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Public hot tubs often appeal to vacationers. After all, what are vacations for but to relax? What many people don't realize is that soaking in under maintained public hot tubs and pools could prove more detrimental to your health than good. Below I will explain some common health concerns associated with public hot tub use, and easy ways you can protect yourself.
Philip Tierno Jr., PhD, director of microbiology at NYU Medical Center stated, "In many spa treatments that involve water, including hot whirlpool baths, very seldom do they change the water. They toss in some chlorine to keep bacteria counts down, but in no way does this eradicate organisms completely."
Gastrointestinal Problems
The cryptosporidium (Crypto) parasite can live in chlorinated spa water from 3 to 10 days. In 2008, the CDC recorded 14,000 incidences of health problems associated with this parasite, which causes prolonged diarrhea. It's spread through fecal matter, and ingested by swallowing spa or pool water or eating anything that the water has touched, like food or beverages resting on a table or chair near the contaminated spa or pool.
Avoid eating or drinking while enjoying public swimming activities and take extra care not to swallow any pool or hot tub water.
Eye and Skin Irritation
Chlorine can irritate the skin, resulting in skin rashes or excessive drying. People can potentially pick up conjunctivitis (an eye infection) from swimming in a public pool or spa. The best way to eliminate the hazards associated with these problems is to shower off thoroughly after swimming, with warm, not hot, water and a mild soap.
For this reason it is important that the public pool or hot tub you enter is maintained by a trained professional. Don't be shy to verify this with the hotel staff manager.
Respiratory Issues
Chlorine can be a highly toxic gas in excessive quantities and some people are more sensitive to it than others. When chlorine mixes in the spa with shed skin or hair, it creates an irritating product called chloramines. Studies among elite swimmers have found that the vast majority have asthma or inflamed lung or bronchial tubes that these chloramines cause. This layer of gas rests just above the water, where swimmers breathe the air.
If the public pool you're considering using smells too strongly of chlorine, or has an odd/unpleasant odor, don't go in. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Drowning Risk
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children between 1 and 4 years old and the second cause of death for children between 5 and 9. Public spas and pools must have locking fences around them and some states require any private pool in residential or lodging places be fenced, as well. Most public pools have lifeguards to monitor the safety of swimmers, but some have hours when lifeguards are not available.
The CDC reported that half the accidents associated with swimming pools occurred in public and quasi-public settings, found at spas and hotels. Recently, pools.gov reported that between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2013 in the United States, approximately 143 children under the age of 5 drowned in a pool or spa
To minimize drowning risks, never use a pool or hot tub alone, always have a partner with you and always keep a constant eye on children near water.
Staying safe in a Public Hot Tub
People who use public spas need to be aware of these hazards and do their part by showering thoroughly before entering the water. Parents or guardians need to take their children to the restroom prior to entering the spa to lower the chances of a Crypto outbreak and check the diapers of infants and toddlers. Teaching children not to swallow the water and to be careful about eating or drinking in the spa area will help them avoid ingesting harmful organisms.
Being vigilant about the safety of your children or companions who can't swim or aren't strong swimmers will also keep spa accidents and drowning risks down. Not running, paying attention to spa restrictions, and not bringing glassware into the spa will reduce the risks associated with swimming in a public setting. It is also highly recommended to consult with someone who is an expert in the healthcare ethics field for the most current information and strategies to avoid these types of spa-related health concerns.


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For Immediate release:Majority Caucus Louisivlle Metro CouncilContact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3622The Louisville Metro Council on Thursday night gave approval to an ordinance which updates the land Development Code for issuing conditional use permits. The rdinance is the result of a request by Council members Dan Johnson (D-21) and Marianne Butler (D-15) to review the compatibility of businesses that ask for the CUP in neighborhoods.
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Councilman Dan Johnson District 21
"The changes made to the Land Development Code reflect our more urbanized area and go father to protect the integrity of our neighborhoods while still allowing non-intrusive businesses to operate within a residentially zoned district."
Councilwoman Marianne Butler District 15
"I am glad I was able to help the Council reach a compromise that will work not only for neighborhoods but bed and breakfast operations. I look forward to working with all parties involved to see how we can continue to improve this ordinance to provide more opportunities for our bed and breakfasts to continue to grow and thrive in our community.'"
Councilman David James District 6
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Councilman David Tandy District 4
"I think these changes will help everyone understand what kinds of businesses will now be able to operate in various areas around Metro Louisville. As we see growth in the bed and breakfast industry locally, these changes ensure that we are taking a realistic approach to keeping a balance between economic development and unique neighborhoods."
Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton District 5
"This ordinance will not only assist a growing industry here in Metro Louisville but residents in all of our neighborhoods will have a better idea of what can and cannot be located near their homes when talking about a conditional use permit."
Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch District 13
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Councilman Bob Henderson District 14
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Councilwoman Madonna Flood District 24
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Councilman David Yates District 25
"My first concern is maintaining the integrity of our neighborhoods. Homeowners should be able to feel they do not have to bend to impractical changes to enhance economic development. I want to see a level playing field with no special treatment for a business that may have an impact on neighborhoods. These changes will maintain that balance that treats the neighborhood residents and businesses equally."
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Google loses Latitude in Maps app shake-up
Re: B0rked
If those people you're helping all switch to + you still won't? Why's it matter which of their services owns your data?
Dead STEVE JOBS was a CROOK - Judge
People go to jail if they break the law, not companies. Also, people only go to jail in certain circumstances, fines are commonplace too.
Universal Credit? Universal DISCREDIT, more like, say insiders
"hold the hands" of dole claimants
That's probably a good thing, a huge proportion of the UK population are not ready for such an online system, and by their very nature, those on the dole would tend to be in that proportion (speaking statistically).
Re: Just maybe...
Or maybe the spying projects are in just as bad shape, which should cheer you up at least.
BlackBerry's retro-look QWERTY Q5 mobe: Resentment by design
ambitious multi-taskers
"Hey look at that ambitious multi-tasker"
Sleek Nokia Lumia details EXPOSED ahead of Thursday's disrobing
Re: No expandable storage
Why are you wanting to use a £600 phone as a thumbdrive replacement?
Maybe they'll do a 64Gb version, if this is the super-top-end model.
Re: Same old, same old...
Your friend didn't like WP? Oh no, quick call MS. Clearly nobody ever disliked Android or iPhones enough to return them.
Re: No expandable storage
If only you could connect it to your laptop with a $2 USB cable....
32Gb is big for a digital camera, thousands of pictures. If you're into photography enough to buy this, you will probably take a laptop with you on holiday to review them.
And of course, on holiday you never get wifi, in every coffee shop or hotel or bar you visit.
Re: What are they selling?
"IF you really need a goood camera, why cant you just buy one and have the rest of the phone as a separate entity?"
If you need to do email, why can't you just buy a laptop?
If you want to listen to music, why don't you buy a separate MP3 player?
... just because you don't want a multi-function device doesn't mean nobody else does. Camera is one of the most widely used functions on phones, so clearly people value the ability to take pictures on a phone. A phone that can actually take GOOD pictures is therefore not a bad call.
Re: Reassuringly expensive?
It could do well - it's not going to be the new iPhone but they sell other handsets so having a specialist phone for the large number of people who like taking photos might be worth it.
We'll have to wait and see.
Sounds bloody expensive.
Windows kernel bug-squish, IE update star in July Patch Tuesday
Boring without Eadon
I never found out what happened... was there any announcement or did he stop posting suddenly?
15 MILLION dodgy login attempts spaffed all over Nintendo loyalists
Every site like this is constantly suffering a high volume of attempted logins...
Fitbit Flex wristband: What to wear out when wearing yourself out
Re: you're an idiot....
If you eat more food than your body needs, you will store it as fat. So some people's metabolism is more efficient at extracting calories from food: those people just have to eat less.
Great, now tell that to the person whose correct calorific intake is 500 calories less than their brain/stomach reckons they need to avoid starvation. Tell them it's simple, they just have to be permanently hungry to avoid putting on weight.
He may be the idiot, but you're the jerk.
Are you saying that a problematic thyroid gland can cause you to metabolize fat from air?
Because, y'know, the dear old (calories in - calories out) equation is at least consistent with things like thermodynamics and conservation of energy.
Oh look, you did GCSE physics and think you understand biology. And I suppose if you hang by your arms this doesn't count as exercise because you're not moving?
You never considered that if you eat 1000 calories and only require 500, your body might not use the excess but dump them, whereas his body might hold onto every calorie regardless of requirement?
Your weight gain is strictly governed by calories in - calories out, but neither of those values is what you think it is.
Re: I'm guessing the software is not the point to this device.
"Really - what else is it about? People come in all different sizes but it is pretty clear if someone is 'big' or 'fat'."
There are numerous medical and genetic conditions which make people put on weight very easily, and lose it with great difficulty.
Or in simpler terms for the dumbos... you never saw a teenager who can eat a bag of doughnuts every day and not gain weight? It must be patently obvious that two people can have the same daily routine and eat the same things and one will gain weight while the other doesn't, because you see it all the time.
AMD joins LibreOffice, adds GPU grunt to free software suite
Seriously? GPU acceleration for spreadsheets with a few thousand rows? Considering someone wrote a 3D renderer for Excel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeXISSrIaJA) that runs on old hardware, this seems ludicrous.
Why don't you just tighten up your code? GPU is a sledgehammer for processing stuff that a CPU cannot handle... this is the kind of stuff a Pentium 1 can handle. I mean, Google Docs even does it in JavaScript at adequate speed!
Apple's new data center to be solar powered, 100% green
Re: Is it really 100% green
100% offset is a better term perhaps but it's still an achievement. Note that in places like Nevada, they probably need more electricity during the day than at night, since they use A/C in the sun rather than heating in the dark.
Re: Stunt
Of course it's viable. As long as only a few % of the nation's (or state's if they don't have a national grid?) energy is produced this way, it is perfectly viable. The problem only comes if a large proportion of energy generation is done this way.
However, while old-fashioned power stations can't be dialled up/down at the flick of a switch, at least SOME of them must be able to run on a 24-cycle where they ramp up for dark hours. Gas and Nuclear for example,
And, if more power is needed during the day than at night, stuff like this helps existing power stations run at a more level output.
Firefox OS mobilises HTML5, without the added Steve Jobs
Cost and tools
Which phone OS do you need to learn a new programming language for? C++, Java and Objective-C are all normal languages on the target platforms they're used for.
In fact, as a software developer rather than a web-developer, I WOULD have to learn a new programming language!
Also... is £100/year really a big issue for anyone doing this professionally?
Firefox OS starts third-place race against Windows Phone
Fighting MS? Hardly
MS isn't targeting the ultra low-cost end of the market. FF's main competition is Android for that market share - it's really a separate market and global market share 12st/2nd/3rd place is a little meaningless.
REVEALED: Google's GINORMOUS £650m London Choc Factory
Re: If they are clever...
Cost of rent and staff IS offset from taxable profit you dummy. It's the cornerstone of how company taxation works, the least controversial aspect of the whole thing.
Re: Well I wish...
Spending £650m is WHY they will have no profit...
Prince of Persia: Baggy trousers and curvy swords
Is it still playable?
Is there an easy way to play the original PC version, an emulator or a web-based port or something? I'd be interested in PoP2, I never heard of that and personally the fighting was my favourite bit!
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Our new top Android ten-incher
Re: TN Screen? That's not at all premium..
Yeah, maybe you should try it.
using it in the bath ... probably wouldn't figure in my usage regime
You might be surprised. A tablet is a perfect solution to those who want to watch TV in the bath!
I'm not so impressed with the battery, but the weight is very impressive.
NASA to flip ion engine's 'OFF' switch after brilliant 5.5 year burn
Otherwise known as 0.03% of c... that's shit.
Yahoo! announces last hurrah of ancient AltaVista search
Re: Performance
Genuine question, what does Yahoo do these days? What products does it offer?
Schwarzenegger says 'I'll be back' for Terminator 5 reboot
Re: Reboot reboot sequel reboot
T2 was a brilliant film and T1 didn't shut the story at all... it's about time travel after all!
As for Independence Day... I'm with you on that. I loved the film because it didn't try to be too serious, but surely it's not enough of a classic to need a sequel after all these years?
Re: Terminator *5*??
3 was very much a remake of 2 - mindless action and a few new bits. Nothing special but an OK dumb blockbuster.
4 was very different, they finally took the film into the world of the war against the machines, which personally I'd always wanted ever since seeing the clips of the robots in the first films.
But none of them were reboots, just sequels. A reboot suggests starting right at the beginning again in which case why have Arnie not some new hunk?
Windows 8.1: Here at last, but is it good enough?
Re: Programing
And since both C++ and Visual Studio are very good, he's talking rubbish anyway.
Re: Snapshot of windows in my life
So why are Linux desktops doing similar big re-vamps then with Unity and the like? They aren't in it for training courses, they don't make money from people upgrading, and they don't want to keep 3rd party devs busy.
I don't think your motives are sound for Windows anyway, but even if they were the fact other OS (Apple as well as most of the big names in Linux) are doing exactly the same type of thing makes it clear this isn't the main reason.
What everyone wants
personally I don't want either... classic start menu is almost 20 years old now and to my eye, very clunky and awkward to use especially with a trackpad or on a slow PC - menus pop up a second after you hover over them, or you click as they are auto-opening and they close again, or you move the mouse too far and all the menus close again...
none of the complaints which people had regarding to desktop usage have been addressed
Apart from the missing start button, inability to boot to desktop, and inability to sensibly use more than one app at once, which seemed to be 3 of the top 4 complaints.
Re: Speak your brains
Are you referring to Eadon - is he gone? How do we know, was there an announcement? It should be Reg headline news really if so...
Live or let dial - phones ain't what they used to be
Re: Missed my chance
We'll sell you one! (see other post for details)
Re: My mother
The bakelite can be red, black, ivory amongst others. Red ones were typically snapped up for use as 'hot lines' in hospitals and so on - literally a red phone for urgent calls only.
How well timed
I'm down in the south for the funeral of my father, who used to work in telephones and after retirement collected old phones - ostensibly to sell at a profit - and built a working exchange. It even talked to other hobbyist exchanges via a Linux box and VOIP... apparently there's a whole HAM-radio-esque community of such enthusiasts.
Anyway, bottom line is we are left with about 400 BPO phones - trimphones, series 200 & 300 rotary diallers, and early push-button ones (700 series maybe).
They're worth anything up to £200 for the rarer ones (red apparently)!
Microsoft partners seriously underwhelmed by Windows 8.1
You're missing the desire to find faults and make things hard for yourself so you can complain about it.
On the plus side...
It took years for them to replace Vista with W7, only a few months for 8.1. If there's going to be an 8.2, that might be pretty good!
Badges for Commentards
We're just great.
Oz's 2013 heatwave was man made
That's right, it won't. Unless you find stepping one pace to the left changes the climate in your country, of course?
Labels to get, count them, 0.13 cents per play on Apple iRadio
Do the math before trotting out the dumb comments
Radio1 pays about £100 per play on the prime slots, to an audience of ~5million listeners. Even if we say only 10% of listeners are listening, that's about 15,000cents for 500,000 people = 0.03 cents per listen.
Microsoft talks up devices, Windows 8.1 at developer shindig
Seems decent to me
Start button - meh, but it's for the real novice users who are floored by not knowing about the Windows key and do EVERYTHING using the mouse (trust me, many people are not aware of ANY keyboard shortcuts).
Updates to Start Screen... useful but I don't hate it anyway, a full-screen menu at the one time you cannot, by definition, multitask, is fine to me.
Flexibility for Metro apps - sounds good though I'll wait to try it.
Boot to desktop - nice.
IE11 - I'm impressed they finally supported WebGL because now everyone does. Though presumably it will not be coming to IE10/Win7, or does anyone know differently that IE11 will work on Win7?
If Ms listened to their customers we'd never have got XP, and we'd probably have never got 95. People resist and resent change most of the time... touch-screen mobiles were resisted too. Asking what customers want and building it leads to design-by-committee and the Homer Simpson Car.
Sony set to launch smartwatch in Shanghai next week
I like pocket watches.
Can Microsoft's U-turn stop the Xbox 360 becoming another XP?
Re: Microsoft can't very well go with the
Anyone who works directly with customers knows that very often the customer IS wrong :)
Happy for you that you had the leisure time to explore it.
What a brain-dead argument. Once upon a time people moved from typewriters to computers and this took a lot of getting used to. The previous poster said sometimes something is worth having, even if it requires acclimatisation, and you pour scorn on that. With your attitude, your company would still be on typewriters because your poor staff can't cope.
Re: Its all about games
I fully expect the games to go up with the next consoles, like they have with every console generation.
What planet are you from? Games used to cost £60 new and then was when £60 was more than it is now... £40 was standard 10 years ago.
Re: W T F ??
Is it mandatory to use Kinect? Can't you just not plug it in?
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The US military is now posting video clips on YouTube showing US troops in combat and insurgents being bombed in a "boots on the ground" perspective of the Iraq war, officials said Monday.
Multi-National Forces Iraq created a "channel" on the popular video sharing website in March to show the clips, which often capture the intensity of combat while generally showing US troops in a positive light.
Pentagon spokesmen were unable to explain what the military hopes to accomplish with the "MNFIRAQ" channel, but it appeared to be part of a push by to find new ways to gain support for a deeply unpopular war.
"This is a specific effort to get information out about Iraq," said Colonel Gary Keck, a Pentagon spokesman.
White House spokesman Tony Snow said he thought airing video clips of combat on YouTube was "a good idea."
"Because it's important sometimes to be able to get … images out that are going to portray a fuller picture of what's going on on the battlefield.
The brief, slice-of-life-and-death videos carry titles like "More Fighting in Baqubah," "Battle on Haifa Street," "'Soft Knock' Search in Baghdad," and "Counter Mortar Operation."
One shows US troops helping the victim of a car bombing, another returning a freed hostage to his family.
Soldiers fire their weapons at unseen combatants in some shots, and run through smoke-filled streets in others. But in most, death remains somewhere beyond the frame.
"MNF-I established this YouTube channel to give viewers around the world a 'boots on the ground' perspective of Operation Iraqi Freedom from those who are fighting it," a statement posted on the channel said.
"Video clips document action as it appeared to personnel on the ground and in the air as it was shot," it said. ""We will only edit video clips for time, security reasons and for over disturbing or offensive images."
In "Counter Mortar Operation," viewers are presented with an aerial view of six insurgents who are said to be firing a mortar, then breaking it down, and piling into their car to escape.
They speed down a country road, seemingly unaware they are being watched. A missile is then seen entering the frame, followed by a fiery explosion.
"Coalition air power destroys vehicle, mortar and insurgents," a caption reads.
Typical of the emailed reactions to the clip, which the website says has been viewed more than 39,000 times, was one signed dboy4ever:
"Die terrorists and people who sympathize with them. You messed with the wrong country," he wrote.
Sometimes viewers take away a different message.
"I am sure the Iraqi freedom fighters don't like that the American terrorists are on their turf. I guess that's why u'll never win this war," wrote Lleuwelynn in response to another combat video.
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The Military using YouTube for enlistment is selling war on the cheap. Instead of hiring a Madison Ave Ad firm, all they needed was a soldier with a Camera Phone. They have to be careful not to release any pictures of Torture, Harrassment, or Joy Killing. Other places to avoid, the comfortable living quarters with ample Water and Electricity, Laundry Service and the Grade A Food being served.
It's just about a perfect vacation spot, just ask the 3,300 that have gone home, permanently.
Taking One Day at a Time
Apparently they're going to try and increase the odds of a soldier getting that money shot – the pentagon has indicated they're going to send another 35,000 over to Iraq starting this fall –
So just how many lives are we willing to trade for a gallon of cheap oil??
…the military is selling Bush's illegal occupation by editing footage to make us look like we're winning this occupation! Sick. Of course, at the same time they're doing this, the military is actively squashing the voice of their soldiers by not allowing them to form a blog to talk about their experiences. Well, I suppose it's good propaganda to be telling your soldiers that they're fighting for American's right while taking the very rights they're fighting for away from the soldiers.
It's this same irony that has Halliburton setting up shop in Dubai so it can continue to do business with our enemy: Iran. "Look! A birdie! Nice birdie! Isn't she pretty!". Yep, a "look over there" charlatan monkey, so Americans (soldier or citizen) can't see the reality of what is really happening. Disgusting.
The military is using You Tube to show what American troops are doing in Iraq?
How dare they show such propaganda. I mean, the MSM does such a fair & balanced job of it, why would You Tube show U.S. troops engaged in their daily routine when what we need more of is reporting of the American death toll in Iraq.
Who gives a FVck about what the guys are actually doing on a daily basis. I mean, remembering them in death is one thing, but who wants to acknowledge their bravery in life?
I've got a friend who was in Iraq for a year – if the goal of YouTube is to show the reality of a war then I'm all for it.
If they're going to show the heroism and bravery then perhaps they should establish another show – that shows the body bags and caskets being loaded into aircraft in Iraq and off-loaded at Dover AFB, that shows the families of the fallen as they greet their returning loved ones, that shows the maimed and broken bodies at various hosptials and re-hab facilities, that shows stacks of amputated limbs, that shows the faces wrenched in pain as they await treatment at field hospitals.
Show 100% of their little war – I for one am all for it.
I don't think the military can sell this war from the ground up after the Bush Administration, long ago, failed to sell it from the top down.
Don't you just love it when the U.S. Government jumps on the bandwagon of popular culture? I'll probably never visit YouTube® ever again now that it's been soiled…
Am I the only one who read that and thought "Monday Night Football Iraq? On Youtube?"
…the Goodyear Blimp bringing us aerial coverage –
…and corporate sponsorship – from say – Halliburton –
…oh I love it when a plan comes together –
Remember when the major news network correspondents covered the war in Vietnam on the groun? Probably the last time we'll ever see what really goes on in a war.
I just keep thinking of John Wayne in the movie "The Green Berets" ….
I just keep thinking about all of the radical Islamic propaganda from Iraq being broadcast on You Tube:
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And they represent one third of the population , but likely way over half of the voting population. That's why only the politicians sitting in the safest seats in the Country are blowing steam about gun control, which really means people control, all people, not just criminals. You're losing this one. Live with it. Calling us names won't change a thing.


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DETROIT – MAY 26: Fans cheer during the pregame ceremony for game two of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Joe Louis Arena on May 26, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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In the early frames I could even see myself dragging my case of equipment up the hill to the arena. As well, the vantage point provided a view of the thousand or so watching the game on a large TV screen in front of the venue. The 500 frames were pared down to 100 images which seemed to be the maximum amount of photographs that would run smoothly in a one minute show.


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Northwestern Mutual is a mutual company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that offers financial services, including life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and employee benefit services. Northwestern Mutual also provides consultation on asset and income protection, personal needs, investments, financial planning, estate planning, trusts, business needs, retirement, and employee benefits.
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A retired general who was in charge of handling CB WMD emergencies, came out of retirement and working to create a specialized unit for FSA.
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Until 2008 Gen Silou was charged with the task of drafting emergency response plans should any of Syria's terrifying array of weapons fall out of the government's control.
Working around Damascus and Latakia he trained thousands of troops in how to secure what analysts believe are the largest chemical weapons stores in the world, consisting principally of sarin, mustard gas and cyanide.
"We trained them in securing stores, in reconnaissance of possible threats, in how to purge supplies and in treatment should Syria come under attack a chemical or biological attack," said Silou.
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San Mateo County
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Index for Volumes 7 and 8 covering the years 1924 to 1931
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"Known volumes cover the years 1924 thru 1953. Unfortunately volumes 1-6 were not located, although they are listed in the WPA guide to San Mateo County Records. It is our hope that they will turn up at some later date, but it is possible they were pulped during World War II. Also missing is Volume 13 which would have covered the years 1941-1944.
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Bluefield vs. River View, 7:30 p.m.
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St. Louis, Missouri - NRA's 2012 Annual Meetings & Exhibits closed up shop on Monday in St. Louis. Though we shared a lot, there is still a mountain of material left on our computers.
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The times article about homelessness
Each morning, I come to work at Vice, the media company in east London where I'm a trainee producer making documentaries. I'm dressed up in my glam clothes, working with a room full of young people passionate about what they do.
Then, at the end of each day, I go "home" to my mum and 14-year-old sister — except it's not home, it's three rooms in a hostel for homeless people. I jokingly call it "the palace". Mum calls it "the place" or "back here". Sometimes she calls it "the prison" — it's the beige, spongy walls, low ceilings and high windows.
I can't get in from work, run a bath and relax. My sister can't come home from school and retreat to her room. There's no way to switch off, no winding down, no normality. Even sitting watching TV isn't the same because there we are, dangling in this small, stale space, constantly reminded of what it isn't.
I live a double life, but there's no escaping the fact that you're homeless. Wherever I am, even if I don't think about it, it's in the back of my head, affecting my mood.
It was last year's summer term. I was finishing my dissertation in Manchester University library when my mum called from our home in Essex. She'd kept it from me as long as possible, exhausting every avenue, but our landlord was selling our home and we had nowhere to go.
My first thought was to rush back but I couldn't: I had to finish my degree in English literature and drama and during that time I told no one. There was nothing I could physically do to help my mum, so I concentrated on my dissertation and finals — which could help me. I got a first, the highest in my year.
When I got home that summer there was a trestle where our table used to be. My mum had sold it. That was the first sign that we were starting to move. That evening I sat down with my mum and sister and we talked about what was happening and why. We'd been on the waiting list for a council house for 13 years. Our home was owned by a multinational corporation that wasn't too interested in making money from its bits of property, so our rent had stayed at a reasonable level. Now it had been sold off and the rest of the rental market in our area had risen beyond anything we could afford. We didn't have savings for an enormous deposit either. Our only option was to pack our belongings, go to the council and declare ourselves homeless.
We'd lived in that house for 13 years and when we first moved in it was like a house made of gold, our safe place. It wasn't big — two rooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs — but it was light and open and affordable and we loved it. We had a big garden and Mum loved having family round all the time. She was born in that area of Essex and so were my sister and I. Mum decorated it bit by bit and curtained off a little dressing area upstairs, painting it yellow. That was my sister's room.
Though we didn't have much — no savings for a rainy day — we lived within our means. I had a great childhood. As a single parent, my mum worked as much as she could in catering jobs while also looking after us. Maybe she could have chosen to live on benefits instead but she has a strong work ethic.
Some weeks were worse than others. If money was tight we ate a lot of eggs and potatoes, but we never felt we were missing out. Mum is my backbone, my world; she made my sister and me believe that we could do anything. My sister is amazing: brilliant at maths and so emotionally intuitive. I left school with three As at A level.
We loved that house, but the moment we knew we had to leave, it stopped being our "home". A home is about security and when the security goes, that attachment is gone: you don't want to hang on or reminisce.
Our leaving date was two days before my graduation ceremony. My sister had never lived anywhere else — that place was all she knew — but she was strong and calm, our "head packer". Our belongings went into boxes that we left with friends in five different places; a logistical nightmare trying to remember what went where. Then we went to the council. My sister and I waited outside while Mum went in and declared us homeless.
The first place we were taken to was a huge, institutional building with heavy, clunking fire doors and long hospital corridors. I'd gone to school close by and if a kid came from this place, everybody knew about it. I was probably guilty of making assumptions about them too. Now here I was, moving in.
We were given two rooms and we shared a kitchen and bathroom with another family. We were worried about the kind of people they'd be: my mum admits she had preconceptions, believing the rhetoric that people in trouble were scroungers.
Instead, they were lovely. The woman was a nurse. She had an incredible son and they were in exactly the same situation as us. We soon realised that everyone there was like us. Again and again, we heard the same stories. "Our landlord sold up and this happened in the space of two weeks." "I lost my job and couldn't keep up with the mortgage." "I got sick, fell behind with the rent and didn't have enough for a deposit." These weren't people "dodging the system". Wages are not keeping up with the price of housing and these were the victims.
The number of people made homeless when a private tenancy ends has trebled in the past five years according to government figures, and it is now the single biggest cause of homelessness in England. Once you're out it's hard to get back in. In our area, Essex, house prices are rising by 8 per cent a year and rents are rising with them. Rents across the southeast are at a record high, having risen by £100 in two years. Wages just can't compete. The price of the average property in England has soared by more than three times the rate of average salaries over a decade.
The change in my mum was hard to see. She has always been our protector, our provider. Now she was guilty and defeated; she felt she'd let us down. It was out of her control, but she kept saying: "What could I have done? What should I have done?"
She didn't want to cook — and cooking has always been a huge thing for her. Every meal was something she was providing for us with love and care. But cooking a meal in this gross, shared kitchen, which we'd then have to go and eat on our laps … it wasn't the same. We ended up getting microwave meals or grabbing a portion of chips, which is just not her.
After a few months we were moved to the place we are in now. I call it the crème de la crème of hostels. We have our own kitchen and bathroom, and every inch of extra space is a huge deal. But it's not a home. There's no front door. You're not supposed to have visitors — and who'd want to come? My sister's schoolfriends don't even know she's here.
You're not supposed to decorate but Mum didn't want to make it a home anyway. At first she didn't even want to unpack the boxes; she wanted to remind herself it was temporary. Gradually we began to accept that we just needed to make the best of it. Mum has hung little trinkets on the nails that were sticking out of the walls. We've unpacked the kitchen utensils rather than making do with just three knives and forks.
There's no timeframe. We're just waiting for a council house to come up. At first we were told it might be three months. Then six. It has been a year. If this hadn't happened I'd be renting with friends, not sharing a bed with my sister, but I need to be with my family for the times when Mum can't cope. I wouldn't have it any other way.
For months I didn't tell many friends or colleagues. Then, a few weeks ago, my anger had grown so much that I began writing about it. I published an article about my situation on Vice.com. It felt great, so cathartic. I didn't want to point the finger — it's not about the blame game — but there are serious questions to be asked of a society where families can't provide homes for themselves any more.
Every 15 minutes a family becomes homeless in the UK. That's crazy. According to Shelter more than 70 per cent of rent or mortgage-payers with children are struggling or falling behind with their payments. Soon there won't even be enough hostels for families like mine: it'll be B&Bs, maybe miles from your neighbourhood, your job, your school, your friends.
When the article came out, I was braced for negative comments, especially with the Benefits Street hype. Instead there was an amazing reaction: messages of support and offers of help. Everyone at work was lovely — most hadn't known — but they've stopped talking about it already. I'm just here, doing my job like everyone else, which is what I want.
My long-term vision is to make big, cinematic documentaries — and I can't imagine a better place at which to learn. I don't want to be "homeless girl", but I do want everyone to know this is happening and how it feels. Because if something stays hidden, it can't be solved.
Daisy-May Hudson was talking to Anna Moore. Since this interview, her mother has been offered a council flat
With slight apologies to Roger Waters…
Almost worth a quick grin
You like the feel of steel
You're hot stuff with a hat pin
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.
Hey you Farage, ha ha, charade you are
You house proud town mouse, ha ha, charade you are
You're trying to keep our feelings off the street
You're nearly a real treat
All tight lips and cold feet
And do you feel abused?
You gotta stem the evil tide
And keep it all on the inside
Nigel you're nearly a treat
Nigel you're nearly a treat
But you're really a cry.
I've changed 3 words of the original Pigs (3 Different Ones) but everything else is the same. And it kind of works, I think.
Today's political sketch in the Times is priceless…
By Ann Treneman… I'm posting it here because it deserves a read from my IT friends who aren't Times subscribers…
You know how twins have their own language? Well so does Philip Hammond. I can reveal this after listening to the Defence Secretary explain the Army's botched IT recruiting system. It wasn't long before I realised I needed a special decoder ring.
The first thing you need to know is that this is not an IT debacle. It is a "challenge" about "platforms". The new Capita system was to integrate with the "legacy" Atlas platform. There is now a "reversion" to a "Capita-hosted solution". It would cost £47.7 million. (That's no solution, that's a goldmine.)
Mr Hammond, tall and suave, explained what was happening now. "We have put in place a number of workarounds and mitigation measures and we have reintroduced military personnel to provide manual intervention."
Manual intervention? I consulted my decoder ring. Did he mean people talking on the phone? Was that a "workaround"? Also, there is going to be a "front-end web application" (aka, a website). It is going to "go live" in two weeks.
I peered at Mr Hammond, jargon junkie. When would he "go live"? Had he been reprogrammed as part of the workaround? My decoder ring was already exhausted.
One Tory MP, bamboozled by it all, asked why not avoid the whole debacle (sorry, challenge) and make the temporary measures permanent? Mr Hammond, patient, like a podiatrist trying to explain why an ingrown toenail must be removed, said: "The system will work but that is by applying additional manual resource."
Ah yes, additional manual resource. I believe that this may be a reference to "people".
Mr Hammond said that the additional manual resource cost £1 million a month. The whole point of the "partnering contract" was to remove 1,000 manual resources from the administration of recruiting and to save £300 million a year. "In the long term, we still need to harvest that saving." I think that means firing people.
My favourite moment came when Mr Hammond gave us his philosophy of management. The MoD was so big that failure of some kind was inevitable. "The challenge is to grip failure when it becomes apparent," he said. I looked at Mr Hammond's elegant hands. This could be the man who put the man into manicure. I tried to imagine them gripping anything other than the leather-covered steering wheel of a Jag. What did it mean? But even my decoder ring had given up.
Prisoner in my own house!
This morning I needed to leave the house early to go over to Warwick for a meeting, so I locked my flat door at 08:50, and tried opening the main hallway door, only to find the latch handle had died overnight and that the door was most definitely locked. Oh bugger - my house has no back door to speak of. So there I was, a prisoner of 1 Acacia Road. I tried ringing the landlord to get my neighbours at the back to open the front door but that drew a blank. So in the end I had to get my friend Nick from the Fat Pug (who lives down the road) to come over. I had to post the keys to him through the letterbox so he could open the door and permit my escape to freedom!
On my return from Warwick I found a nice chatty locksmith called Dennis in situ. He replaced the internal mechanism with the far sturdier thing I posted up as a photo earlier.
Result 😄😎
Taken from the Guardian's Fiver daily Footy related email
This is simply brilliant…. It obviously is based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which is also the inspiration for one of Iron Maiden's finest songs ever.
The 'poem' below concerns a certain goalkeeper of Bertie persuasion…
It is a lonely Hartdog
And he stoppeth one of three
By thy spiked yellow hair and grizzling eye
Now wherefore stopp'st thou Ruddy?
The opposing winger in possession out wide
He's going to cross it in
The eyes are met, the feet are set
May'st it's in at the near post, fin.
Holding crumpled face with skinny hand
"I used to be good," quoth he.
"Hold off! unhand me, loon!" it replies
Eftsoons his manager drop he.
Next trusts upon his quivering eye
Defence all standing still
Charging out like a three years' child:
The Hartdog hath his will.
The people were cheered, the ball not cleared
Merrily he was dropped
Though Head and Shoulders were very much sad
His hair just freshly cropped.
Fraser Forster came from behind
Out of the Queen's C came he!
Alliterative name, but straight untried
And from that very Queen's C.
And now there came both Chile and Teut
With heat, yet burning cold
Superior zests, ambitious zests,
The weak attempting bold.
The cold was here, the cold was there
The cold was all around
Responses missed and failed and bragged
Like noises in a swound!
At length appeared a young Andros,
Through the fog he came;
As if he had been a big brass band
All hailed him in God's name.
He took the shots he ne'er had made,
And up and down he ran.
The cold did split with the rasping wit
Of analogous monkey yarn.
'God save thee, lonely Hartdog!
From the yips that plague thee thus! –
Why look'st thou so?' – With your cross-bow
You shot that young Andros.
And you had done a hellish thing
And it would bring you woe:
For all you linger, you had killed the winger
That took you to Rio.
Ah wretch! said they, the man to slay,
That took you to Rio.
The water snakes did come and go
Thus Hartdog did repent
Self-awarded nickname no more had he
As just Joe Hart, he went.
The bullish interviews were no more,
Stage-managed candour dead.
Thus crosses could be caught, near posts protected,
Blood ceased rushing to head.
Dropped like one that hath been stunned,
An ego much forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
But still speaking in a yawn.
Picking the car up.
Left the house about 09:20, and caught the bus, which dropped me off right by the station. Had a bit of help getting the tickets out if the self service machine, then got the train to Cov. Standing room only. Very busy train going to Mcr Piccadilly. Got off at Cov, then caught the Euston train with 2 minutes to spare. Found a seat easily. Old couple sat opposite - well he fell asleep, with his mouth (sans teeth OR dentures) wide open. The most gruesome thing I've seen in quite a while! Got off at Watford and merely had to traverse a single platform (of which there are 9 (!) at Watford and another 2 minute wait for the final train trip to Hemel Heampsted. Caught a taxi to the Steering Developments HQ and immediately bumped into the lovely Niki! We spent 10 minutes catching up - she was unaware of the last 3 years experiences. Then I spoke to Tina and the Mechanic Mick who showed me the corroded part of the windscreen frame that had been letting water in. All patched up now with waterproof duct tape, but it'll need looking at soon. I paid for the work they'd done this week (ouch!) then Mick came out with me to fill the car up at the nearest garage (£68 for a full tank, which wasn't half as bad as I'd been expecting! I dropped him back at the workshop then headed for a rather rainy M1, having first fired up my new sat nav. Trip up was slow in places, but I had the Pink Floyd Trance Remixes CDs in my auto changer so Obscured by Clouds and part of Animals got an airing on the journey up. Went on the M45 for the first time, then headed through Ryton upon Dunsmore on the A45. Negotiated Leamington successfully and parked up, a happy bunny! Then I thought I'd better write this 😄😎


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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Dont get caught!
13-Fancy2 Reviews
Doll gets a suprise and its fancy...
Dont get caught!
(#) astrozombie13 2011-07-04 04:17:10 PMOmg. Omg. You actually did a shout out, to ME! I love you! btw the chapter was awesome. Thank you for being basically the first one to read my VERY FIRST fanfic. :):):)
Author's responsewell i totally thought you deserved one and well your fic is awesome so dont give up on it and i have more comeing.
Dont get caught!
(#) astrozombie13 2011-07-04 08:07:52 PMIm going to give you another shout out, dude. You deserve one as well since your story basically inspired me to write one at all. I don't think I would have written one if not for this story:)
Author's responsewhooooa you are like super awesome! :)