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For those of you who thought that the sky was about to fall in EPA as part of the budget battle, I’m able to report that EPA survived sufficiently intact to continue to issue new rules. Today, EPA proposed a draft revised construction general permit, or CGP, for stormwater discharges from construction sites disturbing at least one acre (or less, if the project is part of a common development plan that is greater than one acre). The revised CGP would replace the current CGP which is set to expire on June 30. EPA has proposed to extend the current CGP through January 31, 2012, in order to give it time to promulgate the new CGP in final form.
For my Massachusetts readers, the 50-foot buffer will seem very similar to the buffer zone already required under the MA Wetlands Protection Act regulations. The jurisdictional scope of the CGP will not be identical to Wetlands Act jurisdiction, but they should be fairly similar.
Comments on the proposed rule will be due 60 days following Federal Register publication.


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Home How To Choose A Trap Ontwerpen For Your Floor Plan?
How To Choose A Trap Ontwerpen For Your Floor Plan?
The purpose of trap in any home is to provide a transition from one floor level to another. In most of the homes today, trap are the centre of attraction and is in plain sight. Thus, choosing a trap ontwerpen for your house floor plan becomes very important especially when the location is so visible.
Whether to opt for a custom or pre-built trap ontwerpen? : Most of the homeowners stick to the basic layout for a trap ontwerpen. A pre-built trap kit, on average, is an affordable and sensible solution for your home. However, the cost increases as the ontwerpen become more complex with things like curves, landings and high end finishes.
There are exceptions where a unique ontwerpen concept may present itself. This is often seen in high end luxury homes where the owner has a desire for something out of the ordinary. The cost, here is much more significant. Custom trap ontwerpen are more expensive as compared to pre-built.
Straight- It is the simplest of them all. It provides a straight run from one floor to the next.
L-shape- It is called L-shape because at a point in the run of the stair a 90° angle is formed at the landing creating the shape of an L.
U-shape- It is similar to the L-shape trap, but the landing extends the width of the trap creating what is a u-turn transition typically midway up the trap run.
Flared- The trap treads fan out and widens as the run extends to the floor.
Curved- The trap run bends or bow as it transition from one floor to the next.
Open Rise- The rise is open between each trap tread as you move to the next floor.
Spiral trap- The treads anchor to a center pole as you transition to the next floor moving in a circular motion.

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Kinesio Tape was developed in the 1970’s by Dr. Kenzo Kase.
His goal was to help facilitate the natural healing process in the body, especially after clients left their treatment sessions.
The end product of his research was Kinesio Tape, an elastic, adhesive tape that is cotton-backed.
The adhesive is medical grade acrylic, and the product is latex-free.
To someone looking at Kinesio Tape it may appear that the tape is pulling the body into place. In actuality, it is more of a suggestion of how the body should hold itself rather than a restrictive force making it take a particular shape.
Kinesio Tape is applied to the skin with only a light amount of stretch. This technique facilitates lymphatic drainage by providing a small amount of lift to the skin.
When combined with body movement the Kinesio Tape helps lymph to move along lymphatic channels just under the skin and away from the area that is swollen. This brings down inflammation and helps reduce bruising if it is present.
When using Kinesio Tape to reduce scar tissue, the tape is applied in a manner that lifts the skin in directions that cause the scar tissue a little bit of stretch when a person is moving.
The direction that the tape is applied is unique to each scar and how the tissue around it is able to move.
Over time this small amount of stretch causes remodeling of scar tissue which makes the scar less visible and less restrictive to movement.
When combined with Myofascial Release for scar tissue, Kinesio Taping to reduce scar tissue is even more effective.
and get back to just being YOU again.

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I wish you were here with me now.
wanted to be two, but ended up five.
they wanted to be two, but ended up the same.
but still they wanna play the game, so guess what came to pass?
and they too divided, but quintuplets instead of twins.
as they changed their world around them so they could survive.
and their presence was extended more when lonely little cells did stray.
and their presence began to cause alarm.
for in changing their world they also sounded their own death knell.
their world became a battleground, of fight, of fear, of pain.
it took with it their life force, and left them high and dry.
a world of fight, a world of fear, a world that ends in pain.
Mitosis is the process of cell division in cells that produces cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell – the poem takes some artistic licence though in the description of the process of division. "Mitosis" is inspired by my grandmother's battle with bowel cancer. Though she fought for four months after her cancer was diagnosed, ultimately we all knew what the outcome would be. Her cancer died with her on 16th July 2007.
"Mitosis" is dedicated to Mary Ellen Turner, 1921 – 2007.
Through it the being of you survives.
Your personality drives you on.
While inside you hide the heartache.
Seeing the world and it’s graces anew.
But it comes at quite a cost.
And together you will grow.

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Put that cell phone away. Not in your pocket, not in your purse, go park it in your locker and keep it out of the classroom.
That's the new rule for students returning to class at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek.
According to principal Jeff Bohl, it's all about helping kids get the most out of their time in class.
Teens in trouble: instead of picking up the phone, they're texting crisis lines. An interview with Lisa Turbeville and Anthony Grupdio.
The idea of a teen crisis line isn't new.
But think about it: When's the last time you've seen a teenager pick up a phone, dial a number and call someone?
The average teen sends some 2,000 text messages a month.
Listen to our conversation with MLive's Jonathan Oosting about Michigan's attempt to enact a "Kelsey Smith Law."
The bill, if passed, would require cell phone carriers in Michigan to release location information to police in the event of an emergency.

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On Wednesday 13th December we will be holding our annual Christmas Lunch for Grandparents and other members of the local community.
Students who have their Grandparents coming in for the lunch will be serving for their respective Grandparents and other students from the Academy will also help. The cost of the Christmas lunch is £3 and tickets are available from Main Reception.
Arrival is 11.45am and lunch will be served at 12 noon in the Main Hall. We will have Christmas music playing, and a raffle will also be held with the proceeds going to a selected charity.
If you would like to invite your child’s Grandparents, please complete the slip below and return to the school reception by Monday 4th December in order for numbers to be confirmed.
I* / we* would like to attend the Grandparents’ Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 13th December, 12 noon.


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Top of the league Slazengers were the visitors to Park Lane on a foggy day, that almost meant the match didn’t go ahead.
The pre-match talk was about keeping things tight and compact in the midfield and pressing Slazengers high up the field to force the mistakes. Halifax couldn’t have asked for a better start when these tactics paid dividends within the first 5minutes.
Halifax welcomed back top scorer Michael Jones after missing two games due to illness and he didn’t show any signs of rustiness. The Halifax pressure forced the mistake in the Slazengers defence and when Jake Bamforth fed the ball through to Jones his run round the edge of the D created himself some space and he smashed the ball into the bottom corner.
Slazengers were not settling and Halifax were dominating the possession. Jones made it 2-0 with the goal of the game. Great work and passing in midfield from Gabe Coleman, Tom Love and Josh Barron sent Bamforth clear and his initial shot was saved by the keeper, but the ball fell to Jones on the top of the D. With the keeper stranded off his line Jones produced a sublime chip sending the ball up and over the goalkeeper into the goal beyond even a covering defender.
Oliver James made it 3-0 midway through the half as he broke forward to support another flowing attack and finished it off with a smart strike.
A penalty corner though on the stroke of halftime got Slazengers back in the game at 3-1.
Another penalty corner for Slazengers brought them back to 5-3 but Jones wasn’t finished and it was fitting he had the final say in the game. As the game neared the end Halifax won a penalty corner and Jones’ drag flick was too much for the keeper – taking his tally to five of the day.
A great 6-3 win that puts Halifax back in the promotion race. They now have two tough away trips before Christmas to tackle starting with Sheffield Hallam next week.

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September 12, 2012 by iCepts Technology Group, Inc.
Comments Off on Everything is Going Mobile These Days? How about Mobile ERP?
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Dynamics NAV Mobile Sales gives sales representatives access to customer, product, and order history information from your organization's Microsoft Dynamics NAV system. It allows them to create orders, and print order confirmations and invoices.
The user selects a customer and the appropriate information is displayed. This includes historical information such as open orders, last orders, and ledger entries. Using ExpandITs unique offline/online technology we display additional information when there is a connection to the server.
The Order Application allows entry of new sales orders. Items can be added by typing in the item number, using a barcode scanner, or by selecting items in the Product Application area.
Some Mobile ERP Sales customers have modified the Calculate function to include discounts from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV System.
The Order History Application is the representative’s access to previously obtained orders and contains such information as order date, ordered items, shipment date for each item or group of items, order number, quantity, and amount.
There are customers who have modified this application area to include a Re-order function.
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The John Wick movies are proper action movies in the true sense of the word. That’s one of the reasons why they have been very well received. Since they have done so well, the studio has been making the third one, and it has now released the first trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The trailer suggests that like its two predecessors, the upcoming movie is going to have its share of serious action.
The trailer picks up the story where the previous film ended. John Wick has been ex-communicated from the assassin organization and now has a bounty on his head, which means some very dangerous people are out to get him.
He’s now running around New York trying to kill all of his enemies before they can kill him. So you can bet that there’s going to be a lot of action during the entire course of the movie as the story plays out.
Chad Stahelski, who directed the first two films, is back in the director’s chair for the third installment. Laurence Fishburne and Ian McShane will be reprising their roles as well while Halle Berry will be making her first appearance in this successful franchise. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is slated to hit the big screen on May 17th.
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Arcade. Player 3. Thomas Clarke. Capcom.

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Cleaning up Congress after the Abramoff scandal involves far more than limits on gifts and perks. It requires barring the 'legalized bribery' of major campaign contributions.
Scandals are healthy for the body politic. Like fevers and other symptoms of physical illness, they alert us to the diseases that attack our democracy and its government, and the publicity that accompanies major scandals often leads to the removal of the most toxic agents from the system. Such has been the case with the scandal surrounding Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The revelations regarding his transformation from conservative partisan into ultimate Washington fixer have confirmed, for anyone who was still unsure, that Washington under Republican rule is defined by a culture of corruption. And it has removed from the councils of leadership the pre-eminent practitioner of that corruption, Congressman Tom DeLay, who, faced with Abramoff’s decision to rat out his co-conspirators, gave up his quest to return as House majority leader.
So far, so good. But now we get to the tricky part of any political scandal: the question of whether the initial revelations and removals will be misinterpreted as cures for what ails a very sick system. As of now, the scandal has wrought no change in the way business is done in Washington. And there is every reason to believe that the House Republican Caucus will continue to be run by junior DeLays, who amid talk of how everyone must follow the rules will quickly get back to the business of bending those rules in the same direction as did their deposed master. Roy Blunt, the veteran DeLay lieutenant who is the frontrunner to replace his former boss, is not going to change a thing. Blunt’s chief challenger, John Boehner, talks a better line about cleaning up the caucus, but Boehner’s been swimming for years in the same pay-to-play pool as DeLay and Blunt. No one is standing for the GOP leadership as a genuine reformer echoing the honest talk of renegade conservatives like Jeff Flake, who told his fellow Republicans, “We don’t just need new leaders, we need a course correction. This is deeper than just who stands at the head of the party. We have created a system here…that just breeds corruption.” Flake’s right about that, just as he is right to point out that unless Republicans enact “meaningful reforms” now, they may be in the minority after midterm elections. An AP/Ipsos poll, taken after Abramoff accepted a plea deal and agreed to cooperate with a Justice Department investigation of Congressional wrongdoing, found that Americans favored handing control of Congress to the Democrats by a 49-to-36 margin.
But this is not a time for Democrats to stand by and delight in the disarray of the GOP majority, as they did in 2001 when the Enron scandal was unfolding. The revelations about Abramoff’s actions have muddied a lot of Republicans, from George W. Bush and House Speaker Dennis Hastert to pre-eminent GOP fixers like Grover Norquist and Christian right leader Ralph Reed, all the way down to rank-and-filers like Senator Conrad Burns and appropriately named Congressman John Doolittle. But they have also dirtied some Democrats, including Senate minority leader Harry Reid, who accepted more than $66,000 in campaign contributions from Abramoff’s operations. Reid now says the Republican-led Congress is “the most corrupt in history.” Perhaps, but that does not mean that, come November, the American people will necessarily decide that Washington’s ills are best addressed by shuffling control of Congress. If Democrats want to be taken seriously as the party of reform, they should follow the lead of Senator Russ Feingold. Feingold’s not playing any games with this scandal; though he received no money from Abramoff or the lobbyist’s associates, he has gone so far as to return a small contribution from a political action committee linked to a powerful Washington law firm, Greenberg Traurig, for which Abramoff once worked.
Feingold understands that Democrats who would identify themselves as reformers have to start with clean hands. He also understands that reformers need more than symbolism; they need a program. While there are moves afoot to enact slightly tougher controls on the free meals, entertainment and travel that members of Congress now accept from lobbyists, Feingold and Massachusetts Democrat Marty Meehan are pushing for an appropriately aggressive agenda that would bar gifts from lobbyists to members of Congress and Hill staffers, would double–to two years–the time retiring lawmakers must wait before lobbying Congress and double to $100,000 the fine for failing to file lobbying reports.
Feingold and Meehan have been proposing these measures for almost a year. With the opening provided by the Abramoff scandal, they should go even further. For instance, Feingold and Meehan want lobbyists to file quarterly reports on their activities. But why shouldn’t lobbyists file weekly, or daily, and why shouldn’t Congress members and their staff be required to file daily reports on their meetings with lobbyists and the pending legislation discussed? And why bar gifts from lobbyists without barring the ultimate benefit they direct to politicians: huge campaign contributions, which Feingold correctly identifies as “legalized bribery”? Voters are not going to get very excited about a reform agenda that lacks meaningful campaign finance reforms, including voluntary public financing for federal candidates who agree to raise no private money and abide by spending limits.
Public financing is essential, as it signals a recognition that Congress has been corrupted not by Abramoff but by the steady flow of corporate campaign contributions that provide lobbyists with the muscle to influence members of both parties to such an extent that those who are supposed to be regulated are writing the rules–literally. That, and not the details of Abramoff’s dirty dealing, is what Americans think of when they hear the term “culture of corruption.” And only by promising to change that culture, with ethics and campaign finance reforms designed to dramatically reduce the ability of corporate interests to call the tune in Washington, will Democrats get a hearing from the great mass of Americans who believe that both parties are compromised. If Democrats are serious about becoming the party of reform, they cannot merely treat the symptoms that the latest scandal has exposed. The cure will be complete only when a corporate lobbyist like Jack Abramoff has no more influence in Washington than a constituent in Weirton or Waukesha or Walla Walla.

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Currency pair Euro/Dollar EUR/USD continues to move in the framework of decline. At the time of the publication of the forecast, the euro/dollar rate is 1.1431. At the moment, we should expect an attempt to grow and test the resistance level near the 1.1445 area. Further, the continuation of the fall of the currency pair Euro/Dollar. A potential target of such a movement is the area below the level of 1.1350.
In favor of reducing the EUR/USD quotes, a test of the resistance line on the relative strength index (RSI) will come out. As well as a rebound from the lower boundary of the bullish channel. Cancellation of the option of falling quotes Euro/Dollar will be a strong growth and the breakdown level of 1.1505. This will indicate a breakdown of the resistance area and continued growth in the area at 1.1675. Expect confirmation of a fall on the EUR/USD pair with the breakdown of the support area and closing below 1.1385.
EUR/USD Forecast Euro Dollar February 6, 2019 implies an attempt to test the resistance area near the level of 1.1445. Where can we expect a rebound and an attempt to continue to reduce the pair to an area below 1.1350. In favor of the fall of the currency pair will test the trend line on the indicator of relative strength index (RSI). Cancellation of the option to reduce EUR/USD will be a strong growth and the breakdown level of 1.1505. This will indicate a breakdown of resistance and continued growth of the pair in the area above the level of 1.1675.

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you want to group your employees, your shareholders or, worst yet, your employees into one homogeneous blob, click on this: JP Brown’s Serious LEGO – CubeSolver.
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It’s been a great month for us, and we’ve got some cool stuffs for you. Here’s what we’ve been doing.
RankReveal is bigData, it gets us so much data. It was a pain that we did not provide a way to sort through the ranking data. This was a thing in the past. Now, you can sort the column by keyword (A-Z), URL, ranking and change in ranking. To help you sort it better, you can apply filters to only show keywords that are added by you or RankReveal, with or without change, with or without ranking.
You can now easily sort your keywords by their ranking.
Monitoring your keyword’s trend is now much more straightforward.
Throw keyword filtering into the mix and you got yourself a full-fledged analytic mahcine.
Personally, I pay a lot of attention not to keywords that are ranking high, but to those that are ranking behind the pages (we’ll come to sorting later). They are usually the keywords that do not have a matching content, from “Search Intent” point of view. We would either put up better content for that keyword or change the ranked content to better serve the intended search intent.
We totally had no idea that we are ranking for “What is SEO” with our plans and pricing page!
This very quickly get us better ranking and traffic, systematically!
Many of you run SEO businesses and are tracking the rankings of your clients. What if there’s a way to show your clients the work you do? We’ve made this possible. You can now share project with your client!
At the top of your project page, you will now see a “share” button. Clicking on it opens up a new page, which is a public page accessible by anyone having the URL. This URL can be passed to your clients and they will be able to access the project page. So give that to your Clients!
Step 1: Click on the share button.
Step 2: Copy the URL and share it with your clients.
When your clients see that they are ranking for so MANY more keywords that they hired you for, they will be delighted.
From my experience, the impact is that they won’t be paying attention to the ones they hired you for. They are going to ask you to help them out ranking for more keywords, especially those that are ranking at the pages behind. So, get more work done and grow your business!
Beside the “share” button at the top of a project page, you will notice an “export” button. This allows you to export the project data to a PDF, or an XLS. If you are going to give this to a client, PDF is nice. If you are going to pump the data for further analysis, XLS will help you accomplish this.
You can also download your report in both PDF and XLS format.
A reporting system is never complete without a proper white-label feature, we know that very well.
So together with our reporting system, we are also announcing the “white-label” feature today. To white-label your report, simply visit your “Profile” page and upload your logo at the “White Label Solution” section.
So these are all the cool updates we have for you this month, we hope you enjoy!
And as always, please send us a feature request in the support area to notify us of any requirement, changes or ideas you have. We are all ears. This is built for you. You can access the support area at the left menu after logging into your account.
If you have not signed up as a RankReveal user, do it now or you are going to miss out on a lot of keywords that you can act on, that are already ranking for your website.
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Winner of the Junior Australian Open 2015 Tereza Mihalikova (20), who is going to participate at EMPIRE Women’s Indoor 2019 tournament, had spent the entire 2018 season under the guidance of tennis coach Martin Hromec. At the end of the year, the well-known fitness coach Jozef Ivanko, strengthened the team. Ivanko worked with Top 10 players in WTA ranking already. With the new power from member of EMPIRE Tennis Academy in Trnava, there is a new hope for Mihalikova to go higher in the current season.
What did you expect from Tereza in the past season?
"It was my first season with Tereza and I had got a chance to know her very well. I know exactly what she needs to improve and what we need to work on. When we started, she was about 460th place in WTA ranking, now she is No. 353. In particular, she was playing 25 000 USD tournaments. She did not travel to 15 000 USD events after the beginning of the season. I'm regret that there was a lot of tense matches with having real chance to win, but she lost afterwards. Expectations were higher, but we're working hard and we're going to try to be better another year."
New face in the team is the well-known fitness coach Jozef Ivanko, who worked with famous players like Kvitova or Cibulkova. What do you expect from him?
"We can do a lot of improvement in the fitness area and we've been looking for someone who could travel with her and make drill with her every day. Tereza also had a solid fitness coach Kristian Cupak earlier, but he can not travel a lot with her. Jozef can do it and it should bring results and moving to higher places."
Was it difficult to persuade him to cooperate?
"We talked to Tereza’s father how to create optimal conditions for her training. Jozef has time to help and accepted our offer. It was a good choice. I think he is a person who could help her a lot in the field of fitness."
Will you travel together to tournaments?
"We will share them, but for most of them I will be with Tereza. When we travel for a longer series of tournaments, Jozef will, of course, come with us. We will make agreement. Let's see how it all develops."
Was there any tournament during last season you said by yourself you are with Tereza are on the right track?
"There were things in the past that limited her play. We worked together on several things. I do not know if Tereza had been feeling the great pressure since I started training, but I only expected from her to fight, to put everything on the court. I wanted just to be as good as during training hours, to get as close as possible to these moments also during the match. When she will be able to do, better results will come. Fear and doubt have no place in tennis. You need to play as easy as it possible. Without pressure. I loved the most her effort during tournament in India at the end of the year on the grass. She was able overturned three almost lost matches. Although she was down during the games, she did not solve it so much and play her game. That’s what I want from her and I like it."
How you create the tournament selection for 2018 season as you were in exotic places like India, Thailand, Bahrain and Nigerian Lagos?
"It was tough decision. Of course, we would prefer tournaments that are running in Europe or as close as possible. If the player is not at least in 280th place or higher in the WTA rankings, you have problem to get to the main draw for a 25 000 USD tournament. We took what was on offer. When she will get better, she will be playing more European tournaments. I have seen many times that there was not a big difference when Tereza played with somebody who is No. 150 or No. 600. Because, when she is playing with better opponents, she plays better, too. The goal for new season is to get higher than 300th and reaching closer tournaments."
What would satisfy you in terms of progress in the coming period?
"I'm pushing her to play actively and offensively. I believe that when she will reach physically and mentally higher levels, she will improve her style of play. I really do not like the numbers, because there are a lot of players moving around the 300th, 400th place and suddenly came a better tournament for them, they gain confidence and started their run to go higher. This is also possibility for Tereza. When it gets to such a wave, she will be able to add good results. She has to believe what she does and see that it works. She must have the drive and she must want it."
You have previously trained Martin Klizan. What was it all about for you to change back to female tennis?
"Martin Klizan is currently the best and most talented player in Slovakia. The work with him is specially about tactics. Martin basically knows everything, and when he is in a good mood, he can achieve great results. Working with Tereza is about something else. She's young, she has not mastered a lot of things yet. There's a much more work with her, much more to learn. The advantage is that I can talk to Tereza about things straight. This is not a type of person who would take it amiss. Even when she takes some words personally, you don´t see it on her face. "


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With the support of her boots, Jenifer Jacobus, who has MS, was able to stand for her wedding photos.
As she planned her wedding, Austinite Jenifer Jacobus faced a new health challenge. She could still wear her boots, but walking was a little tough. In 2014, Jacobus was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that attacks one’s central nervous system and damages the flow of information between the brain and the body.
The doctor told Jacobus she would not get better, but she believed otherwise and kept her faith. Jacobus ruled out a big, fancy wedding. She settled on going to the Capitol to say her vows. But she still wanted everything to be just right.
Her ideal wedding included pictures taken while wearing her white gown. But her physical condition made it impossible for her to put the gown on herself. When she said her vows, the gown was left hanging in her closet.
But Jacobus was determined to have her dream wedding pictures. She says she needed many miracles – like being able to walk again.
“God did the miracle and I could stand up,” she says.
Knowing she had to walk, Jacobus turned to her cowgirl boots for support. While others may simply see a woman in a white dress and boots in her photos, Jacobus says she something different – a miracle.


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There have been dozens of experiments on making hard cooked eggs in electric pressure cookers like the Instant Pot. Our conclusion was that you want to use low pressure to keep the whites from getting tough and cook them for only 5 minutes, releasing the pressure right away to prevent overcooking.
Similarly, people have experimented with soft-boiled eggs in a pressure cooker. We decided it was a waste of time because cooking them is so quick anyway.
And, likewise, poached eggs seemed more trouble than they were worth in the Instant Pot, and hard to get out of the little ramekin or egg cup, even when you used non-stick spray. We recommend using a saucepan for a few, or using a big kettle when cooking for a crowd.
But what about scrambled eggs? They present some special problems because they are so easy to over cook and they often stick the fry pan. And for a crowd, there might be some advantages to the pressure cooker.
A little experimentation suggested we were right. You can make any number of scrambled eggs in a bowl and steam them in the Instant Pot. And they come out well. There isn’t any huge time saving here, but there is some consistency. And, you don’t have to keep stirring and monitoring the pan every few seconds. You do still have to take them out pretty expeditiously to keep them from overcooking, though, but they probably won’t stick to the pan the way scrambled eggs often do.
We tried this recipe for one person (2 eggs) and for 2 people (5 eggs) and it was pretty easy once you arrive at the timing for your bowl configuration. We recommend 7 minutes.
Our recipe uses a bit of butter, since fat carries the flavor better. Don’t leave it out.
Spray a small, heat-proof bowl with non-stick spray.
Add the milk, salt and pepper, and beat with a fork until more or less uniform.
Put 1 cup of water in the Instant pot and add the trivet.
Set the bowl on the trivet, and close the pot and its steam vent.
Set the pot to Steam at low pressure for 7 minutes. The pot will start chugging away, heating the water, and then start counting down from 7 minutes.
Release the pressure immediately after the timer is down and open the pot. The eggs should look mostly cooked.
Stir them up with a fork to see if they are cooked through. Don’t worry if there are a littly liquidy, they will continue to cook in the bowl for another minute or so. If they really seem way too undercooked, just put the lid back on for a minute or so and they will cook some more. You want them to be sort of creamy, not really hard.
Remove the bowl using a hot pad and fluff the eggs with a fork. Serve right away while still hot.
This is a great, great way to make consistent scrambled eggs with little to no effort. I set mine to 9 for 3 eggs and some egg whites and it was still a bit runny. So I threw it in the microwave for 30 seconds and they are now perfect. So fluffy! To get these results on the stove I would have had to have really been meticulous in stirring them. This is a keeper.
Grr, i had to microwave also. I cooked for 7 and let sit for an extra minute before releasing, and it was still 50% raw egg soup.
Your step-by-step directions left out the butter. I just cut the butter into smaller pieces and mixed it in with the eggs, salt and pepper. I used the silicone cake pan from Instant Pot’s store. Worked great.
This worked great. Your suggestion to cover again after fluffing the eggs if they were runny worked. I fluffed, added some grated gruyere cheese and covered for one minute. Delicious!
Scrambled eggs are a sort of “eat it right now” dish. They will keep cooking as you observed. You can try reducing the cook time. I might work!
This seems like a lot of trouble to put everything in the pot, wait for it to come to pressure, cook for 7 minutes after coming to pressure and then having to yet again put the lid back on for more cooking if they are not quite done. Is it the consistency of the eggs that would warrant all this time? Not trying to be negative but I just don’t understand.
Yes, you are right. This is just a stunt to show silly things people claim they use their IP for. You can make very good scrambled eggs in 3-5 minutes on the stove, cooking them slowly. And you can monitor them better that way, too.
It’s actually far less trouble than stovetop scrambled eggs (set it and forget it), and much tastier!
I completely agree. This was just a stunt!
I think what works for other people is okay. Who cares if it is too much for one and not another. Personally, I do other things while the eggs are cooking and I cannot do that on the stove. I enjoy experimenting making food in my instant pot and then sharing what I was able to do. My thought is to work smarter not harder. In fact today I made a perfect soft boiled egg in my IP, white done, yolk runny.
Since the instant pot will be our only cooking appliance on an upcoming road trip, knowing how to make good scrambled eggs is very useful.
You could also make them using the saute function at low power, but this way may get fewer things dirty.
Worked just fine for us, except we had to cook it longer than the recipe called for.
Seven minutes didn’t work for me either; the eggs (six) were still in liquid form. Tried the one-minute covering; didn’t help. So I steamed them for two more minutes, and they were cooked. The person that said nine minutes may be on target. The other thing is that the bowl I used didn’t leave much space on the sides so possibly this hindered the circulation of the steam. I may try this again with nine or 10 minutes and with less eggs and a smaller bowl. I like the fact that I don’t have to clean a “non-stick” skillet with eggs stuck to it.


text: In a tough retail environment more and more organisations are looking at revamping and upgrading their facilities. Car dealerships are no exception. South Yarra BMW recently renovated their showroom in Williams Road South Yarra. Their choice of 5 8-metre banner poles really accentuated their location, with both standout and presence, providing the dealership with important local recognition above other mainstream competitors.

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Cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, the most famous, are the hot topic of the moment. In light of the shutdown of the most popular Bitcoin exchange in the world, Mt. Gox, and a loss of an estimated US$ 400 million worth of Bitcoins, it’s important to take another look at digital currencies, their pitfalls, and their relevance for financial inclusion. Hailed by many as the greatest monetary innovation of our time and by others as nothing but “libertarian exuberance,” cryptocurrencies show the opportunity that exists for financial transactions, especially international transactions, to move from cash to digital form. As someone working in financial inclusion, I have been wondering whether cryptocurrencies have any role to play in the critical path toward greater inclusion, which ultimately requires lower dependency on cash for low-income consumers.
Other cryptocurrencies abound—Dodgecoin, Litecoin, and Ripple are a few of the others—but Bitcoin, which launched in 2009, is the first decentralized mainstream P2P payment network and digital currency. Independent from hard, government-backed fiat currencies, Bitcoin is an internet-based, software dependent, inflation immune currency that can be purchased with cash and exchanged for services or goods with merchants who accept it. The market supply of Bitcoin is fixed at 21 million, meaning that once 21 million “coins” are in existence, the cash value will be fully determined by demand. In the last four years, the popularity of Bitcoin in developed economies has increased considerably, not necessarily because it’s an easier medium of exchange but because it is new, interesting, a source of revenue for Bitcoin miners and speculators, and because it decreases the costs retailers incur from accepting credit card payments. For example, Overstock.com is the first large online retailer to accept Bitcoins, in an effort to minimize the costs incurred from credit card transactions.
Does Bitcoin have any relevance for low and middle-income countries? As in developed economies, for P2P and P2C payments, its greatest benefit is in significantly decreasing the cost of sending remittances to friends and family. Bitcoin transactions are free, meaning remittance senders do not incur significant money transmitter fees.
The challenges to Bitcoin in particular, and cryptocurrencies in general, are substantial. It will be a while before Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will be able to substantially help advance financial inclusion in developing countries. In the short-term, Bitcoin might take a significant chunk out of the profits of money transmitters and will definitely underline the appetite for monetary and payments innovation.
Bitcoin transactions are public, traceable, and permanently stored in the Bitcoin network. For example, once someone uses a Bitcoin stored in their wallet, anyone can trace that Bitcoin’s movement in the market, see all the transactions conducted using the specific address, and the address’s current balance (basically how much money a given person is holding in their Bitcoin wallet). This poses security concerns for consumers who may not fully understand how Bitcoin works. Banking data privacy rules protect individuals from misuse of their data, but no such rules govern Bitcoin exchanges. To increase security, various measures that the Bitcoin owner is fully responsible for are recommended, making it cumbersome and difficult for people to safely transact in Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrencies are, for now at least, an esoteric subject. The very concept behind them makes them inaccessible to most people, but the fact that they are independent of a specific currency and not backed by any government, will make most people, especially non-techy and risk averse ones, reluctant to use them. As demonstrated by CGAP’s infographic comparing Bitcoin and M-PESA, the transaction process for Bitcoin vs. mobile money is quite complex and although users don’t necessarily need to understand the full process to be able to use it, it’s in their interest to do so.
Cryptocurrencies can significantly decrease the cost of remittances, but once they are sent to someone’s wallet, this person can only use them if they are accepted as a medium for payment by other people and businesses. Otherwise they have to be exchanged for cash, which in developing economies and for low-income consumers is quite difficult. The process of exchanging Bitcoin for cash can either involve a Bitcoin Exchange where a person has to sell the Bitcoin to someone through an intermediary who then deposits the cash in a bank account or an innovator such as Bitpesa. These transactions require a small fee, most often lower than what money transmitters generally charge. In Bitpesa’s case, regulation has prevented it from officially launching operations.
Last but not least, Bitcoin transactions are irreversible. Once the user approves a purchase or transaction, the transaction takes about 10 minutes to execute, during which it is still reversible. Once entered in the Bitcoin public ledger (the network history of all transactions), the transaction is no longer reversible. If someone makes a mistake and enters the wrong address, for example, there is no way to get the cash back. As no banks or payments providers are involved in the process, the sender is at the recipient’s mercy (if they can figure out who the recipient is). By contrast, regulated payment systems are required to have robust error correction capabilities.
The success of mobile based payments systems such as M-PESA was in large part due to enabling regulatory frameworks. I doubt cryptocurrencies will be met with the same level of government support. The United States and other countries, such as Australia, are increasing their monitoring of Bitcoin in an effort to minimize black market activity. This intersection of the virtual with the physical is where governments and regulators will have a lot to say, and the likelihood they will be open and enabling seems lower by the day, posing significant challenges to the mobility and practicality of cryptocurrencies.
All in all, I have to agree with the skeptics that Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies in general, don’t hold much potential for advancing financial inclusion at this time. That said, many cryptocurrencies exist already and it’s possible that a future one, constructed better than Bitcoin, will tell a different story. What we can learn from Bitcoin for now, is that there is an appetite for monetary innovation that will make the world less dependent on cash, decrease the cost of transactions, and increase the mobility of money. Emerging markets are in great need of such innovations, but as we work to advance financial inclusion, it is important to make sure that the tools we use will not intimidate consumers or leave them vulnerable, but rather encourage them to become less dependent on cash.


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Container spot rates from Asia continued to soften this week, impacted by a slowdown in demand following the Chinese new year holiday (CNY).
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) saw its comprehensive index shrink 5.6% to 729.49 as all the major tradelanes suffered a second week of rate declines.
The Asia to North Europe component of the SCFI slid by a further 4.4% on the week to $791 per teu, and has now fallen below the market rate of a year ago, which was about $850 per teu.
However, Asia to North Europe ocean carriers can at least be cheered by freight rate benchmarking firm Xeneta, which said that according to its crowdsourced data of agreed contract rates, the drop in rates post-CNY has not been as marked this year in percentage terms; falling by 7% this year, compared with 13% in the equivalent period of 2017.
With spot rates softening and carrier FAK rate increases on hold, shippers that have stalled over renegotiating longer-term contract rates are starting to “achieve heavier discounts than those secured in Q1,” said Xeneta.
“If long-term contracts and FAK rates become more closely aligned, as they were in the final three months of 2017, then further discounts to spot rates could become a reality,” said Patrik Berglund, chief executive of Xeneta.
Moreover, carriers will need to build into new contracts their extra fuel costs and a provision for expected oil price increases.
Meanwhile, spot rates for Mediterranean ports are also lagging the rates of the same period of 2017, which were about $854 per teu. This week the SCFI recorded a rate of $701 per teu – down another 2.8%.
However, there could be tragic reasons for rates to rise, albeit temporarily, on Asia-Mediterranean.
The Maersk Honam caught fire in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday. One crew member is known to have died and four others are still unaccounted for.
The ship was loaded with 7,860 boxes (12,416 teu) destined for ports in the west Mediterranean. The salvage operation is led by Smit Salvage and Ardent.
Notwithstanding the eventual salvage of undamaged containers in the aft holds of the stricken ship, which will be further delayed by a lengthy general average process, Asian shippers will need to promptly despatch replacement orders to ensure that retailers do not run out of goods.
In the case of the 8,110 teu MOL Comfort, which broke in two in July 2013 off the coast of Yemen, en route for North European ports, spot rates spiked in the aftermath as shippers booked urgent replacement consignments.
The ill-fated MOL Comfort had a much smaller load of 4,382 containers, but its total loss still caused a period of consumer goods shortages.
Elsewhere, just as annual contract negotiations with BCOs began, transpacific carriers saw spot rates from Asia to the US, as recorded by the SCFI, erode further.
For the US west coast, rates fell by 8.7% to $1,143 per 40 ft, and for east coast ports there was an 8.2% decline on the week to $2,181 per 40 ft.
This represents a significant drop on transpacific rates year-on-year, which stood at $1,496 and $2,955 per 40 ft respectively for the US west and east coast.

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Are Ten Rater Class skipper or owner?
Do you feel passionate about the class?
If the answer is yes, then you may be the person for this role… UK Ten Rater Class Captain.
Before we explain the role, we must thank Richard Uttley for his fantastic efforts over the last 18 months as Class Captain, his commitment to the joint roles of CC and registrar has created a firm base for the class to build on in this important lead up to the 2020 World Championships. Thank you, Richard, (and Janice).
So, to carry on the work of Richard we are now looking for an enthusiastic class captain to work with the class owners in building the numbers of boats, creating a calendar that encourages participation and promoting the class to both existing skippers and those who may be looking for a different class. Working alongside others and in line with the Class Owners Groups (COG) principles this role can be very rewarding and puts you right at the centre of the class discussions. The class has a sound base of events for 2019 and the chance to qualify for 2020 worlds gives the next CC a great start in building the fleet for 2019 onwards.
The class website is up and running, awaiting lots of input, and all the support is in place for the role.

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Everything, Everything was a Everything!
The plot centers around Maddy Whittier, an 18-year old girl deathly allergic to the world. Diagnosed with SCID, she has not left her home in nearly all the time she has been alive. Maddy is the proverbial Bubble Girl. She watches a part of it through the windows of her Sun Room and the internet. And, for the most-part, she content and accepting of the life she has. That is, until Olly moves in next door. Funny, charming, kind, he easily snags Maddy's heart and changes her entire world. So much so, Maddy is willing to risk everything, everything to be with olly. To live.
What I loved most about Everything, Everything was: the authenticity. The story was not all perfectly placed moments. Especially not on the romantic front. The was awkward romantic tension between Maddy and Olly. Their characters were such genuine, and adorable.
"Why do you sleep on the left when you sleep alone?" I ask. I move onto the bed and lie down. He's right. It's breathtakingly uncomfortable.
"Maybe it's anticipation," he says.
He doesn't answer, so I roll over to peer down at him. He's lying on his back, one arm flung across his eyes.
Everything, Everything pacing was perfect. Smooth and to the point. The plot unravel just as it ought to have. I only wish there was more story to read. Yoon's world-building was immersing - I got lost in the story, often catching myself giggling out loud on the train from work. And I loved Yoon's style of writing in Everything, Everything . It was unique and fresh from the styles of writing I usually tend to read in Young Adult literature. There were instant messages between Maddy and Olly. The endearing cartoons. Madeline's Dictionary entries. Emails. 1 sentence spoiler book reviews. Some chapters were 1 paragraph, some even 1 sentence. But in no way did any of this tae away from the story - even if it were not written in the "traditional" sense. It was so artfully done, it added more character to Everything, Everything .
All in all, I utterly adored Everything, Everything and literally recommended to anyone who would listen. Coming from someone who generally does not have a taste for contemporary -- aside from Katie McGarry's work -- if you have not read it and enjoy contemporary you need to read Everything, Everything.
The characters were a fun bunch to get to know. I kind of hope Yoon would make a sequel.
Maddy Whittier - Smart, kind, bold.
Olly Bright - Funny, charming, protective of his family, loves the color black. And faux dark with sweet edges.
It was such fun going back through Everything, Everything and my favorite quotes, searching for the ones I selected to post here.
"It's better this way. I on't want you to have a broken heart."
"Love can't kill me," I say, parroting Carla's words.


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We will be driving through over 100km's of road with sweeping curves and breathtaking views through Ebenezer, Mount Tomah and Hartley Vale.
Brunch: 10 am at The Collits Inn, Hartley Vale.
Cost: $25 per person to be paid to Collits Inn directly on the day.
This run is limited to only 30 cars. RSVP is essential for catering.
Please call Mavis Anderson on 0418 267 873 or email membership@pcnsw.com.au if you have any questions.
Event is now open for registration on the Club website, please log on and register.


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Bluehole Studios' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is currently getting review bombed. It's a rare thing that happen to games for a number of reasons; usually it's in relation to a game feature not being implemented properly, or being a bad port, or some anti-consumer measure taken by the developers. In this case, it's a bit more complex and nuanced than some other review bombing situations. The short gist of it is that some Chinese gamers are angry about having to pay extra to access proxies in order to reduce their latency because there are no Chinese game servers.
Over on the official Steam store page you'll quickly notice that the overall review rating has gone from positive down to mixed. The histogram at the bottom of the page shows a huge spike in negative reviews -- as of the writing of this article there are more than 22,000 negative reviews logged since September 28th, 2017, many of which are from Chinese gamers.
With the recent update from Valve, it shows that the negative reviews (also known as review bombing) are in response to two things: the first issue is the ongoing problem of "stream sniping," where players are accused of and banned for allegedly watching a live-stream on Twitch of someone playing the game and then killing the streamer in the game after figuring out their position. Plenty of players are complaining in the reviews about being banned for stream-sniping, and claiming that this is hurting the gameplay of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds due to streamers getting a say-so on who is stream-sniping.
The second major problem is more of a service issue. Thousands upon thousands of Chinese players have complained to Bluehole about paid proxies in order to reduce latency. What makes this so bad is that some players are complaining that the cost of the proxies to limit the lag is about the same price as the game itself, but they only gain access to the proxies for about four months at a time. So, third-parties are making money on the recurring fees required for Chinese players to play on the same servers as those in the U.S. and in Europe since there are no official Chinese servers for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds at the moment.
Things escalated even further when the beta update went live for Steam gamers on September 26th, making it so players are unable to choose their region of preference and there's an added in-game advertisement for Chinese players to purchase an "official" proxy accelerator. Many of the players feel this is insulting because they've already paid for the game and now they're being advertised a proxy that will help net them decent ping when playing against Americans and Europeans.
The real issue here is that many Chinese gamers playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds are angry that there are no official servers for their region, and yet they're being goaded into paying extra just to play the game with any sort of decent ping. It really is an unfortunate situation.
The bigger question is, obviously, why there are no official Chinese servers or servers dedicated to Asia? A lot of complaints centering around the proxies and the in-game proxy ads would be alleviated with dedicated regional servers. This is especially egregious given that many players are also still complaining about a lack of proper optimization and performance, so they're essentially paying twice to play the game and still aren't receiving a top-tier gameplay experience.
As for the issue with the stream-sniping... well, I'm not sure exactly how Bluehole can resolve that problem, but it doesn't sound like it's going away anytime soon.


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Diana Davis: Marsha P. Johnson pickets Bellevue Hospital to protest treatment of street people & gays, 2968-1975; The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
The Lab and Art Practical invite you to participate in a Edit-a-thon to contribute to the online presence of under-documented artists, activists, queer elders, women, and people of color. People of all gender identities and expressions are welcome to participate, and we especially encourage women, transgender, and gender non-confirming/non-binary individuals to take part.
Presented in conjunction with Brontez Purnell's film project expanding knowledge on Ed Mock, this is a DIY campaign to improve archives on marginalized populations and address information gaps in our collective knowledge. Dorothy Santos will provide tutorials for those new to Wikipedia and the editors of Art Practical and staff of The Lab will provide ongoing editorial support, reference materials, extra laptops, childcare, and refreshments. Not an editor? Come by to show your support and help with research.
She serves as the managing editor for Hyphen magazine. Her work appears in art21, Art Practical, Daily Serving, Rhizome, Hyperallergic, and Public Art Dialogue. She has lectured at the De Young museum, Stanford University, School of Visual Arts, and more. Her essay “Materiality to Machines: Manufacturing the Organic and Hypotheses for Future Imaginings,” was published in The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art and Architecture (2016). She is currently a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts fellow researching the concept of citizenship. She also serves as executive staff for the Bay Area Society for Art & Activism and board member for the SOMArts Cultural Center. She has also taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Digital Art and New Media department.


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Riparian rights are common law rights available to any property owner whose land borders on a waterway, such as a lake or river. Riparian law entitles such landowners to the natural flow of water beside or through their land, without any significant change in the quantity or purity of the water. Any activity that alters the water, or that reasonably threatens to do so, entitles the landowner to the intervention of the court. If the court finds in favour of the landowner, it may provide in way of remedy an injunction (actually banning the polluting activity), or monetary damages, or both.
Unlike other common law property rights that are also available to a landowner in this situation, legal action taken against a polluter on riparian rights grounds does not require any actual damage to the water, only a reasonable anticipation that damage may occur. Another attractive element to the riparian rights doctrine is that the property rights of a “riparian owner” to clean water are always weighed in favour of any other social concern that may accompany the polluting, such as a speedboat regatta to raise money for charity, or a pulp and paper mill that provides income to a community.
In theory, then, riparian rights provide enormous legal power to landowners who are interested in maintaining the purity of the water adjacent to their property. In practice, however, the situation is not quite so clear-cut. As the legal history of the K.V.P. Company will demonstrate, these private common law rights can be heavily compromised by the force of political pressure.
The trilogy of cases involving the K.V.P. Company concerned the ability of landowners to sue a pulp and paper mill for polluting the river adjacent to their land. A group of six plaintiffs, all owners of land bordering the Spanish River near Sudbury, brought separate legal actions against a pulp and paper mill located upriver in Espanola, which manufactured kraft paper by a sulphate process. For the sake of convenience, the landowners’ actions were grouped together by the courts. All the plaintiffs operated tourist camps along the river, and one was also a commercial fisherman. They sued the mill owner for financial damages suffered due to the pollution, and for an injunction restraining the company from polluting in the future. All the plaintiffs provided evidence that they had suffered monetarily from the polluting of the river, although, as was mentioned above, it is not necessary to prove actual damage if you are the holder of riparian rights, merely a “reasonable” fear that damage may occur. Both remedies of injunction and monetary damages were awarded by the lower court judge to the landowners, and this decision was affirmed by the Ontario Court of Appeal.
The K.V.P. Company did not appear to be troubled with the monetary damages it was forced to pay out to the landowners. (This is not surprising, given how low the awards were: they varied from $300 to $2,100.) Rather, what gave rise to subsequent legal fireworks was the court order restraining the company from discharging into the Spanish River any substance that would injure the purity of the waters.
K.V.P. appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, arguing that the damages it paid to the landowners were sufficient, and that the injunction shutting down the plant should be lifted. The company largely based its argument on a new change to the Ontario Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. While K.V.P.’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was pending, the Ontario legislature, presumably faced with significant political pressure, amended this act to suit the economic needs of Espanola, whose population was heavily dependent on the continued livelihood of “virtually the sole employer in the community” (Sharpe, Injunctions and Specific Performance, 1983, p.197). The newly amended law expressly instructed courts facing cases similar to K.V.P. to balance the interests of Ontario pulp and paper mill communities with those of the individuals complaining of property damage suffered as a result of paper industry polluting.
The Supreme Court rejected K.V.P.’s argument, however, and held that the injunction should be maintained. Among other reasons, the court held that the company’s argument based on the newly amended Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act was inapplicable for legal procedural matters; the changes to the Act had not been made at the time of the Court of Appeal decision, and therefore could not be brought to the attention of a higher court.
Although the Supreme Court upheld the injunction, it is important to note that this court order was nevertheless “suspended” or delayed for six months. Robert Sharpe, who has commented at length on the judicial technique of suspended injunctions, observes that such a practice has become commonplace for courts, which attempt to soften the economic blow such a harsh legal remedy might have on an industry or a community (ibid., p.193). This is certainly the case in K.V.P., where the Supreme Court delayed the injunction in order to provide the mill with the opportunity to find some method of devising less polluting ways of doing business. Expert testimony heard during the trials indicate that such technology was indeed available to K.V.P. fifty years ago. Dr. Downe, who testified for the landowners, told the media following the court of appeal decision, “[t]here is no need for the river to be polluted . . . I suggested they put in tanks and process the waste a year before the plant was opened” (Sault Ste. Marie Daily Star, November 23, 1948, pp. 1-3). As history goes, however, there was no need for the mill to go to this trouble, because the province responded to the injunction by implementing a second law that would effectively nullify the court order.
The law introduced in reaction to the court decisions is even more transparent in terms of indicating the interests and priorities of the Ontario government. As was noted above, the first governmental attempt to defy the injunction via an amendment to the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act was rejected by the Supreme Court for procedural reasons. Following this decision, the Ontario legislature, acting quickly, implemented a much more specifically worded statute directed at keeping the K.V.P. mill open. The K.V.P. Company Limited Act (1950, c. 33) effectively lifted any injunction imposed on the company restraining it from polluting the waters of the Spanish River. As a result, only a remedy of damages would be available to any landowner who wanted to sue K.V.P. Since the original six landowners had already received an award for damages, no further action was taken on their part to sue the company. Moreover, no subsequent legal actions were taken by other landowners in response to K.V.P.’s polluting.
Familiar political tactics likely prompted the K.V.P. Company Limited Act. In a press statement following the first court decision, K.V.P. officials argued that “[y]ou just can’t run a sulfate plant without a very large amount of effluent, in the form of a liquor. To handle this effluent like you would an ordinary disposal plant where the stuff is filtered, is a far bigger problem than most people realize. It is very important to the whole industry, not only our plant, but all other sulfate plants” (Sault Ste. Marie Daily Star, April 16, 1948, pp. 1-2). By putting forth the interpretation that the K.V.P. decisions signaled a universal threat to an entire provincial industry, the company effectively succeeded in overriding private water rights that had been fiercely protected by the courts for centuries.
Ontario is the only province in Canada that has yet to directly legislate against riparian rights, which continue to be used to this day by landowners who are concerned about protecting the purity of the waters flowing next to their property. The legal history of the K.V.P. Company indicates, however, that what the legislature has not done directly, it has nevertheless managed to accomplish indirectly.
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Title A history of British India [videorecording] / Hayden J. Bellenoit.
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Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed by] Recorded Books, 2016.
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After disruption, what is the real challenge for HR?
Managing the culture conflict between the front and back of an organisation is the most pressing HR challenge in 2018.
At last we have moved away from conversations about disruption. The topic of the month is now digital and customer experience. I am pleased that ‘disruption panic’ is subsiding, because a lot of clients forgot that their business models were still sound. They’ve spent a lot of time on new products or services that had very low earnings outcomes with lots of risk and effort.
Gaining efficiency for internal transactions through digitalisation without destroying important face-to-face transactions like performance reviews.
Making sure digital-savvy customers are connected to your business via their choice of digital platform.
Understanding whether products/services can be digitalised either in design or delivery, to improve the customer experience and reduce cost. The customer experience piece is ultimately about creating an emotional attachment for the customer with your offering and your people. Simply meeting needs is not good enough anymore! While some businesses are clearly disrupted, most are not. They are just evolving as they have always done. Remember when computers and mobile phones came on the scene? Now is a moment of accelerated evolution.
In 2017 a really interesting conversation was about organisational culture and whether it coped in a customer-first world. We’ve talked with a lot of clients who run the business from the back-end. The C-Suite executives talk the talk about workplace culture, but in reality they place a premium on incumbency and control. They often have a closed culture and are fearful of taking action in case someone says “I’m offended”. People at the front of these businesses, who typically drive the customer-first narrative, seek a culture based on accountability, performance and disciplined agility.
Such a culture is open and speaks the truth. It celebrates diversity by acknowledging difference rather than avoiding any reference to it for fear of saying the wrong thing. The conflict between the front and back of an organisation sets up a complex tug of war. In 2017 we saw a lot of back-of-house people trying to slow down cultural change in businesses by alleging that front-of-house people were uncommercial and unrestrained risk-takers. At the same time, it can be challenging to get front-of-house people to accept true accountability under well-defined delegated responsibilities.
In a lot of organisations this conflict represents the real HR challenge for 2018.
More than ever, HR Directors will need to show extraordinary courage and insight to get this right and help keep their organisation moving forward.