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Tang, Zhen-Xing and Qian, Jun-Qing and Shi, Lu-E (2007) Characterizations of immobilized neutral lipase on chitosan nano-particles. Materials Letters, 61 (1). 37 - 40.
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Characterizations of chitosan nano-particles prepared by the ionization gelation method were discussed in this paper. The optimal pH of an immobilized enzyme was 7.5. The optimal temperature of the immobilized enzyme was 45 °C. The thermal, operational and storage stabilities of an enzyme were improved after they were immobilized on chitosan nano-particles. The chitosan nano-particles were applied to protect the activity of free neutral lipase. They could improve the enzyme activity by 13.17% than that of the free neutral lipase. The Michaelis constant Km of the immobilized enzyme was disclosed as 0.37 × 102 g/l by the Line-weaver Burk plot at 40 °C.
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May 10, 2011
Recent TCAT activities and news items:
- Wrapping Up the 2011 Complete Streets Forum
- CAA "Changing Lanes" Conference
- Big Buzz about BIXI in Toronto
- Fort York Pedestrian-Cycle Bridge in Peril
- Bike Month Just Around the Corner
- Ken Greenburg "Walking Home" Book Launch
1. Wrapping Up the 2011 Complete Streets Forum
TCAT is thrilled to announce that the 2011 Complete Streets Forum, our fourth annual active transportation policy conference, was a resounding success. Despite an uncertain political climate and a very rainy start to the day, over 200 engaged delegates from communities around and outside the Toronto region came together to learn, share, and connect with leading active transportation experts. It was a diverse crowd, with about half representing the public sector, and approximately 20% each from the private and non-profit realms. What's more telling, perhaps, is that 1 in 5 came from beyond the Greater Toronto Area to join this important conversation.
Our keynote speakers gave us an inspiring and insightful look into the struggles and success stories of cycling, walking, and transit-friendly cities from around the world. Mia Birk told the tale of how Portland, Oregon shook off its car-dependent roots and transformed the city into what it is today. Roelof Wittink from the Netherlands shared his approach to marketing a cycling culture drawn from his vast experience in international advocacy, and Michel Labrecque from Montreal, Quebec brought his unique perspective as the Chair of Montreal's transit authority to showcase what he has coined the "Transportation Cocktail". In a fantastic complement to the conference, senior city staff led workshops the next day that gave delegates a first-hand look at a downtown main street revitalization in Kitchener, Ontario as well as walking and cycling tours of recent public space and infrastructure developments in downtown Toronto.
For those who couldn't make it, we are continuing to update our website with photos, video, and speaker presentations from the event. Mainstream media as well as urban-minded blogs have picked up our story, and can be viewed here. Also check out this just-released special treat - an original song about complete streets written and performed by the Geese, a talented new band based in Vancouver. The song will be used in a compilation promotional video for TCAT's Complete Streets Forum to be released this summer.
Mia Birk has asked us to send along personal message to say: "Thank you all so much for your participation and support of Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation. TCAT's work is critical; without well organized advocates, very little can be achieved. Stay involved, and be confident! You are on the right path. If you didn't yet get your copy of Joyride, you can order on-line or stop by ING Direct [221 Yonge Street, at the corner of Shuter] to get your copy. Proceeds are shared with TCAT. If you'd like to be on our e-newsletter list, sign up or send me an e-mail at email@example.com."
2. CAA "Changing Lanes" Conference
TCAT has been invited to present at the CAA Changing Lanes: Improving the Bike-Car Relationship on Canada's Roads Conference in Vancouver on May 25th. Darryl Young, a member of TCAT's Steering Committee will be presenting on behalf of TCAT on an infrastructure panel. The panel will involve a ground level discussion about the barriers and advantages to our current road systems, and look at what models and technologies can help provide a made-in-Canada infrastructure solution that works for all road users.
For those interested in attending the conference, but are unable to make it in person, CAA will be webcasting the entire day's proceedings in real-time, in a format which allows for participants to submit questions to panellists, participate in a live chat, and vote on survey questions. In the week before the conference, details regarding the webcast will become available on the following link.
3. Big Buzz about BIXI in Toronto
After success in several European cities and in Montreal, the long-awaited arrival of BIXI in Toronto last week was a huge celebration and TCAT was proud to participate in the launch of this fantastic program. Familiar faces from TCAT, the Toronto Cyclists Union and other members of the bike community were featured in the Toronto Sun, CBC, CityNews, The Weather Network, and the Toronto Star. Since the launch we have seen BIXI bikes everyday on the streets of Toronto.
There are big hopes that BIXI will be widely used, and in support, Telus will give $1 for every BIXI membership purchased to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Conveniently located, BIXI Toronto has 1,000 bikes throughout the area from Spadina to Bloor, Jarvis and down to the waterfront. There is even a mobile application called Spotcycle to keep track of the status of the bikes at nearby BIXI stations.
BIXI is a healthy, inexpensive, and efficient way to get around the city and to get to know Toronto a little more intimately. Welcome to Toronto, BIXI!
4. Fort York Pedestrian-Cycle Bridge in Peril
After spending $1.3 million and three years on planning, the city is halting work on a $22-million foot bridge to Fort York designed to be a landmark on par with London's Millennium Bridge and act as a centrepiece for War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations next year. The Friends of Fort York, the Niagara Neighbourhood Association, City Councillors and condo developers have organized quickly and are mobilizing support to save this important link between new communities.
TCAT has been a strong supporter of this project for several years. The bridge is a critical piece of missing infrastructure that would not only connect Fort York to the neighbouring community but also provide an important link to the waterfront for cyclists and pedestrians. Please consider signing the petition to save it today!
5. Bike Month Just Around the Corner
On May 29th, the day before the official Bike Month kick-off, join the annual Go Green Go Dutch Go Bike ride organized by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Toronto and ING Direct. All proceeds from the event will go towards the purchase of new bicycles, helmets, locks and cycling skills training for Toronto youth. For a $10 donation, you get an orange bike T-shirt and for $75 you get an orange race Jersey. To register for the event, go to their website.
On May 30th, ride with thousands of cyclists in local municipalities across the entire Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area on Bike to Work Day. Take an online pledge to ride to work or school and you will be entered into a draw for a fabulous weekend getaway for two to Northumberland County, courtesy of Welcome Cyclists! Find out more at the Metrolinx Smart Commute website or download the flyer here. End the day off right celebrating cycling at the launch of the SIXTH issue of dandyhorse magazine at the Gladstone Hotel. More info here.
Toronto's month-long celebration of cycling features hundreds of community events. Check out the calendar here.
6. Ken Greenburg "Walking Home" Book Launch
May 25th marks the launch of Ken Greenberg's book, Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder. The Random House event is taking place at the Urbanspace Gallery, located 401 Richmond from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Greenberg will be there to sign copies.


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Friday 7 October 2011: swim lessons
grandaughter N and her Mom at a community pool group lesson (at this age, mostly to start teaching them to float, hold breath, submerge face, and to turn back to the side of the pool, grab for the edge and try to climb out. She did pretty well, not scared or crying, but it will take more exposure and these were the last classes until spring, since the water's getting chilly for babies.)
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PART II – A Shooting Lesson
[NOTE: To read part one of three parts published at HUMAN EVENTS, go here. These are the articles as I intended them to be published. You can read them after they were edited and published over in the DEFENSE & NATIONAL SECURITY SECTION.]Here's a quick shooting lesson, because, when this photo in question was taken, I was doing just that with MY, not the guy taking the photo's, my, M16A1: giving lessons. A longer barrel improves the tracking on a running target. Even the average deer hunter practiced in taking moving game, or a goose hunter with a long-barreled shotgun shooting at passing geese, knows this. Also, the regular length M16 is a viable sniping weapon when used in certain environments, and often more readily at hand than the sniper-dedicated M14 with ART scope that was what the Salvadoran military was issuing its military. This understanding of how viable an M16 is as a tactical shooting weapon is something that the US Army finally took to heart with the designated marksman (SDM): a sniper quality shooter without all the rest of the training a fully designated sniper receives.
By carrying that M16 on this specific operation, I was also able to hide myself much more easily among the rest of the indigenous combatants—who in their right mind would want to stand out with the kind of technology that would blink like a road sign?: SHOOT ME—I'M AN AMERICAN ADVISOR! Take for example the non-com next to me, who actually isn't a U.S. Special Forces as Spencer would like to imagine, but a Salvadoran Navy SEAL. He was a naturalized citizen from another Central American country. I'm six-foot, so his height might have thrown you off, Spence? But, you should have been able to tell by the type of uniform and gear that he was neither a US Navy SEAL, nor a Green Beret—right?
So, why am I wearing tiger stripe in this photo? To this day, tiger stripe is one of the best camouflages prints out there, in all its different forms, evidenced by generation after generation of operators who have used it over the years, whether in the jungle, or the desert, whether Navy, Army, Marines or Air Force. It just works. Considering the hodgepodge of different types of camis being worn in the Central America War by so many different units, aside from the standard, left-over Vietnam era olive drab fatigues, tiger stripe sure beat having to use one of the options suggested by one of the Salvadoran officers, when I said I didn't want to stick out: black-dyed desert leopard pattern. Why did this ever become an option?!
Well, it was a government job after all: the US Government fulfilled a requisition to the Salvadoran Navy for jungle combat wear with crate after crate of the then new desert leopard camo. White, tan and khaki, peppered with black leopard spots was the worst option the US Government could have sent to this war. But, it was what arrived, and the Salvadoran Navy SEALs improvised, adapted and overcame. I took my own person choice and put their insignia onto my own camos, thank you very much: improvise, adapt and overcome…and we were allowed to get whatever we wanted, you said, Spence, remember?
Improvise, adapt and overcome: misdirected leopard camo modified with black dye.
As Professor Spencer noted for a book that includes the battle at which I'd nearly been killed—San Miguel was a base I was only spending a night in during transit on my way to my normal base of operations at that time—I have a question: Why in the whole three pages that he described all that had happened at the third attack on the 3rd Brigade at SanMiguel in 1986, he didn't mention the dozen infiltrators that had entered the base dressed as recruits in shorts, T-shirts and sandals, a pistol hidden in one of their belongings?
A photo taken a week later of the demolished corner CorkGraham was helping defend and then woke up from in a hospital bed with a concussion.
The same building with a corner demolished by explosion during its overrun by the FMLN in June 1986, a base long abandoned by the time of the Google SATPHOTO taken in 2009.
Aside from the external attack, those infiltrators contributed to the major number of 3rd Brigade's dead, through their killing soldiers, grabbing their weapons, shooting them with those weapons and creating a pandemonium that led to a number of cases of friendly fire deaths: soldiers shooting fellow soldiers. This number of dead of course was contributed to by the number of soldiers who had burned to death, trapped in their barracks. I had to read your book a few times, Professor Spencer, unbelieving that there was absolutely no mention of these events, whatsoever. As a historian, I'd be very displeased. As a strategist working for the US government, I'd be pissed that such a thesis was used as your credential of instruction on such an important subject. After all, Al Queda and other anti-American groups have repeatedly studied FMLN and Salvadoran military tactics, strategies and history in formulating their own campaigns!
I'll finally respond to that comment that made me laugh so, as only an REMF could have made it. Yes, that one about me having carried an M16 in the picture, instead of my carbine. Here's a photo of me with MY carbine M16.
Cork Graham and one of HIS carbine M16s Professor David E. Spencer said Graham should have had instead of an M16A1.
So, let's get to the journalist who won't reveal her identity. If she's who I think she is, she was pretty cute and I definitely know her. But, she definitely doesn't know me as Cork Graham, because I never used that name back then. Also, she may have never even thought I was American. Depending on what kind of intel I needed, I'd speak either English or Spanish…or even played the French college student or journalist with the French I was forced to learn as a child in Catholic school in Saigon during the war. Didn't I say in a prior article about the standardizing of English as the main language of the US is not because I'm some red-neck racist, and that actually my first language is Spanish, because my mother, who is originally from Ecuador, and didn't speak English until I was three? Interestingly, my younger brother whose first language is English has an American accent, but I don't. One of the best compliments I had was with an old man in a village chatting with some of my team and me, asking me if I was from Santa Tecla or San Salvador.
Unlike some very ignorant and conceited case officers at the CIA, I'm of the belief that everyone who must work in a clandestine environment needs to not only speak and understand the working language, but do so in a manner that doesn't bring much attention. If those Americans who had become traitors by fighting and aiding the FMLN and FSLN could speak Spanish flawlessly, why shouldn't US case officers and paramilitary officers? It should help cut down on the number of local agents being executed because the local counterintelligence pegged the person meeting clandestinely with an American case officer under official US Embassy cover as a possible agent for the US, soon followed up with a horrific interrogation by their legally, un-restrained CI officers.
Now, to the arrogance of this journalist who said that she was in San Miguel at the time of the attack, and had a "gringo" been wounded or killed, everyone would have known about it. Setting the record, if it was known that an American had been wounded or killed, could you imagine the storm of criticism that would have been unleashed by a public afraid of a new Vietnam? It was so bad for us that I had SF operators confiding to me that their commanding officers were ordering them to report wounds that would have easily qualified them for a purple heart, if not a bronze star, as accidental and self-inflicted; so that the American public wouldn't know American servicemen and women were in direct combat in Central America—is that crazy?!
All this falling on swords to keep the administration from doing what it's Constitutionally supposed to do: protect the citizens of the United States from outside aggression. After successes in Cuba and Nicaragua, communism was quickly gaining ground with increased speed in the Americas. Mexicans, Cubans, Nicaraguans, not to mention terrorist groups from Chile, Argentina and Brazil were well into the fight. Don't forget advisors from East Germany and the Soviet Union, and American military advisors from CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) and other such well-funded pro-communist organizations in the US. We were capturing and bartering many Cuban military advisors it was so darkly comical as we got to the point of becoming short-term drinking buddies before the trade and the likelihood we'd be shooting at each other again—was that another request for a Cuba Libre, or a brain splitting hangover from a guaro on rocks, I hear?
For those of us in an ignored fight, we didn't know which was worse: that after the debacle of Vietnam and my Marine Corps father's forgotten war of Korea, a major campaign against communism was finally succeeding for the US; or that it was partly succeeding because the Reagan and Bush Administrations kept it all hidden from the American people. "If downed or captured, the soldiers, who wore civilian clothes and flew at night, were told to expect no U.S. government acknowledgement or intervention, the relatives said," according to a Knight-Ridder article about that time.
So what's the problem you say? It was after all a covert war. No one's supposed to know about covert wars and those who fight them, even years later, right? What if not knowing about that covert war and those who fought, bled and died in that covert war, somehow further led to the loss of the United States as a nation unique in the entire world as we knew it—free and independent under the US Constitution?
The problem hit me in the face when President Obama had the audacity to apologize to El Salvador for our involvement in "their" civil war. Don't you find this ironic as he rattled sabers in talks about "Syria's" Civil War and other junk in the Middle East we should stay out of—unless we as the American People, as a whole, will benefit from involvement, instead of waste good and honorable men and women? What could be worse: a war thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean that could be easily stopped by simply freezing the assets of the Arab royals and taking full control and ownership of oil we fight for, dig up and refine, on land that these Arab nomads never owned until the English and French oil companies ceded it to them right after WWI, solely in order to have someone to negotiate with and have keep control of their own Arab people; or a war against the United States and the rest of the Free World by the Soviet Union, Vietnam, Cuba, and East Germany right on the southern doorstep of the US?
Most of the armaments we captured, like M16s, purportedly captured, or donated by deserting Salvadoran soldiers to the FMLN—a ploy to show how much support from the people the FLMN had—surprising, or not so surprisingly, had the serial numbers of weapons left in Vietnam and Cambodia before their falls to communism. Vietnam was doing good business shipping them, and other US-made armaments lost at the end of the Vietnam War, to Managua and Daniel Ortega's boys, who smuggled them across Honduras and the Gulf of Fonseca to the FMLN. Weinstein said I was a gunrunner, when in reality one of my duties was supporting the Salvadoran Navy SEALs in stopping Sandinista gunrunners: Considering Weinstein's clearly false and libelous statement about being a gunrunner, that had put a target on the back of my head from every foreign internal security service, do you think I've got grounds for a lawsuit against him and Mother Jones?
Cork Graham assisting Salvadoran Navy SEALs in the interdiction of Sandinista arms smuggling to Salvadoran FMLN guerrillas.
I find no comfort that while we were getting shot at and wounded, that though he is only three years older than me, President Obama, instead of helping defend this country, was a stoner and slacker in college; and a supporting member of pro-communist student organizations.How many of you who were with me in Central America remember when a US Army Ranger unit was captured by the Sandinistas, and were then quietly ransomed back to us?
Covert action is fine and necessary, but I hope we never get into another full-on covert war…though I'm sure we're all aware of the rumblings of yet another far from our eastern shores.
If you missed PART I, it's here: CORK GRAHAM IS A CIA-FAKER
PART III – Selling Books coming up next week, concurrent with the release at HUMAN EVENTSCORK GRAHAM is a gunwriter, combat shooting instructor and former combat photojournalist and CIA paramilitary officer. He is the author of the 2004 NYT Bestseller Vietnam political prison memoir, THE BAMBOO CHEST, and the newly released political intrigue novel THE PANMUNJOM PROTOCOL. A fan of handcrafted log homes, he's a co-organizer of the non-profit LOG HOMES FOR LIFE, which helps military veterans unable to afford a home build their own, while confronting combat-related post-traumatic stress through the activities of learning how to build handcrafted log homes and enjoying the healing qualities of the homesteading lifestyle. Visit www.corkgraham.com and www.globalcounterterror.com


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Broward County accidents started a deadly Memorial Day weekend on Florida roadways.
Twenty people died during the holiday weekend in Florida car crashes, as of 10:15 p.m. on Monday.
The first and second people to die in Memorial Day weekend accidents this year were in Broward County.
Jeremy Fradin, 16, a Western High School honors student and budding baseball player, was the state`s first accident victim of the holiday weekend. He was killed at 7:50 p.m. on Friday when he lost control of his Ford Bronco on Interstate 595.


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Holly has been involved with yoga and pilates from the age of 10. It started with accompanying her mum to an Iyenga yoga class to eventually becoming an accredited Solomon yogalates instructor many years later.
Due to functional scoliosis from many years of playing the violin Holly was able to rehabilitate her body through a combination of Yoga and Pilates. During this time she met her now husband Steen Shoar who is a flying trapeze instructor, so flying trapeze also played an integral part to help rehabilitate her body.
Recently Holly has discovered AntiGravity Fitness, a form of suspension fitness and/or aerial yoga that is taught from a soft hammock similar to a silk. Through inversions, strengthening and stretching this prop has endless ways to nourish your body and mind. She is very excited to be able to be a part of Wanderlust Melbourne!
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Videofreex: The Art of Guerrilla Television
Curated by Andrew Ingall
February 7 — July 12, 2015
Morgan Anderson and Howard Greenberg Family Galleries
Opening reception: Saturday, February 7, 2015, 5–7 pm
John Dominis, Videofreex (l. to r.) David Cort, Bart Friedman, and Parry Teasdale (holding Sarah Teasdale) introduce Lanesville, NY resident Scottie Benjamin to Sony Portapak technology at Maple Tree Farm, 1973, Courtesy Videofreex
This exhibition surveys the history and mythology of the Videofreex, a collective of artists, storytellers, and activists who produced and disseminated alternative media across New York and other U.S. communities during the 1970s.
The Videofreex exploited the new technology of portable video as an emerging medium for creative expression and as a democratic tool for disseminating independent points of view in a pre-digital age. By establishing the first pirate television station in the United States, the Videofreex created a base for media education and training, and an informal media art center hosting local and international visitors.
The core members of the Videofreex, many of whom are active today as artists and media makers, include Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, David Cort, Bart Friedman, Davidson Gigliotti, Chuck Kennedy, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Parry Teasdale, Carol Vontobel, and Ann Woodward.
Major support for this exhibition has been provided by the Dobkin Family Foundation.
Read curator Andrew Ingall's blog on the Videofreex website.
View a trailer for the forthcoming documentary film Here Come the Videofreex produced and directed by Jenny Raskin and Jon Nealon.


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Malay trade and creole languages
In addition to its classical and literary form, Malay has various regional dialects established before the rise of the Malaccan Sultanate. But beyond these, Malay spread through interethnic contact and trade across the Malay archipelago as far as the Philippines. This contact resulted in a lingua franca that was called Bazaar Malay or low Malay. It is generally believed that Bazaar Malay was a pidgin, influenced by contact among Malay, Chinese, Portuguese, and Dutch traders.
Besides the general simplification that occurs with pidgins, the Malay lingua franca had several distinctive characteristics. One that possessives were formed with punya 'its owner'; another that plural pronouns were formed with orang 'person'. The only Malayic affixes that remained productive were tər- and bər-.
Other features:
- Ada became a progressive particle.
- Reduced forms of ini 'this' and itu 'that' before a noun became determiners.
- The verb pərgi 'go' was reduced, and became a preposition 'towards'.
- Causative constructions were formed with kasi or bəri 'to give' or bikin or buat 'to make'.
- A single preposition, often sama, was used for multiple functions, including direct and indirect object.[1]
For example,[2]
- Rumah-ku 'my house' becomes Saya punya rumah
- Saya pukul dia 'I hit him' becomes Saya kasi pukul dia
- Megat dipukul Robert 'Megat is hit by Robert' becomes Megat dipukul dek Robert
Bazaar Malay is still used to a limited extent in Singapore and Malaysia. The most important consequence, however, has been that pidgin Malay creolized, creating several new languages.[3]
- 1 Baba Malay
- 2 Betawi Malay
- 3 Malaccan Creole Malay
- 4 Sri Lanka Malay
- 5 Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
- 6 Sabah Malay
- 7 Macassar Malay
- 8 Balinese Malay
- 9 East Indonesian Malay
- 10 See also
- 11 External links
- 12 References
Baba Malay[edit]
|Baba Malay
|Native to
|Singapore, Malaysia (Melaka and Penang)
|250,000–400,000 (1986)
Native speakers
|unknown (12,000 cited 1986)[4]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
|Baba Indonesian
Native speakers
|unknown (20,000 cited 1981)[5]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
Baba Malay or Peranakan Malay, once a diverse group of pidgins, is spoken in Malaysia but is now almost extinct. These are Malay varieties spoken by the Peranakan, Chinese descendants who live in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia since the 15th Century.[6] Baba Malay is close to the trade pidgins which became creolized across the Malay Archipelago, producing the variety of Malay creoles seen today. A kind of Baba Malay, called Peranakan, is spoken among Chinese living in East Java. It is a mixture of Malay or Indonesian with local Javanese (East Javanese dialect) and Chinese elements (particularly Hokkien). This particular variety is found only in East Java, especially in Surabaya and surrounding areas. While other Chinese tend to speak the language varieties of the places in which they live (the Chinese of Central Java speak High or Standard Javanese in daily conversation even among themselves; in West Java, they tend to speak Sundanese), in Surabaya younger ethnic Chinese people tend to speak pure Javanese (Surabaya dialect) and learn Mandarin in courses.
Example (Spoken in Surabaya):
- Lu bo' gitu! : Don't act that way!
- Yak apa kabarnya si Eli? : How's Eli?
- Nti' kamu pigio ambek cecemu ae ya : Go with your sister, okay?
- Nih, makanen sa'adae : Please have a meal!
- Kamu cari'en bukune koko ndhek rumae Ling Ling : Search your brother's book in Ling Ling's house.
Betawi Malay[edit]
Betawi Malay, also known as Jakarta or Java Malay, is a creolized-Malay which is spoken in Jakarta (the modern name for Betawi) and its surroundings. Betawian or Omong Betawi is based on Bazaar Malay (Melayu Pasar) but influenced by various languages such as Javanese, Sundanese (the area is surrounded by Sundanese speaking area), Chinese (especially Hokkien), Portuguese, Dutch, Balinese and others. Betawian creole began to be used after 1750 in Batavia, and replaced Portuguese creole as the lingua franca.[7]
Betawian Malay was also influenced by Chinese-style Malay spoken by the Chinese settlers who had come earlier.
It has now become a very popular language particularly amongst the younger generations in Indonesia due largely to its use on television (such as sinetron or sitcom).
Betawi Malay was the ancestor of Cocos Malay.
Malaccan Creole Malay[edit]
|Malaccan Creole Malay
|Chitties Creole Malay
|Native to
|300 (no date)
Native speakers
|unknown (undated figure of moribund)[8]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
Spoken since the 16th century by descendents of Tamil merchants of the Malacca Straits. It may be historically related to Sri Lanka Creole Malay.
Sri Lanka Malay[edit]
The Sri Lankan Creole Malay language is a unique mixture of the Sinhalese language and the Tamil language with Malay. Sri Lanka Malay (SLM) is a restructured vernacular of Malay base spoken by at least five different communities in Sri Lanka which has evolved to be significantly divergent from other varieties of Malay due to intimate contact with the dominant languages of Sinhala and Tamil. The Malays in Sri Lanka, whose ancestry include laborers brought by the Dutch and British, as well as soldiers in the Dutch garrison, now constitute 0.3% of the population, numbering some 46,000. It is spoken exclusively by the Malay ethnic minority in Sri Lanka.[9]
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin[edit]
A pidgin used in the pearl industry in West Australia.
Sabah Malay[edit]
|Sabah Malay
Native speakers
|(no estimate available)
(few but growing)[10]
Brunei Malay–based pidgin
|Language codes
A pidginized variant of Brunei Malay, Sabah Malay is a local trade language. There are a large native speakers in urban areas, mainly children who have a second native language.
Macassar Malay[edit]
|Macassar Malay
|Makassar, South Sulawesi
Native speakers
Second language: 1.9 million (2000)
Mixed Malay–Macassarese
|Language codes
Macassar Malay is not a creole, but a mixed Malay–Macassarese language, with Malay lexicon, Macassarese inflections, and mixed Malay/Macassarese syntax.[12]
Balinese Malay[edit]
|Balinese Malay
Native speakers
|25,000 (2000 census)[13]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
Balinese Malay is a trade language of the island.
East Indonesian Malay[edit]
The creoles of eastern Indonesia[14] appear to have formed as Malays and Javanese, using lingua franca Malay, established their monopoly on the spice trade before the European colonial era. They have a number of features in common:
- ə becomes a, e, or assimilates to the following vowel
- i, u lower to e, o in some environments
- there is a loss of final plosives p, t, k, and the neutralization of final nasals in part of the lexicon
- the perfective marker sudah reduces to su or so[1]
For example,[2]
- makan becomes makang
- pergi becomes pigi or pi
- terkejut becomes takajo
- lembut becomes lombo
- dapat becomes dapa
Bacan is perhaps the most archaic, and appears to be closely related to Brunei Malay (which is not a creole).
Bacanese Malay[edit]
|Bacanese Malay
|Bacan, North Maluku
Native speakers
|6 (2012)[15]
Brunei Malay-based creole?
|Language codes
Spoken in Bacan Island and its surroundings, North Maluku.
Manado Malay[edit]
Manado Malay is another creole which is the lingua franca in Manado and Minahasa, North Sulawesi. It is based on Ternatean Malay and highly influenced by Ternatean, Dutch, Minahasa languages and some Portuguese words.
Examples :
- Kita = I
- Ngana = you
- Torang = we
- Dorang = they
- Io = yes
- Nyanda' = no (' = glottal stop)
Sentences :
- Kita pe mama ada pi ka pasar : My mom is going to the market
- Ngana so nyanda' makang dari kalamareng : You haven't eaten since yesterday.
- Ngana jang badusta pa kita : Don't lie to me
- Torang so pasti bisa : we can surely do that
|Morotai Island, central Halmahera
Native speakers
|1,000 (1992)[16]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
Gorap is lexically 85% Malay, but has many Ternate words as well, and word order differs from both Austronesian and Halmahera languages. Children no longer acquire the language.
Ternate / North Moluccan Malay[edit]
This creole resembles Manado Malay, but with different accents and vocabulary. A large percentage of its vocabulary is borrowed from Ternatean, such as: ngana : you (sg) ngoni : you (pl) bifi : ant ciri : to fall Spoken in Ternate, Tidore and Halmahera islands, North Maluku for intergroup communications, and in the Sula Islands.
Example :
- Jang bafoya : Don't lie!
Kupang Malay[edit]
|Kupang Malay
|Kupang, West Timor
Native speakers
|200,000 (1997)[17]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
Spoken in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on the west end of Timor Island. It is based on archaic Malay which mixed mostly with Dutch, Portuguese and local languages. Similar to Ambonese Malay with several differences in vocabularies and accent. Its grammatical system resembles that of other East Indonesian Malay Creoles.
Examples :
- beta = I
- lu = You
- sonde = No
- Beta sonde tau, lai = I don't know
Ambonese Malay[edit]
|Ambonese Malay
Native speakers
|unknown (250,000 cited 1987)[18]
Sabah Malay-based creole
|Language codes
This Malay creole has been apparent since the 17th century. It was first brought by traders from Western Indonesia, then developed when the Dutch Empire colonized the Molluccas (Maluku). This was the first example of the transliteration of Malay into Roman script, and used as a tool of the missionaries in Eastern Indonesia. Malay has been taught in schools and churches in Ambon, and because of this, has become a lingua franca in Ambon and its surroundings.
Christian speakers use Ambonese Malay as their mother tongue, while Muslims speak it as second language as they have their own language. Muslims in Ambon island particularly live in several areas in Municipality of Ambon, dominant in Salahutu and Leihitu Peninsula. While in the Lease (pron : LAY-AH-SAY) islands, Christian Ambonese-speaking community is dominant in part of Haruku, Saparua and Nusa Laut islands. Ambonese Malay Creole has also become lingua franca in Buru, Seram, Geser-Gorom and South-West Molucca Islands, though with different accents.
Ambonese Malay is based on Malay with a great influences from both European languages (Dutch and Portuguese) as well as the vocabularies or grammatical structures of indigenous languages. It is famous for its melodious accent. Muslims and Christian speakers tend to make different choices in vocabulary.
Examples :
- Beta pung nama Ahmad = My name is Ahmed
- Ose su tau Ahmad pung maitua? = Do you know Ahmed's wife?
- Jang bakudapa deng dia dolo, dia ada gagartang deng ose = Never see him for a moment, he's angry to you.
- Susi dong pung kaka mo pi kamari = Susi's brother will come
- Ini beta kasi akang voor ose = This is for you.
- Ale badiang jua, beta cumang mo tipu-tipu Tuang Ala = Shut up, I am tricking God ( for joking )
- Beta seng tau = I don't know
Ambonese word samples
- Beta = I
- Ose, Ale = you (ose is based on voce in Portuguese)
- Dia = he, she
- Akang = (may) it
- Katong = we (cut from kita orang)
- Dong = they (cut from dia orang)
- Kamong, kamorang = you (pl) (cut from kamu orang)
- Antua = he, she (respectful form)
- iyo = yes
- seng = no
- bakubae = peace
- nanaku = pay attention to something
- su = already (indicating something has already happened or has been done)
Bandanese Malay[edit]
|Bandanese Malay
|Banda Malay
|Banda Islands
Native speakers
|3,700 (2000)[19]
Malay-based creole
|Language codes
A distinct variant of Moluccan Malay. Spoken in Banda Islands, Maluku and it has specific accents. Different from Ambonese Malay and for Ambonese, Bandanese Malay is widely perceived as sounding funny due to its unique features.
Example :
- Beta : I
- pane : you
- katorang : we
- mir : ants (deviated from Dutch : mier)
Papuan/Irian Malay[edit]
|Papuan Malay
|Irian Malay
|West Papua
Native speakers
|500,000 (2007)[20]
|Language codes
Originally a contact language among tribes in Indonesian New Guinea (Papua and West Papua) for trading and daily communication, now a growing number of native speakers. Papuan and Irian declared Malay as their language since 1926, before the Sumpah Pemuda declaration. Nowadays, they tend to speak more formal Indonesian. This variant is also understood in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea near Indonesian border.
Example :
- Ini tanah pemerintah punya, bukan ko punya! = It's governmental land, not yours!
- Kitorang tar pernah bohong = We don't lie.
See also[edit]
Creoles of Malaysia based on languages other than Malay[edit]
External links[edit]
- A Baba Malay Dictionary by William Gwee Thian Hock
- Malay creole boy, Hottentot Square Cape Town; Malay boy of Cape Town [picture] / George French Angas delt. et lithog.
- The Malay Chetty Creole Language Of Malacca A Historical And Linguistic Perspective
- ^ a b Wurm, Mühlhäusler, & Tryon, Atlas of languages of intercultural communication in the Pacific, Asia and the Americas, 1996:673ff.
- ^ a b MALAY DIALECT RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA: THE ISSUE OF PERSPECTIVE1.
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Vehicular Malay". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Baba Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Peranakan Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Baba Malay of Malacca.
- ^ Why Malay/Indonesian Undressed: Contact, Geography, and the Roll of the Dice, by David Gil
- ^ Malaccan Creole Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Malays contact with Sri Langka.
- ^ Sabah Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Macassar Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Wurm, Mühlhäusler, & Tryon, Atlas of languages of intercultural communication in the Pacific, Asia and the Americas, 1996:682.
- ^ Balinese Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Eastern Indonesia Trade Malay". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Bacanese Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Gorap at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Kupang Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Ambonese Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Bandanese Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Papuan Malay at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)


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David J. Hale, United States Attorney
David J. Hale was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky on May 7, 2010, following nomination by President Obama and confirmation by the United States Senate. As the District's chief federal law enforcement officer, Mr. Hale supervises the prosecution of all federal crimes and the litigation of civil matters in which the federal government is a party, in a District encompassing 53 counties and over two million residents. He oversees the work of over 80 attorneys and support staff in Kentucky's largest city, Louisville, as well as office locations in Bowling Green, Owensboro and Paducah.
During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hale has prioritized initiatives to enhance cooperation between federal and local law enforcement. He is active in the U.S. Attorney community, serving as vice chair of a U.S. Attorney subcommittee on law enforcement coordination and as chair of a U.S. Attorney working group in support of servicemember and veteran rights.
Before beginning his service as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hale was a member of the Louisville law firm Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice PLLC, where he concentrated his practice in commercial litigation, representing businesses and individuals from disparate industries in federal and state courts across Kentucky. Mr. Hale's practice was recognized by several professional publications, including Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, and Martindale-Hubbell (AV 5.0). While in private practice, Mr. Hale was named to Louisville Business First's Forty Under 40 (2006) and participated in Leadership Kentucky (2002). He also served on the governing boards of the Louisville Urban League and Kentucky Educational Television (KET).
From 1995-99, Mr. Hale served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Kentucky. During his tenure as an AUSA, he prosecuted a broad array of criminal cases, including violent crime, narcotics, illegal guns, homicide, child exploitation, white collar crime. Mr. Hale also represented the government in civil matters, including affirmative civil enforcement cases, health care fraud and financial litigation. Prior to serving as an AUSA, Mr. Hale worked as an associate in the litigation section of the law firm now known as Frost Brown Todd LLC.
Mr. Hale is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (B.A.), and the University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D.), where he earned a scholarship as a member of the College's National Moot Court Team. Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, he also served on the University of Kentucky College of Law Visiting Committee.
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Lynn Schiller has a cold. Sniffles, sore throat, headache, the whole routine. She has had it ever since she took that boat ride to Catalina Island a little while ago, underestimating the chill sea wind. To Lynn, having a cold is more than just a pain in the head, for it keeps her from doing the things she likes to do; namely, swimming, acting, dancing and singing. She is adept at all those activities, especially acting and singing. In high school and college, she sang with school bands, and during a year in Germany, she and a small combo entertained at several Army bases.
She plays the guitar now and is learning piano. Her voice is high, with the lilting quality of a Joni Mitchell, and she is beginning to write her own songs - ballads, mostly, with a touch of country. When she is not singing, she takes acting lessons or ad-libs comic skits with the Ace Trucking Company, an improvisational troupe. She has just graduated from the famous Lee Strasberg Theatrical Institute and hopes to land a decent part in a movie soon. A musical would be perfect. Meantime, between dates with her boyfriend, Glenn Frey, currently of the rock group Eagles, Lynn is doing a little modeling (in Playboy's May feature "T" Formations, she is the model with the roller skates and the hose) and taking modern-dance lessons.
And when she is not doing any of those, chances are you'll find her out swimming, surfing, horseback riding or playing tennis or baseball. Baseball!? "I grew up with three brothers," she says, "and learned to play all the sports little boys play." She describes herself as perky, flirtatious and occasionally aggressive ("When I know what I want, I go after it"). Generally speaking, she's extremely active; but what with this cold, she's stuck indoors, in bed. But then again, there's a whole lot a person can do indoors, in bed.


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The great thing is is a lot of lines have products right now that are made for exactly that. You want to look for a lip and cheek stain with a name that has either berry, pomegranate or cherry in the title. These will give you that berry stained look.
In the video above I use a pomegranate lip and cheek stain. As you can see in the video above, the color starts off very sheer and just starts to add to the natural coloring of lips. You can add more color to create the depth of color that you like. You can top it with a gloss or just leave it on its own for a really beautiful sheer look.
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Cognitive and Health Benefits of Expressive Writing for Family Caregivers Under Stress
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The purpose of this study is to determine if expressive writing is an effective intervention for reducing stress, enhancing cognition, and improving quality of life for caregivers of older adults with dementia
Stress, Psychological
Behavioral: Expressive Writing
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
- General Health Questionnaire
- Impact of Events Scale
- Zarit Burden Interview (short form)
- California Verbal Learning Test
- Ruff 2 & 7 Selective Attention Test
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2005
A significant and growing need exists to support caregivers of older adults with dementia, including methods of support that are easily implemented and targeted at caregivers who can not access multicomponent interventions. The current intervention examines the efficacy of one such approach: expressive writing (EW).
We are examining the efficacy of EW, in terms of its ability to reduce stress, enhance cognition, and improve well-being, by comparing it to two control conditions: objective writing about how caregivers spend their time (time management; TM) and objective writing about non-personal historical events (history writing; HW).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary family caregiver for an older adult with dementia
- Self-reported caregiver stress or burden
- Fluency in written/spoken English
Exclusion Criteria:
- non-family or non-primary caregiver
- existing use of expressive writing / diary
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00303147
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|Principal Investigator:
|Corey S Mackenzie, Ph.D.
|University of Toronto
|Principal Investigator:
|Lynn Hasher, Ph.D.
|University of Toronto
|Principal Investigator:
|David Goldstein, Ph.D.
|University of Toronto
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|March 14, 2006
|Last Updated:
|March 14, 2006
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|Canada: Ethics Review Committee
Keywords provided by University of Toronto:
Expressive Writing
Written Emotional Expression
Caregiver Stress
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stress, Psychological
Behavioral Symptoms
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From Thailand: One Perspective on the Food/Fuel DebateBy Robert Szczesniak | Comments (5)
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Thanks, good to be back! It is hard to see these hard working people (and many like them in developing countries) not only squeezed by increasing costs but also by conflicting priorities of the powers that be. It makes these hard problems even more challenging seeing there are plenty of unintended consequences. But I still think there are viable alternatives, but working the problem all the way through the chain is key for complete success.
Look for piece about Gasfrac, which uses gelled propane to take the water out of fracking. Could help in areas like south Texas.
Hi Robert, thanks for the thoughtful article! I appreciate your recognition and explanation of some of the deeply rooted interactions between food and fuel. This all becomes increasingly complicated when we consider that fields aren't the only entities subject to burning, but that household waste is also burned along with forests, meaning plastics and other household materials are burned too. As most things with such broad social and environmental implications go, there seems to be a huge question as to what motivates people to burn. If it were more obvious that burning fields could lead to increased availability of farmland, that might at least provide a hint as to how to approach the problem, but it doesn't seem to be the only reason. I wonder what the density of these areas is, and how community awareness to the consequences of these actions is promoted. My hunch is that there isn't a sustainability plan in place for these towns (wishful thinking!) — but wouldn't it be great to see what kind of an impact such a plan would have? From personal experience, my assumed home town of Naples, Italy, has built an unfortunate reputation regarding poor waste collection and management, and waste burning. These problems are mired in organized crime tactics and politics, but easier to assess as a result (since the source of the problem is somewhat evident). The burn problem in Northern Thailand is a real mystery and curiosity to me.
The areas in Thailand where the field burning is most prevalent are low density rural populations. The education of these populations is a major hurdle. Many are simply following the same practices their ancestors did. There needs to be more educational outreach regarding better farming practices and how these activities affect nearby populations (which in the past were not so near). Even harder is to get them to understand and reap long-term benefits of alternative practices.
Soon after the article that prompted this post, I saw one about a village in the north that was actively preserving their forestland. They were using it as a tourist attraction and tracking the economic benefits of keeping the forest to attract business. It is difficult to put a tangible value on forest and undisturbed nature, hopefully this will provide a case study for better practices here.
On the burning waste – I would say that here in rural areas that burning waste (of any kind) is the primary practice. One reason is that in non-urban areas there is no choice – there are no services like trash pickup. There is also a historic reason, common to most of the developing world and definitely Asia. These countries have advanced technologically in as little as a generation. This includes a move from biodegradable packaging (leaves, cotton, canvas, etc) to the omnipresent plastic bag. These places have a huge littering problem (and in the rare case it is collected – a burning problem) because very they are used to throwing packaging on the ground without a problem. Before, crack open a coconut, drink the water, and chuck it to the ground – now the plastic bottle that water comes in will last nearly forever. I have found this to be true in areas that I have been such as China, Thailand, and India.
If anyone is looking for an in depth look at the plastic problem that is rapidly developing in our oceans because of habits like this, read Moby Duck. Written from a non-technical perspective following the global circulation of goods and commerce (mainly plastics) with excellent research (that winds up getting a little technical).


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Looking for a Painting Company in Toronto?
Finding Painters for your home or business may not seem so difficult at first. Toronto Painters are almost a dime a dozen. Drive along any street and you will see hundreds of signs advertising Painting Contractors. From "student" painters to franchise painters, there seems to be a lot of choice for the consumer these days. Unfortunately, finding a good painter is not as easy as it appears. This is a simple business to start, and anyone with a brush and a ladder can call themselves a painter. A large number of Painting Service Companies launch every spring and they are all looking for customers. As a result of the low entry barrier, the customer service standards are poor. Consumers should do their homework before contracting a painting company for their project.
A Painting Company with Professional Painters
Ecopainting has been a reputable Contractor in Toronto for over 20 years. Anyone reading our reviews and testimonials will notice how evident our painters professionalism is. We like to think that some of the best Toronto Painters work for our company. They are uniformed, polite and they are trained to deliver high standards of service. The following are some of the main reasons you would use Ecopainting Services for your home or business:
- We hire and train our own Painters and never use sub-contractors.
- Five million Liability Insurance and full WSIB coverage means peace of mind.
- Our Warranty is customer friendly, we stand behind our work.
- Our Painters follow paint manufacturer's recommendations.
- Ecopainting is an eco-friendly contractor.
What to expect from Residential Painters
You have been thinking about it and you are finally ready to paint your home. You have been following some decorating trends, and even have some nice ideas for new colours. You asked your friends if they know any good residential painters in Toronto. You googled "Painting Services" and now it's time to get the ball rolling. You have some painters phone numbers to call and the wheels are now in motion. What should you expect from them? How high should your expectations be? The following are some basic standards that our Painting Company abide by:
The Consultation: as soon as you contact us, we will set up an appointment to meet and discuss the details of your painting project. The purpose of this meeting is to find out what is important to you and to assess your needs. Here we can talk about colours and specific paints and discuss any of your decorating ideas. This is the best time to ask the important questions about the process and bring up any concerns you might have. Don't be afraid to ask about the painters and our company. If you live in a condo, there are rules and regulations about contractors working in the condominium building. We have experience dealing with this.
The Proposal includes in detail the painting work we discussed at our meeting. The "Scope of Work" section lists everything that gets painted. How many coats of paint, what type of primer, on which areas, the level of prep work, and so on. This is an important part for both the customer and the painting contractor. A lot of customer/contractor relationships can go south if the scope is not detailed.
The "Colour Schedule" can be part of this proposal if you chose them at this stage. Often the colour schedule gets prepared later if choosing colour is difficult. The proposal includes information about our painting company, insurance documentation, customer referrals, etc. The Pricing section includes cost detail for the entire project or for separate options. The price will not change, unless the scope of the work changes. Before any changes take place, the customer and the contractor have to agree in writing. A good proposal brings transparency throughout the contracting process. A transparent relationship is the foundation for a nightmare free customer experience.
A Nightmare Free Customer Experience?
You want to proceed now and hire Ecopainting for your painting project, so what's next? Our office will schedule a tentative start date and will confirm it a few days before the work starts. A Job Manager will work with you from the start. His responsibility is to carry out the scope of work exactly as it appears in the proposal. A "walk-through" will take place with yourself and the Job Manager, to review the scope of work and colour schedule. This is where we discuss a lot of the necessary arrangements. Your schedule, times you leave/return from work, do you need us to lock up for you? Are there any concerns you have about your children, family members or pets being present? What about parking spaces, washroom use, electricity, etc. The Job Manager will secure all these details and will sequence the job and plan it with you. At this point it is a good idea to exchange day time contact information for daily reporting purposes or emergencies. When you leave for work you should feel confident that you chose the best Toronto Painters available.
Our painters are our own professional employees, trained to our standards. You will know who is in your home painting. We will cover your floors, protect your furniture and belongings. At the end of the day we will clean the work areas. Paints used will be eco-friendly coatings that will have zero to low odour, no matter what the colour. Throughout the entire process, the communication channels between yourself and the painters remain open. At the end of the project, you will do a final walk-through with the Job Manager to make sure that the scope of work is completed. This is the time to bring up any final concerns and address them. Adhering to the above simple process makes it easy for Ecopainting to deliver a Nightmare Free Experience.
"Karon and her team surpassed my expectations. Not only was the prep work meticulous, but great attention was also paid to all the coats of paint. In addition, George helped with paint colours and visited our home twice before the work began. I 'd recommend Ecopainting to anyone" Kim and Peter M. High Park area of Toronto
Expectations from Commercial Painting Contractors
You are a Facility Manager or owner and are considering a paint job for your premises. As usual there is only so much money in the budget and it needs to be used wisely. After all, painting your building is not something your company does annually, so a lot of thought has to go into the project.
Whether the painting involves an institution, a store or any public space, the users of the facility should not be inconvenienced. The painters may spend days, even weeks working in your space. Managing this type of project is about communication, controlled expectations and the right contractors. Closing the facility for renovations is not an option, so proper sequencing the work becomes vital. The professionalism of the Painting Contractors should be expected. When interviewing companies, ask in detail about their procedures and staff policies. Bring forward any concerns you might have and ask how they will address them..
Ecopainting specializes in commercial painting and has specific procedures and service policies. Before starting a job we provide the customer with our commercial client list with various companies from most industries. This, in addition to our Insurance and Safety certifications brings the customer a welcome peace of mind.
What to expect from Ecopainting:
- Experience in servicing all types of facilities, public or private.
- Product knowledge and technical support from the manufacturer.
- Trained and uniformed staff and painters
- The ability to work after normal hours without compromising quality.
- Strict Environmental policies.
I had a chance to go and see and the finished product looks great. I have been amazed at how little disruption it was with the painting going on during business hours. I think it is a testament to the quality of work of you and your staff. Thanks. Marion C. Toronto building owner.
The "eco" in Ecopainting
It was about 12 years ago when we changed our company name to Ecopainting Inc. Running an eco-friendly painting company was then considered to be a niche. Anything "Eco" or "Green" was only just starting to become trendy. The most available zero VOC paints in Toronto at that time were Glidden Lifemaster and Benjamin Moore Pristine Ecospec and there were only a handful of Toronto Painters offering eco painting services. Things have definitely changed for the better since, and we are all benefiting from it. Driven by consumer demand and a greener marketplace, paints have become safer for the consumer and the atmosphere. Zero or low VOC paint is clearly becoming the standard today. The Eco-friendly painting bandwagon is getting crowded and this is such a great development. Quite a few Toronto Painters are considering themselves green and even market themselves as such. What is next for our industry and where do we go from here? The following procedures are not difficult to implement and can go a long way in reducing a painting company's ecological footprint.
- Responsible Waste disposal
- Careful usage of water when washing paint brushes, rollers etc.
- Recycling of leftover paints and materials
- Recycling bags and systems for painters at job sites
- Transportation alternatives for the painters and equipment
- Responsible office and shop procedures
Ecopainting is a pioneer contractor in the green painting industry in Toronto. Painters have a responsibility to take their services to the next level. Just using zero VOC paint is not enough for our eco conscious Toronto customers. Implementing procedures like the ones listed above, is the minimum a painting company should be doing.
Painting Services availability in the Greater Toronto Area
The GTA includes the city of Toronto and the municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York. This is a large area with a growing population of over 6 million as of 2011. Ecopainting services most of the GTA by hiring local painters and crews when possible. In Mississauga we offer mostly office and commercial painting. More information about our Mississauga work is available here.
In Markham we have a good number of residential projects, including exterior painting in Historic Unionville.
Read More about our areas of service in the GTA and our crew availability.
Nightmare Free Contracting. Is it even Possible?
We all heard the stories and unfortunately most of them are too true:
- Contractors running away with cash deposits.
- Painter promising anything to get the job then not finishing it.
- Finding out later that the price was only for one coat.
- Ceilings were not painted as promised.
- There is paint on the floors, the sink, even the furniture.
- There is dust throughout the house.
- Paint lines are not sharp and the patching is terrible.
- There are cigarette butts are all over the front lawn.
The stories can go on and on and are quite easy to find online. Do they depict a real picture of what our trade and industry are like? Not if you hired a professional painting company that cares about customers and it's reputation. If the company hired was the cheapest, cash type business, these stories are the norm. There is no contract and no insurance coverage, as a result the customer has all the risk. In fact a contract is good for both the customer and the contractor. It's not only a legal document but also a road-map to a great customer experience.
If you use online reviews ask for contact information, a lot of these are not real.
Ecopainting has hundreds of hand written reviews and testimonials and they come with phone numbers. All you have to do is ask.
To experience some of the most professional Painters in Toronto call 416 733-7767


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Shot by Jesse John Jenkins, styled by Rebecca Corbin-Murray and starring Dree Hemingway, these close friends of the Trager Delaney duo came together to make the Fall/Winter film. Inspired by the underlying theme of Trager Delaney's Fall/Winter 2014 collection the film blurs together the British lad culture and the over the top 80's Miami aesthetic. more info
Director - Jesse John Jenkins
Producer - Natalie Wetherell
Starring - Dree Louise Hemingway
Styling - Rebecca Corbin Murray
Director of Photography - Mark Adcock
Editor - Max Windows
Big thanks to Partizan