4 Gun Nut Arguments That Debunk Themselves

By Seanbaby  Published: May 20th, 2018 

from Cracked: All Posts https://ift.tt/2rSM9Q2

5 Ways To Watch The Star Wars Series (That Are Crazy AF)

By JM McNab  Published: May 20th, 2018 

from Cracked: All Posts https://ift.tt/2kbM7iA

Pakistan's heatwave woes to worsen further as summer temperatures spike steadily

ISLAMABAD - Deadly heatwaves are going to be a country’s much bigger socio-economic and health problem in the coming decades, particularly in densely populated urban areas of the country, as these global warming-induced extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and occurring over a much greater portion of the country, said climate change ministry spokesperson Mohammad Saleem.He said, “But devastating fallouts of heat waves on humans can be largely mitigated through timely and effective responsive measures.”He said that extreme heat waves, such as the one presently torching the various cities and towns of the country, are frequently cited as one of the most direct effects of global warming-induced climate change.Mr. Saleem said that the Pakistan is most likely to suffer more frequent and intense heat waves as the average temperatures in the country are constantly increasing.Heat waves matter because they kill large numbers of people through heat stress, cause forest fires, reduce crop yields and damage ecosystems, which are not adapted to high temperatures, he emphasised.The media spokesperson said that the World Meteorological Department’s reports show that annual average temperature in the country has jumped up by roughly 0.5°C, which has led to five-fold rise in heat wave days over last 30 years. Besides, the country’s annual temperature is well on path to rise by 3°C to 5°C due to a heat-trapping global carbon emissions.“Such dangerously rising trends in temperatures will potentially continue to cast various negative effects on the country’s human health, spike frequency and intensity levels of extreme weather events including heat waves, cloudbursts, floods, glacial melt, agricultural productivity, water availability, coastal erosion and seawater incursion.,” the climate change spokesperson Mohammad Saleem highlighted.He said that humans are adapted to body temperatures of around 37°C. If humidity – the levels of water vapour in the air – goes up with the thermometer, then people caught in a zone of extreme heat cannot adjust body temperatures by perspiration.And, with every 1°C rise in temperatures, the capacity of the air to hold moisture goes up by 7%. People with no access to air conditioning or a cool breeze become, however, at high risk, he added.Quoting a study published last year in the Nature Climate Change Journal, Mohamamd Saleem said that globally one in three person is vulnerable to heat wave-related health impacts. But by the year 2100, three out of four people on Earth could be subject to at least 20 days per year of heat and humidity associated with deadly heat waves, if carbon emissions from industries, transport, aviation, energy, deforestation and agriculture continue to rise at their current rates.The media spokesperson said further that according to the study’s findings based on data about 783 heat wave incidents in 164 cities from 36 countries about 30% of the world's population (and about 13% of the land area) experiences at least 20 days per year on which the deadly threshold is reached. By 2100, this percentage jumps to 74% of the population (47% of the land area) if emissions continue unchecked.He pointed out that even though humans aggressively cut back on these carbon emissions, such as outlined in the Paris climate agreement, increasing temperatures and humidity levels would combine to ratchet up the intensity and frequency of deadly heat waves in various countries including Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.Nonetheless, the good news is that heat waves are quite predictable, and “extreme temperature early action systems as being practices in Karachi have proven that they can save lives in the heat wave-vulnerable areas of the country, Mr. Saleem said.“By expanding early heat wave warning systems in heat wave-prone areas of the country, authorities can boost their ability to prevent a lot of suffering, illness, and death from heat waves through timely response and preparedness,” he said. The climate change media spokesperson suggested that that building capacity of individuals and communities to respond to the heat stress during heat-waves by raising heat-health awareness campaigns in the country before the onset of a heat waves season can be of a great help to cope with the fallouts of the heat waves on the health of people.Besides, expanding cool roofs, painting solar reflective paint on buildings, encouraging gardens on rooftops, increasing access to drinking water and training medical personnel, he added.Mr. Saleem also underlined the need for district-wise heat wave management plans comprising measures including no or reduced power outages, sustained provision of water, healthcare facilities in hospitals and establishment of roadside public shades to stave off human losses from their impacts.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2GxKOnd

Shandur Polo festival to be held in July

ISLAMABAD: Government of Gilgit-Baltistan has started preparations for organizing a three-day internationally famous “Shandur Polo Festival” in July.Minister for Tourism Gilgit Baltistan Fida Khan Fida said that G-B government was in consultation with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to finalize date for the event which would boost tourism activities in the region.As part of arrangements, he said that Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan administrations had initiated preparations to facilitate visitors and make the festival a complete success, a statement said here on Sunday.A formal committee would be constituted to select players on merit in order to render best performance during the upcoming matches in the Festival.Fida Khan Fida said that a large number of visitors from the country and abroad was expected to participate in the festival and witness matches, adding the huge intake of visitors would help project soft image of the region.The minister said the Gilgit Baltistan was an attractive destination for tourists and tourism department was utilizing all its resources for fully capitalize on the natural wealth.He said that chief minister was also taking keen interest in uplifting the tourism sector which had long been awaiting development-oriented measures.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2kdkLsC

Imran Khan vows to transform Pakistan into a welfare state

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has reiterated his commitment to transform Pakistan into a welfare state in line with principles of Islam. “The purpose of PTI presenting a 100-day plan is to do away with the existing policies,” Khan told a gathering of PTI leaders and supporters in Islamabad on Sunday. Khan said that his party was better prepared to deal with issues facing the country compared to 2013.“We have to make Pakistan a humane society according to the  ideology of our founders,” he said. The PTI chief said that his government would depoliticize bureaucracy so that it could work for the benefit of the poor. “There cannot be two laws for the rich and the poor in a civilized society,” he said, adding Nawaz Sharif’s ‘mujhe kyun nikala’ narrative reflects a mindset which considers itself above the law. He said that plantation of trees is not a luxury, it's an emergency. “The only way to deal with global warming is to plant more trees,” he said. Khan said that international organizations had endorsed the success of PTI's billion tree tsunami drive. 

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2wVF9rj

Entry Sales - CDL A Required - Metz Beverage Company - Sheridan, WY

Work hours are 40+ hours a week, Monday – Thursday 8 to 6 with an occasional evening/weekend and/or holiday. Reliable attendance is an essential function of the... $16 an hour
From Indeed - Thu, 17 May 2018 15:45:09 GMT - View all Sheridan, WY jobs

from sales Jobs | Indeed.com https://ift.tt/2rZ8Vpz

Heatwave in Sindh likely to stay another four to five days as mercury hits 43°C

KARACHI: The scorching heat wave that has engulfed the city as well as other parts of Sindh will be elongating another four to five days, as per reports by the country’s weather monitoring authority.According to media reports referring to the director-general at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Dr Ghulam Rasool, the temperature in the country’s metropolis reached an extreme of 43°C on Sunday noon, while the heat wave is predicted to elevate even higher in the next week from Monday to Wednesday.He further cautioned that the mercury is expected to hit 50°C in the interior parts of Sindh that would swathe the province with a more severe heat wave.Dr Ghulam had associated the blazing temperatures to the lack of inward sea breeze which had subsequently permitted the heat wave to extend four to five days longer.He cautioned that the areas of Nawabshah, Sibi, Jacobabad, Larkana and Dadu will the ones to face extreme weather conditions in the next few days.The PMD official had warned that since the start of summer, the province had already been belted with a total of three heat waves and there is a possibility of there being more in May and June.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2KFPv0E

Ahsan Iqbal visits family of colonel martyred in Quetta operation

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday visited the residence of Colonel Raja Sohail Abid who embraced martyrdom while commanding an operation against a high value target in Quetta.LeJ Balochistan chief Salman Badeni and two suicide bombers were killed in the operation in Killi Almas, a suburb village of Quetta on May 16. During an intense exchange of fire Colonel Sohail Abid of Military Intelligence embraced shahdat while 4 soldiers got injured including 2 critical.“Visited home of Shaheed Col Raja Sohail in BaraKaho, Islamabad. I had met him recently during my visit to Quetta. He was a brave soldier of the nation, who embraced shahadat in an important mission against terrorists,” said Interior Minister Iqbal in a Twitter statement. “The courage of his father and family was exemplary. The nation salutes its martyrs. We have to maintain unity in order to defeat extremism for making our country peaceful and safe.”Iqbal had been discharged from Lahore’s Service Hospital last week after a nine-day treatment following an assassination attempt in his hometown of Narowal.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2IAMyOc

Chinese military official visits Field Commands of Pakistan Navy

Islamabad, 20 May 18:​Vice Chairman of Chinese Central Military Commission, General Zhang Youxia was on an official visit to Pakistan. During the visit, General Zhang Youxia called on Chief of the Naval staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi at Naval Headquarters Islamabad on 18 May 18, where discussions on professional matters and avenues of existing and future naval collaboration were focused. ​In the second leg of the visit, Vice Chairman of Chinese Central Military Commission visited various PN Units at Karachi. Upon arrival at Karachi, the visitinjg dignitary was received by Commander Karachi, Rear Admiral Asif Khaliq. Upon arrival onboard ship, General Zhang Youxia was received by Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat and was presented Guard of Honour by a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Navy. The dignitary also interacted with the crew of the ship and appreciated the professionalism of officers and men of Pakistan Navy. The visit of Vice Chairman of Chinese Central Military Commission to Pakistan will further strengthen the bilateral defence collaboration between Pakistan and Peoples’ Republic of China in general and defence forces in particular.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2wUXWTR

Fishing Sales Associate - Sportsman's Warehouse - Sheridan, WY

Sales training provided by Sportsman’s Warehouse is required. Be knowledgeable of products carried and present to customers using company sales techniques....
From Sportsman's Warehouse - Sat, 19 May 2018 18:39:01 GMT - View all Sheridan, WY jobs

from sales Jobs | Indeed.com https://ift.tt/2rVehD2

Consumer Loan Processor - First Interstate Bank - Sheridan, WY

Participates in Sales & Service Culture. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Monitor Escrow Account, Property Taxes and Insurance...
From First Interstate Bank - Fri, 18 May 2018 23:30:34 GMT - View all Sheridan, WY jobs

from sales Jobs | Indeed.com https://ift.tt/2GzXRo1

PTI launches 100-day agenda

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has unveiled its 100-day agenda if the party managed to form the government after the next general elections. Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced his party’s agenda at a ceremony held in Islamabad on Sunday.“One the main agendas of the PTI government will be to merge FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said. “We will abolish FCR without any delay.”“Our government will launch a mega development program,” he said. “We also intent to carve out a new province for the southern region in Punjab,” he said, adding that “time has come to address the prevailing sense of deprivation in South Punjab.”He said that his government would heal the wounds of Balochistan. “Promises are made about Balochistan but they are not kept,” he opined. About Karachi, he said the PTI intends to crack down on qabza mafia in Karachi. “The first priority will be to restore peace and stability in Karachi.”The PTI government will provide a complete transport system in Karachi. “We will bring an empowered local government system in Karachi.”Commenting on PTI's economic policies, Asad Umar  said that  his government would create 10 million new jobs. "We have to reduce the burden of taxes on traders, businessmen and industrialists," he said. The electricity and gas prices will be brought down as par with other countries in the region. "We will provide level-play fields  to traders, farmers, businessmen and industrialists."Umar said that private sector would be encourage to build five million new homes within first 100 days of  his government. "Let me make it clear that this will be done in the first 100 days by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Inshahullah."

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2wWTcNf

?Best moment?: Sabika?s touchy video statement on selection for YES programme

KARACHI: Sabika Aziz, a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student who was killed in Santa Fe High School shooting, in a touchy video has described her selection for the programme as an ‘unbelievable’ and ‘overwhelming’ experience.In a video statement that she recorded as her assignment last year, the young energetic child is seen confidently speaking of her experience regarding receiving the news of her scholarship.Narrating of the day when her father informed her about the selection, Sabika said: “I was studying late night for an exam when my father called me to share the good news, when I entered the room, I saw smiling proud faces of my parents”.She expressed the situation as ‘unbelievable’ and ‘very overwhelming’ for her. “I was jumping with joy and excitement, and prayed to thank God.” Since it was such a ‘special day’ for her, she wrote a diary entry that day and described seeing the proud smiles on her parent’s faces as the ‘best moment of her life’.Sabika’s father said she had always excelled in school, and had dreamed of serving in Pakistan’s foreign office. She had been due to return to Karachi in time for Eid al-Fitr."She was coming back soon," her father said. "There is a general impression that... life is safe and secure in America. But this is not the case."Funeral in Houston According to Geo News, the funeral prayers will be held today after Namaz-e-Zuhr, at a local mosque in Houston.The funeral prayers, arranged by the Pakistani Consulate in Houston at Sugar Land's Masjid Sabireen, will be separate from the one to be held in the teen's hometown of Karachi, which her family, friends, and relatives will attend.Pakistani Consulate officials, local members of the United States Congress, as well as other US officials are expected to attend the funeral.YES programmeThe Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) programme, funded by the US Department of State, provides scholarships for secondary school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend one academic year in the United States.These youth ambassadors are required to live with host families and are encouraged getting involved in the community and educating the American community about their home country.The selection is strictly based on merit and only the brightest ones are considered for the prestigious scholarship.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2wYV0FE

Pakistan to take up controversial Kishanganga Dam with World Bank

WASHINGTON: A four-member delegation from Pakistan headed by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali is due to visit Washington next week to apprise the top World Bank officials about Pakistan’s serious concern over the Kishanganga hydro power project that was inaugurated this week.Talking to media men at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said that the delegation will visit the capital from Monday through Wednesday during which it will hold high-level talks with the World Bank officials on the project.Pakistan has termed the inauguration of the project without the resolution of the dispute as a serious violation of the Indus Waters Treaty brokered by the World Bank in 1960 that governs the distribution and control of rivers between Pakistan and India.Ambassador Chaudhry expressed Pakistan’s serious concern over the project that has become operational and said that Islamabad had conveyed its strong opposition to the construction of the project to the World Bank but it had been ignored. India plans to undertake several such project in the disputed territory.He said that as the World Bank is a guarantor of the treaty, it has to play its role in addressing Pakistan’s concerns over the project that has been constructed on waters flowing into Pakistan and would seriously disrupt supplies vital for the country’s agriculture.India started the work on the 330 MW Kishanganga in 2009, but Pakistan took the issue to the International Court of Justice and also raised the issue with the World Bank.Ambassador Chaudhry said that the World Bank needs to intervene in the matter and it was the responsibility of the world body to fulfill its obligation being the guarantor of the international agreement.

from The News International - National https://ift.tt/2rW525i