Toluwani Eniola writes about new mothers detained by hospital authorities for their inability to settle bills
Sweeping the floor of the female ward at the Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri, the Imo State capital, Mrs. Chinyere Nlemuwa cut the picture of a cleaner in the hospital.
This technique is akin to
sweeping the floors of your house.
The more I thought about it, the more I was bothered by bringing home clothes that had
swept the floor of the hospital (my work), public restrooms, and so on.
That tone was set at the opening night's performances: Lee Mingwei's durational performance Our Labyrinth (2015), for which a dancer
swept the floors of the galleries with a mixture of grains, purifying a path for visitors; Aki Sasamoto's Delicate Cycle (2016), which included such domestic objects as washing machines and bundles of clothing; and Olivier de Sagazan's Transfiguration (2016), in which de Sagazan used clay, paint, and hair to transform himself into a shamanistic figure.
AMBRIDGE HOSPITALITY — Columbia, SC Custodian Feb 2014 — Dec 2015 •
Swept floors of the premises • Washed down and mopped restrooms • Replenished supplies in the restrooms • Vacuumed carpets and dust furniture
Not exact matches
Li Ka - shing, a wartime refugee who used to
sweep factory
floors in Hong Kong for a living, retired after a career spanning more than half a century amassing one
of Asia's biggest fortunes from building skyscrapers to selling soap bars.
Floor - to - ceiling windows offer
sweeping panoramas
of northern Vermont's Green Mountains.
They capture dancers» fleeting footwork — every landing, twirl and
sweep of the
floor — then transform them into vibrant, multicolor digital drawings.
Once the fiber is cleaned and separated, even the particles can be
swept off
of the
floor for utilization as a byproduct.
The 11 - year lease covers nearly 10,000 square feet on the top two
floors of the 18 - story building, which offer
sweeping views
of the Hudson River.
Some former MPs helped bring Lewis's manifesto to the convention
floor: Vancouver veteran Libby Davies and Craig Scott
of Layton's former seat
of Toronto — Danforth, which he lost in last fall's Liberal
sweep of Toronto.
These are objective - subjective, and the actual experience is
of displacement and re-orientation — for instance, falling off a roof or through a hole in the
floor, or being
swept away by a wave.
There was a security, love, and wonder I sensed (at an early age) that only Catholics had ¯ the hushed, steepled churches and the priests; the parish school with veiled nuns whose black habits
swept the
floors; the picture
of the pope on the bedroom wall, a strange man with what looked like an eggshell on his head who gave the sense
of a wider world and eternity.
On that day, we fling open our blinds and we wash the windows from the inside, we
sweep our
floors because the light has shown us the dust
of our comfort.
A deposition heard by the court alleges that when a 14 - year - old girl asked the priest for advice on how to fend off inappropriate advances from a 64 - year - old parishioner, he simply told her, «this is your problem;
sweep it under the
floor and get rid
of it.»
But I do want to take the work
of my hands right now, today, whether it's a book I'm writing or a
floor I'm
sweeping or a phone call I'm making or a meal I'm cooking and I want to hold it all in my hand, in my spirit with a breath
of prayer and intention, like we are all a fragile universe needing love in this moment.
And if you've never
swept a
floor, you might not understand the satisfaction
of having every object in its place, neat and tidy and easily found.
I think
of Laxmi, a widow from Hyderabad, India, who rises before dawn each day to
sweep floors and grill chapatis and kiss the bruises and bumps
of more than twenty children who, like she, have been affected by HIV / AIDS.
He has also
swept floors and run tests in a chemical laboratory, the Pope said, in revelations sure to boost his image as a «pope
of the people.»
With
floor to ceiling windows and
sweeping panoramic views
of Lake Michigan, Shore Club is expected to induce a vacation - like mindset.
«Serialization is having a major impact on everything from packaging line configurations and production
floor OEE to IT architecture, personnel allocation and
sweeping supply chain procedural changes,» said Christophe Devins, CEO & Co-Founder
of Adents.
Four different scented candles burning in the living room and a pile
of particulate waste waiting to be
swept off the
floor.
The property's modern seasonal restaurant, XIX (NINETEEN), located on the 19th
floor, offers up a menu
of farm - to - table cuisine and creative cocktails as well as extraordinary
sweeping views
of the city skyline.
Not only will he be involved in managing the property's fine dining restaurant XIX (Nineteen), known for its
sweeping views
of Philadelphia from the 19th
floor of the hotel, but he will also oversee in - room dining as well as banquet and events menus for the hotel.
One kid sets the table and helps in the kitchen, while the other is in charge
of the post-meal cleanup and
floor sweeping.
After 15 years
of working in the natural and organic grain and food ingredient business doing every job there is from
sweeping the
floor to being general manager
of entire operations, I decided that it was time to make a difference in a segment
of the marketplace that needs some help.
The crew
of guys on Team Evans is fresh off
of a Spring League
sweep of both
Floor Hockey and Co-Ed Kickball Crowns.
The Bruins,
swept by Utah and Colorado a week ago, hit the
floor again on Saturday night aiming to do the same to USC — a result that would end the Trojans» hopes
of claiming a share
of the Pac - 12 title.
It
sweeps and mops your
floors with just the touch
of a button.
I
sweep, vacuum every other day and mop at least once a week (lots
of hardwood
floors) But clean baseboards?
I
swept and washed all
of the hardwood
floors today, I vacuumed most
of the rugs, I even wiped down some baseboards and gave the dining room table a good scrub.
Your child will imitate everyday actions such as
sweeping the
floor or brushing her hair and be exuberant and curious most
of the time.
Rather than
sweep the
floors, you constantly pull dust bunnies out
of your baby's fist — or mouth.
So that's what's keeping my busy right now — handwashing dishes, hanging load after load
of laundry (I AM allowed a clothesline here, at least), and,
of course,
sweeping,
sweeping,
sweeping the hardwood
floors.
By assigning your kids chores like feeding pets and
sweeping the
floor, you are sending them an important message — that they are a contributing member
of the family.
«It's a little tight here,» said Larry Alvarez, shipping manager, as he tried to
sweep the shipping room
floor without brushing the shoes
of a dozen other busy workers.
L'Astral, Loews Hotel, Quebec City: Lovely,
sweeping views
of the metal rooftops and the Plains
of Abraham — L'Astral is a revolving restaurant on the top
floor of the Loews Hotel on Grand Allee.
Whether they're making their bed or they're
sweeping the
floor, helping out around the house gives them a sense
of accomplishment.
Depending on what age your child is and how dependable and focused she can be, she should be able to handle any number
of age - appropriate household chores, from
sweeping floors to washing dishes.
You know that time when you have your baby on your hip or in a sling while trying to make dinner,
sweep up all the crumbs off the
floor, put that last load
of laundry on and try to get one piece
of food in your mouth before you starve to death?
You can start them small by asking them to
sweep or mop a small section
of the
floor while you do the rest.
Many moms, tired
of scooping hair out
of shower drains or
sweeping strands off the bathroom
floor, find that now is a good time to go for a short cut.
On top
of that the kids (yes in elementary school) also had chores like
sweeping up the schoolyard at recess and also washing the classroom
floors and cleaning the toilets!
Pink goo, aka pink slime, is scraps
of meat and connective tissue
swept up from slaughterhouse
floors that are doused with a pink chemical to kill dangerous pathogens — since they've been, you know, on the
floor — then blended together into a substance that looks like strawberry fro - yo.
I also love the
sweeping floor length
of this dress.
In a news briefing held at Hein's sixth -
floor office in the county office building in Uptown Kingston Wednesday afternoon, Hein gave an update on the efforts to help people whose lives have been turned inside out by the havoc - wreaking floods which
swept away several homes, drowned numerous cars and swallowed up at least several million dollars worth
of the county's infrastructure.
On the second
floor of a onetime art gallery with blond wood
floors in the Old Town section
of Pasadena, Adam Wells describes in
sweeping detail what the cabin
of Virgin Galactic spaceships will not look like.
During the slow years I did lots
of housework:
sweeping floors and installing them, washing windows and replacing them.
It is also recommended to keep
floors swept and all counters free
of any food or drips, but that is not usually practical or possible in a busy home like mine.
The bottoms do nt have to
sweep the
floor, but they should cover everything except the fronts
of your shoes.»