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22 October 2013
Article by Matthew McLeod, National Assembly for Wales Research Service
This Monday saw the start of Energy Saving Week and it couldn't have come at a more relevant time following announcements of energy price rises by several of the large energy suppliers so far ranging between 8 and 10 per cent. It is a campaign run by the Energy Saving Trust that aims to promote energy saving methods and to help people adopt new ways of saving energy both at home and in businesses. The Energy Saving Trust is an independent and impartial organisation, partially funded by the Welsh Government, which provides expert insight and knowledge to help people save energy and reduce carbon emissions. Energy saving week is just one of many campaigns and programmes it runs to achieve this.
Throughout the week expert tips are being released covering the whole energy efficiency spectrum. These range from home improvements to behaviour changes and are designed to make a difference to energy usage contributing towards bill savings. The Energy Saving Trust blog sets out a four point plan for households to check what basic options were available to help them with energy saving:
- Controlling heating properly: Focusing on heating the rooms that are in use.
- Draught-proofing: A cheap and easy way to stop heat loss, and probably necessary for all but the newest of homes.
- Insulation: Stopping heat escaping and covering a wide-range of options to improve walls, floors, roofs, doors and windows at a variety of costs.
- Effective heating systems: How using the cheapest fuel and the most efficient heating system has many potential savings.
Energy efficiency in Wales
The UK Government has responsibility for energy conservation in Wales subject to one exception – the Welsh Government has powers to encourage energy efficiency by means other than prohibition or regulation.
The Welsh Government has used its powers to fund two schemes (Nest and Arbed) that promote energy efficient home improvements. These complement two UK Government schemes: the Green Deal and the Energy Companies Obligation. These four schemes are briefly outlined below:
- Nest – A Welsh Government funded scheme aiming to reduce the number of households in fuel poverty through energy efficient home improvements that can decrease the cost of energy bills. It is consumer led with eligibility requirements.
- Arbed – A Welsh Government scheme partially funded by the European Regional Development Fund. It aims to combat climate change and reduce fuel poverty whilst boosting economic development by providing home improvements to entire areas as applied for by local authorities.
- Green Deal – A UK administered scheme that aims to provide funding to householders making energy efficiency home improvements. The money is intended to be repaid through the electricity bill, with the repayments not exceeding the savings made from the improvements.
- Energy Company Obligation (ECO) – A UK administered scheme where large energy companies are required to make home improvements to reduce carbon emissions and reduce fuel bills. Low income homes and vulnerable homes are particularly targeted. In the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2014-15 it has allocated an additional £32.3M capital funding that it says will secure further external private investment through ECO.
For the latest energy saving tips or information on all matters of energy efficiency, ranging from renewable energy production to Welsh Government grants available for energy saving measures (eg Nest), check the Energy Saving Trust website or sign up to the newsletter.
For more information on funding available for individual households see the Research Service's Constituent Factsheet: Funding and Information: Home Improvements, Repairs and Adaptations


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The Centre for Human Settlements, a unit within the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), involves faculty and student associates from various departments at UBC in multidisciplinary research and capacity-building programs related to regional, urban, and community development. In 1990, CHS was named a "Centre of Excellence" in human settlements planning by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The Centre was created as a legacy of the 1976 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) that was held in Vancouver and resulted in the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements. CHS originally housed the collection of audio video presentations by each participating nation in the HABITAT Conference.
In the early 1990s, the entire collection was deposited in the University of British Columbia's Archives.
The audiovisual material plus textual material about Habitat I & II held in several Vancouver-based Archives (including UBC) was digitized in 2018 through a partnership between SCARP and UN-Habitat and can can be accessed in the
Habitat Conferences Digital Archive at habitat.scarp.ubc.ca
Faculty associates are currently undertaking policy-oriented research on:
- community design, transportation and public health
- gender equity
- healthy and sustainable communities
- international development planning and urbanization
- metropolitan governance
- participatory planning
- planning for disaster resilience
- risk analysis
- rural-urban linkages
Our Sponsors include:
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR)
- Government of British Columbia (Various Ministries)
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Infrastructure Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
|H. Peter Oberlander, In Memoriam

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -- Mike Maker's Williams College men's basketball team is ranked fifth nationally in DIII News and seventh by The Sporting News magazine in their annual NCAA Division III preseason polls. The Ephs are the lone New England team to be ranked in the top 10 in each poll.
Williams finished last season with a glittering record of 30-2 and second in the nation, while posting an in-season school record 21 wins in a row. The Ephs won their second consecutive outright Little Three title and the NESCAC title in 2010.
Mike Maker enters his third season at Williams sporting a record of 47-11 (.810), which includes a 4-1 (.800) mark in the NCAA Tournament. Headlining the list of returnees for the 2010-11 Ephs is junior guard and captain James Wang, who has been accorded Second Team All-America preseason honors by The Sporting News. Two senior frontcourt starters also return in center and captain Troy Whittington who was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team last winter along with forward and captain Harlan Dodson. Whittington was also selected for preseason recognition by The Sporting News, which named him an Honorable Mention All-American.
Wang is the Ephs leading returning scorer after netting 17.3 per contest last winter on 56% shooting from the floor (190-342), 51% from three (69-136) and 86% from the charity stripe (105-122). He also handed out 4.4 assists a game.
Whittington has developed into a presence in the middle for the Ephs at both ends of the court. Always a superior shot blocker (80 last season) and shot changer, he has developed an inside game on offense that led him to average 11.1 points per game, many coming on thunderous dunks. Whittington led the Ephs in rebounding a year ago with 198 and 44 came on the offensive glass.
Dodson netted 6.2 points a game last season and hauled down 75 rebounds.
Williams will open the season on November 19th at home versus Southern Vermont in the first round of the Williams Invitational.
2010-11 DIII New Division III Top-10 Poll
1. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2. Illinois-Wesleyan
3. Eastern Mennonite
4. Carthage
5. Williams
6. Randolph-Macon
7. Franklin & Marshall
8. Wooster
9. St. Thomas (MN)
10. Washington University
2010-11 Sporting News Division III Top-10 Poll
1. UW-Stevens Point
2. Franklin & Marshall
3. Randolph-Macon
4. Wooster
5. St. Norbert
6. Eastern Mennonite
7. Williams
8. UW-Whitewater
9. St. Mary's (Md)
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By Snow
David Boreanaz/Jason Behr
David Boreanaz/Christian Kane (implied)
Not Mine.
Set during the filming of Ats 4.3 and Roswell 2.15
David sat in the VIP lounge of the casino. A half empty scotch in front of him, a half-smoked cigarette slowly burning in the ashtray. He rubbed his head with one hand, his thumb and middle finger massaging into his temples. This fucking headache wouldn't go away, it made him want to reach in his skull, find the nerve that was pinched and rip it out.
The sound of bells from the slot machines was muted in here, but it didn't matter at any rate. He'd been up in his room all evening, in complete silence, the lights out, curtains drawn and even that hadn't helped. Sleep was a long way off and he had nothing to do but drink and smoke and call that mother fucker again and again.
Voice mail and David had stopped leaving messages. Texted until he didn't have anything left to say that could be put in words. David knew it was pointless, knew that his phone was either turned off or he was out of range on the coast. He knew it, but it hadn't made him stop trying.
"Two weeks, just me and Steve and our guitars. No phones, no agents, no appointments or meetings or scripts to memorize. Fuck, it's been a long time since we've done this. I can't wait. We're gonna come back with some fuckin' awesome music."
"Great. Have fun."
"We're not going for fun, Dave. It's something I need to do, something we need to do. For the band.
"Right … then, don't have fun."
David knew when he was being an asshole. He could taste the bitter flavor of it in his mouth mixing with the acid of jealousy, of possessiveness, of greedy lust. He saw the hurt in Chris' eyes, the look that he quickly covered with a fake smile and a turn of his head. He knew he had nothing to say about where Chris went, who he went with, when he left and how long he was going to be gone. He knew it and he believed it and he couldn't fucking stop.
Wasn't like it mattered anyway. David wasn't even in LA this week, Fury had taken them all to Vegas for three days of filming, but Chris should be here. Sitting here beside him, getting drunk with him, telling him dirty jokes and flipping lit matches at the waitresses.
David leaned back in the chair, tipping it up on two legs and looked around the dimly lit room. J. wasn't here, Charisma was probably already asleep and Andy hadn't been around since the A.D. had told them they were free for the rest of the night, what little there was left of it. David didn't even want to think about what or who Amy had found to occupy her time. A few of the crew sat around a table with some people David didn't know, playing poker. They'd invited him over twice, but David knew in the mood he was in right now, he wouldn't be able to bluff his way out of a two-card draw and ultimately he'd end up saying something he'd regret in the morning, or next week.
A couple sat in a dark corner, they both appeared too young to be drinking in a lounge in Vegas and were somehow, vaguely familiar. The girl's long, blonde hair had caught his eye from the moment he'd walked in the room. Fuck, he could never stay away from the blondes. Her friend had watched him without a smile until David had looked away and ordered what was not his first and sure as hell wouldn't be his last drink of the night. David changed his mind as he felt the slow heat of the alcohol down his throat, she had looked old enough, twenty-two or there about, but the boy … dark hair, dark eyes, pale skin, did not. Although that didn't mean anything, Vegas was as unreal as Hollywood, just a neon-lit, higher hair, less clothing, legal prostitution version.
His head pounded with vicious, relentless pain and David wondered if he lit up a joint right here, if he'd get busted. Fuck, if he was even asking himself that question, he sure as hell hadn't drank enough. He held up his empty glass, waved it at the bartender. After the cursory nod, David set it down on the table in front of him and looked through the smoke he blew out back to the corner and the pretty couple that had become just a single. The dark-haired boy sat alone, nursing his beer and David ran through files in his head, trying to fit a name with the face. He knew him. From some where, some time.
His drink delivered and David stopped the waitress before she could move away.
"Send one of the same over there." He nodded to the table, feeling every crease of his worn jeans press into his thighs, into his groin. What the fuck was he doing? and did it matter? Boredom had taken over and orneriness loneliness had him by the seat of his pants. If he were five, his mother would have sent him to bed long ago, smacking at his ass with a wooden spoon from the kitchen.
David kept his eyes down on the table when fingers set the full glass of scotch in front of him and the air around him moved with another body pulling back a chair and sitting down.
"Didn't think you'd remember me."
David glanced up, bringing another Marlboro to his lips and lighting it with his Zippo without looking. He inhaled, exhaled. Tasted cologne he didn't know mixed with smoke and scotch. Light brown eyes met his, short hair and soft, wet lips. Lips too pretty to be on a boy's face.
"I don't."
A soft laugh, quiet against the canned music, the bells and buzzers from just outside the doors.
"I didn't think so."
"Where?" David kept thinking that if his head didn't hurt so fucking much, he would know.
"Doesn't matter."
"Dave." David held his right hand up, the filter of his cigarette caught in his lips.
The hand that slipped in his was warm and dry and David tried not to hold it for longer than what was socially polite.
"I don't usually drink scotch." The boy picked up his glass and sipped, grimaced at the taste.
"Learn. Start. It'll keep you from going crazy."
There was that soft, low laugh again and the eyes that met his were old. Old and alone and empty and David knew his looked just the same.
"And you sound so sane."
They drank and they didn't talk. They smoked all of David's cigarettes and the silence wasn't uncomfortable. David's knee brushed against Jason's under the table and Jason's thigh didn't move away and that was when the pain started to fade in David's head. Just a little, just enough.
David stood up, stuffed his lighter in the tiny front pocket of his jeans.
"I've got something better than this shit in my room."
He left the lounge without looking back, headed for the bank of elevators and pushed the button. When the doors slid open, David walked into the small space and glanced down beside him. Dark hair, dark eyes, jean jacket over a black polo and the brighter light picked up the shadow of stubble over Jason's jaw and around his mouth. He leaned against the mirrored wall, his hands on the wooden rails.
"How old are you, Dick Clark?"
The elevator bounced as it came to a stop and David stumbled off, digging in his back pocket for the key card.
"I fucking knew it."
"But you still don't remember me, do you?"
Two tries and a green light and David pushed open the suite's door, kicked his shoes off and headed for the small bar, shaking his head.
"Not a clue."
He poured two tumblers full of scotch, dropped an ice cube in Jason's and handed it to him.
"Don't tell me." David held up one finger, reaching behind him for the chair that should be there because he was going to sit down whether it was or not. "Have I bought you a drink before tonight?"
David found the arm and lowered himself, pulled a matchbox out of his shirt pocket and opened it. He lit up the joint and took a deep toke, then another before handing it off to Jason.
"Have we partied together? At Hefner's place? At somebody's club? Were you at one of those crazy fucking nights when I was renting that house on the beach?"
"Fuck. I give." David held his hand out for the joint. He raised his eyes to Jason's when their fingers met and Jason's touch lingered on his skin.
"Does it matter?" Jason's voice was low and quiet and it seemed to cut through the pulsing, pounding noise in David's head. He leaned on the back of David's couch and looked at him through thick lashes.
"No." David said. He felt as if he wasn't in his body as he stood and left his drink on the table, the joint burning in the ashtray. As if he wasn't in control of his legs as he moved toward Jason. As if he couldn't stop when he slid the palm of his hand along Jason's neck, his fingers disappearing into that short, thick hair.
"It doesn't matter at all."
David leaned down, but not for those pretty, soft lips. He rubbed his cheek against Jason's, listened to the scrape and felt the stutter of skin on skin. He inhaled with his mouth open and found that exotic, different cologne here. He tasted the acrid flavor of smoke and the faint salt of sweat on his tongue. He reached with his other hand for Jason's hip, moved forward and traced the outline of his erection through his jeans with the tips of his fingers.
"This matters." David whispered.
He slipped his fingers just under the denim and pulled Jason into the dark bedroom. His bed was still rumpled from his earlier attempt at sleep, the heavy curtains drawn against the neon night and the television was on. It played muted drama to an audience that wasn't there.
David pushed Jason's jacket off of his shoulders, he pulled the black polo up and over Jason's head and unbuttoned his jeans. Down the curve of Jason's ass, David's hands splayed wide over thighs to knees and ankles and the jeans were off with Jason's shoes still in them when he stepped out. His breath was hot through the soft cotton boxers that hung low on Jason's hips and he pressed his lips against the hard cock that he found there. His fingers reached up, under the material from either side, sliding over skin that was a soft as silk until he felt the wiry, short curls of hair.
David opened his mouth, dragged his teeth over the cotton. He left a wet trail up and down and then up again until he felt Jason's hands on his shoulders and the barely there tremble that ran though Jason's thighs. He pressed his fingers in a circle at the base of Jason's cock, his thumbs pinching the skin that connected Jason's balls to his groin, pushing down.
David heard the hiss of his name above his head and looked up. Shadows from the television flickered over Jason's face, his mouth was open, his teeth looked too white, glowing glimpses in the dark. David watched as the tip of Jason's tongue licked over his bottom lip and left behind a wet shine. He groaned and lowered his vision back to the strained material in front of him. He moved his hands up, caught the elastic waistband and pulled it down. The dark, spicy smell of musk and heat, trapped air that fermented with sex filled David's senses and he stripped the boxers off of Jason, pushed him back until Jason fell on the mattress.
David spread Jason's legs, cupped the perfect half spheres of his ass in his palms and pulled him open. Short, dark swirls of hair curled around his balls. They hung heavy and full and his cock curved up hard toward his chest. David leaned closer, his shoulders brushing Jason's thighs, his body blocking the light from the television and he closed his eyes. He licked around Jason's balls, pulling them one at a time into his mouth. Gentle sucks, the taste of new skin and he took his time, played with them, with Jason and then down. His thumbs dug into tender flesh as he spread Jason wide. The bittersweet and sour flavors of Jason's body filled his mouth and here, for now, David forgot to think. He forgot to obsess about Chris and Steve. He forgot, for a moment, to keep wishing that Chris was here, with him and the pain lost another aching inch of his brain.
David licked and sucked and teased. He bit Jason's inner thighs, his teeth grazing pale white skin. David slipped two wet thumbs inside him, stretching the tight ring of muscle and pushed his tongue past that point. He closed his eyes and brushed his lips through the tickle of wiry, black curls and up to find skin that shivered when he left a trail of hot, open-mouth kisses on the inside of Jason's hipbones. Muscles that trembled when he pressed his tongue in Jason's belly button on a slow, meandering path to the other side.
"David. David, please …"
Jason's voice cut through the trance David had lost himself in and looked up. Jason was writhing on the blankets in front of him, his hands clasping material and pulling. His eyes wide and wild, his chest moving with each rapid breath pulled in and out of his open mouth.
David pushed up off the bed, standing, swaying in place. He pulled his shirt over his head, popped the buttons of his jeans through worn, frayed holes and pushed them off his hips, down his legs. His cock hung in an arch from his groin, a dark, curving shadow. The small foil packet of a condom in his fingers and David watched as Jason sat up, grabbed it from his hand and tore it open. Jason slid it over his cock with a light touch, with expert fingers that wandered once they rolled the end to the base. Dark eyes that met David's through thick lashes as he felt Jason's fingertips pressing around his balls, holding them in his palm as if he was weighing them and them sliding behind and stroking, sliding along the crack of his ass.
A quick fuck and this is over. David warned himself. Just an orgasm to relieve the pressure in his brain, just the feel of another body under his to take the pain away. Just one goddamn minute where he didn't have to think about miss Chris.
Just sixty goddamn seconds. Please.
A little lube, a hard thrust forward and Jason's legs lifted, wrapped around David's hips. Breath was held and counted. Jason had his arms up, elbows pointed to the ceiling. His fingers curled under the wood of the bed's headboard as if to keep himself in place and David pulled out until only the tight ring of Jason's body held the head of David's cock inside. A pause, another breath, a second of sanity and then the tip of Jason's tongue slipped out of his mouth again. Licked over the thick, softness of his lush bottom lip and he smiled, looked straight up into David's eyes.
"Fuck me, David."
So David did. Hard, rutting, animal thrusts in and out. Without rhythm or grace or emotion, straight, simple fucking that drove them both over the edge. Jason's come coated David's chest, covered his long fingers when he smeared through it and wrapped them back around Jason's dick just to feel the jump and jerk of his hips again. The unbelievably tight spasms that pushed his half-hard cock out and the condom stripped off, tossed in the plastic lined trashcan beside the bed as David rolled to his back and took a deep breath.
"Who was I standing in for, David?"
David heard Jason's question after long moments of nothing but the sound of air moving, inhale, exhale.
"Who was the blonde?" David asked. He reached to the nightstand for a pack of cigarettes and the light from the hotel match made him squint and blink. Smoke rose in the space above them, white in the glow from the television.
"Why aren't you with her? Why are you here with me?"
"She's waiting for a ring."
David felt the mattress shift beneath him as Jason reached over him for the pack. He shook one out and took the cigarette from David's fingers, lighting his with the cherry.
"Going to give her one?"
A hesitation, clouds above them that made David think of rain, of thunder and lightning and storms in the desert and Chris.
"Probably. Isn't that what we do?"
Silence again and it was all David could do to not move to the other room. Find his cell phone and try to call again and again and again until the pain in his skull returned.
"He makes me feel-" David whispered and he searched for a word, for any word, for the right word. Special. Wanted. Needed. Sexy. Strong. Funny … Loved. "He makes me feel."
"He matters." Jason said and there was another shift in the bed.
David glanced over, watched him crush out his cigarette in the glass ashtray on his side. Watched him stretch and run fingers through his short hair.
"Can't fucking wait until this Goddamn show is cancelled for good. I'm going to let my hair grow down to my fucking balls."
David laughed, the little puzzle pieces in his head finally came together and he knew.
"Behr." He laughed, knocking the long ash off his cigarette. "I know you."
Jason smiled, perched on his elbow and looked down at David.
"Always the bridesmaid. Never the bride."
"Getting a little old to be playing a high school boy, aren't you?"
"Fuck you, Dave. At least I can." Jason scooted down to the edge of the bed and reached for his jeans. He pulled them on, standing up and toeing into his shoes. Stuffed his boxers in the front pocket of his pants and pulled on his shirt.
David slid out of the bed, pulled on his jeans, left them unbuttoned. They walked back into the suite's main room and Jason drank the now warm, watered down scotch David had poured for him earlier. David followed him to the door, his fingers moving, itching to get to his phone.
"Going to kiss me once?"
Jason asked, turning back. His hand rested on the doorknob and David saw something in Jason's eyes that cut straight into his soul. Something familiar, some feeling he knew all too well. His arms moved, his fingers on Jason's neck, tilting his head back and David leaned in. He pressed his lips against Jason's and closed his eyes. The heat hit David first; the softness was second. The tentative warmth of Jason's tongue tangling with his, the way his body fit as he pressed him back into the solid wood without realizing it. The stubble that scraped over the calluses on his thumbs and the way Jason kissed him back. The potential for more, for this, for something David was afraid to explore.
The tingle that stayed even after Jason was gone and the door was shut and locked and David had found his phone. Fingers dialing the number without looking and the electricity that stiffened his spine when Chris' voice shouted in his ear.
"Fucker! I'm on my way home. Where are you?"
"Shut up, Kane." David whispered against the laugh and scream. The sound of wind and blaring country music.
"I'm in Vegas, for the show. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. I just wanted to call you … just wanted to tell you … I just wanted to say … I miss you.
"I just wanted to let you know … you matter to me."


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Jeff Speck
Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who, through writing, lectures, and built work, advocates internationally for more walkable cities. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he oversaw the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design, a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment, Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk and Co., a leading practitioner of the New Urbanism.
Ten rules for cities about automated vehicles
Traditional urbanism evolved over millennia to meet human needs. The adoption of AVs should not be allowed to replace time-tested places with something that would probably make our lives worse.
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Notes from Support: Notes Encryption - Locks for a Digital World
From the developerWorks archives
Date archived: May 15, 2019 | First published: June 01, 1998
This article presents a primer on data encryption technology and looks at the ways it is used in Notes to protect databases, documents, field contents, mail, and traffic on a port.
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Its been a long time since I have entered an exhibition. I manaaged to get organised enough to enter into my art societies November one this year with three works. Two of them are acrylic (Wattle and Sunset) and one is oil (The River).
I haven't been able to enter anything much this year focusing mostly on painting at home and uploading works to my bluethumb site. I have been a member of the Oatley 101 Art Society for a few years now but I rarely get to be involved in the array of events and activities they run. Most of this is due to not being able to get there (transport issues). Some is due to typical family busyness.
The family and I went down to Oatley yesterday to take a look at all the artworks on display and there are some amazing works. People are so clever! These works are for the most part for sale. If you are in Sydney and free today, you can find out more by going to this link.


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I picked up the phone and said hello
when i picked up the phone i didn't know
this girl would be making my world go round
we talked for an hour or two and she said
Take these promises I've made
And hold them strong
Don't think twice about those things that I did wrong
Walk home
drowning these memories in the rain
Biting my lip
to transfer this pain
It's friday night and i can't sleep
too many thoughts inside of me
my head is spinning round feet
it's friday night i'm on the street
I'm yours, completely,
I feel, so deeply,
Your my first thought every day,
And I want it that way
Outside i stand sorta cold
i used to know how to get warm
sometimes you still let me in
but i'm not so welcome anymore
Jimmy's just a bum
who wants to hold on to the past
he tries to be a tough guy
but dumb kids come in last
he says he'll win her heart
his love life is a mess
Well you think you know it all
You think that you deserve the best,
but I've got news for you
Your bullshit smile can't pass this test
I told you that I loved you but you don't comprehend.
So there you go, I'll take my dick and shove it in your friend.
I've been waiting for the right time to tell her how I feel
I've been waiting so long to say what's on my mind
But I just don't think she's gonna understand
It's late at night
and all i can think about
is how i went to work
and just sat around
and wasted my whole day
time goes by
and soon we forget about
Well I think the time has come
to tell you how I feel about everything
thats been inside my mind
since the day we crossed
the line into this real life fantasy
I've never understood
why i always think about it
and why it's always on my mind i don't know
i often wonder
if things are gonna change at all
I met this girl the other day
Sitting alone on the Wednesday train
I said what's wrong you look so sad
She said she's got something inside
There's a broken needle scratchin my 45 collection
through a burned out, blown 2-speaker combination
I've been sitting here for hours
Burned an image of you in my mind
Finding comfort in the words you say
But it's not the same
I know you're worth the wait
Late night
long day
somehow it's never quite enough
and maybe
i'm lazy
it's been so long sometimes i feel like giving up
You left a guy who told you where to be and when
I was with a girl who tried to sleep with my best friend
We both took comfort in each others messy lives
If I could tell you one thing
Then I'd tell you everything
I'd probably say that you've been on my mind
Since we held hands out in the rain
Smoking cigarettes to play
Drive through nights on empty roads
Hoping the clubs promote our show
Wasting days in endless naps
Find new ways to fill the gaps
You waste your time always looking at me
Don't you know you're never gonna get the opportinuty to see
The other side of me
Yeah yeah yeah


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American artist Shilo Ratner grew up in the beach town of Brant Rock, MA. She launched herself into the arts in high school with various media before obtaining her degree in design in 2000 from Curry College in Milton, MA. She furthered her studies out east at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as well as at Massachusetts College of Art. Her pursuit of a career in painting brought her out west to San Francisco where she earned her MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University.
Ratner's life long pursuit has been for a deeper understanding of truths in spiritual traditions and the common thread that unites humanity. After earning her MFA, she traveled internationally with intention, intrigued by the symbols and practices of many religions. During her travels she visited Buddhist and Hindu temples in Malaysia and Indonesia. In a rural village in Brazil, she had a powerful shift in consciousness that inspired her series "From Within". Always returned to contemporary life between these significant journeys has allowed her to express work that is about the "whole" experience vs only focusing on one or the other as her approach embraces various spiritual and cultural experiences through a visual language rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2009 Ratner was recognized with an award juried by Bay Area Figurative artist William Theophilus Brown in a San Francisco based exhibition. In, 2016 she was once again presented with an award at the "The 105th Exhibition", Mystic Museum of Art by Jurors Darby Cardonsky and Will Lustenader in Connecticut. Her work has been selected for exhibitions by jurors Theophilus Brown, Rita Gonzalez, Dore Ashton, Dean Sobel and Donna Seagar. Ratner's work has also been exhibited in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Mystic Museum of Art and The Slater Memorial Museum. Other venues where her work has been exhibited are the African American Culture Complex, Los Angeles Art Association, First Street Gallery, NYC and Hang Art Gallery. Ratner's work can be found in myriad of private art collections in the United States and abroad.
Shilo Ratner currently lives in New Haven, CT and is an active practicing artist in the New York Metropolitan area.
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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
May 8, 2013
Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To establish a position of Science Laureate of the United States.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Science Laureates of the United States
Act of 2013
Congress finds the following:
Scientific research and advancement has driven success in the United States and global success for centuries.
Scientific research has saved, improved, and extended lives, increased the standard of living, expanded economic opportunity, and advanced human understanding.
Such research holds the promise of continuing this progress, protecting the environment, creating jobs, growing the economy through innovative ideas and discoveries, and generally advancing all mankind.
People in the United States can benefit when scientific research is conducted and communicated in a transparent manner to better inform citizens about the nature and status of such research.
Scientific education is a critical element of preparing our Nation and our citizens for a technology-intensive future and ensuring that the United States remains the world leader in innovation and high-tech success.
A single spokesperson who can embody, demonstrate, and articulate the importance and excitement of scientific research and education will help improve the current and future state of science to the benefit of all people in the United States.
Establishment of Science Laureates of the United States
Position established
Congress recognizes that science contributes to the economic prosperity and general welfare of the United States, and that increasing the public's awareness about the sciences will increase such benefits. Congress also recognizes that scientists who are both accomplished in their fields and who foster the public's interest in science do a special service to the United States. To honor their service and to further increase the public's awareness about the sciences, there is established the position of Science Laureate of the United States.
In General
The President shall appoint a Science Laureate on the basis of—
merit, particularly the ability of an individual to—
foster and enhance public awareness and interest in science; and
provide ongoing significant scientific contributions; and
recommendations received from the National Academy of Sciences, based on the factors described in subparagraph (A).
Variety of Scientific Disciplines
The President shall strive to choose for the position of Science Laureate of the United States individuals, in different years, from different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, geosciences, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, and other science disciplines.
Number of appointments
The President may, in exceptional circumstances, appoint more than 1, but not more than 3 Science Laureates to serve simultaneously in the position of Science Laureate of the United States.
Each Science Laureate shall engage the public, from time to time, to increase the public's awareness about science. A Science Laureate is encouraged to continue the Science Laureate's scientific work. The National Academy of Sciences shall facilitate the duties of a Science Laureate.
The Science Laureate position shall not have the effect of duplicating or superseding the role of the President's Science Advisor.
Each Science Laureate shall serve a 1-year or 2-year term, as determined by the President. A Science Laureate may be reappointed for additional terms.
Compensation; Reimbursement
A Science Laureate shall serve without pay and shall not be considered to be a Federal employee based on such individual's appointment as a Science Laureate.
Reimbursement for travel
The National Academy of Sciences may, in its discretion, provide a Science Laureate with reimbursement for travel expenses incurred while performing duties as a Science Laureate, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code .


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Steema Software, with its main office located at Av. Montilivi 33, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, operates http://www.steema.com, is committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), coming into effect on May 25, 2018.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to give European Union (EU) citizens more control over their personal data.
The GDPR applies to all companies that do business with EU citizens or process data of EU citizens regardless of the location of the company that is processing such data.
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection and use of Personal Information we receive from users of the website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
What this Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy covers Steema's treatment of personally identifiable information that Steema collects when you are on the Steema web site, and when you use Steema's services. This policy also covers Steema's treatment of any personally identifiable information that Steema's business partners share with Steema. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Steema does not own or control, or to people that Steema does not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use
Steema collects personally identifiable information when you register for a Steema software product. When you register with Steema, we ask for at least your name and email address to be able to send confirmation details to you.
Steema also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, and the page you requested. Steema website does not make use of cookies.
If you purchase a product or service at our site, we collect data such as your full name, phone number, email address, company name, billing address and credit card number that you wish to be charged. The credit card details are not stored after use. Steema uses your information basically to facilitate communication, process orders, provide maintenance and support services, respond to an email or other inquiry, help improve our products, service or website, send updates or notices about our organization and the products we offer that we think may be of interest to you.
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Charlie Chaplin's bowler and cane at Bonhams
Charlie Chaplin's bowler and cane at Bonhams
Bonhams' November 18 Entertainment Memorabilia auction will star the trademark bowler hat and cane of silent movie slapstick icon Charlie Chaplin.
The cane is inscribed with CCLT 36, the initials of Charlie Chaplin and 'Little Tramp', his signature character, retired after the release of Modern Times in 1936.
The origins of the Tramp character are legendary. Chaplin, in the communal male dressing room at Keystone Studio, created his ensemble by collecting ill-fitting items of clothing belonging to other actors. The trousers of Fatty Arbuckle, tent-like on Chaplin, Charles Avery's tiny jacket, Ford Sterling's size fourteen shoes, and Mark Swain's moustache, constructed one of the most memorable characters of the silent movie era.
The hat and cane are expected to sell for $40,000-$60,000.
They will be accompanied by some fantastic lots from Hollywood, Rock and Roll, and animation art. From Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, Casablanca and Sammy Davis Jr, to The Nightmare Before Christmas and Harry Potter, a century of entertainment memorabilia will be showcased.
Another highlight is the 1930s Buescher Aristocrat E-flat alto saxophone of Charlie Parker, once rescued from a pawn shop by fellow saxophonist Bill Hood, estimated to sell for $22,000-$26,000.
Items relating to The Beatles include a John Lennon handwritten letter and nude drawing of himself and Yoko, estimated at $18,000-$22,000, a signature set of all four band members estimate $4,500-$6,500, and the rare original cover art for Yesterday and Today, the rejected 'Butcher' theme showing the band covered in meat and decapitated baby dolls, valued at $12,000-$18,000.
Several photographic lots of Marilyn Monroe, including a set from the night in 1955 when she rode a pink elephant, will be offered. A large archive relating to the golden age of crooners will follow, with Frank Sinatra's artworks, Sammy Davis Jr's suits, shoes and travel cases, and Bing Crosby's pipes and hats available.
The animation section will be highlighted by an original early Charles Schulz Peanuts daily sketch from 1966, a classic image of Snoopy and the Red Baron valued at $10,000-$15,000. Another Peanuts Daily from 1977, showing Snoopy holding his dog bowl to his ear to listen for the sound of a restaurant is expected to fetch $7,000-$10,000.
A film-used sleigh prop from 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas is estimated at $12,000-$16,000, and a wicker chair from Rick's Cafe in 1942's Casablanca at $5,000-$7,000. Many costume design sketches and movie and rock n roll posters are also on offer. A signed photograph of James Dean, smoking and examining an SLR camera, is expected to sell for $3,000-$5,000.
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One of the benefits of using Google cloud platform or AWS for computational tasks is that you can get resources on demand and not pay for round the clock usage. But even with intermittent use, you may get surprised by the billing amount at the end of the month. It feels worse when you remember that you had left an instance running for a couple of days after your simulation had stopped running. The cores were idling, but you still must pay for them.
One of the approaches you can use is to launch your simulation using a script which shuts down the machine after your program finishes execution. You can throw in a delay in between to allow your results to sync though Dropbox (which is pretty fast anyway <3 ). The default cloud images do not ask for sudo passwords, so you don't need to run the script as root, nor does executing "sudo poweroff" from a script require any special tricks.
But this is not the most convenient solution. What if, you could normally launch your program, and then have another script looking at the CPU utilization in the background? If you are sure your program keeps the CPU loaded up to a certain level, which it should, you can set a threshold and see if the usage stays below that level for a sustained period, then shut down the machine.
Normally, doing this would require doing a moving average of CPU usage over an interval of time – a lot of math to do if you are aiming for a simple shell script. Fortunately, the Unix 'uptime' command automatically does the average for you and reports the instantaneous CPU load, last 5 minute load average, and the last 15 minute load average. There can be no better indicator that your program has finished executing than the 15 minute load average being close to zero. To be sure, you can watch this number while your program executes and make sure your program is properly and consistenetly utilizing the CPU.
Here is the output of the uptime command when some of the cores have been busy:
$ uptime
11:35:03 up 1 day, 1:20, 7 users, load average: 3.08, 3.87, 3.80
And this when it has been relatively idle:
$ uptime
11:36:23 up 11:55, 4 users, load average: 0.43, 0.26, 0.28
The 15 minute load average is the last number in the output. The idle load varies with the kind of background processes running on the computer, but there is a clear margin between the idle and busy values.
Here is a short script that will compare the 15 minute load average to a set threshold every minute, and shut the machine down if it stays low like that for 10 minutes.
Several things can be improved about this script. But for now, this is something you can just take and use without worrying about customizing it or changing your workflow. Just don't set the threshold so low that the idle state becomes hard to detect, or too high that it seems the machine is idle even when you program is running. 0.4 works great for me when I know my program will be pushing at least one core to the limits during execution (around 0.8 – 0.9 minimum load).
Other approaches that come to mind would be looking for your program in the list of processes, or watching for a file produced by your program at completion. But measuring the CPU utilization is the most generic and reliable method there is.


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Are you going on an excursion? We will be happy to provide picnic backpacks for you to still your hunger and quench your thirst.
The price for the menu includes the rental of a picnic backpack with all accessories.
Please place your order by 9pm in order for the picnic backpack to be ready the following morning.
Additional information and reservations:
Receptions of the Kompas and Lovec Hotels
Country picnic
• Sausages, homemade ham
• Cheese
• Cottage cheese spread with pumpkin oil and pumpkin seeds
• Spicy cottage cheese spread with herb bread
• Cold potato salad
• "Gibanica" cake
• Homemade lemonade
• Beer
Price per person: 13,00 EUR
Gourmet picnic
• Octopus salad
• Skewer with mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and smoked salmon on a bed of rocket, or smoked salmon and smoked trout spread
• Cold tagliata
• Bread
• Fruit salad
• Dessert
• Small bottle of wine
• Water
Price per person: 27,00 EUR
Family picnic
• Cold fried chicken
• Summer pasta salad
• Selection of spreads
• Vegetable sticks
• Homemade apple strudel
• Homemade lemonade
• Water
Price per person: 12,00 EUR


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New album "Origine" out on January 25th!
The Italian Bombastic/Symphonic Power Metal band ANCIENT BARDS really go to town on their fourth album "Origine". On its predecessor, "A New Dawn Ending", released in 2014, there were still audible parallels to Rhapsody, resp. Rhapsody Of Fire but even back then the lads and lass knew how to cleverly limit such similarities. The quartet around the strongly-voiced front lady Sara Squadrani always went its own way. The band might perhaps be polarising itself with its style, but this is simply a result of the members being consistent in implementing their musical visions and preferences. Their symphonic/epic Metal is cleanly thought through, exceedingly well played and the listener notices ANCIENT BARDS' enjoyment and conviction of what they do. Nordic legends and Japanese tales are the band's subjects which are encountered on all of their albums and of course also on "Origine". Fans of this style will certainly get their money's worth.
With "Origine", ANCIENT BARDS once again presents an album which not only shows the trademarks of the band, but one which has all the feelings of a cinema soundtrack. Once again they have taken a step forward with their epic influences, strengthened the orchestral parts and combined it with racing guitars to a distinctive mixture. "Titanism" soars ahead with amazing speed and a pithy melody line. Sara's voice tops off this track with all her vocal diversity. "Fantasy's Wings" is dramatic and heavy and demonstrates a wide epic spectrum . The final track of the album, "The Great Divine" shows a new sound in the Italians' repertoire. With its hard growls and almost racing parts as well as heavy grooving inserts, the band has come up with an extremely varied track. The ballad-like "Light" is a sweet, catchy number of radio-play quality, but without being deliberately made to sound as such. What you hear is the band being itself. "Origine" is an outstanding statement of epic-symphonic-bombastic music, perfectly balanced between concentrated heavyness and great melodies.


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(full name, Central Administration of the Ministry of Finances of the USSR for the Issuance of State Currency Notes, Coins, and Orders), a department that supervises paper and printing factories that produce paper money and documents of strict registration (loan obligations, checks, letters of credit, savings-bank books, lottery tickets, postal payment notes, and the like). Goznak also is in charge of the production of highly artistic publications and of special and high quality papers; it also includes mints producing coins, orders, and prize and commemorative medals.
The organization of the St. Petersburg mint (now the Leningrad mint) in 1724, under Peter I, brought about the centralization of the coinage of money in Russia and the beginning of the production of commemorative badges and award medals. In 1818, the Special Office (expeditsiia) for the Preparation of State Documents was organized under the authority of the minister of finances. To produce printed forms for the special office, the Russian academician B. S. Iakobi applied for the first time in the history of printing technology the process of galvanotypy, which he had invented in 1838. In the 1890's an employee in the special office, I. I. Orlov, invented and worked out a new method of printing, which became known as the Orlov press. He also constructed polychromatic machines that were prototypes of present-day polychromatic machines. Orlov's machines and the printing methods worked out by him are used in a number of countries.
After the victory of the October Revolution, the Special Office for the Preparation of State Documents was reorganized in 1919 into the Office for the Issuance of State Currency Notes. In 1941 the mint became part of Goznak. There is an all-Union scientific research institute in Moscow under Goznak's jurisdiction. In the 1920's the prominent Soviet sculptor I. D. Shadr worked for Goznak, and one of the first designs for monetary notes in the USSR was based on his drawings. In the 1950'sand 1960's, thanks to the invention by V. A. Oleinik, a mechanic in Goznak's Moscow printing factory, of an original calculating mechanism and its subsequent development by Goznak's scientific research institute, the printing and paper factories and Goznak's mints were equipped with calculators.


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About our video production services
We design, record and edit social media, business, educational and government video programs.
eIMAGE started in the video production services business under the name "Electric Image" back in 1985, founded by Andy Linda. Five years later Angela Gamburg joined the company. Now we have a satellite office in Los Angeles: Enlightened Pictures, headed by Daniel Gamburg.
Our team consists of hand-picked vendors and carefully chosen tools to allow us to give each client very personal attention while producing top-quality programming. We don't do bureaucracy, we do video in a friendly, collaborative atmosphere. And in the summer we have lunch in the garden with our clients, under our almond tree, overlooking the San Francisco skyline. Why make it feel like work?
Director, Writer, Editor, Cameraman
I was born "in the old country." So old it no longer exists: Czechoslovakia. When I was ten the Russians invaded and my family ended up in Wisconsin.
Fast forward ten years and you'll find me a fresh graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a BS degree in film and television production. Working as a news cameraman. Heading to UCLA for a master's degree.
Mid-1980's: Got the Master of Fine Arts Degree in film and TV production while being a Teaching Assistant at UCLA.
Worked for Mattel Toys in their AV department, then for an independent LA production house.
With a measure of work experience behind my belt I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and started freelancing as a cameraman and editor. Within two years I bought my first camera and editing package and started to offer full video production services.
Now dissolve to the eIMAGE story… or read more about me at LinkedIn.
Without budging an inch, my home town of Ríga moved from being in the USSR to being in Latvia—again. But my parents and I left before the Soviet Union fell and by the time Latvia got reinstated we lived in San Francisco and I was studying film at UC Santa Barbara.
1990: Joined eIMAGE.
1992: Finished my BA degree in film production at San Francisco State University.
Knowledge is power, and these days I'm in charge of eIMAGE's resources. I see to the smooth operation of the company as a whole, I handle finances and make sure all our work stays on schedule. To our clients I'm responsible for providing customer support and services. Considering that the vast majority of our business is from repeat customers, I must be doing something right.
We shoot and edit in 4k and Ultra High Definition video.
We focus on having first-rate video production equipment to achieve the best possible image quality for our clients while keeping an eye on their bottom line. Right now our flagship is a Sony PXW-FS7 Mark II XDCAM Super 35 Camera, capable of shooting 4k and Ultra High Definition (UHD) video. This is fantastic for interviews where the wide shot can also become a close-up shot in post, without sacrificing sharpness. We enhance this camera's natural shallow depth-of-field with a Metabones Speedbooster adapter and full-frame 35mm lenses, such as our T1.5 50mm Samyang. The results are stunning.
Our second camera is a Sony A7 Mark III. This is a full-frame mirrorless camera which matches the 4k image quality of the FS7 almost perfectly. We use it as a second camera for interviews and on some documentary work. It is unobtrusive and has an amazing automatic focusing system which surpasses our big camera.
Our older camera is Sony's highly acclaimed CineAlta digital cinema PMW-EX3 XDCAM EX. It is great for quick and precise documentary work, or it can be outfitted with our RedRock M2 Encore Depth of Field Attachment and a set of Nikon prime lenses for a beautiful cinematic look.
We also have a cool Nebula 4200 5-axis gyroscopic camera stabilizer which makes hand-held shots as good as those shot with a Steadicam. This is where the autofocus of our A7iii camera really shines: when the cameraman moves with a gyro stabilizer, he can't be riding focus. The camera's automation now takes care of that for him. There's even a face-tracking feature (in HD only) to make sure faces stay razor-sharp. And in terms of stability we're not using only the gyro stabilizer. The lens is stabilized and the camera body has its own stabilization; we're triple good!
We edit video with Premiere Pro, running on a very beefy, custom-configured computer. A 42″ program monitor and a THX-certified sound system gives us the theater experience while a 4TB RAID array keeps multiple HD video streams flowing. But the real difference is Andy Linda, the man pushing the buttons, jumping between Premiere Pro, AfterEffects, Photoshop and a dozen other programs on his 4k 42″ computer monitor. Thirty five years in the business taught him a trick or two. Just keep in mind that if you engage him in a technical discussion, he loves to talk shop!
Bottom line: we are obsessive about quality and we own the gear and know how to use it to get the job done to our high standards. Whether it's cameras, audio, lighting, gyro gimbal, a dolly, or a jib, we have the equipment in-house to keep your costs in check and our production schedule flexible.


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On April 29, Vancouver City Council approved the Climate Emergency Response report PDF file (609 KB) to increase our efforts to tackle climate change.
The report amplifies and builds on past progress to reduce carbon pollution, improve energy efficiency, and transition to renewable energy.
Climate Emergency Response report
The report contains big moves to reduce Vancouver's carbon pollution by building and expanding on our existing work to fight climate change. As well, it contains accelerated actions that will help us ramp-up local action right away.
Six big moves
The six big moves will reduce Vancouver's carbon pollution by building on and expanding on our existing work to fight climate change.
1. Walkable complete communities
By 2030, 90% of people live within an easy walk and roll of their daily needs.
2. Safe and convenient active transportation and transit
By 2030, two thirds of trips in Vancouver will be by active transportation and transit.
3. Pollution free cars, trucks and buses
By 2030, 50% of the kilometres driven on Vancouver's roads will be by zero emissions vehicles.
4. Zero emission space and water heating
By 2025, all new and replacement heating and hot water systems will be zero emissions.
5. Lower carbon construction
By 2030, the embodied emissions from new buildings and construction projects will be reduced by 40% compared to a 2018 baseline.
6. Restored forests and coast
By fall 2020, to develop "negative emission" targets that can be achieved by restoring forest and coastal ecosystems.
53 accelerated actions
The report includes 53 accelerated actions to help us ramp-up our local action right away.
Examples of the accelerated actions:
- Make it more affordable and easier to get a permit for heat pumps
- Transition the Neighbourhood Energy Utility from 70% (today) to 100% renewable energy before 2030
- Develop a power supply plan for film, food trucks, and special events to help them transition off of diesel and propane generators, which are also significant contributors to noise and air pollution
Vancouver declares climate emergency
Vancouver is joining hundreds of cities around the world in declaring a climate emergency and committing to reduce emissions locally.
Buildings and transportation emit over 95% of the carbon pollution in Vancouver. That is why we are investing in new infrastructure, transitioning to cleaner sources of energy, and changing the way we plan and design our neighbourhoods and buildings.
We have a solid foundation to build from, which includes developing climate action policies since the 1990's and a commitment to eliminate our dependency on fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy before 2050.
Why we need to accelerate climate action
When Canada signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, we joined a global commitment to keep global warming below 2°C, and as close to 1.5°C as possible. In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) External web site, opens in new tab released a major report making a case to strive for 1.5°C. Every degree of warming beyond this threshold will lead to increased risks of extreme weather, more wildfires and floods, and increases in sea level rise.
If we fail to limit these impacts, climate change will be a threat to global stability.
Climate action is for everybody
We're forming an Equity Working Group to ensure that equity has a central place in the City's climate emergency and sustainability work moving forward.
Sign up for our Greenest City and Climate Emergency newsletter
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Superstat's managed Social Media programme is giving dealers the benefits of social media without the headache of having to dream up high quality content themselves.
The service has two tiers. First a dealer can access a social media resource pack containing posts, graphics and blogs for them to use on social media, or they can outsource this to Superstat where everything is done for them.
Marketing Director Karly Haley said: "Social media marketing can be a drain on resources if you don't use it correctly, it is all about what you post, not how often you post. Creating quality content is a time-consuming skill which can distract dealers from valuable selling time if they are not careful. Dealers are selling office supplies to people at work and we have to remember that and keep it all in perspective. I get worried when I hear of dealers taking on graduates to "do their social media" because it isn't a resource which dealers need, our service gives them the benefit of social media without having to even think about it."
Superstat's Social Media programme ties in with their INsight email marketing and CRM solution or sits as a standalone product, and by working closely with brand owners, they have developed an all-encompassing digital solution designed to engage with the business consumer.
A dealer who recently took up the service had a 1,500% increase in activity through Facebook alone.


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Biographical entry Thow, William (1842 - 1926)
- Born
- 29 June 1842
West Derby, Lancashire, England
- Died
- 10 March 1926
Warrawee, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation
- Railway engineer
William Thow was locomotive engineer with the South Australian Railways from 1876 to 1889 and with the New South Wales Government Railways from1889 to 1911. His P6 class passenger locomotives, introduced in 1892, became world famous and were used on the trans-continental railway when it was completed in 1917. Initially Thow worked under his father on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and was a pupil of Alexander Allan on the Scottish Central Railway. Later he was draftsman of the Dubs Locomotive Works in Glasgow, chief draftsman at Worcester Engine Works Co. and inspector and mechanical assistant to John Fowler in Egypt.
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- Walker, J. D., 'Thow, William (1842-1926), Railway Engineer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 219-220. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120242b.htm. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539658. Details
- 'Thow, William (1842-1926)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465720. Details
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- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_t.html. Details
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A charge or a criminal citation for malicious damage can result from any kind of property damage, destruction, or vandalism, from keying a car, a road rage incident, graffiti, breaking things in a domestic dispute, or hitting something with your car otherwise damaging the property of another.
The act of a criminal property damage offense is known as Malicious Damage in the state of Massachusetts under the criminal statutes. The charge and potential sentence you face all depends on your mindset at the time of the offense.
Defending a Malicious Damage Charge
Most malicious damage charges result in a criminal citation to a clerk magistrate's hearing. If the officer witnesses the incident, you could be arrested. While the criminal penalties allow for jail time, that almost never happens.
However, any criminal record is something you want to avoid. And a hearing is absolutely the best way to stop any criminal charge from appearing on your record or on a background check.
Attorney's who are experienced at these hearings can often get the magistrate to drop the criminal charge completely in exchange for paying for any damage.
Even if you are arrested or the charge goes forward from a hearing, there is still a very good chance we can help you avoid a criminal record, with an alternate disposition of a pretrial probation, or a pretrial hearing.
Call the Law Offices of Russell Matson for a free consultation on winning your hearing and avoiding a criminal property damage charge at (781) 817-6332.
Malicious Damage Laws & Penalties
If you acted "willfully and maliciously" your possible sentence will be up to 10 years in prison and fines of $3,000 or 3 times the amount of the damage caused, whichever is greater, or up to 2 ½ years in jail.
If, however, you acted "wantonly" the penalty for wanton destruction of property is a maximum of 2 ½ years in jail or a fine of $1,500 or three time the value of the damage, whichever is greater.
The distinction is if you act deliberately, or something closer to carelessly when causing damage to property that results in a malicious damage offense.
If the damage is valued at less than $250, you face possible jail time of up to 2 ½ months and fines equal to 3 times the amount of the damage.
Ref: MGL §266-127
Leaving the Scene of Property Damage Citation in Massachusetts
If you struck an object or building with your car, and left without notifying anyone, you can also be charged with leaving the scene of property damage, a separate criminal charge.
Most of the time this is also initiated via a criminal citation to appear at a clerk magistrate's hearing (see above).
The good news is that if you get a criminal citation for both malicious damage and leaving the scene of property damage, there is still a very good chance to avoid any criminal charge being issued. Your auto insurance policy will typically cover the damages, so there may not even be any additional out of pocket expenses, expect for an attorney to help you avoid a criminal charge at the hearing.
Destruction of Certain Properties and Buildings
Some specific sites for damage or vandalism in Massachusetts will result in a more serious criminal felony charge, due to the sensitive or sacred nature of the location.
If you are facing accusations of willfully, intentionally, or wantonly destroying or defacing any of the following properties, you could be charged with this offense:
- Church
- Burial grounds
- School
- Synagogue
- Mosque
- Any house of worship
- Community center
- Educational facility
- Memorial
If the property damage or destruction is valued at more than $5,000, you will face a potential 5-year prison sentence and fines of 3 times the amount of the damage.
If the damage is less than $5,000, you face 2 ½ years in jail and a fine of $2,000 or 3 times the value of damage, whichever is greater.
Ref: MGL §266-127A
Defacement of Property/ Graffiti
Graffiti is defined as intentionally, willfully and maliciously, or wantonly marking, painting, scratching, or etching into someone else's property including walls, buildings, fences, rocks, signs, or monuments. If facing this charge, you potential sentence could be as much as 3 years in prison with fines reaching $1,500 or up to 3 times the amount of the damage, whichever is greater.
A conviction of this offense also warrants a driver's license suspension for one year.
Ref: MGL §266-126A


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"For the good of the many, so give the few." The stately yet reverent setting of this song offers an appropriately serious tone for your performance honoring veterans. It's gentle, but emotional, and its lyrics tell the tale of those whose sacrifices deserve our gratitude. (from Music K-8, Vol. 24, No. 2)
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Newborn babies and their families are being secretly moved in the dead of night to Christmas Island detention centre, which is considered unsuitable for young children by medical practitioners.
On Monday, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison refuted this, saying the families were notified "well in advance of the 20 minutes that advocates are suggesting", but would not say how much notice was given.
The sudden relocations come as Immigration Minister Scott Morrison announced a $2.6 million educational package for school-age children in the island's detention centre, run by the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia, suggesting the government is planning to increase the number of child detainees on the island.
Jacob Varghese, who is representing 26 Australian-born asylum-seeker babies, said the families were living in fear they would be "shipped off"' to Christmas Island.
"There's a really heavy-handed and unnecessarily cruel approach taken to removing people, which is knocking on their door in the middle of the night and shipping them off," said Mr Varghese, the principal of Maurice Blackburn lawyers.
"Christmas Island is the worst place to put these people, because it's very remote and a long way from any first-class medical
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SharePoint Sandbox isn't Dead...UserCode is
With the introduction of apps for SharePoint, many have speculated that sandbox solutions are dead/deprecated. This is accurate for solutions containing assemblies running on the Sandboxed Code Service (aka - SPUCHostService.exe). However, declarative solutions are very much still in play and widely used internally by SharePoint (ex: Web Templates and Design Manager). A declarative .wsp package (one containing no assemblies) is a powerful way to provision elements into the host web. So don't be afraid to leverage the solutions gallery as long as your .wsp packages don't contain code.
If your solution contains code and a farm solution isn't an option (read: SharePoint Online), you might consider an approach I outlined in my recent post on App Approaches for Common SharePoint Customizations. In it, I discussed the use of app installed remote events to provision elements in the host web. This pattern is generally discouraged, as apps for SharePoint should uninstall cleanly (hence the reason for an app web). However, it is appropriate for internal apps (not marketplace apps) containing programming logic and host web dependencies. The app model should not be confused as a deployment mechanism, so if your solution doesn't have code...consider the solution gallery.


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This popular resort on the north coast of the island is set within a beautiful horseshoe-shaped sandy bay, overlooked by lush pine trees. Most of our villas overlook the stunning bay and are just a short walk from the beach. You'll find restaurants and bars built up on the rocks to the rear of the beach and a road train that takes you to the resort centre with its wider selection of amenities.View villas in Arenal d'en Castell
Find the ideal villa, one that has everything you could want or need for your dream holiday.
Your new surroundings are waiting to be explored! There's plenty to see and do in the area.
You'll discover a different side to your destination when you venture further afield.
Seafood is always great in the Balearic islands, it will always be fresh when you are by the sea. Menorca is particularly known for its 'caldereta de llagosta', a traditional lobster stew. The capital of Mahon is the origin of Menorca's famous cheese, a distinctive square shape with an oily rind, with a creamy mild flavour made from cow's milk. Of course, being in Spain, traditional tapas is widely available and popular as well.
There is a small number of lively bars in and around the resort of Arenal den Castell, which mainly caters for families.
If you fancy enjoying a glass of vino from your villa terrace, Menorca has many delicious local vintages for you to choose from, and what better way to take your pick then to see them in the making and sample them first. Vineyards – or bodegas – throughout the island offer guided tours and tastings. Closest to Arenal d'en Castell are Vine Sa Cudía at S'Albufera des Grau Nature Park, Ferrer de Muntpalau at Es Mercadal, Sant Patrici near Ferreries and Bodega Vi de S'Illa in Alaior, while Viñas Binifadet is near Sant Lluís, where you can find the island's first 'champagne' - a pink sparkling wine produced from merlot and syrah grapes. Menorcan whites are fruity and fresh, while reds are full bodied, fruity and aromatic, so whatever your palate craves, you'll find it on villa holidays in Menorca.
Finding that their beloved gin was unavailable, British sailors occupying Menorca in the 18th Century decided to teach the local islanders how to produce it. To this day the enormous copper stills bubble away at the Xoriguer distillery at Mahon harbour, producing this aromatic tipple using traditional methods. Guided tours to this attraction run daily and Gin Xoriguer and other local liqueurs can be sampled and bought. Whether you drink it straight up as a night cap, or mix it with bitter lemon to create the local fiesta drink of choice – Pomada – you're sure to get in the Menorca spirit.
With over 100 glorious beaches on the island, the coastline of Menorca simply must be enjoyed from a different perspective – the deck of a boat! There is no shortage of boat trips on the island, from short leisure cruises to full day trips. Near Arenal d'en Castell at Fornells harbour and Addaya Port you will find trips to discover more of Menorca's coastline, coves and caverns, as well as great swimming, snorkelling and kayaking spots to relax and cool off from the warm Spanish sun. From Ciutadella you can also enjoy a day cruise around some of the island's beautiful yet isolated southern beaches, which are difficult or impossible to visit by land. Catamarans and glass bottom boats also operate around Mahon harbour and provide a historical commentary on the port, as well as fantastic underwater views. For something a little out of the ordinary, guided kayak tours are also available, along with yachts and boats to charter yourself, with or without a skipper.
The celebrated coastline is one of this island's great treasures waiting to be explored from our villas in Menorca, with beautiful white sand beaches, quiet coves and picturesque horseshoe bays backed by rugged and beautiful scenery. Near Arenal d'en Castell in the north of the island you can discover many unspoiled beaches off the tourist trail, as well as the Parc Natural S'Albufera des Grau to the northeast. This beautiful nature reserve is a haven for bird life at its expansive freshwater lagoon, while the lush green landscape rolls down to the untouched coastline.
Lloc de Menorca is a small yet wonderful zoo near to Alaior and home to a wealth of exciting creatures, both native to the island and more exotic! A wonderfully interactive experience, there are animals you can feed and even pet as you get up close to nature
Three water parks on the island may well provide a fun-filled way of cooling off from the Menorcan sunshine. Two larger parks can be found near Ciutadella at Cala en Banes and Calan Bosch, while there is a smaller park – perfect for younger children – at Son Bou.
Hop in the car and drive to Menorca's old capital of Ciutadella to discover its many ancient treasures. The medieval cobbled streets of the historic quarter – Es Born – are dotted with antiquities, including a gothic cathedral built from a 14th century mosque and Sant Nicolau Castle, an ancient fortress whose watchtower still stands proud in a defensive position over Ciutadella port. The new capital of Menorca - the bustling port of Mahon - also has its share of fascinating historic treasures.
No holiday to Menorca is complete without a trip to the capital, Mahon. One of the world's largest natural harbours is the heart and hub of this town, where bars and restaurants provide a pleasant spot to watch the boats sail by or enjoy the Spanish hospitality with a glass of sangria and some tapas. A wonderfully cosmopolitan town, the shopping experience here ranges from the bustling twice weekly market to chic designer stores, while Mahon's fascinating past still shines through in the narrow cobbled streets, shady plazas and interesting architecture, representing the various eras of occupation throughout its history.
Remnants of Menorca's fascinating ancient history can be found scattered throughout the island in the form of talaiots – bronze age stone structures, taules – T shaped stone monuments with echos of Stonehenge, and nauvetes – ancient stone burial sites. The most famous and best preserved is the Naveta des Tudons near Cituadella.
In nearby Ciutadella you will find an impressive, 14th century gothic cathedral, which still retains the minaret of the mosque that previously sat the site. On its imposing, fortress-like facade sit numerous gargoyles, while the baroque interior has six chapels with exquisitely carved columns and other remarkable features.
The Parc Natural S'Albufera des Grau found to the northeast of the island is a beautiful nature reserve and a haven for bird life at its expansive freshwater lagoon, while the lush green landscape rolls down to the untouched coastline.
Menorca is scattered with fascinating ancient fortresses to discover - remnants of an era of occupation and defence - which can be found largely around the Mahon area. Fort Marlborough is an 18th century stronghold set into the ground, while the Castle of San Felipe stands above a vast underground network of tunnels and galleries. Perhaps the most impressive however is La Mola, covering the entire headland to the north of Mahon harbour.
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Prophet Rick Joyner predicts a 'military takeover'
Last week, Rick Joyner of Morningstar Ministries–an influential U.S. leader in the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement–said America is destined for tyranny and its only hope is for the military to take over the government and restore the nation to its religious foundations.
Joyner–who is viewed as both an apostle and a prophet in the NAR movement–made these comments during the Sept. 30, 2013, edition of his television show "Prophetic Perspectives in Current Events."
Here are his words.
I believe our only hope is a military takeover–martial law–and that the most crucial element of that is who the martial is going to be. I believe there are noble leaders in our military that love the Republic, they love everything we stand for, and they could seize the government. I'm not advocating this. I'm just telling you what could happen. They could seize it and help restore the foundations, restore the Constitution.
Notice that Joyner said he's not advocating a coup. But I find his denial hard to believe in light of the fact that he thinks a coup is our nation's only hope and that he claims to love America and want to see it restored.
Also notice that he said the most crucial element of the imposition of martial law is who the "martial" is going to be. So, who does Joyner have in mind for that draconian task?
He suggested that martial law could be imposed by "noble leaders in our military." Yet I believe he had some very specific military leaders in mind–NAR apostles.
Why do I believe that?
Take a look at a book he wrote, titled The Harvest–which, not so coincidentally, is advertised during the same show in which he predicted a coup. In this book, Joyner prophesies a collapse of governments across the world. He also teaches that–in order for a great end-time "harvest" or revival to occur–the church must first submit to the extraordinary authority of apostles.
Furthermore, another NAR leader who is promoted by Joyner, Dutch Sheets, boasted at a 2008 NAR conference that there are apostles positioned in all sectors of U.S. society–including the military–waiting in the wings to unleash "a great awakening" and "transformation" in America. Sheets' boast is based on an NAR teaching that God has appointed apostles to govern not just in the churches, but also "workplace apostles" or "marketplace apostles" to govern in the seven major societal institutions, including the media, education, business, the family, arts, and government.
So–in light of these NAR views–it seems obvious that the martial law Joyner speaks of would be imposed by the so-called "workplace apostles" God has appointed to govern in the military.
In response to Joyner's controversial statements, the Huffington Post and other online sites accused him of promoting sedition and undermining American democracy. Yet most evangelicals, thankfully, would not agree with Joyner's desire for a coup. And I don't believe many military officers would either–despite the statistics cited in the Huffington Post article.
But what really concerns me is that Joyner has tapped into a widespread sentiment and, by doing so, may gain more followers. Let me explain.
Many evangelicals would agree with one particular point of his perspective–that is, that our nation's demise has been accelerating under the present administration. And undiscerning Christians who are eager to see America restored to its heritage won't realize that the "restoration" Joyner speaks of is not to biblical Christianity. Rather, it is a restoration to the heterodox teachings of the New Apostolic Reformation movement–including the teaching that all Christians must submit to NAR apostles.
So, when you hear talk of a coming great "revival" in America, or a "restoration," or a "Third Great Awakening," don't just jump on the bandwagon. Be aware that these are catch words used by leaders in the NAR movement.
— By Holly Pivec


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by JB Burke
Q: I finished editing some documents and was about to assemble them into a
presentation. In the process I deleted a folder that I thought I would no
longer need. Too late, I discovered that all the edited documents had gone
into the deleted folder and were now gone. I could redo all the editing, but
I'd rather not. How can I recover those documents?
A. First, the bad news. Since it has been a while since this happened, there
is a chance that you've saved other files that may have obliterated part or
all of what you lost, since the space of deleted files is reused by the
system. The good news is, if that hasn't happened, and some or all of your
files are still intact, there is a free utility that can help recover your
It is called Recuva, and can be found
here. Download Recuva and save
it where you can find it, perhaps to the desktop. Double-click to launch it,
choose a language, accept the install options as appropriate and follow the
instructions presented. It will open after install. Click "Next" and it will
ask what kind of files you want to recover. Click "Next" and tell it where
the files are located, if you know. Then optionally click the Enable Deep
Scan box and click "Start". Deep scan will take longer, but may find more
lost files.
When the scan is complete, you will see a list of the files that Recuva has
found. If there is a green dot next to the file name, you are able to fully
recover the file. Red dot means it has been over-written, and I wouldn't
bother with those. Click the box next to each green dotted file that you
want to recover and click the "Recover" box. It will ask you where to put
them, and you can browse for an appropriate recover folder. Go to that
folder and they should all be there. Good luck.
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