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Learning hand embroidery stitches
We each have our own recollections of how and when we learned our first hand embroidery stitches.
I was musing the other day how fashions in embroidery stitches change. For example in the 1950's when I was a child no one seemed to use cross-stitch. Crewel embroidery stitches, lazy daisies, blanket stitch, chain stitch and satin stitch for leaves and petals all abounded but not that much cross stitch. As a result I didn't learn that one until I was in my early 40's, when I fast became addicted.
I was taught some of the others, but not at my mother's knee. Looking back I can see how talented women were in the 50's. They could make clothes, garden and keep a house immaculate with few of the modern cleaning impedimenta or labour saving devices we have today. My mother was a truly talented housewife who could turn a ham bone and some split peas into a nutritious supper for five and yet find time to do acres of fine sewing.
She used hand embroidery stitches on table and tray cloths, chair back covers and things you decorate dressing tables with. When I was a toddler all my dresses were hand smocked. Teaching however was definitely not one of my mother's copious talents!
It therefore fell to Miss McQueen, one of my primary school teachers, to instill a lasting love of embroidery into a 9-year-old with astigmatism, poor co-ordination and two left thumbs. The fact that she succeeded was because Miss McQueen was one of these dedicated teachers who never gave up. She was ageless. Always dressed in the same grey suit which in winter was woollen only to mysteriously became linen in Summer, she appeared very ancient to us - after all she'd taught some of our mothers, who themselves were amazed how she had manage to impart so much knowledge without ever raising her voice.
Part of the magic was that her classroom was the hut set in the woods next to our small country primary school. We sweltered in the summer so that sometimes lessons were held outside or were combined with a nature ramble. In winter took we took it in turns to rotate round the only method of heating, the round pot bellied stove in the middle of the classroom. Those with colds or chilblains got to stay there longer. When it snowed the ink literally froze in the inkwells at the back of the classroom and I remember wearing our coats indoors. Health and Safety would take a grim view of our environment today but we were hardy children and wondered what all the fuss was about.
For me the good thing was that there were no spiders. They preferred a more hospitable environment such as the farther corners of the outside toilets.
It being the 50's, all us girls were taught domestic stuff like basic hand embroidery stitches. I am not sure what the boys were doing at the time - possibly learning basic engineering skills by damning the nearby stream.
Miss McQueen, being a thorough educator and no soft touch, insisted I spent a lot of time un-picking the previous hour's hard done work. It wasn't personal - she was just determined we were going to get it right. We quickly recognised that we had met an immovable force with incredible reserves of patience. It struck me then, as now, that un-picking was incredibly boring and two left thumbs or not, I was doing it right in no time and embroidering my own dressing table set.
Looking back I am amazed how many basic embroidery stitches she taught us as listed below. Later I discovered that these basic stitches all had interesting variations and these with illustrations are included as well. Many of the photographs on this site are of my Australian aunt's tablecloths stitched in the 1950's and which I recently inherited.
At the end of the year it was back to the big school; back to long division and essay writing in preparation for the dreaded 11 plus exams. I never did finish the tablecloth I started.
When I stitch sometimes its as though I was back in the hut in springtime. Watery sunshine is coming through the windows, through an open door can be seen daffodils and crocuses and through the sound of birdsong we've all got our ears open in anticipation of hearing that first cuckoo.
And in this web site are the hand embroidery stitches that we were taught and I suspect none of us have truly forgotten.
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Are you aware of your legal obligations to notify and respond to abuse and/or neglect? This training is essential for all staff working with children and young people.
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Our new venture into ghost hunting - check out the venues we are proposing to investigate this year. New venues added constantly
Psychics and mediums meet to train and chat. Home pages of the UK mediums Craig and Jane Hamilton-Parker. The site has a massive paranormal resource with lots of real life stories and is one of
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Network includes: Psychic Chat | Ghosts | Astrology | Spiritualism | Dreams | Paranormal |Psychic Advice | Psychic Readings |
Richard Felix
A link to Richard Felix - a well known name from the Most Haunted show and a good friend
Mark Webb
A link to Mark Webb - a great guy I had the pleasure of getting to know - Mark worked with Mai Dolan on Haunted Homes
Mark on the right next to Jackie Newcombe, then Richard Felix, myself and Diane King
Other Links
www.theswa.org Spiritual Workers Association - of which I am a member
www.psychicdirectory.co.uk Where I am listed
Check out this site of which I am a member
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It seemed like @Charlotte, @dinospumoni, and @dthomasson and I were fueled by fire after leaving Chatham last week. The magic of the Quaker Intentional Village Community and being with other ALFers is something that stays with me…and I can see it staying with Charlotte, Dean and Dan too.
What have we been up to in the week we've been back?
- Our Book Club is underway! Join us in reading Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn! Check out that forum here.
- I shared Charlotte's "Seeds to Bloom" board for helping kids take their ideas to fruition at school. We shared her board at a breakout session during ALF Weekend and I promised to post a picture of it. You can see her board and others in our "Tools and Practices" ALF forum.
- It looks like we might have an ALC in progress in Puerto Rico. @alex is a good friend of mine that I met at AERO in 2013. We've stayed close and Alex has been following along with our growth. He came to this year's AERO as well and saw our ALC Presentation, and then he and his wife met @Tomis and I to talk more over dinner. That, interspersed with emails, calls & gchats has led to Alex currently translating our website pages into Spanish. Knowing Alex personally, I'm thrilled to have him working with us closely and can't wait to see what the future brings! Check out & like his Facebook page here.
- ALC Endor in Asheville, NC is also in progress! Liam came to visit us a few weeks ago, and I've arranged a trip to visit him and his teens on Monday October 27th with Alona and Gabe (our two oldest students). We'll see what they are up to and hopefully use that to fuel a discussion of what our middle and highschool program can look like at Mosaic.
- We are in the beginning stages of planning for ALF Summer 2015. We've got our working group setting up our first meeting to pick dates.
- I went on an organizing spree this weekend at school and the school space is getting better and better.
Cool highlights from my week with the kids:
- @animalfreak9 and @libby writing play reviews of 101 Dalmations. I'm glad Charlotte asked them to write their thoughts – it's their opinion and they are entitled to have it and share their reasons for not liking the play.
- Watching Hannibal the Liar at the Carolina Renaissance Festival. @Ayan drafted an email to him requesting he come visit our school!
- Having a line of kids beg me for homework on Friday during small group time – they seem to think we are "playing" school and that homework is a part of the game! Hearing our youngest student, Jackson, yell out, "Give me math problems because I LOVE math," made my heart skip a beat 🙂
- Having @sassygirl26 (Isabella) check my Spanish homework again this week and not having very many mistakes! I'm translating a 5th grade level book to English.
- Dan's super awesome geocaching treasure hunt! Inspired by the interest we have in geocaching, Dan created a scavenger hunt around the building this week. He hid 7 keys that the kids had to find (and keys were hidden in places like under a KEYboard and on piano KEYs). Each key corresponded to a letter and the kids had to them unscramble the letters to enter the word that unlocks the cryptex in the picture here. In the codex is the final clue that led the kids to park where the treasure is hidden!!
I want to send lots of appreciation to @Tomis for supporting the behind the scenes work at Mosaic so I can spend most of my days working with kids. That is what I want to be doing every day!!! (I can't stress enough how I don't like office work…) I'm very, very grateful that I get to spend most of my time with young people, and that includes @Charlotte, @dthomasson, and @dinospumoni who are young at heart!
I'm also incredibly grateful for the flow the staff team is currently in – as I said at the beginning of this post – it seems like our ALF weekend really lit a fire in each of us. I think about where I was over a year ago, not sure of how this "starting a school" thing would go…and now we've grown into a network of supportive educators that inspire one another. I'm seeing what's possible and it's exciting!


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| Red Dead Redemption:
Liars and Cheats
achievement and trophy
Put the Posse on a Pedestal
|Attain over 50,000 posse points in a single Free Roam session.
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Put the Posse on a Pedestal is an achievement/trophy in the Red Dead Redemption Liars and Cheats DLC pack.
Attain over 50,000 posse points in a single Free Roam session.
- If the player changes sessions they will lose all progress.
- The points can be gained more quickly by spreading out the posse members to tackle different gang hideouts at the same time.
- The player can still go to the Outfitter and not lose any points, but will have to rejoin the posse upon returning to Free Roam.
- Players can earn most of the points themselves and then invite other players to join the posse to obtain the remainder.
- The name of the trophy/achievement may be a reference to the film The 40 Year Old Virgin where the character Jay tells main protagonist Andy that the reason he is not getting any action is because he "puts pussy on a pedestal".
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Déjà vu Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Déjà vu Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> The Strange and Mysterious View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ela2004Joined: 11 Jul 2004Posts: 303 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: Déjà vu Déjà vu Déjà vu is a question in science, but there are theories about this phenomenon. There are talking about protein in our mind. Old proteins are substitute for new in all moments, but, in especial cases, this change translates déjà vu. Two seconds are sufficient to the person lost the real moment. It would de as one copy in your mind. Diego Winckler Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> The Strange and Mysterious All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Q: I cannot find cycle parking, can I leave the bike on the street?
A: No you may not. We ask that you find the nearest cycle parking on our map to park our bike. There are many cycle parking spots across various locations. Just as we would not park our cars anywhere but only at acceptable car parking, parking a bike anywhere but at an acceptable cycle parking causes an obstruction to other road users. It is inconsiderate and anti-social. We take the illegal parking of our bikes very seriously.


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An Inovative Way to Waste Time
A very cool concept for a game and proves that there is still a place for innovation in game play not just graphics quality. I don't want to give any strategy away so give it a try and just click around (after you get the concept down see if you can get all the points).
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Two posts in one day? Who are you and what have you done with my brother?
I know, it is crazy. I am sure that anyone that doesn't use an RSS reader has probably stopped watching the site by now. The sad thing is it truly feels like today I had the first moment of free time in a long time.
What the hell dude? that game suxors.
Interesting iPhone theme… It would be nice if it only became this theme for iPhones, rather than all clients.
Thats weird… now it looks normal 🙂
Suxors, Jon? You're really going to go with suxors?
The iPhone theme is flaky at best…I've never had it come up on a pc before though. If it gets too annoying I'll disable it.


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SNL star Kate McKinnon has LITERALLY made a living off of impersonating Ellen DeGeneres, so imagine how she felt as a guest on Ellen's show today.
Then imagine how the comedian felt when Ellen provided her with Ellen-style attire and told her to take over for her as host in front of her live audience!
After a commercial break, Ellen's doppelganger returned to chat with the real deal, perform her signature dance moves, and fidget awkwardly on the couch.
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Hiring a limo service is such a luxury and we always do it for personal reasons. Nobody has an assignment to just rent a limo just for the fun of it. There are many reasons to hire a limo: proms, weddings, bachelorette and bachelor parties, birthday parties, so on and so for. The best thing about renting a limo is leaving the transportation responsibility to someone else. It is just a blessing to be able to just relax to and from the direction of you are going.
So as such, one should treat it in a way that will keep you wanting to come back to the company, and for the company to want to keep you on a regular, dependable client. As comfortable as most of us get with good service, there are a few things that one should take into consideration when renting a limo. Here are four etiquette tips everyone should follow with renting a limo service.
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, announced that it has acquired the assets of Ostial Solutions, LLC, a privately-held company based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, under terms which require approximately 33 percent of the anticipated purchase price to be paid at closing, approximately 22 percent of the anticipated purchase price to be paid within six months of closing and the balance to be paid only upon achievement of negotiated earn-out objectives.
The primary asset of Ostial Solutions is the patented Ostial Pro Stent Positioning System, which facilitates precise stent implantation in coronary and renal aorto-ostial lesions, eliminating guesswork when deploying a stent at the "true" ostium of the vessel.
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Chania, Crete is a wonderful holiday destination, ideal for exploration, as it is packed with excellent historical & natural sites, as well as stunning beaches and charming villages. It is therefore necessary that you have a reliable and comfortable means of getting around Chania (Hania). The safest and most efficient way to travel in Chania is by rental car. At the Pangosmio Chania Rent a Car Hire Agency in Crete, we offer first class car hire services, sound travel advice and a wide selection of rental cars that are suitable for every type of visitor, and ensure comfort, convenience and safe driving during your stay in Chania, Crete, whether you are on vacation or a business trip. Crete is ideal for touring by car, as it has a well-developed transportation network and excellent roads.
On this page, you are provided with a map of Chania, Crete, showing the major points of interest in the Prefecture, where you can travel with your Chania rent a car vehicle. You will be informed of Chania sites, Chania beaches, as well as distances and useful phones of Chania Port, Chania Airport and of the authorities in Chania, Crete, Greece.
The Chania Prefecture, located on the western side of Crete, is well-known for its wonderful archaeological, historical, religious and natural sites.
While in Chania (Hania) Town, the capital of the prefecture, we suggest visiting:
Other worthwhile sites in the Chania (Hania) Prefecture are:
Chania, Crete Beaches
In the prefecture of Chania there are beautiful beaches for every type of visitor, from popular, much-frequented beaches to quiet, secluded ones.
On the northern coast you can swim at the beaches of Kalyves, Georgioupolis, Agii Apostoli, Platanias, Kolymbari and Kastelli Kissamos.On the western coast are the lovely beach of Falasarna and the isle of Gramvoussa, while on the southern coast you can go to the beaches of Agia Marina, Frangokastelo, Souyia and the stunning isles of Elafonissi and Gavdos.
If you have decided to spend your vacation on the beautiful island of Crete, we suggest you stay at the Scala Palace Hotel, which is located in the picturesque seaside resort of Agia Pelagia in Heraklion (Iraklio) prefecture. For more information, click here.
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Peasant Cookery
Peasant cookery depended upon ingredients which were easily obtained or grown locally. Their agriculture was a livelihood and a way of life, not a business for profit.
This was the stuff of life in Europe.
Peasant cooking was always dominated by practical factors. As a result, there are few peasant recipes for offal, which are the inedible parts of an animal that most people discarded, and available in quantity to the poor of the towns.
Sugar was an expensive commodity in all but Ottoman-dominated Europe until recently, so there are few high-sugar dishes of peasant origin. (began in 13 th. century – greatest hour in 16 th. century – collapsed after World War 1)
Peasant communities had no organized trade. There were no regular tradesmen to supply goods or services. Barter was the form of exchange most often used.
Fuel in particular was precious. It needed energy to collect and was often in short supply. As a result, cooking was usually done on a single heat source.
Upon entering the peasant home, he would find:
Embers on the hearth
A savory broth simmering in the cooking pot on its tripod
A flitch of bacon from last autumn's pig that was smoked in the chimney.
Possessions were scarce: A medieval peasant kitchen would have been euipped with a boiling pot, a frying pan, and a kettle. As late as the 17 th. and 18 th the peasant house was only one room, plus barns and a storehouse. The fireplace was the focal point, whether there was a chimney to extract the smoke or not, and there would have been one large table with benches set around it, the benches also being used for sleeping. Early mattresses were of heaped straw and were replaced later by home-made featherbedding. The entire household gathered together at mealtimes and ate from 1 communal bowl with wooden spoons – children often took their meals standing up. There were wooden boards for portions of bread, and a knife, often shared , for the meat. It was only after 1800 that sugar, coffee, and tea became widely available and affordable.
The limitations imposed by a single pot, a single heat source, local produce, and little or no access to imports are all characteristic of peasant cooking, and give it its particular identity. But, in no sense does this mean that the ingredients were necessarily poor or inferior: salmon, oysters, crayfish, snails, excellent cheeses, superb truffles and fungi, and an abundance of poultry and game were all available to local communities. Even the most sophisticated delicacies such as foie gras from the favorite table-bird of the peasantry—the goose--- were as likely to be found in the peasant's kitchen as that of the nobility.
Each generation might produce one particularly inspired cook, whose innovations would be added to the repertoire of the immediate area. This led to variations of local dishes which were peculiar to an individual neighborhood and whose merits are fiercely contested. An example of this is the Spanish Paella, which was dependant on the local ingredients. Those who lived close to the sea incorporated a greater amount of fish, while those who lived inland relied upon chicken. But, Paella, like so many ethnic dishes, is not only regional, but familial, and each family swears theirs is the true recipe because of loving childhood memories.
The ideal of peasant life is most nearly represented by the philosophy of the rural Spanish revolutionaries of the 1920'; communal, supportive, and hardworking, yet allowing the individual enough dignity, freedom and leisure to develop intellectually and physically – a most difficult ideal to achieve. All those who have had first-hand experience of peasant existence know that it is dependant upon one fundamental issue: survival. In the peasant world, the work is perpetual and the living is hard. The old peasant kitchen habits of frugality are part of that husbandry – making stock out of bones, pickling and salting in times of glut, stocking the pantry, using diet to care for the sick and the elderly, making good food out of few and simple ingredients.
In England, during feudal times, those who survived the dangerous childhood years were likely to live longer and in better health than their overlord, who dined daily on large quantities of meat and fine white bread. The ordinary of the diet of the famously long-lived Georgians, listed by F.P. Armitage in 1922, is quintessential peasant food: black bread, rice, wheat cakes, beans, raw green vegetables, cheese, milk both fresh and soured, and fish – salted, smoked, and dried. In poor communities which could not afford doctors, good health was clearly essential to survival, and country dwellers became extremely knowledgeable about the adjustments in diet necessary for those who were ill, or to combat seasonal maladies. (Read The Struggle to Survive, Diedrich Saarfeld, about pre-1585 Europe)
Premodern (pre 1585) Mediterranean Europe came under the influence of two major Eastern invaders; the Moorish Muslims, who occupied southern Spain from 711 until Ferdinand and Isabella's campagne of 1492; and the Turks of the Islamic Ottoman Empire, who dominated central and eastern Europe from the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in the thirteenth century until after World War 1. Both civilizations took a lively interest in the pleasures of the table, and both left their culinary mark on the populations they conquered. Among the skills and refinements learned from the Moors by the Iberian peoples were the art of making sweets and the use of almonds. It was the Moors who planted Jordan almond trees in Andalusia. The Turkish skill in pastry making and the technique of layering fine sheets of filo pastry spread as far as Austria, where the strudel dumpling became the strudel pastries which today keep such delightful company with that other Turkish introduction: coffee. Turkish dolmades-vine leaves stuffed with rice and meat- traveled from the Bosporous, via Bulgaria, Rumania, and Hungary (the Turks planted rice in the Danube basin) as far north as Scandinavia, where the Swedish national dish of stuffed cabbage rolls, kåldomar, still keeps its Turkish semantic origin.
After 1492, a wealth of new ingredients began to arrive from the New World via Spain and Italy. It's difficult to imagine how Mediterranean and Balkan cooks managed without tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and beans for their sauces, or how Eastern Europe fared without the corn, pumpkin, and squashes which now fill their fields – or how the Hungarians survived until the arrival, via the Ottoman Turks, of their beloved paprika. The potato, the most important New World contribution of all, the ingredient which fueled Europe's population explosion of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, took longest to achieve acceptance. (Story of France)
By the 16 th century the appetites of the increasingly prosperous townfolk had pushed the price of meat beyond the purchasing power of the peasant, leaving him with the products of his pig and his barnyard. By the end of the 18 th century the pepulation was increasing so rapidly that even the price of bread climbed steeply. The peasantry had to find a substitute for the daily grain meal: The potato, undemanding of space and labor and thus the ideal poor man's food, came into its own at last. The Scots made scones. The Spanish fried theirs in olive oil. The Hungarians made paprika potato stew. The Germans made potato dumplings. The Italians made gnocchi. The English plain-roasted or boiled. The French made gratins. The Swiss added melted cheese.
Irish/potato/famine in 1846. Ireland: 1 million out of a total population of 8 million died of starvation. The lucky ones came to America, where they groomed their sons for the presidency – Chicago, etc.
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Wonderful concepts....takes a bit of thinking to understand, though :)
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DonationA 2003/571-es adótörvény értelmében minden állampolgár rendelkezhet személyi jövedelemadója 2%-ról, amelyet olyan civil szervezetnek ajánlhat fel, amelynek tevékenységét támogatni szeretné. Amennyiben nem élnek ezzel a lehetőséggel, ez az összeg az államkasszába kerül.
A személyi jövedelemadója 2%-át a következőképpen ajánlhatja fel:
Ha az Ön jövedelme csak fizetésből (egy vagy több) származik, akkor a 230-as formanyomtatványt kell kitöltenie. Amennyiben a formanyomtatvány II. pontjánál nem tudja meghatározni a 2%-ból származó összeget, hagyja üresen a helyet, az illető összeget kiszámolják az adóhivatalban.
A dokumentumot juttassa el postai úton ajánlott küldeményként, vagy vigye el személyesen az Adóhivatalba. A nyomtatványokat a területileg illetékes adóhivatalhoz kell eljuttatni: városokban mindenhol van adóhivatal, falvak esetében forduljon tájékoztatásért a polgármesteri hivatalhoz.
Köszönjük, hogy felajánlásával kifejezi bizalmát a Csíki Hegyimentő Csapat iránt!
Our mission
What is the mission (the reason of existence of the Csík Mountain Rescue Team?
The primary mission of our team is to rapidly and efficiently provide first aid to people in need in mountain areas and preventing these problems.
Searching for missing persons, searching and rapidly providing first aid to injured persons, transporting them to regular ambulance in safety.
Educating the population regarding to safe mountain tourism, informing hikers and tourists about possibilities and dangers, promoting "mountain life" for the youth and not only.
We gonna complete our mission trough the following values and principles:
- - promoting the mountain culture, mountain / winter sports ,
- - continuous preparing and development,
- - continuous education and informing,
- - team spirit and camaraderie,
- - attention, equilibrium and tenacity.
The Harghita County and the Csík Depression, with its surrounding mountains, is traditionally a region where mountain and winter sports have a great popularity. Winter mountains sports have a long tradition in the whole Szekler Land, but we can say that Csíkszereda (Miercurea-Ciuc) is the leader of this region in this field. Just to mention a few names which brought fame to winter sports of this region: Miklós Edith, Bónis Attila (both multiple nation champions of both Romania and Hungary in alpine skiing, Edith also is the first alpine skier from this region to bring a Ski World Cup podium), Tófalvi Éva (the first and only biathlon athlete to win a World Cup competition and also standard-bearer for Romania at Winter Olympics, with 5 participations).
The Csík Mountain Rescue Team offers mountain rescue and other mountain services in Csík Depression and the surrounding mountains. The organizational background is provided by the Csík Mountain Rescue Association, a not for profit organization based in Csíkszereda.
The Csík Mountain Rescue Association is in partnership with the other mountain rescue teams from Harghita County and the Harghita County Mountain Rescue Public Service (as an institute working under the Harghita County Council), which represents local authorities and has as main duty to assure and organize the mountain rescue activity in the county according to the existing laws and regulations.
Main activities of the team:
- - rapid reaction to emergency calls from the mountain area.
- - in winter time standby for assuring mountain security weekend and at legal holidays at Harghita Bay, especially on ski slopes.
- - improvement and maintenance of mountain hiking trails (including signs) in our action area.
- - digital tracking of hiking trails, providing data for map makers.
- - building and maintenance of mountain refuges.
- - organizing school programs: "kid salvamont camp", orienteering competitions.
- - school classes on different mountain rescue, orienteering, hiking themes.
- - supervising and co-organizing sport competitions: ski, orienteering, biathlon, mountainbike and triathlon .
- - mountain touristic services, guiding.
- - organizing climbing and highline festivals .
- - building, improving and maintenance of climbing routes, etc.
A first important step to develop mountain rescue activity in Romania was the Government Decision number 140/1969. This decision was initiated by a group of passionate mountaineers. Among others this Decision referred:
- - to preventing injuries in mountains and organizing mountain rescue system.
- - the following organizations and institutes are responsible for mountain rescue: The National Council for Physical Training and Sports, The Federation for Alpinism and Tourism, The Ministry of Health, The Ministry of Tourism and the Commission for Popular Councils (representing the local authorities).
- - he "Popular Councils" of mountain towns had the job to organize mountain rescue teams, based on volunteer skiers and climbers. These persons got "job descriptions" with their tasks and rights, they also earned bonuses for activities in danger zone.
In the first round there were140 mountain rescuers in 7 counties. In the following 30 years new mountain rescue (Salvamont as they used to call) centers were open. Nowadays there are 36 mountain rescue centers with more than 900 mountain rescuers (professionals and volunteers).
In Harghita County, following the above mentioned decision local officials opened the Mountain Rescue Center in 1970. From 1970 till 1989 mountain rescuing in Harghita County was organized from the main town of the county. The volunteers participated periodically to trainings under the wings of the Romanian Tourism and Alpinism Federation. Every year major mountain rescue trainings were organized on national level, such as Alpiniada ("Alpin Olympics") and Mountain Rescue Rally. We have to mention, that even if these mountain rescuers were volunteers (former sportsmen: skiers and climbers), everyone of them having a regular job, mostly in local factories, they were "taken out of production" by a central decision. For these periods they got their normal salaries from the basic job, for weeks or months.
The Harghita County mountain rescue area was organized in four area: Csík, Udvarhely, Gyergyó and Maroshévíz, under the former County Council.
At Harghita Bath, the accommodation and headquarter of mountain rescuers was at the Úz Bence Hut, an old pension, built in the period of the WWII. This accommodation was supported by the Public Hospital from Csíkszereda, the main town of the county. In this area, the main activity was to insure and surveille the ski slopes from the resort, ski tourism being the most important activity in this field.
Also, in this area, of Csík Mountain Rescue Team is located the Lonely Rock, on of the most popular and spectacular tourist sight of the region. Before 1989 the Balan Mountain Rescue Team was in charge, they being supported by the Balan Mining Company "Minerul". In this period was build the "football house", a kind of refuge and mini warehouse for rescuers. In this period emergency calls were very rare, mostly because of the absence of communication systems, such as mobil or even wired telephone .
In Harghita County we have 8 professional mountain rescuers, one of them in Csík Mountain Rescue Team, and about 40 volunteers at county level and 21 volunteers and candidates in our team.
It is a well known fact the certificate mountain rescuers have to get through a very intense and complex training, investing time and energy to become mountain rescuers. After a severe selection, specially from former sportsmen (skiers, alpinists, climbers etc.), they follow a 2-3 years long candidate training - testing, while under the guidance of experienced mountain rescuers are gathering experience by participating to more and more complex rescue and other activity. In this period, they have short but intense training in different fields: ski, ski touring, climbing, rope techniques, communication skills (technical), walking through hard terrain (with summer and winter equipment and rescue machines, pulley systems etc.), first aid, using rescue equipments, knowledge of the action area and a long list of other knowledge, skills.
Those, who finish with success this stage, are proposed by their teams to follow the four mountain rescue schools (beginner summer, advanced summer, beginner winter, advanced winter). These schools take place up in the mountains in special training centers, far away from "civilization", and they mean intense training. After these schools the candidate can attend the official exam for certification.
Developping the mountain rescue system in Harghita county had a major milestone in 2009 when the different action areas of local mountain rescue teams were delimited on the map. From that point on every team and emergency centers know exactly the area they have to cover. Of course, due to the good partnership and to the responsability for the people in trouble, different "neighbour" teams coworks at searching and rescue missions. One of the major causes of these partnerships is that many important tourist area of our county are located at the "border" of the areas and sometimes it is very difficult to have a precise location of persons in trouble. We had emergency calls when lost tourists were found many miles away from the originally presumed location.
The easiest way to define the action area of the Csík Mountain Rescue Team is that we cover the mountains surround the Csík Depression.
- South: from the Harghita and Kovászna counties border, including the Csomád Mountains, Tusnad Bath and its surroundings and Piliske Mountain.
- East: the Kászon region, Csík Mountains, till Ghymes.
- North: Hagymás Mountains, including Lonely Rock, till White Field
- West: the ridge of the Middle and South Harghita Moutains
0Salvamont 0725 82 66 68
There is a national mountain rescue emergency number 0-SALVAMONT, which can be called from any Romanian mobile or wired phone network and from roaming (0040 725 66 68). The National Association of Mountain Rescuers from Romania -ANSMR is the organization to provide this service from Brasov (Kronstadt) a large town from the center of the country, in the middle of the Carpathians Mountains. Trough this number You can contact also the Mountain Rescue Teams from Harghita County. The operator will assure direct line to the rescuers which are at the nearest place to the reported event. Of course, there are complex situations when lost people cannot be precisely located. In this case, as first step, the local mountain rescue team from the nearest town from where the tourists left has the duty to start the searches, considering the initial destination.
112 - National general emergency number. It has a very large coverage, it can be called sometimes even when your network is out of range. Also, it is the easiest number to remember. The mountain rescue activity is part of the national emergency system. Mountain rescuers have a partnership with the 112 operator team. As someone calls the 112, a whole rescue mechanism is launched, including mountain rescue teams if needed. The injured or lost persons don't have to make other arrangements, such as calling ambulance to transport the victims from the mountain rescue team to hospitals. If mountain rescuers are sent to save a person, they will arrange the following actions to, including communication with the ambulance, or other rescue services.
What should I say when I call emergency numbers? What they are going to ask me?
The operator is interested about the emergency situation. How serious is the problem? Who is the injured or lost person? Where the event took place? Who is the person which made the emergency call? His or her phone number?
The clear, objective, calm answers helps the rescuer to have an efficient reaction.
You have to remain calm and try to keep the phone line open. Not to keep it busy with some unimportant calls, You can be recalled at anytime by the rescuers for details (for example about the location or the state of the injured person. The phone's battery should not be discharged just when the most important calls would come.
If we appeal 0-SALVAMONT, or 0725-82 66 68, it can help us in emergency situation or dangers in the mountains. We don't have to wait till the situation becomes critical. For example, if we are hiking in the mountains and we have doubts about the path to take or we feel that maybe we can be lost it is better to call at once for guidance trough phone or maybe personal, than to be really lost or injured at a dangerous path.


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Thank Your Buyers
This is quite obvious, right? Yet the problem is that only one in four Forum Market place sellers actually do this.
How problematic can this be? Just send them a thank you note as soon as they have bought the product. This cannot be that tough. And there are subsequent chances to this working for you later. To take a further step, you could post them handwritten cards saying thank you. You could perhaps utilize a service like SenditCards.com
Build Your List
There are several ways of doing this anyway. These are usually legal too.
For example, the contact details could be furnished from payment receipts and added to your list. This is legal but not the best way to go about list building.
You could post a link to a squeeze page that might consist of an opt-in form. Through that page, you could invite the buyers to sign up. Yet this is again not the most effective method.
You could give away a free report and tell your customers about the same and convince them that it is gong to be great for them if they sign up to your opt-in list and receive the free report as well periodic updates. This is legal as well as one of the most effective methods.
By this method of list building, the subscribers will actually be looking forward to your emails. They will be definitely attracted by your promise of good quality and valuable content. So make sure, you keep your promises though.
Construct your Database Carefully
If a complicated situation is beyond you to handle, you could perhaps make use of a simple Excel file to create a record of data of all sorts such as the client' name, contact details, date of ordering, product or service nomenclature, the price and other useful data.
Why would you need to do this?
This is due to the fact that you want to trace the kind and the number of people who are your consumers along with what you had to sell. You also might want to do this because you need to know what more you can do to make them purchase from you again and what should you offer and at what price, the next time.
There is also a general need to find more about the clients and their usefulness to your business. This will further allow you to locate the best kind of client to sell your product to and this could be extremely useful.
Make an Offer with your Upsell
Many marketers fail to grasp the fact that the 'front-end' sale is most often the most miniscule profit center. The main cash really arrives via the back door which is the 'back end' sales you manage. Do not ever wait too long. It could prove to be a huge mistake. When could you possibly make the buyer a second 'follow up' offer? The right answer would be as soon as you want to and that could be right now.
Yes, right after the sale (or even prior to that). Do this as fast as you can, in fact. This is because you need to get a hang of the buyers' moods and the mode. The very idea of going beyond the customary research on products and making a purchase is cause for hope for you. Try and use this phase the buyer is going through to pick up something else to sell to him.
This of course cannot be done like you are trying to force something on him or her. There should be considerable panache in the upsell product offer in question. This approach will help you to garner greater sales and greater trust from the consumers in question.
Follow up
This obviously does not imply go ahead and pursue all your consumers to buy. This merely means that you should be in regular touch with them. Find out about how the product is working or take their feedback in the form of suggestions or you could even ask them, if they need any help. Point out things on the product that they could have just slipped.
Bridge Your Way
There are two key things to a relation- takes time and involvement. You need to possess both in order to be successful. Only then can you hope to make a difference. There should be a certainty of investment in your business and clients. There are new and exciting growth prospects you might want to tell your customers about.
Serve them with updates and good advice.
This is often done with the help of newsletters/ezine, or often by starting a blog or by forming a customer-only forum. There could be teleseminars, live events and group networking events of the sort of webinars or group coaching intervals by which this can be done.
The testimonials arrive only when consumers are extremely satisfied with your product. The first group of clients can therefore be taken care of specially and with due care. The marketing budget can come in useful for this.
In such a world that we inhabit, advertisement is very effective when it spreads by the word of mouth. There cannot be a fixed price for this. Loyal clients and happy ones too are thus o be taken care of.
Consolidate your Affiliate Army
The greatest advantage of being a part of forums is that the buyers are marketers themselves. They are themselves people who deal in niche products. If you manage to convince them of your product and your efficacy they will go on to take your efforts to greater levels of involvement.
They will themselves recommend you to greater target customer groups. You share a commission with them. The success of an offer is the mainstay of the affiliate army. You need to manage it well basically.
Locate Joint Venture Partners
You will find within your list of customers potential JV partners. You can go on to inquire them straight away or find familiar names on the consumer list. You have made your first contact and go on to have JV partners if you manage to create a good impression with your product.
Get a Big Launch
There is certain inertia of movement which seemed to have arisen from your offer and now there is greater roll out that you are prepared to make. You also have your testimonials right. You have affiliates for publicity and JV partners to make that big launch that you have always hoped to get.


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The creative brief is one of the most important elements in implementing a social marketing campaign. A creative brief is like a road map. A good brief leads to imaginative and persuasive communications. A bad brief starts you off in the wrong direction. If you are thinking that you don't have time to write a brief… remember that working from verbal input, without a written brief, is how public sector and nonprofit organizations waste time and money.
Finding the best way to express anything creatively starts better when all players are involved and agreed on the strategic direction of the social marketing campaign. The creative brief is a working document; it is by and large a process most good organizations will use to ensure that their creative contractor and they are agreed on the direction the creative work should take.
There are number of ways to look at The Creative Brief, but largely it is a conversation between you and your creative agency or internal creative department that ensures the right flow of aspirations and intentions, and the desired end result is achieved.
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In the beginning, I am just one of his supporters for the obvious reason that I find all the qualities of a good leader in him that I do not find in other candidates. In addition to this academic qualification as an added bonus, he possesses the vision that is built on honesty and integrity. I also find him humble, smart, and charismatic. And he could connect with majority of the Tibetan very well.
After evaluating all the articles, op-ed and letters on various websites written by your editorial board, anonymous, most recently by Jamyang Norbu and Jamyang Dorjee, I came to the conclusion that the choice I have made in the beginning was a wise choice. I then became a HAPPY supporter of Lobsang Sangay la.
I also came across the articles, responses and letters by Rinchen Topgyal and Sonam Nyatsatsang. Their humble and honest approach has made me a PROUD supporter of Lobsang Sangay la. I want to thank them for their efforts in providing necessary information for the voters so that someone like me is now in a much better position.
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The Fishers Freedom Festival's Children's Parade sponsored by I.U. North Hospital is a great opportunity for children to dress up and decorate their bikes, tricycles, wagons or strollers in a patriotic manner and be rewarded for their artistic ability and creativity in celebration of our nation's freedom. This free event will be on Sunday, June 26th at Holland Park (One Park Drive).
The participant line-up and judging will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the parade promptly at 10:00 a.m. No registration is required. The parade route will travel Ellipse Parkway all the way around and conclude on the south side of the park. Spectators are invited to watch all of the decorated bicycles at curbside to cheer on the kids.
The parade will be organized into three categories beginning with bicycles, next will be tricycles/Big Wheels and ending with strollers and wagons. Rounding up the parade will be the Aaron's Royal Court float. Motorized cycles or scooters are not permitted in the parade.
Medals for first and second place will be awarded for the "best decorated" in each of the three parade categories. The winners will receive their medals at the conclusion of the parade. Each child will receive a goodie bag at the finish line for their participation in the parade.
Approximately 350 children participated in last year's parade while hundreds of family and friends cheered them on. Parents are welcome to participate with their child in the parade to promote fun for the entire family.
Children need to be dropped off at Sunblest Boulevard on the east side of Holland Park at Ellipse Parkway. They must walk to the starting point at Holland Drive and Ellipse Parkway. Please do not drop your children off at Ellipse Parkway and Holland Drive. Children can be picked up on the grassy area just south of the intersection. Please do not block the intersection with your vehicles for you and your child's safety.


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For most people the look of enlarged pores is unsightly and a battle to keep on top of. Many people have tried old wives tails of concoctions and homemade remedies to "cure" enlarged pores with little to no success; however once the public are educated on the reasons behind enlarged pores they are able to seek more effective long term treatments.
What are pores?
Pores are small openings in the surface of the skin that are home to hair follicles. Every human has pores present in their skin; Located over the entire body where hair is present. The purpose of the pore is to house the entire underlining structure of the hair follicle and to secrete sebum (Oil) on the skin to lubricate it.
What are enlarged pores?
Enlarged pores are the widening of the pores present in our skin. Most people only notice enlarged pores on the face; partly owing to the fact that it is the area of the body we look at most. The skin on the face is very delicate and is prone to damage. It is not very resilient and has the poorest elasticity of the entire body. As a result enlarged pores occur and can be quite noticeable.
What causes enlarged pores?
There are a few causes of enlarged pores; often some that could have been prevented and others that could not.
These include:
- Dead skin cell build up: – If you do not exfoliate your skin enough, dead skin cells can build up. They will remain on the top of the skin blocking the pores. If left for long enough the dead skin cells can stretch the pores; causing them to become enlarged.
- Over applied pressure on the skin, for example when squeezing a spot can damage the pore and cause it to become enlarged.
- As we age the elasticity and collagen in our skin reduces; due to this the skin is less resilient and can easily stretch causing large pores.
- People with oily skin have a tendency to have enlarged pores. This is mostly due to the pores excreting more than the usual amount of oil; resulting in the pore generally stretching.
- Sun damage causes damage to the collagen and elastin in the skin; this results in the skin prematurely ageing and not being resilient enough to stop the skin slackening. As a consequence it often causes fine lines, wrinkles and enlarged pores.
- Blackheads occur from a build of sebum (Oil) and dead skin cells in and on the pore. This combination becomes like a tough solid plug in the pore; resulting in the pore being stretched.
What treatments are available for enlarged pores?
At the moment there is no "cure" for enlarged pores but by improving a few elements in the way we treat our skin, we may be able to improve the quality of the skin and can help drastically reduce the appearance. Results on any treatment may vary per individual as everybody is different and may respond differently to treatments mentioned.
These include:
- Exfoliating the skin on a regular basis may remove any dead skin cells that could block the pores. Microdermabrasion is an excellent professional treatment to help deeply exfoliate and smooth the skin. Diamond Microdermabrasion is a form of mechanical exfoliation using Diamond tips to assist in clearing dead skin cells, reducing congestion and improving collagen production.
- Protect your skin. Once you have exfoliated the skin to create a "clean canvas" you must protect it from environmental factors and free radicals. For example the sun; by wearing an SPF cream and vitamin A it may help protect the skin from sun damage, which as we know reduces our source of collagen.
- Fraxel laser/Fractionated lasers produce light energy targeted at the concerned area to help stimulate cell turnover, this may increase natural collagen to help tighten the skin and perfects and smooth's the complexion.
- Superficial Chemical peels use a blend of organic acids to help quicken the skin's natural exfoliation process. As these dead cells drop away, new undamaged ones may be formed and collagen production increased. This may improve the elasticity and texture of the skin.
- Medical Microneedling is a device that is comprised of a small wheel containing over a hundred tiny microscopic stainless steel needles. By rolling the device over the skin; along with the desired active ingredients; it helps to enhance the penetration of the products, improve collagen production and restore the healthy youthful appearance to the skin.
- Muscle relaxing agents (performed by Top Aesthetic Doctors) when injected into the skin may paralyse the sebaceous glands, thus helping to reduce pore size.


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Three Healthy Things That Can Make You Sneeze
When people sneeze, they automatically connect their reaction to allergies, the common cold, or other nasal irritants. It's true that these are some of the common causes of sneezing, but they aren't the only ones. In fact, even some healthy things can make you sneeze; here are three examples of such things:
It's a fact that sex has several health benefits. As strange as it may seem, however, sexual arousal can trigger sneezes in some people. In fact, you don't even have to perform a sexual act; in some people, even sexual thoughts may be enough to trigger a sneeze. It seems this phenomenon is more common than people think, but why does it happen?
Although there haven't been any definitive studies about sexually induced sneezing, several theories have been put forth to explain this phenomenon. The most plausible of these theories is that sexually induced sneezing is a reflex action of your body to expel sexual tension.
Exposure to sunlight helps in vitamin D synthesis, helps with mood enhancement, and may even lower your blood pressure. However, sunlight can also make you sneeze. This phenomenon, which scientists have given the term photic sneeze reflex, is more likely to occur if you have been in the dark for some time before exposing yourself abruptly to bright sunlight. It is so common that some statistics claim it affects up to 35% of the world's population.
The photic sneeze reflex occurs when the nerve signals get mixed up causing light signals to be sent to your nasal cavity and triggering the sneezing reflex. It may also occur if the stimulation of the eyes (by sunlight) causes stimulation of other parts of the body including your nasal membranes.
Physical Exercise
Regular physical exercise has well-documented health benefits; for example, it can help you manage your weight, mood, and sleep. Nonetheless, physical exercise can also make you sneeze or even make your nose runny. It seems that physical exertion dries up your nose and mouth; your body then triggers your nose to start dripping to moisten the dry parts. It is the nasal drips that cause you to sneeze. Exercise-induced sneezing may also be caused by a change in temperature. As you know, your body gets heated when you exercise. If you then walk into a cold area, your nasal membranes may respond by contracting, which results in a sneeze.
The good news is that sneezes induced by the above things are likely to be short term. You may need a nasal spray from a company such as Dymista if your sneezing doesn't seem to stop or is accompanied by a stuffed nose. Consult your physician if that doesn't help.


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Continuing on the thread as week 3 just started. I'm going through our alumni are who currently fighting to make the 53 man roster or for a starting position.
Andre Carter wants to be part of a potentially special Patriot's defensive line though in his belief, he hasn't played to his potential in the preseason. Carter believes a move back to his natural DE position could again lead to a double digit sack season.
Brian de la Puente is currently on the bubble to make the New Orleans Saints' roster but has recovered well after a rough preseason start against the San Francisco 49ers.
Donovan Edwards has progressed from his initial positioning on the 49ers' 3rd team to the 2nd team and is now potentially in the mix to make the 53 man roster though he didn't get into the game until the final 5 plays against the Raiders.
Justin Forsett and Marshawn Lynch hope to be Seattle's thunder and lightning for the coming year. Forsett is battling Leon Washington for the backup running back position behind Beast Mode.
Jeremy Ross had big aspirations prior to week 2's matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and didn't disappoint with a couple of solid punt returns. One Boston writer feels Ross can be a good spark to the Patriots' special teams during the year.
Lavelle Hawkins is currently battling Justin Gage for the #3 wide receiver position behind Kenny Britt and Nate Washington on the Tennessee Titans. One columnist says he did well to stand out this past week but another writer from MusicCityMiracles thinks less of the young receiving core of the Titans.


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Over the past few days, things have remained very settled at the Manton Bay nest. As you'll know if you've been watching the webcam, 33 and Maya have been swapping incubation duties regularly, but on one occasion at the weekend, both appeared to want to sit on the eggs. Here's the result…
In actual fact, 33 may simply have come to the nest to shelter from the blustery conditions.
The photo shows the subtle differences between the two birds: 33 (on the left) is slightly slimmer and less well-marked on the breast.
It's been windy again today and the wind has made fishing more difficult than usual. Nevertheless 33 has delivered several small fish to the nest, including this roach (or is it a perch? …we can't decide!).
Away from Manton Bay, it's good to report that things are also looking more settled at Site B. We'll have more from there in the next few days.


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Temperature for September 1977
In September 1977 the average high temperature in Barrow, AK was 40.3°F, and this was 4.7°F warmer than the average of 35.6°F. The hottest day in September 1977 was 2 September when the temperature reached 52.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in September is 28.3°F and in 1977 the average overnight temperature was 3.6°F warmer at 31.9°F.


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The Problem
Malnutrition is a major public health problem in Afghanistan. Malnutrition is associated with one-third of all child deaths worldwide. Undernourished children are more likely to die from common childhood ailments, and for those who survive, they are more likely to have recurring sicknesses and faltering growth. Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal, neonatal and infant mortality and the highest rates of stunting (55%)[1] in the world. Nutrition among women in Afghanistan is also very poor. 48.4% of non-pregnant women are iron deficient, 25% suffer from anaemia, and 75% of women of reproductive age are iodine deficient. According to the MoPH, 23% of lactating women have a body mass index of <18 kg/m2 and 19% of pregnant women have a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of less than 21 centimetres. Malnourished women, in addition to their own serious health concerns, have an increased risk of delivering low birth weight babies who have suffered intra uterine growth retardation.
The 1,000 days between a woman's pregnancy and her child's second birthday offer a unique window of opportunity to shape healthier and more prosperous futures. Proper nutrition during this period can have a profound impact on a child's ability to grow, learn, live a healthy and productive life, and rise out of poverty. Efforts to counter the effects of malnutrition during this time can prevent, or even reverse, the negative impacts of under-nutrition. But if the opportunity is missed, the child will suffer the negative consequences of under-nutrition for the rest of his/her life.
What we do
To improve the poor nutrition status and to reduce preventable deaths among children, Save the Children implements a comprehensive approach:
- Providing treatment for children with acute malnutrition in therapeutic feeding sites located in health facilities.
- Prevention of malnutrition through promotion of optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF), health, nutrition and hygiene education and caring and feeding practices of caregivers through individual counseling and peer support in the communities and health facilities.
- Building capacity of health and nutrition service providers to provide high quality nutrition services to the children with malnutrition.
- Mobilize community and train community health workers to identify and refer children who suffer from acute malnutrition to the feeding sites also raise knowledge, awareness to address maternal nutrition, appropriate young child feeding, anemia and hygiene practices.
[1] National nutrition survey 2004


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Vatican City, Nov 4, 2012 / 11:16 am ().- Pope Benedict XVI's Nov. 4 Angelus address reflected on the Sunday Mass reading from St. Mark's Gospel about the "greatest of all commandments," giving special attention to the commandment to love God and neighbor.
"Jesus did not invent one nor the other, but revealed that they are, after all, a single commandment," the Holy Father said with outstretched arms as he stood at his study window overlooking St. Peter's Square.
St. Peter's Square was unusually packed with pilgrims and visitors—extraordinary both because of the sheer number of people, estimated to be as many as 50,000, and because of the dismal weather. Mist turned into rain as the Pope's address ended with pealing bells and the blast of a particularly boisterous pilgrim's air horn.
The Pope reflected on the nature of love, saying one must love with words and witness. He said that love begins not as a command but a gift from God. This gift allows people to see God as he does—with unconditional love—and this in turn should encourage everyone to view one another the same way.
"If the love of God has planted deep roots in a person, then he is able to love even those who do not deserve it, as does God toward us," Pope Benedict said.
He likened God's love to the unconditional love parents show their children, however undeserved.
Even if love is undeserved and rejected, it does not go unrewarded, the Pope explained. Love builds upon love and brings one ever closer to the source of love, God. Opening one's heart toward others also means opening oneself to knowing God, "to feel that he is there and is good."
Pope Benedict said that having loving eyes allows one to see God ever clearer so that one wants only what is good, never bad.
The Pope ended the formal part of his Angelus address by discussing the power of the Eucharist. He said this sacrament works miracles through helping people to accept the gift of love and to realize the blessings of the greatest commandment to love God and neighbor.
He said the Eucharist is the embodiment of this greatest commandment.
In the Eucharist, he said, Jesus "gifts us this twofold love, gifting himself, because, nourished by this bread, we love one another as he has loved us."
After the Pope's Angelus remarks, he recognized several groups of pilgrims from different countries in their native tongues. The pilgrims responded with varying levels of expression reflecting their cultures. Pilgrims from Latin countries tended to wave large banners and respond with jubilant exultation. Polish pilgrims, who are always well represented at the Angelus address, waved a banner and cheered with the gusto of a people whose faith and patriotic identity are so inseparable.
But happy applause and a few polite cheers came from the country last to be recognized.
"It's representative of English restraint," said Charles Cole, the assistant director of music at London's Brompton Oratory, who is preparing an EWTN special for next year about achieving beauty through music. He was in Rome in his capacity as director of music at St. Philip's School in London.
The boys were "very excited hearing our name mentioned," said the school's headmaster Harry Briggs-Davison. "We didn't expect that."
Every three years his school takes a Rome pilgrimage. One of the highlights of their three-day trip was yesterday's audience with Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, who held a question-and-answer with the 40 boys dressed in their school's sky-blue blazers.
"I asked him what the best part was about being a cardinal," James Garadnon, a smiling blond-haired 11-year-old said with a gentle voice. "He paused, thought a moment, and said it was serving the Holy Father."
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CalCERTS Registry Now Required for All Residential Projects
Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by Rebecca Firestone in Regulatory Changes
As most of our readers now know, California's energy code got a lot stricter in January of 2010. Increasingly, HERS tests are required to comply, even for custom residential projects. HERS tests are special third-party field inspections for things like ductwork, insulation, and air-conditioner efficiency. These tests are called out on the Title 24 energy compliance report, also known as the CF-1R. This energy report must be included on all Building Department submittals statewide throughout California to obtain a building permit. The energy report is then reviewed as part of the plan check process.
And now, a new requirement, or really an old one that's just now being enforced: All CF-1R reports that call for a HERS test must be officially "registered". Don't say we didn't warn you. Plan checkers are starting to kick back custom residential submittals if they don't see a CalCERTS watermark on the energy report.
But first, a little background.
Our clients are other design-oriented (read: "modern") architects. Some of them like to use dramatic walls of glazing in their designs. This, while awesome, presents an energy problem, because glass is a poor insulator compared to, say, a 2×6 framed wall cavity packed with high-performing insulation. California's energy code seeks to discourage over-glazing by imposing a maximum glazing threshold at 20% of the conditioned floor area.
The only way around this is to employ a complex "performance approach" to energy compliance, whereby the project is run through energy modeling software that allows trade-offs – acres of picture windows in exchange for beyond-code energy upgrades elsewhere. As long as the house as a whole is under the threshold for energy usage, the designer can creatively determine how that goal is achieved.
For Those Who Came In Late
What are HERS tests?
HERS stands for Home Energy Rating System, a method of diagnostic analysis to determine a home's energy efficiency by establishing a benchmark and then making site-specific upgrade recommendations for the homeowner. It's not specific to California; other state energy codes sometimes reference HERS as a standard or its later incarnation, HERS II. HERS raters are independent contractors who are trained and certified through an organization such as CalCERTS.
Why does California's energy code include HERS testing?
HERS is a recognized and proven standard that relies on empirical testing on a case-by-case basis. Many of the HERS tests address well-known construction deficiencies that can waste up to 30% of a home's total energy consumption. With a goal of having all new homes statewide be Net Zero by 2030, the State of California has employed a phased approach that tightens the energy code in three-year increments.
When does California require HERS testing?
Depends which energy compliance method you use. Prescriptive requires certain tests, like the duct blaster test, for any new construction or any time a forced-air system is replaced. Performance has this as an option, because it boosts the score quite substantially.
What is this magic database up in the sky, and why haven't I heard of it before?
Actually, you have if you've been reading our blog. But, if you read our blog, chances are your'e the last group of architects to be affected by it. Back in 2009 I took a CABEC-sponsored Title 24 class in Sacramento on upcoming code chances. However, at that time nothing had been implemented, and no one knew how it would actually work.
Since then, CalCERTS has been working with the California Energy Commission to get this up and running. It's been gradually phased in for different types of projects: mainly production homes, which are far more numerous than the custom, one-off projects and remodels that comprise our own design focus.
As an aside, I found the CalCERTS online registry to be very fast, with no glitches – the test project I did in order to write up this article worked just fine. The registry actually parses the report file (a special un-readable ZIP file generated by the energy modeling software) so it "knows" what the project requirements are. The CalCERTS folks themselves were very courteous, helpful, and responsive. I was very impressed that the entire online interface was implemented by one person, who seems to have taken every last aspect of the energy compliance process into account. There oughta be a medal for that!
Why do we need a database? Isn't there enough red tape as it is?
The idea behind the registry is to reduce cheating. Prior to this, any CF-1R requiring a HERS test had no follow-up to ensure that the test was actually performed, or that the project actually passed the test.
So, Who Does What?
Here's a magic molecule diagram that shows the "new" process highlighted.
Green Compliance Plus clients: We take care of pretty much everything that's in the shaded box. The only thing you'll need to do is make sure that if your Title 24 energy report calls for any HERS tests, you'll need the watermarked version on your submittal package.
Note that this diagram only goes up to permitting – there's a Part II that shows how all the installation certificates and HERS test results are uploaded later down the road. For now, suffice it to say that whatever's in that energy report has to be followed in the field, because if something doesn't match up, chances are either the HERS rater or the building inspector will pick up on it.
Impact of Design Changes and Field Swaps
All this bureaucracy means that any changes to the design, including field swaps, could mean having to re-do the energy compliance report and a whole slew of headaches for architect, builder, and owner alike. The energy-modeling "performance" method that we use most of the time allows you to specify the exact efficiencies of every piece of heating equipment and every single window. This allows for a lot of flexibility but it also locks you in to using products that meet those numbers – and are field labeled as such.
Here are just a few of the changes that could trigger a new round of energy analysis: changes to unit models for heating, cooling, or water heating equipment, especially efficiency; any change to the building envelope, including wall and roof assemblies; moving to a less efficient window product; failing a required HERS test; local building requirements that mandate exceeding Title 24 by a specified percentage.
Re-doing the energy report means you try to make up the shortfall somewhere else. This gets harder to do the further along the project is in construction. If you get caught during a site inspection, the damage control can eat up the project budget, not to mention irritating YOUR clients – the homeowners who rely on you, the architect, to guide the project smoothly to completion.
Don't paint yourself into a corner. Make sure that your builder and all the builder's subs REALLY understand what's on that energy report.
All This Applies to Remodels, Too
Even alterations, additions, and other remodeling efforts within the State of California may be subject to this CalCERTS registry requirement. Oftentimes, these are our toughest energy compliance projects, because the scope is limited but for one reason or another we can't use the simpler prescriptive approach. Usually it's because the project is over the glazing limit. However, we don't have much room for energy trade-offs using the energy model because most of the house isn't being opened or altered.
4 Responses to "CalCERTS Registry Now Required for All Residential Projects"
jim dobrinen
24. Jan, 2013
what about a fire job for a home in sacto ,cal. it needs to be totally compliant for title 24? i.e havc, insulation , roofing,siding? stucco had to be removed ,and was of old school fashion wire on studs,felt, 3 coat, with compromised felt etc.are all of these items need to be hers registed to begin the issunince of a permit?
steve bovee
16. Sep, 2014
how do i open an account,? i am a building designer and need to do this asap
Karl G. Smith II
22. Sep, 2014
I registered for Cal certs last week but can not locate my
Builders Signature Agreement Form On Line.
Whehe is it located?
Jack R. Wilson,Jr
11. Mar, 2015
I have registered as builder but cannot find where to sign off on the Derksen project.


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This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps we have taken to ensure that our business as well as our supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking during the financial year ending December 2018.
Dennis Eagle Limited is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking occurring in any of its corporate activities, as well as seeking to ensure that our supply chains are also free from such practices.
We ensure that our suppliers are aware of our procedures and take appropriate measures to ensure that our suppliers adhere to the same high standards.
Our Organisational Structure and Operations
Dennis Eagle Limited, part of the Terberg RosRoca Group, has manufactured precision-made vehicles since 1907. Our experience and expertise allows us to produce pioneering refuse collection vehicles fully tailored to the needs of our clients. We manufacture and also carry out service and maintenance work in numerous locations throughout the UK.
We employ 870 people across the UK with an annual turnover of £210m.
Nature of our Supply Chains
We have over 130 suppliers across our operation. Our key suppliers are based predominately in the UK and mainland Europe with a small percentage in China/Far East. We purchase components and materials including engine and drivetrain, steel fabrications & castings, lighting, electrical & electrical wiring, hydraulics and plastics/rubber.
Due Diligence
The Company undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers, and regularly reviews its existing suppliers.
We carry out financial checks using Dun & Bradstreet and we ask every potential new supplier to complete a Quality Control Plan Questionnaire which in summary assesses the quality and environmental procedures and accreditations in place. We also visit suppliers in person who we anticipate will be fundamental to our operations and who will supply in large quantities.
We aim to ensure that all of our suppliers have agreed to and signed our Service Level Agreement (SLA) document which states the following:
'We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our Anti-slavery Procedures reflect our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.'
We also provide each supplier with a copy of this statement which they sign for.
If suppliers are found to have substandard practices, we will take steps to ensure improvement including providing advice to suppliers and requiring them to implement action plans. We will invoke sanctions against suppliers that fail to improve their performance in line with an action plan or who seriously violate our SLA, including the termination of the business relationship.
Recruitment and Agency Workers Policy
Our Recruitment Policy details our procedures for bringing employees into the business in line with all relevant legislation and our internal Equality Policy.
We only use specified, reputable employment agencies to source labour and always verify the practices of any new agency before accepting workers from them.
Our HR team continues to ensure that we comply with all applicable laws in the areas in which we are based. The Company always pays above the voluntary living wage or the legally authorised rates for training apprentices in the UK.
We aim to gain the voluntary living wage accreditation in early 2019.
Employee Training
We have provided specific Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking training to directors, managers and key purchasing and commercial employees during 2017 to ensure that they understand the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking infiltrating our business or supply chains and in order to effectively operate our procedures aimed at mitigating this risk.
This training is incorporated into new starter process and internally audited annually to ensure compliance.
This statement is also published internally to raise awareness of this issue and the Company's commitment to preventing any instances occurring. Employees are encouraged to contact HR in confidence should they have any concerns to raise in relation to Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking.
Achievements during 2018
Future Action
We have plans during 2019 to take the following actions in order to continue to improve our efforts to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking does not occur in any of our corporate activities.
Our initiatives will include:
We aim through these initiatives to continue to educate employees and to identify which operations are at highest risk of infiltration in relation to slavery and human trafficking and to implement corrective action if necessary.
This statement has been approved by the organisation's board of directors who will review and update it annually.
Kevin Else
Managing Director
7th January 2019
Copyright © Terberg RosRoca Group 2019


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