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We could detect alien life by finding complex molecules
HOW can we search for life on other worlds when we don't know what it might look like? One chemist thinks he has an easy answer: just look for sophisticated molecular structures, no matter what they're made of. The strategy could provide a simple way for space missions to broaden our hunt.
Until now, the search for biosignatures in space has tended to focus mostly on molecules like those used by earthly life. Thus, Mars missions look for organic molecules, and future missions to Europa may look for amino acids, unequal proportions of mirror-image molecules, and unusual ratios of carbon isotopes – all hallmarks of life here on Earth.
But if alien life is very different, it may not show any of these. "I think there's a real possibility we could miss life if [resembling Earth life is] the only criterion," says Mary Voytek, who heads NASA's astrobiology programme.
Now Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow, UK, argues that chemical complexity could be a biosignature that doesn't depend on any assumptions about the life forms that produce it. "Biology has one signature: the ability to produce complex things that could not arise in the natural environment," Cronin says.
Obviously, an aircraft or a cellphone could not assemble spontaneously, so their existence points to the living – and even intelligent – being that built them. But simpler things like proteins, DNA molecules or steroid hormones are also highly unlikely to occur without being assembled by a living organism, Cronin says.
Cronin has developed a way to measure the complexity of a molecule by counting the number of unique steps – adding chemical side groups or ring structures, for example – needed for its formation, without double-counting repeated steps. To draw an analogy, his metric would score the words "bana" and "banana" as equally complex, since once you can make one "na" it is trivial to add a second one.
Any structure requiring more than about 15 steps is so complex it must be biological in origin, he argued last week at the Astrobiology Science Conference in Mesa, Arizona. And Cronin thinks he may be able to simplify that criterion further, by specifying a maximum molecular weight for compounds that can assemble spontaneously.
Astrobiologists have welcomed Cronin's suggestion. "I appreciate Lee for developing a biosignature that has minimal assumptions about the biology," says Voytek. In practice, though, a detector compact enough to travel on an interplanetary mission would probably need to be designed to seek carbon-based life, she says.
Even if Cronin's method is valid, no scientist would risk claiming to have found extraterrestrial life on the basis of just one line of evidence, says Kevin Hand, project scientist for the Europa Lander mission now being developed by NASA. That means future missions will still need to look for multiple biosignatures.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Complexity marks the spot for aliens"


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text: According to a report in The Independent, a newly discovered process to trigger the death of cancer cells could be more effective than current methods such as chemotherapy, scientists have said. The new method of killing cancer cells, called Caspase Independent Cell Death (CICD), led to the complete eradication of tumours in experimental models. Most current anti-cancer therapies work by killing cancer cells through a process called apoptosis, which activates proteins called caspases, leading to cell death. However, in apoptosis, therapies often fail to kill all cancer cells, leading to disease recurrence, and can also have unwanted side effects that may even promote cancer. Scientists from the University of Glasgow wanted to develop a way to improve therapy that induces cancer cell killing while also mitigating unwanted toxicity. "Especially under conditions of partial therapeutic response, our data suggests that triggering tumour-specific CICD, rather than apoptosis, may be a more effective way to treat cancer," Dr Stephen Tait, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, from the Institute of Cancer Sciences, said. When cancer cells die through CICD, they alert the immune system through the release of inflammatory proteins. The immune system can then attack the remaining tumour cells that evaded initial therapy-induced death. Dr Tait added: "Taking into consideration our findings, we propose that engaging CICD as a means of anti-cancer therapy warrants further investigation."


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Earth Cafeteria
By Linh Dinh
Mudman in earth cafeteria,
I eat aardwolf. I eat ant bear.
I eat mimosa, platypus, ermine.
"White meat is tasteless, dark meat stinks."
(The other white meat is pork, triple X.)
Rice people vs. bread people.
White bread vs. wheat bread.
White rice vs. brown rice.
Manhattan vs. New England.
Kosher sub-gum vs. knuckle kabob.
"What is patriotism but love of the foods one had as a child?"*
To eat stinky food
is a sign of savagery, humility,
identification with the earth.
"It was believed that after cleaning, tripe still contained ten percent
excrement which was therefore eaten with the rest of the meal."**
Today I'll eat Colby cheese.
Tomorrow I'll eat sparrows.
Chew bones, suck fat,
bite heads off, gnaw on a broken wing.
Anise-flavored beef soup smells like sweat.
A large sweaty head bent over
a large bowl of sweat soup.
A Pekinese is ideal, will feed six,
but an unscrupulous butcher
will fudge a German sheperd,
chopping it up to look like a Pekinese.
Toothless man sucking
a pureed porterhouse steak
with a straw.
Parboiled placenta.
To skewer and burn meat is barbaric.
To boil, requiring a vessel, is a step up.
To microwave.
People who eat phalli, hot dogs, kielbasas
vs. people who eat balls.
To eat with a three-pronged spear and a knife.
To eat with two wooden sticks.
To eat with the hands.
Boiling vs. broiling.
To snack on a tub of roasted grasshoppers at the movies.
*Lin Yutang
**Mikhail Bakhtin
Linh Dinh, "Earth Cafeteria" from All Around What Empties Out. Copyright © 2003 by Linh Dinh. Reprinted by permission of Tinfish Press.
Source: All Around What Empties Out (Tinfish Press, 2003)


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I. General Description Of The Students Background And Characteristics
Student A was selected as a student who might be able to benefit from career counseling. The student is a female who is 27 years of age. She was born and raised in Buffalo, New York until she went off to Messiah College, a small Christian school in Harrisburg, PA. Being the middle child of three girls she felt that there was not as much pressure on her to succeed as her sisters. A fan and participant of musicals and theater she was encouraged by her peers, teachers and parents to seek a career in performing arts. Her ability to relate and empathize with others as well as her love for the outdoors caused her to pick Recreational Therapy as a major at Messiah College.
After graduation from Messiah College, Student A moved back to Buffalo, New York. She rented an apartment in the city and took a job working with special education students in a high school. Student A considered the school year to be frustrating because she felt her co-workers were sexist and made her feel uncomfortable. Having been known as someone who makes decisions that can seem impulsive she decided to move to California and work at a summer camp with kids with disabilities. Following the summer camp she worked for a year as a nanny for one of the camp kids. Realizing she had no desire to be a nanny for the rest of her life she moved back east to Philadelphia, PA to work on her Masters Degree in Social Work at Temple University. She shares an apartment with a friend from class and is working at a local hospital with mentally disturbed patients to help her pay her bills.
II. State The Students Presenting Problem And Important Aspects of It
Student A is Caucasian and considers Christianity to be her religion. Her belief in God causes her to feel that she is still in search of a career calling. She believes she can accomplish whatever goals she sets for herself with Gods help. Currently she feels that she is lost in terms of a searching for a career and is still in search of a career calling.
Student A believes one of her problems has been her inability to get over a relationship with her former boyfriend. Her former boyfriend lives in the Philadelphia area and had been giving her emotional support as she went through her career struggles in Buffalo and California. She believed there was a chance to resurrect the relationship, which was another, added reason for moving back to the east coast. Although her former boyfriend insists the romantic part of their relationship is over she still holds out hope that he will change his mind and take her back. The realization that the romantic part of the relationship might be over has added to Student As reasons of feeling lost when thinking about her career calling.
III. Briefly Characterize The Problem In A Career Counseling Context (Using Career Terminology)
One potential problem Student A has is that she appears to be a spontaneous decision maker, who makes decisions quickly ( Niles, Harris-Bowlsbey, 354). She has also mentioned that she does not openly talk about the decisions she makes or plans to make which would indicate that she is an internal decision maker (Niles, Harris-Bowlsbey, 354).
Because she likes to make decisions spontaneously Student A does not have a plan of action when it comes to career decisions. She considers herself to be a free-spirit who is not tied down to any one place and has the freedom to go wherever life brings her.
Student A likes to make internal decisions and solve problems without the help of others. She considers herself to be a very open person but when it comes to talking about her career she says she becomes a very defensive person.
In a career counseling context the problem Student A is having is how to deal with her spontaneous and her internal decision making without the help of others. The next section will discuss how a career counseling approach could best help Student A.
IV. How Could A Career Counseling Approach Benefit This Client
A career counselor approach could benefit Student A by giving her a plan of action. Some students who prefer to analyze data internally may benefit from writing in a career decision making journal and writing career autobiographies (Niles, Harris-Bowlesbey). Student A has never been given assistance that has recommended her taking the journal writing route in helping her reach an action plan. Since she likes to work on her own, the journal writing counseling approach could be the tool that provides her with the means and confidence to solve what she believes is her career decision crises.
Student As tendency to make spontaneous decisions could be another potential problem that could be benefited by a career counseling approach. For student A, a plan of action sounds restricting and not flexible enough to her spontaneous approach. She believes a plan of action would mean her career decision was set in stone which would not allow her to change her mind about her career and make spontaneous decisions.
V. What Kind Of Relationship Would This Client Best Need To Respond To Career Counseling
Because she likes to make internal decisions and solve problems without the help of others, Student A would respond better to a counselor who used individual intervention rather than group intervention . Career Counselors are professional counselors or psychologists with specialized training in the delivery of career and development interventions although not all counselors are skilled career counselors (Niles, Harris-Bowlsbey, 224). Student A would respond best to a counselor who is skilled enough in career counseling to know what strategies would work best with a student who likes to make internal decisions.
Student As personality is unique because even though she is an internal decision maker she still makes spontaneous decisions. A counselor with a similar personality might better understand Student A and be able to help with career decision making. Through personal experience counselors with a similar personality might also know better career decision strategies in helping Student A.
VI. State Specifically HOW You Would Design Each For Your Client And WHY Use At Least 3 Sentences For Each
There are three specific career counseling techniques or strategies that would be of benefit to Student A. Maintaining a career decision journal, writing career autobiographies and using computer-assisted career guidance systems will be the three strategies that are discussed in the following paragraphs.
Maintaining a career decision journal is recommended a student like Student A who makes internal decisions and prefer to solve problems without the help of others (Harris-Bolwsbey, 354). During the first individual counseling session the counselor would have Student A write a journal entry on career decisions she has made within her life since college. The second individual counseling session would consist of the counselor requesting Student A to analyze the journal and give the counselor her feedback on her career decisions. In the third individual counseling session the counselor would sit down and help guide Student A in finding an action plan that would least interfere with the spontaneous decisions that Student A likes to make.
Writing a career autobiography is a second career counseling technique that would help Student A out. The career autobiography is slightly different than the career journal in that the autobiography is meant to be read by others and the journal is meant to be more private. The career autobiography would consist of Student A writing about every career decision that she has made in her life and why she made those decisions so a reader that has never met her would understand why she made the career decisions she has made.
The third and final strategy would be to use computer-assisted career guidance systems to help guide Student A. In the first two individual counseling sessions the counselor would provide Student A with a list of career guidance websites. Goals of the website would be to provide students with opportunities to clarify their salient life roles and consider which roles they think will be important to them in their future (Harris-Bolsbey, 354). Finally, the third individual counseling session would consist of counselor and Student A sitting down and analyzing any careers that Student A found interesting in the computer research and developing an action plan.
VII. Conclusion
I was introduced to Student A through a University Professor that I had when I was an undergrad. Although I have kept in contact with Student A and feel comfortable talking with her she still becomes very defensive when discussing her career. Student A has not had any type of career counseling since college. After hearing a description of the career counseling class and listening to my analyzation of the interview Student A has had more of a desire for some type of career counseling int


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It's time to roll up your sleeves, and take an hour out of your Memorial Day Weekend to give some blood.
WAVY/FOX43 and Hampton Roads have played a major role for years in helping to cultivate blood donations every Memorial Day. This weekend we honor members of our military and celebrate heroes by giving back in one of the best ways possible, blood donations.
If you'd like to donate between your holiday weekend festivities, there are several different locations including: Greenbrier mall, Chesapeake Square Mall, Patrick Henry Mall and Pembroke Mall.
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We also have various other fraud protection measures in place including Manual Profile Verification, SSL Encryption and a Fraud Detection System.How to meet a veg partner: • Like I mentioned in my video, try going to eco and vegan events where you might meet like-minded people.The farmer's market, a yoga class, or volunteering might be a good place to start.This is such a simple date, but it's one of the best. Surprise him or her by bringing them lunch one day. If your gal or guy likes sweets, make them chocolate peanut butter cups or for a fancy treat, make my candied ginger pears. Just veganize the ingredients or make something in that general realm. No need to make a big deal about it being vegan, just share the yum food with love. Continue sharing all the good foods like my Cheesy Oozy Guacamole Bean Dip and Artichoke, Mushroom, and Leek Crostini with pesto from . So whether you're a guy or gal, if you're looking for a plant-based partner, the odds are tough!Try the rustic pasta on page 147 of or the waffle, sausage and cheese Panini on page 153. Be careful not to turn them off to the kind lifestyle: • Try not to lecture about veganism if they haven't expressed an interest in learning about it. If it's been a while and they haven't inquired, give them a book that best suits their personality. Continue to take care of yourself and they will see that you look better than ever and that you feel great. After reading those numbers, I was curious to see how you all feel about being in the dating game or in relationships as vegans. It's pretty short so it won't take more than five minutes and I'll share the results of the survey after Valentine's Day! Share in the comments below, and if you have more questions about this topic, post those too. Speaking of comments, we have some brand new comment capabilities!


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The International Museum Day is celebrated today on May 18th and again this year Moomins and Tove Jansson's art have a strong presence in museums around the world:
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden
Photo: Göteborgs konstmuseum – Hossein Sehatlou
Tove Jansson exhibition has been touring in Europe from autumn 2016 onwards. In 2014, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tove Jansson, the exhibition was held in Helsinki at the Art Museum Ateneum. Over 300 000 people visited the exhibition in Finland and during 2015 the touring exhibition in Japan delighted over 260 000 visitors in total of five museums. The Europe tour began from Stockholm, Sweden in October 2016 and the exhibition is now exhibited at the Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden.
The exhibition covers all the periods in Tove Jansson's (1914–2001) productive career, including her surrealistic paintings of the 1930s, modernist art of the 1950s and more abstract works in the 1960s and '70s, as well as her satirical anti-war illustrations for the magazine Garm, her monumental paintings for public spaces, and of course Moomin characters and stories.
Exhibition in Gothenburg will be open until May 21st, 2017 continuing to GL Strand, Copenhagen (10 Jun. 2017 ~ 3 Sept. 2017).
Tove Jansson – Lusten att skapa och leva, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Southbank Centre, England
The exhibition at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall presents new insights into Tove Jansson's life and the influences behind her work with rare archive objects and illustrations built into the experience. The show is part of Nordic Matters – a year-long exploration of Nordic art and culture at Southbank Centre throughout 2017.
The exhibition displays objects never-before exhibited in the UK: from original illustration; artworks and 3D models; to letters and personal items from Tove's studio in Helsinki and her family island of Klovharu, where she lived for almost thirty years.
Exhibition in London will be open until August 20th, 2017.
Adventures in Moominland, Southbank Centre, London, England
Helsinki Art Museum – Finland
Since early 2016, Helsinki Art Museum, HAM, has showcased the work and life of Tove Jansson by creating permanent displays of works from the collections of HAM. In the new hanging, Jansson's frescoes Party in the City and Party in the Countryside and her sketches of murals for the Aurora Children's Hospital are recently joined by Tove's murals for the canteen at the Pitäjänmäki factory of the Strömberg company, as well as lamps by designer Paavo Tynell, which were featured in the original venue of the frescoes, the Kaupunginkellari restaurant in Helsinki.
If you don't have a chance to visit the exhibition in the centre of Helsinki, you can see the copies of frescoes Party in the City and Party in the Countryside at the Helsinki Airport in terminal 2 until the end of July. Fresco copies are located in the Non-Schengen area, at the gate 32a. In order to see the works, you need a ticket to long-haul flight or flight ticket to a Non-Schengen European country.
Theatre Museum – Finland
A part of Moominvalley is presented at the Theatre Museum in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition Moomins at the theatre is about theatre performances of Moomins as well as Tove Jansson's other theatre works. The exhibition displays very unique material from the very first Moomin theatre plays where Tove also designed the costumes and stage settings. The beautiful exhibition also features the stunning original costume sketches and costumes by Tove Jansson from the Swedish Theatre drama. The costumes from the Finnish National Opera and Helsinki City Theatre plays are also presented at the exhibition and a comparison between the performances can be made through pictures.
Exhibition in Helsinki will be open until September 17th, 2017.
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independence of Finland, Finnish Design Exhibition in Japan started touring in January 2017. The exhibition introduces the history of Finnish design, from independence to the present. Exhibition concentrates on the Finnish designers who have worked in harmony between nature and humans creating a simple work that continues to be loved around the world. Tove Jansson's Moomins and Arabia's Moomin mugs are also featured at the exhibition.
Exhibition in Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan will be open until May 28th, 2017 continuing to Fukui City Museum (22 Jul. 2017 ~ 3 Sept. 2017).
Finnish Design Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Moomin Museum – Finland
Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley was closed in October 2016 and now the museum will move to Tampere Hall and change its name to Moomin Museum. The Moomin Museum will be opened on June 17th, 2017.
Moomin Museum is based on the works Tove Jansson donated for Tampere Art Museum in 1986. The collection consists of over 2000 original artworks Tove Jansson and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä made during their career. The new Moomin museum presents Tove Jansson's unique collection in a modern, experiential and multisensory way.


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text: Syrian government jets have dropped barrel bombs on targets in the countryside near Aleppo, sources told Al Jazeera, a day after a partial truce was extended to include the battered city. The ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday at midnight Damascus time, and was supposed to include not only the city but also surrounding districts. Government air strikes, though, hit Khan Touman and Al-Rashideen district in the countryside, where Assad's forces were battling rebels, which would constitute a violation of the truce. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from the Turkish-Syria border, said: "US officials said that we have an agreement with the Russians to extend the ceasefire to include Aleppo, but now we are getting those reports of attacks, but inside the city itself the situation is calm." The streets were busier in the centre of Aleppo, Khodr said, as many people ventured out for the first time in days. The government accused rebel fighters of violating the agreement also in what it said was indiscriminate shelling of government-held parts of Aleppo city overnight. READ MORE: The sky is falling in Aleppo The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least one person was killed in rebel shelling in the Midan neighbourhood on the government side of the divided city. Government media said the rockets hit the New Aleppo district. Calls for the ceasefire to be extended to Aleppo mounted after a surge in air strikes and fighting killed almost 300 people - many of them children. Once Syria's commercial hub, Aleppo is now divided between the government-held west and the rebel-controlled east, which has been devastated by years of shelling and air raids. Recent government advances risk cutting the rebel east of the city off entirely. The surge in violence wrecked the first major ceasefire agreement of the five-year war, which was backed by Washington and Moscow, and had largely held since February. UN special envoy, Staffan de Mistura, has estimated that more than 400,000 people have been killed in a war that has driven millions of people from the country. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies War & Conflict Middle East Turkey-Syria border Syria's Civil War


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My wife and I would like to send a great big thank you to the person who helped us with our dog, Moose, on Friday, May 17.
Moose had been having seizures and we had taken him to Copper Country Vets to have him checked out. After Moose's exam-while we were waiting for his blood tests to come back – he had another seizure in the parking lot. A gentleman (who was driving a red pickup) from the business next door saw him having the seizure and came running over. He then ran into the vets office to get help when my husband asked him to. He brought the vet out and we got help for him right away.
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I don't send my kids to preschool. It's the choice we've made for our family and it works for us.
Many of my friends send their kids to preschool. It's the choice they've made for their family and it works for them.
And yet somehow we manage to coexists.
I kid. Sort of.
I am a mom of four daughters so I cycle through key life events periodically. One of those life events is preschool. It's fairly inevitable that as one of my children approaches the age of 3 that at least one person (but most likely more) will ask when and where I will send her for preschool. I've encountered looks of disdain, stifled shock and confusion when I say that I don't send my children. Then comes the question, "Why?". It's a legitimate question but over the years I have realized that this is more about the person having an idea that there must be something "wrong" for us to not send them. Money. Job situation. Family issue. Problem child. It never seems a logical reason for me to reply that we just don't feel that it is necessary for us.
Oh the looks I get.
I have a friend who was so pressured and harassed by family about the future failures of her children should she not send them to preschool that she was quite overwhelmed and stressed by it all. She didn't WANT to send them. She had no issue with preschool she just didn't feel the need to send them (or the desire to be a slave to the schedule before real school starts. Amen!). She was literally being told her children wouldn't get into a good school or get a good job without preschool.
You have GOT to be kidding me.
Children do not need preschool. They don't. Now I mean a children in general. There are individual kids who I believe DO need preschool. There are also moms I know who send their kids to preschool for their own sanity. More power to you sister! Get the time you need.
I have no issue with anyone sending their kids to preschool. I often am misunderstood in this way. So let me say that again.
I do NOT have a problem with preschool or anyone who sends their kid there.
But I do not for one minute believe that children are going to languish in the pits of the school system as Juniors in high school because they never went to preschool. That. Is. Absurd.
My second daughter started kindergarten 6 weeks after turning 5. She never went to preschool. By first grade she had gone through all of the sight word lists available (they go through third grade).
My 3rd daughter is in kindergarten now. They are to know 50 sight words by May. That is list one and two. This is her assessment as of this week (in March).
No preschool for her either.
Now, let me state that I am NOT sitting here saying, "Look at my genius kids. They don't need no stinking' preschool! I produce brilliant offspring."
I am simply saying that children do not NEED preschool to get by, succeed or even excel.
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Islamic banking is based on Sharia law and does not allow interest rates to be charged on the loans or other products from the commercial bank. Instead, the bank enters into an agreement with the other party to share profits or losses equally from the venture they are in. "That's great news, not just for Uganda's Muslim population, but anyone keen to see a thriving Ugandan banking market based on choice for consumers," said a statement from Stanchart. Uganda joins countries such as Kenya and Nigeria in accommodating Islamic banking. (http://www.observer.ug/business/38-business/42023-islamic-agency-banking-to-change-face-of-industry )
It is surprising that Christian church leaders
are protesting Islamic banking that does
not allow charging interest on loans but are silent on Neo-liberal oriented
banks and micro- finance institutions in Uganda
that are oppressing and exploiting the poor in Uganda by charging a lot of interest. Some micro-finance institutions charge
interest of over 35% . The poor in Uganda have lost assets such as land
to these tyrannical institutions because of failure to pay back the loans. Islamic
banking is an assault to Christians religious institutions that have embraced
neo-liberal capitalism and its ruse to oppress and exploit the poor. I wonder whether
these religious leaders have forgotten that even the Lord Jesus Christ condemned the oppression of the poor.
Church leaders protest against Islamic banking
Written by Alon Mwesigwa
Any attempt of modesty was thrown out of the window the minute some religious leaders learnt that government had pushed through the amendments to the Financial Institutions Bill 2015, part of which paved the way for Islamic banking, saying the country was bound to face its most serious security threat if the Muslims had their way, writes ALON MWESIGWA.
A group of religious leaders has petitioned President Museveni, protesting the incorporation of Islamic banking into Uganda's financial system.
A group of religious leaders has petitioned President Museveni, protesting the incorporation of Islamic banking into Uganda's financial system.
In letter dated January 14, 2016, the authors, who describe themselves as "church leaders in Uganda" urge the president not to sign the amendments, arguing that Sharia law, the base on which Islamic banking operates, "will have far-reaching implications beyond the suggested purpose of finance."
The statement, which The Observer has obtained, is signed by arch bishop of Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali as chair of the Uganda Joint Christian Council.
Other signatories are Bishop Simon Peter Emau, the chairman of the Evangelical Churches of Uganda, Pastor Daniel Matte, the president of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
The Financial Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2015 was passed on January 6, 2016, paving way for inclusion of Islamic banking, agency banking, and bancassurance in Uganda's financial sector.
The bill now awaits the president's assent but the protest of some sections of the church leaders could prove a setback and an indication that not enough sensitization was done before the passing of the law.
The church leaders noted that "we view the passing of this bill as one of the most serious threats to national security and stability with potential threats to future generations as well."
One key feature in Islamic banking is that it enables a financial institution to lend without charging interest. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it is a form of financial intermediation based on profit and loss sharing (PLS) and the avoidance of interest rate-based commitments and contracts that entail excessive risks and finance activities prohibited under Islamic principles such as alcohol.
"We regret to note that the introduction of Sharia law in the country opens door to the ultimate operationalisation of fully-fledged Sharia not only in the finance sector as contained in the bill but in all aspects of our national life," reads the church leaders' letter.
It adds that it would create a "legal stalemate with the Constitution of Uganda" and that all under this arrangement, all Muslims might be compelled to use only Islamic banking which may deny them the right to freedom of choice."
The church leaders explained that the bill "creates two parallel financial and economic systems for the population of Uganda; for the Muslims, in conformance to the Sharia law, and the non-Muslims. This will promote economic discrimination, and will widen the already-existing income inequalities in the population."
"Since in this bill the central Bank seeks to establish a separate regulatory body to oversee Islamic banking, there will be a serious challenge to harmonize this kind of banking with the traditional banking system. This is because Islamic banking will be run on Sharia law which is hinged on unique legal principles which are in many ways contrary to Uganda's constitution," they added.
Officials at the Bank of Uganda said they hadn't seen the petition. Last month, the central bank informed journalists that they were working on regulations that would operationalise the new amendments.
Meanwhile, some commercial banks had expressed their gratitude to the introduction of agency and Islamic banking.
In a statement in January, Standard Chartered bank said: "That's great news, not just for Uganda's Muslim population, but anyone keen to see a thriving Ugandan banking market based on choice for consumers."
Uganda joins countries such as Kenya and Nigeria in accommodating Islamic banking.
"With the first licenses granted in Kenya just six or seven years ago, that would make Uganda's leap into Islamic banking a competitive advantage," Stanchart says. It is also present in Tanzania.
The market for Islamic financial assets has grown at an annual average rate of about 16 per cent since 2006, according to the IMF.
Starting with a handful of institutions and negligible amounts in the late 1970s, Islamic finance grew to about 350 institutions and global total assets of about $1.7 trillion in 2013, according to a 2014 IMF working paper.Islamic finance has expanded throughout the Middle East, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, North Africa, and, more recently, in some sub-Saharan African countries, said the IMF, adding that this is despite the fact that Islamic financial assets make up less than one per cent of the world's financial assets.
Islamic, agency banking to change face of industry
Written by Alon Mwesigwa
The long-awaited Islamic banking is now accepted in Uganda. Also, the new law allows for agency banking. However, in a highly-competitive market such as Uganda, the new forms of banking could face a stern test, writes ALON MWESIGWA.
Amendments to Uganda's Financial Institutions Act 2004 will change the way banks carry out business in the country and certainly set stage for major growth, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has said.
Amendments to Uganda's Financial Institutions Act 2004 will change the way banks carry out business in the country and certainly set stage for major growth, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has said.
Herman Kasekende, the CEO of the bank, told the press on Friday that Parliament's passing of the amended Financial Institutions Bill, which opened the way for Islamic banking, among other things, would change the face of banking in the country.
"This is going to revolutionalise the way we do business here," Kasekende said. "It's been a journey of about four years pushing for these changes."
The new law allows banks to engage in agency banking, a sector Standard Chartered bank remains keen on, Islamic banking and bank assurance. In particular, Islamic banking is based on Sharia law and does not allow interest rates to be charged on the loans or other products from the commercial bank.
Instead, the bank enters into an agreement with the other party to share profits or losses equally from the venture they are in.
"That's great news, not just for Uganda's Muslim population, but anyone keen to see a thriving Ugandan banking market based on choice for consumers," said a statement from Stanchart.
Uganda joins countries such as Kenya and Nigeria in accommodating Islamic banking.
"With the first licenses granted in Kenya just six or seven years ago, that would make Uganda's leap into Islamic banking a competitive advantage," Stanchart says.
Meanwhile, agency banking allows a financial institution to contract, say a retail shop, supermarket chain, postal outlet or mobile network operator to process transactions on behalf of the bank.
The agent can receive deposits, offer cash withdrawals and sell other bank products. This allows the bank to reach more places without having brick and mortar presence. This massively cuts on the costs of operation for the bank.
"In a short time, we can have presence everywhere," said Kasekende.
In Kenya, this sort of banking is already popular with large financial institutions such as Equity bank. In the first quarter of 2014, for instance, 14 Kenyan banks had appointed 24,645 agents. They had executed about 93 million transactions worth Ksh 500bn ($4.9 billion) since 2010, according to the Business Daily, a Nairobi-based newspaper.
Equity bank reported that its agents were carrying out more transactions in a day than its tellers and ATMs. Rwanda, too, has okayed agency banking. In Uganda, banks remain thin in some remote areas of the country, which they deem not commercially viable to have a fully-fledged branch.
This is where telecoms have taken advantage by recruiting more people on their mobile money platforms to support some financial transactions.
Agency banking could not have come in more handy. Less than five million Ugandans have bank accounts, out of a possible 14 million adults in the country.
However, the current law does not address the issue of one agent serving two banks at the same time. Already, there are clear-cut examples within the telecom sector where some companies do not prefer its agents to sign up to a second company.
Cecilia Muhwezi, the head of compliance at Stanchart, said she did not think one agent would serve more than one bank.
"That will be provided for in the regulations."
In regards to bancassurance, banks will be able to offer insurance products in partnership with insurance firms. The banks would then earn a commission on policies or products sold.
The products can range from coverage for illness, funeral expenses, to education expenses. Insurance coverage in the country remains low, at less than one per cent of the population. The banks' entry into the industry could re-energise the sector.
Bank profits up by 55%
Written by Alon Mwesigwa
Banks made more money in the financial year to June 2015 compared to the year before, with the biggest amount of profit generated through earnings on lending out money to the private sector.
In the 2015 financial stability report, Bank of Uganda says the level of after-tax profits for the banking sector increased by 55.1 per cent, an improvement from the decline of 27.8 per cent experienced in the year ended June 2014.
The rise in profitability was driven by the increase on profits on loans, and falling operating expenses as a share of income, the central bank said. Money earned on loans increased by 9.8 per cent in the period under review, owing to the stock of outstanding credit and high interest rates.
Yet while interest earned on loans and advances continued to contribute the largest share of interest income, it was income from banks' holdings of government securities that registered the highest rate of growth, at 22.7 per cent, boosted by a rise in interest rates during the year.
Government borrowed Shs 1.4tn from the domestic market between June 2014 and June 2015 and commercial banks remained among the biggest lenders to it.
"Between June 2014 and June 2015, interest rates on 91-day treasury bills increased by 3.8 per cent, compared to average lending rates on shilling loans which rose by 1.2 per cent," BOU said.
On the other hand, over the same period, the banking system's return on assets reached 2.5 per cent, while the return on equity increased from 14.2 per cent to 15.6 per cent.
The shilling depreciated by more than 24 per cent during the same period, which favoured banks. As the central bank raised its key rate to arrest inflation, interest rates and yields on securities – money earned on government debt – increased. Banks cashed in.
The economy is estimated to have grown at five per cent, more than the year before at 4.6 per cent. This was as a result of the growth in economic activity. In the 2015/16 financial year, the economy's growth is expected to be slightly high owing to government's huge investment in infrastructure.
On the stock market, there was a decline in activity, with the turnover of Shs 310bn in 2014/2015 compared to Shs 333bn the year before.
"The drop in equity turnover was driven by rising interest rates that have seen investors shift to the government bond market and a weak shilling that has seen off-shore investors' scale down activity," BOU says.
Going forward, BOU says the increase in interest rates in the US will enhance the appeal of US assets and this could create negative implications for Uganda's economy due to capital outflows.
Also, the fall in commodity prices will lead to a decline in incomes of households and commercial farmers which in turn, affects government revenues. In addition, the slowdown in China may lead to the reduction in Chinese investment in the country.This may translate to reduced economic activity with a negative impact on growth, BOU says.


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2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship - Round 2 at the Lausitzring
Round 2 of the 2017 ADAC Formula 4: The next generation of motor racing stars once again had the opportunity to mingle with the pros of the ADAC GT Masters and the DTM at this year's Motorsport Festival Lausitzring. Kim-Luis Schramm (19, Germany, US Racing), Julian Hanses (19, Germany, US Racing) and Felipe Drugovich (16, Brazil, Van Amersfoort Racing) were added to the winners' list which now shows six different names after six races. A word of caution, though: the ADAC Formula 4 results from the Lausitzring are subject to an ongoing appeal lodged by the US Racing team. SPORT1 and SPORT1+ showed all three races live on free-to-air TV. The season continues in three weeks' time (9th 11th June) when the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg hosts races seven to nine.
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ISSUE: Witness Lists
At the beginning of a jury trial, a judge might request each side to turn in a list of prospective witnesses. The Criminal Procedure Law does not cover this, but case law in the area has developed somewhat.
The apparent purpose of the witness list is to inform prospective jurors of who will likely testify, thus allowing prospective jurors to state if they know any of the witnesses and would therefore possibly be partial.
People v. Guzman
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Handling a Criminal Case in New York
, 8:95 (199-2000 edition). Another result of submitting a witness list is to put the other side on notice of what witnesses will be called, and of possible defenses that may be asserted. Other side effects from this disclosure may occur as well.
There is arguably less of a problem with the prosecution being required to put forth its witness list at the time of jury selection. The prosecution is legally required to put on its case, and disclosure of those names is to be expected. (However, as with other discovery, disclosure of witness names can be subject to a protective order.) See, CPL sec. 240.70.
With the defense, though, there is no obligation to put on a case at all. Does requiring a witness list in any way impinge on this?
Also, for both sides, rebuttal and surrebuttal witnesses may be difficult to name, as each side does not know for sure who will be called by the other or what will be testified to.
If a side fails to include a name on the list but then calls that person as a witness, is that any ground for, e.g., precluding that witness from testifying? Certainly unexpected matters may come up when the other side puts on its case, and a party may feel the need to call a witness to answer, as it were, the unanticipated testimony. And, notice of defenses under CPL Article 250 has to be provided, in any event. (Note that where a witness violates a court's sequestration order, the proper remedy is contempt, rather than denying the defendant the right to call the person as a witness.) See
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In one case, defense counsel's refusal to turn over a witness list at the beginning of trial was grounds for a finding of contempt.
People v. Cangiano
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One other downside of a witness list is its possible use at the close of the case. If a name is included on the list, or is mentioned on opening statement, but the person is not called, may an adverse inference be drawn? In one case, counsel's inclusion of a name but failure to call that person resulted in a missing witness charge. Assuming the criteria for such a charge has been met. See
, 18:407, 18:409.
Where a person who is not listed is called as a witness, does the opposing party have any valid complaint? The opposing side could argue that they were unable to properly
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By denominating the list in broader terms, the party may be able to better argue against a missing witness charge.
List provided at end of trial: One last note about witness lists: a recent amendment to the CPL provides that, at the end of trial, the judge may, upon the jury's request, provide the jury with a list of all the witnesses who testified. CPL sec. 310.20(3) (L. 1999, ch. 66).
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As a horror film, it is the story of Alice, who survives a series of nightmares, but killer dreams of Freddy Krueger begins haunting her again. This time the killer is taunting the impression through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. And the only person who can stop Freddy is his dead mother and...??
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|Cliff Hutch
|Home Town
|Reno, NV
|32yrs old
|Mechanic, Driver
|Reno, NV
|Relationship Status
| • Al "Big Al" Hutch (Father)
• Mary Simmons (Mother)
• Clint Hutch (Brother)
• Gary Simmons (Step-Father)
|Physical Description
|Face Claim
|Dan Fogler
|SAMREN (Affiliated)
|Former Faction(s)
|Reno Auto Garage
Cliff "Clutch" Hutch was a local born hang-around that frequents the SAMREN compound and actually works in the Reno Auto Garage. The man hopes to eventually be a Prospect for the Motorcycle Club, and goes out of his way to befriend any of the Brothers, Old Ladies and indeed Sweet-butts that are often found at the yard.
He was killed when the van he was driving was forcibly sent into a quarry wall by chasing car driven by Fallon Nordics. Unconscious from the impact, the portly driver never made it out of the van when it exploded.
General DescriptionEdit
Cliff has wild curly dark brown hair that springs down to his shoulders in a mess of unkempt perfection. His dark brown diamond shaped eyes, wide-eyed and almost angelic in appearance maintains at least a look and appearance of fun and humour. The man's round and rotund face sits on his shoulders covered in either greaser oil or hair, with a heavy stubble sat on his chops. A small scar is visible only when close on the right side of his chin, though is usually hidden behind his grizzly styled beard. His nose is short and round, much like him given his short stature and ample waist size.
When not found in denim blue mechanic overalls that he normally wears when working, along with a light brown leather tool-belt that he is rather protective of; then Cliff usually wears blue jeans, black steel-toe boots, white flannel shirt and a brown leather vest. He wears this outfit in respect of SAMREN, and in hope that one day he'll be wearing the black kutte he idolizes from afar instead of the brown vest.
Having been dealt a difficult childhood, his mother and father separating when he was a young man, Cliff has become tender-hearted and considerate, always thinking of the well being of others. Some of his insecurities lie in the fact that he feels the need to replace the love not given by his family with the love of his friends and to some degree strangers, this feeling of inadequacy and loneliness have left marks on Cliff that he instantly opens up to people that he has just met, often seen as endearing and disarming.
Considerably self-conscious of his looks, Cliff battles against people's first inclinations of him and rarely allows people to get the better of him when it comes to comments about his weight. All though not terribly bright, Cliff is a wealth of knowledge for useless facts about the world, and is quite handy in a garage. Hutch idolizes the men of SAMREN, including the Prospects and has hung around the garage for the best part of a year in hope of being called upon to join. He dreams of being a member of SAMREN, and refuses to give up in this hope.
The child's entry into the life in Nevada was filled and met with joy. His parents happily intoxicated with each other, cradled their newborn son with the love and affection that for so long as a child he would be without. Always the centre of attention, life was peaceful and caring in the small family of three. However that was not to last. Living as a simple family, Cliff's father never once spoke of his former lifestyle. His mother too was filled with nothing but devotion to her child. The joy of another newborn was soon to follow as his mother gave birth to son. Clint was the baby brother Cliff aged four had hoped for and yet his life was already changing at such a pace that the happiness he felt in that tight circle would never again be rekindled.
With the arrival of his brother, Cliff was slowly seemingly forgotten. The baby constantly in and out of Hospital it's body too frail to cope with the rigours of life meant his mother and father would only have time for Clint. As a child might do, Cliff would constantly seek the attention and missing affection his parents were supposed to provide, sometimes only finding it when doing things wrong and earning him his father's discipline. The birth and subsequent ill health of the baby would eventually begin to take its toll on the Hutch family. Mary Hutch missing the happiness and joy before she became a mother often began arguing with Al, slandering him for his ineptitude as a man and being able to breed healthy children. Seeking the thrill and intoxication missing from her life, Mary would disappear for days on end without words to her husband or children. Rage and hate soon filled the place where love was once so evident.
As Cliff grew older he would watch on helplessly as his mother and father would try to out do the other when it came to the younger of the two sons. Embroiled in spiralling downfall that neither realised they were on, Cliff began to dream of a life far away from his parents, his mind filled with wonder at being able to drive away from their arguments and fierce brutality. Though their anger and shunning of Cliff would now forever be placed on the young child's psyche, wondering if he was ever truly loved or if he was the product of a mistake his parents wished undone. Hardened on the exterior, Cliff took everything personally and ate to escape his life, forever looking to replace the love he so desperately lost.
Adolescence was a long road of difficulty, chastised for his weight, teased for his inabilities by the time Cliff became a young man his parents finally tore apart. Divorcing very quickly, his mother soon returned home with a man that would force Cliff away forever. His father also quickly left, removing himself from his children's life as he took to the road and never kept in touch. Mary soon married the new man in her life, Gary Simmons, a fierce and brutal man that would look at any chance to beat Cliff and pamper his wife. Filled with loathing for his family, Cliff left the family home. Spending a few years moving from garage to garage, it wasn't long till Cliff learned of the legendary tales of the former SAMREN Motorcycle Club. Deciding that was the life he wanted to lead, Cliff first tried his hand at SAMTEC, before travelling back home to Reno, and acquiring a job at the SAMREN garage.
Having been there for over a year, most consider him as a hopeless hang-around though handy mechanic; yet Cliff is still hopeful that one day people will look past his exterior and trust in his big heart.


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The Gray Girl version 1.0.2 released
Version 1.0.2 of The Gray Girl was just released on Google Play. The version will be available to the public in a couple of hours.
Alejandro Mostajo took some spare time to add a couple of features to the game, you can check them out in the following video:
Here is the change log:
+ New obstacles.
+ Environment Animations: Mill, sheep and water.
– Audio mixed better.
– Some collisions fixed.
– Quit button in menu fixed.
– Friendlier touch controls on bigger resolutions.
The updated version is already merged with the master branch at The Gray Girl's open repo in Github.
For more information about the game, please check out its profile page:
The Gray Girl
Published by AMSGAMES CHALLENGES. The Gray Girl is an endless runner game developed by A. Fernandez, A. Mostajo, G. Meono, D. Paut and M. Villalobos for The Global [...]


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There is just over a fortnight until you shall be assembling in the halls of your sixth forms, colleges or schools to tear open those envelopes to (I'm crossing my fingers and toes here!) discover that all the hard work has paid off and you can call yourself a future Queen Mary Student. As such, I figured that you may like to hear what was going through my head in the lead up to results day and listen to a great piece of advice that my Head of Sixth Form passed onto me and my peers two years ago.
My summer after A-Levels was a completely blissful one. There was not a worry or trouble on my mind and in all honestly, the thought of results day barely entered my continence until around this time two years ago. As August hit, the date was all of a sudden within touching distance.
It is all well and good knowing full well that you could not have worked any harder for your results, yet despite that we can often not help but to think, what if?
Fortunately, my sixth form had drilled it into our brains that you need to answer that "What if?" question with a solid plan B. So, if the worst does come to the worst and you haven't met your needed grades, you know what you are going to do to handle the situation as best as possible.
For myself, as a lover of exploring new places and cultures in as many countries as possible, I had decided that if I hadn't made the cut to come to QM, I wouldn't be satisfied going to a different University with lower asking grades and instead had settled on the prospect of training as an air-hostess at my local college and subsequently being able to travel through that as opposed to through my degree.
I really advise you all to have a backup plan. Your plan B doesn't have to by any means be a set career through a different qualification as mine was. It could simply involve having the telephone numbers of university's you liked but had lower asking grades than the ones you were offered to secure your place with us. Having these numbers to hand means that as soon as you know your grades, you can get ahead of the clearing process and hopefully secure your place at another University. As an aside, even if you haven't met your offer – it is 100% worth ringing up The School of Geography to see if they can assist you. I shall be writing a blog on clearance a day or two before you get your results so more on that later…
Having a plan B is reassuring. Even if you don't need to fall back on it, it will give you peace of mind and stop those nervous feelings.
I apologise if any of the above sounded at all pessimistic! We just want to help you in every way possible and sometimes being frank about unfortunate situations is important. Anyway, I am sure that you I shall be meeting you all within a matter of weeks!
Good luck with them and do let us know how you get on!


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Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, and he is the first Toon that Mickey will rescue, since Mizrabel sucked him and many others into her Castle of Illusion now located in the Cartoon Wasteland.
He can be found in Castle East Hall, and his meeting is unavoidable.
Beast will require Mickey's help in a number of different Quests as he builds his room. Most importantly, he will gradually request help in locating Lumiere and Belle.


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Hate is a very strong word. I dislike this word and avoid using it. I'll just list down things that I 'strongly dislike' instead, alright?
- Being late. [it's soooooo shameful!!].
- People who are late. [he/she is showing disregard to other people's time].
- Disloyalty. Infidelity. Two-timers. You name it. [seen and heard of too much of this!! haih...].
- Girls who show disrespect to other girls [like, suddenly grabbing the arm of my bf in front on ME without so much as a glance my way, damn YOU!!].
- Slimy 'ulat'.
- People who are poor at maintaining hygiene.
- Gatal men.
- Being forced to do something against my will.
- Period cramps, lol. Ok, it's kind of natural and I kind of expect it, but I noticed that when I'm with my boyfriend the day before my period and on the period day itself, then I won't have such cramps!! How's that?
- My laziness.


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Bad breath (halitosis) - quite a sensitive issue, for both adults and children.
The cause of odor from the mouth can be decay (decomposition) of food debris and mucus accumulated between the teeth and on the tongue, as well as a variety of psychological problems.
In 80% of cases, as a source of halitosis mouth speaks. The most unpleasant odor usually comes from the depressions in the language. After all, on the back of the tongue accumulates a lot of dead, otshelushivshihsya bacteria and epithelial cells. To one epithelial cell sticks tongue around one hundred bacteria. Bacteria absorb sulfur components of plaque and food. Under the influence of the molecules of cysteine and methionine amino acids decompose into hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan. Both of these compounds are malodorous smell.
The cause of bad breath can also be a goiter oral stagnation of saliva, dry mouth, imbalance of the acid-alkaline balance of the oral cavity with a high content of protein in the diet, increased the number of necrotic or dead cells, dry mouth.
Saliva cleans the mouth and teeth, destroys pathogens. Dry mouth - the most common cause of an unpleasant smell from the mouth. Dry mouth occurs when saliva reduction (under stress, excitement, infectious diseases, diabetes), and dehydration.
The cause of bad breath can be a worsening of the disease, which took the chronic form. Sour taste and smell can cause diseases of the esophagus, gastritis with the increased acidity. In diseases of the stomach unpleasant odor from the mouth can be associated with infection helikobakterialnoy. Bitter taste and odor is a manifestation of liver disease and gall bladder. The smell of feces from the mouth can occur when the motor neuroses or bowel obstruction, at a dysbacteriosis. The acetone odor with a sweet taste can cause disease of the pancreas. The smell of urine out of the mouth indicates kidney disease. Inflammatory periodontal disease and gum - is another common cause of odor from the mouth.
Odors from the oral cavity may also be associated with malignant tumors in the oral cavity with inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx. Oral cancer is bleeding, destruction and necrosis.
For the treatment of halitosis it is very important to observe the following guidelines:
To clean the mouth at home, you can prepare a decoction of sage, mint, strawberry, chamomile or oak bark. To do this, a tablespoon of any materials should pour a glass of hot water. After cooling the solution to filter and used for rinsing after eating. Enough effective cleaning of the oral cavity provides an irrigator. Irrigator surface massages the gums, providing activation of blood circulation and clearing spaces between teeth.
There are many effective tools that help you quickly get rid of the bad smell from the mouth: aerosol fresheners, mouthwashes, lozenges, chewing gum. But when the right time was nothing at hand, you can try a cup of very strong tea, and then rinse your mouth with water. Quickly remove halitosis help carrots and apples. The aroma of garlic or onions can be neutralized celery root or parsley. You can quickly get rid of bad taste and odor from the mouth, chewing coffee beans. To enable the production of saliva should be included in your diet oat porridge. With dry mouth it is necessary to drink as often as possible. A small amount of fluid will freshen breath and removes bad taste.
If you can not brush your teeth with a toothbrush, you can wipe the gums, tongue and teeth thumb. This way you can massage the gums and get rid of the odor. To wipe the gums can use the pulp of walnuts. Rubbing the gums pulp walnut provides a mouth with essential vitamins and freshens breath pleasant nutty flavor.