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Kosanji Temple (ŹkÄOÄø, Kōsanji) is located on Ikuchijima Island and belongs to the True Pure Land Sect of Japanese Buddhism. The temple was founded in 1936 by a successful businessman who was inspired by his devotion to his mother. The construction of the temple took more than 30 years.
If visitors to the temple are surprised by a strong feeling of deja vu, it is because many of the buildings are modeled after some of Japan's most famous temple buildings. The replicas of famous buildings at Kosanji are quite impressive, including copies of Nikko Toshogu's Yomeimon Gate and Byodoin's Phoenix Hall. The complex of buildings at the temple are on the whole colorful and varied, while still retaining a coherent style.
Another highlight of the temple is a long cave, in which a series of images are displayed that illustrate the tortures of Buddhist hell.
On the top of a hill within the temple grounds there is a large walking area called Miraishin no Oka, which means Heights of Eternal Hope for the Future. It is made entirely of marble imported from Italy, and features a few abstract statues, including a statue called Tower of Light at the very peak of the hill. There is also an Italian restaurant called Cafe Cuore, which is also made of marble.
Miraishin no Oka does not have any religious functions as part of Kosanji, but is rather one of the temple's artistic properties. Some of the temple's other art is housed within buildings on the temple's main grounds, and includes works of Buddhist sculpture, painting, modern art, and objects related to the Japanese tea ceremony.
Getting there and around
By bicycle
The temple is located along the Shimanami Kaido cycling route, about 30 kilometers from Onomichi.
By ferry
There is a ferry from Onomichi (Onomichi Ekimae Port in front of Onomichi Station) to Sawa Port or Setoda Port on Ikuchijima Island (40 minutes, 1300 yen one way, 500 yen for a bicycle, 8 boats per day). The temple is about a 15 minute walk away from either port.
By bus
There is a local bus from Onomichi Station bound for Setoda Port that stops in front of the temple along the way (1 hour, 1050 yen one way, one bus every 2-5 hours).
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The city council unanimously approved an increase to $15 an hour, which will be phased in over several years.
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As other cities, states and Congress continue to fight over raising the minimum wage by even smaller amounts, Seattle business owners will already be learning how to survive while paying workers top dollar.
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Related: Washington state defies minimum wage logic
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Mistrust, complex domestic politics, and a lack of urgency by Israeli and Palestinian leaders continue to bedevil peace talks brokered by the Obama administration, says former U.S. negotiator Aaron David Miller.
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Aaron David Miller, a former senior negotiator in the Mideast peace process who served Republican and Democratic presidents, says that the peace talks brokered by the Obama administration have suffered from a lack of urgency on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Miller says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is driven by "maintaining Israeli security in a fraught, broken, angry, dysfunctional region," rather than by motives for lasting peace. On the Palestinian side, he says, leader Mahmoud Abbas "probably wants an agreement but doesn't have the capacity to deliver one."
When President Obama took office, one of his first actions was to name former senator George Mitchell as his special envoy to the Middle East. His efforts ended in failure. Secretary of State John Kerry made the Middle East one of his highest priorities. Now those talks have also ended without success. Why has it been so hard to reach an agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis?
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In order to do this deal, you have to resolve a witch's brew of issues. You've got security, historical trauma, religion, identity, and territory. In none of the other previous agreements—Israel-Jordan and Israel-Egypt, for instance—did you have quite that combination. In order to create traction, let alone a conflict-ending solution, you need three things. And those three things, frankly, are missing.
Number one: You need leaders who are masters of their political houses, not prisoners of their political constituencies. Number two, you need a sense of urgency, which simply does not exist right now enough in sufficient quantities on the Israeli and Palestinian side. And finally, you need a sense of ownership. I participated in the last serious effort to do this at Camp David in July 2000, when we had three empowered leaders [U.S. president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat] who nominally seemed to be committed to reaching some sort of an agreement. Unfortunately, there was much more ownership on the U.S. side than on the Israeli and Palestinian sides. And that clearly is the situation today.
If the time is not right, if the factors for an agreement are not right, then it becomes an issue of Kerry's time, rather than time for an actual conflict-ending solution. And that is really the bottom line. Had [former U.S. special envoy for the Middle East] George Mitchell asked me whether he should have taken on the job as special envoy, had John Kerry asked me, I would say absolutely. This is an important effort. It's important to U.S. national security interests. But if you take it on, you should be prepared for the very real probability that you will not succeed.
Let's analyze it from both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides. Why could they not come together?
First of all, you have what I call the maximum-minimum problem. The maximum Netanyahu is prepared to offer on the six core issues are Jerusalem, borders, security, refugees, recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, and end of conflict and claims. This simply does not meet the minimum that the Palestinians are prepared to accept. I'm just reporting here. I'm not trying to identify who is more to blame. The reality is that neither Netanyahu nor [Palestinian Authority president] Mahmoud Abbas are prepared to pay the price of a conflict-ending agreement, which resolves the six issues conclusively so that there are no more claims to be pursued and all irredentism has been abandoned. Kerry has not been able to even come close to resolving it.
Then other problems kicked in, like the question of fundamental mistrust from both sides and the complexity of domestic politics. On the Israeli side, you have a coalition, even though Netanyahu is a permanent fixture and feature of Israeli politics. He's not some sort of speed bump that will somehow disappear. He's now the longest continuously surviving Israeli prime minister in Israel's history, and he has no real opposition. Enough Israelis respect him, and given the vagaries of coalition politics, he's there for quite some time. But he has a coalition that, frankly, isn't inclined to support the kind of conflict-ending agreement that the Palestinians and the Americans would like.
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On the Palestinian side, you have a curious situation of a leader, Abbas, who probably wants an agreement but doesn't have the capacity to deliver one. You have a Palestinian national movement that looks like Noah's ark. There are two of everything: constitutions, security services, sponsors, prime ministers and visions of where Palestine is and what's between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. It's difficult to imagine a unity agreement. Hamas has to recognize Israel's right to exist, and accept previous agreements. So you have this enormous gap.
Do you think that Netanyahu was ready to recognize a Palestinian state?
Netanyahu is a man whose self-image is not driven by becoming the midwife or father of Palestinian statehood. It is delivering Israel from the shadow of the Iranian bomb, and maintaining Israeli security in a fraught, broken, angry, and dysfunctional region. It is not that of a peacemaker. There was a mistaken assumption that somehow, he could be courted into making these decisions.
Second, there was an assumption that the Palestinians could somehow be nudged off of their consensus. Even in the old days, when we were doing this, Oslo was the last concession that [former Palestinian leader] Yasir Arafat made. And he clung tenaciously, ferociously to a consensus, which envelops Abbas as well. And it's a consensus that leaves very little margin for historic decisions. The issue of territory has to add up to 100 percent, and may involve territorial swaps of equal size and value. Jerusalem has to be the capital of the Palestinian state. There has to be some semblance of a dignified resolution of the Palestinian refugee problem, even if it doesn't involve anything more than token returns of refugees. There has to be a concept of security that doesn't suck all of the sovereignty out of a Palestinian state. And constructing a negotiation based on Palestinian consensus, and an unwillingness or an inability on the part of the Israeli prime minister to accept it, basically leads you to failure.
Did this lead Kerry to frustration?
[Kerry] believes in negotiations. He believes in diplomacy, and that this truly was the last chance. He fundamentally misjudged how he could move both sides in a sort of last-chance environment, and his statements reflect that. He crossed the line by identifying the very real danger of Israel emerging as an apartheid state if there were no two-state solutions. But this is part of peace. He has said that there will be violence, there will be boycott, that Israel will lose its demographic majority and no longer be a Jewish state. Some of these things may be true, but it is virtually impossible to frighten, scare, or push Israelis and Palestinians into making these kinds of existential, politically risky decisions if they're not motivated to do so. There simply isn't enough urgency and ownership right now to get them to make those decisions.
So where do we go from here? Do you think there will ever be a deal?
The real [issue] for the United States is that it is adrift in a kind of peace process Bermuda Triangle. It's caught between a two-state solution that the administration feels is simply too important to abandon, and a two-state solution that simply can't be implemented. And it is within that political space that the secretary of state and the president will have to figure out how to manage during the course of the next eighteen months to two years. The options are not good.
You go from there to more drastic approaches, and do what my old boss [former secretary of state James] Jim Baker did. You can give out your phone number and basically say, "Call us when you're serious," and allow nature to take its course. You can allow the international community to become more bitter and angry at the Israelis, and to try to pressure them to change their minds or allow the process to surrender to violence—and there will be violence. You could wait to see what kind of impact these unity talks have. Will it result in an effective, authoritative government, or is it a tactical unity? I can't imagine that these unity talks will do much else than provide a gift to every Israeli who's looking for an excuse not to participate in this peace process.
There is no honest answer to the question of what the United States does now. And frankly, there shouldn't be. Because we need to first understand the nature of the problem before we run around trying to fix it.


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[lgtngstk] was tired of driving his cold Honda Civic to work. He built an instant on electric heater for his car from a toaster and an ATX power supply. The toaster elements were mounted to one half of the case, while the fan was left in it's stock location.To get the fan blowing hard enough, he whipped up a DC voltage doubling circuit. To finish it out, he added relay control and plenty of new holes in the case.
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the site. but just by a little bit.
Any constructive comments about how to improve my website?
damn you.. damn you for building it first.. I was just getting parts together….
The only addition I would make would be some sort of heat control to turn off the electric when the actual car heater caught up. thermocouple or some such.
bye bye battery life!
At this point, you may be asking yourself, "Why would I want to make a car heater when I could just order one from XXX?" If so, you may also be saying other things like: "This is too dangerous," or, "Why does my diaper always get so soggy?" If that's the case, then you should stop reading now and go back to marthastewart.com.
Wow, Please remove your bg image from that website. Holy crap.
If you're having trouble bringing up the voltage doubling circuit, I mirrored it to http://silenceisdefeat.org/~lgtngstk/Sites/Circuits/12_to_24v_DC_Step_Up_Inverter/12_to_24v_DC_Step_Up_Inverter.html Some of the rest of the geocities area of the site is archived at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://geocities.com/lgtngstk.
I'm currently in the process of moving the site to better hosting. Sorry for the inconvenience.
wow, great way to destroy an alternator
"If that's the case, then you should stop reading now and go back to marthastewart.com"
you know, that excuse formula doesn't work for *every* idiotic thing someone might do.
jury-rigging toaster guts into your beat-up civic isn't exactly "we're going to the moon because it's there" material.
I have to thank you. Things like this keep my second career exciting!
I'm a volunteer firefighter. If it weren't for projects like this, I wouldn't have as much to do!
why not fix the cars actual heater?
as for the site, ive seen worse, and, though the mod seams a little unfinished, it looks usefull
Umm, bad idea man, i would rather my car is cold for a while than it catching on fire or something.
The cars heater takes the heat from the radiator/engine, and redirects it to the passengers. As he said, his engine takes a while to warm up, so it blows cold air at you until it does. IDK why they dont just stick an electrical heater in the tube if the temp isn't high enough…
@lgtngstk: First, I'd suggest changing the wallpaper to something MUCH more neutral. Solid colors really seem to be the prevailing aesthetic these days…
My friend's volvo 850 had an electric heater from the factory. The vent air was instantly warm as soon as you needed it to be, then it shut off and the engine coolant kept the car warm. It worked great, it just smelled like electronics when you turned it on.
The detailed instructions in this post suggest using 1N914 or 1N4148 diodes in the voltage doubler. There is *no way* that a 1N914 or 1N4148 diode can carry 4 amps, For example, the max current spec for the 1N4148 is 450mA (0.45 A) about ten times too small.
If you use those parts and the current load is 4 amps, you can expect flaming debris. Please wear eye protection.
The diodes are for the fan, not the heating element. They were connected to the battery through a fuse link. Even 30A @ 12V isn't really enough. Most alternators top out at 60A, which is still not really enough. See my other 1/7/2015 post down the page for more details. I no longer own this vehicle.
Good idea with some bad choices. Either Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray could tell the author that most 90mm computer fans are of cheap construction, and will fail quickly being driven at twice the intended voltage.
Should the fan fail, or become obstructed as a result of something falling through any of the excessively large holes cut in that thing, you have a problem. Especially if the heater is left unattended while waiting for the car to heat up.
I'd recommend:
1) Mount a thermal cutout to the casing/heatsink.
2) Replace the fan with one with sufficient airflow at 12v (cheaper, easier, and more reliable than this voltage doubler nonsense).
3) Use some aluminum window screen to cover the holes.
4) Bonus: Add a heavy-duty relay to control power to the heater. The coil should be actuated only when the car is actually running. Avoids the possibility of accidentally leaving this on and destroying your battery/car.Martha also has a few aesthetic recommendations, but I'm leaving those out. :)
I added a picture of the unit in operation and removed the background image everyone was complaining about, though I may bring it back in some sort of css page centering thingy.
if you chose, you can make this more efficient by heating up larger pieces of thin metal (crap thin aluminum, but not foil) at an angle, so the air is forced across it (radiator.) it will transfer more heat directly to the air and less to the atx chassis. ill leave it to you to figure out how to insulate it electrically but not thermally :)
"Any constructive comments about how to improve my website?"
Sure thing.
Center a navigation at the top or bottom-stylized text is great. Trash the splash page. Learn CSS and make a couple standard layout pages.
Or you could install WordPress. It looks like what you would be great on a blog-type interface and system. Updates are easy, install is easy.. these are thousands of styles to choose from, and a fair amount of customization can be done by switching images in the designs out.. good luck.
Extra points for anyone that fits one that retains the ability to make toast. Kill 3 birds with one stone by heating up some breakfast pop-tarts on the way to work for that internal and external glow.
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you'd probably need to add more coil if you wanted to still make breakfast with it since it would be blowing out most of it's heat. in any event, it'd beat the hell out of onstar if you ask me.
Honestly… his car should heat up within 5 minutes. Is it worth the extra current draw/fire risk from this? I seriously doubt it.
If the car isn't heating up… fix it :p
(I have that year/make/model car…. it heats up quite quickly and has a great heating system)
Wow, y'all a bunch of girlie-girls… ooh, it's going to catch on fire… ooh, it's going to damage the altenator…
and you guys (gals) call yourselves hackers. you should be ashamed. ashamed, I say.
perhaps you don't know the retail products are basically the same thing. they've sold electric car heaters for many years, it's not new. or that not everbody desires to wake up 45 minutes early to allow their car to thaw out before they can go to work. or that old vw's used _gas-fired_ heaters, but your parents survived to have you.
it's a cool hack. get over the website.
and be sure to have parental supervision before you make some pop-tarts…
@Jentulman: Both of those ideas are just begging to be hacked, or at least photoshopped.
Of course with the toaster/heater combo you'd also have the side effect of making the entire car smell like whatever you were toasting. It could be a huge plus for older cars that smell, well, "broken-in". I know i'd take "brown sugar and cinnamon" over "mildew and road-tar" anyday.
The foreman grill de-icer, I'm not sure how you'd do that; does the heating element come out of those? It might be best kept intact as a roof-top unit that allows hot grease to drip-down and de-ice the windshield (wet-naps not included) while your breakfast sausages cook.
hmm…that's kinda cool, i need this for my warehouse, it's getting cold…
Hot, fresh, on the go toast.
Now THAT'S engineering!
peter, the voltage doubler is to increase the cfm of the fan. it does not need 4 amps.
Michael Vroegop: Navbars are a good idea. It'll go on my to-do list. ^_-
I dunno why the other parts were deemed "un-needed". The thing would make a rather good bagel toaster for the drive in to work.
I had a 79 Honda AccordLX that had from the factory electric heat in the vents. It also shut off when the incoming air was warm enough.
Also had a coworker that made something like this 15 years ago when he heard me talking about my Honda. What he did, though, was to use little 12V heating elements (kinda like 4″x8″ heating pads) that came out of military battery packs. He wired them to the car's 12V system with a dashboard switch and put a thermal switch in the vent before the heating pads to shut them off when the incoming air got to something like 100 degrees.
Worked great! The heating elements could not get hot enough to damage anything since they were designed to go up against batteries in a plastic enclosure, but got plenty warm enough to get his big old Ford LTD warm right away in Michigan winters.
why didn't he just use a blow dryer? they are designed to blow air over the coils, most likely have a thermal cutoff switch to keep the air from getting too hot (like say, a temperature you could make toast with) and you could keep the entire "barrel" assembly (think of the blow dryer in gun terms) because the coils are already mounted and electrically insulated from each other
youre using a flamethrower to do the job of a flyswatter. a flamethrower has more power, but a flyswatter won't burn your house down. choose the right tool for the job
used a propane space heater (the ones that mount on the little bottle you use camping) to heat my truck when it was -5f once
I think we're all looking at the problem the wrong way. Under the hood there is an item that warms up straightaway – the engine exhaust pipe. Put your hand on it if you don't believe me!
Air cooled Porsche cars have a hot box – a steel box that fits around the top of the exhaust where it meets the engine. Air is blown over this and it heats up instantly. Not that I've got a porsche, the 1970 440 cu inch roadrunner in my garage warms up PDQ without the aid of a heater anyway! -
you are a genius dunkoriffic… actually whoever thought of that… but thank you.
once i get access to a mig (or get around to fixing mine, if possible) i'm going to weld a box around the tailpipe with a couple hose fittings on it, and hook that up to a y-mixer, one side from the hotbox and the other to ambient air, add a thermistor to the outlet to adjust the mix ratio so i don't get air hotter than 120 or so (thats what water heaters are set to to prevent burns) and add that into the air system. thats a great idea!
Just set yourself on fire, and then jump into the car and speed away. Something like the Ghost Rider with a VW bug.
Keep working, great job with this useful blog!
Actually… i have a 911 that needs heating/demisting, as the exhaust/heater component has been removed, (different exhaust)
I actually need an electric heater..
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It may be easier to just put some cardboard in front of your radiator. This will cause the engine to warm up faster as the coolant is unable to cool as well. I used it in a Geo Metro & it worked fine. Much safer, just make sure you don't overheat the engine.
I actually ended up doing that eventually. It worked very well. Finally I sold the car last year to some unsuspecting teenagers who probably wrecked it. When I was sick, I even stuck a 120V space heater inside and ran it from an extension cord to warm the car up before driving it. That worked really well. Much better than the electric one ever did
My truck doesn't have this problem, but unfortunately, it's a Ford.
set the car on fire nice one
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Blood Dragon Breaks Half A Million In Sales
Ubisoft's gonzo Far Cry standalone spinoff has posted strong sales so far, topping the 500,000 mark.
In an interview with Games Industry International, Ubisoft head Yves Guillemot said that the company's digital-only products have been a strong area of growth. In particular, he cited Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as having sold over 500,000 downloads in two months. Guillemot also said that the game caused an increase in sales of the original Far Cry 3. This success will likely cause Ubisoft to look into creating more standalone spinoff titles like Blood Dragon based on its successful franchises in the future.
The success of Blood Dragon shouldn't be a surprise, as its one of the year's most entertaining games.
[Source: Games Industry International via Joystiq]


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When Errol Emrich drove by a Shell station in his San Jose neighborhood last weekend, regular gas was selling for $4.05 a gallon.
On Monday, it was $4.15. On Tuesday, $4.25. And this weekend? Analysts say it could reach a whopping $4.40.
Problems at California refineries have slashed supplies across the state, cutting fuel production and raising wholesale prices -- the price stations pay for their gasoline -- by as much as 73 cents, to levels not seen since 2007.
And that almost certainly will boost prices at the pump again soon.
"California gasoline prices may surge in the next five days, perhaps to levels higher than February's $4.33-a-gallon average," said Patrick DeHaan, an analyst with Gasbuddy.com. "It is within the realm of possibility that average prices reach near $4.40 or even higher if the situation worsens."
Bloomberg News reported that Exxon Mobil's 150,000-barrel-a-day Torrance refinery lost power Monday and may suffer production problems for another week.
That sent fuel wholesale prices surging 30 cents a gallon Monday in Southern California. Wholesale prices in the Bay Area, meanwhile, jumped 20 cents Monday.
Chevron's Kettleman-Los Medanos pipeline, which carries crude from Kern County to Northern California refineries, was shut down Monday after elevated levels of organic chloride were detected in the oil.
In addition, Chevron's 240,000-barrel-a-day Richmond plant, the largest refinery in Northern California, has been running at reduced capacity since a fire Aug. 6.
And maintenance work at the Phillips 66 plants in Rodeo and Arroyo Grande is under way, further curbing state supplies.
"It's a combination of low inventories and multiple California refinery problems," said Tom Robinson, head of Robinson Oil Corp. "Really since the Chevron Richmond fire, inventories have been tight. As other refinery problems occur, there isn't much or any available inventory.
"Retailers are not yet reflecting the wholesale price increases they have experienced, so unless supply problems improve quickly, retail prices will definitely be going up."
Cynthia Harris, a spokeswoman for AAA, said the current spike is "unique to the West Coast" and not affecting the East Coast or the Gulf of Mexico.
Nationally, prices have fallen three cents from a week ago, down to $3.78 a gallon. That's the lowest since before Labor Day.
But AAA's current average, which lags behind actual prices by a day or two, is $4.18 a gallon, four cents higher than last week. San Francisco's average is $4.28, the East Bay is at $4.20 and the San Jose area is paying $4.22.
Or worse.
The spike sent Emrich to a Rotten Robbie on Sierra Road, where last week he found gas for $3.97. On Tuesday it was at $4.25, and Emrich was not happy.
"I see no reason for this at all," he said. "Sounds like a load of rubbish to me."
Contact Gary Richards at 408-920-5335.
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Suicide was decriminalized for Canadian civilians in 1972, in 2020 self-harm remains a disciplinary offence for members of the military.
Randall Garrison, MP for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke and NDP Critic for National Defence, has reintroduced a bill to remove self-harm as a disciplinary offence for members of the armed forces.
Garrison's Bill C-203 addresses issues of suicide in the military and barriers faced by those seeking mental health assistance.
READ ALSO: Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
This is the NDP's third time tabling the issue. In 2019, Garrison first tabled a bill asking that the "archaic" section of the National Defence Act designating self-harm as a disciplinary offence for members of the military be removed. At the time, the Liberals blocked the bill.
The NDP also attempted to remove self-harm as a disciplinary offence by adding an amendment to Bill C-77 which sought to enshrine a Declaration of Victims' Rights in the National Defence Acts which governs the military justice system. This was blocked by the Liberal government on procedural grounds, Garrison explained.
"The problem of death by suicide of Canadian Forces members is not going away," he said.
Over the last 15 years, 212 serving members ended their lives, he said. In 2019, 17 members of the military were lost to death by suicide – "more than one serving member per month."
While military officials have testified that "the self-harm offence is rarely enforced," Garrison feels the fact the offence remains in the Military Code of Service Discipline discourages service members from seeking mental health assistance.
READ ALSO: Soldiers of suicide to be remembered at Victoria candlelight ceremony
Garrison explained that currently, members who come forward about self-harm are often "confined and subjected to administrative punishments" rather than given mental health assistance.
He pointed out that punishing those who "put their lives on the line to defend Canada" because they reach out seeking mental health assistance is wrong.
With the reintroduction of Bill C-203, Garrison is hopeful that his fellow MPs will "listen to the voices of the hundreds of families that have lost loved ones to death by suicide" and work together to improve the response to self-harm within the Canadian Armed Forces.
In the next two weeks, Garrison plans to ask the Defense Committee to start a study looking at mental health and death by suicide among serving members.
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FAQ - In-flight services - Meals
For all destinations and travel classes, we provide - free of charge - meals or snacks (depending on your flight's duration), as well as beverages, on board all Air France flights. When traveling in the Economy or Premium Economy cabins on most long-haul flights, you also have the option to purchase one of our special "A la Carte" meals when booking your ticket in the "Review / modify your bookings" area of our website (up to 24 hours before your departure). Our "A la Carte" Menu offers you a wide selection of different meals, creating a truly unique culinary experience during your flight. Please note: if your Air France flight is provided by one of our partner airlines, you may have to pay for your in-flight meal in all cases.
If you need assistance during in-flight meals, you must be accompanied by another passenger. The accompanying person may be eligible for a special fare to certain destinations. For further information, please contact your booking office, travel agent or the Saphir assistance service.
For security reasons, the transport of liquids is restricted in the cabin. Only small quantities of liquids, gels, pastes, creams, and similar substances are permitted in the cabin (100 ml per container), and they must be stored in clear plastic, zip-top bags. However, the following items are permitted in the cabin:
- baby food and formula needed for the flight,
- specific nutritional products that you need for travel (in the case of lactose and gluten allergies, etc.).
These items are not subject to the maximum allowance (100 ml), and do not require a clear plastic bag. Please note: security officers may ask you to prove the nature of these substances, possibly requesting that you taste them.
We recommend that you bring a sufficient amount of baby bottles and food (including liquid food) for the entire trip. Also, be sure that your baby drinks a lot during the flight. If you wish, the flight attendants can provide a meal of prepared baby food. Be sure to request this when you make your booking, at least 24 hours before departure.
The infant meal includes a small jar of mixed meat and vegetables, a small jar of fruit, a cookie, and a dairy product.
Breakfast includes 2 mini-pastries, a yogurt drink (containing sugar and dairy) or fruit juice, a compote, milk, and cereal. The hot meal (lunch or dinner) includes:
- a seasoned salad,
- a main course (usually chicken with pasta and grated cheese),
- sweet pastry,
- apple juice,
- cheese and crackers,
- a fruit compote and a dessert.
Meals and snacks are served on board all Air France flights, regardless of the destination and the travel class. However, there may be a charge for onboard meals if your Air France flight is operated by one of our partner Airlines.
Hot and cold beverages, as well as alcoholic beverages, are available all throughout our flights in every class. Our wine list was created by Paolo Basso, named world's best sommelier for the year 2013.
The meal you receive on board depends on your travel class, destination, and the time of day. According to these factors, you will receive: breakfast, snack, lunch, or dinner. A choice of beverages is also provided on all our flights. On most long-haul flights, you can purchase an "A la Carte" meal in the Economy and Premium Economy cabins. Our "A la Carte" Menu provides a wide selection of different meals, offering a truly unique culinary experience during your fight. Simply make your request when booking your flight, or in the "Review/modify your bookings" area of our website (up to 24 hours before your departure). You can request a special meal (vegetarian, kosher, sodium-free, etc.) on our intercontinental flights if you are on a diet specific diet. Do not hesitate to request your special meal when you book your flight or in My Bookings, at the latest 48 hours before your departure. Please note that if you request a special meal, your dining experience on board will be adapted to your request: breakfast, snacks, lunch, and dinner.
Air France offers a special "allergen-free" meal* on our intercontinental flights. The meal is free of the following products and their byproducts: grains, shellfish, eggs, fish, peanuts, soy, milk, nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts), celery, mustard, sesame seeds, sulfurous anhydrite and sulfite concentrations of more than 10mg/kg, lupine, and mollusks. The offer is available for breakfast, lunch and dinner and is the same in all classes. If you would like one of these meals, simply submit your request when booking your ticket or at least 48 hours prior to your departure. * All other meals, both in the airport and in flight, may contain food allergen traces.


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I planned to post this two and a half months ago. I wanted to post it before Balticon for friends that would see it in our room, as warning of sorts. I know my haircut seemed rash for some reason, after years of talking about cutting it all off. Here's some warning on this one for future visitors to #TheSeuss (our silly nickname for our home.)
My General Practitioner prescribed something last winter(? Spring?) that I am only now finally coming to terms with enough to post publicly — a walker. Even after the daily struggles that I described for basic self-care, let alone toning and cardio and strengthening exercise, the determination somehow still felt like an accusation and led to a variety of ridiculous thoughts. I joke about living a #VealLife, but denied the need for a walker, in spite of:
- Using a cane/sturdy parasol for years. They either compensate for dizziness; strength; pain management; removing cob webs from my sometimes slow moving brain; and hooking stuff to pull toward me when necessities are slightly out of reach.
- Using braces and wraps for a decade. The trigger for their use was over a decade ago and, really, it took a particularly long time to recover from a sprained ankle while dizzy on stairs in December of 2012. I'm now also alternating compression gloves (also a gift from Heather, they help so much!) and various braces to help with hand joint pain (the pain is similar to broken bones, at its worst) and carpal tunnel. They are necessary for any keyboard work, chores or for holding our sweet Little Bear.
- For years now, when traveling on public transportation, I have been using all the disabled services available. I feel I'm entitled to since I'm also traveling with my handicap placard. Whether it's seating on a bus or a requesting a waiting wheelchair after getting off of a plane after hours of my joints stiffening at high altitude (a particularly nasty combo). I've literally gone from running in 5k's and training for a half-marathon in 2011, to now simply hoping to survive the luxury of travel beyond a 3 hour radius. (But that's a whole 'nother post.)
- My refusal of scooters as an option to the extent that I have long told loved ones that if they ever saw me in a scooter that they have to knock me out out of it and make me wrestle my way back onto it, to stay strong. Meaning, I could use it, but only when I HAD to. And I had to be ready to demonstrate that I hadn't given up the fight, not yet. And if I had given up, it would remind me that there still is a fight to be had, every day.
But… a walker?
My heart sank, as it felt a bit like going backwards so many more steps than having to stop running and then regular cardio exercise. But she explained that it would make me more able to move around with the further stability for my continual dizziness as well as balanced support for my lower body. For years now, I am continually switching sides because of the flare up cause by stress on one side or the other, for using the cane. It would lead to more movement, knowing I was supported no matter which symptom had me debilitated, or chose to hit me while crossing a room.
Reminder: None of my illness/conditions are degenerative or terminal. And I only really remember telling a handful of trusted friends, venting fear of what it might be signalling – the next phase in body FAIL. I was already lost in the maze of options of which type would be perfect for me and was frustrated and venting to Heather, an extremely supportive friend, who literally jumped in at offering not only moral support but … a brand new walker. It was one of my first conversations and I was griping and whining, I don't want to use one and I can't afford one anyways and making all the excuses possible not to sink to that use.
Heather said that there was an unused walker, a basic one with the tags still on it and everything, back at her home for a family member that ended up not needing it and they'd just never gotten rid of it. Knowing that the lower end was $50+ after a previous Amazon session, I gratefully accepted the gift after the briefest of hesitations. It happened so fast and was so generous, that it made me accept the need and begin using it. In hindsight, I guess I was ready to use one before I knew it.
I set it up in our bedroom and then didn't touch it for months. I had to stare it down and get used it, and to measure if I thought it would help move more.
Then, I spontaneously put it next to the bed one night last fall after laying in morning "stores" (breakfast, drink, pills, cane), in the hopes that maybe the first and most painful steps of the day would have me, at least, better supported than the cane gave with the joint pain I had. I just dove in and didn't think about what it meant.
It was the difference between crawling to the bathroom and walking, granting much peace. Yup, crawling. It's that bad and you should know that about me. This is me, now and I use it throughout the day in our bedroom.
In the months since then, it's been a great relief to have it, next to my bed, every morning. I haven't left the top floor of our home with one, yet. I only recently have allowed myself to assess and decide I need to pass that milestone, too, which means getting a 2nd one for the main floor. It's where much of my Daughter and Grandson spend the daytime hours and where I'm of my most use as a human baby monitor, when I'm able.
And as a few very kind people know, I had it at Balticon. There are some folks that kept its presence private and secret, after I voiced my embarrassment, or didn't have to, and they have my thanks for their discretion. It did make the difference to me getting out of the room or having any productivity in our room when I wasn't able to leave it.
The following week, I asked my Rheumatologist about the weight of it and differences, after she was so happy to hear my motion has indeed increased with the use of the walker in the bedroom. She agreed that I need something lighter because of my Fibromyalgia "hot spots" for the main level of the house making it more of a challenge to use. And because on days I'll need it, I sure as hell wouldn't be able to get the one I have downstairs without aid and I'm shopping for a wheeled option for downstairs. Sexy, I know, but better to know before you visit.
Our oldest son and wife are living with us, and they and my husband are kind to me and I haven't had to make that move, yet. For that, I'm exceedingly grateful (although not nearly good enough at showing it), because it also allows me to "watch" Little Bear from the comfortable nest of my bed/desk/dining table/sofa in our bedroom. Chooch or Gal are always on the same floor with me, so if any needs arise that I can't cover still have him safe, but they are free to roam.
I'm the baby monitor, when I'm able to be one, watching him while he sleeps if nothing else. Lifting him, now at 13.3 pounds and two months old, is a painful struggle, but the Baby Bjorn helps, although rarely after getting him in it with assistance. Otherwise, I only carry him a few feet at a time and never on the stairs. Ever. I'm terrible on the stairs now.
Now, as was offered by a dear friend for my cane when I first got it years ago, I could dress my walker(s) up and make it snazzy, but I've decided I like the medical/functional appearance of it. It's a constant reminder that it's not an accessory, it's a tool to strengthen my body, and to be used only as needed, not to the extent of my tendency recently towards laziness from fatigue.
I use my current, hefty and solid gifted walker next to my bed, for stretching and light exercise, balance and strength boosting, as little as it is. It's not as much as other friends have/are doing in the aftermath since brother-from-another-mother P.G. Holydfield's passing last August. But I'm still fighting where I can, damn it. I have realistic goals that I aspire to so I can make them and feel empowered to aspire to more. That's my process.
And with all the added stress of moving in difficult times, weight gain has hit this Future Fat Granny. I'm doing ok with little changes and minimizing calories and increasing nutrition in my sustenance (smoothies for TMJ relief). But motion is still so painful that my vascular is not as cardio as it once was. Or whatever.
I've got goals for this year, and I need to lose some of the grief and uber nesting weight gain and get as strong as many of my friends are getting, as my body allows. There won't be a race, but there will be health improvement.
Okay, so, yes, I actually have challenged a few folks to a race to age 100, including my former M-i-L on my Son's wedding day. She has a lead on me, which she pointed out, and I told her something along the lines of hoping I was there to celebrate it with her. Sincerely. She's a wonderful grandmother to my sons and I'm so grateful for that.
The health goals are there, and post-Balticon 2015, with the last memorial we have promised to throw for our P.G. is done. So many planned things were not done, but that was because I aimed too high. Those things are stashed away in the hopes we (SpecFicMedia.com) get to throw next year's New Media Party.
Lookit, with multiple setbacks, thanks to the chaos of our rental home and such, I didn't go as strong into grand-parenting as I'd hoped. But I can get moving a lot easier with the walker, and once I'm in motion, I keep going until I can't anymore. Which is, admittedly, not very far, but as satisfying as I can get for now, newly dedicated to enlarge my route beyond the bedroom, first floor and home.
The walker has improved my motion to be less of a burden, and so my new friend stays so that I can try and keep up with all the wonder and surprise that the future holds.


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On Wednesday, September 14, American Electric Power Foundation representatives visited the Alice Lloyd College campus to present the college with a $250,000 check to help support the Caney Cottage Scholarship Program. This program is the only one of its kind in the nation. It provides financial assistance to ALC graduates as they pursue advanced degrees in areas such as medicine, law, business, and education. If students are attending graduate school at the University of Kentucky, they have the added benefit of living at the Caney Cottage rent and utility free. This facility is a dormitory, located on the UK campus, which is owned and operated by ALC.
"We are pleased the American Electric Power Foundation has chosen to support Alice Lloyd College and the college's Caney Scholarship Program. This program should benefit eastern Kentucky in so many ways, but particularly by investing in the region's most valuable resource, its people," said Greg Pauley, president and COO of Kentucky Power, who represented the Foundation at the check presentation. This grant will be used to help provide scholarships for students in the Caney Scholarship Program, as well as contribute much needed funds to repair and update the Caney Cottage dormitory in Lexington.
ALC President Joe Stepp sees this grant as a blessing. "We currently have 55 students who are receiving financial assistance through the Caney Scholarship Program, and this generous grant from AEP will allow us to continue helping those students with a desire to further their education. We are thankful that the AEP Foundation has selected our program to sponsor, because we feel that education is the best method of improving our region."
Following the check presentation, Greg Pauley reflected on the benefits that both Alice Lloyd and AEP will reap from this partnership. "Alice Lloyd College provides an outstanding education for Appalachian students and makes a quality, advanced degree a reality for many students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to pursue one. The grant will support the college's mission of educating students—in this case with advanced degrees—who will return to eastern Kentucky and build careers, business opportunities, and positive futures for themselves and others. The American Electric Power Foundation has a keen interest in advancing education in the areas that American Electric Power and its various operating companies—like Kentucky Power—serve. The Foundation views grants in this area as an investment in future growth and opportunity," Pauley said.


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Parrot Deprecations
This page exists to systematically document all deprecations that apply to core Parrot code. We don't hate our users and while we love ripping out crufty old code, we also don't want anyone developing code on top of Parrot to dread paying the "upgrade tax" when moving from one supported version to the next. The idea behind this page is that by following the instructions for each version transition, developers of HLLs and libraries can have a well-known and deterministic upgrade path.
Any new deprecations must be described on the appropriate page and summarized here before being committed to trunk. This deprecation policy will be instituted shortly before the 2.6 release. Although we will attempt to add notices for previous version transitions, these lists may be incomplete. Notifications for the 2.6->2.9 transition and later will be complete.
For instructions on how to deprecate Parrot code, please see HowToDeprecate.
Changes Between 3.0 and 3.3
- pkg-config Support
- low impact expected: feature has been unusable since at least 1.0
Changes Between 2.9 and 3.0
This list is a summary. A more complete description and migration path for each change is at ParrotDeprecationsFor3.0. Any deprecations occurring after the 2.9.0 release require an accompanying notice on this page and here, so the list should be exhaustive. If you find a deprecation that should be listed here, file a ticket here or hop on #parrot on irc.parrot.org and let us know.
- ParrotDeprecationsFor3.0#PARROT_ERRORS_GLOBALS_FLAG
- low impact expected: no-op removal
- CodeString. TT #1633
- high impact expected: PGE interface changed. user updates required.
- :unique_reg PIR flag. TT #1622
- low impact expected: equivalent functionality available by text substitution.
- .nci_call and .meth_call. TT #1623 TT #1624
- low impact expected: no known users.
- Indirect Register Access Ops. TT #1642
- low impact expected: no known users.
- Exchange Op. TT #1643
- low impact expected: no known users.
- PIR string literals with charset and encoding are deprecated. TT #1808
- medium impact expected: the conversion is straightforward.
- Remaining string_* functions are deprecated. TT #1809
- medium impact expected: these functions have been deprecated for a while.
- Method lower in String PMC. TT #1606
- low impact expected: has been deprecated for a while.
- Final removal of mutable strings leftovers. TT #1540.
- Op concat_s_s was removed. Trivial change to concat_s_s_s or slightly better solution to refactor with StringBuilder.
Changes Between 2.6 and 2.9
This list is a summary. A more complete description and migration path for each change is at ParrotDeprecationsFor2.9. If you find a deprecation that should be listed here, file a ticket here or hop on #parrot on irc.parrot.org and let us know.
- Remove charset opcodes. TT #1778
- low impact expected: the conversion to encoding opcodes is straightforward.
- Remove ParrotPCCINVOKE.
- negligible impact expected: this function has been deprecated for a long time.
- Remove Parrot_find_global_s and Parrot_store_global_s TT #1660
- low impact expected: these functions were used rarely outside Parrot.
- Change find_lex opcode behaviour.
- low impact expected: this function has been deprecated for awhile.
- Eliminate Raw NCI.
- negligible impact expected: this functionality has little use that doesn't result in a segfault
- Remove Parrot_get_runtime_prefix. TT #1191
- Zero impact expected, it's been unused since long time.
- Remove is_tty methods. #1689
- negligible impact expected.
Changes Between 2.3 and 2.6
This list is a summary. A more complete description and migration path for each change is at ParrotDeprecationsFor2.6. Because this list was created after the deprecations were committed to trunk, it's likely we've missed a few. If you find a missing deprecation notice, file a ticket here or hop on #parrot on irc.parrot.org and let us know.
- Remove sizeof op. No replacement currently exists. TT #633
- negligible impact expected: this op was not widely used
- Replace STRING_is_null with Parrot_str_is_null. TT #1585
- moderate impact expected: simple textual substitution for C code dealing with STRING* values
- Remove in-place substr op variants. TT #1450
- high impact expected: most PIR code dealing with string substitution will need to be updated


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Medical device manufacturers have clearly stated their opposition to the new sales tax. But practicing radiologists should also be concerned.
On January 1, the long-debated and much-opposed medical device tax went into effect. To date, medical device manufacturers have clearly stated their opposition, but industry leaders portend practicing radiologists also have reason to be concerned.
Barely a week old, this measure levies a 2.3 percent tax on all medical devices. The law calls for manufacturers to pay for the tax added to the sale price of the device, but many worry the cost will not only trickle down to providers, but will also, ultimately, stymy the progression of patient care by hindering research and development efforts.
"As radiologists, most of us chose the specialty because it's a field that incentivizes technological innovation that can make enormous differences in patient care," said Geraldine McGinty, MD, chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Economics Commission. "Payment or health care policies that would, in any way, negatively impact innovation are things that make us feel uncomfortable."
The device tax will inevitably impact practitioners' bottom lines, she said. The actual dollar amount is yet unknown, but manufacturers will be forced to pass some of the tax increase on to their customers. The price hike will likely be an unwelcome addition to existing imaging reimbursement cuts and the difficulties radiologists already face with collecting payments from patients. Equipment purchasing decisions could become more complicated or could be postponed, she said.
In addition to individual monetary concerns, radiologists should also worry about what the medical device tax could mean for their ability to provide the most up-to-date patient care. According to the Medical Imaging and Technological Alliance (MITA), this initiative is a job-killer because it makes outsourcing jobs overseas more attractive. But research and development efforts will also be a casualty, said MITA Executive Director Gail Rodriguez.
According to a recent MITA survey, 29 percent of manufacturers anticipate slicing into their research and development budgets as a way to cover the anticipated $287 million associated with the device tax. This change could leave providers without new technological innovations for treating patients, MITA said.
"Radiologists are responsible for caring for patients - diagnosing and staging cancer and tracking the success of therapies," she said. "So putting taxes on companies responsible for creating better imaging technology can create a burden."
In fact, a recent Pacific Research Institute report estimates medical device manufacturers will eventually curb research and development investments by $2 billion each year.
Despite the flurry of conversation about the medical device tax among radiology vendors and some leaders, most providers in daily practice have yet to focus on this cost increase, ACR's McGinty said. They are more likely to still be focused on the drop in imaging utilization and how to combat that downward trend. But, she said, they'll soon need to take a close look at their balance sheets and determine how the tax will affect their practice.
"The tax has been implemented, and it adds to an already challenging time for radiologists," she said. "We're an industry that provides a number of good technology jobs. Carrots, instead of sticks, for us, would be nice."
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A plaque dedication ceremony was held Sunday, Dec. 16 at the City Landmark Biedler-Heuer Building at 2701-2705 Main Street, one of the original 1920's commercial buildings that established Main Street as Ocean Park's premier business street in the new era of the automobile.
An excellent example of the Renaissance/Mediterranean Revival brick commercial buildings of its time, the Biedler-Heuer building set the scale for the block and now serves as a visual and spatial connection to the past commercial streetscape that once encompassed much of the Main Street streetscape and still defines its essential character.
It was designed by Joseph F. Rhodes, a prolific Southern California designer and contractor in Santa Monica and Los Angeles during the 1920s and early 20th century.
The building, which has been home for more than 35 years to two of Main Street's most longstanding and endearing eclectic businesses – Jadis and Paris 1900 – also features a 1981 Art Nouveau style storefront designed by the late Parke Meek, the master Eames designer and Jadis proprietor, and Roger Johnson.
The design was inspired by an original Art Nouveau style storefront of a flower shop located at 13 Rue Royale in Brussels, Belgium.
The building is also home to Wolfgang Puck's Chinois on Main banquet facility, adjacent to Puck's premier Chinese-French fusion restaurant, which has remained one of Zagat's top-rated eateries for more than 20 years.
The City of Santa Monica Landmarks Commission designated the property as a City Landmark earlier this year on Jan. 9.
The owners, William and Lenore Lambert, placed the plaque to call attention to the history and simple charm and beauty of Main Street's early commercial buildings.
Mrs. Lambert is the daughter of Samuel and Evelyn Heuer, who operated a paint store at the location from 1938 to the 1960s, purchasing the property in 1946.
The plaque dedication ceremony was hosted by the Lamberts, along with Bella Lantsman (Chinois on Main), and Susan Lieberman (Paris 1900 and Jadis).
Friends, family, invited members of the City Council, Landmarks Commissioners, Main Street Merchants, and others in the Santa Monica preservation community attended the event.


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Mill Valley Municipal Code 6.12.120 states that you may have up to 12 mature poultry or 6 mature rabbits if they are kept at least 40 feet away from any dwelling on adjacent property. Crowing roosters, quacking ducks, geese, guinea fowl, or peafowl are prohibited at all times.
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The City of Mill Valley urges residents to work with pool service providers that commit to flushing pool water into the sewer system instead of into the ground or down the storm drain.
Because many of us swim in chlorinated water at relatively high concentrations, we often don't fully understand the toxicity of chlorine on the natural habitat that surrounds us. It's quite simple: the concentration of sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) in pool water is high enough to pollute a body of water 10 to 100 times its size if sent to the storm drain.
Because every storm drain in the City of Mill Valley empties into a sensitive natural body of water, such as a creek or wetland, introducing chlorine into those creeks and wetlands kills fish and frogs and the aquatic bugs they feed on.
City officials urge residents not to hire a pool service company that is unwilling to flush pool water into the sewer system.
Mold and mildew can cause serious health risks. For tips on removing and preventing mold, contact your local health department or visit the California Department of Public Health's website.
You can appeal any determination of violation. Appeals of some determinations may require a fee. We suggest the owner respond in writing immediately to avoid the loss of appeal rights. All appeals shall be submitted to the City Manager.
Permit fees are based upon the valuation of the project. Building staff will assist you in determining your cost.
Code Enforcement strives to assist the property owner to obtain compliance. If permits are not obtained and the matter is corrected without a permit, an administrative citation may be issued under section 7.04.190 of the Municipal Code. A $100 fine shall be due and payable, with second and third citations for continued violations increasing incrementally thereafter.
Should you then fail to achieve compliance, the City will prosecute the issued Notice and Order and seek fines of up to $1000 per day, per violation, going back to the original violation date. If this is not paid, the City will attach a lien to the property, which may prevent you from selling the property or obtaining refinancing or title insurance on the property.
We receive complaints from a number of sources including internal referrals, outside agencies, and the general public. Names of complainants are kept confidential.
Trash and debris on your property can invite criminal activity, graffiti, and illegal dumping and can contribute to infestations of insects and rodents. Remove trash and debris and store all property in an approved manner. Contact our Planning Department to ensure you are complying with all regulations especially when storing or parking boats or commercial and recreational vehicles in a residential area.
Store inoperable vehicles in an enclosed building out of public view or remove them from your property. Participate in agency-sponsored trash/garbage removal programs that usually occur once a year. Mill Valley's City ordinance (7.04.150) requires all residence to have disposal service.
Report graffiti to the Police Department by calling 415-389-4100. They can provide information to private property owners on how to remove graffiti or arrange for a responsible public agency to remove it from public property.
Vacant structures can become targets for vandals, criminal activities, and a general nuisance for adjacent property owners. Contact the Code Enforcement Division or Building Department for the proper procedures to secure the property and keep it secured.
If you suspect there is a code violation on another property, you may contact Code Enforcement and provide this information. A Code Enforcement Inspector will investigate the matter. If a violation is found to exist, the owner will be contacted by letter and will be required to remove the violation and/or obtain the necessary permits for the violation.
Please remember that the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers is prohibited by the Mill Valley Municipal Code in an effort to minimize noise and emissions. Violators could be fined as much as $500. Please contact the Police Department to report violations.
Instead of using gas-powered leaf blowers, residents and gardeners are encouraged to rake or sweep leaves and debris into piles and dispose of them in the appropriate green trash bin. Residents and gardeners can also use electric leaf blowers or electric leaf vacuums to collect and dispose of leaves. Please do not leave piles of leaves in the roadway. Leaves left in the street will block storm drains and may lead to flooding.
To conserve water, please do not use a watering hose to clear leaves and debris from driveways, sidewalks, and streets. This is a Marin Municipal Water District prohibited water use and can be punishable by a fine up to $500.
Residents who would like to assist in notifying their neighbors or their gardeners can print out this helpful Gas Powered Leaf Blowers Flyer that explains the City's ordinance and funding opportunities in both English and Spanish.
No. Mill Valley Municipal Code 6.12.140 prohibits apiaries/the keeping of bees within city limits.
From and after July 1, 1943, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, operate or maintain or to permit to be constructed, operated or maintained upon any premises within the City any cow, dairy, stockyards, or apiary, and the keeping of any thereof from and after said date upon any premises within the City shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (Ord. 317; Ord. 987, February 16, 1982)
It depends on who is doing the work and when.
If you are a Construction Professional (i.e. a Licensed Contractor) or an owner/occupant doing your own construction on a site with an active building permit:
If you are an owner/occupant and are doing home maintenance not associated with a site with an active building permit:
Certain types of activities and noise sources associated with residential living are permitted under the City's municipal code. With the exception of gas-powered leaf blowers, low-noise generating power garden equipment (such as hedge clippers, weed-eaters, lawnmowers) is permitted as follows:
Please Note: Unless expressly permitted by the City of Mill Valley, landscape construction work is not permitted on weekends and holidays and must abide by the same rules as regular construction. This does not apply to landscape maintenance which must abide by the non-construction noise ordinance requirements.
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Yes, the City requires you to trim or cut down trees that pose a danger of falling or obstruct the vision of motorists. Shrubs that border a yard along a sidewalk should also be kept clear from obstructing vehicular traffic or encroaching onto a sidewalk. Trim overgrown grass and vegetation or remove the grass and clippings from your property. Clear brush, weeds, and dry grass from 30 to 100 feet around your home. The Mill Valley Fire Department can help you determine the exact distance based on slope, wind, neighborhood density, house construction, etc.
Maintain your swimming pool with proper chemical treatments and cleaning or drain the water to prevent mosquitoes from breeding and potentially spreading West Nile Virus. Report issues to Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control, 800-231-3236 (toll-free) and 707-285-2200 (office).
Contact the Planning Department to obtain the requirements for size, location, and types of temporary and permanent signs allowed within the City.
The City of Mill Valley imposes penalties for building, zoning, and some municipal code violations. These penalties may be calculated in one of two ways. When a permit can be issued to legalize a violation, penalties are two times the base permit fee. If the violation cannot be approved or legalized by a permit, you will be given 30 days to cease the unlawful use or demolish the unlawful structure. If you fail to comply with our direction, you may be penalized between $100 per day and up to a maximum of $1000 per day, per violation.
Where you fall within this penalty range is based upon the following:
To report a code violation regarding building, zoning, or Municipal code violations, open a Code Enforcement Investigation online or use the Report a Code Violation Form (PDF) and send it to the Code Enforcement Division at City Hall (26 Corte Madera Avenue) or via email at email@example.com.
Under most circumstances, you will be given 15 days. This may involve simply stopping the illegal use or obtaining the necessary permits. Under some circumstances, an extension of time may be granted when the property owner is steadily working to resolve the problem and is making progress.
Most businesses are not allowed to operate in residential areas. Contact the Planning Department before you start a business to ensure you comply with all regulations.
We welcome the community's assistance in protecting Steps, Lanes, and Paths (SLPs) and reporting encroachments so we can act on them. Complaints about SLP encroachments may be made anonymously.
Or fill out a form online to open a Code Enforcement Investigation.
You can also use the Code Enforcement Complaint Form (PDF).
Visit the Code Enforcement page for hours and additional information.
The Marin Humane Society offers Animal Services to Mill Valley residents. Please visit their Animal Services page to find information and resources concerning the following:


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Cambridge officials on Sunday said they would not allow the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev to be buried in the city's cemetery, the latest chapter in a complicated saga to determine who is responsible for burying the body of the accused Boston Marathon bomber.
Ruslan Tsarni, Tsarnaev's uncle, on Sunday said he believed his nephew should be buried in Cambridge, despite calls from protesters to send his body overseas.
"He lived in America. He grew up here and for the last 10 years he decided to be in Cambridge, therefore any contemplation that the body should be taken to a home country. . . . his home country is Cambridge, Mass.," Tsarni said. "Tamerlan Tsarnaev has no other place to be buried.''
Tsarnaev, along with his younger brother, Dzhokhar, is believed to have planted two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 260. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being held in a federal detention center at Fort Devens.
Since Friday, Tsarnaev's body has been at Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester. After a handful of local cemeteries rejected requests to bury Tsarnaev, Peter Stefan, director of the funeral home, said he believed that the city of Cambridge was legally obligated to bury Tsarnaev at the municipal cemetery.
But City Manager Robert W. Healy issued a statement Sunday urging the family not to apply for a Cambridge burial permit. Healy said he is responsible for maintaining peace in the city, which could be disturbed by such a burial.
"The difficult and stressful efforts of the residents of the city of Cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and widespread media presence at such an interment," Healy said in his statement.
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had the lead jurisdiction, and now, other appropriate federal agencies should take the lead in the burial of this individual," he wrote.
Stefan — who said he has been turned away by four private cemeteries, including two in Boston, that have special sections for Muslim burials — agreed.
"I'm going to go to the governor and the FBI and say, 'You need to stop playing games with this,' " Stefan said Sunday evening, after Tsarnaev's family had spent hours washing and wrapping his body in the Muslim tradition, in preparation for burial.
FBI spokesman Gregory Comcowich called the situation "unprecedented," adding that it is unclear whether the agency has any authority to intervene.
Family members had been expected to have a second autopsy conducted on Sunday, but it is not known whether any further examination of Tsarnaev's body took place.
Tsarni and three other men arrived Sunday afternoon to prepare the body for burial according to Islamic burial practices. The body, which was first partially prepared by funeral home embalmers, was washed and prayed over for hours by the men.
According to tradition, once the body is washed, no further medical examination can be conducted without violating religious tradition, Stefan said.
"Once that body is washed and shrouded, the only place we're going after that is to the cemetery," he said.
Later in the evening, Stefan said he would still apply for a Cambridge burial permit.
"What does the city want me to do with his body?" he said.
As cemeteries publicly rejected the burial requests, one increasingly likely option is that Tsarnaev's body will end up in a private burial plot quietly donated to the family.
Stefan said he has fielded calls from multiple would-be donors, offering plots in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Ohio. However, he said the family's preference is to bury Tsarnaev in a Muslim-designated plot in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, a local Worcester man said he plans to open a bank account to raise money to send Tsarnaev's body back to Russia.
William T. Breault, chairman of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety in Worcester, said in a press release he will donate $500 to kick off the fund-raising effort.
He said two Worcester-area funeral directors told him they estimate it would cost between $3,000 and $7,000 to send the body back to Russia.
The FBI continued investigations in Cambridge on Norfolk Street, where Tsarnaev had lived, officials said.
The court-authorized search was related to the Marathon bombings, said Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
Tsarni, who lives in Maryland, said he would remain in Massachusetts until the burial was sorted out. After spending hours treating Tsarnaev's body, Tsarni emerged in a solemn, reflective state.
"I can't describe it," Tsarni said of the body-washing process. "What's done is done."
In silence, he walked up the funeral home's creaky staircase.
"Strong or weak, shame finds you," Tsarni said as he readied to leave just before 9 p.m. "It does not discriminate."
Three others have been arrested in the investigation of the Marathon bombings, accused of helping Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the fact. One of them, Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge, is scheduled for a detention hearing Monday in US District Court in Boston.
Six people filed affidavits in federal court Sunday night in support of releasing Phillipos, including a principal and teacher at a former school he attended, the head of a summer program Phillipos was enrolled in one summer, and an educational researcher who monitored classes Phillipos attended. Eight other letters of support for him were filed Saturday.
Wesley Lowery can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Globe correspondent Matt Rocheleau contributed to this report.


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Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems likea minute. THAT'S relativity.
Albert Einstein
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get intothe office.
Robert Frost
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
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It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world everyday always just exactly fits the newspaper.
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It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
- Darrin Weinberg
Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome."
Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.
Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.
Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't know where to shop.
Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk.
Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
Forgive your enemies but remember their names.
The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.
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A federal agency has sued a New York customer service provider after allegations the company forced employees to pray, thank god for their jobs and say "I love you" to managers and colleagues at work.
Those who protested were allegedly fired.
The Long Island-based United Health Programs of America and its parent company, Cost Containment Group, is alleged to have required workers to practice a spiritual belief system called Onionhead while on the job.
This was a violation of their civil and religious rights, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in the complaint.
The company fired several employees who refused to adhere to the Onionhead doctrine, which was created by the aunt of the company's owner, the complaint said.
In one case, an IT project and account manager was disciplined after she complained to management in 2010 that she was Catholic and did not want to participate in the spiritual activities, according to the complaint.
A month after she complained, the employee was removed from her office and relocated to an open customer service area, while a large statue of a Buddha was placed in her former office. She protested to the owner that the move amounted to a demotion and was fired, the complaint said.
"While religious or spiritual practices may indeed provide comfort and community to many people, it is critical to be aware that federal law prohibits employers from coercing employees to take part in them," Sunu Chandy, senior trial attorney at the commission, said in a statement.
The commission is seeking back pay with interest and unspecified damages for the fired employees, and an injunction against the company from further religious requirements.
Representatives for United Health Programs of America and Cost Containment Group could not be immediately reached for comment.


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Google and SpringSource join hands in the heavens
App Engine eyes MySQL
Google I/O Google and VMware's SpringSource arm have teamed up to offer a series of development tools for building Java apps that can be deployed across multiple web-based hosting services. That includes Google's own App Engine, VMware-happy infrastructure services, and third-party services such as Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.
In announcing the new partnership this morning at its annual developer conference in San Francisco, California, Google also introduced a new incarnation of App Engine designed specifically for enterprises. Google App Engine for Business includes a central admin console from managing applications across the so-called platform cloud and new pricing designed to be enterprise friendly.
As he unveiled the new App engine, Google technical lead Kevin Gibbs also said that "later this year" Google App Engine will allow devs to use MySQL - a significant step. To date, applications have been limited to Google's distributed database BigTable. BigTable is completely proprietary and it uses a very different data model than other database. This means that it's difficult to build for - for the average developer - and porting apps elsewhere can be a problem as well.
Open-source Java framework specialist SpringSource is offering a rapid app development tool known as Spring Roo, while Mountain View is introducing data presentation widgets for its Google Web Toolkit designed to speed the development of web applications. And with the latest milestone release of Eclipse-based SpringSource Tool Suite - available here - devs can now deploy apps onto their own VMware-based infrastructure, Google App Engine for Business, various VMware-happy services, or third-party services such as Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.
Google has also introduced a new version of its Web Toolkit Speed Tracer designed to identify app performance slowdowns on the server-side as well as on the client and on the network. This involves grabbing server-side time traces from SpringSource's Spring Insight and Google App Engine AppStats. ®