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Work ‘N Leisure Recalls Air Valves Used in CPR Training Due to Choking Hazard | CPSC.gov You can always trust private industry to… Screw things up – can’t make these things up that are so ironic, dumb and…

Practi-VALVE training valvesHazard:The end-cap of the valves can detach in a person’s mouth while being used during CPR training, posing a choking hazard.

Source: Work ‘N Leisure Recalls Air Valves Used in CPR Training Due to Choking Hazard | CPSC.gov

Currently In Limbo, ‘Ghost Bike’ Memorials For Fallen Cyclists May Get Formalized: SFist

Today, the Examiner writes that Warner and Mitchell are closer to getting their wish. Supervisor Norman Yee introduced a resolution last week to permit bike memorials as well as to implement “an immediate moratorium on the removal of any ‘Ghost Bike’ for one year so long as they are not obstructing local ordinances, such as blocking pedestrian egress.”According to a statement from Yee, “ghost bikes are powerful reminders to our community that we still have a long way to get to Vision Zero,” or the city’s goal of zero traffic related deaths by 2024. The resolution calls on the Bicycle Advisory Committee to form a partnership with Public Works and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency “for an ordinance for the permitted placement of ‘Ghost Bikes’ or other memorials by citizens who wishes to do so.”

Source: Currently In Limbo, ‘Ghost Bike’ Memorials For Fallen Cyclists May Get Formalized: SFist

Lighten up your Day with Vivaldi Browser – Vivaldi Web browser Community

 

Lighten Up

Vivaldi now includes a first for web browsers. We’re giving users the ability to go beyond the browser and into the smart home by integrating with Hue color lights from Philips.After enabling Hue in Vivaldi Theme Settings, a tap on the Philip Hue Bridge confirms the connection. Selecting which lights Vivaldi should control, the browser will synchronize your physical surroundings with the color of the web. This opens the door to a thrilling direction. We’re very excited to hear the unique ways that users take the leap from the browser into physical space.

Source: Lighten up your Day with Vivaldi Browser – Vivaldi Web browser Community

In the Shadows of Men (excerpts)

The writing is as true as one can get and gives insight into every woman’s struggle.

نادية حرحش

Time had passed, and it was too late to grow beyond what had been ingrained in me for years. Yes, I broke from tradition and convention, but I remained within the structure created by men. The ceil…

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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 45 ( Nov 7-13)

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Top Headlines

  • IMF approves 3-year, $12 billion loan for Egypt
  • Administrative court rejects government appeal over Red Sea islands deal, confirm Egyptian sovereignty
  • Saudi oil shipments to Egypt have been halted indefinitely
  • Egypt’s Sisi invites Trump to Cairo

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  • Egypt’s Sisi invites Trump to Cairo
  • Interior Ministry prohibits trucks from using Suez, Ismailia highways in certain times
  • Currency floatation drives up budget deficit
  • Majority parliamentary bloc submits…

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Agenzia Fides – AFRICA/EGYPT – The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria decides to restore female deacons

Alexandria of Egypt (Agenzia Fides) – The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patriarch Theodoros II, has decided to restore the institute of female deacons, and has appointed a commission of Bishops “for a thorough examination of the matter”. This is what official sources of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria report. The potential role of female deaconesses in the missionary work was presented in a report to the synodal Assembly by Metropolitan Gregorios of Cameroon. In the final communiqué of the synodal Assembly, sent to Agenzia Fides, the members of the Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria wanted to stress that “the different approaches to the problems of the Church’s life are not for us deviations from Orthodox truths, but represent adjustments to the African reality”.

Source: Agenzia Fides – AFRICA/EGYPT – The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria decides to restore female deacons

book launch in Ramallahاطلاق في ظلال الرجال في رام الله

نادية حرحش

I was honoured today to be presented in my book launch by an inspiring Palestinian Woman , Dr. Honaida Ghanem , the director of Madar Institute and a renowned scholar. The interactions and discussion was vibrant and the presence of everyone who was there made it really a special event .

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