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They say dogs are man’s best friend, and it’s easy to see why! Puppies have an adorably enthusiastic energy that’s infectious, and nothing beats snuggling up with a furry friend after a long day. However, before you can enjoy all of the wonders that come with pet ownership, it’s important to make sure your new puppy is trained up. Trust me, you don’t want to end up living with a dog that hasn’t learned what they can and can’t chew on! Fear not, though, because this guide is here to arm you with all of the tools you need to develop a strong bond with your pup, and ensure they’re well-behaved in every situation. Get ready for some paw-some puppy training!
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1. “Teach Your Pup to Be Paw-some with These Training Tips!”
One of the most important aspects of raising a happy, well-behaved dog is effective training. Whether you are starting from scratch with a new puppy or need to reinforce good behaviors in an older pup, there are plenty of training tips and tricks that can help your four-legged friend become paw-some.
Firstly, it’s important to establish clear rules and boundaries from the beginning. This means setting aside consistent times for feeding, potty breaks, and exercise. You’ll also want to be consistent with positive reinforcement, using treats, praise, and playtime to encourage good behavior. Try to keep training sessions short and sweet – a few minutes a day is much better than an hour once a week.
One highly effective training method is clicker training, which involves using a small clicker device to signal to your dog when they have done something desirable. You can pair the clicker sound with a treat or other reward to help your pup learn quickly and effectively. Another helpful training tool is the use of verbal cues and hand signals to communicate specific behaviors. By being consistent, patient, and positive in your training approach, you can help your pup develop into a well-mannered, happy canine companion.
2. “From Sit to Roll Over: A Comprehensive Guide for Puppy Training”
Training a puppy can be quite the task, but it is also a fun and rewarding experience for both you and your furry friend. Whether you are teaching your little one basic commands like “Sit” and “Stay”, or more advanced tricks like “Roll Over”, consistency and positive reinforcement are key to a successful training process. Here are a few tips to get started:
- Start early: Puppies up to 6 months old are like sponges, ready to absorb all the knowledge you can offer. Start training as soon as possible to make the process easier in the long run.
- Use positive reinforcement: Reward your puppy with treats, love, and praise every time they successfully complete a command. This will encourage them to continue learning and make the training process more enjoyable for both of you.
- Be consistent: Use clear and concise commands, and be sure to reinforce them every time they are obeyed. Also, be consistent in your tone and body language to avoid confusing your puppy.
Remember that every puppy is different, so be patient and don’t give up if progress is slow. Celebrate each small victory along the way, and have fun training your furry best friend!
3. “Secrets to Puppy Training Success: Positive Reinforcement and Consistency”
Positive reinforcement and consistency are the key secrets to successful puppy training. Dogs respond well to positive reinforcement, which is the act of rewarding good behavior. Consistency in training means that you should reinforce good behavior every time it occurs, and correct undesirable behavior every time it happens.
One of the best ways to use positive reinforcement is to reward your puppy with treats and praise. When your puppy follows a command or displays good behavior, reward them with a treat and praise them extensively. This will motivate your puppy to repeat the good behavior in the future.
Another way to use positive reinforcement is to provide your puppy with toys and other activities that they enjoy. This will teach them that good behavior leads to fun and enjoyable activities. On the other hand, if your puppy displays undesirable behavior, it is important to correct them immediately. Consistency is crucial in this regard, because if you do not correct your puppy every time they display undesirable behavior, they may become confused and start behaving unpredictably.
By using positive reinforcement and consistency in your puppy training, you will be well on your way to raising a well-behaved and obedient dog. Remember to be patient and reward good behavior consistently. With time and repetition, your puppy will learn to behave appropriately and respond well to your commands.
4. “Mastering Potty Training: Say Goodbye to Accidents and Hello to a Clean Home”
If you’re a parent, one of the biggest milestones in your child’s development is mastering potty training. It’s an exciting and rewarding milestone for both you and your child. However, it can also be a challenging and frustrating process. But don’t worry, with a few tips and tricks, you can say goodbye to accidents and hello to a clean home.
First, it’s important to have a consistent routine. Make sure your child uses the potty at regular intervals throughout the day, such as after meals or before leaving the house. Establishing a routine will help your child understand when it’s time to go and prevent accidents.
Second, praise and reward your child for their efforts. Positive reinforcement is essential when it comes to potty training. When your child successfully uses the potty, make sure to praise them and offer a small reward, such as a sticker or a favorite snack. This will help motivate them to continue their progress.
Finally, be patient and don’t pressure your child. Every child learns at their own pace, and it’s important to let them take their time to master potty training. Don’t get frustrated if there are setbacks or accidents, and always be encouraging and supportive.
With these tips, you’ll be on your way to mastering potty training and enjoying a clean home. Good luck!
5. “Beyond Sit and Stay: Fun Tricks to Teach Your Puppy for Bonding and Mental Stimulation
One way to bond with your puppy and provide mental stimulation is by teaching them fun tricks beyond the basic commands of sit and stay. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- High-five: Teach your pup to give you a high-five by holding a treat in your hand and raising it slightly. When they paw at your hand, say “high-five” and give them the treat.
- Spin: Hold a treat in front of your pup’s nose and lure them in a circle. As they follow the treat, say “spin” and reward them with the treat when they complete the circle.
- Crawl: Have your pup lie down and hold a treat just inches from their nose. Slowly move the treat away from them, encouraging them to crawl towards it. Say “crawl” and reward them with the treat when they move towards it.
Teaching your puppy these fun tricks provides mental stimulation by challenging them to learn new behaviors. It also strengthens the bond between you and your pup as you work together to achieve a common goal. Remember to be patient and use positive reinforcement to encourage your pup throughout the training process. With practice and consistency, your pup will be performing these tricks in no time!
Well, now you’re all set to start your pup on their journey to becoming a well trained, obedient and absolute pooch-pleaser! Through the simple and effective training methods outlined in this guide, you can trust that your pup will soon be showing off their new found paw-some puppy skills to everyone they meet. Have fun and happy training!

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GUWAHATI, Feb 24 � Two persons were shot dead by the personal security officer (PSO) of one Hariprasanna Hazarika, a businessman, around 1:30 am today in the city�s Mathuranagar area under mysterious circumstances.
The incident reportedly took place when three persons, including the two killed, broke into Hazarika�s flat at Tulsi Bhawan and one of them attacked him with a sharp weapon.
Hazarika was also attacked in 2009 by miscreants in Sivasagar, following which he was provided with a PSO.
Reacting to the attack on Hazarika, his PSO Rituparna Hazarika reportedly opened fire and killed two of the attackers, while the other person managed to flee from the scene.
The deceased have been identified as Himangsu Gogoi and Mrigangka Hazarika. Of the two deceased, Mrigangka is a suspect in a case relating to the murder of a Congress leader in Sivasagar in 2009.
Later, Hariprasanna Hazarika, who sustained injury in his left hand, was intercepted along with four other persons including a lady named Sona Saikia in a car, on the GS Road. While Hazarika was rushed to the Down Town Hospital, the other four including the driver of the vehicle and the PSO were detained for questioning.
Police said that though the cause of the incident is yet be ascertained, investigation into the incident is on.
Police said that Azhar Talukdar, the watchman of the apartment in which Hazarika was staying, when questioned informed that he heard sounds of gunshots from inside the apartment after which five persons including Hazarika got out of the apartment around 1:40 am and asked him to open the gate, to which he complied.
A senior police official when asked, said, �The prima facie evidence is not conclusive enough to point the needle of suspicion at anyone at this moment. We have taken the accounts of everyone related to the case and cannot rule out any angle at this moment. Samples collected have also been sent to the forensic lab for examination.�


LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Flower shops around the valley are gearing up to not only open their doors to customers but to also make sure they have enough product for Mother’s Day weekend.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the valley, including florists.
“That was a hard time, a really hard time,” said Adelina Sdrasnei, owner of VIP Floral Designs. “We are going to be here even after hours if they need us.”
Mother’s Day is one of the biggest days for Sdrasnei’s family business. As we enter Phase 1 of the state’s recovery plan, she is happy they can open the front shop just in time.
“We are going to allow just one customer in at a time,” Sdrasnei said.
She says they have hundreds of orders and expect more. Some other flower shops have stopped taking orders.
Not too far from The Strip is Greenfield and Company — a flower distribution company. Richard Villa is a purchasing manager for the company. He says local florists are coming in to get product for Mother’s Day weekend, but they don’t have much because they didn’t order through the pandemic.
“We sell to the local businesses such as flower shops, chapels and one of our main clients would be hotel casinos,” Villa said. “There was no need to order so we lost a lot of business.”
Sdrasnei says they have a lot more orders this week compared to a normal week. They will be working around the clock to get ready to open just in time for Mother’s Day.


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Work number - M 28 AWARDED
Authors: Posylaieva Oksana Oleksandrivna, Chernyshenko Pavlo Volodymyrovych
Presented by the Plant Production Institute named after VYa Yuryev of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine
The work is a complete series of comprehensive scientific investigations aimed at solving the problem of increasing and stabilizing the soybean seed production through integration of breeding and technological projects for sustainable soybean production in Ukraine to increase the crop yields, resistance to abiotic stresses and implementation of innovative cultivation technologies in the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine.
The aim is to identify adaptive traits in soybean accessions by heat and drought resistance, to form a collection of sources of resistance, to develop varieties and to optimize components of their cultivation.
We selected 49 soybean genotypes combining drought and heat resistance and valuable economic traits and used them as starting material in breeding. We developed 15 novel high-yielding early-ripening and mid-early grain soybean varieties with increased adaptability to unfavorable environmental factors, which meet the production requirements and are not inferior to the best domestic and world analogues in terms of yield capacity (potential performance of up to 5.0 t/ha). We developed innovative approaches to determination of resistance of soybean accessions to abiotic factors and optimized technological procedures, the priority of which is confirmed by patents.
A method of desiccation of seed soybean crops, which contributes to significant saving material and technical resources and improving the efficiency of cultivation of new varieties, was implemented in the production (the net operating profit is within 4,444-6,987 UAH/ha with profitability level of 48.5-81.1%).
The new breeding inventions are implemented at farming enterprises of different forms of ownership in Ukraine on the area of over 200,000 ha.
The research results are of high scientific and practical value for agriculture and meet the current needs of scientific support for the agrarian sector of Ukraine.
The number of publications: 57, including 1 manual, 27 articles (5 in foreign editions). As per the Google Shcolar database, the total number of references to the authors’ publications presented in this work is 63; h-index (for this work) = 6; as per the Russian Science Citation Index database within the Web of Science, the total number of references is 4, h-index (for this work) = 1; the novelty and competitive capacity of the technical solutions are protected by 2 patents.

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The Zweymüller Alloclassic total hip arthroplasty system is widely used, although few intermediate-term studies have been published. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic results of this system after ten years.One hundred and twenty-four consecutive primary total hip arthroplasties were performed with the Zweymüller Alloclassic cementless system at our institution between February 1988 and March 1991, and 104 hips (ninety-four patients) were retrospectively reviewed after a minimum duration of follow-up of ten years. The mean age of the patients at the time of the arthroplasty was 62.3 years (range, twenty-five to seventy-seven years). The mean duration of follow-up was 11.3 years. Standard radiographs were made for all patients immediately after the operation, at six and twelve months, and annually thereafter for at least ten years. Cox multivariate regression analysis was performed to assess the influence of various factors on survival of the implant.The cumulative probability of not having a revision of any prosthetic component for any reason was 94.1% (95% confidence interval, 91.9% to 96.3%) at twelve years in the best-case scenario and 85.3% (95% confidence interval, 82.1% to 88.5%) at twelve years in the worst-case scenario for the entire series of 124 hips. Among the 104 hips in the follow-up study, three acetabular components and no stems were revised. Two hips had level-4 pain according to the system of Merle D'Aubigné and Postel. Seven acetabular components (7%) were loose at twelve years, and all stems had radiographic evidence of stable fixation. Acetabular cup loosening was related to a vertical cup angle (p = 0.0008, Student t test), acetabular wear of ≥1 mm (p = 0.001, Fisher exact test), and a 32-mm femoral head (p = 0.001, Fisher exact test). Although femoral osteolysis was seen in eighteen hips (17%) at twelve years, all osteolytic cavities were proximal and focal.The Zweymüller Alloclassic prosthesis, particularly its femoral stem, demonstrated good results and durable fixation at a minimum of ten years of follow-up.Therapeutic study, Level IV (case series [no, or historical, control group]). See Instructions to Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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text: Resulting from a major ESRC funded project as part of their programme of research on population and household change "Family and Community Life of Older People" reflects the interest in how older people are affected by social change which is currently a key theme in social science. It focuses on three areas: Bethnal Green in London; Wolverhampton in the Midlands; and Woodford in Essex. These areas were the subject of studies in the late 1940s and 1950s. Using these examples, it explores changes to the family and community lives of older people. It should prove of interest to students in social policy, urban sociology, gerontology, social work and community studies and will also be relevant to policy makers.

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In a forthcoming article, I explore an often overlooked yet important facet of corporate governance: the interplay between state-mandated board diversity and First Amendment rights. My focus is on instances where states obligate corporations to meet specific quotas for board membership based on race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or sex. This contrasts with cases like the recent Fifth Circuit decision in Alliance For Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC (2023), where Nasdaq, a regulated but private entity, implemented its own board diversity guidelines.
The article argues that state-imposed board diversity mandates raise significant concerns under free speech protections. Historically, scrutiny of these mandates has revolved around state and federal Equal Protection concerns, but I examine them under compelled speech principles.
At the heart of the analysis is the question, Do these mandates constitute compelled commercial or ideological speech? The article proposes that they are likely compelled ideological speech, thus requiring strict judicial scrutiny – the most rigorous standard of constitutional review. As a result, board diversity mandates, while well-intentioned, may infringe upon the expressive autonomy of corporations, effectively coercing corporations and their board members and shareholders to align with specific ideological positions endorsed by the state.
The Evolution of Corporate Speech Rights
The evolution of corporate personhood and commercial speech rights presents a fascinating journey. The Supreme Court’s initial stance on commercial speech was restrictive, as seen in Valentine v. Chrestensen (1942), where commercial advertising was deemed outside First Amendment protections. This view, however, began to shift in the 1970s with cases like Bigelow v. Virginia (1975) and Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council (1976). These rulings recognized the importance of commercial speech in the public discourse and extended First Amendment protections to it.
The Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission (1980) further refined this perspective, introducing an intermediate scrutiny test for evaluating restrictions on commercial speech. This test ensures that the regulation of commercial speech balances governmental interests with First Amendment rights.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) marked a significant turn, extending First Amendment protections to corporate political speech. This decision highlighted the Court’s recognition of corporate entities as key participants in public discourse, capable of engaging in constitutionally protected communications.
The doctrine of compelled speech emerged from West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), which established the First Amendment’s protection against compelled speech. This principle was further reinforced in Wooley v. Maynard (1977), emphasizing the right to abstain from endorsing specific ideologies.
The doctrine of compelled commercial speech, as developed in Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Council (1985), presents a nuanced aspect of First Amendment jurisprudence. This ruling focused on compelled factual and uncontroversial disclosures in commercial speech, introducing the Zauderer test. This test balances the government’s interest in consumer protection with the commercial speaker’s First Amendment rights.
Subsequent rulings have expanded the scope of Zauderer, applying it to various contexts, including public health and ethical consumerism. Courts have upheld requirements for businesses to disclose information about products and services, aligning with broader societal goals.
The Constitutional Implications of Board Diversity Mandates
Examining whether board diversity mandates compel corporations to “speak” in a certain manner involves probing the nature of the “speech” compelled and the question of whether it is protected under the First Amendment.
The crux of my article’s argument is that such laws could inadvertently compel corporations and their board members to subtly convey or align with specific social values concerning diversity and inclusion. These mandates go beyond typical corporate governance norms and standard disclosure requirements, effectively requiring corporations to tacitly endorse certain societal and political viewpoints on diversity. This shift affects not only the corporate entity but also extends to individual board members and shareholders, raising potential concerns about infringing upon their First Amendment rights.
Given the ideological nature of this speech, strict scrutiny seems appropriate. The Supreme Court jurisprudence bars mandates that compel ideological speech, emphasizing the fundamental right to freedom of belief and thought. This principle, highlighted in cases like Barnette and Hurley, affirms individuals’ and entities’ autonomy in expression. The interplay between factual disclosures and ideological expression, as in Riley, suggests heightened scrutiny for such mandates.
Considering corporate personhood, as acknowledged in landmark cases like Hobby Lobby and Citizens United, board diversity mandates may also risk transforming private corporate boards into entities resembling public accommodations. This shift raises significant concerns, particularly in light of Hurley’s delineation of private entities’ expressive activities. The danger lies in the state imposing its own “truth” on matters of ideological speech, which directly contradicts democratic principles and underscores the importance of safeguarding self-expression from governmental interference. While these mandates aim to promote diversity, their potential conflict with First Amendment principles, especially regarding the autonomy and expressive freedoms of corporate entities and individuals, presents a complex legal and ethical dilemma.
In essence, board diversity mandates aim to diversify perspectives within corporate boards. However, when subjected to strict scrutiny, it becomes questionable whether they fulfill a compelling state interest and represent the most narrowly focused, least restrictive means to achieve that interest.
Ultimately, the alignment of board diversity mandates with First Amendment principles remains dubious. These mandates, as currently formulated, pose profound challenges to the autonomy of corporations and the expressive freedoms of individuals associated with these entities. This calls into question their compatibility with the core values of a free and democratic society. While the goals of these mandates are commendable in promoting diversity and inclusivity, their potential clash with fundamental constitutional freedoms presents a dilemma that requires serious consideration and debate.
Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, No. 21-60626 (5th Cir. 2023).
Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975).
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014).
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 557 (1980).
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).
Crest v. Padilla I, No. 19-STCV-27561, Los Angeles Superior Court (2022).
Crest v. Padilla II, No. 19-STCV-27561, Los Angeles Superior Court (2022).
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc., 515 U.S. 557 (1995).
Riley v. National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina, Inc., 487 U.S. 781 (1988).
Valentine v. Chrestensen, 316 U.S. 52 (1942).
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Counsel, 447 U.S. 557 (1976).
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).
Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705 (1977).
Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Supreme Court of Ohio, 471 U.S. 626 (1985).
This post comes to us from Professor Salar Ghahramani at Penn State University. It is based on his forthcoming article, “Corporate Governance and Compelled Speech: Do State-imposed Board Diversity Mandates Violate Free Speech?” available here.

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You are about to look through our on-line window into the Tribes Fine Art Gallery. Israel's premier art gallery located at the world-famous five-star David Inter-Continental Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Situated on the bustling and scenic Tel-Aviv waterfront and side by side with Neve-Tzedek, the oldest neighborhood in Tel Aviv, the Tribes Fine Art Galleries recreates on the inside all of the area's unique charm and romance found on the outside.
From fresh young talent whose artistic creations scream out to be discovered, to passionate professionals whose works are displayed at shows, galleries and in private collections around the world, many believe there is no finer collection of paintings and sculptures created by the hands, hearts, souls and minds of ambitious contemporary Israeli artists at all levels of their careers and development.
In addition to our collection of works from these fine artists, visitors to our gallery are pleasantly surprised to discover that we also house one of the largest archives of original works from world-famous artists and masters including Picasso, Chagall, Mane, Métis, Monet, Kandinski and so many more. Just contact us for the complete list.
Long treasured by many of the world's serious art collectors, as well as interior designers and celebrities, and many others who have specifically asked that we keep their identities secret, we've gained world-wide reputation as a full-service gallery as well as for our role in promoting unknown artists. We're also the premier art gallery for tourists and visitors wishing to take a piece of the Nation of Israel home with them.
The Tribes Fine Art Galleries is renowned for its support of philanthropic activities and partnerships with companies and organizations around the world that support artists and the enjoyment of art itself. The gallery also plays a major role in art shows and exhibitions both in Israel and globally.
As a full-service art gallery, you can trust us to assist you with all of your art requirements including:
Whether you choose to make a selection online, or you prefer to select your art via telephone, FAX, or in person, you can be sure that our capable and knowledgeable staff will assist you with everything from selecting and acquiring a specific work of art to framing design, delivery and installation.
Your satisfaction is our top priority. Perhaps that's why we’re the preferred gallery of some many art collectors from around the world.
Our gallery and web site are quite popular with collectors seeking tomorrow's investment-quality art at today's prices. If you see a selection that you like, we suggest you contact us at once to avoid disappointment.
We are committed to providing our collectors with the highest level of quality, value and service.

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Angelica Quicksey is a civic technologist with a background in public policy and urban planning.
Her civic tech career began in 2012 as a ‘public service trainee’ with the City of San Francisco. Since then, she has delivered modern public services as a public servant and a consultant, at the local, state, and federal levels.
Angelica has designed products and services that help San Franciscans apply for business permits, Boston city officials procure technology, unemployed Californians understand the status of their unemployment insurance applications, and countless U.S. residents access Medicare and Medicaid. She created a course on technology and innovation in government at the Harvard Kennedy School and helped plan the 2016 Black Policy Conference and 2017 Black in Design Conference. She is currently the Head of the Public Spaces Incubator at New_ Public.
She holds a BA from Claremont McKenna College and two Masters degrees from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Design.


What’s being done to clean swimming pools and what you can do, like showering
Singapore’s public pools are generally safe, but swimmers may take hygiene for granted as chlorine is used as a disinfectant. Even not showering before a dip can have a negative impact. The programme Talking Point dives in to investigate.
SINGAPORE: In 2019, there were more than 6.5 million visits to Singapore’s public swimming pools. In today’s post-COVID-19 world, the visitor figures are about 60 per cent of monthly capacity.
Some things have not changed, however; for instance, a number of people think it is acceptable not to shower before entering the pool, the programme Talking Point finds out in a series of vox pops.
Others may even pee in the pool, thinking that chlorine is used to disinfect the water.
The problem, however, is that urine and sweat contain ammonia, which reduces the effect that chlorine has on the water.
So what is being done to keep the pools sufficiently clean to protect swimmers from bacteria and viruses, which can enter the water? And what is the principal reason why one should shower before swimming?
WATCH: The real reason why you should shower before swimming (2:00)
Marchwood Laboratory Services technical manager Tan Thuan Piang, who has sampled Singapore’s pool waters with his team for over 15 years, noted that ammonia in pools, though mainly from sweat and urine, also comes from sunscreen lotion and cosmetics.
While the amount of ammonia in Singapore’s pools is usually “minute” — low enough to escape detection — a possible reason for this is that ammonia “reacts very fast” with chlorine in the water to form the by-product chloramine, he said.
When there is a “heavy chlorine smell”, it is usually tri-chloramine, a type of chloramine formed as the ammonia level rises and “not the chlorine we really want”, cited Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute executive director Shane Snyder.
“It’s a nuisance,” said the professor, who has studied water quality and safety for more than 20 years. “As the chlorine forms chloramine, there’s less chlorine there. So we have to … add more chlorine to keep the level safe.
“If we don’t practise good hygiene, the amount of chlorine in a swimming pool will drop quickly and make it less safe … The more hygiene we have, the less ammonia there’ll be and the cleaner the pools stay.”
This is why he “always” advocates showering before entering the pool — to minimise the amount of chemicals it needs.
Chloramine can also have a more direct effect on swimmers.
National Skin Centre consultant dermatologist Lucinda Tan, who handles two to three patients a month for swimming-related conditions, said chloramines can “irritate and dry the skin” by stripping away the skin’s natural protective oil.
“This allows dust, bacteria (and) allergens to enter and cause irritation. A normal person with normal skin … may get away with that,” she said.
(For) a patient with eczema or very dry skin … what happens is that it becomes very itchy. The patients end up scratching badly.
“You break a lot of the skin barrier, and you allow a lot of germs to enter, and then you can get bad infections," she added.
“If your immune system is compromised … and (you have) a small cut and whatnot, you can still pick up an infection that can potentially worsen with time.”
She noted that all exposed parts of the body, including the hair and eyes, can be affected. People may also end up with a dry and itchy throat if they swallow “a little bit more” pool water.
And some children may be more susceptible to dry, irritating skin than adults.
To maintain safety, there are national standards for the chlorine level in Singapore’s swimming pools: It must be between one to three parts per million.
“Too little chlorine (and) it’d encourage algae to form. Too much chlorine (and) you’d feel the itch and discomfort on (your) skin,” said Jonas Su, operations director of pool maintenance company Anwill.
Normally, at the end of a servicing, his team adds chlorine even if the pool passes muster, as the reading would drop.
“By adding a little bit more, probably it’ll shoot up … still within the ideal range,” he said. “It’ll last for a few days before we come again.”
Other parameters for testing pool cleanliness include the pH value, colour and turbidity (cloudiness) of the water.
By regulation, the pH value — which shows the level of acidity or alkalinity — should be between 7.2 and 7.8.
But when Talking Point submitted samples from 10 public pools — in Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bishan, Clementi, Jalan Besar, Jurong East, Kallang Basin, Queenstown, Tampines and Yishun — to Marchwood for testing, half of them were not within this range.
“It’s not a concern,” said Marchwood’s Tan, who described the readings of 8.1 to 8.3 as “slightly higher”. “But any pH that’s above nine will cause some skin irritation.”
Marchwood also tested the samples for faecal bacteria, namely E. coli and the coliform count.
By the National Environment Agency’s standards, there should not be more than 200 bacteria per millilitre of water. And all the samples met this standard as well as the other test parameters.
WATCH: Clean or not? We test 10 public swimming pools in Singapore (2:13)
TIPS ON POOL HYGIENE
Besides adding chlorine to pools, the cleaning process includes scooping up debris and vacuuming the bottom of the pools. This can be a laborious task.
What swimmers can do for personal hygiene on their part is relatively simple, however, like having a quick rinse before entering the pool to get rid of dirt, as well as applying moisturiser and sunblock if needed.
Although moisturisers would contribute to the formation of chloramine, Tan the dermatologist said their use would help buffer the effects of chlorine or chloramine on skin.
There are “two broad groups” of moisturisers: One has the “building blocks” of skin to repair the skin; the other acts as a protective barrier. “So it depends on a patient’s preference and the skin conditions,” she said.
“Generally, you’d want something slightly oilier because you want the moisturiser to last for the duration of the swim … The ones that are more water-resistant would help as well."
WATCH: The full episode — How clean are our public pools? (21:55)
She also recommended having a rinse immediately after leaving the pool to “get rid of all the chlorine”. She added: “If possible, use a gentle cleanser (for) a more complete removal.”
For extra assurance, swimmers can even get a test strip online that shows the pH and chlorine levels of the water on the spot.
Watch this episode of Talking Point here. The programme airs on Channel 5 every Thursday at 9.30pm.


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It was after deep thought & contemplation that founding fathers of our constitution set forth a document that was to become the law of the land. Taking cognizance of socio-cultural diversity that exists in our nation they enshrined the principles of liberty equality fraternity securing socio economic & political justice for all. They borrowed best practices from the world , modified some & innovated others to give us a comprehensive document that became the bedrock of world’s largest democracy .They envisioned the constitution as an organic document that would evolve and mature with time.
Various provisions such as flexibility of amendment, separation of power under 3 lists, fundamental rights, rights of minorities schedule castes & tribes OBCs etc , 3 tier system of governance , independence of judiciary , fair & free elections , parliamentary form of govt. , federal structure with powerful centre etc. make our constitution as one of its own kind; which speaks volumes about the holistic outlook of our leaders that framed our constitution. Also the inclusion of directive principles of state policy in the constitution clearly indicates intent of an egalitarian society. These all provisions provide ample space for our constitution to overcome any adversary & hold its ground crushing all voices that demand new constitution.
But question arises in spite of all these features and continued evolution why our constitution looks dysfunctional & secluded. Why is that this highly accepted document is becoming unacceptable and voices of an alternative constitution are doing rounds in citizenry of this largely democratic setting. Reasons are many. From lack of political will to corrupt individuals running the system, from criminalization of politics to criminalization of legislature, faulty education system to unaware citizens and many more. The anomic situation in which we are is not the result of constitution alone but is also the result of our own misdeeds. Ignorant “chalta hai” attitude has derailed our structure and we cannot blame the virtuous vision of our patriotic No doubt there are many grey areas and vestigial laws in our constitution that need to be streamlined. But blaming constitution out rightly is not a sign of a mature society. Also clinging on to such parochial norms in name of culture & religion will do us no good. Administrative Reforms Commission, National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution etc are some examples which help constitution to continuously evolve and hold its footing.
Ideals of equality, liberty, freedom are yet to be completely achieved & our nation is still a nation in building. It’s still on its path & is moving towards its destination where the two worlds, Bharat & India, stemming out of same seed with shared roots would converge into singularity. Our constitution is our lightning star & guardian of our ideals and aspirations. It is the means and the end in itself which all encompassing & ever maturing.


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Baltimore sterilization company Noxilizer Inc. has acquired a like-minded Japanese company.
Noxilizer completed an assets acquisition of Japanese SAIAN Corp., which, like Noxilizer, has been developing a sterilization system for pharmaceutical, medical device and other medical uses. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Japanese company will become a new subsidiary of Noxilizer, called Noxilizer Japan KK. Former SAIAN CEO Ryuichi Iwasaki will stay on as general manager of the new Noxilizer Japan KK.
The deal is intended to help establish Noxilizer as a “global player in the life science sterilization market,” CEO Lawrence Bruder said in a statement.
Noxilizer develops sterilization systems that use nitrogren dioxide. The company in November sold its first system to Catheter Research in Indianapolis. Noxilizer is moving to the University of Maryland BioPark
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A healthy employee is a productive employee!
Nutrition and diet are essential parts of a healthy lifestyle for good health and healthy employees are essential for a productive and efficient work place.
Many Australian workers are overweight, have high cholesterol levels and are at risk of developing chronic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease.
Current research shows that chronic diseases costs the Australian workforce more than half a million days of absenteeism each year. For your business this means increased costs, reduced employee productivity and reduced profits. Lifestyle diseases are the silent OH&S risk of every work place.
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Being a writer has many ups and downs. Writing can be time-consuming and often frustrating on some days, and on others, the pages flow quickly and freely without much effort at all. There are occasional breakthrough moments that leave me elated, but there are other moments when I want to drop my computer off my third floor balcony and watch it shatter on the sidewalk below. It’s the beauty and anguish of being a writer, I suppose. For me, a particularly difficult aspect of writing is having to dig deep within myself to find the strength to be brave enough to connect with the characters I don’t want to connect with—the bad guys.
Tom Cressfield in I Am Lucky Bird is one of them. To say he’s a monster is being nice. And having to bring him into the novel—a difficult task from the get-go as he makes his initial appearance in the first few pages—was like watching the rape of Sarah Tobias played by Jodie Foster in The Accused. I didn’t know what to expect when I saw the film the first time, but when I watched it again, my stomach clenched into a knot and my hands started shaking a good ten minutes before the dreaded scene. I had a similar reaction when I had to bring Tom Cressfield into Lucky Bird’s life. I created him though.
I knew what he was and what he was going to do (and what he’d already done). And as I despised him, I had to give him life. I had to swallow my fear and unravel the twisted rope in my gut and put this animal in the pages of my book to torment the young Lucky Bird. I created this man in my head—a compilation of the many bad guys I’d read about in books or I’d watched in films—and now he was alive and breathing. I made him walk and talk. I made him do those horrible things. There were moments when I questioned my own sanity. Was it possible I did have some deep, dark traumatic moment in my past that I was repressing?
It was days, maybe weeks later, when I realized it wasn’t so spectacular that I created this character. Writers aren’t brave for creating villains. They’re brave for finding a way to connect with them, for finding a way to make their readers empathize with them. I tried digging deep within myself to find the strength to be brave enough to connect with Tom Cressfield, but I fear I fell short.
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A Somali man who acted as a ransom negotiator for pirates who seized an American yacht last year and killed four American hostages was sentenced on Monday by a U.S. federal judge to serve 12 life sentences.
Mohammad Shibin was convicted in April on 15 charges including piracy, hostage taking, kidnapping and conspiracy. He was paid $30,000 to $50,000 in cash for his negotiating services, according to a federal indictment.
In a courtroom in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Robert Doumar sentenced Shibin to serve 10 concurrent life sentences, two consecutive life sentences and two 20-year sentences and ordered him to pay $5.4 million in restitution.
Pirates commandeered an American yacht carrying Jean and Scott Adam of California and Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from Seattle in February 2011 off the coast of Somalia. All four hostages were killed despite attempts by the U.S. military to negotiate their release.
Prosecutors said Shibin was among an elite group whose skills were needed to negotiate ransoms.
According to evidence presented at trial, Shibin researched the background of the hostages over the Internet to determine how much ransom to demand and to find family members to contact for the payments, prosecutors said.
Shibin also served as a ransom negotiator for pirates who seized the M/V Marida Marguerite in 2010. The German-owned vessel had a crew of 22 men who were held hostage for seven months starting inMay 2010 and reported being tortured.
In 2011 Somali piracy cost the world economy $7 billion and earned the pirates some $160 million inransoms, according to a recent report by the International Maritime Bureau.
"(Shibin's) multiple life sentences should put all pirates on notice that the Justice Department will hold you accountable in a U.S. courtroom for crimes on the high seas," MacBride said.
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Rescue at Credit Suisse
FORTUNATELY the Chancellor, temporarily, was insulated from the volatile world of markets as he delivered his Budget.
Having recovered Britain’s reputation for fiscal competence, after last year’s failed Truss-Kwarteng experiment, Jeremy Hunt was able to make progress on his key goals of getting inactive citizens back to work.
If US financial channel CNBC had been on in the background he may not have been so quick to give back two-thirds of the fiscal gains accumulated since November 2022.
Hunt, with colleagues at the Bank of england, encouraged HSBC to save the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank for the tech industry.
But the UK, as a major financial centre, will find it hard to escape the eruptions across the rest of the banking universe.
Hedge funds and traders are often far ahead of the authorities in spotting the weak links in the financial chain.
The alarming 24pc fall in the share price of Credit Suisse shows how quickly the contagion can jump from second-line institutions, such as SVB, to the mainstream.
In the final quarter of last year depositors pulled £120bn out of Credit Suisse. There has been little since then to encourage funds to come flooding back. The bank’s biggest investor Harris Associates has sold its stake. Publication of the bank’s accounts was delayed by the US authorities.
And a Saudi Arabian investor is showing little interest in being lender of last resort.
In the last days of Fred Goodwin’s royal Bank of Scotland in 2008, the disgraced chief executive toured the City persuading investors to back a £20bn rights issue. The equity was forthcoming but it didn’t stop the NatWest owner from having to go to the Government for a rescue after Lehman.
Amid much controversy, the US Treasury and Federal reserve lost no time in erecting a safety net under the US banking system last weekend with the aim of easing panic. This, in spite of pledges made after the great financial crisis that no bank was too big to fail.
The Swiss National Bank is now having to intervene. It will come up with either an offer of liquidity or might even encourage a bear-hug merger with UBS.
Failure to act has hurt other european banks. BNP and other Continental lenders are becoming cautious about transactions with Credit Suisse in the first signs of a credit crunch.
Uncertainty has triggered uncomfortable declines in european equity markets with the bank-heavy FTSe 100 down 3.8pc.
Regional banks stocks are stumbling in the US and the main American share indexes are down sharply.
If there is a silver lining it is that market appetite for further interest rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic, are easing. No point in piling on the agony when lenders are pulling back on technology and property lending for fear of surging defaults.
THE big surprise in the Budget is the speed with which economic forecasts changed.
This, together with the freeze on personal tax thresholds, gave the Chancellor some fiscal space to try something different.
If there is a lesson to be drawn it is that far too much faith is placed in official forecasts. After negative growth projections from the Bank of england and Office for Budget responsibility last year and the IMF this year, opposition politicians couldn’t wait to pour scorn on the country.
They contributed to a doom loop. yet there is observable evidence – crowded airports, queues at restaurants, overflowing shopping bags and shop openings – to suggest something different.
It takes a great deal to knock Britain’s resilient consumers and firms off course.
The latest YouGov/Cebr consumer and business confidence survey shows rising optimism in almost every category, including house prices and job insecurity. All that could go up in smoke if banks refuse to lend to each other or, worse, to customers.
Fortunately, for the moment, the doomsters are losing.
BRITAIN has a nasty habit of allowing others to exploit our winning technologies.
The Chancellor deserves praise for recognising the promise of rolls-royce small modular reactors after nearly a decade of scepticism and delays.
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It’s not a choice. If you live in Connecticut and you want your kids to go to school, childhood vaccines are mandated. And you better believe the vaccine schedule from birth to age 6—as laid out by the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC)—is a full dance card. There’s HepB, given in three doses between birth and 18 months, designed to prevent the liver infection Hepatitis B; four doses of PCV between 2 and 15 months, to guard against bacterial pneumonia; DTaP in five doses between 2 months and 6 years, for diptheria, whooping cough and tetanus; two doses of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), four doses of Hib (Haemophilus influenzae, which can cause meningitis), four of IPV (polio) . . . in short, if your pediatrician follows CDC recommendations to the letter, your child can expect up to roughly three dozen vaccines as protection against 14 different communicable diseases that, in generations past, often led to hospitalization, disability and sometimes death.
Baby-boomer grandparents who remember that sucking on a sugar-cube dosed with polio vaccine was once considered the greatest triumph of science next to the 1969 moon landing would be astonished by the regimen young parents are now expected to keep in their infant’s first 18 months. This includes several doctor’s office visits requiring as many as five or six shots each. Still, that’s all to the good, right? After all, mass vaccination campaigns have eradicated smallpox and nearly eradicated polio—a fearsome crippler and killer of young children in the first half of the 20th century—in our lifetimes, while keeping other viral and bacterial threats from blossoming into epidemics.
Alas, these days it seems there’s little joy in Wellville. Along with all of our public-health successes has come fear, particularly of the side effects and allergic reactions some vaccines can produce. While these are limited mostly to swelling at the injection site, fever and/or mild physical discomfort, on rare occasions (one in 100,000) something more serious happens—seizures, for example. Such events have led to loud calls from the populace for greater “safety.” But safety is a relative concept, says Dr. Steven Novella, assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine and senior editor of the blog Science-Based Medicine. “Certainly, not all vaccines are equally safe,” he says. “But all vaccines that are currently administered have greater benefits than risks to the individual. That’s the bar that we set before we allow vaccines on the market and recommend them for use, whether for routine prevention or targeted populations.”
Two of the greatest vaccine fears include the potential side effects of certain additives, the main one being aluminum hydroxide, used as an adjuvant to improve the efficacy of many vaccines (although research indicates that babies get more aluminum in their daily formula), and the possibility of “vaccine overload” overwhelming an infant’s immune system. Jeffrey S. Gerber and Paul A. Offit—of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Infectious Diseases—debunked the latter in a 2009 article in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, pointing out that infants’ immune systems can, and do, respond to thousands of pathogenic threats simultaneously. In addition, improvements in vaccine design in recent years have actually lightened the immunologic load, so that the number of active components in 14 vaccines is actually less than 10 percent of the components present in the seven vaccines given in 1980.
A far greater worry to the medical community is the way such fears can disrupt vaccine compliance, particularly when immunization numbers drop to the point that they threaten “herd immunity”—the delicate balance that’s achieved when the percentage of the vaccinated population in a community is high enough to protect those with immune deficiencies (or other relevant health problems) from a disease outbreak. This percentage varies from disease to disease depending on how contagious it is; for instance, for a community to achieve herd immunity from the measles, vaccination rates must top 90 percent. Connecticut, it should be noted, has a virtuously high rate of vaccine compliance: For the last 15 years, the state has ranked in the top five states for on-time childhood immunizations—and in 2008, CDC officials visited Hartford for a congratulatory ceremony. This performance has been enhanced by our adoption in 1998 of a system for all newborns called the Connecticut Immunization Registry and Tracking System (CIRTS).
Other parts of the world have not fared as well. The reason polio has not yet been eradicated—though it’s no longer endemic in the United States—is a failed vaccination campaign in northern Nigeria early in the last decade. “At the time, Muslim clerics started spreading a scare about the vaccine, saying that it was a conspiracy by Western medicine to spread polio and AIDS,” Novella says. By 2006, Nigeria was determined to be the source of over half of all new polio cases worldwide.


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Catching the afternoon drizzle and inhaling the breathtaking view of Virgin Island Puerto Galera. This is me proving where the island got its name from. The island is quite remote from the mainland white beach. It takes passing by few hills and coconut plantations which is not usually a problem for me.
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Mike Hassim, left, and Bryce Reed, park operators for the City of St. Catharines and a crew from Pineridge Tree and Lawn Service put up the Christmas Lights at city hall on Monday.
This Friday, the Celebration of Lights will be live streamed as Niagara Health Foundation kicks of its annual Celebration of Lights holiday campaign that raises money for hospital equipment.
The foundation has partnered with St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Welland and Niagara Region. Alectra Inc. will match all donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000 for donations made between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6.
To donate, visit www.lightsforhealth.com and to watch the lighting online visit the Niagara Health Foundation Facebook page and Instagram account (@NiagaraHealthFD).
Dates for the lighting in St. Catharines is Friday at 5:30 p.m., Welland is on Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. and Niagara Region is on Thursday at 6 p.m. The Niagara Falls lighting has taken place. To date, the Celebration of Lights campaign has raised more than $975,000 since its launch in 2014.


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The commitment to a respectful campus calls for promotion of an environment where the following are upheld:
- All individuals have important contributions to make toward the overall success of the university’s mission.
- UNM’s mission is best carried out in an atmosphere where individuals at all levels and in all units value each other and treat each other with respect.
- Individuals in positions of authority serve as role models in the promotion of a respectful campus. Promoting courtesy, civility, and respectful communication is consistent with the responsibility of leadership.
- Individuals at all levels are allowed to discuss issues of concern in an open and honest manner, without fear of reprisal or retaliation from individuals above or below them in the university’s hierarchy. At the same time, the right to address issues of concern does not grant individuals license to make untrue allegations, unduly inflammatory statements or unduly personal attacks, or to harass others, to violate confidentiality requirements, or engage in other conduct that violates the law or University policy.
- Bullying is unacceptable in all working, learning, and service interactions.
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Scarlett is a short film depicting the inner struggle of a girl who lost a leg to cancer.
Amputation takes as much of an emotional toll as a physical one – especially for a child. We believe in the power of entertainment media to empower children through storytelling and role models. Visibility in media offers these children hope and a sense of belonging at a critical time where they may feel isolated by their medical condition.
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“An extraordinary distillation of the though and wisdom of Thomas Jefferson.”
—MERRILL D. PETERSON, professor emeritus of history, University of Virginia, author of The Jefferson Image in the American Mind
“Seamlessly weaving Jefferson’s wisdom and lively moral imagination into discrete an dtimeless meditations, this far from common ‘commonplace book’ brings Jefferson’s thoughts alive again for a new generation of Americans.”
—FORREST CHURCH, author of The American Creed and editor of The Jefferson Bible
In the vein of The Jefferson Bible, lawyer Petersen (Hawkins, Delafield & Wood) has attempted to distill the best of Jefferson's copious personal correspondence and public writings into one thin volume of philosophical and practical essays. In this "attempt to bring the light of Thomas Jefferson back into the American sky," Petersen has painstakingly chosen exemplary quotations and arranged them into a series of short paragraphs that highlight Jefferson's thinking and advice on diverse topics, including faith, fitness, sincerity, seeing the good, Jesus, nature's beauty, living in the present, enthusiasm, patriotism, oneness, hope, and truth-seeking. While the text is naturally somewhat disjointed, Petersen has done a remarkable job of tying the quotations together into unified essays. One criticism is that the essays are not arranged by category (such as healthy living, political advice, spiritual advice). The book includes a brief chronology of Jefferson's life, as well as copious notes on the sources used. Recommended for Jefferson aficionados.-Robert Flatley, Kutztown Univ., PA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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. . . Adore God . . .
I have ever thought religion a concern purely between our God and our consciences, for which we were accountable to Him, and not to the priests. I never told my own religion, nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another’s creed. I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives, for it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me.
Hitherto I have been under the guidance of that portion of reason which He has thought proper to deal out to me. I have followed it faithfully in all important cases, to such a degree at least as leaves me without uneasiness; and if on minor occasions I have erred from its dictates, I have trust in Him who made us what we are, and know it was not His plan to make us always unerring. Faith and works will show their worth by their weight in the scales of eternal justice before God’s tribunal. If no action is to be deemed virtuous for which malice can imagine a sinister motive, then there never was a virtuous action; no, not even in the life of our Saviour himself. But He has taught us to judge the tree by its fruit and to leave motives to Him who can alone see into them. There is only one God and He is all perfect. There is a future state of rewards and punishments. To love God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself, is the sum of religion.
I hold (without appeal to revelation) that when we take a view of the universe, in all its parts, general or particular, it is impossible for the human mind not to perceive and feel a conviction of design, consummate skill, and indefinite power in every atom of its composition. The movements of the heavenly bodies, so exactly held in their course by the balance of centrifugal and centripetal forces; the structure of our earth itself, with its distribution of lands, waters, and atmosphere; animal and vegetable bodies, examined in all their minutest particles; insects, mere atoms of life, yet as perfectly organized as man or mammoth; the mineral substances, their generation and uses; it is impossible, I say, for the human mind not to believe, that there is in all this, design, cause, and effect, up to an ultimate cause, a fabricator of all things from matter and motion, their preserver and regulator while permitted to exist in their present forms, and their regeneration into new and other forms.
When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and Providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good. We are not in a world ungoverned by the laws and the power of a Superior Agent. Our efforts are in His hand, and directed by it; and He will give them their effect in His own time.
Our next meeting must be in a country for us not now very distant. For this journey we shall need neither gold nor silver in our purse, nor scrip, nor coats, nor staves. Nor is the provision for it more easy than the preparation has been kind. Nothing proves more than this, that the Being who presides over the world is essentially benevolent.
Adore God; reverence and cherish your parents; love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than life. Be just; be true; murmur not at the ways of Providence—and the life into which you have entered will be one of eternal and ineffable bliss.

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By Monique Truong
From Publishers Weekly A captivating narrative voice, an insider's view of a fabled literary loved ones and the gradual revelation of heartbreaking secrets and techniques give a contribution to the visceral impression of this primary novel. From a couple of traces within the Alice B. Toklas cook dinner publication, Truong reimagines the Vietnamese cook dinner who used to be employed via the well-known citizens at 27 rue de Fleurus. Bonh, as he calls himself, is an exile from his native land, the place he used to be denounced due to a gay dating and banished through his brutal father. After 3 years at sea, Bonh results in Paris, the place he solutions Toklas's advert ("Two American girls wish...") and enters the loved ones of Gertrude Stein. the tale starts in 1934 while the ladies he calls "my Mesdames" are approximately to travel the USA, and Bnh fears he will be solid adrift once more. Flashbacks show his loneliness and guilt, his doomed amorous affairs (he enjoys a quick tryst with Ho Chi Minh, whom he is familiar with basically as "the guy at the bridge") and his unhappiness at having deserted his mom and his fatherland. The tone all through is poignant, lightened via Bnh's subversive wit; for all his bitterness and resentment, he's a charming narrator, as adept at describing Stein's literary salon because the contents of Toklas's kitchen. If Truong occasionally stretches the variety of Bonh's knowing and powers of commentary, analyzing even the options of Stein herself, the narrative jewelry with emotional authenticity. Truong's supple prose is permeated with sensual aspect, similar to A Debt to excitement in its evocation of the erotic chances of meals. however it is her intuitive realizing of the of exile-"the natural, sea salt unhappiness of the outcast"-that infuses her novel with richness and sweetness. Copyright 2003 Reed enterprise details, Inc. From Booklist Drawing thought from a fleeting reference within the *Alice B. Toklas prepare dinner ebook* (1954) to 2 "Indochinese" males who at one aspect cooked for Toklas and Gertrude Stein, Truong has concocted a tasty fictional memoir. confronted with the choice approximately no matter if to accompany Stein and Toklas to the US, go back to Vietnam, or stay in France, Binh, the Vietnamese cook dinner who has worked for the radical girls he has dubbed "The Steins," for roughly 5 years, displays again on his existence and occasions. Interspersing his personal tale with that of his illustrious employers, Binh meanders from side to side via time, recounting his younger misadventures in Vietnam, his time toiling as a galley hand aboard a crusing vessel, and his years spent cooking for the Steins and indulging within the joys and perils of the seamier part of Parisian nightlife. utilizing salt as a metaphor for "food, sweat, tears and the sea," and interweaving the narrative with feedback of materials, recipes, and unique dishes, Truong presents a savory debut novel of unforeseen intensity and emotion. *Margaret Flanagan* *Copyright © American Library organization. All rights reserved*
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Not my own, of course, but Monsieur and Madame's. The first thing I learned at the Governor-General's house was that when Monsieur and Madame were consumed by their lunatic displeasure at how the floors had been waxed, how the silver had been polished, or how the poulet had been stewed, they would berate the household staff, all fifteen of us, in French. Not in the combination of dumbed-down French coupled with atonal attempts at Vietnamese that they would normally use with us, no, this was a pure variety, reserved for dignitaries and obtuse Indochinese servants.
I know where they reside, where they dissolve discreetly into one another, where they inexplicably choose to rear their unmarked heads. A skill born from the lack of other skills, really. When each day is mapped for me by a wanton display of street names congesting the pages of the help-wanteds, when I am accompanied by the stench of the unemployable, I am forced into an avid, adoring courtship with the boulevards of this city. I must admit that in truly desperate times, my intimate knowledge of the city has saved me.
A pleasurable exercise for them, I am certain, as they always share a somewhat delinquent little smile. I am over there on the bench, behind them, on the left-hand side. I am the one with my head lowered, my eyes closed. I am not asleep, just thinking, and that for me is sometimes aided by the dark. I am a man unused to choices, so the months leading up to that day at the Gare du Nord had subjected me to an agony, sharp and new, self-inflicted and self-prolonged. I had forgotten that discretion can feel this way.


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A couple of days ago, I was reminiscing about "Deuteronomy," the story I wrote for the Anywhere But Earth anthology way back in 2011. Still one of my favorites and one of the best darned science fiction anthologies out there. And yet I would change so much about the story if I were to go back and rewrite it. I'd change the style, the pacing. I'd smooth off the rough edges and I'd probably add another thousand words or so since I'm a little long-winded these days. But you can only revisit the past so many times before getting trapped there, I think. It's better to learn your lessons, learn them well, and use that wisdom, those skills, as a jumping-off point for places new and unknown. So I won't be editing "Deuteronomy" any time soon, unless Hollywood calls for the movie rights, of course. What I will do is build up from that story and others like it toward something a little grander. And after that something grander still.
Oops. Waxed a little flowery there for a second. Not always a good thing for the horror writer who wanders in and out of hard science fiction as much as I do. Best wrap it up.
Once after a particularly good race, my son, hair dripping with sweat, face absolutely glowing, left the chute and came over to me and my wife. He told us how he'd started cramping up and feeling really fatigued as he closed in on the final mile. There was no one near him and he was on target to run his usual time. He could have been satisfied with that and not lost any ground.
"Then I asked myself," he said. "Could I be running faster?"
"The answer was yes." And I still remember his smile. Confident. Prepared. Ready. "So I did."
I love that story. Even chokes me up a little.
Can I be running faster? Writing better? Can you?
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When anglers think about the best places in the Lowcountry to catch speckled trout, several immediately come to mind: the Wando and Cooper rivers, Bulls Bay and even the Ashley River. One location that always seems to escape the top of the list is the Stono River, but not for a lack of trout.
Capt. John Boy Koonce of Shoal Bandit Charters guides on the Stono year-round and is perfectly happy with the ranking his home waters have among the local angling community.
“I don’t think this area is really overlooked, I mean, plenty of anglers fish it and catch a lot of trout here,” he said, “but I do believe the Stono doesn’t get as much pressure as some of the other areas around Charleston, and there’s certainly areas that don’t get fished much at all.”