A shuttle-drive arrangement for a weaving loom comprises at least one drive rotor (1) having a helical driving means (5) arranged to co-act with a shuttle-dogging device (23) for driving a shuttle (14) across the loom. The rotor (1) is arranged to be continuously rotated by a drive source (7). And means (8,9,10) are arranged to indicate the rotary position of the rotor and the driving means. When the driving means is located in a given position for driving the shuttle, a coupling mechanism (20,24,23) is arranged to be activated to an operative state for coupling the dogging device (23) to the driving means (5).
1. A shuttle-drive arrangement for a weaving loom, comprising at least one drive rotor (1) having a helical driving means (5) arranged to co-act with a shuttle-dogging device (23) for driving a shuttle (14) across the loom, characterized in that the rotor (1) is arranged to be continuously rotated by a drive source (7); that means (8,9,10; 51,52) are arranged to indicate the rotary position of the rotor and the driving means; and that when the driving means is located in a given position for driving the shuttle, a coupling mechanism (20,24; 23,53) is arranged to be activated to an operative state for coupling the dogging device (23) to the driving means (5).
2. An arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that said driving means comprise an electric sensing device (51) arranged to sense a marking (52) on the rotor (1) in a manner such that when said mark is located in a given position an electro-magnetic coupling means (53) is activated to cause the dogging device to engage the drive track (5).
3. A shuttle drive arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that said driving means comprise a cylindrical eccentric body (8) fixedly connected to the rotor (1), the axis of rotation (B) of said body being displaced relative to, but parallel with the rotary axis (D) of the rotor; that the eccentric body is arranged to move an impact arm (10) between a first, inoperative position and a second operative position, in which second position the impact arm activates the coupling mechanism.
4. An arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the arm (10) is fixedly mounted on a ring (9) which is freely slidable on the cylindrical surface of the eccentric body (8); that the rotor (1) is provided with a yieldable holding means (12) adapted to hold the arm in a given angular position relative to the driving means (5); and that a stop means (16) is arranged to be moved into the path of movement of the said arm in the direction of rotation of the rotor and to hold the same for activation of the coupling mechanism.
5. An arrangement and shuttle according to claim 4, characterized in that the stop means comprise a piston (16) which can be moved to said movement path of said arm (10) and which is coupled to an activating means (45) arranged to be activated in dependence upon a signal in forming that the shuttle can be moved across the loom and, therewith, to move the piston into said movement path.
6. An arrangement and shuttle according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotor (1) comprises a cylinder and that the driving means is a helical cam (5) on the cylindrical surface of the cylinder (1).
7. An arrangement according to claim 1 characterized in that the mass of rotor (1) is considerably greater than the mass of the shuttle (14); and that the power supplied to the rotor from said drive source (7) is considerably smaller than the power required to accelerate the shuttle (14) to the desired final velocity.
The present invention relates to a shuttle drive arrangement for a weaving loom, said drive arrangement comprising a drive rotor having a helical driving means arranged to co-operate with a shuttle-dogging device for driving a shuttle across the loom.
One disadvantage with known arrangements of this type is that the drive rotor is held stationary between shuttle movements and thus must be accelerated when the shuttle is picked or cast. The energy which is consumed when effecting this acceleration and the requisite mass increase expotentially with the speed and hence the requisite high initial velocity of the shuttle is never reached, even though very large drive motors may be used. It is also difficult to provide a well defined engagement between the driving means and the dogging device on the shuttle.
Thus a primary object of the invention is to provide a drive arrangement which is very compact and which, when the shuttle is cast or picked, imparts thereto the requisite energy from its own kinetic energy.
A further object of the invention is to provide a drive arrangement which provides a well defined and positive engagement when the shuttle is cast or picked, whereby the initial velocity of the shuttle can be held within given, narrow limits and the speed of the shuttle can be increased in comparison with shuttle speeds hitherto known, thereby enabling the capacity of the loom to be increased.
Another object of the invention is to provide a drive arrangement which, despite the fact that the shuttle moves more quickly than said shuttles of conventional looms, requires a relatively low energy supply, i.e. can be driven with a relatively small motor. As a result hereof, the drive arrangement as a whole may be formed as a compact unit which can be made moveable to and readily adapted to different weaving widths in a loom and to impart a high-speed to the shuttle, while, at the same time, keeping disturbing noise at a low level.
These objects are fully realized by means of the invention as defined in the claims and described hereinafter with reference to an exemplary embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 6 is a simplified view of a modified embodiment.
In FIGS. 1-4 there is illustrated a cylindrical rotor 1 having a centrally arranged shaft 2 which is journalled for free rotation in frame walls 3,4. In the illustrated embodiment, the rotor 1 is provided on its cylindrical surface with a helical cam 5. The cam 5 may be replaced, for example, with a guide groove milled in the surface 6. The rotor 1 has a high mass and is continuously driven by an electric motor 7 which is connected directly to the shaft 2 and thus drives the rotor, without interruption, in one and the same direction, as indicated by means of the arrow A in FIG. 4. An eccentric 8 forms part of the rotor 1. The eccentric 8 is cylindrical and has a center of rotation B which lies at a distance C from the center of rotation D of the rotor 1. A ring 9 is arranged for free rotation on the cylindrical surface of the eccentric 8. The ring 9 carries a radially extending impact arm 10.
A holding spring 12 is fixed to a wall 11 of the rotor 1 by means of a screw 13. The purpose of spring 12 is to hold the impact arm 10 in the position shown in FIG. 4 when the shuttle 14 is not to be released. Thus, when the impact arm 10 is held by the spring 12, the ring 9 is held stationary relative to the eccentric 8 and the impact arm 10 will slide in its longitudinal direction on the spring 12, between an inner position and an outer position depending on the position of the center B relative to the centre D.
A shoulder 15 on the lower end of the impact arm 10 is arranged to co-operate with a piston 16. The piston 16 is displacably mounted in the frame wall 4 and can be moved between an inoperative position (FIGS. 1 and 3) and an operative position (FIG. 2) displaced inwardly towards the rotor 1, in which position the inner end of the piston 16 lies in the path of movement of the impact arm 10.
The shuttle 14, which is moved on a track or guide surface 17, has, in the illustrated embodiment, two pairs of wheels 18 and 19, although the shuttle may also slide directly on the track 17. Arranged on both ends of the shuttle is a drive mechanism adapted to co-operate with the cam 5 on the rotor 1. The right-hand rotor 1 of the loom is shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 illustrates both the left-hand rotor, here referenced 1', and the right-hand rotor 1 for driving the shuttle 14 across the loom illustrated in FIG. 5. The drive mechanism for driving the shuttle 14 to the left as seen in FIG. 5 is shown in detail in FIG. 1, while the corresponding drive mechanism for driving the shuttle 14 to the right as seen in FIG. 5 is indicated in FIG. 1 in phantom lines.
Each drive mechanism for the shuttle 14 comprises a pivot arm 20 mounted on a pivot shaft 21 which is journalled between two walls which extend at right angles to the horizontal track 17, in a recess 22 in the right end of a shuttle 14 as shown in FIG. 1. A corresponding recess is provided in the left end of the shuttle 14 in FIG. 1. The pivot arm 20 carries on the end thereof directed towards the central part of the shuttle 14, a cam follower 23 which is arranged to co-act with the cam 5. The outer end of the pivot arm 20 has an impact surface 24 arranged to co-operate with the free-end 25 of the impact arm 10, as illustrated in FIG. 3. As will be seen from FIG. 1, there is provided in the frame wall 3 an opening 26 through which the shuttle 14 can be moved to the left part of the loom in FIG. 5. The outer end of a shuttle 14 rests against a shuttle-capturing and -damping body 27 which slows down the shuttle during its movement, to the position illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIG. 5 there is illustrated by means of two spools 28,29 those yarns which are caught by the shuttle and drawn through the shed 30 between parts 31 and 32. In FIG. 5 there are illustrated two conventional heald frames 33 and 34 which provide the alternation of sheds when moved up and down. The arrangements whereby the shuttle 14 seizes the yarns are of conventional construction and are not illustrated here. The woven cloth 35 is wound onto a roller 36, as shown in FIG. 5. In the illustrated embodiment, the track 17 is arranged on the batten 37 of the loom, said batten carrying the drive mechanisms 1 and 1'. The batten 37 is mounted on arms 38 and 39 driven by means of a conventional beater or picker 40, as indicated in FIG. 5.
The pitch of the cam 5, or of the corresponding groove in the rotor 1, is caused to increase towards the outlet end, i.e. towards the left end of the rotor 1 as seen in FIG. 1, thereby to obtain a favourable acceleration path of the shuttle at a given rotary speed. With a shuttle having the aforementioned parameters, it is possible to obtain in the case of a narrow loom, a working period of approximately 2 seconds, i.e. the time between two picks from one and the same end of the loom is approximately 2 seconds. Of this time period, approximately 0.035 seconds is taken up by the picks, i.e. the transfer of kinetic energy from the rotor 1 to the shuttle 14 and the remaining time is used for supplying the kinetic energy used for driving the shuttle, from the motor 7 to the rotor 1. The power input of the motor 7 of the rotor 1 is substantially smaller than the power required to drive-off the shuttle 14 with the desired final velocity.
In order for the shuttle to be driven-off, it is necessary that the rotor 1 is located at an angular position such that the cam follower 23 is caught by the cam 5 at its end point and lies against the driving side 41 of the cam 5 (FIG. 3). This angular position is obtained automatically by the position of the impact arm 10 relative to the rotor 1 when said arm is held by the spring 12. Further, it is necessary for the shed 30 to be open to receive the shuttle 14 and the weft carried by said shuttle. In the illustrated embodiment, the receiving position of the shed 30 is determined by sensing the position of the batten arm 39 by means of a schematically illustrated detector 42. When the detector 42 determines the position of the arm 39, a circuit is made to an electromagnetic operating device 45 over lines 43,44 (FIG. 1). When the device 45 is activated, the piston 16 is displaced inwardly from the inoperative position shown in FIG. 1 to the operative position shown in FIG. 2, where the piston lies in the path of movement of the impact arm 10.
When the impact arm 10, which is held in a given position relative to the cam 5 during rotation of the rotor 1, meets the end of the inwardly moved piston 16, the arm 10 engages the end of the piston 16 and movement of the arm 10 together with the rotor 1 is interrupted. The eccentric 8 is then located in the position shown in FIG. 4. During continued rotation of the rotor 1, the eccentric will move the ring 9, and therewith the arm 10 downwardly from the position shown in FIG. 4 to the position shown in FIG. 3. The piston 16 is moved by the shoulder 15 back to the inoperative position, when the arm 10 pushes up the cam follower 23, as illustrated in FIG. 3. In this latter position, the end of the arm 10 will urge the impact surface 24 clockwise in FIG. 3 and therwith lift the cam-follower roller 23 up over the shuttle 14 and place it before the cam 5. As the rotor 1 continues to rotate, the cam 5 will urge the cam-follower roller 23 to the left in FIG. 3 and the end of the arm 10 will slide out of the shuttle 14 through a groove 46 which opens into the recess 22 in the shuttle 14. During the period of engagement between the cam follower 23 and the cam 5, for example a period of 0.035 seconds, the shuttle 14 will be accelerated to the desired speed and moved on wheels 18,19 across the batten 37 to the arrangement 1' in FIG. 5, in which the left end of the shuttle as seen in FIG. 1 is caught by the damping device corresponding to the device 27 in FIG. 1. As soon as the piston 16 has been moved back, the spring 12 will pick up and carry the arm 10, which is thus brought into engagement for a following sequence of the cam follower 23.
The aforedescribed shuttle caster can be modified in many ways. For example, the release piston 16 can be mounted in the shuttle and, for example, moved up into the movement path of the arm 10 electromagnetically. In order to hold the arm in a releasable, given position during rotation of the rotor 1, there can be arranged on the rotor a permanent magnet which holds the arm fixed, said arm in this case being made of a magnetisable material. The magnetic force generated will not be greater than that required to readily stop the arm 10 by the piston 16. It is also possible to arrange for the two rotors to be rotated by one and the same drive motor.
In the aforegoing the invention has been described with reference to a weaving loom in which each time the shuttle moves across the loom, a yarn is moved into the shed 30. The invention can be applied equally as well, however, to those types of looms in which the shuttle moves in a closed path from one starting position through the shed formed by the healds and back to said starting point without passing through the shed.
It will be understood that the drive means can also be used in respect of conventional shuttles provided with yarn spools. It is also possible to mount the shuttle-dogging device 23 co-acting with the cam 5 on a separate carriage 47 or the like (FIG. 6) said carriage being arranged to transfer movement to the shuttle. Thus, this would imply that the whole mechanism 20-24 (FIG. 5) is mounted on a carriage or runner arranged to move on a guide 50 or the like parallel with the shuttle 14 and to firmly grip the shuttle with a shoulder 48 or the like arranged on the carriage, which shoulder in turn grips behind a shoulder 59 or an abutment surface on the shuttle.
The illustrated mechanical release mechanism having an impact arm 10 which defines the position of the rotor and therewith the position of the cam 5 has only been selected by way of example. For example there can equally as well be arranged a conventional electronic sensing means, for example a photo-cell 51 (FIG. 6) arranged to sense a position-indicating mark 52 on the rotor and, when sensing said mark, to send an activating signal to an electromagnet 53, which brings the dogging device 23 into engagement with the cam surface 41.
In certain cases it may be convenient for the rotor to have the form of a disc, i.e. a cylindrical body whose diameter is large in relation to its axial length, and to arrange the drive cam 5 or the drive groove on one surface of the disc. Such an embodiment is particularly suited for older, very narrow looms.
In certain cases it may also be convenient to arrange two mutually counter-rotating rotors, thereby to counteract those tangential forces which occur. In this case, the drive path or tracks on respective rotors co-act with the shuttle either directly or via a carriage or runner.


Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she will put forth "a real plan" to fix Michigan's roads and other infrastructure in her March budget presentation, but under questioning by reporters gave no indication of how she would propose paying for the plan; The Senate's first bill of the 100th Legislature is Senate Bill 1 to address the state's nation-leading auto insurance rates which focuses on health care and personal injury protection benefit changes; Attorney General Dana Nessel has picked Fadwa Hammoud as Solicitor General and tapped her to oversee the Attorney General's criminal prosecutions in the Flint water crisis; Other top priorities of the legislature include: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform which would require a criminal conviction before law enforcement agencies could sell or use the property seized based on probable cause and tax credits such as establishing a child care credit for working families with young children and creating a tax credit claw back to make businesses that leave Michigan pay back incentive dollars they were awarded to come to or stay in Michigan; and gambling expansion legislation will quickly be reintroduced this session for online gaming and horse race betting by cellphone as well as fantasy sports gambling and new charitable gaming regulations. For more on these and other legislative initiatives, please click on the Jan. 23, 2019 Karoub Report below.


We saved the best for last – the most energizing of all the energizers is to take the energizer that worked best for you and turn it into a habit. Once it becomes part of your daily routine, you don't waste any energy worrying about it or getting yourself geared up to do it. When you just do it, automatically, you get all the boost without any of the drain. Which booster are you going to turn into a habit?
3 dumbbell squat clean thrusters; 5 push-ups, 7 squats, count to 10.
As many rounds as possible in 4 minutes. Can you get in 6 rounds?
The 29th scientifically verified way to increase your energy is to change something up. It can be as simple as taking a different route to work, or listening to a different radio station. Or listening to a different radio station while taking a different route to work. Anything that you do by habit, on automatic pilot, is something you can do differently today.
10 weighted squats as heavy as possible, 10 air squats, hold a downward dog for 15 sec, then 4-6 squat cleans with the weight you used for squats.
5 times through, taking 30 seconds after each round.
You know that friend who gives you life? Sunday's Earnergy challenge dare is to call up/connect with that friend. Awesome if you do the workout together, but also awesome if you get coffee together, or just exchange a texted message. When you get this done, let us know in the comments. How was that?
20 squats, 20 push-ups, climb something, 400 meter fast run.
Repeat 5 times – once each for SC, AL, and MS, FL, and AK.
The dare for the day is also your energy boost: 5 super-slow high stretch burpees, 7 times throughout the day.
To do a super-slow high stretch burpee, make each element (squat, kick out, plank, pushup, squat, stand) distinct. Move deliberately and slowly, pause at the bottom of the pushup for a 3 count, and then in lieu of a jump at the end, a full body stretch fingers skyward. That's one. While you're up there fingertips to the sky on your 5th one, flow into some other stretches your body wants to do.
Thur. – 6/25 Pool Day!
If you're in Atlanta, see you at the Grant Park at 6:15 for Thursday's energy booster. There will be three workout options – (1) 10×50's on an interval for swimmers; (2) squats + pushups + push-offs from the wall for non-swimmers; and (3) lounging.
Best place to park is along the Park Avenue side of Grant Park. The pool is built in a way so you have to pick one of the traditionally gendered locker rooms to get to the pool. Bring $4 cash to get in, though there's a rumor the public pools are all free tomorrow because of the heat.
If you're not in Atlanta, the dare for the day is spend an hour in (or by) a pool or lake.
Wednesday, we get the easiest of our 30 energy boosters. Eat breakfast. The formula: whole grain + protein. Bowl of oatmeal + a soft-boiled egg, for example. Simple as that.
Then go find your pool wear + sunglasses for Thursday's hour by the pool.
Number 23 of 30 scientifically verified ways to optimize energy metabolism: the intermittent fast. You're not changing what you eat; just when you eat it. The science shows that giving your body a break from eating fends off diabetes and brain damage – if you're a mouse or fruit fly, at least. There are different fasting methods, and we're going to pick the simplest. Combined with number 24 (coming up tomorrow: eat breakfast), this puts dinner around 4:00. Oof. Proponents of intermittent fasting insist it's a full out lifestyle change, but for this challenge, let's just try it for a day or two and report back on how it goes.Eat dinner at 4:00, then put your fork away for the night.
Don't do what XB and I did a few years ago, when we made it through a 5-day juice fast by eating a pizza every night.
Also, a heads up about number 25 of our energy boosts – on Thursday, your boost is to go find a pool and go lounge. Plan ahead. If you're in Atlanta, we'll be at the Grant Park pool at 6:15. Everyone welcome, though there is a $4 entry fee to the pool. There will be a workout option, but just splashing in the water is fine too.


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'Embryo bank': new hope or too far?
By Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
@AmandaPaulson
In an era when infertile couples often look to test tubes or surrogate mothers to create children, the notion of egg or sperm donors is hardly novel.
Yet a San Antonio woman's idea to bring the two together – creating complete embryos ready to be implanted into the womb – has drawn a raft of criticism, with bioethicists debating whether this is the commodification of children or just another – perhaps more effective – way to help people become parents.
The "embryo bank" at the Abraham Center of Life isn't a storage bank so much as an intermediary that creates embryos from anonymous donors of both sperm and egg, for a waiting list of interested parents.
But the ethical debate around selling such embryos has called attention to the delicate balance between harnessing reproductive technology to help people achieve cherished dreams of bearing children and the danger of selective genetics in the hopes of creating "designer babies." It's also, say some critics, one more example of why more oversight is needed in a field that is advancing rapidly but has had almost no regulation.
The embryo bank "sort of literalizes the fact that the United States is a Wild West when it comes to reproductive technologies," says Marcy Darnovsky, associate executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, a Texas nonprofit interested in the public policy implications of genetic manipulation. "We let the [Food and Drug Administration] think about safety and effectiveness, but we don't let them think about social consequences – it's very different from a lot of countries."
Jennalee Ryan, the director of the Abraham Center of Life, recruits qualified egg and sperm donors – all must have a clean medical history – and she looks for sperm donors with graduate degrees and egg donors with some college education, according to her website and recent news reports.
Ms. Ryan turned down repeated interview requests for this article.
The center has a separate fertility specialist create the embryo, each of which costs her clients $2,500. She has created 26 embryos so far, and two women have become pregnant.
In some ways, her service isn't much different from common fertility procedures. Ryan simply acts as a broker to put the egg and sperm donations together for clients.
But critics have questioned the necessity of making new embryos when there are already many thousands left over from in vitro efforts – many of which can be "adopted." They also say the service seems to cater to clients who want the maximum control over their children's genes. Clients review information about the donors' physical traits and temperaments, their family and educational histories, and in some cases look at photos.
"This raises a real question of commodification – of creating a new human life as a commodity," says Robert George, a Princeton professor and member of the President's Council on Bioethics. "Any time you manufacture products, they have to be subjected to quality controls.... If we let the reproductive technology evolution erode the understanding of our fundamental worth and dignity, and begin to think of children as products that are better or worse [based on certain traits], the consequences for civilization really are dire."
Ryan has said that her service is particularly useful to couples where both are infertile, and the process is cheaper than in vitro fertilization, which typically costs between $10,000 and $15,000. She claims her method has about a 70 percent pregnancy rate, compared with a 30 percent rate from typical in vitro embryos created from couples with fertility issues.
She questions those that object to allowing clients to screen photos and donor traits. Such screening is already routine for people using just an egg or sperm donor, she says.
But some critics say any further step – like selecting traits from both donors rather than just one – needs to be scrutinized.
"We can argue whether this represents an inch, a yard, or a mile down the slippery slope, but we're headed down a slope toward eugenics, and we haven't figured out how to apply brakes," says Ms. Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society.
The issues raised by the embryo bank is only one more example in what will be an increasing raft of ethical, safety, and legal questions for a field that is advancing rapidly but has had almost no oversight, since it's privately funded.
No studies have been done, for instance, on the long-term health effects of in vitro, and tracking such children would be impossible since records aren't kept.
Finding a balance between no regulation and inhibiting technological advances that could help people is challenging, says Arthur Caplan, director of the Bioethics Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
"But in looking out for the best interest of children you've got to do it," he says. "It's a tragedy that we haven't gone very far down the road of protecting those interests, even though the business has gotten huge."
• Wire service material was used in this report.
Fertility clinics offer gay couples new pregnancy options
Researchers grow human embryos outside of womb for 13 days. Ethical?
Despite moral objections, panel gives cautious approval to gene editing research

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Brent crude in London rose $3,56, while the price of WTI in new York increased by $2,68.
World oil prices reference marks dramatically increased in the last working day of the week amid news of a deal OPEC+. This according to the auction on Friday evening, December 7.
So, the price of February futures for North sea Brent Brentна the London exchange ICE Futures at 17:45 in Kiev rose to $3,56 (of 5.93%) to $of 63.62 per barrel.
In turn, the price of oil WTIс January delivery in electronic trading on the new York Mercantile exchange (NYMEX) rose by $2,68 (5,20%) to $of 54.17 per barrel.
Thus, since the beginning of this week Brent rose by 6%, WTI – by more than 5%.
Earlier on Friday it became known that countries of the Organization of countries-exporters of oil and partners (OPEC+) agreed to cut oil production in 2019 at 1.2 million barrels per day. This was announced by the Minister of oil of Iraq tamer al Gadban.
According to him, of the total decline of 800 thousand barrels per day will come from OPEC countries and the remaining 400 thousand b/d – for countries outside the cartel. Thus, each country needs to cut oil production by about 3%.
Last week it was reported that in November the price of Brent crude fell by 22%, WTI – by almost 23%. It was the sharpest monthly drop in prices in 10 years.


Can You Accuse A Mac Genius Of Malpractice?
Today I successfully objected to an arbitration clause and was still able to get the service. It was for acupuncture. I was filling out all the blah blah forms and then I came across the arbitration agreement. I wasn't even planning on this, I just saw it and got really uncomfortable.
A dentist, Dr. Trusty, was drilling on a patient and dancing to the tune "Car Wash" on the radio, when the drill bit snapped off and got caught near her eye. The doctor then tried to use a metal hook to get it out but only drove it further into the sinus and bone, according to the lawsuit. Trusty told the patient that she would probably sneeze the bit out. Doctors later said that if she had, she would have likely become blind in one eye. The patient is now suing Dr. Trusty for $600,000 in medical expenses, pain, and suffering.
According to the Charleston Gazette, Putnam General Hospital in West Virginia was guilty of "wantonness, recklessness and gross negligence" in not properly checking the background of John A. King, a surgeon who is now facing more malpractice lawsuits than any other doctor in the state's history.


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Lyndal Davies
Title: Lyndal Davies
Subject: Australian zoologists, Davies, People from Brisbane, 1967 births
Lyndal Davies (born 1967 in Brisbane, Australia) is a journalist graduate of Queensland University of Technology. From 1991 she has been making cinema and video of wildlife inspired by Jane Goodall and Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente.
Lyndal Davies is a wildlife presenter for Animal Planet. Lyndal Davies hosts Animal Planet's Lyndal's Lifeline where she travels to remote, countries to help wildlife sanctuaries that are in trouble and to bring an awareness about the animals that are rare in species.[1]
Lyndal's love of nature began in Queensland, Australia, where she grew up. She spent her childhood rescuing animals and then went to journalism school in Queensland at Queensland University of Technology and spent the next ten years making wildlife documentaries. Most of the time her crew was usually only one cameraman and Lyndal would host, produce, and edit the documentaries herself. The money from each project went into the next project.
Nowadays she is also an Australian zoologist, documentarian and television presenter. She takes part in the series of documentaries called Lyndal's Lifeline. Lately, she was the presenter of Unearthed Series 1 and 2, were contestants compete and learn about film-making,[2] as well as presenter and producer of Shamwari: A Wild Life.[3]
Her work aims to popularize knowledge of wildlife. She lives in South Africa, on the Shamwari Game Reserve.
^ Lyndal asked to bear all
^ The wild bunch
^ Shamwari: A Wild Life
Lyndal Davies at the Internet Movie Database
Profile from Unearthed at the Animal Planet website.
Use Australian English from August 2015
All WorldHeritage articles written in Australian English
BLP articles lacking sources from October 2010
People from Brisbane
Australian zoologists
Queensland University of Technology alumni
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Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, Alistair Cameron Crombie, Bert Main, Charles Hedley
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Navy has difficulties monitoring waste dumping
Antara News, Saturday, January 30, 2010 22:51 WIB
Batam (ANTARA News) - It is difficult to monitor foreign ships dumping waste in international waters that has eventually polluted the Batam coastline, navy chief of staff Vice Admiral Agus Suhartono said here on Saturday.
"Because the area is narrow it will be our waters that will suffer the pollution from wastes dumped by ships in the waters outside ours," he said.
He said the activity had so far been carried out in the waters outside our territory while our patrol boats only operated in the country`s territorial waters.
"We have the boats standing by in our territory," he said.
He said the naval patrol boats had never known the ships that had dumped wastes in the sea causing pollution on the coast and waters of Batam island.
"Our boats only find the waste but not the ships that have dumped it," he said.
He said the Indonesian navy was eager to seize the ships that have caused pollution in the country`s waters.
He said the navy would probably develop a radar system to monitor the movement of ships likely to dump wastes. "We will also stand by. We will implement it," he said.
Seven navy ships conduct patrol between Indonesia and Singapore waters and four others in the Malacca Strait every day.
He said the number is sufficient to patrol the narrow area.
Every north monsoon oil sludge flows in the Batam island waters. Tons of oil sludge polluted Tanjung Memban in January this year. When discovered the sludge had reached the coast and stucked to the sand so that it was difficult to remove. The waste has damaged the waters ecosystem of the coast of Batam island.
Labels: Environment, Government, Navy, Patrol Boats, Pollution, TNI, Waste
24,000 Ha prepared for Patin fish breeding
Jambi (ANTARA News) - Maurojambi regency which had been appointed one of the patin fish production centers, has prepared 24 thousand hectares for fish culture, patin fish in particular, Regent of Muarojambi H Burhanudin Mahir said in Sengeti, capital of Muarojambi, Jambi, on Thursday.
"This region has a very high potential vast land to help intensify this project, for which we have prepared 24,000 ha of fishery land," the regent said.
The plots of land are located in several subdistricts and regencies, like Kumpeh, Sekernan and Jaluko. The land will be run by the farmer groups in every subdistrict.
Not only land, the regency administration will also provide the Jambi patin fish with seedlings and other fish species for breeding by the farmers free of charge.
Labels: Fish Farming, Fish Processing, Fishery, Government, Marine, Patin
$1.53m Reef-Monitoring Yacht a Waste of Govt Money, Activists Say
Jakarta Globe, Fidelis E Satriastanti, January 28, 2010
Activists on Thursday blasted the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry for wasting money on a luxurious French sailing ship to monitor the condition of coral reefs in the country.
The Rp 14.3 billion ($1.53 million), 15.5-meter catamaran was purchased from a Bordeaux-based company using funds designated for use elsewhere in the state budget, they said.
"The ship was bought using money allocated by the House of Representatives under the 2008-2009 state budget to repair six patrol boats belonging to the ministry, not to buy cruise ships," said Riza Damanik, the coordinator for the Fisheries Justice Coalition (Kiara).
Riza said the monitoring of coral reefs could be performed with much cheaper craft.
"In North Sulawesi, in Bunaken [national marine park], they use traditional boats costing 20 million to 30 million rupiah and they are very effective because they are small boats and move very slowly so they won't destroy the coral reefs," Riza said.
"This ship is obviously unnecessary because it's too big and moves very fast and it looks more like a cruise ship than a ship for monitoring coral reefs."
Furthermore, Riza suggested a case for corruption because state funds had been spent on the boat even though the purchase had not been budgeted.
However, Aji Soelarso, director general for monitoring and surveillance of marine and fisheries resources, argued that the money for the boat had been allocated in the 2008-09 state budget.
"Bearing in mind that Indonesia is a member of the Coral Triangle Initiative, we needed to buy the ship to monitor the condition of our coral reefs. We must set the lead and be an example to other countries, showing we are serious in maintaining our coral reefs," Aji said. He was referring to the preservation program launched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2007 that now also encompassing Malaysia, Phillipines, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Aji said the ship would also act as a prototype for the country to produce its own reef-monitoring fleet.
"If this ship is being compared to the pinisi [a traditional wooden sailing ship], then you could say that it's expensive, but it's lot cheaper than a cruise ship," Aji said.
He added that the vessel was very fuel efficient and could operate much longer than a standard craft. "The biggest cost associated with monitoring is usually fuel. If we used a regular speed boat, it might cost Rp 40 million to Rp 50 million per day for patrols, while this ship does not depend on fuel but rather wind, so it only costs Rp 1 million per day, including the crew's accommodation."
Aji also pointed out that maintenance costs would be minimal as the crew would handle most of the work at its home port, thus a special facility would not be required. The ship will be based in Manado, home to the secretariat office of the Coral Triangle Initiative.
Labels: Corals, CTI, Government, Maritime, Reef, Ships
TGS begins offshore Indonesia 2D survey
Offshore, Jan 28, 2010, Offshore staff
PERTH, Australia -- A 2D seismic acquisition program is under way by TGS offshore West Papua, Indonesia. The program adds 2,240 km (1,392 mi) of new 2D data to help evaluate the petroleum potential south of the Salawati basin, which holds an estimated total cumulative oil production of more than 300 MMbbl, TGS says.
Upon the completion of the program, anticipated in May, TGS's Indonesia library will include 100,000 km (62,137 mi) of 2D seismic; 400,000 km (248,548 mi) of multi-beam bathymetric data; and 1,200 core samples covering over 1 million sq km (386,102 sq mi) of Indonesia's deepwater basins.
Labels: Australia, Maritime, Oceans
News focus: Sail Banda 2010 supported by many parties
Antara News, Otniel Tamindael, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 16:06 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The upcoming international marine event "Sail Banda 2010" in Maluku, scheduled from July to August, has gained support from various parties.
Support to make the event a success came among others from Maluku-born people in the Netherlands, Bank Indonesia, as well as air and sea transportation agencies.
In the Netherlands, Maluku-born people are ready to support the Sail Banda 2010 by intensively promoting it in European countries, a Maluku tourism official said.
"At least 350 Moluccans in the Netherlands have expressed their readiness to intensively promote the coming event in Holland and other European countries," head of Maluku`s Culture and Tourism Office, Florence Sahusilawane, said in Ambon on Wednesday.
Florence said the expatriate Maluku people had expressed their readiness to her when she attended the Dutch tourism event, "Vakantiebeurs" in Utrecht, the Netherlands, last January 12-17, 2010.
"The most important thing in their support to Sail Banda 2010 is that they will also come to Maluku along with their relatives, Dutch friends, and other colleagues from Europe for the event scheduled for July to August 2010," she said.
Florence added that she highly appreciated the seriousness of Moluccans in the Netherlands to help make Sail Banda 2010 a success because it would be a strategic event to assure the international community that peace and calm have returned to Maluku after the province was engulfed by a communal conflict from 1999 to 2002.
"We actually want the Netherlands to be the gateway for netting West European tourists who increasingly visit Maluku every year," Florence said.
She was also optimistic about the promotion of Sail Banda in Europe because the Maluku Museum director in the Netherlands, Dr Huib Akihary, had expressed readiness to help promote the event in European countries.
"Therefore, leaflets on Sail Banda in Dutch and English will be spread large and wide in the Netherlands and other European countries," Florence said.
She said the Maluku Culture and Tourism office had been intensively promoting Sail Banda 2010 through brochures, leaflets, both print and electronic media, including its website www.sailbanda.com .
"We have also made use of various events such as the observance of World Peace Day on November 25, 2009 and the election of tourism ambassadors on December 1-6, 2009 to promote Sail Banda 2010," she said.
Besides Maluku-born community in the Netherlands, Bank Indonesia (the central bank) of Ambon branch is to open money changer counters and ATM booths in Banda to support the international marine event.
"Bank Indonesia and a number of banks such as Bank BRI, Bank Central Asia (BCA), and Bank BNI will also provide services for financial transactions in Banda to support the event," Ambon branch Bank Indonesia spokesman Totok Hermianto said in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon on Monday.
Totok admitted that he had discussed the event with the leaders of the banks operating in Ambon and they agreed to open banking service counters in Banda.
"Foreign tourists visiting Banda, as well as the participants of Sail Banda 2010 will find it easy to make financial transactions following the opening of banking service counters in Banda during the international marine event," Totok said.
He expressed hope that the promotion of Sail Banda 2010 would be intensified in order to have a good impact on the improvement of Maluku economic development in the future.
"All public elements should support the event together by making an all out promotion so that it can have a positive impact on regional economic development and the local people`s income," Totok said.
Meanwhile, Transportation Department`s Air Transportation director general Herry Bakti has said his office was ready to support the sailing festival, named Sail Banda 2010, because according to him, inter-department coordination was necessary to support the success of the international event.
"In principle, the Transportation Directorate General is ready to support the event," he has said in Bandaneira, Banda, Maluku.
The most important thing is to prepare reliable telephone and internet infrastructure. This can facilitate communication and telecommunication access so that people would not all gather in Ambon if they want to promote Banda," he said.
Sail Banda, he said, needs to be supported by a maritime armada with the capacity and speed that can sail across 159 miles from Ambon to Bandaneira in at least three to four hours.
Herry was of the view that Banda has under-sea tourism asset as well as a history and culture with particular characteristics. If managed professionally, Banda can attract many tourists.
The national shipping company PT Pelni is also ready to help make the Sail Banda 2010 event a success by putting more ships into service on its route to the Banda Islands in Central Maluku, a spokesman said.
Bachtiar, head of PT Pelni`s Ambon branch office, said in Ambon that the national shipping company felt it bore the moral responsibility to support the international maritime event in Banda.
"We at PT Pelni are ready to help make the event a success," Bachtiar said.
He said the company was currently operating MV Ciremai and MV Kelimutu on its route to Banda in Central Maluku, Tual in Southeast Maluku, and a number of ports in West Papua and Papua.
Asked if the number of ships for Banda would be increased in the runup to Sail Banda 2010, Bachtiar said it was the responsibility of PT Pelni`s head office to decide.
"But because Sail Banda 2010 is an international event, I think there will be a good coordination between the transportation ministry and PT Pelni to increase the number of ships sailing to Banda," Bachtiar said.
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Labels: Event, Indonesia, Marine, Maritime, Netherlands
185 islets in W Sumatra given names
Antara News, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 04:44 WIB
Padang (ANTARA News) - West Sumatra Governor Marlis Rahman said 185 islets in the waters of the province had been given names as identity of ownership of the Indonesian people.
Most of the islets are unoccupied, he said in Padang Tuesday.
The small islands are located in the waters of seven regencies/cities, namely the cities of Padang and Pariaman, Pesisir Selatan, Padang Pariaman, Agam, Pasaman Barat and Mentawai Islands.
The names given to the islets are based on local terms, dialects and culture, he said.
Security and control are also carried out by empowering the fishermen operating near the small islands, he added.
He said the security and control are maintained by public supervisory groups.
Periodic control and supervision is also carried out by provincial, regency/city administration personnel and routine supervision by navy personnel.
Labels: Government, Islands
16-year-old girl starts solo sail around globe
The Washington Post, (AP), Sunday, January 24, 2010; 6:46 AM
Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club, Saturday, Jan 23, 2010, in Marina del Rey, Calif. Sunderland is attempting to be the youngest person to complete a nonstop, unassisted solo-circumnavigation of the globe by sea. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog) (Richard Hartog - AP)
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- A 16-year-old has set out to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks sailed into the sunny Pacific Ocean on Saturday after being delayed a few days by a series of violent storms in California.
Her boat-builder father, Laurence, along with other family members and friends, cheered at the Del Rey Yacht Club as they watched the 40-foot craft called Wild Eyes depart.
She plans to be at sea for five or six months. She will be alone but able to communicate via satellite telephone and a blog (at abbysunderland.com).
The current record holder is 17-year-old Mike Perham of Britain, who took the mark last year from Abby's then-17-year-old brother Zac.
Information from: Daily Breeze,http://www.dailybreeze.com
Jessica Watson pounded by 70knots, Abby Sunderland sets off
16-year-old Jess Watson has now rounded Cape Horn (AAP: Dean Lewins)
Teen sailor runaway to remain with father
Dutch girl missing after thwarted global sail trip
Laura Dekker (Photo: ANP)
Labels: Global, Marine, Maritime, Netherlands, Sailers, US
RI wants UN to raise ocean issues at talks
Adianto P. Simamora , THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA | Sat, 01/23/2010 12:48 PM
Indonesia will once again raise ocean issues at the upcoming UN conference in Bali, to press for world recognition of the role of oceans in climate change.
The Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said the country's delegation would push the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to include oceans in its program of work to help protect the oceans from the impacts of rising temperatures.
"We hope UNEP will adopt the ocean as its main mandate in its program of work," senior official Hendra Yusran Siry told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
He added that once UNEP had done so, it would be easier to promote ocean issues at upcoming climate talks.
More than 120 environmental ministers are scheduled to meet at the Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Bali, organized by UNEP.
The meeting will discuss, among others, green economies, biodiversity and ecosystems. The UNEP has named 2010 its Biodiversity Year.
A draft decision on oceans, proposed by Indonesia, calls on UNEP to mainstream marine and coastal strategy into its program of work to improve the protection of maritime ecosystems.
The draft also requests UNEP and other UN agencies to support the implementation of the Manado Ocean Declaration in addressing the current state of the world's oceans.
It also asks UNEP to support the capacity of developing countries in terms of technology to sustainably manage marine and coastal ecosystems.
The draft also calls on other countries to achieve long-term marine conservation and reduce marine and coastal pollution.
Hendra said Indonesia would also call on governments and international organizations to exchange information on climate change impacts to the marine ecosystem.
Last month's Copenhagen climate summit failed to include the ocean issues at the Copenhagen accord.
The World Ocean Conference (WOC) hosted by Indonesia in Manado, North Sulawesi, last year adopted the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD), which called for prioritizing ocean issues in negotiations at the Copenhagen talks.
The MOD calls for adaptation funds and technology transfers to help ocean countries - including Indonesia - deal with climate change.
A UNEP study unveiled at the Copenhagen conference said ocean acidification levels could increase by 100 times by 2050, which would lead to massive coral bleaching, destroying thousands of reefs that act as key feeding grounds for most of the world's fish species.
The study added that by 2100, about 70 percent of cold-water corals would be exposed to corrosive waters.
It also pointed out seas and oceans absorbed a quarter of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and other human activities.
As more CO2 is pumped into the atmosphere, the oceans have absorbed greater amounts at increasingly rapid rates, it said.
This increased absorption of atmospheric CO2 has resulted in changes to the chemical balance of oceans, causing them to become more acidic.
State Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said it had been difficult to include the issue of oceans in climate talks, mainly because of the dearth of studies on the subject.
Labels: Climate Change, Environment, Fishery, Government, Marine, Oceans, UN, WOC
Indonesian Kids Ride NZ Waves in Style
Jakarta Globe, January 22, 2010
Putu Anggara riding a wave. Putu finished second in the first U-18 heat, one of three Indonesians to advance. (Photo courtesy of ISC Tour/Tim Hain)
Indonesian kids proved that they could really ride the wave.
The first day of the ISA Quiksilver World Junior Surfing Championships in Piha, New Zealand, ended on Wednesday and three of the eight Indonesians advanced directly into Round 3, while the remaining five will surf in Round 2 on Friday in hopes of joining their teammates.
Jeren Kiring and Ediana Putra both put on impressive displays to nab second-place finishes in the Under-16 division, while Putu Anggara also finished second in the Under-18 division.
"It was really hard out there because the waves were all over the place," Putu Anggara said in an ISA release after his heat. "I was lucky to get a nice right-hander that walled up so I could do a couple of turns."
"I had no idea about my score because the wind was so strong I could only hear the final horn," he added.
Jeren had a similar opinion about the day's surfing.
"I was so happy when I heard I got second, because I didn't hear anything out in the water. I was pretty busy out there," he said.
Against a field of the top junior surfers in the world, and entering such a huge international competition for the first time, the Indonesian boys were doing a good job. Especially considering that they also had to battle against initial hurdles of money, visas and logistics just to get to New Zealand.
But several sponsors stepped in to allow the Indonesian team to compete in their first World Junior Championship.
Coach Tipi Jabrik was very pleased with the results.
"Considering that Indonesia has the lowest seeding, since this is our first time competing in this event, we did really good to get three of our boys into second-place finishes," Tipi said.
The third round is on Saturday, while the finals are on Sunday.
Indonesia's Best Junior Surfers to Join World Junior Surfing Championships in New Zealand
Labels: Beach, New Zealand, Sports, Surfing
Beyond the Coral Triangle Summit
The Jakarta Post, James P. Leape and Arthur C. Yap, Switzerland/Manila | Thu, 01/21/2010 9:34 AM | Opinion
This week's Coral Triangle Business Summit see leaders from seafood, marketing, tourism, and travel industries engaging with representatives of the finance sector and government policy makers to forge new partnerships in the planet's most important marine environment.
The summit comes at a time when there has never been more at stake for coastal communities and environments in the Coral Triangle – a region covering the marine areas of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste. It focuses on sustainable growth and bring together business leaders and policy makers from across the region.
The Coral Triangle contains 75 percent of the world's known coral species, one third of the world's coral reef area and more than 3,000 species of fish, and its abundant marine life supports the livelihoods of more than 150 million people.
But the Coral Triangle is under threat. Under the current climate change path, and with the current rate of over-exploitation of marine resources, there will be 50 percent less protein available from the sea by 2050, and 80 percent less by the end of the century.
This represents a major food security threat for coastal communities in the Coral Triangle, to say nothing of the economic fallout on the millions of businesses that once relied on healthy marine environments across the region.
This looming threat to the region's ongoing food security and economic prosperity inspired a historic demonstration of political will by leaders of all six Coral Triangle nations at the World Ocean Conference in Manado in May last year.
They stood together and committed to a plan of action to save the region's marine environments by increasing protection for its natural wonders and reducing pressures on its marine environments.
The resulting Manado Ocean Declaration stressed the need for national strategies for sustainable management of coastal and marine ecosystems, in particular those with significant potential for addressing the adverse effects of climate change such as mangroves, coral reefs and other natural features that buffer communities from extreme weather events. As impressive and unprecedented as this declaration was, it can only bear fruit if it is matched with a similar level of commitment from the private sector.
Seafood businesses and fishing operators, tourism companies, airlines, oil and gas companies all exploit the Coral Triangle's abundant marine resources for their businesses. With rapidly expanding populations, economic growth and the pressures of international trade, these businesses are competing more and more for fewer resources.
Cooperation for the sake of sustainable growth therefore makes more business sense now than ever before.
There are growing legislative, social and market pressures on the corporate world to take greater responsibility for environmental performances, at all stages of the supply chain from the sourcing of raw product to final retail.
Responses to these growing pressures have seen the rapid adoption of global environmental standards and management practices, including in the Asia Pacific region.
Many of the world's biggest corporations are based in the countries with the most stringent requirements, and businesses in Asia and the Pacific will be increasingly obliged to comply with the demands of these multi-national corporations. Recently US seafood company Anova Food and global seafood supplier Culimer BV have expressed their plans to source tuna caught with circle hooks, which reduce the unwanted bycatch of sea turtles by up to 90 percent.
In 2006, the world's largest retailer, Walmart, pledged that within three to five years it would source all fresh and frozen wild caught seafood from MSC-certified fisheries. Walmart has 1.6 million employees, over 6,000 stores and roughly 60,000 suppliers worldwide. As one of the largest sellers of seafood in the US, and by accessing 57 percent of seafood imports originating from Asia, Walmart has a significant influence over its suppliers globally.
Certification programs are also valuable business assets in tourism sector, where such programs reward operations that exhibit best practices and help differentiate them from those that are less environmentally sound. They also provide consumers with a way to identify tourism businesses they wish to support.
By taking early action to source only responsibly managed resources, and effectively marketing these endeavors, companies can achieve a business advantage in increasingly sophisticated and environmentally aware global and domestic markets.
Without measures to implement best practice environmental management, businesses risk losing market share, access to capital, and the goodwill needed to operate profitably.
Businesses that grow at the expense of the environment are becoming a thing of the past. The Coral Triangle Initiative ushers in a new approach to conservation in the region where the private sector has a vital role in being part of the solution.
How the business world decides to act now will determine whether we can lay the pathway to a safer future in which the Coral Triangle can continue to support millions of people living on the coast and remain the world's most important marine environment.
James P. Leape is WWF director general and Arthur C. Yap is Philippine Agriculture Secretary.
Labels: Conservation, CTI, Environment, Marine Resources, Species, WWF
BusinessWorld
PROTECTING the biodiver-sity-rich Coral Triangle needs the combined efforts of the government and private sector, and should be a top priority if the region wants to sustain the area's vast fishery resource, experts yesterday said.
Fishermen hold a protest outside the three-day Coral Triangle summit. -- AFP
The First Coral Triangle Business Summit kicked off at the Makati Shangri-La with speakers highlighting the need to protect the area, which is home to over a third of all the world's coral reefs.
"We want to add our organized businessmen's voices to the growing clamor for nations, particularly the developed countries, to take more responsibility for the damage they have wrought on our environment all these past years," President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said in her opening remarks.
Mrs. Arroyo said governments want to show that environmental protection, economic growth and poverty reduction "can coexist side-by-side and mutually prosper by exploring business initiatives that support both."
The so-called Coral Triangle harbors about 600 species of reef-building coral, or 75% of all known coral species, and over 3,000 species of reef fish. It holds nearly 75% of the world's mangrove species. The 2.3-million square mile area covers the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sabah in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
The Coral Triangle, which provides $1.6 billion of economic benefits per year to the Philippines, is threatened by overfishing, environmental degradation, and climate change, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
To encourage participation from the private sector, the government should come out with the basis or framework for "eco-friendly" investments, a businessman said.
"We all recognize that government should create a framework for sustainable and green investments," former Energy secretary Vincent S. Perez, chief executive of renewable power producer Alternergy Partners and president of energy advisory firm Merritt Partners, said in a speech.
For instance, the Renewable Energy Bill will encourage more companies like resorts and hotels operating on the shores of the Coral Triangle to source power from renewable energy, he said.
Furthermore, governments should "document and disseminate success stories for replication within the Coral Triangle," Mr. Perez added.
Lida Pet-Soede, head of the WWF's Coral Triangle program, earlier reported that the ecosystem in the Coral Triangle -- and the fishing industry that depends on it -- would collapse if governments and firms continue in a business as usual manner.
But the private sector has complained that lack of funds prevents the upgrade of equipment and efforts to achieve an environmentally sustainable business.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said official donors could fill the gap. "What I am really looking forward to is to get a response from funding agencies especially on how we can partner for support on best practices," Mr. Yap said in a press briefing.
Blane Olson, managing director of tuna producer Clearsmoke Technologies, said in the briefing that companies could partner with agencies like the WWF and the German Technical Cooperation, like what firms in Indonesia did.
"It is important for the commercial sector to engage non-government organizations in their projects because of their specialties in both sides, and also funding," Mr. Olson said.
An estimated 363 million people live within the Coral Triangle with 120 million people living along coastal communities, data from the WWF showed.
In 2008, member countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) adopted the Regional Action Plan involving "high-level leadership and policy reforms, sustainable management of marine resources, and regional and multi-stakeholder partnerships."
An expected outcome of the event is the "showcase of some early good practices that have been working on sustainability for the past two to three years," Mr. Olson said.
The officials will sign today an agreement implementing the use of circle hooks to avoid catching sea turtles during long-line tuna fishing operations. -- NJCM
Labels: Corals, CTI, Fishermen, Reef, Species
Save tourism in Thousand Islands: Workshop
Indah Setiawati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/19/2010 7:50 PM
Sepa Island (one of the Thousand Islands)
Resort operators on Thousand Islands have complained of a sharp decline in the number guests, which they say is a result of poor accessibility and marketing.
Jhonny Lapian of PT Buana Bintang Samudra, the management of Putri Island resort, told a workshop Tuesday business was lackluster following the tsunami disaster that ravaged Aceh in December 2004.
"After the tsunami, our revenue declined. Now we no longer profit from the business. The major problem is transportation," he said.
He added the resort only provided a speedboat during weekends. Transporting guests by speedboat on weekdays, which are usually quiet, costs the company too much, he said. The boat needs at least 30 passengers to cover transport costs.
Haznil Maulana of PT Pantara Wisata Jaya, the management of Pantara Island resort, said the company now operated East Pantara Island only and ceased the operation of West Pantara Island.
"We stopped operating West Pantara Island because we cannot afford the operational costs," he said.
Sahat sitorus, the Tourism subagency head of Thousand Islands, said there were 11 resorts operating in the archipelagic regency but six of them closed when the Asian financial crisis struck in the late 1990s.
He acknowledged that transport had hindered the development of marine tourism in the regency, consisting of resorts and residential islands.
"Tourists need convenient, fast boats. The wooden boats currently available in Muara Angke are not convenient, fast or safe," he said.
Data from the Thousand Islands tourism subagency recorded 141,000 tourists last year, 3,316 were foreigners from Europe and Asia. The number stood at 130,000 in 2008.
Labels: 1000 islands, Disaster / Accident, Sea Transport, Tourists
What are you doing here? Amazing underwater photos show beluga whales meeting divers at Arctic rehabilitation farm
MailOnline, Lizzie Smith, 18th January 2010
It's like no fish this beluga whale has ever seen before.
Deep in the Arctic ocean, daylight obscured by layers of ice and snow, the majestic animal has just come face to face with a scuba diver.
In the midst of the freezing waters of northern Russia's White Sea, the belugas seem fascinated by the humans - and vice-versa.
The encounter is taking place at a special whale sanctuary designed and built by marine biologists from St Petersburg University.
Up close: A beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, eyes a diver a few feet
away as it swims under ice at the Arctic circle Dive Center in the White Sea, Karelia,
northern Russia
The 'natural farm' acts as a nursery for breeding whales, as well as acting as a rehabilitation centre for former performing animals before they are set into the wild.
The natural bay under the ice means that the whales are protected from the strong currents of the wider ocean and left to breed in peace, while also leaving them free to roam as they wish.
These wild whales are not endangered, but are considered to be threatened by pollution and loss of habitat.
Occasionally, guests at the local Arctic Circle Dive Centre can swim with the friendly giants, and get close enough to touch.
Arctic diver and photographer, Franco Banfi, 58, who captured these shots said: 'When a whale comes up to us and swims by, it looks you right in the eyes. Obviously we don't know what they think, but they are very curious creatures.
Close encounter: A scuba diver braves temperatures of -10C to
approach the whale
'Sometimes, I'm sure they're trying to figure out what we are and where we came from.
'As photographer, I've always been driven to bring photographs of animals one hardly ever sees to a printed page.'
But while the beluga, or white whale, is built for these harsh surroundings, the diving team face extremely tough conditions to get close to the gentle creatures.
Before each dive the team have to create holes in the three-foot-deep ice using a hand saw, just to get through to the sea below.
Once they're in they have to swim around in heavy layers of clothes to keep alive in the -10C waters.
Open wide: The whale tries to eat the camera, unsure of what it is
And it's definitely a case of choosing the short straw for one volunteer who gets to stay above ground in -30C winds, making sure the ice hole doesn't freeze over and trap the group.
'Photographing a story in very cold water can turn into a logistical nightmare,' admits Franco.
'But, if we are well trained, the underwater part of things is not really as harsh as you might think.'
'When we come out on land, temperatures can get down to -10C or -20C and things will instantly freeze, so we can barely move.
'Cold itself will not hurt the equipment, but it may slow down some of its functions as well as our own.
Safe: The animals in the natural farm are a mix of wild
animals and former performing animals, who are allowed
to rehabilitate in the safe environment before being
released into the ocean
'Because of the ice-layer and snow cover, there is not sufficient light to shoot with ambient light and batteries lose their charge more quickly in cold weather.'
Franco added that he was keen to show the beauty of the undersea world to those who can't face the icy deep themselves.
'As photographer, I've always been driven to bring photographs of animals one hardly ever sees to a printed page,' he said.
'I want to see these amazing animals in a way that only a few people have seen and I want to share it with others.'
Labels: Animal communicator, Arctic, Humanity, Marine, Oceans, Species, Whalers
Indonesia`s new corvette backs UNIFIL mission
Antara News, Monday, January 18, 2010 21:24 WIB
Indonesian navy officials welcome the arrival of KRI Hasanuddin 366 warship at Tanjung Priok port, Jakarta (29/1/2008). A new 1,600-ton warship manufactured in the Netherlands was armed with surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine missiles and electronic warfare equipment. (ANTARA Photo/Fouri Gesang Sholeh/kim)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Navy will deploy a "Sigma" class corvette to support its peace mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in April 2010.
Vice Admiral Agus Suhartono told ANTARA News here Monday that the Indonesian warship, "KRI Frans Kasiepo-368", would officially be inaugurated before joining the Maritime Task Force (MTF)in Lebanon.
"We are inaugurating the Dutch-made Sigma class corvette as the part of the Indonesian warship fleet in February before backing the mission," the Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff said.
It would leave for the Lebanese waters in March and would arrive there in April, he said after opening the 48th regular upgrading of the Indonesian Navy`s Staff and Command School here.
Before sending KRI Frans-Kasiepo, the TNI had deployed the KRI-Diponegoro-365 to support the Garuda XCXVIII-A contingent`s mission. The warship has been on duty for almost a year.
KRI Frans-Kasiepo, one of the Sigma class corvettes that Indonesia ordered from the Netherlands, has been joining the TNI fleet since its arrival in 2008.
This Sigma class corvette has even met the UN and NATO standards to support the UN peace mission.
Suhartono said the United Nations has highly appreciated the Indonesian participation in its peace mission in Lebanon. "Therefore, the UN has again asked us to deploy our warship," he said.
The TNI contingent in Lebanon joins those from countries such as Belgium, Greece, and Germany.
Labels: Government, Maritime, Navy, Netherlands, TNI, UN
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After trying on and also trying to "borrow" my mysterious mans Peaky Blinders hat I decided I might as well get my own. It's not an everyday wear but I like it as a final touch to some looks.
I remember before StyleLis was created I found it very daunting to wear anything that wasn't "norm" or fashion at the time, I mean to stand out in a crowd was unheard of. So to randomly wear a hat like this wasn't something I felt comfortable with.
Here in London there's such an amazing freedom within personal style. My very first fashion memeory here that is always etched in my mind is one of a woman crossing a street in Marylebone. She was wearing a 50's vintage swing dress. Black with polka dots. Marched with the perfect hair, hat with a veil and cropped gloves. She was on her way to a newsstand.
She became an inspiration for me to have fun with Style.


Peterborough is 2nd in the UK for job growth.
Peterborough has a diverse economy with local businesses ranging from innovative start-ups to large global enterprises. This diversity served the city well with the economy faring well during the recent economic downturn.
The excellent transport routes in and around the city have always made it a popular choice for companies to position distribution warehousing but advances in technology and local investment have also seen many of the city's employers embracing and leading the way in the digital and creative industries.
Wages are higher than the UK average, unemployment lower as are house prices which all serves to make the city one of the most attractive and affordable places to live and work.
Commuting is made easy by the excellent road and rail infrastructure and the efficient public transport system.
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/**
 * Get social share configurations by supported type.
 * @param  {!string} type
 * @return {!Object}
 */
export function getSocialConfig(type) {
  return BUILTINS[type];
}

/**
 * @type {Object<string, Object>}
 */
const BUILTINS = {
  twitter: {
    shareEndpoint: 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet',
    defaultParams: {
      text: 'TITLE',
      url: 'CANONICAL_URL',
    },
  },
  facebook: {
    shareEndpoint: 'https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share',
    defaultParams: {
      href: 'CANONICAL_URL',
    },
  },
  pinterest: {
    shareEndpoint: 'https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/',
    defaultParams: {
      url: 'CANONICAL_URL',
    },
  },
  linkedin: {
    shareEndpoint: 'https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle',
    defaultParams: {
      url: 'CANONICAL_URL',
      mini: 'true',
    },
  },
  gplus: {
    shareEndpoint: 'https://plus.google.com/share',
    defaultParams: {
      url: 'CANONICAL_URL',
    },
  },
  email: {
    shareEndpoint: 'mailto:',
    defaultParams: {
      subject: 'TITLE',
      body: 'CANONICAL_URL',
    },
  },
};

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The day of Vaisakh Purnima, which usually falls in the month of May, is considered most sacred by Buddhists all over the world. This day is significant for three reasons. It was on this day that Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born as Prince Siddhartha at Lumbini in Nepal in 560 B.C. It is also the day when He attained enlightenment at Gaya in India, after years of search and enquiry into the causes and remedy for sorrow in the world. Thereafter, Siddhartha came to be known as Buddha, or the Enlightened one. He preached that desires are at the root of all sorrow and hence advocated the path of right conduct and the right use of senses as the way to enlightenment. He attained Nirvana (Unity with the Absolute) in 480 B.C., again on the day of Vaisakh Purnima. This auspicious day is observed as Buddha Purnima with reverence and piety by believers in the Far East countries and in Sri Lanka and India as well.
The Mandir is attractively decorated in the artistic traditions of the Orient. In the morning, special dance troupes from these countries perform invocatory dance programme welcoming Bhagawan. Bhagawan is generally greeted with the famous Buddhist prayer: 'Bhuddham Sharanam Gachchami' (I take refuge in Buddha). The programme usually features speeches by Buddhist devotees and dignitaries and a variety of other presentations depicting the rich cultural traditions of those lands.


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public class DatabaseClass implements searchRepository {
    public boolean doesPatientExist(String patientID) {

        return false;
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}


I just saw the guys from Oak Leaf Church washing windows and inviting people to church. At the gas buydown. Gas was $2.99 a gallon plus you get your windshield washed and a friendly invite to church!
I'm really proud of you guys!
Why Am I not concerned with "where it hurts" as a Chiropractor?
Got adjusted six years ago and hasn't had migraines since.


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Question: How Do You Say No To Plus Ones?
How do I know if I have a plus one?
How do you say you can bring a plus one?
Is it OK to invite only one spouse to a wedding?
Is it rude to not invite partners to a wedding?
Do you include plus one on Save the dates?
How do you tell guests not to bring a guest?
Do all wedding guests get a plus one?
Is it rude to ask for a plus one?
What does being a plus one mean?
How do you tell someone they don't have a plus one?
How do you say adults only on an invitation?
Is it a big deal to ask someone to be your wedding date?
How soon is too soon to ask for your wedding?
Is it rude to not allow plus ones?
How do you say no plus one on a wedding invitation?
What does no plus ones mean?
How do you tell someone not to bring their kids to a party?
Is it rude to ask to bring a friend to a party?
Do bridesmaids get plus ones?
You'll know if you have a plus-one based on the invitation envelope.
Traditionally, wedding invitations have two envelopes.
The outer envelope is used for mailing purposes and includes the individual guest or couple's full names, address and the postage..
Smith & Guest" but sending it to your guest and adding a note at the bottom of the card or on the back of the invitation saying "You are invited to bring a guest" or "You are invited to bring a plus one". When addressing the outside envelope, write the guest's first and last name while not adding "and guest".
I recently received a wedding invitation for myself but not my spouse. … Wedding etiquette is clear that the spouse, fiancé(e), or live-in partner of each invited guest should be invited as well, even if the hosts or bride and groom have never met them.
Yes, it is rude to invite people without their partners to a wedding. If you don't you're not displaying good manners, which is 100% your right, but it's also the right of your friends and family members to use that knowledge to inform their opinion of you.
A save the date card should go to every guest invited to your wedding, including members of your wedding party and family members. … Save the Date with a plus one, use the title Mr. or Ms. with the last name of the primary guest and write "and guest."
The best way to politely inform guests that they can not bring a plus one is to have a line on your RSVP card which says "We have reserved [X] seats in your honor". Then have a line below that says " ___ of x will attend" .
1. Married, Engaged and Cohabitating Guests Traditionally Receive a Plus-One. As a rule of thumb, Amber Harrison, the head of weddings at Shutterfly, says only married, engaged, and "serious" couples (say, they're living together or have been together for a year or more) receive a plus-one.
As a standard rule, if a plus one (or "guest") isn't listed on your invitation, you likely aren't meant to bring one. In this case, it may be considered rude to ask the couple if you can bring someone anyway. Don't take it personally—there are plenty of reasons why couples don't include plus-ones.
: a person who accompanies an invited guest to an event or gathering at which guests are allowed to bring a companion or partner My husband twice received handsome engraved invitations to presidential dinners. For those events and many others, I was the perpetual plus-one.—
How To Let Your Guests Know They Can't Bring A Plus OnePut A Note On Your Wedding Website. Something to the effect of "We're so excited to celebrate this day with our nearest and dearest, and are hoping to keep the guest list limited. … Make It Clear On The RSVP. … Consider Opening Up The Reception.
"We respectfully request no children under 16 at the reception." "Although we love your little ones, this is an adult only affair." "The bride and groom request that this be an adults-only reception." "Please celebrate with us at an adults-only reception immediately following the ceremony."
"People should be able to enjoy going to a wedding without the pressure of expectations that someone who is their date needs to be a serious relationship." A person doesn't necessary need to have a label to make for a good wedding date. … As Safran says, "These days, dating is much more casual than it used to be.
If you've only gone on one or two dates, it's simply too early to ask about being a plus one. You're still figuring out whether you two have potential, so it's definitely too soon to ask him or her to an event where they'll have to meet lots of your friends and/or family.
Don't Ask For A Plus One If You Weren't Given One. I get it — going to a wedding alone isn't the most fun thing in the world, especially if all of your friends are in relationships. But please avoid asking for a plus one at all costs. It's really rude, and it puts the bride and groom in a very awkward situation.
You Aren't Inviting a Plus-One When there's no plus-one, wedding invitation wording is pretty simple: Only include the name of the guest on the envelope.
A person who has a significant other, fiancé, or husband/wife is part of a social unit. They are invited together and this is not considered a plus one.
You can go a little cheeky and say something like "We love your kids, but thought you could use the night off! Adults-only, please and thank you!" Or use the opportunity to gauge where your guests' heads are at. So, think about nixing the M___________ will attend and replace with 'We have reserved _____ seats for you.
Unless you've been given the green light in the invitation itself, it's never OK to bring a guest to a formal or close-friends-and-family-only event — or even to ask.
Do you automatically get a plus one if you're a bridesmaid? Across the board, yes. There are always exceptions, but the bridal party members usually get a plus one regardless of their relationship status. It's up to you whether you choose to accept it—and subject everyone to your date's questionable dance moves.
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Q: Storing function parameters within a variable I'm trying to store parameters in a variable to later be used in a function, such as simple InquirerPy question.
A simple, functional question might look like this:
from InquirerPy.separator import Separator
from InquirerPy import inquirer

inquirer.select(
        message = "Select an action:",
        choices=[
            "Upload",
            "Download",
            Separator(),
            "Other"
        ]
).execute()

However, as large parts of questions are identical, I would like to store the question and parameters and them use them later. Something like this:
question_details = (
    message = "Select an action:",
    choices=[
        "Upload",
        "Download",
        Separator(),
        "Other"
    ],
    )
inquirer.select(question_details).execute() # Fails
# SyntaxError: invalid syntax

But this gives me a syntax error. I thought I could maybe store the parameters as a string to stop them being evaluated:
question_details = {' \
    message="Select an action:", \
    choices=[ \
        "Upload", \
        "Download", \
        Separator(), \
        "Other" \
    ], \
    '}
inquirer.select(question_details).execute() # Fails
# TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'choices'

However it doesn't recognise the string as a set of parameters and fails.
How can I store these parameters so they aren't evaluated before being stored, but can still be read correctly later when they are used by my InquirerPy function?
The documentation is here but I don't think anyone will need it.

A: *

*Store keyword parameters as a dictionary: question_details = {"message": "Select an action:", "choices": [...]).

*Use double-asterisk to use dictionary for keyword parameters in the actual call: inquirer.select(**question_details).execute().

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Alfred W. Blomfield (1879-1949) was a British architect, who worked as the in-house architect for the brewer Watney Combe & Reid from 1919 to 1940.

Early life
Alfred W. Blomfield was born in 1879.

Career
In about 1931, he designed The Bedford, Balham is a Grade II listed pub at 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, for Watney Combe & Reid, in a "neo-Georgian manner, with Arts and Crafts and Art Deco influences".

Blomfield was the architect of The French House, a pub at 49 Dean Street, Soho, London, built in 1937.

Blomfield was the architect of the Dagenham Roundhouse, built in 1936. Nikolaus Pevsner calls it a "highly unusual design".

His other designs included The Horns, Shoreditch (now a private club), the Mitre, Holland Park, the Mail Coach, Uxbridge Road (demolished), the Angel, Edmonton (demolished), and the World Turned Upside Down, Old Kent Road (now flats), all in London, and all featured in Architectural Design and Construction (1934).

Death
Blomfield died in 1949.

References

1879 births
1949 deaths
20th-century English architects

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NCWC Code of Conduct
Section A: Behavioural Expectations
During any NCWC event, parents, coaches, and athletes are to conduct themselves in a responsible and respectful manner. All members shall refrain from comments or actions that are disrespectful, offensive, abusive, racist, sexist, or discriminatory in any way.
Coaches will conduct themselves in a respectful manner during practice, during competition, and when travelling. Coaches will refrain from the following:
Shouting negative, abusive, or derogatory comments to athletes, other coaches, and officials during practice and competition.
Badgering other coaches, parents, or athletes with hurtful and/or condescending comments.
Encourage athletes to play by the rules. Lead by example.
Do not abuse the role of power and trust to encourage another member of the club to engage in harmful acts. This includes, but is not limited to, unsafe weight cutting and the use of performance-enhancing substances or other prohibited drugs.
In practice and competition, and while travelling, interact appropriately with athletes based on their age. All coaches are expected to help further the NCWC's aim of providing a safe and supportive environment for all athletes.
Ensure a safe environment by selecting activities that are suitable for the age, experience, and skill level of the athlete.
Act as a positive role model for athletes by displaying a high degree of emotional maturity in practice and in competition.
Promote physical and emotional safety of athletes.
Act in the best interest of the athlete's development as a whole person.
Do not engage in an intimate or sexual relationship with an athlete under the age of 18 years old. Do not engage in an intimate or sexual relationship with an athlete over the age of 18 years old if the coach is in a position of power, trust, or authority.
Never appear for a practice or competition while intoxicated by drugs or alcohol.
Parents will conduct themselves in a respectful manner during practice, during competition, and when travelling. Parents will refrain from the following:
Shouting negative, abusive, or derogatory comments to athletes, coaches, and officials during practice and competition.
Badgering coaches, other parents, or athletes with hurtful and/or condescending comments.
Encourage your child to play by the rules. Lead by example.
In practice and competition, and while travelling, interact appropriately with athletes based on their age. All adults are expected to help further the NCWC's aim of providing a safe and supportive environment for all athletes.
Do not force your child to participate in a sport or action with which they are not comfortable. Children are involved in organized sports for their enjoyment, so make it fun for them.
Be honest with coaches about any known ailments of your child, including injuries and infectious skin diseases, before practice and competition.
Do not yell or abuse your child before, during, or after a match or a practice. Instead, applaud a good effort and encourage your child to continue to enhance their skill.
During practice and competition, only coaches are to give instruction to athletes. Unless specifically given permission to do otherwise, parents will stay off the mat and refrain from coaching from the sidelines.
During a match, keep any words called from the sidelines respectful, positive, and unobtrusive enough to not disrupt or distract. These words should be directed only at your own child, and should not directly address referees or members of other teams.
If you wish to confront a coach about a practice- or competition-related issue, do so calmly, respectfully, and through the proper channels.
Show respect toward teammates, coaches, parents, officials, and competitors.
Regardless of body type, physical characteristics, athletic ability, age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, creed, disability, family status, marital status, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
Discuss an official's or coach's decision calmly and clearly, without profanity or disrespect.
Win and lose with grace at practice and during competition. Conduct yourself with integrity and do not act out with hate or anger by physically or verbally abusing others, damaging property, or shouting profanity.
Be honest with coaches about any known ailments, including injuries and infectious skin diseases, before practice and competition.
Follow the rules of the sport, including refraining from using banned substances.
Follow coaches' directives at practice and in competition. If you have a problem with coaches' instructions, calmly discuss it with them at the appropriate time.
Act in accordance with the policies and procedures of the club and with additional rules outlined by coaches.
Section B: Sanctions for Violating the Code of Conduct
Sanctions for code violations will be in proportion to the seriousness of the incident and the number of prior incidents, with sanctions escalating with each violation.
A verbal warning, followed by a written warning
A one-week suspension from the club, which includes practice and competition
A month-long suspension from the club, which includes practice and competition
A season-long suspension from the club, which includes practice and competition
Termination from the club
Section C: Procedures/Guidelines to Follow
A formal or informal complaint may be filed against any member of the NCWC who appears to be in contravention of the code.
An informal complaint can be filed with the following steps:
Advise the member that their behaviour contravenes the code.
Encourage the member to stop the prohibited behaviour.
Confirm to the member your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with his or her response to the concern identified.
Keep a written record of the incidents including dates, times, locations, witnesses, and members violating the code.
If not satisfied with the results of an informal complaint, a formal complaint can be filed with the following steps:
Report the incident or pattern of incidents formally, in writing, to any NCWC board members. Record the names of all parties involved, as many specific incidents and dates as possible, and a summary of what code violations occurred.
The NCWC board will review the complaint within 48 hours. A panel of board members will review the complaint; this panel will exclude any board members who are named in the complaint.
Depending on the nature of the complaint, sanctions may follow, as listed in section B of this code.