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March 28, 2017 The news has been full of people awakening to an unexpected reality, all the way from the water warriors to the President of the United States. In this issue, we explore a few of the new ways North Americans have suddenly found themselves awake and on unfamiliar ground. But first the news.
On Friday, March 25th, the Atlantic Sierra Chapter and Cornell Law School’s Environmental Law Society held a conference on matters regarding water and water law, for the benefit of activists and the general public. The proceedings were videographed and are peresented here.
Join us to find out how solar can work for residents of Schuyler County while enjoying beer from Heavily Brewing Company or wine from Damiani Wine Cellars.
At both events you will have the opportunity to meet installers, ask questions and learn whether solar is right for you. Our volunteers will be on hand to discuss their experience going solar for anyone interested in hearing how their neighbors have gone solar.
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If you want to come to the event and just meet installers before making any decisions that’s okay- this event is free and open to the public. We’ll bring the education, Damiani Heavily have the drinks and atmosphere, we’re just missing you!
To Change Everything, We Need Everyone. This was the rallying call of the 2014 People’s Climate March in New York City, and it continues to inspire the climate movement across the United States. In New York State, Governor Cuomo was influenced by tens of thousands of NY residents who spoke out against “fracking” for natural gas, such that he and the Department of Environmental Conservation made it illegal in our state in Dec. 2014. “We need everyone” to speak out for renewable energy and the jobs that it will create, and against the public health hazards and climate crisis created by fossil fuel use, processing and transport.
Mark Dunlea is chair of the Green Education and Legal Fund and helps coordinate the statewide campaign to transition to 100% renewables in NYS by 2030. He will provide an update on state efforts around renewable energy, including a new study just announced by the Governor. He will also discuss state legislation for a carbon tax; the Attorney General’s effort to investigate the fossil fuel industry role in promoting climate denial; divesting the state pension funds from fossil fuels; and Governor Cuomo’s $7.6 billion bailout of the nuclear industry.
Elizabeth (Betta) Broad is the Outreach Director for the New Yorkers for Clean Power campaign, working to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy in New York State. She will provide information on some of NYCP’s current priorities including on-the-ground organizing and expansion of electric vehicles, community solar, renewable heating and cooling and energy efficiency. She will also give an update on her work with Citizens for Local Power to create a Community Choice Aggregation program in the Mid-Hudson. A resident of Kingston, she serves on the Kingston Conservation Advisory Council, the Kingston Climate Smart Commission and the Ulster Climate Smart Committee.
Following the main speakers and Q&A on their presentations, local organizations will provide concrete opportunities for everyone to take action to make a difference at local, state and federal levels.
Rochester People’s Climate Coalition (RPCC) is composed of over 100 local business, non-profit, labor, faith, and grassroots and organizations. RPCC unites these local organizations to address the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to a clean energy economy, and prepare for the impacts of global warming. Through coordinated, collaborative efforts, we will create a more environmentally just and sustainable community.
[The Daily Public Editors Note – After a decades old war by certain sectors of the “pay to play” private development community on the State Environmental Quality Review Act SEQRA, it looks like new rules are going to bring this critical environmental and social protection tool to its knees. It is after all, the Age of the anti-regulatory Trump-o-mania, and it is revealing and sad that his home state, New York, which once was a national leader in environmental protection, is now leading the way to the abolishment of environmental safeguards. The proposed new SEQRA rules makes NY way ahead in the game of de-regulating environmental concerns in favor of more unfettered development and profit taking. We know where our leaders stand. These new rules will effect how buildings, infrastructure, and energy pipelines are built. Abolishing protections and environmental and community character are, well, almost vanished.
When a government agency talks about “streamlining” environmental regulations, and increasing “speed and efficiency” and “regulatory certainty for applicants and municipalities,” you can be certain that the effect (if not the conscious intent) will be decreased environmental protections and a reduction in the public’s ability to meaningfully participate in the decision-making process. That is precisely what will occur if the current version of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposed amendments to the State Environmental Quality Review Act’s regulations are adopted without significant changes.
The last thing New York should be doing is weakening its environmental review process when – on the national level – the Trump Administration is intent on repealing environmental regulations, weakening environmental enforcement, and allowing more fossil fuel production. [For example, see this and this.] If you agree that NYS should be strengthening, not undermining, its environmental laws, I urge you to analyze the proposed amendments to the SEQR regulations, submit written comments by May 19, 2017 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Permits, Attn: James J. Eldred, Environmental Analyst, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-1750 or by e-mail to: seqra617@dec.ny.gov, and, if possible, participate at the public hearing to be held on March 31, 2017 at 1:00 pm at 625 Broadway, Albany, New York, Public Assembly Room 129.
1. THE primary motivation behind the proposed amendments appears to be a desire to add categories of projects and activities not subject to review under SEQRA. The DEC’s SEQR rulemaking continues the same trajectory it has been on for decades: substantially increasing the types of actions and projects that do not have to undergo any SEQRA review (“Type II actions”), while identifying no new categories of activities presumed to have a significant adverse environmental impact and require an environmental impact statement (“Type I actions”).
Borger Station: What’s Up With That??
Katie Quinn-Jacobs and Elisa Evett drove carefully up and down the roads in the upscale Ellis Hollow community counting the houses. They couldn’t quite believe it when they realized that 330 homes were within a 2 km radius of the Borger Station, a major gas compressor facility. Ellis Hollow, a bedroom community for Cornell University, has been living with a sleeping giant in its midst for decades. The 23,000+ horsepower Borger Station gas compressor, a facility consisting of two older Dresser Clark 5800 hp turbines and one newer Solar Taurus Model 12,126 hp turbine, has been running below capacity for years moving an un-specified volume of gas through the Dominion Pipeline from November to March to meet the demands of National Grid gas customers during the winter months. In fact, this is unassuming looking compressor facility is actually permitted to emit more than 250 tons/year of nitrogen oxides, thus putting it well over the 100 tons/year threshold and categorizing it as a Title V or major facility.
But changes are coming to Ellis Hollow due to the recent approval of the Dominion New Market expansion which will allow 100,000,000 cubic feet of additional gas to be pushed through this 50+ year old pipeline each and every day. Some time in the next few months, the slumbering giant will awake belching forth not only many tons of nitrogen oxides, but also greenhouse gases, along with fine particulates, and toxic compounds such as formaldehyde and benzene in levels that have been shown to be a threat to health – especially children’s. A community center that is home to a day care center, swimming pool, and several summer camps, is just down the road from Borger. Ironically, the residents of Ellis Hollow who will be breathing this toxic cocktail, don’t even have access to gas for their own home heating!
Because the changes at Borger didn’t require a new permit from the Town of Dryden or from the NY DEC, most residents were unaware of the expansion until a feisty group of mothers and grandmothers got involved. In recent months, Katie and Elisa coordinated a team of women organizing under the banner of the non-profit organization Mothers Out Front. The community organizing team worked to get the word out to local residents and to enlist the cooperation of local authorities to oppose the gas expansion and to help conduct health studies and air quality monitoring in order to establish a pre-expansion baseline. Although they haven’t been able to stop the project, they have made headway in enlisting the help of the Dryden Town Board and local residents in advocating for questions to be answered and data to be collected so the community can be informed.
There are two new proposed solar farms in Dryden. They are a small part of a big change—a turn away from fossil fuel burning toward energy from the sun.
If you are a Dryden resident and can attend the Board Meeting at the Town Hall on March 30th, 7:00 pm, we would most welcome your presence.
Time is short and they need to know that lots of people stand behind this important decision. Without this we have no hope of achieving carbon emission reduction goals set by the town, Tompkins County, or NYS. The decision will be made by the Board on March 30th. Please sign now whether or not you are a Dryden resident If you are a Dryden resident and can attend the Board Meeting at the Town Hall on March 30th, 7:00 pm, we would most welcome your presence. Whether or not you are a resident of Dryden, please go to “Solar Energy Petition ” and add your name to our message to the Dryden Town Board to go forward now . Time is short and they need to know that lots of people stand behind this important decision. Without this we have no hope of achieving carbon emission reduction goals set by the town, Tompkins County, or NYS. The decision will be made by the Board on March 30th.
We, the undersigned, ask the Dryden Town Board to continue their support of large scale solar development. With global warming delivering climate change to our doorstep, the need to stop fossil fuel build-out is critical.
Because the siting of solar development is contingent on nearby connection to the electric grid, we need to make the available sites work.
Homeowners and others are concerned not only about the visual impact of large acreage solar, but also the impact on wildlife and recreation. Therefore we also ask that, while continuing to support this project, the Town Board members consider the concerns of residents and require the developers to mitigate the visual impacts with performance specifications for good screening of the panels along property lines adjacent to houses, roads, and the cemetery. If allowable within the constraints of fencing requirements, access by wildlife would be beneficial.
How will Cornell get to a Carbon Neutral goal by 2035?
Come and find out. It’s an ambitious plan worth learning about.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell’s Senior Leaders Climate Action Group (SLCAG) will host a public forum Tuesday, March 28, to discuss its report, “Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035,” from 4:30 to 6PM at the Hotel Ithaca, 222 S. Cayuga St. The event is free and open to the public.
Released in the fall, the report builds off Cornell University’s existing Climate Action Plan, further outlining solutions to reduce energy demands and increase clean energy supply. Following the presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session for community members.
Sarah Zemanick, director of the Campus Sustainability Office.
As I have moved about the Southern Tier since Jan. 20, 2017, I have heard several people refer to some kind of listening process as a key in organizing. Then they usually say if it weren’t so atrociously time consuming, they’d be all over it. I would like to address this concern.
It is true that the foundation of all organizing is the art of listening. Not just because it shows respect for the people whose interest you require. Not because it flatters them. Listening is not a tactic or a means of manipulating people. It is a means of organizing them. Helping them develop their power.
You say you’re worried about ______.
What could be changed that would make you feel better about that?
Who would make that decision?
What would it take to get them to see it your way?
Yes, for most people, it’s a stirring experience. They will think thoughts they’ve never thought before, see connections they hadn’t seen before, and surprise themselves by saying things they didn’t know they knew. They will be intellectually excited.
“Outside Agitator” is the name of a scapegoat people in power love to accuse whenever constituents challenge their control. They’re not far off, but it’s actually the inside agitator, the person’s own self-organizing, that’s causing all the trouble. There’s not much any politician can do about that—at least, not in a free society.
In our culture, the individual citizen’s power lies dormant, like the pale sprout inside an acorn. What makes it start to itch and twitch and push its way to the surface is the realization that citizenship comes with a constitutional right to organize for change. It is the role of the organizer to pose the questions that awaken this power—tell me what you’re up against; why is that; who else feels this way; and what could be done to change it? This probing is the nascent, revolutionary act of organizing: of you challenging another person to organize her/himself. In working over these seemingly simple questions, a person crosses a threshold that cannot be uncrossed; for, once someone sees and feels his or her rightful place in a democracy, things are just different. For good.
Wacky Winter Weather: Record Warmth in Buffalo and U.S. – Linked to Global Warming?
Save The Date: DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: “Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump,” Dr. Michael Mann, Climate Scientist and Author of “The Madhouse Effect,” illustrated by cartoonist Tom Toles.
Come Earth Day, April 22, the extraordinary story of Standing Rock will hit the big screen at the Tribeca Film Festival. “AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock” is a documentary that captures the indigenous-led resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Josh Fox, who shed light on the impacts of fracking in his documentary Gasland and its sequel, Gasland 2, is directing this film alongside James Spione (“Silenced”) and Myron Dewey, who owns Digital Smoke Signals, a social media film company that tells stories through indigenous eyes. Actress Shailene Woodley (“Big Little Lies”) is the film’s executive producer.
The documentary’s trailer was released Friday (March 24). “What’s going on here at Standing Rock isn’t just about Standing Rock,” one man says in the trailer. “It’s not just about stopping a pipeline. This is about the survival of humanity.” The trailer revolves primarily around the events of November 2 where militarized police pepper sprayed, deployed tear gas and shot non-lethal ammunition against water protectors along Cantapeta Creek during a water ceremony.
CALGARY – President Donald Trump’s administration approved TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, cheering the oil industry and angering environmentalists even as further hurdles for the controversial project loom.
“Transcanada will finally be allowed to complete this long-overdue project with efficiency and with speed,” Trump said in the Oval Office before turning to ask TransCanada CEO Russell Girling when construction would start.
OSLO, March 27 (Reuters) – Standing Rock Sioux tribe representatives [met] the ethics watchdog for Norway’s $915 billion sovereign wealth fund on Monday over a U.S. oil pipeline, a watchdog official said on Monday.
On Sunday, Norway’s largest bank DNB sold its share of loans funding the Dakota Access oil pipeline, ending its involvement in a project that has faced strong opposition from Native Americans and environmental groups.
The pipeline will move crude oil from the U.S. Northern Plains to the Midwest and then on to the Gulf of Mexico. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund holds $248 million in bonds of Energy Transfer Partners LP, which is leading the pipeline project.
The fund has an ethical profile and is not allowed to invest in companies that breach certain guidelines regarding the environment, human rights and corruption, among other criteria.
“We will be meeting them today. They have asked for a meeting and said they would like to meet us,” Eli Ane Lund, head of the secretariat of the fund’s Council on Ethics, told Reuters, declining to give further details.
A meeting with the watchdog does not mean the fund is considering excluding a company. Representatives from non-governmental organisations often meet with Council on Ethics officials.
The fund invests in close to 9,000 companies worldwide.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A December oil pipeline spill in western North Dakota might have been three times larger than first estimated and among the biggest in state history, a state environmental expert said Friday.
About 530,000 gallons of oil is now believed to have spilled from the Belle Fourche Pipeline that was likely ruptured by a slumping hillside about 16 miles northwest of Belfield in Billings County, Health Department environmental scientist Bill Seuss said. The earlier estimate was about 176,000 gallons.
No decision has been made on any fines against Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the pipeline. The company says it is committed to cleaning up the spill and that the job is about 80 percent done.
“There’s no timeline for completion, spokeswoman Wendy Owen said. “We will be there until it is” done.
A company’s efforts to clean up after an oil spill are a large factor in how much of a fine is levied, according to Seuss.
Mattis has long espoused the position that the armed forces, for a host of reasons, need to cut dependence on fossil fuels and explore renewable energy where it makes sense. He had also, as commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command in 2010, signed off on the Joint Operating Environment , which lists climate change as one of the security threats the military expected to confront over the next 25 years.
THE DEATH OF EXPERTISE The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters By Tom Nichols 252 pages. Oxford University Press. $24.95.
Donald J. Trump’s taste for advisers with little or no government experience; his selection of cabinet members like Scott Pruitt and Rick Perry, who have expressed outright hostility to the agencies they now oversee; and the slow pace of making senior-level appointments in high-profile departments like State, Treasury and Homeland Security — all speak to the new president’s disregard for policy expertise and knowledge, just as his own election victory underscores many voters’ scorn for experience.
This is part of a larger wave of anti-rationalism that has been accelerating for years — manifested in the growing ascendance of emotion over reason in public debates, the blurring of lines among fact and opinion and lies, and denialism in the face of scientific findings about climate change and vaccination.
“The Death of Expertise” turns out to be an unexceptional book about an important subject. The volume is useful in its way, providing an overview of just how we arrived at this distressing state of affairs. But it’s more of a flat-footed compendium than an original work, pulling together examples from recent news stories while iterating arguments explored in more depth in books like Al Gore’s “The Assault on Reason,” Susan Jacoby’s “The Age of American Unreason,” Robert Hughes’s “Culture of Complaint” and, of course, Richard Hofstadter’s 1963 classic, “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.” Nichols’s source notes are one of the highlights of the volume, pointing the reader to more illuminating books and articles.
Further reading: ” …Though not originally written for Americans, “Democracy in America” must always remain a work of engrossing and constantly increasing interest to citizens of the United States as the first philosophic and comprehensive view of our society, institutions, and destiny. No one can rise even from the most cursory perusal without clearer insight and more patriotic appreciation of the blessings of liberty protected by law, nor without encouragement for the stability and perpetuity of the Republic. The causes which appeared to M. de Tocqueville to menace both, have gone. The despotism of public opinion, the tyranny of majorities, the absence of intellectual freedom which seemed to him to degrade administration and bring statesmanship, learning, and literature to the level of the lowest, are no longer considered. The violence of party spirit has been mitigated, and the judgment of the wise is not subordinated to the prejudices of the ignorant.
A senior member of the Trump administration’s beachhead team at the EPA unexpectedly resigned over concerns of the “integrity” of political appointees and career employees.
David Schnare was expected to take a top post at EPA, but he abruptly resigned March 15th. It wasn’t for personal reasons, but over what he called a “question of integrity.” Schnare resigned with the title of assistant deputy administrator.
“This wasn’t about me being angry or upset,” Schnare told The Daily Caller News Foundation, saying his resignation had a “much deeper story” than he was willing to disclose at the time.
Schnare didn’t go into detail, but said he would soon write about the events that led to his resignation. His comments, however, suggested infighting at EPA between transition officials, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s inner circle and career employees.
Schnare said the White House is looking into the circumstances surrounding his resignation. The EPA did not respond to The DCNF’s request for comment.
Reports already suggested tension between President Donald Trump’s political appointees and EPA career staff.
Last month, FracTracker Alliance featured a blog entry and map exploring the controversy around National Fuel’s proposed Northern Access Pipeline (NAPL) project, shown in the map below. The proposed project, which has already received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), is still awaiting another decision by April 7, 2017 — Section 401 Water Quality Certification. By that date, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) must give either final approval, or else deny the project.
The NAPL project includes the construction of 97-mile-long pipeline to bring fracked Marcellus gas through New York State, and into Canada. The project also involves construction of a variety of related major infrastructure projects, including a gas dehydration facility, and a ten-fold expansion of the capacity of the Porterville Compressor Station located at the northern terminus of the proposed pipeline, in Erie County, NY.
On three consecutive days in early February, 2017, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) held hearings in Western New York to gather input about the NAPL project. On February 7th, the day of the first meeting at Saint Bonaventure University in Allegany County, NY, an alarming — and yet to be fully reported — incident widely considered to be a gas leak, occurred at, or near, the Porterville Compressor Station. The incident is thought to be connected to the planned upgrades to the facility, but was not even mentioned as a concern during the public meetings relating to the Northern Access Pipeline in the subsequent hours and days.
What follows is a story of poor communication between the utility company, first responders, and local residents, resulting in confusion and even panic, and has yet to be conclusively explained to the general public.
We know that a little past 10 AM on February 7th, people in the villages of Elma and East Aurora, within about a mile of the Porterville Compressor Station, reported strong odors of gas. They filed complaints with the local gas utility (National Fuel), and the local 911 center, which referred the calls to the local Elma Fire Department. The fire department went to the Porterville Compressor station to investigate, remembering a similar incident from a few years earlier. At the compressor station, representatives from National Fuel, the operator of the compressor station, assured the fire company that they were conducting a routine flushing of an odorant line, and the situation was under control, so the fire company departed.
Residents in the area became more alarmed when they noticed that the odor was stronger outside their buildings than inside them. National Fuel then ordered many residents to evacuate their homes. The East Aurora police facilitated the evacuation and instructed residents to gather in the East Aurora Library not far from those homes. Nearby businesses, such as Fisher Price, headquartered in East Aurora, chose to send their employees home for the day, due to the offensive odor and perceived risks.
Around 11:30 in the morning, up to 200 clients at Suburban Adult Services, Inc. (SASi), were evacuated to the Jamison Road Fire Station, where they remained until around 3 PM that afternoon. Over 200 reports were received, some from as far away as Orchard Park, eight miles down-wind of the compressor station.
After East Aurora elementary and middle schools placed complaints, National Fuel told them to evacuate students and staff from their buildings. Realizing that the smell was stronger outside than inside the building, school leaders revised their plans, and started to get buses ready to transport student to the high school, where there had not been reports of the odor. Before the buses could load, however, the police department notified the school that the gas leak had been repaired, and that there was no need to evacuate. School officials then activated the school’s air circulation system to rid the building of the fumes.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers voted Monday to ban hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, a process better known as fracking.
The Senate voted 35-10 for a measure that already has been approved by the House. That sends the bill to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who supports the ban.
Fracking isn’t being done in Maryland now, but a moratorium on issuing permits ends in October.
Fracking opponents cited health and environmental concerns for not allowing the drilling process to ever happen in the state. The drilling technique forces pressurized water and chemicals underground to break up the rock and release the gas. Critics say the process and disposal of tainted wastewater pose risks of water and air pollution, earthquakes and property devaluation.
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirty-seventh flight (PSLV-C35), launches the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 for weather related studies and seven co-passenger satellites into polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Co-passenger satellites are ALSAT-1B, ALSAT-2B, ALSAT-1N from Algeria, NLS-19 from Canada and Pathfinder-1 from USA as well as two satellites PRATHAM from IIT Bombay and PISAT from PES University, Bengaluru.
For the first time, under the impetus of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES), space agencies of more than 60 countries agreed to engage their satellites, to coordinate their methods and their data to monitor human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.
The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last December acted as a wake-up call in this context. Without satellites, the reality of global warming would not have been recognised and the subsequent historic agreement at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22, 2016 would not have been signed. Out of the 50 essential climate variables being monitored today, 26 – including rising sea level, sea ice extent and greenhouse gas concentrations in all layers of the atmosphere – can be measured only from space.
The key to effectively implementing the Paris Agreement lies in the ability to verify that nations are fulfilling their commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Only satellites can do that. Invited to New Delhi by ISRO and CNES on April 3, 2016, the world’s space agencies decided to establish “an independent, international system” to centralise data from their Earth-observing satellites through the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ that officially came into effect on May 16, 2016.
The goal now will be to inter calibrate these satellite data so that they can be combined and compared over time. In other words, it is to make the transition to closely coordinated and easily accessible ‘big space data’.
There are over 7,000 gas-filled bubbles in remote parts of Siberia that are set to explode, scientists have discovered. Following extensive field expeditions and satellite surveys, researchers in Russia have identified thousands of bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas – far more than they had expected.
Alexey Titovsky, director of Yamal department for science and innovation, told the Siberian Times that understanding the bubbles is of paramount important to assessing the risk they pose.
In July last year, scientists released footage of the ground on Bely Island wobbling underfoot. When they punctured them, methane and carbon dioxide was released. It is thought an abnormally warm summer had caused the permafrost to thaw, leading to the release of methane that had been locked up in the ground. At present, it is thought this process is behind the emergence of the numerous craters that have appeared over recent years – including the ‘gateway to the underworld’ crater near Batagaiin.
Titovsky said the 7,000 bulging bumps identified could also collapse into craters: “At first such a bump is a bubble, or ‘bulgunyakh’ in the local Yakut language. With time the bubble explodes, releasing gas. This is how gigantic funnels form.
Thawing permafrost as a result of global warming is expected to lead to more methane release in the future, a spokesman from the Ural branch of Russian Academy of Science said. “An abnormally warm summer in 2016 on the Yamal peninsula must have added to the process,” they added.
On Bely Island, scientists found methane was 1,000 times above normal, while CO2 was around 25 times higher. “As we took off a layer of grass and soil, a fountain of gas erupted,” one of the scientists working at the site explained.
The release of methane from the thawing permafrost is of huge concern to climate scientists. Max Holmes, the deputy director and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Centre, told IBTimes UK it could lead to the collapse of human infrastructures, like roads and towns, as well as creating a feedback cycle that results in even more warming.
While the White House is not expected to explicitly say the United States is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, and people familiar with the White House deliberations say Mr. Trump has not decided whether to do so, the policy reversals would make it virtually impossible to meet the emissions reduction goals set by the Obama administration under the international agreement.
In an announcement that could come as soon as Thursday or as late as next month, according to people familiar with the White House’s planning, Mr. Trump will order Mr. Pruitt to withdraw and rewrite a set of Obama-era regulations known as the Clean Power Plan, according to a draft document obtained by The New York Times. The Obama rule was devised to shut down hundreds of heavily polluting coal-fired power plants and freeze construction of new coal plants, while replacing them with vast wind and solar farms.
The draft also lays out options for legally blocking or weakening about a half-dozen additional Obama-era executive orders and policies on climate change.
Experts in environmental law say it will not be possible for Mr. Trump to quickly or simply roll back the most substantive elements of Mr. Obama’s climate change regulations, noting that the process presents a steep legal challenge that could take many years and is likely to end up before the Supreme Court. Economists are skeptical that a rollback of the rules would restore lost coal jobs because the demand for coal has been steadily shrinking for years.
Scientists and climate policy advocates around the world say they are watching the administration’s global warming actions and statements with deep worry. Many reacted with deep concern to Mr. Pruitt’s remarks this month that he did not believe carbon dioxide was a primary driver of climate change, a statement at odds with the global scientific consensus. They also noted the remarks last week by Mick Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, in justifying Mr. Trump’s proposed cuts to climate change research programs.
It’s a safe assumption that most Americans have not heard of the US Chemical Safety Board. Donald Trump is certainly banking on that, since he proposed scrapping it in his recent budget proposal. But if the small agency is indeed de-funded, the results could be catastrophic—and we might be left wondering, as the bodies are counted after some large chemical disaster, why nobody was angry when the CSB went away.
If Trump succeeds in de-funding the CSB, that’s work that will largely be left undone—in a nation with a creaking chemical-production infrastructure. It’s expensive to shutter old chemical plants because of remediation costs, and many are being extended past their planned lifetimes. The federal government doesn’t track chemical accidents—a small scandal in itself—but best estimates seem to indicate an uptick. The Deepwater Horizon blowout and the large explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, are the most memorable accidents of the past decade; in West, 15 people were killed and hundreds of homes were destroyed in 2013. Forty-six people have died in US chemical plants since then.
This is why worker and safety advocates are panicked by the CSB’s potential de-funding.
Since 1997, the IEA has produced an annual compilation of its most used statistics in a booklet easily accessible to all – the aptly named Key World Energy Statistics (KWES) – and the hugely successful booklet has become a constant companion of energy analysts and policy makers.

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When it comes to manifesting, intention is everything. Truly powerful intention is composed of three main qualities: focus, attitude, and energy.
Lucid Dreaming is a powerful skill for making changes in yourself and your life. Also known as conscious dreaming, a lucid dream is one in which you are aware you are dreaming.
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As human beings we have the amazing ability to observe our experience. Unfortunately, most of us have never been taught to observe our experience.
Embracing change is a wonderful way to approach the world, but sometimes it can be hard for people, particularly if the change is unwanted. Most frustration, unhappiness or fear that results from experiencing change is really due to an overly strong attachment to one or more beliefs. Usually, the belief is an expectation about the way things ‘should be'.
Pain gets a bad rap. We all experience pain of one form or another throughout the course of our lives. The source may be at any level: mental, emotional, physical, subtle energetic, even spiritual.
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Believing is seeing. Our beliefs act as lenses or filters shaping all of our experiences in life. They are self-fulfilling prophecies to support the worldview of our ego.
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As usual they are entirely sewn by hand !
Each set includes a pair of knee-high socks made of iridescent gold jersey fabric for a retro glamour touch and a little matching daisy hairpin.
A little care instruction card as well as a "Midnight Bloom" picture is included in each package.
The sets fit Blythe (Neo & Licca bodies) as well as Dal and JerryBerry dolls.
on Sunday 2nd at 0:00 / midnight, Paris time.
I will also list the 2 coats which unfortunately did not make it to the raffle table at Blythecon UK in Brighton as i could not attend the event. I will offer them at a special price with free shipping worldwide and I will cover the paypal fees so that 100% of the money will be donated to The Fox Project, which was the charity chosen by BCUK this year. I will post an update once the donation has been made.


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Looking for a used car at an affordable price? Step into the 2015 Ford Fusion!
It prioritizes style, powertrain versatility and safety in an exceptional sedan package! A turbocharger is also included as an economical means of increasing performance. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan still has fewer than 70,000 miles! All of the following features are included: a tachometer, an automatic dimming rear-view mirror, and power front seats. It features an automatic transmission, all-wheel drive, and a 2 liter 4 cylinder engine.

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In the past, John Menard placed his immense IndyCar sponsorship money for the good of the sport with drivers and teams who needed it – not with super teams who don’t.
On Tuesday Team Penske announced a partnership with the Midwesterner Menard for three races this season, including the all important 100th Indy 500. His sponsorship dollars will go to the irascible Frenchman Simon Pagenaud‘s 22 car for three races, culminating at Road America in Menard’s home state of Wisconsin. This decision by the “Save Big Money” man is highly disappointing, to say the least.
In one sense, we at IRR appreciate Menard’s recently announced IndyCar backing, which used to be a staple of the series. Like many, we welcome the prodigal billionaire back. Also appreciated are his cars’ distinctive day-glow paint schemes, adding much to open wheel racing’s aesthetic. Last but not least, the billionaire’s backing of the 100th Indy 500 admittedly is also a gracious, though self serving, gesture. But that’s where the rub comes in, as his backing in this case is badly misplaced.

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Albany, US, 2019-Feb-12 — /EPR Network/ —The market for Functional Ceramic Inks Market is growing with the expansion of this Industry Sector Worldwide. Market Research Hub (MRH) has added a new report titled “Global Functional Ceramic Inks Market” Research Report 2019 which offer details about the current trends and analysis, as well as scope for the near future. This research study also covers information about the production, consumption and market share based on different active regions. Furthermore, an anticipated growth at a double-digit CAGR for the Functional Ceramic Inks Market sector is highlighted in the report which indicates a prosperous future.
The global Functional Ceramic Inks market is valued at million US$ in 2018 is expected to reach million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of during 2019-2025.
This report focuses on Functional Ceramic Inks volume and value at global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Functional Ceramic Inks market size by analyzing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report focuses on several key regions: North America, Europe, China and Japan.

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Belize and Guatemala have had their share of difficulties recently over the border dispute that exists between both countries, but the two countries have recently reached an agreement in criminal matters.
According to a report on the Guatemalan media, Foreign Ministers for both countries came to an agreement which indicates that criminals convicted in either party may serve sentences in their home country which allow for a more effective rehabilitation of prisoners.
The agreement will last for 10 years and is automatically extended for equal periods unless either party terminates it through a written notification through diplomatic channels, which take effect one year after the claim.
According to the report, the document signed is based on the agreement of a negotiating framework and measures of confidence-building between Guatemala and Belize signed on September 7th, 2005.
The intent of this agreement is to maintain and deepen friendly bilateral relations until the territorial, insular and maritime dispute between the two countries is resolved permanently.

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Best Birthday Ever! thank you everyone!!
I wanted to spotlight one of the BEST BIRTHDAYS ever!! But I wasn't sure "where" to start in highlighting the BEST birthday ever...so I thought I'd start with the newest. Today I came home from work to find this fun gift sitting on my table. It's from my very talented friend Tya Smith. And like Tya, I'm a huge GLEE fan and I love homemade gifts. Seriously how cute is this...it combines my total addiction of CHOCOLATE, Dr. Pepper and Glee all in one darling package.
Tya, this was my favorite part of the entire gift....mouthwash! LOVE IT!
One other gift I had to share, it's this very beautiful Polish Cookware set that my cute sis, Trisha sent me. I was so envious of the one she had when we visited in Seattle, that I couldn't resist hinting that I'd love one. She told me I can bake in it, microwave and wash it in the dishwasher...now if it had come with food it and a person to clean it, it would be perfect. Thanks Trish!!
I don't know if it was because of my birthday last week or not, but I have been making all sort of Birthday Cards with my Cricut (via my Gypsy). I especially love cards with clever sayings and love the challenge of trying to figure out ways to make those fun sayings come to life. Here's a few of my favorites I made this past week.
This fun card was created with the Country Life cartridge and some fun Echo Park papers (I would love to stock up on that yummy cloud paper for sure).
You're Not Old, You're Ripe I combined the new For the Record collection by Echo Park, with some fuzzy paper I've had forever and my Just Because Cards cartridge.
This past weekend I had the privilege of being part of the volunteer staff for a great event put on by Deseret Book in Ogden, Utah called Time Out for Women. I wasn't sure what to expect, but was very pleased it it when it was all over....in fact, I would highly recommend it to anyone considering attending.


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Student Visa allows students to reside in Malaysia for the entire duration of their studies continues. Malaysian student Visa allows you to open a Bank account, Get Medical Insurance and enjoy many other benefits. You will also be entitled to travel in and out of Malaysia for the entire duration of your Visa’s validity as much as necessary.
How to obtain your students Visa with Awesome?
Your age must be between 18 and 35 years.
Have the financial capability to meet the course fees and other expenses related to living.
Intend to reside in Malaysia for education purposes only.
What Documents do you need to apply for student Visa?
One copy of the latest academic certificate and transcript.
Please transfer Visa application fees to Awesome English Center’s Bank account and email us the receipt.

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Shauna Gillies-Smith ASLA is the principal of Ground, a design practice committed to the creation of exceptional, sustainable, and artful landscapes.
“Prolific expansion, growth, and mutation” in nature and the built environment is the subject of the deCordova’s summer exhibition. As a landscape architect, I was enticed by the prospect of immersion in uncontrolled organic abundance, decay, devastation — all that which begets new life.
Whether an intentional curatorial choice or an inherent condition of working with a permanent collection, the work is intensely diverse, both in aesthetic form and thematic content. It includes a number of striking artworks, such as Laura McPhee’s large-format photography recording the beauty and devastation of post–forest fire Idaho. Across the gallery, prolific expansion of consumer culture is featured in Rachel Perry Welty’s self-portrait, meticulously staged within a decorated collection of Styrofoam dinner containers.
Other pieces combine the grotesque and the beautiful. Constance Jacobson’s highly detailed amorphic monotypes can be understood as a brain cross- section, a microbe, an ossified tree slice, or something else. One of the most awe-inspiring works — fascinating and terrifying — is Harold Edgerton’s photograph of an atomic bomb blast, taken with a 10-foot lens from a distance of 7 miles, the graininess of the bulbous image entirely out of proportion with the enormity of the event.
I loved the visceral experience of many of the individual works but wished the show was half as large so it could have felt more thematically consistent. My initial experience was similar to scanning stations on the radio — a snippet of one piece of music and then off to something else. But perhaps that’s a fundamental subtext of this exhibition, with its starting point in overabundance. The image-ready culture of Google, Facebook, and Instagram trains us to edit out certain things and select others, skills that can be creatively employed to immerse oneself in the varied tendrils of Overgrowth.

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text: (July 2017) This primer discusses issues often raised about economic loss and loss calculation under §2B1.1. Effective November 1, 2001, the Commission consolidated the theft and fraud guidelines into §2B1.1. As a part of this amendment, which is known as the Economic Crime Package, the Commission also modified the definition of loss such that it would be based on reasonably foreseeable pecuniary harm and would include intended loss. This primer focuses on some applicable cases and concepts relating to this definition of loss but is not intended as a comprehensive compilation of all case law addressing these issues.


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By receiving a scholarship from Building Families for 3 or 4 year olds, families are required to attend a preschool parent night at the child(ren)’s preschool. To receive credit for attending Preschool Parent Night, families must sign in at the parent education presentation provided by the Parent Coordinator. If families do not sign in, a make-up time will need to be completed to receive credit for attending. Any families that do not attend the scheduled evening or may face a suspension for the scholarship until a make-up parent night has occurred.
If a scholarship is placed in suspension parents are responsible for paying the full tuition amount until the scholarship has been re-instated. If a make-up is needed you can contact Angela Wesselink, Parent Coordinator, at 515.602.6371 or awesselink@co.wright.ia.us.
Schedule of preschool parent nights are located on the Building Families’ calendar.


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With France on our doorstep via ferry services and the Channel Tunnel, beautiful countryside and attractions, we believe we provide the perfect camping and holiday destination for everyone.
Our friendly staff are here to welcome you!!
We pride ourselves on great food and superb service "We aim to provide a relaxed, cosy environment provide real ales and homecooked food."

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This honor is one of the highest offered in the field of planning.
Recognizing her countless contributions to teaching and mentoring the planners of the future, the American Institute of Certified Planners has selected Associate Dean and Associate Professor Carissa Slotterback as a fellow, one of the highest honors given by the organization.
In her time at the University of Minnesota, Slotterback has consistently created ties between the planning profession and academia, in both professional and volunteer capacities. Her strong networks within the professional community have helped countless students launch their own careers. A top example of Slotterback’s commitment to community partnerships and student engagement is the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), which she co-founded in 2012. Through RCP, hundreds of U of M students work on real-world planning projects with staff from cities around the Twin Cities metropolitan area. RCP is now a national model of engaged education.
Slotterback’s research areas include public engagement, environmental planning, healthy communities, and technology. She engages with planning practitioners on many of her research efforts, engaging them as advisors, studying and reporting on their innovative planning practices, producing reports and other research products targeted to planners, and sharing her findings to practitioner-oriented groups. She serves in a leadership roles with the American Planning Association’s state chapter Minnesota chapter and with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
The induction ceremony will be held at the American Planning Association conference in New Orleans on April 22.


text: Private wood lot off the beaten path! Come build your dream home on this 5 acres, or bring in a mobile home! Beautifully secluded area in the quaint town of Branford, and in the always lovely Gilchrist County.


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Thumbnails Layout of Instagram Feed plugin provides an equally aligned grid, consisting of the thumbnail images of the media on your feed. All thumbnails on this layout are set to have the same dimensions, and you can assign the width and height you like.
Just like Thumbnails Masonry Layout is also built with the thumbnail images of Instagram posts. However, its grid is not aligned equally. The thumbnail images are created as the exact miniatures of their large versions (i.e. the dimensions of thumbnails and large posts are proportional).
Just like Blog Style, Image Browser Layout of Instagram Feed plugin also displays the posts with larger dimensions. However, this layout shows a single large image with navigation buttons. You can navigate through the posts by clicking on Next and Previous buttons.

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Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) adds an extra layer of security to your domain names by attaching digital signature (DS) records to their DNS information. Your domain must meet the following criteria before enabling DNSSEC. If you don't meet these criteria, see our DNSSEC FAQ article for information about using self-managed DNSSEC.
Under Advanced Features, click DNSSEC.
In the Email key change notifications field, enter your email address, and click Apply.
Note: If you receive the following error message, your attempt to enable DNSSEC failed: Save failed. Zone contains invalid CNAME record and cannot be DNSSEC enabled. To resolve the issue, go to the Records section (above the Advanced Features section), locate the CNAME record that conflicts with another record in your file, and edit or delete one of the conflicting records. For instance, you might have a CNAME record and an A record that have the same www hostname.
Because we manage your DS records, no further action is required after you complete the steps in this article.
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Gene Stus has become a legend on the American Senior Bowling Tour. He has won 10 Professional Bowling Association National Senior Championships.
Stus, who has bowled 39 perfect 300 games and eight 800 series, was the first senior ever to bowl a perfect game on national television. In 1992, bowling writers named him the senior player of the year. The next year, the PBA named him the senior player of the year. In 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998, he was voted onto the All-American Senior Team.
Stus was part of the doubles championship team for the American Bowling Association in 1992, he won the Senior National Championship Tournament three times and was inducted into the Greater Detroit Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1995.
Stus, who continues to excel on the senior tour, is employed as a supervisor for General Motors.
Stus was nominated to the Taylor Sports and Recreation Hall of Fame by Councilman and fellow Taylor Hall of Famer Greg Bzura, the founder and director of the Junior League World Series of baseball.


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Homes by Avi in the NW Community of Carrington - Urban Terraces, Duplexes and Townhomes.
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Features: Features: Classic and contemporary elevations, 3 bedroom homes, optional double detached garages, 9’ ceilings, stainless steel appliances, and front landscaping. Available for quick possession.
Homes by Avi has been guiding Calgarians through the new home buying process since 1978. From town houses to duplexes, we have a starter home that suits your lifestyle. We have a reputation for being customer-focused with a high standard of quality, and we’ve built it one customer at a time. We intend to continue that tradition with you.
Situated in the heart of north west Calgary, Carrington, is a community framed around everyday necessities.
Gently sloping land showcases breathtaking views to the west, which emulate the stunning natural wetlands, winding pathways and lookouts found throughout the community.
This highly walkable, culturally enriched, and diverse community will feature a future LRT station, school site and commercial centre with shops and services. Utilizing best practices in place making and sustainable design, Genstar Development Company brings over 65 years of experience to the community of Carrington.


text: "I wish for the day when all children will be protected, when all children can feel safe, when all children will be valued equally" says Tashi Gurung Manang. We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give. Today's children become tomorrow's citizens. Encourage them to build a better future.


text: Must mention or enter code HOL18 at time of purchase. May not be combined with any other offer or group rate. Tax, gratuity and applicable fees are additional. Upgrades are additional. Not valid on prior purchases. Not valid for NYE show. Valid for shows on at the Dallas location through 1/31/2019. Tickets must be purchased by 1/6/2019.

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Finally, the digitising project is finished! I have had about 1500 family photos digitised over the last year or so - several technical problems plagued the project, which is why it took so long. Not all of them relate to this blog but there are several photos that are important to the Čirkšis family history.
One of the benefits of digitising photographs - and publishing a blog about them - is that you take a closer look at things. Many of the photos I have, have Latvian writing on the back of them. A lot of the writing is illegible, at least for a non-Latvian-speaker (I know I should learn!) but occasionally I can decipher enough to work out what the photo is of.
This particular photo had been sitting in an album and I had never taken it out to examine it though, I had some idea that it must be the Pirtneiks (my grandmother's) side of the family. Today, while I was checking off the scanned photos to ensure they were all there, I glanced at the back and found some very clearly written Latvian!
A quick google search and I discovered that my gut instinct was correct! This is indeed the Pirtnieks - though I still don't know their first names or their relationship to me. It appears that some of my family was deported to Siberia around 1950.
The letter is signed but the signature is unreadable to me. Can you read the signature at the bottom? Do you know who these people are? If you have any clues, post a comment below! In the mean time, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that may help me identify my long lost relatives so stay tuned!
"Sibirija 25/8 50 g. Par mazu atminu no pritnieku gimenes" From Google Translate this means something like "Siberia 25/8 50 g. For a small memory from pritnieku family"
I just googled Pēteris Pirtnieks and ended up on your blog.
Of all deported Pirtnieks from Latvia http://www.itl.rtu.lv/LVA/dep1941/meklesana49.php?rinda=0 (found by entering Pirtnieks in the Vārds field), these people might be Pēteris, his wife Katrīna, sons Dainis and Jānis, and Pēteris' mother Maiga.
http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/lv/menu/lv/2/ig/1/ie/87/book/4188.html (screen-shot 133, entry 61).
My great-great-great grandpa was Pēteris Pirtnieks from Nīca, the same town as this family. This cannot be him as my great-great grandma is Pēteris Pirtnieks' daughter Ewe but this nice family doesn't seem to have a daughter born around 1950.
The signature says Pirtnieks and there might be another P there for Peter.


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Under George W. Bush’s administration, the Department of Justice allowed voter ID laws and Bush appointed two Supreme Court Justices who ended up voting against the Voting Rights Act. Bush’s brother, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, still says George protected voting right too much.
Former President Bush did, however, sign legislation that reauthorized much of the Voting Rights Act, but Jeb Bush said on Thursday that move put too many “regulations on top of states.” Jeb also said that America has done enough to fight racist voter suppression laws. “There’s been dramatic improvement in access to voting,” he said.
Jeb’s claims are wrong. Republican-led states have exerted much effort in curbing minorities’ access and ability to vote. The state of Florida, for example, suffered from massive GOP efforts to institute voter ID laws, and the legislature engaged in rampant gerrymandering campaigns to split Democratic districts.
People like Jeb Bush are the problem. He’s either unaware or chooses to ignore the Republican war on minority voters.
Josh de Leon is a writer and researcher with Ring of Fire.
President George W. Bush is not a hero to voting rights advocates. His Justice Department gave the greenlight to voter ID laws, a common tactic by conservative lawmakers which prevents many younger, low-income and minority voters from casting a ballot. And Bush appointed two justices that joined the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down much of the Voting Rights Act. Nevertheless, at an event in Iowa on Thursday, Bush’s own brother claimed that the former president did far too much to protect voting rights — and that he should have placed more emphasis on states rights instead.
Jeb’s comments largely echo the views expressed by the Republican majority on the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder, which effectively deactivated the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance provisions in 2013. “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for that majority. America, in Roberts’s view, has wiped away enough of its racist past that the “extraordinary measures” employed by much of the Voting Rights Act can no longer be justified.
In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likened Roberts’s decision to “throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.” A major reason why so much progress has been made on voting rights, Ginsburg explained, is that the fully operational Voting Rights Act halted so much voter suppression.
Since Shelby County was handed down, a number of developments suggest that Ginsburg was right. Among other things, Texas announced just two hours after Roberts delivered his opinion that it would implement a gerrymandered map and a voter ID law that were blocked under the intact Voting Rights Act. Alabama made a similar announcement about its voter ID law shortly thereafter. North Carolina enacted a comprehensive voter suppression law, a kind of omnibus anti-voter bill that combined many tactics that were enacted piecemeal in other states, less than two months after Shelby County.
As Jeb’s statement suggests, in the years since Shelby County, Roberts’s position has become Republican orthodoxy. In 2014, coalition of lawmakers that did include some Republicans introduced a relatively weak bill seeking to restore some of the preclearance regime, but the bill languished. More than a year later, a frustrated Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a stronger bill.
It wasn’t always this way, however. The bill that George W. Bush signed garnered 390 votes in the House and 98 votes in the Senate. Not so long ago, support for voting rights was bipartisan.


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In a non stick frying pan, add the olive oil and brown the lamb with the garlic. Add the eschallots and stir through for a further 2 minutes. Transfer all the ingredients to a crock pot (slow cooker) and add the stock, beans, carrots and dill and cook overnight or throughout the day.
Remove the dill and serve with chunks of wholegrain sourdough bread.
Note: (If you don't have a stock pot, simmer covered for 2 hours).

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: AZEK brownstone vinyl tiger claw hidden deck fastener heavy gauge stainless steel fastener with black oxide coating to better hide fastener between boards. includes stainless steel screw. fastener provides an automatic 3/16 inch spacing, but will accommodate up to 5/16 inch. we recommend spacing according to the decking manufacturer specifications. check the decking manufacturer foot s installation guide for spacing details.


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Iron Horse Member Cabin in Phase 2 with gorgeous, expansive views of Whitefish Lake and the 18th fairway of the Iron Horse Golf Course. With beautifully decorated interiors, this cabin is offered fully furnished- turn key. Log and rock accents to compliment the open living concept. Great room, master bedroom and office space on main level. Deck space and patio capturing the incredible views. Cabin is nearby club house and pool. More information on file on all that the private Iron Horse Golf Community has to offer; Fazio designed golf course, clubhouse, walking/biking trails, spa, fitness center, pool and so much more. Call Matt Buckmaster (406)261-8350 or your real estate professional for more information.
Listing provided courtesy of Matt L. Buckmaster of Purewest Real Estate - Whitefish.


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The three residential towers of this condominium project range in height from twenty-nine to thirty-nine storeys, and project above a common three storey podium structure, over a three level subgrade parking structure. The project is on the north side of Queens Quay West, between York Street and Lower Simcoe Street, near the shore of Lake Ontario.
The columns and shear walls are founded on spread and strip footings, respectively, bearing on sound shale bedrock with a capacity of 5000 kilonewtons per square metre. To deal with the problems associated with the fact that the founding level, for the footings, and the lowest parking level, are below the surface of Lake Ontario, the entire site is surrounded by a permanent caisson wall, not only to serve as the foundation excavation shoring, but to also perform as the first barrier to reduce the flow of water into the parking garage. The perimeter foundation walls were then constructed approximately one metre inside the caisson wall with weeping tiles and appropriate waterstops before the space between the walls was filled with free draining granular material.
At the fourth level, i.e. the roof of the podium structure, transfer beams, ranging in depth from 1.2 metres to 2.25 metres, were constructed to take the loads from the columns which are offset in the towers above and bring them to bear on the columns or shear walls below.
On the north elevation, at different floors in the towers, i.e. the eighth floor in the west tower and the thirteenth floor in the east tower, a permanent structural steel frame up to 1.0 metre in depth was erected to support the formwork for a two storey deep reinforced concrete beam, and a one storey deep reinforced concrete cantilever beam provided to carry the loads from several storeys of shear walls and columns above, eighteen levels in the west tower and twenty-two levels in the east tower.
At the penthouse roof levels, there are very significant cantilevered reinforced concrete trellis structures with beam depths of 1.4 metres.
The typical tower floors are designed as flat plates, supported on rectangular reinforced concrete columns with a central reinforced concrete core designed to resist lateral wind and seismic forces.
The towers are clad with glass curtain walls to reflect the lake water effects.


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You spoke to my heart this morning, Lauren. This is beautiful. I need my tears to let go of the pain.
I’m so glad it reached you. SO GLAD.


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The recently-approved new law stipulates that canteens at all schools, universities, hospitals, prisons and other public buildings must start providing food that is free from animal products – also referred to as a ‘strict vegetarian option’ – within the next six months.
A similar petition on the UK’s Parliament.uk website, started last October, has so far gathered 16,560 signatures. It needs 100,000 before April 3 in order to be debated in Parliament.
Nuno Alvim, a spokesperson for Associação Vegetariana Portuguesa, said: ‘We feel this is a major breakthrough in Portugal because it’s the first time we have any law that specifically mentions vegetarianism.
‘It will promote diversity of eating habits and encourage more people to choose the veggie option as it becomes more widely available.
‘This is, of course, predicted to have a significant impact on the population’s health foremost, but also on animals and the environment in the long run.
The new law was pushed forward after the joint efforts of three left-wing political parties, and was approved by a large majority on March 3.
And it has given renewed hope to vegan campaigners in Britain that a similar law will be passed here.
Dietitian Heather Russell, from the UK’s Vegan Society, said: ‘Hospitals, prisons and places of education need to cater in a way that respects equality and diversity but, unfortunately, it can still be difficult to obtain vegan meals in some settings.
‘Staff training can contribute to this issue as people working in institutions may not have been educated about a vegan diet.


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Availability: There’s a place available on each session. Contact me if you’re interested in coming.
Materials: If you have them, please bring willow charcoal, chalk and A3 pastel-type paper. Pen, pencil and cartridge paper would also be suitable.
In this session we shall draw draped fabric, exploring ways to show form, tone, texture and the hanging weight of it. We shall refer to drapery studies by artists inculding Leonardo da Vinci and Durer.
Places are limited, so please get in touch to reserve your spot.


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Yes! You are so right. Something wrong with a society that underpays its teachers and public servants.
Thanks for commenting! I felt like a bit of a rant, but it also felt good to get it off my chest!
you are right. They paid millions to celebrities and athletes so they can treat us the ones who makes them famous like invisible and the majority using it in drugs. What a shame.
It is a shame. Unfortunately I suppose I contribute to something I so disagree with every time I go to the movies.


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I need my tax returns prepared. Can you help?
When will my tax returns be finished?
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I had U.S. gambling winnings and 30% tax was withheld for the IRS. Can I file a return to claim a refund?
CRA or the IRS sent me a demand to file letter, and I need my tax returns finished by this date. Can you prepare them for me?
We receive hundreds of voice mails and emails from interested new clients every year. We have to be careful not to take on too much, but if it looks like we can fit you into our current workload we will usually take you on. It helps to contact us early: if you send an email 3–4 weeks before the filing deadline we probably can't manage it.
We provide several checklists that can help organize your personal, business, or rental tax documents. The checklists indicate what receipts we need to see.
New clients should send copies of the last returns filed, and if possible, the assessment notices from CRA or the IRS for that year.
We don't need to see business or rental income receipts if you fill out one of our checklists or provide your own spreadsheets. However, if you aren't sure exactly where to put things, feel free to send them along.
Returning clients: about the same as last year (but usually a bit more for inflation) if your tax situation is similar.
New clients: we can't give a quote before actually getting into your tax documents. Cross-border jobs are usually in the range of $500–$1,500 per year (plus 5% GST and shipping), depending on the time spent and complexity of the returns. We will send a price confirmation before completing your job.
Sorry! We can't make any promises about how long it will take for your returns to be prepared. Jobs are started in the order they are received. Most tax returns are begun within a few days of arrival, but there could be delays before the final version is done if you are missing information, or we need to ask questions. We believe that our current clients are all very happy with the turn-around time.
We don't usually provide tax consultation services (we're a tax "preparation" service), other than in the course of preparing your tax returns.
We can prepare a 1040NR return for you to obtain a refund, but there are a couple of hurdles you need to clear. First, depending on the game, you may need a record of gambling losses to deduct against the winnings. Second, you may need to apply for a U.S. ITIN number. See this page for more information.
Perhaps. As noted above, we can't make any promises about how long it will take, and jobs are started in the order they are received.

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Lorraine Williams has been making art from an early age and attended Art and Design High School and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She spent thirteen years as an art director, illustrator and graphic designer before turning her full attention to painting. She is currently represented by Tobey Fine Arts. Her rich, luminous abstractions have been exhibited internationally, most recently in Moscow, Russia. Her work with Van Deb Editions is her first experience in printmaking. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Artist Statement: What can you say about subtle fleeting emotions that are nevertheless important? Ebb and flow are key to all hope and conscious striving, no matter how self-possessed we try to act. Abstract paintings are windows on a subjective place and experience beneath the phenomenal world, where beauty and feeling exist without sadness.


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A web page can be created to add a different look, functionality and layout or to compliment the rest of your site. All web pages are created with clean code and tested for coding standards, accessibility, popular browsers, and screen resolutions. Functional and interactive web pages can contain additional elements such as data collection forms and interactive animation.
Additional web pages can be created and added to your existing website - existing navigation can also be updated if required. The additional page/s will be created using your custom web design. Simply decide on the name of your new page, text and images that you require. Web page content can be sourced or created for you, please see the website content section for services such as photography, image sourcing, copy writing and more. As part of the service I create your additional pages to a draft location online so you can review and comment on any changes before I put the pages live on your website.
A blog can be set up for you or a existing blog integrated to your website and given a consistent look that matches your current web design. Blog integration allows you to update and input your own content, including text and add images. Blog integration can be tested offline so you have time to familiarise yourself and practice updating, editing and publishing your integrated blog page.


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A minor NPC in the Errant Road on-line free-form role-playing game. Alas, he is no longer with us (which, given what we know of him, may be just as well).
This fellow was on the faculty of the Sashi Mu Academy of Thaumaturgy and Conjuration, which has only appeared in the game as a minor, occasional venue. He happened to be snooping around when a certain item (an apparently ordinary desk, that just happened to have killed one previous examiner of it...) arrived from the mission of the Veracian Church in Kiyoka for study, in the laboratory of fellow Sashi Mu prof Revyl Dirienzal. Being a rather nosy type, he decided to conduct his own, surreptitious examination of the thing after Professor Dirienzal was done with it (and had been flattened by it). BIG mistake. Terminally big.
Word of the late professor's demise has made it back to the main body of the player characters (Argus, Sister Rose, etc.), but they've been busy with other problems and haven't yet been asked to do anything about it. It really isn't their problem, anyway ... maybe. As for the desk that's been running up the body count, stay tuned.
Needless to say, he doesn't, and didn't, exist in the world of Errant Story itself.
This page was last modified on 23 January 2011, at 05:10.

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Reports of increased prevalence rates of autism, likely due to multiple factors, has resulted in a search for potential environmental causes. Questions of the relationship to vaccine administration came about in part because symptoms of autism are identified during late infancy and toddlerhood, and a temporal relationship with immunizations is noted in some cases, 22,81. A paper published in 2001 8 developed a hypothesis relating symptoms of mercury intoxication to symptoms of autism. Meta-analysis completed by Ng and colleagues 74 of 2 studies concluded that there was not enough evidence to show that hair mercury level was lower in autistic children than typical. A number of epidemiologic studies have failed to confirm a link between use of thimerosal as a vaccine preservative and elevated autism prevalence 21,44,45,61,64,73,79,81,88,100,102,103,106. Despite the lack of scientific evidence of a link between the exposure to ethyl mercury in thimerosal (the mercury containing preservative used in vaccines that has been largely eliminated in the US since 2001), chemical chelation treatments are a popular intervention. Chelation is theprocess of administering either DMPS (2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate) or DMSA (2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid) to bind heavy metals such as mercury and facilitate elimination from the body.
There are no controlled studies that examine the safety or efficacy of prescription or nonprescription chelation regimens for children with autism. More importantly, there have been deaths reported from inappropriate use of a chelator, EDTA, from hypocalcemia 10. Proponents of this therapy suggest that mercury is poorly eliminated by children with autism and that it interferes with immune function and other biochemical systems.
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How do you like my new Banana Republic hobo? I've gotta say, I'm really impressed with the quality. The leather is beautiful, and it even came with a dustbag.
I like that hobo! I've looked at it several times in the store. The leather is nice, and the design is really unique.
BR's new handbag line seems to be really successful.
beautiful bag, just don't wear any white or light color clothing, the dye rubs off... personal experience.
I like it! The leather looks nice and pebbly..
They didn't have that one when I bought the Kempton tote the other day. I wanted to see that one! The design looks really nice. The BR bags do have nice leather Congrats on your new baby! Very nice!
I LOVE their handbags this year so far!
Congrats! I have this bag in brown! Isn't it beautiful and soft?
Very. I didn't expect to like it as much as I do! I ordered on a whim b/c I thought it was cute, and I had a coupon for 15% off, another $25 off and free shipping. Couldn't resist!!
Very nice! I've been considering this bag myself.
Just like SuLi, I have the same one in brown also! I just love it b/c it seems so durable and versatile! You'll love it!
Very nice. They have really nice bags this season.


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The basic purpose of ASP is to allow a website to connect to a database and show Dynamic data on your website.
So how do you do connect to a database? First, you need to understand that there are two ways to connect to a database. You can use a DSN or DSN-less connection, which can both accomplish the same thing. DSN is short for Data Source Name, which is setup on the server. You can think of it as a shortcut to your database because it contains the driver and database path details to your database. If you have your website hosted by an outside company like most people do, you may need to contact your host directly and ask them to setup the DSN for you. You will have to tell them where your database is located within your website and you will have to give the DSN a name.
TIP > Not all hosting companies support ASP. ASP code must be run on a Windows server, it will not work on a Linux server. If you are looking for a reliable hosting company for your ASP website, we use and highly recommend HostGator.com.
For those of you not familiar, we will run through the lingo. In the first section, the DIM line declares the variable objConn. The “Set objConn…” sets the connection object. “objConn.ConnectionString…” sets the connectionstring and the DSN and the last line “objConn.Open” opens the connection.
Personally, we prefer to use DSN-less connections to our databases. The reason is that for maintenance and updating purposes, it is easier to make changes to database connections on your own rather than having to call or email your hosting company and wait for them to update your DSN.
The only difference between this example and the DSN example above is in the “objConn.ConnectionString = …” line. Instead of using “DSN = myCONNECTION.dsn” you actually write out the appropriate driver and the respective path to the database. Ideally, the connection string should all be written on one line, but for display purposes we put it on two. When you paste this to your code, just remove the _ at the end of the line and put the Server.MapPath on the same line.
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Escape Energy recently purchased a new Renault Trafic LWB & being a long term client wanted a design that stood out whilst commuting from West Brisbane to the Gold Coast. The orginal van colour is lime green which made it a ideal for a designed part black & part green wrap to get some freeway exposure.
All in all this van really catches your eye as you drive past it, this kind of Visual Branding is a great way to grab potential clients by the eye balls.
Why not give us a call today or send an email enquiry as to how Crisp Signs can help with your Signage/Branding.


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Tuesdays with Dorie this week is hosted by Jessica of My Baking Heart. Jessica chose the Parisian Apple Tartlet. This dessert couldn't be simpler to make... so leave it to me to try to complicate it!
The recipe only calls for a 4-inch round of puff pastry, half an apple, some brown sugar and some butter. Easy, peasey. On top of that Dorie says you can use apples, peaches, pears, plums or apricots to make these. I decided to make two with apple and two with peach.
I added a little extra brown sugar, just because that's how I roll. The pastry was flaky, tender, buttery and the best I've ever had. The fruit was just so-so for me. Of course, that is in large part due to the fact that I am not a big fan of baked apples. I am a fan of baked peaches, but the only peaches at the store were small and not very ripe. They really didn't stand up to the potential of the tartlets.
These were too fun and easy to just set the recipe aside though. DH really liked the apple tarlets, and I will definitely be trying these again when peach season really rolls around here.
Dorie suggests that if you can find all-butter puff pastry, it is the way to go. The thing is that when I searched for all-butter puff pastry a while ago, the only place that I found it was at Whole Foods. It was, if I remember correctly, around $10 for a very small package. I just couldn't bring myself to pay that when I have seen so many delicious looking recipes for a "rough" homemade version of puff pastry which only called for four ingredients that I ALWAYS have on hand - butter, flour, water and a little sea salt. Add to that the fact that we made the danish dough for Daring Bakers a while back and it seemed that it was a similar technique.
So, I made my own rough puff pastry and now, honestly, I don't know that I'll ever buy puff pastry again. It was a bit of work, but totally worth it and what work there was was actually pretty fun.
After all, I think it was pretty fun to pile equal amounts of flour and tiny cubes of butter in the middle of my counter top, plus a sprinkle of sea salt. Then I got to play with my food by crumbling, rubbing and mixing it all together by hand. Dump in some ice water in and mix some more and knead to make a nice dough ball.
After that it was just a matter of patience while the dough chilled in the fridge before rolling it four more times. Yup, four times. They are called turns. As in roll, then fold like a letter, then turn the dough, roll it again, fold it again and more time to chill. Repeat the rolling and folding two more times, then chill a bit more, and voila! You have rough puff pastry.
Make sure to check out the Tuesdays with Dorie blogroll for more lovely tartlets!
For the rough puff pastry recipe go here (there is video also). It can also be found in Pastry by Michel Roux.
Really elegant dessert. I enjoy making puff pastry from scratch.. I never think it's going to puff because I made it... but then.. it does! Love your blog!
I'm so glad you made the puff pastry from scratch. Although time consuming, it is quite fun to puff pastry at times, and it can be highly rewarding. Your pastry looks perfect! Good job!
lol I love how those of us who made our puff pastry said we complicated this easy recipe! Your pastrty came out great!! Mine, not so much.
Your tartlets look so good! There really is something so delicious about peaches and brown sugar.
and the puff pastry looks amazing.
I'm so jealous of your beautifully puffed pastry! I used a similar recipe with a different technique and it didn't puff at all. I'm thinking I may be able to save the rest of the dough by rolling and folding it, though. Great job!
Your tartlets looks perfect, such puffed pastry!
Leave it to you for making it difficult. ;) I love that you made your own and I thought about it but...I've never seen it done nor was I sure how good it was. Thanks so much for the quick jist of how to do it because I am definately going to try now. Beautiful tarts!! I tried the peach--it was REALLY good!
Great job on making your own puff pastry!! I'm so buying my own ;) Your tartlets look soooo cute!!
Beautiful pastries! I'm sure 4 would not be enough for me...maybe 4 for me, 4 for my family.
I really impressed with your puff pastry. It's so flaky and gorgeous!
I just don't have the patience to make my own puff pastry.
I bet it tasted fabulous though.
WOW! I don't think I could even find the courage to make my own puff pastry! I'm darn too lazy... And from yours pics... I'd never have guessed it was homemade! wow! What puffing! What layering you got! ...even better than store bought! Amazing!
Your homemade puff pastry is truly phe-mom-enal! Well done. Lovely photos.
I typed up a comment a second ago and it created an error. I still love your pastry! I keep reading you ladies making your own and now I must try it myself. Your layers look amazing and flaky! Yum!
Your pastry looks awesome! I need to try that... and some in season Utah peaches would put this dessert over the top.
Your puff pastry turned out perfect. Super puffy with lots of layers. I had a dud nectarine that wasn't totally ripe but the ripe peach one was fantastic. This will be a really good recipe as all the summer fruits start coming in.
Wow - your own puff pastry. I'm impressed. Also, like the fruit variation.
Ooh, good call on making the puff pastry. I couldn't find it for less than $6 and I wasn't in the mood to spend that much! Yours look great!
Holllleeeee! Gorgeous! Now I want to make my own puff pastry too! If YOU say it is better than store bought, then it must be true. Looks fantastic. Now I can't wait until my peach trees are ripe - thanks for the ideas!
Congratulations on making your own puff pastry! I really wanted to give it a try but it didn't happen this week. Your tartlets and your puff pastry look terrific! Nice job.
Wow. Those look divine. Any leftovers? Can I lick the bowl?
I SO have to try this puff pastry recipe! My homemade pasty did not puff nicely like yours....sad!
But can I say how great yours look! Wonderful job Holly!
Holy Cow! There's nothing rough about your puff pastry! It looks soo amazing! I would love a taste!
The homemade pastry looks so good and I like the generous sprinkling of brown sugar! Seriously, it seemed like we were getting off a little too easy this week.
Mouthwatering! Tartlets Perfect for Sunday Brunch!
Beautiful, Holly. Someday I will try making my own pastry dough like that. But for now, I will continue to be amazed by you and all the others who made it! Well done!
Yeah, I remember making the danish and it wasn't tooooo hard. Thanks for the site for the rough puff.
good job on the puff-- it made lovely tarts!
Beautiful tartlets, Holly! And your puff pastry looks absolutely perfect!
You are amazing for making your own puff pastry! I want to try one day, but I'll have to find the courage first!
You Rock making your own doesn't-look-very-rough puff pastry! Wow. And yours certainly looks like it rose up a lot higher than others I've seen. De-lish! This pastry scares me because I know I shouldn't eat all that butter and I LOVE puffy pastry. So, I filled little phyllo shells with fruit and called it my low-cal apple tartlets. Sigh. Someday I'll splurge!
If you want the best peaches, make sure to get Michigan Peaches. They are in season Aug thru about the 1st week in Sep and then they are done. I love peaches and MI Peaches are the best I've ever had.
I deliberately saved your post in my reader since every time I saw those whisper thin layers in your puff pastry, it made me happy. These are gorgeous tarts and a real push to get me to make my own again.

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Suitable for 24-cell pack (connected in series) .
While this is the only charger one should use for the 76.8V (24-cell) BatterySpace LiFePO4 battery pack (other 76.8V LiFePO4 "smart" chargers sold by 3rd party vendors will actually damage this fine-tuned battery pack), the 12VDC cooling fan circuit dies after only about 200 charge cycles. The first time this happened, BatterySpace exchanged it for a free new one, but the new replacement also suffered the same malfunction after about 200 charge cycles. Stuck with this charger, I opened up the Smart Charger, but was unable to pull out and troubleshoot the internal circuit board, since it was glued in, rendering it not user-serviceable. So I simply removed the internal 12VDC cooling fan, and mounted it to the outside of the fan vent hole, and ran an independent 12VDC power to run the cooling fan. Sure, my handyman 12VDC cooling rig has to be manually turned off after the battery pack is fully charged, and I do miss the convenience of the internal heat sensor that activates the cooling fan, and turns it off when the charging process is complete.


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All database access should be made via the Pdb helper, which is a wrapper for the PDO library.
When used correctly, this method of database access will always be safe from SQL injection.
All three arguments are required.
The query string can contain table names which are prefixed with a tilde (~) character, which will automatically include the table prefix, so ~pages will become sprout_pages.
The query string can also contain binding placeholders, either ? for numeric placeholder or :name for named placeholders. Both types can be used in a single query.
The actual values for the bind parameters should be provided in the second argument to the method.
The third argument is a string representing the return type of the query. This can be 'pdo' to return directly the PDO resultset, but can also be one of a number of different return types, based on your needs.
It's common to need data in different formats. To avoid having to write conversion code every time, it's provided as part of the Pdb class.
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Temple University in Philadelphia, PA has implemented a university-wide software platform designed for managing non-traditional education programs.
Temple University offers more than 100 non-credit programs administered through more than 50 offices and supporting more than 43,000 students each year. Previously, the university had no centralized repository for storing data related to these programs and students, and the administration wanted to provide students with a more consistent experience while improving business processes.
The university selected Destiny One from Destiny Solutions because it "fit our wide range of programs and requirements" and "gave our staff the tools to administer those programs with very little central overhead," said Nicole Westrick, associate vice provost of University College at Temple University, in a case study published on the company's site. At the same time, the university opted for Destiny One's Conference Manager tool to support branded registration sites for conferences, customized schedules and group-pay options for attendees.
According to the company's site, Destiny One supports automated workflows for enrollment, curriculum, system administration, marketing, finance and reporting, and it integrates with other campus systems, including student information systems (SIS), learning management systems (LMS), authentication, payment processing and financial systems. Individuals can access the system through portals for the public, students, faculty, staff and administrators.
The university is rolling out Destiny One in phases. Eight departments, including the Intensive English Language Program and the Office of Non-Credit and Continuing Education implemented the system in phase one. Since then, 55 additional departments have implemented the system. According to Destiny Solutions, "it only takes seven weeks to get a full noncredit program up and running with Destiny One, and only three weeks for a single course or conference."
Implementing Destiny One has made it "easier and quicker" for staff to respond to student inquiries, and students, faculty and staff now have "consistent and structured access to the information they need across the institution," said Westrick in a news release. She added that the implementation has also "eliminated many lengthy manual procedures" and provided "integration points with our existing backend computing infrastructure." The system also allows students to browse, enroll in and pay for courses from their mobile device.


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Learning rather providentially that First Cutlerville would be celebrating their 125th Anniversary as a church, I suggested to my wife that it would be right for us to forgo Covenant CRC and join the festivities. She readily agreed!
Upon receiving God’s Greeting, we were welcomed profusely by fellow worshipers as we greeted one another. (First Cutlerville must like guests joining them!) All of this buzzing was followed by the First Cutlerville Centennial Hymn: “Your Hand, O God, Has Guided.” We responded with a reading of Psalm 90 and singing “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” “Ancient Words,” and reciting the Apostles’ Creed. All done with great enthusiasm!
Our celebrating entered an even more intense level as the interim pastor, Dr. Doug Kamstra, moved us into worship and remembrance by way of The Lord’s Supper. How climactic and appropriate! Guests and members joined together as part of one body, remembering one Lord, and determined to serve one Lord!
We are one faith with many faces!
As is right, we sang again. God’s people are a singing people and congregational singing continues to be such a powerful affirmation of our being together as one body. We sang, ”God is Here,” but knew it too! Now and for over 125 years! Reason to rejoice! Rev. Walter Swets then pronounced, as he had done for so many years, The Blessing of our God as we were concluding our time together. As invited, others joined the choir and praise team to sing “Revelation 19” with zest and anticipation. We listened and our hearts quickened.
Will First Cutlerville CRC be around for another one hundred and twenty five years? Only its Lord knows! But, it has living members and a life-giving message. May they enjoy God’s grace and blessing as they’re faithful in living and proclaiming it—until the Lord returns!
Shirley and I headed home, a little guilty for missing our “own” church, but more than grateful as we’d been enriched by sharing First’s celebration.


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ScheduleOnce allows you to redirect your customers to a custom page after they schedule, reschedule or cancel a booking. This allows you to create custom confirmation pages and better track the source of your bookings.
ScheduleOnce allows you to customize the post-scheduling customer experience. You can skip the ScheduleOnce confirmation page and redirect your customers to different pages for different customer actions. This allows you to create different post-scheduling experiences for customers who schedule, reschedule and cancel a booking.
ScheduleOnce allows you to make online scheduling an integral part of your campaign funnels. By passing UTM tags to your automatic redirect page, you can track the source of your bookings. This gives you insight into your campaign conversions, helping you focus on the most effective strategies for your business.
You work hard to build a branded experience across every customer touchpoint. With ScheduleOnce, you can brand the post-scheduling experience by automatically redirecting customers to a custom page. Booking data can be sent to this page, allowing you to display a personalized confirmation message. This, along with our other branding features, allows you to offer a fully branded experience from start to finish.