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Book Cheap International Flights to Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Paris is serviced by two international airports, but the Charles de Gaulle Airport is the city's primary location for international travellers entering and departing France. It is the largest airport in France and can be found 25km outside the city centre of Paris.
As the second busiest airport in Europe, Charles de Gaulle handled approximately 65 million passengers in 2016 and 2,1 million tonnes of cargo.
The airport is also rated a world-class service provider, and is currently the eighth largest airport in the world.
International Flying times from Charles de Gaulle Airport
Charles de Gaulle Airport is the central hub for the country's national carrier, Air France. With its key partnership with Dutch air carrier, KLM, the airport holds an important position in the European travel sector and, as such, services hundreds of international destinations, including these popular routes:
- Paris to Johannesburg: 10 hours 30 minutes
- Paris to London: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Paris to Amsterdam: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Paris to Singapore: 12 hours 50 minutes
- Paris to Hong Kong: 11 hours 45 minutes
- Paris to Dubai: 6 hours 45 minutes
- Paris to New York: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Dubai to Frankfurt: 1 hour 15 minutes
Getting to and from Charles de Gaulle Airport
The Charles de Gaulle airport is well connected to all major ports-of-call within Paris via a train, bus and taxi service.
The train service is known as the RER, operated by Metro rail, and offers 4 trains per hour. These call in at stations throughout the city, including Paris's central trail station Gare du Nord.
Travellers can access the Roissybus, operated by Transport for Paris, which departs from terminals 1 and 2 at the airport. Night buses are also available which depart from Roissypôle coach station. Both bus lines run to Paris Gare de l'Est railway station. The Le Bus Direct shuttle bus service is also a popular option, and runs three routes from within the city to terminals 1 and 2 at the airport.
Finally, taxi services are available to deliver travellers throughout the city, but beware of high taxi fares!
Accommodation around Charles de Gaulle Airport
Located on the grounds of the Charles de Gaulle Airport, travellers will find the Roissypôle complex, which has shopping areas and hotels as well as a bus station and the headquarters of Air France. Located in this complex, passengers have access to numerous airport hotels, including:
Terminal 2:
- Yotel
- The Sheraton
Terminal 3:
- CitizenM
- The Hilton Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Novotel-Paris CDG Terminal
- Pullman-Paris Roissy CDG Airport
- Ibis-Charles de Gaulle Aéroport
- Ibis Styles
Alternatively, passengers can access a host of hotels off the airport grounds via airport shuttles buses, which depart every 30 minutes from terminals 1, 2 and 3. Some of these establishments include the Holiday Inn, Hyatt Regency, the Marriott, the Radisson and others.
Airlines servicing Charles de Gaulle Airport
As Europe's second busiest airport by international traveller traffic, there are a host of world-class airlines servicing Charles de Gaulle Airport. The airport is also the European hub for Sky Alliance partner, Delta Air Lines and with Air France's partnership with KLM Airlines, Charles de Gaulle Airport offers international travel with just some of the following airlines:
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Mauritius
- Air Seychelles
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Delta Airlines
- Egypt Air
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Etihad Airways
- Finnair
- Kenya Airways
- LATAM Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
Overview of Charles de Gaulle Airport
The Charles de Gaulle Airport is France's largest airport and is currently rated as the eighth largest in the world, in terms of worldwide passenger capacity. With its two independent sets of runways, well adapted to handle super-wide body aircraft, the airport can handle 118 aircraft movements per hour and accommodate up to 80 million travelling and transit passengers per year.
The airport is made up of three main terminals and seven sub-terminal buildings (2A – 2G). The original terminal 2 building was built to accommodate Air France traffic, but since then, it has been expanded to host other airlines. Charles de Gaulle Airport currently services 319 cities worldwide via 139 world-class airlines.
Main services at Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Airport Wi-Fi (unlimited free Wi-Fi)
- Airport hotels
- Airport lounges
- ATM's and Bureau de change
- Babycare lounge and baby strollers
- Car hire
- Children's play area
- Concierge service
- Duty free & shopping
- Luggage and storage lockers
- Mail boxes
- Medical Centre
- Pharmacy
- Prayer room
- Smoking areas
- Tax and VAT refund services
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Love with Food review and Giveaway
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Building Wireless Sensor Networks with Erlang, MQTT, RaspberryPi and Arduino
2013-06-13 Erlang Central
In this talk, Zvi will share his experiences in developing an MQ Telemetry Transport protocol (MQTT-S) over Zigbee Gateway software in Erlang/OTP. MQTT-S is used as a publish/subscribe messaging protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSN), with the aim of extending the MQTT protocol beyond the reach of TCP/IP infrastructure for Sensor and Actuator solutions. This makes it a very efficient protocol for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things connectivity. Talk objectives: • I ...
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While you might want to think that your precious little one always acts like an angel 100 percent of the time, there are most likely a few things that she does that may annoy you. Although you probably won't find a mom who would stoop to telling her child that she is acting over-the-top annoying, there are certain things that all kids do that can grate on even the most well-mannered mom's last nerve.
Hearing a nasally 4-year-old's voice screeching, "Mommy I don't wanna clean up my toys" is something that almost every mom experiences at one time or another. While your child may squeak out another type of not-so-obedient statement, it's the whining in itself that is one of the most annoying things that your little one can do. Instead of holding your hands over your ears and letting the whining escalate to epic levels, put a pin in this unwanted behavior immediately. Calmly, yet firmly, tell your child that you won't listen to him when he whines. If this doesn't work, walk out of the room or turn around and tell your child, "I will only listen to you when you speak in a nice voice."
You are in the middle of the mall pushing your baby in the stroller with one hand and holding your toddler with the other when all of a sudden your 2-year-old spies the cookie kiosk. When you calmly tell her that it is too close to lunch time to have a cookie she loses it and throws a temper-fueled tantrum. While tantrums are typical for the toddler, and sometimes preschooler, set, they are annoying behaviors that can make you want to run away screaming in your own little outburst. Keep in mind that your young child doesn't have the emotional maturity -- and may not have the language skills -- to express her emotions effectively. Couple this with an immature sense of self-control and you have a recipe for annoying outbursts. When this happens, keeping yourself calm is key. Redirect your child to another activity or interest, or put her in time-out in a quiet, distraction-free space.
As your child grows into a more independent toddler, you may hear more "No's" than you care to think about. While defiance is a top way that young children can get annoying quickly, it is also part of growing up. Think about how dependent your child was on you as an infant. He was fairly immobile and couldn't explore more than his immediate surroundings. He also didn't have the cognitive skills to understand that sometimes there are choices and problems to solve. As your child moves into the toddler, and later preschool, years he starts to develop increased mental reasoning abilities. These make the young child prone to defiant acts. Although you might not like it when he says "No," some defiance simply shows how your child is developing into his own independent thinker.
Even if the saying does go that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, that doesn't mean much on the third hour of your toddler mocking your every move. While she probably isn't exactly mocking you, mimicking your behaviors can take its toll on your nerves and turn into an annoying behavior. Developmentally, young children in the toddler and preschool years use imitation to learn and experience new concepts and skills. For example, your 2-year-old may imitate your emotional expressions as she is learning about how to recognize and communicate feelings. Although her overly-furrowed grimace may seem to mock your frustrated expression, take it easy on your little one as she is just trying to navigate new social and emotional territories.


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We've compiled a list of our tenants most frequently asked questions and answers to help give you a better understanding Chateaux DiJon's relocation process. However, if you have a question that is not on this list, please feel free to contact us at any time, and we'll do our best to respond to you as soon as possible.
Simply fill out our online Leasing Application and return to the Leasing office with your application fee and deposit.
Our rental criteria can be found on our Rental Policy. Chateaux DiJon uses a nationally-recognized company to screen all of our applicants for credit, previous tenancy history and criminal background checks.
Our standard lease term is twelve months; however, flexible lease terms are available.
Yes, the property's entrance and exits are gated.
The property is within minutes, or walking distance, to all of your major shopping, recreational and transportation needs.
Yes, we work closely with the national rental furniture company, Cort Furniture. They can supply all your rental and purchasing discount furniture needs. Ask them about their current specials or discounts exclusively for Chateaux DiJon residents.
Your leasing agent will be happy to provide you with any information needed to connect your utilities. Visit the Moving Resources section of this site to get a head start.
Each Apartment home offers an all-in-one washer-dryer unit.
We ask that new tenants sign their leases during normal business hours unless an after-hours appointment has been scheduled. Once your lease has been signed and rent has been paid (including mid-month move-ins), you may move in to your new home.


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Let's face it. Choosing the right home for your family is one of your most important decisions.
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Fifty For Fifty Recap
AVC regulars have probably noticed that the Donors Choose widget is gone from the right sidebar. That's because the month of August 2011 has come and gone and the Fifty For Fifty campaign is over.
It was a smashing success.
365 people donated a total of $54,028 (as of right now) and helped over 10,000 students by funding programs that connect these students' families to their classrooms.
10,000 students is a lot of kids. And these are mostly kids who need some help. Their teachers thank you, I thank you, the Gotham Gal thanks you, and I sure hope their families thank you.
There's a meetup for everyone (all 365 people) who gave to this campaign as well as me and The Gotham Gal and some folks from Donors Choose on November 9th, from 6pm to 8pm, at the USV Event Space. The Meetup page is here if you'd like to attend.
Finally, I promised to post a list of all donors along with their Twitter handles. I will do that once I get the list from the Donors Choose team.
In closing, I just want to say that the outpouring of support on this campaign is deeply appreciated by The Gotham Gal and me. We could not have asked for a better 50th birthday present. Thank you.


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This simple and healthy dish is perfect for summer since it is so refreshing! It is a favourite dish for students since it is so cheap to make, and in Japan can be eaten everywhere at certain times of the year. I am using my home made men-tsuyu since it contains no artificial ingredients, but if you don't have time, you can always use the ready made variety which is available at most Asian grocery shops. It is particularly delicious after sports – udon is a very healthy alternative to heavier carbs.
2 packets fresh udon
sweet corn
1 tin tuna
1 pack (about 3g) fish flakes
My home made men tsuyu
1-2 tbs Japanese mayonnaise
1tsp soy sauce
Step 1
Boil the udon as per instructions. Then drain and rinse with cold water and mix with ice cubes. Leave to rest.
Throw the oil away from a can of tuna, then mix the soy sauce and mayonnaise together with the tuna in a separate bowl. Chop the salad items and use a salad spinner if necessary to make sure there is absolutely no water residue left on the leaves. Shake the udon free of water, then add them to the bottom of a bowl. On top of this, add the salad, then the tuna mixture, then the fish flakes, nori and finally tip the men tsuyu (recipe here) over the top to make a kind of soup. Make sure the men tsuyu is ice cold – you can keep the men tsuyu in the fridge for up to 2 weeks!


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Our President, Nicole Easton, attended the Buffalo Niagara Partnership BN360 event Wednesday night at EXPO Market. This happy hour benefited National Federation for Just Communities of WNY.
Images from The Buffalo News
We love meeting like-minded people and companies, especially when it is for such an amazing cause. We look forward to more exciting events coming up this year!


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Last night we chose to have something what many Austrians enjoy – The Käsekrainer. I have tried a few wurst varieties while in Vienna, but so far this one is my favorite. It contains cheese, which really compliments the meat. I bought it at a local supermarket, but I'm guessing it can be found all around.
How do you prepare it?
You cook it in a pan, with a little oil, for 15 minutes on one side, or until you start to hear the cheese popping. Then you turn it over on the other side and repeat the procedure. Simple and tasty!
Serve in a plate, next to a few pieces of bread and of course, mustard. If you like, you can enjoy a nice, cool beer with it too. Mahlzeit!*
By the way, Mahlzeit is what Austrians say for "Bon Appetit"


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child will see a variety of shapes incorporated into everyday objects. When clicked, the shapes are identified as well as their color.
Your child learns about colors and shapes by seeing each object and hearing it's properties.
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We all love cake. But some cakes don't love us back. I only eat healthy cakes, but I do make cakes for other people with too much sugar and refined flour. It's ok to eat stuff like that once or twice a year, but on a daily basis we really need to be more thoughtful of our nutrition.
I am a strong supporter or nutrition education in schools. If we can get governments all over the planet to have vegetable gardening and healthy cooking as standard curriculum for students, I believe we can stop the obesity epidemic in its tracks.
Please click this link and join me in supporting Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.


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The Importance Of A Good Lighting In A Home
We should know that it is important that we should be able to have good quality lighting installed in our home as it would be able to help us see much better inside of our home at night, it would also be able to give us the vibe that we would want with the help of our lighting. The lighting in our homes would surely be able to have a lot to offer as it would help us provide some security during the night and also the proper visibility so that we would be able to see properly inside of our homes. There are a lot of different kinds of new lighting materials that would have amazing features that we would like to have in our home, it would be best if we could get to know more about them so that we could have them installed in our home and improve the experience that we would have with our lighting. The installation process of the lighting of your home can be complicated depending on the kind of design that you would want it to have and it is important that you should have the installation be done by a professional so that you can make sure that the electrical works are stable and the light bulbs would be installed properly, an electrician would surely be able to have your lighting installed properly. The installation would surely not take a long period of time if it is done by an electrician, that is why it would be best to look for one when you are planning to have new lighting installed in your home.
It is important that we should be able to have some knowledge on what kind of lighting we would want for our home and what kind of features we would benefit from that is why it would be best if we could also do some research about the different kinds of lighting or light bulbs. LED light bulbs are recommended in our times today as it is able to offer us with a good quality lighting and would also be able to help us save a lot of money on our energy bills because LED light bulbs would not consume a lot of electricity. LED light bulbs are very much in demand nowadays as you would surely be able to get most out of what you pay as it would be very durable and is an energy saver. You would surely be able to enjoy your home more during the night with the proper lighting as you could have a wonderful vibe and you would also be able to properly see at night.
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First published: November 20th 2017
A few weeks ago, I went running around Skipwith Common. I've joined the Trail Running York group and every Wednesday evening, we go running around another part of Yorkshire. When we went running there, it was already dark. What I did see, illuminated by my head torch as I barrelled down the narrow paths, suggested that I might want to go back in daylight.
A week or so later, our little girl was having a sleepover at her grandparents. Fiona & I decided to make the most of the time (and the peace and quiet) and head out for a nice walk to enjoy the sunset.
There's no real theme to these photographs. It's just a couple of rolls of film that I shot for the fun of it. Sometimes the evening light is just too good to pass up. Golden hour at Skipwith is something special and I'll be heading back there for sure.
The history of the actual common is fascinating. Migrating glaciers blocked the river humber 20 odd thousand years ago and caused a massive flooding called the Humber Lake. It was this that formed the whole Vale of York and the common. The common was also a bomber training base during WWII. You can see the old runway and roads and paths among the trees, as well as the odd Anderson shelter. You can read a bit more about it here.
For the Photographers
The technical stuff that won't be of much interest to anyone unless they have an unnaturally nerdy interest in photography:
Camera: Hasselblad 503CW
Lenses: 60mm & 120mm
Film: Kodak portra 400 (Box Speed)
Process: Rollei C41 kit – in the kitchen
You can see some more of my personal work, mostly shot on film by clicking my `Personal Work' link or having a look at my Instagram Page


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The GCV Green Network Partnership
The GCV Green Network Partnership was formed in June 2007. The Partnership brings together the eight regional authorities as well as Forestry Commission Scotland, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.
Benefits delivered through development of the GCV Green Network will help local authorities deliver on a range of strategic documents. These include Single Outcome Agreements, Open Space Strategies, Local Biodiversity Action Plans and Access Strategies.
Each partner is represented at senior officer level on the Partnership Board. The Chair of the Partnership Board is the Clydeplan Manager.
Other Key Partners
Clydeplan: Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority (GCVSDPA)
The principal role of the GCVSDPA is to prepare and maintain an up to date Strategic Development Plan (SDP) for the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley city region. This process involves engagement through joint working and consultation with a number of key stakeholder organisations and the wider community.
Central Scotland Green Network
The Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) will change the face of Central Scotland, by restoring and transforming the landscape of an area stretching from Ayrshire and Inverclyde in the west, to Fife and the Lothians in the east.
Over the next three years Climate Ready Clyde aims to provide a strategic approach to getting the Glasgow City Region climate ready to ensure it continues to thrive long into the future. Climate Ready Clyde is getting the region ready for the impacts of climate change.


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A Contemporary North American Prayer Book
A Contemporary North American Prayer Book
by William John Fitzgerald
Skokie, IL: ACTA Publications, 2008
157 pages
Reviewed by Bobbie Bonk
William John Fitzgerald poetically begins A Contemporary North American Prayer Book with "The Great Story" and prays: "Bless this day, and all the days of our lives as they unfurl from your gracious hands, O Creator God!" (11). This is an appropriate beginning to an abbreviated and adapted Liturgy of the Hours, dedicated to prayerfully moving a person through the day, using the traditional times of Morning Prayer (Lauds), Midday Prayer (Nones and Angelus), and Night Prayer (Compline). Each of the three prayer times offers an opportunity to slow down and reflect, to engage with God about things that fill our days, including "Cell phones, iPods, blogs, Web sites, podcasts, networks..." (42).
The "Midday Prayers" take the reader to a "North American Island Retreat" for a pause in the midst of activity before beginning the work of the afternoon. A lunch blessing goes beyond the physical food that we eat to a mindfulness of the "more than" which can hold us in unity with God and others. Compline prayers include calling to mind gratitude, forgiveness, letting-go, or even something to take to our dreams.
A Contemporary North American Prayer Book is refreshing with its use of contemporary and inclusive language. Along with poetry and an innovative approach to scripture, quotations from a variety of inspired people such as Black Elk, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Thomas Keating, and Joan Chittister are included. The flow is gentle, and in wonderful to linger and immerse oneself in God while praying the text.
Two unique litanies are also included: the "Litany of Work" which encompasses a wide variety of professions and vocations, and a "North American Litany of Saints," comprised of men and women, some of who are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, and others who are not yet canonized.
In a section entitled "Thirty North American Pilgrimages," Fitzgerald encourages the reader or person of prayer to travel throughout areas in North America without leaving one's own room by using imagination and guided imagery. In so doing, places like Niagara Falls, Saint Jude's Children's Hospital, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, or even the beach at Santa Barbara, California, USA, take on a new sense of the Sacred. These places become holy ground where anyone can ponder the mystery of God in a delightfully new way.
The pages of this prayer book contain an invitation to deep contemplation as well as an awareness of the poor and the hungry, those who stand in the margins. One cannot help but be touched by the transformative power of the Spirit, and in doing so, reach out to others.
If spiritual directors and spiritual directees are looking for a way to praise God individually or together, these prayers are a powerful source for welcoming God's presence in a creative and uplifting manner. This is one way of uniting North America and calling it to embrace the entire planet.
Bobbie Bonk works at a Roman Catholic church in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. She facilitates retreats, offers spiritual direction, and volunteers with inmates at the Larimer County Detention Center. By participating in workshops for adult survivors of childhood abuse led by Mary's Hope, she enhanced her spiritual direction training from The Center for Spirituality at Work in Denver, Colorado.
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Beach hop from pier to jetty on a 6-mile (round-trip) journey infused with classic beach culture. The trip starts at Pacific Beach Pier (aka Crystal Pier, after the classic cottages lining its edges) and goes to the Point Medanos jetty, the southernmost area of iconic Mission Beach. To start, find street parking along one of the many east-west side streets and take the paved path by the pier, paralleling a wide swath of soft sand. Soak in the quintessential San Diego beach scene: eateries, shops, grandiose homes, and interesting people!
About 2 miles south of the pier, you'll reach Belmont Park at Mission Beach, a truly classic oceanfront amusement park dating back to 1925. Its centerpiece, the Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster, is the second oldest of its kind in America, a symbol of the city (and a hell of a ride).
Continue south for another mile to the Point Medanos jetty, a string of huge rocks piling out into the Pacific, acting as the northern border of Mission Bay's entrance channel. If you're feeling particularly adventurous, scramble along the jetty to check out a mysterious graffiti house perched on the rocks. Time your return walk for sunset, when the sandpipers scurry in harmony with the tide amidst the glowing backdrop of the San Diego sky.
BONUS BAR: On the final frontier of on-the-beach drinking, Lahaina Beach House in Pacific Beach has a deck literally stretching onto the sand. Their cash-only policy often drives visitors away, but it's a great experience. Pair fish tacos with beer and a sunset.
To get to the Pacific Beach starting point, take I-5 and exit west on Garnet Ave., which runs directly into Crystal Pier. Lahaina Beach House is half a mile south of the pier at the Oliver Ave. intersection. Dog-friendly on the boardwalk. No dogs on the beach.


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Today I want to show and tell about my find for my skin. Who cares - I ask for a cut!
First, I would like to talk about my skin. I have it combined, but in the winter it is very dry and in the winter I require more hydration than in the spring - in the summer. So, spring came and I decided to replace my nutritious care with moisturizing and cleansing.
1. One hundred beauty recipes. Soft facial scrub "Moisturizing and freshness."
My opinion: Scrub came to me quite by accident. I asked my mother to buy some inexpensive scrub, she bought this one, for which I am very grateful to her. This scrubber is very light, with the smallest soft particles, perfectly cleanses the skin without tightening it. The skin is fresh and does not require special hydration. Scrub very carefully cleanses the skin, improves complexion and tones. I really like the smell, it is the same in the whole series, thank God, such a rose aroma with notes of grapes.
The photo shows that there is almost nothing left of the scrub, but this is not a problem, it costs no more than 40 rubles and I will buy it without fail!
Duration of use: 2 months
Rating: 5 ++++++++++
2. One hundred beauty recipes Foam for washing "Moisturizing and freshness."
My opinion: In general, I wash off my makeup with such foams and gels, because I do not like to use makeup removers. And, usually, after any such remedy, black traces of mascara remained under the eyes, which had to be washed additionally with a cotton pad. Having washed for the first time with this foam, I was pleasantly surprised, because the skin was Absolutely Clean. Soft, pleasant to the touch and without a drop of makeup. It does not dry skin, it refreshes, it does not pinch your eyes! After washing, sometimes I don't even use cream or use it - from the same series. It suits me very much, I am delighted. In general, now this is my favorite wash. And taking into account the price ...
She took the wash 2 weeks ago, a very economical expense. The price is also no more than 40 rubles. I will buy more, be sure.
Duration of use: 2 weeks
Rating: 5 +++++
3. One hundred beauty recipes Face cream "Moisturizing and freshness" for normal and combination skin.
My opinion: Cream, like everything else, I also really liked. It is lightweight, quickly absorbed, moisturizes the skin, refreshes and tones it, does not leave a sticky unpleasant film. The consistency is quite normal, it smells nice and perfect for my combination skin. Where it is dry - moistened, where it is oily - it returned to normal. Easy day cream! I will buy! It costs 30 rubles.
Duration of use: 2 weeks
Rating: 5 ++++++++
Thanks for attention!
I'm Lera, to me on the "you"! =)
Watch the video: The Ordinary 100% Ascorbic Acid Powder - Review. Recipes (March 2020).


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Project Description
From McDonald's 3 times a week to a successful transition to a more healthy eating lifestyle.
Consumers can generally expect to lose around 0.5 to 1 pound per week. Participants inProjectMe consume two meal replacements a day and typically exercise 3-4 times week minimum for at least 30 minutes.
These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent and disease.


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Thursday, 13 July 2017
46 comments:
- Maurice Adams13 July 2017 at 09:14
Excellent overview of Mr. Dury's report.ReplyDelete
Readers may also be interested in reading my January 2016 letter to The Telegram wherein I discussed the danger of a significant increase in the water pressure on the North Spur upstream slope ---- http://www.thetelegram.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor/2016/1/18/its-not-just-the-north-spur-we-have-to-4407553.html
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 09:19
The 18 billion to complete, that has been banded about, does that include this kind of work on the north spur to avoid failure. Think you mentioned in your last Winston. But, can't get my mind around where NALCOR can get another 6 billion. There are no lenders for that kind of financing and Ottawa is not that stunned to guarantee that kind of cash. So the best solution is to run out of financing before completion. NALCOR declear bankruptcy... Does that in any way get us off the hook. Just asking....ReplyDeleteReplies
Reminds me of Come by Chance Refinery, built to run in reverse, went into bankruptcy, financing found to re-design, rebuild, operate. $$$.Delete
Earth dams also fail in BC.ReplyDelete
Welcome to the Site C casino, where the costs are also adding up.
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 09:47
I would not toss out traditional engineering practice too quickly. Everyone is big on tradition these days. Nonetheless it might be worthwhile for Nalcor at this juncture to accept responsibility for the flooding at Mud Lake and relocate those people to higher ground and as well relocate people in other areas that would be at flood risk from failure of this dam.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Maurice Adams13 July 2017 at 09:56
And would be definitely worthwhile to stop this dam madness (we don't need the power, we don't control the water flow, we don't have the money, we don't have acceptable risk, we don't have the right to destroy the food supply, culture and health of people, we don't have the right take away the future of our children and grand children, etc., etc. ---- for what? to placate the overblown ego and the pocket books of the few that control oir political parties)Delete
Dam the torpedoes!Delete
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 11:07
I agree, traditional engineering has its place, however, any competent engineer should agree that this result more than warrants further investigation. I am engineer,and if I were working on this project, there would be no way I could put my faith in it without further analysis. Frankly I am stunned that they decided to move forward with the project given these purported results.Delete
Thank you for your passionate summary Maurice. It is madness, deadly madness it now appears. Will some sanity appear and a halt to this time bomb happen now?Delete
The odds don't look good considering that as as Maurice points out sound engineering, need, cost were all irrelevant. The politics and political bullies ruled and steamrollered any opposition.
Like in the 1920's the affiliation with the feudal political class transcends party or loyalty to the electorate. Will history repeat around the spur catastrophe or will a champion of sanity and fiscal responsibility appear?
It is time to act!
- Maurice Adams13 July 2017 at 12:34
The wannabe leader of the PC Party (Ches Crosbie), by calling for an all-party committee to frame an inquiry shows he is not his own man, but a product of the past, an outgrowth of the old feudal political class.Delete
And now (at this stage) we have the CFIB calling for the PUB to do oversight on the project. Too little, too late me thinks, and a way to put off an inquiry/forensic audit, review panel, etc.
Embarrassing (another tool to keep the project going till finish).
Just issue a stop work order.Delete
There must be many public safety and environmental issues available to Stop Work!
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 14:51
Or, you know, Nalcor could not flood communities that have existed since long before Muskrat Fails was a glimmer in Danny and Eddies' eyes.Delete
Normally the person responsible for Safety on Site, has the authority to issue a stop work order, when Safety and/or the Environment are shown to be compromised . Does anyone know who this person is?Delete
Normally the person responsible for Safety on Site, has the authority to issue a stop work order, when Safety and/or the Environment are shown to be compromised . Does anyone know who this person is?Me thinks this person may be taking home two paychecks!Delete
Ches' all party committee shows he isn't going to be any better then the "leaders" we have had since 2000 here in NL. Never has a more unqualified bunch existed as NL MHAs to review Boondoggle Falls, simply out of their depth.Delete
NF power and Fortis have also been silent on MF and are just as responsible as Nalcor and Hydro for its disaster. Only recently admitting sharp price increases in electricity will see a demand decline whereas that's common sense. NFPs silence was the same as admitting all of Nalcor's data was 100% correct and they trusted them.
CFIB are late to the game $180M more in costs PLUS $400M+ in ratepayers cost of excessive rates is $600M less for customers. 3-4% of ALL disposable income in NL is the cost of MF 23c kWh electricity rates.
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 11:03
Or is that Torpedo the Dam?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 11:15
Nobody should be living downstream of this dam. It will be like the sword of Damocles waiting to fall at any time. If it doesn't fail immediately, all it will take is a small earth tremor to liquefy the quick clay. If it is to be finished no matter what, then we need to relocate everything downstream and then declare the area a wildlife preserve / danger zone. Of course, once the dam fails, the generation facility is a huge stranded asset. The obviously solution to the mess is to stop the dam immediately and cut our losses. The failure of the North Spur will earn us a place in the history books along with major engineering disasters like the Quebec bridge.ReplyDeleteReplies
So Stan, what project contingency for "unforeseen costs" are we carrying in estimated cost to complete now?Delete
Will you still be on the job when the Operator takes over, and the reservoir is filled? Is the Operator on the job already? What are this person's credentials?
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 14:52
How much are you willing to pay to relocate Happy Valley and Mud Lake, with their combined thousands of residents, business, institutions, and public facilities?Delete
Where do you propose moving them?
And will the NL public be on the hook for that too?Delete
Government should take this decision out of Nalcor's hands by taking immediate action to appoint a panel of geo-technical experts, rather than waiting until a catastrophic event occurs. The warning signs are loud and clear!ReplyDelete
The conclusion is that the methodology used to assess the safety of the North Spur is inadequate and risk of failure is high.
I recommend you watch the Rissa video. It can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q-qfNlEP4A . Anyone who has not watched this video cannot understand how serious a problem we are dealing with. By happenstance, someone was on the ground at Rissa with a video recorder when it all began and managed to preserve a record of a series of landslides and the collapse of a hill about the length of the North Spur.
The Rissa landslides began on April 29, 1978. The trigger event was the piling of ground that had been excavated in digging a basement, on the riverbank. This set in motion a quick series of slides, getting larger and larger, and collapsing into the water with incredible speed. Houses and farms were swallowed up in the turbulent waters, roiled by the slides.
To quote from the thesis, in the Muskrat Falls project "the triggering agent would essentially be the water pressure which will increase" (p. 39) because the water will rise from 17 m to 39 m. Imagine the weight of water bearing on the Spur! "On the basis of the outcome of this study, we can affirm that the North Spur does not form a safe and reliable part of the impoundment wall." (p.44)
The tragic consequences of a failure at the North Spur could be much greater than the damage arising from the landslides at Rissa.
The other essential video to watch is the Facebook video of the February meeting in Labrador of the Labrador Land Protectors with the Premier and four MHAs. It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/labradorlandprotectors/videos/381402765555375/ . Only by watching this video can people on the Island gain some small understanding of the existential threat which the North Spur poses to people who live close to Muskrat Falls.
The April 2013 SNC Lavalin risk assessment noted the lack of geo-technical work placed the project in a high risk category. Whether Nalcor's work from April 2013 has been effective in mitigating this risk can only be ascertained through the work of the expert panel of geo-scientists, which must be appointed by government independently of Nalcor.
Maybe the North Spur is the hill on which Muskrat Falls will die? It may be impossible or non-economic to remediate. If such is the case the generation component may have to be terminated and written off as a horrible mistake!
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- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 13:24
I would ask does our government have the knowledge to appoint a qualified review panel? And what type of bench testing and desktop analysis needs to accompany the field work?
I am not sure most have the ability to understand the resumes of the Zakeris, Popescus, Horiis et al of the field.... The experience and academia level required for this type of analysis is is very deep---any of us geotechs can identify the issue, but few can solve it....
I agree 100% that an indepth analysis is needed---just not sure who I would nominate to participate if I were asked that question....
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 15:14
Mr. Vardy, many thanks for providing the link to that most interesting yet quite perturbing youtube video.Delete
I've frequently stated in less-than-wry terms that NLers would be much better off being governed by the competent and practical Norwegians... rather than than the homegrown crop of inept dimwits and dodgy culprits that always seem to be attracted to NL politics.
Good questions. What kind of research investigations are needed will have to be decided by the Panel. The kind of expertise required would be similar to the skills of the panel on the Mount Polley incident where the chair was Dr. Norbert Morgenstern. Government will need to consult widely to find the right people to undertake this task but governments are always faced with these challenges. This was a challenge they faced with the breast cancer problem for which Justice Cameron was selected as chair. In light of the need to review highly technical reports and to examine experts I think we need a technical panel which is totally independent of Nalcor. The panel should examine all documents and review the research. In the case of the Mount Polley panel they also conducted their own research program. This appears to be necessary as well at the North Spur.
David VardyReplies
For those unfamiliar, Mt. Polley was the catastrophic BC earth dam failure caused by gross negligence by a "Self regulated, Professional Reliance" mine operator. Look it up on Google. Nobody went to jail. Luckily there was no Mud Lake downstream. At the time our MLA claimed that the tailings did not taste too bad.Delete
Does anyone know when the reservoir is to be filled? Is there an online resource that shows the level of the water upstream of the dam? The minister responsible has to act immediately to ensure the safety of those living downstream. Nalcor cannot be trusted now to give us this assurance. It must come from our government upon consultation with experts outside of the project. This analysis has come to conclusions which show a threat to human life. The government cannot ignore this now that it is public domain. Can we get faculty members from MUN's Engineering school to comment to comment? It is time to put politics aside and investigate. With full transparency.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 23:48
John, the level was 21.5 meter elevation until recent modest reduction, about 18 in or 2 ft down now, per recent info on one of the articles on the independent.caDelete
The feds has a gauge that had data in real time, but not much value now with the spillway there. Nalcor have a new gauge there, but not online data , so no one know the level except what they say.........seems this should be real time info as the feds have provided for decades.
Winston Adams
- Anonymous13 July 2017 at 17:02
Engineering science and engineering practice are not the same thing. Advances in science may temporarily appear to be counter to good practice. Whilst the implications should be evaluated carefully, science may temporarily mislead the unwary but that should not intimidate experienced engineers or their project owner.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 00:02
Seems what you overlook is that no large dam like this anywhere in the world is composed of considerable quick clay. What is good practice for foundations of known properties can be reliable and safe when properly designed.......but this foundation is abnormal, it appears, and to what extend requires more evaluation, as traditional methods do not apply to analysis for quick clay.Delete
This is not a matter of intimidation of experienced engineers and the project owner, but one of reasonable safety, especially for a company that says safety is number one.
This boondoggle is a result of false assumptions, as stated by Stan Marshall. The analysis done here by Nalcor and the stabilization appears very possible to be another false assumption, as I see it.
Winston Adams
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 11:22
My background is an advanced degree in geotechniques and 20yrs civil experience in NL----as I said earlier to Vardy, I am barely qualified to assess the resumes of those need to do this review and to identify the issues with this thing. I understand the issues and could possible lead a field program but am not nearly qualified to determine final remediation required.
To me, this needs to be assessed as no less a technical feat of landing the first man on the moon... From what I have read and experienced on this project---it seems as if everyone is awestruck by the 'sexy' factor of standing towers/pulling wire and moving stators with the 'moving dirt and pouring concrete' seen as rudimentary....
I see a fail of epic proportions coming at the hands of a group of engineers that ignored engineering 1st principles....
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 11:34
If you really think that they have put a man on the moon, do you believe also that they/he could have been the first to do it?Delete
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 12:00
PENG2. I appreciate your comments on the North Spur, and I agree, this is a very difficult technical issue, but so critical to have the best available expertise, as to safety and the possible risk to losing this expensive asset. The videos of what happens fro slides due to quick clay is dramatic, and that steel drill pipe sank some 20 feet under its own weight at the North Spur is an example of building on mud.......but how much mud......no one knows for sure.Delete
I too marvel at the PR of erecting towers by helicopter and ignoring the tower foundation quality and access, as you mention. (In 1976, I used a helicopter to lift two air conditioners on the roof of Nfld Hydro Philip Building, so hardly a novel approach. I did it at daylight to avoid traffic and media, and a vacant parking lot)
Your words of expecting a fail of epic proportions should wake up those in authority. We need more engineers to join your effort on this blog for transparency on critical issues. There is a wall to silence engineers who know the facts......
I applaud your decision to express your views on UG and urge others at Nalcor and the power companies to do likewise.
Winston Adams
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 08:01
Part of the answer of Nunatsiavut to the Land Protectors released yesterday.ReplyDelete
Questions were raised by the Nunatsiavut Government following statements this spring from Nalcor's Chief Executive Officer, Stan Marshall, that water levels would not be lowered in the reservoir until at least the middle of July. In response, Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe reached out to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball and expressed concerns that the commitment to lower levels in the spring was not being honored. On June 21, the Premier announced that Nalcor had been directed to immediately lower levels in a controlled and safe manner.
Water was initially released from the reservoir following the Premier's directive. The release was suspended as Nalcor was concerned about erosion of soil along the river bank within the reservoir. The Nunatsiavut Government has been assured that water levels continue to be lowered in a safe and controlled manner. Nalcor and the Province have also been asked to confirm when water levels are expected to reach natural levels.
That passage should ring some bells, n'est-ce pas? - On June 21, the Premier announced that Nalcor had been directed to immediately lower levels in a controlled and safe manner.
Water was initially released from the reservoir following the Premier's directive. The release was suspended as Nalcor was concerned about erosion of soil along the river bank within the reservoir.
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 08:40
Seems to me , from the feds water gauges, there were big dumps of water through the spillway just prior to the Mud Lake flood, but now it must be very very gradual............ReplyDelete
Winston Adams
- Anonymous14 July 2017 at 13:02
The telegram editorial today says we must take steps to combat climate change.....a BURNING ISSUE. Likely written by Russell.ReplyDelete
But short on suggestions, in fact , no suggestions.
Here are some
1. taper back and reduce and stop entirely oil extraction.
2. Initiate robust energy conservation and efficiency: our own Efficiency NL, separate form the power companies
3. Bring on the carbon tax, and feed it back to customers for efficiency improvements.
4. Put a tax on air travel, a mojor contributor to GHG
5. Acknowledge that Fortis dumps 15 million tons of GHG per year.........those scallywags, who promote themselves as clean power.
6. Initiate incentives for electric cars, and tax credits
7. Mandate the power companies to cut peak load., and penalties for failure.
8. promote passive housing for new starts, and minimum efficiency standards that exceed the codes.......enforced by municapalities......no permits unless tough standards are to be met.
If the Telegram would comment on these it might help combat climate change. Waiting for the Chinese or Trump to change color, is not enough..........we inhabit one earth.......our oil does the same damage as the Saudi oil.
Winston AdamsReplies
Winston I'm not too sure NFP/Fortis are on the ratepayers side either. After talking to one NFP employee they said net metering should be at the same rate as the cost to generate Bay d'Espior power 1c kWh, 8% of the current retail price. $18,000-$50,000 to install solar and wind on ones property and even if they had an excess amount of power = the average 62GJ of energy per home usage that's a measly $177.22 from net-metering, not even a single 1% RoI. This employee thought Dunderdale was doing a good job at the time and was a blatant MF homer. NFP seems stuck in the past and don't want to innovate, lower peak demand or attempt anything new.Delete
3 MILLION bbls of oil used annually at HRT and a power employee doesn't want to see that reduced via net-metering or other methods? NFP scared of competition with the 5MW limit placed on net-metering? 2% peak demand is the minimal amount in other places that allow net-metering or 36MW on the Island.
NFP has been silent on the third line from Bay d'Espior application that was taken back by Nalcor, one engineer pointed out 2 lines at max capacity will see greater loss V three lines, how many extra bbls of oil have been used since the application was taken back?
At first I thought NFP were separate from Crown corps Nalcor and Hydro for Boondoggle Falls but their silence on the insane demand and cost forecasts makes them complicate as well.
If NFP isn't up to the task of energy efficiency or a reduction in peak demand time for their monopoly as a utility to end.
- Anonymous16 July 2017 at 10:46
AC, Fortis and Nfld Power is almost as much to blame as Nalcor and Nfld Hydro, they are birds of a feather, and are second worst in Canada for customer efficiency measures and efforts to reduce peak demand. Simple : it reduces their revenue and therefore profits, so energy waste is good for shareholders and bad for ratepayers........so they duck their heads and hope Nalcor gets all the blame for this boondoggle, and they may even profit more.Delete
The ratepayers in Nova Scotia rebelled against that type of behaviour a decade ago,forcing the government to change things, and so they now lead the country in efficiency measures and other things to bring down peak demand and also helps customers and keeps rates stable.
Notice this:
Marshall, ex Fortis boss and major Forts share holder now heads Nalcor
John Green, lawyer for Fortis transferred to Nalcor , I believe
Clyde Wells, one time head of Nfld Power, and who wanted Fortis to take over Nfld Hydro, now heads the Independent advisory appointments board.
Bern Coffee, who was head prosecutor when Clyde Wells was in government, was appointed to Nalcor Oversight Commmittee, though in conflict , and was silent on MF once on the Oversight
All this under Ball.
Ball recently pals with Fortis on possible Gull Island development, amid the MF fiasco
Feds who came a few months ago on carbon tax issue: no one from government, but Barry Perry of Fortis in the lead at that meeting, saying go slow........as reported by Ashley at the Telegram
Fortis saying they want more opportunities in Nfld , they have a unused line of credit of 3.5 billion, and say there should be only one power company in Nfld, at their recent AGM.
They play it smart for shareholders but are not the friend of ratepayers........and had the opportunity to more forcefully discredit MF before sanction, but for them better to say little, watch the boondoggle unfold, and benefits may fall into their lap.............until the ratepayers wisens up to their greed........and need I add Fortis pumps out 15 MILLION TONS of GHG per year on their overall operations! A dirty dirty scallywag! But the light will shine on them soon, when rates hit shock increases. They send out the bills.
Winston Adams
It seems that the only (official) source of honest information from inside Nalcor and Government... is, or has been, Mr. Stan Marshall.ReplyDelete
It's time now to call on Stan for some more honesty before citizens drown and/or lose whatever may be left of their lives, homes and families.
First Stan wanted to wait til mid-July to lower the water, despite an agreement to do it in the Spring. Why was that Stan?
Next, due to public pressure, they began to lower the water, at what somebody deemed to be a reasoned rate of release to achieve "a controlled and safe manner".
But then, they had to drastically slow the release rate because "Nalcor was concerned about erosion of soil along the river bank within the reservoir." Which simply means that it wasn't a controlled and safe manner, as they had estimated or assumed.
So Stan, was there was an error in that engineering assesment, or was the erosion factor simply underestimated, through inadequate engineering efforts... or worse yet was it ignored or assumed ? Please speak up Sir because the assurance "that water levels continue to be lowered in a safe and controlled manner." has proven to be fallacy.
"Nalcor and the Province have also been asked to confirm when water levels are expected to reach natural levels." That spin means absolutely nothing without an answer. So what is the scheduled date for this Stan?
We're already knee deep into summer, so the "agreement" that the Premiers rammed down the throats of Aborinal "leaders" has been violated. It too was/is fallacy... (or it was an outright fraud to begin with).
Phrases from our Premier during his P.R. fly in to view the Mud Lake fiasco contain no substance and amount to pure spin also.
Ball said when it comes to the health and safety of residents, "we're not going to put that at risk." But they already have, (the flooding of the community of Mud Lake, the dangerous error in rate of release, the imminent methyl mercury poisonings, the lack of real oversight, the lies and coverups that effect safety....). Arguably 3 or 4 deaths are related to this project already, (one RCMP officer's suicide, one industrial accident last winter and two more in recent weeks). How many more will it take Stan?
Stan, nobody expects you to control nature, or natural disasters, but you DO control this unnatural disaster. It's about to blow up in your face at the peril of many (more) lives. We've learned that psychopaths don't seem to care much about legacy, but do you Stan? Aren't three or four lives lost enough?
Ball said. "We need to put in preventative measures to prevent this from happening again," (referring to the Mud Lake fiasco). There's only one set of "preventative measures" that will work. It comes in three acts...
1. an independent engineering assessment of the North Spur before the construction progresses ANY further.
2. a Forensic Audit
3. a public inquiry into how the entire project is, and has been, "managed".
Without these three elements... we are left with the lies, errors and false assumptions that will (certainly) cause more deaths.
I have no engineering degrees, nor any experience in constructing dams, but I know what to do.
Before it's too late .... do you Mr Marshall?
Peter Austin, Citizen
- Anonymous15 July 2017 at 14:16
MF has a peak capacity of 824 MM, but on average only about 560. To go to max capacity required a draw down of the water level, a max of 18 in or so. When we get cold snaps in St John`s, about 3 times each winter, this requires an additional 200MW or so, it comes on fairly quickly and lasts about 3 days.ReplyDelete
This required a substantial draw down of the water level in winter, if it is not well coordinated with the flow of the Upper Churchill. If not, then soil erosion on the banks, though under ice, could be substantial. Also increased production and water flow through MF could, it seems, surface flood the downstream frozen river, causing problems. And still there is no agreement with HQ on the water flow of the Upper Churchill.
Given the flooding at Mud Lake, the flows at MF seem critical to avoid future flooding downstream.
The concern for stable and slow changes in water elevation upstream now seem at odds with the rapid increase in elevation downstream of MF (per the feds water gauges) leading up to the flood of Mud Lake.
Surely they need to explain to the residents the risks and concerns and their mode of operation this spring, and for the future.
Saying `nalcor is not at fault` convinces no one, they have lost all credability, and now keep secret the current data on the water elevation , instead of having this available in real time as to the Feds on their water gauges. Why is that.......
Winston Adams
Winston, from your own experience, would the permanent Operator of the reservoir already be in place? or what we are seeing is the "contractor" playing with the draw down during construction phase? What level of construction Builder's Risk Insurance would you say is in place say to cover normal construction risks, and Public Liability, (Catastrophic dam failure). Usually when the Owner/Operator plays with the toy, the insurance coverage i.e. withdrawn. My point is that could it be possible that NALCOR are in this way negating their own risk coverage. This problem arises where the Owner is it's own project manager. As Costello would ask; "Who's on First"?Delete
"i.e" should read is. Silly word check.Delete
- Anonymous15 July 2017 at 22:24
As I interpret from Des`s previous piece, it seems Nalcor`s subsidary was in charge of the water management and control, yet wanted to hold the contractor responsible, not for the flooding, but the small delay caused by the hold up of a few land protectors.Delete
It seems the contractor is now between a rock and a hard place, where this has gone public: it points a lot of blame not on the contractor but Nalcor`s Muskrat Falls subsidary, owners of the works there.
Yet is obvious that the contractor, who were in the know of the actual operation, believed the owner both released water inappropriately and failed to control the water appropriately.
To suggest this an act of god, beyond anyone`s control, the contractor says not so............not sure if they had their time back they would want to say that........but it came down to who pays for the few hours delay, caused by land protectors.
I suspect that Nalcor`s subsidary was in fact in control of the gates, and other options to control ice, and water flow, or the contractor would not have stated it the way they did.
And to blame God for the flooding of Mud Lake........well convenient to deflect blame .........I mean, when you have a boondoggle, there is lots of blame going on........but to blame God,( well Mother Nature they would argue), would solve a lot of problems, and they are running out of who or what to blame for all the false assumptions of this project.
Insurance........I have never engaged much in insurance coverage issues, but I suspect the contractor is very knowledgeable about what happened there........and if it was the contractor`s responsibility, the flood may not have happened, being more prudent in operation and control of the flow. As Des says, they had good reason to keep on eye on this, least they be blamed for something not their fault.
Me .......I think Nalcor is as guilty as sin in this. Not absolutely, but 99 percent feel this way. Now they need consultants and evidence to prove otherwise. They have been very successsful with this approach so far......to get the answer you pay for. Call in the `experts`. Time will tell. And we ratepayers get dinged for all the costs anyway.
Winston Adams
- Anonymous16 July 2017 at 10:37
It remains to be seen whether there is enough money available to harness this river at this location. It will require only a drop in the bucket to carry out another review. To successfully dam the water at this location however may require enormous chunks of money and time.ReplyDelete
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Too bad for any high school teacher who isn't excited by, or interested in, a classroom of teenagers, not just on the first day but every day. Of course, loving one's subject is essential, but the high school teacher's life is not so much what he or she is teaching, as it is whom. I know just what Claude M. Fuess meant in his October 1932 Atlantic article, "The Creed of a Schoolmaster," when he wrote:
Nobody is more deadening than a teacher who pursues day after day the same routine, until his pupils sit down at their desks without curiosity and get up from them with delight. No profession requires more long-continued and unfading ardor. A teacher without enthusiasm is as discouraging as a flat tire.
(Claude M. Fuess, an ardent English teacher at Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., beginning in 1908, and its headmaster from 1933 until 1948, inculcated in his staff his ideal of the informal and kind but intellectually stimulating teacher.)
The passage's featured word is ardor (AR duhr), the passion, emotional warmth, enthusiasm and eagerness that people invest in the pursuits they love and are excited by. Ardor's original Latin sense meant a burning, a fiery, red-hot combustible glow. I can't show an English teacher's ardor to you here, but for the embodiment of ardor, watch Leonard Bernstein conduct Mahler here.
More commonly used than the noun ardor is the adjective ardent. How about those ardent Red Sox fans whose passionate hope carried them for 84 years from their 1918 World Series win until the next one in 2004, or the ardent Grateful Dead fans who follow their idols from concert to concert. My high school friend Jesse Miller, an ardent fan of the opera diva Zinka Milanov, carried her autographed photo in his wallet and crossed his last name out in my yearbook and replaced it with "Milanov."
Speaking of opera, in a recent New York Times review of Tosca, at the Metropolitan Opera, Times reviewer Anthony Tommasini wrote: "Mr. Álvarez looked a little paunchy in his tight-fitting pants and coat, the work of the costume designer Milena Canonero. But what mattered was his ardent singing. Here was a true Puccini tenor, with warm, throbbing supple phrasing and some triumphant top notes, including a defiant high A-sharp when he sang "Vittoria" at the news of Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Marengo."
Headmaster Fuess was no doubt familiar with a type of teacher who is far rarer now than during the era in which he taught, and which he describes here in a passage featuring the word castigate (KA stuh gayt), a harsh-sounding word that comes from the same Latin root as chastise, and means to criticize or punish severely, especially by harsh public criticism.
One of the lowest forms of human life is the professorial bully whose temper is not under control. I have known cases where a sensitive youngster, at the mere preliminary rumble of the tyrant's voice, has shivered with fear. Perhaps there are some types of boys who deserve verbal castigation, just as there are animals that can learn only through a sound beating. But the tongue, always an unruly member, is a dangerous weapon, and a cowardly one when conditions allow the victim no retaliation.
In this more enlightened time, few teachers exist of the kind Dr. Fuess was lamenting, and I, personally, never encountered one during my school days or as a colleague. Quite the opposite. Today's American classroom is a pretty egalitarian place, where teachers gain respect for their knowledge, competence, fairness and amiability. Few feel the need to assert their authority or browbeat, and even fewer show a bullying temper.
Which is not to say that castigation isn't everywhere you look, as witness South Carolina's Republican senator Joe Wilson castigating President Obama by shouting "You lie!" during his health care address to Congress; or parents castigating their kids for texting during dinner; or Serena Williams castigating a tennis official; or the Food and Drug Administration castigating the tobacco industry for luring children and teenagers into smoking by selling flavored cigarettes.
In the same Atlantic article, Headmaster Fuess wrote:
Many otherwise brilliant teachers fail because they lack patience. They expect all their pupils to seize the point after the first explanation; they even somewhat resent having to repeat what seems to them a very simple postulate. It is so easy, from a position of superior knowledge or appreciation, to develop unconsciously an attitude verging on superciliousness.
If you've ever raised your eyebrows at someone or something haughtily, disdainfully or contemptuously, you've behaved superciliously (soo: per SI lee uhs lee). A New York Times reporter's supercilious review of Manhattan's first J. C. Penney store brought charges of elitism from readers, not to mention from J. C. Penney. Believers in evolution tend to look superciliously at creationists. A sommelier, or wine steward, may treat diners who order an inexpensive wine superciliously. (Have I treated my readers superciliously by explaining what a sommelier is?)
Once you know the word's derivation, it's a hard word to forget, for supercilious derives from the Latin super, above, and cilium, from the Latin cilia for eyelid or eyelash. Simply, raised eyebrows.
In that same article, Dr. Fuess describes his own experience with impatience, in a passage whose featured word is noncommital (nahn kuh MI tuhl), not committing oneself to a particular view or course of action or not revealing what one feels or thinks — at least not right away — as when you ask permission to do something, and your parent, boss or teacher says, "Let me think about it."
Once, when I had spent several minutes explaining to a boy the technical construction of Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind,' I spoke to him rather caustically about his failure to apprehend what I had been trying to say. He looked a trifle discomfited, but made no reply. A few days later, I was attempting desperately on a very cold morning to start my car, and the same lad, passing the garage door and observing my futile movements, came in. 'Can I help you, sir?' he inquired courteously. Embarrassed, I grunted a noncommittal response; whereupon he lifted the radiator hood, peered into the bowels of the engine, took from his pocket a small screw driver, made one or two motions, and said, 'I think it'll go now, sir.' Sure enough, it did. Then he expounded to me, with the forbearance of a father instructing his child, some mystery of the carburetor which I could not apprehend. Observing my perplexity, he directed my attention to the mechanism itself and, without the slightest trace of annoyance, showed me what had been wrong. He was a better teacher than I had been. To this day, when a boy wrinkles his forehead over the difference between a metaphor and a synecdoche, I remember the carburetor, moderate my wrath, and start again.
Teller (his full legal name), the silent half of the comedy magic team of Penn & Teller, has been one of the more unlikely Atlantic contributors. In his November 1997 article he described his charismatic English teacher, D. G. Rosenbaum. Although Rosenbaum's sleight of hand (slight uhv HAND) — a cleverly executed trick or deception — made his cigarettes vanish literally, when the principal was nearby, there was also something mesmerizing about the man himself that made Teller idolize him.
Thirty-four and a half years ago I was sitting in a nearly empty high school classroom in Philadelphia under the spell of my English teacher and drama coach, D. G. Rosenbaum. I idolized Mr. Rosenbaum (or "Rosey," as we Drama Society brats called him). He had a dark, resonant voice. He had a widow's peak and a moustache and goatee that made him look like Mephistopheles; he hinted that his ancestors were Scottish warlocks. He wore trim black suits, blood-red vests, and pince-nez. He smoked black cigarettes with gold tips, and made them vanish by sleight of hand when the principal was nearby.
From whence comes the magic that some teachers use to spellbind their students? What makes kids look forward every day to a certain teacher's class and revel in being there? We are fortunate if we can idolize just one teacher in our school careers. For me it was Milton Jacobs, whose mixed chorus I sang in during my three years at James Madison High School, in Brooklyn, with Jesse Miller Milanov sitting next to me in the tenor section.
What sleight of hand transformed Mr. Jacobs from the unassuming man who walked into our rehearsal room each day into the magical man on the raised platform who taught us to sing songs ranging from "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"? Was it only the music he taught 80 girls and boys in his chorus to sing so transportingly, or was it also his serene face as he conducted and brought us into his world for 40 thrilling minutes each day? If you've heard the Peter Wilhousky arrangement of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," you know what a thrill it was not just to perform it in an auditorium with a large orchestra, but simply to rehearse it in Jacobs's music room.
Sleight of hand, in the sense in which Teller used it (sleight is from an Old Norse medieval word that gave us sly) means a literal deception through the use of the hands, a now-you-see-it-now you-don't maneuver. It's the bread and butter of magicians, and that is Penn & Teller's bread and butter. In its figurative sense, though, sleight of hand can be the transformation of a great actor into any role he takes on, or to the craftiness of Bernard Madoff's financial wizardry or the sleight of hand the Soviet Union practiced when they made out-of-favor or disgraced politicians disappear from official photos.
It was by the merest chance that I fell into teaching. Possibly that is why, unfettered by pedagogic traditions and theories, I was able to throw myself unprejudiced into the life of the children and of the community, there to find adventure and happiness.
So wrote Benjamin Harrison Chaffee, in the October 1925 Atlantic, in an article about how he emerged from the First World War maelstrom, was appointed principal of a new public high school without any previous teaching experience — even directing the school's construction and populating it with students from surrounding towns and farms — and created not just a place to learn, but a place of community and kindness.
The kindness was especially crucial for the many "bad boys," who came from homes of ignorance and brutality, and who desperately needed a place of refuge and fairness. No matter how "bad" a boy was, Chaffee wrote, "each child inherently craved to achieve his best self."
Had Chaffee been fettered — restrained, confined, hampered — by the the precepts of a then conventional teacher's education, he may well have never felt the freedom to follow his good-natured instincts and his love.
What a wonderfully enlightened approach Chaffee had to education, at a time when discipline, corporal and otherwise, was a key educational philosophy in America's schools. And while few educators today deny the correctness of his approach, there's still the concern of how to implement it in a society with millions of schoolchildren in need not just of education, but health, love, and stability. In a November 1990 Atlantic article in which he advocated a longer school day, Michael J. Barrett, a Massachusetts attorney wrote:
The complaint will be heard that a school cannot be all things to all people — cannot be place of education, health-care clinic, settlement house, and neighborhood recreation center rolled into one. The pragmatic response is that a school must in fact be all these things.
And so it should be, as all teachers know, regardless of the level they teach, even college. Pragmatic (prag MA tik), derives from a Latin word meaning skilled in business and law, and means practical, looking at a problem realistically. Pragmatists believe in getting a job done in the best way it can be done at the moment, even if, to them, it's not the ideal way.
The pragmatic union leader may not be completely satisfied with his compromise with the company, but at least the union got part of what it wanted and everybody's back to work. For an Obama health plan to become a reality, the president will certainly have to be pragmatic and agree to major changes before it is passed.
My goodness, I want school to be all things to all people, and not just a place of formal education. That's the real adventure of teaching — being with young people, enjoying them, helping them in any way one can, learning from them, and, most of all, making a difference in their lives and showing them that they matter.
At the end of the school day, Elaine McCool's routine at her Brooklyn elementary school was to help her kindergarten pupils put their coats on. They knew how to dress themselves, but she wanted to make sure that she personally attended to every child in that class at least once a day. And gave them a hug.
Unfettered — and unorthodox — is what we might call Polly Schoenfeld, an English teacher at the Bronx High School of Science, in New York, who spices up her class with "singing Fridays," where, she says, her students "create songs that our fictional characters might sing to explain how they feel, or just sing something together as a class."
And a bit of unorthodoxy from me:
At the very end of the school year, when classes were over and I was preparing grades, a man entered my classroom and quietly told me he was the father of one of my seniors. He was obviously agitated.
I stood up, shook his hand and asked him to sit down on the chair next to my desk.
"Mr. Greenman," he said, "my son cut almost all your classes this semester. I don't even know if you know what he looks like."
"I know who he is," I said. "He's a nice boy."
"Mr. Greenman, he doesn't deserve to pass, I know that. But he's already been accepted into Kingsborough Community College, depending on getting his dilploma. And he's already told me that if he doesn't graduate he's going to California with a friend he was already into drugs with once before. And if he does he's lost. So, I'm asking you as a father — if you would please give him a passing grade so he can graduate and go to school in the fall."
I passed the boy. And so did the other teachers his father asked that day.


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Food treats are an effective reward for dogs in training. And after lots of hard work, your dog deserves a special treat. But you don't want to give him unhealthy treats, especially when so many treats on the market are made with added fillers, preservatives, and unnatural ingredients that can make your dog very sick. You also don't want to give your dog too many tasty treats. This could lead to digestive issues and obesity. A general recommendation is that treats should not make up more than 15% to 20% of your pet's total diet.
When looking for healthy treats to reward your dog, pay attention to the ingredient list and avoid the following items:
- Artificial preservatives (i.e. BHA, calcium propionate, sodium nitrate)
- Artificial colors
- Products with excessive sugar or molasses
- Chemical humectants like propylene glycol (moisturizing agents used to keep treats moist and chewy)
Choose treats that are made with healthy all-natural ingredients including:
- Fruits and vegetables like carrots, sweet potatoes, cranberries, apples, and green beans
- Protein from fish and chicken that is free of added growth hormones or steroids
- Healthy fats including peanut butter made from 100% peanuts, salmon oil, and olive oil
After putting in hours working on his fitness, Bogart treated himself to some delicious and healthy snacks at Three Dog Bakery at Stony Point Fashion Park. Take a look! Keep following Bogart as he continues to train for the Richmond SPCA Dog Jog!


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This review will contain some spoilers and features my comments on both books in this series as it seems I am having difficulties to separate them when they are so intricately entwined.
There are many things I really loved in The Boss, first and foremost Neil Elwood who is easily one of the best doms and heroes I have come upon in a long time. Neil is a gentleman to the core and he is allowed to have flaws and to be human, to be unsure and normal while still exuding a very powerful, strong and dominating vibe. I have been reading romances so long that I am really tired of those clichéd doms who see a woman, know she's submissive, know her every move and thought, can read her mind, never overstep boundaries and are picture perfect no matter what life throws upon them.
In the story Neil meets Sophie six years ago when she's but a girl of eighteen, unsure of how her life is supposed to continue and ready to experiment with a man who is 24 years her senior. They spend one night together and accidentally meet again six years later in a work related surrouding. Neil has ever since that first night been in love with Sophie and is very honest about his emotions, but reluctant to reveal them to her for fear she might run away as she only consents to a no-strings sexual fling. The way Neil shows his love to Sophie and lives it is splendidly done, all the more so as we don't get any insight to his mind because the story is exclusively told by Sophy as the I-narrator.
Neil is disgustingly rich, doesn't flaunt his money but also isn't ashamed of it. I can't count the number of books I have read where the hero is somewhat (or more) damanged by former lovers because they only wanted his money. Not so in this case because, THANK YOU Abigail Barnette, Neil is intelligent enough to know and feel whether a woman has the hots for his money or him.
Neil needs a great heroine and equal counterpart and finds her in Sophy who is a sexual adventurous and free spirited fashion journalist. I am always a little afraid of super cute and over the top quirky narrating when reading a story told from the first point of view by the heroine. And while the narrating has a subtle, sometimes ironic dialogue it is subliminal and polished and very captivating and easily to get into. Sophy is a strong heroine but not perfect. She does make mistakes and has faults, but her heart is in the right place and she's a truly good, honest and warm person. She falls in love with Neil during the first book and doesn't realise so until reality crashes down on her, making her realise that she has fooled herself by trying to keep sex and her heart separated from each other.
A few days ago I bemoaned the fact that I can't find any good BDSM romances out there featuring a m/f pairing, as the heroine tends to make me tear my hair out. After reading both parts of this series I can honestly say that this dry spell has ended. Neil and Sophie start out their relationship in a vanilla setting and only when Sophy shows interest in the lifestyle Neil slowly begins to introduce various gadgets and D/s scenes into their sex life. Sophy shows true character strength when it comes to domination and submission. Unlike as in so many other books, she is not ashamed of her feelings OR her body, she is a sexually healthy creature who enjoys sex and doesn't feel slutty because of doing so. The first book is very tame where BDSM elements are concerned, but oh so hot and well done, as, and I know I am repeating mysself here, Neil is a gentleman with a very very lovely chocolaty layering. And for me it was this indisputable love Neil feels for Sophy that made the darker elements of BDSM from the second book so special. I wouldn't recommend this mini series to a reader who is new to BDSM as the second book, The Girlfriend, introduces some stronger play and also features two menage scenes.
There are two topics in this book that are not really common elements in most romances, cancer and abortion. Personally, I would have preferred the book only dealt with Neal's cancer and not additionally with Sophy's abortion of their child. I am very glad to have never been in the situation where such a decision was necessary, but the whole scenario surrounding this topic was dealt with, for my taste, too easily. Sometimes the consequences of abortion can catch up with you years later, while the initial act is rather easily done. In this case, it felt to me as if Sophy and Neal have become victims of the plot, as there was probably no way to deal satisfyingly with the situation. Usually, I don't read books where cancer is a huge topic in it. There's too much of that in my real life so I don't want to read about it in hot and steamy romance novels. However, the author did a very very good job of dealing with the subject and, in this case, I was very glad I could push myself to read outside my comfort zone. I have little knowledge of leukemia, but the medical procedures and dealing with the chemotherapy appeared very realistic to me. And as a reader I really got to see another kind of love between Sophy and Neal which has nothing to do with sex and everything with a deep emotional connection that goes soul deep. It's during Neal's illness that I got to really see Sophy's strength and her true love for Neal and how those two are simply meant to be together.
Neal and Sophy's relationship, however, has a deep focus on sex and this is the reason why they introduce a third player into their play while Neal is too ill to satisfy Sophy. I didn't mind the sharing part, for that I've definitely read too many erotic romance novels, but I would have wished for an outsider who was closer to them and not a total albeit very sexy and hot stranger. I can imagine that this part probably rubbed some readers the wrong way, and while I could have wished for the author to have dealt with the situation differently, it didn't deter me from enjoying the story.
There are two more elements in the series I would like to mention. Firstly, I have a weak spot for May December romances and I was very pleased that Abigail Barnette didn't turn the age difference into a hot topic until the end. Yes, there are 24 years separating Neal and Sophy, but the love they feel for each other is more important and true and they are intelligent enough to not talk the age difference to death. Secondly, Neal's daughter Emma is the same age as Sophy, and again kudos to the author, there was no sugar coating or downright hate dominating the interaction between them. They are neither portrayed as overly good nor bad but shown as characters who dealt with the situation in a mature but flawed way as such a set up tends to provoke hurt feelings and touchy situations.
I go with a strong B+ for the books, mainly because of the abortion issue and the ending felt a bit too abrupt for me. I seriously hope there will be a third part to Sophy and Neal's story, they have truly earned a satisfying happy ending which is longer than an epilogue!
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We had this ugly falling apart end table that was on its way out the door. Literally, it was sitting by the living room door waiting to be taken out to the trash. My husband and I had a brilliant idea. Let's turn this table into a sticker table. When the kids come home with a sticker or name tag that they want to keep, they can stick on the table.
This worked very well for a while. They'd come home, no arguing or fussing, just put the sticker on the table. Then little brother began to climb and began standing on the table and using it to climb higher.
Sadly, we also began to reorganize the living room and we really needed more space. The sticker table needed to go. We took lots of pictures and the girls said goodbye.
The boys are not nearly attached to their stickers. They have usually lost them and then forgotten about them by the time they get home.
The girls still have trouble letting go. We tried a sticker book. That seems to help. Although they can never find it and we start another. I'll deal with all the notebooks another day.


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My daughter is an investor!
My 7-year-old daughter is an investor!
When she receives gifts of money (birthdays/Christmas), we have a requirement that she must take at least half of it and place it in her college fund or her new car fund (Yes, we do have a car fund – driving is ONLY 9 years ago).
What is she investing in for her college fund?
- Aggressive Growth Stock Mutual Funds
- Growth Stock Mutual Funds
What is she investing in for her car fund?
- A miserable savings account. This is changing next week!
- It will be moving into growth stock mutual funds.
You might think that I am a FREAK. You might think that my daughter is being mistreated because Jenn and I are requiring her to invest her gifts of money. You might think that we are robbing her of enjoyment of her childhood.
I would just say this – MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT BE B-R-O-K-E!!! We are equipping her to WIN. We are teaching her to PLAN. We are demonstrating in the most tangible way possible that DEBT IS DUMB, INVESTORS WIN, BROKE IS HORRIBLE, DREAMS ARE ACHIEVABLE, A LITTLE INVESTED ALL OF THE TIME MAKES YOU WEALTHY.
Can you say "Paid-for 1st card?", "Paid-for college education?", and "Paid-for 1st house?"
If you are not teaching your kids how to manage money well, YOU ARE FAILING AS A PARENT!!!
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joe… I bought my first car at age 18 1/2… I was thankful to be able to use a family vehicle when I needed it…. not when I wanted, but when I needed it.
We lived on a beef farm, my dad had a 7 day a week as an hourly person with GM working afternoon shift… he needed someone to feed his animals in the evening. I need someone to feed my 4-H projects in the morning so I didn't have have to get up at 5am…. so we bartered… He gave me my 4-H project out of his stock, paid for the feed and vet services (keep in mind, I had two 4-H projects, he had over 50 head of cattle!
When the steer was sold at the county fair… the ENTIRE check was deposited into my savings account. We did this for THREE years… at the age of 18 1/2, and the year of 1985, I had $2,000 for a down payment on a NEW car… my payments were only $137.65! I could do that as a new hairdresser. No, I was not rich, and I still did pay the interest, but I worked for that $2,000, contributed to the family farm, and had fun! All while learning about how if you put the money away, you will reap the benefit….a CAR… way cool!!!
Giving your daughter all the money to blow now is not good… as her parents, you are to teach her, and you guys do a GREAT job from what I hear!
sorry for the book above… didn't realize it was so long! Sharing our stories is what helps ALL of us grow and be creative!
That is awesome! Your daughter is smarter and better prepared for life at age 7 than most Americans will be in their whole life.
Awesome Joe. I don't think you're a freak. I used to know someone whose father was like you – "forced" the kids to invest while they were little. Then when they were teenagers with their own jobs he would take their paychecks and invest from them before giving them a small amount to spend. They were so thankful in their 20's when their investments were already worth in the hundreds of thousands. I can't imagine being upset with my father for showing me a little tough love to teach me how to be rich. That would sure beat having to learn the hard way which is to be broke first – as an adult with responsibilities…
Shawna and I are getting started with our 3 & 4 yr old. They don't fully grasp the concept of time, but we're using the calendar to try and show them the Disneyworld trip they're saving for is in about 45 days. When they get the time concept down I think I'll make a grid picture of a car so they can color it in as they save through the years(like the one you did with your house floorplan). Since this is totally new to me (my dad didn't do it) I'm very open to creative ideas of how to get the kids to REALLY understand this stuff. My kids are going to win too – whether they like it or not :)…


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Columbia Hires New Inspector, Home Rehabilitation Program Running Smoother
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COLUMBIA - Columbia's Housing Rehabilitation Program is running more smoothly after the Planning and Development office hired a new inspector in February.
The federally-funded program, known as HOME, makes low interest loans available to low-and-moderate income property owners to make improvements to their homes.
Problems with the program were brought late last year when a housing project went wrong. Construction to make John Allen's home handicap-accessible went awry due to lack of diligence in the initial inspection.
Director of Columbia's Department of Planning and Development, Tim Teddy, said at the time,"I think the department made a fault in surveying the home from the start, not seeing some issues that sometimes hide behind walls. We will look at what happened there to avoid it happening again in the future."
Randy Cole, Community Development Coordinator, says the department hired Eric Hemple in February and reallocated responsibilities within the department. Hemple took on the responsibilities of the previous inspector as well as took over former-employee Vicki Turner's role. Turner previously held the position of housing project manager.
The program now seems to be running smoothly.
"Last year funding went to only four houses. This year four homes are near completion and we may reach up to ten or twelve," Cole said.
Annie Gardener, a recent participant in the HOME program, says her experience with the Department of Planning and Development went smoothly.
"I was very pleased with the project in the finality sof what we were doing," said Gardener.
Gardener had work done throughout her home to make it comply with city codes, as well as some cosmetic improvements.