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Last Sunday, for the first time, I took part in the annual Bristol 10K. It was an incredible experience to run through the streets of Bristol with around 9,000 other runners, and then out along the Portway, with the gorge rearing up on one side and the river on the other. It was wonderful to spot Joe and the girls in the crowd, fun to look out for my running friends amongst the Lycra-clad pack and amazing to be cheered on by thousands of total strangers. Running alongside giant bananas, polar bears and lots of superheroes was pretty fabulous too. And through the generous sponsorship of family and friends I managed to raise £245 for COCO, a really fantastic children's charity founded by Steve Cram.
I completed the course in 61 minutes and nine seconds. Not an especially impressive time — the winner finished in 30 minutes and five seconds: those pesky seconds! — but it was impressive for me because this time last year I hadn't run anywhere for over twenty years, and I didn't even own a pair of trainers.
But last August, inspired by both the Olympics and my husband's distinctly chipper post-run demeanour, I decided to give running a go. I also realised that standing in the park watching the dog run around was not really keeping me fit. Better, I thought, to go and run around with the dog.
My first run took all of three minutes and I hated it. My second run, a day later, was about a minute longer. The only reason I managed a second run was because for a good few hours after the pain of the first one, I felt completely high: a strange sense of elation mixed with a feeling of increased energy. Within two weeks I found that I no longer hated the running, and I began extending my run as soon as I could complete a particular route without stopping. In mid-september I started the couch to 5K regime with my friend and fellow dog walker, Nicki, and I ditched the daily run in favour of three thirty minute sessions a week.
I'd really recommend this approach to anyone who wants to take up running. It's a brilliant combination of walking and running and you work steadily towards being able to run three miles in around thirty minutes. I'd also really, really recommend finding a running partner: last winter was unbelievably cold at times, but because we didn't want to let each other down, Nicki and I kept to our routine. We ran through rain, lots and lots of rain; we ran in high winds where we could hardly catch our breath; we ran in snow, which was fantastic even though our toes froze. We ran when it was so cold that our legs felt like lead, our noses were pinched and we couldn't feel our fingers. In fact only icy pavements and illness kept us from running.
Now, nearly nine months on, I run two to three times a week. The first mile is never much fun. But after that something strange happens. My brain detaches from my body, and even if my legs feel cold or tired, I'm able to keep going. My mind is free to think. Or, if I am running with a friend, which is often the case, we chat (though we've learned that at least one section of the run has to render us incapable of saying anything other than "bloody hell!"). We also freestyle our routes, allowing ourselves to be drawn down interesting-looking roads or along beautiful tree-lined avenues. Sometimes we strike out over the Suspension bridge, or drive to the woods where the paths are soft and springy under foot. Sometimes our runs last about 40 minutes, others are about an hour and a half. I am addicted. But oddly enough, as I pull on my running gear, I never, ever feel like running. That only happens once I'm doing it. And sometimes it only feels good when it's over, which sounds perverse, I know. The post-run sense of well-being, however, kicks in without fail and lasts for the rest of the day.
And as for the post-race* high, well that seems to last even longer. Which is why I want to do it all again. Only this time I want to go a little further, and perhaps slightly faster. I've got my sights set on the Bristol Half Marathon.
* race — I use the term in its broadest sense because, of course, although this sort of event is a race, only those wearing white bibs are in it to win it. For the rest of us it's simply a race against yourself in that you want to improve on your PB (personal best). The back half of the pack I was running with were still crossing the start line as the winner arrived at the finish.
PS This is the LINK to my Just Giving page for COCO, if anyone feels in the mood to donate!


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(Chapter replaced by Ordinance No. 183397; amended by Ordinance No. 185694, effective November 23, 2012.)
(Amended by Ordinance No. 185694, effective November 23, 2012.) This Chapter protects the public sewer and drainage system by regulating the construction, modification, maintenance and removal of elements of those public systems and of the private systems that discharge to them.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 185397, effective July 6, 2012.) As used in this Chapter, the following definitions apply:
A. "Building Sewer" means the private property portion of the horizontal piping system that receives the discharge of building drains and extends to a public sewer, private sewer, private sewage disposal system, or other approved discharge point.
B. "Combined Sewer" means a sewer designed to convey both sanitary sewage and stormwater.
C. "Commercial or Industrial Occupancy" means any structure or facility wherein preparation, processing, treating, making, compounding, assembling, mixing, improving, or storing any product or any solid, liquid or gaseous material for commercial or industrial purposes occurs, or wherein cleaning, processing or treating of tanks, vats, drums, cylinders or any other container used in transportation or storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous material for commercial or industrial purpose occurs;
D. "Common Private Sewer System (also called Party Sewer)" means that portion of a building sewer that:
1. Is not owned by the City ofPortland
2. Is used for draining more than one building under different ownership; and
3. Conveys the discharge to a sewer service lateral, public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or other point of disposal.
Common private sewers are found on private property and in private and public rights-of-way, including easements.
E. "Connection" means the connection of all sanitary waste and drainage disposal lines from all development on a property to the public sewer and drainage system.
F. "Director" means the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services or the Director's designee.
G. "Discharge Point." means the connection point or destination for a discharge leaving a site.
H. "Drainage" means the flow of waters across public and private properties.
I. "Drainage Improvements" means management facilities or modifications to drainage patterns to address safety issues, increase capacity, or improve water flows.
J. "Public Right of Way" means the area within the confines of a dedicated public street, an easement owned by the City, or other area dedicated for public use for streets or public utility facilities.
K. "Public Sewer Easement" is a grant of the right by a property owner to the City to use land for placement and maintenance of public sewer facilities.
(Repealed by Ordinance No. 185397, effective July 6, 2012.)
A. It is unlawful for any person to take the following actions without first obtaining the appropriate permit and paying the fees as prescribed in Chapters 17.24 and 17.32:
1. Dig up, break into, excavate, disturb, dig under, or undermine any public street or public sewer easement for the purpose of laying or working upon any sewer, pipe, culvert, or sewer or drain appurtenance or improvement of any kind;
2. Make connection with, obstruct or interfere with the sewer system or existing drainage;
3. Cut or break into the public sewer system;
4. Connect the blowoff or exhaust pipe of any boiler, steam engine or other pressurized facility with the public sewer system; or
5. Direct water, from any source, on private property to run onto any public sidewalk, street or right of way.
B. In the case of leakage or breakage in any sewer pipe, drain or conduit requiring emergency action, any otherwise authorized person may commence repairs on the same without first obtaining a permit provided that:
1. The authorized person immediately notifies the Chief Engineer and the City Engineer; and
2. The authorized person files an application for a permit with the Chief Engineer, complies with any permit conditions thereon, and pays the fees required in Chapters 17.24 and 17.32; and
3. The work is performed in compliance with the City Engineer's requirements for traffic control and protection of the public.
C. Repair of nonconforming sewers located in public right of way is prohibited unless the Chief Engineer determines that it is in the public interest to allow the nonconforming system to operate.
D. The Bureau of Transportation, without permit but with the approval of the Chief Engineer, may construct and attach to the public sewer system stormwater inlets, leads, and other such facilities as are needed to provide stormwater drainage for public streets.
E. The Chief Engineer will establish a permitting program by Administrative Rule which shall include requirements for application submittal, permit issuance, inspection, warranty, insurance and bond requirements shall be described in Administrative Rules.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 183965, effective July 30, 2010.)
A. Sewer Connection Permits. Sewer permit fees shall recover the cost of all City reviews including all applicable overhead charges. Overhead rates shall be computed annually by the Director and kept on file with the City Auditor. If a larger fee is required elsewhere in this Title for any class of permit, the larger fee shall apply; otherwise, the fees established by general ordinance shall be paid for permits unless the Council, by Ordinance or Resolution, has granted a specific permit for a different fee.
B. Public Sewer or Drainage Improvement Permits. The City shall recover the true costs of engineering and superintendence services in connection with public sewer or drainage improvement projects based on City records of time, materials, services, overhead and indirect costs incurred to provide the services. The Bureau shall recover the costs of engineering and superintendence for all public sewer or drainage improvements, whether performed by contract in the name of the City, by private contract between a permittee and a contractor, or directly by the permittee.
C. All fees shall be paid prior to receiving a permit and commencing work.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 185397, effective July 6, 2012.)
A. Any person who desires a connection work permit as required by Section 17.32.010 shall apply in writing to the Director and pay the permit fee prescribed in Section 17.32.015. The application shall include the name of the street in which work is to be done, or if not working in a named street, a description of the proposed or existing easement or right of way, the purpose of the work, the location and potentially affected components of the public sewer system, the location of any affected drainage, and the location of the building or lot, if any, to be connected by the work.
1. If the application is for a permit to connect any occupancy other than a commercial or industrial occupancy with any component of the public sewer system or drainage improvement, it shall specify the location and the area to be drained, together with such other information as the Chief Engineer may require.
2. If the application is for a permit to connect a commercial or industrial occupancy with any component of the public sewer system or drainage improvement, it shall contain a description of the business, a plat of the property, plans and specifications for any special installations, a description and time schedule of the character and quantity of waters and wastes to be discharged through the connection, and any further information required by the Chief Engineer. No permit shall be issued for connection from a commercial or industrial occupancy until the Chief Engineer approves the application and determines that the connection as described in the application will comply with the provisions of this Title.
B. The Chief Engineer may refuse issuance of connection permits to any person until the requirements of permits previously issued are complied with. This authority shall include, but not be limited to, denial of a permit when the applicant is delinquent in payment of fees or City charges for work performed for the applicant by the City or when the applicant has failed to complete work on any previously issued permit or permits.
A. Connection with the public sewer system or a drainage improvement from properties outside the City limits shall be allowed at the sole discretion of the City, and at the location and on such conditions as the Chief Engineer shall find appropriate for proper functioning and maintenance of City sewer service. No connection from property outside the City limits shall be permitted which, in the opinion of the Chief Engineer, may overload or otherwise compromise any component of the public sewer system or any drainage improvement, or which shall require any capital investment or expenditure by the City. Connection of properties outside the City's boundaries is subject to the requirements and limitations of the City's adopted urban services policy.
B. Any person desiring to connect a property outside the City limits to the public sewer system or any drainage improvement under the provisions of this Title shall enter into such agreement as may be required by the Director.
C. Application for a permit to connect shall be made in writing by the owner or other person having a recorded equitable interest in the property for which the connection is desired. Before a permit can be issued, all fees and special charges as required in Chapter 17.36 shall be paid and any permits that may be required by road authorities for street or highway opening and use shall be obtained.
All components of the public sewer and drainage system shall be located within public rights of way, including easements. The width of public rights of way shall be adequate to allow reasonable access for inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement, using standard construction methods. The minimum width for public easements shall be 15 feet. The Director may require enlargement of the easement as is reasonably necessary considering topographic conditions, the design of a improvement or other relevant factors.
Upon receipt of the completed application, proper and satisfactory bond, and payment of any applicable fees, the Chief Engineer may issue the requested permit, unless there are reasons of public interest to the contrary. The permit may include restrictions or conditions as deemed necessary by the Chief Engineer.
(Replaced by Ordinance No. 185694, effective November 23, 2012.) Sewer system maintenance obligations including inspection, rehabilitation, routine cleaning and repair are based on ownership of the system:
A. Private Systems. A sewer or drainage system that was not constructed by the City, built under a public works permit, or otherwise accepted pursuant to Subsections B.1 or B.2 must be maintained by the parties served by the system, regardless of whether the system is located within a public right-of-way.
1. If any portion of an existing sewer or drainage system extends into a public right-of-way, the property owner must obtain a permit pursuant to Chapter 17.24 before beginning work within the right-of-way.
2. For a sewer or drainage system located in a public right-of-way that is under either private or unclear ownership, the Chief Engineer may grant or deny a permit to repair, upgrade, or replace the system as provided by Section 17.32.130. Such a system may only remain in the public right-of-way at the discretion of the Chief Engineer.
3. Incidental, inadvertent, or emergency City maintenance of private sewer or drainage systems or systems with unclear ownership does not obligate the City to perform future maintenance, imply acceptance of the system, or confer ownership of the system on the City.
B. Public Systems. A sewer or drainage system constructed by the City, constructed under a public works permit, or accepted by the City pursuant to Subsections B.1. or B.2. will be maintained by the City unless otherwise specified by written agreement with the City.
1. Acceptance of Systems with Unclear Ownership. The Chief Engineer may agree to conduct future maintenance of a sewer or drainage systems located in a public right-of-way or City utility easement where the ownership is unclear if, in the judgment of the Chief Engineer, the public will benefit thereby and:
a. The system conveys only domestic sanitary or stormwater flows from residential property; or
b. The system has been specifically modified through City permit or by the City to accept stormwater flows from City rights-of-way or other City-controlled property.
c. Acceptance of a system under this Section does not include or imply acceptance by the City of any maintenance responsibility, cost, liability or damage that arises from conditions or use of the system before acceptance by the City.
2. Adoption of Private Systems in the Public Right-of-Way. The Chief Engineer may agree to take ownership of a private sewer system or drainage improvement in the public right-of-way as provided by administrative rule. At the discretion of the Chief Engineer, a system meeting the following general criteria may be adopted:
a. All the properties connected to the system are participating in the City's Nonconforming Sewer Conversion Program pursuant to Chapter 17.33;
b. The sewer system conveys only domestic sanitary or stormwater flows from residential property;
c. The owners of all properties connected to the system provide the City with detailed information about the design, location, and condition of the system, and the properties connected to it as specified by administrative rule. Property owners must release rights for use of the line to the City for sewer systems to be adopted;
d. The owners of all the properties connected to the system relinquish all claims to the system; and
e. All branch fees assessed by the City are paid or financed.
3. A system accepted under Subsection B.1 or adopted under Subsection B.2 will be added to the City maintenance roles as of the date of acknowledgment by the Chief Engineer.
4. The City's responsibility for maintenance of any sewer or drainage system, branch or connection point is subject to the City's annual budget appropriation and shall be limited to the level of service dictated by the City Council's discretionary budget decision. The City assumes no responsibility for activities requiring a level of maintenance in excess of the level for which funds have been appropriated.
C. Nuisance Abatement.
1. The Chief Engineer may determine that a sewer or drainage located in a public right-of-way that is under either private or unclear ownership constitutes a public nuisance if it:
a. Impairs or threatens to impair the operation, maintenance or installation of any street or public utility;
b. Is so deteriorated that its flows infiltrate or threaten to infiltrate any public utility or impact or threaten to impact the support structures of any street or public utilities; or
c. Otherwise creates a public health or safety hazard.
2. Summary abatement of the nuisance is authorized when the Chief Engineer determines it is necessary to take immediate action to meet the purposes of this Title.
3. Notice to the responsible party before summary abatement is not required. Following summary abatement, the Chief Engineer shall notify all owners identified in this Chapter or Chapter 25.09 as having maintenance or repair responsibilities. An error in the name of the property owner or address listed in the county assessment and taxation records shall not affect the sufficiency of the notice.
4. The City will bill each property that the City determines caused or contributed to the nuisance to recover the costs of abatement. Civil penalties of up to $500 may be levied for failure to abate a nuisance. If the amount due is not paid in full within 30 days of the date of notice, the City may place a lien against the property.
See Figure 13 for an example visual representation of ownership situations.
It is unlawful for any owner or resident who obtains a sewer construction or connection work permit and is exempt from furnishing the bond required by this Chapter, to fail or refuse to immediately remove all surplus sand, earth, rubbish, and other material and immediately replace in a condition satisfactory to the City Engineer the portion of the street disturbed, dug up or undermined, or to fail or refuse to keep that portion of the street in good repair at the permittee's own expense for the period of two years from the date of the completion of the work.
A. Enforcement. Persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the BES Public Works Enforcement Rules adopted hereunder are subject to enforcement actions by the Director.
B. Site Inspection. City representatives may inspect public facilities and their associated private connections to determine compliance with this Chapter.
C. Conditions for entry. Authorized City representative shall present appropriate credentials at the time of entry and request permission to enter. If permission cannot be obtained the City official may obtain an administrative search warrant to gain entry. To the extent practicable, entry shall be made at reasonable times during normal operating or business hours.
D. Violations. A violation shall have occurred when:
1. Any requirement of this Chapter or administrative rules adopted hereunder has not been met;
2. There has been lack of compliance with a written directive or timeline of the Director made under authority of this Chapter;
3. Any condition of a permit issued under the authority of this Chapter or administrative rules is not met within a specified time; or
4. A public sewer or drainage improvement has been damaged or modified without authorization.
E. Remedies and Enforcement Mechanisms. In enforcing any of the requirements of this Chapter or administrative rules, the Director, or a duly authorized representative, may:
1. Issue a notice of violation and compliance order to the applicable property owner. A compliance order may include but is not limited to requirements to:
a. repair modified or damaged improvements;
b. obtain a permit for required repair activities;
c. immediately abate threats to the environment or public health and safety;
d. compensate City crews for expenditures already incurred in abating abate threats to the environment or public health and safety.
2. Summarily abate nuisances that constitute an imminent environmental or public health and safety threat. Efforts will be made to offer the owner opportunities to abate these imminent danger situations when practicable however, the City may immediately abate nuisances when deemed necessary;
3. Institute an action before the Code Hearings Officer either to compel repair of impacted systems or to impose a lien for costs incurred by the City to abate a nuisance;
4. Institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
5. Take such other action as the Director, in the exercise of his or her discretion, deems appropriate.
F. Civil Penalties. Violations of this Chapter or administrative rules adopted hereunder may result in assessment of civil penalties in an amount up to $500 per day per violation.
Civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited with the City Treasurer and credited to the Sewage Disposal Fund. Penalties and costs are payable upon receipt of the final order imposing penalties and costs. Penalties and costs under this chapter are a debt owing to the City and may be collected in the same manner as any other debt. Penalties shall accrue interest and any other applicable charges until the penalty is paid in full. The City may initiate appropriate legal action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of any written settlement or final order of the Code Hearings Officer.
G. Appeal of an Enforcement Action. Upon receipt of a final determination of an enforcement action, a person may appeal the determination to the Code Hearings Officer in accordance with the procedures set out in Chapter 22.10 of the Portland City Code.
1. The following decisions are appealable to the Code Hearings Officer:
a. The final determination of violation.
b. The amount of civil penalty.
c. The required remediation action.
d. The timeframe for corrective action.
e. Termination of service or permit.
2. The following decisions are not appealable to the Code Hearings Officer:
a. Refusal to accept an improvement into the public maintenance system.
b. Refusal to grant permits for modification of a public improvement.
c. Specification of the required route of service to connect with a public improvement.
H. Cost Recovery. The Director may recover:
1. All reasonable costs incurred by the City that are attributable to or associated with violations of this Chapter, including but not limited to the costs of administration, investigation, sampling and monitoring, legal or enforcement activities, damage to or contamination of the sanitary, combined, and separate storm sewer systems as well as all other public drainage improvements that convey, manage or dispose of stormwater flows.
2. All costs associated with fines and civil penalties assessed, damage and summary abatement charges, or any other obligation instituted against the City as a result of activities not in compliance with this Chapter or associated administrative rules.
Liens may be imposed on the property or properties subject to cost recovery in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 22.06.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 185397, effective July 6, 2012.) Sanitary sewage from private property shall be separately conveyed to the property line and connected through individual laterals for discharge into a public sewer. Drainage from private property, whether from the roof of a building, the surface of a structure, footings of a structure or any other surface or subsurface drainage shall be conveyed separately from sanitary sewage. If separate public storm and sanitary sewers are available, the Chief Engineer shall require separate connections for the separate storm and sanitary lines from the private property. If separate storm and sanitary sewers are not available, but a combination sewer is available, the Chief Engineer may institute the following actions based on engineering needs:
A. Require separate connections for the separate sewage lines from the property to the same combination sewer;
B. Permit joining of the separate lines at the curb line closest to the property line or edge of an easement for single discharge into the combination public sewer; or
C. Require onsite infiltration of surface or subsurface drainage to minimize or eliminate the need for offsite discharge.
A. Except as otherwise allowed by the City, it is unlawful for any person to allow or cause a connection that will result in the discharge of sanitary sewage into a public sewer that has been designated by the Chief Engineer to be used solely for storm drainage.
B. Except as otherwise allowed by the City, it is unlawful for any person to allow or cause a connection that will result in the discharge of storm drainage, collected groundwater, uncontaminated water used for refrigerating or cooling purposes, or steam condensation into a public sewer designated by the Chief Engineer to be used solely for sanitary sewage.
A. When a public sewer is extended past or to properties, all property owners benefiting from the sewer extension shall be assessed a share of the anticipated cost of the extension based on the following two revenue generation methods:
1. Local Improvement Districts as described in Chapter 17.08; or
2. Other charges as specified in Section 17.36.120.
B. When properties that will be served by the sewer extension do not meet the cost share criteria of the programs above, and do not contribute toward the cost of the sewer, the property owner or developer paying for the sewer extension shall be reimbursed by the City for part of the cost of such extension in accordance with Subsections 1. and 2.
1. The amount of reimbursement for a sewer extension shall be limited to the amount of revenue that would be received from the line and branch charge (required in Section 17.36.060) if, upon acceptance of the sewer by the City, all properties adjacent to and capable of receiving gravity service were to connect. The reimbursement shall not exceed the cost of an equal length of 8-inch-diameter sewer line, as determined by the Chief Engineer.
2. The reimbursement for any project shall not exceed 50 percent of the amount budgeted by the City in any fiscal year. The total reimbursement in any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount budgeted for that purpose in that year, however funds may be committed against the next year's budgeted amount.
A. A building owner may submit an application for partial reimbursement of the cost for installation of a sewer backwater device on the sewer line, in floor drains, sinks, laundry trays, basins, automatic washers, or other fixtures in the basement with exposed traps.
B. To be eligible, the building, dwelling or structure must be connected to the City combined sewer system and have experienced sewer backups or be in an area vulnerable to sewer backups, as determined by the Director.
C. Installation of said device or devices shall be pursuant to Title 25, Plumbing Regulations, or the Code of the City ofPortland, including, but not limited to, Chapter 25.05, Permits.
D. Payment to the property owner of the City's share of the expense shall be made upon the Bureau of Development Services' final inspection and the owner's submittal of the plumber's billing for the work.
E. By participation in the cost of installation, the City does not guarantee or in any manner warrant the device or devices, nor does the City give any warranty that the device will prevent future flooding, and the City will not assume any responsibility for damages incurred as a result of the flooding subsequent to installation of any device or devices. The owner shall be required to look only to such warranty or guarantee as may be secured from the manufacturer of the device or devices and/or the contractor.
F. As of July 1, 1996, the building owner shall pay the first $100 of the cost of such installation, the City shall pay the next $1,500 of such costs, and the building owner shall pay any amount in excess of $1,600.
G. All devices installed pursuant to this Section shall be owned by the building owner, who shall assume all duties and costs of maintenance, repair and replacement.
A. All persons desiring to construct a public sewer or drainage improvement shall obtain a permit prior to beginning work. The permit application shall contain the following information:
1. A description of the proposed improvement.
2. Locations and names of proposed streets where improvements will be made, location of any off-street improvements, and the name of the proposed plat.
3. A standard acknowledgement of the standard permit conditions described in Section 17.32.140.
4. Any other information the Chief Engineer deems appropriate.
The permit shall be issued after the sewer or drainage improvement plans have been approved by the Chief Engineer.
B. All persons wishing to construct a public sewer or drainage improvement in advance of plat recording of a subdivision or planned unit development may be issued a permit by the Chief Engineer only after:
1. The sewer or drainage improvement plans have been approved by the Chief Engineer;
2. The final plat, with or without required signatures affixed, has been submitted to the Bureau Development Services;
3. The Bureau of Development Services have given written assurances that subdivision or planned unit development approval conditions have been or will be met;
4. All easements outside the subdivision or planned unit development have been obtained, and
5. The applicant has complied with Section 17.32.170 of this Code.
A. When the applicant chooses to utilize City design services, the permit application shall include payment of a deposit in an amount to be determined by the Director as described in administrative rules. All deposits must be made before any City design work begins.
B. The City shall retain the amount of the deposit as compensation for the preparation of design and plans or for review efforts if:
1. A permit application or issued permit has had no action or communication for one year from the previous contact; or
2. A permit is not issued for the proposed improvement within one year from the time the design and plans are reviewed and completed.
C. If a permit is issued for the proposed improvement within one year from the time the design and plans are completed, the amount of the required deposit shall be applied to the cost of the permit fee for such improvements.
A. The Chief Engineer may refuse to issue a permit if:
1. In the judgment of the Chief Engineer, the proposed improvement is not suitable in the circumstances or will not be uniform with existing or proposed public sewer or drainage improvements in the immediate vicinity.
2. The application is not modified as the Chief Engineer deems necessary.
3. The City Engineer has not issued a street opening permit if the public sewer or drainage improvement is or will be located within a public right of way or area to be designated as a public right of way.
4. The application is to repair, replace or upgrade an existing private sewer or drainage system that is nonconforming with public standards. The Chief Engineer may allow continued use of a nonconforming system if the Chief Engineer determines that it is in the public interest.
B. The Chief Engineer shall have the authority to refuse issuance of public sewer or drainage improvement permits to any person until the requirements of permits previously issued are complied with. This authority shall include, but not be limited to, denial of a permit when the applicant is delinquent in payment of fees or City charges for work performed for the applicant by the City or when the applicant has failed to complete work on any previously issued permit or permits.
A. Any permit issued for the construction of a public sewer or drainage improvement may contain conditions that shall be binding upon the permittee and current and subsequent property owners. Such conditions may include:
1. Full payment of permit fees.
2. Prior filing of a performance bond, cash, or other financial guarantee in lieu thereof in an amount not to exceed the design engineer's estimate for construction and engineering, insurance.
3. Specifics about the kind of work and the time in which the same is to be completed.
4. Such other requirements as the Chief Engineer finds appropriate in the public interest.
B. All permits to construct a public sewer or drainage improvement shall include the following standard conditions in addition to any other condition the Chief Engineer deems necessary:
1. The resulting public sewer shall be located in a public easement or public right of way and shall come under public control upon plat and easement recording with the County.
2. City personnel may enter upon the particular private property for the purpose of testing, inspection and surveying if required, during the course of construction of the public sewer or drainage improvements.
3. City inspection personnel may reject or require correction of work that is not in accordance with the approved plans and standard specifications and would prevent future acceptance of the improvements.
4. The plat and easements must be recorded with the County prior to final acceptance of the public sewer improvements.
5. The permittee shall hold the City of Portland harmless against any liability that may occur during construction prior to dedication of the right of way or recording of the easement, and the permittee assumes all risk of loss that may arise in the event the City or any other public agency subsequently requires changes in or additions to plans or refuses to approve all or any part of the permittee's improvements.
6. Any drainage improvements made on private property shall be permanently maintained at the expense of the private property owner as a condition of the drainage improvement permit.
7. The permittee shall, at the permittee's own expense, maintain the public sewer or drainage improvements for a period of 24 months following the letter of completion by the Chief Engineer, as assurance against defective workmanship or materials employed and to assure the improvement is properly operating and being maintained as designed. BES may extend the warranty period for any repairs, alterations or rehabilitations that need to occur during the original warranty period.
8. The issuance of a permit in no way waives any requirements by the City or any other public agency that may be associated with the development of a plat or Planned Unit Development.
A. All work done under and in pursuance of a permit shall be under the authorization of the Chief Engineer, who shall determine the details of the improvement and whose orders in regard to the improvement and the execution of the same shall be obeyed by the applicant for the permit and by the persons doing the work.
B. The Chief Engineer may establish standards for particular types or classes of work to be performed by contractors or by persons permitted to construct facilities in streets, easements, or other public property. Any person constructing the improvement shall comply with such standards unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Chief Engineer to deviate from those standards.
1. All discharges must be routed to a discharge point approved by the Director. Approval of discharge points must meet the following standards:
a. The discharge must be conveyed along a route of service approved by the Director.
b. The discharge point must comply with the following standards and specifications:
(1) Sanitary, wastewater or other discharges to the sanitary or combined system must comply with the Sewer and Drainage Facilities Design Manual.
(2) Stormwater or other discharges to the City's storm and drainage system must comply with the Stormwater Management Manual.
C. The Chief Engineer shall refuse to accept work that is not in full compliance with the plans, specifications, permit or other contract documents. If the work is refused by the Chief Engineer, it shall not be accepted unless corrected to conform to plans and specifications.
Any plans, specifications, survey notes or other original documents as required by the Chief Engineer that were prepared for or produced during the design or construction of a public sewer or drainage improvement become the property of the City and shall be delivered to the Chief Engineer before acceptance of the improvement by the Chief Engineer.
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About the Condominium Towering quite majestically above Batu Ferringhi, the 33-story landmark Sri Sayang Resort Condominium offers leisure travelers and holiday makers a good blend of resort facilities with the feeling of home. On top of that, you can enjoy your stay against the beautiful backdrop of the famed Batu Ferringhi Beach and experience the sunset sweeping over the ocean and hills.The unit is a luxuriously appointed and tastefully furnished 2 bedroom, two bathroom apartment with the sea in the foreground and the lush rolling hills as the back dro p. This resort condominium has the range of resort facilities in the one complex: SWIMMING POOL, TENNIS all in an extensively landscaped and secure environment. IF THIS UNIT IS BOOKED AT THE TIME YOU REQUIRE IT PLEASE EMAIL ME AS I HAVE ANOTHER QUALITY UNIT IN SRI SAYANG THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE.Inside the unitThe unit is fully air-conditioned and ceiling fans are also installed, although the sea breezes on offer may limit your wanting to use them. The unit is very tastefully and fully furnished just bring your beach towels! Satellite TV is installed with channels including BBC, CNN plus many others should you wish to catch up with what is happening in the outside world. Additional informationAll the necessary appliances have been installed in the kitchen. There is a fully automatic washing machine and a tumble dryer available for your use. There is a convenience store that stocks the basics in the complex. Restaurants and the famous Batu Ferringhi night-market are at your door step.The unit is fully kitted out with linen and all the necessary crockery and cutlery, kitchen cooking items (although you may wish to dine out regularly as Penang is well known for the diverse range of delicious and very reasonably priced hawker fare on offer).
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Sylvain Alain was born in March 26 1979. He owned a computer for the first time when he was 10, a Tandy 1000 SL2 without a HDD. After finishing his High School(École secondaire), he went to the CEGEP(exist only in Quebec) to complete his CEGEP diploma in computer science (DEC Technologie des Systèmes Ordinés). In 2000, he started to work as a programmer for the Gouvernment IRS in Quebec City. Years later, he was promoted as Security Analyst for the Gouvernment.
History using Linux
He started to use Linux in 1997 when I had to install a Red Hat CD to pass an examen. At that time, Linux was use a lot at his CEGEP, because it was the first CEGEP to ban Microsoft product. Indeed, he didn't have the chance to code a single line inside a Microsoft Environment....still today as I write my bio :P He started to use Linux on daily based during the year 2002-2003 with Debian Woody,Fedora Core 2 and 3. He joined the Gentoo Global moderator staff in december 2008 because of his French/English knowledge and also because of his technical skills.
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He started to use Funtoo when Daniel Robbins released one of the first versions of Metro(1.3) back in 2008-2009 to build some custom Gentoo-Quebec stage3.
Finally, in September 2010, he started with the same 4 friends Funtoo-Quebec website to help his good friend Daniel Robbins and to offer the French support for Funtoo.
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He created with his 4 friends Gentoo-Quebec website in december 2007 after using Gentoo for 2 years on daily base.
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This article reports results from a survey designed to capture information on the drivers of economic performance in the information age. We find that firms' spending on a broad set of intangible assets was less widespread in 2010 than in 2008, and overall spending on these assets, while still considerable at over £33 billion, was down by some 15 per cent. Within this broad picture, employer funded training is the most widespread knowledge-building activity, and R&D is the least widespread. Larger firms, and those in the production sector, are more likely to engage in intangible investment than smaller firms and those in the service sector. Spending on training increased in cash terms between 2008 and 2010, and spending on design was little changed, but spending on R&D and on Business Process Improvement both fell by around 40 per cent over this period. Reported benefit lives from intangible assets are typically 3-4 years. For the first time we are able to report a geographical breakdown of intangible activity. Our results show such activity to be concentrated in England, with lower than average activity reported in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
ONS is grateful to NESTA for financial support and to all survey respondents for information provided. The authors are grateful to Gaganan Awano of ONS for analytical support.
This article reports on a second survey of intangible assets, covering business expenditure on six categories of intangible assets and the life lengths of these assets (that is, the period over which the business expects to benefit from the asset). The first such survey was conducted two years earlier (Awano et al (2010)). In October 2011, questionnaires were sent to 25401 UK private sector firms with 10 or more employees in the production and service sectors of the economy, drawn from the UK business register. For the first time the sample frame included firms in Northern Ireland.
This exercise was undertaken as part of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta) Innovation Index programme and the survey was conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Responses were obtained from 1180 firms, giving a response rate of 46 per cent which is comparatively high for a voluntary survey (and a little higher than the response rate in 2009). Survey responses have been weighted to be representative of the UK business population, including firms with fewer than 10 employees.
The impact of new technology on developed economies has caused structural changes in the way that many businesses operate. In modern economies there is less focus on conventional forms of tangible capital (machinery and vehicles for example) and more emphasis on "knowledge capital", which can be embodied in highly trained staff, complex information management systems and sophisticated management techniques.
These developments are beginning to impact the way that national statistical offices measure economic activity. Computer software has been treated as a capital asset in the UK national accounts since 2006 (having previously been treated as intermediate consumption, "used up" in the process of producing other goods and services), and R&D will be similarly incorporated in the national accounts from 2014.
The influential work by Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005) makes the case for expanding the asset base further, to include "innovative property" over and above that embodied in conventional measures of R&D (including design) and "economic competencies", a broad heading including investments in human capital (training), product branding and organisational capital.
The purpose of this survey is to complement other sources of information on intangibles (including R&D surveys, the Community Innovation Survey 2009, and surveys of business investment on currently capitalised assets). In particular, this survey focuses on the distinction between purchased assets and asset creation inside the firm (sometimes referred to as own-account investment).
Another feature of this survey is that it asks explicitly about the life lengths of investments in each category of intangible asset. Information on benefit lives is of interest in the assessment of the case for capitalisation, and also in the computation of flows of capital services from intangibles, which are needed for growth accounting purposes2.
As in the previous survey, firms were asked for their expenditure on six categories of intangible assets: Training, Software, Reputation and Branding, Research and Development (R&D), Design, and Organisation or Business Process improvement (BPI).
This article is not the place for a detailed comparison of survey results with other sources, and we confine ourselves to the following observations. Firstly, other available sources are patchy and not always strictly comparable. Second, R&D spending by businesses is one area where comparability is achievable, but in this particular case we would not expect a small random sample approach as used here to deliver comparable results with the large and tightly targeted approach used in the Business Enterprise R&D (BERD) survey (which reports about three times as much R&D spending after adjusting for double counting).
Third, in the case of purchased software, our results are reasonably close to those from official surveys. Fourth, where comparable data are not available, our estimates are generally much lower than estimates derived indirectly, for example from employment of occupations such as software engineers and designers, or based on information from trade bodies.
Though ours is a small survey, the results are broadly comparable with those from the previous survey and it seems improbable that both sets of results are wrong by an order of magnitude. More work is needed in these areas. Lastly, our reported benefit lives tend to be somewhat shorter than the prevailing assumptions in the literature.
The main differences between this survey and the previous survey are as follows:
The sample size of this survey is approximately 25 per cent larger than the previous survey.
The increase in sample size has allowed the sample frame to be stratified by country (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), as well as by industry and size class.
The definition of training has been widened to include staff costs of trainers delivering on-the-job training.
Some other definitions have been clarified in the light of feedback from the first survey.
This sample size is small compared with other ONS business surveys. Accordingly, care should be taken in drawing inferences from the survey results.
Growth accounting with and without intangibles is described in Goodridge et al (2012), which also summarises other sources of information on intangible investment.
Firm Size | Usable response rate | Positive response rate |
10-99 | 52 | 39 |
100-499 | 50 | 51 |
500-4999 | 31 | 64 |
5000+ | 22 | 73 |
Total | 46 | 40 |
Table 1 summarises the breakdown of the sample response rate by employment size bands. Higher response rates were obtained from smaller firms than for large firms, and the overall response rate of 46 per cent at the end of the response period in January 2012 was higher than the figure at the comparable point of the previous survey (42 per cent).
When analysing responses of those who reported positive spending in any of the 6 categories of intangible assets there is a clear trend for larger firms to be more likely to report such spending. However, the incidence of intangible spending is lower than in the previous survey for each size class, with the decline being particularly pronounced among small and medium sized firms. In this survey, only 40 per cent of firms reported any spending on intangible assets, compared with 58 per cent in the previous survey.
Country | Production | Services | All sectors |
England | 48 | 38 | 40 |
Wales | 48 | 42 | 45 |
Scotland | 47 | 35 | 40 |
N Ireland | 26 | 29 | 28 |
Table 2 shows the breakdown of intangible spending in more detail. Firms in the production sector are more likely to engage in intangible investment than those in the service sector, for the sample as a whole and in all countries apart from Northern Ireland. The incidence of intangible investment in England, Wales and Scotland is close to the UK average, while the incidence appears to be significantly lower in Northern Ireland.
Figure 1 shows the incidence of each category of intangible activity in this survey for 2010 and compares with the results from the previous survey. With the exception of Design, where the incidence remained the same, there has been a decrease in the incidence of intangible expenditure for all assets. The largest decline is in the incidence of firms investing in software, which decreased by 8 percentage points.
The ranking of incidence of spending across the asset classes is very similar between the two surveys. Employer Funded Training is the most common intangible activity, and R&D is the least common. In this survey, the incidence of BPI and of Design have swapped their positions in the rankings compared with the previous survey.
It follows that the incidence of non-R&D intangible activity is much more widespread than R&D alone. According to this survey, only 6 per cent of UK firms are engaged in R&D, while a further 34 per cent of firms are engaged in other forms of intangible asset accumulation. Moreover, R&D is concentrated in a few sectors (pharmaceuticals, aerospace, telecommunications) whereas other forms of intangible activity are much more diffused across the private sector, and much more common across the service sector. Thus much of the incidence of intangibles is not reflected in the R&D statistics.
Before reporting population estimates for investment in intangible assets it is informative to look at the average size of intangible spends by positive responders. Figure 2 shows the summary information from the current survey and comparisons with the previous survey. While the general pattern is similar between the two surveys, it is immediately apparent that the later survey shows a large drop in average spending on R&D.
In Figure 3, the broad industry split reveals that firms in the production sector typically invest larger amounts in R&D than service firms. However the opposite is the case for software, where average expenditure of positive responders in the service sector is four times larger than in the production sector. Compared with the previous survey (see Awano et al (2010), Figure 3) there is some evidence that intangible spending among service sector firms has been more resilient than in the production sector, consistent with the less cyclical nature of services compared with production.
Figure 4 brings together the data on incidence and average expenditure to examine the total population-weighted expenditure of each asset category, and shows the comparable data from 2008. Total expenditure on all six categories of intangible assets is estimated at £33bn, 15% lower than the comparable figure in 2008.
Training was the only category to show an increase in expenditure, rising by 3.5%. This may reflect changes to the questionnaire wording, designed to capture expenditure on on-the-job training. The largest percentage decreases in expenditure occurred in R&D and Business Process Improvement, both of which fell by around two-fifths compared with 2008.
As was the case in the previous survey, software is the largest category of intangible investment, at £10 billion. Reputation and Branding is the next largest (£8.3 billion) followed by training (£7.3 billion) and R&D (£5.7 billion). Expenditures on the categories of Design and Business Process Improvement are both estimated at around £1 billion.
Figure 5 focuses on the split between in-house and purchased accumulation of intangible assets. As expected, this shows that in-house (or own-account) activity is important for all six asset categories, and especially so for Training and R&D. Taking all asset categories together, the share of own-account in total expenditure is about 40 per cent.
Further analysis of the survey results (not reported here for reasons of disclosure) shows that own-account activity is widely distributed across industries and size-class of respondents. This is in contrast with the picture for tangible asset accumulation, where own-account activity is limited to a small number of sectors and the overall share of own-account asset accumulation is low.
It should be noted that the split between in-house and purchased asset accumulation is broadly similar to that of the previous survey except for Software, where there has been a very marked shift towards purchased software, and the share of in-house software has collapsed.
Figure 6 illustrates the split of expenditure between smaller and larger firms as measured by their number of employees. In the population as a whole, employment is split roughly 60:40 between the two categories of 0-499 and 500+ employees (although, in terms of numbers of firms, the larger category represent only around 0.1 per cent of all firms).
Figure 6 shows that spending on Design and on Business Process Improvement is weighted towards smaller firms, while for spending on Reputation & Branding and on R&D there is a bias towards larger firms. This finding for R&D is quite different from the previous survey, where there was a strong bias towards smaller firms.
This, and the big downward revision to R&D expenditure, suggests that while the sample size is larger in this survey than in the previous survey, the random nature of the sample selection process has led to our missing proportionately more of those firms that are actively engaged in R&D.
The expenditure split by broad sector is shown in Figure 7. In interpreting this breakdown of the data it should be borne in mind that the service sector accounts for around 80 per cent of all firms by number, employment and value-added. Hence it is of interest that the production sector "punches above its weight" as far as overall investment in intangible assets is concerned, and especially so in the case of R&D. As in the previous survey we find that investment in Software and in Reputation & Branding is biased towards the service sector, even after allowing for the weight of services in the total population.
One new feature of this survey is that the sample frame was stratified by country (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) as well as by industry and size-class. This allows estimates of expenditure on intangible assets to be broken down by country, as shown in Figure 8. It is not surprising that England dominates the overall picture, although it should be noted that the share of spending by English firms is larger than the English share of firms in the population (86 per cent) and of employment (88 per cent).
The share of intangible spending by Welsh firms is roughly commensurate with their weight in the UK population. But the share of Scottish and Northern Irish firms is materially lower than their population weights. Industry composition may be a factor, but unfortunately, the low number of responses from the smaller countries means that it is not possible to present the country breakdown by industry due to disclosure control. For the same reason we do not present the country breakdown by asset category.
£ billion | 95% confidence intervals |
Training | 5.1 - 9.5 |
Software | 6.8 - 13.1 |
Reputation & Branding | 4.0 - 12.7 |
Design | 0.7 - 1.6 |
Business Process Improvement | 0.6 - 1.1 |
Table 3 reports confidence intervals for the total expenditure estimates for each category of intangible asset. By construction, confidence intervals are inversely proportional to the size of the sample and directly proportional with the mean and variance of sample responses. The comparatively wide confidence interval for Reputation & Branding reflects the lower incidence of this category compared with, say, Software.
As well as questions on expenditure on asset accumulation, respondents to the questionnaire were asked to report on the life lengths of those assets, that is how long a typical investment is expected to deliver business benefits. This information is useful in estimating deprecation rates for each asset category, as well as providing evidence as to whether intangibles should be treated as capital in the system of national accounts.
Survey results for weighted average benefit lives of each asset category are shown in Figure 9, together with the equivalent estimates from the previous survey. Benefit lives of all asset categories are comfortably greater than one year (the de facto cut-off period for the system of national accounts) and there is broad consistency between estimates from the two surveys for most assets. However, benefit lives for Design and BPI are around one year shorter than the previous survey.
The broad sector split (Figure 10) shows the production sector reporting longer benefit lives for all asset categories apart from Design and (marginally) R&D. One interesting feature is the large difference in reported benefit lives for BPI, which was also a feature of the previous survey. There is no material difference in reported benefit lives between smaller and larger firms.
Years | 95% confidence intervals |
Training | 2.4 - 3.0 |
Software | 3.1 - 3.7 |
Reputation & Branding | 2.1 - 3.1 |
Design | 2.5 - 3.3 |
Business Process Improvement | 2.8 - 3.6 |
Confidence intervals around the benefit life estimates are summarised in Table 4. As with the confidence intervals for expenditure, these reflect the number and variability of responses received. This is a factor in the relatively wide interval for R&D, where as we have noted the reported incidence is relatively low.
Awano, G., Franklin, M., Haskel, J. and Kastrinaki, Z. (2010) 'Measuring investment in intangible assets in the UK: results from a new survey', Economic & Labour Market Review, vol 4(7), July.
Corrado, C., Hulten, C. and Sichel, D.(2005) 'Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework', in Measuring Capital in the New Economy, edited by Corrado, Carol, Haltiwanger, John and Sichel, Daniel, National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth, Volume 65, The University of Chicago Press.
Goodridge, P., Haskel, J. and Wallis, G. (2012) 'UK Innovation Index: Productivity and Growth in UK Industries', NESTA Working Paper No. 12/09, July.
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It's the late Sixties, and on the East Coast, Asbury Park, fading as a resort and rent with drugs, crime and racial unrest, looks to become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll. Against the backdrop of a fabled town in trouble, 22-year-old musician Sam Nesbitt, struggles to rid himself of his personal demons, past and present, as he pursues a girl, a mystery and a rock 'n' roll dream.


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Great B&B. Have stayed many times at Grosvenor Lodge and one always gets a lovely welcome. The place is very clean and well decorated. The breakfasts are so large and they cater for all tastes. It's well worth a visit and so convenient for the New Forset and Dorset.
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True Nature Unfolds
There's been an influx lately of bands making relatively straightforward metalcore but with several characteristics that give them a good deal more emotional value. Probably the best of the lot would be Isis, whose Oceanic remains one of the most played albums that I own. Others include the entirely instrumental Pelican, the very powerful Koma, and now the somewhat Christian based Callisto. Traditionally I've found that there's not an abundance of emotion in music that's based on religion (or in music that's expressly antireligious, for that matter), so Callisto is a bit of an anomaly. Their music is mainly slow and very melodic, but always quite intense. The vocals are indistinguishably growled, which is a plus for anyone not interested in hearing their religious message (and I'd imagine that comprises most of their potential audience), but having read through the lyrics, they're not overtly preachy and are more poetic than the lyrics of any other religious band I've ever read (besides possibly Sufjan Stevens, who usually stays very far away from any kind of proselytizing even though he's a Christian artist).
Of the most closely comparable groups listed earlier, Callisto could probably be most accurately described as the direct middle ground between the more streamlined Koma and the often-meandering Isis. Where Koma's average song length is between four and five minutes, Callisto usually stays around the six-minute mark, occasionally going longer. Their longer songs aren't as powerful as those by Isis are, as it seems their ideas are best suited for being only slightly epic in scope. That's no complaint, though, because only two of the songs on True Nature Unfolds are beyond six and a half minutes and only one of those overstays its welcome at all. That song is the nine-minute "Storm," which, at its core, is very good; the beginning and end just stretch on more than necessary.
What's striking about this new movement of metalcore, and what sets it so far apart from the rest of the metalcore scene is that there's tons of eloquence in the songwriting. I've long said that the difference between hardcore and metal is that metal is much more eloquent, but this genre has proven me wrong. It's unmistakably metalcore, but the melodies are often delicate and even the heavier moments are not so much brutal as they are overwhelmingly atmospheric. With True Nature Unfolds, Callisto proves that they have this style down extremely well, and yet they're far more than just mimicry of the other more well-known groups like Isis.
Some highlights on this consistently strong album are "Like Abel's Blood Cried from Revenge," and "Masonic." "Abel's Blood" is very slow and somewhat dreary with anguished screams and sparsely used but pleasant cleanly sung vocals. The melodies are often heart wrenching, particularly the atmospheric lead guitar playing around the three and a half minute mark. "Masonic," on the other hand, is slightly lighter in tone but closer to pure metal. A section that begins in the last minute and a half of the song is almost like doomy progressive rock, with majestic keyboards complimenting a gorgeous melody. Really, though, every track is extremely strong and I can safely say that each listener will find him- or herself identifying with different songs more strongly. Those two happen to be highlights for me, but this isn't by any means the type of album where I'm compelled to skip through the rest of the songs to get to those. It's all pretty damned breathtaking.
The production is entirely suitable, allowing the desired wall of sound to be achieved when necessary but with very clear details left obvious in the quieter portions. The vocals are occasionally slightly low in the mix, but that's not a huge qualm as each song spends most of its duration in instrumental territory. This type of music is better suited for a live environment than for CD, as the sound can completely engulf you in the proper live setting, but True Nature Unfolds sounds about as good as possible for a studio recording.
Musicianship plays an important role in this kind of music, though not in the sense that they require dazzling chops or insanely fast drumming. It's more about playing flawlessly while achieving an extremely natural sound, like there weren't many studio tricks used. In that sense, Callisto succeeds admirably. Every instrument is utilized to its fullest, but the sum is still far greater than each of the parts separately.
The bottom line on True Nature Unfolds is that it will prove an extremely gratifying listen to anyone even remotely interested in the style. Fans of Isis and Pelican should undoubtedly check it out, and people unfamiliar with those bands or this style wouldn't do badly at all to use this album as a starting point. It's destined to get many plays because of its solid songwriting that never seems to get old. If you've only heard the debut EP, Ordeal of the Century, and are hesitant about getting this one, let it be know that this is an extremely vast improvement over that release. The level of maturity has risen more than I would've imagined possible between one release and the next. Callisto goes very highly recommended.


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These crocs were cute, but too wide and too large for my narrow foot.
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Like a cloud!
The worlds BEST and MOST COMFORTABLE shoe. I have bought three pairs of these, each in a different color because I love them so much. They are so durable, they look brand new, no matter how long you wear them. They clean up with just water. Really good tread. I wear them on walks around town. I have worn them on a four day trip to Disneyland and my feet never once felt tired. You can stand for hours on these shoes!. So cute too! You can dress an outfit up or down with them. I always get compliments too. It's like walking on a cloud because they have such great cushion. I love flip flops, but have worn nothing but these this Summer. And your feet don't sweat in them. They also are not tight in any way and don't cut into the tops of your feet.
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Great for people with narrow feet.
I love these shoes, I first bought a pair about a year ago and bought down a size witch actually fit pretty good, gave that pair to my mom who has trouble with a protruding bone on the inside of her left foot where the shoe opens up. She seems to love them although they are a little tight and rub the pinky toe raw due to it being narrow at the toes (same goes for me on that part of the shoe). She still wears them and I bought this pair for myself, but I am having trouble with my foot getting wider and am not so sure I can continue to wear them. They look GREAT with jeans and I wish CROCs would make them wider in the with were the toes are for people with wider feet. I still wear them occasionally.
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I could hardly wait for this one to arrive and ever since it's been my go to foot wear. They are on my feet constantly. Love love love this sandal.
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