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Greetings, beautiful Souls of Mother Earth and beyond. I come before you today to bring you news that will lift your heart and cleanse your soul.
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Lovely to hear from you! I will be passing through Dunedin on Boxing Day and New Years Eve, on my way to Central Otago. I live in Motueka. If you are ever up this way, let me know...:)
Love and Light
Kelly I didn't see your note on my profile, you only have two and I have thirteen cats! Not all in the house though. I had a beautiful Siamese for years and she went to cat heaven not long ago. I had her since a very little girl and she always slept with me. I have some pics of her I'll show you later not on this computer. Your children are so precious and if that's your pic you look like one of my aunts. Thank you so very much for being my friend. Love Rosey
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"Greetings to you also Brother, a great pleasure meeting you again, long journey, long story. Solara is radiating much energy up here today, just the odd intermittent shower...all perfect, journey well my friend.
Hellooooooooooooooo Beautiful, i miss our chats, i am sort of back on here... i refuse to engage the vipers lol... back much stronger than before albeit soaking up the incoming vibes. This is for you <3 it is an image for Abundance, Sacred Geometry... stare at it, study it, do whatever you please with it. <3
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By Niall Christie and Tony Inglis
Here's a rundown of the music released, films screening, shows playing, books read, events happening and stuff going on that we think is worth talking about this week.
Borg McEnroe – Released September 22
It may seem strange, but a tennis film following the battle between two of the game's greatest is at the top of our watch list this week. Already splitting opinion, much like one half of the lead-acting duo, Shia LaBeouf, excitement seems to be rising around the film.
Alongside Swedish actor and very convincing Bjorn Borg lookalike, Sverrir Gudnason, LaBeouf and co will be hoping to take advantage of the increasingly popular state of the sport on the world stage. Covering the intense rivalry between the two players, culminating in the famous 1980 Wimbledon men's final, there will be a great deal of interest, especially from those who may remember the two players at their height. NC
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Wednesday 27 September 2017
The past week has seen some extremely big names in alternative music bring their live shows to Glasgow and Edinburgh in LCD Soundsystem and The National respectively. This coming week sees Australia's teller of dark tales, Nick Cave, arrive with his band of Bad Seeds. Still touring off the back of last year's moving and momentous Skeleton Tree which, despite Cave's lofty legacy, kind of came out of the blue with its shadowy quality and experimentalism. Underneath all of that, it was actually one of Cave's more easily straightforward album to interpret – it will always be inextricably linked to the unexpected death of his son.
Judging from that record's accompanying art documentary, One More Time With Feeling, the live show that supports this very sad and gut-wrenching music is swirling and hypnotic. It is a little unfortunate that the Glasgow audience has to experience it in a venue so soulless and lacking character. But that shouldn't stop you from grabbing a ticket, of which there are some, amazingly, still available. TI
Neo Yokio, Netflix, available from September 22
Are you looking for a new anime, easily available on streaming service Netflix, about a reformed demon-slayer living with her nephew in an amalgam city of New York and Tokyo, filled with voice acting ranging from Jude Law to Alexa Chung to Richard Ayoade, and created by Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig? Well, no, me neither. But it's a thing! And it's worth checking out just out of sheer morbid curiosity. The six-parter, created in collaboration with animation studios Production I.G. and Studio Deen, could be a curate's egg that is forgotten at once. On the other hand, there is so much pedigree talent involved, that it could be something more. TI
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Luciferian Towers
The release of a new Godspeed record always signals the chance to experience something world-moving in its scope and brain-rattling in its loudness. The Montreal band may not be the progenitors of mixing post-rock with leftist politics but, arguably, they do it best. And in a world where natural disasters pillory the earth and 'rocket men' and 'dotards' bicker over world-ending explosives, Godspeed You! Black Emperor's wordy press released manifestos and intricately composed cauldrons of noise could not have returned at a more apt moment. TI


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Especially if that life affects the bottom line of his former employer and an insurance company, it seems to me.
|Sergio Branco in this image from
The New Jersey Star Ledger. Insurance
snafus almost killed him.
According to the New Jersey Star Ledger, Sergio Branco came down with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. They found a good match for him, but it's an expensive treatment, costing maybe $500,000.
He took a leave from work, then was canned after Branco's illness left him unable to do his job. He could still get insurance through COBRA and the family was informed on how to make payments and for how much.
A May bill came to $518.26. Branco's wife wrote a check for $518, accidentally leaving off the 26 cents.
For that mistake, the former employer and Paychex, a third party benefits administrator basically imposed the death penalty on Branco. They would not cover the transplant, according to the Star Ledger.
You'd think the matter would be handled simply. Paychex, or whoever is running the show could have contacted the Brancos and said, "Hey Dufus! You forgot the 26 cents. Pay up now." If they wanted to be mean, they could have imposed some sort of $10 stupid charge on the Brancos or something.
I'm sure they would have gladly paid up. Nobody would let them, though.
Nope, despite the pleadings of the family, his doctors, it was no go. It was only after the New Jersey Department of Labor, the lawyers and media outlets like the Star Ledger began "meddling" in this situation did it appear Branco's transplant will be covered.
Yes, yes, the parties involved are blaming the whole thing on administrative errors, strict governance rules and that kind of thing.
To be honest, I don't buy it. I smell a big, fat rat.
I have no proof and I could well be wrong. (Please set me straight if I am missing some information here), but here's what my conspiracy-addled mind thinks what happened. And to be fair, some of the parties might be innocent. Paychex might be under orders from an insurance carrier. Branco's former employer might have their hands tied by an insurance company. Or the employer might have mucked things up with the insurer.
But somebody's to blame.
And somebody would have had to pay for Branco's transplant. Maybe his former employer, or some insurance company thought the price was too steep, that it would cut into profits. Maybe piss off a shareholder or two.
If Branco had the common courtesy and just die of his leukemia and not make a big stink about it, everybody would be happy, goes the logic. Branco's family excepted, of course.
Once again, we have one of those cases where some bureaucrat trying to impress his or her boss with his budget consciousness to save the bottom line was willing to kill somebody with a pen or a stroke of a computer key to do it.
This seems to happen a lot. Often, the cases get media attention. Bad PR is even more expensive than high medical bills, or whatever, so once the journalists start to poke around, things get "resolved."
Have we come down to this? The only way to save an innocent man's life is to threaten somebody with bad press?


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Spain on horseback
This extraordinary ride combines 3 days riding in the province of Segovia with 3 days riding in the Sierra de Gredos; the historic centre and natural heart of Castile. Both provinces are in Central Spain, in the Meseta, the great high plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the region of Castilla y Leon.
The journey starts in the Sierra of Gredos Nature Park, where riders will be inspired by the landscapes full of light, colour and nature's splendour. This area is truly rural Spain, with an economy based on free range Avilian cattle breeding. The small villages display their architecture, their traditions and the way of life of their people, isolated in this inaccessible nature that shapes their unique character. It is an excellent terrain for riding, mostly open fields with magnificent views and paths that follow the course of rivers.
The second part of the ride will take you to Segovia, a journey with many historic sites accessible on horseback, riding through the open and unspoiled Castilian countryside. Riders will visit the medieval city of Segovia, a UNESCO World Heritage Town which boasts a colossal Roman Aqueduct from the 1st Century AD; and ride to the Romanesque church of Sotosalbos; the castle and fortified city of Pedraza; and the Royal site of La Granja de San Ildefonso, with its grand baroque palace and beautiful gardens.
The quality of the accommodation is outstanding, with all hotels in great locations and carefully selected for their authenticity and character. The trip also caters extremely well for non-riders offering a programme of history, gastronomy & wines, astronomy, walking & bird watching.
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Obama: US operation killed al-Qaida head bin Laden; US in possession of body
By Julie Pace,Matt Apuzzo, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the elusive mastermind behind the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that led the United States into wars in Afghanistan and later Iraq, was killed in a firefight, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
Bin Laden's death at a compound in Pakistan ended the world's most widely-watched manhunt, and jubilant crowds gathered outside the White House and at ground zero in New York as word spread late at night.
"Justice has been done," the president said.
A small team of Americans killed bin Laden early Sunday in the town of Abbottabat, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the capital Islamabad, U.S. and Pakistani officials said. The team took custody of his remains and American officials said they were being handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.
The stunning end came just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, orchestrated by bin Laden's al-Qaida organization, that killed more than 3,000 people.
Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden's death as a momentous achievement.
"The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done," Bush said.
Obama said he ordered the operation after receiving undisclosed intelligence information. Senior administration officials said the terrorist mastermind was found inside a custom-built compound with two security gates. They said it appeared to have been constructed to harbour one high-value target and that for undisclosed reasons, officials became clear the hideout was bin Laden's.
The raid occurred in the early morning hours Sunday. Administration officials offered some details of the operation.
Based on statements given by U.S. detainees, intelligence officials have known for years that bin Laden trusted one al-Qaida courier in particular and they believed he might be living with him in hiding. In November, intelligence officials found out where he was living, a huge fortified compound. It was surrounded by walls as high as 18 feet (5.5 metres), topped with barbed wire. There were two security gates and no phone or Internet running into the house.
Intelligence officials believed the $1 million home was custom-built to harbour a major terrorist. CIA experts analyzed whether it could be anyone else, but time and again, they decided it was almost certainly bin Laden.
Three adult males were also killed in Sunday's raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida.
Officials also said they believe the death puts al-Qaida on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse, but there was no word on the whereabouts of bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri.
The attacks a decade ago seemed to come out of nowhere, even though al-Qaida had previously damaged American targets overseas.
The terrorists hijacked planes, flew one of them into one of Manhattan's Twin Towers — and, moments later, into the other one. Both buildings collapsed, trapping thousands inside and claiming the lives of firefighters and others who had rushed to help them.
A third plane slammed into the Pentagon, defacing the symbol of America's military might. A fourth crashed in rural Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered the hijackers and forced the craft from the air — before it could hit its intended target in Washington.
Obama spoke with Bush and former President Bill Clinton on Sunday night to inform them of the developments.
Obama struck a less than boastful tone in his brief announcement, although he said the death of bin Laden was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaida.
"His death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that al-Qaida will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant," he added.
Moments after he spoke, American officials cautioned that the events could lead to heightened threats against the United States.
Officials said the U.S. would ensure that bin Laden's body was handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.


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As part of the development process, the Division's organisation will be streamlined. Its plywood and sawmilling businesses, which so far have been operated as separate business areas, will be operated as one wood products business area based on customer segmentation. The new organisation will take effect immediately. At the same time the following persons have been appointed members of the Management Group:
Mr Kari Kerttula, MBA, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales.
Mr Antro Säilä, M.Sc. (Forestry), has been appointed Vice President, R&D.
Mr Pekka Rautiainen, M.Sc. (Forestry) has been appointed Vice President, Wood Raw Materials. He will coordinate customer oriented wood procurement between UPM:s Forest Department and the Division's mills.
Mr Tuomo Visanko, Engineer of Wood Technology, eMBA, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Operations.
Mr Harri Mannonen, M.Sc. (Econ.) has been appointed Vice President, Finance and IT.
Ms Miia Närekorpi, BBA, has been appointed Vice President, Communications.
Ms Laura Lares, Dr. Tech., has been appointed Vice President, Business Development & HR.
Mr Tapani Savisalo, M.Sc. (Eng.) has been appointed Vice President, Building Materials Merchants.
All appointments are effective immediately except Laura Lares', who will join the company in April. All the above persons will report to Mr Harald Finne, President of Wood Products Division. The Division's head office will be located in Lahti, Finland.
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The Quebec Ministers of Transport and Culture and Communications have committed in writing to placing more and better safety-related pictograms on highways, Côte St. Luc councillor Ruth Kovac told The Suburban Monday.
The commitment by ministers Laurent Lessard and Luc Fortin respectively was the province's response to a nearly 7,000-name National Assembly petition, created by Hampstead lawyer Harold Staviss and Kovac and sponsored by D'Arcy McGee MNA David Birnbaum, calling on Quebec to install bilingual traffic safety signs, as allowed by the province's language law.
The news of the commitment came during a meeting Kovac had Friday with Birnbaum.
"It took 40 years to get the ministries to acknowledge that our road signs could be better," Kovac said. "They said, 'let's do the best pictograms we can,' which I have no issue with. First and foremost, it's always about road safety.
"So if they're going to make an effort to put up more and better pictograms, so be it. The [ministries] have acknowledged through David that if they don't have existing pictograms, they will go to a senior engineer to work to make better pictograms, or create one."
She added that pictograms could be attempted on electronic billboards that warn of safety issues happening at certain times.
Kovac said Quebec's commitment fell short of allowing English on traffic safety signs if no suitable pictogram exists.
"We just didn't cross the finish line," she said. "But for 40 years we've been trying, and in the last six months and with David's presentation, 7,000 people managed to get an affirmation that our road signs can be better. It's a very positive step in a good direction. Does it fall a little short? Yes. But I know things work incrementally. I see, in a short period of time, reasonableness has prevailed, but they just didn't put in writing they would go that next step [of adding English to the road signs].... That's still a question mark. I think we're 99 percent there."
Kovac thinks Quebec did not go the extra step of committing to add English if no pictograms exist, to avoid reopening the language debate, even though the law allows English on those signs.
The councillor added that she and Staviss will be taking photographs of signs they have complained about over time, and will point out whether or not they have been changed.
"Now we'll be sign inspectors for free!" she joked. "I also have visitors coming from the U.S. in a couple of weeks, and I will ask them to take pictures or note any signs that they really don't understand.
'Did we make progress? Am I pleased? Yes."
Birnbaum commended Staviss and Kovac for their efforts, the community for its response on the petition as well as The Suburban for focusing on the issue.
"Their petition hasn't been a dead letter," the MNA said. "They got some meaningful progress. The directive obviously acknowledges that Harold and Ruth got it right — the law is clear on what's possible. And the directive that has been given notes that there are some situations where pictograms can be used and are not being used right now, and the directive suggests that be changed."
Birnbaum also confirmed that the directive also says that when a pictogram doesn't exist at the moment, regional authorities are asked to communicate with the operations department of the Transport ministry "to try and develop one.
"It's a start," the MNA said.


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Chloe Swarbrick's medicinal cannabis Bill has been defeated at first reading, going down with 47 votes for and 73 votes against.
The Member's Bill was originally written by Associate Minister of Health Julie Anne Genter but taken over by Ms Swarbrick.
The Green Party backed Bill would have gone further than the Government's current medicinal cannabis Bill, which passed its first reading on Tuesday
It would have allowed anyone suffering a terminal or debilitating illness to use cannabis and had provisions for people to grow their own cannabis for medicinal uses.
Ms Swarbrick said she was "gutted" the Bill did not make it past the first reading.
"I'm gutted that cynical politics won tonight, not the voices of the vulnerable and the sick who are presently being criminalised because of archaic law demonstrably unfit for purpose," she wrote.
"With 78 percent of NZers in favour of the premise of our Bill and just 39 percent of MPs voting for it, this has demonstrated we're far from a House of Representatives."
Green MP Gareth Hughes also tweeted his disappointment about the vote, saying it was unfortunate it was defeated.
"Many speeches about the need to get it right, to have a debate yet Parliament voted against considering @NZGreens medicinal cannabis Bill," he wrote.
The Bill was a conscience vote. All Green MPs, most of Labour and ACT's David Seymour voted for the Bill. Every National and NZ First MP voted against it.


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The Delaware Soybean Board is supporting research at the University of Delaware to evaluate the effects of various soil moisture levels on growth and yield of soybeans (both full season and double crop). In addition, new research is examining the effects of Nitrogen and Sulfur applied through a center pivot irrigation system in a process known as "fertigation."
In research conducted at the University of Delaware Warrington Irrigation Research Farm from 2012 to 2016, trends in soybean response to irrigation strategies are developing.
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The United Soybean Board has developed additional information about technologies that can improve the efficiency and sustainability of irrigation.


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Counterfactual Civilizations: A Thought Experiment
9 March 2014
Million year old civilizations are not necessarily supercivilizations
The most common way to think about the possibility of very old civilizations is in terms of an ancient supercivilization, in which it is implied that the civilization in question began much as our civilization began, but has continued its trajectory of development for a million years or more. I previously addressed this theme of a million year old supercivilization in Third Time's a Charm.
It is also possible, however, to conceive of very old civilizations — perhaps even million year old civilizations — that do not correspond to the assumptions implicit in the idea of a supercivilization. Such ancient but not necessarily advanced civilizations would constitute counterfactual civilizations — paths to civilization not taken by humanity, but which were once open to humanity at one time. Indeed, such paths may be open to us yet.
I previously considered counterfactual civilizations in Counterfactual Conditionals of the Industrial Revolution. This post reviews scenarios for civilization absent the industrial revolution; below I will continue this line of counterfactual thought experiments in the history of civilization.
Diachronic extrapolation of the pre-industrial past
If we plot out the history of technology and population (among other metrics) on a graph and extrapolate from trends prior to the industrial revolution (when these metrics suddenly spike) we can easily see the possibility of a very old civilization — tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years old — that would be the result of a simple diachronic extrapolation of trends that had characterized human life from the emergence of hominids up until the industrial revolution. That is to say, if we had just kept doing what we had been doing before the industrial revolution, this slow development represented by a shallow angle could have continued indefinitely without ever catching up to the kind of development that followed the industrial revolution.
The very old civilization that would be the result of a straight-forward diachronic extrapolation of civilization prior to the industrial revolution would be a civilization conceived in terms proportional to earlier human history. We often forget that, prior to Homo sapiens, there was a multi-million year history of hominids with minimal toolkits that changed almost not at all over a million or even two million years. This same level and rate of progress might have continued to characterize human civilization in its later stages of development as well. It is at least possible as a counter-factual, and conceivable by way of an analogy with our prehistoric past, that the breakthrough to industrialization had never occurred.
If we were to add to the absence of an industrial revolution several strategic shocks or global catastrophic events — demographic catastrophes such as the Black Death or natural disasters such as a massive supervolcano eruption or an impact by an asteroid or comet — what little gains that may be made by the ever-so-gradual increases in technology and population due to civilization prior to the industrial revolution might be canceled or reversed. Contingent events could result in a contraction or collapse of a civilization that never made the breakthrough to an industrial revolution.
The social science of a non-industrialized civilization
Imagine that there were social scientists prior to the scientific revolution who studied their contemporaneous society much as we study our own societies today, and further suppose, despite the disadvantages such pre-modern social scientists would have labored under, that they manage to assemble reasonably accurate data sets that allows them to model the world in which they live and the history up to that point that had resulted in the world in which they lived. What kind of future would these pre-modern social scientists forecast for their world?
If you were to show pre-modern social scientists the spike in demographics, technology, energy use, and urbanization that attended the industrial revolution, they might deny that any such development was even possible, and if they admitted that it was possible, they might say that a world so transformed would not constitute civilization as they understood civilization. They would be right, in a sense, to characterize our world today, after the industrial revolution, as a post-civilizational institution, derived perhaps from the long tradition of civilization with which they were familiar, but not really a part of this tradition.
I implied as much about the divergence of contemporary civilization from its pre-modern tradition recently when I wrote (in Is society existentially dependent upon religion?) that:
"It could be argued that traditional society… has already collapsed and has been incrementally replaced by an entirely different kind of society. For this is surely what has happened in the wake of the industrial revolution, which destroyed more aspects of traditional society than any Marxist, any revolutionary, or any atheist."
Prior to the industrial revolution, the entire economy of civilization was based on agriculture. (Elsewhere I have called this biocentric civilization.) On the basis of this biocentric civilization, there was nothing to suggest (or, more cautiously, almost nothing to suggest) the possibility of a civilization with an economy in which agriculture was marginalized to the point of near invisibility to the overall economy. What could possibly replace agriculture in its role as the indispensable employer and primary producer of commodities?
Non-civilizations and other non-peers
The thought experiment that I have suggested here in regard to the industrial revolution could also be performed in regard to the Neolithic agricultural revolution, although in this case we could not properly speak of an ancient civilization. Humanity as a species might have attained a great antiquity without ever making the breakthrough to civilization; just as we might never have experienced the industrial revolution, we might also have skipped the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution. In fact, if Marian scientists had been observing life on Earth for the five millions years or so of hominid history (prior to the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution), they might have said, "Here is an intelligence species with a very long history that has never created a civilization, and shows no signs of creating a civilization."
It is an especially interesting thought experiment to imagine humanity having attained great antiquity without creating a civilization when we reflect that the uniquely human activities of art and technology predate civilization and may be understood in isolation from civilization. Even without the great impetus of civilization, there would have been some minimal continued development of art and technology. The rate of technological innovation prior to the advent of civilization was very slow, but it was not zero, and extrapolated to a sufficient age it would have produced an impressive technology. It could be argued that such a gradual development of technology, if extrapolated indefinitely into the distant future, could surpass any arbitrary technological measure.
Something like civilization, but not exactly civilization as we know it, might have emerged from a very old human social context that never passed through the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution or the industrial revolution — the two great disruptions in the history of humanity that define civilization, and which have come to define us as a species. Without these definitive events, humanity would be defined very differently.
The non-civilization social institution that could arise from the antiquity of humanity without civilization might qualify as an example of a non-civilization such as i described in my Seven Levels of Civilizational Comparability. In an attempt to define what constitutes a "peer" civilization we need to try to understand alternatives for sentient species that would not constitute peers, and this thought experiment provides just such an example.
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The secret of this universe is the toroid.
In this shape are contained the answers to all the ills of mankind, for the toroid is a self-renewing source of energy.
Look at how the toroid replenishes itself in the atmosphere of this planet, or in an electromagnetic field.
An unending source of free energy would end all wars.
With no further need for oil, empires would collapse.
The wealthiest men in the world would lose their power.
You see now why this information has been suppressed, why it is dangerous to even speak of it.
One day, perhaps.
Not yet.


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For the past 5 years the founders of ENCOUNTER have been exploring public art, cooperative learning techniques, and leadership practices to document the effects of these disciplines on community collaborations. Over time the members of ENCOUNTER have developed the Five Sector Partnership Model. The ENCOUNTER Documentary Committee has documented these partnerships of Public, Private, Nonprofit/Faith-Based, Academic and Media leaders organized throughout Los Angeles.
Now that ENCOUNTER has a BLOG site, these inclusive, noncompetitive, transparent and accountable partnerships can be shared with many across LA County and beyond.
The social problems ENCOUNTER addresses involve facilitating communications across economic, education, generation, and ethnic boundaries to improve internal and external relations in the areas of medical education, science, and service as well as art, design, technology and environmental issues. ENCOUNTER Members are forming study and action committees to carry out this work. The committees are designed to organize strategic alliances between the Mayor's Office, County Supervisors and State Representative, university and college departments, community leaders and nonprofit and faith-based organizations to promote cross-disciplinary, experiential information and resource sharing activities for all levels of leadership. The participants in our projects will be job ready and the paths to those jobs will be provided by our leaders in the public private partnerships that ENCOUNTER supports.
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Mark left us in September 2015. Here we are in January 2017.
It hasn't been very long since we lost our friend to his battle, but in some respects it feels like an eternity. I had hoped to have learned more, or gleamed some sort of insight into why he did what he did through the many conversations we've had since. But nope, nada. I closed that line of inquiry when I decided to let the sunshine again.
He's gone but never forgotten.
Last year for Bell Let's talk Day I struggled to find the words to express my state of mind. // You can read last year's post here // I had been given all kinds of books on dealing with grief, and it was suggested by many that I contact the Canadian Forces' family support line (number at the bottom) for people dealing with loss. At the time I didn't want to. I still don't want to. I don't want to put myself in the place I need to be in emotionally and mentally, in order to open up and make a phone call like that totally worth it. Who does?
My husband and our friends were offered support through the military healthcare services. But for people who aren't directly related to the member or in the forces themselves, support can be hard to come by for this kind of thing, especially if you're living in another language and don't have a family doctor or any medical personnel to talk to.
* Access to healthcare and mental health resources are incredibly hard to come by for military spouses. There was a report published this fall by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (in the US) on the state of mental health amongst military spouses // here // but basically, "The findings suggest that […] military wives are twice as likely as other married women to fall through the treatment net."* It's not all doom and gloom, some families are able to find healthcare providers when they move, but those are few and far between and usually reserved for children, pregnant woman (only while they're pregnant) and the elderly. If you're a reasonably healthy adult you're SOL.
Sure, I had tons of people at the outset who brought casseroles and offered to talk, but it's hard to be real and level with people in the moment. As the months wore on and my friends shifted their focus to new issues, I was only then starting to really want to talk about it. I wasn't sure where to go or what to do with that. I think there was a time last year where calling would have been a good thing to do, but as the person running our household, working a job and running a side hustle (the blog) I just couldn't spend time opening up that wound to a complete stranger. Especially not after it had forced itself closed long enough to get back to some semblance of daily life. You've heard me say it enough on here – especially in last year's wrap-up posts – I wasn't having an easy go at anything and my husband and I struggled to work through our grief and emotions separately and as a couple.
They say when it rains it pours, and last year was hurricane season my friends. Yet here we are, in January 2017. Proof that life moves on and things resolve themselves. Proof that things eventually look up, and that if you are committed to being happy and finding joy, you'll eventually get there. That sunshine after the rain always feels so good for a reason.
When we got posted this spring it was a chance to move away from the saga, to move into a place that wasn't filled with memories; where I wouldn't drive past where he did it and wonder, where we had never had coffee or lunch, a place where he had never been part of our lives. It was the beginning of a new chapter.
We started that new chapter with all the zeal that two people escaping a hurricane have. We made the effort to reconnect with each other (because grief tends to force you into your own little hole), to enjoy our new surroundings, and to let the sunshine in. Sure, there were and are moments were we confide in each other that we feel bad for having "moved on" (if you ever really do move on). You know, the days or weeks where you don't think about them even once. It feels horrible writing that, it's like it diminishes the impact he had on our lives (or us on his) and the severity of what happened. But it doesn't, and I need to remind myself of that every now and then. We can't be expected to wallow in pity and sadness, or to spend our lives saying "hey don't be happy." He certainly wouldn't have wanted that.
Instead, we're finding little ways to honour his memory, and spread some joy around.
On the anniversary of his passing I went for a long adventure walk with our dog. He loved Bruce and he loved the outdoors, so that seemed fitting. We watch a certain comedy clip show because the host reminds us of him and his sense of humour. We have decided to be more involved in our local community and volunteer for shifts at the local community kitchen because sometimes a smile and "how are you?" goes a long way when someone is dealing with things.
We also make a yearly donation to mental health and support services through the United Way campaign on base every year.
I'm going to up my game. For every comment made on this post I will donate an extra 1$ to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention // here // I also strongly encourage you to do something in your community as well! Donate your time, money or know-how. Get involved!!
So yea, a year on we've survived and thrived. Not everyone can do that, and I chalk it up to the power of a strong partnership and my inability to let anything slide. Ask DH when you get a chance, we got through that first year because of each other.
The Canadian Forces offer several easy to access hotlines and services for members and their families. You can read more about them // here //
For members: Call for a confidential talk – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 1-800-268-7708
For families: Call seven days a week, 24 hours a day 1-800-866-4546
If you or someone you know is dealing with loss from suicide, suicidal thoughts, or is a suicide attempt survivor there are many resources available through the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention // here //
If you're looking for some other Canadian blogger perspectives on #Bell Let's Talk Day:
- The Unfit Dad with Postpartum Depression Stigma
- Vanessa Francis with Why I think My Husband Took His Life
- The Sweetest Occasion with Let's Talk Depression


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"It's gonna save your head, it's gonna save your soul. That good old-fashioned, good time remedy they call rock'n'roll" – Rose Tattoo
When I'm sad I listen to music. When I'm happy I listen to music. When I'm somewhere in between I listen to music – this will usually makes me feel better, or worse, but most importantly, it makes feel.
I have played in bands since I can remember. I have invested money, time and (lots of) energy in this endeavour and I do not regret it one bit. Writing music is a highly fulfilling experience for me. The creative process of making new music is a joyful one. But, if writing music is the climax, to perform live is the orgasm, and a big one. When I am on stage I feel alive, like I am in my element, I just belong. My blood still shakes to the sound of rock'n'roll today as it did when I first listened to it. It's a feeling that stays with you for life, and I absolutely love it.
At a rock concert the other day I took a good look around. What I could see was a group of people there gathered for the same purpose – to enjoy the thrill of a rock live performance, to celebrate music.
I could see the struggling musician, who has been playing in bands his whole life, who has put himself in debt to fund music gear, self-released recordings, studio time, tours, etc, but yet, his eyes still manage to shine when presented with the spectacle of a live performance.
I could see the middle-aged rocker, who "used to have long hair back in the day", whose flame never died and is still looking for a rock'n'roll fix.
I could see moms and dads with their teenage kids, all proudly rocking out.
I could see the guy in a suit, whose corporate job may have stolen his will to live but not the thrill of enjoying the sound of a loud guitar.
I could see the young boys and girls, who have discovered old bands and want to experience it how it used to be, who jump and start mosh pits, who have the angst that only teenagers have – the very same essence that gave birth to rock'n'roll.
I could see the geek-looking guy with the band t-shirt, the guy who buys all the albums, who knows all the lyrics, who spends hours upon hours listening and researching for new music, the guy behind the scenes who buys the merchandise and idolizes the musicians – the fan.
I could also see the posers, wearing the full kit, in the right group with the right people, because this is the right gig to be at.
I could see all these and a lot more. But, above all, I could see how music makes these people, people like you and me, feel.
How about you, what is your rock'n'roll?


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It's SEPTEMBER already...
Where is this year going!!
Over on the Kaisercraft blog today we are showcasing
Traditional Christmas colours,
my favourite!!
"JOY" Layout by Alison Bevis
Kaisercraft products - P1939 Mistletoe | P1937 Pinecones |P1940 Decorations |P1936 Sugar Plum |P1935 Poinsettia | CT838 Collectables | DD504 Doilies | RS810 'J' | RS815 'O' | RS825 'Y' | ST928 Clear Sticker 'Life' |
Other - Derivan Kindyglitz 'Red' and Twine.
All you have to do is create a layout of your own using at least 80% of Kaisercraft papers and products. They can be of any Kaisercraft paper collection. Once done, link your layout by creating a blog post on your personal blog or take a photo of it on your personal Facebook page, copy the link... Click on the little frog icon below, at the end of this blog post, add your name and link. You can also view all the other entries as well!!
Good Luck everyone!!!
The deadline: Comments with linked entries for each monthly challenge will close on the last day of that month at 11.59 (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10/Daylight Savings Time UTC +11)
The prizes:
1st PLACE: One of Kaisercraft's New collections (voted as the best layout)
2nd PLACE: One of Kaisercraft Paper Pack. (Random draw winner - EVERY entry is eligible)
2nd PLACE: One of Kaisercraft Paper Pack. (Random draw winner - EVERY entry is eligible)
Winners will be announced at the beginning of October.
Can't wait to see YOUR entry!!
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According to a 2002 study conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH), children who are born just two to four weeks premature can put a child at risk for developmental delays. To arrive at this conclusion, NIH studied the motor and social development (MSD) records of children from four to six months old, seven to nine months, from ten to 12 months, from 13 to 15 months, from 16 to 18 months, from 19 to 21 months, and from 22 to 47 months. The study showed that low birth weight and prematurity were factors that were as significant as being born to an older mother, being the youngest child in the family, being born into poverty, and being born into a family with a low educational level for the risks of developmental delays.
Specifically, researchers found that infants born between weeks 33-36 of the pregnancy were "more likely to experience a delay in one or two developmental milestones for a given age category".
The milestones for developmental delays, according to the University of Michigan Children's Hospital, are measured based on the following categories:
• Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit, stand, walk, run, etc., keeping balance, and changing positions.
• Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat, draw, dress, play, write, and do many other things.
• Language: speaking, using body language and gestures, communicating, and understanding what others say.
• Cognitive: Thinking skills: including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering.
• Social: Interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others.
This study is significant because it has been previously thought that inducing labor or cesarean sections posed little or no threat to pregnant mothers and their children. However, the NIH wants to alert caregivers of premature infants to be "on the lookout for developmental delays". "If a child is born moderately premature, caregivers should know that minor delays are likely and can check when the child is older to see if he or she needs any early childhood educational services." says Mary L. Hediger, Ph.D., a researcher with NICHD's Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research.
Columbia University's study also showed that more children are being born prematurely, from 9.1 percent in 1989 to 17.1 percent in 1996.
Because many of us teach teenage parents or students who are pregnant, we should make sure they are aware of the importance of staying healthy throughout their pregnancy. We should make information such as the study conducted by the researchers at the University of Michigan and Columbia University available to our students so that they can avoid preventable disabilities in their children.
I also found it interesting that prematurity was "as significant a factor" in the risks of developmental delays as being born into poverty or having uneducated parents. This comment was made in the larger context of the report of the study, but it stood out to me because I wasn't aware that circumstances such as being born into low income households had anything to do with the development of the brain. This may contradict our definition of developmental delays, then, from a developmental disorder of the brain to a socially-constructed developmental deficit.
Created By: Kristen Holtschlag
Bock, Robert (2002). National Institute of Health Publication: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2002/nichd-15.htm
The University of Michigan Health System, 17 July 2007: http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/devmile.htm


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Moz.com is a great resource for any knowledge level. They offer advice spanning from strategic level through to in-depth technical tutorials.
A lot of the online marketing sites as I'm sure you see are geared towards online entrepreneurs. 2 great sites I believe Brick & Mortar business owners can receive great online marketing take-aways are Social Media Examiner & Duct Tape Marketing. Both always have great tips that SMB's can implement in their business.
Here is a great up-to-date guide on Online Marketing that is very insightful. It is provided by Neil Patel and was just released last week. http://www.quicksprout.com/2013/11/07/the-beginners-guide-to-online-marketing/
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Yes, I'm using the term sleeper loosely. And I wrote this post in October and left it in The Dungeon of Forgotten Posts along with the post, Alex Gordon, 2009 Is His Year! Anyone that has a couple of percolating neurotransmitters knows Carlos Gonzalez. So this is for everyone else. Hello, friend. Put down the fork. You don't need that to read. You read with your eyes. Perfect! Now put on some pants. That's a sweater… Aw, forget it. Carlos Gonzalez is the doode in the Rockies outfield. He's also the guy that can go 20/20 with upside in each category. Some supersized brains have compared him to Alex Rios. Before you jump out your window, they meant it as a compliment. Rios wasn't always a Scarlet Letter. Jump in your DeLorean and go back to 2007, or simply read this next sentence. Rios went 24/17 in '07. Can Carlos Gonzalez do the same in 2010? Is he a fantasy sleeper (assuming you've been asleep for the last few months)?
Yeah, Pony Boy, he is. 24/17 seems to be on the high side for what I'd expect of CarGo. The other day someone asked Carlos Gonzalez vs. Andrew McCutchen? This is a great question. It's nearly tomato-tomahto. One has 20/20 upside, one has 15/35 upside. I'd side with McCutchen because speed doesn't evaporate, while power can be tricky for a youngster. (Fiddlesticks, I'm an oldster. I use words like youngster.) Look at Rios's power for an example of where power can go. Gonzalez still swings at a few too many balls outside the strike zone, so his average of .284 may be the upper reaches over a full season. .270 seems more likely. To continue this hybrid comparison of Rios, McCutchen and CarGo or Alex McCarGo (who's a lot better than Aaron McCargo), I'd take them in that order, but they're all really close and it doesn't mean I don't like Gonzalez. Rios is only first because he's a bit more known. CarGo and McCutchen blow him away if you want upside. Carlos Gonzalez is definitely a 2010 fantasy baseball sleeper. Just keep expectations in check.


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Friday, November 21, 2014
FOOTBALL GALAXY kicks off!
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My son has been getting this. I signed him up as soon as I read about it on your blog. He's just getting into football and comics are a big love of his (sensible boy).
Sadly issue three has arrived this morning along with a letter saying that it's the last issue
A real shame as it was a nice mix of football facts and some great comic strips
"Dear Subscriber, It is with sincere regret that we have to inform you that Football Galaxy will cease publicatio after this current issue (issue 3).
We believe we have a strong product, but we are a small company and find ourselves in a position where producing the magazine is no longer viable due to finanial issues"
- Thursday, 18 December 2014 at 19:04:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
That's a shame. It had excellent distribution and was everywhere, but it's so hard to get kids interested in buying comics regularly these days. Thanks for the update.
- Thursday, 18 December 2014 at 23:48:00 GMT
Another up[date for you Lew. My son was very excited to sport a copy of Football Galaxy Issue 4 on the shelves of our local supermarket this week, despite the publisher telling us it had folded and refunding our subscription money.
His excitement soon turned to disappointment though once he opened the plastic bag and got the magazine out. The magazine now has NO comic strip content. They have retained the comic strip characters, but they only appear as the occasional talking head introducing a magazine feature. The paper stock is much thinner too.
He won't be getting it again it was mainly the comic strips be liked.
It seems to now be published by a different publisher too, which is probably why they never emailed out previous subscribers about it's continuation
- Sunday, 15 February 2015 at 12:05:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
Yes, I saw it on the shelves the other day. Now published by Skyjack. I didn't buy it so thanks for letting me know there are no strips in it. It's never good news when a mag cuts its budget to that extent.
- Sunday, 15 February 2015 at 13:05:00 GMT


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Here we are, at the start of a brand new school year!
For some of you, this marks another year on our beautiful campus — welcome back, we missed you! For some others, this is the beginning of a new chapter of your life — the University of Maryland chapter — welcome to the Terp squad!
College is an exhilarating time, with each new year presenting new challenges, new opportunities, and new friendships! At UMD, there are exciting things happening all the time — from movie nights, to athletic events, to open mic nights, to group fitness classes, you can barely turn your head on this campus without finding something new to explore during that precious down time.
One thing that stays constant is our commitment to you all to create a campus climate which encourages you to live your best life while you're here! Terps After Dark was created to provide fabulous late-night programming a) to give you spaces to hang out and build friendships, and b) to provide fun, engaging, and sober alternatives to problematic drinking!
Because sober Terps are safer Terps. Because alcohol negatively impacts the development of both your body and your brain, which inhibits your ability to learn and grow (and that's kind of the whole point of college). Because 1 in 4 Terps choose not to drink*, and guess what — they have a great time anyway!
Terps After Dark is our love letter to you, our fearless sober Terps, and to all of your friends, who can always choose not to drink, even if it's just for the night!


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1999-2000: Early concerns on Skytrain tunnel and planning (4 articles)
Although the articles below focus more on the Skytrain tunnel area and nearby residents, Moody Centre and other areas also expressed concerns.
Port Moody residents fear expropriations, tunnel impacts: A Monday night meeting about a proposed SkyTrain route through the community was jammed with locals.
The Vancouver Sun, Scott Simpson, Feb. 17, 1999
Public opposition to SkyTrain is gaining ground in some Port Moody neighbourhoods, where residents fear the new transit line could generate crime and noise.
Residents who jammed a meeting that the city staged Monday night to collect public concerns about the project also expressed fears about the expropriation of an unspecified number of homes.
And they indicated by a show of hands that they were largely opposed to having the line routed through their community.
The moderator for the meeting was Mayor Rick Marusyk, who took some heat from residents. The meeting was also attended by other council members, Light Rail Project staff and local MLA Christy Clarke.
The eastern terminus of the route is Coquitlam Town Centre, projected as a high-growth area similar to Burnaby's Metrotown, and the route envisioned by regional planners and the province requires SkyTrain to go through Port Moody to get there.
Port Moody wants SkyTrain contained in a tunnel all the way from Burquitlam Plaza in Coquitlam, down the North Road corridor, underneath the Seaview neighborhood and emerging only when it arrives at the CP Rail Yard on the Port Moody waterfront.
However, the city acknowledges the train may emerge from its tunnel somewhere in the Seaview neighbourhood, then take an elevated route over the Barnet Highway to the CP Rail yard, to minimize tunnelling costs.
Seaview residents don't like either possibility.
One woman was alarmed by the idea of SkyTrain emerging from a tunnel just a few feet from her kitchen window, and was also concerned that soft soil underneath her home is not suited to tunnelling.
Seaview residents said they want the province and the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority to abandon the Burquitlam-Port Moody route entirely.
Ron Vit argued it would be cheaper and easier to keep SkyTrain on an at-grade route far to the southeast, skirting Port Moody entirely.
That route, rejected five years ago by the Greater Vancouver regional district, would see SkyTrain go along the Lougheed Highway through Colony Farm and past Riverview Hospital before arriving at Coquitlam Town Centre.
Vit said his own study of the economic costs and benefits of the Port Moody route suggest the Lougheed route would cost half as much money to construct while encouraging growth and yielding the same economic benefits.
"This proposal is way overkill. It is too disruptive to the Port Moody area," Vit said.
Marusyk, under pressure from the audience, later promised to arrange a meeting between Vit and transit authority staff to determine the accuracy of his calculations.
Speaker Dave Norman said it was clear that residents don't want SkyTrain going through Port Moody, and that they're unhappy about the uncertainty surrounding the final configuration of the project.
LRT staff said they won't even begin laying out their options for the route — options which may or may not coincide with those developed by the city — until the end of March.
SkyTrain tunnel worries residents of Port Moody
The Vancouver Sun, Scott Simpson, with files from Neal Hall, Jan. 26, 2000
Deborah Nijdam would love to rid herself of the disturbing notion of a SkyTrain tunnel underneath her Port Moody home and the problems it could pose for her once-placid neighbourhood.
But information about the future of their homes and families has been slow to reach Seaview residents, who will be most affected by the new rapid transit line between Lougheed Mall and Coquitlam Town Centre.
In particular, they want access to a geotechnical study that apparently gives the B.C. government's Rapid Transit Project Office (RTPO) the thumbs-up to proceed with an extensive tunnel through Coquitlam and Port Moody. That approval comes despite a federal geotechnical survey that says the mountainside area is at substantial risk in the event of an earthquake.
The city of Port Moody has acknowledged the risk and is developing a statement to that effect in its official community plan.
Council has undertaken a process that would designate the entire area as hazardous for development.
That designation is only one of several setbacks now facing the province, whose $2-billion project is turning into a runaway horse.
The owners of Lougheed Mall in Burnaby are taking the province to court to resist expropriation of land across the street that the RTPO wants for a new bus loop and SkyTrain station.
The Ontario Pension Board, which owns both the mall and the land across the street, is unhappy that the station and the bus loop won't be in the mall — something that police, city councils and residents in Burnaby and Coquitlam say is the only reasonable location.
The landowners will argue in court that the expropriation order, served earlier this month, was "served for an improper purpose with a lack of authority and in bad faith."
Meanwhile, Burnaby council approved a motion on Monday night not to make available land for two SkyTrain stations along the Lougheed Highway until station, road and servicing issues are resolved to council's satisfaction.
The taxpayer-funded RTPO report about the Port Moody mountainside has been in the hands of SkyTrain project staff since last fall, but has yet to be released to the people who helped pay for it.
"What are the long-term consequences of this project, and what happens if I find that my property is slipping because they've destabilized even more?" Nijdam wonders.
"It's quite frightening. I have a hard time believing that we don't have a voice in this process. We have a very stable neighbourhood here. I'm a newcomer and I've been here 14 years."
Gary Youngman, director of public consultation for the Rapid Transit Project Office, said he has not read the RTPO's geotechnical study of the Seaview slope.
But he said he has been apprised of its contents by staff and "There is nothing I'm aware of that indicates there is a problem with soil stability."
He expects the report to be made public when the final agreement between the province and the regional transit authority, TransLink, is signed — probably before the end of February.
"Then we can go ahead and start the public consultation program," said Youngman, adding that it makes no sense to discuss various tunnelling options with residents until the costs associated with them have been resolved through the final agreement to build the line.
But Nijdam points to the government's track record on projects such as the bungled PacifiCat fast ferry, and the collapsed deal to build a new downtown convention centre, and wonders why residents should expect any better with the fast-tracked SkyTrain project
"I don't know whether they will pay attention to our concerns about safety and I don't know how they're going to address them properly."
Trying to find out what will happen to the single-family home she shares with her three children has become an obsession for Nijdam and many others in Seaview.
It was more than a year ago that the transit project office indicated that a tunnel was the most practical way to overcome a steep grade between Coquitlam and Port Moody.
Since then, some residents have concluded that their homes will be expropriated to make way for SkyTrain — based on vague information contained in maps quietly delivered to Seaview residents last year.
The maps and information they received presented several different route options and at least four different locations where the train could emerge from the tunnel.
Some residents are worried about the train emerging from a tunnel close to their homes.
Still others are fearful that the tunnelling will compromise a steep, gravel covered slope already known for its geologic instability.
Some found seams in their property and cracks in retaining walls during the Barnet Highway widening project three years ago.
Nijdam is worried this project could be much worse.
A federal geological survey, designates the area — including Seaview but known more generally as College Park — as a serious risk in the event of an earthquake.
Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini acknowledges the provincial government has the authority to override the city's concerns.
But he said council's move to designate the area as hazardous for development carries a clear message that the city hopes the government will heed.
"We're telling them, `You've decided to do the tunnel. Fair enough. But make sure you are aware of this issue.' "
The designation is likely to upset many residents who could see their property values drop as a result.
Seaview resident Lynn Greenaway-King has received maps and lists of options for the SkyTrain route, but can't seem to find someone in government who will talk to her about the situation.
"There are people on our street who have leaking roofs and don't know if they want to repair them because they are on the list for expropriation.
Local Liberal MLA Christy Clark said it's time for the government to replace Jenny Kwan, the minister responsible for transit, with a cabinet minister who can regain control of the project.
"This thing seems to be charging ahead at its own velocity. It's time for Jenny Kwan to admit she is not up to the task and pass it off to someone who is not focusing all of their energy on the NDP leadership campaign," Clark said.
Kwan could not be reached for comment.
Hole lot of trouble: Residents back in the dark after 2nd tunnel report delay
The Province, Feb. 10, 2000
The release of geotechnical reports about a controversial two- kilometre-long SkyTrain tunnel in Port Moody have been delayed again for the second time.
They won't be released until next Wednesday, two days after Port Moody council is briefed behind closed doors Monday.
Residents affected by the tunnel under their neighbourhood are unhappy about the delay, and Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini called it "very frustrating," particularly because he and city staff believed they could release the report on Tuesday.
Port Moody staff had the report and were studying it before it was reclaimed Friday by the Rapid Transit Project Office that is building the new SkyTrain.
Gary Youngman of the RTPO's public consultation department blamed the delay on a miscommunication among the municipality, the RTPO and TransLink, which will be responsible for the new line's operation.
"The holdup is just the protocol that we discussed," said Youngman.
The worry in Port Moody is concentrated with residents of the Seaview neighbourhood.
They fear further tunnelling may compromise the notoriously unstable area, which has experienced landslides as recently as during the widening of Barnet Highway, completed in 1996.
"What [the delay] does is make us feel uncomfortable for the residents of Port Moody who have been kept in the dark so long," Trasolini said of the year-long wait since residents became aware of the tunnel plans.
"Their neighbourhoods are being affected, their homes are affected, they have a right to know" what's in the reports, he added.
Deborah Nijdam's windows shook when testing was done for the geotechnical reports and she has watched property values plummet because of the uncertainty surrounding the tunnel.
But she has a bigger complaint.
"What I would really like to know is what the route is really going to cost people," said Nijdam, 42, who has lived in Seaview for 14 years.
"They can ruin my life, they can take my house," she added. "I've got no recourse to that.
"They can destroy the neighbourhood. Where we live will be hell forever, because our foundations are cracking because of vibrations from SkyTrain.
That may be just a given, that that sort of destruction is considered OK.
"But what about everyone else? This is bigger than us. The answers should be there for everyone."
But they won't be — not until next Wednesday.
New tunnel still an issue in Port Moody
The Province, Frank Luba, Feb. 23, 2000
Residents of the Seaview neighbourhood in Port Moody under which a two-kilometre SkyTrain tunnel will be built remain skeptical about the safety of their community.
They presented their concerns about the geotechnical aspects of the project, as well as fears about costs of the project, to Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini and council last night.
Port Moody staff finally received their consultant's report Monday on the geotechnical portion of the $730-million line to Coquitlam Centre. But it will be another week before the city's staff have completed their study of the consultant's study of the Rapid Transit Project Office's study.
Seaview residents want answers, not studies.
"There's a lot of blanks that need to be filled in," said Ron Vit, who faces the loss of his home.
"We just have too many questions and they haven't answered them in these technical reports," said Vit.
Based on his discussions with a geotechnical expert, however, RTPO spokesman Paul Skelhorne again tried to allay residents' fears about landslides
"This thing is going to be so far below them that he'd be very surprised if you'd ever know it was there," Skelhorne said yesterday.
Trasolini knows Port Moody's options are limited.
"I can't stop SkyTrain," he said.
"Let's make sure we take the route that has the least impact on the community," suggested Trasolini.


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Delete Multiple Users, Bulk Actions計画済み
I would like the ability to delete multiple people\users. Something like a checkbox next to each user, along with a "select\deselect all" link, and then a dropdown action box for bulk changes (delete user, set attributes, mark as spam (like other threads have mentioned). I have searched the forums but only found the post about wanting the ability to mark and remove spam, so this would be along those lines as well.
Zendesk Update
While not an exact solution for this request (and some of the comments here), we do want to let everyone know about a feature that may help, Bulk User Delete. This tool allows you to delete multiple users at once.
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any news?
it has been 2 years already :)
We do understand the pain point of people management. This is something we'll be looking at addressing next quarter.
May 10, 2011 02:39
It is quite incredible that you don't have a solution to this yet. Management of users in a public facing support system is critical. I am wasting hours of time each week doing things that should take 10 mins with the proper tooling.
I've been using it for 15 minutes on a free trial and have already come across a need for this feature. I'm unlikely to buy if the solution isn't forthcoming.
I would humbly like to request the ability to select multiple users and delete them in one action.
Yes, this is very needed! At the moment we have hundreds of fake spam users that we have to delete one by one. Very time consuming!
Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know that we do see bulk user management as an important addition to Zendesk. It's still planned but I cannot offer an ETA at this time. We will be releasing some functionality within the next few months that will bring us significantly closer to achieving this. Thanks for your patience.
HI Steven,
Really need this feature, ETA would be most appreciated, and I know you don't have one yet, but it seems that everyone has been asking for this forever.
Still waiting for the bulk delete, and improved bulk management of user/people records! Need this bad.
Agree, this is a big need!
still needed..
Would be good to have Last login column in Bulk User Delete so that you can delete users that have never logged in!
+1 on Harpreet's suggestion!
I would also request a feature to do bulk CRUD operations via Zendesk API. Currently, there is C and R (create_many.json and show_many.json endpoints), but there's no bulk api operation for Update and Delete multiple Users. And when I say bulk, I don't mean 500 of Users, but 50 000 of Users, so the update.json and delete.json endpoints for Users are not very ineffective for this kind of job.
Also, I would request a feature to do bulk CRUD operations via Zendesk API using different fields for identifying Users, than id. I particularly mean a possibility to manipulate Users by their external_id, but manipulating by Users' emails would also be beneficial. Keep in mind, that we could go one step further and implement Users manipulation by an arbitrary query (eg. delete Users with user_fields.last_login < "2013-01-01T00:00:00TZ"). It would solve Mr. Harpreet Mudhar's Use case, but... do you want to effectively implement yet another SQL like data store? This is a question for you to answer.
Would LOVE to see this. For some reason, we have a TON of spam users that have signed up. It makes it hard to find the real users, and I definitely don't have time to go through and delete manually.
With all respect, the current bulk delete users feature is actually more useless. If you put in a feature to search via wildcard this would be a real win. The current interface is no better if not worse than simply going through one by one and deleting the 200 or so users I have to delete each year.
Any news about the mass user delete? I really need this function tool! Please, let me know.
"We will be releasing some functionality within the next few months that will bring us significantly closer to achieving this."
August 11, 2013 22:19
up ! Big need. Last message was a couple of months ago. No news?
There is now a bulk delete, but it's a paginated list of users. How is this useful? We can't filter the users at all so we have to go through this list and select each one. It'd be easier to just search for the org or whatever the end-users have in common and deleting them one by one. It's like Zendesk didn't think their users would have thousands of end-users.
6 years and there is still no way to use a filtered list to delete users? Given that the only criterion for forbidding deletion is to be linked to an open (new / pending / solved) ticket I really don't understand the issue, it clearly isn't database-level, you're allowing deletion if all tickets are solved.
I have ~7000 users, and have a list of about 700 to delete (no external id). My only route is to use the hopeless, paginated bulk deletion feature alongside the list of users in Excel - even if I could delete from a list in Zendesk, I can't actually use the UI to create this list because it is so restricted in filter functions allowed.
Over time (I've only been a user for 10 months) I can imagine my end-user database either demanding a lot of admin overhead, or getting increasingly messy. One client alone getting an Outlook virus led to about 20 - 30 rogue end-users being created on suspended tickets.
We also would like to se this feature.
Also i would love to see that i can add columns to the current bulk delete function.
And / Or i would love to see a function to input a CSV file with ZendesID's to be deleted, so the opposite of CSV file import to add users.
Still no change to this awful bulk delete. Not only is the list paginated, but you can't select multiple users on multiple pages and delete at once. It will only do anything with the users you have checked on the page you are on. Come on Zendesk. Why do you make administration so difficult? This is an easy feature to implement. I've hacked it into many web apps before that were missing it. Only problem is I can't do that here since I don't manage the backend obviously. Give us the ability to properly manage thousands of end users already, this is ridiculous.
We need better filtering options, a search and a way to see more than 10 or so users per page. We'd be helping you clean up the user database which would mean increased performance on your back end. There is really no downside to implementing this.
This is, sadly, more of the same from Zendesk Dev. A completely reasonable feature--one that would benefit every admin across your client base--and nothing on it, no movement at all for over SEVEN YEARS. It is, also sadly, not the first, only, or the last feature which has been years in the asking but to which has received no attention.
The last update from anyone at Zendesk about this was from Steven Yan on August 11, 2013. Over four years ago for just the last update to us about this.
And the odd thing is, the majority of the work to make this happen appears to have pretty much already been done. They added the Customer Lists functionality a couple of years ago. That functionality contains most of the filtering we might actually need. Most. Not all. Perhaps add some additional filtering attributes. That too does not seem like it should be so very difficult.
From there, all that's needed is the option to allow us to perform the Bulk Delete on those end-users that we pull up as part of the results-set of the Customer List we've created.
So... how about it, Zendesk Dev?? Hello? Anyone there? Can anyone provide us with any sort of new update on when you might allow us, your client administrators, better UI tools to better manage the end-users in our systems?
Hi Jeff and Robert -
Yes, there is someone here. But there hasn't been for a long time - we're aware that there have been some communication breakdowns in Product Feedback and are actively taking steps to improve the experience.
I'm checking in with Product on several things next week, and will let you know what I hear around where they're at with this particular issue. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
Next week was FIVE months ago! What is the status on this "Planned" Feature?
Oh I suppose there is the Bulk end-user delete on the People page but hardly very easy to use when you cannot search or filter.
Hi @all -- we totally hear you that this would be valuable functionality, but it doesn't appear to be on the near term roadmap. I don't have visibility into why we didn't implement it several years back as planned, but in my experience often something that seems simple turns out to unexpectedly complicated. We may well have run into technical constraints.
I do know that we receive far more feature requests than we can accommodate, and even a small request is still one out of hundreds. We would love to be able to fulfill every single request, and it's painful for a PM to know our users are experiencing any kind of problem with our product. But our resources are finite, and we have to make difficult choices. Please know that at Zendesk most of us are spending the majority of our time building solutions to problems, and very often what we're building aligns to some other feature request.
With GDPR this is absolutely a useful addition for any company. We can import 2000 customers at a time, but we can't delete user like that.
Yes there is a function that if you go to People > Bulk Management you can delete multiple users. This is a great idea until you actually go into that and try to find users. We have over a million users in our account and trying to find the 50 users i need to in that list of 22000 pages is a pipe dream.
Yes we can use the API if we have the correct information we need to delete those users up to 100 at a time. As far as I can tell you can delete a user based on the zendesk id or the external id. I can get the external ID, but unfortunately not all our zendesk users have the external id. The problem I have is I get a list of names and emails. So currently i have to search in zendesk and delete them one at a time. I have not found a way to delete via the API by email. Hopefully i am wrong and there is a way.
I understand that there won't be a batch delete users feature added any time soon, but can Zendesk support perform a batch delete of 37,000 Russian spam users so that I don't have to sift through Igor, Boris and Tatiana every time I select a user on a ticket?
Hi Nate,
Gail from the support team here.
Sorry to hear that you got spammed so badly! Our team does not delete the users for you, but what we recommend as part of the spam cleanup process is suspending the requesters to prevent them from cluttering up your user selection. You can also go into Admin > Manage> People> Bulk End-User Delete and permanently purge the users there.
I hope that things are spam free for you going forward!


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We received a large package in the mail this week and the kids immediately claimed the box. After taping the end shut and cutting a door, it quickly became a rocket ship when on its end and a car and a coffin when it was laid flat. This led to scurrying to find the dress up clothes to become a vampire and then a skeleton. It also led to talk of Halloween costumes 🙂
It is now set up with a blanket and pillow inside. My son likes it for a "getaway".


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As hyped, today Casey Neistat released his interview with YouTube's CBO Robert Kyncl. Like many people I wanted the interview to be much longer and more in depth. But it's an excellent start. I'm hopeful this will open the door to transparency not only on YouTube but Instagram, Facebook and Twitter too.
Despite the backlash from some saying the the chat didn't disclose enough, I found it super revealing. Here are three big takeaways for advertisers, marketers and business owners to succeed on YouTube.
Kyncl outlined specific kinds of videos YouTube wanted support, promote and even spend money to help create:
1. Daily News
Kyncl says he personally wants to see more news programs. What better way to grow a core audience than to start locally. Here in Charleston I'd love see Holy City Sinner and The Charleston City Paper team up to do a show. Something totally different than your local TV news.
2. Women Creators
This, of course, was my favorite idea. While men currently dominate YouTube, companies like Ford Motor are working to change that. Among other women initiatives , they work with my friend Stephanie Carls to review cars on her channel.
Find a fantastic woman to support or start your own female run show. *Looks in the mirror and kicks own butt into gear.*
3. Educational
Not "traditional" education, but things people really want to know. While Kyncl gave the example of his daughter learning about veganism, there's a whole world of knowledge to get out there.
Things you might take for granted make excellent how-to videos. My friend Laura produced this video on how to tie a bow tie. 3.2 million views later it's the most watched video of it's kind.
YouTube recently changed its monetization rules. Creators must have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of viewership in the past 12 months. Also there was the recent Adpocalypse where revenue dropped significantly.
This leaves two major sponsorship opportunities open. First, find new channels that haven't hit these benchmarks yet. Look for local people or really specific niche channels that would appeal to your audience.
Secondly, reach out to any YouTuber you want to work with to see how you can sponsor a video. Carly Heitlinger (aka Carly the Prepster) recently shared she makes the majority of her income from sponsored posts and only a small amount through commission – the blogger equivalent of automated advertising. The same could be true for YouTube at some point. YouTubers need to diversify their income portfolio now more than ever and will be more open to proposals.
Drama Free Channels
Kncyl emphasized when creators succeed, YouTube succeeds. He says they are connected at the hip. What he didn't exactly say, but inferred, is advertisers are connected to YouTube at the other hip. And advertisers want to support drama free content.
So skip the click bait, the low cut tops and stunts making people look foolish. When creating videos think about what a company would not only approve to sponsor, but what they would be proud to sponsor.
What did you learn from the video? What other questions would you like answered? This is the first crack in the wall between platforms and creators. I can't wait to see it crumble.


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The teller slides a plain brown box across the counter and tells me the total with a smile. I mirror it and hand over my card. In the brown box is a stack of tracking markers -- the product of a brief flash of inspiration. If you've ever spent some time doing camera matching in Blender, you'll know that it can be a boring, tedious process that's wrought with false starts and disappointments.
A few well constructed, highly visible tracking marker can solve most of these headaches, and while one doesn't always have control over the footage, when it's possible to add them in, the effort-to-return ratio is immense.
I decided to try my hand at making up a marker with the (albeit limited) knowledge I have about camera tracking in Blender, OpenCV, and general image processing. In the interest of brevity, all of the important details are condensed in the image below:
I have not yet tested this marker, but I'll be able to put it through the wringer in a short while. Until then, if you'd like to print your own and give it a whirl, I've included the full multi-resolution SVG here.


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Update on Coach Angelo's fight: His fight got canceled so if you planned on going just to watch him, no need to. However, our CFJ friend Jason Brenton is still on the books! No doubt it will be a great show!
Happy Birthday Clem. Have a great day!
Happy Birthday Clem!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
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Albuquerque Image Products has deep roots in New Mexico and the Albuquerque community. We are proud to support our local nonprofit agencies, schools, and other local organizations. The entire team at Albuquerque Image Products is dedicated to transforming our city and helping our friends and neighbors live happy, healthy lives. As a small, local business, we are committed to building strong relationships and promoting positive solutions to our city's many challenges. We are more than just a copier company, we are a partner in the development and enhancement of the Albuquerque community.