, God had a plan to push back the chaos that sin has caused in our world and in our hearts. This was not a do-it-yourself project! We could never have renovated our own hearts. Instead, God himself would restore peace, and he did—on that first Christmas morning with the birth of his own Son.
That morning when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angel chorus sang out: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace" (Luke 2:14 KJV). Peace! There, in that little manager, laid our Savior—the One who would rescue us from our sins and bring peace to rule in our hearts once again. Jesus' birth meant that we would be friends of God. We would be reconciled with our Father. We would be forgiven and free.
That first Christmas was just the beginning of God's plan to bring peace in Jesus. That Baby grew up to live a perfect life so that instead of our chaotic, sinful lives, God would see his Son's perfection. Jesus hung upon the cross until his very last breath was gone, so that sin would be defeated once and for all. And, his glorious resurrection on Easter morning means that peace will rule in our hearts—forever!
So now that you've heard the promise of God's everlasting peace through Jesus, has all the chaos of the Christmas season been erased? Did all of your troubles vanish? Of course not. We still live in a sinful, chaotic world. We still struggle with temptations. Jesus said this to his disciples. (Read John 16:33.) In this world, we will have troubles and challenges, but as faithful believers, we know that we can always find our peace in Jesus. Our sins are gone—peace can reign in our hearts as we trust in our Savior!
When you wake up on December 26, remember that the peace Jesus brings will still be there. It will be there on December 27 and every day after that, too. The peace that Jesus won for us on the cross has no expiration date and it will never run out. Share that peace with those around you. Use that peace to serve with a giving heart and love unconditionally. Shout your Christmas praises all year long: Glory to God in the highest!
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At Büchlhof, the Pracks' family farm near Lilienfeld
Gustl is a dog, Rosi is a goat with an attitude and Pferdinand is a stallion. Those are just a few of the many animals at the Büchlhof organic farm who can't wait to meet our curious visitors! The Prack family makes sure all the creatures on the farm feel right at home, including their two-legged guests.
Amazing, isn't it!
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of … apple juice! Conquer the dark corners of the forest as a forest pirate. It is there that the treasure chest is buried! Dig it up and hide it again. So nobody can find it!
How do you take care of a forest? With a moisturizer so it stays fresh? No, no – we'll show you how it's done – and why an oak tree is not a beech tree and how a board is cut out of a huge tree. It also burns well, wood – especially in a campfire with a hotdog or two to roast.
It gets really quiet when we go on a nighttime hike with you and your family. Just the torch hissing and an owl hooting. Kind of scary. Anyone who is brave enough for that can also ride along on our tractor!


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Official publication of the Connecticut College Alumni Association.
- Skating under the hyperbolic paraboloid - Vivian Segall '73
- Speak, Memory - Charles E. Shain, Catherine Oakes, William Ashby McCloy, Robert E. Lorish, Dorothy Bethurum Loomis, Marjorie R. Dilley, Margaret S. Chaney, Ruby Turner Morris, Hazel A. Johnson
- Will you still love me when I'm 65? - Lenore E. Campbell '79
- This year in sports - Marsha Williams '81
- A darkroom of one's own - Vivian Segall '73
- Round & About
- Books
- Letters
- Class Notes
Recommended Citation
Connecticut College, "Connecticut College Alumni Magazine, Spring 1980" (1980). Alumni News. 214.
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Perfect for families to get away from everyday life and still enjoy the comforts of home life.
3 bedroom, 2 bath home. House sleeps 10 people. Linens on all beds and spare linens in closet. 2 bedrooms have queen beds, a dresser and closet. 1 bedroom has 2 sets of bunk beds, a dresser and closet. Towels, wash cloths and hand towels in both bathrooms (lots of towels!)
Bathrooms are full size with a tub/shower, toilet, sink/vanity and closet. Washer and dryer in hall closet (fullsize). Full size dishwasher, stove, fridge and microwave in the kitchen. As well as plates, cups, bowls, silverware and pots and pans. 4 chairs and a table make the kitchen complete. Bar area has 4 bar stools.
Living room is spacious with 2 sofas (one with a queen sleeper) and a 36 inch TV. Cable and WiFi.
Porch has a table and chairs. Outdoor area under the house includes a bar, tv and table and chairs. BBQ Pit. Perfect for entertaining! Ample parking. The perfect getaway!
Bring your boat or jet skis!
Boat ramp and dock on property. Ramp accommodates up to a 40' boat. 8-10 min idle out to the Jourdan River. About 30 mins from Ship Island. Public boat launch is right next door.
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Helping post-9/11 veterans heal hidden wounds, a new way
What do you get when you take mental healthcare and combine it with the concept behind Air B&B? You get immediate access to world class mental healthcare without paperwork or bureaucracy.
It's called Headstrong, and is a free mental health referral service for post 9/11 veterans.
Headstrong co-founder Zach Iscol, a former combat Marine who fought at the Second Battle of Fallujah, was out of the military and working on his civilian career when one day he met up with his former commanders. They told him that more Marines were losing their lives to suicide than the number who died in his battalion during the war. Why were his Marines killing themselves at such a staggering rate? He had to do something, but what?
Iscol knew he wanted a non-governmental setting for veterans, specifically something for those who didn't want to go to the VA for whatever reason. "How do they create, and I'm saying this with the full respect of the VA, how do they create the anti-VA?" said Headstrong's Director of Operations Dustin Shryock.
A longtime family friend of Iscol's just happened to be an addiction psychiatrist. Working together with leading experts in trauma therapy at Weill Cornell School of Medicine, they developed the most comprehensive treatment they could think of for an outpatient, private trauma clinic.
Confidentiality is key for Headstrong.
Veterans fill out a short form on the website that includes name, email and a note if you want to add that. Within 48 hours, an intake clinician contacts the veteran. This is also used as a screening measure to make sure no one is lying about being in the service. "We've done over 600 clients to date," said Shryock. "And not once have we had someone lie about being in the service. Maybe it will happen someday, but the idea is we don't take money from the federal government, so we don't have to show them a person's paperwork."
The care is provided by partners and clinicians that have been vetted by Headstrong. They are "world-class clinicians that I myself would want to go sit in front of," says Shryock. Before working at Headstrong, he was a client. So when looking for partners or mental health providers there are two questions he asks, "Who do I want to put my best friend in front of, and who would I want to go back and sit in front of."
The clinicians at Headstrong are military competent and have been in practice, with a focus on trauma for at least 10 years before Headstrong will consider partnering with them. Headstrong and VA use two different methods of therapy. Headstrong practices Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR. "VA uses Prolonged Exposure, in general, it's quicker," said Shryock. "We just feel it's more traumatizing. EMDR takes a little longer, but we feel it's a little gentler."
The partners picked by Headstrong practice adjunctive therapy which is prescribed in addition to the primary therapy to help maximize its effectiveness. For example, if a client presents with post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, but the doctor diagnoses a traumatic brain injury (TBI), they'll go to a TBI clinic to treat that injury first.
There's a wide range of partner organizations Headstrong uses, "Sometimes it's a VA hospital visit," said Shryock. "Sometimes it's a retreat out in the woods. We have partners that do equine therapy, running groups. You name it, we've referred someone to it."
Already in 21 cities across 10 states and Washington, D.C., Headstrong is expanding. They already have partners in place in Virginia Beach and will start accepting clients in that area in the next four weeks.
"It's free and as long as someone wants to get help here, they can get it," said Shryock. "We're big supporters of the VA. We're certainly not out there trying to dup services. I think we're a neat model that simply lends a helping hand to our partners across the country that are doing the good work that the VA is doing."
If you need help, contact Headstrong here.
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The United States imprisons a higher proportion of its population, by an order of magnitude, than any other developed nation. This "lock them up and throw away the key" penal policy might work fine while the criminal is in jail. But we do not actually throw the key away, and one day the criminal is released. When he is, prison has prepared him, in most cases, for nothing except to continue a life of crime.
There are programs, many of them based on religious beliefs and practices, that seek to rehabilitate criminals, with some evidence of success. In contemporary America there is strong resistance to introducing anything with a religious flavor into areas of public policy. However, purely pragmatic self-interest would suggest that these programs be evaluated seriously. If prisoners can be released posing less of a threat to society than when they were convicted, it surely makes practical sense to do so.
These and related issues are the subject of Creating Penitents in Penitentiaries, the Current Issues Special Report. Meanwhile, the Arts section publishes A Light Still Burns, a collection of poems from prison by Rael James Grey.
President Kennedy had charm and charisma; his presidency was polished into the myth of Camelot by writers like Theodore Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. It did not hurt the Kennedy reputation that the press of the day did not see digging up personal scandal on the president as any part of its mission. But even at the time there were those who did not buy the myth. In John F. Kennedy Without Tears, in the Currents in Modern Thought section, Alan Levine recounts the often ugly political and moral realities behind the shining image. Morton Kaplan offers his own reflections on Kennedy's presidency in his editorial.
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The recent Mississippi Supreme Court ruling stating that the City of Ocean Springs has no legal authority to assess impact fees has stirred up a hornet's nest. Not only do cities like Clinton, Madison and Ridgeland stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars from impact fees, developers want the money back that has been previously collected.
The 6-1 Supreme Court ruling backed the May 2004 ruling by Jackson County Circuit Judge Dale Harkey, which stated that Ocean Springs could not assess fees to help finance infrastructure upgrades and alleviate the strain on utilities created by new developments. The 4,000-member Home Builders Association of Mississippi (HBAM) had filed a lawsuit against the coastal city in January 2003, stating the illegal tax assessed there amounted to nearly $5,000 per home.
"We've been fighting against impact fees for years, and knew that we would not be able to stop local government from taking these taxes illegally without the Supreme Court ruling," said HBAM CEO Marty Milstead.
'Long and expensive battle'
HBAM is calling on municipalities to return the impact fees plus interest to developers.
"We're asking State Auditor Phil Bryant and Attorney General Jim Hood to expedite this request," said Milstead. "The Home Builders Association of Mississippi feels good about this win. It's been a long and expensive battle, and now the Supreme Court has spoken."
Taking away a community's building block may hurt impact fee opponents the most, said Mississippi Municipal League executive director George Lewis.
"Ultimately, the goal for a better quality of life and the growth of a community is the same on both sides," he said. "Communities have to make plans for revenue to get the kind of community they want. Improvements in communities affect everyone from housing to recreation to safety, and revenue has to be derived, whether through impact fees or taxes, to finance a comprehensive plan the city has for its citizens."
HBAM president Clay Easterling, a land developer, homebuilder and insulation contractor, pointed out many people don't realize the developers already pay for infrastructure related to developments — sewer, water, streets, sidewalks, engineering fees, permit fees and more — and then gives it to the city or county upon completion. The new tax base is there for government to tax legally for years, he pointed out.
"Researchers from the University of Florida concluded in a recent study that growth pays for itself," he said. "They also warned that charging new residents taxes and fees that substantially exceed their share of associated public costs will harm the local economy, unduly delay development and result in a general economic slowdown. This would not be good for any of the state, but especially for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
"These developments are good for the community. It's economic development. It creates jobs and raises the property value of the area with new construction."
Feeling the bite?
Several states allow impact fees, but mostly limit them to roadwork. Courts in Florida, Kansas, Ohio and Wyoming have held that municipalities have the authority to adopt impact fees, even though no specific statute allows it.
"In extremely dense population markets, which are particularly high income, such as San Diego or Palm Beach, impact fees are probably more commonly accepted," said Mark Bounds, president of Mark S. Bounds Realty Partners in Madison. "But in areas where there's not as much wealth to go around, you feel the bite with that extra layer of taxation."
Lewis said there's room for compromise — and collaboration — between municipalities and developers.
"We don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot by saying we're just not going to do anything to provide the revenue to grow and to enhance our community," he said. "I just think there's a lot of work that we're going to have to do to look at the future of our cities and towns. How we'll go from this decision on … that's not a simple thing to do."
The court also pointed out that citizens must approve impact fees or state lawmakers must pass legislation allowing them. Milstead doesn't believe either method will prevail. "I just don't think there's an appetite in the Mississippi Legislature for additional taxes on property owners," he said.
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Mourners remember slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder
Follow Metro's coverage of Wednesday's funeral service.
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe
Published : October 28, 2015
A funeral will be held Wednesday for NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder, who was shot and killed last Tuesday while responding to a call in East Harlem.
Members of law enforcement agencies around the country are expected to attend Holder's service at 3 p.m. at Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens.
Holder is expected to be buried in his native Guyana on Saturday.
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The 125 pediatric providers of the Children's Health Alliance are organizing with Providence Children's Health and Providence Health & Services to form a pediatric accountable care organization, or ACO.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center has been recognized for efforts to encourage breast feeding by earning the Baby-Friendly designation from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF.
Providence Children's Health, a leader in caring for children in Oregon, and Shriners Hospitals for Children – Portland, the region's largest pediatric orthopedic group, announce a unique collaboration that expanded pediatric orthopedic services in October.
Genevieve Buser, M.D., MSHP, has joined Providence as pediatric infectious disease specialist for Providence Children's Health in Oregon. She...
With significantly more demand than available services in the community, children with special health care needs throughout Oregon will benefit significantly from the new Providence Children's Development Institute. Learn about the new services, clinics and resources being planned for these children and their families.
New moms and their babies can find education, support and a range of the services they need at the Providence Mother and Baby Clinic on the Providence Milwaukie Hospital campus.
In April, pediatric neurologist Kit Yeng Lim, M.D., MA, will begin seeing patients at Providence Child Center to support families living in east Portland. The new clinic will also support patients receiving developmental health care from Providence Neurodevelopmenal Center for Children, Specialty Pediatric Dental Clinic, Swindells Resource Center and the Center for Medically Fragile Children.


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Arkansas Children's Hospital gets $1 million for new campus
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas couple has donated $1 million toward the new Arkansas Children's Hospital campus in northwest Arkansas.
The hospital announced the gift Monday from Kirk and Cynthia Dupps for the new hospital, which is scheduled to open in Springdale in January 2018.
Kirk Dupps said in a statement that their grandson Jimi was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014 and spent more than 100 days at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. He said the three-hour trip for treatment took its toll on the family and that a local children's hospital is much needed. Jimi is now in remission and will begin kindergarten in August.
More than $27 million has been pledged so far for the new hospital.


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Book Review: House of D'Antonio by Reece Cooper James
King D'Antonio's dilemma is to unearth a passage through lands divided by the expansion of time only to wed the chosen one who can remove his family's curse. He must cross over to another dimension to find the ancestor from this family.
Will his powers allow him to travel through time to bring back the only woman who can remove the curse? Or will his voyage finally cause an end to the reign of D'Antonio?
Abigail embraces the powers she inherited from her ancestors she's careful not to misuse them. Instead of building friendships, she envisions the perfect one-an imaginary friend. But, she may have conjured into existence more than intended. He's not just a daydream, he's everywhere; he's in her most intimate moments. Will the King succeed in uniting with his maiden who can detach the spell? Or is she purely a mere mortal without the powers her family once controlled?
The House of D'Antonio is a fantasy romance between mortal and immortal beings. This tale's twist shows us how the mind controls the soul to travel through and around dimensions. But caution is imperative during these experiences; anyone and anything can impede a soul-less body.
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Mathematical Modeling in climatic changes prediction has been based on more or less simple energy balances considering the Earth along with its atmosphere, with the so-called solar "constant" taken as an invariant. However evidence has been supplied in previous WSEAS Conferences that this constant, S, does not remain a constant but it does fluctuate, following the cycles of the solar activity. Furthermore the transmission parameters concerning the input and the output energy, τ V and τ IR from/to the system Earth-Atmosphere also vary and this reflects the human activity leading to increased greenhouse gas quantities, being blamed for a dramatic climatic change the last decades. Thus, considering those fluctuating properties, the following equation for Earth's mean temperature, T, has been developed (A being albedo equal to 0.3 and σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant) (Equation presented) with the following multivariate treatment: (Equation presented) We need to obtain the derivatives: (Equation presented) because all S, τ IR, τ V change


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Hi, I'm Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com, and this is Mandarin Chinese. Open up and say "ah" because today we're going to be talking about vowel sounds.
The vowel sounds of Chinese all have approximate equivalents in English. We're going to go through some Chinese surnames to practice the sounds. Let's start, listen to the vowel sound.
Notice that the vowel sound "a" is spelled with the letter A as in Okinawa. Try repeating the surname after the speaker.
Notice the vowel sound "i" is spelled with an I as in Tahiti. Try repeating.
Notice that the sound "u" is spelled with a U. Though not quite the same, it's like the English vowel U in Honalulu. Try repeating.
Notice that even though its spelled the same, this does not sound much like the English vowel we use for "Hong Kong". It sounds more like the short double-o vowel in "hook". About the only word with this sound spelled with a single O in English is "woman". Try repeating.
Notice that the sound "e" is spelled with an E as in chicken. Notice also that this is not the vowel sound spelled with an E as in "hen". Try repeating.
You might find this sound "e" a bit close to the sound "a" and to the sound "o". The exercises at Lenguin.com will give you help in making these distinctions.
Now we're going to check out some diphthongs or vowel combinations. Listen to this surname.
Up until this point, we've treated the sound spelled W and Y as if they were regular consonants. But phonetically, they're shorted vowels, or semivowels, which glide into the full vowel of the syllable. They're so close to being vowels that when a semivowel is followed by a vowel, with the same articulation, it might be difficult to hear any transition. The syllable written WU may sound like "u" and the syllable written YI may sound like "i". Semivowels may follow consonants, and when they do, the Pinyin system writes them with the equivalent vowel letter: U instead of W, and I instead of Y. Listen to the speaker read the rows of surnames in this display.


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With a little help from our friends
Friends are great, especially when they all come down the allotment to get stuck in and bring weed suppressing carpet. This weekend we were still on the painstaking weed-clearance-type-jobs, but it's so much more fun when there's more of you.
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The DIY market (including aerosol, spray paint) is a multi-billion dollar industry. There are over 500 million cans sold annually. Most of those sales are by Rust-Oleum and Krylon. There have been few technological innovations, unfortunately. The industry standard used to be the "red" actuator:
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There are also after market products like Rust-Oleum's, "Comfort Grip" or Krylon's "Snap & Spray" that go over existing actuators that you squeeze:
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I just got a copy of Pete Souza's 'Obama, an Intimate Portrait'. A superb book, on so many levels.
First, Souza is an outstanding photographer, capturing documentary moments with precision, and portraits with style. There's a lot to learn from how Mr Souza tells the story unfolding in front of him.
Second, it is a fascinating historical document. Arranged in chronological order, all the big events, positive and negative, of the Obama presidency are here.
And, third, President Obama is revealing as a caring, thoughtful yet fun loving guy. Very human.
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Gibtelecom is the Official Technology Partner of this year's Gibraltar Music Festival, which is being held on 3 and 4 September 2016 at the Victoria Stadium. The Company is working with the music festival team to enhance the communications technology at the event, and in particular the availability and performance of its Gibtel mobile network at the festival.
Working with the Gibraltar Music Festival (GMF) team, Gibtelecom's core technologies and mobility solutions are to be used across the festival to power all of the communications, content delivery and payment solutions. Gibtelecom is providing enterprise grade fibre connectivity and Wi-Fi services throughout the Victoria Stadium, helping keep the artists, media and production teams connected. Additionally, Gibtelecom is powering the connectivity which will facilitate the cashless payment solutions at the event.
Adrian Ochello, Head of Marketing and Business Development at Gibtelecom, said: "as social media usage on our network continues to soar, we have worked with the GMF team to deliver a connected festival experience. We have invested heavily in optimising the 4G+ and 3G networks at the festival venue to ensure customers can continue to benefit from their data plans and share their experiences. We want to help everyone there stay in touch with friends and share every memory, using our superfast technology to get the most out of their experience at Gibraltar's biggest music festival. Gibtelecom looks forward to welcoming you to the Gibtelecom stage and to sharing this year's Gibraltar Music Festival experience with all of you"
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Dekanoidze said in an interview with Hlavkom, Censor.NET reports.
"I discussed this resignation with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman. After all, the resignation of a National Police chief, I think, is an important step. After that, I did not talk to anyone of them. By the way, the president tried to persuade me to stay in office. Of course, it does not mean that many people liked Khatiia and did not want to let her go... I think that the reason for such a proposal was that the government at that time had not reached an agreement on a candidacy of a new National Police head," she said.
Dekanoidze also said that Odesa ex-governor Mikheil Saakashvili did not know anything about her resignation: "He was unaware of that. My resignation and his resignation are not connected."
"I announced my resignation at the press briefing on Nov. 14, after which the minister signed the letter. No other options were available as the Cabinet of Ministers had already approved my dismissal without fanfare," the former police chief said.
Khatia Dekanoidze, 39, started her career aged 24 as a member of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's reform team, chairing the administration of Georgia's Security Council. Later, she headed the Ministry of Education of Georgia and led the Police Academy.
In Ukraine, she initially worked as advisor to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
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Short-stays are here to stay
09 Jul 2015
Southbank short-stay apartment operators breathed a sigh of relief last month, when the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) found owners' corporation (OC) rules prohibiting the practice were invalid.
VCAT member Linda Rowland on June 29 found that the OC of the Watergate building in Docklands did not have the power to make a rule prohibiting stays of less than
30 days.
The VCAT decision paves the way for short-stay operators throughout the state as it means OCs can't make rules preventing short-term letting.
"The decision now effectively means that owners' corporations do not have the power to make rules that prohibit short-term letting in residential buildings," Strata Title Lawyers CEO and Watergate OC solicitor Tom Bacon said.
"The decision impacts on all owners' corporations throughout Victoria and affects all rules of this type made under either the 1988 or 2006 legislation," Mr Bacon said.
With the ruling set to have widespread ramifications on apartment buildings throughout Southbank, Freshwater Place OC chair Peter Renner said the committee had noted the decision with interest.
"Short-stays have been a contentious issue at Freshwater Place, but the committee recognised owners' rights in the use of their properties," he said.
"We have adopted processes, which have encouraged co-operation between our building management and short-stay operators to ensure guests respect our amenities, and that they understand that owners and occupants are entitled to quiet enjoyment of their facilities."
"Nevertheless, we await the findings of the government appointed panel and we would welcome any changes, which more appropriately distinguish between residential and hotel accommodation."
The ruling goes against last year's landmark decision relating to 38 Wells St, Southbank when VCAT ruled that a short-stay operator had breached OC rules and must stop operating as a serviced apartment business at the building.
The Watergate OC is yet to decide whether it will appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.
OC chair Rus Littleson said the committee was disappointed by the decision and said it favoured opportunists in the short-stay industry.
"We are most concerned that apartment property values throughout the state will suffer because of this decision. It is effectively an open invitation to opportunists to exploit legal loopholes," Mr Littleson said.
"The short-stay industry is unregulated – any outfit can start up, hold an apartment building to ransom and damage its reputation. The State Government needs to make changes to look after residents and their investments."
The Building Appeals Board, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and VCAT, have now all tested the issue of short-term letting of apartments in the Watergate building.
Having been tested across a range of courts and tribunals, it now appears that the only other option would be the introduction of new legislation by the State Government.
In February, Consumer Affairs Minister Jane Garret appointed a panel to look at the impact of short-stay accommodation in residential buildings and make recommendations to herself and Planning Minister Richard Wynne.
The seven-member panel, which includes Watergate short-stay operator and president of the Victorian Accommodation Industry Association, Paul Salter, has now made its recommendation and the ministers are expected to announce their decision this month.
Mr Salter said he was looking forward to the decision now that the panel had completed its joint submission and applauded the decision of VCAT member Rowland.
"I would like to thank VCAT Member Ms Linda Rowland for making her decision based on the relevant laws, she indicated she would take this approach at the end of the hearing in May," Mr Salter said.
"Her decision will enhance the fabric of the Melbourne community by enabling greater accommodation choice for consumers and it will further help to secure the city as one of the most liveable in the world, attracting both local and overseas visitors."
The VCAT decision follows action taken against nine lot owners by the Watergate OC.
The OC alleged owners had breached OC rules through the use of their apartments as short-stay accommodation as part of Mr Salter's Docklands Executive Apartments business.
In her written decision, published on June 29, Ms Rowlands said she proposed to dismiss the Watergate OC's application and make final orders at a hearing on July 29
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2 Elements You Do Certainly Not Appreciate Referring To LASIK Eye Surgical TreatmentsThe eye can be taken a look at with relative ease as to both its function and its structure. A functional examination consists of the capability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye might be tested in numerous ways. The patient might be asked to determine illuminated letter or items of differing sizes on what is called the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye may be made in a number of ways. Stress within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific diseases, specifically in glaucoma, the tension in the eyeball is increased significantly.
It should be well remembered that a client with an eye issue might have other issues. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a effect. The look of the eye can inform the client and the doctor to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even prior to other signs present themselves.
As a result, one's reliance on sight is stressed when one faces a possible or short-lived long-term loss of this crucial sense. When corrective steps are looked for, specific forms of vision correction such as contact lenses or spectacles are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are troubled with the fact that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this factor, advanced surgeries were developed to motivate reduced utilization of contact lenses or glasses. One of which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Generally, LASIK eye surgical treatment is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another type of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this type of surgical treatment, one's vision is corrected completely.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are permanently transformed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
The main purpose of this surgery is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea utilizing see this here a blade referred to as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, permitting much better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
Amidst the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgical treatment, there are still disadvantages that people should know. Most likely, the primary reason why this type of eye surgical treatment has ended up being well accepted is because the majority of its cases had actually succeeded.
Nevertheless, in spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most delicate part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgery involves the operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate portions of the eye, a lot of people say that the operation can be very risky.
To puts it simply, a simple mistake might practically cause an individual's life time loss of sight. Thus, it is necessary to think about numerous navigate here factors prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the best restorative measure one has to undergo.
2. It is not a ideal procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment might fix your vision but it does not always mean that it can offer you a ideal vision. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the clients might have 20/20 vision, this does not always mean they have ideal vision also.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the popularity of the operation, LASIK may not constantly be the perfect eye surgery the method the majority of people see it
Alternatively, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. It should be well remembered that a client with an eye problem may have other issues. Frequently other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a repercussion. The look of the eye can alert the physician and the patient to problems in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
Like its over at this website tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another form of vision correction.


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Students from the Electronic Sound & Music program at the Academy in Aalborg will host a showcase toghether with Platform4 on Wednesday, May 17th, from 7:00 pm at Student House Aalborg. Here the audience will experience sonic experiments by Academy students Mark Steensen, Lars Bork, Rune Lak, Mads Schelde and Puyain Sanati. Free admission. Visit Facebook event.
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Charge: The Game
A downloadable game for Windows
A prototype of a game, or a short demo, if you will. A school work done by me where I research hot and cold media, and agency.
You control the character with the WASD-keys, and jump with the space-bar. The goal of the game is to wander through the forest and keep your phone charged. You also have to find areas where you have reception to make a call.
As the game looks now, there's only a couple of instances of energy that can charge your phone. There's nowhere you can make a call, and there's no way to win the game. The pause-menu is being worked on since it doesn't really pause the game, and won't always let you exit the game.
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|Entrance to Maseno University's Main Campus
On that day, I was one year shy of being two decades old. By 6:30am my father and I sat at the easy coach waiting lounge in Railways- Nairobi.
At 7:30am i would begin a vital journey in the life of every young Kenyan: I would be en route to Maseno to start my four year undergraduate degree journey.
I was happy I made it to university, but I was very aware that studying an undergraduate degree was not a stellar accomplishment, at least not anymore- well apart from for my grandmother and a few villagers who still thought university students were 'watoto wa serikali' (the government's children) entitled to free chicken and lots of money given by the government.
We were at the waiting lounge an hour earlier (or more-trust me); with a father like mine you could not dare be late in anything- especially to board a bus we had paid for. Travelling on that day, would make sure we got to Maseno a day before thousands of young Kenyans who would be my comrades for four years. My father single handed decided we would arrive at Maseno one day before the material day, not because he was nervous but that was just his rule in life and by default my rule too. According to him; being the earliest bird came with multiple advantages.
When our bus was 30 minutes late, I began to give him faces that shouted (you see how worthless it is to arrive so early!!). And my statement that went like "mimi nilijua gari lazima ichelewe- wakisema 7:30am wanamaanisha 8:00am" (when they say 7:30am they mean 8:00am). Did not deter him from telling me stories of how he always caught the worms in life for being an early bird. He warned me that if that was not my philosophy in university I would fail in multiple things.
-of course he was right… But it took incomplete assignments and hypertension during exam periods to learn!
Later while in the university I would also learn that admitting loudly your parent accompanied you for admission to first year was very uncool and wasn't a line that could score you a hot boyfriend in campus. By the time I learned this I had already announced that I was a daddy's girl brought by daddy to campus.
At 8am we took our seats.
I confirmed one last time that I had all documents needed for admission. I cannot stress enough that according to my dad some things in life have absolutely no room for errors. Like arriving for admission then you realize you left an important document at home!! (this makes so much sense in my adult life).
One of those was my calling letter that read 'Bachelors of Arts Degree in Economics'. Those bold letters told me that my dream of studying journalism would be dashed.
And it was, when I applied for inter faculty transfer I discovered as a regular student admitted by then JAB- Joint Admissions Board today Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS), I was a few cluster points short to qualify for a Bachelor's degree in journalism.
The first few weeks as freshman were a combination of excitement, disappointment and discovery that saw me in pursuit of an identity join the intercessory ministry under the Christian union. I did not last more than two weeks there and I assure you I will tell you the whole story in another post.
Everybody knows that when you go to a new place, making new friends is inevitable. The same was true for me in my first semester. I hopped from one friendship to another in search of I don't know what.
One of the friendships that did not last was with this one lady who was totally obsessed with 'looking fashionable' – I was also obsessed with the same 'devil', only I was too busy seeing the speck in her eyes. She would go to Luanda every Thursday even if it meant skipping class.
Why did she go to Luanda? - You ask. (Let me explain)
Luanda is 15 minutes' drive and 20 shillings from Maseno University. Every Thursday is usually a market day and there are cheap clothes sold; from as low as 20 shillings. When you are in Maseno and you need to look good at a low cost, Luanda is the place you need to go. But brace yourself for scorching sun as hell, possible pick pocketing and a run into a guy who has lost his mind to weed.
At that time, I could not fathom why this friendship was annoying: Was it coz this chic rubbed her Lunda elegance on my nose or was it the fact that I could not buy clothes like her as I was afraid of being broke while still in session? (But today I know why).
Anyway, before I joined campus I had heard stories of how comrades ran out of money and ended up having strong tea with a mandazi or two for three meals a day, or were totally dependent on food from the school mess (that dependence meant one was financially challenged), I most certainly did not want to be that comrade.
Plus what 19/ 20 year old wants their reputation to be tainted with such? - ("ule msee hukula mess" Jesus no!!).
So I was something between a strategic miser and a keen financial planner (of course this changed gradually, but not totally). In fact I can guarantee you that at one point, I worried more about being broke than failing my exams. First year Me is responsible for nearly half of the financial discipline I have today.
No matter how afraid I was of being broke, the nightmare came true, on double digit times in the four year long journey. In fact I believe at one point my situation was so bad it would seem hilarious to a church mouse.
When I left high school, I worked in a local school and I remember telling my colleagues fast forwarded tales of: How I would join the university and the reveries about my career would come true.
The university is indeed that place that paves the way for a comrade to achieve his or her dreams.
But it is also the place where dreams are broken, to be mend or not. In the four years it was that place for me. In the resounding clang of my broken dreams I still found joy.
In pursuit of satisfaction that I couldn't get from my degree course I ended up being a presenter with Equator FM. Darn! I remember that night before my first day at the radio station – I literally couldn't sleep, I tossed and turned in bed repeatedly going through my content and imagining what could go wrong and creating a solution for it.
Well – a lot of things went wrong. Like I left my microphone on when I was off
air, I was a nervous wreck and somehow the music just had issues (later I learned that it is I who had issues, not the music). Of course I got better and greater – and regardless of how terrible the first day was, I was a radio presenter for three years.
I also became a content creator, thanks to my good friend Churchill Ongere who in 2012 invited me with a couple of other people to start BAMU (the Bloggers Association of Maseno University), this basically marked the beginning of blogging in my life.
…I still owe Churchill a cup of hot coffee.
In her commencement speech to2008 Harvard graduates J.K Rowling – wished the graduates blossomingfriendships. Friendships that could traverse the experiences the world wouldthrow at them. Supportive friendships that would make life's riddles bearable.
After four years, as I sat at the graduation parlour, roasting in my mammoth of a graduation gown waiting for the chancellor to give me the power to read bla bla…. (Seriously I never got that thing he said). I remember asking myself questions about this past time that lasted four years that would never come again. I wondered - whether I made the most out of it. Whether I grabbed every opportunity. Whether I was happy with every choice I made the best choices. Whether I was happy with the young adult I had become. I did not have precise answers to these questions but one thing I knew for sure I had made great friends.
On that day, one sat few rows in front of me, another few rows behind me and the other in the column on my right hand side. I made friends who since I graduated I have turned to in times of distress, whom we share ideas and laugh. If one day nothing else ever counts, I know this will.
My dear reader from whatever place in life you are reading, this just like J.K Rowling wished 2008 Harvard graduates the best friendships:
I wish the same for you!
Here is a paragraph from that commencement speech –
"…the friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life. They are my children'sgodparents, the people to whom I've been able to turn in times of trouble,people who have been kind enough not to sue me when I took their names forDeath Eaters. At our graduation we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could never come again, and, of course, by theknowledge that we held certain photographic evidence that would beexceptionally valuable if any of us ran for Prime Minister."


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Brave students ask for help
Manheimer said she was a member of the Mayors' Coalition against Illegal Guns, "because there is not an organization that's opposed to legal guns, and I assume that is because of the political tension around this issue. I hope that Congress would act immediately to reinstitute the ban on assault weapons. For me personally, that is not a difficult decision, and if it were me personally, I would go further than that. Given the conversation that's happening in this country right now, that we can't even seem to get to this point, I felt it would be good for Asheville City Council to make their opinion known."
The floor was opened for public comment, and Will Thibodeau suggested council talk to the school board about implementing the same measures council takes to protect itself. There is one public port of entry to city hall, and people must go through a metal detector. At the door of the council chambers, they are greeted by one or two police officers, and two other officers are stationed in the chambers.
Charlene Thibodeau conceded the solution would be more difficult than implementing more laws. She said even if government confiscated all the guns, "violence among us will find a way to hurt us." She urged council to act, but said the solution would consist in the integration of many measures. Part of the problem was government and pundits at higher levels, trying to fix everything with a single answer, "and calling people who don't like our one answer bad names."
Three students from TC Roberson also addressed council. As members of the student community, they offered first-hand accounts of the fear in which they live. They were born into a culture where school massacres are routine. Schools go on lockdown on a regular basis. Students panic when a door behind them accidentally opens.
They offered the same solutions generally expressed in mass media: raising the legal age for buying a gun from 18 to 21, imposing a 10-day waiting period to prevent applicants from acting on impulse, tightening background checks to include school disciplinary records and mental health exams, strengthening school security, and eventually banning all weapons of war as they are not necessary for self-defense. "Clearly, Congress will not pass a ban with the nation split nearly 50-50; particularly if there is a conservative majority, many of whom receive benefits from lobbyists like the NRA," said Jamie Cummings.
It would have been easy to dismiss the youth as "crisis actors" or "experts from the school community." All three were well-dressed, air-brushed almost, and articulate speakers. The problem with that approach is these kids were bravely standing up to do the right thing and address the fear of their peers.
But lost in the conversation were the conservative talking points, the "hate speech" that addresses long-term consequences instead of merely assuaging the emotion of the current crisis that ought not go to waste:
The best defense is self-defense; government is an abdication of responsibility, with surcharges for inefficiencies; the chains of government are the price of failure to govern oneself-governance; laws only hurt law-abiding citizens; no amount of legislation will stop somebody willing to murder, etc.
Conservatives were set up as strawmen who loved the money they get from the NRA. To the speakers, it seemed the Second Amendment was not the rule of law; it didn't exist. To reiterate, regardless of what activist judges say, the Bill of Rights was written to protect the rights of people, not government. It grants people the right to defend themselves against an unstable tyrant, like King George III, against whom the Revolutionary War was fought. Oddly, progressives seemed to forget their pundits' characterizations of the current president in their request that government have more control over arms.
More pointedly, in the words of political activist Carl Milsted, "I would rather suffer some school shootings than have a rogue government go berserk over a disarmed populace. We have a couple hundred million dead from the 20th century to warn us of the dangers of uncontrolled governments. … But given the choice of banning all private firearms and banning public schools, I would do the latter."


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Few seeking the service of maids get the background of the ayah or nurse checked with the local police station. Background check should be a must to avoid being abused by the help hired.kolkata Updated: Sep 10, 2012 11:55 IST
As joint families are giving way to nuclear families in the city, elderly are being forced to fend for themselves. With their grown-up wards getting busier by the day in their career, the elderly have become substantially dependant on nurses and ayahs provided by the service centres mushrooming in the city.
These service centres are aware that many, if not all, seeking the services are individuals who cannot take care of themselves and thus vulnerable to attacks. But the agencies often do not run a background check on the nurses and maids they employ, risking the life of those they are meant to serve.
"Its not always possible for us to inspect all their details. We try to take some identity documents from them. But we cannot say we are completely aware of all their whereabouts. They usually do not have a permanent residence. So the addresses on the documents provided could be wrong," said an employee of Ashirbad Nurses and Ayah Centre at Birati.
When a correspondent of Hindustan Times called on the five phone numbers given on a leaflet of a service provider giving ayah, nurse and driver services, all the five receivers refused to speak about the policies the company follows for recruiting these persons. It was found that in most cases a form is needed to be filled up with their name, address and contact number to get the job at most service centres.
"At times it is impossible — due to factors like time constraint — for family members to look after an ailing elderly. Then they call us looking for a reasonably-charging nurse for the same task," said an employee of Nightingale Nurse Centre at Sarsuna.
But few seeking the service get the background of the ayah or nurse checked with the local police station. Left at the mercy of maids, elderly have been abused, robbed and even murdered in the city.
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