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Access Control
Burglary/Fire Alarm
Networking / I.T.
Structured Cabling
Video Surveillance
Solutions for Medical Marijuana Facilities
Medical Marijuana Facilities are highly regulated by the government, whether provincial or federal. When constructing these facilities, many security and I.T. factors have to be kept in mind during the design and installation. We ensure that our solutions meet or exceed the regulations, while still being practical for the facility. Many solutions are integrated to meet the rules set forth by the authorities, but the investment is in turn not worth it for the actual end-user. Our solutions are designed with the facilities needs put first, and then fact-checked with the government regulations as a secondary factor. We provide a large variety of services that can be beneficial for growing operations, dispensaries, transportation and more. From security solutions, such as access control, video surveillance and alarm monitoring. To I.T. solutions, including networking, workstations and automation platforms.
Access Control Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
The regulations for Marijuana facilities state that an access control system will have to be installed on the premises. An important aspect of the system is that the employees of the facility will have to be identified through the access control system. This calls for both, printed ID badges, as well as pictures uploaded to the database or a linkage with the video surveillance system. Not only will these solutions fulfill all government requirements, but they will also help the business be more easily controlled and secured.
Marijuana is a sought after commodity. Security for growing, storage and dispensary facilities is of utter importance. With Biometric solutions, not only is the identity of the person entering verified, but it also makes for a more secure environment and easy access. Biometrics, such as fingerprint or iris scans are very convenient, as they do not require the employee to grab a keycard. Without the chance of losing the ID, and the readily available fingerprint or iris, biometrics are less costly over time and more easily used.
ID cards are great, as they can be encoded with the access credentials, as well as printed with an image of the owner and the employing company. With a quick glance, a user can be identified by their ID card. Identity cards have to be worn visibly, which means they will be readily available and easily scanned on access scanners. The printed image will also make it more complicated for unauthorized personnel to access the site. Having the picture of a different person on an ID card will be very obvious and will result in the easier capture of intruders.
Integrated systems are a great solution for any business. They allow for multiple solutions, such as Access Control, Video Surveillance and Alarm Systems to be integrated into one central system. Not only does this improve the convenience and ease of use of the system, but it also allows for unique features that would otherwise not be possible. The legislation for Cannabis growing and dispensary facilities states that: "A record must be made of the identity of every person entering or exiting the areas where cannabis is present". With an integrated system, the access and video surveillance systems can be connected to each other. This allows for the system to take a snapshot from a camera and create an event every time an access card is swiped. Instead of now trying to find different time slots in two systems, everything is collected locally and can be viewed at the click of a button.
Protecting the perimeter and the areas where cannabis is present is important. Door and perimeter security are essential in protecting the operation and fulfilling the government legislation. We offer a wide range of locking and perimeter security devices. With perimeter security solutions, such as fence cutting and vibration detection systems, as well as automated gates, we can ensure that any property is protected at all times. For doors, we offer solutions for single or double doors, as well as overhead doors. Whether the requirement is a locking device or an automated access system, we have the right solution for the job, to protect all the buildings.
Burglarly/Fire Alarm Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
With break-ins on the rise and the commodity to be protected is cannabis, an alarm system is a necessity. We provide both burglary and fire alarm solutions to cover all the required monitoring under the same roof. We are also familiar with all the government legislation set forth, to ensure our alarm systems are not just designed to keep burglars out, but also to fulfill the government requirements. Our systems are easy to use, monitored 24-7 and integrate into our other systems to provide a fully integrated security solution for any facility.
Burglary alarms need to be carefully designed and installed. Our installations are all done to the highest standards to ensure the security of the property, while we also utilize sensors that are designed to minimize false alarm events. Alarm systems can become a nuisance if there are too many false alarms, that's why we ensure to install reliable products that reduce those events. Beyond that our systems are designed to accommodate any size facility with the capability to individually arm sections of the building at any given time.
Most standalone buildings will require fire panels and sprinklers for the detection and prevention of fire. These panels do not provide monitoring to a central station, which is where we come in. Our fire monitoring solutions are designed to integrate into any fire panel and will reliably provide alerts about fires, troubles and other issues with the fire system. In a standalone building, we can provide both fire and burglarly monitoring, which minimizes the monthly bill you are paying and Authorized Security will be your sole point of contact for both solutions, minimizing administration effort.
In case of medical alerts or intrusions, personal panic or alert devices can immediately dispatch the required authorities. These devices are designed to be panic buttons on desks or integrated into necklaces, bracelets and more. Upon the press of a button the authorities are dispatched, without alerting a potential intruder. These solutions maximize security of the staff and children at the daycare, while also providing peace of mind that someone is watching in case of a medical emergency.
Our alarm system products can integrate into the access control and video surveillance products on site, giving you a single interface of all of the above. Not only will control over these devices be easier with one central interface, but your security will be much more effective with the integrated solutions. Allowing for the capture of a snapshot of every person entering that can be pulled up via the access control logs, as well as snapshots of the person that disarmed the alarm system in the morning. These integrations can be extremely powerful and best of all, easy to use.
Audio/Visual Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
Daycare and Preschool Centers are learning environments for children of varying ages. Technology is of ever increasing importance for learning environments, with audio and visual products being the most important factor of these learning technologies. We offer a wide variety of audio and video products that can help design the perfect learning environment for the children at the facility. From standalone speakers and video solutions to fully integrated A.V. solutions that are versatile and easy to use.
From projectors to mounted T.V.'s and signage displays, we have the right products for the job. In an educational environment information and scheduling are key. With our video products conveying all necessary information and even holding lessons on screen will become a breeze. With the vast offerings of displays and projectors, the choice can be hard if you're looking to get the right device for the job. We can work with you and analyze your needs to get the best product at the best price to you. For digital signage solutions, we have the right software and products to build single displays, up to entire video walls, allowing you to bring your message across in an impressive format.
Single room audio, or distributed audio across all rooms, we can help. Audio solutions are oftentimes a requirement for daycare and preschool centers. Our distributed audio solutions allow for each room to be controlled independently, while each room can have a different input device, such as a networked media player or a personal device located in the room. This allows for teachers and staff to play music from their personal devices, stream it from internet radio sources or select from any pre-loaded music, right from an app or a touchscreen. Entertaining children with music has never been easier.
Is your staff wheeling a T.V. on a stand with a DVD player into the room, attempting to find a receptacle and then struggling to control it? Integrated A.V. solutions come to the rescue with easy to use interfaces and selection of sources. At the touch of a button, a projector can be turned on, a screen can be extended from the ceiling and the correct source (movie, television, etc.) starts playing. Minimizing the need for wheeling around T.V.'s will allow the staff to watch the children and will take the frustration of using the T.V. off their shoulders. Our integrated A.V. solutions are extremely scalable allowing for single zone solutions up to 256 different rooms and sources.
From T.V. mounts to projector screens and even cables, we carry a vast variety to ensure all of your devices are securely mounted and maybe even hidden if required. From basic equipment, to high security equipment for high value devices, we carry the right products for the job. When installing an A.V. project, we will ensure to provide every required item for the project. We also offer a large variety of power conditioning/backup and structure wiring devices that will not only protect your equipment, but also ensure that all wiring is concealed and every required connection is readily accessible but also protected.
Networking and I.T. Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
Daycare and Preschool Centers are learning environments for children of varying ages. Technology is of ever increasing importance for learning environments, with audio and visual products being the most important factor of these learning technologies. We offer a wide variety of audio and video products that can help design the perfect learning environment for the children at the facility. From standalone speakers and video solutions to fully integrated A.V. solutions that are versatile and easy to use.
Networks are more and more important, with wireless traffic surpassing wired traffic in many locations. As such there is a requirement for reliable and cost effective wireless solutions. With network engineers and designers on staff we can design the network you need with devices that you may not have even considered. With this approach we can design a cost effective, yet highly reliable network for you. Security is of utmost importance for physical and wireless networks, as such our solutions come with a variety of security solutions built in to ensure your environment is secure from day one.
Servers are needed to save all operational documents, allow for better device security and maybe even to host emails. We offer a variety of server solutions to provide you with a cost-effective and reliable server right from the start. Our partner Lenovo has the highest up-time of any server manufacturer, and also offers state of the art warranties along with these servers should anything ever go wrong. We not only provide the hardware, but can also provide the software for the servers, from the operating system (Windows or Linux) to required applications for your environment.
With the revolution the tablet has brought to many industries, childcare and education are industries that can also benefit from the use of tablets. We offer a large variety of tablets with Android or Windows operating systems. Regardless of the application you need a tablet for, we can provide it. For desktop workstations, we can also provide desktop computers and all required peripherals to make your I.T. environment ready for success. From single tablet solutions to entire charging carts and more, we can provide it all and more.
Whether you are printing colouring sheets, invoices or attendance logs, you want a reliable and cost effective printing solution. We offer a wide range of printers that will serve you reliably, while using affordable, high-yield supplies. Whether you are looking for a large format central workstation, or a small desktop printer, we can outfit your environment with the right solution for the job. From colour and black/white printing, to fully functional multi-function printers, we carry it all. Our supplier partnerships also allow us to get all necessary supplies for the printers we sell, so we can install and maintain all the solutions we offer.
Power is one of the least thought of requirements for devices, until it goes out. Regular power coming from your receptacles can be very "dirty". Dirty power can cut your device life much shorter, than originally intended. We recommend power conditioning equipment for each and every device that will be plugged into a wall outlet. Whether it may be a T.V. or a computer. For data sensitive devices we take it a step further and recommend power backup solutions that will continue running, even if power fails at the location. All power backed up devices should also be backed up by a separate backup service to ensure the data integrity in case of a power failure or worse, a hardware crash.
Regular maintenance is an utter requirement of the longevity and reliability of any I.T. environment. Whether there are outstanding issues that need to be resolved, or the devices themselves need to be cleaned regularly, we recommend a regular visit every 3 to 6 months, depending on the environment and size of the installation. Regular cleaning, updating, auditing and logging of all device activity is important for any I.T. environment. We will come by to ensure your environment is functioning as it should, at all times.
Structured Cabling Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
Getting the right cable to the correct location is extremely important. When building a new facility, future-proofing with structure cabling is where we can help you with. There may not be any money available to add digital signage displays to a certain area, but the location can be pre-wired to accommodate the digital display in the future, saving you money down the road and making the install much easier with the wiring already run. We will ensure to future-proof your building, to minimize the work required to perform upgrades later on.
Audio and Video signals need the right wire to properly transport the signal across your building. HDMI wires need to be rated to be run in-wall, in order to protect the signal that the wire is transporting. There are varying standards for HDMI cables as well that are used for different applications. The standard needs to be matched to the application. For audio wiring, the correct gauge of wiring needs to be used for the type of speaker and type of system that will be installed. We use Honeywell's Genesis Cable which is one of the highest grade cables available. Honeywell offers a wide range of cables for almost every application.
Networks are the most important part of any I.T. environment. With daycare and preschool centers relying more and more on a stable network infrastructure. We offer a variety of Category 5 and Category 6 cabling for reliable networks, and carry all of the required products to properly terminate each connection. All of our network cabling is built to surpass all standards, and will provide you with long lasting network service.
Alarm systems need to be properly wired in order to allow for reliable detection of intruders. We can pre-wire for all types of sensors and communicators to allow for effective and reliable communications and installation. Our cables are guaranteed to be the right cable for the job, and will work reliably over the lifetime of the alarm system. Many installations are not done up to par, without the right cabling. Alarm components may fail prematurely or seize to work due to failed wiring. With our structured cabling solutions we can ensure that your alarm system will work reliably for a long time.
Face plates, connectors, patch panels and more, we can provide it all. Our installs are paired with the correct termination pieces, to ensure ease of use and access to your wiring connections. All of our connectors and face plates are designed to fit with your current decor and will accommodate the correct connectors for the job. We can make sure to meet all your termination requirements, and will keep wiring standards across the entire location to minimize interference, maximize performance and provide an all around reliable solution.
Video Surveillance Solutions for Daycare and Preschool Centers
Video surveillance is an important part of security and accountability for daycare and preschool centers. High definition cameras, easy to use surveillance software and a reliable infrastructure are a must for these facilities. Covering every angle is vital to ensure no unauthorized personnel enters the facilities, and to ensure the safety of all children within. Recorded video can help keep staff accountable, and can be used for any legal situations that may arise. Video surveillance can be beneficial to both parents and the center itself, by providing a clear image of every moment.


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Another round of fantastic nifty ideas I have discovered. You too may become inspired by these nifty things and in turn create your own. If you have any of your own nifty ideas please share them with me I'd love to learn about what is nifty to you!
Bath toys are a fun part of getting clean any kid can tell you that much. Things to chase around the tub to keep your little one busy while you scrub them down is very helpful. Boon has a fantastic line of simple and fun toys that are PVC, phthalate, and BpA free. Their toys do not have holes in them that would allow icky things to creep up inside and begin growing. Then again plain cups and wash cloths are just as fun too.
For a relaxing bath soak I reach for my Bath and Body Works Lavender Vanilla bath salts. I am very fond of this scent which is very relaxing after a long day. For those mornings when I need to get ready for a long day I like to use Thymes Naia bath salts. The fresh scent really wakes me up and I always think of a summer day when I smell this scent. Their Kimono rose is divine too.
My girls love bubble baths, what girl doesn't? They love Mr. Bubble the old standby, but I love Kiss My Face Kids bubble wash because it chemical free and suits their delicate skin. Another good brand is California Baby Overtired & cranky aromatherapy bubble bath it too is chemical free and has a great scent. All of these are marketed for children but they're great for Moms too.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Nifty Ideas: For the bath
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Now Serving… Presents: Kick It Fresh.
Show up with your fresh sneaks and get ready to dance!
Affiliated with Dance.Here.Now and Nervous Records, Now Serving is throwing down at Cielo on this Thursday, March 19th at 10pm. The party is free before midnight with an RSVP sent to (email@example.com) plus, an open vodka bar from 10-11pm.
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1382716098712728/
Opening will be upcoming local Dj duo Leewae, keep your eyes out for these guys, and deep/ tech house NYC local Nathan Kersaint who has played at Cielo numerous times and recently opened for Sleepy & Boo. Kersaint has some awesome releases scheduled to come out this summer on Natural Rhythm. You can also catch him spinning the Nervous Records party in Miami.
Headlining the night will be London based producer/ Dj Bas Ibellini. He has a track titled "That's Right" released on Seth Troxler's Tuskegee label. He is also with Crosstown Rebels sub-label, Rebellion.
Tickets: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?692818
Bas Ibellini: https://soundcloud.com/basibellini
Nathan Kersaint: https://soundcloud.com/nathankersaint
Leewae: https://soundcloud.com/leewae
-Ashley Zucker for EDMNYC


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The Do Big Forum – Empower yourself to Do Big event on June 12, 2015 at Radisson Blu, Hyderabad
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If you want to do big and ready to learn the effects of emerging technologies, here is an enterprise business services event, The Do Big Forum – Empower yourself to Do Big organized by Tata Docomo at Radisson Blu, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad on June 12, 2015 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. So, attend the Business Success Series – 2015 event, and gain an understanding of game-changing technologies that will help, equip and enable your business to gain every advantage in a fierce market environment.
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Continuing from the last post on predicting the market from: the words by John Templeton "Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria."
You can't wait to time or predict the market, today is the best time to start investing if you have cash. Cash is a strategic asset.
The sense of pessimism is prevailing all over. Generally speaking the lifespan of investment remain for 30-40 years and to get the opportunity window for investment is bit difficult. Analyzing the Sensex in the last 20 years there has been 3-4 opportunity windows.
As I wrote yesterday that the economy is currently battling twin deficits, but that is known to the markets. What will determine markets of tomorrow, are the deficits of tomorrow and expectations thereof, both of which chances are will be better and not worse than today.
People tend to target only small gains over short periods. As the horizon is short-term, the entire focus is on guessing the near term market movements. This inevitably leads to extrapolating the markets in either direction and therefore, in rising markets, expectation is that markets will keep on rising. Greed of quick returns leads to higher inflows in equities and as the trend sustains, the confidence and greed both keep on increasing, leading to even larger inflows.
As I quote yesterday again the Power of compounding.
A majority of investments in equities are not done with a long-term view, despite the fact that the best that equities have to offer is only over long periods. This is unfortunate, as by investing with a short-term view, people are not benefiting from the compounding potential of equities.


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Because Tinyletter is mostly for mail, it's nearly impossible to find old newsletters. So I'm posting all my old newsletters here so they can be searched, indexed, all that. You're still better off just subscribing.
Neal Cassady died at the age of 41 on February 4, 1968.
February 4, 2017.
On Friday afternoon, as the bland corporate swirl of Super Bowl weekend droned on outside my hotel room window, I wrote about 6,000 words about Donald Trump and the foggy, disorienting new world we and our families are all staggering around in these days. (I hope I did a good enough job with these 6,000 words that someday you get to actually read it.) I know these newsletters have taken on a bit of a political bent int he last few months — and know that, man, that was the last thing I imagined these newsletters being — but if you'll forgive, my headspace has been taking so much residence in Trumpland this week that I hope it's OK if I take a newsletter vacation away. One of the difficult things about writing about sports and entertainment in 2017 is the creeping sensation that everything you are doing is pointless and maybe even harmful; it feels almost derelict not to be writing about Trump. But my brain needs a time out. It probably needs several.
So I want to give myself a break this week and write about international travel. Maybe I have been cooped up in this hotel room too long.
I didn't leave the country, save for a trip to see the other side of Niagara Falls on vacation when I was a kid, until I was nearly 30 years old. My old friend Russell had some fancy rich-person boat — it was his dad's, of course — with a whole crew and everything, and he invited me and my then-girlfriend to go float around on it for a couple of weeks. (This was so long ago that Deadspin was only five months old.) I had to get my first passport for the trip, and super late, one of those emergency rush-job passports: I hadn't been aware I needed one.
We went to St. Bart's and Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis and it was incredibly nice and way too indulgent for my tastes. Everyone else on the boat — there were two other couples — had been on these sort of trips all the time and knew how to dress and act the part. I, meanwhile, just wore Illini T-shirts.
I know, I know, sometimes the raw carnality can be a bit overwhelming. I should have warned you.
Since then, I've made TK international trips:
*** To Montreal, for an Expos game. (I am not sure this counts.)
*** To Buenos Aires, which is a fun place but can be rather exhausting and even a bit divisive when every dinner takes three hours and you are with a group of 10 people. It is difficult to deal with a group of 10 New Yorkers who are growing increasingly hungry and sick of each other.
*** To Paris, for my wife's 30th birthday. Paris is a rather nice place. (This has been Helpful Travel Hints With Leitch.)
*** To Toronto, for a Blue Jays game. (I am still not sure this counts.)
*** To Turks & Caicos, for a vacation right before I left Deadspin.
*** To Belize, for my honeymoon.
*** To Russia, to cover the Sochi Olympics.
And that's ... it. That's not very many places, is it? I mean, the planet is rather massive. Look at the top 20 most populous countries on earth. I have only been to two of those! And one of them is here! I know this is a very American thing, to live a full 41-plus years on this planet and barely having left this one little patch of land, but what can I say? When you spend the first 18 years of your life only leaving a two-hour radius outside Central Illinois a dozen or so times, you sort of feel like you've got too much of this country to see before you start worrying about anyplace else.
But of course this makes me inherently ignorant of, oh, the overwhelming majority of humanity. There are literally billions of homo sapiens I've never been within thousands of miles of. This is humbling. I don't even know what I don't know.
My wife has been far more places than I have, including, smartly, spending a few months in Spain after she graduated from college instead of going straight into the working world like I did, like a chump. (She's been to Africa! That place is farther away than Mars!) She has a, uh, big birthday coming up, and shortly after that we have our 10-year wedding anniversary, so there's opportunities and/or excuses to finally get me somewhere. Off the top of my head, here are places I have not been, that I would like to go:
- Italy. (Specifically Venice.)
- England (Specifically London. Or maybe just an Arsenal game.)
- Japan.
- Spain.
- Morocco.
- Egypt.
- Cuba.
- Brazil.
- Greece.
- Germany, I suppose.
I bet I don't make it to more than one or two of those places until I die. After all: I still need to get to Idaho.
Here is a numerical breakdown of all the things I wrote this week, in order of what I believe to be their quality. (This is an attempt to have an objective look at the value of my work in a way that I suspect will be difficult to sustain.)
1. Boston Fans Don't Seem Very Happy About Winning, Sports On Earth. I've been trying to nail down for a while why Boston fans win so often and get so little joy out of it. Here's my exploration into why that might be.
2. Questions for Roger Goodell at His Press Conference, Sports On Earth. I was at this press conference and really did raise my hand to try to ask a question, but was not called upon. I find trying in vain to be called upon in a press conference, raising your hand like some dope, to be one of least dignified aspects of working in journalism, a field that certainly knows of indignities.
3. Will This Be the Last Brady-Belichick Super Bowl? Sports On Earth. My theory is that they secretly have a deal to both retire if they win.
4. The Dumbest Sports Stories of January 2017, Sports On Earth. The car commercial outtakes in this piece might be among the funniest things I've ever seen.
5. An Ode To One-and-Done Super Bowl Teams, Sports On Earth. My poor Arizona Cardinals.
6. Super Bowl LI Preview: Patriots Vs. Falcons, Sports On Earth. You can find my game prediction here.
7. So, Should Brady and Belichick Retire If They Win? Sports On Earth. The end of a long week found me repeating myself a bit.
As I say every week: If you are the sort to subscribe to a weekly newsletter, I would have to think it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to subscribe to one of the three podcasts I do. You don't even have to listen to them! Just download them. Here they are:
Grierson & Leitch, discussing "Gold," "Memento" and "Trading Places.
The Will Leitch Experience, previewing the Super Bowl with Bleacher Report's Doug Farrar.
Waitin' Since Last Saturday, we previewed the Super Bowl. Apparently everyone in Athens is pretending to be a Falcons fan now.
Also, here is Pro Football Now, somewhere at the bottom of this page. (It is difficult to find that show sometimes.)
Also, the first half of the Illini game that I just watched had me yelling so much that I think someone in this hotel is gonna file a noise complaint.
Have a great weekend, everyone. Enjoy that football game. Baseball is almost back, don't worry.


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National Park Project Manager
Mount Rainier National Park
Join us at the National Park Service!
The National Park Service is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join a fast paced team working with some of the nation's treasured assets - roads, trails, buildings and utilities in Mount Rainier National Park. With over 1.5 million visitors a year, the work has a big impact. You will supervise a historic architect, landscape architect, and engineer, and work with park teams to complete work in a demanding landscape, and protect resources for continued public access. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2020. To learn more about the park, visit here.
Your major duties will include:
To apply, you must use one of these links:
For current federal employees:
For all United States citizens:
For questions, please contact:
Mount Rainier National Park
Tracy Swartout, Deputy Superintendent
Conditions of Employment
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/02/2020-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.
For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.
To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional ENGINEER or ARCHITECT; overseeing design, preparation or review of project plans for construction or maintenance of buildings, facilities, bridges, roads or major structures.Examples of specialized experience may include, but is not limited to; performing project management of engineering work, determining specifications and scope of work of construction and facility management operations, establishing inspection requirements and performing site surveys of construction or maintenance work, providing expertise on technical engineering or architectural methods.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Basic Education Requirements:
Basic Education Requirement for the General Engineer GS-0801 series or Civil Engineer GS-0810 series;
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree in professional engineering from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum.
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree in professional Engineering which included differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: a) statics, dynamics; b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; d) thermodynamics; e) electrical fields and circuits; f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience--college-level education, training, and/or technical experience which includes evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the test for processional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering.
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience - college level education, training and/or experience which includes 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematics and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses noted in the basic qualifications of the announcement.
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience - college level education, training and/or technical experience which includes successful completion of curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided that the applicant has had 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under processional engineering supervision and guidance.
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience - college level education, training and/or technical experience which includes current registration as a professional engineer by any state, District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico.
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Additional information
A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS), to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.
The field portion of the job will include driving, hiking, and carrying equipment. Thus the employee will occasionally carry a heavy backpack (up to 50 lbs) and hike over rough,uneven, rocky terrain or slippery surfaces. Work requires the operation of a motor vehicle on steep mountainous roads. Incumbent must be able to perform occasional travel assignments.
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As of September 2015, the highest step for full-time faculty is 21 ($104, 963), while the lowest step for full-time faculty is 5 ($60,548). Your education and experience determine your maximum starting salary and your maximum step attainable.
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Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre opens
SINGAPORE: The long-awaited Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre opened its doors to the public on Thursday (Jan 25).
Managed by NTUC Foodfare, the dual concept hawker centre offers both traditional food stalls and "hipster" cuisine not commonly found at food centres that will appeal to a younger crowd.
These non-traditional food choices include grain bowls with wagyu beef, pork belly burger, Thai boat noodles, chilli crab pasta, bingsu and gourmet coffee, priced between S$4 and S$7 on average.
The two-level hawker centre houses 42 stalls, with the ground floor hosting 20 stalls that offer local street staples, and cheaper and healthier options. Stalls on the second floor will serve non-traditional food, and feature craft markets and art workshops.
To complement the non-traditional food at the hawker centre, the space is modelled to create a chic dining experience, with customised furniture and high bar stools.
The design of the hawker centre also aims to provide a "creative space" for selected aspiring hawkers under the hawker-preneurship programme to set up stalls at a lower cost.
The programme has helped hawkers like Poh Chee Eng, 28, who is now the owner of Fully Food Good, a prawn noodles stall.
Mr Poh used to be a civil servant for five years before making a career switch.
"My parents are also hawkers so I guess it's natural for me to do the same and I don't want to waste their recipe. And for a guy my age, it might be a challenge to fork out the upfront capital requirements," said Mr Poh.
The new hawker centre has also put in place several productivity measures, such as centralised dishwashing and common crockery systems. Diners are also encouraged to return their own tray and crockery after use through signs plastered around the hawker centre.
The hawker centre is working with grassroots, Singapore Kindness Movement, schools and volunteers to be tray return ambassadors who will make their rounds urging patrons to return their trays after meals.
The hawker centre was previously scheduled to open in late 2017, but MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean said in a Facebook post last month, that the installation of the gas supply took some time, causing the delay.


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Origin Energy announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract to buy the output from Moree solar farm in New South Wales for a 15 year period. But developers of new projects must be wondering what they have to do to get a similar contract.
The 15-year power purchase agreement – the price of which was not disclosed – was described as a "landmark" by Origin Energy as it is the first it has struck with a large scale solar facility.
The 56MW Moree solar farm is the biggest in Australia using "single axis" tracking technology that helps the 223,000 solar modules follow the sun from east to west during the day, increasing output.
The Moree solar farm is expected to produce 145GWh of electricity a year, a capacity factor of nearly 30 per cent. It began producing last month after being built with the help of $101 million in grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corp.
Origin says the falling cost of solar technology means there has never been a better time to invest in large scale solar.
"Solar technology has improved dramatically over the past few years and the cost has come down as a result," Frank Calabria, the head of Origin's energy markets division, said in a statement.
"There has never been a better time for Origin to pursue large-scale solar opportunities – and fulfil its aspiration to be one of Australia's leading renewable energy companies."
Indeed, Origin Energy is pursuing a range of different large scale solar plants in Queensland. It recently contracted a company to design and engineer a plant of up to 200MW in the Darling Downs, the same plant that has made the short list of the latest round of grant funding from ARENA.
CEO Grant King recently suggested that the cost of large scale solar has fallen to around $80/MWh, although solar developers themselves think this is a "forward looking" estimate, and possibly a negotiating tactic for future PPAs.
The irony of the Origin deal with Moree is that it does not mean a new solar farm is built, as Moree was already constructed thanks to the support from ARENA and CEFC.
Other new projects are also struggling to get finance because they have been unable to secure PPAs of 15 years. Most can only get a contract of between 5 and 10 years, and this is making it difficult to get finance.
Indeed, the only projects to get financing since the election of the Coalition government have been those with long term contracts from the ACT government, or who have secured grant funding from ARENA.
This is the key reason behind ARENA's current round of $100 million of grant funding for large scale solar projects.
However, the Coalition has announced it will stop grant funding after the current round of solar projects, as part of a package that proposes to pull $1.3 billion of funds from ARENA, and transfer $1 billion of funds from the CEFC to establish a new "innovation" fund.
ARENA issued a statement on Thursday noting that the Moree project, and the 22 projects applying for money in the current round of funding, would not proceed without grant funding.
CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the grant funds meant for Moree meant that project developer FRV was able to pioneer "an alternate PPA pathway" for project developers in the development and construction phase of large-scale solar PV projects.
"This could encourage other renewable developers to consider taking on market risk, and therefore result in more large-scale renewables being developed."
ARENA has invited 22 high merit large-scale solar project proposals, with a total project value of $1.68 billion, to proceed to the full application stage of the competitive round. "None of the projects would proceed in the near future without the provision of grant funding from ARENA," it noted.
In his statement, Calabria said Origin Energy would continue to enter PPAs on large-scale renewable projects like Moree, "as well as empowering our customers through our in-home solar and battery solutions."
He said the contract would help Origin Energy meet consumer demand for renewable energy and helping it meet its obligations under the Federal Government's Renewable Energy Target.
A spokesman said that Origin Energy would consider offering 15-year PPAs on a case-by-case basis to help it meet its RET obligations. AGL Energy recently announced the creation of a new fund to bring in co-investors to help meet its RET obligations, but said that PPAs would only range between 5 and 10 years.
FRV Chief Executive Officer Rafael Benjumea said the deal with Origin is "a key step" in achieving FRV's strategy to develop and build renewable power generation assets across Australia and globally.
"The agreement is yet another Australian market first for FRV and demonstrates that stability is starting to return to the Australian renewable energy market," Benjumea said in a statement.
Giles Parkinson is a journalist of 30 years experience, a former Business Editor and Deputy Editor of the Financial Review, a columnist for The Bulletin magazine and The Australian, and the former editor of Climate Spectator.


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The second day of the Conference ended as it started – with presentations from the most successful Swiss creatives. During his presentation "7 lucky years", industrial designer Nicolas Le Moigne described his experiences in different areas of design he has been involved in since 2007.
The audience had the opportunity to meet the famous architect Christian Kerez, creator of the double family home with only one wall – partition wall! This unusual house in Zurich has only one wall which divides it in two. Famous artists, Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, better known as Lang / Baumann, showed extraordinary interventions that radically alter public space or decorate interiors of art institutions. Beautifully presented, their colorful, experimental, and rigorous projects are a call for more audacity in creating temporary installations that often seem to promise access to a hidden world.


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For the last couple of years, we have run a small online shop from our website, selling a selection of our lovely Fair Do's products.
Despite lots of work going into the online shop, unfortunately it has not worked for us in the way we had hoped so we have decided to close it down for now. We will be putting all our focus into our lovely Cardiff shop, which carries a huge range of fairtrade products and has an ever-growing team of friendly staff. We hope you'll come and visit us soon!
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The Berlin Jazz Festival featured the guitarist and composer Roman Bunka as one of Germany´s most accomplished oud-players. According to music-magazine "Stereo":
"With his enchanting solo on the Arabic lute, Roman Bunka unites all peoples and cultures!"
In fact, born in 1951, Bunka´s biography may be considered a chapter in contemporary German music history. Working with the pioneering German avant-garde/rock/jazz and world-music group Embryo (portrayed in "Vagabundenkarawane", a documentary by Werner Penzel ) Roman Bunka broke new ground with his Eastern-influenced guitar playing and composing. ("Embryo´s Reise", Schneeball Rec.).
1976 he performed in concert for the first time with world-renowned percussionist and composer Trilok Gurtu in India. To pursue his musical development in a microtonal and modal direction, Bunka searched for a second, more suitable stringed instrument. He discovered the Arabic lute or "oud", the fretless mother of the guitar.
His first solo album ("Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" 1980-ATM-records) presented a blend of avant-garde rock with Oriental melodies. Released in the same period was the jazz/rock fusion oriented album "Live!" with the group Aera. After concerts with Okay Temiz in Turkey, Bunka chose Cairo as his musical refuge in the Arab world during the 1980´s.
There he met the immensely popular Nubian singer Mohammed Mounir. They began a collaboration that was to influence the course of Egyptian pop music, lending a note of sophistication and international influence to the genre. One of the many highlights of Bunka´s work with Mounir as arranger and musician, was their appearance in the Mediterranean Culture Festival in France, as Egypt´s representatives. (Wast el daira-Mohamed Mounir, Line Rec.)
With solo-concerts in Tunis (Festival de la Medina), Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Beirut (Goethe-Institut) and Sanaa as well as in Lanzarote with the group Vox (CD: Spain to Spain, Erdenklang Rec.); and his performance at the Jazz Festival in Granada, Bunka, according to Peter Pannke, brought his "very personal journey to explore the world of Arabic music" closer to a growing world-music audience.
Roman Bunka composed the score and provided musical direction for the feature film "Al Oud" (Director: Fritz Baumann ) that won the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. While shooting, he became involved with the violin virtuoso Abdo Dagir from Cairo, and was largely responsible for introducing the works of this master composer and musician to the Western world. (CD "Malik-a-Taksim" ENJA Rec.) He studied under Abdo Dagir and toured with his ensemble throughout Europe and Egypt.
His award-winning work also includes the live recording of his project "Color Me Cairo" featuring the Fathy Salama Ensemble from Egypt and Malachi Favors from the legendary "Art Ensemble of Chicago". It appeared on the ENJA label and received the German Record Critics Prize. ("Color me Cairo", ENJA rec.)
Bunka composed and produced film-music for the film-directors Heiner Stadler, Frieder Schlaich, Fritz Baumann, Maria Knilli, Josef Rödl, Herbert Brödl and Doris Dörrie ( "Bin ich schön?"-Virgin Rec.).
Crossing over to yet another media, Bunka, in collaboration with Grace Yoon, produced several radio-plays for German Radio. The BBC awarded the "Prix Futura" to the one entitled "Tunguska-Guska" (BR). This and Bunka and Yoon´s radio-play "Earborn" (BR) are available on CD (Schneeball and Jaro Rec.). To celebrate the new millennium, he participated (with Mal Waldron, Jeanne Lee, Tri-O and Blixa Bargeld ) in Grace Yoon´s multimedia-event and Live Radio-play "Illusion des Endes" (WDR) and in Yoon's Radio-play "Family Affair" (SWR), along with Ernst Reijseger, Xizhi Nie and Lauren Newton.
His credits as studio musician include work with the German Ethno-pop group Dissidenten, the sudanese singer Mohamed Badawi, algerian singer Hamid Baroudi, spanish flamenco star Tomatito and the marrocan musician El Houssaine Kili.
He performed and recorded with Paramashivam Pilai, The Karnataka College of Percussion, Hartmut Geerken, saxophonists Charlie Mariano, Edgar Hofmann, John Tchicai, Monty Waters and Roland Schaeffer, clarinet virtuoso Gabrielle Mirabassi, nay-player Claudia Ott, the singers Stepanida Borisova, Sainkho Namchilak, Fadia El-Hage and Lidia Borda, drummer and producer Hubl Greiner, keyboarder and producer Hammondo, percussionists Limpe Fuchs, Rhani Krija, Ramesh Shotam, Salah Ragab, Pierre Favre and Bijan Chemirani, bassists Ronan Guilfoyle and Norbert Dömling, pianist Francesco Turrisi and the Djose-player Bassem Hawar.
With the Argentinean guitarist and composer Luis Borda, Bunka creates a mix of tango and arabic music, their trio project "Orientacion" with Jost Hecker on Cello was released on ENJA-records.
Together with Egyptian musician and musicologist Issam El-Mallah, singer Sheikh Arabi Farag and the kawala virtuoso Ahmed Arnab he also formed the "Madih-ensemble". This Ensemble performs traditional egyptian Sufi-music, but participates also in the projects of modern european composers like Rupert Huber ("Sufi-Modem" NDR, "Ruh-I Gulab" WDR, BR), Jürgen Grözinger ("Orient-Okzident") and Klaus Huber ("Die Erde bewegt sich auf den Hörnern eines Stiers").
In 2013, he cooperated with the film-director Janek Romero for the Feature Documentary "City of Sounds", a musical journey through Cairo. He was honoured in 2014, by his hometown Munich with the "Schwabing Art Award" and in 2015, he was chosen by Europe's biggest African Music Festival in Würzburg for their "Africa Festival Award". He was the first European oud-player to be invited to perform at the famous "International Oud Festival" 2015 in Muscat, Oman. At the "Bayrische Akademie der schönen Künste", together with the composer Peter Michael Hamel, he presented his Project with the Syrian refugee group "Jisr" and in November 2016 he was invited to give a workshop and a concert at the "Goethe-Institut" in Sofia, Bulgaria.
"... there, between his fingers, the modi and scales of the arabic mystic meet with the electrifying ease of the urban Bluesmen. Roman Bunka is the mediator and the center of a world-music fusion, call it success, joy or utopia if you want to describe it!"
with Embryo and Trilok Gurtu 1976
with Luis Borda and Jost Hecker
with Mohamed Mounir
with Bassem Hawar
with Abdo Dagir
with Xizhie Nie
with Stepanida Borisova, Mohamed Badawi und Hubl Greiner
with Mohamed Mounir, Grace Yoon and Dietmar Schönherr
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Iran's Charged Affairs in London Mohammad Hassan Habibzadeh said Iran is seeking to absorb investments for its energy sectors.
Addressing "The Growing Economies Energy Forum" here on Thursday, he said Iran will be offering appropriate conditions to the investors interested in the area.
Noting that the Islamic Republic is planning to raise its economic growth rate to 6 percent in the next five years, he said that 115 major power plants with 660 units are active in the country in providing the power needed by industrial, household, business and agricultural sectors.
This means the country needs to increase its power generation capacity by 40 percent, he added.
The diplomat further noted that based on the six development plan visions, Iran is to increase its present installed power generation capacity of 75,000 MW to 1050 MW.
He said to achieve the goal; Iran is determined to make an investment of 50 billion dollars in the next seven years.
Habibzadeh further highlighted the great opportunities available in Iran's renewable energy sectors and said that Iran, enjoying 300 sunny days in a year, is one of the best places for investments in such projects.
He said that at the present juncture, Iran is offering investment opportunities which could exist only once in a century.
The two-day conference opened in Wednesday with participation of representatives from Iran, Pakistan, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.


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The Royal Conservatory Official Examination Papers are invaluable resources for ensuring thorough preparation for The Royal Conservatory theory examinations. Each book contains a combination of official and practice papers that may be used to test knowledge and simulate the examination experience. Three editions of these workbooks are available for purchase and provide a rich source of review material. This book contains the actual assessment papers from the three most recent examination sessions, as well as a fourth "Additional Practice Paper".


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Lindsay, Anna-Marie, Zhang, Meng, Mitchell, Zoe, Holden, Matthew, Waller, Andrew, Sutcliffe, Iain and Black, Gary (2009) The Streptococcus equi prophage-encoded protein SEQ2045 is a hyaluronan-specific hyaluronate lyase that is produced during equine infection. Microbiology, 155 (2). pp. 443-449. ISSN 1350-0872Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
Streptococcus equi causes equine 'strangles'. Hyaluronate lyases, which degrade connective tissue hyaluronan and chondroitins, are thought to facilitate streptococcal invasion of the host. However, prophage-encoded hyaluronate lyases are hyaluronan-specific and are thought to be primarily involved in the degradation of the hyaluronan capsule of streptococci during bacteriophage infection. To understand the role of prophage-encoded hyaluronate lyases further, we have biochemically characterized such a hyaluronate lyase, SEQ2045 from S. equi, and have shown that it is produced during equine infection. Prophage-encoded hyaluronan-specific hyaluronate lyases may therefore play a more direct role in disease pathogenesis than previously thought.
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There are not enough top female chefs because some kitchens are still 'stuck in the dark ages' believing they are still a 'male bastion', according to Michel Roux Jr.
Roux said more needs to be done to help women get into higher positions, mirroring his own two Michelin starred kitchen which is run entirely by females.
The judge on 'MasterChef: The Professionals' defended the programme, which has four male finalists this week, saying there have previusly bene two winners.
Previous female winners said while there are a wealth of talented women chefs, they are too often forced to sacrifice their career or having a family.
"There are still unfortunately some places that are living in the Dark Ages and think the kitchen is a male bastion," said Roux.
"That's totally wrong. Each kitchen is different and each restaurant is run in a different way, but there certainly should be more women in the kitchen."
Roux said he believes MasterChef: the Professionals represents the role of women in the industry and it was just chance there are no females in the final of this year's competition. He said this year's final is the best yet.
He added: "We're in series six now and we've had two previous female winners so women are definitely represented in the series.
"I suppose it's a reflection of our industry, there are just not enough women around.
"If you look at my kitchen for example, La Gavroche, my head chef is Rachel, who has been with me for 16 years. My sous chef is Monica and I have another sous chef called Renee. My professional kitchen is run by females.
"There are plenty of very good female chefs, but just for some reason this year there are none in the final."
The four chefs – who are all in their twenties – will be put through their paces this week in a series of new challenges..
"The standard improves every year," Roux added.
"Every year we think, how is it going to get better and it just does. The reason I think is professional chefs look at this and realise it is a competition worth winning.
"The kudos of winning is very special.
"We've got more challenges this year and the pressure is really intense. It's an amazing final week, and the actual final cook -ff on Thursday is unbelievable."
"What's great is that every series I've managed to learn something myself. I get to see some great cooking and some fantastic dishes, some really innovative food."
Roux said competitors need innovative ideas and the right temperament to put up with the pressures of running a busy kitchen and cooking for himself and fellow judges Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace. He added: "What we are looking for is really good restaurant food, but not over fanciful.
Roux said he thinks the excitement around cooking shows in Britain is a positive thing, and admits being a fan of The Great British Bake Off and judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
"It's a fantastic show," he added.
"It's inspiring. It's great to see talent like this on television. There's nothing more satisfying than cooking and eating and sharing food with family and friends."
Roux said winning MasterChef can be life changing both for professionals and particularly amateurs.
Keri Moss was last year's joint winner with Anton Piotrowski in MasterChef: the Professionals and said winning the title helped her secure a position at The Corner restaurant in Selfridges. She said: "It gives you so many unique opportunities.
"The final week is really stressful and definitely not as easy as people think it is. It takes up a lot of your life but it's a great experience, and it's all about commitment."
Ms Moss, is now executive chef at the Patch in East Dulwich said as a female chef the industry can be difficult.
She added: "It's a very male dominated industry. For me personally it was either my career or a family life. I wanted to be the best and I wanted to be an executive chef by a certain age. Something has to give. You have to make that choice.
"I do think it's difficult to have a family and be in a senior position. It's like having your own family in a kitchen. I think there are some fantastic female chefs, like Angela Hartnett and Clare Smyth, who are just as good as men. I would definitely like to see more female senior chefs."
Claire Lara, who won the competition in 2010, is another female success. Mrs Lara, who has been on maternity leave, is due to start working as executive chef at Grange Venue in Cheshire in January.
She said: "I think there are enough women on MasterChef to reflect the industry.
"It is a very male dominated job because it's such unsociable hours. There are a lot of talented female chefs out there.
"I love MasterChef. Every year it seems to get tougher, the talent just seems to get better."
Mrs Lara said she had followed all the contestants in this year's competition but thought Scott Davies could win the title.


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Dear Ms. Tosini:
In its meeting of 16 January, the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed a concept design for proposed building alterations of and additions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters, located at 1700 G Street, NW. The Commission expressed appreciation for the simplification of the project following the previous review and approved the proposal with several recommendations for its further development.
In their discussion of the architectural design, the Commission members commented that the revised proposal is more respectful of the building's historic features, and they supported the refinements to the characteristic elements of this significant modernist design. They noted that the reconfigured distribution of the program spaces results in an improved workplace quality; they expressed support for the relocation of the daycare facility to first floor and rooftop spaces, commenting that the enclosure surrounding the rooftop play area should be carefully designed to minimize its visual impact while defining a safe and attractive outdoor environment for children.
The Commission members supported the revised treatment of the courtyard to reveal the historic character of the landscape, with varied spaces to accommodate a range of users. They observed that the existing courtyard has a complex paving pattern that forms a finely detailed carpet for the site's public space; they recommended that a similar character be given to the paving design for the renovated plaza. They discouraged the proposed use of glass for the courtyard railings, commenting that this design may not convey an appropriate civic character for the space and may be difficult to maintain. They also suggested eliminating the row of trees in front of the pergola, allowing the proposed bosque to be more legible as a discrete element within the courtyard composition. They supported the proposal to display artifacts of the Riggs Bank building that had once occupied this site, and they recommended that these artifacts be aggregated to provide a more effective display. Finally, they recommended that the projection of the bollards into public space sidewalks at the courtyard entrance passages be minimized.
The Commission looks forward to further review as the design is developed. As always, the staff is available to assist you with the next submission.
/s/Thomas E. Luebke, FAIA
Suzanne Tosini
Chief Administrative Officer
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1700 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20552
cc: Rod Garrett, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Thomas Balsley, Thomas Balsley Associates


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The deadline of 1 May is more firm now since I'm looking at renting a place with rhonan. My situation might be flexible but his certainly isn't. With the two of us sharing, we can get actually get a decent house rental rather than a very nice apartment. There are much fewer houses out there for rent than apartments. This should be rather obvious but it was still startling. Hit a number of search engines and found only six; five of those were from craigslist. I used the following search criteria and eliminated the ones that sucked in terms of bus lines and those where they wanted much too much for what they were offering:
- in Seattle
- $1,200 – $2,000
- 4+ bedrooms
- allows cats, allows dogs
I realized while working on the bathroom sink that probably the hardest adjustment to renting a place will be not doing all my own repairs. It's going to be weird.
Oh, and really, I will answer all the comments people have made recently and and least some of the comments that are older. I know that I'm busy but I also want to be able to respond. (Yes, I know I don't -have- to. I -want- to. No onus given from anyone; no onus accepted.)


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Why Jackson-Bar? Who was Hardy Jackson?
Hardy Jackson
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The 12th October 1846 is a calm autumn day. The journey has taken the young Hardy Jackson from Manchester by rail via London to the Channel coast. From here he travels by schooner to Holland. He then continues his journey by mail coach, since there is no railway connection from Amsterdam to eastern Holland, and as yet no railway in the Rheine area. Hardy Jackson arrives in Rheine by mail coach. He is accompanied by specialists, fitters and spinners. The people of Rheine greet the newcomers from the island with the cry of "The English are coming".
The coach pulls up directly in front of the "Schmierischer Gasthof" (now the "Haus Beckers am Markt"), and Carl Kümpers, who lives right next door, welcomes the team of experts. His task is to construct the first mechanical cotton spinning mill in Germany. This investment goes beyond all previous bounds for the development of the town of Rheine in many respects. The modern machinery requires significantly more capital than any individual businessman can provide. On 20.12.1845 therefore, the following funds are made available for a term of 20 years, by the following investors, in order to found a company: Mathias Bonse (20,000 Thaler), J. F. Timmerman and F. Tepe of Amsterdam (each 10,000 Thaler), innkeeper Franz Schmiers, C. Kümpes, Th. Sträter and Albert Sträter of Rheine, Carl and Everhard Sträter of Amsterdam (each 5,000 Thaler), Gustav Sträter of Rheine (4,000 Thaler), Dr. med. August Sträter of Aachen, Dr. med. Franz Sträter and chemist Th. Murdfield of Rheine (each 3,000 Thaler).
The project is too large for the limited land available in the previous town precincts. The new factory is therefore built on a plot of land on the eastern bank of the Ems, on the "Mühlenkamp" next to the recently completed upper canal lock. This constitutes the first step in the industrial development of the eastern bank of the Ems, which was previously devoted almost entirely to agriculture.
The industrial cotton spinning mill also outstrips the technical capabilities of the surrounding area. Not until 1842 did Great Britain lift the ban on the export of textile machinery and abolish the regulations on the migration of skilled labour. Now however, state-of-the-art machinery can be obtained from England. With the machinery come trained specialists to construct the new spinning mills and train the local labour force.
Hardy Jackson supervises the work on the factory under construction. He has to make many calculations. Transmission gears are driven by a central steam engine, which supplies power, vertically and horizontally, to all the machine locations by means of shafts and pulleys. Hardy Jackson learns to speak German, and becomes friends with the bosses of the investment company, Jan Timmerman and Carl Kümpers. The English fitters and foremen return home in the late summer of 1847. Only a few remain, including Hardy Jackson. Jackson becomes "factory inspector" of the spinning mill of 10,000 automatic spindles.
Business develops very favourably, until the outbreak of the American Civil War. Cotton exports from America are cut off almost completely, and the company makes significant losses in the years 1863 and 1864. The shareholders decide to put the company up for public sale. On 20th October 1865, Hardy Jackson is the highest bidder, and buys the company. He continues business with some of the former shareholders from 1st January 1866, trading under the name of "Baumwollspinnerei H. Jackson & Co.". The native Englishman becomes an extremely successful businessman, and a pioneer of the German textile industry, and one of the richest men in Rheine. He spends most of his day in the spinning mill, supervising production, usually standing silently and speaking to nobody. But he sees everything and knows his people very well. Hardy Jackson speaks excellent German, although he continues to write his business records in English for many years. Contemporaries report that he spoke German very well. He holds the post of cellar master in the "Gesellschaft Verein" for many years.
Hardy Jackson dies on 24th March 1910 in his villa on the Neuenkirchener Straße. He is buried in the cemetery in the Salzbergener Straße, alongside most of the other men who with their entrepreneurial spirit founded the textile industry, and thereby the growth and affluence of Rheine from the middle of the 19th century.
On the property, where was the "Baumwollspinnerei H. Jackson & Co.", you can now find the City Club Hotel.


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First Bishop of Chry & Founder of SABS
Born at Champakulam, Mar Kurialachery was ordained to priesthood in Rome, on May 27 1899 and had his episcopal..
First Bishop of Chry & Founder of SABS
Born at Champakulam, Mar Kurialachery was ordained to priesthood in Rome, on May 27 1899 and had his episcopal..
Mother Chantal (Philomina Vallayil) was born on 23 December 1880 to
Mathew and Mariamma at Champakulam
The congregation of the sisters of the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (SABS) has its origin in the personal experience of the Eucharistic presence of Venerable Mar Thomas Kurialacherry (1873- 1925), an ardent devotee of the Holy Eucharist. The inner call received by him was that the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament must be known, loved and adored by all, always and everywhere. He pursued this inspiration with courage, stability and absolute trust and founded the Adoration Congregation on 8th December 1908. He shared this Charism with Mother Mary Francesca De Chantal, the co-foundress and the first member of the congregation.
Our charism is devotion (Bhakthi) to the Holy Eucharist, which consists in a life of total surrender to the Lord. The core of this devotion is a deep personal attachment to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. We foster the spirit of Eucharistic devotion in us and in others through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Prime importance is given to the Eucharistic apostolate. To share the Eucharistic love with the brethren and thus to draw all to the table of the Eucharistic Lord, besides the Eucharistic apostolate, SABS extends their services in the fields of Education, Healing, Social Welfare and Missionary activities according to the needs of the time and place.
Province Day was celebrated at Deep Nagar on 22 August 2020
6 Candidates entered in Pre-Aspirancy at Bhunga on 8 August 2020
Eight of our Aspirants entered into Postulancy on 30 July 2020 at Jai Rani Convent, Phillaur
Eucharistic adoration is our main apostolate and the reason for which our congregation was started.
Our apostolate in the field of education is a call to take part in the teaching mission of the Church.
Social apostolate is the continuation of the ministry of Jesus; his reaching out to the poor, the sick..
Medical service is a crying need in our world. It is praise worthy that the SABS ministry of healing…
An SABS sister is called to be a Good News to the world and to spread the Kingdom of God.
Religious formation is a process of becoming more and more disciple of Jesus.
To fulfill the missionary mandate of the congregation that'' The Eucharistic Lord be known, loved and adored by all, always and everywhere''we searched for new pasters. In the missionary expedition of the SABS Congregation...
Jai Rani Convent
Deep Nagar, Marian Avenue, Jalandhar Cantt., Punjab – INDIA
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Province Day was celebrated at Deep Nagar on 22 August 2020
6 Candidates entered in Pre-Aspirancy at Bhunga on 8 August 2020


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BUTSKO Diary of a Madman. Lacrimosa for String Orchestra. The Canon to the Menacing Angel
Arnold Kats, Gennady Cherkasov, Stanislav Kalinin, cond; Sergei Spiridonov (ten); Sergei Yakovenko (bar); Anton Zarayev (bs); Moscow Conservatory Ch & C O; Novosibirsk PO
Melodiya 10 02556 (2 CDs: 129:32)
Yuri Butsko (1938–2015) was a prolific and influential composer in the last decades of the Soviet Union, but his reputation hasn't travelled far beyond his homeland. When the 60s generation of "unofficial" composers began voicing their dissidence through religious themes, rather than outright Modernism, in the 1970s, Butsko was one of the pioneers of Orthodox music rendered as instrumental concert music. His experiments with harmonies from Orthodox chant, especially tetrachordal modes, were influential to Schnittke, a school friend of Butsko, and also undoubtedly to Rodion Shchedrin, whose Polyphonic Notebook is similar in spirit and technique to many of Butsko's keyboard cycles. But, as this release demonstrates, religious works were just one aspect of his diverse output.
The set opens with a "mono-opera," Diary of a Madman, based on a short story by Gogol. Frustratingly, no libretto, or even ploy synopsis, is included, but Gogol's story, as its title suggests is written as a personal diary, so suits this treatment as a one-voice opera. Butsko was still a teenager when he wrote the work, making its subtle and dynamic dramatic style all the more impressive. The opera is more often performed with just piano accompaniment, but this recording presents the full orchestral version. In fact, this too features a very prominent piano part, and the other orchestral instruments are always used sparingly. The style is tonal and very Russian. Comparisons with Shostakovich are tempting, and no doubt the work show some influence. But there is less angst here, for all the dramatic impetus—Butsko may be working in the same cultural milieu as Shostakovich, but his personality is completely different. Baritone Sergei Yakovenko is a convincing madman, sometimes erratic, but always expressive, and with a leading, narrative quality, ideal for the work. The recording was made in 1976, but the sound quality is excellent, consonants a little fuzzy but otherwise close to modern standards.
The second CD begins with Lacrimosa for string orchestra from 1982. The work is dedicated to a family of Old Believers who were discovered by a geographical expedition in the foothills of the Altai in the late 70s. It is an excellent example of Butsko's liturgically inspired instrumental writing: the music built on complex polyphony but always clear in texture and harmony. Unfortunately, both the performance and the sound recording let the work down. The orchestra is a student ensemble, so concessions can perhaps be made, but not for the audio, which sounds several decades earlier than its recording date of 1988.
Much better is the final performance, of The Canon to the Menacing Angel, one of Butsko's final works, from 2009 and recorded in 2011. The oratorio sets texts by Ivan the Terrible, again frustratingly omitted from the literature. Given the late date, Butsko's style now sounds conservative, though it hasn't changed significantly. The work is more closely aligned with the sound of Orthodox liturgy, employing tenor and bass soloists, choir, and an ensemble of keyboards and percussion (a typical Butsko combination). The two soloists, tenor Sergei Spiridonov and bass Anton Zarayev, excel, both clearly conversant with Orthodox chant customs. The choir (another student group) is also very fine, singing with that combination of lyricism and unforced power that characterizes the best Russian vocal ensembles.
Lack of texts aside, the presentation is excellent. Melodiya include several evocative watercolor portraits of Butsko himself, and he appears to have styled himself a religious ascetic type, with long white hair and goatee. The liner notes are translated into a reasonable English (with German too, and the original Russian), and provide more information about the composer than any other English-language source to date. The album has been released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Butsko's birth, and serves as a fitting memorial, even if it only scratches the surface of a hugely diverse life's work.
This review appears in Fanfare magazine issue 42:4.


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The militant organization said Thursday it will mint its own gold, silver and copper coins to replace what the group called "the tyrannical currency system that was imposed on Muslims and which led to their oppression."
It was not immediately clear when and where the coins would be placed in circulation.
After seizing large swaths of Iraqi and Syrian territory earlier this year, the Islamic State group proclaimed a caliphate on lands under its control
The group has also sought to implement its harsh interpretation of Islamic law, and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has proclaimed himself the caliph.


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Android version distribution
Ice Cream sandwich (and Honeycomb before it) brought significant improvements to the Android API, which significantly ease cross-device development and thanks to efforts of several developers a large part of those changes were backported in form of libraries for Android 2.x.
Below you can find a list with some of the most useful such libraries which are also used in some of our apps.
Android Support PackageThis is official Google library which backports Fragments and Loaders.
Fragments add a way to manage only part of displayed activity life-cycle and are critical part of tablet user interfaces – especially if you want to develop apps which work on phones and tablets without publishing separate APKs.
Loaders are a high-level interface for retrieving data from slow sources (network or database). Android runtime caches the loaders by their ID across Activity life-cycle, which means easy management and caching of remote data without writing boiler-plate AsyncTask code to keep state across orientation changes.
Action Bar SherlockABS is a library by Jake Wharton that backports the Action bar API to Android 2.x.
Action bar is a new Android paradigm, which is composed of a top bar with application name and implements tab navigation, menu replacement and "up" navigation. Pretty much any Android app has an action bar (or at least should have) and this API is the easiest way to implement it. It also handles tab navigation with optional split mode (you should not use TabHost anymore) and menu buttons on devices without physical keys (e.g. Galaxy Nexus) and moves icons to menu when screen space runs out.
Pull-to-RefreshPull-to-Refresh allows you to implement the iOS-ish paradigm of pulling a ListView to refresh content.
NOTE: Pull-to-refresh is a distinctly non-Android way of refreshing content, I suggest adding a separate "Refresh" option to the menu (e.g. like Boid Twitter client) to avoid user confusion.