| Uganda: A City's Forgotten Slum
Kampala's Kifumbira slum is a filthy hotbed of crime. and no one seems to care, writes Moses Opobo IT is a water-logged valley between Mulago Hill and Bukoto, on the southern end of the well-lit Kira Road that cuts right through the sprawling city suburb of Kamwokya. .
The Dance Of The Crab
Cobblers ought to stick to mending shoes and leave the business of public education on the nature of spread of epidemiological diseases to medical scientists, dont you agree?
Unfortunately, Jomo, ours is one country where a soothsayers apprentice will deem himself fit to give a public lecture at the University of Ghanas Department of philosophy, on the origins of existentialism.
So, unsurprisingly, the national electricity generation and supply crisis has suddenly revealed what an incredibly huge number of energy experts Ghana is blessed with.
They have a depthless wealth of knowledge about energy development, complete with all the technical details, except why the crisis has occurred and how to fix it in the immediate term, employing emergency interventions.
New Glitterbug potion available from Arrow Scientific
Thorough handwashing is crucial to any HACCP plan, up to 40% of the foodborne illness outbreaks are the result of poor handwashing and cross contamination. Ensuring the staffs have an effective handwashing technique has been difficult to demonstrate simply and immediately, the solution is Glitterbug. Glitterbug available from Arrow Scientific is a simple and inexpensive product designed to show the staff how well they are washing their hands. The only equipment required is a UV Lamp, Glitterbug Potion and a place to wash the hands. Simply dispense Glitterbug Potion on to the hands from the metered pump pack and rub it in like applying a hand cream. Under UV Light, the Glitterbug Potion will make the hands shine.
Energy-saving lamps light up railway tracks
A total of 20,000 LED (light-emitting diode) street lamps will be installed along the railway track between Shanghai and its neighboring city Suzhou, a move which will cut the energy consumption in half. The first batch of 100 lamps has passed trial tests conducted by the No.24 China Railway Group Co Ltd whichplans to upgrade the number of lamps on the railway track from 15,000 to 20,000. The new lamps have a longer life and perform perfectly in energy-saving. A conservation report says if all the bulbs and fluorescent lamps were replaced by LED lamps in Shanghai, it might save the city power equal to the yearly energy output of the Three Gorges project. The Shanghai branch of the No.24 China Railway Group Co Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with the Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy Co and Hong Kong-based Wai Chi Electronics Ltd to supply the energy-saving project.
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