Our Embassy in Bangkok closely followed the October 2018 detention in Thailand of approximately 100 people, mainly from Pakistan, whom the Thai authorities considered illegal immigrants, and has monitored other recent immigration crackdowns. On 2 November 2018 I spoke to the Thai Ambassador in London to raise our concerns over the detention of foreign nationals, including nationals of Pakistan, in Thailand. Later that month, our Embassy in Bangkok raised the issue with the Ministry of the Interior. We have also repeatedly urged Thailand to sign the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees. We believe that the actions of the Thai authorities are not aimed at any specific group or groups but apply to anyone whom they deem an illegal visa over-stayer. The UNHCR are working closely with the Royal Thai Government over asylum and resettlement issues.


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The Baby Boomer divorce rate has doubled in the last decade and January is the month with the most reported divorces. Many people right now are facing the tough divorce question: Where do we go from here?
Divorce can stem from many issues; cheating, financial problems and falling 'out of' love are just a few, but when a relationship is driven apart after more than twenty years, how does someone recover and start over again?
A 2004 AARP survey found that 80% of divorcees between the ages of 40 and 79 rank themselves between 6 and 10 on a "Happiness Scale". Even more promising, 53% rank themselves between 8 and 10, suggesting that post divorce happiness is a very real thing.
Brave men and women all over the world take their first steps as a single person for the first time in over twenty years every day. Some of our readers have shared their journeys with us and are inspired to help other men and women find their independence after divorce.
After over twenty years of marriage, the two most common phrases people used to describe how they felt after their divorce was finalised are 'free' and 'relieved'. Perhaps this is an indication that once we know divorce is coming and have gotten over the initial shock, we want to take those first independent steps into single life.
After years of not having to 'maintain a standard', not having to 'work on someone else's happiness at the demise of your own' and not making decisions on the grounds of 'that is what I want to do' so many divorcees almost look forward to the first chance to find independence again.
Having said that, the financial and emotional challenges take years to overcome. One of the women who shared her story with was prepared for her divorce, she had resigned from her job, accessed her superannuation fund and started looking for elsewhere to live. Another woman, who had not been able to prepare for divorce, went through over two years of legal battles, suffering financially, and for a long time afterwards too.
Financially, preparing for a divorce can be difficult. If you have a combined pension or superannuation fund, depending on your employment status, age and fund, it is most likely that it will not be a simple 50/50 split. Likewise for assets, so it is best to seek financial and legal assistance at the earliest stage possible. Keeping your relationship with your partner amicable is also critical to making the process run smoothly.
The stories people shared with us about their divorce journey had one thing in common, after the divorce was finalised they moved away to somewhere new. Starting a new life began with a physical sea change for many, and allowed them to delve into new communities, new friends and explore themselves by taking on new jobs, hobbies and activities.
Volunteering is a way which many people told us they made new friends. Using their skills, they joined the help teams at local charities, churches, hospitals and art centres and gave back to the community in return for a new support network.
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Family and friends play a major role in overcoming emotional issues. Surrounding yourself with people that are supporting and nurturing is essential. Sadly, not everyone finds their friends as supportive as they would have hoped. While this is upsetting, many people say they have been thankful that their true friends were revealed and have been happier for it.
The advice from divorcees for anyone going through a divorce was simple: Treat it as an opportunity to start again. Without a doubt, there will be an awful period where life will be difficult and happiness will seem impossible, but take your time, invest yourself in doing things you love and enjoy the chance to be free and enjoy yourself.
Have you been through a divorce and found it a positive change? How did you start again?
Hello, I was wondering how did it go with your divorce. I'm curious.
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Q: Anypoint Setting Flow Reference Display Name Since I did an update to Anypoint Studio a while ago, whenever I add a Flow Reference and set the Flow Name it is pointing to, the Display Name of the Flow Reference is changed automatically to the name of that flow. Anypoint will sometimes rename it even when I just open the properties of that flow so I constantly lose the name I have set.
Has anyone else come across this? I've looked if it is setting that I can turn off but cannot find anything, and am wondering if it is a bug within Anypoint.
Anypoint Version 6.2.2
OS - Windows 10 Pro

A: I have checked this my anypoint studio and studio behaves the same and whenever we add any new flow and refer the flow using flow reference the flow reference name automatically changed to flow name. Although it seems correct for me as the flow we are referring using flow reference should show the same name.

A: I've been speaking to Mulesoft Support and they are aware of the bug and apparently it will be fixed in version 6.4 release towards the end of June 17.

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"I let people know that this is not a room of blame," she says. "I also make sure they know that we can be lighthearted, too. We don't have to take ourselves so seriously. I let them know that all the emotions they may be experiencing are emotions that I have had, or still do have, and that it's important for us to be gentle with ourselves."
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Ericka has facilitated workshops at numerous institutions including the UCSF Alliance Health Project in San Francisco and Skyline Community College in San Bruno, California. When asked if there was a moment that stood out for her, though, she recalled a comment that took place at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois after the screening of the diversity film, Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity.
The group was discussing the segment of the film called "Trip to the Grocery Store," in which a black woman receives unjust scrutiny by a white cashier until the woman's sister-in law exerts her white privilege to call out the treatment. A woman from the group said, "I really don't think it was racism at all. I think that cashier was having a bad day."
Ericka remarks: "She made the comment because she felt that she could and she'd been socialized to believe that it was okay. Maybe she had been asked by some boss to engage in discriminatory behavior and justified her own actions in a similar way. I said, 'You know, if I go to work, I don't get to bring my bad day with me.' And the whole room erupted into conversation."
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Widowed and left a single mother at the age of 19, Ericka founded Black Panthers Party chapters in Los Angeles and New Haven, Connecticut. She went on to direct the Oakland Community School, a community-led and student-centered precursor to today's charter schools, from 1973 - 81. She was the first woman and person of color to serve on the Alameda County Board of Education.
An advocate for whole child education, restorative justice, and spiritual practice in activism, Ericka has supported thousands of conversations about social change. She speaks of teaching and service as having "an exponential life in the distance."
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Workplace learning during a pandemic
(Deutsch) Content, Content, Content – und er lebt doch!
(Deutsch) Adaptiv und immersiv: die Entwicklungen bei LMS und Co.
(Deutsch) Potenziale des Lernens mit AR- und VR-Unterstützung
(Deutsch) Die Start-ups auf der LEARNTEC
(Deutsch) Wie Digitalisierung die berufliche Bildung beeinflusst II
Peter Littig 7. December 2021 8:31
How can the world of work, and with it vocational training and further education, keep pace with digitization? What does it mean for the individual employee to have to find their way in the so-called VUCA world? In conversation with Dr. Peter Littig, Prof. Dr. Steffi Robak from Leibniz University Hanover elaborates on these questions from a scientific point of view.
Prof. Dr. Robak is head of the adult education / further education team at the Institute for Vocational Education and Adult Education at Leibniz University Hannover.
Institute of Vocational Education and Adult Education: https://www.ifbe.uni-hannover.de/en/
Note: The interview was recorded before the outbreak of the COVID-19-pandemic. Developments and findings for the field of vocational training that have arisen since then could therefore not be taken into account.
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Peter Littig - Dr. Peter Littig, born 1948, is a mathematician, physicist and educational scientist. He used to teach at public and private schools and has been working in adult education since 1984. He was trainer, consultant and head of department at Control Data Institut. From 1995 on, he was head of education at DEKRA Akademie GmbH. He is now retired, but still serves as advisor on educational policy to the board of directors.He has published numerous papers and books on further education, human resource development and digitization in learning and training.
Learning Insights offers videos and texts about occupational learning. The idea came from DEKRA Media, the editing team includes Wolfgang Reichelt, Nigel Paine, Peter Littig and Lutz Michel.
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Internet providers in Thomasville, NC
Thomasville, NC internet providers
Cable 100%
Windstream - 200 - 2,000 Mbps Cable 2.596%
Windstream - 200 - 2,000 Mbps DSL 0.868%
North State Communications $39.99 200 - 2,000 Mbps DSL 100%
North State Communications $39.99 200 - 2,000 Mbps Fiber-optic 69%
Thomasville internet service at a glance
Provider: Windstream
1 provider - 100%
At 100%, broadband coverage in Thomasville is comparable to the rest of North Carolina - 99%, and comparable to broadband coverage across the U.S. - 95%.
The vast majority of those living in the Thomasville area will have access to cable, which covers 100% of Thomasville residents. DSL internet is also an option for many, offering service to 98% of the area. Fiber-optic is less available but still a popular internet option for roughly 79% of those living in Thomasville.
There are five internet providers serving the Thomasville area, and 99.85% of households will have internet options from more than one provider. Among Thomasville's five internet providers, prices start at $39.99 and available download speeds reach up to 2,000 Mbps.
Average internet speeds in Thomasville
Windstream 89 Mbps 13 Mbps Cable
Spectrum 134 Mbps 17 Mbps Cable
*Data sourced from M-LAB speed tests taken by real users in Thomasville.
Compare Thomasville internet speeds to the national average
Thomasville – 145 Mbps
NC – 120 Mbps
Thomasville – 41 Mbps
NC – 43 Mbps
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Top high-speed internet providers in Thomasville
The largest internet providers in Thomasville are Spectrum and North State Communications bringing cable, DSL, and fiber-optic options to Thomasville.
Cable internet from Spectrum is available to nearly all Thomasville residents, covering 100% of households. Many will also have the option of DSL from North State Communications, which covers 100% of the area. Thomasville's third most-available internet provider, North State Communications, offers fiber-optic to around 69% of Thomasville residents.
Cable from Spectrum offers broadband to all households in Thomasville covering 100% of the area.
Spectrum's cable network is likely to offer faster speeds than DSL or satellite service, but Thomasville residents in densely populated areas may experience slowed speeds during peak usage times.
Internet prices for Spectrum start at $49.99/mo.*, which is lower than the average starting price for internet in Thomasville, $56.24.
Spectrum customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 300 Mbps**, which comes to an estimated $0.17 per Mbps, about the same as the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Thomasville, $0.31.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, Spectrum offers download speeds up to 1,000 Mbps** and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps in Thomasville. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Thomasville's providers, 359 Mbps.
North State Communications DSL internet
North State Communications
DSL from North State Communications offers broadband to all households in Thomasville covering 100% of the area.
DSL internet from North State Communications uses telephone lines in Thomasville to deliver service, which often leads to lower prices and higher availability, though download speeds are likely to be slower than cable or fiber-optic internet.
Internet prices for North State Communications start at $39.99/mo.*, which is significantly lower than the average starting price for internet in Thomasville, $56.24.
North State Communications customers who choose the lowest-priced plan can expect speeds up to 200 Mbps, which comes to an estimated $0.20 per Mbps, about the same as the average cost per Mbps for the lowest priced plans in Thomasville, $0.31.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, North State Communications offers download speeds up to 2,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 30 Mbps in Thomasville. These download speeds are available to 100% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Thomasville's providers, 359 Mbps.
North State Communications fiber-optic internet
Fiber-optic from North State Communications offers broadband to most households in Thomasville covering 69% of the area.
Fiber-optic service from North State Communications is popular for its fast download and upload speeds, even during peak usage times, but may be less available throughout Thomasville than other internet types.
For those who value internet speed as much as cost, North State Communications offers download speeds up to 2,000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in Thomasville. These download speeds are available to 69% of the area, and are much faster than the average max speeds from all Thomasville's providers, 359 Mbps.
If you live in the heart of Thomasville, you'll likely have options from cable, DSL, and fiber-optic internet providers. For those in rural areas or just outside Thomasville, however, satellite or fixed wireless internet may be the best internet option.
Satellite internet from HughesNet and Viasat offers 100% availability in Thomasville and surrounding areas. HughesNet starting prices are higher than average in Thomasville at $64.99/mo. for speeds up to 25 Mbps. Viasat starting prices are significantly higher than average in Thomasville at $69.99/mo. for speeds up to 150 Mbps. Satellite internet is a less appealing option for many Thomasville residents, however, as service typically comes with high latency and low data allowances.
What's the fastest internet provider in Thomasville?
Windstream is the fastest internet provider in Thomasville with download speeds up to 2,000 Mbps. These speeds are available to 2.596% of households in Thomasville. The next fastest internet provider in Thomasville is Windstream, offering download speeds up to 2,000 Mbps to 0.868% of the area.
What's the cheapest internet provider in Thomasville?
North State Communications offers the cheapest internet in Thomasville with plans starting at $39.99/mo. This is significantly less than the average starting price for internet in Thomasville, $56.24.
Is fiber internet available in Thomasville?
North State Communications is the largest fiber-optic internet service provider in Thomasville, covering 69% of the city.
Do I need a phone line for broadband?
The only broadband internet type that requires a phone line is DSL and dial-up, which use phone lines to deliver service. Other internet types, such as cable, fiber-optic and satellite, require no phone line for broadband service.
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Homecoming by Christie Golden
Read June 5th 2016
Previous book (Voyager): The Nanotech War
Next book (Voyager): The Farther Shore
Spoilers ahead for Homecoming!
After seven long years in the Delta Quadrant, the crew of the Starship Voyager now confront the strangest world of all: home. For Admiral Kathryn Janeway and her stalwart officers, Voyager's miraculous return brings new honors and responsibilities, reunions with long-lost loved ones, and for some, such as the Doctor and Seven of Nine, the challenge of forging new lives in a Federation that seems to hold little place for them.
But even as Janeway and the others go their separate ways, pursuing new adventures and opportunities, a mysterious cybernetic plague strikes Earth, transforming innocent men, women, and children into an entirely new generation of Borg. Now the entire planet faces assimilation, and Voyager may be to blame!
Ever since the success of Deep Space Nine's Avatar, the Pocket Books Star Trek novel line has shown great interest in setting books after the finales of the various series, with novels such as Enterprise: The Good That Men Do and The Next Generation: Death In Winter kicking off the "relaunches" of their respective series. In some cases, the relaunch attempts to "right the wrongs" of the series finale, most obviously with the revelation of Trip Tucker's true fate in The Good That Men Do, undoing the grave disservice to his character in the Enterprise finale, "These Are the Voyages...". In a similar manner, I feel that Homecoming attempts to fix some of the problematic parts of the Voyager finale, "Endgame."
But what happened after the credits? Homecoming answers that question.
One of the biggest problems I had with "Endgame" is that we don't see the aftermath of Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant in any way. This is a goal they've been struggling towards for seven years. The culmination of that epic journey of over 70,000 light-years is a plaintive "We did it" from Janeway, an order to set a course for home, and the roll of the credits. Regardless of one's thoughts about Voyager, I felt that fans of the show deserved a better ending than that. Thankfully, we get a bit of restitution in Homecoming, which deals with the arrival of Voyager and the repercussions not only for the crew, but for the Federation as well.
It turns out that with all that has happened to the Federation recently, especially the devastating Dominion War, the concerns regarding Voyager and her crew are very much secondary. I thought this was an interesting take on the story, the idea that all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding their return as seen in the future portion of "Endgame" would not be something that a Federation which has just been through a major conflict is interested in. While the return of Voyager is an important event, it really does take a backseat to other issues the Federation is dealing with.
Voyager's return ends up being a little more low-key than some were expecting.
Another issue from "Endgame" that I felt needed "fixing" was the poorly thought-out relationship between Seven of Nine and Chakotay. The entire relationship came out of left field, and I was supremely happy when Christie Golden ended it in Homecoming. However, kudos to her for paying it the respect it deserved. Chakotay and Janeway do not immediately leap into each others' arms; after all, the Chakotay/Seven relationship did happen, and it is at least worthy of acknowledgement even though its ending is most welcome.
Seven and Chakotay's relationship ends in Homecoming, and its ending is quite welcome (in my humble opinion).
There is a lot going on in this novel, and something interesting for each character to do, which is very welcome, especially when it comes to characters who have been under-served by the television series. Conspiracies and hidden plots abound in Homecoming, with some characters perhaps having agendas contrary to what we would expect from them. Unfortunately, Homecoming ends on a cliffhanger, with the story being taken up in the following novel, The Farther Shore. With my commitments to the Literary Treks podcast, I haven't been able to get to that novel, and it looks like I won't be able to for some time. Hopefully I can read it at some point, however, because I'm eager to see how this all plays out!
Righting some of the wrongs of "Endgame," Homecoming is the return home that fans of Voyager deserved. However, while it does get a lot right for the Voyager crew, it is certainly far from perfect. The story takes some strange turns plot-wise, but a great deal of intrigue will keep the reader interested enough to pick up part two, The Farther Shore.
More about Homecoming:
Podcast: Literary Treks 239: Big Box o' Pips
Also by Christie Golden:
Star Trek: S.C.E. #3: Hard Crash (2000)
Star Trek: Voyager: Gateways, Book 5 of 7: No Man's Land (2001)
Voyager: In the Queue, from Star Trek: Gateways, Book 7 of 7: What Lay Beyond (2001)
Star Trek: Voyager: The Farther Shore (2003)
Star Trek: Voyager: Spirit Walk, Book One of Two: Old Wounds (2004)
Star Trek: Voyager: Spirit Walk, Book Two of Two: Enemy of My Enemy (2004)
Look for my next video book review, for the David Mack novel Section 31: Control, coming soon! As for written reviews, the next one will be for Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels.
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Five Verizon IndyCar Series stars took off their helmets and slapped on name tags to play Celebrity Family Feud for charity on ABC Sunday night.
Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, James Hinchcliffe, Will Power and Conor Daly took on Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, with the winners taking home a $25,000 donation to a charity of their choosing.
The IndyCar fellas dominated the night, sweeping all three 'face-offs' and three rounds of play. The IndyCar squad sent Hinch and TK to the 'Fast Money' round where the guys easily topped the 200-point goal, winning the grand prize.
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import org.apache.carbondata.common.constants.LoggerAction
import org.apache.carbondata.core.constants.CarbonCommonConstants
import org.apache.carbondata.core.metadata.CarbonMetadata
import org.apache.carbondata.core.util.CarbonProperties

class CarbonCommandSuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {

  protected def createAndLoadInputTable(inputTableName: String, inputPath: String): Unit = {
    sql(
      s"""
         | CREATE TABLE $inputTableName
         | (  shortField short,
         |    intField int,
         |    bigintField long,
         |    doubleField double,
         |    stringField string,
         |    timestampField string,
         |    decimalField decimal(18,2),
         |    dateField string,
         |    charField char(5)
         | )
         | ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
       """.stripMargin)

    sql(
      s"""
         | LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '$inputPath'
         | INTO TABLE $inputTableName
       """.stripMargin)
  }

  protected def createAndLoadTestTable(tableName: String, inputTableName: String): Unit = {
    sql(
      s"""
         | CREATE TABLE $tableName(
         |    shortField short,
         |    intField int,
         |    bigintField long,
         |    doubleField double,
         |    stringField string,
         |    timestampField timestamp,
         |    decimalField decimal(18,2),
         |    dateField date,
         |    charField char(5)
         | )
         | USING carbondata
       """.stripMargin)
    sql(
      s"""
         | INSERT INTO TABLE $tableName
         | SELECT shortField, intField, bigintField, doubleField, stringField,
         | from_unixtime(unix_timestamp(timestampField,'yyyy/M/dd')) timestampField, decimalField,
         | cast(to_date(from_unixtime(unix_timestamp(dateField,'yyyy/M/dd'))) as date), charField
         | FROM $inputTableName
       """.stripMargin)
  }

  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
    CarbonProperties.getInstance().addProperty(
      CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_BAD_RECORDS_ACTION, LoggerAction.FORCE.name())
    dropTable("csv_table")
    dropTable("carbon_table")
    dropTable("carbon_table2")
    createAndLoadInputTable("csv_table", s"$resourcesPath/data_alltypes.csv")
    createAndLoadTestTable("carbon_table", "csv_table")
  }

  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
    dropTable("csv_table")
    dropTable("carbon_table")
  }

  private lazy val location = CarbonProperties.getStorePath()

  test("delete segment by id") {
    DeleteSegmentById.main(Array(s"${ location }", "carbon_table", "0"))
    assert(!CarbonStore.isSegmentValid("default", "carbon_table",
      location + "/carbon_table", "0",
      CarbonMetadata.getInstance().getCarbonTable("default", "carbon_table").getTableStatusVersion
    ))
  }

  test("delete segment by date") {
    createAndLoadTestTable("carbon_table2", "csv_table")
    val time = new Timestamp(new Date().getTime)
    DeleteSegmentByDate.main(Array(s"${location}", "carbon_table2", time.toString))
    val version = CarbonMetadata.getInstance()
      .getCarbonTable("default", "carbon_table2")
      .getTableStatusVersion
    assert(!CarbonStore.isSegmentValid("default",
      "carbon_table2", location + "/carbon_table2", "0", version))
    dropTable("carbon_table2")
  }

  test("clean files") {
    val table = "carbon_table3"
    dropTable(table)
    createAndLoadTestTable(table, "csv_table")
    DeleteSegmentById.main(Array(s"${location}", table, "0"))
    CarbonProperties.getInstance()
      .addProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_CLEAN_FILES_FORCE_ALLOWED, "true")
    CleanFiles.main(Array(s"${location}", table, "true", "true"))
    CarbonProperties.getInstance()
      .removeProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_CLEAN_FILES_FORCE_ALLOWED)
    val carbonTable = CarbonMetadata.getInstance().getCarbonTable("default", table)
    val tablePath = carbonTable.getAbsoluteTableIdentifier.getTablePath
    val f = new File(s"$tablePath/Fact/Part0")
    assert(f.isDirectory)

    // all segment folders should be deleted after CleanFiles command
    assert(f.list().length == 0)
    dropTable(table)
  }

  test("clean files with force clean option") {
    val table = "carbon_table4"
    dropTable(table)
    createAndLoadTestTable(table, "csv_table")
    CarbonProperties.getInstance()
      .addProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_CLEAN_FILES_FORCE_ALLOWED, "true")
    CleanFiles.main(Array(s"${location}", table, "true", "false"))
    CarbonProperties.getInstance()
      .removeProperty(CarbonCommonConstants.CARBON_CLEAN_FILES_FORCE_ALLOWED)
    val carbonTable = CarbonMetadata.getInstance().getCarbonTable("default", table)
    val tablePath = carbonTable.getTablePath
    val f = new File(tablePath)
    assert(f.exists())

    dropTable(table)
  }

}

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The Canadian Press Jul 16, 2019
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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an addition to the historic hotel even after Ottawa's city council approved the controversial…
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Christian Paas-Lang - The Canadian Press Jul 11, 2019
OTTAWA — A controversial addition to the historic Chateau Laurier was approved Wednesday, but Ottawa's city council will meet again Thursday to vote on it one more time.In a 14-9 split, councillors voted down a motion that would have…
Poloz appears in no rush to move interest rate, warns of trade threats
By Andy Blatchford – THE CANADIAN PRESS Jul 11, 2019
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz is holding firm on his key interest rate and showing no urgency to make a policy change, positions that come with the U.S. Federal Reserve poised to cut its rate.The Bank of Canada's…
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Theron Davis and Bill Woodhead Jul 9, 2019
In early 2019, the Canadian Construction Documents Committee ("CCDC") released the CCDC 30 Integrated Project Delivery Contract 2018 (the "CCDC 30"). Various other North American and international industry organizations have also introduced…
Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster
By Amy Smart – THE CANADIAN PRESS Jul 8, 2019
More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyouts they've been waiting for will be based on…
BentallGreenOak is Constructing a 32-storey Office Tower in Downtown Vancouver
Building Jul 4, 2019
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Kevin Powers Jun 28, 2019
Perched on a hill in rural Ontario, a proposed advanced manufacturing site overlooked a handful of farmhouses whose residents were laying siege to the project. The developer had done almost everything they could think to keep the peace. The…
Graywood Developments announces a contemporary mid-rise residence in midtown Toronto
Building Jun 26, 2019
Midtown Toronto's Lawerence Avenue West neighbourhood will be home to Graywood Developments' new 9-storey mid-rise boutique condominium. The condo will back onto the Douglas Greenbelt park, with 40 per cent of the land given to public use.…
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Yesterday I attended an event at the Department of State that Dr. Shaun Casey, a member of Floris UMC and Professor at Wesley Theological Seminary invited me and the other pastors to attend. I have learned that if you are invited to an event in the Washington, DC area, you should always go, not just because the person is a friend and someone you respect, but because it will usually be interesting in ways that you did not imagine. Shaun will be leading the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the State Department's portal for engagement with religious leaders and organizations around the world. The hope is that they can reach out to faith-based communities to ensure that their voices are heard in the policy process and help equip foreign and civil service officers with skills necessary to engage faith-communities effectively and respectfully.
It seems wise to engage the religious community and treat religion as an important factor in the thinking and beliefs of cultures around the world. One of the big mistakes we make is to act as though religion is too personal, complicated or problematic to be a platform for discussion or even taken seriously. Most of the world is in some way religious, which is to say that most people believe in some form of what AA calls a "Higher Power" and their beliefs influence their actions. But what a variety of beliefs people hold. I am pleased that Shaun was chosen for this post, not only because he is smart, but because he has a generous spirit that seeks commonality amongst diverse views. While he is a Christian, he is an ethicist by training and knowledgeable about other faith traditions. He is curious about what he does not know, and what he might learn from those he meets, good traits for someone in his post.
Finally, I am pleased that this is the kind of person who chooses to be apart of the church that is also my community. I am a Christian. I know that everyone in the world does not hold or agree with my religious beliefs. I greatly enjoy being in a church tradition that can hold its beliefs deeply while living in respect and community with others. Sitting in the Benjamin Franklin room, listening to the Secretary of State announce this new initiative, I thought about how grateful I am for the often amazing people who attend Floris UMC. They work in complicated jobs in government agencies and the private sector where they have to use their minds all day long and are in some form of community with lots of people from all over the world who come from different cultures and religions. They do this with respect and a curiosity that enables them to learn from others and solve complicated problems. Even a cursory knowledge of history leads one to see that religion has often been the source of many of the world's conflicts. Fundamentalism in many religions remains a place of conflict, hostility, and hatred today. But there is another force at work among people of faith who are able to honor religious traditions different from their own. When we honor and respect what is most sacred in the lives of others, it may be possible to live with each other in a way that will promote peace that serves us all.
A thoughtful blog that acknowledges that all religions are not the same but that for the most part the many and varied religions in the world profess there is a "Higher Power" and that that commonality should be used in the cause of peacebuilding. I'm for separation of church and state in that I think state sponsored religion can be very dangerous just as Jesus experienced when governmental power and religious power untied to crucify him but there are many situations for the good of the people that government leaders and religious leaders need to work together. This work is not easy but it so needs to be done. Dr. Casey's appointment seems to me to be another means by which God is striving to be at work in the world for it to move in the direction God would have it to go.


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"The Amazing Shanghai" – amazing exhibitions at Akvárium Klub
In June 2017, the city of Shanghai will bring its Global City Campaign to Budapest, Hungary. Headlining with ìThe Amazing Shanghaiî, the 2017 City Campaign is composed by a series of robust events and collaborations. The highlight events including a themed Photography Exhibition and The Shanghai 360° Immersive Panoramic Photography Installation, which will be held at the well-known cultural center Akvárium Klub, and at Erzsébet tér respectively. The two exhibitions will run for 5 days from June 26 to June 30.
"The Amazing Shanghai" was developed to amplify a new modern vision of Shanghai, boost its cultural influence and communicate its true emotional identity to people around the world. The upcoming events in Budapest aim to strengthen the bond between the two friendly cities: Shanghai and Budapest, to present the culture of Shanghai to Hungarian public, to promote the China-EU high-level people-to-people dialogue, and to advance the cultural and artistic exchanges between China and countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Headlined as ìAmazing Shanghaiî, the Photography Exhibition will have 80 photographs on display, providing visitors an immersive journey to Shanghai. Through the artistic lens on Shanghai's city landscape, city development, cultural characteristics and heritage, the exhibition reveals the urban images of the metropolis and its concrete substance in a cultural and spiritual context.
Hungary, as an important partner of China's the Belt and Road Initiative, shares a long and deep friendship with China, while Shanghai and Hungary also enjoy a special bond dating back to the first half of 20 centuries. Hungarian architect L·szlÛ Hudec used to be responsible for some of Shanghaiís most notable buildings including the Park Hotel, the Grand Theater, the Wukang Mansion, the (original) Shanghai Beer Factory and many more masterpieces. These buildings have been well preserved and have been regarded as an important part of Shanghai's cultural heritage. In this Photography Exhibition, visitors can get a glimpse of the historical sites and witness the profound friendship between Hungary and Shanghai.
The Shanghai 360°
The Shanghai 360° features a circular wall-high picture that presents a panorama of Shanghai. The creative panoramic rotunda enables the public to experience photography of the megacity in a whole new dimension: viewers can now literally immerse themselves in the picture and feel like actually being in Shanghai!
The rotunda is 5 meters tall, with 30-meters circumference. The interior panoramic photography was taken and composed by the German photo artist HG Esch, capturing the fascinating record of the booming skyline of Shanghai on top of the is 420.5-metre-tall Jin Mao Tower. Standing inside the rotunda, audiences will feel like as if they are in the sky above Lujiazui, looking down the panoramic view of the two sides of the Huangpu river.
The Amazing Shanghaiî is jointly hosted by Information Office of Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai International Culture Association, Europe-China "One Belt One Road" Culture & Tourism Development Committee, and Committee of China Arts Festival in the EU.
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Information Office of Shanghai Municipality
The Information Office of Shanghai Municipality, is one of the departments of Shanghai Municipal Government for news release, media services and international communication. The office aims to showcase Shanghai in an objective and accurate way by offering a range of services to media from home and abroad, and organize promotional events worldwide.
Shanghai International Culture Association:
Shanghai International Culture Association (SICA) was founded in 1986 as a municipal-level people's organization that conducts non-governmental international cultural exchanges. Its function is to strengthen mutual understanding and friendly cooperation between Shanghai and the rest of the world. It serves to enhance Shanghai's economic growth, scientific progress, and cultural output through people to people engagement in international cultural exchange.
EU-China One Belt One Road Culture and Tourism Committee
EU-China One Belt One Road Culture and Tourism Committee is founded by European officials to boost the interactions of top-level Chinese and European partners active in tourism and cultural aspects of diplomacy, business and politics. It recognises this new dimension of EU-China cooperation, and vowed to focus on culture and tourism potentials in the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Committee of China Arts Festival in the EU
China Arts Festival in the EU is an annual initiative presenting a variety of EU-China crossing cultural happenings and artistic projects throughout the European Union Member States. It endeavours to promote the two-way flow of exchanges with the aim of consolidating a network of leading Chinese and European partners active in the field of arts.
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Jake Gyllenhaal & Annaleigh Ashford to Lead Sunday in the Park on B'way
December 13th, 2016 | By Imogen Lloyd Webber
Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford are going to give us more to see! After the sad news that Gyllenhaal wouldn't be reopening the Hudson Theatre with Burn This from February 2017, comes the happier announcement that the Oscar nominee will launch the venue by reprising his City Center performance in Sunday in the Park with George. Once again co-starring Tony winner Ashford, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's classic tuner will play a limited engagement February 11, 2017 through April 23. Opening night is set for February 23 and tickets are now available to the production. Sarna Lapine directs.
Gyllenhaal made his Broadway debut in Constellations. Other theater credits include Little Shop of Horrors at City Center, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet off-Broadway and This Is Our Youth in the West End. His numerous screen credits include Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Oscar nod, Prisoners, Enemy, Source Code and Nightcrawler.
Ashford won the Tony for You Can't Take It With You. Additional Broadway performances include Sylvia, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Hair and Legally Blonde. She was a series regular on Masters of Sex and recently starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George follows painter Georges Seurat (Gyllenhaal) in the months leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." Consumed by his need to "finish the hat," Seurat alienates the French bourgeoisie, spurns his fellow artists, and neglects his lover Dot (Ashford), not realizing that his actions will reverberate over the next 100 years.
No word yet on further casting, but the fall concert performances included Tony nominees Carmen Cusack (Bright Star) as Yvonne, Tony nominee Zachary Levi (She Loves Me) as Jules, Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I) as Frieda, Tony winner Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun) as Old Lady, Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Shuffle Along) as Mr., Tony nominee Phillip Boykin (The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess) as Boatman, Tony winner Gabriel Ebert (Matilda) as Franz, Claybourne Elder (Bonnie and Clyde) as Soldier, Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You) as Nurse, Liz McCartney (Les Misérables) as Mrs., Solea Pfeiffer (West Side Story) as Celeste #1, Gabriella Pizzolo (Fun Home) as Louise and Tony nominee Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) as Celeste #2. The cast was rounded out by Max Chernin, Michael McElroy, Stephanie Jae Park and Jaime Rosenstein.
The Hudson Theatre, which played its last Broadway performance on April 20, 1968, has been undergoing a multi-million dollar project, restoring the landmark venue to its former glory as a Broadway playhouse. It is owned by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC and operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group, which recently secured Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for their other Main Stem venue, the Lyric Theatre.
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No good fixing justice system unless racism in Sask. is tackled, too
Saskatchewan·Opinion
The death of Colten Boushie has become a watershed event and we can only hope that things change from legal and societal perspective.
Colten Boushie's death illuminates Indigenous-settler friction and rural-urban divide
Doug Cuthand · for CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2018 12:00 PM CT | Last Updated: February 14, 2018
An attendee at a Calgary rally holds a sign in support of Colten Boushie's family. (Terri Trembath/CBC)
Last Friday night I was blindsided by the not-guilty verdict delivered by a visibly non-Indigenous jury in the trial of Gerald Stanley for the death of Colten Boushie.
Many thought there would be a verdict of manslaughter and they were caught flatfooted when the verdict was not guilty on all counts. I thought of the family, the supporters, the spirit of a dead young man — and it occurred to me that now we can kiss reconciliation goodbye.
'We hit a wall here': Regina mayor says Gerald Stanley trial has set back reconciliation efforts
On Saturday I went down to the Saskatoon courthouse, where a crowd of well over a thousand supporters had gathered to rally for change in the justice system and ultimately justice for Boushie.
Saskatoon march of solidarity held for Colten Boushie on Tuesday
Much has been said about the two solitudes of Indigenous people and settlers, but Saskatchewan also has a rural urban divide that is reflected in incidents of racism.
The Battleford, Sask., area has a long history of racism and friction between the First Nations population and settlers. There is a great deal of mistrust and fear between the two groups.
Sask. Premier Scott Moe welcomes 'difficult discussions' on racism following Gerald Stanley verdict
Racist threats expose 'something very rotten' in Sask., says Idle No More co-founder
White people fear Indigenous people mostly because they are unknown to them. Fear of the unknown is a very powerful emotion that clouds people's thinking and reinforces stereotypes.
An aerial view of Gerald Stanley's farm taken by RCMP. (RCMP)
The image of rural Saskatchewan is changing. The settler population is in decline; people are moving away and selling their farms. The next generation is not taking over the farm that may have been in the family for three or four generations.
On the other hand, the Indigenous population is on the rise. It is the most rapidly growing group in Canada. The on-reserve population is growing, while farms are becoming fewer and farther apart. A fortress mentality is taking over, as it did in the tragic case of Boushie.
The acquittal of Stanley has been met with disbelief and anger. The Battlefords area now looks like the Mississippi of the north.
One of dozens of rally's in support of Colten Boushie's family took place across the country, this one in Vancouver. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)
There has been talk of change in the justice system. But what kind of change? There are two streams in this discussion: legal and attitudinal.
On the legal front there have to be changes in the jury selection process. In the Stanley trial, the Boushie family said that all of the Indigenous-looking jury candidates who were selected from the jury pool were challenged by the defence team, and excluded. The jury selection process should be altered to eliminate the right of lawyers to challenge jurors without stating a reason.
Gerald Stanley acquittal outrage result of 'centuries of oppression,' says prominent civil rights lawyer
We don't have to agree with jury's decision in Gerald Stanley case, but we must respect it
But it's not going to do any good to tinker with the justice system unless the racism that is rampant in this province is eliminated.
This story is definitely not over.
This has become a watershed event and we can only hope that things change from legal and societal perspective.
Doug Cuthand
Doug Cuthand is an Indigenous affairs columnist, freelance journalist and filmmaker who lives in Saskatoon. He is a member of the Little Pine First Nation, Sask.


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Unconventional wisdom : The death of 60/40 : Chris Hall
Managing risk diversification as the 60/40 rule breaks down
The changing correlation between bonds and equities creates new challenges for diversifying risk. Chris Hall reports.
"If you had tried to predict the 1970s and 1980s based on data from the previous three decades, you'd have been badly wrong." This is how Wayne Fitzgibbon, a partner at institutional investment advisor Mercer, applies the maxim about past performance being no guarantee of future results to challenges besetting money managers in periods of extreme turbulence and disruption.
The upheavals sparked by Richard Nixon's 1971 withdrawal from the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates led eventually to a new regime of largely unfettered capital flows and free-floating currencies. Inflation was gradually tamed, whilst debt levels and asset prices rocketed. Similarly, Fitzgibbon characterises the past decade as a transitional 'not normal' phase, punctuated by some dramatic shifts, on the way to a 'new normal', not yet fully formed.
"We're on the cusp of a new normal. Many factors will shape the new regime: from geo-politics and trade to climate change and demographic trends," he says.
Fitzgibbon sees a shift toward stakeholder capitalism, with profits and revenues joined by metrics reflecting impact on, and contribution to, wider society. But high levels of unpredictability about the new normal mean the recent past will offer little insight.
"Correlations between assets will change, but we're not convinced that any statistical analysis of correlations using data from the last ten years, or if you throw the last two decades together, will be a good guide to the future," he says.
Central bank as elephant in the room
One factor that made the 2010s decidedly not normal was monetary policy in major western economies. Aimed at stimulating lacklustre post-crisis GDP growth, low-to-negative interest rates, quantitative easing (QE) and bond-buying programmes undermined the highly negative correlations between bonds and equities on which many investment strategies were built, especially among balanced or multi-asset funds.
"Central banks have taken an increasingly active role in the markets, suppressing volatility with regular injections of liquidity. The rising tide has lifted all boats," says Marc Franklin, head of flexible multi asset at NN Investment Partners. Long-established bond/equity correlations, have become less pronounced and less predictable, shifting from strongly negative to both mildly positive and mildly negative in recent years.
In the new decade, central bank policy is still focused on stimulating growth, but retreat from QE is now openly discussed, if not yet fully in motion. If equity valuations tumble without central bank support, low-to-negative yielding government bonds won't come to the investor's rescue. In or after a period of transition, higher bond yields and negative correlations could return, but that might not save any funds persisting with a 60/40 asset allocation split between equities and bonds.
In the league tables, balanced and other multi-asset funds have been outshone by simpler strategies in a prolonged, if artificial, bull market. Fitzgibbon argues for adjustment not abandonment. "Diversification was not needed in the past decade. But you don't stop buying house insurance just because your house hasn't burned down," he notes.
The likely combination of heightened volatility and unstable correlations means portfolio managers must develop strategic frameworks that allow for tactical flexibility. In the first instance, this means finding a substitute or complement for bonds in terms of risk diversification, albeit respecting performance targets and risk constraints.
This could lead to 20% of strategic asset allocation directed to non-correlated asset classes such as real estate or insurance-linked securities such as catastrophe bonds, suggests Mathieu L'Hoir, senior multi-asset portfolio manager at AXA Investment Managers. These assets are less liquid than listed securities and require a wider range of analytics skills and tools, as well as different trust and custody arrangements, adding to cost.
New approaches
As such, other approaches are also needed. Traditionally, multi-asset portfolio managers tend to hedge non-domestic fixed-income exposures and keep equity investments unhedged. In volatile conditions, this means a 60% allocation to equities, for example, implicitly carries even higher risk. Keeping all US$-based investments unhedged in unpredictable markets, due to the tendency of the greenback to rise when equities tank, can supplement diversification.
"A manager with 30% or more allocated in equities and around 50% in global high yield or hard currency emerging market bonds, might be better off not hedging their US$ exposure," he says.
To boost tactical flexibility, L'Hoir suggests actively trading volatility. Noting the high cost of buying put options from banks, he says a similar effect can be achieved at lower cost by replacing equity exposures with the simultaneous buying of call options and selling of futures to create a 'strategic put'. With this approach, the call position will mechanically increase the fund's exposure as the market goes up, offering the opportunity to sell futures to take the profit. Dynamic management of positions is crucial to the fund's efforts to optimise gains and mitigate costs, L'Hoir adds.
Franklin agrees on the need for tactical 'nous' within a flexible strategic framework. He adds that the precise approach should depend on whether the fund's prime focus is protection or diversification. If the former, it may be sufficient to play defensive, leveraging the resilience of government bonds. If the latter, it's necessary to look beyond the core, perhaps to precious metals and high quality corporate bonds, particularly those offering long duration.
To generate and execute ideas across the full range of asset classes and markets, Franklin adds, funds must have access to deep human and technical resources. "The big are getting bigger. To ensure diversity of ideas within the portfolio you need a breadth of skillsets."
If correlations and diversification cannot be relied upon in public markets, Fitzgibbon suggests private market assets, notably infrastructure. As well as privatised assets, such as railways and airports, this now encompasses green infrastructure, including desalination plants, sea walls, carbon capture capabilities, and power grids.
These are not subject to the liquidity challenges increasingly facing publicly-traded asset securities, although they can be framed by lock-in periods and fees that reflect the due diligence required for physical assets. Investors can tap private infrastructure via funds of funds, and specialist private equity funds, as well as through multi-asset funds, although charging structures will vary.
Despite acknowledging the seismic shifts in the geo-political and macro-economic background, Liontrust's head of multi-asset, John Husselbee, is reluctant to call time on bonds. He also argues diversification beyond 60/40 has long been a feature of the multi-asset spectrum, especially in the retail market.
"Bonds still offer investors over the medium to long term a yield, diversification to equities, capital preservation and in some cases inflation protection. We seek further diversification from non-traditional asset classes such as absolute return funds, hedge funds and commodities," he explains. "Whilst we are not prepared to time the markets, we do see merit in tilting portfolios more defensively when valuations seem to be expensive and vice versa."
Shifts in correlations between asset classes should be monitored, Husselbee suggests, but only as a factor within a wider process. "Consistency of performance is impossible but consistency of process is a prerequisite and can ultimately lead to long-term excess returns. Investors should be aware of the importance of blending styles to get the full benefits of diversification," he says.
Tactics will vary, but a robust process and steady nerve will be needed to prepare portfolios for regime change as central banks pull back from the QE era. "2018 was a foretaste of challenges to come," say's L'Hoir, noting the bouts of volatility prompted by concerns over QE withdrawal. "There could be nowhere to hide." ●
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Philippines. San Miguel to invest in Duterte's former backyard
San Miguel is considering more industrial parks, gasoline stations, and feed mills for the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, betting on president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's promise to promote economic development outside the capital.
Duterte became mayor of Mindanao's Davao City 28 years ago, and transformed the country's former "murder capital" into a more business-friendly hub. He is due to become the first Philippine president from the south following a landslide election victory on May 9. One of Duterte's key campaign platforms was shifting to a more federal form of government to promote broader economic development and tackle an entrenched Muslim insurgency in Mindanao state.
"We plan to build at least three more industrial estates in Mindanao, so that local and foreign investors can locate there," San Miguel President Ramon Ang told reporters on Tuesday.
With no definite timetable for the three projects, Ang said they would be patterned after the company's first industrial park in Davao, which is due to partially open in the second half of this year. It covers 2,000 hectares and has a 600-megawatt, coal-fired power plant, a seaport, and an airport. SMC Davao Industrial Estate is registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, which offers tax breaks and other inducements.
Ang said San Miguel plans to lease land on long-term contracts, and that the 600MW power plant required a $1.2 billion investment. The three new parks will each start off with 300MW generating capacity. Duterte has promised to ease restrictions on foreign ownership of local businesses, and ongoing efforts to attract foreign investment should boost energy demand.
Without going into detail, Ang said Petron, San Miguel's oil refining and retailing unit, plans more gasoline stations for Mindanao. Another subsidiary, San Miguel Pure Foods, is looking to build feed mills there.
San Miguel already has a major brewery in Mindanao, making it a major existing investor. Despite being the second biggest island in the Philippines, Mindanao only contributes 13% of San Miguel's consolidated sales, which stood at 159.6 billion pesos ($3.38 billion) in the first quarter, up 1% year on year.
Ang professed himself unfazed by Duterte's announcement on Monday that he would appoint communists to four key agencies, including the labor and environment departments. "Only foreigners are worried," he said.
Expanding a Davao City ordinance, Duterte also said he would impose a nationwide ban on liquor sales after 1 a.m. nationwide, but Ang does not foresee this hurting beer sales. "San Miguel Brewery is a stable business," he said. "People will just drink faster."
Shares of San Miguel rose 1.1% on Tuesday, outperforming the overall index, which grew 0.2%.
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New wind slabs from the incoming storm on Saturday will likely be forming on a recently buried crust and surface hoar layer, creating the potential for touchy conditions. Keep an eye on snowfall amounts and evaluate the bond of the new snow.
FRIDAY Isolated Flurries. Light SW wind.SATURDAY Snowfall amounts are uncertain. Estimating between 5-20cm. Strong SW Wind. SUNDAY Cloudy with sunny periods. Moderate W Wind.
5-10cm off storm snow on Thursday has fallen over a variety of hard bed surfaces including newly buried Surface Hoar 1600-1900m and a supportive temperature crust up to 2000m. A strong Midpack sits on top of a faceted base.
No new avalanches observed. Limited Alpine observations.
Regardless of snowfall amounts, Wind Slabs will continue to build over a crust / surface hoar layer during the forecast period.
Avoid open slopes and convex rolls at and below treeline where buried surface hoar may be preserved.
This layer likely requires a large trigger. New wind slabs may step down causing large avalanches.
Pay attention to overhead hazards like cornices which could trigger the deep persistent slab.Avoid steep convexities or areas with a thin or variable snowpack.


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Hope Is My Anchor: Invisible Illness, Visible God - Finished!
Some of you know that I've been working on a book for the last 10 or so years (longer if you count the years early in Dave's illness that I journaled, before I ever thought of writing a book). In between taking care of Dave and the kids, homeschooling, working part time, and trying to breathe, I found snippets of time here and there to work on it. Some years I worked on the book a lot, some it lay dormant, like a seed in the ground. Cold, dark, resting--waiting to grow.
Last fall I attended a Women of Faith convention, and learned about a contest that WestBow Press was sponsoring. The deadline gave me just under 4 months to finish up, and I wondered if I could do it. I prayed and God cleared my Thursday afternoons and many Saturdays, so I set those aside for writing and revising.
My original journals went through several evolutions. The first draft was mainly for me. Sometimes I joke that I "unwrote" a book because my journals were so lengthy! During the second draft I was trying to find my way...could this be a book that might interest and help others? Two trips to Write-to-Publish and countless conversations, prayers, and experiments later, I settled on a devotional format. Last fall I had a revised draft of about 2/3 of the book finished, and I spent the last 4 months finishing the final third and reworking the whole.
The Grand Prize, of course, is publication of the winner's manuscript courtesy of WestBow Press, with the option that Thomas Nelson might decide to pick up the book. Hundreds of people enter, and last year's winning entry looks like a quality book (I love Marcia Moston's title: Call of a Coward). The winners will be announced on March 31st. While I'd love to win, my prayer is that a quality book will be chosen that glorifies God, and that whether through this opportunity or another, my book will be published. I'm so thankful to be finished, and truly appreciate the support and prayers that many have given us. The encouraging emails kept me going when I wondered if I should give up on such a big project. Thank you!
I hope you win, Merry! This is thrilling!
Merry, how exciting! I really hope we might meet someday!
How exciting! Congratulations on finishing your book - that in itself is a great accomplishment!
You'll let us know when it's published, right? Cause I want to be among the first to buy a copy! I know how encouraging you've been to me over the years, so I know this book will be so full of good things. Congratulations on finishing.
Flannery O'Connor says something to the effect that when a book leaves your hand it belongs to God. I pray that whatever God has in store for you, you are at peace and able to see the plans He has for you.
Blessings on the work of your hands.


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Home Around the County BOE Candidate Corkadel Cozy with Public Education-Hater Roy Moore at Severna Park...
BOE Candidate Corkadel Cozy with Public Education-Hater Roy Moore at Severna Park Fundraiser
Vicky Bruce
Religious Extremist (who is against public education) Judge Roy Moore at a September Severna Park Fundraiser. Seen here with County Employee for Constituant Services under Steve Schuh, who has just announced her candidacy to run for a seat on the Board of Education. County Executive Steve Schuh was also seen attending the fundraiser.
According to today's Capital Gazette newspaper, Michelle Corkadel, a constituent services officer for County Executive Steve Schuh, filed today to run for election to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education for District 7.
Strange that Corkadel would want to sit on the board of our public schools, since just a few months ago, Corkadel appeared cozy with Alabama extremist and public education-hater Roy Moore. The two were snapped for a photo at a fundraiser for Moore by the event's photographer and archived in a since-deleted photo album on Facebook.
Corkadel's statements on her candidacy, reported in the Capital article today, said she will bring a "fiscally conservative" voice to the body, saying the school system needs to "drastically change the way local and state tax dollars are spent."
What exactly does that mean? When someone pals around with the likes of Roy Moore, the only thing that "fiscally conservative" sounds like to me, is someone who wants to continue the path of de-funding public education to the point where there is nothing left for our children at all.
The last thing parents and students in Anne Arundel County need is someone on our Board of Education who would support a hate-filled anti-LGBT bigot, racist and religious extremist, who believes that a biblical law should supersede state and federal law.
Anne Arundel County needs less of these extremists like Corkadel, County Executive Steve Schuh, and County Council Chair Michael Peroutka. Both Schuh and Peroutka also appeared at the Severna Park fundraiser.
What we do need is robust funding for teachers and students. We need to be at the top of public schools in Maryland, not subject to the gutting of our schools by our embarrassingly fanatic elected officials.
The county elections for the Board of Education will be the first ever in the County. This year, districts 1,4,5 and 7 will be elected.
Get out and vote and make sure Corkadel stays as far away from making decisions about our teachers and children as possible.
Vicky Bruce is an author, filmmaker and editor for the Arundel Patriot.
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Advertising Vehicles Upgrades First K-9 EMS Response Unit in the Nation for Ohio Ambulance
(Cincinnati, Ohio – July 22nd, 2021) – When Louie Belluomini reached out to Advertising Vehicles, his intention was to get a basic design for his Ohio Ambulance K-9 EMS response unit. After hearing his story, and with it being the first of its kind in the U.S., there was no way we could leave it at that.
Belluomini, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, suffered from PTSD, traumatic brain injury and damage to his hip. He tried therapy and medicine, but nothing worked. He finally found a solution, through K-9s for Warriors when, he met his service dog Star.
"I met her, and she was like this crazy dog. She was running all over the place, on her back wanting her belly rubbed and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I have to have this dog the rest of my life?'," he said. "So, I was a little panicky at first, to be honest."
Belluomini's fears were calmed as soon as he saw Star put her service vest on and get to work. She turned into a completely different dog, and he immediately saw just how capable and intelligent she could be.
Louie wanted to showcase this special situation
In his civilian life, Belluomini has been working as a paramedic for more than 13 years, and with Ohio Ambulance since March of 2021. As his service dog, Star has been riding along with him on the ambulance for years. With that, he and his team were able to scent train her to work on the ambulance.
"Typically, she was the first on scene," he said. "So, she oftentimes started the search, and then the police dogs picked it up from there."
Advertising Vehicles was inspired by the unique situation Belluomini and Star had found themselves in and took his initial request for a basic decal design and upgraded it for free.
"Louie had these great ideas, and it was for such a good cause that we had to find a way to upgrade their project to a clever partial wrap design to achieve his goals, " Advertising Vehicles Account Executive Adam Parrock said. "After seeing what we completed, it was worth it to have done what we did for Louie, Star and Ohio Ambulance. "
A custom partial wrap custom to showcase the "star" of the show
"What we really wanted to portray was patriotism," Belluomini commented.
The design features an American flag, a silhouette of Star, prominent logos of Ohio Ambulance, skylines of both Cincinnati and Cleveland, and a dedication to the father of Ohio Ambulance current CEO and COO, Chris and Ed, Edward Patriarca.
"The pictures that we had of the layout was phenomenal," Belluomini said. "To see it firsthand is breathtaking, the pictures just don't do justice to what it looks like in person."
Now Belluomini and Star are ready to be first on the scene. With a high-quality, fully-wrapped, EMS response unit, people will instantly know who is there to help them when they need it most.
You can learn more about the pair, and the work they do at captainlouieandstar.com.
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