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Issue 88 - Thursday, 27 February 2014 to Wednesday, 05 March 2014

FREAK KARIBIB STORMS

SEWAGE STATION SERIOUS HAZARD

BURY THEM ALIVE?

FOOD PRICES STRETCH BUDGETS

High Sea

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Emergency Services Take Two Days to Rescue Stroke Victim

Last weekend a 45-year-old stroke victim on board a Cadilu fishing vessel had to wait over two days for medical assistance after several Emergency Services turned down the frantic family phoning for help, allegedly because they could not assist unless the operation was land-based. This raises several questions and alarms in regards to Namibia’s ability to perform a rescue operation out at sea. It was only when the family phoned Life Link Emergency Services in Walvis Bay that a practicable plan was put into action. Making use of various rescue vehicles, including an Expedite Aviation rescue helicopter and pilot, the patient, severely dehydrated and partially paralysed, was finally brought to Swakopmund

Medi Clinic on Monday. According to the victim’s wife, Lourencia Tjisenta, she received a call from the Fisheries Observer Agency, the company her husband Ebenhardt Tjiseseta works for, on Saturday morning. She said they only told her that her husband had “fallen sick” during the previous night. “Because they were not specific about his condition, I assumed it had to do with his blood pressure issue, I never imagined it to be a stroke,” she explained. Worried and unsure of her husband’s condition, Lourencia stated phoning around to find a way of getting her husband off the vessel. “I phoned EMED Rescue Services, who told me that they could unfortunately not assist with the rescue at sea, but that they could only assist once he was back on land.

“I also spoke to the Fisheries Observer Agency, whom I found to be very unhelpful and nonchalant about my husband’s predicament. I asked them to please get me authorisation to dispatch a rescue helicopter, and I am still waiting to hear back from them. Today is Wednesday!” she told the Namib Independent visibly distressed. Lourencia also said that only once she started communicating with the Captain of the vessel directly did she manage to

Petrol Card Fiasco to Hit Garages and Consumers Hard Siglinde de Villiers As from 1 March petrol cards may no longer be accepted at fuel stations. This has far reaching implications for fuel station owners as well as the customer. The Namib Independent decided to investigate the issues revolving around petrol cards.

Lilian Theron from the Walvis Bay Community Centre said, “We only make 76c profit on each litre of fuel. Now banks want us to provide debit/ credit card facilities, from which they get 5% of every transaction.” This will greatly affect their profit margins, for now they have to pay the 5% from their own pocket while still

get more accurate information on how to go about getting her husband to land. “Through a friend I managed to get hold of Life Link [on Sunday morning], who just took the whole stressful situation of my shoulders,” Lourencia said. The Fishing Vessel was off the coast of Terrace Bay, which made the rescue mission rather challenging. Life Link's Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedic, Dewald du Plessis,

was part of the rescue mission. “It was quite a daunting rescue. The sea was rough,” he related. According to du Plessis, they had to wait for the first light of day on Monday in order to respond to the emergency, since the weather conditions on Sunday were too bad to go out. Once on the vessel the rescue team

The same sentiments were expressed by Albert* (pseudonym), also owner of a fuel station. “In the end, there is a greater danger for the public where companies have to decide between giving their drivers money or debit/credit cards.

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caring for other overhead expenses. Lilian’s husband Jannie added, How do you send a “Bank Windhoek came up with a truck driver to the north solution where they send out petrol with N$10 000 for fuel? cards, which in effect where actually He will never return. credit cards. In this way they have been misleading consumers and it’s the How do you send a truck driver to the customers that are pulling on the short north with N$10 000 for fuel or with your end.”

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Continued on Page 3 debit card? He will never return,” Albert declared. “On the other hand, if someone fills up their car at my station and there is not enough money on a debit/credit card, how do I get my fuel back?” The same question could have been asked in connection with the petrol card; however, Albert pointed out that not every Tom, Dick and Harry was issued one. “Each and every person has a debit or credit card, though,” he exclaimed. In addition, Albert Continued on Page 2

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Petrol Card Fiasco to Hit Garages and Consumers Hard

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explained that if 5% of every card transaction went to the bank, he would have to relinquish 30% of his profit to them. “The banks are out to make money. Apart from the transaction fee I will still have to pay for the card machine to be installed, the line to run it and still carry my other expenses,” Albert lamented. Johann Theron, owner of two fuel stations in Walvis Bay, explained that it is a big hassle, especially since the fuel industry is regulated by the government and has a fixed price. “We cannot add or subtract to the fuel price decided on by the government to compensate for the profit loss, the government decides what our profit is and now the banks want to interfere with it,” he laid out. “I have various options of giving 1 ½ to 5% of my profit to the banks for debit/credit card transactions. The customer still gets what he pays for and I have to shoot myself in the foot by giving from my profit to the banks. So the winners of this whole story remain the banks.” Johann continued to explain that at the current percentage

rates offered, the banks will make between N$3 000 to N$10 0000 from each fuel station and there are about 250 of them in the country. “The figures speak for themselves,” he concluded. The Ministry of Mines and Energy stated that it would not be prudent to make retailers bear the cost of credit/debit cards for fuel purchases. Furthermore, they have requested a long-term solution from the commercial banks to come up with a product that complies with the regulation issued by the Bank of Namibia within a stipulated time period. The Ministry declared that until such time, retailers are under no obligation to accept debit or credit cards for fuel payments. The Namib Independent asked several banks to refute the allegations made against them, but the answers proved to be vague and deviated from the issues at hand. Nedbank and Standard Bank stated that they have provided heavily discounted rates to fuel station owners on acceptance of debit and credit card purchases, however, could not provide such a rate. “The actual rate is of a competitive nature and therefore

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may not be shared,” was the reply from Bank Windhoek. The question as to the cost of new devices elicited another vague response, and in some banks, no response at all. “Fuel station owners are encouraged to contact our Electronic Banking Operations division for further clarification,” Gernot de Klerk from Nedbank responded. “With the current rates being offered to fuel stations by Bank Windheok, fuel station owners should be no worse off than accepting cash,” Ryan Geyser, Senior Manager Product/Channel Development from Bank Windhoek said. However, according to the fuel station owners, the bottom line is that they will still have to pay a percentage of their profit to the bank, regardless of the offers made. At the time of going to print, the Namib Independent could not establish a clear answer as to why the Petrol Card was being phased out. To date, only a handful of service stations accept debit and credit purchases and motorists are advised to check with service station before they fill up with fuel.

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High Sea Drama Continued from Page 1 mobilised the patient and lowered him five metres down onto the rubber duck, which was fighting for stability in the heavy swells and high winds. A four metre movement away from the vessel by the rubber duck made the rescue even more risky. “When I first saw the patient he was severely dehydrated and had a low level of consciousness,” du Plessis explained. According to the ALS Paramedic the main problem was that the stroke had left the patient partially paralysed, preventing him from eating or drinking anything, as well as taking his blood pressure medication. Once the team reached land again they carried the patient to the ambulance, which then took him to the helicopter. Rescue pilot Anja Smit from Expedite Aviation safely transported the patient to Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund. Later the patient was transported to Windhoek for further treatment. Speaking to Lourencia, she says that she is forever grateful to the Life Link and Expedite team who assisted her the whole way. “They saved my husband’s life,” she said. According to Lourencia, her husband is now in a stable, but serious condition. Currently he is supported

by a ventilator to make his breathing a bit easier. He is conscious and responsive, but still quite weak. The Namib Independent also spoke to EMED Rescue Services to try and establish why they could not assist the Tjiseseta family with the operation. According to a member of EMED Management, Eddie Bezuidenhoud, they are not equipped nor licensed to respond to a patient out at sea. “This was a very high risk operation and to be honest, we are not licensed or allowed to execute such a rescue mission,” Bezuidenhout explained. According to him the problem the coast has is that there is no properly established sea rescue institute and trained staff to respond to sea rescues. After this weekend’s incident this journalist spoke to various people from Swakopmund about establishing a proper sea rescue operation. However, without the support of the government it will hardly be possible - such organisations are usually a government entity because of the costs involved in having such a service available. Life Link’s Founder and Director Brian Low said that the patient’s medical aid company, Namibia Medical Care (NMC), was very quick to respond and approve the air evacuation. This weekend’s incident leaves a lot of unanswered questions and concerns in regards to Namibia’s ability to perform rescue operations or evacuations out at sea.

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Thursday, 27 February 2014

Karibib Hit by Freak Storms

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Thursday, 27 February 2014

Sewage Station in Residential Area Serious Safety Hazard

Tanya Calitz The residents of the Jonker Afrikaner Road vicinity in Walvis Bay were shocked to learn that the Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) emission from the Sewage Pump Station in the park in the middle of a residential area is dangerously high, and poses serious health risks. The sewage station situated in what used to be a park gives off such a strong reeking smell that the residents living opposite the pump station can barely eat in their homes. “My neighbour who lives behind me came to my house not so long ago and asked me to please sort out my sewage problem, and to his surprise learned that the rancid smell came from the pump station,” an irate resident told the Namib Independent upon visiting the site. The smell was so nauseating that the reporter could not take her hand off her nose. According to another resident, she and several other residents in the area lodged complaints with the municipality about this issue. “Regardless of our complaints and concerns, the municipality made it out as not serious and told me that I am the only one complaining, while I have spoken to all the other residents who have complained about the very same issue the past few weeks.” Another resident took the liberty of getting Subtech to come and take H2S readings of the area and the pump station. The results were shocking. According to the technician, as well as

documentation to support his statements, the short term allowable amount of H2S exposure is 15 parts per million (ppm), but the readings fluctuated between 34 ppm to 111 ppm. One area that was measured had such high levels of H2S that the air monitoring tool started sounding an alarm, which gave a '-A2 off the Scale’ measurement. According to the report provided by Subtech on the dangers of long and short term exposure of high and low concentrations of Hydrogen Sulphide Gas, some of the side effects are; severe eye and respiratory irritation, coughing, difficulty breathing, accumulation of fluid in the lungs, headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, staggering and excitability. According to OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administrator, “a level of H2S gas above 100 ppm is immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH), and one should at all times only enter such a space if wearing a full face-piece pressure demand self-contained breathing apparatus with a minimum service life of thirty minutes.” As one can see from the results of the Subtech test, the levels are far above the 100 ppm mark. According to three of the residents the Namib Independent interviewed, they are experiencing some or all of the symptoms mentioned above. “I can barely sleep. The smell keeps me awake and leaves a terrible taste in my mouth. I am really concerned about me and my family’s health,” a distressed resident said. Another resident stated that he will never be able to sell his house with a safety hazard so close. The Namib Independent queried the Walvis Bay Municipality about this very serious safety threat, to which they responded: “The Municipality is aware of the nuisance caused by the sewage pump station. Our Water, Waste and Environmental Management Department is currently working on an urgent solution in this regard. The solution however requires further research and capital investment before it can be implemented. The Municipality apologizes sincerely to affected residence for the inconvenience.”

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I read your piece on the proposed Long Beach shopping complex development with much amusement as I am a great fan of irony. Parties on either side of the argument, it seems, cannot see beyond their own selfish desires. Allow me to provide some perspective that I have elected to borrow from Agent Smith in the Matrix. “I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realised that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern: a virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague.” Against this backdrop I ask the selfprofessed first resident of Long Beach, “What did you expect when you elected to be the first coloniser of an exquisite unspoilt natural resource that was our sprawling beaches? I recall fond memories, as a child in pre-development days, of our family driving slowly along the Swakop Road as we sought to select a strip of beach that tickled our fancy on that particular day. The resource belonged to nature and to man, and both respected the gift for what is was. Ma’am, when you built your house on our beach you became virus species 10001, having annexed a cell of nature that allowed others in the viral network to follow on and on and on. What I ask again is, what did you expect? In my mind, when one elects to throw the specific stone you are hurling, I would think first of my glass house built upon the sand. Also, you argue that there will be traffic congestion as a result of further development. Firstly, let’s not forget the many viruses that are using the road in order to better consume the host. Also, I would ask you to cast your mind back a little, to the days when you ran a fullyfledged business from the host organism, which included two daily trips to and from town, with four by fours adorned with large unwieldy speedboats in tow. A hazard to the very best driver, to say the least. On the flip-side, let’s talk about the

king-pin virus that are the developers seeking to modernise the once picturesque and unblemished beaches that our fathers knew. To you I say, each one of you is a rich man by any measurement. You have built empires in the retail and wholesale sectors, dentistry and media and in property development. Each of you alone has more wealth and material possessions than 99.3% of the entire planet. When I ask, is enough actually enough? Is it true then that once one accumulates such wealth, one cannot stop? Let’s look at the current situation. Okay, let’s say, yes, the virus has reached a critical mass. It needs feeding so that it itself can continue to consume. I can give you that. The virus after all will not dissipate. So, this being said, do you really think its current mass requires anything more than a neat little “shoppie”? You know as well as anybody that no more than this is currently called for. But wait, if we build a “shoppie” now, it will only be a year or so before the good old virus gets hungry for a petrol station. In another year or two or a spa, video shop, diner or other such thing. It is here we see our viral temperament manifest itself, as it cannot possible consume only what is needed. “Now, if we do not build all these things right now, God forbid, someone else will do it in the future. Think of the money we will be leaving on the table. We cannot have that.” Consume, consume, consume. Ladies and gentlemen I submit to you that you are all victim of our predisposition for destruction, no matter the consequences. Are we programmed to be greedy, to take more than we need? Not according to the bible we are not, as Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:23-24 No matter or heed for the words of Jesus, we shall always continue to feed parasitically on the ‘body’ of the earth. Know that you are part of this, as are we all. Take ownership and perhaps, armed with a new perspective all of you may at least begin honest dialogue going forward. Own your agendas. Opinion Piece sent in via Email by Alice Braune

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Thursday, 27 February 2014

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Siglinde de Villiers Rates of inflation, increasing fuel prices, and even food prices are biting their way into coastal residents’ pockets. For the same amount, customers get less items than a month ago. The increasing costs of basic life necessities tosses consumers into a turbulent sea where they struggle to deal with the whiplash of the onslaught of financial waves. Infant industry protection and quantitative restrictions on imported products by the Ministry of Mines and Energy have escalated main industry players into a position where they can ask any price they wish. The poultry industry is one such example. “We have a population of around two million and Namibia Poultry Industry (NPI), which is protected by the government, is just one company that dominates the poultry market,” said Maria Immanuel, Trade and Investment Policy Analyst from Namibia Trade Forum. Often retailers then add a 50 – 100 % profit mark-up, creating massive price variations for the same product in Namibia. Ian Collard, Chief Executive Officer for NPI, explained that the price for chicken is subject to the rising cost of imported maize and soy feed, as well as factory running costs. “Our last price increase was in October 2013,” he added. “The weakening of the NAD against the USD influenced input costs upwards.” According to Immanuel, the devaluation of our currency affects consumer prices in other industries, too. “The weakening of the Rand and by extension the NAD, has led to the capital outflow from South Africa and more expensive imports, raising production costs. The increase in fuel prices has also contributed to inflation in consumer prices,” Immanuel laid out. The result of this chain link effect can thus be felt in customers’ pockets throughout the country. According to Calle Schlettwein, Minister of Trade and Industry, infant industry protection and quantitative restrictions are meant to preserve and nurture economic and industrial growth so that existing economies can get off the ground and build their own competitive capacities. “The restrictions are temporary and targeted, imposed only for a defined period,” he claimed. He continued to explain that growing economies face massive subsidies from developed countries that make it difficult for them to develop and industrialise. In

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Bury The Murderers Alive - Really? Opinion piece: Gareth Amos These were the words uttered by our dear Founding Father Sam Nujoma over the last weekend, in response to the unfathomable barbarism inflicted upon our women and children that plays out across our nation almost every day. What appear to be the ravings of a crazed psychopath are being echoed by the upper echelons of Namibian society from politicians, police, actions groups, and church leaders (of all things) and even in the discourse of a recent letter writing frenzy in the daily press.

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Anyone found guilty of committing these crimes from now on will have to be buried alive.

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Everyone, it seems, has a remedy to this disorder. Leading the pack must be Sam Nujoma, promising, “Anyone found guilty of committing these crimes from now on will have to be buried alive. I have my soldiers and I will work closely with them,” he exclaimed. Is this the very same Sam Nujoma who went through great pains to draft our constitution and put in place our legislative framework? A civilised deed undone by barbarism in his call to bury people alive. And one wonders why our menfolk suffer no unease in committing these heinous crimes? Yes, sir, continue to uphold absurd notions of violence and your people shall indeed follow. One can only assume that the old man suffered a momentary lapse of reason or worse yet, has fallen victim to that most

ill-fated malady, “election-year-ites,” an affliction so repugnant that its cure may also be found in the shallowest of burial chambers. Supplementary white noise across all frequencies is the assertion that the behaviour has been learnt from Western cultures. I beg your pardon? When deeds of as deep depravity as those on display in our country are committed in the Europe or the USA, the names and conduct of the transgressors are not forgotten, so extraordinary is their behaviour. John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader (aka BTK – blind, torture, kill), Jeffrey Dahmer, Peter Sutcliffe (aka the Yorkshire Ripper), Fred West et. al. Notorious and reviled, each one of them. These depraved devils, sick to the last, have committed atrocities so grisly that their endeavours are etched into the psyche of the nation. A cursory glance, however, at our local headlines signposts a nation unsurpassed on all sides by men as ghastly as anyone - holding a site on the upper stratum of

depravity in the West. No, sir, it is evident that as a nation we have little to learn and much to teach. Otherwise intelligent members of our populaces appear to have misplaced any sense of reason, as, one after another, calls are being made to instil religion in general and Christianity in specific back into our schools. Indeed not only into our schools, but into our government, who in recognition of their inability to cultivate an enlightened proletariat, have set aside a national day prayer to present our predicament to the heavens. Despite the fact that such requests are wholly unconstitutional in what is after all a secular nation on paper at least, one needs to weigh the cheques and balances with regards to the impact of Christianity in our nation. Faith in all its manifestations undoubtedly brings comfort and a sense of well-being to those who practice religion; however, remember that in practise Namibia is an entirely fundamentalist Christian nation already, with over 95% of the votary professing a deep affiliation with Christianity. Few countries in the world are as profoundly Christian as ours. Yet, our weak are downtrodden, our poor remain poor, our rich get richer and our woman and children are molested in manners of such depravity they find no solace on even the most bitter of tongues. Our deeply devout men of all creeds are killing our woman folk, our offspring. Some unhurriedly, through incremental escalation of viciousness, first of the mind and soul and then of the flesh; others through

ferocious savagery of knife and fist and foot. I submit to you that, yes, we must without hesitation redirect our attention to cultivating a sense of universal values to our children though our objective must be enlightenment of the sexes. Girls need to understand their intrinsic value and person-hood and are to be taught to abandon any prescribed notion of subservience to the more aggressive male counterparts, espoused as virtue by all monotheist religions. Our boys need to grasp and agree that they have no God-given right of dominion, supremacy or ascendancy over woman. God may have created Adam before Eve, but no bible I have read has adorned Adam with untold, unfettered governance over the physical and mental well-being of Eve, the woman. Cast asunder the notions promoted in Genesis, Leviticus and Kings, and turn instead your gaze to the one who looked after that most broken of creatures, Mary Madeleine, the prostitute, the woman. Perhaps the most ludicrous proposition advanced over the last week was by a leading women’s right activist lobby, as its leader called for our women to receive self-defence training. Really, this is the thinking that is borne from our country's premier watch-dog for the well-being of our women? This idea is so erroneous on so many planes, one would need more that a column to address the matter. Off the cuff, however, I would say two things. One, self-defence does not help in domestic violence cases or in instances where the victim has

an emotional attachment to the perpetrator. I shall not elaborate on this, suffice to say that the research affirming the same is abundant. Secondly and most notably, this is an entirely defeatist statement that focuses entirely on the wrong end of the issue. What message this sends out is that “hey, it’s going to happen anyway, so we may as well learn to defend ourselves”. Again, I submit that there is very little enlightenment on show with a position such as this. I do not purport to have all the answers, and I would not claim to have a deep understanding into the psychology of this malady, though I do believe the elucidation begins at home. How broken our social fabric must be when our sons are learning such behaviour as a matter of course. What unimaginable examples we must be teaching our boys and girls, the one to transgress and the other to consent. It is here that we must strike at the disease. Only and only when our husbands truly understand that their wives are every bit as worthy of happiness and respect and personhood as they are; only when our fathers foster a sense of self-worth in their daughters and only when the father teaches, through his own actions and nothing more, to his sons, the true value, dignity and humanity of our women, will we see the disease enter slowly into remission. I am tempted to utter the words God help Namibia, though I am of the firm believe that in this particular instance only Namibia can help Namibia.

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Look at the job site and make note of the basic job and the factors that determine whether it will be a quick job or a long, painstaking project. For a house painting job, working around outdoor obstructions such as bushes, hose mounts, and water meters complicates a painting job considerably. Indoors, built-in fixtures like counters and cupboards need to be factored into your time estimates. You also need to specify in advance whether the painting crew or the client will be moving the furniture • and wall hangings. How high are the walls? Are there vaulted ceilings? Working on a ladder slows a paint job down considerably,

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as painters have to climb up with your tools, paint that area, climb down with their tools, move the ladder, and start the process all over again. There are also added dangers with working on a ladder. What is the surface texture of the walls? Rough-textured walls can soak up to 10% more paint than smooth-textured walls.

2. Calculate the square meters. To get the most accurate assessment of the amount of paint needed, you need to get the total square metres that you will be painting. Use this basic formula: •

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Add the length of all walls together: [wall 1L] + [wall 2L]...+ [wall nL] = [total length]; Find the area by multiplying the height by the total length: [total length x height] For a rough estimate, subtract 6 square metres per door and 4 square metres per window. For • more accurate numbers, measure the square metres of each door and • each window, and subtract the total square metres from the total. [Total • sq. metres - (total door + window square metres). Example: one rectangular room, 3

metres by 4 metres, with 3 metre ceilings, one door, two windows: Walls = (3 + 3 + 4 + 4) x 10 = 140 square metres; Door and 2 windows = (6 + 6 + 4) = 16 square metres. Total square footage = 140 16 = 156 square metres. Continued on Page 11

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For some unknown reason, Namibians have not bought into the massive energy saving benefits of installing geyser timers. In Europe and the US, timers are almost a mandatory installation item in all new homes. Knowing the cost of electricity and the burden that our supply chain is under, perhaps it is time to get serious about the most expensive electrical item in your home. This simple device does exactly what it says. It controls the time that your geyser comes on and switches off. With the geyser permanently on, every time the water temperature in the geyser falls below the set temp, it will switch on to return the temperature back to where it needs to be. This can account for unnecessary consumption. The compact geyser timer is designed to work to reduce the on time of the geyser through the day and only have it come on when required. So, it will switch the geyser on first thing in the morning if hot water is required and then at night for showers and baths, for example. Once everyone is done, the timer can be set to switch the geyser off and only back on again the next morning, so it doesn’t run all night. Let’s look at some stats: • Every time the temperature drops 2 to 3

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Each day will include its own charges for commuting, petrol, and all else involved in the cost of getting the day’s work done. Without factoring in these charges, a contractor could end up without enough to cover costs and labour.

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4. Factor in the cost of consumables. Estimate the total cost of items such as masks, booties, paper, painter's tape, cleaning supplies, and any other "disposable" items that you may use for your job.

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3. Calculate your paint needs. Calculate this using the given square metres, and plan on using two coats of paint. Five litres of paint will cover approximately 106 to 121 square metres on smooth walls, 91 to 106 square metres for textured walls. Add 10% for waste and underestimates, and round up to the nearest 5 litres. Using the above example: • •

143 x 2 = 286 square metres smooth walls: 286 ÷ 106 = 2.6; add 10% = 2.86 litres textured walls: 286 ÷ 91 = 3.1; add 10% = 3.45 litres If you are painting board-and-batten siding, multiply the final number by 1.5 as you are adding a significant amount of surface area for each board. Don't forget to add a coat of primer, if needed. This will be a factor for both materials and time.

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Scientists were astonished to find they could predict which healthy people are at most risk of death by studying four key biomarkers in the body A ‘Death Test’, which predicts the chance of a healthy person dying from any medical condition in the next five years, has been developed by scientists. Researchers said they were ‘astonished’ to discover that a simple blood test could predict if a person was likely to die – even if they were not ill. They found that the levels of four ‘biomarkers’ in the body, when taken together, indicated a general level of ‘frailty’. People whose biomarkers were out of kilter were five times more likely to die within five years of the blood test. “What is especially interesting is that these biomarkers reflect the risk for dying from very different types of diseases such as heart disease or cancer. They seem to be signs of a general frailty in the body,” said Dr. Johannes Kettunen of the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland. “We believe that in the future these measures can be used to identify people who appear healthy but in fact have serious underlying illnesses and guide them to proper treatment.” A biomarker is a biological molecule found in blood, body fluids, or tissues that may signal an abnormal process, a condition, or a disease. The level of a particular biomarker may indicate a patient’s risk of disease, or likely response to a treatment. For example, cholesterol levels are measured to assess the risk of heart disease. Most current biomarkers are used to test an individual’s

risk of developing a specific condition. There are none that accurately assess whether a person is at risk of ill health generally, or likely to die soon from a disease. Blood samples from over 17,000 generally healthy people were screened for more than a hundred different biomarkers and those people monitored over five years. In that time 684 people died of a range of illnesses and diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Scientists discovered that those people all had similar levels of four biomarkers. Those were albumin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, citrate and the size of very-low-density lipoprotein particles which are linked to liver and kidney function, inflammation and infection, energy metabolism and vascular health. One in five participants with the highest biomarker scores died within the first year of the study. Estonian researchers made the initial link in a cohort of 9,842 people but were so sceptical about the results that they asked Finnish scientists to repeat the experiment on a further 7,503. Research professor Markus Perola of the Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland said they were not expecting to be able to replicate the findings and were amazed when they were identical. Prof Perola said: “It was a pretty amazing result. First of all we didn’t really believe it. It was astonishing that these biomarkers appeared to actually predict mortality independent of disease. “These were all apparently healthy people but to our surprise it appears these biomarkers show an undetected frailty which people did not know they had.” Researchers claim that in the future a test could flag up high-risk individuals in need of medical intervention who show no symptoms of any disease. “If the findings are replicated then this test is surely something we will see becoming widespread,” added Prof Perola. “But at moment there is ethical question. Would someone want to know their risk of dying if there is nothing we can do about it?” Dr Kettunen added: “Next we aim to study whether some kind of connecting factor between these biomarkers can be identified.” The study was published in PLOS Medicine.

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Daniel Fan's Tiger King Restaurant was covered in mouse droppings, had a staff toilet with no seat and had food on low, dirty shelves. Richard Lee, environmental health manager at Portsmouth city council, said of the spot in Southsea, Hants: "The problems we found at Tiger King were some of the worst we've ever encountered. "The deterioration in the standards was considerable over a short period of time. The operator was putting the

This is only the third occasion in Portsmouth that such powers have been used." Fan was banned from owning and running a food business until further notice by Portsmouth magistrates. He was also fined £5,000 and ordered to pay nearly £1,400 in costs. Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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MOTOR ING Nissan Reveals Advanced New Qashqai With two million of the first generation having found homes around the globe, the Nissan Qashqai has become something of a cash cow for Nissan and the second generation crossover looks set to continue riding that wave, thanks to its crisp new design and advanced technologies on offer. The new Qashqai has also grown in size, but not too radically, with overall length having been stretched by 49mm and width by 20mm, while height has been reduced by 15mm. From the front end, the Qashqai bears a strong resemblance to the new X-Trail. All models feature LED daytime driving lights, while posh versions get full LED lighting. Space, Comfort Inside the cabin, occupants can stretch out a little more, with head, shoulder and leg room having been improved and with 20 litres more luggage space, the boot is capable of gulping 430 litres of baggage. Plenty of attention was paid to the comfort factor, too and Nissan even went as far as using NASA-inspired medical scanning techniques when completely redesigning the seats. Drivers will enjoy the intuitive new interface that allows them to tailor the car's functions to their needs, from adjusting how early the auto headlights switch on to

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stated consumption. The brawnier oilburning option is a 96kW 1.6-litre dCi that sips 4.4 l/100km. The South African engine line-up will be confirmed nearer to its local launch date, which will be around the middle of 2014. The Ultimate CVT? Depending on which engine is selected, the Qashqai can be had with either a sixspeed manual gearbox or a new Xtronic continuously variable transmission. Aimed at offering a superior driving experience to those horrid traditional CVTs, the Xtronic mimics the

behaviour of traditional automatic boxes in certain ways; for instance, by implementing stepped changes under hard acceleration. It has also been set up to provide a smoother experience during gentler driving. Though most models will send their power through the front wheels, fancier versions will be available with Nissan's renowned All-Mode 4x4-i permanent all-wheel drive system. The Qashqai also offers a new Chassis Control system that mimics the functionality of a limited slip differential. Source: www.iol.co.za

for sale IN WALVIS BAY • Deutz F8L413 engine (taken apart to over haul but complete ) N$15 000 • F8L714 Engine complete N$20 000 • Magiurus Deuts 232 6x4 bogie + additional diffs for spares N$20 000 • Diesel pump 015 bosch 051 2597 for 10 cylinder deutz N$5 000 • ERF TRUCK 6x4 Cummins 6CTA engine with (Eaton 6103 gearbox broken) 6x2.4m flat deck loading box N$30 000 (Truck as is); N$20 000 (engine), N$10 000 (load box), N$15 000 (chassis cab) • 4T Toyota Dyna striped 1W Toyota engine (4cylinder) Cab & Chassis & Front axle 6x2.2x0.4m Loading box N$20 000 • Fuso Mitsubishi 6D15 engine - chassis cab, gearbox broken Load box 6.8x2.3x0.5m loading box N$15 000 • 24 Valve Toyota L/C engine block, Diesel pump N$15 000 • Lexus engine & original control unit (ecu) & wiring loom & gearbox N$10 000 • Toyota Dyna 4T Truck Loading box. Engine seized – complete N$15 000

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