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Planning for Structural Safety in an Era of Environmental Risks
Advances in construction technology have allowed engineers to design buildings to be taller and more elaborate than they have ever been before.
However, taller doesn't always mean safer or more structurally sound, especially in the event of an earthquake or another natural disaster. Climate change is making already catastrophic natural disasters even more powerful, with drought, heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes damaging buildings and making them more prone to failure.
What can city planners and engineers to do help improve structural safety in existing buildings, as well as improve future projects to protect them against these disasters?
Climate Change and Natural Disasters
We've already witnessed some of the damage climate-change-powered natural disasters can do. The 2017 hurricane season was an eye-opening example of that.
The three big named storms of 2017—Harvey, Irma and Maria—took three of the top five spots for costliest hurricanes of all time, with Harvey coming in second, Maria third, and Irma fifth. Those three storms even managed to bump Hurricane Andrew, one of the most famous hurricanes ever, out of the top five.
Hurricanes aren't the only disaster that is gaining strength and severity due to climate change. Droughts are intensifying wildfires and burning more acreage. Record-breaking heatwaves are melting asphalt and damaging infrastructure.
Some science even suggests melting ice caps and changing atmospheric conditions could be contributing to an increase in earthquakes and volcanic activity, like the devastating eruption from Mount Kilauea in Hawaii recently.
While some of these changes are obvious, others—like more earthquakes—may not start making an appearance until well into next century.
With this much forewarning, we've got plenty of time to start reinforcing infrastructure and making changes to engineering and architecture to ensure the buildings of the future will stand strong against these disasters.
Earthquake Proofing
Traditionally constructed bridge supports, also known as bridge bents, are made from "cast-in-place" concrete — each piece of the bent gets poured and cast in place. This technique enables each section of the bent to fit together seamlessly, but can take an extended amount of time, because the construction crew must wait for the concrete to cure before they can add the next piece.
New techniques for creating pre-stressed, post-tension reinforced concrete are allowing engineers to design bridges that can be assembled much faster than traditional casting techniques. These bents also suffer less damage by contorting, but not cracking, during an earthquake.
Permeable Concrete
Hurricane Harvey didn't just cause damage with winds or storm surge. Once the storm made landfall, it dumped record rainfall onto the Houston area over the course of a few days, leaving downtown Houston under multiple feet of water.
While the storm was obviously the cause of the flooding, the city's infrastructure and land use decisions played a large part in how much the city flooded, and where. Houston's sprawling metropolis is largely made from concrete and asphalt—non-permeable structures that don't allow water to penetrate into the ground.
China has started work on "sponge cities" — areas primarily made of materials that help stormwater get absorbed back into the ground, rather than contributing to flooding. As our global population continues to grow, engineers need to be aware of this problem, especially with flooding risks increasing in the northern United States due to climate change.
Hurricane Infrastructure
When Hurricane Irma hit Florida in 2017, more than 16 million people in the state lost power, many for multiple days. This power loss cost the lives of 14 retirement home residents who couldn't withstand the heat that returned once the storm passed.
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the powerful winds wiped out most of the island's power grid, a devastating blow that has left many residents without electricity — even to this day.
After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Florida updated statewide building codes to require all homes to be able to withstand winds up to 111 miles per hour, or a low-end Category 3 storm. Homes in high-risk areas must able to withstand wind speeds of up to 130 miles per hour, or a Category 4 storm. Unfortunately, these rules don't apply to any homes built before 1992.
With increasingly strong storms becoming a possibility, engineers need to focus on changes to existing infrastructure to enable them to survive these massive storms that could be brewing in the future.
Climate change isn't going away, no matter what the current presidential administration would like you to believe.
It's up to us to take steps to make changes to engineering and architecture to ensure homes and buildings can stand the test of time — and whatever Mother Nature can throw at them.


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Read more at: The Atlanta Constitution Journal
Subculture disregards life
The rancor surrounding the George Zimmerman acquittal failed to address the ignored problem of black-on-black crime.
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The laundry list of "persistent problems;" single parenthood, teen pregnancy, the dropout rate, rising welfare dependence, crime and the misery they produce, are all the effects of and are reinforced by the very worldview that Harris-Perry and her father subscribe to. If it's fixed, Liberals have to find a way to break it. They simply don't know how to mind their own business.
Trayvon Martin is a household name for all the wrong reasons.
On February 26, while reportedly returning from a corner store, the 17-year-old Martin — who was visiting his father — got into an altercation with self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, who pursued Martin against the warnings of a 911 operator, shot and killed Martin in what he claims was self-defense.
Martin's shooting created an international firestorm because Zimmerman, the apparent aggressor, was never taken into custody or charged with a crime. What is making things worse is that Martin is black, Zimmerman is Hispanic and the now-former police chief of Sanford, Florida — where Martin's death occurred — is white.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/26/why-is-there-no-discussion-of-black-on-black-crime/#ixzz1wNklUb6G
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In an alternate reality, 54 million blacks would be alive in America today. When adjusted for abortion, the number is 39 million.
The National Black Prolife Coalition says an average of 1,000 black babies are aborted every day. Nationally, nearly one in three black pregnancies ends in abortion each year. In New York City in 2009, 47%, or 40,798, of the city's 87,273 abortions were performed on black women.
This led Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, to declare that, "The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb!"
As the White House lobbies to raise the nation's debt ceiling, why not instead raise its moral ceiling? After decades of rewarding bad behavior, it is in the government's best interest—and perhaps even its duty—to promote the morals and values that made our nation great.
The Obama administration wants Congress to raise the debt ceiling so our government can borrow more than the almost $14.3 trillion currently allowed by law. Conservatives want any debt increase tied to spending cuts, and a recent vote shows Obama lacks the political capital to ram through an increase as he might have in the past.
But an increase in borrowing authority is no solution to our nation's woes.
How will a little bump curtail unfunded entitlement liabilities some estimate to cost more than $100 trillion?
Instead of raising the ceiling for more debt to support policies rewarding unwed motherhood, broken families and failing government-run schools, we must instead raise America's moral ceiling to promote the institution of marriage, hard work and quality education.
In the long run, reinvigorating these virtues could effectively cut spending by lessening the need for government entitlements now certain to bankrupt our government.
Conventional wisdom suggests a precipitous moral decline in America since the 1960s. Consequently, no subgroup has been affected more than the black family. The notion of family has changed. Marriage no longer seems to hold the same appeal and divorce rates have skyrocketed. Two-parent homes and academic performances suffer chronically, while crime and illegitimacy flourish. But the liberal elite apparently considers all this a series of social non sequiturs.
Bias? What Bias?
Boy, this has been a crazy couple of weeks, from border law protests from Arizona to Washington D.C, to a near fatal terrorist attack in Times Square, to a "methane triggered" oil rig blast on the Gulf of Mexico.
The mainstream media has had its hands full keeping up with the current events and reporting on them accurately……cough…cough.
You know it's funny, the national media that took and ran with allegations of Tea Party protesters spitting on Congressmen is the same national media empathizing with the alleged attempted 'Times Square bomber." And again, ironically of course, the very same dinosaur media that made two weeks worth of news out of alleged racial slurs hurled at lawmakers during health care protest rallies, conveniently forgot to make such hay about the actual cases of vandalism and violence from Santa Cruz, California to Asheville, North Carolina brought on by Arizona immigration law protesters.
It's so weird.
But given the other three examples (with some individual exceptions) are we to really expect accuracy and honesty form the so-called "forth branch of government?" Yeah, I didn't think so!
Can someone explain to me why we have to sit and watch the Arizona illegal immigration debate and its narrative be steered by sports team executives and civil rights leaders?
Don't get me wrong, I loved the Los-- I mean-- Phoenix Suns but I think I am going to have to side with Phil Jackson on this one: "If I heard right, it's that the American people are for stronger immigration laws if I'm not mistaken. Where we stand as a basketball team, we should let that play out, let the political end of that go where it's going to go." In other words, (in my best Forrest Gump voice) "I am a basketball coach and that's all I have to say about that.
And while we are on the subject of the Arizona illegal immigration reform act, what is the all the fuss about anyway? And why do we need civil rights victimhood vendors Sharpton and Jackson leading marches? I mean, considering the stellar job the federal government has done these last two decades, what is so wrong about Arizona securing its on boarders? Now I know what you are going to say but here's a novel idea; the federal government should enforce existing immigration laws–laws that mirror the recently passed Arizona immigration bill. That said, hats off to Governor Brewer, the Arizona state legislature and the respective law enforcement agencies of the Grand Canyon State. On behalf of all sane, law abiding, taxpaying, common-sense, Americans, thank you for taking responsibility and doing what you were hired and elected by the people to do, in securing the economic and physical well being of your citizenry.
Now, to the mainstream media, Mr. Sharpton, Jackson, Congressman Gutierrez and an innumerable many other public figures who believe or defend the notion that the Arizona immigration law and to an even further extent, that there is a racist at the heart of all white people and the system is unfair and rigged for minorities to fail and for these and many other reasons, those who knowingly break American laws should not be arrested, prosecuted or deported–please wake up and smell the coffee.
Or please, for the love of Pete, report on the fact that Chicago lawmakers, like Arizona, are calling for the National Guard to help secure the economic and physical safety of its citizenry.
Yes, that's right, you don't see Mr. Sharpton and Jackson holding press conferences, airing on CNN, MSNBC, ABC and the likes about the gang-related violence, murders, and crimes that are beyond out of control in the streets of Chicago. Sadly protesting a law that makes what is already a federal crime a state crime is more financially profitable and politically beneficial.
While Phoenix is now the "kidnap capital of America," Chicago is the 8th most murderous city in the country (2009), with murder rates in the first four months of 2010 putting the number one spot well within reach.
CNN reports that during the 2007-2008 school year, at least 20 students were killed, including 18 by gunfire. The year before, more than 30 students were killed, again mostly by gun violence and so far in 2010 there have been 36 murders.
Where are the unions or Shapton's Nation Action Network or Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition or better yet, President Obama at on the weekly murders in his neck of the woods?
They are not coming folks because they are all too busy emphasizing with terrorists and illegal aliens, keeping that "boot" on the neck of British Petroleum, yukking it up at press dinners and working on their golf swing.
And on that note I would like to wish every mom and mother to be a happy Mothers Day. You are truly God's gift to the world.
Analysts and social commentators (God bless their hearts) with the best interests, the American interest, in mind, have always done their very best to keep the national conversation on racial disparities focused and centered on the best decisions that blacks can make to lift themselves from poverty to prosperity.
In terms of educational, economic and social success, there have always been at least two schools of thought within the black American community. The first of which:
What can we do for ourselves and what are we waiting for?
This perspective, I believe, is beautifully illustrated by the words of Frederick Douglass given in a speech in Boston in 1865:
"[I]n regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. The American people have always been anxious to know what they shall do with us…I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us! If the apples will not remain on the tree of their own strength, if they are worm-eaten at the core, if they are early ripe and disposed to fall, let them fall!…And if the negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall also. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone!…[Y]our interference is doing him positive injury."
Douglass' sentiment here cares not to be judged on the basis of his race but by his character, his intelligence, interests, physical attributes and abilities, skill levels and his motivation to succeed.
Thankfully, American history is mired in examples of enormous black achievement amid the most racially pernicious time periods. History, that is often—purposefully I think—dismissed, omitted and outright lied about.
As early as the 1850's blacks had a win, win attitude towards the interests of public service and took full advantage of what was an inherent embrace from a welcoming Republican Party.
1867- John F. Cook, a black Washingtonian, is named Chair of the Republican Party.
1870- Of the 23 blacks elected to the United States Congress, 13 were former slaves and all were Republican. Please allow me: 1865, you are a slave, 1870, you are a sitting U.S Congressmen: http://www1.law.nyu.edu/davisp/neglectedvoices/index2.html
Education Public and Armed Service:
In the area of educational excellence, there exists—arguably—no greater American educational legacy than that of Dunbar High School and Thomas Sowell a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University has chronicled that story: "From 1870 to 1955, most of Dunbar High School, (Washington D.C.'s first public school for blacks) graduates went off to college, earning degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Williams, Wesleyan and others. As early as 1899, Dunbar students had higher scores on citywide tests, than students at any of the District's white schools. Dunbar's attendance records were generally better than those of white schools and its rate of tardiness was lower. Latin was taught throughout the period from 1870 to 1955 and in the early decades, Greek was taught as well. Large classes were the norm, 40 students per teacher. It was more than 40 years before Dunbar had a lunchroom, which was then so small that many children had to eat lunch on the street. Blackboards were old and cracked. It was 1950 before the school had a public address system. Most of the parents of Dunbar students worked in unskilled and semiskilled occupations. White-collar and professional parents totaled 17 percent. http://www.tsowell.com/speducat.html
"Yet the dogma marches on that a middle-class background is necessary for academic success," Sowell opines.
These and many other "black success stories" aren't isolated incidents of academic and political accomplishment, that led to upper-class living standards but to the contrary, these occurrences were the norm and more importantly the culturally expected standard for our grandparents and great grandparents.
The second school of thought did not take root until the onset and coupling of the "social engineering of the 1960's." and the eroding of personal responsibility within the black community. The message that blacks should "not work, don't save and not get married," was baked in and permeated black neighborhoods and soon enough, the aforementioned successes of blacks began to become over shadowed by what were alarming and distressing statistical rates within the black community.
The second school of thought is more an "article of faith" than anything else:
What can the government, "the man," "whitie," or the "system," do for me and why is it taking so damn long?
All too often intellectuals and second-hand intellectuals, for that matter, make the case that the existential threat to black achievement and the overwhelming reason for black underachievement is the "system." As I stated in "part one:" "because of America's racist past the system is forever rigged, most blacks are poor, there is a racist at the heart of all whites, and that because of these things, regardless of class or opportunity, no black American should be held to mainstream, (white) standards of morality or 'academic achievement.'"
This "I am forever a victim" way of thinking and its cultural acceptance has doomed us all.
Nonetheless, numbers don't lie:
Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in America. 78% of their clinics are in minority communities. According to the U.S. Centers for Dieses Control, blacks make up 12% of the population (36 million), but 35% of the abortions in America. The CDC reports that since 1973 there have been approximately more than 13 million aborted black fetuses in America. Blackgenocide.org
Black on Black Crime Rates
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 94 percent of all blacks killed nationally between 1976 and 1999 were killed by other blacks.
On October 17th 2007 Chicago tribune columnist Clarence Paige reported that "Today's young black males kill more young black males in a year than the Ku Klux Klan killed in its entire history. Paige chronicles that between 1882 and 1968, historians have documented more than 4,700 lynching of African Americans, mostly in the South. In 2005, the latest full year of FBI statistics concludes, "almost 8,000 black Americans were murdered, mostly by other black Americans."
Black Dropout Rates
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics shows that black students drop out of high school 11 percentage points fewer than they did in 1980, but still maintain a national average of 8.4 percent, 3 percentage points higher than their white counterparts.
Pregnant Unwed and Out of Control
The National Center for Health Statistics reports that in 2007 nearly 72 percent of the births to black women were out of wedlock. Mothers were unmarried in about 51 percent of Hispanic births and 28 percent of non-Hispanic white births.
A 70 percent illegitimacy rate among blacks (90 percent in some inner cities) easily makes the point that there is a serious lack of accountability and responsibility. And the notion of blacks killing each other, whether by gun or by abortion doctor appointed visit, at a higher rate than the Ku Klux Klan could have ever dreamed of accomplishing is beyond disgraceful. And to know these facts, as many "civil rights leaders" and intellectuals and blacks in general do or to pretend that it is not truth (as ugly as it is) "or that "systemic" forces are more responsible than blacks themselves is knowingly to lie to oneself."
From the moment of emancipation our forefathers and mothers accomplished and secured for themselves the very best education, the highest positions in politics, armed services and the private sector, through hard work and an unflagging spirit of determination.
But their successes or shortfalls for that matter were not contingent upon some "black agenda."
"Black America," can we please stop wasting everyone's time and end the loud debates and arguments based in denial and perpetual falseness?
Let us simply have an agenda, wherein we remove ourselves from the "table," get up and go to work.

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Noves Escenes, Noves Mirades (New Productions, New Perspectives), creative productions in La Pedrera
Noves Escenes, Noves Mirades (New Productions, New Perspectives), creative productions in La Pedrera
The second edition of the series will be held from the 7th to the 28th of February
Fundación Catalunya-La Pedrera will initiate the second edition of the Noves Escenes, Noves Mirades series on the 7th of February. This year's programme boasts more performances and a new stage setting which emphasises consideration of the scenic creativity of the director.
Noves Escenes, Noves Mirades, aims to promote the vitality of the current scene from a pluralist perspective, providing opportunities for amalgams of movement, video, music, spoken word, objects, etc. Freedom and heterodoxy are not only countenanced, they are considered essential requisites, and proposals are limited to unique creations with a personal perspective.
Bearing this in mind, the five proposed stagings are Mi Gran Obra, by David Espinosa, making its first appearance in Barcelona; Bestiari de CaboSanRoque, an orchestra of clockwork animals; Fingir, by Colectivo 96º, a comic interpretation about, well, interpretation; De Milagros y Maravillas-Una conferencia optimista, by the Fundación Collado-Van Hoestenberghe, an extraordinary performance with live music, plant life and two atypical presenters and, finally, the personal world of Xavi Bové / Playground, presenting El rei de la soletat.
In the section dedicated to debate. We can highlight two round-table discussions dealing with the essence of drama. With Som una societat Fast Cult? (Are we a Fast Culture society?), creators of different generations – Joan Baixas, Àngels Margarit, Roger Bernat and Jorge Dutor – share their opinions on the role of creativity in the current context. The other event, titled Les fabrìques de creació (The creativity factories), is a presentation by the Barcelona project which includes some of the professionals involved, Llucià Homs, representing the organisation, Cristina Alonso, director of El Graner and, in the role of end user, Pere Faura.
Publication date: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Not content with not being evil, Google wants to be clean too. It has revealed it is to invest in clean energy R&D with the aim of active clean power generation - cheaper than coal. By Jeremy Torr.
Mountain View, California 7 July 2011. At its recent shareholder meeting, Google announced a new R&D team to work on green power generation concepts. It looks like Google is not just interested in windmills, but wants to develop ideas that bring sizeable chunks of energy to market efficiently and cheaply.
Google has from the start pitched itself as a good Earth citizen, veering between philanthropy and business. On the other hand, it obviously wants to make sure of its own high-energy future needs in a rapidly changing legislative environment.
Google's long-held aim to make renewable energy cheaper than coal - what it calls RE < C - has been given new charge by this start up R&D section. It has slated five new positions in its Renewable Energy Engineering wing in Mountain View, to look at its own energy usage to maintain its carbon-neutral stance, but more importantly to look at new technologies it might be able to work with.
The renewable energy R&D team will be responsible for evaluating early-stage technology and prototyping, and looking at possible design and manufacturing on a utility-scale. The team will, according to the brief for the key players "be designing useful systems that must deliver cost-effective results in the real world." It has just revealed its first patent for solar energy techniques so has signaled it is serious about the move.
Rick Needham, Google's Director of Green Business Operations and Strategy, was quoted earlier this year as underlining the company approach was not just investment. It wants real products too. "We want to have an impact on the scale of the project, and an impact because of the technology being deployed on a scale that allows those technologies to be financed and deployed at other locations," he said.
Google's PR says there isn't a problem that's any bigger or more real than generating renewable energy and bringing it to market. It looks like the search engine company is taking this spiel seriously and taking steps to get nerdy engineers under its wing just like it did for internet search. If it can find seriously scalable ways to solve part of that puzzle it may become as famous for green power as it is for searching.
For more information, contact: www.google.com/press/


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Tips to Remove Tea Stains from Carpet
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Carpet often adds warmth to a room. Walking into a room with carpet flooring will give you a cozy, comfortable, as well as welcomed feel. However, it often gets dirty due to people wearing their shoes in the house, spilling drinks, dropping food, etc. To keep your flooring looking their best, you have to take care of them.
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Everyone enjoys a fresh cup of warm tea in the morning, afternoon, or evening. In hurry, tea spills on the floor, then what to do? Tea stain on carpet is difficult to remove, as tea is basically a dye. Essentially, the darker the tea, the more difficult to remove tea stains from carpet. Therefore, you need to remove tea stains as soon as possible.
Depending on what is available to you at that particular time, use one of the following solutions to remove tea stains from carpet:
- Spill the small amount of dish soap over the tea stain. Add some water over it to form the foam. Scrub the soap using cleaning sponge and water along with the tea stain. Use a towel to wipe away all the soapy solution from the carpet. Allow the carpet to dry.
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- Pour the club soda on the carpet to remove tea stain. Continuously adding more club soda and more blotting. If the stain isn't fading fast, pour on a bit of 3% hydrogen peroxide and let it stay about 10 to15 minutes. Then blot and rinse with either more club soda or some water.
- Spray some foam shaving cream on the stained area and gently rub it into the carpet. Use cold water to rinse the tea stain, and then dab the area dry with a cloth. Repeat this process until the tea stain on carpet is removed.
- Grab some paper towels and blot up as much of the tea as possible. Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda over the tea stain. Allow it to sit for 20 to 25 minutes. Then make a solution with equal amounts of water and vinegar. Pour the liquid over the baking soda. Rub the towel over the stain until it is completely removed. Allow the carpet to dry or use a vacuum cleaner. It will completely remove tea stains from carpet.
Removing tea stains is not that difficult task unless the stain is too deep on a carpet that is too delicate. Any of the above solutions should work fine. No matter which method you use to remove tea stains from carpet, the faster you clean it up, the better.
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The Federal Government says the country's Constitution does not discriminate against women but also guarantees their rights to inherit property. The theme of the event, organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, was "Women's Property Rights in Africa: Key to economic empowerment''. PM News reports
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, stated this on Thursday at the sideline of event held for Africa's women parliamentarians at the ongoing UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
The theme of the event, organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, was "Women's Property Rights in Africa: Key to economic empowerment''.
According to her, Nigerian Constitution provides that all persons must be accorded the right to acquire and hold property irrespective of their gender.
"Our Land Use Act ensures equity and justice in land allocation and distribution and, amongst others, prevents fragmentation of rural lands arising from the application of the traditional principle of inheritance.
"This constitutional provision was developed out of the need to ensure that women contribute efficiently and effectively to national developmental process,'' she said.
The minister's speech was delivered by Nigeria's acting ambassador to the UN, Anthony Bosah, following the cancellation of her flight on Tuesday due to snowstorms.
According to her, women's property rights constitute the cornerstone of economic development upon which women derive their livelihoods.
"Indeed, women constitute more than half of the world's seven billion population and those that resides in developing countries produce 60 to 80 per cent of global food supplies.
"They, however, own less than 10 per cent of the land they cultivate.
"It is widely acknowledged that countries with viable political and financial commitment to gender equality in property rights have developed faster, and achieved greater food security and higher social and health standards,''she said.
The minister pointed out that the African Protocol on the Rights of Women placed an obligation on States to "promote women's access to control productive resources such as land and guarantee their right to property".
She also noted several other actions on the status of women that affirmed the objective of ensuring gender equality, women empowerment, and encouraged measures to enhance women's access to natural resources.
According to her, economic and social empowerment of women is a potent force for positive change while persistent gender inequalities remain a huge obstacle to economic growth.
Ibrahim said enhancing women's property rights required a mainstreaming, to attract both political and legal attention, saying it also entails administrative viability and social acceptability.
"To achieve this, African Parliamentarians have a fundamental role to play. They must initiate laws to address the limitations to women's ownership of property.
"Every nation must recognise and should accept that women's property rights are ultimately in the interests of the public.
"It is only through the acceptance of this fact that they can generate the popular support required for positive change," she said.
Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs, Hon. Stella Ngwu, noted that while the Nigerian Constitution guaranteed women's property rights, in reality, the rights of women are neither equal nor protected.
Ngwu noted that the country's social, cultural and religious diversity had compounded the challenge of women's property rights,
She stressed the need for aggressive reforms to be able to seek redress.
The lawmaker called for the political will on the part of the executive arm of government, saying that no matter how good a law is, its effectiveness is dependent on the implementation.
Source: PM News


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In the heat of summer, sometimes it's nice to be able to just sit in the path of the fan
and work on something small and fiddly, like the jewellery. There are times when a design will almost make itself and then there are times when part of an idea sits, unfinished for a frustrating length of time. I'd had part of this necklace in the "incomplete concept" point for longer than I want to admit to, but pulling it out for this round let me finally figure out what it should be. It was so tempting, with the vintage ladies watches to make delicate little pieces, since they are so small, but I wanted something with a bit more impact. Having the pair of cases accented by the glass eyes gave a great look, but still felt like it didn't have enough strength to stand on their own. What worked, in the end, was adding more of them. A total of five make up the neckline as well there is the draped "beak", that falls below, so it has a great deal of presence without much weight. It's not a piece for the unassuming but also not so dramatic it won't work with a range of styles/outfits.


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One of the hottest things in the watch market today is the all black or Phantom type watches. There are a few companies manufacturing these models promoting the unreadability and unusual style.
2008 June 06
As the tourists start rolling in for the Grand Prix, U Boat continues to draw them in from our store front window. There's something about their look that everyone seems to like. We have a vast array of watch brands, and every price range Bell & Ross Tourbillon, solid Gold Corum Admirals Cup Challenge 44 and the list goes on, but U Boat seems to be what every client has been drawn in to see.
2008 January 15
Ron Hami has deep seeded roots in the jewelry trade; he comes from a family of jewelry experts. He runs his company with the help of his brother, Eli, out of Los Angeles. Ron Hami pieces are created in a variety of gold materials. Not only yellow, but also white, rose, and black gold are used and adorned with natural gems of many varieties. While being extremely avant-garde, many classic aspects of design are evident. The use of bead cut diamonds - like in the caviar carved earrings - is an example of antique design concepts.


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2019 turns out great for Lichaba Sophie as she starts the year bagging a new acting role.
After much rant about her on social media, Lichaba is gradually getting woke into success.
The actress silenced rumors of her death last year, after declaring that she's got diabetes. Though, she's walking through the path pf healing via self love, the help of her husband and eating the right meal.
Despite all she's survived, Lichaba bagged a new acting gig alongside Sello Maake Ka Ncube on a show called Family Secrets.


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House collapses in Turkiye's Siirt: 3 dead including 2 children, 5 injured
SIIRT - A house collapsed in Siirt'in Şirvan province due to excessive precipitation resulted in 3 dead including 2 children and five others were injured.
According to the first determinations, 3 killed including 2 children and 5 others were injured in Soğanlı Village in Siirt's Şirvan after the excessive precipitation caused the collapse of a house.
According to the information, a 2 storey house was collapsed in the village of Soğanlı in the morning hours due to heavy rainfall.
According to initial determinations, Cemal Coşkun 37, Yusuf 15 and Ömer 5 lost their lives and 5 other people were injured.
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Swoon For Croon
Croon is a Bankok based label that creates what is possibly some of the most magical yet practical shoes I've ever seen. Adorned in glitter but with a sensible loafer shape, they provide the best of both worlds.
The shoes themselves are available in Browns in London or you can order from Croon directly. From Croon they cost approx £80 plus £34 shipping to the UK. The shipping seems expensive but they arrive incredibly quickly, I think it was 3 days for mine. I've had items from the UK arrive less quickly.
I have the 'Dream' shoes in lilac, shown below. This wasn't my first choice in colour but it was one of the few colours they had left in my size. Still, I have lilac bags so it's not as if they'll be alone in their lilac loveliness. I'll be featuring them properly next week, but I can say just now that they are absolutely beautiful and beautifully made.
I actually wanted them in Salmon or Mint, but both were sold out in my size.
They seem to have others in stock though, such as these black ones.
I also love the delicious Swing sandals. How cute are the little glittery bows? Maybe a little young for me, but I probably wouldn't care if I were to look down and see the bright pink versions.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing what Croon create next.
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Dearest Yogis - Welcome to the year 2018!
I can not wait to share this year, offering more Yoga to you, as well as continuing on my own exploration alongside you.
Did you set yourself some intentions for the year ahead? Mine are centred on the improvement of the self and the way that my actions can come from a place of independent thought, as opposed to the influence of power of others or my experiences. This can be controversial, as of course, we are perfect as we are. This perfection is innate, but of course we are also influenced and affected by the world around us and the people within it, as well as our direct and past experiences. We wear an outer shell that surrounds this inner light we hold and this armour is defined by the experiences that we have had so far in our lives.
There is a saying in Sanskrit known as...
Ekham Sad Viprah bahudha vadanti
This means, 'the wise call the one truth by many names'.
The 'one truth' is the inner light of awareness.
This inner light is unmannifest. You can't see it, hear it or touch it. But what you can do is experience it. The manifest world is everything that we can sense. The seer or the witness is the light in the unmanifest world, and is the seeable or observable in the manifest world. The light of awareness therefore is described as the divinity that is simply watching the outside manifest world through your individual field of consciousness. The great thing to understand, is how this light of awareness holds no power to change or act on anything in the manifest world, and this applies in the reverse too where the manifest world has no power over the unmanifest. The light of awareness can however influence the outside world by its presence alone, as it's conscious, permanent and eternal, pervading the manifest world. Time does not exist! In contrast, manifest is unconscious and is changing all the time.
If we take time to spend experiencing this luminous self through meditation and yoga, the more that this experience will affect your field of consciousness. It will shine through you and become love, for everything and all others.
Ask yourself, who is thinking when you think? Witness yourself thinking. What do you observe? If you practice namaste without saying it aloud and direct it towards others, especially during challenging times, you can learn to honour the light that shines in all of us.
'Namaste' means to honour the light in me and the light in you.
To connect to the inner light of awareness, allows us to be more kind and compassionate. This centre of our being is our light of awareness. The heart mind field of consciousness is known as citta.
Our consciousness is a field from where the inner light shines, containing our outer mind, inner mind, the ego and our memory. But do you take time to understand how your complex works? It can help you to understand how yoga works too.
Yoga is the calming down of all the mind in your consciousness and the skill and welfare in all your actions, connecting you to the inner self and what you do.
It expands the physical, mental and emotional bodies and refines and stabilises the outside in, as well as the inside out. When you establish the inner peace and contentment inside, you can witness how many things do not bother you anymore. Your focus increases, contributing to health, happiness and spiritual evolution.
To practice Yoga, you need a willingness to change with personal transformation at the core!
Not the physical look of the self but the way you are inside. To practice yoga is to come with an open-mindedness to confront and face habitual behaviours and be prepared to turn inward, to focus attention away from outer sensory distractions. When we learn to meditate, the object of meditation and the inner light of awareness is this focus. Quietening down the consciousness, increases our ability to listen and to know our truth. Regular practice helps to gain momentum, and requires effort and continual practice. We do this both on and off the mat, caring about others as well as the self is important. We can observe how we can become less attached to material things and begin to prioritise love and kindness to others, that goes beyond what we can see to how we can share and cooperate.
All of this is in the Yoga Sutras, written by Patanjali. It defines Yoga as a school of thought. The focus isn't on the postures we do, known as Asana, but an inward journey in to our consciousness, learning to define and improve it. The inner light of awareness.
To understand Yoga - you must first understand the world of you!
Are you ready to get to know yourself with me?
Learning and experiencing the way the psyche works can help your actions. We can visualise this as the seer or witness that sits behind your citta or lens and sees the outside world in all its manifestations. Often your lens is blurred by a veil of clutter that we have accumulated over time. If we practice yoga, this veil begins to clear and lets the light shine through to the outside world where you as the witness can see things with clarity. Patanjali says in 4.23 sutra that our citta is coloured by the outside world and the seer, which makes it the focus of our yoga practice.
Our outer mind or Manas serves to process sensory perceptions or impressions coming in. And if it is defected it stores information in the memory. The buddi is the inner mind or the intellect, this is the part of the citta that makes decisions and interprets the information based on what is in your memory. The inner mind is influenced by the inner light of awareness. The ego identifies ourself as separate from other people. It is necessary to have an ego but the problem arises as it likes the power and to control, attach and possess things. What our practices help with is to keep the ego subservient to the Buddi, the inner mind. We ingest every experience that we have ever had and store it in our memory, and some leave a stronger impression on us. These impressions affect our thoughts, our words and our actions. So it is important that the impressions that come in are positive and helpful as much as possible. To help the ego to stay serving the inner mind, it needs something that it considers to be higher than itself and we call this the Isvara. To have something we consider to be higher, cultivates humility and helps the energy or Shakti pass through us and transfer to something higher than the self. When the inner mind is influenced by the light of awareness it transforms us to be mindful, kind, compassionate and to think more carefully about our thought, words and actions.
Essentially you can not change another, you can only change yourself. Yoga promotes this self transformation and the ability to develop independent thinking. To clear this heart mind field of consciousness, the light is present in every cell of our bodies and concentrated in the heart area. The centre of physical, spiritual and subtle body, the seat of prana life force. This whole inner light shining will influence others by simply being you. Part of our memory is called the karmasaya, this stores all of our experiences called Karma and it is where our strong habitual patterns are held.
Tonight we observe the light off the back of a superman and the full moon, also known as the Wolf Moon. Howl aloud and let your inner light shine as we work to clear our citta and see clearly in to our outside world ahead.
This year is your chance to shine bright!
Love to you all,


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This is a very important article for both men and women to read. I think everyone reading it will recognize either themselves or someone they know from past experiences of "agreements" made that did not feel as if consent was actually being given...or that consent was actually heard. But first I have a few things to say:
Not long ago, when a colleague's daughter was just entering her teenage years, I was told that she noticed her daughter's friends wearing different colored beaded bracelets on their wrists, commenting about how pretty they were. Her daughter, given the open relationship that they have, told my colleague that the bracelets were not worn for aesthetic purposes, but that they were signifiers of having engaged sexually in some way or another with similarly-aged boys. Each colored bracelet represented a different "activity." For example, pink for kissing, blue for letting a guy feel her up, green for giving a guy a blow job, etc…Understandably my colleague was horrified at hearing about this, as was I learning that this was going on in a very upper-middle class suburban area – there's my naiveté.
I wonder, in the context of our current climate of discussing variants of sexual abuse and harassment, how did these sexual activities get negotiated? Is there consent between pre-teens? When it's an adult and a minor involved, there is no such thing as consent. Of course, we need to assume there was peer pressure involved. Some coolness factor? Badges of success gotten amongst the group with greater admiration derived vis-à-vis the more bracelets you got. And who bought the bracelets? The parents? Did they know what they were contributing to by purchasing a pretty trinket that served to BRAND their respective daughter? Is that implicit consent? Complicit consent?
In college, I knew a girl whom I referred to as "peach jacket." Yes, she has a name, but her peach leather jacket was so fabulous that it became her identifier. But she had another identifier amongst the guys….and the girls: Blow-job Queen. As I understood it at the time, and not from her words, this meant that, if she was hanging out with a guy, either he would ask or she would offer, and down she would go. I don't know if she knew that this is what people thought of her. In all other respects, this was a young woman who seemed confident and fun, with many friends and without struggle. But I bring her up because I now wonder how she agreed to enter into such an a priori known with these guys? Was she actually consenting? She was of age, so consent, legalistically pertains. But was she consenting WITH also having DESIRE? Or because she felt she HAD to in order to, I don't know, be popular with the boys, elicit envy from the girls because of her popularity? Was she re-enacting some earlier trauma that had not gotten respectfully and compassionately addressed? I'll never know.
But read this article and ask yourself these questions about why YOU might have participated on either side of this dyad once, twice…. many times. What was going on for you that, while you didn't want to do something, you did it anyway to be liked, for example, or for many other possible reasons. Why you seductively pressured a woman into a sexual situation that, on some level, you KNEW she didn't want, but because she didn't outright say "no," you negotiated your way into her pants? Not caring before, during, or afterwards that this woman might one day reflect back on that occasion and not see it as a "stupid thing I did," but rather as an assaultive experience about which she feels shame and guilt and anger.


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Source: EPA Air Quality Index Report
Clean air is key to ensure quality of life for all residents of Central Texas. While air quality has improved in Central Texas, our region is still on the cusp of exceeding the current ozone standard. As of 2017, our design value for ozone is 69 parts per billion (ppb). The standard is 70 ppb. In 2018, there were still over 125 days when air pollution levels in the region were considered "moderate" or worse.
The EPA calculates the Air Quality Index by measuring ground level ozone, particle pollution, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide.
Travis County had 9 days when air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups in 2018. Sensitive groups include people with lung diseases, children, older adults, and people who exercise or work outdoors. The EPA's AirNow website shares local, real-time air quality data to help people protect their health.
The Austin MSA has good air quality, when compared to these select US cities. Only Portland has better air quality. Denver and Philadelphia have the fewest number of good air quality days among these cities.


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ACCSC101Fulfilling the Standards of Accreditation: Administration
This course "pulls back the curtain" for schools to help them better understand the principles and purposes of the ACCSC Standards of Accreditation. ACCSC101, along with the accompanying course ACCSC102, lays out the standards in line with the way schools are typically structured to better help you comprehend the important relationship between each standard and each aspect of running a compliant, accredited school. This course addresses the standards on the "administrative" side of your school, such as standards that relate to operations, admissions, and financial aid.
CM140Title IX and VAWA Training: Building Safer Campuses
This course is designed to assist personnel at all levels of an educational institution in the understanding of the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ("Title IX"), and the Clery Act as it was amended in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. ("VAWA"). These laws require that all individuals in an educational institution understand and comply with the laws in terms of what is prohibited behavior in relation to sexual harassment and/or sexual violence, and what steps are to be followed when such prohibited conduct occurs. This course gives the participants information about the laws, as well as procedures to follow, to provide for the rights of all individuals under the laws. It also provides additional resources to assist educational institutions in continuing to build and strengthen their Title IX and VAWA policies, procedures and training throughout the year.
CM141FERPA and Privacy: A Practical Approach
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA or the Buckley Amendment) is a federal law in the United States designed to provide students with access to, and the privacy of, their educational records. The law applies to students in higher education and educational institutions that receive funding under a program administered by the U.S. Department of Education. This course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of FERPA guidelines to ensure proper handling of educational records and other institutional requirements.
CM150Understanding the Language and Intention of Accreditation Standards
In this course, using your accrediting body's criteria, you will study the language and intention of accreditation. Participants will develop a different perspective on the self-study process and an understanding of how to craft the self-study report to effectively communicate how present practices meet the standards. Discover what the standards really are and what it takes to meet them, interpret and communicate your institution's current operating practices in the context of the criteria, and develop a more accurate understanding and expression of how your institution can provide the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance.
CM151Onsite Visits – Be Ready Anytime
Is your campus ready for a full unannounced visit at any time? Onsite visits are becoming more frequent in recent years and unannounced visits even more so. This training is designed to aid campus leaders to be prepared, using best practices and practical tools, to host an onsite visitor at any time, including visits that are unannounced, by any organization such as state agencies, veterans' organizations, regional, national and programmatic accrediting agencies and the Department of Education.
ED209Students as Customers
As opportunities for education become more prevalent, educational institutions must compete to increase, or even maintain, their student enrollment levels. More and more institutions are adopting the strategy of treating students like customers in order to be successful. This course will review the characteristics of adult learners and determine the reasons adult students leave the institution. It will discuss the concept of interacting with students as though they are customers and how the students-as-customers concept relates to the instructor and the classroom. This course will also describe the methods and techniques of effective communication. Included are guidelines and techniques for advising and mentoring students.
LS101Do You Manage Or Lead?
This course explores the critical differences between management and leadership. Participants will be introduced to definitions and myths about each area as well as how management and leadership must coexist for an organization to operate effectively. Participants will explore their own management/leadership tendencies.
LS102How Do You Lead?
Not everyone is suited for, or desires, a leadership position. One of the first steps to being an effective leader is to understand the desire to lead in the first place. Participants will explore their motivation to lead and develop a deeper understanding of their leader style(s).
LS103Your Leadership Impact
Beyond understanding the role of the leader, the ultimate effectiveness and impact of a leader takes into consideration the followers and the situation, too. This course defines leadership impact and explores the Interactional Framework for Leadership.
LS104Your Leadership Legacy
The higher education industry provides a wealth of opportunities and challenges for those seeking leadership positions. In this course, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the higher education sector and themselves. The importance of higher education institutions will be explored along with developing a personal leadership legacy.
LS105Your Leadership Toolkit
Get ready to add a number of skills to your toolkit as you develop as a leader! This course focuses on increased self-awareness in communication styles and learning; developing deeper understanding through empathic listening; and motivating through innovation.
LS106This Way to Leadership
Now it's time to put all that self-discovery and learning into a workable plan to further develop leadership skills! Participants will create a Personal Leadership Development Plan (PLDP) based on insights gained throughout the Innovative Leadership in Higher Education Program. A step-by-step process is offered to create a meaningful plan complete with the development of SMART Goals and advice from some of today's leaders in the higher education sector!
ML117Presentation Skills
This course provides sound advice on preparing and delivering presentations that command attention, persuade, and inspire. It includes rehearsal techniques as well as tips for creating and using more effective visuals. The course also addresses the importance of understanding your objectives and your audience to create a presentation with impact.
ML120Feedback Skills
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This course will show you how to discuss and resolve difficult interactions in the workplace - whether with employees, peers, bosses, or even suppliers and customers.
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RT102Orientation and First Week Activities to Increase Retention
Building a program to ensure a smooth "hand off" from Admissions to Faculty is a critical component of student retention. Applicants often develop a strong bond with their admissions representative that ends (from the institution's standpoint) once they begin classes. This online course provides practical ideas on designing an orientation program, first-week-of-class and other retention activities that connect the student with faculty, the college and each other that will help you retain and graduate more students.
RT105Raising the Bar to 'First-Class' Customer Service
This course uncovers the secrets of today's successful businesses and their strategies of first-class customer service. You will learn the components of first impressions that can help you increase and keep your enrollments. This course will also help you to locate the specific areas of your operations where you can implement an improved customer service plan for your institution - whether it is admissions, student services or academics.


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We thought we'd do a piece on ourselves to give you (our wonderful and loyal readers) a little more background on who we are. We are always asked questions about why we started MaisonStyle and what wardrobe item we can't live without, so we came up with this idea to hopefully give more of an idea of who M & R really are.
Q: When and why did you first think about blogging?
M: I have always been interested in fashion and my friends always turn to me for advice on where to shop, what trends to follow etc. so it seemed pretty natural to share that info. I had thought about fashion blogging and the second R and I realized our shared love for fashion, the blog was born.
R: I love fashion and I love writing so it was a easy combination for me. I started my own blog before but I didn't really have a focus and wasn't dedicated to it so when M brought up the idea of a fashion blog I jumped at the chance to work together. We wanted to bring some passion and knowledge about fashion to this city that generally lacks that life.
Q: Who is your celebrity style crush?
M: Rachel Bilson and Blake Lively. Rachel's the girl-next-door who always looks effortlessly put together and Blake is simply perfection especially on the red carpet.
R: The Olsen twins: ultimate trend-setters and phenomal designers. I would looooove to get my hands on all those layering pieces and their boho wardrobes. Oh and the one and only Mrs. Victoria Beckham. That woman rocks heels better than anyone and has brought back the lady-like class and tailoring we were missing.
Q: When did you become interested in fashion?
M: For as long as I remember. I learned about layaway when I was eight! When I was 10, a hotel we were staying at caught fire and I threw a fit because I wanted to save my shoes!
R: Grade six or seven I think I started to become really aware and obviously it grew through high school but it wasn't until about five years ago that it catapulted into the full-blown obsession that is today.
Q: If you were given $5,000 for a shopping spree where you spend it?
M: When at home, BCBG (serious addict) but when away it would be a toss-up between Saks and Neiman Marcus.
R: In Toronto, there are three little boutiques within walking distance of my family home that I go to everytime I'm back…can easily spend a day there. Their styles are relatively the same, edgy but with feminine luxurious pieces.
Q: What are your items of addiction?
M: Shoes. I lost track of how many at 70, I could easily spend that $5,000 from question four all on shoes.
R: Oh definitely scarves – solid, printed, wool, cashmere, silk , you name it, I have and probably want more. It's really quite a problem, I have no idea how many I own.
Q: What is one thing you're missing in your wardrobe that you would love to have?
M: Easy: a classic black quilted Chanel clutch and a pair of Louboutins.
R: This may come as a shock to you but I don't own a leather jacket so that for sure, number one choice. (Donations are welcomed and encouraged!)
Q: What are three items from your wardrobe you can't live without?
M: Frye tall boots, black Citizen jeans and Ray Bans.
R: Leggings, my FCUK over-sized wool sweater jacket and my black patent leather Coach bag.
Q: What is one trend you will definitely not be wearing?
M: Navajo prints, high waisted pants and the new nail polish trend of one different-coloured nail – I don't get it.
R: Oxfords! But I'll second the nail trend.
Q: What is one trend you wish would make a comeback?
M: Tough question since I tend to gravitate towards classics but I did love big hoop earrings.
R: Tie dye! People still wear it as a joke or at theme parties but I'd love it if it became everyday wear, I have so much of it!
Q: What is your favourite fashion magazine?
M: Elle and InStyle.
R: LouLou and InStyle.
Q: If you could have anyone's closet for a day who would it be?
M: Olivia Palermo.
R: Gaga. I'd love to see what else she's hiding in there and what her casual clothes are like.
Q: Looking back, what fashion item was a childhood favourite of yours?
M: I had Punky Brewster high-tops that I was in love with.
R: Oh man, I don't even want to admit some of them but neon shoelaces were a definite repeat offender.
Q: Does the love of fashion run in the family?
M: My family are crazy shoppers. They tend to gravitate more towards home decor but my grams has countless bags and shoes so I suppose I take after her.
R: My mama, hands down has been the biggest influence. She taught me how to shop, how to dress and has impeccable taste. Actually most of my best pieces have been her hand-me-downs or bought for me by her. My sister also has wild taste, she has everything from Jimmy Choo's to mass amounts of Value Village finds.
Q: What is your day job now and what job would you give it up for?
M: I'm a international sales manager in the biotechnology industry. My ideal job would be on the business side of the fashion industry like corporate sales or a buyer.
R: I work in the Public Affairs department for a non-profit. My dream job would be a fashion editor or director of a magazine (again offers welcomed and encouraged!)
Q: Are your styles similar and do you style each other?
M&R: We aren't polar opposites but we definitely have our own distinct taste. We both share the same eye for quality, tailoring and style but gravitate towards different trends and pieces. Yes, we definitely style each other and we both happen to have converted bedrooms into walk-in closets and dressing rooms.
Q: Do you have a memorable shopping moment?
M: I have many but back to school shopping at Le Cottonier and Jacob Jr. would top the list, I used to get very excited about buying headbands and tights that matched my outfits. Looking back, it was all a fashion disaster but I was thrilled at the time. The girls in my family, all my cousins and aunts, used to pile into a minivan every year and drive down to Syracuse and Massena in the U.S. to take advantage of the discount pricing.
R: For some reason my grade seven back-to-school shopping at Jacob Jr. Picked up a pair of brown flared cords and velour t-shirts in multiple colours. Best part? They were lime green and a deep raspberry with red stripes.
So there you have it! We always love answering your questions and hearing from you so please contact us!
Your fashion fairies,


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Panda Conservation Project
Panda Conservation Project in China is currently unavailable for volunteers. We will notify you once the project resumes. Global Crossroad is sorry for your inconvenience.
Unfortunately, pandas are the second most threatened species in the world and it is estimated that there are only about 1000 pandas living in the wild. The major threat to the survival of the species is currently destruction of the panda's natural habitat. Panda's habitats shrunk by 50% over just 11 years (1973 to 1984) in the six isolated areas where pandas live. Human-based activities, logging, animal grazing and agriculture are the major sources of habitat destruction. Global Crossroad is partnering with the Ya'an Panda Conservation Center in China, an environmental-friendly organization that focuses on attracting more people around the world to pay more attention to the giant pandas and cherish the environmental resources. Its slogan "Caring Giant Panda, Caring Ourselves" is becoming more popular in China. Initial efforts at panda conservation in China were restricted to field research during the 1940s. In 1963, National Nature Reserve was created as a forest reserve by the Chinese government.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has been cooperatively working with the Chinese government on panda protection efforts since 1980. There are many new panda conservation management plans in place as an attempt to increase the pandas' chance for survival including: reducing human activities impacting panda habitats, rehabilitation of panda habitats, adding additional panda reserves, and strengthening conservation education and public awareness.
Role of Volunteer
As a volunteer in the panda conservation project in China, there will be a wide range on hands on activities you can participate in at the conservation center. Following careful direction and supervision of professional staff members, volunteers will work to:
- Feed the pandas multiple times a day
- Clean panda cages
- Bathe the pandas
- Medically examine pandas and help with basic treatment
- Help staff with ultrasound checks and artificial insemination
- Observe animals and document behaviors
- Repair and maintain the center with projects such as landscaping, construction etc.
- Help local staff with tourism and marketing
- Fundraising
- Support administrations with organizational tasks
- Teaching English to the Chinese staff
Skills and Qualifications Needed
There are no special skills or specific qualifications needed to join Panda Conservation volunteer project except for medical requirements. Volunteers need to have a love of animals, an interest in wildlife conservation and remember that flexibility and patience work best as a volunteer.
The conservation center requires that all participants in the program provide their immunization records or a physical exam record that is no more than three (3) months old.
Dates: Volunteer in China
All volunteer programs in China start every Monday of each month. However, if there is travel constrains, you can start any project on any day.
Price: Volunteer in China
Global Crossroad is committed to offering the most affordable and highest quality China volunteer trips. We strive to keep our costs low. The humanitarian side of the business is our passion.
Global Crossroad's volunteer program in China application and registration fee cost US $299.
In addition to the application fee, you are required to pay a weekly program fee. You will pay your weekly fee directly to the country coordinator, who in turn will allocate it to your host family, project and other in-country support we offer to our volunteers. This way, the fees that you pay will benefit those who rightfully deserve them, and not for company profit.
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Summer English Teaching Camp China - $299
Mandatory comprehensive travel insurance $3.49 a day »
Program fees cover:
- Accommodation (volunteers house or host family)
- Food (local food 3 times a day)
- Airport pick up (arrival)
- Business visa for paid teaching
- Program Orientation
- In-country support
- Personalized project
- Pre-departure information
- Certificate of completion
- Fundraising ideas and letters
- Discount for returning volunteers
Program fees exclude:
- Airfare
- Personal expenses on drinks and foods
- Daily transportation
- Airport return transfer
The volunteering programs in China fees will cover expenses that will begin on the first day of the program (usually the first or third Monday of the month) to the last day of the program. If you arrive before the first day of the program or you decide you stay beyond your program's last day, you will be responsible for the additional expenses.
Most Frequently Asked Questions: – Panda Conservation in China
- What does the daily routine for the Panda Conservation look like?
- 8:30-10:00 am: panda living (indoor and outdoor) cleaning. Panda feeding. (can take about an hour and a half.)
- 10:00-11:30 am: Second meal feeding time.
- 11:30 am-2:30 pm: Break.
- 2:00 pm: First evening panda feeding
- 3:30 pm: Panda Dinner
- How about accommodation possibilities and the daily commute?
- What's the placement where I'll be volunteering for called?
- What's the number of panda bears that reside in the placement?
- Are the volunteers going to work alone or will they be assisted by professionals?
- Are the volunteers required to speak Chinese for this project?
- Is there any hands-on experience to be obtained by volunteering in this project?
Volunteers in Conservation Project shouldn't expect to have a set out daily routine while being in China. There are many different activities that are to be fulfilled by the volunteers. Here is an example of a daily schedule, but we kindly ask you to consider that it can change depending on the ongoing on-site situation.
The project volunteers in China will be staying in a hostel that is in walking distance from site location.
All program details are forwarded to you upon completion of the registration process.
About 100 pandas live in a conservation centre.
The volunteer country coordinator and the professional conservation centre staff will help you throughout your volunteering time.
Speaking Chinese is not required from volunteers, although it is of course beneficial.
Yes, there is plenty of hands-on experience to be gained.
NOTE: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is generic information and should not be used as a definitive travel guide. Travel information and situations abroad change constantly. Participants should consult Global Crossroad or their personal travel advisors to verify this information.


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In the weeks (months, years…) ahead, we'll hear constitutional experts—real or self-anointed—blather on about all this, so I—a person who is definitely not a constitutional expert—thought I may as well jump in now and make my views clear: I think they're crazy.
The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution says:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."The argument actually is over whether this Amendment really means "powers not expressly delegated". The word "expressly" was in the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the new United States, but that word was deliberately omitted from the Constitution that replaced it. In United States v. Darby (1941), Justice Stone, writing the opinion of the Supreme Court, said:
"The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. There is nothing in the history of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers."Generally speaking, the commerce power granted by the Constitution under Article I has been seen as a justification for the federal government exercising power over states. Since this argument is over the healthcare reform bill, it's worth noting that health insurance companies are absolutely engaged in interstate commerce, and the federal government has a clearly established authority to regulate insurance.
Article I also states in Section 8 that "Congress shall have the power… to provide for the… general welfare of the United States." Congress has already done this on numerous issues, this bill being only the latest example.
Further in Section 8 of Article I, the Constitution says that Congress has the power "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the forgoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States…" The "necessary and proper clause" has served as the basis for much of the expansion of federal authority over the 221 years that the Constitution has been in effect.
What all of this points to is the existence of "implied powers", that is, powers not specifically enumerated in the Constitution but which are implied by it. Those powers are vast and touch the lives of every American citizen. The evidence clearly shows that this is what the authors of the Constitution intended—not a weak confederation, like the one they'd just replaced, but rather a strong federal union, one in which states would have sovereignty over purely state matters, and the federal government had authority over all national affairs and matters between and among the states.
In sum, then, the "Tenthers" don't have a Constitutional leg to stand on. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives them the power to "nullify" any federal law, let alone the healthcare reform bill, and the Supreme Court will almost certainly strike down any such attempt at "nullification".
Personally, I think the "Tenthers" know that perfectly well. Many are probably pushing this as part of a quixotic "state's rights" crusade. It should be pointed out to them that the Supreme Court has already ruled in Texas v White (1869) that States have no right to secede from the Union.
I think there are other motives, too. First among them, the racism of the far right: They despise President Obama precisely because he's the first African American president. They have all sorts of conspiracy theories to try and cover their racism, but it's there nonetheless. Also, many believe that the only legitimate government is rule by far-right Republicans, christianist Republicans in particular. Because they believe that they alone should rule the country, if democracy delivers a different government, they automatically see it as illegitimate.
The inherent racism among many (probably most) "Tenthers" has been well-documented elsewhere. The proof of their belief that they alone are legitimate rulers comes from a simple observation: When the Bush/Cheney regime was engaged in clearly illegal and unconstitutional behaviour, these people were silent—no talk of "nullification" back during the most serious presidential assault on the US Constitution.
So, either the "Tenthers" are crazy, or they think we're stupid. But if I was to bet on who's the least intelligent in this fight, it wouldn't be ordinary Americans. The "Tenthers" ought to be called that because they have a tenth the intelligence of ordinary Americans. I've seen nothing so far to make me think otherwise.