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BodyMax Fitness' 25,000-square-foot facility features a cardio theater, racquetball courts, and a slew of weights and workout machines, including Power Plates. To make sure exercisers don't feel overwhelmed by the facility's size, the staff of personal trainers and group fitness instructors lead one-on-one workouts and classes, such as yoga, Zumba, and TRX suspension training. Before or after exercising, members can take advantage of convenient amenities, such as childcare services and a smoothie bar, where they can cool off by pouring a frosty smoothie over their sweaty faces.
The inspiring trainers at MetaBody lead troops of women workouteers in results-getting one-hour workouts several times weekly. The fun classes utilize a variety of exercises and disciplines to produce full-body results in a supportive environment ideal for both beginners and hard-core core-hardeners alike. MetaBody's motivational instructors will use your instinctual distrust of routine to their advantage. They'll keep your muscles guessing with new and challenging moves during each session, so you'll never fall into a boring, ineffective routine, such as regular teeth-brushing. Begin a day of litigating with a refreshing early morning boot camp session, or wind down by burning evidence and pounds with a late evening class. In addition to the fitness classes, you will receive a success guide to help prepare for imminent pound-loss, a nutrition guide, and a $100 gift certificate for individual coaching.
Inspiration Fitness's owner and published author, Angela Ramos, hurtles clients toward their fitness goals in camps, classes, and workshops throughout the week. The fitness guru, one of the only trainers in the area certified in Russian kettlebell, transforms viscous cores into torsos of molded steel, always employing an eye for safety that she plucked from certifications by the International Sports Sciences Association and Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology Institute. Whether working one on one with clients or leading group sessions, she leans on a rotating roster of high-intensity exercises to promote weight loss, tone muscle, and give patrons the body they want without having to raid a wax museum.
True fitness should be paid in sweat, not dollars?at least, that's the belief at this reasonably priced fitness studio. Six days a week, instructors make students pay up with cardio and strength-training activities that are tailored for all skill levels. Held in the mornings and evenings, the small-group classes accommodate busy schedules by lasting 35 minutes at most.
Shelton Matsey knows how to whip people into shape. As a former Air Defense officer for the U.S. Army, he motivated his soldiers to reach their peak levels of fitness, resulting in some of the highest physical training scores in his unit. He now helms a squad of certified personal trianers and dietitians to share their ample fitness expertise across the studio's Chicago, McCook, and Tinley Park locations. The studio's signature indoor boot-camp classes set muscle groups alight with cardio drills, leap-inducing plyometrics and strength-building exercises, such as heaving free weights in the form of balls, oversize tires, and lethargic moose. Cardio Core classes utilize high-intensity interval training to push patrons to burn fat, increase endurance, and strengthen cores during short workout sessions, and the non-contact kickboxing classes work multiple muscle groups as students strike, jab, and jump rope. Fit Code's staff nutritionist also hosts cooking classes, which elucidate tips on healthier eating and nutritious food demonstrations.
The trainers at Fit on Demand (formerly 3rd Dimension Fitness) believe that time flies when you're having fun. That's why they structure workout sessions around having a good time, supplementing their always-changing energetic routines with doses of personal attention for participants of all fitness levels. Each group class, including Zumba, spin, and yoga, varies with each session, preventing boredom and muscles from becoming accustomed to movements, resulting in less-effective workouts. Though more intense than a traditional exercise session, boot-camp classes still infuse fun into their steps with varying techniques and classes held in parks packed with feral clowns. Boot camps are held in rain or shine, and stadium boot camps incorporate stair sprints and bleacher workouts. Further helping clients reach their fitness goals, nutrition and stress-management counselors are on hand to coach participants through lifestyle changes with meal-planning tips and an upbeat perspective. The gym's name isn't the only recent change. New group classes such as SpinFusion and kickboxing have been added to the schedule; new elliptical machines, treadmills, and stationary bikes now beckon exercisers; and extended hours make finding time to work out easy and convenient.


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You didn't get the MeMO? Asus Pad 7 Android tab is ... not bad
Presumably some things have to be compiled especially for intel chips?
Is there a definitive list of what can be run and what can't be on Intel Android devices? Since the review didn't even mention it.
UK mulls ban on tiny mobiles to block prison smugglers
Actually looks like a useful phone
Does anyone have a link?
The Old Reader evicts Google Reader refugees
selfoss - the soloution I fell upon.
After trying all the Google Reader alternatives and not liking *any* I stumbled across selfoss, it's a ridicously easy-to-set-up RSS reader that you host yourself.
Stuck it on the Raspberry pi, got myself a free .tk domain name and that's it.
I seriously recommend you try it if you're still stuck for a Reader alternative.
Review: HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook
Re: Why?
It's simple to use, your grandma could work it out. No windows tax makes it cheap.
Sony investor wants to break up firm, re-invest in hardware biz
Makes Sense
Hardware is what they are good at...
Usually it's the software side of things that let their products down.
BitTorrent offers file sync tool for PCs and NAS
Re: Fascinating what people will go through to avoid IPv6
This is so true it hurts.
The solution to this particular problem has been with us for years.
Gigabyte bats Brix at Intel's tiny NUC PC
Re: How much !
... How much are we talking about? I can't see a price.
Google goes on the Blink in WebKit fork FURORE
Re: Opera
Pretty much every mention of browser and there's a smug Opera user who'll (correctly) point out that it was in their browser first.
Firefox: Use new stealth window to satisfy your wife, suggests Mozilla
Re: Why this is good
...or put facebook there and not have to worry about all sites recording where you've been and reporting back to the facebook hive-mind.
Review: Infiniti M35h hybrid sports saloon
Surely the car's specs and performance should speak for themselves regardless of brand.
I nearly made a comment about which fruity brand of computer you probably buy, but that would be immature.
'SHUT THE F**K UP!' The moment Linus Torvalds ruined a dev's year
Not *just* a screamer
What happens when you get shouted at for actually doing something objectively wrong?
Hard-up Brit bankers bag endless free Wi-Fi during cig breaks
Give wifi to those that need it least.
What's the point of having free wifi here of all places?
Apple confirms Amazon ebooks bendover, EU watchdog drops bone
This is the most objective piece of reporting I've seen from Andrew in a long time.
No opinions, no bias. Just reporting.
Review: Apple Mac Mini 2012
No percentage score?
How can we moan about Apple bias if there's no score?!
A valid use for Windows 8?
My parents...
My folks have got up and running with windows 8 in less time than they got to grips with all previous versions of Windows.
Maybe the tile thing is pretty good and us seasoned and bitter IT types just don't get it yet?
Acer CloudMobile S500 Android phone review
Re: Hmm
depends if expandable memory is a big deal for you or not.
The GPL self-destruct mechanism that is killing Linux
Closed source software can be as rubbish.
I don't think the argument holds water. Show me a bad open source program and I'll show you an equally bad closed source one. Fact is - if it's open source at the very least there's the chance that someone smarter than you can correct your mess.
"but - unfortunately - Linus doesn't scale. Very few projects get to have a Torvalds-like leader."
Yup - this holds true of all software, not just open source.
Mobile operators have another go at killing IM and Skype
whatsapp already does this.
doesn't whatsapp already do this? and it can do this over gsm internet (2g) - unless I've missed something?
Youngster backed by Yoko Ono and Stephen Fry launches 'Summly'
Just don't do it in France
...as google has just found out.
AMD to 'reset' goals: servers, embedded, ultra-low power
Re: Wrong again
I cannot find any ultrathins with a decent AMD chip in. Could you name a few?
the a6 chip isn't as good as a similar priced i5 with integrated gfx. The only thing that's decent is the a10 and I can't find any small thin laptop with it in.
Shame, I'd snap one up in a heartbeat.
Apple iPod Nano 7G review
£129 - 16Gb - lol
Sansa Clip is still the one to get.
No Chinese rescue for bankrupt battery-making golden child A123
Re: Shame@ Spencer
That sounds depressingly true Ledswinger.
My complaint here is as a consumer - wanting some A123 cells, not being able to find a single supplier and ending up getting it shipped from China.
It's quite depressing that their battery tech didn't even make it to the UK before the company went bust.
Sometimes I feel like the UK is a backward country when it comes to tech.
Warner Music daddy chucks €130m at Spotify rival Deezer
Re: And like Spotify, new sign-ups need a Facebook account.
Spotify works fine for me under Wine - but I have a pre-facebook account and I've kept it unlinked.
Facebook login
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
agree with 3ds version
I honestly think that the 3DS version is the best. All the content, better controls and gfx
Asus CEO sounds netbook death knell
But, (and I could be way off the mark here) isn't the ultrabook market not really selling that well either?
And also, with the Trinity APUs surely you'd be able to knock out some pretty cheap and half decent netbooks and still be able to turn a profit?
Seems a bit short-sighted to me...
Drilling into Amazon's tape-killing Glacier cloud archive
Hmm, where do I put all my sensitive data?
Of course! The cloud!!
Sony PlayStation Vita sales crawl
Re: Have smartphone; DS gathering dust
Smartphone (for me) is used to waste time on bus journeys, trains, waiting in a line.
3DS used as Console at home, holiday, etc
Xbox/Wii gathering dust.
TSMC doles out $1.4bn to buy Moore's Law breathing space
Now we need good design.
It looks like the shrinking process is getting a bit pricey these days. So why not channel some resources to making more efficient designs.
Things like:
Better compilers to take advantage of GPUs
More instructions per cycle
etc etc...
There are still massive bottlenecks happening in even normal day to day computer operations, so why not tackle them next?
Sony slides expose saucy Xperia slate
Re: New Meaningful Register Units of Battery Capacity Needed
They probably just relayed what was in the press release.
@Thad - not sure if you're joking or not, but mAh is a decent indicator of battery life.
Sony Xperia Go waterproof Android phone review
Re: Well
You get more control as default, like you can choose your keyboard software, the browser you want, the sms app, email client etc. You can store stuff on SD cards like movies, music etc without specialist software also which is always nice. And then if you want more control you can root the phone for superuser access fairly easily because all Sony Phones come with an unlocked bootloader, but that's more if you want to start using your phone for non-phone stuff.
( all of this written off the top of my head, happy to be corrected. )
Re: burnt by the Xperia Play fiasco
ICS update on my Mini Pro 512Mb device is fine.
Took forever to get the update though.
Quite tempted...
Quite tempted by this - the screen resolution sounds a bit rubbish, but the idea of a rugged and *small* phone with smartphone features is pretty compelling.
I'm using a phone with a HW keyboard at the moment, but honestly swiftkey has got to the point where it's pretty usable as the main input device!
If there's a way to get it for <£200 then I'm on it!
Google snaps bird's eye view of Olympic Village
Re: 45 degree views
Agree, this article might have made some sort comment about how this stuff is already available on rival maps services.
I know theReg isn't the BBC, but still....
Google makes Opera bloggers an offer they can't refuse: Use Chrome
Web standards
If this is being done deliberately, this won't end well. Users won't have it, and it'll inevitably create a load of ill will and bad press.
Orange San Diego Intel-based Android phone
Glad to see a competitor to ARM
...this will make them raise their game. Think how fast mobile chips (MIPS,ARM) have come on without serious competition already!
Blighty's new anti-bribe law will do more HARM than good
In some places things just get done differently.
But yes - sod the Olympics.
AMD crashes Windows 8 tablet party with ultrathin hybrid
Dates and Products please!
An affordable small laptop with decent battery life, screen and price point seems like an obvious winner to me.
This is what happened with the original Brazos, but once the laptops finally started coming out no one in the media seemed to care or even bother reviewing them.
Would be nice to hear some solid dates and products soon pls
Ultrabooks: objects of desire but just too darn expensive
Re: Stating the obvious
I just hope there's not a painfully long wait like with the Brazos netbook chippery.
...and then once they arrived no one took any notice of them, despite most of them being of a decent spec for not much monies.
Hands on with the Intel-powered Orange San Diego
Re: ARM emulator
I think you're broadly right. I've used android on x86 before and most apps work (because they're written in Java and interpreted).
I think the article could have explained that part a bit better.
Anyway - seems like a good phone for the money. And android on x86 is pretty nippy so I'll be watching this space with great interest - If the battery is half decent then you have a phone that can also be plugged into an HDMI and used as a proper x86 with a proper OS.
...that's the dream anyway!
If there was an article over 5 pages - and you wanted to get the whole thing for reading later. Could this app do it?
VIA outs $49 Raspberry Pi-alike
does it have one?
Re: Forgot to mention.....
My point was that the review does not mention that you *have* to register. Surely that's something worth knowing?
Fair point on the exporting.
Forgot to mention.....
that you have to register for an evernote account. Which is why I won't use it.
Also I hear it's non trivial to export notes into something useful - you know, keep and store the data you've created
AMD: New Trinity laptop chips out-juice Intel graphics
Re: @spencer
My mistake - I was looking at 11" screens - please disregard!
Re: @spencer
I can't find anything with a 13" screen with >=900 vertical pixels. Could you link me?
Re: What is the point?
What would you call a toys-r-us screen? The previous mobile chips AMD released for netbooks (brazos) usually had screens that are the same resolution as ultrabooks.
Re: upto
I'm sure the claims are overstated, they always are, regardless of which manufacturer makes them.
....But also it's pretty daft to make these sort of comments when you haven't even tried the hardware yourself, which I'm guessing you haven't because it's not been released yet.
Google Drive Issues on Mac
Re: Trolling is the new form of reporting and reviewing!
Joke is on him then, I can't see any ads on the forum pages...
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Explanations be damned. There is only one justifiable response to the worst fiscal disaster in DISD history.
The Dallas Independent School District board of trustees will meet twice today: at their 3 p.m. "financial workshop," then again for their regularly scheduled 5:30 p.m. meeting. It is the former, of course, that's of most concern today, as on the agenda is Item No. 3, which reads, "Consideration and ... More >>


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|Lesson 13
|June 18 - 24
Clothed in Christ
Memory Text: "I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels" (Isaiah 61:10, NIV).
"Scripture taken from the NEW KING JAMES VERSION". Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson Publishers. Used by Permission.
Sabbath Afternoon
Isaiah 51:6 (New King James Version)
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.
Heirs According to the Promise
Galatians 3:26-29 (New King James Version)
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Genesis 12:2-3 (New King James Version)
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Romans 6:1-6 (New King James Version)
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
No Provision for the Flesh
Read Romans 13
Romans 13:9 (New King James Version)
9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Romans 13:11-14 (New King James Version)
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Galatians 3:27 (New King James Version)
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Romans 13:12 (New King James Version)
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (New King James Version)
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Putting Off, Putting On
Colossians 3:1-10 (New King James Version)
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. 8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
Ephesians 4:22-24 (New King James Version)
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
In the Twinkling of an Eye
Colossians 3:10 (New King James Version)
10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
1 Corinthians 15:49-55 (New King James Version)
49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 " O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"
1 Corinthians 15:12-19 (New King James Version)
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
Our Heavenly Dwelling
2 Corinthians 5:1-4 (New King James Version)
1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
Look at 1 Corinthians 4
"The Controversy Ended," p. 665, in The Great Controversy.
Now Christ again appears to the view of His enemies. Far above the city, upon a foundation of burnished gold, is a throne, high and lifted up. Upon this throne sits the Son of God, and around Him are the subjects of His kingdom. The power and majesty of Christ no language can describe, no pen portray. The glory of the Eternal Father is enshrouding His Son. The brightness of His presence fills the City of God, and flows out beyond the gates, flooding the whole earth with its radiance. {GC 665.1}
Nearest the throne are those who were once zealous in the cause of Satan, but who, plucked as brands from the burning, have followed their Saviour with deep, intense devotion. Next are those who perfected Christian characters in the midst of falsehood and infidelity, those who honored the law of God when the Christian world declared it void, and the millions, of all ages, who were martyred for their faith. And beyond is the "great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, . . . before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands." Revelation 7:9. Their warfare is ended, their victory won. They have run the race and reached the prize. The palm branch in their hands is a symbol of their triumph, the white robe an emblem of the spotless righteousness of Christ which now is theirs. {GC 665.2}
The redeemed raise a song of praise that echoes and re-echoes through the vaults of heaven: "Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." Verse 10. And angel and seraph unite their voices in adoration. As the redeemed have beheld the power and malignity of Satan, they have seen, as never before, that no power but that of Christ could have made them conquerors. In all that shining throng there are none to ascribe salvation to themselves, as if they had prevailed by their own power and goodness. Nothing is said of what they have done or suffered; but the burden of every song, the keynote of every anthem, is: Salvation to our God and unto the Lamb. {GC 665.3}
Ellen G. White, My Life Today, p. 348.
Given a White Robe of Righteousness
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Rev. 7:14 {ML 348.1}
Glorious will be the reward bestowed when the faithful workers gather about the throne of God and of the Lamb. . . . They will stand before the throne, accepted in the Beloved. All their sins have been blotted out, all their transgressions borne away. Now they can look upon the undimmed glory of the throne of God. . . . In that day the redeemed will shine forth in the glory of the Father and the Son. The angels, touching their golden harps, will welcome the King and His trophies of victory--those who have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. {ML 348.2}
All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving--the robe of Christ's righteousness. All nature in its surpassing loveliness will offer to God a constant tribute of praise and adoration. The world will be bathed in the light of heaven. The years will move on in gladness. The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold greater than it is now. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and Christ will unite in proclaiming, "There shall be no more sin, neither shall there be any more death." . . . {ML 348.3}
The conflict is over. All tribulation and strife are at an end. Songs of victory fill all heaven as the redeemed stand around the throne of God. All take up the joyful strain, "Worthy, worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and lives again, a triumphant conqueror." {ML 348.4}
"I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." {ML 348.5}
Romans 7:24 (New King James Version)
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?


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If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.Kristin Chenoweth
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.Norman Vincent Peale
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less, gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given. Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; and laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, in hearts at peace, under an English heaven.Rupert Brooke
The royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea.William Shakespeare
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.George Orwell
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Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.Buddha
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Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.H.L. Mencken
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about oneHenry Louis Mencken
The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.Matsuo Bash
The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.Louis Armstrong
You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.A.L. Williams
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Microsoft 'surprised' by Google Gmail 'winter cleaning'
Microsoft has shot back at Google's termination of Exchange syncing for free Gmail accounts, and urged users to throw out Gmail for Outlook.com. Google last week said it's closing Google Sync, a service that allowed users of Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol to access their Gmail, calendars, and contacts via the Microsoft …
I agree gmail sucks now.
It really is a downgrade. IMAP and gmail work terribly. The web interface new interface is really difficult to navigate. (Everything is pictures not words which is really inefficient for me).
The Android hotmail client (Made by Seven I think is not exactly pretty but it works really well.)
It is annoying Outlook 2013 cannot do Exchange Activesync to the version Google uses.
At the moment my Google accounts are connected via the Windows 8 Metro Mail app and it works really really well.
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
Have posted this before but thought you may find it useful.
Like you, I don't like the images in the gmail interface either, there is a solution though. Go to settings and about half way down there is a 'button labels' option, set it to 'text' and everything is much clearer :)
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
>>> It is annoying Outlook 2013 cannot do Exchange Activesync to the version Google uses.
Could it not? I thought it could - but of course now Google have terminated the service so it's a moot point.
It was always buggy though, I don't know how well it worked with the Outlook client Google Sync plug-in, but using it directly in things like the iPhone mail app, and the likes of Enhanced Email on Android, wasn't really feasible because of a bug where you couldn't properly move messages. Instructions to move or delete (move to trash) resulted in the messages disappearing from the inbox but only because Gmail just stripped the message of all tags, so it would remain forever in "all messages" and nowhere else.
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
"It is annoying Outlook 2013 cannot do Exchange Activesync to the version Google uses."
I'm pretty sure Outlook 2013 DOES use Exchange ActiveSync protocol - it's earlier versions that don't.
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
It does, whether it talked properly to the buggy Gmail implementation is another question.
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
As someone who has in the past written a server to support ActiveSync, I would not blame Google for any "bugs" in their implementation of the API.
Re: I agree gmail sucks now.
Outlook 2013 Does support Exchange ActiveSync but not to the ancient version Google uses.
You get an error to do with the protocol version.
It works incredibly well with the Windows 8 Mail app.
(Like 1000 times better than over IMAP).
Outlook 2013 needs a minimum of Exchange 2007. (Whereas Google uses the last Exchange 2003 Service Pack protocol).
I know I have tested it and then researched it from the docs on Technet.
Funnily enough
I signed up for an outlook.com account when Google made their announcement. Doubt I'll actually use it though, I still prefer gmail. I guess I'll have to see how it goes with ActiveSync on it's way out.
Winter cleaning?
It's summer in the southern hemisphere.
Re: Winter cleaning?
Google and Microsoft are based in the Northern hemisphere. I think that press statements along the line of "its now time to do some Winter cleaning- that's Summer cleaning for our antipodean users..." would be both cumbersome and patronising, and doesn't take account of users in the tropics, where seasons as we know them don't apply.
Re: Winter cleaning?
>It's summer in the southern hemisphere.
Clearly you didn't take MCSE Geography at school, even my six-year old knows that in summer it's actually cold in the southern hemisphere.
Re: Winter cleaning?
Actually, it is spring.
Re: Winter?
Whatever GCSE season we're in, in Blighty it's definitely the Rainy Season. Which stretches typically from Mid-May to Early-March.
Re: Winter?
>Whatever GCSE season we're in
MCSE :) otherwise it's not funny.
Just received an email from Sky telling me they were moving my email to Yahoo mail. Glad I don't actually use the Sky email address, but wonder if this may be the reason.
Nope... heres a hint CHA CHA CHING!
i have to use outlook.com
....for my work email. L Since I installed it on my android tablet my battery life has gone down by at least a third and my data usage up my hundreds of megs per month. I hardly even get that much email via that route.
So why anybody would want to move from gmail to outlook is anybody's guess.
Still, each to their own....
If it's anything like the ISP e-mail in collaboration with Yahoo that I've seen here in New Zealand, you're stuffed. No IMAP support.
I enjoy watching Yahoo's decline.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
I don't believe you "installed" outlook.com on your Android tablet because outlook.com is a fucking website. You might have visited the website but that's a pretty inefficient way to use mail from a tablet.
If your hotmail client (the sensible way to use outlook.com email on an android tablet - I do on mine, for example) is bloated and performs badly, use a different one.
Honestly, the ignorance of the FUD on the Register's comment pages is depressing.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
I think he means he's using EAS on a mobile client, and the push is killing battery, which sounds more plausible but maybe it's app specific - definitely need more info.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
"I think he means he's using EAS on a mobile client, and the push is killing battery, which sounds more plausible but maybe it's app specific - definitely need more info."
No, he means he's using Outlook.com on his Android tablet. Outlook.com is an app. And a really poor repaint of the Hotmail app that somehow manages to add battery-depleting features to it.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
Then I apologize. The Hotmail app works just fine for me.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
"So why anybody would want to move from gmail to outlook is anybody's guess.
Still, each to their own...."
Gmail is crap, thats why. Outlook is so much better!
Still, once someone has chosen their client of choice, its hard to shift them, even when the failures are obvious.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
Now, please, sit down.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
There is an outlook.com app for Android which is basically the same as the hotmail app with different branding.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
Christmas shopping not going well?
C'mon. Be nice.
Re: i have to use outlook.com
It is so obvious, gmail is a client it's an email service
Re: i have to use outlook.com
Bet you feel silly now :D
Have another whisky, it's Xmas!
Re: i have to use outlook.com
You installed outlook.com on your Android tablet? No matter the battery life sucks- tablets aren't great web servers..
Re: i have to use outlook.com
Wow, that's a really shit tablet. You should take it back.
Sky moving to Yahoo? Ouch.
If you ever think Gmail is poor, go and use Yahoo mail for a time and see how bad that is (BT mail users will already knowthis). If you receive mail within two days of it being sent sometimes, then you're doing well (vis: Yahoo's cack-handed anti-spam "deprioritisation" method)
Is actually not bad. I signed up for it mainly to get a nice email address, just in case, but it might turn out to be useful. I'm probably too entrenched in Google's systems now, but turning off Exchange will be a real pain, so I'll keep an eye out for alternatives if needs be.
Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
Microsoft has responded by saying it's "very surprised" by Google's decision and claimed users of free Gmail services "are facing a situation where they might have to upgrade their mobile email experience by using open and non-proprietary open protocols."
Really, nobody wants to use Microsoft's proprietary crap, when there is perfectly fine open standards that allow inter operation and stop you ending up being locked into a certain vendor.
Anyone that's locked into Microsoft's Exchange stuff really only has themselves to blame for that. It's certainly NOT Google's fault you have a reliance on Microsoft's own proprietary standards....
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
Wow, you're so anti-MS and pro-Google that you think google charging customers for a service that they've been giving away for free is a good thing?
Personally I want to use MS' "proprietary crap", activesync is actually a really very good product, with good device support. Exchange is an excellent product, the only other thing that comes close is Domino, certainly not gmail which my experience of is slow and unpredictable (I use it at work, or at least did until we chucked it out).
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
No, MS has taken advantage of an opportunity for some PR, and their key points are on target.
>>> Really, nobody wants to use Microsoft's proprietary crap, when there is perfectly fine open standards
Well I do, because the open standard of IMAP is not perfectly fine, in fact it's outdated crap that was fuct from the outset and has never worked well - particularly with Gmail, which is even more awkward with its totally non-standard IMAP implementation - whereas Exchange ActiveSync is actually brilliant.
For my domains I intend to switch away from Google Apps to Outlook.com, in every sense it seems to now be the superior offering.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
House rules, Eadon.
Unless Google are paying you to ignore those.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
Please stop accusing everyone of being a shill, or just fuck off. I'm getting very bored of that shit. Someone holds a different opinion to you. Please just deal with it.
Also I thought the AC's points were valid. Active Sync is better than IMAP. Or at least in my (admittedly) limited experience of using Android, iOS and Win Pho 7 mail/calendar/contacts clients.
I can perfectly well understand Google dropping it. If it costs them a license fee, and if Android is using Google's own proprietary software, then they can both save cash paid to MS and make Android look better than the other mobile OS's.
But stat's still no reason for even Google fans to defend the decision. Google are making things worse for their customers, at short notice for reasons that look to be more corporate bunfight than cost-saving. GMail is not a very good IMAP client, because Google haven't implemented that open standard very well (not that IMAP ever seems to get consistently implemented by anyone...). Given that, have Google bothered to do CalDAV and CardDAV properly either? Or is this just more proprietary software?
Also, as Google's Android mail client is a bit rubbish, and their calendar and contacts ones are worse, can other Android programs use the Google proprietary crap, or will the best Android software also have to use their non-standard implementation of IMAP? Leaving even Android users wanting to migrate away from GMail?
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
Maybe they don't even pay him, they just let him have a free email account, until such a time as they decide to charge him for it out of the blue...
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
>>> if Android is using Google's own proprietary software [etc]
It doesn't use anything proprietary, the Gmail app uses IMAP. Apparently they do add some pixie dust to help it along, I'm not sure of the details.
But I am an Android user, with the Enhanced Email app (which I've been using after I decided it was the best option even for my IMAP accounts) and will move to Outlook.com happily as it (EE) also supports EAS.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
It doesn't use anything proprietary, the Gmail app uses IMAP. Apparently they do add some pixie dust to help it along, I'm not sure of the details.
I've no problem with people saying open standards are better. There's a valid argument against that, which is that proprietary ones can change faster with less need to fight stuff through committees. But obviously not being locked to one vendor can be a huge advantage.
However, Google are saying there are open standards to do this, so they're not disadvantaging their customers. Except even they can't use those same open standards without having to resort to hacks and workarounds. Which they're keeping to themselves. i.e. there's no functional difference from something proprietary. You've got the same vendor lock-in, and lack of interoperability.
To add to the fun, Google didn't implement IMAP properly in GMail either. Which reminds me, I've got to fix my Mum's email due to GMail Thunderbird IMAP problems. Which I believe are Google's fault, but then I've also read people being rude about Mozilla's implementation of IMAP. Does anyone do it right? Why is email so hard, when it's one of the most important protocols on the internet? Why are there so few decent email clients? Sorry, I'll shut up before I descend into off-topic ranting.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
I agree with you.
I also agree that Thunderbird is an overrated POS.
It's just that webmail became popular and corporates all used Exchange + Outlook. It's only really mobile clients that are now driving some progress in this area.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
Anyone that's locked into Microsoft's Exchange stuff really only has themselves to blame for that. It's certainly NOT Google's fault you have a reliance on Microsoft's own proprietary standards....
By anyone, I suspect you are including the millions of people who have to use MS Office at work and have no choice in the matter. Some of them had managed to get it to synchronise things with the outside world. That was a small victory against the suit wearers who had "standardised" on MS non-standards years before against the advice of IT departments worldwide.
This minor success has now been taken away from them and they seem set to be trapped with multiple unsynchronised calendars so that MS and Google can continue their battles.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
"Also, as Google's Android mail client is a bit rubbish, and their calendar and contacts ones are worse, can other Android programs use the Google proprietary crap, or will the best Android software also have to use their non-standard implementation of IMAP? Leaving even Android users wanting to migrate away from GMail?"
Works fine with most IMAP clients I've used so far. Pine/Alpine, Thunderbird, Evolution, fetchmail and even Net::IMAP::simple in PERL.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
If you work some place that uses MS Exchange as the e-mail system, you don't have a choice in the e-mail system you're connecting to, so MS lock in at the work place isn't your choice. Google realizes that Windows Phone is likely to become popular in Microsoft shops, so they are seeing a new revenue stream by charging for the previously free connectivity to Gmail. If however, Outlook.com will in fact connect to Exchange servers, then there is no need to pay Google for Gmail to connect to it.
Re: Fixed it for ya, Microsoft...
So we got it, gmail is slow for you via MS' ActiveSync. Tha was the point. So use IMAP4 or POP3. Or let yourself be locked in the MS world.
Microsoft 10 years ago and now
the open standard of IMAP is not perfectly fine, in fact it's outdated crap
I see you reiterating the Microsoft's rants here. Okay, not gonna try refuting your statement. Here's some history
1) 90-s early 00s: MS say : "Command line is an outdated crap" (judging from their own cmd.exe maybe )
2005: "We have come up with the coolest cli stuff ever (reinvented the wheel and made it square), Power Shell." The say as recently: "Yeah, cli , PS (it's not piece of sh@#t really) is the way to handle the modern Windows servers"
2) 10-20 years ago MS said "Text interfaces are outdated and crap". MS a couple years ago announces the so called Core Server (soon by default and for less money) to make their product less vulnerable. (Who knows, how much it is a core, when even MS suggest setting the system time through a GUI widget)
3) MS earlier: "uid, gid & privileges are outdated and crap..." (Came up with ACL, which are overcomplicated and crap for security purposes) As a consequence most users ran their Windows XP as root, some apps wanted admin privileges for the users' tasks, every .doc file was a Word document, every .exe file is executable by default. Too many viruses. MS came up with UAC..
Re: Microsoft 10 years ago and now
Let's correct your stupidity.
1) Yes, "command line" in the sense of "DOS" or "command prompt" options in later windows releases (not the same thing), is outdated, and is crap. We'll get to why shortly...
2) That's right, they came up with Powershell. A more modern way of doing CLI based interaction - which supports many many more features than the based-on-DOS legacy of Command Prompt. Personally the ability to nest a whole set of tasks with ease and then run them over and over with ease or tweak them for the next task makes a lot of sense if you have to do the same old tasks over and over.
It's [Powershell] clearly a piece of expletive if you're clueless or lack any basic IT skillsets and can only cope with the wizards doing it all for you, as if often the case with "IT" people who aren't really properly skilled administrators (sadly the vast majority in small business IT are of this ilk), often becoming "admin" because you knew a bit more than the last person and did know something basic once and then oversold your capability. In that category generally also fall all the chimps who have no idea why a £20 switch is not the same as one costing many hundreds in suitable scenarios. However, if you adminster large systems, Powershell is a very good thing, and light years away from the command prompt or nothing options of the past. Having the same basic scripting environment to tweak windows, exchange, hyper-v, dpm, and so on is absolutely a good thing [examples picked because I work with them daily]
Your assessment that all Powershell has done is "made the the wheel square" shows how little you understand it.
3) Your next rant is also pretty broken. ACL's are in no way "broken" - and again if you know about the extended options and/or have adequate clue, you can configure a perfectly secured series of ACLs that can take advantage of the trusts, groups, policies and such making it powerful. Yes complicated potentially, but sometimes a complex scenario may be a legitimate requirement for all kinds of reasons. But it's not complex if you know what you're doing and document properly. If you just set "everyone" on everything because it's "too hard/you hate it refusing access/etc/etc/etc then I guess "security" is broken. Users ran "XP" as root because of the legacy of versions of Windows before it fundamentally where there was limited security consideration (no different to many other older non-network systems), and because developers are often lazy, or the business they work for lazy or cannot see why they should spend money writing apps to properly utilise security rules, so as a result don't work if the OS refuses to let them just write files any old place any time without question. I STILL see apps today that don't work in non-admin contexts. You're blaming the people who make the operating system, for a problem which was really down to developers. It has sadly taken a long time to educate developers and so on to do it properly. A well written application, that follows the guidelines doesn't have an issue, runs without admin rights (unless it needs such rights when it requests it).
UAC is really there as a Microsoft effort to try and help improve security because a reasonably high number of apps STILL "need" admin rights because they're STILL poorly written (and/or not updated and/or the person using the app won't get/buy/obtain an upgrade etc etc), and thus UAC attempts to boost security. I admit is is not a pretty solution and has it's own flaws, but the alternatives were worse.
Microsoft have always been "too generous" in my view in allowing old stuff to run and providing layers of compatibility that the clueless then deem "bloat" and so on - and which has sadly contributed to security issues themselves, but they've made a lot of progress. It's really about time people stopped assessing Windows XP and Server 2000/2003 (or even NT 4) as the baseline, and looked at what's happening now (you know with that 10-20 years of progress).
@Vince's wisdom
My stupidity is wiser than your own wisdom.
1) Even if PS is a cli chef-d'œuvre, coming up with it in 20 years after bashing BASH tells you something about the MS' sagacity.
The problem that your cleverness is blind about is that MS is really messing up on the KISS principle both literally and figuratively. You don't over complicate a shell with OOP constructs. A shell by itself is not of much use. It needs an infrastructure of independent utilities, like find, grep, cat, less, sync, bc, wc etc and desirably some more languages like awk, sed or perl. See busybox implementation, e.g. PS cannot do what find+grep let you, btw.
If you simply come up with everything in one, you'll disregard KISS... and your shell will suck.
2) Yes, we know it MS are always so ingenious and wise, and this is the devs that mess everything. And why is that *nix devs are so much different, since I cannot recall when an installed app on many of my system would abuse the privileges. SAy, iotop started to require root due to the change in the kernel I/O API.
3) As far as the Core Server is concerned and you're not being able to see that MS were refuting their own statements , your wisdom is pretty one-sided
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TV guides
2. White Bond Paper(blue & black inks only)
Office ledger paper
Computer paper
Photocopy paper
Lined school paper
Laser-print paper
at present, White Bond is the most valuable product, the more you bring, the more support for your Depot.
3. Corrugated Cardboard (flatten boxes)
Unwaxed corrugated cardboard boxes
4. Coloured Bond
Envelopes, blue prints, photocopy paper wrapper
Coloured loose leaf and tablet paper
Coloured photocopy paper
File folders (no plastic or metal).
Box board (cereal boxes etc.)
Fax paper
Wrapping paper (no ribbons)
Telephone message and Post-it-notes
Telephone books
5. Household Metal
Tin cans (rinsed, labels off)
Aluminum cans
Clean tin foil
Metal lids
6. Clear Glass
Clean clear glass jars (lids and labels removed)
Window glass (putty removed)
No coloured glass
7. Cell Phones
All used cell phones and their rechargeable batteries
New- we now accept Alkaline batteries
8. Hard Plastics
Hard plastic refers to a rigid container, bottle or moulding (detergent bottles, yogurt containers, clear plastic clamshells etc.)
9. Soft Plastics
Soft plastic refers to a film or plastic bag (typical stretch wrap, shopping bags, garbage bags, product wrap etc.)
Not Accepted:
Books with glued or wired bindings
Polystyrene (Styrofoam egg cartons, packing chips etc.)
Paint cans & Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
Propane/butane vessel/aerosol cans
To aid in the efficiency of the recycling process, products should be sorted, flattened and most importantly clean.
E-waste Roundup runs YEAR-ROUND at the Oilfields Recycle Centre! Total E-Waste diverted in 2013 was 17.98 Tonnes
We accept only the following: Televisions , Computers, Monitors, Printer/fax combo, and Laptops. ( note: all cables, keyboards, and mice are included.)
Composters and Recycling Bins For Sale
Please pay for any of the following listed items at the Town Office (514 Windsor Ave NW), and then take your proof of payment to the Recycling Depot for pickup during business hours.
Composters on order
Rain Barrels $50.00
Recycle Bins $8.00
Kitchen Catchers $8.50
Rain Totes 1000 liters $159.00- Totes include adapters from 2 inch to 3/4 inch. Due to space constraints please allow three to five business days for delivery.
Clothing Donation
The Recycling Center has four (4) used clothing collection bins on site, sponsored by the Cerebral Palsy Association.
Please remember to purchase Recycled products whenever possible, as this completes the cycle. The more recycled product we purchase, the more valuable the product we recycle becomes.
Automated Garbage Collection
The Town provides automated residential garbage collection as a service to residents. Residents pay a fee of $9/month for the pickup and disposal of their residential garbage.
Residents must purchase one common 295 litre plastic bin for waste disposal. Bins are $87.70 and available for purchase at the Town Office. Bins must be picked up at the Town Shop (240 Sunset Blvd NE). Residents are generally limited to one (1) bin per household.
Weekly automated collection of bins occurs on Tuesday and Wednesdays each week. Tuesdays we pick up every residence north of Sunset Boulevard and Kennedy Drive. Wednesdays we pick up everything South of Sunset Boulevard including Okalta Road, Decalta Road and Calkins Place; and everything across the river, including Bailey Hill, 16th Avenue, Imperial Drive, Royalite Way and Dingman Close.
When putting your garbage out for pick up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays:
Park it: Place your cart on the street, with the wheels against the curb. If there is no curb place the cart just off the street or on the shoulder.
Space it: Leave at least 1 meter/3 feet of clearance between the cart and any obstacles such as parked cars, poles, mailboxes, etc.
Point it: The arrows on the cart lid must point to the center of the Street.
* All your waste must fit in the cart with the lid closed.
* No additional waste will be collected.
Garbage Pickup in Cul-de-sacs:
If you live in a cul-de-sac, please try to avoid parking on the street on garbage days. This will allow our Public Works team to quickly and safely pick up your garbage! Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
Please take full advantage of our Recycle Centre located at 106 Royal Avenue NE. (East side of the Fire Hall)
For more information please read this Automated Collection Cart Brochure Front Pick-up Updated June 2013.
Foothills Regional Landfill
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Saturday (Closed Sundays & Statutory Holidays)
Website: www.foothillssalvagecentre.com
Effective January 1, 2014
The tentative rate increase at the Foothills Regional Landfill effective will be set as follows:
Commercial Haulers & $5.00 0 kg to 100 kg
Self Haulers $67.00 per tonne over 100 kg
Hard to Handle $100.50 per tonne
For more information please call 403-938-5224
Rate Increase is subject to approval by FRSC
Compost, leaf and yard waste bins arrive April 15, 2014
Check out the Salvage Centre located within the Foothills Regional Landfill, for the disposal of used items that may by recycled for use by someone else. Hours of operation are the same as the Foothills Regional Landfill listed above.
Household toxic items (referred to as household hazardous waste), such as empty paint cans and pesticide containers, may be taken directly to the Foothills Regional Landfill Site throughout the year.
Used oil can be re-fined – it never wears out. Oil containers and filters are recyclable – return them with your used oil to a suitable collection depot.www.usedoilrecycling.com
Keep our Tires going' round. Used rubber makes cow mattresses, floor mats, patio bricks, and rubber crumb for highways and play grounds. New uses include using shredded tires as road beds , which are proving to be very stable in cold climates. www.albertarecycling.ca
Chemlock Storage Facility and Black Diamond Transfer Station
Located at the Transfer site along the River Rd, North-West of the Black Diamond bridge. SE-17-20-2-W5M (168St. W & 402 Ave) West of Black Diamond.
Summer (April 22 to November 15) Hours of Operation:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
For additional summer hours please call 403-938-5224 or 403-652-2341.
Transfer stations work on a $2.00 per bag basis. Bags for use at the transfer stations are available at Millarville General Store, Hi Ho in Turner Valley, Esso in Black Diamond and at the Priddis Transfer Station.
Chemlock Storage Facility:
Available for all Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), including Fluorescent Tubes (not compact fluorescent bulbs).
Note that materials that fall into Class 1 (Explosives) and into Class VII (Radioactive Materials) cannot be accepted. The following items are not accepted but can be taken to the Foothills Regional Landfill Site: batteries, empty containers and propane tanks.
Leaf and Yard Waste Collection Site:
The Towns of Turner Valley and Black Diamond have joined together to operate a composting area. It is located at the transfer site outside of Black Diamond on the west side along the river road and will be open from first Monday in May to the last Tuesday in October.
Turner Valley/Black Diamond & MD Residents can deposit clean loads of grass, leaves and branches at the transfer station. By removing your compostable materials from your waste bins, fuel costs are reduced, tipping fees are reduced and labour costs are reduces. Bins arrive April 15, 2014
Food waste accounts for about 38% of the waste stream in your bin, going to the landfill each week. By removing this one product from your waste trucking and tipping costs to the public can be reduced by almost half, a valuable choice for all concerned. Compost your kitchen waste and use it to enhance your lawn, garden and house plants. Do your part to reduce the amount of organics going to landfill, compost is a valuable product. Visit www.compost.org for more ideas and information on composting.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle today- for a better tomorrow!!
Refundable Beverage Containers
All Milk and Beverage containers will now go to your local Bottle Depot. www.bcmb.ab.ca or www.milkcontainerrecycling.com
Environmental Services
Air Quality
CRAZ– Calgary Reigon Airshed Zone www.craz.ca
Their mission statement, "To monitor, analyse and provide information on air quality and develop strategies to manage air quality issues within CRAZ"
Turner Valley is now a member of the organization and should we have a need to have our Air Quality monitored, CRAZ will send out a mobile unit to do the monitoring.
Renewable Energy Projects
Turner Valley has installed a 4.83kw Solar Array at the town's Water Treatment plant. The system represents our commitment to finding and implementing scales of effenciency in our day to day operations. In the nine months of operation, we have generated over 11.1 megawatts of energy, still in the top 10 in Southern Alberta. This production is equal to powering 519 homes and saves 7.9 tons of GHG (green house gases). This also negates the need for producing energy from non-renewable resources. We have just installed another 1.2kw system on the Town Shop, with an additional 5kw array due to be installed in the spring of 2014.
Outdoor Lighting Upgrades
Outdoor lighting upgrades to the Fire Hall have been completed. Lighting was upgraded from high energy use Sodium bulbs to energy efficient LED bulbs. Savings on energy costs will be 60% to 80%.
Sustainable Living Hints & Events
Don't want a Phone Book? Opt out! A user- friendly form to opt out of the printed directory can be accessed atwww.ypg.com/delivery. YellowPages requires 60 days before the distribution of a directory and residents will be removed for 2 years. When looking for a number visit www.yellowpages.ca.
When renovating or building, reuse existing materials and buy or sell second-hand. Ask your contractor about Alberta's "green building" initiative to reduce waste, improve energy efficiency and save you money! www.builtgreenalberta.com
Want a healthier choice for a drain cleaner, use a 1/2 cup of baking soda, followed by a 1/2 cup of vinegar. Also useful as a toilet bowl cleaner, scrub while foaming then leave to sit for about 15 minutes. Both ingredients are a natural and healthier alternative to chemicals.
Opt out of receiving hard copy newspapers or Magizines in favour of receiving digital copies on your computer. The amount of natural resources needed to process paper, transport and later recycle these products is considerable.
Earth Hour at the Rothney Observatory March 29, 2014
Earth Hour March 29, 2014
Earth Day April 22, 2014
Environment Week June 1-8, 2014
Waste Reduction Week October 20-26, 2014
Energy Conservation
Energy conservation falls under the frist "R" of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The first step in energy conservation at home is to recuce the amount of energy you are using around the house. By reducing the need for producing more and more energy for consumption, we can also reduce the need for more energy being produced using coal and other limited non-renewable energy resources.
Understanding our utility bills and energy usage will go a long way to exercizing energy conservation. The www.uachelps.alberta.ca website will be of great help in understanding how your utility bill charges are designed. Consumers will find information on Power, Heating and other related topics. Included is a Q&A section that covers a variety of questions or concerns about how billing works.
Efforts in replacing old lighting with new energy efficient lighting will incur the quickest return on investment. With the advent of new LED lighting technology, the savings and pay back are even greater. Incorporating light sensors in rooms amplifies the savings even more. Savings can be as much as 60 to 80% with a return on investment (ROI) as short as 1 year, making the cost of LED replacement economical. New designs in sensors will help in not leaving you in the dark, should you just be sitting and reading. The easiest way to save on energy costs, turn it off.
Water Conservation
Conserve water! Install flow restrictors on all faucets and use low-flow shower devices. Do not let the water run wastefully when washing anything. Run washing machines and dish washers only when they are full. Repair leaky pipes, faucets and toilets right away as the waste adds up quickly. A tap that leaks at a rate of 1 or 2 drops every 10 seconds will waste 1,200 litres of water per year.
Replacing your shower head with a low flow fixture will reduce water use from 9.2 litres flow rate to 1.75 litres. Replacing aerators on your bathroom and kitchen fixtures will provide you with similar results. By replacing your toilet with a low flow model will reduce water use considerably. The washing machine is another high volume user in your home, newer energy efficient front loading models use much less water compared to top loading models.
Did you know most of the water we apply to our lawns and gardens, is not taken up by the plants and grass, but rather is lost to runoff or evaporation? Remember, a maximum 2.5cm (1 inch) of water each week including rainfall, ensures a healthy deep-rooted lawn. Mowing your lawn to a height of 7.5cm (3 inches) will prevent it from drying out and burning, and help keep the weeds down, which reduces the need for fertilizer.
Consider Permaculture around your property, maybe replacing needy Kentucky Bluegrass with other plantings like prarie grasses or red fescues. Practice Xeriscaping to eliminate the need for water use.
Saving rain water in barrels or totes, reduces the need to use treated water, which can add up to a considerable expense. Your plants , shrubs, trees and lawns, will thank you with healthy growth. Save the costs of treating water for drinking, cooking, and personal care. The Recycle Centre has experienced high sales of rain barrels and totes over the past month, 120 rain barrels and 12 rain totes, the average sales being 30 rain barrels per year. If these fixtures fill 5 times over the course of the summer it would represent a savings of 108,000 litres of treated water.
Use products that produce less waste and pollution. Substitute water-base products whenever possible when buying paints and household cleaners. Switch from chemical-type cleaners to natural products such as salt, baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice. These ingredients will accomplish most of your cleaning needs.
The easiest way to save on water consumption, turn it off.