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(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — A geo-scientist at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Dr Mark Harris has a tried and proven formula that could transform the island’s potentially harmful bauxite/alumina red mud lakes into lush, tree-growing areas in less than two years.

His formula includes spreading a mixture of gypsum — a soft sulphate mineral quarried in relatively large quantities in the Port Royal Mountains of eastern Jamaica — and decomposable organic matter across red mud lakes.

A red mud lake in Jamaica
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His method would accelerate the process by which carbon dioxide is absorbed into the earth, thereby preparing the areas for plant life. Nature could do the process itself if the lakes were allowed to remain idle, Harris said, “but the process is a very slow one and could take decades”.

This comes at a time when the public is abuzz with news that waste from Jamaica’s bauxite/alumina processing operations could have high levels of valuable rare earth metals. The Portia Simpson Miller Administration recently announced a $3-million red mud pilot plant project, to be funded by Japanese company Nippon Lights Metals and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), to explore the potential.

When contacted last week, head of the JBI Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee said the the institute has been reclaiming inactive red mud lakes “for years” using mainly gypsum. However, he did not say exactly when the process started and was tightlipped about which ponds were currently being treated.

“We did some ponds which are closed… I wouldn’t want to say which ones are being worked on now… We’ve been getting very good results, but the work isn’t complete. There are still experiments to be done,” Lyew-Ayee told the Jamaica Observer Central.

He said a committee was formed five years ago to see to the reclamation of inactive red mud lakes.

The lake at Myersville in South East St Elizabeth, close to the Alpart plant at Nain, and another which serves the Windalco/Kirkvine operation, close to Mandeville have been inactive since 2009 when both plants were closed as a result of high energy costs and the global economic crash.

Such lakes are a constant source of tension between alumina-processing companies and residents of host communities because of the potential for harm to health and the environment caused by the hazardous matter dumped in huge quantities. Trees and grass in the immediate vicinity of such dumps typically die, and in dry, windy weather ,in particular, people in surrounding communities complain of serious health problems caused by dust as well as corrosive damage to their houses, clothing and other property. In the absence of rain, alumina companies are forced to use huge volumes of water to keep the red mud waste wet.

Harris told the Observer Central that his restorative formula was made public in Jamaica in 2004, when he shared it with Ken Evans, an official with RPS International, a global consultancy firm which was in the island courtesy of then bauxite giant Alcan. He said Evans and his team decided to try the formula on a section of the Kirkvine red mud lake.

An Observer news feature published in February 2004 captured Harris’s efforts at the time.

“What we advised RPS to do is to put some readily degradable organic matter in and they dropped some dunder (yeast rich waste from rum production) in…I advised them what quantity of gypsum to put in, it must be done with the dunder, and in a matter of one year, I’m certain it was less than two years, I got a telephone call from Mr Evans. He invited me down there to look at the area … I could not recognise (it) because it was full of large trees. He said he could not believe it, because they didn’t do that much irrigation. But luckily, it was a rainy year,” Harris told the Observer.

Harris said he along with retired NCU scientist Dr Charles Panton worked out a formula for Evans, which advised the consultants on how much gypsum to use with the mixture of dunder.

RPS reportedly contacted the geo-scientist after research Harris did with colleague Dr Pichu Rengasamy, while in Australia, was published in international geoscience journal Environmental Geology.

Reports on the research were also widely covered in the local media at the time.

“We had success in that short time. So there is a formula here. I have not gone back down there to see it, so I don’t know what it’s like now, ” Harris said.

The NCU scientist told the Observer that up to 2004, he had not tried the formula in Jamaica, but encouraged RPS officials to do it, because he had seen the power of degradable organic matter working in these situations. He said both himself and Dr Panton refused to accept payment from RPS, but instead requested a longer-term partnership with the organisation which would benefit the university. The partnership, however, was never realised, as Alcan’s management changed soon after.

Though Harris admits that the gypsum/dunder formula could not be a one-size-fits-all, “as every pond is unique”, he is encouraging the authorities to use the method or a similar composition to replenish greenery in the inactive bauxite mud lakes.

Harris says that, in addition to other dangers, red mud lakes could also disturb ground water if the alkaline content is high and it seeps into the water supply. “Not to mention if someone [falls] in. It is like quicksand, worse than quicksand. It would be very difficult to get out,” he said.

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Jamaica PM declares state of public emergency in St James

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February 18, 2016

A Susquehanna University professor of accounting has created a formula to rank the nation's oil and gas companies based on their environmental impact.

The formula, developed by Associate Professor of Accounting John Pendley, was unveiled in an article, titled "Using Inspection Violations as an Environmental Performance Indicator for Natural Gas Companies," that was recently published in Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly. Pendley created the formula after seeing the need for objective research on Marcellus shale drilling.

"It seems logical and reasonable that some gas companies are more careful than others," Pendley said. "But despite that, there has been little substantive work on the topic."

Early on, Pendley decided that a simple list of the top violators would be an insufficient indicator because it would stack the deck, so to speak, against larger companies engaged in more work.

Pendley's formula accounts for a company's operating activity by dividing the amount of hydrocarbon (fuel) the company produces by the number of violations assessed against it.

Using data publically available from the state Department of Environmental Protection, Pendley ranked 20 companies from best to worst, with CONSOL Energy topping the list and Exxon Mobil Corporation coming in last.

"The smaller, independent companies tend to do a better job environmentally than the larger companies," Pendley said. "That could be because the smaller companies are more specialized in the work they are doing in Pennsylvania and the larger companies direct their environmental efforts to their offshore operations and may find it more expeditious to simply pay a fine when levied than try to avoid it."

 Pendley said the rankings can be immediately useful to the groups most affected by Marcellus shale operations.

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  1. Well apparently I bought a 570 gtx but it has architecture problems so i'll save it for a new build. I still want to game in the meantime though so what would be gpu thats affordable? My previous card was a Ge force 9800 gt by xfx idk how thats possible though aren't they two different companies?

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  1. AT&T has been rated the worst wireless provider for the second year in a row according to a new satisfaction survey by Consumer Reports online subscribers. The survey polled over…

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  2. I am not surprised. lol
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  4. They want to buy T-Mobile so next year they are in 3rd place ;)
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    I've never understood the AT&T hate. I've been a customer of their wireless (previously cingular) for 15 years and have had nothing but good things to say.
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    It has to do with the terrible coverage, how late they got into the 4G game, the amount of dropped calls, and they also try to tack on fees for everything. When I say that AT&T has put the least amount of work into their network it is incredibly apparent.

    Another reason is because AT&T are liars. Call them up and ask a question and get the answer you didn't want, hang up call again and you'll get a different person who will give you a different answer, If that doesn't threaten to stop paying them and they'll give you 6 months for free.
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    The way I see it, the national consensus is that AT&T is bad. But if you go to specific areas where the service is actually good, naturally consumers are going to report they are happy with the service. Where I live (Florida), AT&T practically dominates the wireless market, and I have to admit that at least around South Florida, they are the best at what they do. Verizon around where I live is horrible. To me, as a wireless service, both AT&T and Verizon a on par, as both companies have certain areas around the country where their signal is either weak (lack of cellular towers) or simply non-existent.

    The only place where I would rate AT&T as the worst, would be in actual customer service. Their department is terrible. And that's would be an understatement.

    Also they only reason AT&T was "late" to the 4G party, was because their enhanced backhaul includes HSPA+ speeds when you fall from 4G LTE coverage, whereas on Verizon if you fall from LTE, you go all the way down to 3G, and in some areas to EDGE. I would prefer a consistent speedy service, than a rushed out the door speedy service that lacks it.
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    If you call that good HSPA+ coverage than you must be joking. AT&T's HSPA+ and LTE coverage isn't even a 3rd of Verizon's 4G coverage.
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    I have an iPhone on ATT and I don't have any issues I have not heard my friends complain about on any other service provider. Anytime I have called for the past 5 years, I have not waited longer than 6 minutes and my issues were addressed. I think people are still bitter. I'd like to see the survey information. What were the issues? Sure I don't like ATT prices, but I'm not seeing that much of a difference with the competition. Prices are pretty similar for the services I want. Tell you one thing... after dropping my grandfathered unlimited data (which killed me) and dropping texting and opting to use a data SMS provider... I went from 90+ to 65 bucks on my bill. The data plan caps really are not cool, but I did notice I'm not in trouble of going over on my phone at least. This does not justify ALL the pone companies trying to get me used to the limitation hanging over my head, but I don't see much of a difference in ATT service and the others to be honest.
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    I've never had an issue with the blue marble. Been with them since leaving Alltel in 2000. Was with AT&T Wireless, then when they were bought by Cingular, stayed with them when they switched to AT&T. I'm in a mid-sized market (200,000), 3G coverage everywhere I travel in 5-6 counties. Yeah, their data can be just a bit slow at times. A couple dropped calls a month. The only real gripe I have is when I walk into a corporate store. Other than the orange interior, it's like walking into an Apple store. Same with their website. I think given the choice, the only phone they would sell would be iPhone.
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    Listen to you all, "AT&T you even drop to the slow 3G speeds". You've got to be kidding!?

    What I would give to get 3G signal, even a third of the time, would be amazing.
    Most the time i'm on 2.5G.

    Wish the UK would catch up with the rest of the world :(
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    Word is Verizon is making the most money out of their iPhone sales versus the other top two US providers. I'm Canadian and I hate AT&T. lol. Being this bad they aren't helping anyone, including themselves.
  15. I remember the days when my workmates would go outside to smoke. Now my ATT subscribed workmates have to go outside to talk on their phones with the smokers.
  16. Pssssh

    They probably will wear this as a badge of honor...

    I don't understand how they stay in business with this poor /shoddy service.

    personally haven't had a AT&T phone line in years.. never will.
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    Next time, before you counter-argue me, actually read and understand my argument. Who is even talking about actual coverage? All I said was that the reason AT&T took so long to get into the 4G bandwagon, was because their were enhancing their network to work with two lawyers of wireless standards: HSPA+ (real 4G), and 4G LTE.

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    AT&T customer support is the worst. I work as a computer tech and I deal with AT&T almost daily. The majority of their staff is incompetent. On a personal note, I got their internet a while back for their 12 months special offer. All of the sudden my internet connection drops and I spent over 2 days trying chase down someone who can actually help me out. At one point one of the representative actually transferred me on purpose because it was almost past their work hours. The next day I got in contact with a manager and after everything he told me it would take two weeks to send out a tech and check it out(they usually have to visit at least twice, because they love sending the wrong type of tech). Finally, he seriously commented that if I was displeased to just cancel the service.........unbelievable! I asked him to retract the early contract cancellation fee and I cancelled. Literally, the next day I had a Comcast tech installing my internet and was ready to go by the time he left. Comcast may not be perfect, but their service and customer support is light years beyond AT&T.

    PS: AT&T is a very big company who can afford to get away with this sort of bull****. I am glad they are finally getting some bad publicity.
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    All I want in the UK is at least EDGE speeds! I would be grateful if my phone "went down" to 3G speeds! :p
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    I don't like them as my isp either LOL
  21. I'm glad you have good service with AT&T, but the vast majority (obviously) do not. As a former customer I don't hate them, but their customer service and lack of coverage were as bad as when I had Sprint. I have Verizon now and they have been excellent at both customer service and coverage over the last 1-1/2 years so far. Not trying to plug Verizon here, but I will accept advertising dollars please, thank you, lol.
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    AT&T and Sprint are garbage.
    Lots of features and great phones, but awful signal unless your in a City, etc.

    Verizon has overpriced phones, crap contracts and terrible customer service but thier signal is by far the best.

    3DCGMODELER TS Enthusiast Posts: 307   +18

    as soon as my contract runs out I go to Verizon...

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Genuine Windows Cd Key

By Anoth
Nov 1, 2005
  1. Is there anyway to get rid of this stupid "genuine windows cd key" stuff that appears when im updating. Yes my cd key isnt real, = ) yes i have service pack 2 but for some reason they keep giving me this messege ;) , no i dont plan to spend $100-$500 buying software I might using once

    sum1 help me (I got rid of the activation sttuff but still)
  2. Pablo

    Pablo TS Rookie Posts: 16

    reinstall with a real copy?
  3. Nodsu

    Nodsu TS Rookie Posts: 5,837   +6

    No, we are not helping you steal stuff.
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By rgobio
Aug 28, 2006
  1. New here....

    I am very ignorant when it comes to computers, so I thought I would join this type of boards/forums so that I could learn from you expert folk and also save me $$$$ which is great as I am broke ( just had a baby daughter and diapers cost $$$$$$$$$$$$ )!!

    Anyway, you all take care and keep us computer stupid folk out of trouble. :grinthumb

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    Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,415

    Hi Rick and welcome to the TechSpot Forum.

    Whilst your here read this lovely guide to making a post, should you ever find the need to, also I recommend this one as well on how to deal with Spyware, both aren't obligatory but are very useful, and as a Newbie you may very well come across a problem like this one day.

    See you in the forums...

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    howard_hopkinso TS Rookie Posts: 24,177   +19

    Hello rgobio and welcome to Techspot.

    I hope you enjoy your stay with us.

    Regards Howard :wave: :wave:
  4. rgobio

    rgobio TS Rookie Topic Starter

    Thanks for the welcome guys as well as the links.... Speaking of links, they are going to be rather useful, however, a little too late.:blush:
    I am afraid I might already have a virus that is driving me completely insane and I a going to have to capitulate and spend that $$$ to get rid of it.

    Take care and thanks again.

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New York's insanely fast public Wi-Fi hubs are now live

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  1. The first four public Wi-Fi network hubs recently went live for use in the Big Apple. The hubs, located on Third Avenue between 15th and 19th Street, are part of a city-wide program to replace decommissioned payphones with speedy wireless connectivity.

    First-hand accounts from those that have tried the service are overwhelmingly positive.

    Bryan Lufkin of Gizmodo put the network to the test using Ookla's popular Speedtest app. The public Wi-Fi network benchmarked at 436.37Mbps down and 360.55Mbps up with a ping time of 6ms. The nearby Starbucks (which also offers free Wi-Fi) managed just 7.59Mbps down and an upload speed of 1.60Mbps (ping was 7ms).

    The Verge also reported upload and download speeds of more than 300Mbps while Engadget hit 280Mbps up / 317Mbps down.

    Users only need to supply an e-mail address to establish a connection. Officials behind the project say addresses are collected for informational purposes only although the service reserves the right to send information about goods or services that may interest users (spam). Once you've logged in at one location, it'll carry over automatically across the entire network.

    The LinkNYC project ultimately aims to install 7,500 kiosks across the city over the next 12 years. In addition to Wi-Fi, each kiosk features a touchscreen computer for web browsing purposes, USB charging ports, an emergency button, an audio jack and two large advertising displays. The revenue generated from ads shown on the screens will help pay for the rollout.

    Screenshot via Gizmodo

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  2. treetops

    treetops TS Evangelist Posts: 2,073   +219

    That is awesome, hell I pay 70$ a month for 100 down. (Phoenix Area)
  3. stewi0001

    stewi0001 TS Evangelist Posts: 1,681   +1,080

    Nothing is ever free
  4. Geforcepat

    Geforcepat TS Booster Posts: 140   +16

    yeah I pay $80($98 with all the fees and taxes) for 45mbps from att uverse.
  5. Uncle Al

    Uncle Al TS Evangelist Posts: 3,343   +1,987

    I just wonder how badly the signal will degrade when the entire city is on it? Ohhhhh, don't tell me that can never happen ... we've seen too many "that can't happen" scenario's .... hell, look at the list of presidential candidates!
  6. matrix86

    matrix86 TS Guru Posts: 843   +38

    Which is why they put it at 436Mbps. Although the signal will degrade, it'll still be fairly reasonable as far as public wifi goes. My issue is that there are that many more people to hack now. Connecting to public wifi is dangerous territory.
  7. Lionvibez

    Lionvibez TS Evangelist Posts: 1,266   +436

  8. TheBigT42

    TheBigT42 TS Addict Posts: 155   +82

    Armed with fake emails....Torrents Here they come
  9. treetops

    treetops TS Evangelist Posts: 2,073   +219

    Oh I thought that test was with everyone else connected.
  10. Phr3d

    Phr3d TS Guru Posts: 404   +84

    so, in a decade, 75,000 NYC'ers will be able to use it at one time without issues.. hmm..
  11. Lionvibez

    Lionvibez TS Evangelist Posts: 1,266   +436

    I'm pretty sure QOS will be on and torrents blocked on these AP.

    If not then someone needs to be fired.
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    JamesandBennie TS Booster Posts: 170   +14

    More like…

    New York’s first "Let us monitor you for free and steal your info" hubs are now live

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Scientists create haptic holograms using femtosecond lasers

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  1. A group of Japanese researchers at the University of Tsukuba have created palpable holograms. That’s right, interactive holograms with haptic feedback that you can feel – the stuff of science fiction is now a reality. Mind blown yet?

    I could try to explain the science behind the creation but the embedded video abovr does a much better job than I ever could. I can tell you that it uses a femtosecond laser that’s safe to the touch.

    Their work was recently submitted to the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques for inclusion in their annual conference later this summer.

    Found is a TechSpot feature where we share clever, funny or otherwise interesting stuff from around the web.

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    Internet porn next!
  3. It is from Japan so probably yes xD
  4. What does 'abovr' mean? Get a spell checker perhaps?

    The articles here are awesome, but poorly proffed. :-0

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What is better

By Mixer85
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  1. What is better athlon 64 x2 4800 + or a athlon 64fx 57 is the duals better then the originals
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    It depends on the type of application you intend to use on it. Media encoding or heavy multi-tasking (think gaming with DVD encoding in the background) will work better on the dual-core while most games will work better on the FX-57.

    Certain games are starting to have multi-threaded code allowing them to use the 2nd core available on dual-core CPUs but those games are the exception not the general rule.
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LIC to look into missing poet case

Jan. 4: Life Insurance Corporation of India is likely to respond to the plea by the family of its one-time employee poet Abani Chakraborty, who went missing a decade ago.

The Chakraborty family had supplicated the insurance giant to clear his dues and employ the poet's son on compassionate ground. 'We have to first examine the details of Chakraborty's disappearance before committing anything,' Dhrubananda Das, LIC senior divisional manager, said before leaving for Mumbai this afternoon.

Sources said any decision on the matter could be taken only after Das returns on Monday.

'Since most of the people who were associated with Chakraborty are gone, it will take some time for things to move,' a mid-level official said. The official said the entire staff sympathised with the travails of the poet's family. 'But everything depends on how the authorities view the case,' he added.

Chakraborty's family comprises his wife Gayatri, son Ritwik and daughter Aditi. None of the family members have a permanent job. Ritwik serves as a temporary teacher in a Doyang school while Aditi is married.

Yesterday, during the poet's 62nd birthday celebrations his family members and friends once again appealed to the LIC to look into the case and clear all his dues.

'My husband has been serving LIC since 1962. At the time of his disappearance he was an assistant DP. We immediately informed his employers about the disappearance,' said Gaytri. 'The LIC promised to pay back all his dues within seven years. But a decade has gone by and we are still have not got anything. We cannot even take any legal action since the promises were merely verbal and not supported by any written documents on the part of the department.'

'One can easily imagine the hardships we have to face without any earning member in the family and no support forthcoming from the LIC. Earlier, too, a group of my husband's admirers in the literary circle and I had appealed to the LIC to absorb our son on compassionate ground, but nothing happened.'

Chakraborty left home for a stroll on November 12, 1994 never to return. The very next day the family lodged an FIR with the Latasil police but his whereabouts remain shrouded in mystery.

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Governor skills are being exploited;Letter

4th June 1999 at 01:00
IS IT not time to reconsider the question of remuneration for school governors? Those of us who undertake these responsibilities, which include legal liability, are subjected to inspections and offered professional in-service training, but we receive no financial recognition.

I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the system is exploitative. Mass resignations of governors would bring the system to its knees - and would concentrate ministerial minds wonderfully.

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One in three girls fears for her health at age 15

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Girls may be stretching ahead in exam performance in Scotland but by their teenage years many are unfit and seriously concerned about their health.

One in three 15-year-old girls rates their health as poor or fair.

The only comfort from the World Health Organisation-led study of the health behaviour of school-age children is that girls' negative self-perceptions are common across the western world.

In Scotland, 15.9 per cent of boys at age 15 and 31.5 per cent of girls say they are unhealthy. That gender gap is evident across all 35 countries involved in the study. But Scottish girls and boys are by no means the most concerned. Returns from England and Wales are more worrying.

The findings from the Scottish end of the study, released last week by Dr Candace Currie of Edinburgh University, show that more girls than boys are generally unhappy at ages 11, 13 and 15. Only around one in 10 overall say they are unhappy. Most are either happy or quite happy.

Schooling plays a part in those views, according to the researchers. Among 11, 13 and 15-year-olds, 23.9 per cent liked school a lot. At age 11, 38.2 per cent of girls and 29.2 per cent of boys reported liking school a lot compared with 12.7 per cent of girls and 14.7 per cent of boys at age 15.

Perceptions of their friends also fall as they grow older, with more negative views about how they get on with their peers. Only 19 per cent of boys and 17.8 per cent of girls are very positive about their peers by the age of 15.

Girls' difficulties as they grow up are compounded by their negative views of physical activity. Only 23.5 per cent at age 15 meet recommended standards of daily activity, against nearly 39 per cent of boys.

The international survey confirms the trends. Around one third of girls across the countries and a fifth of boys think they are too fat. Among 15-year-olds, 23 per cent of girls and 7 per cent of boys are dieting or doing something else to lose weight. Many eat too little fruit and vegetables and reduce their intake as they grow up.

The most alarming statistic involving Scotland is the rate of consumption of sugary, fizzy drinks. Only Israel is ahead out of all the western nations.

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I felt extremely upset as I read Allen Edwards's article (TES, May 30). If Barnet overspent by a million pounds, then that was because it looked after the children who experience difficulties in learning according to the letter of the law. That is, it provided the statutory help required as written in the statements of special educational needs, stage five.

If teachers with specialist qualifications are centrally employed, then they can teach where the necessity arises.

When the money is devolved to individual schools it is obvious that many children will not receive the help to which they are entitled. Schools will not have sufficient funds to pay for the diverse needs of their pupils.

I take exception to Anne Jarvis's comments about staff chasing from one end of the borough to the other. This is simply not true. Sue Flockton, the head of service, always went to extraordinary lengths to avoid this.

Barnet's commitment to all its children is recognised. Why should their record be spoiled? It is other places which should be encouraged to follow Barnet's example.

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Texas Rally for Governors Perry and Palin

On Sunday, February 7th, former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, declared her official endorsement of Texas Governor Rick Perry's re-election campaign. The two hosted a rally at the Berry Center in Cypress, Texas. Supporters started lining up three hours prior to the event, and the line eventually wrapped the perimeter of the entire building, manifesting the massive support these two Pro-Life political leaders.

Over 8,000 packed the auditorium. Rock star and guitar legend Ted Nugent opened the rally with a reverberating rendition of the National Anthem. State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston, District 7), sponsor of Texas Right to Life's Sonogram Bill, served as the master of ceremonies for the rally.

Although Governor Perry's speech was brief, he emphasized his forthright opposition to abortion. “I do not hesitate to say that I completely support the overturning of [I]Roe v. Wade[/I]!” Perry declared, as the audience waved signs reading, “Perry defends Life!” and “Pro-Life for Perry.”

When introducing Governor Palin, Perry roused the already enthusiastic crowd by musing, “I doubt there is another public figure in our country who gives liberals a bigger case of the hives than our special guest today. At the very mention of her name, the liberals, the progressives, the media elites all literally foam at the mouth.”

Governor Palin, resplendent in a black velvet coat and suede, knee-length, purple boots, began her speech with comparisons of the two states. “I told my daughter I'm glad to be here in Alaska's little sister state. Alaskans and Texans want the same thing: we cling to our guns and our religion!” She spent the next twelve minutes talking about the economic failures of Washington compared to the successes of Texas.

“In 2008, Texas created more jobs than all other states combined,” Palin said. “In Washington, they are spending America more into debt, but in Texas, Governor Perry is balancing the budget.” She referenced Governor. Perry's recent secession remarks and quipped that Texas “isn't seceding, it's succeeding.”

Governor Palin has a record of outspoken support for Pro-Life causes and candidates. In a 2008 ABC interview with Charlie Gibson, when asked if Roe v. Wade should be overturned, she replied, “I think it should and I think that states should be able to decide that issue”–a conviction she reiterated at the rally by explaining the people should be given the power to decide such a controversial decision, rather than the courts in Washington, D.C.

“This election will send an important message of how Washington can solve problems–the Texas way or the Washington way.” Governor Palin continued, “Washington is broken, but your state, under Rick Perry, is setting an example that a lot of others want to follow. If you want less Washington and more Texas, send Governor Perry back to Austin!”

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Job Description: MOS 3112 encompasses broad transportation responsibilities. TM specialist use numerous Federal, DoD and service regulations, the Defense Transportation System (DTS), commercial modes of transportation, and distribution logistic functions to enable optimal selection and procurement of commercial and government-operated land, air, and water transportation services.

They use a variety of automated systems in the performance of their duties. Warehousing, marine, rail, motor and air terminal operations, materials handling, packing, packaging, preservation, and hazardous materials handling functions are performed daily. Traffic management specialists perform technical traffic management duties pertaining to movement of civilian and military personnel and their dependents, both individually and in groups, using any or all modes of transportation. This includes planning for troop movements via scheduled service special train or charter air and bus, as well as port calls for overseas travel. The specialists perform personal property counseling interviews and advise members and dependents of their personal property shipping entitlements. The specialist performs additional duties and tasks at military air terminals for airfreight and passenger movements. This includes preparation of all freight shipment documents for manifesting of military air cargo and passengers aboard Government and commercial aircraft.

MOS 3112 Marines within the MLGs must be trained to perform in-theater sustainment receiving, shipping, intransit visibility, and distribution functions. Base/Station 3112 Marines perform deployment support functions relating to origin to POE via commercial modes. Within the LMCC, 3112 Marines perform functions related to the mission of the LMCC, to include container control and inspection functions, blocking and bracing of rail and truck shipments.

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(4) Staff sergeants and above must have a secret security clearance.

Duties: For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to MCO 1510.41, Individual Training Standards.

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(2) Travel Clerk 238.167-010.

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After spending nearly 30 years at Williams College I thought I was done with acapella groups.

I must admit, it was pleasantly nostalgic to hear one again and yes, Hyannis Sound consists of 10 college age men who have a great time singing and performing together.

The concert, held at the Federated Church on Main Street Hyannis, was chock full of songs and stories that highlighted each singer at least once as lead vocalist. Songs covered a wide range of styles, genres and artists such as: Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose”, The 4 Seasons “Oh What a Night”, The Police’s “Every Little Thing”, Billy Joel, Jackson 5, Madonna, Whitney Huston, Seal, the theme from “The Love Boat” (which was a riot) and one that has been in the repertoire for 23 years “Why Should I Cry for You?” to name just a few.  The offerings were quite diverse as well as fully “orchestrated” with all the possible musical lines that could be imagined.

This group was founded in 1984 and it’s clear why they have been so popular throughout the 33 years. They have weekly concerts that run through the summer and have a few special upcoming events such as Alumni show In August at the Monomoy High School in Harwich at 7pm.

They finished the concert with a calming finale, including two visiting alums from the audience, with the Irish ballad, “May the Road Rise Up to Meet You” Beautiful!!!!

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‘Ned Flanders, Marty McFly unwelcome at Drexel University’

By October 9, 2006

Check out FIRE’s own Luke Sheahan’s op ed in The Triangle Online, the web edition of Drexel University’s student newspaper. Drexel had the dubious distinction of being September’s Speech Code of the Month.  Its policies ban “the use of derogatory names,” “inconsiderate jokes” and “inappropriately directed laughter.”  As Luke points out:

What is an “inconsiderate joke”? Pretty much any joke that is funny. Jokes make light of someone or something. So at Drexel, not only can you not tell a joke (since it would almost always be considered inconsiderate by someone, somewhere), but you can’t laugh at one either (since that laughter would be inappropriately directed). These bungling attempts to stifle offense on campus only harm Drexel’s credibility as an educational institution dedicated to free expression. Despite promises of free speech and academic expression contained in the harassment policy, if you can’t laugh at a joke, let alone tell one, speech and even your thoughts are not free.

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