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Eating together matters! The ritual of sharing food is a powerful, especially when there's a 'breaking bread' component, sharing something communal like a bowl of popcorn, veggies and dip, or a plate of cookies.
But dinner can become a battlefield. We struggle over controlling our children's eating habits or manners, and can sometimes forget to enjoy the food and each other. As parents, it's up to us to set the tone for dinner as a connecting experience by getting into the habit of being with our kids in pleasant, non-critical, accepting ways at the dinner table
If meals haven't been so fun in your family, here are a few to consider:
Assemble-your-own meals like tacos, 'roll your own' sushi, baked potato or salad bar, or rice bowls offer a chance for each person to create their own customized food while sharing a table and ingredients. These are often kind of labor-intensive to set up and clean up, but they are worth it. They take longer to eat than simpler meals, bringing us together to share and talk. Everyone can find something they like, and people may get excited about sharing their innovations and trying new things. Don't worry about how they combine the foods, just put some good wholesome stuff on the table and let them do their thing. If you can, get curious about their ideas and let them inspire you to try something new!
Pizza is a staple of family life. Rather than ordering pizza, try an occasional tradition of making it yourself. It can be ridiculously simple with Mark Bittman's crust recipe or you can buy dough or even pre-made crusts, homemade or store-bough sauce, and a spread of possible toppings. Don't be surprised if your kids raid the pantry for things you would never have considered topping a pizza with! One of my sons experimented with salsas and cilantro (which wasn't bad) and walnuts (which turned out to be amazing). You can set up a space in the kitchen where everyone makes their own. Rather than make individual pizzas, I like to make each crust big enough to share so that everyone gets a chance to taste each person's creation. Even if the kids only eat their own, you get the chance to try and appreciate their creations. Find something positive to say about everything they make, and you'll find them looking forward to new ideas for the next family pizza night.
Hors d'oeuvres night can be another fun one! Forget a sit-down dinner and eat 'cocktail party style.' We did this when I just couldn't face the restlessness my guys had a the dinner table when they were little. I would soemtimes make plates of finger foods--something like hummus and tapenade and a spinach/yogurt dip with cut up veggies and pita. We would put away toys and other things, turn on music, and have a dinner party together. It can be fun to really play, walking around and making 'small talk' together. Just like at a real cocktail party, the conversation may sparkle and it may not, no pressure. The important thing is to bring some fun into the process.
Food can draw us together, creating space for connection. If you try these ideas, bring a sense of lightness and play. We don't need to control what our children eat, we need to offer healthy, nutritious, and pleasant eating experiences and trust them to find their way.
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DaJuan Moorer and Tafari Simms provided a potent 1-2 inside force for Mississippi Gulf Coast which beat up Delgado 90-71 on Thursday in Westwego, La.
"I told the guys I was more pleased with our offense tonight than our defense," Gulf Coast coach Wendell Weathers said. "That being said, Delgado has got some good players. From a defensive standpoint, we limited them to 39 percent from the field."
Moorer (So., Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic) scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Bulldogs (6-1).
"He had a big night," Weathers said. "He had a lot of rebounds, put-backs inside. We were able to attack them inside out."
Simms (Fr., Hamilton, Ontario/Lincoln Prep) had 20 points and seven rebounds
Dillyn Neely (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi) scored a career-high 18 points, including 4-of-7 shooting from the 3-point line. He scored six straight for the Bulldogs to get them a 20-15 lead.
"These folks played us zone almost all night long," Weathers said. "If you play us zone and don't get to where he's at, he's capable of really lighting you up. He hit two big 3s in a row in the first half and got us separated."
Keevon Oney (So., Gulfport/Gulfport) had a double-double of his own with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Delgado falls to 2-6.
Gulf Coast returns to action Monday when East Central visits the newly remodeled Weathers-Wentzell Center. Tipoff of the first MACJC South game of the season is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
For more information on MGCCC's 10 intercollegiate athletic teams, follow @MGCCCBulldogs on Twitter and MGCCCBulldogs on Facebook, and go to mgcccbulldogs.com.
Don Hammack
Sports Information Director
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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Blossom Time! Letter from the Editor, March 2013
Dear Kindred Readers and Supporters,
Spring is about welcoming new energies and at Kindred, we are blooming! This season finds us launching a webinar series, an international readership survey and welcoming new faces to our family.
But first! Have you checked out the new website, designed specifically for you and your needs to stay informed, be inspired and take action?
As a nonprofit with 15 years of empowering Cultural Creative families to make conscious living choices, it is literally our mission to bring to you the best resources, insights and research studies to support you and your family
There are so many ways to get the most out of your experience on Kindred, here are a few tips to help you get started:
1.KEEPING YOU INFORMED. Let's face it, conscious living means taking time to be informed! Our e-newsletter will keep you up to date on breaking news, research studies, videos, book and film reviews, the most inspirational blogs and features and alert you to new resources or take action alerts. Keep up with us through Twitter, Facebook or our RSS feed. Please also share our e-newsletters with your friends!
2.LIVE EVENTS. Our e-newsletter will also alert you to Kindred's upcoming webinar series where you can interact with Kindred's authors and activists in short, free webinars or paid, 30 day online retreats.
3. FIRESIDE CHAT SERIES. Our e-newsletter will send you links to our free downloads for Kindred's Fireside Chat series with the most dynamic and fascinating conscious living authors and activists of our time.
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Our new website is Phase One of a three-part educational project launch that includes the savviest webinar software and marketing insights available. And that brings us to our new faces…
Our first welcome goes to our new marketing consultant, Evelyn Grewal, who brings 25 years of expertise to serving Kindred's international readership through a new webinar series launching next month. Evelyn's marketing plan for Kindred's future carries a long-range vision of continued and incremental expansion. The number of writers and activists waiting in the wings to connect with you through this program is dynamic and comprehensive. Stay tuned to see what's sprouting next!
Our next welcome goes out to our newest board of directors member, Teresa Graham Brett, author of Parenting for Social Change: Transform Childhood, Transform the World. Teresa brings a lifetime of professional teaching and activism at the university level to Kindred's nonprofit mission. She is working with Evelyn to bring to you our webinar series beginning next month. You can listen to my first Fireside Chat podcast with Teresa here. Welcome Teresa! (Read press release.)
Kindred also welcomes Cyrene Schweitzer, a College of William and Mary intern with an international background who will be knocking on your email inboxes and gathering your conscious parenting stories. You will enjoy reading Cyrene's personal story of coming to American as a ten year-old and her immediate impressions of the differences in connection in families from her native culture in Mexico. (Read press release.)
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The Investment Environment
Home > Investment > The Investment Environment > Marine Fishery Resources
Marine Fishery Resources
Located on the southwestern coast of Guangdong Province and rich in fishery resources, Yangjiang City is a major fishery city in Guangdong usually known as 'Fish Warehouse in Guangdong'. Yangjiang City had ranked NO.1 in the province in total output of aquatic products in the successive 9 years. In 2010, the total output reached 1,004,200 tons,increase by 0.25% than last year, the total value of aquatic product is RMB 8.569 billion, increased by 11.09%; And the export value of aquatic product reached about USD 463 million, ranking the second in Guangdong Province. The output of fishery economy reached RMB 11.579 billion, increased by 5.41% than last year. Aquatic product per-captia is 370 kg, which ranks on top in Guangdong Province. It is estimated that the total aquatic production value of the city would reach 2.15 million, which increased by 31% than last year. The total population of the coastal counties (districts) is 1.657 million. There are now 14 coastal towns (offices) with a fishing population of 1. 667 million and 7 fishing harbors, namely Zhapo, Dongping, Shapa, Xitou, Hebei, Duian and Jiangcheng, of which, Zhapo and Dongping are the state-level central fishing ports, Shapa Fishing Ports is listed in national level A fishing ports, thus Yangjiang owns the most state-level fishing ports among the prefecture-level cities in Guangdong. Furthermore, Xitou and Dui'an fishing ports are under the evaluation procedure for raise to state-level central fishing ports. In November 2011, Yangjiang and Yangxi County are appraised respectively as 'China Capital of Oyster' and 'China Hometown of Oyster; Hailing Island is one of the first be appraised as 'national Ocean Park', therefore, our city is with great potentials and advantages to develop marine industries.
I. Rich in marine fishery resources
In our city there are coastlines totaled 458.6km long, including 323.5 km of mainland coastlines and 135.1 km of coastlines on 40 islands. The island coastlines and the mainland coastlines respectively rank the second and the third in the whole province. The sea area is about 12, 300 sq. km., the area of shallow sea and beaches within 20m isobath is about 1, 624 sq. km. of which the area of shallow sea within 10m isobath is 620 sq. km. and the area of beaches is 131 sq. km. Numerous rivers crisscross within the territory of the city, including 5 main rivers flowing into the sea. The coastal ecological environment of great diversity and 8, 000 mu of mangrove forests provide ideal places for fishes and shrimps to propagate and grow. 105 kinds of marine fish species with economic value have been found, and among which more than 20 species can be used for culture. There is rich fresh water resource in the inland area, and the water area available for the development of aquaculture is about 200 sq. km.
II Base for aquiculture has been established
At present, the aquaculture in Yangjiang City has formed a relatively large development scale. The total area of aquaculture has reached 39, 600 hectares, including 24, 400 hectares of sea water fishery that accounting for 23% of the total area of shallow sea and beaches. The output of cultured production has reached 522, 000 tons. A new diversified culture pattern has been created, mainly engaging in the culture of shrimp, oysters, tegillarca granosas, perna viridis, clams and marine fishes, in combination with breeding, nursing and the maintenance as well as gradual development and utilization of the areas on water surface, in water, on seabed along the coast. A number of bases for aquaculture have been set up, among which the ones with relatively larger size include Hailing Bay Shallow Sea Base for Oysters Hanging Culture with Piled Frames, Zhapo Bay Base for Net-Cage Culture, Jiangcheng Base for Tegillarca Culture as well as Jiangcheng Base, Yangxi Base and Yangdong Base for Shrimp Culture, and etc. Species cultured with net-cages mainly include grouper, Sparidae fish, cobia, American redfish and etc., among which, the annual output of grouper has amounted to 7, 381 tons, weever 5, 912 tons, cobia 2, 831 tons, American redfish 2, 884 tons. Yet, oysters' cultivation has become the eye-catching industry, respectively forming Hailing Bay Base with an area of 2, 580 hectares and Beijin Base with an area of 1,000 hectares and the annual output has reached 287, 000 tons. In addition, the nursing and multiplication species living in the sediment also include potamocorbula laevis, hard clam, Scapharca subcrenata, Tegillarca granosa, Diphos Sanguin and etc. The objects of multiplication and nursing at shallow reef sites mainly include echinoderms like purple sea urchins, sea cucumbers and etc., and seashell like Turbinidae, abalone and etc.
In recent years, the culture mode based on higher-place ponds has been vigorously promoted in Yangjiang area, its development tendency is very rapid there are 1, 400 hectares of high water level fishery pools in Yangjiang, some high standard modern high water level fishery pool such as Yangxi Aobo etc. have been set up. Xingzhou Aquatic Products Farm and Yangxi Kangshun Prawn Farm are appraised as province-level farm, and it has set up a large-scale in Guangdong Guangken Yangjiang Fine Breed Breeding Center with annual output of 3 billion prawns. Till April 2010, there are 42 aquaculture farms and among which, 3 have been awarded as provincial-level farms. So far, the annual output of fry surpasses 1, 100 fishes, occupying one third of the total in Guangdong and becoming a key fry base. Pinggang Farm, Yangjiang Jinkaiyuan Aquaculture Development Co., Ltd., Yangxi Hengxing Group, Hailing Island Bases for Aquaculture, Nanyang fishery Company have been successively established, which are all highly standardized, concentrated continuous culture bases for shrimps and tilapias.
A freshwater area of 15, 200 hectares is used for aquiculture and the output of freshwater aquaculture production has reached 87,000 tons, mainly including species like tilapia, eel, grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp, Thailand mud fish, mullet, grouper, soft-shelled turtle, moray eel, raw fish, seven-star fish (channa asiatica), rosenbergii and etc.
Ⅲ.The highest ocean fishing capacity in Guangdong
The power and operation of one single fishing boat in our city rank the first in the whole province. At present, there are total 6, 935 ocean-fishing motor boats in the city, equipped with a total power of 424, 900 kilowatts, covering all kinds of operation methods like trawling, seining, fishing with gill net and etc. In order to achieve the goat of safety, energy-saving and high efficiency for ocean fishery industry, steel-made fishing boats has reached 258 with the total power of 80,531 kilowatts. Three-in-one advanced fishing-aid navigation equipments comprising Global Navigation Satellite System, sea chart and fish detection have been widely equipped for fishing boats with high power (power of 147 kilowatts and above). Over 700 fishing boats often operate in deep/medium seas, with a power accounting for more than 70% of total power of the fishing vessels in the whole city. There are in total 43 ocean going and Naisha Island production ships in the city.Ocean fishery production has reached 363, 000 tons, ranking NO.1 in Guangdong Province. Guangdong Shunxin Oceanic Fishery Co., Ltd has bee cooperated with Guangdong Ocean University in the area of tuna fishery in the Southern Sea.
The ocean fishing mainly cover species like, hairtail, sierra, conger eel, pomfret, mackerel, Japanese amberjack, Chinese herring, porgy, nemipterus virgatus, yellowfin filefish, sleeve fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish (including cuttlefish) and etc.
IV. Great potential in development of aquatic product processing and circulation
There are 45 aquatic product processing enterprises annually reaching a processing capacity of 0. 25 million tons. Total 2 enterprises have passed through the EU certification ,6 aquatic product processing enterprises have passed through American FDA certification, 4 have passed through Russian certification. there are 41 aquatic product import & export grounds that have been certified by Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, with a total area of 5, 139.7 hectares. Farm area of Yangjiang Yongxing High Quality Aquatic Product Farm is 1, 067 hectares, which worth RMB 200 million Yuan. It is the only aquatic farm that has obtained the Qualification for Registered Culture Enterprises in Western Guangdong Province to Provide Hong Kong & Macao with Aquatic Products. Yangjiang Pinghai Aquatic Product Compny's "Pinghai" brand fish meat boll is appraised as a famous brand in Guangdong. At present, there are 7 province-level famous brands in Yangjiang.
In December 2007 Yangjiang Aquatic Product Circulation and Processing Association is established. There are 50 members in the association. So far, there are 11 influential fishery associations and 36 fish man cooperation associations in Yangjiang. These associations have improved the administration of Yangjiang fishery and promoted the development of fishery industry. Yangjiang Yilin Haida Quick Frozen Aquatic Product Co., Ltd is assessed by National Indoctrination Jointing Meeting as one of national leading enterprises. It is the only national agricultural leading enterprises in Yangjiang. There are tin total 1 national agricultural leading enterprise, 4 province-level enterprises and 6 city-level enterprises in Yangjiang. At present, a new pattern of diversified aquatic products for export has been set up in the city, covering numerous species like shrimp, tilapia, eel, sea fish, squid and other species as well as processed, chilled, fresh live seafood, becoming an important aquatic product processing base in Guangdong Province. 6 special aquatic product markets have been established in origin of fishing ports such as Zhapo, Shapa, Dongping, Xitou, Jiangcheng and Duian. The aquatic processing factory of RMB15 million Yuan which is invested by Yangjiang Wanshida Seafood Co., Ltd in New& Hi-tech Zone has been put into use in July 2010. And the Western Guangdong Aquatic Products Logistic Center and Bonded Warehouse of RMB 50 million Yuan that covers an area of 433, 000 sq. km has been started construction in March 2011.
Yangjiang's marine industry has a solid foundation for development and relatively perfect conditions for further development. The marine industry focused on ocean fishery develops rapidly, which has become the pillar industry of the national economy. In the future, we will focus on developing the culture of shrimp, oysters, high-quality seawater/freshwater fishes and ocean fishing in order to form a featured fishery brand as soon as possible. We encourage foreign investors to develop marine product processing and develop marine chemical industry, bio-pharmaceuticals, health-care products, cosmetics and other projects that can lead a group of deep processing projects.


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Why not talk to God?
Yesterday I was staring straight into the abyss of my life. For the first time I saw all the uncertainties and the bad thing was different versions just came rushing to me. It was a very overwhelming feeling, one I had never felt before.
I'm not the type to think things too much but it felt like I had to just think about my life yesterday because it felt like the habit of not really thinking was obviously not working for me since nothing had been going my way and I'm used to having things go my way.
I was just sitting there overwhelmed by my thoughts legit weighing my options whether to use my last card to go and buy alcohol and cigarettes to help stem the thoughts but finally I decided I'd rather watch an English Premier League match that I ended up not watching with that money so I slept instead.
The longest sleep of my life, what I was trying to avoid in real life ran after me in my dream. Finally I woke up and thought to myself, "are you legitimately now stupid? You've weighed different options but you never thought to report your case to God", so I just gingerly knelt beside my bed and told God to fix it. I went back to sleep and had the most peaceful sleep I've had all year and woke up to absolutely no worries because I know this isn't my real life, my real life will come when God breathes life into it so for now whatever life throws at me I will chest it and skillfully do a Neymar.
Moral lesson? Report your case to God not weed, alcohol, cigarettes or whatever other addictions you've developed as a result of running from your problems.


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Rocks and driftwood are the layout materials most characteristic of the Nature Aquarium. The layouts are classified into an iwagumi layout or a driftwood layout depending on the main materials used. However, while an iwagumi layout is one in which only rocks are used as the layout material, a driftwood layout may combine both driftwood and rocks. A combination of driftwood and rocks is quite ffective for expressing a natural feel and a sense of power in a driftwood layout. Although I have produced many layouts that used only driftwood for a layout material in the past, the majority of my recent Nature Aquarium layouts are those that combine driftwood and rocks, with some using more rocks than others. This month I am going to
introduce basic layout methods that
combine rocks and driftwood.
DATAAquarium: Cube Garden Clear W90 x D45 xH45 (cm)Lighting: NA Lamp 32W x 6, turned on for 10hours per dayFilter: Super Jet Filter ES-600 (Bio Rio)Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia, Bright Sand,Power Sand M, Bacter 100, Clear Super,Tourmaline BC, Penac W/for Aquarium, Penac PCO2: Pollen Glass Large 30, 4 bubbles persecond via CO2 Beetle Counter (using Tower/20and CO2 Speed Regulator)Aeration: For 14 hours after the light is turnedoff using Lily Pipe P- 4Additives: Brighty K; Green Brighty STEP2Water Change: 1/3 once a weekWater Quality: Temperature 24ºC, pH 7.0, TH20 mg/lAquatic Plants: Eleocharis acicularis, Eleocharisvivipara, Polygonum sp., Fontinalis antipyreticaFish: Brycinus longipinnis, Otocinclus sp.,Crossocheilus siamensis[Note: The hardware itemized above represents theauthor's specific choices; equivalent results may beobtained with other equipment and accessories—Eds.]
Natural Scenery
The method that incorporates rocks
into a driftwood layout is suitable for
the Nature Aquarium for two reasons.
The first is to express a natural feel in
the layout, a technique that is learned
from observing natural scenery. Driftwood
often gets caught on a rock of a river bank
while it is carried down the river. It is a
familiar scene in nature. Mosses and ferns
eventually attach to such driftwood and
rocks, creating a sense of the passing of
time. Using rocks in combination with
driftwood is more effective than using
driftwood alone for expressing such a
natural feeling in a layout.
Various rivers exist in nature and their
sceneries and conditions differ greatly;
various combinations of rocks and
driftwood are suitable perhaps for this
reason. Not only rounded river rocks but
also any that are used for an iwagumi
layout, such as sharp-edged rocks that look
like they came from a collapsed cliff or lava
rocks with small indentations, can be used.
Since driftwood is the main feature of a
driftwood layout, the shapes and sizes of
accompanying rocks are not as important,
and so the relatively small rocks left over
from an iwagumi layout can be used in
combination with driftwood.
For example, a natural feeling of a
small river in a tropical rainforest can
be expressed by placing relatively small
lava rocks around driftwood, or a cool
refreshing Japanese river bank can be
expressed with a combination of driftwood
and cool-colored Seiryu-seki rocks. The
impression of a layout can be changed
greatly by changing the types of rocks and
driftwood. In addition, rather than planting
aquatic plants in the foreground that tend
to obscure smaller rocks, using cosmetic
sand is suitable to highlight rocks that are
placed around driftwood.
In a layout with driftwood, the power of a
composition is determined by the angle of the
driftwood, which can be delicately adjusted
using rocks.
A layout with a combination of Seiryu-seki stones and driftwood. The sense of unity between rock
and driftwood is created by arranging smaller-sized rocks and placing additional rocks wrapped
with moss between them.
Securing Driftwood
The other reason for combining driftwood
and rocks is to adjust the angle of the
driftwood and secure its position. One of the
basic techniques in the Nature Aquarium
layout method is to use several driftwood
branches in an arrangement, rather than
just one branch, making it easier to create
a powerful layout and increasing your
options for layout variations.
Driftwood appears unnatural if it is placed
either too vertically or too horizontally.
In the early days I arranged driftwood
branches in delicate angles by supporting
one branch with the next. However,
driftwood shifts easily in water, and during
a water change or when rubbing the wood's
surface to remove algae, it tends to move.
After some time, the accumulation of such
small movements will cause the impression
of a layout to change greatly.
Instead, driftwood can be supported by
placing rocks around it or on its base.
Using rocks this way allows more flexibility
in angling the driftwood and stabilizes the
arrangement to prevent it from changing
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"Each year, hundreds of large ships are dismantled in much criticized conditions on the beaches of South Asia. Ships are run aground on tidal mudflats, before low-paid workers – sometimes children – dismantle them, with little personal protective equipment or heavy machinery. The practice has caused dozens of fatalities among the workers, significant pollution to the surrounding environment and populations and it has garnered strong media and NGO attention. Global Trade Union group IndustriAll has called ship breaking "the world's most dangerous job". (1)
- The European Commission
The European Regulation on Ship Recycling ("ESRR") was adopted, and entered into force, on 20 November 2013. The Regulation however provides that EU flagged ships would have to have an Inventory of Hazardous Materials ("IHM"); be surveyed; be certificated; and ships destined for recycling, be recycled in accordance with the new Regulation, from the earlier of; (a) six months after the European List of approved yards reaches a combined capacity of 2.5 million LDT (2); or (b) the end of December 2018.
The first version of the European List of ship recycling facilities ("the European List") was required to be published not later than 31 December, 2016. This List was published on 19 December, 2016 and updated in May 2018. In June of this year, the European List only listed yards situated in Europe with a combined capacity of around 300,000 LDT, a capacity far short of the 2.5 million LDT stipulated in (a) above.
31 December 2018 is however just around the corner and will bring with it the full application of the ESRR, ushering in the requirement for EU flagged ships of 500 gross tonnage (3) and above, to have an IHM, be surveyed, certificated, and recycled in accordance with the ESRR.
The UK P&I Club explains the background to the ESRR, highlights its main provisions and summarises the potential implications of the Regulation on Members trading to, from and within the EU after 31 December 2018.
The Hong Kong Convention 2009
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, adopted on 15 May 2009, was intended to address all the issues around ship recycling, including the fact that ships sold for scrapping may contain environmentally hazardous material.
The Convention prohibits or restricts the installation or use of certain hazardous materials on ships. These hazardous materials include asbestos, ozone-depleting substances, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and anti-fouling compounds and systems. It is a key requirement in the Convention that owners keep an inventory of hazardous materials on board the ship throughout its life–cycle.
The Convention provides for its Parties to take more stringent measures consistent with international law, with respect to the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships, in order to prevent, reduce or minimise any adverse effects on human health and the environment. The Convention has however yet to enter into force as several ship owning and ship recycling countries have yet to ratify it.
The Basel Convention 1989
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal ("the Basel Convention"), was adopted in 1989, and entered into force in 1992. The Convention was designed to control the international movement of hazardous waste, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed countries to less developed countries.
To further strengthen the protection of developing countries, the Convention adopted in 1995 the Basel "Ban Amendment", banning the export of all hazardous wastes for any reason including recycling, from OECD (4) to non-OECD countries.
The Ban Amendment has not yet entered into force internationally but the EU has unilaterally enforced the Ban Amendment in the EU since 2006 through its European Waste Shipment Regulation ("EWSR"). Under the Basel Convention, an end-of-life ship proceeding for demolition falls under the definition of "waste".
The European Waste Shipment Regulation (EWSR) 2006
The EWSR was adopted in 2006. It brought the Basel Convention into EU law by inter alia prohibiting the export of waste for disposal to non-EU countries; the exports of hazardous waste for recovery or disposal to non-OECD countries; the imports of waste from states that are not part of the EU or OECD as well as imposing restrictions and control procedures on exports of waste for recovery to non-EU countries.
EU flagged ships going for dismantling are classified as hazardous waste under the EWSR since they contain hazardous substances. As such they can only be dismantled within OECD countries.
It has been questioned whether ship recycling should be dealt with under the EWSR or whether it would be more appropriate for it to be dealt with under the Hong Kong Convention (once the Convention comes into force) and under the ESRR. The European Commission has in response stated that to "ensure legal clarity and avoid administrative burden, ships covered by the ESRR will be excluded from the scope of the EWSR".
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (ESRR) 2013
The ESRR was adopted to help speed up the ratification process of the Hong Kong Convention both within the EU and in third countries. It implements the requirements under the Hong Kong Convention at EU level, with some additional requirements. The ESRR aims to ensure an efficient and effective solution to unsafe and unsound ship recycling practices in OECD countries and in relevant third countries and to reduce the negative impacts linked to the recycling of ships flying the flag of Member States of the EU.
The ESRR prohibits or restricts the installation or use of hazardous materials referred to in its Annex 1 on ships and each new European ship (or a ship flying the flag of a third country calling at an EU port or anchorage) will be required to have on board an IHM which shall identify at least the hazardous materials referred to in Annex II and contained in the structure of the ship, their location and their approximate quantities.
The ESRR also established the European List of ship recycling facilities. To be included in this List, any ship recycling facility or yard irrespective of its location has to comply with strict requirements. The requirements should achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment that is broadly equivalent to that in the EU. While facilities located in the EU are added to the List when nominated by the national authorities of the Member States, facilities located in third countries have to submit applications to the Commission for assessment. These facilities must also meet a number of requirements such as to accept for recycling ships flying the flag of an EU Member State, only in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
When preparing to send a ship for recycling, ship owners shall:
Ship owners shall ensure that ships destined to be recycled:
The Seatrade Case
Historically, ship owners had systematically evaded the provisions of the EWSR by recycling their ships at facilities located in non-OECD countries due to a lack of ship recycling capacity in OECD countries, but also because the price received for their end-of- life ships is higher in those countries. A ship owner would do this by not declaring at the time of departure from an EU port the ship's true destination and/ or the fact that the ship is to be scrapped at destination; trade the ship outside the EU before scrapping or reflag the ship before the sale. Occasionally, ships in breach of the provisions of the EWSR sailing within EU waters, are detained but it was widely agreed that the EWSR was "unsuccessful, impractical and unenforceable" for regulating ships destined for recycling at yards in non-OECD countries.
In March 2018 however, the Rotterdam District Court found the Dutch shipping company, Seatrade, and two of its directors criminally liable for selling ships to scrap yards in non-OECD countries in breach of the EWSR. The company and the directors were fined up to Eur 750,000. The prosecutors had also asked for prison sentences for the two directors but the directors were instead banned from taking up executive roles at any shipping company for a period of twelve months.
The decision in Seatrade was a surprise to the industry as it was the first time a ship owner had been held criminally liable under the EWSR for the illegal export of ships for scrapping. While Seatrade are appealing this decision to the Court of Appeal in the Hague, the decision has sent a tremor through the industry as it clearly signaled a change in the regulators' attitude in their application of the EWSR. Following on from this case, some 5 EU countries are reportedly investigating similar cases to see if the owners concerned had taken steps to evade compliance with the EWSR.
In the Seatrade case, the prosecution relied inter alia on email evidence which showed that negotiations on the fleet's scrap value and on the removal of valuable equipment and spares took place prior to the voyages from the departing EU ports. The prosecution also heard evidence from the crew that they had been ordered to ensure that the ships had as little fuel and oils on board as possible on arriving at their destinations.
It is anticipated that the more rigorous approach as seen in this case, where the court will thoroughly investigate the decision making process of the ship owner, will be adopted in regulating compliance with the ESRR.
What are the changes coming in after 31 December 2018?
Bellow is a summary of the inter-relationship between the EWSR and the ESRR and of the requirements which may impact on Members post 31 December 2018 as a result of the full implementation of the ESRR.
The above list is not exhaustive and Members are referred to the full text of the ESRR; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32013R1257 and to the European Commission's Environmental webpage; http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/ships/index.htm, for additional information.
After 31 December 2018, two different regimes will apply to ships departing from EU ports for recycling.
For owners of EU flagged ships, there is a real concern that the facilities currently listed on the European List may not have sufficient capacity or expertise to handle all their ships destined for recycling.
Several non-OECD yards have upgraded their yards to meet the requirements of the Hong Kong Convention and have had their yards approved by that Convention. These yards will need to get EU recognition so as to be added to the European List. The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) have urged the EU to include these facilities in the European List as quickly as possible but with days to go before the ESRR enters into full force, it is doubtful that the Commission's vetting and approval process for these yards will be completed timely to ensure immediate availability of sufficient yard capacity.
Another very important date to note is 31 December 2020. After this date, it becomes compulsory for all EU flagged ships, as well as for all non-EU flagged ships calling at EU ports and anchorages, to have onboard an IHM. The non-EU flagged ships must in addition carry a statement of compliance issued by the authorities of the third country whose flag the ship is flying.
Port State Control in the individual member states will inspect ships for compliance with the ESRR. The sanctions regime is to be determined by the individual member states. While the guidelines provided in the Regulation are that penalties imposed - which may be of a civil or administrative nature - should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, considerable variation in the strictness of enforcement and on the level of penalties imposed for non-compliance can nevertheless be expected.
(1) The European Commission's Environmental web page; http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/ships/index.htm,
(2) LDT - light displacement tonnes
(3) See Article 2 of the Regulation for exceptions.
(4) OECD - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Buried in paragraph 40 of the FBI/DOJ justification article presented by the New York Times on behalf of contributing editors James Comey, Sally Yates, Mary McCord, John Brennan and James Clapper, the oft-used intelligence propaganda outlet attempted to bury the lede:
The F.B.I. obtained phone records and other documents using national security letters — a secret type of subpoena — officials said. And at least one government informant met several times with Mr. Page and Mr. Papadopoulos, current and former officials said. That has become a politically contentious point, with Mr. Trump's allies questioning whether the F.B.I. was spying on the Trump campaign or trying to entrap campaign officials. (read more)
In essence what the Deep State apparatchik was/is doing is admitting they conducted a large-scale surveillance operation against their political opposition by weaponizing the most intrusive intelligence gathering capabilities of the federal government. An admission they denied for the previous 18 months….
And somehow, we are supposed to be ok with this. Well, that's their story, and they're sticking to it. Ultimately they have no choice. If the participating members don't justify their endeavors there's a strong likelihood of shiny new steel bracelets.
Oddly enough, the target of the corrupt intelligence enterprise is not too pleased:
From the justification outline the conspiracy crew focused on using the national security apparatus to target: •Michael Flynn; according to the article under Flynn was under surveillance since 2015 because he took a trip to Russia; •Campaign and Delegate Manager Paul Manafor because he did business with Ukraine; and two unpaid low level staff "volunteers" •Carter Page and •George Papadopoulos.
Oddly, and damned sure not coincidentally, Carter Page was an FBI asset in March of 2016 and yet somehow by October the same year he was a foreign agent, acting on behalf of mother Russia, and deserving of a FISA Title-1 Surveillance Warrant to ensure every second of every move was tracked and monitored as if he was an activated terrorist en-route to the detonation site:
In 2013 the U.S. Department of Justice, Southern District of New York, announced an indictment against a Russian Operative Evgeny Buryakov. LINK HERE In March of 2016 Buryakov pleaded GUILTY: Carter Page was an FBI cooperating asset in 2013, and remained the primary FBI witness through May of 2016 throughout the duration of the Buryakov case.
If Carter Page was an FBI asset and witness, responsible for the bust of a high level Russian agent in 2013, and remained so throughout the court case UP TO May of 2016, how the f**k it is possible that on October 21st, 2016, Carter Page is put under a FISA Title-1 surveillance warrant as an alleged Russian agent?
Conclusion: He wasn't.
The DOJ National Security Division and the FBI Counterintelligence Division, knew he wasn't a Russian agent. The DOJ-NSD and FBI flat-out LIED to the FISA court.
Now, go back to the March 2016 DOJ Press Release of the guilty pleading for Evgeny Buryakov, announced from the New York office:
…"Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced"…
Because "FISA Title-I" surveillance authority against a U.S. citizen is so serious (the U.S. government is essentially calling the target a spy), only a few people are authorized to even apply for such surveillance warrants.
One of the four people authorized to make such a filing is the Asst. Attorney General who is head of the National Security Division of the DOJ. At the time that person was John P Carlin. The same John P Carlin who worked with the FBI counterintelligence unit, conscripted Carter Page as an FBI asset/witness, gained a guilty plea, then turned around six months later accuses their star witness of being a Russian Spy?
Think about this?
Apply common sense.
Why? Likely because the DOJ-National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) and FBI Counterintelligence needed to find a legal way to spy on the Trump campaign. The 2016 FISA Title 1 surveillance of former FBI employee Carter Page became that legal way. ["The Insurance Policy"]
In October of 2016, at approximately the same time the DOJ was making the FISA Court filing against Page, and successfully gaining the surveillance warrant, Asst. Attorney General John P Carlin resigned as head of the DOJ-NSD. –SEE HERE– Did Carlin resign in protest? or, did Carlin resign knowing he too had served a larger purpose?
With John Carlin gone, immediately after admitting to FISA(702)(16)(17) search abuses, the surveillance application filed by the DOJ to the FISA Court was signed by Sally Yates.
Sally Yates previously denied the DOJ Inspector General any oversight over the DOJ National Security Division. {SEE HERE} Huh,… funny that.
Responding to a 2015 request by the DOJ Office of Inspector General, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the internal watchdog they cannot investigate the National Security Division. That's right, there was essentially no oversight on any activity happening inside the NSD.
In 2015 the OIG requested oversight and it was Sally Yates who responded with a lengthy 58-page legal explanation saying, essentially, 'nope – not allowed.' (PDF HERE) All of the DOJ is subject to oversight, except the NSD.
So where does this leave us?…
Occam's Razor: The FISA Title I surveillance authority over Carter Page was cover, most likely retroactive cover, for the DOJ and FBI conducting surveillance on the Trump campaign. Previous to the October 21st, 2016, FISA Warrant the FBI was limited to using illegal searches of FISA(702)(16)(17) FBI and NSA databases {see here}; and according to the New York Times: "National Security Letters".
National Security Letters are a type of administrative subpoena designed to allow the FBI to access the records of people suspected of being foreign agents. Section 505 of the Patriot Act expanded the FBI's ability to use these subpoenas: FBI agents now only have to state that the information sought is "relevant" to a national security investigation in order to obtain sensitive financial, communications and other personal records. The letters are issued by FBI field offices and are not subject to judicial oversight. Recipients of these letters are under a gag order. (link)
The DOJ-National Security Division and FBI Counterintelligence Unit didn't care about Carter Page because to them he was a useful tool. It wasn't Page they needed, per se', they just needed someone, anyone, who had contact with the Trump campaign that they could apply the label "foreign agent" upon.
How did they enhance that appearance?
Remember the Peter Strzok trip to London?
The source of John Brennan's "Electronic Communication", which initiated the July 31st, 2016, origination authority of the FBI Counterintelligence operation, is likely FBI and CIA operative Stefan Halper a foreign policy expert and Cambridge professor with connections to the CIA and its British counterpart, MI6.
[Stefan] Halper met campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page at a July 2016 symposium held at Cambridge regarding the upcoming election, Page told TheDCNF. The pair remained in contact for several months. (link)
Stefan Halper posesses a very specific set of skills from all of his prior work within politics and the intelligence community. Halper was in contact with every official and entity in the set-up; and Halper was in the right places at the times when all of these set-up meetings and issues took place.
Stefan Halper connects to the same circle of intelligence operatives Christopher Steele used for his sketchy Dossier construct. Halper's role looks simple: make the low-level Trump campaign aides appear dirty… the CIA would relay that information to the FBI; and the FBI counterintelligence unit (Agent Peter Strzok) would take it from there.
The DOJ/FBI just needed someone they could position to gain the FISA "Title I" surveillance approval that would retroactively make all prior sketchy campaign surveillance legal. Carter Page and George Papadopoulos checked the right boxes.
Page didn't need to be a "plant" or a willing "participant", he was carrying surveillance authority like an Ebola virus and transmitting it onto everyone he contacted. Both Page and Papadopoulos were useful for the corrupt intelligence apparatus because they could attach a label to them and justify their surveillance and monitoring. Nothing more.
Clear enough?
Carter Page testified to the House Intelligence Committee that DOJ-FBI officials leaked his identity, his role in the Buryakov case, to the media. This is confirmation from Page himself that he was an FBI asset and witness.
(Source Link – Page. #19 House Intelligence Testimony pdf)
Stefan Halper's role looks simple: make the low-level Trump campaign aides appear dirty… the CIA would relay that information to the FBI; and the FBI counterintelligence unit (Agent Peter Strzok) would take it from there.


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Podcast #25 – Retrieval2014 & ArranResilience with Dr David R. Hogg
A quick catch up with Dr David Hogg, one of the Directors of BASICS Scotland, tentative user of FOAMEd (send him your recommendations for FOAMed sites via twitter @DavidRHogg – I'll kick off with lifeinthefastlane.com dontforgetthebubbles.com, foam4GP.com and of course resus.me)
You can read more bio on David via last months podcast (Podcast No #24 – Rural Connectivity & Scottish Prehospital Care)
As well as being a top chap, rural GP and significant involvement in rural prehospital care, Dav id is part of the Arran Resilience project to help facilitate interagency cooperation on the Isle of Arran – with a budget of hot tea and choccie biscuits!
Have a listen to the podcast or click HERE to download mp3
…then check out the ArranResilience website & watch the ArranResilience video below
PODCAST #24 – Rural Connectivity & Scottish Prehospital Care
In this podcast, I am joined by another Island doc – Dr David Hogg is based on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. He edits the very slick ruralgp.com website and is one of the Directors of BASICS Scotland.
David is based on the Isle of Arran, Scotland – with 5000 off locals and a huge tourist influx, his work encompasses not just primary care but also prehospital care.
Unlike Australia, where there is NO formalised involvement of rural doctors in PHEC nationally(*), Scotland (and indeed the rest of UK) recognise the value of having additional expertise on the scene, even before retrieval services arrive (Scottish EMRS are a slick unit).
* South Australia has the RERN system (rural emergency responder network) with rural doctors who can value add to prehospital responses, mostly by volunteer ambulance crews, before expert retrieval services arrive on scene.
In this podcast we discuss
– rural practice, similarities of Scotland and Australia
– the work of BASICS and the Sandpiper trust
– use of smartphones to enable GPS-localisation of BASICS assets
– need for connectivity, both at local level (mobile/net access) and for FOAMed
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EMRS (Emergency Medical Retrieval Scotland)
This case is inspired by listening to the RAGE podcast #2 – if you haven't already listened, do so ASAP (download from iTunes) or click here.
RAGE = Resuscitationists Awesome Guide to Everything and is a nice 60 min or so podcast full of clinical pearls. Rural doctors may be wondering what relevance this has for them? Experienced rural docs know that 'critical illness does not respect geography' and it pays to be aware of useful tips and pearls.
So here's today's case, one which I'm also working though with the PRCC students attached to Kangaroo Island in 2014 in sim and theory. Then listen to RAGE podcast #2
The setting, as always, is a small rural ED in Australia. Transfer times are 60 mins by rotary wing, 2 hours by fixed wing (airstrip is remote from clinic and requires ambulance transfer by volunteer crews).
Facilities include small resus bay with point-of-care INR, proBNP and Chem 4/Chem 8 iStat, CXR (but you have to take the radiograph yourself), and the usual resus drugs, 2 lead ECG, telemetry, adrenaline as sole inotrope etc. There's an old Oxylog 2000 plus transport ventilator. There is also an old SonoSite Titan ultrasound unit with linear and curvilinear transducers. Nearest CT scanner is 300 km away.
A 54 yo obese patient presents complaining of acute shortness of breath, approx 2 hours duration. She complains of pain on inspiration and feels unwell. She denies prodromal symptoms such as fever, chills, sputum. She is a smoker, on HRT and tells you that she flew in from London 5 days ago.
Q1 : What are possible causes of her acute dyspnoea? What key features on history and examination will help you decide?
Q2 : What are appropriate & available tests that may guide your management?
Q3 : Her ECG is as below. What does it show and what are your options?
Q4 : 30 mins later her SBP drops to 88/50 and remains so despite 2 x 250ml fluid load. HR 123 a/fib. Spo2 94% 15l via NRB. Apyrexic.
Results (iStat) show : Hb 145, pO2 63 mmHg, pCO2 33 mmHg, Aa gradient 24 mmHg, lactate 2.9, glu 6.2
What next?
Sadly the retrieval service are tied up with other urgent tasks in the State. They reckon they can get a physician-paramedic crew to you in 90 minutes via fixed wing at the earliest. Meanwhile she remains hypoxic, hypotensive and tachycardic. She looks grey and unwell and about to die…
Would you consider thrombolysis?
If so, what criteria or other tests would guide you?
Over to you…
PODCAST #23 – Emergency Trauma Mx with Andy Buck @EDexam
I have just got back from Melbourne, where I attended the new EMERGENCY TRAUMA MANAGEMENT course. I was deadset keen to attend this, as I intuitively feel that organisers Dr Amit Maini (EDTCC.com) & Dr Andy Buck (EDexam.com.au) are seeking to bring the same level of FOAMed goodness to Emergency medicine as I am via the RURAL MEDICINE MASTERCLASS. Over and above that, the new ETM Course takes attendees to places that aren;t covered on the usual 'merit badge' courses. I am a Course Director for EMST-ATLS and have become increasingly frustrated that the College of Surgeons content does not meet the needs of modern trauma teams.
A full report will be forthcoming shortly via Dr Jeram Hyde (@CriticalHabits), but for me highlights included :
- a credible and experienced Faculty who facilitated short lectures and hands on skill sessions
- use of high rep, low fidelity simulation involving team work
- coverage of relevant FOAMed topics inc NODESAT apnoeic diffusion oxygenation, Vortex cognitive aid, airway planning & checklists, controversies around C spine management, ED thoracotomy. Heck, we even touched on REBOA…
- excellent location and catering, plus a chance to have drinks on the first night.
Bottomline? This is an excellent course for registrars in EM, ICU & anaesthesia who have to manage trauma. It will also be highly relevant to experienced rural doctors and emergency physicians looking for a refresher. The use of early involvement in sim and graded layering of escalating scenarios from simple to complex was a welcome change to the EMST-ATLS courses on which I instruct.
I was delighted to be invited to the instructors dinner and be invited to instruct on ETM in the future.
There's lots more to tell and I am sure Jeram will cover this in due course. But for the meanwhile have a listen to a quick 25 min podcast between Andy Buck and myself on the genesis of ETM and future plans. Sadly Amit was too shy to join us – I hope to tempt the little fella to Kangaroo Island, but have learned that my idle mention of the KI tiger snake was not well received …
On to the podcast :
PODCAST #22 – Chatting to 'Angry Ambulance Driver' Rob Simpson
Just caught up with Rob Simpson, author of the excellent AMBOFOAM blog and all round nice chap. We last met at smacc2013 and Robbie was kind enough to pick me up from Tullamarine Airport after I flew into Melbourne for the forthcoming ETM course.
The trade off was war stories exchanged over a fine meal at a fancy French restaurant. Nice how FOAMed brings relative strangers together (or, as Robbie stated 'internet dating really works'). What happens in Melbourne, stays in Melbourne…
Rob is a MICA paramedic with Ambulance Victoria and has a wealth of experience both as solo rapid responder in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, and as tasking coordinator in comms. His podcasts on matters such as cardiac arrest, handover and prehospital care are well worth a listen…bringing insightful and thoughtful commentary from our paramedic colleagues. Much to learn from these guys who do a tough job…
We talk here about paramedic RSI, the introduction of ketamine to the service, prehospital CPAP and shared reservations about PALM (pharmacologically-assisted laryngeal mask). The latter has been coined FACE-PALM by Cliff Reid 'For Airway Challenged Enthusiasts – Pharmacologically Assisted Laryngeal Mask')
PODCAST #21 – Dr Jamie Doube from Tacloban to Antarctica
Just caught up with former KIDoc, Dr Jamie Doube – Jamie is special for doing his GP registrar years in part on Macquarie Island with the Australian Antarctica Division as both Station Doctor but also as a major player in the program there to eradicate rabbits from this pristine environment.
He is way to humble to mention that he got the Antarctica Medal in 2011 for this work. He is also a useful doctor – trained as both rural & remote doctor, plus GP-surgeon and GP-anaesthetist. Not sure if I can convince him to get the trifecta of GP-obstetrics…
Jamie was with me on KI when he got the call to be part of Team Alpha as part of the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AusMAT) response to the 'super-typhoon' that decimated the Philipines in November.
AusMAT is one of a number of agencies, both Govt and NGO, who respond to disasters. Ironically AusMAT training had occurred on Kangaroo Island the week prior, but this exercise was no comparison to the Philipines disaster response.
You can read more about AusMAT and the Australian National Critical Care Response Centre below.
I spoke to Jamie last week after he got back – and he sounded buggered after some extraordinary work in Tacloban treating victims.
But since then he's been off on another adventure, as part of the Australian Antarctica Division response to a helicopter crash on the ice with three seriously injured expeditioners. The sheer logistics of retrieving survivors from a crevasse-laden ice field, using a variety of aircraft, to the nearest AAD Base and then transfer to an airstrip is phenomenal – a five day retrieval of over 5000km. By all reports the expeditioners are doing well, a credit to the expertise of the AAD. No doubt an ATSB report will be released in due course – but to survive a crash on a remote ice field is impressive.
Have a listen to Jamie talk about his experiences
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PODCAST #20 – Dr Helgi Johannsson – Wrongfooted by Checklists
It was a pleasure to catch up with Icelander-turned Londoner Dr Helgi Johannsson regarding the 'Wrongfooted' case.
Helgi is a prolific blogger – using Social Media to disseminate both useful nuggets of clinical information under the #TGDed hashtag (trauma gas education) and also occasional trash tweets on the weekend. Follow him at @TraumaGasDoc.
I was intrigued by the 'Wrongfooted' case posted by Helgi – a classic case of the WHO checklist not being used properly. Several important lessons from this case, not least the need to use checklists appropriately … and the power of Social Media to disseminate important safety messages. Contrast this with the failure to disseminate safety lessons from a nearly identical case, as articulated subsequently by medical director Dr Dermot O'Riordan – the frustration being that the lessons learned from Dermot's case weren't made available to a wider audience.
Clearly 'Wrongfooted' has penetrated deeply – over 10,000 views to date – awesome! Helgi even goes so far as to suggest that SoMe will be the preferred way of disseminating info on critical incidents in the future.
Helgi also raises the issue of online identities – the UK's General Medical Council insists that doctors blog under their own names – which may cause difficulty if highlighting contentious issues or "whistleblowing". Food for thought in any SoMe policy.
Listen to the podcast by clicking HERE
One thing puzzled me – despite the lessons of 'Wrongfooted', Helgi reckons he's never used a checklist for eg: RSI. Instead there is institutional resilience through ensuring that the environment is suitable – using same kit in the resus room as in theatre, and mandating that any RSI 'on the floor' utilises a trained ODP from theatre [note to non-UK readers – ODP is a trained operating department practitioner].
Whilst I am all in favour of minimising error through appropriate kit and staff, it strikes me that during an anaesthetic crisis or whilst performing a technically complex procedure such as RSI (where consequences of error are severe) is exactly the time a checklist SHOULD be used! Under pressure, perhaps distracted by other factors, relying on expertise may be enough – until a simple mistake (omitting to connect O2, forgetting suction, wrong dose induction agent) causes catastrophe. We've got 3-4 minutes to preoxygenate in RSI – a 60 s challenge response checklist should be used. Similarly in a crisis, use checklists. Moreover, using a checklist ensures a shared mental model of what is about to happen – and sets us up perfectly for dealing if an unexpected crisis occurs (CICO).
I'll be raving on about this at smaccGOLD in a debate with Minh le Cong …. "real airway docs don't need checklists" – I'm arguing in favour of CLs, Minh against.
Come along and see the debate…
Meanwhile, you can download some anaesthetic crisis checklists HERE or browse the resources here


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The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, received the biggest surprise of his adult life last week.
Without any prior sign of the evolution of her views on self-determination, Aisha Buhari dramatically subscribed to the motto of Kanu's secessionist movement that President Muhammadu Buhari had tried so hard to shoot dead and ''crush.''
The wife of the president virtually apologized to the irredentist for her husband's persecution of the Biafran activist. She pulled Kanu close and kissed it better.
Aisha borrowed from someone who borrowed Kanu's pejorative metaphor of Nigeria as an Orwellian zoo and mainstreamed the taboo caricature. By so doing, she amplified the dystopian portrait of Nigeria as a ridiculous, civilization-free jungle, a thriving Hobbesian virgin land, with a pecking order that makes the weak the legitimate food of the strong.
Aisha had not meant to file for ideological divorce. But, when she tacked on her supportive addendum to Senator Shehu Sani's Facebook post which allegorized Nigeria as a messy Animal Farm and 'shared' it, she effectively aligned herself with the leitmotif of the Biafra 2.0 cause. She identified with the case against the sub-human ecosystem of Nigeria. She echoed the rallying cry of Kanu's phenomenal personality cult.
Senator Sani presented the irreverent fable as a commentary on the present situation of the Nigerian polity. However, Aisha embraced the post because the essay in pathetic fallacy resonated with her. The allegory spoke to the pain and powerlessness in the pit of her stomach. She watches the ''jackals and hyenas'' frolicking on her husband's lawn and she regrets that has no authority to stun them.
It is understandable that the highly privileged Aisha feels like one of the weaker animals of Nigeria. She is unarguably the most disempowered first lady since May, 1999. Unlike Stella Obasanjo, Turai Yar'Adua and Patience Jonathan who were allowed the liberty to cultivate dominant public personas from the reflected glory of their husbands, Muhammadu had forbidden her from wielding the aura of the spouse of the president. He decreed that she was to remain a wife, not to comport herself as an alternate president.
Last year, while the president was in Germany on a state visit, Aisha lamented, in a BBC interview, that her husband's administration had been hijacked by a gang of strange intimates that brought nothing to the table. It was the public ventilation of the bedroom counsel her husband would not heed.
Buhari responded with a sexist brickbat. Standing beside Chancellor Angel Merkel, he tactlessly answered that he would not condescend to address the substance of his own wife's critique because Aisha had embarrassed him by overstepping her bounds. She belonged in ''my kitchen, my living room and the other room.'' In other words, she was wrong to presume that her experience of managing a beauty parlour qualified her to offer unsolicited advice on the sophisticated subject of statecraft!
With Buhari's protracted sick leave increasingly amplifying the merit of her initial grumble, Aisha felt she had a bounden duty to reiterate her point. This time, though, she betted that Buhari would not shame her. She made bold to claim that her ''Lion King'' of a husband, upon his return, would drive away ''the jackals and hyenas'' with a royal roar.
Well, that's wishful thinking. The jackals and hyenas would never get 'a quit notice' from Buhari. Those animals that Aisha would gladly put to sleep are her husband's pets.
Those ''hyenas and jackals'' that Aisha can't stand are her husband's chosen company. He cherishes them. He would rather muzzle her than serve her their heads on a platter.
The jackals and hyenas run ''the kingdom'' on his behalf. They are his surrogates. He ceded power to them.
Except he has been transformed by some epiphany or angelic revelation, it is most unlikely that Buhari would return from London and start a bush meat hunt of the jackals and hyenas.
Aisha's husband loathes his responsibility as the head of the government. He abdicated his presidency early in the day for that same reason. Buhari took office without the irreducible minimum energy and passion a president needs to make a mark. Campaigning for the position seemed to have so burnt him out that he decided he deserved to use the entirety of his four year term to recoup.
Buhari's laxity has always been the main bane of his government. His malleable passivity created a conspicuous vacuum of presidential absenteeism. He is the president who elicited the scornful question, ''who is the presidency?'', from his own appointed aide? Buhari trumps Goodluck Jonathan in fecklessness!
The count of the days Buhari has spent away from his job is a mere arithmetic exercise. His presence has never had much of an impact. He has always been either an acquiescent pawn or a passive spectator in his own government. He flinches from leading from the front. His philosophy is that a duly constituted government should run on its own accord. He need not provide influence or exert influence.
Buhari is most absent when he is present. And he is most present when he is absent. His physical presence minimizes his due relevance. He becomes powerful when he grows sick, travels abroad and becomes a pampered puppet in the hands of his cabal of closest aides. His sick leave energizes an unscripted power play that somewhat magnifies the negligible significance of his person.
Every leader needs the basic quality of inner self-assuredness that radiates outward as gravitas. That's what makes the leader a leader. Even Donald Trump, the flamboyant buffoon, has it.
President Buhari lacks that innate value. It's hard to pinpoint whether his deficiency derives from inferiority complex or his fatalist worldview. But Buhari, both in his earlier incarnation as a military head of state and his second advent as president, is most content to serve as an exalted, apathetic non-leader.
Aisha hopes that her husband will return and retake ''the kingdom.'' Buhari is not that knight of her dream. He cannot thrust himself into a challenging command of events. He cannot disrupt his inertia. It's not just not in him to take the reins.
Moreover, it's too late for Buhari to make up the leeway. The sun has already set on his era. He wasted the first half of his term which was his narrow window of opportunity to shape his government and execute his agenda. He trivialized his historic invitation to be a transformational leader.
The country has now devolved into a campaign playground. The jackals and the hyenas are jockeying for a place in the sun in 2019.
Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu
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"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." (Heb 13: 2)
In Mormon thought, there is no distinction between humans and angels. Angels are humans who have lived and are now glorified messengers of God, or else humans who have yet to live and fulfill specific missions on earth as part of their premortal existence.
Whenever we offer hospitality for another, then, we are always entertaining angels. Because of their mortal covering, though, how often do we do so unaware?
Thanks to Paul Bindel for making me think of this today.


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The Anne Barge Bridal collection has announced a new collection Curve Couture featuring gowns in U.S. bridal sample sizes 16-20, a radical + refreshing change from the existing size 4-8 samples in stores and rotating on trunk shows now. According to company president Shawne Jacobs, this new endeavor is a response to demand from retailers across the U.S. with clientele seeking high-end bridal couture in sizes 16-20.
The White Dress By The Shore is hosting an Anne Barge Curve Couture Trunk show February 2nd-4th by appointment. The trunk show will consist of 15 best-selling styles from past and current collections! Call the boutique to make an appointment today – 860.669.4596


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Put the 9-11 Mastermind on Trial in Otisville!
Give him a clean shirt and ship his ass off to Otisville
I'm delighted to read today that Mayor Bloomberg has seen the light, and is now against the simply awful idea of trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed in lower Manhattan.
Sure, he was right that trying the Sept. 11 mastermind at the scene of his crimes had a certain panache--and it would be even nicer to execute him there, preferably by something slow--but it just would disrupt the city too much.
I like the idea, suggested by the local community board, to try him at a military base or perhaps the federal prison at Otisville in upstate New York. I especially like the Otisville idea.
Otisville was one of the places that was considered for Bernie Madoff. He wasn't sent there--he wound up in North Carolina--but Otisville is known as one of the repositories for a number of the Wall Street mob defendants. I like the idea of Mohammed being exposed to these particular exemplars of American capitalism, if at all possible. Perhaps they'll teach him a thing or two about stock swindling or IPOs? A new career for New York's favorite jihadist!
Or maybe they'll teach him about naked short selling, and then Overstock.com's crazy CEO Patrick Byrne will really have some to crow about. (And maybe become a neighbor, at the rate he's going.)
Hopefully, after conviction, the feds will give some thought to the "slow execution" idea I broached above. Just a suggestion.
© 2010 Gary Weiss. All rights reserved.
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Canada provides to Ukraine significant financial support and trainings in various fields. In addition, the country offers operations for Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in the east of Ukraine. The visit of the 5th mission of Canadian doctors to Ukraine will take place on February 24 – March 5th, announced Krystina Waler, director of humanitarian initiatives at Canada Ukraine Foundation (Canada), at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. "The team of Canadian and American surgeons and nurses together with their Ukrainian colleagues will hold training workshops and operate soldiers wounded in the east of Ukraine," she noted.
Types of operations
The mission will conduct craniofacial plastic surgery and upper limbs surgery. During the first two days the mission will select patients. "We will select those who really need this operation in that period of time. Sometimes the patient does not need an operation, sometimes it is better for him to wait one or two month," explained Igor Fedirko, Colonel of Medical Service, Director of the Craniofacial Surgery and Dentistry Clinic at the Ministry of Defense Main Clinical Military Hospital.
The patients who were operated by the previous missions of Canadian doctors are invited as well for repeated examination. Patients willing to sign up are welcome to call +380 (95) 435 30 33, +380 (97) 00 555 45.


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Amended Maritime Agreements Filed
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued notice that the following amended agreements have been filed. Interested parties may submit comments by Dec. 29.
West Coast MTO Agreement (APM Terminals Pacific Ltd., California United Terminals Inc., Eagle Marine
Services Ltd., Everport Terminal Services Inc., International Transportation Service Inc., Long Beach Container Terminal Inc., Trapac Inc., Total Terminals LLC, West Basin Container Terminal LLC, Yusen Terminals Inc., Pacific Maritime Services LLC, SSA Terminals LLC, and SSA Terminal (Long Beach) LLC) – The amendment deletes Seaside Transportation Service LLC as a party to the agreement.
Oakland MTO Agreement (Everport Terminal Services Inc., Ports America Outer Harbor Terminal LLC, SSA Terminals LLC, SSA Terminals (Oakland) LLC, and Trapac Inc.) – The amendment deletes Seaside Transportation Service LLC as a party to the agreement.


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The Cappuccino Paleta filled with Crème Chantilly is Gelato recipe made with bold italian espresso beans filled with crème Chantilly, a more elegant and delicate version of whipped cream.
This is one of our greatest recipes, different from any competitor we really take care of the coffee cream making process. First we make coffee in our Italian espresso machine, with the finest coffee beans, then we use an old Gelato recipe we learned in Sicily, this recipe includes milk but also egg yolk as the special ingredient to make a soft cream during the pasteurization process. This cream mixed with coffee while warming is what really makes a good coffee ice cream.
Then we make the perfect coffee base for cappuccino, this is when we fill it with the Chantilly Cream, which similar to whipped cream, but thicker and sweet.
For those who love coffee, this is a perfect Paleta, it can be dipped with white or dark chocolate and then peanuts or almonds for a final great touch.


text: The Master's Thesis is required for all students who matriculated into the MSN program prior to the Fall 2017 semester. Summary of the Thesis Project OptionsThe thesis requirement can be satisfied by successfully completing one of three available options: the research project, the clinical project, or a grant proposal. The individual's interest and topic should drive the decision as to which option is the best choice. For each option, a final report written according to the WPU Department of Nursing standards and APA format, is submitted for evaluation and grading. Additional information on each option follows in subsequent sections. The Research Project allows the student to develop a proposal and in some cases to complete a research project. The proposal fully describes the study to be conducted. The student may carry out the research design including data collection and data analysis. The Clinical Project provides the opportunity to develop a meaningful clinical project of research-based clinical protocol related to patient care, administration or education. Using consultation to identify a clinical nursing problem, the student designs and in some cases institutes a clinical protocol or care delivery system, etc. The Grant Proposal allows the student to develop the skill of grant writing. Grants will be written to address a clinical, management, or educational problem. Students will identify the source of the funding and meet the criteria proposed by the funding agency. Additional criteria may be added by the thesis advisor to make this comparable to the above options. THESIS SEMINAR, NUR 7031This one-credit, pass/fail course provides the formal process of review and advisement for the Master's Thesis. Each course section will be limited to 3 students. The student will pass this course when the agreed upon objectives and the following criteria are fulfilled. The course may be retaken two times.


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Consider the Audience What is the guest age range? Will parents stick around for the festivities or is this a drop-off affair? A wide range of ages may be best entertained by a variety of activities. A#1 points out that, "a puppet show might be great entertainment for a 3 year old, but a 15 year old would do better with extreme mini sports, karaoke, glitter tattoos, airbrushing, age appropriate crafts, or henna tattoos." The folks at Fun-O-Rama Parties of Atlanta find that the most memorable kids' parties get everyone involved. "The kids' parties that really stand out where everyone has a blast are the ones where the adults join in with their kids in the activities, loosen up and have fun! When clients understand we are performers, artists, and entertainers but not babysitters their expectations will be exceeded!" If you want your child's party to be a multi-generational affair then don't be shy; mention the entertainment on the invitation and encourage parents to attend.
Pinning Down the Details Make sure to factor in sufficient time for your entertainment to set up and break down, and provide them with a schedule of events. If you are planning an outdoor party then have a contingency plan for rain, either an indoor venue or a rain date. Moon On The Water Entertaining: Clowns, Pirates & More of Carteret, New Jersey makes a point of touching on these concerns to streamline the process and anticipate any surprises. "It is always great when hosts ask what performers need to maximize performance and decrease set-up and break down time. For example, providing table and chairs for a face painter or balloon artist, and space for active games or a magic show in advance really helps." You will get the most mileage out of your entertainment by setting the stage for them before their arrival. MoonOnTheWater also offers rain date insurance, allowing the hosts to book an alternate date in case of inclement weather. Be sure to ask prospective talent if they provide such an option.
Setting Priorities As Fun-O-Rama Parties of Atlanta, GA points out, when you close your eyes and think back on a party, you won't remember the napkin you used to wipe your mouth. Instead, you'll remember the games, the face painting, the mind-blowing magic show or the great live music. If you are trying to stick to a budget, go for simple paper goods and invitations and get the most out of your entertainment dollars to make wonderful memories for the guest of honor, kids and parents who join in your celebration.
Further Reading GigMasters has other plenty of other performers that could be perfect for your child's party such as Live Animals, Juggler, Mime, Temporary Tattoo Artist and Ventriloquist.
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Review: Dan John's 10K swings workout
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I posted about Dan John's 10k swings workout in Yahoo.ph a couple of weeks back. I was in day 5 when I posted that entry and now, I'm finally done with this workout. Man, 10,000 swings are a lot of hip extensions and my butt (although a lot… Read more


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This afternoon, vet Chris Carpenter was on the hill against Pirate puppy Brad Lincoln. And at least today, youth was served as the Bucs chased Carpenter while Lincoln was strong in a 7-0 Pittsburgh win.
It was a pitching duel over three innings, with the Bucs clinging to a 1-0 lead. Josh Harrison brought home Garrett Jones, who had doubled, in the second while Lincoln faced just nine hitters, needing only 30 pitches to shut down the Redbirds.
The Pirates batted around in the fourth to take charge of the game. McCutch led off with a double, and an out later, Walker walked. Jones doubled in McCutch, and Harrison ripped an 0-2 single to bring in a pair. He came in on a two out double by Lincoln, and the Bucs had a 5-0 lead.
Pittsburgh added on in the fifth when The Pittsburgh Kid drilled his eleventh homer of the year. Lincoln had to dodge bullets in the fifth and sixth, but dodge them he did.
He left a pair on in the fifth, and his lead off walk as a batter in the sixth turned into the Pirates' seventh run when McCutch brought him home with a two out knock. In the bottom half, Bad Brad recorded the first two outs easily before the middle of the order came to life. Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday singled, followed by a walk to Lance Berkman. Lincoln reached back and K'ed Skip Schumaker with a curve.
That would be the day for Lincoln. He went six frames, giving up six hits with four whiffs and a walk, throwing 88 pitches. He had to grind out the last two frames, but overall Bad Brad threw strikes instead of nibbling and worked the inside half of the plate to notch his first win of the 2011 season.
The final three frames played out quietly, with D-Mac and Chris Resop combining for three innings of one hit ball to bring the Bucs home a winner.
Harrison and Jones had three knocks each, and McCutch added a pair. The Bucs try to earn a split tomorrow when Jeff Karstens takes on Kyle Lohse.
- Today's shutout was the Pirate staff's eleventh of the year, the most put together in a season since 2004.
- Evan Meek is continuing his rehab at Indy now, and is on track to rejoin the club in September.
- Tim Williams of Pirates Prospects has an end-of-the-year report on Luis Heredia, the Bucs' 16 year old Latino signee.


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This a major problem for many gamers who want to play latest games but the configuration of there system does not allow them to do that…So they leave the game and will keep on searching for tools whether they can play any game without a graphic card or they will search a game which suits there system configuration..For them i have a wonderful alternative where you can play any latest game without a graphic card and this is totally free and harmless…So lets take a look at the software which makes this possible..
The application is called as 3d analyzer and it helps any game to increase the effects of graphics through its functionality and makes any game work like a charm.So what is 3d analyzer and how does it work will be discussed below now.
3d analyzer is very easy to use and all you have to do everytime is to open the application and press on select and then choose the .exe game file from destination and run it. Take a screenshot of how the application looks like
As you can see all the options are blank as of now, they will be opened when we select any game and run it.For example i have installed a game in c drive and now want to open the game through 3d analyzer i have to click on select and open the game file from here.After that we can see all the options available for you to select the requirements which you need
. As you can see that i have selected a game and applied some settings for the game to perform well where i can ch af0 oose a lot of requirements to set according to my needs and use it further. After selecting the game all you have to see the requirements of the game which you want to play and set the options here. If the game requires some additions features like 2.0 pixel shader and etc..you can change here and then run the game successfully.
3d analyzer can perform the following options and are really executed well if done perfectly.This application will load direct x 9.0 options. and make sure you have installed a latest direct x version before you run any game.
1) Performance – Where you can change the game performance sections like textures, resolutions, renders buffer and etc.
2) Pixel and Vertex Shader – This is most important part because high games need more than 1.0 pixel shaders, so you can fix that here to 2.0 pixel and make the game run.
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7) Select vendors and Device ID to change the hardware ID's and the default graphics ID are given there itself in the application.
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Coffee cake always reminds me of long winter days, studying at Starbucks. The pain of studying is much more tolerable when you are sitting next to the fireplace in Starbucks on a cold winter day. It reminds me of the holidays, winter baking, and everything good during cold weather. But the problem with coffee cake is that it requires knives for serving. So I thought I would eliminate that problem. I am not completely sure these qualify as muffins, they are very cake-like. I have given these a makeover into a 200 calorie version. It does not even matter what was in the original 350 calorie recipe because these are just as fabulous.
You will obviously be serving these with coffee. If you are serving them after dinner, serve Wagner Riesling Ice Wine. This is a sweet dessert wine from the Finger Lakes in New York. Ice wine is made from grapes that are frozen on the vine. Basically this process just freezes out the water content of the grapes, making the juice more concentrated. You will notice this when you drink ice wine, it is much thicker than other wines. This wine is very sweet and has flavors of pears and oranges. It is also delicious when served with fresh fruit and soft cheeses.
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So this happened.
Apparently, Bieber is actually close friends with Robbie Keane and tuned in for the crucial match last night.
So after Ireland's incredible win against Germany, everyone's favourite knob-displaying pop star took to Twitter to congratulate the boys in green.
Love to my brother Keano and the Irish squad on a big win today. Got this vid of them listening to #WhatDoYouMean after the win. Love it.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) October 9, 2015
That's right, apparently the Irish team celebrated this momentous occasion with a rousing rendition of the Justin Bieber classic.
Here it is. Robbie Keane and the Irish lads listening to #WhatDoYouMean after the victory pic.twitter.com/SsrWOKconw
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) October 9, 2015
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