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It is popular in certain humanitarian circles to talk about the importance of “being a voice for the voiceless”. Many have pushed back against this rhetoric in recent years, noting that very few humans are truly voiceless. Instead, as Arundhati Roy suggests in the above quote, some voices are simply listened to more than others. And when it comes to discussions around sexual and reproductive health, the “preferably unheard” are too often young people.

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of traveling to Ethiopia to meet some vibrant young women who participated in CARE’s TESFA program, which aims to improve sexual and reproductive health and economic outcomes for ever-married adolescent girls ages 10-19 through facilitated group discussions and learning.

Early marriage is common in rural areas of Ethiopia, and once a girl is married she is typically expected to end any pursuit of educational and/or economic advancement to focus on her husband and household, and ultimately to bear and raise children. The husband is the head of the household, providing security and financial support, and representing the couple/family in the community. By taking on these predetermined roles based on societal expectations, the girl’s voice may be overpowered by that of her husband – but she still has one.

I met twenty-year-old Mesobua Kassaw in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, a hilly and beautiful area in the northern part of the country made up mostly of farmland, and dotted with trees and small houses built of wood and mud with corrugated metal roofs. Mesobua’s parents arranged for her to be married to a priest at age 15, and shortly thereafter she gave birth to her daughter.

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The difficulties started right away.

“My husband didn’t have any work,” she told me. “He would go drinking with the other priests and would come home and say mean things to me.”

Mesobua decided on her own to join TESFA and began attending regular meetings with a small group of girls around her age who had also been married. They formed their own Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) and learned about the benefits of saving money and understanding loans, interest, and money management. They also talked about family planning, prenatal care, and other topics related to sexual and reproductive health – including early marriage. Her girls’ group enjoyed the opportunity to socialize, learn, and participate in these important conversations happening in her community. Mesobua’s group has continued to meet even after the official end of the TESFA project, and she now leads some of the discussions.

Now divorced, Mesobua is about the farthest thing from “voiceless” I can imagine. She farms her own land, sells oil at local markets, and raises her daughter on her own. She clearly and confidently expresses her thoughts, ideas, and opinions, even to me, a foreigner she had only just met.

On educating others: “I tell my parents what I have learned about savings, fuel-saving stoves, latrines and the like and help them to act on it.”

On early marriage: “I think the effort to stop early marriage should continue… I don’t want other young or older girls to go through that. I want them to marry on their own time after achieving a good status in life.”

On her own personal growth: “I have changed and realized that I shouldn’t ask my family for money, that I should value myself, love others, and socialize. I should be patient and take the high road. I have learned to love… Thanks to CARE I’m more confident now. In the past I didn’t even want to be seen by other people, let alone talk to them. Nowadays I am not scared of anyone. I speak up. I say what is on my mind.”

Mesobua doesn’t need anyone to be her voice. It seems to me that the best thing we can do to help her (and other young people around the world) is to be quiet and listen. Or better yet, pass her a microphone.

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The US military machine, is the world’s biggest institutional consumer of petroleum products and the world’s worst polluter of greenhouse gas emissions. The role of the US military is not on the agenda of the Paris COP21 Climate Conference.

There is an elephant in the climate debate that by U.S. demand cannot be discussed or even seen. This agreement to ignore the elephant is now the accepted basis of all international negotiations on climate change.

It is well understood by every possible measurement that the Pentagon, the U.S. military machine, is the world’s biggest institutional consumer of petroleum products and the world’s worst polluter of greenhouse gas emissions and many other toxic pollutants. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption in all international climate agreements.

Ever since the Kyoto Accords or Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1998, in an effort to gain U.S. compliance, all U.S. military operations worldwide and within the U.S. are exempt from measurement or agreements on reduction. The U.S. Congress passed an explicit provision guaranteeing U.S. military exemptions.  (Interpress Service, May 20, 1998)

The complete U.S. military exemption from greenhouse gas emissions calculations includes more than 1,000 U.S. bases in more than 130 countries around the world, its 6,000 facilities in the U.S., its aircraft carriers and jet aircraft. Also excluded are its weapons testing and all multilateral operations such as the giant U.S. commanded NATO military alliance and AFRICOM, the U.S. military alliance now blanketing Africa. The provision also exempts U.S./UN-sanctioned activities of “peacekeeping” and “humanitarian relief.”

After gaining this giant concession the U.S. government still refused to sign the Kyoto Accord, thus sabotaging years of international effort at an agreement.

The provisions of the Kyoto Protocol nevertheless became the basis of all future proposed international meetings on a climate treaty, including Copenhagen 2009, Cancun, 2010, Durban 2011, Doha 2012 and the United Nations upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change meeting in Paris in 2015.

In all past international conferences it was again and again the U.S. government that sabotaged the meetings and refused to be bound by any treaty. The Obama Administration on Aug. 27 again confirmed that at the UN meeting in New York in September to prepare for the 2015 Paris meeting that only a non-binding agreement could be put forward.

Role of grassroots activists

Unless the climate activists at the grassroots level challenge this exemption of the U.S. military and begins to focus a laser light on the most dangerous source of global warming and climate change, the movement will become will be lost in vague generalities, utopian hopes and toothless accords.

The only hope that the mass outpouring in September in New York will have an impact is if independent voices can begin to consciously challenge the greatest global polluter.

Exposing the horrendous social costs of U.S. militarism must also be part of the challenge. Washington’s military role acts to constantly reinforce at every level the repressive state apparatus.

For decades, and at an accelerated pace since 2001, the military has provided an endless stream of free war equipment to local city and state police, National Guard units and sheriffs’ offices.  Youth of oppressed nations within the U.S. become targets of a vastly expanded police state. The fresh images of tanks and armored police in Ferguson confirmed for millions the results of this racist policy.

Exposing the devastation of U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya is essential. These U.S. wars have contaminated the soil and water of vast regions under U.S. occupation with depleted uranium, benzene and trichloroethylene from air base operations and Perchlorate, a toxic ingredient in rocket propellant.

More than 1,000 military sites in the U.S. are filled with these toxins, topping the Superfund list of contaminated sites. The poorest communities, especially communities of color, are the most severely impacted by this continuing military poisoning.

It is essential to connect the Pentagon exemption from international negotiations to its primary role as the protector and expander of corporate power on a global scale. The most powerful and profitable corporations are the oil and military corporations; these are the other primary polluters.

Pentagon admits climate change

Unlike the climate change deniers, the Pentagon’s own published studies confirm the danger to the planet. But U.S. officer corps is committed to what they call full spectrum dominance. So every study of climate change by the military planners is based on evaluating how to take advantage of the future crisis to more firmly entrench U.S. corporate power and protect the irrational capitalist system that has created this crisis.

The Pentagon studies are not on plans to deliver emergency aid in the face of climate disasters such as floods, droughts, famines, epidemics, typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes, ice storms, water shortages and damage to infrastructure. Their war colleges and think tanks’ plans are on how to extract political concessions on docking rights and future military access during a besieged countries’ hour of greatest emergency need.

For example the U.S. Department of Defense releases every four years a. This is a broad outline of U.S. military strategy.

The 2014 Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review describes the threat of climate change as “a very serious national security vulnerability.” This QRD discusses how to maintain global U.S. military hegemony in the face of ever worsening global climate disruptions. (

The military officer caste is focused on maintaining Wall Street rule and capitalist property relations during a crisis. There is concern with preserving the authority of their puppets, allies and collaborators.

“Climate change poses another significant challenge for the United States and the world at large. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather patterns are accelerating.”

“The impacts of climate change may increase the frequency, scale, and complexity of future missions, including defense support to civil authorities… The Department’s operational readiness hinges on unimpeded access to land, air, and sea training…”

Military and corporate planning is callously focused on how to take advantage of the life-threatening changes.

A most frightening example is the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. This White House Report opens by praising the Arctic as “an amazing place.” But then quickly defines the need for focusing on strategic priorities to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.

The essence of the report is that the melting of the polar ice cap and the “new Arctic environment” means “ocean resources are more readily accessible as sea ice diminishes.” This is an opportunity to access the vast untapped oil, gas and mineral resources and increase the flow of fossil fuels — big profits for big oil. (

In 2014 Defense the Center for Naval Analysis issued a study titled: “National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change.” This report, a follow-up report to their 2007 report, prepared by eleven retired generals and admirals sees climate change as the source of international instability and the greatest threat to the established capitalist order.

This study is not on how to use the enormous technological ability of the U.S. military machine to provide solutions or emergency assistance. Everything is posed in terms of national security in the face of alleged potential terror threats.(

Based on these reports and on the U.S. role in every climate meeting in over 20 years it is clear that U.S. corporate power and the monstrous military machine it has funded must become a focus of class-conscious climate activists. This would contribute greatly to an understanding of the source and the real solutions to this global crisis.

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MCMILLAN Shakespeare was today granted a week-long suspension from the Australian Stock Exchange pending an announcement on the future direction of the car salary-sacrificing specialists.

The suspension effectively extends the ASX-approved 48-hour trading halt granted to the company on July 16, given shortly after an announcement from the federal government proposing changes to the way work vehicles are taxed.

Following the government’s announcement, the publicly listed salary packaging specialist saw the value of its shares plummet almost 15 per cent.

ASX manager of listings compliance James Gerraty granted the company’s request to extend the trading suspension until July 25, giving it more time to “evaluate the potential impact of the government’s proposed changes”.

McMillan Shakespeare chief financial officer and company secretary, Mark Blackburn, says the company expects to make an announcement regarding where it will go next before the commencement of trading one week from today.

The ALP’s proposed sweeping changes to the tax system on work cars were tabled in order to recoup about half of the estimated $3.8b in budget losses stemming from a shift from a fixed carbon tax to a floating emissions trading scheme.

The changes would see the statutory formula of claiming fringe benefits tax on cars abolished immediately, and back-dated from the time of its introduction. The statutory formula entitles employees with work-provided cars to an assumed deduction of 80 per cent, with no need to keep a log.

These reforms could affect up to a third of the new-car market – about 363,000 vehicles – according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), many of which would be fleet-favoured Australian-made vehicles.

The proposed changes have drawn the ire of local car-makers and full importers alike, as well as novated car lease and salary-packaging providers, and industry advocates. Many affected groups have cited a lack of consultation from government.

“As previously noted, the changes if implemented will have a material impact on the company’s business,” said Mr Blackburn.

“While the changes will require the passing of legislation to become effective, the government’s announcement will still have a short term impact on the company until there is certainty regarding whether the changes will be implemented.

This is because the effective date of the government’s announcement was July 16, and it very significantly impacts the company’s ability to originate novated leases.”

The federal opposition proposes a complete removal of any carbon price, meaning it would be faced with a budget shortfall in excess of the ALP’s $3.8 billion. Therefore, any proposed aimed at recouping some of this would logically be a strong chance at passing both houses, irrespective of which party wins the election.

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Over a hundred Washington D.C.-area schools are imploring Congress and the president to take action against gun violence.

It’s a little more than a month after the deadly shooting that killed 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Faced with government inaction, administrators across the nation are looking for ways to protect their students and themselves from another deadly rampage.

One school in Potomac, Maryland, is uniquely qualified to help in the fight against mass shootings: St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. President Trump’s 11-year-old son, Barron, began attending the school last year.

On March 14, St. Andrew’s was one of over 100 schools in the Greater Washington, D.C., and Maryland area whose head administrators signed an open letter directed at the president and Congress to help tackle the gun-violence epidemic. The letter was published on March 14 in The Baltimore Sun.

“We urge our president, our Congress and our state leaders to enact specific, rigorous measures to reduce gun violence in our society, particularly in our schools,” the letter read, continuing:

“We need a robust system of registration and background checks, with a particular eye toward weapons capable of rapidly firing a vast number of deadly shots. We need stronger mental health services and more effective communication among agencies responsible for the well-being of children, adults and families. What we do not need is to arm our teachers with guns, which is dangerous and antithetical to our profession as educators.”

Just like the rest of America, D.C. lawmakers also have to take their kids to school in the morning and hope they return safely. Maybe if the president realizes his family is also at risk, he’ll actually take action.

Let’s hope Barron’s teacher slipped a copy of the letter in his backpack.

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Is Australia Moving in a Healthy Direction?

I’m assuming that everyone reading our weekly newsletter is into preventative healthcare in some way, & potentially using complementary therapies like naturopathy / homeopathy / massage / etc as part of their long-term health strategy. Many of you even invest in private health insurance that includes an ‘extras’ policy to help keep these expenses manageable as they arise.

I’m assuming you’re all aware & unimpressed by the recent announcement made by the Australian government to delete some of our favourite natural therapies from the list covered by private health insurance companies on the grounds that:

‘’A review undertaken by the former Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer found there is no clear evidence demonstrating the efficacy of the listed natural therapies:” and “Removing coverage for the listed natural therapies will ensure taxpayer funds are expended appropriately and not directed to therapies lacking evidence”.

The ‘listed natural therapies’ are listed below, & will no longer be covered by your extras policy from April 1st 2019 :(

Natural Therapies

  1. Alexander technique
  2. Aromatherapy
  3. Bowen therapy
  4. Buteyko
  5. Feldenkrais
  6. Herbalism
  7. Homeopathy
  8. Iridology
  9. Kinesiology
  10. Naturopathy
  11. Pilates
  12. Reflexology
  13. Rolfing
  14. Shiatsu
  15. Tai chi
  16. Yoga

Yes, ridiculous I know – click to read it yourself here

The reasoning is that the cost to tax payers cannot be justified by the proven efficacy of these treatments. I am not an expert in all of the above modalities, but I know enough to know that the above statements are NOT in the long-term best interests of the Australian tax payer at all!!

Efficacious or not?

Like you I’m sure, I personally know many, many people (& am one myself) who’s health has improved dramatically using therapies from the above list. These improvements (in myself, my friends, family & acquaintances) have led to: the avoidance of chronic disease; giving up expensive (tax-payer funded) medication; avoiding (tax payer funded) dr’s appointments, surgery & hospitalisation; plus other very expensive (& tax payer funded) treatments for end stage diseases.

Therapies You Can Measure Easily…

I get it – you can easily measure the ‘efficacy’ of surgery, hospital care & many pharmaceutical medications. You get admitted to hospital with cancer, you have surgery to remove it & the cancer is gone, you ‘recover’ (debatable) in hospital with the help of some medication & return home without cancer. Easy to see & measure the effects of these. But…

And Those You Can’t…

It’s not so easy to prove that a visit or 3 to your local naturopath has prevented you from developing a list of (very expensive) long term chronic diseases. Look at type 2 diabetes, obesity & arthritis – a classic, common trio that we’ll use as an example. This costly combo is just one example of what is completely preventable with early intervention from a switched on natural therapist – a naturopath is much more qualified to give dietary / lifestyle advice than most GP’s.  Many people currently undergoing surgery / taking high doses of medication / unable to work to full capacity due to these chronic diseases would not be in this position had they been under the care of a naturopath as well as a GP 20 yrs ago & started to eat differently & exercise properly rather than just being given a list of meds to swallow, as was standard medical practice in Australia back then.

First – Do No Harm

This is a promise made by every Dr as part of the Hippocratic Oath, & unfortunately broken all too often with the horrendous side effects of medications relied upon, often unnecessarily. We must factor into the expense equation the huge cost to taxpayers of looking after people with ‘iatrogenic disease’. Look it up – ‘iatrogenic disease’ means sickness ’due to the activity of a physician or therapy’, i.e. people who have gotten sicker as a result of their therapist & their treatments. This is extremely common under the modern medical system with its over-reliance on chemical medications with undesirable side effects, but much less so with the gentler ‘listed natural therapies’. Choose pilates for your sore back instead of pain relief meds & avoid the unpleasant side effects (& ongoing dodgy back!!)  But if you can’t claim for the pilates – you’re more likely to just use the NSAID’S & end up with a damaged gut & all the fun after-effects of that!

As I write this, the local radio news playing in the background informs me that “modern day Australians have a long life expectancy, somewhere around 80 yrs, yet on average will spend 10 YEARS OF IT SICK IN BED!!

According to federal treasurer Scott Morrison “We have the third highest life expectancy in the OECD at 82.8 years, but also spend the most years in ill-health. An entire decade, on average, spent on the sick bed. If we had the same level of ‘healthy’ life expectancy as Singapore, Australians would on average live 2.6 years longer.

We have reduced smoking and car accident deaths, but we have one of the highest obesity rates in the world.

We have decreasing rates of disability, but 17.5% of Australians have mental or behavioural problems and we have a suicide rate that is double the rate of the best performing countries.”

Timing! It’s pretty clear with those sad statistics that our current health system is a little ‘off the mark’. The standard Aussie healthcare system (get sick, see a Dr, get some pharmaceuticals / surgery) is something that intelligent Australians are moving away from in droves. They are seeking alternatives not because they are tree-hugging lunatics who love to throw their money away purchasing ‘ineffective treatments’, but because they can clearly see the stupidity of the current system & are looking for something else! Even if they have to pay a LOT more for them – they still want alternatives!

The changes to the private health care system will not only make life harder for us Aussies who are committed to using preventative health care for our families, it will also impact many natural therapy practitioners, their small businesses  & the training institutions & colleges they studied through. We’ll see less Aussies choosing to study in the natural health field & start up their own practice. It’s already expensive to see a naturopath (in comparison to a tax payer funded GP visit to be prescribed tax payer funded meds), that to take away the small rebates currently offered may rule it out as an option for many & make it less viable for practitioners as a business / career choice.

Here’s just one submissions (from the CMA) opposing the changes, submitted in 2013 – a good case but obviously not good enough:

The funniest thing is this – the government is trying to encourage more young Aussies to take out private health insurance….so they’ve cleverly axed many of the options that younger Aussies are choosing to use for their healthcare needs, removing some of the very reasons they would wish to purchase an extras policy for – go figure (??)

To me, this move is like investing in more (very expensive) ambulances to keep sending to the bottom of the cliff, while actively removing the protective fencing & warning signs from the top of the cliff!!

The ones who really benefit from this situation are not the Aussie tax payers, but (of course) pharmaceutical companies. They are pretty great at finding new ways to make sure their profits are secure, even when consumer trust is rapidly & continually waning. Just keep making the ‘alternative options’ more difficult / more expensive, & people will be more inclined to depend only upon the pharmaceutical system.

Anyway that’s my rant !!

I’m actually sure that quite a few Australians are intelligent enough to continue to seek preventative healthcare from practitioners that they trust & will pay the extra for it regardless. It’s just unfair that they still have to fork out their tax dollars for the people who didn’t bother to read the warning signs, or climbed over the fences anyway.

If you think this is a bad idea – click and have your say!

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As always please leave me a comment or send me your thoughts via email – I’d love to hear them.

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Mila Kunis Had Ashton Kutcher’s ‘The Ranch’ Co-Star Fired From Show Over Jealousy?

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Mila Kunis is so jealous of Elisha Cuthbert, Ashton Kutcher’s co-star on “The Ranch,” that she had her fired from the show? That’s the ridiculous claim in one of the new tabloids. A rep for the actress, however, exclusively assures us it’s not true.

Cuthbert plays Kutcher’s ex-girlfriend on the hit Netflix series “The Ranch,” which was recently renewed for a third season. According to the National Enquirer, the actress won’t be returning for the upcoming season, and it’s all because of Kunis. A so-called “source” tells the magazine, “Ashton loved working with Elisha and thought their scenes should be sexier, but Mila’s not having it.”

The outlet’s questionable insider further contends that Kunis felt threatened by her husband’s on-screen relationship with his co-star, as well as their chemistry on the show, so she told Kutcher to give her the boot. But Gossip Cop checked in with Kunis’ spokesperson, who exclusively assures us there’s no truth to the publication’s account of events. We’re told the actress hasn’t called for Cuthbert to be fired from the series, and the claim otherwise is absurd.

In reality, Kunis and Kutcher are both friendly with Cuthbert. In February, the couple accompanied the actress to a Los Angeles Kings game to support her husband, Dion Phaneuf, who plays for the hockey team.

It should be noted, it’s hasn’t been officially confirmed whether or not Cuthbert will be returning for another season of the Netflix show. The only casting news surrounding Season 3 of “The Ranch” is that Dax Shepard is joining the show in the wake of Danny Masterson getting fired due to sexual assault allegations. As of now, Cuthbert is expected to return to the series along with other supporting cast members like Sam Elliot and Debra Winger, but if her character doesn’t return, it will have nothing to do with Kunis.

It’s also worth noting, this isn’t the first time we’ve had to call out the Enquirer for falsely alleging the actress has issues with envy. Gossip Cop recently busted the tabloid for making up a baseless story about Kunis being jealous of Kutcher’s ex-wife Demi Moore. We also busted the magazine for concocting a bogus report about the actress supposedly catching her husband making secret calls to Rihanna. This latest article surrounding Cuthbert is more lies.

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The comedy and "Poor France" comes to Burgas

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Alexander Doynov, Fahradin Fahradinov, Katerina Evro, Anelia Lutsinova and Alexander Kadiev will laugh today the lovers of theatre in Burgas. They will play in the great comedy "Poor France" by Jean Co. The play tells the story about "the relationship between father and son, the sexual orientation, the thigs of life and all of that makes us different". The spectacle is today, at 19.00 o'clock on the scene of cultural center "NHK".

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PokerStars sponsoring the 2017 Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival

Monday, 20 February 2017

PokerStars sponsoring the 2017 Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival

PokerStars is to be the main sponsor of the 2017 Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival.

The festival takes place in the Villa Marina Gardens on 16 and 17 September.

Jon Weedon, who is responsible for PokerStars’ corporate sponsorships, said:

‘We are delighted to support the Island’s premier celebration of local food and drink.

‘This festival brings together everyone with an interest in and who values the quality and heritage of local produce, which is great news for the Island’s producers and retailers, and above all, consumers.’

Magnet (IOM) Ltd will support the competition by supplying a kitchen to host cookery sessions and the Isle of Man Chef of the Year and Student Chef of the year competitions.

Robinson’s and Isle of Man Teas are also sponsoring the event.

The festival will be run in association with Manx Radio, which will broadcast live from the event, promoting its ‘local focus’ campaign, and will run a competition for tickets.

Geoffrey Boot MHK, Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture, said:

‘Through the Programme for Government, we encourage new businesses, support those that are growing and create an environment for businesses to flourish.

‘The Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival is our flagship food and drink event and brings together established and newer producers to showcase their products to thousands of visitors.

‘Producers attending gain new customers and raise awareness of the variety and quality of Isle of Man food and drink, which plays an important role in our economy.

‘I am pleased the festival has attracted the support of PokerStars, Magnet (IOM) Ltd, Robinson’s, Isle of Man Teas and Manx Radio and I hope other companies will join us in supporting the festival and being associated with the successful food and drink sector.’

To find out more about sponsorship packages, contact Audrey Fowler, Marketing Manager at the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, on 685856 or

For more about the festival, visit

In 2015, the festival won an Isle of Man Newspapers’ Award for Excellence.

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We're proud to be an international university and to be a home to students and staff from across the UK, the EU and beyond. Here you'll find information on the UK's departure from the EU.

However, the UK's imminent departure from the European Union has, unfortunately, created uncertainty for our staff and students who come from the EU and the wider European Economic Area (including Switzerland).

The bullet points below address the most frequently asked questions at this time (January 2019). These pages provide more detailed information that the university is currently aware of.

  • The UK currently remains a full member of the European Union until 29 March 2019. There will not be any change to the status or rights of our EU/EEA nationals until that time.
  • Whatever the outcome of the ongoing negotiations about the UK's departure from the European Union, EU/EEA nationals living in the UK will be able to apply for permission to stay here after Brexit.

We will provide regular updates as more information becomes available here, and on the portal and on our International Student Advice Service webpage: www.gre.ac.uk/visa

Students:  If you have any concerns or queries, please speak to the Students' Union advice service in the first instance, who can be contacted at suadvice@gre.ac.uk or advice@gkunions.co.uk - please note while they can provide wellbeing advice, they are unable to provide immigration advice.

Staff: If you have any concerns or queries regarding the effect on you of the UK's departure from the European Union, we recommend you speak to your senior manager or our HR team in the first instance.


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Naidu, KCR Exposed On Future Alliances!

Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who has been denying of his secret understanding with the Congress party all these days, was thoroughly exposed on Thursday during the elections to the Rajya Sabbha deputy chairman post.

So was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who has been sending indirect overtures to the Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular.

Rajya Sabha members of the TDP openly voted for Congress party candidate B K Hariprasad in the RS deputy chairman elections, on the pretext that their sole objective was to defeat the NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh.

In fact, the BJP cleverly avoided fielding its own candidate only to attract the support of other parties.

And TDP, too, could have voted for him, because he was a Janata Dal (U) candidate. But just because he is an NDA candidate, Naidu decided that the TDP MPs voted for the Congress candidate.

In the process, he clearly exposed his intentions to join hands with the Congress party in the coming days.

Similarly, the TRS, too, could have avoided the controversy by abstaining from the voting just like Aam Admi Party, but KCR decided to support the NDA candidate, only because he did not want the Congress candidate to win. But, in the process, he proved that he is going to be part of the NDA in the coming days!

As far as YSR Congress party is concerned, its president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy played safe by asking his two RS members to abstain from voting, so as to show that he is opposing both the BJP and the Congress!

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December 13, 2010 The Book of Isaiah! Self-Study Chapters 46 – 55

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Please click on the linkage to the Scripture and read the verses then we will summarize what we have learned.

Isaiah 46:1-13  Isaiah reminds the people that the worship of idols is futile, since they are weak and helpless and offer no hope.

Isaiah 47:1-15   The nation of Babylonia will be devastated by the Lord because of its wickedness and pride.

Isaiah 48:1-22   Throughout their history the nations of Judah and Israel have rejected God.  But He continues to love them and to call them back from their wicked wayward ways.

Isaiah 49:1-26    Isaiah 50:1-11   Isaiah 51:1-23   Isaiah 52:1-12   Isaiah 53 1:12   Isaiah 54:1-17   Isaiah 55:1-13   These seven chapters of Isaiah contain more of the prophet’s famous “Servant Songs” (Isaiah 42:1-9).  At times the prophet seems to speak of the nations of Judah and Israel as God’s servant.  But in other places in these passages, it is clear that he is referring to the Servant who is to come – the Messiah.  Chapter 53 is clearly messianic in nature.  It portrays the “Suffering Servant” – Jesus – who gave His life to secure redemption for others:  “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed” (v.5).

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Tap Into Auxiliary Water Supplies With Your AC

air-conditioning-waterEight to nine liters of water can be produced in only six hours. Is it possible to drink it too?

The world water crises is a definite fact, and the availability of fresh water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and other uses is an issue that is constantly being brought before our attention. The crisis is especially evident in the Middle East.

As natural sources of fresh water continue to dwindle, creative ways to derive water, including desalination in water starved countries like Saudi Arabia, waste water recycling, and even unusual methods like using drone aircraft to collect water from water vapor in the air for use in agriculture, are coming to the fore.

While these methods have merit, they often involve large capital outlays. Many of us, however, may be overlooking a way to acquire large quantities of fresh water as a by-product of those devices which we use during the hot summer months to keep us cool. And those devices are none other than our household and business air conditioners.

Too hot to go without

The use of air conditioning devices is becoming widespread; we are  reaching the point where people simply have to use them in order to live normally in countries where daily summertime temperatures often climb as high as 45 degrees Celsius. These high temperatures are sometimes coupled with high humidity, making the actual temperatures seem even higher.

Creating fresh water from the condensation created by air conditioners is nothing new. But until recently, the water made from this condensation has been simply allowed to run off, often to the ground, city storm drains and other places. The derivation of water from water vapor in the air came to many people’s attention recently when an American company, Air2Water LLC, patented a device that removes water from the very air we breathe.

When humidity is a blessing

The system in this device is very similar to the cooling systems found in most private and commercial air conditioners, in that water condensation from the refrigeration coils is the end result. To give an indication of how much water can be created by even a small household air conditioner, try collecting this “run off” water in a bucket or large plastic bottle instead of  letting it run off onto the ground. The amount of water that can be collected in this manner will vary according to the size of the AC unit, the air temperatures when the unit is operating, and (very important) the amount of humidity present in the air.

Those “blessed” with living in an area with high humidity (65-70%) , such as a seaside location for example, will be able to “collect” more water than those living in dryer areas where the humidity is less than 45%. In a high humidity location, even a small AV unit of 1 horsepower (7,000 – 8,000 BTUs) can produce as much as 9 liters of water from about 6 hours of use.

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If a small unit can produce this much water (which is virtually distilled water, and free from chemicals and other contaminants), think about how much water a large commercial air conditioning unit can produce, such as those found in those United Arab Emirates’ mega building projects, including the recently completed Khalifa Dubi Tower, or Burj Dubai, being hailed as the tallest man-made structure on earth.

While AC units in structures like Burj Dubai are capable of  producing thousands of gallons of fresh water through AC  condensation, your small household units can produce enough water to use in gardening, flushing toilets, cleaning, and with a small bit of filtration, even for cooking and drinking. A small, 1 HP unit can create 8-9 liters of water in just 6 hours, while a  larger 3-5 HP unit can make 3-5 times as much.

Best of all, this water comes directly from the air we breathe. What better way to put it to good use?

More articles on sources for creating fresh water:

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Abu Dhabi’s Costly Desalination Plants Prompt Waste Water Treatment Plans

How to Make Water from Thin Air

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8 thoughts on “Tap Into Auxiliary Water Supplies With Your AC”

  1. Maurice Picow says:

    Rain also comes from clouds (water vapor)so why not AC water. We just need to find a practical way to purify it – no worse than drinking lake (Kinneret, in Israel’s case) or ground water. It’s just a matter of getting rid of bacteria and other “creepy crawlies”. And there’s surely a lot less chemicals and metals (like cadimun or mercury for example)in AC water. It’s time has come!

  2. Seamus Dubh says:

    Star Wars what.
    This water is not distilled, it is condensed and there for still has many air borne contaminants. One common to ac units is legionnaires disease. Till this is filtered and clean it’s considered greywater and is good for irrigation. The Air2Water units still filters and sterilizes the water it produces.
    As for the Burj Dubai or Burj Khalifa, which every way you look at it, already does this collection method for use in irrigation of the surrounding parks.
    Funny thing, when they first started to cool it down they too a month to do so. This was to prevent cloud formation inside the the large open interior.

  3. Jay B. says:

    The water from air cons is definitely not drinkable for humans. It should be regularly cleaned with some kind of detergents so it could be dangerous for human health. I wouldn’t give it to the animals neither, anyway they have a lot more senses then humans to recognise if it is drinkable water or not. I would use it to water some flowers, grass or pot plants, but not vegetables or fruit trees.

  4. Maurice says:

    No worse than water out of the Jordan River – or the Sea of Galilee for that matter (remember our media tour?).

  5. Says here that air cons are full of bacteria:

    I wouldn’t drink the stuff. Or give it to my pets. But I would funnel the hose down to my plants. Right now I am watering a large passion fruit plant this way.

  6. Maurice Picow says:

    I think dogs have less problems with this than people. Cats too, especially street cats during hot weather, will appreciate this water.

  7. I was told that distilled water, like the stuff created from air cons isn’t safe to drink. That’s what people say when I let my pooch take a sip from the AC water collected on the street.

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Kalaniot in bloom in Israel, in winter

Ask any rabbi or an ordinary Israeli and many will tell you that rain is directly connected to the spiritual realm. When in some countries you curse when it rains, in Israel and the Middle East heavy rains indicate that the heavens are opening up and prayers are being answered. Rains started again today further extending record rains, the likes of what haven’t been seen in 20 years.

Records were already broken in December when Israel received more than 150% of the rain it can expect on average for an entire winter season. Winter rains in Israel usually start around the holiday of Succot (Festival of the Booths), sometime in October and usually end in time for Pessach known by most people as Passover.

What the rains mean is that the national worry, the amount of rain the Kinneret or Sea of Galilee is up once again; underground aquifers are getting replenished, overwintering ponds seasonal in nature are teaming with life, and flowers are blooming everywhere, including the desert which is exploding in green.

An island emerged this last summer in the Sea of Galilee. The drought was so bad. Water levels too low.

It’s hard to imagine Israel, known in pictures as a desert Mediterranean climate exploding in colors. But that’s what is happening now. Another little known secret is that Israel also has a mushroom collecting season; the mushrooms are cropping up in forests everywhere thanks to the damp and rainy weather. Locals are loving the Ben Shemen Forest halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, about 20 minutes each way, as a popular weekend spot for hiking and mushroom hunting with the kids. With flights to Israel at the lowest prices now in any season pretty much, it’s a perfect time to travel to travel to beat the ridiculous heat of the summer.

If you are thinking about planning an escape with your whole family, the winter rains bring out the best in everyone. Cafes are still open, parks abound in cities and in nature for little and big kids, and as a country attuned to family life, there are plenty of seasonal things to do with kids and families, including hikes to see all the pretty flowers in bloom.

Note to tourists: most of the flowers in Israel’s parks are protected, so it’s better to look, not pick. Same with mushrooms: since there is only a new culture to go out mushroom hunting, only travel with and sample with an experienced guide. So many mushrooms like chanterelles have poisonous and similar looking cousins, so always ask before eating.

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In 2009, the Greenville Recreation and parks Department completed a Capital Needs Assessment Analysis (CNA) of the South Greenville Recreation Center and Park as part of its system wide assessment of park facilities. The City held a series of meetings with community leaders and the general public to gain input on proposed renovations. Using public input as a basis, a master plan was completed in 2010. The final master plan was adopted in 2014.

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We are very excited to announce that our Junior Girls, as part of the Slí Cualann Team, have been selected to represent Ireland in the European Club Cup in Portugal in Sept. This is as a result of their performances in 2014 and we are very proud indeed to accept this selection.

We are very excited to announce that our Junior Girls, as part of the Slí Cualann Team, have been selected to represent Ireland in the European Club Cup in Portugal in Sept. This is as a result of their performances in 2014 and we are very proud indeed to accept this selection.
For those who are new to the clubs set-up, Slí Cualann is an amalgamation of five Co. Wicklow clubs, Greystones, Inbhear Dee, Roundwood, Bray Runners & Parnell, who’s athletes compete at juvenile level under their individual clubs, but become Slí Cualann at Junior & Senior level.
 A group of up to 20 athletes will compete on this team and it is a fantastic opportunity for these young athletes to go out and experience International competition. They are very proud indeed to be representing their club & country and we are very busy fundraising towards this at present, as flights etc. are quite expensive. We have set up a Crowd Funding site at and all donations big & small will be greatly appreciated. Alternatively, donations can be handed in to Theresa at the track at Shoreline Sports Park or to any of the coaches involved.
If anyone has any ideas for further fundraising or knows anyone who might like to help sponsor the team, please get in touch with Theresa asap.

The majority of our athletes are now on a short break, with just the small number who are still competing  continuing to train. As it has been a long hard season, unless athletes have alternative instructions from their coaches, we recommend taking a complete break for about 2 weeks, after which athletes should start running every other day to gradually build up fitness again. Start with 10-15 mins and after 3 or 4 runs increase this by 5 mins. Continue in this way and you will return in Sept. “fit to train” and not totally out of condition, making training for the winter season a whole lot easier. The 7-8.30pm groups will return to training on Tues.1st Sept. and the 5-6pm & 6-7pm groups will return on Tues 8th Sept, allowing them a week to settle back in to school first.

As they finally get to take a well earned break, we would like to say a huge ‘Thank You’  to every one of the many volunteers who give up their time week in week out to help make Greystones AC such a fantastic club! Our coaches: Aidan Hartnett, Buntu Mlisana, Christina Browne, Deirdre Kearney, Deirdre O’Neill, Eamonn Whelan, Emma O’Brien, Emer McNally, Fiona O’Connor, Helen  Dempsey,  Joanne O’Shea,  Joanna Pluck,  Julie Fallon, Laura O’Neill,  Muriel Drinkwater, Neil Brooks, Pauline Dallaghan, Ronan Nicholson, Sinead Daly, Steve Jones, Theresa Kinane. Our junior coaches: Alannah O’Carroll, Ara Freeman, Conor Dempsey, Isobel Kenny, Lisa Dallaghan, Richael Browne, Susie McParland. Our check-in crew: Breda Hayes, Celina Purcell, Fiona Ryan, Louise Casey, Louise Willoughby , Sandra Colgan. Apologies if I’ve left anyone out!

All athletes who have not attended training for more than 3 weeks before their group finished, need to contact the club if they intend to return in Sept. Otherwise they will be deemed to have left the club. All groups for Sept.will be organised over the next couple of weeks and any available places offered to those on the waiting lists. There will be no way of adding athletes back into the groups in Sept., so please use ‘Contact Us’ on to leave us a message, if missing for a while and planning to return.

Every weekend we are on the road to Tullamore, Belfast, Athlone etc. but what a fantastic Track & Field season we had again this year, with superb results from National Juveniles & Juniors Championships and also from the League.
Three of our club athletes qualified to represent Ireland this year, with Alana Ryan qualifying for the Schools International in Scotland last weekend and winning a bronze medal on the 4 x 300m relay. Well done Alana! Amaris Borel & Ara Freeman are also off to Scotland for the Celtic Games on the 1st August.

U12-19 National Championships
U19: Martha Hassett Gold in PV , Katy Conroy 6th in 400m, Katy Conroy 6th in 400m, 10th 1500m
U18:  Ara Freeman silver in 100m & 200m, Amaris Borel silver in 100mH & in 400mH, Conor Dempsey bronze in 200m & 400mH & 6th in 100m, Rosa Kirwan bronze in HJ
U17: Richael Browne 5th in 400m & 8th in 800m
U16: Alana Ryan gold in 200m & silver in 100m, Louis Lalor 4th in 250mH & 5th in 100mH, Noah Daly 12th in LJ
U15: Ben Jones silver in 800m & 1500m, Josh Pyper silver in 100m & 4th in 200m, Ben Mooney 5th in 200m, Sarah O’Connor 5th in 1500m, Katie Lawless 8th in 250mH & Sophie Nicholson 12th in High Jump.
U14: Aodhan Daly silver in LJ, 11th in HJ & 3rd in 200m heat (injured)
U13: James Nicholson 5th in LJ, Joe Prendergast 12th in LJ, Ellen McNally 15th in LJ & Emma Quirk 16th

Juniors/U23's Championships
Junior athletes:  Katy Conroy gold in the 3K Steeplechase, Amaris Borel silver in 100mH & 6th in the 400mH, Ara Freeman 4th in the 100m with a new PB & 5th in the 200m, Conor Dempsey 8th in 200m, Richael Brown trying out a new event and just missing out on the 400m final, Isobel O'Grady 6th in the Long Jump & Jamie Wood 11th in 800m.
U23's : Claire Foley took bronze in the 200m & 4th in the 100m and Aoife Conroy 4th in the 400mH.

National ‘B’ Champs & Relays
U16: Cachel Casey gold in Shot Putt, Holly Byrne silver in 800m, Troy Scully bronze in HJ & 4th in 800m, Marcus Lennon 5th in 100m & 7th in 800m,  Sarah Lalor 5th in 100m, Niamh Conroy in medal position with 10m to go taking a very bad tumble in the 100m.
U15: John O’Connor gold in HJ,
U14: Ronan Dempsey silver in 80m & bronze in LJ, Alan Gordon silver in HJ & bronze in 80m, Megan O’Brien 13th in 800m
U 13: Danny Jones bronze in LJ, Erin Howard 7th in 600m & 10th in LJ
U12: Eimear Ryan 4th in LJ & 10th in 600m
The U15 boys team took silver in the 4 x 100m relay.

National League:
Top performances from everyone on both days means both the Women’s & Men’s teams have qualified for the finals on Aug. 2nd, making for another busy weekend. Best of Luck to both teams and to Ara & Amaris in the Celtics in Scotland.

The National Senior Championships on 7th/8th Aug. brings the domestic T&F season to a close for 2015, but athletes involved in the European Cup will continue training for this prestigious event in Sept.

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Sunday run this coming Sun. 24th March is Shanganagh Park! Meet at 9.20am for short warm-up, ready to run by 9.30am. All club athletes welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.

Diary Dates for Upcoming  Events:

  1. National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 1 Sat 30th March, Athlone (Must qualify)

  2. National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 2, Sun 31st March, Athlone (Must qualify)

  3. National Juvenile Indoor Championships Day 3, Sat 6th April, Athlone (Must qualify)

  4. National Spring Throws, Sun 7th April, Athlone

  5. AAI National 10k Championships , Sun 14th Apr, Dublin

  6. Leinster 10 Mile, Mon 22nd Apr, Raheny

  7. AAI National Road Relays , Sun 28th Apr, Raheny

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The Heavy Ion Storage Ring ESR

Storage rings are used to store and accumulate ions up to the highest possible currents. A high brilliance of the circulating ion beams, which means very small diameters and angular divergences and an extremely small velocity distribution is obtained and preserved by applying special techniques like electron- or laser-cooling.

Fig. 1: Comparison of several storage rings with respect to velocity and proton number Z. ESR covers a wide range of combinations.
Fig. 2: One corner of the ESR (orange dipole magnets, red quadrupole magnets).

The ESR is worldwide the only storage ring which fulfils these requirements for all ions from helium with nuclear charge Z = 2 up to even bare uranium with Z = 92 at ion velocities β ranging from below 10% to almost 90% of the speed of light. Therefore, the ESR provides unique possibilities especially for experiments with the heaviest available ions.

The ESR has a circumference of 108,36 m and a magnetic rigidity of 10 Tm. Thus, it is possible to store uranium ions at an energy of 560MeV/u. However, the experiments are carried out usually at energies about 300MeV/u. This is about 65% of the speed of light. The rotational frequency is then up to 2∗106 s-1. The high vacuum inside the ring of the order of 10-11 mbar is essential for keeping the number of collisions between the stored ions and the atoms of the rest gas as small as possible. Such collisions could change the charge state of the ions and lead to drastic intensity losses of the stored beams.

Fig. 3: Schematic drawing of the ESR.

The six 60° dipole magnets together with the focusing quadrupole magnet systems take care that the ions move as close as possible along their ideal orbit.

Electron Cooling

The mutual repulsion of the ions due to the Coulomb interaction and to collisions between the stored ions and rest gas molecules lead to a blowing-up of the size and the angular divergence of the beam. This is prevented by electron cooling, a process in which heat is taken out of the ion beam in collisions between the hot ions and cold electrons travelling at the same velocity. This cooling not only compensates the blowing-up of the beam but even increases its quality to so-called “brilliant beams”. The picture shows a photograph of the electron cooler installed at the ESR.

Fig. 4: The electron cooler (yellow) with beam shaping elements (red, violet).

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These two figures illustrate the principle of very precise measurements of the masses of stored ions in the ESR. The closed orbits of four ions with different charge to mass ratios m/q along the lattice of the ring are plotted. Schottky Mass Spectrometry (left) employs the pick-up signals induced by cooled ions travelling at almost the same velocity. The masses of hot ions with different velocities which are produced for example in nuclear reactions, can be obtained from the time-of-flight signals in the Isochronous Mass Spectrometry mode (right). In this case, the average velocity of the stored ions approaches the “transition gamma γt” which is a characteristic quantity of the ring.

Fig. 5: Principle of mass measurement by either electron cooling (left) or TOF measurements (right).