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k. The inclination of the plane of the fissure to a vertical plane, which is frequently termed by the miners of the more northern districts the hade of the vein, and by the Cornish miners its underlie, is very uncertain, amounting not unfrequently to as much perhaps as 20", generally, however, to considerably less, though in particular cases to considerably more. It will sometimes vary at different depths along the same vertical line, so that in some instances, when the hade is small, it will be in one direction in the upper, and in the contrary direction in the lower part of the vein. Upon the whole, however, the hade is not very great, and tolerably regular in each vein". o
a. Masses of the adjoining rock, more or less perfectly detached from it, are frequently found imbedded in the matter which occupies the fissuref.
v. Apparent or real displacements in the position of a vein are frequently observed at its intersection with another vein, or with some particular stratified bed, which is generally found to be a bed of moist slimy clay. These intersections are of various kinds.
o. First, that of a vertical or nearly vertical vein, with a clay bed horizontal, or nearly so. The displacements in this case are shewn in the figures annexed, which represent vertical sections perpendicular to the plane of the vein.
It is manifest that here either the part of the vein above the stratum cd has been moved, or that below it, or both, if the two portions were ever in the same plane.
- * The underlie of the Cornish lodes is frequently greater, I conceive, than in our other mining districts. It may possibly also be more irregular. + These insulated masses are frequently termed by miners, Riders.
r. Secondly, we may have the intersection of two vertical veins, the planes of which are inclined to each other at any given angle. In such case it frequently happens, that while the continuity of one vein is preserved that of the other is broken, apparently by a relative displacement of the portions on opposite sides of the unbroken vein. This kind of displacement is exhibited in the annexed figures, which represent horizontal sections.
p. Thirdly, we may have the intersection of veins the planes of which are inclined, but at different angles, to a vertical plane. If such veins be near enough to each other, their intersection will take place sufficiently near the surface to be within the limits of observation, and if they meet the horizontal surface in parallel lines their line of intersection will be horizontal. If the subjoined figures represent vertical
sections perpendicular to this line, the displacements observed will be such as they exhibit.
These phenomena of faults, and mineral veins, are those which appear to approximate the most distinctly to well defined laws, and therefore afford the best means of testing the truth of any theory of elevation. The following phenomena also bear equally on the investigations contained in this paper, though their characters are in general much less distinct than those of the phenomena already cited.
III. Anticlinal and Synclinal Lines.
When two or more anticlinal lines, with the corresponding synclinal ones, are found in the same geological district", their general directions frequently approximate to parallelism with each other+.
IV. Longitudinal Valleys.
a. Along the flanks of elevated ranges, longitudinal valleys are not unfrequently found running nearly parallel to the general axis of elevation f.
8. The partial elevations along the sides of an elevated range have usually these escarpments presented towards the central ridge|.
* I mean by a geological district, any tract of country throughout which the phenomena may be regarded as following the same laws without discontinuity.
+ If we take two planes coinciding at any proposed point of an anticlinal line, with the portions of the surface of a stratified bed on opposite sides of that line, these planes of stratification will intersect in a straight line not necessarily horizontal; and the direction of the anticlinal line at the proposed point will be determined by the azimuth of a vertical plane drawn through this intersection, or the direction of the intersection of this vertical plane with the horizon. Again, if through the proposed point we draw vertical planes respectively perpendicular to the two planes of stratification above mentioned, their respective intersections with them will be the lines of greatest inclination of the strata, and consequently the azimuths of these vertical planes will determine the directions of the dip. The angles between these two latter vertical planes, and the one before mentioned as determining the direction of the anticlinal line, will not generally be equal; they will become so only when the inclination of the planes of stratification on either side of the line is the same; i. e. the directions of the dip on opposite sides of an anticlinal line at any proposed point of it will not generally make equal angles with that of the line itself, unless the dip on opposite sides be the same. There is however an exception to this rule, when the direction of the dip on each side of the anticlinal line is perpendicular to it. This will occur when the two planes of stratification first mentioned intersect in a horizontal line.
f Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, Vol. I. Chap. x.
|| Traité de Geognosie, by D'Aubuisson, Vol. I, §. 24, p. 82.; and Saussure, Voyage dans
les Alpes, Vol. III. Chap. x. This rule is probably very general,
V. Transverse Valleys.
Deep valleys are sometimes found of which the directions are nearly at right angles to that of the general elevation*.
VI. Dykes or Weins, and Horizontal Beds of Trap.
a. The dykes are usually found in nearly vertical planes, and, when they occur in the vicinity of each other, with a general tendency to parallelism.
(3 Extensive beds of trap are found apparently interstratified with the stratified rocks.
VII. Granite Veins.
The form of a vein of this kind is frequently very different from that of mineral or trap-veins, as above described, inasmuch as a section of it does not generally approximate in the same degree to rectilinearity+.
These approximations to general laws have been, I believe, very generally recognized by geologists, and more especially in faults and mineral veins, in almost all cases in which these phenomena exist throughout districts of considerable eatent; and this appears unquestionably to justify the notion, that they are not to be referred to partial causes, but to some cause general at least with reference to the district throughout which the same laws are observed to hold without breach of continuity. Local and accidental causes may in some cases act with sufficient energy to obliterate all traces of general laws in phenomena such as those above mentioned; but still this will manifestly not invalidate our inference with respect to those districts in which such laws have been clearly recognized. We may moreover observe, that the law of approximate parallelism which equally characterizes the phenomena of anticlinal lines, faults, and mineral veins, affords, à priori, a strong probability that they are all assignable to the same general cause. We may also further remark, that if, with the previous conviction that the stratified beds have been deposited from water, and with a knowledge of the physical impossibility of beds of uniform thickness being so deposited except on planes but little inclined to the horizon, if, I say, under these circumstances, we examine many of the phenomena above mentioned, it seems impossible not to be struck with the idea of their being referrible to the action of some powerful elevatory force acting beneath the superficial crust of the globe, and thus producing those elevations and dislocations which we now witness. And, accordingly, such is the almost universal impression on the minds of geologists.
* These valleys may frequently be due in great measure to the effects of erosion. In some instances, however, they appear to have been obviously formed by the elevation of the strata on either side of them. The valley of the Wye, in Derbyshire, offers a beautiful example of this kind of formation.
t Trap veins sometimes assume the tortuous form of a granite vein. See M'Culloch's Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. Vol. III. Pl. xxxiii.
It appears, then, that we are arrived at that stage of geological science in which we are able to recognize certain well defined geological phenomena, distinctly approximating to geometrical laws; and we have also a distinct mechanical cause to which geologists, with almost one consent, have agreed in considering them to be assignable. The next step we are therefore called upon to take is obvious—it is to institute an investigation, founded on mechanical and physical principles, of the necessary relations which may exist between our observed phenomena and the general cause to which we attribute them. This investigation I have attempted, and now beg to lay it before the Society. I hope the nature of it will be deemed a justification of my introduction of a new term into the science, that of Physical Geology.
I have conducted the investigation by the methods supplied by mathematical analysis. I am aware, however, that to some persons the application of these methods to geological problems may appear like an affectation of an accuracy which the nature of the subject may not be conceived to admit of; but from this opinion I dissent entirely. We have, as I have before remarked, observed phenomena approximating to well-defined laws, and which we are prepared to regard as the effects of an assigned and definite cause; and to shew that this hypothetical
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2. I think that besides importance, urgency an important element of any project
3. Integrating separate Goalscape charts into a master ? (maybe it exist)
4. What about to password protect certain goals within a map?
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Thanks for your inquiry – and for the great feedback!
There are a few ways you can visually indicate urgency. You can use the Color Goal or Mark Goal (RAG 'traffic lights') options in Goal Edit (see screenshot). To enable full-fill goal coloring check the option in Settings. You can also use Tags like Now and Next, then find goals with those tags using the Highlight Sidebar (see the short video here)
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Were you unable to attend plenary this year? It was an exciting year with lots of big decisions – here's what you missed:
- There will now be two representatives from each region on the CUP board. To address the workload of regional reps and to increase collaboration, CUP members opted to increase the number of regional representatives to two (2) per region. This will allow reps to divide the workload and collaborate more while fulfilling their role.
- The membership struck a committee to review the mission and principles of CUP. It has been a while since this has been reviewed and with the significant changes CUP has been taking, it's time to ensure that they align with the goals of the cooperative. The committee has been tasked with preparing a report by NASH81.
- Members decided on a new fee structure. The new flat, three tiered fee structure will be based on relative budget size compared to other CUP publications. Each tier will be of equal size and based on percentile rankings of budgets. The fee tiers will be:
Small, current rate of $190
Medium, $240
Large, $290
- The membership term will run from May 1 – April 30 and membership fees will be due on May 1. This is intended to allow the incoming board to start their terms with the knowledge of budget and membership numbers, allowing them to plan programming and services more effectively in the summer and throughout the year.
- Members will have three calendar months to pay their invoice, an increase of two months. This means invoices will be sent out in February for the new, May 1 fee deadline.
- The travel pool program has been suspended indefinitely. Quite possibly the end of an era, CUP's travel pool has been suspended indefinitely in favour of a subsidy system. The new system will allow each paper the opportunity to opt-out of contributing to a subsidy fund. The fund will be rewarded to applicants based on demonstrated financial need after board review.
- Regional representatives will plan the first regional conferences to be held no later than October of the current year. The rationale is that autumn regional conferences can emphasize training and education for incoming staff.
- If the board sees fit, CUP will incorporate NASH as a separate corporate entity, wholly owned and controlled by CUP. This will provide financial and legal security to CUP and host papers in the case of financial distress caused by NASH.
- CUP will keep the same accountants. They have been CUP's accountants of record for years now.
- CUP81 Board Elections
- President: Erik Preston, The Strand
- Vice president: Emma McPhee, The Brunswickan
- Secretary: Corrina Degan, The Xaverian Weekly
- Communications: Kurtis Rideout, The Cord
- Human Resources: Emily Keenan, The Xaverian Weekly
- Treasurer: Logan Johnson, The Baron
- Continuity: Cam Raynor, Augustana Medium
- Regional Reps
- Atlantic
- Jessica Raven, The Baron
- Jessica Briand, The Dalhousie Gazette
- Ontario
- Jacob Dube, The Eyeopener
- Molly Kay, The Strand
- Atlantic
- NASH81 Bid
WE'RE HEADED TO CALGARY! After several years of NASH being held in central and atlantic regions, we're headed west. We're excited for a fantastic conference in the prairies!


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Prabuddha Neogi sheds light on allegations that a recently released film by the Kahaani director has uncanny similarities with a Professor Shonku story.
Kolkata: Sujoy Ghosh's short film Ahalya, which has already attracted nearly 30 lakh hits on video sharing site YouTube, has generated a fair bit of controversy. Many viewers have alleged that the thriller, starring thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, Radhika Apte and Tota Roy Chowdhury in major roles, has a striking similarity to a Satyajit Ray short story. A section of the audience, both in India and abroad, claimed to WebPressClub that the Bengali film is almost a knocking copy of Ray's Professor Shonku O Aschorjo Putul (Professor Shonku and the Strange Doll).
Rimli Biswas, faculty of a leading south Kolkata college, said: "The film is likely to have been inspired from the Ray story. The similarity is just too close to ignore."
In the story, Shonku travels to Sweden to receive a honourary degree. There, a man named Gregor Lindquist, invites the scientist to his home. Lindquist identifies himself as a doll maker and his amazingly lifelike creations impress Shonku. It's only at the end of the story when Shonku realises that they are actually human beings transformed into dolls.
Former Cambridge University faculty Sreepriya Bhowmik, now settled in UK, said: "There's no harm in taking inspiration from anywhere. But at least the source should have been acknowledged."
Ghosh has reportedly denied the plagiarism allegations over social media. He said on Twitter that everyone is entitled to their observation. What is art, if it invokes no reaction, he questioned. But he didn't reply to our emails in this regard. Ray's filmmaker son Sandip, too, didn't answer our calls.
Keep watching this space for further developments.
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By Kathryn Weber
As the year winds down, it can seem like the calendar moves faster and faster. The truth is, there's just a lot more to do this time of year, putting a real premium on your time. With guests coming for the holiday season, you want your home to look its best, but what if you don't have the time or energy for a decorating overhaul?
Use these tips to pull your home into shape and have it looking great for family and guests right into the New Year:
1. Touch up paint. Whether it's fingerprints or scuff marks on walls, a quick inspection and cleaning of dirty woodwork and walls will make every room look better instantly.
2. Make a welcoming entrance. Add a small table, a pretty mirror or painting and some chairs to spruce up your entryway. Tuck in some seasonal flowers or foliage to complete the look.
3. Smarten up your guest room. Keep a basket with cell phone chargers in the room, add a bottle of body lotion to sooth dry winter skin anda pair of slippers. Change bed coverings to luxuriously warm or jewel-toned to reflect the season.
4. Steam clean carpets. When the rugs are clean, the whole house feels clean and bright, and smelling fresh.
5. Dust light fixtures. Using a soft brush, dust overhead lights, ceiling fans and glass and metal shades so they gleam.
6. Add foliage. Trim seasonal branches and add them to vases. Add one in the foyer, on a patio, on the hearth or next to the fireplace, and in cozy corners throughout the house. Whether it's a small bunch of tender winter berries or a large branch of fall leaves, foliage adds a welcoming touch.
7. Use the warmth of bronze and tarnished brass to add a warm, golden glow to your rooms. Spray paint simple ginger jar lamps with gold paint, or bring brass and glass outdoor lanterns indoors to warm up a fireplace mantle or dining room table. Try spiking white pillar candles with textured or polished brass tacks to add a touch of sparkle.
8. Spruce up the guest bath. With Thanksgiving near, add a small bouquet of pumpkin-colored flowers on the counter, along with a small pumpkin carved to hold a tea light candle. Add some luxurious scented soap and new plush hand towels.
9. Use burlap. Burlap can be easily and inexpensively fashioned into placemats, table runners, or used as a whole tablecloth for a rustic, natural look. Use burlap ribbon to create bows for wreaths or chairs. Try tying it into napkin rings. Tuck in a sprig of greenery and you've got an easy, yet elegant, place setting.
10. Emphasize the fireplace. Over the holidays, nothing is as welcoming as a roaring fire and a beautifully dressed fireplace. Add greenery, candles and seasonal touches to make your fireplace the starring attraction in the living room or den.
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Nestled quietly away on the fringe of the Kinglake Township is this prime parcel of land. Boasting 25 acres of glorious undulating pasture mixed with bush and scenic vistas, this property is the perfect start to your rural lifestyle dream. Featuring dual road access and 2 potential building areas, options are a plenty when it comes to customising your designs to take in the splendour of such a well positioned allotment.
From the sunsets, to the rolling hills, you are surrounded space and privacy only achievable on the block this size. It comes with a spring fed dam, brand new fencing, power available on the property, and best of all, only a 5 minute drive to the town centre.
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Uncharted by Tracey Garvis Graves
Read here about how I absolutely LOVED On the Island. I found this book about 2 days ago and as with her first I could not put it down. Tracey is a wizard when it comes to making her characters addictive, desirable, relate-able. I was gripped to her every word and needed to keep reading.
The story behind the skeleton 'Owen Sparks' found in a cave whilst T.J and Anna were On the Island. Simply yet amazingly entwined within the first book's events, a happy ending overall.
I only award 4 stars as there clearly was not enough!!


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Cross Pollution
A high voltage shred flick. Low sleep, high energy, snowboarding, skateboarding, loud, fast, fun, free. Featuring Benny Milam, Reid Smith, Dylan Alito, Arthur Longo, Pat Moore, Curtis Ciszek, Torgeir Bergrem, Cody Warble, CJ Collins, Collin Provost, Scott Blum, Axel Cruyberghs, Mike Rav, Noa Deane & more!


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Autoenrollment for Offline Certificate Templates
One headache for System Administrators has been renewing certificates generated from Offline Templates. Relief from this arduous task is available in Windows Server 2008 R2.
Certificate Templates that are configured so that the requestor must provide the identity in the request are called "Offline" Certificate Templates. And one of the disadvantages to "Offline" Certificate Templates is that they could not be used with Autoenrollment.
If you take a look at the subject tab of a Version 2 or Version 3 Certificate Template you will notice two settings. The first setting is Supply in the request. The second setting is Build from this Active Directory information. To enable auto enrollment this second setting must be configured on the Certificate Template. And it makes sense. If you are going to be automatically provisioning certificates you would need to pull the identity information from somewhere, in order to determine what the Subject or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) for a certificate would be. And that is exactly what the Certification Authority does for auto enrolled certificates.
However, in some instances it is necessary for an Administrator to provide this information. For example you have a Web Server whose identity is web01.contoso.com. The web server hosts web portal for a company called contosoweb.contoso.com. Since there is no automated way for the CA to determine that the web servers identity is Contosoweb as well as Web01, that information must be supplied in the request by the Administrator.
Autoenrollment is a feature that performs many actions for a client. One of the two key features in terms of enrollment is the ability to automatically provision certificates to clients. The second is the ability to automatically renew certificates without user or administrator intervention.
Prior to Windows Server 2008 R2, neither of these two features could be utilized with certificates generated from Offline Certificate Templates. This meant that not only did Administrators need to manually request a certificate, but they needed to manually renew them as well. This meant that if Administrators did not remember to renew the certificate before it expired, it would of course expire, causing certificate validation to fail. In the case of a web server protected by SSL, the client would not be able to validate the certificate, resulting in the failure to access the website via SSL.
However, beginning with Windows Server 2008 R2, it is now possible to automatically renew certificates have been generated from "Offline" Certificate Templates. Another way to describe this is that certificates with user defined Subjects or Subject Alternative Names (SAN) can be renewed via Autoenrollment. This does of course mean that the first certificate must be manually enrolled for, and subsequent renewals can be completed by Autoenrollment.
So what are the requirements in order to get this to work? First the issuing CA must be Windows Server 2008 R2. Second, the client that will be performing Autoenrollment must be Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2.
The steps to configure Autoenrollment for Offline Certificate Templates are the following:
- Configuring Autoenrollment Group Policy *If you do not already have the Autoenrollment GPO configured in your environment
- Configure Certificate Templates
- Manually Requesting a Certificate
Configuring Autoenrollment Group Policy
We are going to use Autoenrollment to do the automatic renewals of certificates, so we must first enable auto enrollment.
Autoenrollment in almost all instances be configured at the domain level so that it applies to all Computers in that domain.
1. First you will need to open GPMC.MSC
2. Navigate to an existing domain wide Group Policy or Create a new one
3. Now open that Group Policy for editing
4. Navigate to \Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Public Key Policies\ and open the setting called Certificate Services Client – Auto-Enrollment as illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1
5. Once you have the setting open, ensure that is configured to be Enabled
6. Also, ensure that both Renew expired certificates, update pending certificates, and remove revoked certificates and Update certificates that use certificate templates, are enabled (checked).
7. Click OK when finished.
Figure 2
Configure Certificate Templates
In this example we will be creating a Certificate Templates, whose purpose is Server Authentication. In order to create the Certificate Template, we will duplicate an existing Certificate Template. Then we will modify the Subject Name properties of the Certificate Template. Finally, we will adjust the security permissions on the Certificate Template.
1. Open the Certificate Templates MMC (certtmpl.msc)
2. Right-click on the Web Server template
3. And select Duplicate Template from the context menu
Figure 3
4. Give the template a name. In my example (Figure 4), I used the name Proseware Web Server.
Figure 4
5. Next select the Subject Name tab
6. Verify that Supply in the request is selected
7. Also, verify that Use subject information from existing certificates for autoenrollment renewal requests is selected
Figure 5
8. Next, go to the Security tab
9. Add any security principals that you would like to be able to enroll for a certificate, based off this template
10. Give those security principals Read and Enroll permissions, so that they can enroll for certificates *To ease management, those machines for which you wish to enable enrollment should be added to a security group. You can then provision permissions to that Security Group on the Certificate Template.
Figure 6
Manually Requesting a Certificate
The first request for the certificate must be done manually, since we are supplying the subject in the request. Since Autoenrollment is enabled, and the certificate template was configured properly, subsequent renewals will be done through Autoenrollment. In this example, I will be requesting a certificate through the Certificates MMC.
1. Open the Certificates MMC, targeted to the local machine
2. Right Click on either the Personal node, or the Personal\Certificates node
3. Select All Tasks, then Request New Certificate… , from the context menu
Figure 7
4. This will open the Certificate Enrollment wizard, click Next
Figure 8
5.On the Select Certificate Enrollment Policy of the wizard, click Next
Figure 9
6. Select (checkbox) the desired "Offline" Certificate Template, then click the Details button. In my example this is Proseware Web Server Certificate Template that I created earlier.
7. Then click the Properties button
Figure 10
8. On the Subject tab you can fill out the desired Subject and/or Subject Alternative Names. In my example, I chose DNS name as the type, and entered the desired names.
Figure 11
9. Fill out any additional information you would like to include in the request. In my example, I added a friendly name so that I can easily locate the certificate in the Certificates MMC.
10. When finished click OK
Figure 12
11. On the Request Certificates page of the wizard, click Enroll
Figure 13
12. When the enrollment completes, click Finish
Figure 14
This completes the entire process for enabling Autoenrollment for certificate renewals of certificates based on "Offline" Certificate Templates. In this article, I configured the Autoenrollment GPO, configured the Certificate Template, and manually requested a certificate based on that template. Autoenrollment will now automatically renew the certificate that I manually enrolled for.


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I am a dental assistant. Yep that's right I deal with gross teeth and smelly breath.
I have been a qualified dental assistant for 6 years but have been in the dental field for 10 years!That's a long arse time. I started working for a small dental surgery when I was 17 years old, I had lost my previous job and A friend hooked me up with this one (thanks Karen I know your reading this)
I've done a lot of things whilst working at my current job. From working with multiple dentists to doing reception work- wow this is sounding like a resume.
I have also in that time gotten married and had two kids!
My boss has been a wonderful support throughout my years I'm classified as antique I've been there that long as he says " we will trade you in for parts soon".
I work with a small group of people it's like they are extended family members.
Anyhow that's just a little bit of what I do for work. ☺


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This is a big release week for Lucity! This week released Lucity 2016 and 2.0 version of every Lucity mobile product on the Apple App Store® and the Google Play™ store. These new mobile releases go hand in hand with the Lucity 2016 release. The older 1.x versions of the mobile apps will remain available on the app stores for use with Lucity 2015r2 and earlier.
With all of these releases we have a lot of news to share, more than we can cover in one blog post. Look for a blog post on Lucity Mobile applications later this week. Here are the highlights for the Lucity 2016 release:
New and Improved Tools in Lucity Web
For this release, the filter interface got a major overhaul along with new interfaces for reports and documents. In addition to these improvements, a new tool called the External Document tool was added. It supports a templated approach for configuring hyperlinks for records in Lucity. This tool is designed to be used for integrations with 3rd party document systems.
Maps on the Dashboard
Dashboard Maps are streamlined maps which interact with data drills, asset trees, and quick lookups. Each dashboard tab can have a map which can potentially interact with any of the other components on the tab to provide spatial context to the data on the dashboard.
Copying Documents to Work Orders
Most modules across the Lucity software suite now support automatically copying documents to a work order when a work order is created from a record. If the work order is created from an inspection module, it can copy the documents from the inspection to the work order. If it is created from a request or PM, it can copy the documents from the request or PM to the work order. If documents are attached to an asset, they can be copied to the work order when an asset is added directly to a work order or when a work order is created from an asset. Documents can be configured to copy to work orders on an individual basis so that only the desired documents are carried over to the work order.
These documents are not copied but are referenced from both locations. Even if a document is copied forward to 5 or 6 work orders, only one document is referenced on the file store and is linked from all 5 or 6 records.
This was a request from ACT 2015 and from earlier ACT conferences and we were very excited to get it in for this Lucity 2016 release.
Improved Application Security
We focused a lot on improving overall application security for this release, particularly in a distributed web and mobile environment. As a part of these improvements, we implemented a technology called Identity Server. Discussing this technology can get really complex really fast, so I will not get into details here. Suffice it to say it is better and more secure and gives Lucity more flexibility moving forward to improve how you authenticate to Lucity components. If you are interested, look for details about Identity Server in a Looking into Lucity newsletter in the next couple months.
In addition, more password management features were added for this release. Lucity users can now get an email if their password was changed and a new option was added that allows Lucity administrators to prevent users from using easily guessed passwords. When a user does change their password, the software can provide them a nice friendly message about what the password requirements are as well.
Lastly, we added support for changing passwords from mobile devices so that users who do not use the Lucity Web software can still change their password. This feature is optional, Lucity administrators can disable this functionality.
And More
There are many other important changes in this release including:
- New licensing structure
- Improved Plant Process model
- Deprecation of Individual Override Permissions
- Project Management Improvements
- Street renaming tool
- Preventative Maintenance Template improvements
- GIS enhancements
Look for details on these coming soon on the blog and from Looking into Lucity emails. All of these enhancements and more are covered in our release notes.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment below or visit us at Lucity Listens.
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Cheryl Cole will recover from her US 'X Factor' heartbreak by reuniting with Girls Aloud.
The British pop star – who was dumped from the judging panel of the pop star search show last week – has decided to put the incident behind her, resurrect the on-hiatus group and focus on arranging a tour with her bandmates Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Nadine Coyle, according to Cheryl's former UK 'X Factor' co-star Louis Walsh.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the Wonderland launch at the Wyld Bar at the W Hotel, London, he said: "I've been on the phone to Cheryl all day, honestly I can show you texts, she's fine. She's getting back with Girls Aloud in 2012 and they're going to tour."
Cheryl's decision to reunite with Girls Aloud comes after it was revealed she decided not to return to the UK version of the show and both she and the other female judge Dannii Minogue were replaced by Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland.
A source said: "She just isn't in the right state of mind at the moment to go headfirst into a new show.
"She's all over the place, emotionally she's very fragile. Starting filming on Wednesday would be far too soon."


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How to build video into an omni-channel strategy
In January 2014, comScore found that 183.8 million Americans watched 48.7 billion videos online, and video ad views equaled 11.3 billion. Given the potential reach and impact, videos and video marketing are rapidly becoming key components of a retail marketer's omni-channel strategy. Videos can convey a lasting impression about a retailer's products and services, as well as engage consumers, build credibility and drive revenue. But how you execute your video program is the difference between success and failure.
Creating high-quality videos and making them part of an omni-channel commerce initiative isn't always easy. When done right, it is highly effective. To drive success with video, take into account the following considerations:
Video content must be persuasive
The term persuasion carries with it many negative connotations: screaming TV pitchmen, high-pressure used car salespeople, or telemarketers that call right while you're sitting down to eat dinner. In the context of omni-channel video shopping, the term implies none of these. The most persuasive e-commerce videos are often short, informative clips that subtly yet effectively highlight the benefits of your products and services in a way that gently leads the shopper to make the "correct" choice. Consider including customer testimonials, product reviews, product demonstrations, how-to steps, and other content that demonstrate your company's expertise.
You will also need to determine whether you should use your own videos or videos created by vendor partners or shoppers. It's been shown that professionally produced video that is optimized for e-commerce usually delivers a higher lift. If possible, consider having your own videos produced. Regardless of approach, a strong narrative is essential. Effective storytelling can bring video content to life and engage the viewer in a way that other marketing materials can't.
SEO and distribution play a key role
With YouTube ranking as the second largest search engine, today's blended search results require a keen focus on SEO. Coming up on the first page of a Google search can mean the difference between someone finding you -- or someone finding your competitor. Correct submission of video sitemaps, adding the right metadata, descriptions, and content when uploading your videos are necessary components for drawing the most viewers and increasing your visibility when someone is doing a search.
It also helps to think beyond placing videos on your own web site and to also distribute content to sites like YouTube and Facebook. Viewers often turn to YouTube for instructional videos and to search for content. You want to make sure your videos are high on the list of search results.
As a retail marketer, you should also take into account mobile when considering your video distribution strategy. With six billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide as of 2013, the mobile channel is not one to be ignored. A "video everywhere" strategy is attainable and allows you to engage consumers across multiple platforms.
For instance, consider integrating videos into your mobile shopping sites and apps using integrated HTML5 video support, interactive iPad players and automated bandwidth detection and video versioning technology. You can also create unique QR codes with every video you upload, so that when the code is scanned, it plays back a mobile version of the video on a variety of devices, including iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.
A/B testing determines the best course of action
Leaving video marketing to chance is a risky game, particularly given the time and effort involved. With automated A/B testing, you can best determine the strategies that are generating the most results and how your program may need to be tweaked.
For example, you can determine which video banners, thumbnails, and other calls-to-action are generating the most playback. A/B testing can also reveal whether a certain type of thumbnail is clicked more or less often than others (e.g., one with a person looking straight at the camera vs. one with products that look somewhat vague where a shopper might be interested in clicking to further evaluate). This, in turn, can help with the overall video strategy and, as a result, increase customer engagement and conversions.
Analytics help determine impact
To justify investment in video marketing, it's necessary to take analytics into account. The right video analytics can help you to evaluate your video programs, measure their effect on engagement and site activity, and most importantly, illuminate how revenue and conversion are altered by video. Metrics like dollars per video, revenue per play, and video conversion rate can instantly reveal which videos resonate the most with shoppers and turn browsers into buyers.
For example, with the proper video analytics, you can determine if shorter videos are more engaging and powerful than longer videos with your shoppers -- and what the magic number may be in terms of video length. You can also use analytics to identify numbers of videos watched compared to conversion rates, to see if there is a correlation. Finally, if analytics show that videos aren't being watched, you can either pull them from the site or determine if a different type of video may need to be created to replace those that are underperforming.
Beyond the actual technological analytics, invite customers to provide comments and feedback on videos in order to determine if any of your video content may need to be modified or what additional videos you may need to provide to address common concerns and questions.
Developing a video strategy that bolsters consumers' shopping experiences translates into consumer engagement with your business vs. your competitor's. It doesn't take massive amounts of money to generate the desired results. The considerations above -- including building and curating the appropriate content, testing and revising your initiatives, optimizing content for search, and analyzing your efforts -- will help you to realize maximum value from your videos and video marketing programs and drive both online and offline sales for your business.
Justin Foster is co-founder and vice president of market development at Liveclicker.
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By Grant Burchfield, Director, Global Sales
With the announcement earlier this week of our point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong, Zayo now has a growing position in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market. This new capability further supports our company's vision of serving our customers on a global scale for their most mission-critical business needs.
The past few years have been an opportune time for enterprises to locate or expand their presence in APAC. The region is now the largest e-commerce market in the world, with China, Japan and Australia leading the way. It is home to 55 percent of the world's population and half of the world's internet users. Both Hong Kong and Singapore, locations for two of Zayo's PoPs, are key centers for finance and commerce, and serve as gateways to China and Southeast Asia.
This APAC presence serves as an important extension of Zayo's existing fiber infrastructure. We now have 114,500 route miles across the U.S., Canada and Europe, with more than 26,000 on-net locations. Our Global Reach solutions help businesses reach an additional 350 data centers in 40 countries and now extends to 50,000 enterprise locations.
What does this mean for our customers?
We can now provide integrated infrastructure services across five continents, including subsea transport. Customers benefit from the combination of strong and growing fiber footprint and carefully negotiated strategic partnerships with local providers, resulting in end-to-end global solutions. In terms of network configuration and performance, the distinction is seamless to our customers.
Zayo also offers an innovative platform to view our global network and transact purchases. With Tranzact, IT and network professionals can evaluate, buy and manage Zayo solutions. Tranzact also enables our teams to engage customers in designing flexible, customized international solutions.
This week's announcement builds on our commitment to providing growth and opportunity for our customers. We look forward to bringing you the full power of our global communications infrastructure.
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NewsLifeMedia Appoints New Editor For GQ Magazine
NewsLifeMedia's group publisher of lifestyle brands Nick Smith today announced that Matthew Drummond has been appointed editor of Australia's number one premium men's lifestyle brand GQ Australia.
In his new role starting in November, Drummond will be responsible for growing GQ Australia's number one market position with Australian men across print, digital, social and events.
Mr Drummond joins GQ Australia from The Australian Financial Review where he has been editor of AFR Weekend for almost two years. Under his editorship, sales of the AFR Weekend newspaper increased year-on-year along with advertising revenue.
He is an experienced journalist with over 10 years' experience in the media, during which time he was the Financial Review's European correspondent based in Paris and was a joint recipient of the 2008 Walkley Award for best business reporting. In addition to his extensive journalistic experience in lifestyle, arts, business and political content, he is also a qualified lawyer.
Smith said: "GQ is thriving across all platforms and it's more relevant to the Australian male than ever before. I'm delighted that we have attracted someone of Matthew's calibre and strong market understanding to lead GQ Australia at this time of investment in the business to further cement our leadership position in the men's lifestyle category.
"Matthew is a highly experienced and talented editor with a fantastic knowledge of business, Australian culture, and most importantly what makes a great story. I'm thrilled he is joining the team to lead it to new heights in the market."
Drummond said: "GQ is the finest in its class. It gives Australian men the best of everything. Having been a mad fan of GQ Australia for years, I'm thrilled to get the chance to help shape its future across all media platforms."


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There are moments in life when you get the opportunity to really express your love for someone. Often, these exchanges occur between significant others when marking relationship milestones. But occasionally, you get to show that kind of special recognition to others in your life, and can give them a peek into how much you care.
One such occasion took place last weekend when we hosted M(r)s. Aly's bachelorette party in Tomales Bay, and it was simply magnificent. We selected a house in Dillon Beach with the weekend essentials: game room fun, views of the ocean, a hot tub on a huge deck, roaring fireplace, and a comfy living room for relaxing.
We spent time pre-weekend kick-off, making sure there were plenty of home-made touches sprinkled throughout the event. Upon arrival to the house, we handed out welcome bags with custom koozie's, and a few bites of San Francisco via Ghirardelli chocolate. Mini-AK has a love of savory junk food, and while she consumes healthier eats on the regular now, this was a weekend to indulge. Part of our goal, was to showcase tater tots at every. single. meal. For our T-tot-extravaganze round one, we brought a load of sautéed vegetables, home-made spiced black beans, and every nacho fixing you could want for what we named, "TaterTatcho's"… and they did not disappoint.
The major player in many bachelorette weekends, is of course, boozy-booze-booze-booze. We had Michelada's flowing from the moment we walked in the door, and busted out some special sipping delights throughout the weekend. We made a custom syrup for the Bachelorette, that had hints of lemon, mint, lavender, and lime. Throughout the weekend, we used it as a base for many an old-fashioned, watermelon cooler, strawberry + angostura aperitifs, and Irish coffee digestifs.
We knew a long brunch was in order for our first full day together, so Anne whipped up a home-made loaf of bread pre-departure. We used it for some decadent French toast, with a base made of lemon zest, vanilla and brown sugar whisked in to home-made custard. We paired it with thick cut applewood bacon and had a few rounds of bloody Mary's with home-made pickled carrots, jalapeños, celery, and you guessed it… tater tots on toothpicks.
We lounged in the sun for the next few hours, chatting and watching the fog flow in and out of the bay. That afternoon we hopped in the minivan for our picnic reservation at Hog Island. No trip up north is complete without the shucking and slurping of fresh oysters. After we'd had our fill of the sun and the sea, we headed back to the house and spent the next few hours ramping up for what can only be described as an epic freestyle dance party. A stunning sunset was made even better with a champagne toast, glow bracelets and costumes. After the sun went to sleep, we played ping-pong, basketball, mini-pool, and a few R-rated theme games amid the glow of candlelight, while the bass thumped in the background. Two of our lovely lady guests brought tie-dyed tights and mustache tattoos for the group, and we all busted out moves that hadn't seen the dance floor in far too long. When hunger struck, we wrapped up the night with Anne's grilled cheeses, that she loaded with tots, bacon and apricot mustard; imagine saying yum over-and-over-and-over with your mouth full of that masterpiece.
The next morning came too soon, and brought with it the business of tidying up the house with our sore-from-dancing muscles. We made it out the door just in time, and stopped by another Tomales Bay institution, Nick's Cove. We had the end of the pier deck all to ourselves, for luxurious brunch round two. The boat shack with its piano, all wood interior, and window filled space was an amazing spot to dine on Nick's incredible eats. We cranked the music, took lots of Polaroid pictures, and laughed about all of the happenings from the previous night.
Post brunch, we took the ladies to Samuel P. Taylor State Park for a stroll amongst the redwoods, to walk off our meal and take in the fresh Marin County air. As we headed back over the Golden Gate Bridge, the group was sleepy, satiated, and ready to relax for a few hours before hopping flights back home. It was such a delight meeting Aly's amazing friends, while showing them a slice of northern California, and celebrating such a special woman. It's been a pleasure watching you grow up Al, and we're so excited to celebrate this next chapter of your lives together. We love, love, love A+B, and the four of us need to bust out those incredible dance moves again soon.


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Welcome to Appalachian State University Bands
The Appalachian State University Bands program currently consists of seven bands. Serving over three hundred and fifty students, the program is designed to provide a musical outlet for wind and percussion players in the university community, as well as professional training for music education and performance majors.
For information regarding the various ensembles within the band program, please visit the links at the top of the page. Should you need additional information or have questions, please feel free to contact the Hayes School of Music at (828) 262-3020 or one of the directors.


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Publisher: Avon Impluse
Publication Date: November 19, 2013
Source: Edelweiss via publisher
Rating: 4/5 stars
Get it: Amazon | B&N
Marina Knight came to this party for one thing only: to slap Gage Emerson in the face. Poised to snatch up her family's real estate empire, the sexy tycoon is on the verge of making an enemy for life—even if he can make her melt with a single kiss …
When Gage discovers that the alluring woman before him is the key to his latest acquisition, claiming her as his suddenly doesn't seem quite so cut-and-dried. To get what he wants, he must get to know the fierce woman willing to face him down—as she steadily steals his heart.
Gage's persistence and intense passion war with Marina's determination to protect her family. As they delve deeper into an affair they didn't see coming, Marina's torn: Will she lose her heart to Gage—or everything she holds dear?
My thoughts, feelings, and reactions
I feel like I have been dying to get my hands on Gage's book since I finished Crave. Now that I have read and loved and breathed all that is Gage, I can say that the wait was sooooo worth it. Gage was everything and anything I thought he could be and more. He totally owned this book.
Gage totally met is match in Marina Knight. She may have seemed like a sweet, quiet girl, but she was spunky and full of fire underneath all that. She brought her A game and managed to fluster, confuse and make Gage sweat. I liked her because she was able to get under Gage's skin and because she valued her family's legacy. She didn't give up, she worked hard, and she continued to believe that the bakery was worth something.
Though Gage was arrogant and possibly said the worse things at the worse of times (kind of like Archer, huh?), he was striking, determined and fierce. He was always this put together guy that got whatever he wanted when he put his mind to it and to see him so out of his game was such a fun side to see out of him. He struggled with business and pleasure, but I loved that he let Marina in and basically balanced the two things he enjoyed most.
Together Gage and Marina were extremely hot, possibly explosive and volcanic. I needed some serious ice cold water during some of their scenes together because hot damn, I couldn't even! Not only that, Monica Murphy's writing style is always so easy and quick. It doesn't take much for me to get lost in her books and that's exactly what happened with Torn. I was done and I didn't even realize I was or how much time passed.
I think my only issue with the book is the pacing of Gage and Marina's relationship. I thought it went just a little too fast, not because of time. It was the chunk of the their development that lacked luster just a bit. Nonetheless, I loved their chemistry, their intensity, their back and forth, hot and cold tension. Their arguments weren't tiresome, but so entertaining. And the best part, their wasn't much angst between the two, but just enough to rattle their relationship and give spice.
All in all, Monica Murphy didn't disappoint. I wanted Gage and I got him just the way I wanted him.
*Thanks to Avon Impulse for sending a copy for review purposes
I was not compensated for my opinion
Read my review of Crave by Monica Murphy (Billionaire Bachelors Club #1)
Read my review of Crave by Monica Murphy (Billionaire Bachelors Club #1)


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The day after the L.A. County coroner's office completed its autopsy of Michael Jackson, stating that the cause of death had been "deferred" until more tests were done, the pop singer's family requested a second, private investigation of the 50-year-old's body. "We don't know what happened. Was he injected, and with what? All reasonable doubt should be addressed," the Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Associated Press after visiting with the Jackson family.
The question is whether a second investigation will do anything to help clear up the mystery. It's possible, say experts, but not probable.
"In most cases, the second autopsy usually confirms what was done in the first," says Dr. Stephen Cina, deputy chief medical examiner of Broward County in Florida, and one of the pathologists involved in the autopsy of former Playboy pinup girl Anna Nicole Smith in 2007. There may be differences, but Cina warns that any discrepancies could simply reflect the fact that investigators performing the second autopsy would not be working with the same body tissues and fluids that were present in the first autopsy. "The organs have already been dissected once, and with the second autopsy, you are not getting the same pristine blood samples that you got in the first," says Cina.
For example, during autopsy, toxicologists typically take blood samples from the veins that feed directly into the heart from the lower and upper extremities specifically, from the femoral vein in the thigh or the subclavian vein around the shoulders which give the most accurate reading of circulating drug levels at any given time. But during a second autopsy, this blood may not be as available, leaving the pathologist no option but to test blood found in body cavities. But that may be problematic, since it likely contains pooled blood and fluids from all over the body, and may not provide a true reading of what substances were circulating in the body at the time of death.
At the very least, however, a separate autopsy conducted by a private forensic pathologist hired by the family could yield the answers the family needs faster than the L.A. County coroner, which will take four to six weeks to issue a full autopsy report.
Why so long? There are two reasons for the lag, says Cina. An office such as the L.A. County coroner's may have a backlog of cases to investigate, and Jackson's case would be added to the back of the list. "The technology itself is usually done within a few days," says Cina. "But sometimes if you're dealing with thousands of cases, things take more time. Every life is important, and every death investigation is important. You don't like to bump people just because someone is more famous."
A private pathologist, with access to a toxicology lab, however, could complete an autopsy within a few days.
A delay may also be caused by the need for more unusual tests. In Anna Nicole Smith's case, for example, pathologists had to send samples of Smith's blood out for additional testing for chloral hydrate, a sleeping medication that is not part of the routine panel of drugs included in an autopsy. If such unusual testing were necessary also in Jackson's case triggered by traces of unexpected drugs picked up by initial screens it could push back a final toxicology report by several weeks.
That report, once complete, will reveal what, if any, drugs were in Jackson's body when he died. Pathologists generally start with a urine screen, which can detect five different classes of drugs including opiates (such as the painkillers Demerol, OxyContin and morphine), benzodiazapines, amphetamines and cocaine. If investigators find evidence of drugs in the urine, they screen the blood to determine how much of the substance was present most drugs remain in the system for several hours, but some take days or, in the case of marijuana, even weeks to clear the body and whether a drug existed in levels high enough to cause death.
Despite the speculation about the use of Demerol and other prescription painkillers surrounding Jackson's death, the singer's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, said on Monday through his attorney that he never prescribed or administered Demerol or OxyContin to Jackson, and never witnessed Jackson taking either drug.
If Demerol was present in Jackson's system, however, it "shouldn't be too difficult" to test for, says Cina, since the painkiller is part of the routine toxicology screen. If the levels found in the autopsy are high enough, then pathologists may rule that Jackson died of Demerol toxicity. If the drug is present but not at a lethal level, it will be more difficult to determine what role, if any, the drug which can lower respiration rates played in Jackson's death. "He could have an elevated but nonlethal level of Demerol, but also four or five other medications at therapeutic but nonlethal levels, that acted in concert to stop his breathing and thereafter stop his heart," says Cina. "We don't know at this point."
In fact, according to Murray's lawyer Ed Chernoff, who spoke on behalf of his client Monday, there is nothing in Jackson's medical history that would have led Murray to believe the singer would go into sudden cardiac arrest or respiratory failure. "Nothing. There was no red flag that was available to Dr. Murray, which would have led him to believe he should have died the way he did," Chernoff said. "It's still a mystery, how he died, to Dr. Murray."
Chernoff told CNN that it was at Murray's suggestion that the Jackson family requested a second autopsy. "He needed to know as well, as his physician, what caused Michael Jackson to stop breathing," Chernoff said.


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The second volume of the Stearns label's anthology of the Congolese bandleader's recordings is thunderbolts and fireworks, start to finish.
Franco spent the final decade of his career mostly in exile, overseeing his franchise. A national treasure in Zaire (he was to the former Belgian Congo roughly twice what Springsteen is to Jersey), he lived in Paris for a good deal of the 1980s, as he fell in and out of favor with Zaire's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. His group Tout Puissant ("The Almighty") OK Jazz-- a dance band, not a jazz band-- had one cluster of members based in Brussels, another back home in Kinshasa. They marked their 25th anniversary with a series of four albums, and followed that up with a "just like old times" collaboration with their former singer Sam Mangwana, then a "we're buddies despite our differences" collaboration with Franco's longtime professional rival Tabu Ley Rochereau.
That all sounds like a recipe for tepid cash-ins, right? But this 2xCD sequel to the first Sterns anthology of Franco's recordings (which covered 1953-1980) is thunderbolts and fireworks, start to finish. Maybe it's just canny song selection by compiler/annotator Ken Braun, who boiled down the dozens of albums Franco released in the 1980s to these 13 songs, but it sure sounds like the final quarter of TPOK's career was its best, which would make them close to unique in pop history.
That may be because they operated on a different model from most bands. Franco was the guy who ran the show, and a superb musician (his chiming, flickering guitar parts defined soukous as much as Jimmy Nolen's defined funk), but he was only one of many guitarists in the group, one of many songwriters, and one of many singers (far from the smoothest). The band needed Franco-- they imploded after his 1989 death, at 51, of what nobody's quite willing to say for sure was AIDS-related causes-- but they were a lot more than just sidemen. "Tokomo Ba Camarade Pamba", the glorious opener here, flutters along Francolessly for its first couple of minutes, stacking up interlocking guitar figures and sinuous vocal harmonies; then the boss's gruff voice lurches into the mix a second before the horns kick in and the whole thing achieves liftoff.
The excellence of '80s TPOK Jazz also had a lot to do with the band's shift, a few years earlier, from 45s to LPs. Soukous songs are meant to stretch out: the sebene that was a feature of a lot of Franco's best numbers is less a jam or a rave-up than a good bit that goes on for a while with limited variation. Of the 13 tracks on these two discs, only three are under 10 minutes long. "Bina Na Ngai Na Respect", written and sung by Ntesa Dalienst, is a brief, stately stroll followed by 15 minutes of spark-spitting dance-floor blowout. 1985's "Mario", arguably Franco's greatest hit, is an all-sebene hipshaker on which he and Madilu Bialu sing in the character of a widow with a moocher for a boyfriend-- its functional Anglophone equivalents are probably UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne" (who might they be talking trash about?) and the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On" (just keep playing that riff forever, please).
Mostly, though, the late-period work collected here is a joy because Franco was perpetually pushing his band toward the future, almost always with excellent results. (The embarrassingly dated synth-drums on "Pesa Position Na Yo" are a rare exception.) These songs are formally riskier than most musicians with a catalog as successful as his would ever dare, and there's a wonderfully mischievous streak to them. The prettiness of TPOK Jazz's records was often threaded with rage and indignation, and the last couple of songs here understandably address mortality face-on, but even in his darkest moments Franco treated moving the crowd as a sweet responsibility.


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Do you want to see the gospel grow and spread in one of the most Muslim-majority countries in Europe? Would you like to study the Bible with new believers and those who have never opened its pages before?
Be part of God's PLOT with hands-on orientation and training to prepare for long-term ministry. You will support and contribute to the work of long-termers while studying language (local Arabic dialect), learning culture, and developing your own ministry and residency platform. You will also be able to travel and see what life is like around the country. The aim is to learn, be exposed to many different experiences and discover how YOU can make a difference here, long-term, sharing the Gospel!
Central Asian teenagers want to learn English! Since the break-up of the former Soviet Union, English has become a sought-after skill. Fluency in English opens up higher education and employment opportunities. But for most village kids, learning English is an unattainable dream.
Skill/gifting: We are looking for women and men who are happy to teach basic health lesson in our rural communities that are ripe with animistic and folk Islamic health believes as well as just a general lack of understanding of how our body and health issues work.
Come join a church planting team committed to holistic development working among the unreached on the roof of the world in Central Asia.
We desperately need a bookkeeper! Our need is both f for overseeing finance department of NGO.
This role exists to give custodial accountability for the cash transactions conducted at the Field Level, and perform duties to assist with accounting functions pertaining to bank accounts, journal entries, financial reporting and administrative changes, guided by precedent and working with the limits of established policies.
Are you a native English speaker eager to use your language skills to help build the kingdom of God? In this country where Arabic is the first language and French the second, University students, business men and women, and even children are looking for opportunities to learn English. There are opportunities for certified teachers as well as non-certified. We are looking for individuals who desire to share their faith through English teaching friendships.
Calling all Arabic speakers!!! Syrian refugees have flooded into Turkey. Churches and workers are distributing food regularly, building trust and showing good will. But who will share the gospel in their own language? We need evangelists; those who can share DBS; and simply those who have a heart for Syrians and can comfortably converse in Arabic. Turkey needs you!
Do you love to tell God's story? What he is doing right here and now? Do you love to help resouce his work through proposal writing and public relations? Then we need you on our team. The role is a merge of Field Communication's officer and NGO proposal writer and Public Relations manager. We see God at work in our community development and in the lives of our friends and communities but we need someone to help us to tell our stories better.
Skills/gifts: Poverty is the root cause of many of the difficulties in rural communities, we are looking for people who are passionate about empowering simple village and small town people with limited education in income generation activities.
Skills and Gifting: This person will mainly work with our partner organisations and the families of children with disabilities or disabled person themselves in supporting an emerging social work system, support families in the process of accepting a disability, provide parents education, psycho social support to families and a group of lay counselors, support families in engaging with the community and move towards Inclusive education.


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We all have a bike and riding a bike to work or on a coffee stimulates us to a healthier way of life, towards which we all strive, but inadequate bike storage in an smaller sizes apartment can often cause a mess and make it into a object that irritates us. For your inspiration look at a few bike storage options so we not constantly stumble on it.
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Union information desk
At each campus you will find an information desk called Kårservice. Below you can see what they can help you with!
When the desk is closed you can manage your membership through Medlemsportalen.. Pay your fee, change address and so on.
You can also e-mail the desk at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions as most things can be managed from afar.
Service UpdatesAny change in our regular operations and services will be posted on our service page on Facebook called Updates. Short term services may not be posted or when it is assumed that no one is in the building. Service interruptions may include access to or maintenance of:
- Union building
- Pool
- Sauna
- Gym Hall
- Information Desk
- Kyrkan
- Pool tables
- Music and group rooms
- Questions about membership and fee
- Update your address
- Book, pay and key pickup for train car and Härryda bookings
Visit union building Johanneberg, between J.A. Pripps pub and Kårrestaurangen.The address is Teknologplatsen 2.
031-772 39 06
Opening hours
These are regular hours, and are subject to change. Changes are posted here.
- Monday 08:30-14:00, 14:30-16:00
- Tuesday 08:30-11:00, 11:45-14:00, 14:30-16:00
- Wednesday 08:30-14:00, 14:30-16:00
- Thursday 08:30-11:00, 11:45-14:00, 14:30-16:00
- Friday 08:30-14:00
Temporary hours are updated on our Facebook page.
- Questions about membership and fee
- Update your address
- Book train car and leisure center in Härryda
Located next to Kokboken
031-772 39 29
Opening Hours:
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9.30-13.00
Changed opening hours are updated on our Facebook page.


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EggshellsCarl Toro
People sometimes ask me, "Where did you come from?"
To answer that most important question, here is one of my baby pictures.
That is me with my sister when we were babies. My mom said we are both an extra beautiful shade of green because of the color of our shells. Pretty cool, huh?
My mom says we used to be real cute. I guess she was right.
You were probably real cute too when you were little. That's just how it is.


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NEW YORK — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, be they fissures between interfaith husbands and wives or political chasms separating the United States and the Muslim world.
The 61-year-old clergyman is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over plans for a multistory Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero. He is one of the leaders of the Park51 project, but has largely been absent from the national debate over the implications of building a Muslim house of worship so close to where terrorists killed nearly 2,800 people.
Though Rauf has said the center, which could cost more than $100 million, would serve as a space for interfaith dialogue, moderate Muslim practice and peaceful prayer, critics say it will create a base for radical, anti-American Islam. Some critics have also asked where the funding for the center might originate and whether it may come from sources linked to Muslim extremists.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, called the backers of the project "radical Islamists." ''They're trying to make a case about supremacy" with the center, he said.
The American Jewish Committee has said that while Park51's leaders have a right to build their center, they must "fully reveal" their sources of funding and "unconditionally condemn" terrorism inspired by Islamist ideology before they can obtain the organization's support.
Those who know Rauf and have worked with him say that he is anything but extreme in his beliefs or intentions.
"He is one of the really important Muslim leaders in America, working for and working with other religions," said the Rev. James Parks Morton, the former dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine who has known Rauf and his family for more than 30 years. "He's a very, very conciliatory, intellectual guy."
During the past few months, Rauf has been in Malaysia, where his family has long-standing ties, and on a State Department-financed goodwill tour of Gulf countries.
Through a spokesman and his wife, he declined to speak with The Associated Press in recent weeks. His few interviews lately have been with local Arabic media during his State Department tour.
He told the daily Bahrain newspaper Akhbar Al-Khaleej on Aug. 24 that he blamed the news media, in part, for strained relations between Muslims and Americans. Rauf said the media "has succeeded in portraying stereotypical images, focusing on the negative and criticizing the other."
With Rauf largely absent from the debate, opponents have scoured past statements and critics portray the imam as tone-deaf to the sensitivities of families who lost relatives on Sept. 11. They argue he should forthrightly condemn Arab political movements such as Hamas that the U.S. government has designated as terrorist organizations.
Asked in June by WABC-AM whether he believed the State Department was correct in designating Hamas as a terrorist organization, Rauf gave a winding response: "I am not a politician. ... The issue of terrorism is a very complex question. ... I do not want to be placed ... in a position of ... where I am the target of one side or another."
Rauf rarely deviates in his interviews, speeches and books from a core message of the need for interfaith dialogue to resolve religious conflicts. What emerges is a portrait of a man who has passionately argued that Islam is inherently compatible with American life, and that each is enriched by the other.
He has strongly opposed acts of violence in the name of Islam.
"The Quran allows fighting only in defense — when we are attacked or thrown from our homes or denied our basic rights because of what we choose to believe," he writes in his 2004 book.
"But even in those cases where fighting is allowed, the Quran never allows the killing of innocent people."
The annex of his book includes a 2001 fatwa, or religious ruling, signed by five Islamic scholars, that permits Muslims to fight for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.


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Creating double exposures in camera is a lot of fun..one is never sure what the result will be, it is akin to waiting for a roll of film to be processed. Double exposures are one of photography's most creative techniques, giving photographers endless possibilities to produce unique and inspiring photographs.
Experiment and enjoy the surprises. Funnily enough I have sold a few of my doubles and won awards too so there is method in my madness! Simply put, double exposure is a combination of two different images in one frame to create a unique photo.
Above: Frizell meets Deadpool!!
Above: A child playing in the fountain at Silo Park, Auckland
Taking double exposures means superimposing two exposures in one frame. Try 200-400 ISO. Underexpose by 1 stop, since you're exposing the film twice. However you need to experiment. I often take ten photos before one is acceptable to me. I find this concept is a great idea when the light is not good, overcast dull days work well. I sometimes shoot so that half the frame is empty then the second shot I frame to fill that empty space. There are no rules.
Not all digital cameras have the capability to shoot double exposures. Current models that do include the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon 6D, 1D X, and 70D; most Nikon DSLRs; Fujifilm's X-Pro1 and X100s; and the Olympus OM-D E-M5, among others.
Above: Man in Speedos – editon of 5
The image above was sold at my Exhibition 'Auckland' in 2016 – there was an element of luck lining up the bathing cap with the horizon on Rangitoto Island.I firmly believe photographers make there own luck!!
Above: The Pedestrians
The yellow edges of some stairs and the graphics on a toilet block!!
The next two images were made on my trip to Iceland, the light was flat, the leaves were turning and so I created these images..this is like designing wall paper –
And some more fun images created locally.
Above: Spring Blossom
Street photography is not really about double exposures however there are many wonderful images available on the streets. Notice how I filled both sides of the frame with the heads.
This next image is 'Ice & Snow'. I won a Silver Medal for this in Australia. I took the first image of a frozen tarn as the sun came up. The tussocks glowed orange and reflected onto the ice, hence the golden glow. Then I turned and shot across the valley towards Coronet Peak covered in snow. Yes in the region of Queenstown. This is available as a limited edition fine art print. POA
Above: Ice & Snow – edition of 5
More digital cameras these days offer a multiple exposure mode, allowing photographers to create double exposures without relying on Photoshop. Some cameras allow multiple exposures however it is best to keep the effect simple. I prefer doubles to triples etc.. One of the fun things to shoot are portraits, a side on view and a full frontal view. Many tutorials mention shooting a silhouette over the top of a flower garden or landscape. The only limit is your imagination. If you are confused check out one of the many tutorials on You Tube. Get inspired and give it ago, enjoy and let me know how you get on.
Above: Some very sophisticated double exposures, read more here. Created by Patrick Clair. Or this beautiful image below by Aneta Ivanova.
So once you've mastered the basics take it to the next level.Enjoy.


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Meet the officers and members of Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation's Board of Directors.
Noel Paterson, President
I've lived in Maple Valley since 2001. I work in Seattle, but on weekends my family and I often visit Lake Wilderness and the Arboretum. I was looking for a way to contribute to my community, and being on the Foundation's Board has provided me with that. My experience as a project manager and community manager helps me manage the diverse ideas and personalities found in a nonprofit organization.
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Maggie Westerlund, Vice President
I've lived near Maple Valley for 45 years and have seen lots of changes; some good, some not. I have been gardening all my life, becoming a Master Gardener in 1990, and I have been a vendor at the Maple Valley Farmers Market since its beginning. I have been on the Board for over 10 years, and I continue to enjoy being part of it and the Arboretum as they both grow and grow.
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Diane Barnes, Secretary
Although all of Lake Wilderness Arboretum is worthy of attention, the Arboretum's Smith-Mossman garden has a special personal appeal to me. Frank Mossman and Britt Smith were frequent visitors to my family's Portland area nursery in the 1960's and 70's. By serving on the Board, I try to do my small part in continuing their legacy of working for the preservation of the Western Azalea.
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Debbie Fuchs, Board Member
I discovered the Arboretum in 2004 when my family and I moved to Maple Valley. The trails, especially in the forest reserve area, have been a favorite place for us to walk our two Spaniels. My kids and I started helping at the Wednesday work parties in the summer of 2009 when my boys needed to complete community service hours for Boy Scouts. Both boys ended up doing their Eagle Scout projects in the Arboretum; namely, the arbor and the nursery fence. I joined the Board in 2010 in order to help "give back" to this local treasure. I still enjoy spending time in the gardens weeding.need to write something in there to make this work
Bob Dunning, Board Member
I am returning to the board after many years. I have been involved with the Lake Wilderness Arboretum on and off since 1997. I have lived in Maple Valley since 1978 when I came to the Seattle area to work for Boeing. Most recently I have been enjoying my work with the volunteer team in the garden on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Gardening is both my greatest interest and my fitness program. I think of gardening as one of the higher arts, an art that requires a nurturing spirit and immense patience. A project like the Arboretum spans generations and encompasses achievements from multiple personal gardens. My participation allows me to be a part of something that transcends my own life. It gives me a sense of deep connection with both the past and the future.


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THE MEANDER Valley FM radio station has a stronger youth focus with Seb Stanley volunteering for 2014.
The 15-year-old Deloraine High School student will bring a diverse range of skills and knowledge to the community radio station.
Seb will work in presenting, production and as a liaison with the student body at DHS under the experienced tutelage of people including Nick Weare and Marion Curtain.
As a member of the Student Executive Council at DHS Seb is well placed to convey the attitudes and concerns of the young members of the Meander Valley Community.
MVFM President, Lionel Walters, said the success of the station has been built on the efforts of all its members and the interest from the younger demographic will only strengthen it further.
"In a volunteer organisation, everybody's contribution is appreciated, but it's especially exciting to see young people giving their time and energy to worthwhile community initiatives," Mr Walters said.
"Community radio is a great place to develop and practice skills that can be used in the workplace.
"Already I can see that Seb's willingness to learn and participate will stand him in good stead for the future."
Seb's interested in journalism was piqued at a young age and coupled with wanting to be more involved with the community he joined MVFM.
"I joined the radio station because I feel like I need to be more involved with the community," Seb said.
"I've always loved Tintin, and when I was younger the only thing I could see myself growing up to do is become a reporter, albeit one that escapes capture and shoots up bad guys."
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I need to wonder how much protection FICOM offers consumers, when FICOM doesn't even make E & O insurance mandatory.
What type of protection is being offered the borrowing public by disclosing the earnings of the broker handling the transaction ? Especially in cases when the earnings are paid by a lender.
Just what is prompting this change ? Will borrowers really be protected by telling them what we earn ?
It only works if there is a standard fee that the consumer is aware of. For example, if the standard fee was $1000 and you disclosed you were making $2000 at a particular lender then the consumer deserves to know why. Otherwise we are just confusing the borrower. Frankly it doesn't matter to me if I disclose it or not but it is irritating that FICOM doesn't understand the business or the issues within the business they should and shouldn't waste their time on. For example, can anyone tell me why a CMHC premium does not have to be disclosed as an increase in the interest rate of the mortgage?
On the matter of "looking after the clients' best interests". I hope FICOM understands that earning mortgage business in the independent channel automatically qualifies that business as market tested. Surely, clients are shopping their deals to 2 or 3 banks or brokers.
A bank ONLY sells their own products, so I just wonder how they are looking after the clients' interests over their own bank interests.
It seems FICOM's response is only that we can't tell the banks what to do. I hope FICOM really takes more time to discuss this matter with actual stakeholders, because it seems there could be other changes that would address FICOM's concerns.
Will other financial service brokers be held to the same standard: life, disability, critical illness insurance brokers; home and auto insurance brokers, etc?
In Ontario we already have to disclose that in most cases we do in fact get paid by the lenders and that as a result the potential for a conflict exists. In that discussion, I explain to clients that (a) the difference in comp from one lender to the next is not significant therefore making a decision on that basis alone is unlikely and (b) putting them into a mortgage that isn't right for them to make more money for me is counter-productive to future business with them and (c) all else being equal including the level of ongoing customer service why wouldn't I maximize my income. Not one of them has either disagreed with any of this nor have they ever asked me how much comp are we talking about.
Its the disclosure of the potential for conflict that heightens consumer awareness and protection; the actual amount is irrelevant.
Another style over substance initiative ("look what we're doing") because it sounds good instead of accomplishing the real objective.
Sadly, I'm not really surprised. Perhaps this is an opportunity for our national industry associations to advocate on behalf of its members.
I wonder why there is not the same qyestion "conflict of interest" when a Real estate agent who also has a mortgage license does both the sale of a clients home as well as the mortgage for said client? In my opinion this is definitely the larger issue but seems to be overlooked by the Government when it comes to the best interest of the client.
This quote from above..."reduces the risk that brokers provide advice that is not in the consumer's best interest, but rather, in the broker's pecuniary interest (for example, where lender A provides higher compensation than lender B)."
How would the borrower know how much other companies pay unless we were to list the compensation available from all lenders to them???
Has anyone in charge really thought this through? All they're really doing is providing fodder for the client to negotiate a rate buydown from us...and I would have thought that the banks are doing a good enough job of that already!!
Unless they just want us all to quit for lack of commission...and I don't believe that will serve anyone.
I think it is important to realize the endless references to the banks is a waste of key stokes, the Act will likely never change so we need to move along.
Their is pressure in all regulated industries to fully disclose compensation. I am not saying it is right but it is happening to the financial advisors, soon to the P&C brokers. It is coming everywhere although one province at a time and fairly disjointedly.
To accept something as perhaps not right but inevitable is not a good role for government or citizens. This is Canada, we are better than that.
There are lots of parts of the financial system where one regulator does not control the entire industry. The federal government does regulate banks, not FICOM. But requiring fee disclosure from one one group in the industry prejudices it and gives the other one a big advantage. In our system of different governments controlling different parts of the same industry it is important for regulators to coordinate these type of changes. Coordinating changes is done all the time between provinces and the national government. FICOM probably has good intentions but their process is very flawed. These types of changes require a deeper understanding which comes with experience or a lot of learning. They lack the experience, they need to take the time to learn. True consultation with an open mind is an important part of the learning process. Announcing a conclusion and then pretending to consult is not good for anyone.
Does this, in the end, really matter to brokers? If you are truly putting your clients interests ahead of your own - then there is not o a single reason why this should be a concern for you. In BC we already are required to disclose to the consumer that we are being paid by the lender, now you have to disclose how much. Why is there such resistance to doing so? Are you afraid of what it will mean for your business? That you can no longer charge additional fees? What?
Also, about the whole bank specialist argument. Brokers need to stop complaining about the banks and their reps and how "unfair" it is. Life isn't fair, get over it.
That fact is this: Independent brokers are paid by THIRD parties. They tell clients that they work for THEM not the banks. The TRUTH? Brokers are PAID by the banks (Their third party) to originate mortgages for the banks and they are independent contractors. Because brokers represent, or claim to, the interest of the consumer first but are paid by the banks, there is potential for conflict of interest.
Bank reps are employees of the bank, they do not claim otherwise. They do not make the statement "We work for you not the banks", they sell one line of products not many. They are not independent contractors, and they do not have the ability to charge additional fees.
Independent brokers spend so much time talking about how different they are than bank reps... until it is not to their benefit. Then they cry foul when bank reps are not treated the same as they are. You can't have it both ways, and the fact is that so long as the bank reps are EMPLOYEES of the bank nothing is going to change.
I'll say it again, if you are 100% above board, and have nothing to hide, then what's the issue? My friend the insurance broker discloses how much he earns to his clients, as do Realtors, investment brokers, etc. This is not singling out mortgage brokers, this is bringing them in line with other professions.
just to show how ficom knows so little about the industry they regulate if i am not mistaken the only lender that one could choose a higher rate to be compensated higher was Firstline which was a division of CIBC and now no longer in the industry and now we are able to buy rates down for lower compensation not higher.
also what ever happened to credit unions? last time i checked they were regulated by ficom, do they now have to disclose their compensation? certainly there has been no word of such.
This is ridiculous. Is this all that FICOM can come up with? The reason for this change is that we are making decisions based on compensation is ridiculous. Has FICOM actually had complaints regarding this? I have looked at the BC Mortgage Brokers Act. There isn't much there about disclosure. All it says is you must disclose conflicts. Chris Carter said that it was BC law. Well if it is show us where it says this is law. the Act has been around since the early 70's and we haven't had to do this. The consumer is going to get confused when they think I am charging them a fee when I am not. Next thing you know they will go to their bank and take a higher priced mortgage because their is no " fee". That is what this will look like even though my contract to get paid is with the lender. Time to defy FICOM. BTW FICOM. Please have the decency to inform BC brokers directly and not through a third party site. We deserve better.
Thankfully we do not have such nonsense here. I would think that FICOM is breaking some part of the privacy act because they are forcing brokerage companies to have open book on their financial dealings, which no other business is required. As agreed with many who commented, it has nothing to do with the consumer. I think when we talk disclosure, maybe the government should be first to disclose to the taxpayers; every little nickel they earn and spend and then they can demand disclosure. Unfortunately the brokers, the associations, basically all industry members have to come together and challenge this disclosure in court. This would at least protect our dignity, and our professional image.
I think what is ridiculous or nonsense is that brokers are so afraid of disclosing how much commission the lender pays them to originate the mortgages. Because folks, at the end of the day... guess what? You work for the lenders. They pay you to originate mortgages for them, and the consumers have a right to know that, and how much. If you do not want to disclose your very hefty incomes... then go work for a bank.
Everyone please read Kevin's comments again. He has NAILED it. If you've got nothing to hide, then SHOW the client your value, after all, you are working FOR THE CLIENT (but paid by a lender). Sounds like a good deal to me. The mortgage specialist works for the LENDER. I'm done with this site, bunch of whiners.
Hey Kevin... I mean FICOM! Are you posting your counter argument on this site? Sure sounds like it. Let's find out how much the management at FICOM make! Chris Carter and Carolyn Rogers. How much do you charge the tax payers? Please provide a Form 10.
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Seeking Acadiana's Largest Live Oak!
In preparing for its 2011 annual general meeting, TreesAcadiana challenges the community to find the ten largest live oak trees in the eight-parish area. This would include Lafayette Parish, as well as Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, St Landry St Martin St Mary, Vermilion. Live Oaks registered with the Live Oak Society span many states, from the east coast all the way to Texas. In canvassing Lafayette Parish, members of TreesAcadiana measured two trees in excess of 31 feet in circumference (measured 4 feet from the base of the tree). The organization welcomes public participation. People can bring documentation of their finds to the meeting at Pack and Paddle on March 22 at 6 PM, or they can mail them to be received before that date to be considered in the ranking to be published later in the year. There are a number of significant projects underway that may make use of this information.
Steve A. Shurtz, Urban Forestry and Landscape Manager for the East Baton Rouge City-Parish Department of Public Works, will address the group as keynote speaker with his focus on Louisiana's heritage live oaks. Steve has twice served as president of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA), is a past president of the Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the ASLA, and is currently President of the Louisiana Urban Forestry Council. He recently completed his second term as a member of the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC), an advisory group to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
One topic to be addressed is a proposal to change the state tree from the Cypress, a species which has been all but eradicated from the Louisiana landscape due to clear cutting the continuing liberties taken by mulch production. Had the majesty of Louisiana's cypress trees been recognized and protected earlier, the trees would compare to the giant sequoias of California. Just as important, more visible and widely adapted to the terrain and climate of Louisiana, TreesAcadiana sees the change as a positive move to protect a tree that characterizes our hope for the future. "The Live Oak better symbolizes the heritage of Louisiana," said Harold Schoeffler, Sierra Club's Acadiana Group Chairman, Scout Master and board member of TreesAcadiana.
TreesAcadiana and Guardian of the Oaks have been invited to attend the ground breaking for the roadwork to begin near the Youngsville Heritage Oak on March 14 at 1:15 PM. The event will take place at the junction of Highways 89 and 92, where the proposed traffic circle nearly cost the City of Youngsville a historical landmark with Council's plans to cut down the tree by the house built by one of Youngsville's earliest settlers, Dr. Roy Young. The Youngsville victory, as well as the unfolding chapter in the Master Plan for the University of Louisiana- Lafayette, as well as the decision by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to move the Mr. Al Oak, located east of New Iberia on Highway 90 near Freyou Road, has brought increased awareness of Louisiana's heritage trees and their importance on many levels.