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Many of those powerless residents are now asking hard questions of the area's power monopoly, which has spent millions of dollars fighting policies that would have strengthened the grid in the event of a major storm like Irma and, more broadly, stemmed the carbon-fueled climate change likely fueling monster storms.
"I am one of the many that has now been without power for more than two days as a result of Hurricane Irma," Elise McKenna, a West Palm Beach resident, told New Times via email. "My confusion came when so many of us lost power during the early hours of the storm that basically avoided us. We've been told time and time again that rate increases were to help prepare us for future storms."
McKenna is far from alone. FPL's workers on the ground seem to be doing all they can to fix downed lines and restore power to homes, and they deserve huge credit for working around the clock in awful conditions.
But the company's corporate and government-relations wings have serious questions to answer this week after quashing regulations that could have made the energy grid stronger at a slight expense to FPL's billion-dollar bottom line.
Hurricane Wilma, the last 'cane to hit South Florida, tore through the area in 2005 and killed power to 3.24 million of FPL's then-4.3 million customers (75 percent of the grid). Many of those customers had to wait up to two weeks for power to return. Since then, the company has spent more than $2 billion supposedly girding itself against the next storm, according to a Sun Sentinel piece published before Irma hit.
But after Irma, which by most reports brought only Category 1-strength winds to South Florida, by some measures the company did even worse. Despite all of those upgrades, an even larger percentage of FPL's customer base - 4.4 of 4.9 million customers, almost 90 percent - lost electricity this past weekend.
Granted, Wilma and Irma were different storms: Irma was larger and raked South Florida with its powerful dirty side. During Wilma, many Miamians were trapped without power for two weeks or more, and FPL promises it will fix most of Florida's east coast within a week. But the company also says harder-hit customers on the state's Gulf Coast could be out of power for 12 days or more. The same would likely have been true in Miami had Irma's eye wall churned through Dade County instead of Naples.
Even worse, some of FPL's highly touted storm-ready technology didn't work after Irma.
Before the hurricane hit, FPL directed residents to regularly check its mobile app and online service map to see if their homes had power - but on Tuesday, FPL was forced to apologize after many residents said they were either unable to access the map or were repeatedly given inaccurate information. (Two New Times reporters were given wrong info this week - one was told her power was back on, only to travel home and find out she was still in the dark.)
"Communication systems across Florida were impacted by Irma, causing issues with our reporting systems," FPL's website said Tuesday. "We apologize if you were provided with incorrect status updates. We ask that you please re-report your outage if your power is still out."
The fiasco, naturally, has angered some Floridians, who are already fairly ornery after being trapped in homes without air conditioning and hot water for multiple days.
"The website gives no indication as to when individuals can expect power to be restored," McKenna, the reader in West Palm, says. "Their official, blanket statement says 'end of the upcoming weekend.' How are things this bad after tropical storm winds and spotty Cat 1 gusts? FPL is not doing right by our community, and no one is doing anything about it."
On Tuesday, FPL President Eric Silagy asked "folks to be patient" with the company after the storm.
But many Floridians wonder if the large number of residents without power and flubbed website are just the latest signs that the company has spent way too much on lobbying and government affairs and not nearly enough on hurricane-proofing the power grids it maintains in some of the most storm-prone areas of the world.
FPL and its parent company, NextEra Energy, have for years heavily influenced state and local politics through donations, making billions in profits each year ($1.7 billion alone in 2016) thanks to favorable state laws that are sometimes literally written by the power company's own lobbyists.
FPL's lobbying wing has fought hard against letting Floridians power their own homes with solar panels. Thanks to power-company rules, it's impossible across Florida to simply buy a solar panel and power your individual home with it. You are instead legally mandated to connect your panels to your local electric grid.
More egregious, FPL mandates that if the power goes out, your solar-power system must power down along with the rest of the grid, robbing potentially needy people of power during major outages.
"Renewable generator systems connected to the grid without batteries are not a standby power source during an FPL outage," the company's solar-connection rules state. "The system must shut down when FPL's grid shuts down in order to prevent dangerous back feed on FPL's grid. This is required to protect FPL employees who may be working on the grid."
Astoundingly, state rules also mandate that solar customers include a switch that cleanly disconnects their panels from FPL's system while keeping the rest of a home's power lines connected. But during a disaster like the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, FPL customers aren't allowed to simply flip that switch and keep their panels going. (But FPL is, however, allowed to disconnect your panels from the grid without warning you. The company can even put a padlock on it.)
The law winds up forcing residents to remain reliant on the state's private power companies. For now, solar-panel owners can still get something out of the law, in that the "net-metering" provision lets you sell excess power back to the company. The provision also lets power companies charge a $400 or $1,000 application fee for consumers who want to install systems more powerful than 10 kilowatts.
But if power companies had their way, the net-metering law would vanish tomorrow. Both FPL and its trade association, the Edison Electric Institute, have spent millions trying to kill that net-metering law and instead win the right to charge you for installing your own solar-panel system. In 2016, FPL spent more than $8 million on Amendment 1, a ballot initiative that industry insiders admitted was written to trick customers into giving up their rights to solar power. The law's language would have paved the way for Florida to kill net-metering rules.
This past April, the Energy and Policy Institute caught an FPL lobbyist straight-up drafting anti-solar laws for Fort Myers state Rep. Ray Rodrigues, who also took a $15,000 campaign contribution from FPL this year.
Thanks to power-company influence, one of America's sunniest states lags far behind the rest of the nation when it comes to solar adoption.
FPL has also resisted some seemingly foolproof solutions to avoid storm outages, such as burying more lines. In a city that names its sports teams for hurricanes, a huge portion of FPL's power lines still sit above-ground and get blown apart even in tropical storm conditions.
The company's stubborn stance on burying lines has been on full display in an ongoing fight over 88 miles of new power lines it wants to build connecting to the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station in Homestead. That battle has dragged on for the better part of this decade, all because FPL has refused to bury lines. In 2014, the energy-friendly Gov. Rick Scott said FPL could move ahead with the project, but local governments sued. This year, FPL and the City of Miami settled their suit, and the company agreed to bury five miles of lines as long as the city dropped the rest of its complaints. The settlement meant a different, larger stretch of lines would remain above-ground for the next 40 years.
Bigger picture, FPL has also resisted solutions that would cut down on its carbon footprint in a state disproportionately affected by sea-level-rise- and climate-change-fueled monster storms.
Instead of funneling money toward those extremely basic fixes, FPL has instead forced the public to pay for massive fossil-fuel and nuclear-energy plant upgrades. The company hiked rates by more than $811 million last year to build a back-up natural-gas power plant and is urging state regulators to hand the company a blank check to build two new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point. Those upgrades don't really help when power lines are blown to shreds, and both plants will end up spewing carbon pollution into the air. Hurricane Irma marks yet another moment to question whether Florida's four regulated, private power monopolies make any sense in a world threatened by climate change.
According to a March 2016 news release announcing a rate hike, FPL has apparently been studying the damage major storms such as Wilma and Hurricane Sandy caused to various electric grids:
FPL's updated storm hardening plan, also filed with the [Public Service Commission] today, outlines the company's 2016-2018 grid-strengthening initiatives, which build on the successes of improvements made since the program began in 2006 and incorporate lessons learned from major storms, such as 2012's Superstorm Sandy. By strengthening power lines and related infrastructure, hardening initiatives are designed to reduce outages and enable FPL to restore power for customers and help local communities recover more quickly when severe weather strikes.But residents are now still asking why, if FPL had a decade to prepare for Irma, most of Miami's power grid went dead so quickly in Cat 1 conditions after 12 years of so-called resiliency efforts.
This past Tuesday, a New Times reporter toured the Little River Mobile Home Park on NW 79th Street in Miami. Peter Jean, a jovial resident who grew up in Haiti, pointed at a busted-up jumble of power lines and said that in the early hours of Sunday morning, the lines snapped and sparked a small fire in the trailer park.
"Some of us tried to call FPL," Jean said. "Nobody came. Even now, no one has come."
Jerry Iannelli is Miami New Times' daily-news reporter. He graduated with honors from Temple University. He then earned his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He moved to South Florida in 2015.


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Six of the Best Food Tours in New England
With its rich history and diverse cultural influences it's no surprise that New England has long been among America's top regions for foodies — and today there are more ways than ever before for visitors to explore the culinary charms of the six states. Throughout the region a wide range of food tours are now available, some focusing on specific types of produce, others on the ethnic traditions behind local culinary hotspots. Here are six of the best ways to get a taste of New England…
Massachusetts — Discover Boston's 'Little Italy'
Michele Topor was one of America's first foodie guides. Resident in Boston's North End for more than 40 years and designed her 'North End Market Tour' to help visitors appreciate the traditions of the city's de facto Little Italy district. On the tour visitors learn more about America's oldest Italian community and how its classic dishes have been adapted to a new country, visit an authentic salumeria in search of the best olive oils, balsamic vinegars and fresh cheeses, and discover the pasticcerias offering the best biscotti, amaretti, cannoli and other specialities. Tours are priced at $54 plus tax. www.bostonfoodtours.com/north-end/
Connecticut — A New Haven for Foodies
The state of Connecticut has a burgeoning food scene and nowhere illustrates this better than New Haven. New England's sixth-largest city is located on the shore of Long Island Sound and has become a gourmet getaway for many New Yorkers. Here, historian Colin M. Caplan leads a range of culinary walking tours such as the 'On 9' Tour. Based around the city's Ninth Square, participants get an introduction to local produce at the co-operative Elm City Market before some heading to a number of different local eateries to experience amazing Italian, Indian and Malaysia food tastings paired with wine, beer and cocktails. The 'On 9' tour is priced at $55 plus tax. www.tasteofnewhaven.com
Maine — Lobster & More in Bar Harbor
The town of Bar Harbor is perhaps best known as the gateway to beautiful Acadia National Park, but it's also among Maine's top foodie hotspots. On a 'Savor Bar Harbor' walking tour participants visit seven different local establishments renowned for their unique offerings. Sample (of course) Maine mini-lobster rolls and award-winning lobster bisque, as well as artisan cheeses, home-made blueberry muffins, farm ice cream and much more! 'Savor Bar Harbor' (priced at $46) is operated by Maine Foodie Tours, who also run dedicated food tours in Kennebunkport and Portland. www.mainefoodietours.com
New Hampshire — Restaurant Heaven in a Historic Seaport
The historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has one of the highest concentrations of restaurants per capita in the whole of the US — so where better to enjoy some of New England's favourite foods? Portsmouth Eats offers a 'Best of Portsmouth' walking and tasting tour that visits five top local establishments, where participants meet with the owner or chef to learn more about the history and inspiration behind their success. And of course, they get to sample dishes including award-winning pizza and chowder voted the best in New England. 'Best of Portsmouth' is priced at $40. www.portsmouth-eats.com
Rhode Island — An Immigrant Experience
The biggest city in America's smallest state, Providence boasts a number of top culinary schools and long-established Italian foodie influences. But that's not the whole picture. Rhody Food Tours' new 'Immigrant Cuisines of Providence' tour takes visitors to four immigrant-owned restaurants, where they will meet the owners and learn more about the ingredients and cooking methods unique to each culinary tradition — eating authentic Japanese, Bolivian, Mexican and Indian dishes as they go. A fifth stop at award-winning CAV restaurant includes the chance to meet some of the USA's finest young culinary talent. 'Immigrant Cuisines of Providence' is priced at $50. www.rhodyfoodtours.com
Vermont — Explore the Connection Between Taste & Place
In Vermont, where a thriving field-to-fork ethos exists, cuisine is all about the farm. In Burlington, local food and wine expert Chris Howell hosts a range of driving tours including a 'Vermont Farm Tour' which explores the connection between taste and place. Over the course of a day participants visit three different farms, enjoying tastings of local bread, cheese, vegetables and wine; also included is a cheese-making lesson and a three-course picnic lunch with yet more local delicacies to be sampled. The full day tour is priced from $125. www.vermontfarmtours.com
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La Cachette
Avocado, tomato, goat cheese raviolini, house dressing and beet jus
Candied apples, walnut & mustard dressing
Warm goat cheese, caesar balsamic dressing
Frisee, persian cucumber, brillat-savarin, tapenade basil oil
Organic poached egg and sherry garlic bacon vinaigrette
Creme fraiche and fingerling potatoes
Fuji apple, sorrel and leek curry sauce
Apples and veal jus
In jus and mustard fruit
Garlic butter and croutons
Haricots verts and sauce grenobloise
Mix spices broth appetizer with fries
Mix spices broth entrees with fries
Rouille and toast
With organic chili paste and toast appetizerwith fries
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Red onions, arugula, tomato, bacon, mushroom duxelle, house spread, fries
With condiments and toast appetizer
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Carrots, onions, english peas and potatoes
With apple, mashed potatoes and tapenade jus
Potato croquettes and caper veal jus
Eggplant caviar, zucchini and lamb jus
Polenta and braising jus
With garlic butter and pepper sauce
With herb pesto & olives
Creme fraiche, cucumber
With wasabi ginger mashed potatoes
Pickled vegetables and toast
Topped with foie gras terrine
Onions and corn blini
Creme fraiche and feta
With mushrooms and natural jus
With rhubarb gelee and toast
Vegetable relish and roasted garlic
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Avocado, tomato, goat cheese raviolini, house dressing
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Croutons and la cachette's caesar dressing
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Tomato, avocado, cucumber, herb lemon olive oil
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What sets Dundas Dentistry apart is our exceptional level of service, our professional and knowledgeable staff, and our level of clinical expertise. Our innovative use of technology and design used in our dental practice allows us to provide the highest level of dental care available so that our patients reap the benefits.
The Dundas Dentistry team is dedicated to providing personalized dental care to each and every patient as per his or her unique needs. As well,Dundas Dentistry strives to maintain long-lasting patient relationships built on trust and unparalleled dental care. We take pride in ensuring our patients are comfortable, relaxed, and kept 'in the loop' about all procedures leaving no room for surprises. A well informed patient leads to a happy dental experience.
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Top Toys For 9 Month Old Babies
The top toys for 9 - 12 month old babies
Choosing the best toys for 9 month old babies can be a daunting task, especially if this is your first child or you are buying a gift for someone else. Maybe you are planning for baby's 1st birthday or Christmas, or spending money that you received as a gift.
During the first year of life babies develop quickly, from a helpless and immobile baby to an ever increasingly confident and mobile infant, which can make choosing toys for a 9 month old all the more perplexing.
To help you to make the right choices when buying toys for a 9 month old baby I have included a recap of the developmental stages that babies go through between nine and twelve months of age.
I hope that my selection of top toys for toys for 9 month old babies will give you some ideas when you are buying presents for your own 9 - 12 month old child.
VTech Sit to Stand Learning Walker
9 - 12 Month Babies
Toys that aid mobility, such as baby walkers and push along toys will be very much welcomed by your baby, who will love to be able to stand and see the world from a very different perspective.
The VTech Baby First Steps Baby Walker, the same walker with a different name, is available for UK shoppers.
VTech Sit to Stand Walker
A baby walker and activity centre combined, this Sit To Stand Walker from VTech will provide hours of entertainment for your increasingly mobile baby.
This version of the walker is supplied with "Frustration Free Packaging" which means no excess packaging or fiddly ties and wires to cut through before you can assemble the walker.
Chiquitito had one of these for his first Christmas and it was an instant success. He walked about 6 weeks after getting this walker but I think he probably would have walked almost as quickly on his own as he was already a confident cruiser at eight and a half months.
I did think that maybe buying him a walker had been a mistake, and he wouldn't get his use out of it, espescially with him walking so soon after he got it. However, I was glad to be proved wrong. He loved the activity element that this sit to stand walker provides, and even after we gave it to a friend with a baby, when he was turned 2, he still loved to play with it whenever we visited.
The activity center is a fantastic idea, as it actually remnoves from the walking frame, which means it can be used by babies who are not yet mobile, by older toddlers who do not need the walking support - and on occasions when you do not want your baby to be mobile.
Whether you are looking for a baby walker or an activity centre I can thoroughly recommend this VTech walker, and am sure that your little one will be just as delighted with it as mine was.
Video Review of Vtech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker
Toys For 9 Month Old Babies
Do you prefer traditional or electronic toys for babies?
VTech Crawl and Learn Ball
Vtech Crawl and Learn Ball
9 -12 Month Development
By 9 months of age most babies will be mobile, to some degree. Whether they can roll over, wriggle across the floor, shuffle on their bottom, crawl, cruise around the furniture or are already taking their first tentative steps, your baby is getting ready to become fully mobile over the next six to nine months.
Nine month old babies become more mobile as each day passes, and this
Move and Crawl Ball will encourage them to develop their crawling skills. The bawl is motorized and as it moves across the floor your little one will be tempted to follow it. It has ribbon tabs on the top, which will give your baby something to reach for as they follow it.
Made by top toy maker Vtech, the Crawl and Learn Ball is designed for babies up to the age of 2 years old, and has plenty of activities to keep your increasingly mobile baby occupied.
As well as teaching your baby about shapes and numbers, it also introduces popular animal names and sounds.
Fisher Price Rock and Stack
9-12 Month Development
Another area of development is spatial awareness, not just their own body, but how things fit together.
Toys like stacking cups that can go inside one another and on top of each other and balls that can be rolled will become firm favourites between 9 and 12 months of age.
Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Rock-a-Stack
The Brilliant Basics Rock-a-Stack from Fisher Price is a a true design classic that has delighted babies and toddlers for many years.
I bought it for Chiquitito's first Christmas, when he was 9 months old, and he was still happily playing with it two years later.
For a long time however, he didn't play with it as you would expect. He loved to take the rings off and play a game that involved sitting opposite someone else, at a distance of maybe ten feet, rolling the rings to each other.
This resulted in a lot of squealing and excitement.
By the time he was 18 months of age the rolling games had stopped and he loved to stack use it as a stacking toy.
Good old fashioned styled toys are the kind of toys that never go out of fashion, and can be past down from child to child.
Radio Flyer 4 in 1 Trike
Radio Flyer 4 in 1 Trike
9-12 Month Development
Babies at this age love to be on the move and they love to be able to see what's going on.
Learning to crawl and walk is a tiring business so ride on toys provide the perfect alternative.
With easy to grip dual handles, a weight capacity of 49 pounds (22.2 kgs) and a 3 point safety harness, the Radio Flyer 4 in 1 trike is suitable to be used from around 9 months to 5 years of age, and for younger children it could take the place of a stroller.
The trike easily converts to each of its four incarnations: stroller, steering trike, learning trike, and lastly a classic tricycle.
Chiquitito had a tricycle for his second birthday but I really regret not buying him one of these for his first birthday.
if you would like to read more reviews on trikes then. I can recommend reading The Top Toddler Trike Reviews.
Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy
9-12 Month Development
Music is important for babies of this age and they love songs - espescially those with actions. They also love rhythm and will begin to respond to it by swaying to the rhythm and "singing" along.
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Babies love to hear sounds, whether it be speech or music. With seven classical tunes that have been chosen to appeal to babies, the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes is an ideal first musical toy.
The fun and bright easy to grip handle is made to look like a caterpillar and has the added bonus of three moving colored rings.
When Chiqutito was around a year old he loved anything that made a noise (well, actually he still does at 3+) and his Take Along Tunes was a definite favorite. Not only did he love the music but he also loved to shake it like a rattle and it got very well chewed whilst he was teething.
From a parents point of view I loved that it had a volume control and an off switch - you would be amazed at how many babies toys don't - and used plastic linking rings on the handle to keep it attached to the stroller when we were out, which was much less stressful than trying to locate a dropped toy in the mall!
Have you found the perfect toy for your 9 month old?
Nice selection of toys for a nine months old baby.
This article will be helpful for young moms for christmas gifts ideas.
I need to send this to my sister in law! Great find!
The 'Sit to Stand Walker' is probably the most important toy in this list list for a 9 month old. Anything to help them build the coordination and skills to begin walking. Thanks!
Having my first child in May and it sure can be daunting to pick out baby toys. Thank you for the guide! :)
Really good selection of toys for 9 month old baby. I highly recommend the Activity Walker - my daughter had one and she did her first steps with 9 monts, with 10 months walking was a piace of cake:).
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Austria (Part One)
Austria Round about 1994
I will be brief with this little holiday as I haven't kept a diary of it and my memory is now a bit sketchy.
We had started our holiday life with a cheap holiday to Austria way back in 1994 or somewhere close to then after seeing an advert offering a seven day trip at a very silly price. Just before we went on the trip, the travel company phoned us up saying that the 7 day trip was no longer available and did we want a 10 day trip at the same price. How could we refuse?
After getting up at silly o'clock we joined the coach on a cold morning at 2.30am at Preston Bus Station. It was a 30 hour coach trip which seemed to call at every village and town in England before the ferry across to France. It even called into the middle of a housing estate at a courier's home to collect Tea, Coffee, Sugar etc. for the journey. We finally arrived, exhausted and bedraggled at our hotel in Maurach near Lake Achensee at 8.30am the following day
After booking in and reporting to our holiday representative (Philippe) we spent the rest of the day trying to catch upon our sleep. Philippe had arranged a ten pin bowling match at a nearby hotel as a "get to know our fellow travellers" evening. It was here where we met Tony and Michelle for the first time. I was the scorer for our bowling team and Michelle was my opposite number on the other team. During the course of the evening, Michelle accused me of cheating a number of times, but only in good fun (I think) and the four of us got along very well.
During our first breakfast at the hotel, Philippe was arranging days out so we signed up for some, but not all of them. After breakfast we decided to do a little local exploring and went for a walk around the lake.
I think, at this point, I will just mention that, because we have been to Austria twice and went to a number of the same places on both holidays, I will only write about those visits in the 2009 trip. That way you won't get too bored!! (I hope).
Salzburg. Sound of Music area. (Twice)
Innsbruck. (Twice) It rained on both trips. Olympic Ski Slope on first trip only.
Coach trip to Italy. Just over the border into either Brennero or Vipiteno Sterzing (take your pick. The only thing I remember about the trip was we were being encouraged to buy wine. The courier must have been on commission from the shops. First trip only.
Mayrhofen. The devil's bridge (Finkenberg) (Twice)
Austria 2009.
Because we had only taken one week's holiday so far this year, (the one in Tenerife), we decided that we owed it to ourselves to creep off for another week towards the end of the year. After much soul searching and deliberations, we finally settled for a week in Austria. As we had been before, it was decided that we would take someone else with us and Darren (our son) and his partner Rob were chosen. It's me being selfish again like in Cyprus, Darren does the driving and I sit back and enjoy the view.
Saturday 12th Sept.
Early start with the taxi picking us up at 4.30 am. Nice ride to the airport, very quick through security etc. then had to put up with a half hour delay due to congestion with air traffic and bad weather over Innsbruck. Immediately after take off, we were told that there would be no tea or coffee served as the caterers didn't put any on the plane. We weren't really bothered too much as it's only a short flight to Innsbruck. It was then a 90 minute coach transfer to Mayrhofen where we soon settled into our very clean and spacious rooms before heading back out again to find a hire car for our wanderings. We had very little choice of car hire companies. One, to be precise. They knew it and charged us an arm and a leg. €350 for a scrappy little Ford Fiesta and for only 5 days. Back into the village and expensive evening meal. We are going to have to be careful with our pennies!!
Sunday 13th Sept.
It was a funny old day today. A lot of wandering back and forward. It started off well enough with an excellent continental breakfast. Bread Rolls, Butter, Honey, Pate, Boiled Eggs, Orange Juice and as much coffee as we could drink. We then went and confirmed the hire car for tomorrow until Friday. After sorting that out, we had a steady stroll to the next village where they were having a
After we all had breakfast it was a brief walk to the garage to collect our hire car. For some reason or other, we had to swop it for a Peugeot 207. (Not to worry, it seems a good little car). Off on our
journey, calling at the Swarovski Museum in Wattens along the way. A fascinating place with some incredibly expensive jewellery for sale in the gift shop.
When we had finished dreaming, it was on to Innsbruck where Diane and I retraced our steps of our original trip here many moons ago. We even found the Golden Roof again. ()n the first trip, we visited the Olympic Ski Ramp. The picture in the gallery is shrouded in rain). On the way back, we detoured via Achensee to see the hotel where we stayed last time. Did I mention that it poured with rain the whole time we were in Innsbruck. It was exactly the same as the first time we went there. (Must stop going there, it's trying to tell us something!)


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glued on photo as found. The left edge margin of the
album page remains uncut as shown. There are paper
corner mounts on reverse side from a removed photo.
The newspaper clipping will be included. It is not
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reads in part: "Health day exercises were held at the
East Millbury School, Wheelock Avenue.
The health kings
and queens were selected for good health, posture,
weight and teeth by the teachers, the school nurse and
the physical director..."
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as all school officials involved with the program.
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The children are wearing crowns and tiaras and they all
look very proud! Many smiles!
Lovely early photo to display on a bookcase.
Perfect page for framing as is...as found.
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One thing I always remember wanting was a Blue Peter Badge; only problem I was never very industrious and never put the effect in, into getting one.
This is unlike my youngest daughter, who has just been awarded a badge for an acrostic poem which she wrote.
Unfortunately the poem was written by hand and she can't remember the whole thing, so it can't be repeated here.
But here's her Blue Peter Badge.
Friday, 9 September 2011
When I was a kid...
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Susan Cornish, Ph.D., Joins Phoenix Marketing International
Working in the Travel, Leisure, and Entertainment Sector, Susan Brings Brand, Positioning, and Customer Loyalty Expertise, and Relationship Leveraging Know-How
(PRWEB) October 24, 2012
Phoenix Marketing International (Phoenix), one of the fastest growing global marketing research firms, announced today the appointment of Susan Cornish, PhD, as a Vice President based in its Somerset, NJ and Atlanta, GA offices.
With 18 years of experience at both global and boutique research suppliers and 4 years at a major research university, Susan has a strong background in research methodology and has worked closely with major clients in the travel, retail, CPG, and restaurant sectors. In the travel industry, Susan has been responsible for client relationships, research design, and managing the research team for numerous clients in hospitality, airlines, online travel services, a national travel association, convention and tourist bureaus, amusement parks, and transportation. Susan specializes in helping clients identify target markets, differentiate and position their brands, improve service, and understand the drivers of customer loyalty, retention, and ROI using leading edge research approaches designed to develop actionable insights and address key business decisions.
John Antonello, Managing Director of Travel, Leisure, and Entertainment at Phoenix, said of Susan: "Susan has cultivated and managed long-term relationships with many prestigious clients within the travel, retail, and CPG sectors. She has keen understanding of brand equity and positioning research, market segmentation, customer satisfaction and loyalty, analytical techniques, and new methods such as mobile research. We have heard first-hand rave reviews from shared clients who value Susan's expertise and her ability to offer strong research design and data interpretation to drive business decisions. We are extremely pleased to have her join our growing team and look forward to her contribution."
Dr. Allen R. DeCotiis, Chairman of Phoenix, added, "One of the important reasons why Susan joined our organization is our culture: an entrepreneurial environment founded on decentralized principles with absolutely no hint of 'corporateness.' Our culture isn't the result of evolution but was purposely put in place on our first day of operation many years ago because we wanted our research staff to know they could spend their time thinking about the research."
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It's no secret that when it comes to customer service, consumers want to get what they need when and how they want it. Technology and social media have made the customer that much more impatient. It's the job of the service providers to develop technology that can serve their customers better without necessarily increasing their customer care costs. This is called self-service automation.
The first examples of self-service automation started in the late 1980s with the advent of touch-tone signaling and the corresponding automation of some of the telephone services previously handled by live agents. Then speech recognition technology became ready for prime time, and some of the services moved from the "press-one-for-this-press-two-for-that" system to the modern "please tell me the reason you are calling," which involves the most advanced natural language recognition technology. However, in spite of the dramatic technological advances, these systems still possess some glitches, especially when it relates to understanding foreign accents or speech in noisy conditions. In addition, there are only a few things you can do with a standard phone: push keys or speak. IVR (Interactive Voice Response) technology, to date, has tried to provide automation while coping with those limitations. But, with the development of smartphones, even IVR technology is having a difficult time keeping up with the display screens of more advanced devices. Smartphones require more than just speech interaction -- and new technology must leverage these devices for better customer interactions.
Smartphones are revolutionizing everything we do and how we do it, including the way people communicate. Today, people are doing much more than talking on these devices – they browse the Web, manage e-mails and send text messages. According to a survey conducted by the Wireless Association (CTIA), text messaging continues to grow at an unprecendented rate with almost five billion messages being sent and received per day at the end of 2009.Today, 25 percent of U.S. households do not have a landline telephone and rely exclusively on a mobile phone. Reports estimate that in 2009, 65 percent of consumers used their mobile phone to call customer care, and that 62 percent of users who bypass the automated IVR would like the opportunity to use their mobile phone screen for guidance and task completion. On top of that, 54.3 million smartphones were sold just in 1Q 2010, which is 17.3 percent of all mobile phones sold. A report from Gartner forecasts that the number of smartphones will grow from 179 million in 2009 to 525 million in 2012. Ever since smartphones came onto the scene, they have been revolutionizing everything we do and the way we do it.
Smartphones possess many capabilities for its users. Voice is no longer the only primary mode of communication; smartphones include text, touch and visual inputs and outputs. The array of applications provided by such mobile devices allow for customers to choose which mode of communication works best for them. The greatest advantage is that smartphones are mobile and always connected to the Internet, thus customers are able to stay connected and retrieve information when and where they need it.
The smartphone revolution is happening now and it's happening fast. How will this change customer care? Let's imagine for a moment, you need to solve a problem with your service provider. Instead of picking up the phone and dialing an 800 number to either wait in line for a live agent or to try to communicate your inquiry to a machine, you can now pick up your smartphone and find an icon on your screen with your service provider's brand. Once the app is activated, you will be greeted by a menu of links that, when chosen, will bring you to where you can see your question answered. With the recent advances in mobile voice search, you can also speak your queries to your smartphone and get the answer you are looking for in a matter of seconds. And you can enter text or tap to navigate the menu. This natural interface provides us with friendly choices designed to ease and quicken our customer service.
Such interactions with your smartphone device are seamless between channels, enabling multi-modal interactions. For instance, after you say or text "why is my bill so high?" and your bill appears on the front of your screen, you can then tap on the issue and resolve it immediately. With this system, you can even speak to a "real" human agent by tapping on a button on the display screen and receive a phone call from an agent in minutes.
Unlike some of the telephone based automated systems of the past, smartphone device applications using touch, text and talk interaction are fast and easy to use. Rather than fighting with time, we can rest assured that with mobile customer service, time is on our side.
Roberto Pieraccini is Chief Technology Officer at SpeechCycle, a global leader in Customer Experience Management solutions. He has been at the leading edge of spoken dialog technology for more than 25 years, both in research as well as in the development of commercial applications.


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China is home to a grueling test that has been dubbed by many as the world's most stressful exam. The exam aka "Gaokao" is held every year and sees ten million students take the test at countless locations throughout China for a place in the National College. So basically, it is an entrance exam to university life in China and students are sorted into universities and fields based on their performance in this test. One-fourth of these unfortunate students don't make the cut, and they can't pursue university studies while an even larger number is unable to get into the program of their choice.
Due to this level of stakes, widespread cheating has been observed leading to stricter invigilation practices than before. The city of Luoyang will now employ surveillance drones that are equipped with anti-cheating technology to help the swathes of students taking the test in the city. Local authorities tested the system last Friday, and they hope that this automation will help in preventing students from cheating. A lot of tablets, smartphones, and other electronic devices have been recovered from cheating students in recent years so the drone carries a radio signal interceptor that can intercept communication from these devices and confiscate them.
The drone will have to work for the exam spread in two days. It is a nationwide event in China when even big cities come to a standstill position. Local Chinese authorities believe that the drone will also induce fear in the students of getting caught and, therefore, they will abstain from such illegal activities. The drone's voice can be heard from some distance so it is safe to say that the student will stop cheating the moment its buzzing starts. But what about the increase in stress due to the presence of such imposing machines in the air? It seems that the students will have to deal with it along with poor examination conditions.


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It has been over a decade since foreign exchange showed the first signs of gaining wider attention as an asset class in its own right. Even though this change in attitudes coincides roughly with the rapid growth of the online forex industry, I think the connection between the two are incidental, both having taken place amidst far greater changes that have fundamentally altered our economic horizons. A number of contributing factors; economic, technological and cultural, have played a huge hand in currencies transitioning from a mere medium of exchange to an increasingly attractive asset class.
The past few decades have seen the rise of a truly global economy, as well as the erosion of national boundaries due to the widespread adoption of information technologies. These technologies have made good on the promise of connecting us irrespective of geographic or cultural distance. It's also important to keep in mind that all this has only really been possible since the official end of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1973, which in many ways marked the beginning of globalisation. Untethering the world's currencies from the US dollar and allowing them to float freely was the one of the first steps toward the highly liquid, highly efficient global forex market we have today, whose present infrastructure depends on information technology. The cultural changes that globalisation has brought with it (as the economic and technological pieces of this puzzle have fallen into place) can be thought of as the third prong of this process. These factors are inseparable; they are interrelated and highly symbiotic.
One of the consequences of globalisation has been that FX is now an unavoidable part of how we do business. Whether this involves possessing sufficient foreign exchange reserves to settle invoices for imports, to adequately hedge against rising prices and market volatility, or to repatriate funds at the correct times; FX, now more than ever, is the key to maintaining a competitive edge for many businesses.
In addition to this, the past few decades have seen the rise of an ever more global investment landscape. Investors seeking further diversity in their portfolios have achieved this this by investing further afield (a process no-doubt aided by the increased availability of timely, high quality information). Investments such as these require foreign exchange transactions and this requirement necessitates the development of strategies. As exchange rates and currency fluctuations have figured more heavily in the calculations of investors we have also seen the development of increasingly complex FX derivatives.
The above examples cast FX in something of a secondary role, an unavoidable part of global commerce. However, the first decade of the new Millennium saw this balance shifting as a number of circumstances converged to make traditional asset classes far less attractive to investors. The bursting of the Dotcom bubble in 1999-2001 had the effect of wiping-out a great deal of the tech-related growth that had taken place in the mid-to-late-1990s. The stock market crash of 2000-2002 removed a further $5 trillion from the equity markets. This period also coincided with the September 11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers in 2001, and of course we are still recovering from the financial crisis at the tail end of that decade. Notwithstanding the buoyant effects that quantitative easing has had on the equity markets since the 2008 crisis, the 2000s have largely been characterised by the underperformance of traditional assets, and non-traditional asset classes such as FX becoming more attractive to investors seeking alpha.
All of the above, as well as the introduction of the Euro in 1999, which when paired with the US dollar rapidly became the most tradable financial instrument the world had ever seen, have contributed to the FX market's daily turnover going from just over half a trillion dollars in 1989 to $5.4 trillion in April of 2013. This growth is as clear a representation of the forward march of globalisation as any.
Retail FX, being in some ways a microcosm of the broader FX market, has exhibited similar patterns of growth and has been dependent on the same underlying conditions. The same economic, technological and cultural developments noted above have been the prime movers behind the rapid growth of our own industry. We have seen a nascent retail sector which was costly to enter, illiquid, latency-ridden, and stacked the odds significantly in the broker's favour; evolve into an affordable, democratic, highly liquid and transparent market. What took over a hundred years of development in the case of the equities markets, took the FX market around 40 years, and has been achieved by retail FX in about a decade.
Innovations such as algorithmic trading, born out of the interests of high finance, have rapidly been made available to the retail space, helping broaden the options of individual traders and increase the volumes of brokers. Recently the copy-trading phenomenon has brought countless new participants to a market that would otherwise have been difficult for many of them to enter. The fact, however, remains that forex brokerages are businesses with bottom lines, and so our industry is always going to have to contend with certain offerings that create profits in the short term, only to damage the reputation of the industry in the longer term.
We have been outspoken about the use of bonuses to elicit deposits, and regard such promotions as fundamentally at odds with the direction the FX industry has been moving in. It is counterproductive for retail FX to be using models developed by the online gambling industry because any association with "the house" is damaging to an industry that has otherwise worked hard and invested heavily to make itself as transparent as possible. Recently EU regulators, including CySEC and the FCA, have moved to clarify their positions on the use of bonuses. While not openly condemning their use, the circulars released indicate that the way they are presently being marketed contravene certain EU directives.
We feel the same way about certain products being offered in the space. Binary options, for instance, have taken the world of online trading by storm over the past few of years, and have effectively capitalised on the appetite for trading among individuals not prepared for the intricacies of forex. The adoption of binary options by many retail FX brokers can be seen as an extension of the use of bonuses, in that it's a trend that has gained traction because it can be wildly profitable for brokers, but one that harms the industry as a whole because it is far closer to gambling than it is to trading. The reason for this is that binary options on gold or Apple stock, or EUR/USD are perfectly interchangeable with binary options on tennis rankings, or album chart positions. No need for orders to leave a broker's books, no need for liquidity providers, no need, in fact, for anything other than risk analysts seeing to it that the broker takes the lion's share of the spoils every time.
At FxPro we have eschewed developments that we regard as gimmicks. Our goal has been to only adopt technologies and fund the development of products that we feel add genuine value to our traders. Our latest platform is a perfect example of this in action. Desiring to make the FX market more accessible without going against our no conflicts of interests business model, we looked to the world of asset management for inspiration. The idea was to take the benefits of copy trading and algorithmic trading and unite them with asset management, a sphere in which the results do all the talking. In this way prospective clients without the ability to trade manually, or the knowledge to implement algorithmic trading solutions on their own, can still have access to FX in a fair and transparent way.
By dividing the labour between algorithmic strategy providers and investors, we devised a model in which all parties stand to gain without any conflicts of interests between them. The developers of strategies earn commissions, investors have access to these proven strategies in an environment that filters-out all but the very best, and FxPro earns commissions in return for offering its trading infrastructure and liquidity.
We have also learned a great deal from using combinations of algorithmic and discretionary trading. While models allow for the removal of emotion, and offer the ability to formalise trading styles and attitudes to particular markets, no model is ever complete in and of itself. Confusing the map with the territory is likely to leave you with problems of over-fitting which can nullify the benefits of algorithmic trading. The beauty of the SuperTrader platform is that our analysts know the strategies we offer so well, they have been involved in the lengthy approval process that each has had to undergo. Even if leaders have a proven track record we expect them to demonstrate a deep understanding of the strategies they are attempting to have approved. Each leader's individual process is highly important to us. For this reason our analysts are familiar with the thinking behind all of our listed strategies, how they have behaved in back and forward testing situations, as well as in a range of possible scenarios with Monte Carlo simulations. This gives our guys a pretty thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy, as well as which market situations have proven to be problematic and gotten the better of certain strategies in the past. Our stringent approval procedure, on-going monitoring and guiding human hand means that our strategies tend to perform better than when left to their own devices. This is why FxPro SuperTrader is an improvement on both copy trading and algorithmic trading, which is the kind of evolution I am advocating here rather than jumping on bandwagons for temporary profits.
I believe that platforms such as SuperTrader will be a mainstay in the forex industry in years to come. They allow us as an industry to make innovative and marketable products out of the expertise we have amassed and the technologies that we have available to us. They hold the promise to increase retail volumes by attracting both traditional and non-traditional investors to foreign exchange, as well as traders. Ultimately the onus is on us to provide value for our clients and make the case for online forex. Going forward all offerings that run counter to this end should be seen as a detriment.


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Some horror movies are difficult to market. Take Tobe Hooper's 1995 adaptation of Stephen King's The Mangler, a film about a possessed killer laundry press. A laundry press. You could argue that a particularly unpleasant death is frightening in itself, albeit in a rather non-subtle way. But wanna know the rub? It can't move. You literally have to feed yourself to this death machine. How is that scary? That's assisted suicide at best, weaponized Darwinism at worst. Society, directed by Re-animator producer Brian Yuzan, has a similar issue with marketability. Ostensibly a horror movie, Society follows one Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock) and his unironic complaints about his privileged, spoilt lifestyle. Bill claims to feel like a black sheep in his own family and social circles - he's just so misunderstood, guys. But after peeling back the ostentatious trappings of Beverly Hills life he discovers a lifestyle of gross excess.
Now a story about a young man, who has everything and appreciates nothing, trying to find his place in the world was always going to be difficult to make appealing. It's such a first world problem, like complaining that your wallet is too small to store all your money. Oh poor you. Maybe if I had a massive vault for my ample assets, I could check it for fucks to give. Luckily for Society, however, writers Rick Fry and Woody Keith merely use this set-up to establish an intriguing slow-burning paranoia fuelled mystery. Think Jacob's Ladder meets Pride and Prejudice. Bill is plagued by nightmarish visions, and a general sense of unease that causes him to feel that something bad is going to happen; a feeling that can also be ascribed to leaving a dinner party with your spouse after joking about her hair. The viewer can probably guess what kind of movie this is going to be from the cold opening; the atmosphere is dream-like as Bill explores his home imagining strange disembodied laughter coming from the ether. Society opts for a psychological approach, purposely blurring the lines between what is or isn't real.
It's only at the film's conclusion that we receive answers to our questions. And boy, like a kid asking his parents if he was adopted, do we regret our desire to know. Despite the opening three-quarters of the 100-minute runtime being little more than an ambiguously creepy melodrama, Society's final act serves up a crescendo of macabre sexuality and mind-warping body horror. The way Yuzan stages the climax is a perfect example of how to connect the overarching themes of a film with the tangible and visceral. It's such an abrupt turn into gut-wrenching madness that even after several viewings I find myself at a loss on how to illustrate my reaction to this shift in tone. Think of it as though you've ordered a cheesecake in a fancy restaurant, only to discover after a few mouthfuls that it's made of foetuses. But then you carry on eating anyway.
What sets Eighties horror apart from modern horror is the dedication to warts and all practical gore. A film like Hostel (2005) may be more realistic in its depiction of a man getting his fingers cut off, but it's so clinical and over-produced. I find the use of puppets and crude workarounds (such as stop-motion) to simulate gore to be far more efficient. Sure, it's not as immersive, but it does have the advantage of coming across as grungy and inhuman. So Society - in its effort to depict what goes on at the Conservative Party annual conference - culminates a bizarre orgy of amalgamating limbs, melting flesh and reconfiguring bodies; all done with rubbery, slimy puppetry. At one point, a guy actually puts his hand up inside another guy and uses him like a marionette - with two fingers and a thumb sticking out of his eye sockets and mouth. And György Dózsa thought he had a bad time of having things forcefully inserted into his flesh, the bloody wimp.
With the squicky nature of the effects, it should come as no surprise that Screaming Mad George was responsible. And yes, that is his name. Apart from sounding like a Mad Max character, SMG had created the effects for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4, Predator, and Arena - demonstrating a propensity for practical effects dripping in bodily fluids. So it's natural that he worked with Yunza on Society, creating the heterogeneous mass of gyrating bodies. The result is a final act that's an endurance test of violent, sweaty, abhorrent sexuality, like being on a honeymoon with Steven Seagal.
Society was intended as Yunza's commentary against a decade of rampant excess and soulless materialism. A reaction to the yuppie culture and its sociopathic politics. Bret Ellis did something similar a couple of years later, with American Psycho - which used 1980's corporate culture as a backdrop for a horror story about the relationship between extreme capitalism and sadism. Society goes further than this, taking the notion of the rich having always fed on the poor to its logical conclusion. Contextualising Society against a period marked by the prevalent corruption of our 'social betters', the film has far greater impact. And it's eerie just how applicable its message is to our own society, where the masses rally against the greedy 1% and the British public endure repressive measures enforced by their elitist government. A film of cutting social commentary that really gets to the heart of...oh my, look that guy's got a face where his arse should be!


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DHAKA: The Dhaka leg of the Bangladesh Premier League is all set to be rescheduled, with evening games beginning at 6:30 PM local time instead of 7 PM, BPL officials said on Sunday (November 5).
The decision could not be implemented immediately in the Sylhet phase as it would create broadcast hassle.
"We would start the second game half-an-hour earlier from Dhaka phase," BPL governing council secretary Ismail Haider Mallick said on Sunday.
"We cannot do it here as there is lot of things involved but it won't be the case in Dhaka," he said.
Officials also confirmed that both games played on Fridays will start at start at 2 PM local time and 6:30 PM local time, instead of 1:30 and 6 PM local respectively.
Both Mashrafe Mortaza and Darren Sammy – captains of Rangpur Riders and Rajshahi Kings respectively – said after their game on the first day of the season on Saturday (November 4), that dew played a big part during their game and winning the toss will prompt every skipper to field first.
The Sylhet phase of BPL ends on November 8, with the Dhaka leg commencing on November 11.


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Red Bluff >> The City Council approved selling the right-of-way for a portion of Madison Street to Tehama County at the price of $305,000 Tuesday so the county can reroute the street to make way for jail expansion.
City Manager Richard Crabtree recommended the council consider the sale but also brought to the lectern Mark Habib, an attorney hired to assist the city by collecting information regarding the potential sale, to give a introductory presentation.
Initially the county offered to pay $228,000 to the city to obtain the right-of-way, but Habib had the lot appraised at $305,000, which the county agreed to pay in its latest offer.
Habib broke down what could happen if the city denied the deal, saying the county could proclaim eminent domain over the land, which could then lead to a costly lawsuit.
Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin spoke after Habib and said he wanted to clarify that the jail expansion isn't just to detain people but to assist in rehabilitation. He said the importance of the location is so inmates detained in the expansion have access to facilities in the main jail, such as the kitchen and laundry area.
Goodwin said the deal requires the county to reroute Madison before building the jail expansion, so traffic is not blocked.
"We'll be working to keep traffic moving through there at all times," Goodwin said.
The construction site should be cleared in the next eight months, but the design process will take a minimum of two years.
Councilman Rob Schmid, who has opposed the expansion, voiced concern.
"We'd be building a jail city, our own little prison," Schmid said. "It will take 64 criminals off the street but will leave a void that 64 more criminals will fill. This isn't a fix-all. This is not the answer to our crime problems."
Councilmen Clay Parker and Gary Jones made motions to approve.
Candidate for sheriff Stephen Harper voiced his concern as well.
"I'm not against the jail expansion so much as against where it is at in proximity to the railroad track," Harper said. "We have had two derailments here. So now we must have some sort of contingency plan to move prisoners, taking resources from (Red Bluff Police) Chief (Kyle) Sanders."
This led to a discussion of language brought on by Pastor Scott Camp, who said he had not heard from any county official that the jail is supposed to be a fix-all and there are many people from local businesses on both sides of the argument.
Mayor Daniele Eyestone said of all the members of the Downtown Business Association, there is only one who supports the jail expansion and Madison Street purchase.
Councilwoman Amanda Jenkins and Jones came out in support of the sale saying the offer, while not perfect, is better than the alternative of the county claiming eminent domain.
The council voted with Parker, Jenkins and Jones in favor and Eyestone and Schmid dissenting.
The motion was carried.
Other business
Figtree's PACE program, which helps local businesses and residents finance the installation of solar panels was given the okay to expand the program to Red Bluff in a 4-1 vote, with Schmid dissenting.
Schmid said he was concerned the city would see some liability should there be any future market problems.
The council voted to sign a maintenance agreement with Caltrans to maintain the right-of-way on State Route 36.
Mike Bachmeyer was hired as the fire department division chief.
Sanders asked the council to allow the police department to use $17,057.32 of leftover Prop. 30 money to install a pass-through evidence locker system in the new evidence building. The council unanimously approved.
The council meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 555 Washington St. The meetings are free and open to the public.


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09-Jan-18 N'gokro, Ivory Coast
French military helicopter crashed at N'gokro in the Alépé region, about 60km from Abidjan. 3 POB not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, French Air Force, Ivory Coast, Military, Safety
French military helicopter crashed at N'gokro in the Alépé region, about 60km from Abidjan. 3 POB not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, French Air Force, Ivory Coast, Military, Safety
Blown over on its starboard side in strong winds while parked on the ramp – photo
Tags: Accidents, Mexican Air Force, Mexico, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60
Crashed into the sea during artillery exercise, after colliding with the Bulgarian Navy Wielingen-class Drazki 41 frigate. Pilot (named as Captain Georgi Atanasov) later died in hospital, with the other two occupants seriously injured but stable. Serial confirmed in this article
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Air Force, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Safety
Crashed after hitting high voltage wires shortly after take-off (one report says three minutes after take off). All 13 POB deceased. DHA news agency is reported as saying the helicopter was carrying a delegation, headed by a major-general, which was inspecting the Senoba region.
All 13 POB deceased, named as 23rd Border Division Command Major General Aydoğan Aydın, Colonel Oğuzhan Küçükdemir, Colonel Gökhan Peker, Colonel Songül Yakut, Major Koray Onay, Captain İlker Acar, Captain Nuri Şener, Pilot Captain Serhat Sığınak , Pilot Lieutenant Alldmüttalip Kesikbaş, Chief Sergeant Mehmet Erdogan, Technical Sergeant Fevzi Kıral, Sergeant Zeki Koç, and Infantry Specialist Sergeant Hakan İncekal
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Safety, Turkey, Turkish Army
Emergency landing in a field of crop. No apparent damage from photos in press. Quote > Instruments indicated that the hydraulics powering the flight control system had a loss in pressure, prompting a "land-as-soon-as-possible condition"
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Germany, Military, Safety, US Army
Precautionary landing due to change of weather – it was a very soggy field
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, India, Indian Army, Military, SA316, Safety
French Navy Dauphin made a wheels up landing on the runway, with the helicopter remaining upright on its belly. Three POB not injured
The French Navy have two examples based at Papeete/Tahiti-Faaa (PPT / NTAA), serialled 6872 and 6928
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Eurocopter, French Navy, French Polynesia, Military, Safety
While involved in flood relief support, helicopter landed in a residential garden, with the boom breaking off against the roof of the house. Registration validated by photo on this page
None of the 11 POB injured. Helicopter substantially damaged
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Air Force
37-year- old SLAF airman, YMS Yaparathna, fall off a helicopter while conducting a rescue operation, along with the two individuals he was rescuing. All three were injured when they fell, and were admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital where the airman later died of his injuries. He was posthumously promoted from Flight Sergeant to the rank of Warrant Officer
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Air Force
Emergency landing made on a road; Photo shows helicopter apparently intact and complete, with no damage
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Lebanese Air Force, Lebanon, Military, Safety, UH-1
Helicopter was flying from Santiago (Veraguas Province) to Panama Pacifico airport in the capital city, and was impacted by a flock of birds causing a loss of thrust in its tail rotor. Am Emergency landing was made at Punta Chame, which resulted in the helicopter being on its port side on the edge of the beach.
Pilot named as Major Oriel Reyes, was returning after completing a humanitarian SAR mission with the Joint Task Force, including the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC) and other SAR Aircraft Units. Helicopter registration was given in Panamanian Navy press release.
Passengers were named as Commissioner Belisario Bonini and Sergeant Primero Augusto Sánchez
Tags: Accidents, EC145, Eurocopter, Military, Panama, Panamanian Navy, Safety
Helicopter crashed in open farmland on a night reconnaissance mission, killing three POB. Post crash fire. Reported location is right by significant amounts of high voltage lines converging on a power station site, and the Algerian Navy later confirmed (below) that the helicopter hit powerlines.
The official statement in the news section of the Algerian Navy website shows an AW101 and official naval photos of three men in their uniforms, thus confirming 3 fatalities and not 5 as reported in some sources.
The statement reads as follows – During a night training patrol on the Blida-Tipaza axis, a rescue helicopter belonging to the Naval Forces was crashed on Sunday the 21st of May 2017, at 9.40 pm after having struck high-voltage power lines near the commune of Hamr El Ain, in the Wilaya of Tipaza, causing the death of the members of its crew, composed of three officers. In this painful circumstance, Major General HAOULI Mohamed Larbi Commandant of the Naval Forces sends his heartfelt condolences to the victims' families and assures them of his deep compassion and support in the aftermath of this tragic accident.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, Algeria, Algerian Navy, AW101, Fatal, Military, Safety
Emergency landing after the autopilot system failed and a crew member smelled something electrical burning. Helicopter removed from site by road back to base at CGAS San Francisco
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, US Coast Guard, US-California
Helicopter shot down from ground fire. Reports do not agree as to whether the two occupants were fatally injured or not. In one report, a Bell 407 is shown with holes in the front windscreen
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Iraq, Iraqi Army, Military, Safety
Encountered engine trouble while on a landing approach inside the headquarters of the Philippine Army's 2nd Infantry Divisiion in Sitio Hilltop, Barangay Sampaloc, Camp Capinpin in Tanay. Helicopter crashed and burned out in a wooded area
The helicopter was taking part in a disaster rescue operation training course involving 60 soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division and 12 policemen from Calabarzon in Region-4 with Camp Capinpin as venue.
3 fatalities from 4 POB
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, Safety, UH-1
Precautionary landing made at country club after the windshield developed a crack and its anti-icing system started to short out. It was later flown back to base at Rochester
Tags: Accidents, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Army, US-New York
Apache from 101st Airborne Division crashed around 7pm on a night training flight
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Fatal, Military, Safety, US Army, US-Tennessee
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, commanding general, First Army Division West, released the following statement on Tuesday 24th: "It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of four First Army Division West Soldiers as a result of a UH-60L helicopter crash that happened Monday evening sometime after 5:49 p.m. The accident is under investigation and the names of the deceased will be released after the families have been notified. I want to extend my deepest sympathies and prayers to the Families and friends of the Soldiers involved in yesterday's crash."
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Army, US-Texas
US Army Apache crashed after hitting wires on a routine training mission, killing both on board. Post crash fire. Debris scattered across a road 500m from nearest houses. The authorities reported wire among the wreckage and the upper part of a nearby high-voltage tower was damaged.
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Fatal, Korea, Military, Safety, US Army
A helicopter carrying two senior officers allied to Libya's Islamist-backed Tripoli government was shot down in the Al-Maya coastal region west of Tripoli, killing at least 14 of its 23 passengers, a Tripoli military official said. A later report then raised the figure to 18
Emergency landing on sports field after suspected fire. No injuries or damage. Helicopter operating from Fort Campbell
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Military, Safety, US Army, US-Kentucky
On second attempt to take off, helicopter gained height very slowly and caught some wires, causing it to crash. Three on board injured. Later report gave those on board as Victor Sosa (pilot), Ariel Murillo (copilot), Ariel Soriano (commander), and paratroopers; Oscar Matamoros (captain), Deivy Ayestas, Alfonso Mejia, Daniel Korea and Fabricio Flores.
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Honduran Air Force, Honduras, Military, Safety
Helicopter ditched and sank. All three on board were originally reported as rescued by Moroccan military but that later proved incorrect and there were then fears they had been kidnapped after the helicopter was found with an empty liferaft beside it (report). Helicopter was en route from a military exercise in Senegal, bound for the Canary Islands
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, Eurocopter, Military, Morocco, Safety, Spanish Air Force
EMergency landing in Bandra-Kurla Complex, just two miles south of Mumbai International Airport. [Must have been quite a serious emergency to not head for the airport?]
Tags: Accidents, India, Indian Air Force, Mi-17V5, Mil, Military, Safety
Developed an engine problem and was forced to put down in a banana plantation. Helicopter damaged, extent unknown
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Law Enforcement, Military, Royal Thai Police, Safety, Thailand
Two UK RAF servicemen, two US servicemen and one French civilian contractor died in the crash after reportedly striking the cable of a tethered surveillance balloon. The two British fatalitites were named as Flight Lieutenant Geraint Roberts and Flight Lieutenant Alan Scott, while the American pair were named as Major Phyllis Pelky and Master Sgt. Gregory Kuhse
Tags: Accidents, Afghanistan, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Royal Air Force, SA330, Safety
Crashed and burned out after reported loss of hydraulics led to loss of tail rotor control and an emergency landing. Six fatalities named as Pilot Javier Arias F, copilot Germán David Beltrán; Col. Carlos Alberto Melendez, police commander for Meta region, along with colleagues Jeison Alejandro García and Luís Felipe Nieva Gómez, plus one other not named
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Fatal, Law Enforcement, Military, Safety, UH-1
Tail rotor damaged in emergency landing after reportedly being hit by an armed group led by former deputy defence minister Abdukhalim Nazarzoda
Tags: Accidents, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Tajikistan, Tajikistan Air Force
Helicopter ended on its port side. 5 POB, three with minor injuries and the other two to hospital.
Note, accident date was 14th not 15th (as reported elsewhere) – reports did not emerge until 15th as this flight was reportedly a private flight for the Defence Minister and not officially sanctioned.
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Military, Safety, Zambia, Zambian Air Force
Pilot killed in accident on "routing training flight"
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Military, Safety, Saudi Arabia
Training flight. Helicopter ended up on its side with main blades and tail boom ripped off. Three POB all safe with minimal injuries.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, Spain, Spanish Army, Training
Light aircraft ground taxying ran into parked and unattended US Army Blackhawk
Tags: Accidents, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Army, US-Florida
Crashed into trees during a training exercise. Two severely injured, two minor.
Tags: Accidents, H-60, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, US Army, US-Colorado
Hard landing while conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (HRST) training in a landing zone at Stone Bay, a satellite training area aboard Camp Lejeune. About 20 Marines from Virginia and North Carolina were participating in night training that requires them to exit through the back of a helicopter using suspended ropes. The rappelling and fast-rope techniques allow Marines to enter terrain where helicopter landings would be difficult. The sole fatality named here as Jonathan Lewis
Tags: Accidents, CH-53, Fatal, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, US Marine Corps, US-North Carolina
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Helicopter was flying between Zabul's capital of Qalat and the town of Shinkay, 20 kilometers (12 miles) away. Accident killed all on board – 12 soldiers and five crew members. The Taliban claimed they had shot down the aircraft
Tags: Accidents, Afghan Air Force, Afghanistan, Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
The helicopter, involved in medical evacuation work after recent floods, was en route from Rawalpindi to Gilgit when it crashed near Lassan Nawab. Local media reported that weather was a contributory factor, and noted that there was a post-crash fire. The deceased were named as Major Humayun (Pilot), Major Muzammil (Pilot), Major Shahzad (Doctor), Major Atif (Doctor), Major Usman (Doctor), Havaldar Munir Abbasi, Nursing Assistant Amanullah, Naik Amir Saeed, Naik OT Maqbool, Sepoy Rehmat-ullah and Sepoy Waqar.
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Safety
Student Dioselinda Zapata Feijó was walking near the helicopter shortly after it landed was struck fatally by the tail rotor, after reportedly ignoring the security cordon. Municipal official Kathia Izquierdo said the woman's brother reported she was trying to deliver a letter to the Cabinet chief asking that a relative be freed from prison.
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Peru, Peruvian Army, Safety
Pakistan Air Force helicopter, engaged in relief and rescue efforts, crashed in the Khot area of upper Chitral, injuring several people. Media reports say the blades hit a tree, un-stablilising the helicopter on take=off, and it subsequently hit a house and crashed.
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force, Safety
Helicopter on low-level anti-drug operation crashed, reportedly having been shot at from the ground by an improvised mortar device. Initial reports said 15 fatal and 2 survivors, later raised to 16+2
List deceased includes – Assistant Superintendent Gualdrón Diego Rodriguez. Patrolman Jesus Antonio Polo. Patrullero Enrique Escobar. Patrolman Wilson Reyes Martinez. Patrullero Norberto Cáceres Baptist. Patrullero Eider Correa.
Patrullero Ivan Diaz Santiago. Captain John Palacios. Captain Hernando Guzman. Patrullero Gongora. Assistant Superintendent Cruz. Patrullero deiner Mountain.
Wounded: Sergeant Edgar Andres Baez. Patrolman Juan Carlos Mesa Patiño.
Tags: Accidents, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Fatal, Military, Safety
During a display of the "Golden Eagles" display team, one of the helicopters started to spin on its axis and gradually descend until it hit the ground hard, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot. Post crash fire
Full video of the accident here and here (second one shows co-pilot emerging from the helicopter)
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Mi-28, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
The helicopter crashed during a routine training exercise and the helicopter burnt out in the post-crash fire. One fatal, two seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Slovak Air Force, Slovakia
Weather played a significant part in this accident, and helicopter wreckage was found on the slopes of a mountain. Helicopter had made three attempts to take off from the capital Vientiane due to the weather.
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Laos, Laos Armed Forces, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
Precautionary landing by a road after warning light illuminated – later cleared for direct flight back to base
Tags: Accidents, Australia, Australian Army, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, Tiger
Nosewheel collapsed during ground taxi after hitting 5cm edge of newly laid tarmac. operating for UN
Tags: Accidents, Congo, Eurocopter, Military, SA330, Safety, South African Air Force
Helicopter on anti-drug operation landed in a clearing which was mined – the mine exploded, killing four, seriously injuring two and minor injuries to another four. Full infra-red video released from second helicopter providing top cover above.
Tags: Accidents, Colombia, Colombian Army, Fatal, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60
Flight with Ghana's President John Mahama and First lady Lordina Maham on board. Landed due to severe weather. No mention in local press as to whether pilot obtained a forecast before take-off
Tags: Accidents, Ghana, Ghana Air Force, Mi-171, Mil, Military, Safety
helicopter was on a routine flight when the crew noticed a drop in hydraulic pressure and were forced to land
Tags: Accidents, Canada, Military, Royal Canadian Air Force, S61, Safety, Sikorsky
Came under fire from the ground in an area regarded as the centre of a turf war between rival drugs cartels
Tags: Accidents, Mexican Navy, Mexico, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60
Precautionary landing due to suspected engine problem. Engineers checked it over and it returned to base at INS Dega the same evening
Tags: Accidents, Chetak, HAL, India, Indian Navy, Military, Safety
Landing accident on post maintenance test flight. ended up on its side
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, US Coast Guard, US-California
Emergency landing at Manchester Airport and engineer called.
Tags: Accidents, Boeing, CH-47, Military, Royal Air Force, Safety
Emergency landing due to poor weather ended up in minor damage for the helicopter after pilot Sebastián Gadea Castro put the helicopter down into vegetation during an anti-drug flight. Photos show all five blades intact, but cabin and tail in direct contact with vegetation and boom slightly bent near gearbox. 5 POB safely exited the helicopter
Tags: Accidents, Costa Rica, Costa Rican Pubilc Security, Law Enforcement, MD Helicopters, MD500E, Military, Safety
Emergency landing Monday in the bed of the Los Angeles River near South Gate due to electrical problem. No injuries to 2 POB or damage to the helicopter. Military registration not known, but carries squadron code 423 by the nose
Tags: Accidents, AH-1, Bell, MCAS Camp Pendleton, Military, Safety, US Marine Corps, US-California
Damaged after hitting container (some reports say "hit barrier") during landing phase. 2 POB injured, not seriously
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force, Safety
on Army training exercise. 3 POB evacuated safely
Tags: Accidents, India, Indian Air Force, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety
Photos show tail missing and helicopter partly on its side with starboard gear collapsed and main blades broken. Aircraft was involved in practice flights for Cameroon's National Day on 20th May. 2 POB to hospital but released within 2 days.
Tags: Accidents, Cameroon, Cameroon Air Force, Harbin, Military, Safety, Z9
Photos show UH-1 after very heavy landing, upright but skids partially collapsed. Main blades appear complete and still attached to rotorhead.
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Indonesia, Indonesian Army, Military, Safety
Further Details not reported
Tags: Accidents, Algeria, Algerian Air Force, Fatal, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety
Chinook dropped part of its underslung load in farm field. Chinook was flying as part of the Joint Warrior exercise
Tags: Accidents, Boeing, CH-47, Military, Royal Air Force, Safety, UK
Emergency landing on public beach after reported oil leak
Tags: Accidents, CH-53, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, US Marine Corps, US-California
Substantially damaged in force landing in an open field
Tags: Accidents, Japan, Japanese Ground SDF, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Military, Safety
US Navy TH-57B rolled over onto its starboard side during a night training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Military, Safety, US Navy, US-Florida
Crashed on final approach due to gusty conditions. Rolled over onto its side. Three of 8 POB taken to hospital were named as Tran Van Thong, 36; Nguyen Xuan Toan, 53; and Dong Van Vu, 34
Tags: Accidents, M-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Vietnam, Vietnam Army
Destroyed in reported Saudi air attack on hangar at Al-Dailami air base. Photo shows Bell 412 on the left of this image
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Military, Safety, UH-1, Yemen, Yemen Air Force
Destroyed in reported Saudi air attack on hangar at Al-Dailami air base. Photo shows Bell 412 on the left of this image
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Military, Safety, Yemen, Yemen Air Force
1 killed and 2 injured when helicopter came down close to Ukraine's capital Kiev (Kyiv) . Video from crash scene here
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety, Ukraine, Ukraine Air Force
Pilot carried out an "emergency landing due to technical failure". Four occupants were captured by opposition fighters, one crew member was shot by his captors and the fait of a sixth crew member is unknown. Registration confirmed from this YouTube video
Tags: Accidents, Mi-14, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Navy
Captain Rene Zeetsen, 30, was killed in the crash and First Lieutenant Ernst Mollinger, 26, died later in a field hospital
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Fatal, Mali, Military, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Safety
Heavy landing on snow, damaging the helicopter. two pilots and two technicians on board were not seriously injured. Army code EI-351
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Italian Air Force, Italy, Military, Safety
Manoevring accident – in hover, tail rotor hit the tail rotor of another helicopter on the apron
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Military, Republic of China Air Force, Safety, Taiwan
Manoevring accident – in hover, tail rotor hit the tail rotor of another helicopter on the apron
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Military, Republic of China Air Force, Safety, Taiwan
EMS flight in poor weather conditions, crashed killing two medical staff, four crew and the baby patient, only a few days old. A later report indicated "The post mortem showed there were 0.68 milligrams per milliliter of alcohol in Mehic's blood, and 1.30 mg/ml in his urine."
Tags: Accidents, EMS, Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Serbia, Serbian Air Force
Crashed in waters off Gageodo Island, while trying to land near a seawall to carry out a mission to transport an emergency patient to an inland hospital. The accident left one dead and three others aboard the helicopter missing.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Eurocopter, Fatal, Korea, Korea Coast Guard, Military, Safety, SAR