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Chief Superintendent Rebekah Sutcliffe and the panel.
Greater Manchester Police has launched (24 April 2014) the North West segment of a national campaign to warn young people of the dangers of travelling to Syria.
The event, hosted by Chief Superintendent Rebekah Sutcliffe from GMP and held at the British Muslim Heritage Centre in Whalley Range, was attended by Prevent workers and a spokesperson from the charity Syria Relief. It was aimed at encouraging women to reach out to other women who are concerned about young people who may be planning to travel to Syria. Chief Superintendent Sutcliffe urged community representatives to continue the conversation within their communities so that we can all play a part in protecting young people from these risks.
Similar events were held across the whole of the UK today in an effort to reach out to as many women from the affected communities as possible. To support the campaign, a leaflet has been designed which outlines the risks of travelling to Syria and will be issued at ports across the country.
Whilst some youngsters want to travel to fight in the conflict, many others want to offer aid and support to the Syrian people. One of the key messages that emerged was the importance of letting people who genuinely want to help the Syrian cause know how they can do so safely and legally.
The advice is to donate to registered charities which have experience in providing humanitarian assistance in high risk, insecure and dangerous environments and have on-going relief operations in Syria and/or neighbouring countries, such as the DEC or its member charities.
The number of people travelling to Syria from the UK is judged to be in the low hundreds and information that is available shows that the number of Syria-related arrests has increased substantially in 2014. The figure for the whole of 2013 was approximately 25 yet for the first three months of 2014 alone it is approximately 40.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
7 June 2017 - Signing Ceremony for Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS; 67 countries and jurisdictions signed at the OECD. Paris, France.
Photo:OECD
7 June 2017 - Signing Ceremony for Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS; 67 countries and jurisdictions signed at the OECD. Paris, France.
Photo:OECD
Greenville — A group of college students, state officials and others converged Thursday, March 14, with a mission to prevent more drunk driving fatalities. The group of about 100 people, including 50 students, met at Sup Dogs, a popular eatery adjacent to the campus of East Carolina University.
Their call to action was timely. Drunk driving is more common on St. Patrick’s Day than at other times of the year and so, too, are deaths due to drunk driving.
“We had to be here, it’s our duty as leaders on the campus of ECU to help shine a light on this problem and actually do something about it,” said Gillian Smith, vice president of Recruitment for Panhellenic on the campus of ECU. “We’ve walked about a mile radius around 5th and Summit Streets, handing out fliers, posting anti-drunk-driving messages on our social media account and simply sounding the alarm.”
The community canvass kicked off The Governor’s Highway Safety Programs statewide ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign, where law enforcement from around all 100 counties began conducting saturation patrols. The goal was to remove impaired drivers from roadways and save lives over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The campaign runs today through Sunday, March 17.
“Whether it be via bus, cab, ride share or a buddy, we just want riders to get home alive and it’s going to take all of us, every time making the right decision,” said Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell. “We are grateful that the community of Greenville and beyond recognized the importance of this initiative and volunteered their time and resources today.”
The group was armed with many sobering statistics, including the fact that:
•On St. Patrick’s Day, on average, drunk driving deaths increase by 8 percent;
•Of the people who died in crashes on St. Patrick’s Day, 51 percent were alcohol-related;
•Drunk driving fatalities are seven times more likely at night on St. Patrick’s Day; and
•Of the people killed on St. Patrick’s Day due to drunk driving, 44 percent are between the ages of 21 and 34 years old.
“We want people to be aware of the repercussions of driving behaviors,” said Greenville Police Chief Mark Holtzman. “Our city has some of the worst drunk-driving records over the last few years and we are tired of our friends, children, co-workers dying this way.”
Chief Holztman and dozens of law enforcement, first responders, child advocates, health care workers from around Pitt County and Eastern Carolina joined volunteers who helped canvass several city blocks around one of the city’s most popular restaurants.
In addition to volunteers canvassing the community and walking about a mile around the downtown area, the ECU campus transit system changed their messaging on the front of all campus buses with the ‘Booze It & Lose It’ slogan. The City of Greenville, Pitt County schools, Vidant Health and a host of other organizations posted safety messaging on their social media accounts using the hashtags #keysfree and #NCGHSP.
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by The Governor’s Highway Safety Program which supports a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Visit ghsp.nc.gov and follow NCGHSP on Facebook @NCGHSP, Instagram and Twitter @NC_GHSP. For media inquiries contact: GHSP Communications Specialist Miracle King miracleking@ncdot.gov
“Prevent Cancer”, “Take Control”, “Make my voice heard”, “Ask for Support”, and other slogans as staff from the Vienna International Centre shows their support at the IAEA World Cancer Day 2018 Event. Vienna, Austria, 2 February 2018
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
7 June 2017 - Signing Ceremony for Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS.
What is the best back exercise? And how does it work to relieve and even prevent back pain?
If you suffer from back pain, you have probably discovered that there are no magic solutions, no quick and easy answers. I spent several frustrating and painful years searching for a solution to my back...
Basic Techniques to Prevent Spit-Up In Babies - In the first three months of life, 50 percent of infants often experience spit up, when the contents of the stomach up and out through the esophagus. If your baby looks comfortable, eats well, and gains weight, then you do not have to worry about spit up.
As parents, we must always be on alert with conditions that are felt to help the baby's health. We must also be able to see what is happening to him, including if he spits out suddenly. To follow up the spit on the baby, we must first examine the cause.
Spit up in infants can also occur when the baby experiences a reflux condition. There is a muscle ring that connects the stomach to the esophagus, which in infants is not yet fully developed. Therefore, this muscle is not perfect for controlling incoming and outgoing foods.
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In reflux conditions, food or milk consumed will pass through the back of the throat, then into the esophagus and down to the stomach. Muscle rings can open and let food or milk into the stomach. When closed, this incomplete muscle ring may not close tightly. So in the end, food or milk can return to the esophagus.
However, you do not have to worry. You can prevent the occurrence of spit up the baby. There are several easy ways to avoid babies from spitting up:
When you are feeding, keep your baby's body tense. Do not let him in a position to duck let alone face down.
Try to burp the baby so that the air that can continue to be removed. Trying to burp this can by taking a break in the middle of drinking milk. Can also after drinking milk.
At the time of trying to burp, lean the baby's body into your shoulders so that the position is upright, but do not let the stomach depressed by your baby
At the time of breastfeeding, try to be in a quiet closed room and free from any disturbance, so that babies do not panic. Babies who suckle in a state of panic will tend to swallow air in unison with incoming milk.
If the baby is feeding the milk with bottles and teats, pay attention to the dot hole so that the baby is not choking because the milk flow is too fast and not too small to make it hard to suck milk and instead suck the air.
When the baby finishes eating, position his body upright for half an hour or more to make food or freshly consumed milk remain under. If the baby has to lie down, place some pillows to support his body so that his body stays upright
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Avoid feeding or too much milk. Stop feeding or drinking when the baby is calm and comfortable.
Avoid wearing pants or diapers that are too tight so that the baby's stomach is not depressed
Avoid taking a baby traveling by car, especially right after eating or drinking milk. The position of the baby lying on a chair will make the baby's stomach under pressure.
Sometimes also spit on the baby occurs because something that the mother of consumption so that it can affect the taste or content of breast milk. Please consult your doctor to know the dispenser for sure.
Spitting out on a baby is a natural occurrence, but often this can make us panic.
By knowing how to overcome it then we can try to avoid the spit does not happen to our children. more info @ www.babygifa.com
File name: 10_03_001690b
Binder label: Agriculture
Title: Thomson's 'Security' Rein Holder prevents accidents. (back)
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : lithograph ; 8 x 12 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Adults; Horses; Carts & wagons; Animal equipment
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: M. G. Curtis
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Photo by Jeff Clark/BLM
Following such environmentally catastrophic events as Oregon's Long Draw Fire, local land managers use rangeland seed drills to restore vegetation and help prevent soil erosion. Thanks to this heavy machinery, seeds are being mechanically planted en masse without having to resort to the slower work of planting by hand. But after many hours of scuffing terrain, creating furrows, and dropping and covering seeds, these drills must be sent by the BLM to its Vale District's International Rangeland Drill Repair Center.
At this shop, seed drills are refurbished in a large garage that can handle up to three seed drills at a time. Two workers receive and evaluate each machine, much like your neighborhood mechanic might inspect your car. Then the resulting work orders will vary depending on the repair.
A drill used on smooth terrain like burned-out sagebrush habitat will show little to no wear. Workers can quickly replace warped discs and perform a safety inspection before getting the machine back to work. However, a drill used on harder rock and in steep gullies may crack a frame or break a spindle. That type of job may take a couple weeks. In some cases, the shop must obtain custom-made parts.
"There isn't another district or another shop in BLM that does this," said Mark Manezes, the shop's head drill repair mechanic.
The shop is open year-round and is part of the BLM's mission to provide for rangeland equipment that helps to reclaim lands after wildfires. The center has roughly 230 drills that can be sent to various locations. The center also maintains carts that can unfold to accommodate three drills. Plows are also available.
Custom-made parts are another unique aspect of the drill shop. The drills that the BLM uses are 40 to 50 years old and parts are no longer available. As a result, the shop works with various foundries in the United States to cast parts. The BLM also hires local shops to make specialized steel pieces.
"The repair shop is a key part of reclamation efforts because it helps ensure a supply of equipment for fire rehabilitation," Manezes said, pointing to a fleet of more than 55 drills that had been repaired this season. As he spoke, a truck hauled two damaged seed drills into the back lot. "It all comes back to Vale," he said. "We have the experience. We have the parts. That's why it's done here."
Police in south Manchester are taking the fight against student crime direct to the offenders.
The division has launched a crime busting team made of 10 officers who will prevent re-offending, target known criminals and make them think twice about their crimes. They will also work with partner agencies such as the Probation Service and will gather intelligence to put an end to their criminality.
Chief Inspector Arif Nawaz, from GMP’s south Manchester Division, said: “Each year we welcome more than 80,000 students to Manchester, they add to the vibrancy and rich diversity of our city as well as bringing a significant economic benefit. We run a bespoke student safe operation, with our partners, to help keep them safe.
“Sadly over one in 10 crimes recorded in Manchester are against a student which makes it vital that safety messages are both delivered and taken note of.
“We want to send a clear message to those offenders targeting students that we will be rigorous and relentless in our pursuit of bringing those offenders to justice. Our team won’t leave you alone and instead will make life difficult like you do for students. We will, however work closely with our partners and third sector organisations to support those offenders who genuinely want to turn their life around.
“Criminals will not be given the opportunity to ruin life for students and those blighting our communities will be locked up.”
In addition to the increased patrols in the student areas our teams have been delivering safety talks for thousands of new and existing students urging them to be security savvy.
Chief Inspector Nawaz added, “What students don’t often realise is that being a student automatically makes them a prime target for burglary as they bring with them up to £1,000 of goods when they move. On arriving they often leave the packaging of computers and other gadgetry outside wheelie bins and this in itself is an open advert to thieves.
"When students arrive to the city, simple things such as locking windows and doors are ignored. While we know that moving from home is a new challenge and a big step, simple security measures can be the difference that prevents you from becoming a victim of crime.
“Many of the items hold more than a financial value, in fact your laptop alone contains music collections, photos and for those second and third year students lecture notes and work contribute to your final grade.”
For more information on student safety visit: gmp.police.uk/students or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/mcrstudentsafer. The page includes updates on crime in your area and features useful information and advice on how to stay safe.
Students can also download the GMP mobile app for details of police meetings and surgeries in your area. Using the GPS navigation, it also features the student safe zones – these are areas where you can go to when feeling unsafe.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
By Safety Steve
Happy summertime, Mighty LA District! Hooah – we got our own month!! Of course, we also share it with some rather obscure, if not downright weird, other professions and causes. To wit, June is also - no, not kidding - Skyscraper Month, Potty Training Awareness Month (OK, I guess that one’s relatively useful to most), National Iced Tea Month, National Bathroom Reading Month (I so want to know who brought THAT one to the hallowed halls of Congress), National Candy Month, National Accordion Awareness Month and National Smile Month, just to name a few. There are many others if you do a quick web search and need a chuckle or four. But I digress.
June is, in fact, National Safety Month. Every year the National Safety Council folks promote a number of things, including having a weekly topic. And this year, we actually have 5 weeks in the month, so we have an extra topic. Rather than write not nearly enough about each of the 5 topics, I’m going to give you the links for each of the weeks. There’s some really good stuff here that you can use, both at work and at home. So, without further adieu:
Week 1 - Summertime Safety
Week 2 - Preventing Overexertion
Week 3 - Teen Driving Safety
Week 4 - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
Week 5 - On the Road, Off the Phone
Now, you’ll find that a number of the links require a sing-up or registration to fully use them and download materials. But that’s pretty much the case with most websites these days. And the NSC is a DOD Partner in the Safety Business, so not to worry.
Let’s face it; in reality every day is a safety day. Every single day you stop at Red Lights. Every day you don’t stick your fork into an electric socket (well, none that I know of, anyway). Every single day of the year we all practice some kind of safe behavior, however small it may be. So take the time to visit these websites and tune up your safety engines.
By the way, last month we only had a small number of folks play the Safety Jeopardy game. No winners. Two from Fort Huachuca came very, very close. There’s a Safety Excellence Coin and a certificate-suitable-for-framing still in my office if someone wins. I’ll extend the game to the end of June.
As always, drive safe, drive sober and buckle up! Safety Strong, People Always!
La ministra de Energía y Minas, Susana Vilca Achata, recorrió las ciudades de Moquegua e Ilo, donde se reunió con autoridades y personal de salud para coordinar acciones preventivas y de contención ante casos de coronavirus en la región del sur, así como conocer de primera mano si se están aplicando los protocolos correspondientes que permitan garantizar la salud pública.
Greenville — A group of college students, state officials and others converged Thursday, March 14, with a mission to prevent more drunk driving fatalities. The group of about 100 people, including 50 students, met at Sup Dogs, a popular eatery adjacent to the campus of East Carolina University.
Their call to action was timely. Drunk driving is more common on St. Patrick’s Day than at other times of the year and so, too, are deaths due to drunk driving.
“We had to be here, it’s our duty as leaders on the campus of ECU to help shine a light on this problem and actually do something about it,” said Gillian Smith, vice president of Recruitment for Panhellenic on the campus of ECU. “We’ve walked about a mile radius around 5th and Summit Streets, handing out fliers, posting anti-drunk-driving messages on our social media account and simply sounding the alarm.”
The community canvass kicked off The Governor’s Highway Safety Programs statewide ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign, where law enforcement from around all 100 counties began conducting saturation patrols. The goal was to remove impaired drivers from roadways and save lives over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The campaign runs today through Sunday, March 17.
“Whether it be via bus, cab, ride share or a buddy, we just want riders to get home alive and it’s going to take all of us, every time making the right decision,” said Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell. “We are grateful that the community of Greenville and beyond recognized the importance of this initiative and volunteered their time and resources today.”
The group was armed with many sobering statistics, including the fact that:
•On St. Patrick’s Day, on average, drunk driving deaths increase by 8 percent;
•Of the people who died in crashes on St. Patrick’s Day, 51 percent were alcohol-related;
•Drunk driving fatalities are seven times more likely at night on St. Patrick’s Day; and
•Of the people killed on St. Patrick’s Day due to drunk driving, 44 percent are between the ages of 21 and 34 years old.
“We want people to be aware of the repercussions of driving behaviors,” said Greenville Police Chief Mark Holtzman. “Our city has some of the worst drunk-driving records over the last few years and we are tired of our friends, children, co-workers dying this way.”
Chief Holztman and dozens of law enforcement, first responders, child advocates, health care workers from around Pitt County and Eastern Carolina joined volunteers who helped canvass several city blocks around one of the city’s most popular restaurants.
In addition to volunteers canvassing the community and walking about a mile around the downtown area, the ECU campus transit system changed their messaging on the front of all campus buses with the ‘Booze It & Lose It’ slogan. The City of Greenville, Pitt County schools, Vidant Health and a host of other organizations posted safety messaging on their social media accounts using the hashtags #keysfree and #NCGHSP.
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by The Governor’s Highway Safety Program which supports a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Visit ghsp.nc.gov and follow NCGHSP on Facebook @NCGHSP, Instagram and Twitter @NC_GHSP. For media inquiries contact: GHSP Communications Specialist Miracle King miracleking@ncdot.gov
375810 arrives at London Victoria working 2A54 with a cock pheasant having been picked up somewhere in Kent and now preventing it from coupling to 375 number 706. The birds have had a bad day with a dead pigeon laying on the track below the pheasant.
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Ashford International 1.....1702..........................1702 1/4...................RT
Bearsted [BSD]..................1727/1728................NoRep/1728...........RT
Maidstone East [MDE] 1...1732 1/2/1733 1/2...1733 1/4/1733 3/4..RT
Borough Green ...............1750 1/2/1751..........1754/1755...............4L
Otford Junction[XOT]......1758..........................1803 3/4..................5L
Swanley [SAY] 1.................1808 1/2/1809 1/2..1813 1/2/1813 3/4...4L
St Mary Cray Junction.....1816..........................1819 3/4....................3L
Bickley Junction[XLY]......1817...........................1820 1/4...................3L
Bromley South [BMS] 3...1819 1/2/1820 1/2...1822 3/4/1824........3L
Shortlands [SRT]................1822.........................1825 1/4...................3L
Shortlands Junction.........1822.........................1826.........................4L
Beckenham Junction 2...1823 1/2...................1826 3/4...................3L
Kent House [KTH] 2.........1824 1/2...................1827 1/2....................3L
Herne Hill [HNH] 2............1830.........................1832 1/4...................2L
Brixton [BRX]......................1831...........................1833 1/4...................2L
Voltaire Road Junction....1832 1/2...................1834 1/2...................2L
London Victoria [VIC] 2...1837..........................1840..........................3L
375810 was eventually joined to 375 number 706 and worked 1S62 from London Victoria to Ramsgate and Dover Priory.
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
London Victoria [VIC] 2...1857............................1857.............................RT
Voltaire Road Junction....1901 1/2......................1901.............................RT
Brixton [BRX]......................1903...........................1902 3/4.....................RT
Herne Hill [HNH] 3............1904...........................1904 1/2......................RT
Kent House [KTH] 3..........1908 1/2.....................1909 3/4.......................1L
Beckenham Junction 3...1909 1/2.....................1912 1/4........................2L
Shortlands Junction.........1911..............................1913 1/4........................2L
Shortlands [SRT]................1911 1/2.......................1914...............................2L
Bromley South [BMS] 4...1912 1/2/1914.............1915/1916 1/4...............2L
Bickley Junction[XLY]......1916 1/2......................1918 3/4.......................2L
St Mary Cray Junction.....1917 1/2......................1919 3/4.......................2L
Swanley [SAY] 4................1921 1/2......................1923 1/2.......................2L
Sole Street [SOR] 2..........1929 1/2.....................1929 1/2......................RT
Rochester Bridge Jn........1936...........................1939 1/2.......................3L
Rochester [RTR] 3.............1938/1939.................1942/1943 3/4............4L
Chatham [CTM] 2..............1940 1/2/1942...........1945 1/4/1946.............4L
Gillingham [GLM] 3...........1945 1/2/1947...........1950/1951....................4L
Rainham [RAI] 2.................1951/1952..................1956/1956 3/4............4L
Newington [NGT] 2..........1955 1/2/1956..........2001/2001 3/4...........5L
Sittingbourne [SIT] 2........2000 1/2/2001 1/2...2007/2008.................6L
Faversham [FAV] 3...........2012/2016.................2018 1/4/2021 3/4.....5L
At Faversham the train divided 1S63 continuing to Dover Priory.
Faversham [FAV] 3.............2018.....................2023 1/4.....................5L
Canterbury East [CBE] 2...2030 1/2/2032..2036/2036 3/4.........4L
Shepherds Well [SPH] 2...2049/2050........2052 3/4/2054 1/2..4L
Dover Priory [DVP] 2.........2059....................2104 1/4......................5L
Whitstable [WHI] 2............2023 1/2/2024 1/2..2028 1/2/2029 1/4....4L
Herne Bay [HNB] 2...........2030 1/2/2031 1/2...2035/2036 1/2...........5L
Margate [MAR] 1................2047/2048...............2051 3/4/2052..........4L
Broadstairs [BSR] 2...........2053/2054...............2056 3/4/2058.........4L
Ramsgate [RAM] 4............2100...........................2104 3/4......................4L
Parliament Square's iconic blue "Peace Box" removed by police - London, UK 03.05.2012
Following a recent High Court ruling that the injunction preventing the removal of the final protester's tent on Parliament Square could be lifted immediately, police and officials from Westminster council arrived with a lorry to clear away the large blue wooden "Peace Box" built by peace campaigner Maria Gallastegui - founder of peacestrike.org - who has been living in a tent on the pavement next to the box which was also used for storing protest materials and making cups of tea, and has held a continual protest on Parliament Square since 2006, much to the dismay and fury of a huge number of supposedly peace-loving MPs and Westminster Council.
Resignedly co-operating fully with the police, a philosophical Ms Gallastegui said that "The box is not the issue. My tent is not the issue. The issue is the ability for people to maintain sustained political protest in Parliament Square, and the critical need to protest against illegal wars waged against foreign countries to serve the predatory needs of the oil companies. Obviously I am very sad that the box has to go, but my protest does not stop because of it. It will continue in a different form." She also explained that she is going directly to the Court of Appeal to apply for another injunction against Westminster Council, and if that is not successful she will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
High Court judge Sir John Thomas, whilst ruling that Westminster Council's by-laws prohibiting protesters from setting up tents or other "sleeping equipment" were legal, added that if Ms. Gallastegui's appeal is successful she would be allowed to place her tent back on the square, however; Justice Thomas refused her grounds for appeal in his court, paving the way for the eviction. Ms. Gallastegui has to take her appeal to the Appeals Court, and if she is unsuccessful she intends to take the matter to the European Courts.
In addition, the court order required that the Peace Box be removed "fully intact", so great care had to be taken by the police in removing it, which caused some wry smiles from the police officer who arrived with a sledge-hammer and a large fire-fighter's crowbar!
An earlier version of the iconic box - christened 'The Peace Plinth' and decorated with collaboration from 'Art Below' with three large white relief panels of an American soldier in battle uniform overlaid with blood-spattered lines from a latin poem by the Roman poet Horace "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" which translates as "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" (also quoted in Wilfred Owen's most famous World War I anti-war poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est') is currently on display in Los Angeles as part of 'The Brit Week T4C (Thanks for Caring)', and the current Parliament Square box is to be auctioned to raise money for an orphanage in Iraq for children orphaned by Western military aggression in the country.
Confusion ensued soon after the arrival of a panel truck when the attending Westminster Council officials and police realised that the vehicle was far too small to contain the box itself, so everyone had to wait until a vehicle-clampers' flatbed lorry with a car hoist was commissioned.
Half way through the eviction there was an astonishing verbal attack on Ms. Gallastegui by activists from the late Brian Haw's protest - sited further along the pavement and still fighting eviction - who accused her of some kind of treachery and insincerity because she wasn't verbally or physically fighting the police. Claiming some kind of ethical and moral superiority as the longest-established protest group on Parliament Square (having been there since 2001) and clutching several pro-Palestinian placards, the Haw camp activists, instead of showing as much as a single shred of support or solidarity with their fellow-protester, continued their criticism of Ms. Gallastegui and also accused her of somehow being a police stooge and collaborator before being moved on by a chief inspector.
Ten minutes later, as the blue box was being moved out onto the pavement prior to being lifted onto the back of a flat-bed lorry, one of the Haw camp activists - notorious for his aggression and relentless paranoia towards all journalists, photojournalists and, in fact, any other protesters and activists who have had any presence on Parliament square which they aggressively consider to be their turf - reappeared with a small sign saying "Police camp" and, suddenly cured of his pathological dislike of being photographed by anyone other than passing tourists or personal friends, overtly tried to insert himself into photos of the eviction process being taken by the assembled photojournalists to reinforce his accusation of Ms. Gallastegui and her supporters of being police agents.
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In an effort to prevent people absconding with the Sharpies and Pilot Rolling Ball pens I bring from home, I have resorted to subterfuge: keeping them (pens, not people) in an extra travel mug. A decoy pen holder with office-supplied pens (number and types counted) is provided as a distraction.
This drastic move came on Friday, when I discovered the big black Sharpie I had brought from home was missing. If you see one with the dimple on the end filled in with silver, it's mine. Please give it back.
Now, though, I'm set, as long as no one steals my extra travel mug. If anyone knows where they sell lockable pen holders, please let me know.
it’s that time of year again when people are having bonfires
a recent report shows that hedgehog numbers have dropped by 25% in just 10 years!
it is even suggested that they may be extinct in britain by 2025
hedgehogs will be attracted to large piles of leaves and garden debris at this time of year as they are looking to hibernate through the coldest snaps
if you are having a bonfire, or are going to an organised one please :
1/ build it as close to the night as possible so there's less chance of a hedgehog moving in
2/ make a pile near to the bonfire site then re-build it before lighting it
3/ search the bonfire for hibernating creatures using a torch lifting the stack with a handle of a rake or spade
4/ if you find any hedgehogs ensure they are safe before lighting the fire
5/ create an inviting hedgehog home a safe distance from the fire so hopefully they will chose to sleep here instead
6/ if you can’t relocate the stack, and have tried everything else please light from one side only initially
7/ feeding hedgehogs up will reduce the need for hibernation – so feed them if you can – cat food and water though – NOT bread and milk!
remember just banging on the bonfire won’t help as a hedgehog will curl up and stay still when he feels scared
british hedgehog preservation society
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Greenville — A group of college students, state officials and others converged Thursday, March 14, with a mission to prevent more drunk driving fatalities. The group of about 100 people, including 50 students, met at Sup Dogs, a popular eatery adjacent to the campus of East Carolina University.
Their call to action was timely. Drunk driving is more common on St. Patrick’s Day than at other times of the year and so, too, are deaths due to drunk driving.
“We had to be here, it’s our duty as leaders on the campus of ECU to help shine a light on this problem and actually do something about it,” said Gillian Smith, vice president of Recruitment for Panhellenic on the campus of ECU. “We’ve walked about a mile radius around 5th and Summit Streets, handing out fliers, posting anti-drunk-driving messages on our social media account and simply sounding the alarm.”
The community canvass kicked off The Governor’s Highway Safety Programs statewide ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign, where law enforcement from around all 100 counties began conducting saturation patrols. The goal was to remove impaired drivers from roadways and save lives over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The campaign runs today through Sunday, March 17.
“Whether it be via bus, cab, ride share or a buddy, we just want riders to get home alive and it’s going to take all of us, every time making the right decision,” said Governor’s Highway Safety Program Director Mark Ezzell. “We are grateful that the community of Greenville and beyond recognized the importance of this initiative and volunteered their time and resources today.”
The group was armed with many sobering statistics, including the fact that:
•On St. Patrick’s Day, on average, drunk driving deaths increase by 8 percent;
•Of the people who died in crashes on St. Patrick’s Day, 51 percent were alcohol-related;
•Drunk driving fatalities are seven times more likely at night on St. Patrick’s Day; and
•Of the people killed on St. Patrick’s Day due to drunk driving, 44 percent are between the ages of 21 and 34 years old.
“We want people to be aware of the repercussions of driving behaviors,” said Greenville Police Chief Mark Holtzman. “Our city has some of the worst drunk-driving records over the last few years and we are tired of our friends, children, co-workers dying this way.”
Chief Holztman and dozens of law enforcement, first responders, child advocates, health care workers from around Pitt County and Eastern Carolina joined volunteers who helped canvass several city blocks around one of the city’s most popular restaurants.
In addition to volunteers canvassing the community and walking about a mile around the downtown area, the ECU campus transit system changed their messaging on the front of all campus buses with the ‘Booze It & Lose It’ slogan. The City of Greenville, Pitt County schools, Vidant Health and a host of other organizations posted safety messaging on their social media accounts using the hashtags #keysfree and #NCGHSP.
The ‘Booze It & Lose It’ campaign is one of the many campaigns by The Governor’s Highway Safety Program which supports a myriad of safe-driving initiatives like Click It or Ticket, BikeSafe NC, Watch For Me NC, Speed a Little. Lose a Lot, and North Carolina’s Vision Zero initiative.
Visit ghsp.nc.gov and follow NCGHSP on Facebook @NCGHSP, Instagram and Twitter @NC_GHSP. For media inquiries contact: GHSP Communications Specialist Miracle King miracleking@ncdot.gov
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Film Festival: Fighting Stigma Through Film in London, 23 November 2018.
UNICEF and Partners took to the streets of Conakry today to combat the Ebola outbreak with information on how to keep families safe and to prevent the spread we distributed soap and chlorine.
33" x 15" Letterpress poster using wooden type, printed for a chum in London. With thanks to Pescetti (1603) and Voltaire (1772) for the quote.
The second week of camp was so much fun and the hot weather didn’t prevent us from enjoying all the wonderful activities. To honor this week’s theme, “Celebrate America,” the campers enjoyed making hand print flag t-shits. Check online for really cute pictures. The children also decorated sandwich cookies with red, white and blue sprinkles. Yum!
This week in Ceramics, The Willows learned how to pound out the clay into circles to make their hand or foot prints. The children were excited to meet, Billy or Rosie, the ponies and all were smiling while riding. Also, the children continued to master their techniques in swimming and can’t wait to demonstrate their skills on visiting day next week. In Woodcraft, the children had fun painting and coloring their wall organizers, All the campers had a terrific time in Mini-Golf, Soccer, Dance, Gymnastics and Tennis and each child has found his/her favorite activities.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday July 11th for our visiting day. Remember to label everything your child brings to camp.
Have a great weekend!
For more information on the Willows at Willow Grove Day Camp please visit: willowgrovedaycamp.com/willows/
U.S. Army Pfc. Dasia Mathis, an automated logistical specialist assigned to the Jackson-based Bravo Company, 148th Brigade Support Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard, conducts preventative checks on a M1078 light medium tactical vehicle during drill at the unit's armory in Jackson, Georgia, Nov. 14, 2020. Preventative checks and inspections ensure vehicles are ready to use when needed at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Bryant Wine)
UNICEF and partners took to the streets of Conakry today to combat the Ebola outbreak with information on how to keep families safe and to prevent the spread we distributed soap and chlorine.
THIS IS MY STRATEGY FOR NOT GETTING THE "MEXICAN FLU".
I THINK I'LL FOLLOW IT FOR A FEW DAYS, JUST FOR PREVENTION YOU KNOW!!!
ESTA ES MI ESTRATEGIA PARA NO ADQUIRIR LA INFLUEZA HUMANA.
CREO QUE LA VOY A SEGUIR POR UNOS DIAS, YA SABES, POR PREVENCION!.
Je Je
Parliament Square's iconic blue "Peace Box" removed by police - London, UK 03.05.2012
Following a recent High Court ruling that the injunction preventing the removal of the final protester's tent on Parliament Square could be lifted immediately, police and officials from Westminster council arrived with a lorry to clear away the large blue wooden "Peace Box" built by peace campaigner Maria Gallastegui - founder of peacestrike.org - who has been living in a tent on the pavement next to the box which was also used for storing protest materials and making cups of tea, and has held a continual protest on Parliament Square since 2006, much to the dismay and fury of a huge number of supposedly peace-loving MPs and Westminster Council.
Resignedly co-operating fully with the police, a philosophical Ms Gallastegui said that "The box is not the issue. My tent is not the issue. The issue is the ability for people to maintain sustained political protest in Parliament Square, and the critical need to protest against illegal wars waged against foreign countries to serve the predatory needs of the oil companies. Obviously I am very sad that the box has to go, but my protest does not stop because of it. It will continue in a different form." She also explained that she is going directly to the Court of Appeal to apply for another injunction against Westminster Council, and if that is not successful she will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
High Court judge Sir John Thomas, whilst ruling that Westminster Council's by-laws prohibiting protesters from setting up tents or other "sleeping equipment" were legal, added that if Ms. Gallastegui's appeal is successful she would be allowed to place her tent back on the square, however; Justice Thomas refused her grounds for appeal in his court, paving the way for the eviction. Ms. Gallastegui has to take her appeal to the Appeals Court, and if she is unsuccessful she intends to take the matter to the European Courts.
In addition, the court order required that the Peace Box be removed "fully intact", so great care had to be taken by the police in removing it, which caused some wry smiles from the police officer who arrived with a sledge-hammer and a large fire-fighter's crowbar!
An earlier version of the iconic box - christened 'The Peace Plinth' and decorated with collaboration from 'Art Below' with three large white relief panels of an American soldier in battle uniform overlaid with blood-spattered lines from a latin poem by the Roman poet Horace "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" which translates as "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" (also quoted in Wilfred Owen's most famous World War I anti-war poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est') is currently on display in Los Angeles as part of 'The Brit Week T4C (Thanks for Caring)', and the current Parliament Square box is to be auctioned to raise money for an orphanage in Iraq for children orphaned by Western military aggression in the country.
Confusion ensued soon after the arrival of a panel truck when the attending Westminster Council officials and police realised that the vehicle was far too small to contain the box itself, so everyone had to wait until a vehicle-clampers' flatbed lorry with a car hoist was commissioned.
Half way through the eviction there was an astonishing verbal attack on Ms. Gallastegui by activists from the late Brian Haw's protest - sited further along the pavement and still fighting eviction - who accused her of some kind of treachery and insincerity because she wasn't verbally or physically fighting the police. Claiming some kind of ethical and moral superiority as the longest-established protest group on Parliament Square (having been there since 2001) and clutching several pro-Palestinian placards, the Haw camp activists, instead of showing as much as a single shred of support or solidarity with their fellow-protester, continued their criticism of Ms. Gallastegui and also accused her of somehow being a police stooge and collaborator before being moved on by a chief inspector.
Ten minutes later, as the blue box was being moved out onto the pavement prior to being lifted onto the back of a flat-bed lorry, one of the Haw camp activists - notorious for his aggression and relentless paranoia towards all journalists, photojournalists and, in fact, any other protesters and activists who have had any presence on Parliament square which they aggressively consider to be their turf - reappeared with a small sign saying "Police camp" and, suddenly cured of his pathological dislike of being photographed by anyone other than passing tourists or personal friends, overtly tried to insert himself into photos of the eviction process being taken by the assembled photojournalists to reinforce his accusation of Ms. Gallastegui and her supporters of being police agents.
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In Afghanistan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building water, power, and transportation projects as well as Afghan National Security Forces facilities to enable security and stability in the nation.
Did you know though, construction remains one of the most dangerous industries in the world?
The best defense against near misses or worse is prevention through education, training and awareness. When an accident, incident, or near miss occurs at a district job site, Geronimo Gomez, (left) a safety and occupational health specialist with the USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District, investigates; identifying all the possible factors in his pursuit to determine the causes resulting in the unfortunate event, eliminate hazards and prevent future accidents. Also photographed is Lt. Col. John Connor, South Area Office officer in charge.
Technology will not prevent the next bubble. The principal causes of the financial crisis were too much leverage and poorly underwritten mortgage loans. These problems stemmed mainly from poor incentives, bad ethics, and ideological blinders. Better underwriting or more sophisticated algorithms cannot deal with such issues. Steven Eisman is the subject of the book and film version of the “The Big Short.”
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