Are you looking to take your technical career to the next level and start gaining experience in Java programming?
One of the leading technology companies is looking for a technical infrastructure with a passion for Java development. You will be running with multiple projects managing the infrastructure and tweaking the Java code as needed. You will be working with some of the leading developers in the business and will be supporting multiple clients across the world.
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4+ years’ in managing a network environment
A certification in Infrastructure (Linux, VMware, Microsoft)
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Experience in VMware /Linus/Microsoft
If you feel that you are someone that wants to take that next career move and has a passion for development, this is for you….. send us your CV.
The reference number for this position is GZ38571. This is a Permanent position based in Bedfordview, offering a salary UP TO R480k per annum plus perm benefits.
The time for change is now! e-Merge IT recruitment are specialist niche recruiters with a wide range of positions available. We offer researched positions with top companies to strong technical candidates. Email Garth on garth@e-merge.co.za or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Manage General Managers’ diaries and assist in planning appointments, board meetings, conferences etc. Receive and screen phone calls and redirect them when appropriate. Handle all outgoing and incoming correspondence (e-mail, letters, packages etc.). Make travel arrangements for General Managers. Perform general office duties such as ordering supplies, maintaining records and reports and filing. Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters and all relevant documents. Assist with ad-hoc requests and tasks aimed at ensuring effective functioning of the general manager’s area of responsibility. zelhunt99@gmail.com
Join a growing social enterprise company who supply a wide range of eco-friendly corporate accessories. The accessory range is made by Fair Trade women cooperatives in the townships of South Africa. Each item sold brings economic development and opportunity to the women and their communities.
My client is looking for a B.Com Graduate (UCT/Stellenbosch preferably) who can assist in the day to day running of the finance department. This is an opportunity to learn the ropes of a growing business.
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You’re in the middle of a squat when suddenly you hear it. Or maybe you feel it, or worse, even smell it. However it goes down, you just let one rip in the gym. I know how embarrassing it can be. Last week, one got loose in my CrossFit class. My coach’s response? A pat on the back and this kind reassurance: “Happens to the best of us.”
While you might not be able to rid yourself of fitness flatulence completely, gastroenterologists and fitness pros do have some tips that can help. Here's why workout farts strike, plus what you can do when you're in a class or crowded weight room and really, really have to break wind.
It's physics, really. “Any exercises that involve physical bending or twisting can cause the air in our digestive tract to be literally pushed out,” Peyton Berookim, MD, director of the Gastroenterology Institute of Southern California, tells Health. This includes pilates, cycling, yoga, and bodyweight workouts that physically compress the intestines, such as inchworms and forward folds.
Strength-based workouts aren’t any less gassy. Many strength athletes employ something called the Valsalva maneuver, a way of breathing that’s thought to help them lift more weight, Dr. Berookim explains. But if air isn’t fully exhaled through the mouth, it comes out the other end.
“This way of breathing is most common in exercises that involve pushing, hinging, and squatting, so powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters might notice more gas being expressed,” he says. Same goes for people who do CrossFit.
There's another gas-producing mechanism at work when you do aerobic workouts. During bouncy exercises like running and jumping rope, our internal organs jostle up and down and side to side. Working out can speed up the natural digestion process, causing gas produced in our GI tract to bubble out at a faster—and potentially more noticeable—rate, says Dr. Berookim. This may be what causes another exercise-related digestive condition, the dreaded runner's diarrhea.
How you breathe plays a role, too
Inefficient breathing while you work out makes it more likely that you'll cut the cheese. “An individual's inability to inhale and exhale properly can cause flatulence at a higher rate,” exercise physiologist Jim White, owner of Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios in Virginia, tells Health. Breathing rapidly forces excess air into the stomach, then the intestines…and then out your anus, he says.
On the other hand, breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth will limit the amount of air that gets caught in your GI tract, in turn limiting the urge to fart, White says.
“I often advise my patients to avoid eating high-fiber foods that create lots of gas, such as onions, cruciferous vegetables, Brussels sprouts, and legumes,” says Dr. Berookim. White adds that wheat and whole grains, carbonated drinks, and sugar alcohols (which are typically found in items labeled “sugar-free”) are also highly gaseous. Consume them in the hours before you hit the gym, and you risk a flatulence attack.
So what should you fuel up with? White’s go-to pre-workout snack is a banana (for fast carbohydrate energy) and peanut butter (for protein and fat) an hour before you plan to sweat. But since everyone’s digestive system is slightly different, he suggests experimenting. Some people may find bananas gas-producing and will do better with oatmeal or toast with peanut butter, he says.
When it comes to farting, how you hydrate is key. “Gulping down water can cause more air to be swallowed into the digestive tract, which will get released either through the mouth or anus,” Audra Wilson, RD, nutritionist at the Metabolic Health and Surgical Weight Loss Center at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois, tells Health.
Instead of trying to hydrate all at once, she recommends drinking water all day long and sipping it throughout the time you’re at the gym.
What if you get gassy mid-workout?
What to do depends on how comfortable you are letting loose in the moment. Holding in a fart will likely make you feel uncomfortable and bloated, so if you’re feeling particularly flatulent and no one is on the machines near you, you might as well release it. If you are in a crowded class or weight room, excuse yourself and pass gas in private.
Bottom line: Everyone farts, especially at the gym. Of course, it goes without saying that if your flatulence becomes painful or is regularly interfering with the quality of your workouts, talk to your doctor to rule out more serious gastrointestinal issues.
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INTERNATIONAL HIGH END JEWELLERY STORE REQUIRES A DYNAMIC JEWELLERY SALES CONSULTANT IN WATERFRONT
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A 41-year-old man linked to rape cases in Limpopo was arrested in Pretoria on Saturday while with an alleged victim, police said.
Officers in Sunnyside, Pretoria discovered that the woman who the man was with at his time of arrest was allegedly kidnapped and raped on Friday evening.
“Police members were on routine patrol when they spotted a suspicious black Mazda-3 with two occupants, a male and female,” said police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele.
According to Makhubele, police found implements believed to have been either stolen or used to commit a crime.
“It is alleged by the female occupant that she had been kidnapped the previous night and was raped at gunpoint by the male suspect.”
Makhubele said police were able to confirm that the male suspect had two pending rape cases against him in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo.
The suspect will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
If you’re a new or expectant parent, or even just thinking about starting a family, you’ve probably heard at least a little bit about postpartum depression (PPD). But what often gets glossed over in the conversation surrounding maternal mental health is the postpartum anxiety component.
Postpartum anxiety affects an estimated 15 percent of women (though that number varies a bit in the scientific research). This suggests that it’s just as common as PPD, which has been shown to affect anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of new moms.
But postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression are closely related. Historically, medical experts and resources have used “postpartum depression” as an umbrella term for a whole host of mood disorders that can occur in the postpartum period, including obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), psychosis, and anxiety, explains Dr Shelly Orlowsky, a licensed clinical psychologist who specialises in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
The problem with grouping them all together, though, is that it may be confusing to some women who feel off during or after pregnancy but don’t feel like they have symptoms depression. There’s no one-size-fits-all diagnosis, but having a better understanding of what sets postpartum anxiety and depression apart as well as how they overlap is an important step toward getting mamas proper mental health treatment in the perinatal period.
First, a quick refresher on what postpartum depression generally looks like:
Many new moms experience what is casually referred to as the “baby blues” — a period of feeling sad, irritated, angry, annoyed, hopeless, and/or resentful during the first couple of weeks following childbirth. (Hello, you just had a baby, and it’s a LOT.) You may feel like crying for no reason, be unsure about raising your baby, or have trouble sleeping, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) explains. These feelings can come and go in waves, but ultimately they should resolve pretty much on their own within a week or two after welcoming your baby.
So then how is PPD different from the baby blues? PPD may last up to a year after having your baby, and it generally requires more formal treatment (like therapeutic or medical interventions). Fun fact: The latest issue of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (which is like the medical Bible of mental health disorders), includes a “with postpartum onset” specifier in its section on major depressive disorder (MDD) to more deliberately represent postpartum depression as its own condition. It was kinda lumped in under MDD until fairly recently.
Women with PPD frequently report having an intense feeling of being overwhelmed by motherhood and may even question whether they should’ve become a mom in the first place, Orlowsky describes. Another recurring thread, she says, is just not feeling like yourself, or feeling out of control without knowing why.
She’s also had patients who report feeling nothing, or being emotionally numb; they’re simply going through the motions without any interest in their babies, or life in general. Some moms may harbour thoughts of harming herself or her baby. As you can see, postpartum depression is pretty complex and can look very different from person to person. (Oh, and it can affect new dads, too.)
It’s worth pointing out that with any pregnancy-related mood disorders, the term “postpartum” can be misleading. That’s because symptoms can pop up during your pregnancy or after you give birth. So, you may also hear “perinatal” used, which more generally implies the time before and after childbirth.
Symptoms of postpartum anxiety are a little different.
Postpartum anxiety isn’t listed as its own thing and doesn’t have a specifier in the DSM. But your doctor might still use the term to describe how you’re feeling and to diagnose you — it’s a standard term in the medical world.
Orlowsky describes PPD as a loss of heart, and postpartum anxiety — or perinatal generalized anxiety disorder — as a loss of a normal sense of balance and calm. Women with postpartum anxiety specifically aren’t necessarily dealing with depression.
Rather, women with postpartum anxiety on its own may feel as if they are in a constant state of arousal, agitation, and worry, she explains. They may feel unable to quiet their mind no matter how hard they try, or have trouble sitting still or getting to sleep.
Some moms with postpartum anxiety have disturbing “what if?” thoughts about bad things happening to the baby. They may be afraid to get into the car with their child, or are uncomfortable leaving him or her with anyone else. Moms who suffer from intrusive thoughts like this may not be able to respond to reason, Orlowsky notes. (For instance, even though deep down you *know* your partner is home with the baby while you go out to run errands and everything’s okay, you might be compelled to turn back and go through a safety checklist again.)
Like it’s relative PPD, postpartum anxiety is treatable. That being said, because PPD has been studied and discussed at much greater lengths, many moms with postpartum anxiety don’t recognise they have it, and it often goes undiagnosed. Another reason moms with postpartum anxiety don’t realize they have a problem or delay seeking help is because they don’t know how much anxiety is to be expected or “normal,” versus how much is too much—even for a new mom.
You can have symptoms of postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety, or a mix of the two.
Physical symptoms of PPD are similar to those of perinatal anxiety and typically include changes in sleep and appetite, nausea, headaches, body aches, and dizziness. You can predominantly have symptoms of depression with tell-tale signs of anxiety mixed in, or the opposite.
The relationship between the two disorders isn’t fully understood, per the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health says. It’s unclear whether having postpartum anxiety is more likely to bring on PDD, or vice versa, Orlowsky says. In one scenario, a mom can be depressed and also consumed with worrisome thoughts regarding her baby’s safety. On the flip side, a mom’s anxiety may become so cumbersome that it leads her to have depression symptoms as well.
Women with PPD or anxiety (or a combo) might feel guilty or ashamed about their inability to embrace motherhood. As a result, they might have a hard time being among other moms, friends, and family members. But social isolation can end up deepening the pain of it: “Postpartum depression and anxiety are so draining [that] moms don’t want to be around other people — but that’s precisely what they need,” Orlowsky says.
It may not seem like distinguishing between the two really matters, but it does. Perinatal mood disorders are not black and white for every person, and that’s totally okay. But being able to describe your symptoms to your doctor, whether they take the form of anxiety or depression or seem to be some hybrid, helps your physician tailor a treatment plan to fit your needs.
If you think you have postpartum depression and/or anxiety, these are your next steps.
If you just feel off, and feelings of anxiousness or depression are making you unable to function properly from day to day for longer than two weeks, you likely need to seek out professional help.
But if you’re not ready for that step (hey, no judgment), start by sharing how you’re feeling someone you trust. This can be a friend, family member, doula, or a medical professional. “You don’t have to be able to diagnose yourself, but you know when you have a cold versus the flu,” Orlowsky explains. (In other words, you have the best sense of what feels normal or not for you.)
Ideally, your paediatrician or obstetrician has screening measures in place to assess whether you are exhibiting symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety, after which they can refer you to a clinician who specializes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
What’s more, if you have dealt with anxiety and/or depression during a previous pregnancy or were diagnosed with both or either one of these conditions prior to having kids — it’s important to address that with your obstetrician. A woman who has had PPD or postpartum anxiety in a previous pregnancy is 50 percent more likely to develop it in a subsequent pregnancy, according to Orlowsky. That said, you may not have had either with your first child (or multiple children) but could still develop it during subsequent pregnancies.
Treatment absolutely exists for both postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression—and you deserve it. Some women may benefit from one-on-one therapy and/or support groups when dealing with PPD and/or anxiety, while others may also require medication. When Orlowsky thinks a patient could benefit from medication, she refers them to a reproductive psychiatrist.
Cape Town – Bafana Bafana stunned the football world when they knocked tournament favourites and hosts Egypt out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Saturday in Cairo.
Entering the match on the back of three disappointing groups matches, Stuart Baxter’s charges more than held their own against a side who boasted star Liverpool player Mo Salah in their ranks.
It was an 85th minute goal by Absa Premiership Player of the Year, Thembinkosi Lorch, that settled matters and will see Bafana Bafana play Nigeria in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, July 10 at 21:00 (SA time).
