The grille is the easiest way to discern a car’s make. It serves as the face of the automobile, which gives it an identity amid the sea of automotive brands on the planet. But unlike the human face, vehicle grilles go younger with time, evolving and conforming to what the car needs and what is allowed beyond the limits of functionalities.
That’s exactly the case with Mercedes-Benz’s grille. It has immensely evolved ever since Wilhelm Maybach fitted his invention, the honeycomb radiator, to the Mercedes 35 PS in 1900. The radiator grille was designed to solve the cooling problem of internal combustion engines then, but ultimately commenced the era of vehicle grilles.
In 1931, the arrival of the Mercedes-Benz 170 changed everything. For the first time, the radiator was mounted behind the grille for protection, which was part of the vehicle’s hood. This gave birth to the iconic chrome grille, which not only served as a protection for the radiator but also as an identifier, together with the three-pointed star emblem. From then on, Mercedes continued evolving the chrome grille for decades.
In the 1950s, Merc introduced a new standalone grille design with the 300 SL “Gullwing” and the smaller 190 SL roadster. It’s known internally as the “sports car face.” The horizontal slats became a hallmark among subsequent Mercedes vehicles.
In 2007, Mercedes started offering grille choices to customers depending on the trim level. They can either go classic (Classic and Elegance) or sporty (Avantgarde), which was offered in both C-Class and E-Class.
With the electric vehicle era peeking around the corner, Mercedes-Benz grilles are here to stay but with a different function from the protective radiator cover in the past. Without the need for a radiator, the German marque moves on to a Black Panel grille for its EQ range, which serves as a perfect surface for hidden but indispensable sensors.


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Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility: Small Business Best Practices
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | 11:30 AM
The Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing titled, “Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility: Small Business Best Practices.” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 11:30 A.M. on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
To view a livestream of the hearing, please click here.
Dr. Robert Strand
Executive Director, Center for Responsible Business
University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business
Mr. Vincent Stanley
Director of Philosophy
Ms. Kristy Wallace
New York, NY
Mr. Jaime Arroyo
Work Wisdom, LLC.
*Testifying on behalf of Kedren Crosby, President of Work Wisdom
Mr. Sean McElwee
President and Chief Creative Officer
Ms. Sandra McElwee, Chief Dream Facilitator, Seanese
*Witness testimony will be posted within 24 hours after the hearing’s occurrence

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May Holds Mother’s Day And National Women’s Health Week
May 16, 2016 | News | The Office of The Palisades Dentists
National Women’s Health Week is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The goal is to empower women to make their health a priority. The week also serves as a time to help women understand what steps they can take to improve their health. Your dentist can be an integral part of your check ups. Did you know that dentists usually diagnose high blood pressure and many other systemic diseases before a person is seen by a medical doctor? The 17th annual National Women’s Health Week kicks off on Mother’s Day, May 8, and is celebrated through May 14, 2016.
What steps can I take for better health? To improve your physical and mental health, you can:
- Visit a doctor or nurse for a well-woman visit (checkup) and preventive screenings.
- Visit your dentist for a full check up and hygiene cleaning
- Get active.
- Eat healthy.
- Pay attention to mental health, including getting enough sleep and managing stress.
- Avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, texting while driving, and not wearing a seatbelt or bicycle helmet.
- As women, we typically put our loved ones health before our own health and needs. This month, take the time to get examined by your dentist and seek ways to improve your diet and your health. “Make YOUR body a priority by starting with its foundation in the mouth” says Dr. Carly LeVine. So many things are preventable with early detection and there is no better time to get healthy.
To celebrate Mothers Day, we wanted to dedicate this issue to our practice’s most lovedPalisadean mother daughter hygiene team, Diane Brown and Laura Brown Norris. Diane has been a hygienest practicing in our office for over 35 years until she recently retired along with Dr. Francis at the end of 2015. Her daughter Laura, who was working part time in the office alongside her mother, has taken over her mothers legacy and joined the practice full time. Diane’s dynamic personality mixed with her love of dental hygiene made her our patients most beloved hygienest. Laura has some big shoes to fill but her patients are finding that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and she is a carbon copy of her mom. As life would have it, Laura is expecting her first child in September so Diane will soon have her first grandchild. We are wishing everyone and especially both of you, a very HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.
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Sentimental New York Democrats were rooting for Governor Paterson to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate seat his father once held. But Kennedy’s not interested. “It was a heart-wrenching decision, and it occupied me throughout Thanksgiving with my family, with Teddy,” he says. “It’s not a good time for me to move to Washington, because I have a large and young family. They’re all in school.” That’s expensive—though not as pricey as holding on to the seat. “Against formidable opponents, most likely Peter King and possibly Rudy Giuliani, to defend the seat, I’m assuming it’s going to cost $30 million,” he says. “That means $60 million in four years.” Instead, “I’m urging my cousin Caroline to take it, because I think she would be fantastic,” he says. “I sent her a note; I haven’t heard back from her. She’ll be a huge force in the Senate.” Any other ideas? “Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand,” he suggests. What about his ex-brother-in-law, Andrew Cuomo? “I would leave those considerations to Governor Paterson,” Kennedy says.
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I'm really excited to share the news that I have been selected as one of fifteen finalists for the first ever Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes!
My fellow finalists include this amazing group of inspiring artists and creators:
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- Jean-Michel Le Gal, Francophone theatre-maker
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- Melody McKiver, Anishinaabe violist and composer
- Juliet Kiri Palmer, composer and interdisciplinary artist
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Beans on the Front Burner
The free market preached with priestly unction by the government has found problems with the humble red bean, principal source of protein for the Honduran poor, who thanks to the structural adjustment now number 8 of every 10 people.
The Callejas government recently devalued the lempira, Honduras' local currency, by just under 9% through the official mechanism known as the Customs Value Factor (FVA), by which the state taxes imports.
When the severe neoliberal structural adjustment program was kicked off in March 1990, the FVA was set at 4.10 lempiras per dollar, but by the end of 1990 it had stabilized at 5.40. Then, in November 1992, it was raised to 5.70 lempiras per dollar, where it remained until July 1993, even though the price on the street continued to rise. On June 24, the Central Bank of Honduras announced that, starting July 1, the FVA would be 6.20and that, as of August, it would be set according real fluctuations with respect to the dollar. The increased cost of living that accompanies these devaluations has put the humble bean on the front burner of political debate in this election year.
Erratic Exchange RateThe periodic rise of the FVA has been an important source of state income. According to estimates by Eduardo Facussé, President of the Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the most recent change in the FVA will provide the government between 150 and 200 million lempiras before the end of the year. But it has also been a source of inflation for a country where almost everything is imported: machinery, equipment, industrial raw materials, medicines, food and luxury consumer goods, among many other items.
The announcement of the new FVA increase caused the dollar price to shoot up in the money exchange houses and on the black market. This continuing tendency is such that some observers of the national economy predict that the dollar could rise to 10 lempiras before the end of the year.
The devaluation was only one of a series of measures taken by the Central Bank, which including the requirement that importers prove they have purchased their hard currency from legally established institutions. Some importers opposed this regulation, which is an attempt to reduce imports and break the black market, on the grounds that it goes against the free market spirit that the government promotes.
A "Chicago Boy" Back at the BankAlthough the FVA increase was intended to increase state income and reduce the fiscal deficit, the government is unwilling to accomplish these ends with a stronger devaluation, given the social cost of such a measure in this campaign year. Even so, the level of the devaluation and its immediate repercussion on the cost of living has become the central theme of the opposition parties' campaign, which uses it as evidence of the failure of the government's structural adjustment program.
To confront this uncomfortable situation, President Callejas and Oswaldo Ramos Soto, his party's current presidential candidate, decided to return Ricardo Maduro to the presidency of the Central Bank. Maduro, an economist, exporter, young and prosperous businessman and good social communicator, is one of the designers of the neoliberal plan as well as one of its most eloquent defenders. He was made president of the Central Bank of Honduras after Callejas took office, but resigned at the end of May to run for the National Congress. Now he would have to return to address the delicate monetary situation. The government party, which tries to sell the image of its leaders as young, aggressive, experienced and triumphant, also needed him back to reinforce that image.
Under Maduro's renewed leadership, the Central Bank announced emergency measures to control the dollar's rising tendency. The most important was raising bank reserves from 35 to 42%, a measure that would take some 360 million lempiras out of circulation. It also reduced credit to the central government by 489 million lempiras and announced that it was closing nine money changing houses and fining their owners close to 250,000 lempiras for violating Central Bank regulations on monetary use. Only five were actually closed and fined. Another measure was to reduce by half the legally established periods which varied between 30 and 120 days for exporters to repatriate the currency they had earned through international market sales.
Maduro's measures not only slowed the dollar's rising tendency but, at least in the short run, halted it. Responding to pressures from the private banks and businesspeople, the Central Bank later had to reduce the reserve requirement somewhat, allowing the private banks to recover the use of 150 million lempiras. But the difference is too small to have much impact on credit availability for production.
Stability somewhere between 6.20 and 6.70 lempiras per dollar is ideal for the government. In addition to Maduro's measures, the entrance into the country of some $550 million from exports and loans recently authorized by international financial organizations will help maintain this.
The Price of SuccessThe economic and social cost of this monetary achievement is disastrous for the national economy, as the sectors most affected by the measures point out. According to financial sector representatives, the reduction of credit for production investment will generate more unemployment.
The Honduran Private Enterprise Council (COHEP), the umbrella organization of Honduras' business sector, which was worried about the rising tendency of the dollar against local currency, supported the measures at first. But, just days later, echoing complaints from bankers and industrialists, it announced its opposition to the measures and demanded their immediate suspension.
National Industrial Association president Ardolfo Facussé ridiculed the measures. "Trying to scare away the fox that threatened the chickens," he declared, "the government set fire to the henhouse." Despite the pressures, the monetary authorities reiterated that the measures will be suspended only when the dollar's rising tendency has been fully controlled and the exchange rate definitively stabilized.
Observers have doubts about the plan's medium term perspective for success, since it addresses problems that result from applying neoliberal economic measures in a country that imports almost everything it consumes. The import sector of the Honduran economy is stronger than ever, particularly in the area of luxury goods for those benefiting from the structural adjustment and those profiting from laundering drug traffic dollars.
Beans Worth their Weight in GoldThe open market blessed by the government has not only created headaches with the dollar's exchange rate. It has also created problems with beans, the main protein source for low income Honduran families now 8 out of every 10 thanks to structural adjustment.
At the beginning of this year, the standard bean measurement (5 pounds) cost 6 lempiras. By mid May the price had risen to between 13 to 15 lempiras due to their scarcity in the local market. At the beginning of June, the price reached 20 to 22 lempiras, the highest in the country's history. It has now hit 25 lempiras.
This dizzying increase in the price of one of the basic elements of Honduran's diet put beans at the heart of the electoral debate. This also happened in the last campaign, won by President Callejas. One of the most crucial publicity gimmicks then was a graphic illustration of the drop in the amount of beans that Hondurans could consume due to the high cost of living and inflation. Rapid measures were required to avoid history repeating itself.
At the beginning of June, the government purchased 700,000 pounds of black beans from El Salvador. This became the occasion for some corrupt officials to pull off a stunt that has so far gone unpunished: while the beans were being transported from the Salvadoran border to local warehouses, they were changed for old black beans, which were as hard as fossils. Housewives who bought them complained that they took six to seven hours to cook. The other problem is that Hondurans usually do not like black beans, and prefer exclusively red beans.
The black bean fiasco only stimulated the wave of discontent among consumers, who complain daily about the uncontrollable increases in basic consumer prices. The government was forced to import red beans from Costa Rica and sell them at subsidized prices. The long lines that formed due to the accumulated bean shortage prompted Carlos Montoya, a leader of the opposition Liberal Party, to accuse Callejas of "cubanizing" Honduras. That first shipment of Costa Rican beans sold out in a few days and the government had to import more. The importation of red beans concludes in August, when the national harvest is expected.
In another calculated but desperate attempt to get basic grains out of the electoral debate, President Callejas went on national radio and television to announce the sale of bags containing 5 lbs of corn, 4 lbs of beans and 3 lbs of rice for the modest price of 12.20 lempiras. The opposition denounced the measure as contradicting Callejas' neoliberal posture, and a mere attempt to improve the image of the governing party's candidate.
Virtually everyone agreed that the bean crisis was a disaster, to say nothing of the measures employed to control it. Only the minister of natural resources denied the disaster, claiming that the bean shortage was basically due to climatic conditions.
Perhaps the most disastrous part of all was that the crisis unleashed an intense debate about government agrarian and food policies in general. Many issues are cited, among them: 1) governmental disinterest in, or inability to put together, a program that promotes both exports and food security; 2) the disastrous impact of structural adjustment and of the wide sweeping agricultural modernization law, particularly on food production; 3) government ineptitude in failing to keep a strategic basic grain reserve to guarantee Hondurans' minimal food needs; and 4) the need to establish guaranteed prices to basic grains producers and offer them subsidized credit. Even the government's free trade policy came under the lash, since it means that beans produced in Honduras are sold in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, leaving the local market unstocked.
The rise of the dollar against the local currency, together with the rise in bean prices to record breaking levels and the state's interventionist measures to counterattack these increases, put into doubt once again the neoliberal thesis of the Honduran "Chicago Boys." The strongest critics said that the drastic state intervention in these two areas contradicts the neoliberal dogma based on state non intervention in the economy. The most impassioned stated that the economic model has once again proved itself to be a catastrophe that has only brought "an increase in the cost of living, a reduction of exports, and massive impoverishment of the population."
The Campaign's Final Stretch Honduras is experiencing a sort of permanent electoral campaign. It begins the moment a newly elected President takes office, as the next batch of presidential aspirants begin to make themselves known for the post that will be left vacant four years hence.
These ongoing campaigns are illegal, according to the electoral law, which establishes that electoral campaigns should begin three months before the internal party elections to choose their own candidates and six months before the general elections. But no one with political decision making power is interested in holding to the law, including the National Elections Tribunal, which is charged with monitoring observance of the electoral law and the law of political organizations. This organization is highly politicized and made up largely of political party representatives, who receive instructions from their leadership and can easily be removed if they do not comply.
On the night of May 27, the Elections Tribunal, as required by law, formally opened the campaign for the November 28 elections. On that date, Hondurans will elect the President of the Republic, three Designates to the Presidency (or Vice Presidents), 128 representatives to the National Congress and an equal number of alternates, 20 representatives and their alternates to the Central American Parliament and 291 municipal mayors.
The principal presidential contenders in November are: Carlos Roberto Reina, candidate for the Liberal Party; Oswaldo Ramos Soto, for the governing National Party; Olban Valladares, Innovation and Unity Party (PINU); and Orlando Iriarte, Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (PDCH). Because of the high cost of the campaigns and the weak electoral power of the PINU and the PDCH, the campaign is dominated by Reina and Ramos Soto.
Electoral campaigns in Honduras are financed by public resources parties receive 5 lempiras for each voter in the last elections as well as by contributions that electoral aspirants are forced to pay and by the support offered from businesspeople, who later receive official concessions in exchange if the horse they bet on wins. A good amount of the huge amounts obtained is invested in contracting publicity specialists and in creating and paying for public announcements on posters and in the press, radio and television.
Many Words, Little ContentThe campaigns of the Liberal and National Parties those most rooted in the electorate are long on superficiality. Each of the two main candidates has laced his campaign with cheap smear attacks and biting phrases against the other. As an example, Reina tried to ridicule Ramos Soto saying that he dressed up as a woman to watch the famous eclipse two years ago. Ramos Soto defended himself by saying that he had worn bermuda shorts, which Reina could never wear for fear of showing his "cañafístolas" (derisive slang for a person with long skinny legs).
Publicity agents have instructed Ramos Soto to emphasize the age difference between himself and Reina. Lawyer by profession and a university professor like Reina, Ramos Soto is about to turn 50, while Reina is over 60. Referring to his relative youth, Ramos Soto has said that Reina would not endure a game of soccer, while Reina responded that "this gentleman criticizes those who are older because he thinks he's young, even though he's about to turn 50. Since he feels so young he jumps in the river with his clothes and shoes on." That reference is to a TV campaign ad where Ramos Soto went into a river fully clothed to talk to a group of housewives washing clothes. Both Ramos Soto and Reina have television ads in which they appear making promises of a better future to a crowd of young people. All of this is to win the vote of more than 300,000 first time voters who will be the ones to choose the victor, since polls to date show both candidates with similar percentages among traditional voters.
Another element that characterizes the campaign of the two majority parties is the plagiarism of familiar musical themes. This has always happened, but this year the new twist is that the themes are taken from television soap operas. The National Party has adopted the theme from the popular Brazilian soap opera "Pantanal."
The aggressive and "grassrootsy" character of Ramos Soto's campaign has allowed this governing party candidate to downplay his relationship with the military and paramilitary groups associated with the "dirty war" at the beginning of the 1980s, when so many popular leaders disappeared and were murdered. In those years, Ramos Soto was the leader of known far right groups that made the National Autonomous University of Honduras, where he was rector for six years, their primary center of operations.
Serious debate about the country's economic and social problems, aggravated by structural adjustment, has been almost totally absent in the campaign. The effects of structural adjustment, the absence of a realistic alternative proposal by the Liberal Party candidate and the demagogic position of the National Party candidate are all criticized outside of the campaigns. In some forums, Ramos Soto has been forced to criticize the measures that his party has taken as "inhuman," but in others he has shown his agreement with them and even emphasized his willingness to continue them.
The economic policies imposed on the country by the international lending agencies have become a headache for both presidential candidates. To hide their essential complicity, both offer "development with a human face," repeating a phrase that the United Nations made fashionable some time ago. What will reflective voters do given these two electoral options? Abstain or vote for the lesser evil.

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Thanos Pappas, a 23-year-old man from Kalamata, Greece, recently took part in FIAT’s “Design the future of accessibility” contest and won. Thanos had always wanted to drive a car that he had designed and now his dreams are starting to come true.
At the moment, Mr. Pappas is part of a design team called “Exarsis” which undertakes vehicle design projects in Greece. In 2012, he did an internship through the Department of Product and Systems Design at the University of the Aegean, where he worked from Syros with Korres Engineering for Project D3, a city car designed for people who use wheelchairs.
The young man is also taking part in the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award with a hybrid (or purely electric) small vehicle which will be manufactured in Greece and is accessible to people with disabilities.
“When I was eight or nine years old I used to say that I wanted to be a car designer when I grew up, but everyone reacted as if I had said I wanted to be an astronaut. I didn’t give up though…” he said.
However, as Thanos Pappas stated, he chose to work in Greece instead of an international company such as FIAT. “In order to work for FIAT I need to have a Master’s degree. I don’t have the money for that. Furthermore, many people who do have a Master’s degree end up unemployed. I believe that I will be more productive in a Greek company.”
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Joshua joined Thorn Lab as a student assistant. He is a Public Health practitioner, holds a bachelor's degree in Public Health and is currently enrolled at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences for his MPH.
He has helped in implementing some vaccination programmes to improve immunisation coverage and training of immunisation frontline health workers.
For the Coronavirus Structural Task Force, he carried out some vaccine research and wrote blogposts in fight against coronavirus. His interest in molecular biology has grown over time working with a bunch of scientists in the Task Force.
When he is not working, he is singing or reading.

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MG MGB Technical - Brake Pressure Warning Light
|Got new pressure failure switch and testing. Cannot get it to work with dash switch. Tested electric to dash switch and it is getting juice but light doesnt come on when I press it and press failure switch plunger in and out.|
|Is the bulb working?|
|Yes - the bulb works.|
|Harry. The pressure switch is of the "normally on" type switch which is held in the off position by the rod in the master cylinder. (Assuming you have the later model set up--you do not say.) When there is a pressure differential between the front and rear brakes, the rod moves off center and allows the stud on the switch to move upwards, locking the rod in place and allowing current to flow through the switch to the bulb/ground. Take a look at the wiring diagram for your year and look at how the current flows. Then, check for current as you go from the power input to the ground and see where the problem is.|
|Did you make sure the ground wire for the bulb is properly connected?|
|If the light doesn't come on from either the test switch either you have two (or more) faults or there is a disconnection between the brake master and the switch/light panel. The test switch puts out a ground on one of the two black/whites, which goes to the connector on the master and is internally linked to the other black/white inside the master. The ground then comes back on the 2nd black/white to one side of the bulb, the other side of the bulb being connected to the purple fuse (always on).|
When the pressure imbalance switch is activated it sends its own ground down both black/whites, the one to the lamp should light it, the one to the switch does nothing. The drawing for the remote switch at least shows the switch is a 'normally off' switch, the later masters with integral switch may be different, you don't give the year.
If connecting a ground to both black/whites at the switch/light panel doesn't light the lamp either the bulb is faulty, it isn't making good connection with the bulb holder, or there is no 12v supply to one side of the bulb.
If that works but not if you ground both black/whites as the master then there is a break in at least one of the black/whites between the master and the switch/lamp panel, this could be at the multi-plug behind the dash (later cars) or a pair of single connectors in the black/whites (earlier cars).
If that works, link the two black/whites in the plug that goes on the master and try the test switch.
If that works the fault is inside the switch, if it doesn't the test swich could be faulty or there could be a break in its black/white between the switch and the master plug.
I suppose a faulty switch could cause both problems, but it would have to be pretty crappy manufacture if even the link between the two connections was faulty.
|Paul Hunt 2|
|Oh, the master switch will ony light the lamp if it is attached to the master, or has an alternative ground provided to its body. It won't light the warning lamp if it is removed from the master, even though it has two wires on it. However when removed the *test* switch should light the lamp as long as the wiring is connected to the master switch.|
|Paul Hunt 2|
|The plastic switch on the brake pressure warning valve has a connecting link between the two terminals. If the valve has ever leaked brake fluid will destroy the link and the system will not and the test circuit will not work. I'm responding because I'm not sure which switch you changed.|
|That's interesting, Clifton, is that a design feature or just how it happened?|
|Paul Hunt 2|
|What year did the warning light become standard? My 1972 GT doesn't have one. |
As I have rebuilt the whole braking system myself it might be a good idea!
While I'm on - when do I bleed the master cylinder when filling the system from new - first or last?
|Liam. I do not know if/when it was used on the UK market cars. In the US, it was introduced in the 1968 model year by government requirement and all subsequent models had them.|
|Paul; I suppose it's a design feature. The ground for testing the light goes through the push button switch through one of the BW wires to the failure switch on the brake pressure warning valve, goes through the link to the other BW wire to the light in the brake failure switch on the dash. If the link breaks as it did in my car the test light will not work. Another switch with a good link fixed the problem. As I recall when the plunger in the valve is pushed up by the shuttle the pin contacts the link between the terminals turning on the brake failure light. If the link wasn't there the test light wouldn't check the complete circuit. |
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Green heating is on the rise: many Swiss people want to do without fossil oil and gas in their boiler room. At STIEBEL ELTRON Switzerland, the demand for heat pump heating systems has reached an all-time high. According to the survey, around 80% of consumers consider it important to no longer be dependent on oil and gas imports. This is the result of the current Energy Trend Monitor. 1,000 Swiss people were surveyed representatively by a market research institute on behalf of STIEBEL ELTRON.
“Since January, demand for heat pumps has increased significantly again and is now at an all-time high,” says Chris Knellwolf, member of the management board at STIEBEL ELTRON Switzerland. “This trend is the result of informed decisions. In fact, installing a heat pump means getting rid of oil and gas in the boiler room.”
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"As we know, these two individuals didn’t live a full life," Dr. Kirkwood said. "But we know that that’s not where the story ends. What we have witnessed over the last eight years, we may never see again. Anything is possible."


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After almost two years of grounded flights, tons of health restrictions, and scary news about the pandemic, it finally feels like we’re going into a new age.
Vaccines are still available, and fewer and fewer people are getting infected. Now it feels like we can breathe a sigh of relief and maybe head in the direction of normalcy.
The “new normal” of life and COVID has diminished since last year, the health restrictions and fear of getting infected are still there.
As we prepare to travel again in this post COVID era, there are some things that you should consider. One of them is how the industries surrounding traveling have changed.
For example, international travel has been stricken with a huge blow ever since the pandemic started. With tons of regulations they had to follow, service providers have been forced to adapt to support travelers in safety and precaution.
Not to mention that there is still pressure from the government to do better when it comes to traveler safety, especially for the locals.
With all that in mind, how exactly are you going to travel while still being safe from the virus? Here are some tips for doing so.
Ask a Professional
One thing you can do to play it safe is to always talk to a professional, namely, a travel advisor. You might think, “What do I need a travel advisor for? I’ve been traveling for years already!”
Well, ladies and gents, almost none of you have traveled during a pandemic before, even if that’s the case. “During? We’re already in the post COVID era!”
Yes, that is true, but that doesn’t mean that the virus is fully gone. Many countries are still struggling to contain the plague, especially developing countries.
If you want to be safe during your travels, ask for advice and tips from a travel advisor. They are on top of all the knowledge regarding safety regulations in different countries.
They know which countries are safe to travel in and which are still dangerous. Not only that, they can tell you which airline is safer to travel with and will even recommend hotels in places that will less likely make you infected. In short, they know many things about being safe while traveling.
When traveling via car locally or to your destination, bringing in many passengers has a lot of risks. When it comes to passengers, limit the number according to how big your vehicle is or bring individual vehicles for the trip.
When stopping for gas or snacks, make sure that you will designate someone with low risk. This will make them less likely to be infected, but don’t be complacent.
Go Somewhere Safer
One reason for vacation that people often say is because it’s now safer. True but going to a place where it’s not safe is ironic. That said, one criterion that a lot of people consider when traveling is the price.
If it’s even just a little bit expensive, many people will throw that out of the question. For the most part, many people will get cheap ones because they are often exciting and adventurous. However, it’s not always a good choice, especially during the post COVID era.
A great way for travelers to be safe is to be very thoughtful about the destinations they want to go to. When picking a destination, pick one with many purpose-built health and safety protocols and facilities.
These protocols would test travelers, even if they are immune or vaccinated, to a disciplined testing and entry requirement before going into the country.
Sure, it might be a bit too bothersome, but at least you can feel safe. However, don’t be too complacent about safety, even if that’s the case.
Wash your hands, and more importantly, don’t do anything that will risk your and your family’s health and safety.
Find a Safe Place to Stay
You need somewhere to stay when you’re going out of town. A hotel would be good for most people, or a rental home would also be nice.
No matter your choice, make sure that the place you will be staying in has health protocols in place. Before booking, you should look at the hotel’s or rental cleaning protocols.
Due to the pandemic, rentals and hotels alike have been more transparent regarding cleaning and health protocols. They want their guests to know that they’re doing everything to keep them safe.
Stay Ahead of Safety Regulations
The pandemic has impacted the traveling industry and how people prepare and travel for their trips. While before, the only things that travelers fret about were the weather and the climate of the country they’re going to, nowadays, safety regulations are on the top of their lists.
Changes in travel regulations and health restrictions are changing on almost a weekly basis.
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Not only that but finding travel insurance can also be a pain if you’re looking for one. This is important as some countries make it mandatory to have one.
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Even though we’re already in the post-pandemic era, it doesn’t mean that the virus has disappeared.
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Source: Book - 'The Heritage of Surry County, NC'
Volume 1 - Published 1983 by the Surry County
Genealogical Association, Dobson, North Carolina;
Hester Bartlett Jackson, Editor
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John and Mary Adams were born in Virginia and lived in Patrick County. Among their children was a son, Joshua Adams (Baptist minister) who was born 15 February 1791 and married Elizabeth Corn 18 December 1809. They were the parents of thirteen children. Their fifth child was Samuel Greene Adams who married Lucy Ann Barnard. These two are buried in a private cemetery near Westfield, North Carolina. Many of their descendants are still living in Surry County.
Samuel Greene Adams was born 10 October 1822, died 25 September 1898. Lucy Ann Barnard was born 6 January 1824 and died 3 May 1889. They were the parents of eleven children. Their third child, Joshua Adams, born 25 June 1845 and died 25 December 1918.
Joshua was married to Jane Lowe who was born 4 September 1844 and died 27 November 1904. Joshua and Jane had nine children. They lived near Reddies River; Joshua farmed and ran a grist mill. Like most folk in this period, the whole family shared in the work around the house and farm.
Joshua and Jane Adams are buried at Old Mulberry Church in Surry County, After Jane's death, Joshua married Belle Baker and had five children.
My mother Susan Jane (Jennie) Adams married John Minton Lowe, 27 September 1900 in Surry County. They later moved to Wilkes County were my father taught school, moved back to Surry and later moved to Iredell County where both are buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
----Mary Lowe Waugh (Mrs. William M.)
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The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources is warning livestock producers to watch their lagoons.
The wet weather and runoff could strain storage and management systems.
Check out DENR's fact sheet "Wet Weather Manure Management System Management Practices, March 2011" at http://denr.sd.gov/des/sw/documents/WetWeatherManagementPractices.pdf.
"To keep clean water out of manure containment systems, producers should also ensure clean water diversions are in good working order and free of ice," advise Erin Cortus, SDSU Extension environmental quality engineer/specialist.
Taking this step can prevent ice jams that can cause clean water to come into contact with manure and enter a manure management system, Cortus says.
"Similarly, we'd encourage producers to watch for ice buildup in manure transfer areas like piping between pens and in manure settling channels or sediment basins, so that the manure will flow to areas where it is contained," Cortus says. "To allow for normal winter operation in open lots, the General Permit allows snow containing some manure to be removed from a feeding operation and to be land-applied on land with slopes less than 4%."
The law requires buffer zones of at least 100 feet be maintained to any drainage, and the department recommends producers follow the Natural Resources Conservation Service Nutrient Management Standard 590.
"That requirement allows no more than 10% of the annual solid manure production to be applied in the winter," Cortus says. "By removing snow from around feed bunks, watering areas, lot areas, and sediment basins, the amount of water the manure containment system will have to handle will be reduced during spring melt."
Producers whose manure storage systems become full before land-application conditions are ideal can apply excess to wet or frozen land. However, there are application guidelines that lessen the potential environmental impact of this practice.
"This action is preferable to an overflowing manure containment system, but it is important to start watching your fields now so you can determine the best fields available if you have to land-apply manure," Cortus says. "If applying on frozen or wet soil is the only option, look for the driest fields available that are flat or that have less than 4% slope. Consider vegetated or no-till land, and remember to maintain at least a 100-foot buffer zone from any drainage."
Even if you are not required to have a General Permit, you are responsible for discharges from your property. All producers must inform the South Dakota DENR of any accidental discharge within 24 hours by calling 605-773-3351 between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. During other times, producers should call 605-773-323.
For more information, contact Cortus at 605-688-5144 or Erin.Cortus@sdstate.edu.
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”According to one of my songs, I’m a charming and dangerous guy!” says Robyn Hitchcock. So it shouldn’t be a total surprise that the alt-rocker known for such gleefully loony ’80s tunes as ”Balloon Man” plays Laurent, a silver-haired ”British creep” in ”The Manchurian Candidate.” Director Jonathan Demme helmed Hitchcock’s 1998 concert film ”Storefront Hitchcock” and called him to audition. (Demme also cast R&B singer BeBe Winans as a government agent.) Hitchcock’s open to more movie gigs, but says the parts are limited: ”Brits tend to be uncles, butlers, and villains,” he says. ”We’re either very wise and reassuring, or slightly gay. I don’t know why.”
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Currently, an Arizona county is contemplating no longer hiring smokers. This has become a nationwide trend among employers. This is not just no smoking while working or on work property, this extends to no smoking anywhere, anytime, even your own home on your own time. Is this constitutional? Is this discrimination? Apparently not. Discrimination is only defined by if someone is not hired or is fired because of sex, religion, disability, race, national origin or age. The Constitution and The Bill of Rights do not limit the authority of the private workplace.
The Arizona county reasoning for not hiring smokers is because of healthcare costs. Smokers’ healthcare tend to cost more per year than non smokers. But is that a valid reason not to hire someone? What will this lead to next? Obese and overweight people, people with diabetes, people with chronic illnesses or people on medication for life not being hired? Where will they draw the line to cut healthcare costs?
How can your place of employment dictate what you do on your free time? How can they assume that you will cost them more in healthcare just because you smoke? What does that have to do with you as a worker? The “employment at-will” doctrine gives the employer the right to fire an employee at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. An example of this “at-will’ doctrine was that a woman from Indiana was fired from her job because she smoked at her home, even though she did not smoke on the job.
Potential employees with be given a urine test (like a drug screen) to test for nicotine to see if the candidate is a smoker. There is a flaw in this test though. It screens for nicotine, but not all people who have nicotine in their system are smokers. Nicotine might be detected because of patches (used to quit smoking) and vapor less e-cigarettes (which help quit smoking). Nicotine is not what causes all the diseases and issues associated with smoking, the smoke itself from cigarettes is what causes them. Yet, if you test positive for whatever reason, you are not hirable, even if you are using a nicotine step-down treatment to quit smoking.
The American Civil Liberties Union terms this as “lifestyle discrimination”. Employers have been lifestyle discriminating for years for many reasons. Some discriminate because of weight, drinking, and even because of extracurricular activities like sky diving! This has been going on for years. The ACLU believes the only way to stop this type of discrimination is through state and federal legislation. This country has long been thought of as a place where everyone has individual rights, and that’s true, unless it has to do with the American worker having rights. It is time to stop discrimination in all forms for all people.

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The heart of Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge is a lowland basin of forests and wetlands that forms the floodplain of the meandering Nowitna River. The refuge's climate is typically marked by light precipitation, mild winds, long, hard winters and short, relatively warm, summers. The hills that circle the refuge lowlands are capped by alpine tundra.
It takes a week in a canoe, or more than an hour in a small plane, to traverse the refuge's 2,100,000 acres (8,500 km2) of pristine wildlife habitat. Approximately 223 miles (359 km) of the Nowitna River's 283-mile (455 km) length flow within the boundaries of the refuge. Fish species inhabiting the river and its related lakes and streams include sheefish, burbot, whitefish, sucker, king and chum salmon, northern pike and arctic grayling.
The slow, meandering lower reaches of the Nowitna wander through one of Alaska's many productive waterfowl nurseries. The grassy margins of the river, surrounding lakes, and waterways provide breeding habitat for trumpeter swans, white-fronted geese, canvasback ducks, cranes, and many other migratory species. More than 120 bird species have been sighted on the refuge during summer months, but only a few dozen hardy species remain through winters.
Mature white spruce in the forested lowlands provide cover and den sites for marten, and trapping these and other furbearers remains important to the economy of people in the region. In fact, refuge lands have been used for centuries by Koyukon Athabascans for hunting, fishing, trapping and other subsistence activities. Mammal species including two species of fox, Alaskan moose, wolf packs, Canadian lynx, marten, wolverine, black and grizzly bear species might be encountered anywhere on the refuge.

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Note: This article was originally published as a freelance piece for Space.com. They have removed the article from their website, so I've reposted it here.
Star Trek. The two words represent something that occupies a large space in our popular culture, as well as a part of many of our imaginations. It's a safe bet to say not everyone is intimately familiar with Star Trek and its various spin-offs, but is there anyone with any knowledge of mainstream American entertainment who hasn't at least heard of it? I tend to doubt it.
Much is (and has been) made of the Star Trek universe, which, of course, has been around for more than 30 years. Countless articles have been written; countless opinions have been put forward, argued, defended, and reshaped; countless Internet sites and bulletin boards currently feature discussion and debate.
And, it would seem, countless incarnations of the Trekkian enterprise (no pun intended) will continue to be produced, in some shape or form. Where is this franchise (as many, myself included, tend to call it) going? For that matter, where has it already gone? And who am I to say?
Welcome to "The Deeper Side of Trek," a new biweekly SPACE.com column series about Star Trek culture. Every two weeks, this column will aim to scrutinize a topic relating to the Star Trek world and its satellites, ranging from the themes spanning the shows and films themselves, to topics of fandom which exist outside that fictional world.
In this premiere installment, I'd like to offer a quick overview of what the Franchise "is" — from one person's perspective, anyway.
History (the extremely abridged version)
As most reading this probably know, Star Trek began in 1966 as just another television show, created by Gene Roddenberry, which ran for three seasons (having been canceled and then barely renewed for its second and third seasons following famous letter-writing campaigns). At some point that is perhaps difficult to pinpoint, Trek took on a legendary pop-culture status that was not immediately evident in the ratings numbers of The Original Series. The fans' passion is perhaps worth noting, particularly in light of such things as the letter-writing campaigns and the Trek conventions that gained momentum over the years following TOS.
The film franchise launched in 1979, following years of behind-the-scenes shuffling that had Star Trek's destination bouncing around among the options of becoming a TV movie, returning to episodic television, and being released as a feature film. It finally became the feature Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The 1977 success of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind had more than a little to do with it.
A few years later, in 1982, along came the second feature film, The Wrath of Khan, whose success among the public provided the affirmation necessary for Trek such that it could (and would) continue right up until Present Day.
Looking at more recent, "second-generation" history, we see that the debut of The Next Generation in 1987 paved the way for Star Trek in a new arena — that of first-run syndicated TV — which was followed in 1993 by Deep Space Nine. And in 1995, with Voyager as the cornerstone, Paramount finally achieved its goal of launching its own network — something it had intended back when the revival project that would eventually become the first motion picture was still envisioned as a TV series.
My point? Well, Star Trek has logged a lot of hours on the screen, giving us plenty to discuss (and debate), and with plans for a fifth series already under way, it seems those discussions will continue ... while receiving fresh fuel for the fire. In future columns I'll address aspects covering all the series, but for now I present their collective sum as the primary entry for The Definition...
The source material, first and foremost
The Franchise, by its technical definition, encompasses everything about Star Trek that is a consumer product licensed through Paramount Pictures Corporation. This includes the TV shows, the movies, the novels, tons and tons of toys and other fan trinkets, and any other "official" piece of merchandise relating directly to Star Trek. There are of course the unofficial, unlicensed books and other merchandise, not to mention reams of fan-administered Web sites, which would not fall under the definition of the Franchise, but rather the fan-base end of the Trek universe. This fan base is also a very large and certainly no less important aspect of Trek culture.
However, for many of the purposes of my analysis, Star Trek mainly refers to the canon material — that is, the TV shows and the movies that are officially recognized as part of the fictional universe. There's a lot of Trek stuff out there, and plenty I'm surely not even familiar with. But these days, in my corner of the world, I tend to look at Trek mainly as television and films. I must confess that as a Star Trek fan and critic, most of my interest is limited to what I actually see on the screen, even though there is plenty more beyond it. These TV/film stories are what comprise the "source material," as we might call it. They're only part of the Franchise (which itself is only part of all of Star Trek culture), but they are ultimately the most important part in defining what makes Trek what it is.
In looking at what Star Trek is, it helps to keep things in perspective. Many people like to talk about Gene Roddenberry's "vision," asking one other: What exactly was/is it? Invariably, the answer always comes back to something along the lines of: "It shows a positive future where humanity has conquered its problems and now explores moral questions in the vastness of space." And that's great. And, on the bottom line, it's probably true. But it's also the simplified answer, because Star Trek is also television, having all the ups and downs that go with that fact.
The notion of Star Trek has evolved over 30 years, and it needs to continue evolving to remain fresh and interesting. In this column series, I will look at the progress the Trek missions have made, as well as the missteps along the way.
The fact of the matter is, Star Trek, in all its forms, has been written primarily by Hollywood writers plugging away week after week trying to survive the ratings war while trying to tell a good story in the meantime. They create what defines the direction of the Franchise. But once they create it, it no longer belongs to them, because it belongs to the audience. It's the audience's to embrace, to reject, to make the connections with what came before, and what might come after. It filters into the public and becomes our Star Trek to digest, scrutinize, praise, lambaste.
The bottom line: It's your franchise. You decide. I'm here merely as an observer. That, and for sideline commentary.
Next: The Movies
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Banyana blown away
- Updated: February 29, 2012
Banyana Banyana found themselves on the wrong end of a gale force wind and were blown away by a rampant second half performance by South Korea, as they went down 2-1 in their opening Group C fixture at the Cyprus Women’s Cup football tournament on Tuesday.
The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana, already qualified for the Olympic Games in London later this year, dominated possession in the first half but had to settle for a goalless score-line at the interval. Then, during the half-time break, the rain began to pour down at the Tascos Marko Stadium in Paralimni.
The South Koreans played with the powerful wind in their favour in the second period and a raid on the South African penalty area saw team captain Yun-Hee Chu slot the ball home wide of Banyana Banyana goalkeeper Thoko Mndaweni in the 50th minute.
The wind ÔÇô which stayed relatively gentle during the first half of the match ÔÇô assisted the South Koreans, with the Banyana Banyana midfield pushed back to help their defenders. The South Koreans doubled their lead in the 69th minute when goalkeeper Mndaweni and right back Simphiwe Masina got into a tangle, and the ball slipped off Masina’s boot for Minji Leo to slot the ball home.
Noko Matlou scored her 53rd goal for her country in her 65th international appearance when she converted some Banyana Banyana pressure by firing the ball home through a crowded penalty area in the final minute of the match.
Central defender Amanda Sister played superbly in the Banyana Banyana rear-guard and cleared the ball away from many dangerous attacking situations set up by the South Koreans, while US-based midfielder Kylie-Ann Louw was a constant threat on the right flank.
Banyana Banyana next face New Zealand in their second match at the tournament on Thursday.


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Family plays a crucial role in shaping how an individual sees oneself. It is not just the biological relationship that counts as a family; there are different types of families, including adoptive, blended, single-parent, and extended. Therefore, it is essential to recognize that family can mean different things to different people.
Feeling loved and wanted by family and friends is vital for a person's emotional well-being. A lack of affection and support can have adverse effects on an individual's mental health. This is why it is crucial for every person, especially children, to feel loved by their families.
"Feeling loved and wanted by family and friends is vital for a person's emotional well-being."
In this lesson, the students learn the important role their families play in building a positive self-concept. It starts with the teacher initiating a conversation with the students about what they consider family. This discussion enriches their understanding of diverse family types and helps young learners who may not have a traditional family structure feel more included and valued.
The teacher then asks the students to share what their families do to make them feel loved and wanted. First graders can show pictures or objects brought from home that hold a special meaning to them. By sharing their experiences, they can learn from one another and appreciate the different ways that families show love and affection.
Finally, the teacher encourages Grade 1 students to take positive action by telling their families how happy they feel when their families do nice things for them. This helps reinforce the importance of family in self-expression and the value of gratitude and appreciation in maintaining strong family relationships.

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im tired of the narrative of how brave i am, and how brave my queer and trans siblings are all the time. for being who we are, for dressing as we do, for living and loving and creating families despite constant attack.
when someone tells me they are moved by how ‘brave’ i am, it immediately communicates two things
1. they are in shock that i have the audacity to exist at all, and are more invested in their surprise than my liberation.
2. they have no intention of changing the deadly circumstances that require such ‘bravery’, rather this is the first time they have even had to think of it at all and connection does not mean commitment.
let this be clear; it is not us that needs to be brave, it is you.
straight, cis people, it is time for you to be brave enough to be more than a bystander behind the rails of the pride parade in your annual demonstration of equality.
it is time for you to demand more of yourself than repeating the same mantra of ‘i think people should be able to love who they love’.
if you really believe it, fight for it.

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This holiday season people are looking for the perfect gifts for loved ones. For millions of Americans with disabilities, the gift they want is a job.
Employment is about a lot more than just a paycheck: it provides a way to contribute to the community; the chance to develop friendships; and a way to improve health. As with all of us, the work we do, the career we pursue, often defines us.
Our nation was founded on the principle that anyone who works hard should be able to get ahead in life. People with disabilities deserve an equal opportunity to earn an income, achieve independence and be included, just like anyone else.
Studies show that 70 percent of working-age people with disabilities would like to work and the majority of youth with disabilities can succeed at a job when given the right opportunities and supports.
There are many kinds of disabilities. Some, like blindness, deafness and physical disabilities, are readily observable; others, such as autism, learning disabilities and mental health conditions, are less so. Regardless of the type of disability, people with disabilities also can have significant abilities!
Stephen Hawking unlocked secrets of the universe from a wheelchair. Innovator and entrepreneur Richard Branson – like most of the panelists on the TV show “Shark Tank” – is dyslexic. The voice- activated TV remote control was invented by a blind engineer. People with disabilities who have been welcomed into the workforce at all levels have proven to be both innately innovative and extremely loyal to their employers.
Altogether, according to the University of New Hampshire annual Disability Statistics Compendium, there are millions of working-age people with disabilities living in our nation. However, even though the vast majority of them would like to find gainful employment, only about a third have been able to find a job.
There are also literally millions of open jobs today and millions of people with disabilities ready to work. As employers face a real shortage of talent, hiring people with disabilities can be a great solution. They can bring innovation and loyalty to any team.
There are many solutions available that can ensure the success of employees with disabilities. Most accommodations for employees with disabilities are simple, free or low cost. AskJan.org offers employers and job seekers free guidance about how to use technology to ensure inclusion. TapAbility is a free database with thousands of resumes of highly capable professionals with disabilities in all 50 states. Meanwhile, the National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC) works to ensure mentorship opportunities for people with disabilities to launch their careers.
If you have a job opening, why not seek out candidates with disabilities for interviews? If you have time to volunteer, why not mentor a job seeker with a disability who is looking for that big break? You can call your local disability organization, place of worship, vocational rehabilitation team or RespectAbility to meet job seekers with disabilities in your area.
Any of the millions of people with disabilities now being sidelined could be the person who discovers Alzheimer’s prevention or a new clean energy source. We must imagine a world where we expect more from people with disabilities – and enable them to achieve this success.
This holiday season, give the ultimate gift to someone with a disability – the opportunity to achieve the dignity, income, friends and independence that comes from work.


(Minghui.org) Five residents in two cities of Liaoning Province were indicted on July 1, 2020 for their faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body improvement discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Three of them were arrested in February while the other two were seized two months later.
On February 12, 2020, three Falun Gong practitioners in Anshan City, Ms. Lou Yan, Ms. Zhang Xu, and Mr. Fang Fuqiang, borrowed a car from Ms. Yu Haiying, a resident of Haicheng City (which is under the administration of Anshan City), to travel from Anshan City to Shenyang City. The trio was stopped for an ID check at a checkpoint after they got off the freeway.
The ID check revealed that they are Falun Gong practitioners and the police in Shenyang searched their car and found two copies of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. The three practitioners were arrested and subsequently detained at the police department in the Sujiatun District of Shenyang City.
Ms. Lou and Ms. Zhang were transferred to a hotel opposite the Sujiatun District Public Security Bureau Branch two days later, while Mr. Fang was held at a detention center.
Ms. Zhang and Mr. Fang were released on bail on April 16 and Ms. Lou was released on April 29 after being tortured while in custody.
Ms. Yu, the car owner, was arrested on April 14 with another practitioner, Ms. Liu Yanbin (a resident of Anshan City).
Ms. Liu was released on April 2 and Ms. Yu on April 15.
Though all five practitioners were arrested by Shenyang police, their cases were later moved back to Anshan City. The Lishan District Procuratorate in Anshan City indicted the five practitioners on July 1 and soon forwarded their cases to Lishan District Court.
Below is a summary of the persecution suffered by the five practitioners while in custody.
Ms. Lou was subjected to torture and developed symptoms of epilepsy after she was arrested on February 12 and later detained at a hotel. When Ms. Lou refused to explain the reason for going to Shenyang City, she was slapped in the face and hit on her forehead, resulting in an egg-yolk-sized bump on her forehead. An officer named Han Ping later slapped Ms. Lou again with such force that her left ear went deaf.
Ms. Lou was forced to sit on a metal chair after being detained for about 10 days. She was once made to sit continuously for more than 120 hours with her hands and feet restrained to the chair.
The torture only stopped after her buttocks festered and her feet became hardened and could no longer fit into the shackles. Despite her condition, the police threatened to send her to prison. For about a month, Ms. Lou had to sleep with her right hand cuffed to a ring on the floor.
Officer Han called four collaborators (former practitioners who assist the authorities in trying to convince practitioners to renounce the practice) from a local brainwashing center—Yang Na, Chen Jie, Liu Wenying, and Li Suying—to attempt to force Ms. Lou to renounce her faith. Ms. Lou was forced to listen to the brainwashing from the collaborators every day while seated on the metal chair.
Once, two policemen used Falun Gong books and Falun Gong founder's photos to form a circle around Ms. Lou's feet, before tying her feet tightly together with a rope. They then forced Ms. Lou to squat with her heels on the ground, hands behind her back and her head lifted up while Chen placed two Falun Gong books behind Ms. Lou's knees. If she fell or moved a little, she would step on the books or photos.
When Ms. Lou couldn't squat any longer, the officers held her down, causing her to be out of breath due to the pain and almost suffocated. The torture lasted for half an hour until it was time for the officers' lunch break.
Ms. Lou became emaciated after she was detained for about two months; she coughed every day and sometimes non-stop for four to five hours, coupled with vomiting phlegm, blood, and bile. She eventually went on a hunger strike to request for her release.
During her hunger strike, Ms. Lou was force-fed thrice. The police pinched her cheeks while pouring porridge into her mouth. Due to the force-feeding, she vomited blood and the skin on her cheeks was torn.
Ms. Lou was deprived of washing and cleaning herself for the 78 days that she was detained. The torture caused her to have difficulty breathing and she had to lie on the ground many times. The police on the night shift had to watch her all the time as they were afraid Ms. Lou could die at any time.
On April 29, Ms. Lou was sent back to Anshan City on the brink of death and the police refused to return the 60,000 yuan in cash confiscated from her during her arrest.
Ms. Zhang refused to answer any questions after she was arrested on February 12 and interrogated. Wang Chunyang of the Shenyang Police Department then brought in three burly men in an attempt to record her statement. That afternoon, the police brought a blank search warrant to her residence and confiscated three printers, printing papers, and a computer after finding her address by searching the internet user database.
Wang came again the next day and hit Ms. Zhang. Her winter jacket was torn up by him. On February 14, Wang returned with the three burly men and took Ms. Zhang to a room with no surveillance camera at the Jiefang Police Station and interrogated her.
Ms. Zhang was later transferred to a hotel where she was made to sit on a metal chair. When the police failed to transform her, they forced her to stand for long hours before changing the punishment to squatting. Ms. Zhang was allowed to sleep after 12 midnight.
On March 8, officer Han Ping started hitting Ms. Zhang's head, face, and shoulders, while trying to force her to renounce her faith. He continued to hit her the next day and threatened to torture her if she refused to confess.
Han later called for the three officers—Yang Na, Chen Jie, and Liu Wenying—from the brainwashing center and told them to transform Ms. Zhang at all costs. Ms. Zhang had her legs bounded tightly together and her hands behind her when she refused to squat. Han ordered Ms. Zhang to squat for two hours. When she couldn't stay in position, an officer pressed and held her down.
Ms. Zhang was released on April 16.
Mr. Fang was interrogated, had his body searched, and beaten after he was arrested and taken to the Sujiatun District Police Department. He was sent to Jiefang Police Station at night where he slept, either on a chair or on the ground.
He was sent to a detention center on February 14 and subsequently transferred to the hotel, where Ms. Lou was detained, on March 16. During the detention, Mr. Fang was forced to sit on a metal chair for four days continuously until his feet and legs became extremely swollen. He was restricted from drinking water, using the bathroom, and taking a shower. At night, the police handcuffed his right hand to a ring on the floor, and only stopped two days before his release.
After Ms. Yu lent her car to the above three practitioners, the police started to gather evidence in an attempt to persecute her. She was arrested by Shenyang police on April 14 and interrogated. On the night of April 15, she was released on bail and sent back to Anshan City. While Ms. Yu was detained, the police searched her home but found nothing.
Ms. Yu's husband Mr. Wang Hongzhu was a high school physics teacher who was also persecuted for practicing Falun Gong. He was arrested on August 22, 2018, and later sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and fined 5,000 yuan. His personal belongings and over 30,000 yuan in cash that were confiscated during the house raid have not been returned to him.
Mr. Wang's arrest and imprisonment caused tremendous mental distress to his family. His son who was about to take his examinations started to perform badly at school.
Ms. Yu, who was also a high school teacher, was assigned to take visitors’ temperature and other temporary jobs after Mr. Wang's sentencing. In order to hire a lawyer for her husband, Ms. Yu spent all their savings. Their financial situation became worse when Mr. Wang's salary was suspended. Ms. Yu had to use her salary to cover living expenses and their son's education, deposit money into Mr. Wang's commissary account, and support her mother who doesn't have a pension.
The authorities took Ms. Yu back into custody from her workplace on July 7, 2020. According to her supervisor, the police sent Ms. Yu to Anshan City Detention Center, where she remains. Her son is currently alone at home.
Ms. Liu was arrested on April 14 together with her son and daughter-in-law and her home was ransacked. Her son was beaten by police. As both he and his wife do not practice Falun Gong, the police later released them. However, Ms. Liu wasn't released until April 29. She is currently under house arrest.


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A beautiful quite special dress, with the mirrors playing with the reflexions from the light. We have only made 15 pics of this dress.
It has sleeves with voloume, that has an elastication at the albow. its has a good volume, that gives it a great look.
Its made in organic cotton, with mirror work.

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I typically don't use a lot of DSP when I'm working. I don't know why, really. It might be that I like to have the option of recreating a card if I really like it and I can't if I run out of the paper...hmm...interesting insight into my brain...
Anyway, I cut a piece of Smoky Slate paper into a 3 1/4 x 2 inch strip, rounded the bottom edges, and used a tag topper to punch the top and repeated this with a Lost Lagoon piece. I then heat embossed the white image on the Smoky Slate and colored in "cake" with a marker. I heat embossed the image again on a scrap of Lost Lagoon and fussy cut around it to give it a little "pop" on celebrate. All that was left was to trim up the DSP and punch a little detail into the sides (I'll admit, I used a push pin because I couldn't find the right tool...). I wasn't liking how bright those circles were, so I attached a piece of vellum to it to soften it up. I tied a piece of baker's twine (not SU) through my tags and attached them to finish it up.
That's it! I think it's perfect for my daddy and I can't wait to get it in the mail this afternoon!
Stamps: Big Day
Paper: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Whisper White, Vellum
Ink: Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Versamark, StazOn Black
Other: Baker's Twine, Lost Lagoon marker, Smoky Slate Blendabiltiies, White Embossing Powder, Push Pin (paper piercing), Blender Pen
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