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"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.... Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." (John 15:5,16)
"These are the best apples in the world!" exclaimed Savannah.
"You like those, eh?" asked Grandpa Gooberman.
"Yes, I do!" replied Savannah, with bits of apple flying out of her mouth.
With a twinkle in his eye, Grandpa Gooberman said, "Yup. Sure was a good harvest. I picked them right off of the pear tree this year."
Savannah stopped chewing, mid-bite. "You did what?"
Grandpa Gooberman took out his red handkerchief and appeared to be blowing his nose. "I picked them off the pear tree!"
"How could you get apples from a pear tree?" asked Savannah.
"Why do you ask? You don't think it's possible?"
"No, way! That's impossible!"
Of course, Grandpa Gooberman did not pick the apples off a pear tree. But why would he tell his granddaughter that? It was because he wanted to teach her a lesson about her relationship with God. Grandpa Gooberman asked Savannah to run and go get his Bible. As she opened the old, worn Bible, she saw that it was full of verses that were underlined and had lots of notes in the margins.
Grandpa Gooberman turned the pages to the book of John. He wanted to show her two verses. The first verse was John 15:5. In John 15, we are described as branches and Jesus is the Vine. Jesus was using this description as a way of teaching that if you really do have a relationship with Him, you will produce a certain kind of fruit. Just like an apple tree produces apples, and just like a pear tree produce pears, a Christian must and will produce fruit that is consistent with Christ.
The second verse that Grandpa Gooberman wanted Savannah to see was verse 16. He showed her in the verse that God has chosen people, and that He has special purposes in mind for them: to save them and to help them produce good works. He reminded her that the book of Ephesians teaches us that good works do not save us, but that, as the book of James teaches us, good works are always a fruit of salvation.
So, the whole point of Grandpa Gooberman's lesson was to remind Savannah that if she was trusting in Christ as the only way of salvation, then she should be bearing the "fruit" of good works. Just as it is impossible for a pear tree to produce apples, it is impossible for a non-Christian to do good works that please God.
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George Whitefield has been called the greatest evangelist of all time. His dedication to soul-winning helped turn two nations back to God during the Great Awakening!
Born on December 16, 1714, George Whitefield was the youngest of seven children, and he was only 2 years old when his father died. His mother remarried when he was 10, but the marriage was not a happy one, and young George was soon sent away to school.
At school, he quickly earned the reputation of being a good speaker, but at age 15, he convinced his mother that school would do him no good. He returned home to work. It was during this time that God began to work in his life. Every evening he read the Bible until well past his bedtime, and he felt himself willing to become a minister. Realizing more and more how important an education would be for a preacher, he returned to school and eventually finished.
At age 17, Whitefield entered college and joined the "Holy Club," where he met the Wesley brothers, John and Charles. These men became dear friends and eventually helped Whitefield understand the Gospel more fully and to see his own need for genuine salvation.
God continued to grow Whitefield's understanding of His Word. During his lifetime, he would preach over 18,000 sermons and would lead countless souls to Christ. It has been said that his voice was so loud and clear that he could be heard one mile away when he preached outside. Benjamin Franklin said he had a "voice like an organ." Crowds of up to 80,000 people gathered to hear him preach.
Whitefield also gave much of his life and resources to helping orphans. He believed strongly in loving the vulnerable and less fortunate, just like Jesus did when He was on Earth. Whitefield gave to those who needed.
You may not understand everything there is to know about God's Word, but God can save you and help you share His Gospel with others! Are you devoting all you have to serve Him however He wants to use you? Is there someone to whom you could be a blessing today?
1 Corinthians 13:1 – Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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Joshua 3:11 "Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan."
No. Psalm 115:3 – But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
The atonement is the work Christ did in his life and death to earn our salvation. It was not necessary for God to save any people at all. God's love for us and the justice of God were the cause of the atonement. (John 3:16) "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life."
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underneath, however, lies the permanently molten lava of Scottish memory and its sense of English repression.
underneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting.
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And underneath, in different handwriting: Fear is the word, my boy.
In the galleries are represented several boats crews fighting; while underneath are fishes disputing for the bodies of the slain.
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Food Staples of Evansville – From Brain Sandwiches to Lic's
Every time you visit a new city, you're always encourage to check out the local fare only available at that city. If you visit Chicago, you have to dry a deep dish pizza. If you head down 41 to Memphis, you're always encourage to try Barbecue. Well, Evansville may not have a unique food that Evansville is known for, the city does offer fare that you can only find here. Read on to find our list of favorite food staples of Evansville.
Lic's Deli and Ice Cream
Evansville has its fair share of ice cream places. There are plenty of Dairy Queens and Cold Stone Creameries to get your fill of Blizzards and creations but one place you can't find outside of the Tri-State is Lic's Deli and Ice Cream. As you can tell by the name, Lic's serves more than ice cream but it's the cold stuff that keeps me coming back for more. They have your favorite ice cream staples year round like vanilla bean, chocolate and cookies cream but its there seasonal specials that are out of this world. My personal favorite? That would be a tie between Red Velvet (featuring real pieces of red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting) and Thin Mint (with you guessed it, real Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies).
11th Frame Burger from Charlie and Barneys (inside Franklin Lanes)
So, whenever you got to a bowling alley, getting amazing food doesn't come to mind. I was of this mindset until recently whenever a group of us ventured over to Franklin Lanes not to bowl but to check out a pinball machine (yeah, we're a cool bunch of guys). The 11th Frame Burger is Evansville's equivalent of a Juicy Lucy burger that you would find in Minneapolis. An 11th Frame burger consists of two burger patties with cheese, spices and onions melted in-between the two patties. Order the burger with a side of waffle fries and a Coke and you're in heaven!
Pizza King StrombolIS
Ask many people who their favorite Stromboli is and you'll hear Pizza King mentioned a lot! I, for one, am a Pizza King faithful. What makes their stroms so special? In my opinion its the sausage. The finely ground sausage just sets the stage for the rest of the sandwich. Plus, you get your sandwich wrapped in the aluminum foil it was cooked in. What's so special about that? Well, for one thing, you get the spillover sausage that didn't stay on the sandwich melted in with extra sauce, cheese and onions. I'm so hungry now after writing that!
The Bar-B-Q Barn Brisket
The Bar B-B-Q Barn may not be the oldest barbecue joint in town but in my opinion, their brisket is the best! There is nothing fancy about the place at all: a few tables with a counter that you place your orders from. One pretty cool feature, though, is their large collection of antiques that sit off to one side of the restaurant. You don't go to The Bar-B-Q Barn for the antiques, you go for the barbecue! The meat is so tender it melts in your mouth and for those that love to douse their meat in barbecue sauce, you can choose between their sweet or vinegar sauce and apply as much as you want (they have the sauces at the table).
Hilltop Inn Brain Sandwich
You don't have to be a zombie to enjoy some brains! The Hilltop Inn probably serves one of the more unique sandwiches that you can get, brain sandwich. The cow brain sandwich is fried to a crisp so that it looks like a breaded tenderloin patty. The brain sandwich is such unique meal, it Asylum named the Hilltop Inn as the manliest restaurant in America!
Is your favorite Evansvillle food staple not 0n the list? Let us know what your favorite is in the comments below!


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Natalie Jost put together a print-ready poster, available as a PDF file, which describes the benefit of standards-friendly development techniques in a visual way. It's behind a link within the entry in question.
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The dangers of groupthink
Groupthink: A mode of thinking where pressure for unanimity overwhelms motivation to appraise the alternative courses of action realistically.
With the campaign for boardroom diversity enjoying a headwind across the globe, awareness of the danger of groupthink has grown exponentially. Yet it has the power to influence boards and audit committees.
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La propriété est située dans le centre de la ville, à côté de corridors principaux: aéroport-centre-ville, l'autoroute 99 et le connecteur Grandview avec Trans Canada Hwy. Il est, cependant, sur un quartier très calme, rue magnifiquement treelined. Proche du quartier d'affaires, Centre des congrès, les grandes institutions de soins de santé, université, lieux de divertissement, des restaurants raffinés et Granville Island qui rend cet endroit idéal pour les touristes et les voyageurs d'affaires.
4,8 sur août 19, 2015
Our stay at Fairview village was excellent. Eva and Stan are really warm and friendly people. They gave us tips on getting around the city, find parking and accommodating our requests, which was quite helpful. The room, albeit small (mostly coz of our big bags, I suppose) was comfortable and well equipped with appliances - Fridge, microwave, kettle, iron, toaster, etc (which we later realised was a big deal in Canada). The breakfast was ample and satisfactory. The location is pretty handy too. We would highly recommend this accommodation and would definitely stay there again, when we are visiting Vancouver.
3,8 sur juillet 21, 2013
I stayed with Stan and Ewa in May/June while I was attending a writing workshop in Vancouver. Because my flight was supposed to land at 11:30 pm they knew I would be arriving some time after midnight. My flight was half an hour late and so I arrived closer to 1:00 am. Nevertheless, Stan was awake and greeted me warmly. The room was clean and comfortable and reminded me of the bedroom I had when I was a kid, except this one had its own bathroom and a well-stocked kitchenette. Ewa always made sure to stock a fresh bottle of water every day and always asked if I needed more food. About a twenty minute walk to some good restaurants around the Broadway/Cambie area, as well as buses and two subway stations. If you like to walk, like me, you can go by foot over the Cambie Bridge into downtown Vancouver. About 20 minutes. If I ever find myself going to Vancouver again I will definitely be staying with Stan and Ewa. They are the traveller's best friends.
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This place is right in the heart of Vancouver downtown. Eva and Stan were very helpful and very nice. Their dog Cooba was very playful. We enjoyed our stay here and will sure go back if we get a chance. Breakfast they provide is very healthy, place is clean and is right in the downtown. Its worth the money.
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Very comfortable lodging, well-stocked with breakfast supplies and other amenities such as fan and iron, immaculate condition, personable hosts, quiet area. Finding an overnight parking space can be a challenge. Highly recommended.
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The cloudy water you are seeing is as a result of a bacterial bloom.
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4) "Third Phase" by The Kallikak Family (from May 23rd 2007)
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8) "This Will Pass" by M. Templeton & Aa. Munson (from Acre Loss)
9) "Fender Bender" by Kid Koala (from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
10) "Memory" by Caboladies (from Crowded Out Memory)
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Vol. 6: The Destroyer
PaperNoise volume 6, "The Destroyer," is a mini-zine of fiction, poetry and art with a noisier bent. Featuring Michelle Alba, Chris Dunsmore, Ryan Hall, Adelyn Hall, Cassie Kemp, Nick Francis Potter and Samuel Cheney, the pieces contained in "The Destroyer" are derived from a brief mix created specifically for the zine.
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Erin Potter: Queens
Erin Potter's Queens, a Visual Encyclopedia, is a visual encyclopedia of queens. From Queen Elizabeth II to a queen-sized bed, Potter's got your daily dose of necessary queenery covered.
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What's Cookin' Good Lookin': Julia Matheson
If you like picking up on hotties, How's It Cookin', Good Lookin' is the perfect zine for you. Julia Matheson pours her soul into the art of starry eyed crush-speak and the pick-up lines ( with the occasional "yo mamma" joke) that engender such things as love and true love. Coupled with her offbeat illustrations, How's It Cookin', Good Lookin' is both good lookin' and cookin'…with over-the-top funniness and a heart of popcorn
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Little Expressionless Film is your new favorite chapbook about independent filmmaking. The tallness of author Alex Czaja gives him the perfect bird's eye on all the happenings of his fictitious sets and location spots and everything and other things as well. Fragmented into five parts, Czaja blesses the world with the fresh distinction of his prose, the formal disjunction of his narrative and the other stuff that he writes about and stuff. Buy Little Expressionless Film so that you can say you read Czaja back when.
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Spenser Conrad Goar is really into knights. He maintains an enormous collection of medieval broad swords and a fair collection of early-period Gallic armors. He's also way into bejeweled pewter dragon miniatures and stuff like that. And, as it so happens, he's pretty into contemporary avant garde poetry as well. Red Ink is the melding of those two worlds of interest and a promise that someday soon PaperNoise will have a lawsuit on its hands.
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- Gray or "smoked" lenses protect eyes from dangerous ultraviolet radiation without distorting colours. They reduce glare and absorb the same quality of light at any wavelength, which makes them good for driving, prolonged wear and general use. Neutral shade for true perception with the least colour distortion. Colours are seen in their natural state relative to one another because colours pass through evenly. Maintains normal depth perception.
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Dr. Nathaniel presents at Caribbean Studies Association Conference
Dr. Daina Nathaniel, assistant professor in the School of Communication, presented at the 34th annual Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) conference, this year hosted at the Hilton in Kingston, Jamaica. Her paper, titled "The Fall of the Golden Arches: Why McDonald's Failed in Trinidad and Tobago," assessed the factors that brought the demise of this fast food empire in Trinidad, as it has consistently been used as the yardstick for Americanization and the quintessential symbol of globalization. About the conference, Dr. Nathaniel says, "The paper was well received and I was particularly honored to be on the same panel with a well-known scholar in the region, Dr. Lynette Lashley, whose work on the impact of the American media in Trinidad greatly influenced my MA thesis."
At Queens, Dr. Nathaniel has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses including intercultural communication, public speaking, interpersonal communication, political rhetoric and various courses related to writing for the media. Her primary research area is cultural studies which looks at the relationships between cultures within societies, issues of power and domination, issues of race and ethnicity between disparate groups, and all the attendant challenges that arise as all people try to find a sense of place within their various environments: home, school, work, church, community and nation.
The CSA is an independent professional organization devoted to the promotion of Caribbean studies from a multidisciplinary, multicultural perspective.
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Home owners will have to pay for equipment used to connect to the national broadband network under moves aimed at cutting costs for the company rolling out the massive infrastructure project.
NBN Co does not charge for installing equipment in homes as part of network construction, though some internet service providers, including
However, under a proposal circulated to the telecommunications industry and obtained by The Australian Financial Review, NBN Co said it would no longer be responsible for installing and maintaining equipment needed to connect to the internet over the NBN.
Instead, ISPs such as Telstra and
NBN Co said it may carry out these installations for a fee.
Most providers charge between $150 and $250 to connect new users to copper-based ADSL2 broadband services, a practice that would likely continue under NBN Co's proposal.
NBN Co warned against users installing their own equipment, telling industry that the fibre-to-the-node network it is planning to roll out is particularly sensitive to mistakes in installation, and would most likely require a professional electrician to install the modem and any other required equipment.
The company would also stop offering back-up batteries to homes. The Labor government had mandated that NBN Co provide batteries to all NBN users. The batteries are needed to keep some voice and medical services running in a power outage. Under the proposal, which could save millions of dollars for the company, responsibility for the batteries would be given to ISPs.
"A standard connection to the NBN remains free. But we would consider setting up a professional paid for installation field force for additional in-home wiring if [ISPs] wanted it . . . we are seeking their views," an NBN Co spokesman said.
Financial performance under the microscope
Chief executive
Options to reduce costs at the government-owned company include offshoring some customer service roles, and initiating a sale and leaseback of key network assets like the fixed wireless and satellite networks.
"You will see a tighter focus on efficiency and delivery. This is somebody else's money and I look at it that way, therefore we need to treat it with a degree of frugality," he told the Financial Review last month.
"I have a long list of operational reviews that I'm going to go through the company [with] that will take a number of weeks to get through and I may conclude there are other areas where we can be more efficient . . . by doing stuff out of the box."
It is also facing increased competition for lucrative customers from the likes of
But the company has been watering down the guarantees it can offer customers over the new broadband network as it rolls out fibre-to-the-node technology, which relies on the slower but cheaper copper network.
The company said in the discussion paper it would only guarantee download speeds of up to 25 megabits per second and upload speeds of 1 Mbps, similar to ADSL2 broadband services.
Mr Morrow and other NBN Co executives would appear before the Senate committee overseeing construction of the network on Monday.
Though customers would be allowed to purchase higher speed tiers of "up to 50 Mbps" or "up to 100 Mbps", the company said it may not tell customers whether their connection would actually be capable of reaching those speeds.
"Selecting the correct speed tier will be the responsibility of the end user and the provider," it said. "For example, NBN Co does not intend to prevent end users and/or providers from ordering the up to 100 Mbps speed tier for a service that would typically experience speeds of less than 50 Mbps."
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As you can see, some of the whipped cream seeped out along the joints where each slice of genoise overlapped.
I had a little bit of a hard time keeping the ganache from sticking to the greased foil, so I lost some of it when I lifted the slices to line the bowl.
I'm looking forward to the cookies in a couple of weeks! And, then, to the sneak peek of the yummy chocolate cake posted on the blog…
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I had the same problem with the whipped cream seeping out. I also had some of the chocolate stick to the plastic wrap when I took it out of the bowl. I used some of the left over ganache to fill in where needed.
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Pressure is mounting to have Crossrail's £1billion worth of trains made in Britain.
And 27 MPs have tabled a Parliamentary motion urging the order for 600 carriages within the £15billion project to be built in Derby.
Campaigners are anxious to avoid a repeat of the Thameslink fiasco in which the £1.4billion order for 1,200 carriages went to Siemens in Germany.
The move cost 1,400 jobs at the Bombardier works in Derby and put the future of UK train-making in jeopardy.
MPs and unions said the Crossrail work would guarantee 10,000 jobs in the East Midlands and in the supply chain.
The MPs claimed: "If Bombardier does not win the contract for Crossrail trains, the plant will close meaning the end of British train manufacturing."
Bob Crow, leader of the RMT rail union, said: "We can't have another betrayal of British workers.
"If this shameless Government had any honour, it'd give Bombardier the Thameslink work as well."
Chris Williamson, a Bombardier campaigner and MP for Derby North, said:"The shabby treatment of Bombardier over the Thameslink contract must never be repeated.
"UK manufacturing and the Derby workers of Bombardier were dealt an unnecessary blow by a Government that didn't seem to grasp the impact of its decision.
"The awarding of the Crossrail contract offers a golden opportunity to begin to make amends for that dreadful decision.
"It is vital that these carriages should be built in the UK and nowhere is better placed to deliver for Britain than Bombardier."
Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, said: "Ministers must now ensure that this public spending delivers jobs in the UK."
Business Secretary Vince Cable last week promised MPs: "We will certainly make the strategic case directly with Government and public agencies."
The 73-mile line, with 13 miles of tunnels under central London, links Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the west with Shenfield, Essex, in the east and is due to open in 2018.
Tenders for the train contract went to four bidders.


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Sen. Krueger Statement in Support of "Trust Women Week"
New York – State Senator Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) released the following public statement in support of the Silver Ribbon Campaign's Trust Women Week, a week-long collaborative effort and 'online mobilization' for women's reproductive health and reproductive rights:
"Last week marked the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, which acknowledged common sense – women have a right to govern themselves, their health, and their bodies.
" Yet nearly 40 years later, women's reproductive rights and women's health providers are under attack by a loud and extreme minority who are wielding political influence as a weapon against women who want to make their own health choices and organizations like Planned Parenthood that work to help them. Half of all U.S. pregnancies are unintended, but even in the face of this fact, this vocal minority is working to restrict women's reproductive health options and birth control.
"The Silver Ribbon Campaign's message is spot-on: it's time to Trust Women. We're well into the 21st century, and we must stop treating reproductive health as somehow different or taboo. President Obama took a major step forward last week by reaffirming that all employers' health plans must cover birth control.
"In New York, we must take the next step by passing the Reproductive Health Act, which Gov. Cuomo included in his State of the State message. New York's outdated public health law must be modernized to properly include women's reproductive health."


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The 44-year-old actress says, "I was never starstruck (by him). I have not seen Star Wars, isn't that amazing… I'm sure it is (good). It's weird that I haven't seen it. We lived in a small town and the movie theatre was an hour away. And I was 12 – the perfect age to see it."
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By Brandon Janes
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Residents and college students lacking transportation in southwest Killeen may soon be catching a ride, if the funding comes through for a new bus route.
Robert Ator, director of urban operations for the Hill Country Transit Authority, which operates the HOP, announced the plans for the potential route during a Killeen council budget workshop last week.
"The idea would be to start a new route, hopefully by the first of the year," Ator said.
Mayor Pro Tem Michael Lower supported funding the project, saying he thought the city should focus more of its budget on bus transportation.
"A lot of people in the neighborhood over there have to travel a lot of distance in order to get to those stops," Lower said.
After numerous phone calls from area residents, Lower said he has no doubt the buses will be filled.
"We just don't have the amount of stops over there that we need to serve all those people," Lower said. "It will be well used."
The Hill Country Transit Authority provides HOP service to nine counties in Central Texas and operates both rural and urban routes.
The authority has been working with city transportation staff to design a new route to benefit an underserved area.
The proposed route, still subject to tweaking, would encircle an area outlined by State Highway 195, State Highway 201, Clear Creek Road and Stan Schlueter Loop.
The buses would service the new campus of Texas A&M University-Central Texas — currently not serviced by the HOP — Central Texas College and Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport, with connections to other HOP bus routes.
"We tried to cover a lot of areas with one route," Ator said.
Questions such as, "Is there going to be a shelter at Texas A&M?" or "how close will buses run to local businesses?" still hang in the air, Ator added.
Nevertheless, he said, the plan is for enough buses that they can run on a one-hour cycle. "People don't ride a bus if there is not consistency."
If the budget for the project is approved, the route will be open for public comment during a public hearing at City Hall in September or October, Ator said.
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Seems to me a lot of people who want stuff for free make a lot of feature
I've been seeing a lot lately - not just on this list - and I'm not trying
to smack anyone in particular - but in general I find the tone of the
messages annoying.
Open Source works when a lot of talented people donate some time to one
another and bounce some stuff around in developing and improving a project
through an iterative process - everyone learns something, grows their
experience, becomes intimately familiar with the project and probably gains
a few karma points for helping a newbie or two...
Maybe it is sometimes a limitation of language, but personally I think that
it's only fair to be prepared to put something in... otherwise open source
is just people taking advantage of hardworking volunteers who have enough
skills to get PAID WELL for what they are doing here and elsewhere.
5 thoughts for a better community?
0) don't be demanding - the project existed before you and will exist after
you - be prepared to make a case for what you want and explain how it
benefits the masses
1) state how you can help acheive the goals you have
2) look for alternative approaches that result in the same goal
3) be prepared for commitee style discussion and for the fact that you may
not win
4) be prepared to develop your own extension, or patch and PUBLISH IT
If the trend continues I would hazard a guess to the possibility of
"sort-of-open-source" developments emerging where people who want to
cooperate do so, and have a members only attitude towards the mass influx of
people who don't stop to think of what they are saying will sound like to
others (especially considering what they have contributed to the project so
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With Tyler Yaworski suspended for the next six games, Kord Pankewicz is ready to step back into the lineup and contribute on the blue-line for the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Chosen by Brandon as a rearguard with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, Pankewicz played forward in midget last season and remained up front for the first half of his rookie campaign with the Wheat Kings. When Ayrton Nikkel was dealt away and Riley Van Horne was sent to Junior A at the WHL trade deadline last month, Pankewicz changed positions once again, moving back to defence.
"I think it's gone pretty good so far," Pankewicz said. "I've just got to stay more defensively (focused), not thinking offence … (Being involved in the offence) was what my job was back when I played 'D' in bantam and it's a lot different knowing when to pinch and the speed of the guys."
The 5-foot-10, 197-pound native of Drayton Valley, Alta., has played his last seven games on the blue-line, picking up one assist and going even in plus/minus. But his playing time dwindled when captain Ryan Pulock returned from a wrist injury and Pankewicz has been a healthy scratch for four of the past five games.
Now, with Yaworski suspended after taking a major penalty for checking to the head in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Regina Pats, Pankewicz is expected to become a fixture in the lineup again for the next six games, starting tonight against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Wheat Kings head coach Dwayne Gylywoychuk said he has the confidence in the youngster's ability to handle the responsibility.
"He's come in and he's done very well for us," Gylywoychuk said. "He's kept it simple, he's played well and he's still learning a little bit, but he's worked hard and he's done what he needed to do."
While Pankewicz spent the vast majority of his time before the trade deadline playing and practising as a forward, Gylywoychuk said he picked up a few things along the way that have helped make the transition smoother.
"He's played centre before and a centreman has to work really hard in the defensive zone," Gylywoychuk said. " (The centre) actually does a lot of work right beside the defenceman, so I think he realizes that. But I think the biggest thing is that he's got to think a little bit more, he's got to work a little bit harder (going) back for pucks and he's got to be able to support his partner. So those are some different things he's got to work though in his head, but he's adjusted really well."
Pankewicz steps into the lineup at a key point of the season. Sitting 11 points out of a playoff spot with only 18 games to go, the Wheat Kings desperately need to make up some ground quickly and they have a chance to do that with six contests remaining on a seven-game homestand.
"These are must-win games to make the playoffs," Pankewicz said. "That's the way our mindset is right now and that's the way it should be."
ONE-TIMERS: The WHL provided an explanation for Yaworski's suspension, stating that Pats D Luke Fenske was injured on the hit (suffering a concussion) and that this is Yaworski's second suspension this season. He was banned for three games after a check to the head in Vancouver in October … With G Corbin Boes (knee, indefinite) sidelined, the Wheat Kings have brought back G Jordan Papirny from the Alberta Midget AAA ranks for this week's games … An illness has been running through the Brandon dressing room, keeping G Curtis Honey, D Eric Roy and RW Jens Meilleur out of Tuesday's practice.
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By Matt Friedman, Special for USA TODAY
Last year, Doug Fodeman took his 13-year-old daughter, Lauren, to the mall to buy her a cellphone. Before she used the phone even once, it beeped, indicating there was a text message.
The message: a "dumb-blonde" joke. It was unsolicited, but when the first monthly bill came, there was a mystery charge of $9.99 explained only as "download."
"I was ballistic over the fact that not only did we get hit with those dumb-blonde jokes, but at one point we were charged $9.99 for (non-existent) downloads," said Fodeman, who lives in Marblehead, Mass., and runs Children-Online.org, a website devoted to issues surrounding children and their use of the Internet.
Fodeman is one of a growing number of parents upset by charges for premium text-messaging services on bills for kids' cellphones. Commercials for the services — offering everything from ring tones to horoscopes — are ubiquitous on cable channels popular with kids, such as MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
While Fodeman's daughter, now 14, didn't do anything to initiate the subscription, the most common complaints involve situations where kids are duped into doing something that activates a subscription without knowing they've signed up for a monthly bill. And parents often have trouble sorting out the charges on generally complicated cellphone bills.
"I do a lot of research on how kids are taken advantage of on the Internet, and I think phones are the next frontier," said Fodeman, who had to make four calls to the provider, Verizon Wireless, before the charge was excised.
About 13.5 million kids ages 13 to 17 own a cellphone, according to M:Metrics, an industry researcher, and text-messaging — using abbreviated sentences punched in from the keypad that appear on the cellphone screen — is wildly popular.
Billing disputes over premium text services have spawned several class-action lawsuits. The Florida attorney general's office is investigating the advertising practices of Jamster, one of the fledgling industry's U.S. leaders, and Blinko, the company responsible for the mystery charges on Fodeman's bill.
Premium text services, which have been popular in Europe and Asia for some time, have operated in the United States only since 2004, said Rafat Ali, editor and publisher of MocoNews.net, which covers mobile-phone media. Ali estimated that there are about 50 premium services in the USA, and some have gotten attention from major companies. News Corp. recently bought a 51% stake in Jamster's premium text unit (known as Jamba outside the USA) from parent VeriSign for $188 million.
In San Diego, Charles Ford filed a lawsuit against VeriSign, Cingular and T-Mobile after his 15-year-old daughter unwittingly subscribed to a Jamster service in 2004. The lawsuit claimed that Jamster's ad practices preyed on children and that ring tones offered were aimed mostly at minors.
"They would say, 'Text message back and be part of the Jam plan,' " said Bob Thompson, a lawyer representing Ford. "A 10-year-old is going to know what that is?"
The Florida attorney general's office is investigating Blinko and Jamster for advertising free ring tones that, when downloaded, sign the user up for a service that adds a monthly fee to the phone bill.
"They are offering something for free when, in fact, it is not, and then they are billing consumers for services they did not agree to pay for," said JoAnn Carrin, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office.
Lisa Malloy, a Jamster spokeswoman until the News Corp. deal closed, would not comment on the lawsuit but said that the advertising practices involved appear to be from two years ago. Malloy said the company has made changes and also now places ads on networks appealing to 18- to 36-year-olds — not on kids network Nickelodeon.
"As a result not of the legal action but because of concern, we did make some changes in the advertising to be even clearer about price and made it even simpler to discontinue your subscription," she said.
Cellphone carriers also profit from the services. According to Thompson, the lawyer, some carriers get 40% of premium-service revenue. No major cellphone providers contacted would disclose revenue-sharing arrangements.
The wireless industry has responded to complaints with more parental controls on its cellphones. The Mobile Marketing Association, which represents cellphone carriers and premium-text companies, recently has set several guidelines for the industry.
• The premium services will require a "double opt-in," meaning they'll send a text message to new subscribers asking them to confirm their intent.
• Specific words are set up that the user can text back to the company to cancel service, including "stop," "cancel," "unsubscribe," "end" and "quit."
• In TV ads offering a free ring tone, a company must say whether downloading it signs you up for a pay service and how much it costs.
"We're self-regulating the industry at the moment, and we're trying to be very proactive about protecting the sustainability and integrity," said Laura Marriott, executive director of the association.
There remain, however, services that do not appear to abide by the standards. The Soulmate Calculator runs a banner ad on the Web that promises to "Predict the exact name of your 1 soulmate." Clicking on the colorful ad with a drawing of a handsome teenage-looking boy links to a website where a user enters her cellphone number to get a text message with the name of her soulmate. But entering a number also signs you up for a horoscope service with fees of up to $20 a month. Terms and conditions are on the site at the bottom of the screen. The site offers no contact information, and its domain is registered through a company that will not disclose the site's ownership.
Lauren Fodeman, the Massachusetts teen who got the unsolicited text from Blinko, probably got a recycled cellphone number, said the Mobile Marketing Association's Marriott. The group's guidelines also call for cellphone providers to be sure to cut off premium services before reassigning numbers.
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Hannity branded Emanuel "one of the hardest left-wing ... radicals" -- studies, news reports disagree
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Sean Hannity asserted that Barack Obama's new White House chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, is "one of the hardest left-wing ... radicals" and stated that the choice of Emanuel shows that Obama is "hard, hard left." But contrary to Hannity's assertion, a study using every non-unanimous vote cast in the House in 2007 to determine relative ideology placed Emanuel in a tie for the ranking of 126th most liberal Democratic congressman, and news reports have labeled Emanuel as "a centrist," who has "worked at good relations with Republicans."
On the November 5 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity asserted that Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), who has just been announced as President-elect Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, is "one of the hardest left-wing ... radicals" and stated that the choice of Emanuel shows that Obama is "hard, hard left." Contrary to Hannity's assertion that Emanuel is "one of the hardest left-wing ... radicals," a study by political science professors Keith Poole and Jeff Lewis, using every non-unanimous vote cast in the House in 2007 to determine relative ideology, placed Emanuel in a tie for the ranking of 126th most liberal Democratic congressman with the late Rep. Tom Lantos (CA).
Hannity said of Obama's choice of Emanuel, "He's picked Rahm Emanuel, one of the hardest left-wing -- you know, radicals, you know, on the left, as his chief of staff. There's all the evidence that he's gonna swing to the hard left. And I think they're gonna overreach, and I think we're going gonna see the person that I think Barack Obama is. I think he is hard, hard left."
Even the National Journal 2007 vote ratings, which Hannity has himself cited in attacking Obama and which Media Matters criticized as subjective, rated Emanuel the 128th most liberal Democratic congressman with a composite score of 72.3.
Further, numerous media reports have labeled Emanuel as "a centrist," who has "worked at good relations with Republicans." A November 6 Los Angeles Times article, for example, asserted: "Emanuel's policies, unlike his politics, have always been centrist, in the Bill Clinton mold. In addition, a different Emanuel has emerged in recent years, one who has forged friendships with Republicans and shown an ability to work with them on occasion." The article also quoted GOP strategist John Feehery as saying that Emanuel "understands that if Obama goes too far to the left, it's not going to be good for the Democrats. ... I think he's the kind of guy who can knock some heads and help Obama guide the Congress toward the middle." The New York Times also reported in a November 6 article that "Mr. Emanuel has worked at good relations with Republicans, and has the grudging respect of some."
From the November 5 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
HANNITY: Senator Obama's now our president-elect, but his tax plan is sure to have small business owners concerned. So, what does an Obama administration mean for the average Joe? Joining us now with reaction is the man who became the face of the proverbial average Joe. Joe Wurzelbacher is back with us, but you know him as Joe the Plumber. Joe, how are ya?
WURZELBACHER: Hey, I'm doing real good. How about you guys tonight?
HANNITY: Well, all right. You never expect to hear it. You were playing catch with your son, and all of a sudden, Barack Obama walks down the street, one of his few unscripted moments -- and I think it revealed a lot about the real Barack Obama, which is the question that I'm bringing up here tonight. And you asked a question, and lo and behold, now you're out there campaigning with Governor Palin and Senator McCain. And it had a big impact on this campaign. What are your thoughts about the results?
WURZELBACHER: Yeah, I was disappointed. You know, I mean, my guy didn't win, but the same token, you know, Obama ran an incredible campaign. That can't be denied, and he's what the people chose. So, you know, now I gotta get behind him and support him, but in my opinion, though, it doesn't give him a blank check. We still need to hold him responsible and accountable to the people of America.
HANNITY: Yeah, no -- and I agree with that, too. I -- here's my prediction. I think that liberals will misinterpret -- I mean, for example, we have evidence that they're even gonna strip Joe Lieberman of his leadership position in the United States Senate, retribution. He's picked Rahm Emanuel --
WURZELBACHER: Wow.
HANNITY: -- one of the hardest left-wing -- you know, radicals --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Radical?
HANNITY: -- on the left -- as his chief of staff. There's all the evidence that he's gonna swing to the hard left. And I think they're gonna overreach, and I think we're going gonna see the person that I think Barack Obama is. I think he is hard, hard left. We'll see. We'll give him an opportunity. But I --
WURZELBACHER: My --
HANNITY: Go ahead.
WURZELBACHER: I was going to say, well, you know, SecureOurDream.com is a website I started up. I don't know -- I know you haven't gotten to that yet. But, you know, that's kind of why I'm starting it up, is one, to hold the elected officials accountable for, you know, who voted them in, be you Democrat or Republican, and hopefully be able to head off things like that to a degree and bring it out in the media.
HANNITY: Well, you know, if you picture a guy like Rahm Emanuel -- who said about Republicans, "They can go blank themselves" -- if you pick a guy that voted with the Democratic Party 99 percent of the time, you know, it seems like Chicago politics is moving to Washington. That's my interpretation.
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This is a case study describing how climate change may affect the health of British Columbians and to suggest a way forward to promote health and policy research, and adaptation to these changes. After reviewing the limited evidence of the impacts of climate change on human health we have developed five principles to guide the development of research and policy to better predict future impacts of climate change on health and to enhance adaptation to these change in BC. We suggest that, with some modification, these principles will be useful to policy makers in other jurisdictions.
Disentangling the complex indirect pathways between climate change and health is a challenging research endeavour requiring the development of new inter-disciplinary academic partnerships and cross-industry, governmental, and professional alliances. It is also essential to create a research infrastructure to provide more accurate baseline and continuing data on the future impacts of climate change on human health. Given the complex way in which climate change will act in concert with other socio-economic and environmental factors it is best to approach the study of climate change and health using a social determinants of health framework.
The purpose of this paper is to outline how climate change is likely to affect the health of British Columbians and to suggest a way forward to promote health, policy research, and adaptation to these changes. Although this study was conducted in the Western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) we feel that the insights from this case will be useful for other jurisdictions grappling with questions of research and policy in relation to climate change and health.
In the first section of the paper, the basic conceptual frameworks used to investigate climate changes and health are introduced. In the second section, we describe the health status of British Columbians with a particular focus on the health status of rural residents of the province as it is quite likely that rural and remote communities will be among the first to experience the impacts of climate change as it unfolds in the province. In the third section we outline the evidence linking climate change to adverse health outcomes. Because there is limited evidence available for BC (a situation also fairly typical for other regions in many developed nations), we extrapolate from this limited evidence to suggest possible impacts of climate change on the health of British Columbians. In the fourth section, we outline a "made in BC" set of principles and priorities for a research and policy agenda to improve adaptation to the health impacts of climate change. In the final section of the paper we suggest ways in which this BC case may apply to other jurisdictions.
Several conceptual models have been developed in order to frame research on the impacts of climate change on health [
Indirect effects on health arise from the sustained impact of altered climate which cause changes to ecosystems and which, in turn, impact human health through various pathways [
Other researchers have taken a more ecological and place-based approach to conceptualizing the potential impacts of climate change on health [
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British Columbia is Canada's westernmost province. It is a ruggedly mountainous place, with extensive forest cover and limited arable land. The population of approximately 4.5 million people is concentrated around the city of Vancouver located in the extreme south-west of the province and, to a lesser extent, in the south-central Okanagan Valley and on Southern Vancouver Island.
An investigation into the health status of rural compared to urban Canadians using mortality data from 1996 to 2001 and the 2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) demonstrated that rural Canadians were systematically worse off than urban Canadians. Residents of rural regions across Canada were also much poorer than people living in urban places. As well, people in rural Canada had lower levels of education, higher rates of unemployment, and higher dependency ratios (
While BC is one of the most healthy jurisdictions in the world, as in the rest of the country, there are large disparities in the socio-economic and health status of rural and urban residents of the province. For example, approximately 25% to 40% of British Columbians live in predominantly rural (depending on the definition of rurality) or northern areas [
Besides this heightened socio-economic and environmental vulnerability, residents of northern regions of the province are less healthy on average than residents of urban communities. For example, according to the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, approximately 20 percent of residents of BC's northern regions were obese and approximately 25 percent smoked, compared to, respectively, 8 and 12 percent in the city of Vancouver, the major urban center located in the south-west corner of the province [
These urban/rural and urban/northern differences in self-reported health behaviours are also evident for objectively measured health outcomes. As an example of the seriousness and extent of this northern/urban health gap in BC, the average age standardized mortality rate between 1997 and 2000 was 6.4 deaths per 1,000 in the Fraser Health Authority (largely urban and located in the south west corner of the province) compared to 8.4 per 1,000 in the Northern Health Authority (largely rural and covering the northern half of the province) [
This health divide is also found when considering life expectancy. Residents in Vancouver currently have life expectancies that are among the highest in the world (approximately 82 years) but residents of the Northern Health Authority, on average, have life expectancies which are 4 or 5 years less than this. Thinking about the gap in self-reported health status, morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy temporally, it is as if current residents of some rural and northern communities have health status that was typical of urban British Columbians 40 years ago [
While health vulnerability is high for people living in rural and remote regions of the province there are also vulnerable sub-populations in the province's towns and cities. While it is not completely clear how these vulnerable urban populations will be affected in BC by future climate changes we know from studies, mainly in the United States and Northern Europe, that the urban poor are particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts arising from acute heat exposure during prolonged heat waves [
For example, heat exposure has been studied in the United States and Northern Europe mainly in relation to urban heat waves. Cities are disproportionately affected by heat because of the urban heat island effect. In major urban areas increases in temperature of up to 11°C warmer than in surrounding areas have been observed [
Some individuals living in poor urban areas and some living in remote and rural regions of the province are vulnerable both socio-economically and in terms of their health status. As well, in the case of rural and remote communities, there is some evidence that their social fabric may be less able to adapt to economic and environmental disruption relative to urban communities [
British Columbia is a province with a classic wet temperate climate along the coast and Vancouver Island. Most of central BC has a typical continental climate with a cold winter and a warm summer with precipitation distributed relatively evenly through the year. The exception is the Okanagan Valley in the south centre of the province. This region is very dry all year round. The north of the province is characterized by a sub-arctic climate. The province is traversed by large mountain ranges and major river systems, including the Columbia, Fraser, Liard, and Stikine rivers. The geography, hydrology, and climate of the province is complex and diverse making the development of predictive models linking future climate change and human health particularly challenging.
A factor of importance in considering the potential impacts of climate change on human health in BC is the major infestation of the province's extensive pine forests by the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) [
Impacts of climate change on health due to fire and flood could be considerable given the complicating factor of widespread forest kill due to MPB infestation. MPB killed trees retain their dead needles for as much as 3 or 4 years after initial infestation. During this period, these trees are at higher risk for fire than healthy trees. As well, dead standing trees, in combination with increased precipitation due to climate change, especially during spring melt, may intensify spring water run-off patterns increasing the potential for flooding and drinking water contamination [
People living in communities located in the interior and northern interior of the province are therefore vulnerable, not only in terms of their reduced economic and health resilience, but also because of the direct and indirect impacts of this major biological disaster, likely itself, directly due to the effects of a changing climate.
Exposure to fire, flood, heat and increased air pollution are all likely pathways to increased health risk for residents in both urban and rural regions of BC as climate change accelerates. Cities are disproportionately affected by heat because of the urban heat island affect [
While parts of the province will get wetter, some regions are at risk of shortages of both surface and ground water [
Forest fires are projected to become more frequent and severe in Western Canada [
Air pollution has a well known adverse impact on respiratory health [
It is possible that climate change in temperate places, like BC, will produce relatively benign conditions for agricultural production in the short and medium term as temperatures warm in formerly northern cold regions [
Water-borne diseases may increase as a result of increased precipitation and flooding [
Rise in temperature may alter living conditions for animal and plant vectors of diseases [
New fungal pathogens from warmer and wetter climates may find the local soil ecology and climate more welcoming with climate change. For example, Cryptococcus gatti, a tropical fungus, first appeared in 1999 on the South East coast of Vancouver Island an emergence that may be due to changing climatic conditions [
Most of the discrepancy in chronic and physical and mental illness seen across cultural, economic, ethnic, and geographic dimensions arises as a result of social rather than biological determinants of health [
The importance of a focus of climate change research and policy on vulnerable rural and remote communities in BC cannot be overstated for several reasons. First, approximately 25 percent of the province's population lives in rural and remote places [
It is necessary to obtain better local meteorological data as climate monitoring networks are not adequate to measure BC's highly variable climate. Next it is necessary to develop models that apply accurate regional climate change to regional topography, hydrology and ecological systems, to better predict flood and fire risk, surface and ground water quality change, and the introduction and spread of new and existing vector-borne and other infectious illnesses. Presently, accurate climate change projections are not possible because the models are not well developed and also because future emissions trajectories are also not yet clear. As well, it is imperative to conduct field testing to confirm the predictive power, particularly of hydrological models, developed in order to determine their utility. In the meantime, there are reasonable regional estimates of past current and climate change projections available that account for topography for the province [
Given the high prevalence of chronic illness, particularly cancer, depression, respiratory, and heart disease in BC, relatively small disease exacerbations associate with climate change could result in substantial increases in absolute disease burdens. Research is required to elucidate these indirect pathways with these outcomes. It is essential to have good quality longitudinal health data sets available for research as climate change and health studies require at least 30 years worth of data [
The data base has been extensively utilized over the past 15 years for complex longitudinal investigations of various health outcomes, in several different populations, and in relation to a variety of environmental and occupational exposures [
Action is required to enhance the adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable regions and the most vulnerable people within regions. An emerging research agenda must focus on understanding regional and community resilience, particularly among vulnerable sub-populations in order to build on these. Research on social capital of communities, flexibility and innovation of government, private sector and non-profit agencies, and programs is needed. In short the role of collective coordination and action in facilitating adaptation is important [
In the BC context, the potential for adverse impacts due to climate change will be particularly high in rural and remote Aboriginal communities where the combination of highly socio-economically vulnerable and health vulnerable populations and long distances from health and emergency services will potentiate any adverse impacts arising due to climate change. Other vulnerable communities in BC include some non-Aboriginal rural and remote communities as well as many poor urban ones.
Promotion of local adaptation policies requires public and professional buy-in and greater awareness by the public. In terms of the latter, it will be essential to investigate the perceived risk of climate change in the population [
Mobilization of the public and government and non-government stakeholders may not be easy even in relation to climate change. For example, Leiserowitz (2006) [
Engagement is key to moving individuals and community leaders forward in developing adaptive strategies to deal with climate change as it unfolds because it is only when individuals in communities feel vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and understand that their community livelihood and their health may be threatened that they will be moved to make individual changes and press their communities for adaptive strategies. A key area of research to develop is in risk perception of climate change impacts of health in order to understand regional variation in these perceptions as these will be a marker of the potential for successful adaptation polices to be enacted at the local level.
The approach outlined by Frumkin
Also, several public health principles point to well established public health approaches to climate change. First, what public health professionals understand as primary prevention would be mitigation. Secondary and tertiary prevention would be adaptation (
BC already has major challenges in insuring equitable access to health services across its communities. As climate change is likely to produce changes in demography, changes in the health problems they experience, and widen existing disparities, the pressure to innovate in service delivery, particularly in vulnerable communities will increase.
The BC Linked Health Database will be a key research resource for monitoring change in access and equitable availability to health services across regions. While this data base must be further developed to improve data on impacts of climate change on health services in the immediate future it provides a strong research foundation for beginning baseline studies of the health status of residents of rural and remote communities on the front lines of climate change.
We would argue that the five principles that emerge from this case study are useful for other jurisdictions beginning the process of determining research needs and policy action to determine and adapt to potential impacts of climate change on health. Although some of the particulars of this case study are clearly unique to the province. For example, BC has the BC Linked Health Database, an unusually powerful longitudinal database of health outcomes that will not be available to researchers in other places. As well, the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation occurring in the province is an event more or less unique to BC.
The following six principles derived from this case study of BC may be useful for developing a climate change/health research agenda in other developed nations. First, basic research that "fits" local circumstances, including as a first step, the gathering of reliable regional climactic information in a way that is linkable to health outcomes (for illnesses with high prevalence locally) is essential. Second, climate change will aggravate existing health disparities so that research and adaptive policy must be directed towards those people and communities currently with the greatest deficits in health. Third, this means that vulnerability assessment (