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"I bought a ticket to the world
But now I've come back again
Why do I find it hard to snort write the next line?
Oh, I want the truth to be said"
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by gojam | July 31, 2014 · 12:33 pm
Dominatrix posts new photo of George Osborne dancing to Spandau Ballet in her flat
'Gold!
Always believe in your soul
You've got the power to know
You're indestructible
Always believe in, because you are
(not satire – it's George Osborne!)
Former escort agency owner and Dominatrix Natalie Rowe has posted a new photograph of George Osborne completely off his head and apparently dancing to Spandau Ballet in her flat:
This comes just hours after Natalie was arrested (but not charged) after she posted another previously unpublished photograph of George on Twitter:
Woman arrested after posting photo of George Osborne at Dominatrix's flat
Doesn't look like the intimidation's working guys!
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by gojam | July 31, 2014 · 9:54 am
Paedophile Jimmy Savile 'Fixes It' For Young Girl To Meet Prince Philip.
Question: How did paedophile Jimmy Savile sneak a young girl into Buckingham Palace without her parents ?
Pssst! the answer is, in plain sight!
Police Examine Prince Philip's Diaries
Prince Philip, pictured here with paedophile Jimmy Savile.
It was reported last night that detectives had examined Prince Philip's official diaries covering the period from January 1972 to January 1974.
It is not known if police have interviewed the Prince or other members of the Royal Family, but they are believed to have taken statements from former Palace staff.
Former Prince Philip Aide Charged With Child Abuse
Don't blink or you'll miss this tiny story in the Mailonline today.
Benjamin Herman
Born: January 01, 1934 (age 80)
Biography: Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin John Herman, LVO (born 1934), was Private Secretary to The Princess Royal 1974-1976. He was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Marines in 1953, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1954, receiving a regular commission in 1955. Herman served with 40 Commando, Royal Marines, and was Military Assistant and Aide-de-Camp to the Commandant-General Royal Marines in 1964. He attended the Royal Naval Staff College in 1966. He was promoted to Major 1971. He joined the Office of the Princess Royal in 1974, having been Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh 1971-1974. After his service in the Royal Household he returned to the Royal Marines, and did the Senior Officers War Course in 1976, and joined the staff of the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, Commando Training Centre (1976-). He was Chief Training Officer 1977-1978, and was a Lieutenant-Colonel by 1981. The Household of The Princess Royal provides the administrative support to the Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. It is based at Buckingham Palace, and is headed by the Private Secretary. The Household is separate from the Royal Household and is funded from the Civil List
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A former aide to the Duke of Edinburgh has been accused of sexually abusing a girl in the early 1970s.
Benjamin Herman, 79, is charged with three indecent assaults against the youngster, who was about 12, between 1972 and 1974.
During this time Herman served as the Philip's equerry, or personal assistant.
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Benjamin Herman, 79, will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on Monday. He is charged with three counts of indecent assault between 1972 and 1974 on a girl aged around 12."
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Article Raises Questions About Lord Beaumont
Lord Beaumont
Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (22 November 1928 – 8 April 2008)
Liberal and Green politician, Anglican clergyman, advocate for lowering the age of consent to 14, legalising incest and contributor to a 'pornographic magazine'.
Seems like an interesting chap…
The full original article from The Times 22nd January 1976 is below (click on image to enlarge).
Who Really Wants A Change In The Age Of Consent ? – by Ronald Butt
Students of the working of our representative democracy should savour the appointment by the Home Secretary of a body called the Policy Advisory Committee which is to advise the Criminal Law Revision Committee in reviewing the law on sexual offences. They should particularly ponder the brief which this group of people little known to the public (with one or two exceptions) has been given. Mr Jenkins has made the first reference to it the question of the age of consent.
How did it come about that Mr Roy Jenkins decided to set this inquiry going in the first place, and under what sort of prompting? Who chooses its subjects and, in particular, who chose this first subject?
Lord Carr, the last Conservative Home Secretary, made it unambiguously clear that the age of consent was not in question. Why does Mr Jenkins differ in thinking that it may be? Should he not have made his full reasons and thinking public?
Is a wave of insanity sweeping the public, particularly parents, that the age of consent which protects young girls from exploitation is too high at 16? Is there public indignation at the lack of equal opportunities for homosexuals because of the "discrepancy" (as one civil servant urbanely put it) between the higher age of consent that relates to them and the legal age for heterosexual relations?
Or has the public seen the light being held up by the lobby of the child-molesters, who are now euphemistically called paedophiles? Is the nation urging the Government to heed the call of the pressure group calling itself the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which is campaigning for the removal from the statute book of the "unjust laws" which "define mutual end loving relationships as assaults"?
Is Mr Roy Jenkins perhaps impressed by the attention given to this movement by Mind Out, (the journal of the National Association for Mental Health), which recently listed PIE as one of the "organizations to write to" for sexual minorities, and printed the plea of a "paedophile": "Society makes it almost impossible for our relationships to exist… We are warm and gentle people. What has to change is attitudes to children's sexuality and parents' attitudes to their children." (Mind Outwhich quoted this from a "two-day workshop", did, it is true, record the opposing view that children "could be" harmed and, most bizarre of all, it cited as an argument against the claims of the paedophiles, that they might well cease to be attractive to a paedophile, once they reached a certain age, and their incomprehension as to why could affect later relationships".)
Sick though society may now be, I do not notice any demand for any of these things from the public hypnotised into silence though it tends to be by any self-appointed "expert" who stands up to testify, as though to a revealed and absolute truth, that even the most unspeakable beastliness is therapeutically "good " for somebody. So what is it all about? What has happened that the Home Secretary feels a need to respond to?
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc is not invariably a fallacy, and when one thing follows another there may be cause and effect. The only explanation that I can suggest for Mr Jenkins's decision is a willingness (and the views of certain Home Office officials in this as in other matters are not to be disregarded) to heed the pressure groups campaigning in these fields. Their activities reached their apogee with the report more than a year ago of the working party of the Sexual Law Reform Society, whose members included that exemplar of moral thinking, Lord Beaumont of Whitley.
Among other recommendations of the Sexual Law Reform Society's working party was the reduction of the age of consent for girls and boys to 14, legalizing incest for people over 14, "notwithstanding the strong but irrational revulsion that may be felt against it" and the legalization of brothels.
No doubt incest too will eventually be in the Criminal Law Revision Committee's brief, and that of its policy advisory committee. Fortunately, the CLRC is a responsible body, and more fortunately still its chairman, Lord Edmund-Davies is also chairing the work of the Policy Advisory Committee.
It is important for the politicians who represent the people to be vigilant in face of the subtlety with which the law can be changed, and the standards of a growing generation manipulated, by the activities of self-styled experts. The fact that the House of Lords last week devoted some seven hours to discussing sex education in schools-which is in many ways the other side of the coin being studied in the Home Office- is a sign that the politicians themselves are increasingly aware of the problem.
As Lady Elles expressed it in a brilliantly documented speech which opened the debate, what is called sex education differs from other subjects in that it may determine the immediate and future behaviour of children and change the whole climate of society. There was a remarkable consensus among the majority of those who spoke about the need to teach it in a moral context, and about the reasons for fear that this is often not done.
Significantly, the only peer with a sharply different approach was Lord Beaumont, who wanted the teaching of sexual mechanics to be considered as a completely separate subject from moral teaching, which he regarded as teaching children to make their own moral judgments. Since Lord Beaumont is a contributor to a pornographic magazine, we might not take his views on moral education too seriously. But what he is saying is precisely what is happening in too many cases.
Children are often given the facts about contraception in a way which could suggest to some of them that it would not be unreasonable, if they chose, to make use of it. There is also the practice of teaching contraception in terms of girls and boys rather than men and women.
Lady Elles was surely right to argue that parents should be told how the subject is taught and allowed to withdraw their children if they disapprove. The danger is that we shall first allow children's behaviour to be changed by the assumptions that are communicated to them as a captive impressionable audience and then change the law on the grounds that it does not fit the facts of behaviour. The Government, which provides grants for the sex education work of the Family Planning Association, a body much criticized in the debate, also has a responsibility. Where there is public money, there must be political responsibility.
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The Anger Monkey is Back!
He has love bites on his mirror - Kathy Lette
Welcome to my Tuesday 💥
I got up soon as the alarm went off to have a nice hot shower.
The thermal vest went on.
I had a warm hug before breakfast and brew.
I gave hubby a sloppy wet 😘 before I left the house.
I still wore 2 hats and only one glove.
Now to walk down to my spot.
I had a chat with one of the mums I cross over before I started.
She told me her dad died yesterday, she was hoping to see him this weekend. I told her I was sorry to hear that.
I stuck my stick out to cross her over the road, when a truck failed to stop and my stick nearly tapped the top of his truck!
I chattered to someone else while waiting for someone to cross over.
I told him to sad news of a lovely postman
(who whenever I bumped to, alway a good chat with) that passed away at the weekend :(
He told me some sad news as well.
One man who lives in his road, is too ill to have a operation, one of his friend's husband had a mini stroke, and another friend he works with has throat cancer.
I stopped Mr Speedy for a second time this week.
As it was getting light, I noticed something over the road, on top of the roof of the old Youth Club.
A Bike with no saddle!
I collected my newspaper, and went to collect my DPD parcel.
As normal the DPD driver doesn't want to deliver to my house. So I rerouted it to Hughes.
Got back home.
Coffee machine went on.
As did the washing machine and tumble drier.
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
I tried again to get my son's second jab booked in on the NHS website.
I got him booked in for next week.
Woo hoo :)
I waiting on the picture frame for my son's completed jigsaw.
It arrived, I passed his the parcel.
Then it all kicked off!
The picture frame was a bit too small for the jigsaw puzzle.
Lots of banging about.
Son came downstairs, trying to find a plaster as he cut his finger trying to fit the jigsaw to the picture frame!
All the things out of the First Aid cupboard was all the over the kitchen!
More banging about, then the front door went bang and off to school he went without a kiss or a goodbye.
My other son came back from school five minutes later, and he tried to shout to his brother, but his brother ignored him and stomped off to school.
I went upstairs to find the jigsaw puzzle.
Picture Frame but no jigsaw.
Just about sums it up↑↑↑↑
Finished the blog post.
Now for lunch.
Now what's behind the Advent Calender Door?
Now for round 2...
I only wore winter hat and one glove.
I walked to put on my lights.
Then I met up with my two friends for a good rabbit....
Oh dear, the low lying sun is back!
Now for the fun to start with the sun.
I had a group of parents and children to cross over when a car just went straight under my stick.
Then my stick went "BOING"
Pretended to hit the car roof.
Everyone found that funny.
Later on a RED BMW was speeding well fast up the road, when my stick came out and lowered it.
He had to brake really fast or I would have tap and cracked his windscreen!
Soon after that, it was Hometime for me.
Glad I got finished in time with those dark clouds coming over!
Time for a brew.
Son had calmed down when he got back.
He had put the jigsaw back in the box and attempting another one this weekend↓↓
He has his second Covid-19 jab on Saturday afternoon.
Peeled the spuds for tonight's tea.
Had a good yak with my friend.
Stuffing went in, gravy made, vegetables put on.
Hubby came home for a sloppy wet 💋.
Dished up tea.
Then carried on watching series 2 of:
Over Kill.
In 1996, David Barnett murdered his adoptive grandparents, stabbing them over 20 times. Later, he revealed years of abuse at the hands of his father.
An Ordinary Boy
Remorseful about the crime that sent him to prison for life, Leo Little tells the story of the murder he committed in 1998. He is now a minister.
Trapped.
From a women's reformatory in Ohio, Linda Lee Couch talks about the murder of her husband, Walter, in 1984, a killing precipitated by years of abuse.
Honorable Intentions.
Mark Arthur maintains that he murdered a friend's father on a Houston highway for savagely beating his wife. But police have a different theory.
Pyro Joe
After 24 years on death row, Joseph Murphy saw his sentence commuted a week before his execution due to the extreme abuse he suffered as a child.
Charlie Rich was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres. In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," which topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
Frank Allen (born Francis McNeice,in Hayes, Middlesex, England) is an English bass guitarist who was a long-time member of The Searchers.
Frank Allen played bass guitar with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers and The Searchers (since 1964 when he replaced original bass guitarist Tony Jackson), and remained with them until they played their final gig in 2019. Allen joined Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers as rhythm guitarist in 1961, and changed over to bass guitar in early 1962, following the departure of Ben Jordan.
When Tony Jackson left the Searchers in August 1964 after a string of hits (including "Sweets for My Sweet", "Sugar and Spice" and "Needles and Pins"), Allen was asked to join the group. They then recorded "When You Walk in the Room", with Mike Pender and Frank Allen singing a dual lead line.
Allen wrote a book of touring recollections called Travelling Man in 1999. His definitive and detailed biography of the Searchers entitled The Searchers And Me - A History of the Legendary Sixties Hitmakers was published in April 2009.
The Searchers retired the band in March 2019.
Disaster film "The Towering Inferno" is released, starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman in 1974.
"Philadelphia" one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington premieres in Century City, California in 1993.
Hopefully there will be a warmer Hump of the Week tomorrow 🐫
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Rolling, Rolling Into The New Year!
Stopping That Noise!!!
Escaping......That Noise!
Ralph? I Know Of Another Ralph.....
I Wish I Could Fly!
Time To Dip Into The Box!
It's Christmas!
Got The Cake Done!
That's A Lot Of Booze & Chocolate For One!
Wrap, Stick, Add Name Tag!
No Soggy Bottoms Here Thanks!
Never Want To Bake Another One!
Dropping Them Off!
How Much For Christmas Doughnuts?????
Never Mind The Presents!
Hug Speaks A Thousand Words.
Incoming.....
Back On The Wobbly Work Wheel!
Another Road Trip!
My Minion Family Is Growing...
Lucky 7 Limbo Dancers!
Playing With My Brother Again!
Wet and Windy Hump!
Getting Them Out (Again!)
Doing The Limbo Dance!
Going Up Up Up
On Another Road Trip....
See You Later, Alligator!
Spotting The Tank Drivers!
Soggy Glove Time!

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Former NBA Coach Kevin Eastman On How To Build Great Teams
'How can you even start a team if you don't have as its foundational piece what your values are? And let me give you an example or a definition of what we think a value is: something you're willing to be fired over. That's a value,' Kevin Eastman says of the most important ingredients for a team.
By Dylan Martin March 03, 2020, 06:16 PM EST
Former NBA championship coach Kevin Eastman isn't a technology guy, but he knows from his experience of building winning basketball teams that certain characteristics, like passion and curiosity, are key to building great teams anywhere.
Speaking on Monday at The Channel Company's XChange 2020 event in San Antonio, Texas, Eastman said from his time as assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers, he was able to discern the three key ingredients for a great team: values, people and culture.
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"How can you even start a team if you don't have as its foundational piece what your values are?" Eastman said. "And let me give you an example or a definition of what we think a value is: something you're willing to be fired over. That's a value."
People and culture are also important, he added, but the former a little more so because a good culture can't be propped up if there are bad people behind it.
"You can have a bad culture, but really great people and they'll have a chance to hold that culture a little bit, hold that organization, hold that company," he said.
To get the best people, companies need to start with values, according to Eastman.
"We hire people based on our values," he said. "We don't hire them for like thinking. We don't hire for same color of skin. We don't hire them for religious preference. We hire them because they're the best people we can get that fit our values."
From there, team players can be distilled in 25 characteristics that "teams and organizations live by," Eastman said. Among them, he said, team players need to be competitive, driven, resilient and talented.
Passion is another important characteristic that is important for team members of all ages, though it plays a different role depending on age and experience, according to Eastman. For young people, they can have not as much experience but a lot of passion that can help carry them through to the next level. For older people, they may have a lot of knowledge, but they may need to find a way to keep the passion alive. When those things are in balance, it's a winning formula, said Eastman.
"When you have a passionate group around you, they can become a team," he said. "Passion is an incredible part of world championship-level teams."
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The Collaboration will establish an institute to generate, communicate, and mobilize trusted information, policy advice, and best practices for Canadians, governments, and stakeholders. The Institute will be an independent, stand-alone organization; however, it will be supported by highly credible and inclusive research, analysis, and engagement with leaders, experts, and practitioners from across Canada.
Canada's climate has warmed and will warm further in the future. Both past and future warming in Canada is, on average, about double the average increase in global temperatures since the industrial revolution.
The effects of widespread warming are evident and are projected to intensify in the future. In Canada, these effects include more extreme heat, less extreme cold, longer growing seasons, shorter snow and ice cover seasons, earlier spring peak streamflow, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost, and rising sea level. Additionally, Canadian areas of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans have experienced longer and more widespread sea-ice-free conditions.
Oceans surrounding Canada have warmed, become more acidic, and are less oxygenated, consistent with observed global ocean changes over the past century.
Precipitation is projected to increase for most of Canada, however, the seasonal availability of freshwater is changing, with an increased risk of summer water supply shortages.
It is expected that additional reports will be released in the coming months as part of the Canada in a Changing Climate initiative. In particular, a future Regional Perspectives report will provide a picture of climate change impacts and adaptation by region, including for Atlantic Canada. The analysis is expected to include key challenges and vulnerabilities, opportunities to build resilience, infrastructure considerations, innovation and new adaptation practices, sustainability considerations and capacity to adapt.
To learn more and to read the full report, please visit: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/environment/impacts-adaptation/21177.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro maintains 20 regulated isolated diesel-powered electricity systems in Newfoundland and Labrador, serving approximately 4,400 customers. These systems are located in communities in the province that are isolated from the primary electricity grids.
Leverage federal funding available for reducing diesel energy in rural and remote communities.
Many northern communities are feeling the pressures of climate change. For example, permafrost is thawing, making roads less reliable and more costly to build and maintain. Ice and water conditions are changing, causing risks to marine traffic.
The Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative (NTAI) Program provides funding to help address some of the impacts that climate change has on northern transportation systems in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and communities in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.
For 2019-20 to 2020-21, a total of up to $340,000 in funding will be available towards grant funding for eligible activities. The maximum amount payable per project is $50,000. The deadline for submitting an application for projects is May 13, 2019.
For eligibility criteria and more information, please visit: http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/programs-policies/programs/northern-transportation-adaptation-initiative-program/apply-ntai-funding.html.
Canada is hosting a national conference on climate change adaptation called "Adaptation Canada 2020" in Vancouver from February 19-21 in 2020. The conference will bring together experts and leaders from diverse sectors, regions and jurisdictions to work on building climate change resilience in our communities, ecosystems and economy.
The program in 2020 will focus on innovations in resilience that have been developed over the past three years, since the 2016 Adaptation Canada Conference. The Program Committee is interested in innovations that have significantly raised the game on resilience, involved unprecedented collaboration, resulted in quantifiable action on the ground, and are beginning to attract the necessary capital to begin implementation. Themes for the 2020 Conference include financing resilience, professional practice and capacity building, showcasing solutions, raising awareness and broadening engagement, ecological resilience, and addressing climate change inequities.
The Call for Abstracts opened on March 19, 2019 and will close on May 21, 2019 at 5:00pm (PST). For more information, please visit: https://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/AC2020_Call_for_Abstracts.html.
Newfoundland Power is plugging into the future and has purchased their first electric vehicle. Electric vehicles are becoming an important part of the future of the electricity industry, and Newfoundland Power is looking to better understand how this technology could potentially benefit their customers.
In order to learn and understand the experience of this new technology firsthand, Newfoundland Power has added a 2018 Chevrolet Bolt to their takeCHARGE fleet of vehicles. The Bolt has a daily driving range of over 300 kilometers, which costs about $7 in electricity to power. Given Newfoundlanders travel about 50 kilometers per day on average, it can easily accommodate a typical daily commute.
This vehicle takes about 8 hours to fully charge using a level 2 charger, which is the most common type used for home or workplace charging. Newfoundland Power has installed two level 2 chargers at their head office on Kenmount Road in St. John's, which are available to the public.
Newfoundland Power plans to have their new electric vehicle at a number of its events in the coming months. If you see them at a tradeshow or just out and about, Newfoundland Power is encouraging people to pop by and find out more about their new vehicle.
Over 85 people from across the province attended a Building Climate Resilience Conference on Incorporating Climate Change into Public Infrastructure Planning and Design on April 9, 2019 at the Capital Hotel in St. John's. Participants came from a wide range of organizations, including municipal governments, the provincial government, private sector consulting firms, indigenous organizations and governments, Memorial University, and not-for-profit groups.
The Conference was part of a multi-year initiative, supported by the federal government, to improve the resilience of infrastructure in Newfoundland and Labrador to climate impacts. The initiative is being led by Memorial University's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and the Provincial Government's Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment, in partnership with Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL), Engineers Canada, and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador.
The event opened with a panel entitled "Real Issues, Challenges and Approaches to Integrating Climate Change into Infrastructure, moderated by Janet Bradshaw P.Eng. (Professional Standards Director, PEGNL). The panelists were Darren Charters P.Eng (Director of Community, Engineering, Planning and Development, City of Corner Brook), Neil Dawe (President, Tract Consulting), Jess Puddister (Municipal Climate Change Advisor, Conservation Corps of NL), and Dan Michielsen (Assistant Deputy Minister, Municipal Infrastructure and Support, Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment). Drawing on their experience and expertise, the panelists each gave introductory remarks and then responded to questions from the moderator and conference delegates.
There were two workshops, each lasting 2.5 hours, led by experts in their field. David Lapp FEC, P.Eng. IRP, Manager of Globalization and Sustainable Development for Engineers Canada led a workshop on integrating climate change risks into asset management planning. Laura Zizzo, JD (Legal), Founder and CEO, and Anton Tabuns, JD, MES, from Mantle 314 led a workshop on climate law that covered a range of legal issues, including professional duties related to climate change and securities disclosure of climate change risks.
In collaboration with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Parks Canada is holding a climate change information Forum and Adaptation Workshop April 9-11, 2019. April 9th will be a climate change information forum where stakeholders and partners can share information on the regional climate change trends and their work to adapt to climate change. April 10th and 11th will be a formal adaptation workshop.
The purpose of these sessions is to investigate how climate change is affecting our heritage places, such as Cape Spear, Signal Hill, Cape Bonavista and the colony of Avalon, and what can and should be done about it. A report on the workshop will be developed with support from the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Table on Culture and Heritage. Though the workshops are first and foremost meant to be useful to site managers and operations/maintenance personnel, they are also structured to collect broader climate change information and ideas that can be applied to larger strategic plans used to adjust to an evolving climate.
On Saturday, March 30th, at 8:30pm local time, individuals and organizations across the country are encouraged to participate in Earth Hour by turning off their lights for one hour to draw attention to wildlife loss in Canada and around the world. Wildlife loss is in part linked to the impacts of climate change.
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), formerly named World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States. Earth Hour is an annual event that encourages the turning off of non-essential lights as a symbol of commitment to the planet. Since its inception in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into the world's largest grassroots environmental movement; inspiring millions of people from all over the world to show how much they care about our environment. The focus for this year's Earth Hour is the urgent need to reverse the loss of nature and to encourage people to play their part in protecting the environment around them.
In Canada, populations of more than one-half of monitored species have already declined by 83 per cent on average since 1970. Globally, the country is on track to lose 67 per cent of wildlife populations by 2020. These losses are due to pollution, unsustainable harvesting, habitat loss, invasive species and climate change. Earth Hour has achieved massive environmental impact from changing individual behaviors and legislation. However, as climate change accelerates and biodiversity loss reaches unwelcomed rates, Earth Hour seeks to prompt new conversations on the loss of nature and the urgent need to protect it.
There are many ways to participate. While Earth Hour traditionally involves turning off your lights as a symbolic gesture, for an hour starting at 8:30pm (in your local time zone), the movement encourages people to be creative and draw attention to this issue in other ways too. This may include having a candle-lit dinner, hosting an Earth Hour get-together with friends, writing to elected representatives to share your concerns, or starting a conversation about the issues with colleagues and friends. In addition to turning out the lights this year, you can also visit Connect2Earth and share what wildlife and nature mean to you.
For more information on how to get involved and for resources to help create your own Earth Hour campaign including logos, posters and banners, please visit www.earthhour.org.
On March 19, 2019, the Federal Government's 2019 budget was tabled in the House of Commons in Ottawa. The Budget reaffirms federal commitments to transition to a low-carbon economy, and includes a number of investments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and spur clean technology growth.
$300 million over three years, starting in 2019–20, to Transport Canada to introduce a new federal purchase incentive of up to $5,000 for electric battery or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of less than $45,000.
To further support businesses' adoption of zero-emission vehicles, federal Budget 2019 proposes that these vehicles be eligible for a full tax write-off in the year they are put in use. Qualifying vehicles will include electric battery, plug-in hybrid (with a battery capacity of at least 15 kWh) or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, including light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles purchased by a business.
Sustainable Affordable Housing Innovation ($300 million) - to provide financing and support to affordable housing developments to improve energy efficiency in new and existing housing and support on-site energy generation.
On Friday March 15th, hundreds of high school students gathered on the steps of the Confederation Building for a rally on climate change. Following in the footsteps of Swedish 16-year old activist, Greta Thunberg, students took part in a demonstration to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change rather than attend classes. This rally was part of an international movement of school students, known as School Strike for Climate, Fridays for Future and Youth Climate Strike, in which more than 1300 other schools from more than 100 countries took part.
This movement started with the first "Climate Strike" in 2015. At that time, an independent group of students invited other students around the world to skip school on the first day of the 21st annual conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. On November 30th of that year, the first day of the conference in Paris, a "Climate Strike" was organized in over 100 countries and included over 50,000 people. The movement focused on three demands: 100% clean energy, keeping fossil fuels in the ground, and helping climate refugees.
On August 20, 2018, after many heat waves and wildfires in Sweden, Greta Thunberg decided to not attend her grade nine classes until the 2018 Sweden general election in September. Her demands were that the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement, and she protested by sitting outside the national legislature every day during school hours with the sign that read "Skolstrejk för klimatet" (school strike for the climate). After the general elections, she continued to strike on Fridays, gaining worldwide attention. She has inspired school students across the globe to take part in student strikes. As of December 2018, more than 20,000 students had held strikes in at least 270 cities.
In November 2018, Greta spoke at TEDxStockholm, in December she addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference and in January 2019 she was invited to talk to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
an expansion of the Energy Efficiency and Fuel Switching in Public Buildings Program.
These programs are funded through the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund (LCELF), which is providing $89.4 million in federal-provincial funding over four years for initiatives in Newfoundland and Labrador's to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The announcement was made by the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills, at the Fulvarium in St. John's. Ministers were joined by Nick Whalen, Member of Parliament for St. John's East, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The Climate Change Challenge Fund (CCCF) is a competitive, application-based grant program designed to assist businesses, industry, municipalities, Indigenous organizations and governments, and public sector entities undertake greenhouse gas reduction projects in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The CCCF will be implemented over three fiscal years (2019/20-2021/22) by the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment (MAE). It will be supported by over $20 million of funding through the LCELF with $10.3 million from the Provincial Government and $10 million from the Federal Government.
The FTFEP will be implemented over three fiscal years (2019/20-2021/22) by the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment (MAE). This Program is supported by a total of $3.2 million in joint provincial and federal funding through the LCELF, with $1.73 million from the Provincial Government and $1.47 million from the Federal Government.
In January 2019, the Province and Federal Government announced a joint investment in $8.75 million from 2018-2022 for the Energy Efficiency and Fuel Switching Program. This Program supports energy efficiency and fuel switching retrofits in existing public sector buildings that are reliant on fossil fuels for space heating, such as post-secondary institutions and medical clinics.
On March 15, 2019, it was announced that the program will be expanded to allow more public buildings to be retrofitted. The program will receive additional joint funding of $17.2 million, comprising a further provincial investment of $8.6 million and a matched contribution of $8.6 million from the Federal Government through the LCELF. This brings the total funding for this initiative to $25.96 million, with $12.98 million from Provincial Government and $12.96 million from the Federal Government.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is now accepting project proposals for funding consideration under its second Request for Proposals (RFP) under Phase Two of the Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment Initiative.
Provincial, territorial, regional or municipal governments.
Eligible EV Technologies: Electric vehicle fast chargers (i.e. Level 3).
EV Infrastructure Cost Share: Fifty (50) per cent from NRCan, up to a maximum of $50,000 per Level 3 EV charger.
Maximum Funding Amount: $5 million per recipient.
On Tuesday April 9, 2019 a one-day conference is taking place at the Capitol Hotel in St. John's entitled Building Climate Resilience: A Conference on Incorporating Climate Change into Public Infrastructure Planning and Design. The event is intended for infrastructure professionals, including engineers, professional planners, as well as other professionals, such as relevant municipal staff and policy practitioners who are working in the area of public infrastructure.
encourage and facilitate networking opportunities for those involved in infrastructure planning, design and decision-making across sectors, and to promote best and promising practices in Newfoundland and Labrador.
To find out more about the workshop and register please email main@pegnl.ca or call 709-753-7714, ext. 0.
On March 8, 2019, the Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announced $2.05 million in joint funding over four years (2018-2022) for the Energy Efficiency in Oil Heated Homes Program. The Program is supported by the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund (LCELF), which is providing $89.4 million in federal-provincial funding over four years to support Newfoundland and Labrador's climate action programs.
The announcement was made by the Honourable Graham Letto, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, and the Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Finance, at the Johnson Geo Centre in St. John's. Ministers were joined by Nick Whalen, Member of Parliament for St. John's East, and Byron Chubbs, Vice President of Energy Supply and Planning with Newfoundland Power, representing takeCHARGE at the event.
Through the LCELF, the Provincial and the Federal Governments are providing insulation and thermostat rebates to include households reliant on fuel-oil for spacing heating. The Province is implementing this initiative through a partnership with takeCHARGE, a joint energy efficiency initiative of Newfoundland Power and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
Ten (10) dollars per programmable thermostat installed and five (5) dollars per electronic thermostat installed.
The rebates for energy efficiency upgrades in fuel-oil heated homes are supported by a total provincial and federal investment of $2.05 million over four years (2018-2022) through the LCELF, with $1.54 million from the Provincial Government and $0.51 million from the Federal Government.
This program complements the rebate programs that takeCHARGE already offers to electrically-heated homes for the purchase of products, such as insulation and programmable thermostats, using funding from ratepayers.
On March 8, 2019, the Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador (CCNL) was joined by the Minister of the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment, the Hon. Graham Letto, to launch the newest storybook in the CCNL's Climate Change Club series at Beachy Cove Elementary School. The book, entitled The Climate Change Club Helps at Home, follows the characters of the Climate Change Club – Polly, Petey, Darly, and Kenny – as they travel the province showcasing how local communities are making a difference by fighting climate change.
Since 2002, the Climate Change Education Centre has provided free presentations for k-12 students across Newfoundland and Labrador on the science, impacts, and solutions for tackling climate change; it has offered grants to classrooms to conduct youth-based projects related to climate change; and it has trained youth employed through CCNL's programs to deliver climate change presentations across the Province at the community level. It is estimated that the Climate Change Education Centre reaches roughly 15,000 youth each year.
For more information and to join the Climate Change Club, please visit: http://www.ccnl.ca/.
On March 1st, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health with the Government of Canada, announced an investment of $1.7 million over the next two years for eight projects that will help improve the health of Canadians in our changing climate. Funded projects will enhance surveillance and monitoring of infectious diseases linked to climate change as well as implement education and awareness activities across the country so that Canadians are informed about health risks and prevention strategies. Funding is provided through the Infectious Disease and Climate Change Fund (IDCCF) which is now accepting proposals from interested applicants for future funding opportunities.
Established in 2017, the Public Health Agency of Canada's IDCCF is providing up to $2 million annually over the next 11 years to help understand the impact of climate-driven infectious diseases on the health and well-being of Canadians. To learn more, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2019/03/government-of-canada-announces-new-projects-that-will-help-reduce-the-health-impacts-of-climate-change.html.
Transport Canada hosts a webinar series entitled Transportation: Adapting to the Changing Climate. The objective is to build knowledge and capacity both within the Federal Government and the broader Canadian transportation sector on the impacts of climate change and adaptation solutions.
The next webinar, entitled SmartICE Sea Ice Monitoring & Information - Adapting to Climate Change, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm (EST). The webinar will focus on SmartICE, an award-winning technological innovation for the North. SmartICE is a cross-sector social enterprise that was developed in Newfoundland and Labrador through a partnership with academia, industry, government and northern communities, including Nain and Pond Inlet. SmartICE is the world's first climate change adaptation tool to integrate Inuit traditional knowledge of sea ice with advanced data acquisition and remote monitoring technology to provide data-driven insights into sea-ice thickness and local ice conditions in real-time, to support safer travel on ice.
The webinar will be offered in English and Inuktitut.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAYKhDNmNzcYmHSrDx8My9CWMhl_5evhiN8HtTEF1ebC2CrA/viewform.
Climate change is a complex, global issue that is already affecting Newfoundland and Labrador in a number of ways. Increased annual temperatures, extreme weather events, and coastal erosion are all a result of changing climatic conditions. These changes are contributing to increased flooding, infrastructure damage, changing sea ice conditions, permafrost melt in northern Labrador, as well as the introduction of invasive species. To take action on climate change and help address these impacts, on March 1, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador released a new action plan called "The Way Forward on Climate Change".
17 actions to improve Newfoundland and Labrador's resilience to the impacts of climate change, now and into the future. This comprises actions to enhance our understanding of the impacts of climate change, and build capacity to integrate climate change data and information into planning and decision making processes.
33 actions to help avoid worse impacts in the future, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This encompasses commitments to implement a provincial carbon program, as well as additional complimentary measures to reduce emissions and enhance clean economic growth.
The 36th annual Home Show is taking place on March 9th and 10th at The Glacier in Mt. Pearl. This event is hosted by the Canadian Home Builders' Association Newfoundland and Labrador (CHBA-NL), and provides an opportunity to learn about new trends in home building and renovations, including energy efficiency, from industry experts.
Energy used in houses and buildings accounts for approximately 20 percent of the total energy consumed in Newfoundland and Labrador, and 20 percent of provincial greenhouse gas emissions. There are a range of products that can help increase household energy efficiency, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate savings on your energy bill.
To learn more about increasing energy efficiency, exhibitors will be on-hand to discuss products such as insulation and heat pumps.
Receive $1 off admission with the 2019 Home Show Coupon: http://chbanl.ca/app/uploads/Coupon.jpg.
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) just released a report entitled "Making the Case for Building to Zero Carbon". The study was commissioned to evaluate the financial viability and impact of constructing new buildings as Zero Carbon Buildings (ZCBs). ZCBs are designed to minimize carbon emissions and offset any remaining emissions by generating clean, renewable energy that can reduce life-cycle costs and mitigate exposure to carbon pricing. The report, a first of its kind in Canada, looked at a full range of buildings the cities of Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
The findings of the study demonstrate that meaningful greenhouse gas reductions and positive financial returns can be achieved through ZCBs. Furthermore, the business case for ZCBs becomes stronger as the cost of carbon increases over time.
In February 2019, a team of US researchers released a new study that projects temperature change for 540 urban areas across North America, including eight in Canada. To visualize this data, they have developed an interactive web application, which aims to help the public understand how climate change will affect people in these areas. It does this by matching the expected future climate in each area, with the current climate in another location.
This study used downscaled global climate models, employing similar methodologies to those used in the provincial climate projections study for Newfoundland and Labrador, which was released in 2018. In Canada, urban areas featured in the study include Saint John, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Combined, these areas account for over 50 percent of the Canadian population.
For Saint John New Brunswick, the study found that average winter temperatures, in a business-as-usual scenario (e.g. whereby current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue), could be 5.6ºC higher than today, and 4.8ºC higher in summer months. For Quebec City, the projected change in winter temperature is 7.3ºC higher, and 4.5ºC higher the in summer months.
Information on this new study can be found in the Journal of Nature Communications, and the web application is also available online. Specific information on Newfoundland and Labrador's temperature and precipitation projections can be found here.
The third annual CleanTechWest workshop, hosted by the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA), is taking place in Corner Brook on Thursday February 28, 2019. It will explore clean technology and green economy business opportunities specific to the western region of the Province. The workshop will include sessions on renewable energy, forestry and waste management.
In 2018, the Provincial Government updated its climate change projections for the mid-21st century and late-21st century. The updated climate projections include temperature and precipitation projections for 28 locations across the province, and use a downscaled regional North American approach, which has also been used by prominent climate science organizations.
If you are interested in learning more, please join us for a free, live webinar in which Gerald Crane, Director of Research and Analysis in the Climate Change Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment, will provide an overview of how the province is expected to be impacted by climate change. This will include key variables such as temperature and precipitation change, and the implications on different sectors, with a special focus on infrastructure.
There has been a recent cold snap in temperature that is covering much of the central regions of Canada and the United States. In Canada, the current cold snap stretches between Nova Scotia and the Prairie provinces.
The term "polar vortex" has been used to describe these periods of unusual cold temperatures, but what does it mean? The polar vortex is a band of wind, approximately 50km above the Earth that typically encircles the North Pole, and helps keep a current of air known as the jet stream traveling around the globe in a relatively smooth, and circular path. This keeps cold air and cold temperatures up north, and warm air and warm temperatures further south. In recent years, however, increasing global temperatures have weakened the polar vortex. This is resulting in weaker low-pressure systems in the Arctic and a "bending" of the jet stream to more southerly regions. In turn, this brings cold Arctic air further south.
It is important to remember, however, that while there is growing evidence that polar vortex events are increasing in frequency and are linked to global temperature increases, not all cold weather events are the result of the polar vortex.
If you are interested in reading more on these changing weather patterns, take a look at recent articles featured in CBC news and the United Nations Dispatch news forum.
One of the biggest and costliest challenges facing Canadians in urban centres today is flooding due to extreme weather. Insurance claims in Canada have risen exponentially over the past three decades, with flooding contributing the greatest proportion to this increase.
In a new report from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (University of Waterloo), a range of solutions are highlighted that can be deployed practically and cost-effectively within communities and households in an effort to alleviate future flood risk. The report features a unique framework for screening flood hazards and vulnerabilities for select areas within communities that should be targeted for flood-resiliency retrofits.
As extreme weather becomes more severe and frequent due to climate change, every effort must be made today to better protect existing communities from future damage and destruction.
For more information and to read this report in its entirety, please visit: https://www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Weathering-the-Storm.pdf.
On January 25, 2019, the Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announced $89.4 million in joint funding over four years (2018-2022) under the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund (LCELF) to support programs and projects in Newfoundland and Labrador that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This comprises $44.7 million in funding from the Provincial Government and $44.7 million in federal funding.
The announcement was made by the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador at the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation. Premier Ball was joined by the Honourable Graham Letto, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment; the Honourable Siobhan Coady, Minister of Natural Resources; the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development and Minister Responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation; and the Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works. The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, represented the Federal Government at the announcement.
As part of the announcement, Ministers launched the first two programs to be supported through LCELF funding: the expansion of the Home Energy Savings Program and the Energy Efficiency and Fuel Switching in Public Buildings Program.
Originally announced as part of provincial Budget 2017, the Home Energy Savings Program (HESP) is a provincial initiative designed to assist low-income households in making energy efficiency upgrades to their home. Delivered by the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC), this program provides non-repayable grants of up to $5,000 for cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades, including insulation and air sealing, to homes heated by electricity, propane or wood biomass.
Through the LCELF, the Province is expanding program eligibility to include households reliant on fuel-oil for spacing heating. This will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills. This expansion is supported by an investment of $8.57 million over four years (2018-2022), with $6.43 million from the Province and $2.14 million from the Federal Government. This funding is in addition to the $5.0 million provided for HESP by the Provincial Government as part of Budget 2017.
For HESP, eligible households are defined as those who own an existing home and have an annual household income of less than $32,500. Prior to receiving the grant, the applicant's home must undergo a home energy assessment by an NLHC technician to identify the most cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades that will deliver the greatest energy savings for the homeowner.
Applications and further program details are available at: https://www.nlhc.nl.ca/housing-programs/home-energy-savings-program-hesp/. For more information on the HESP, contact NLHC at (709) 724-3000.
The Energy Efficiency and Fuel Switching Program supports energy efficiency and fuel switching retrofits in existing public sector buildings that are reliant on fossil fuels for space heating, such as post-secondary institutions and medical clinics.
Implemented by the Department of Transportation and Works, the Program aims to reduce GHG emissions and improve energy efficiency in public sector buildings.
The Program is supported by $8.75 million from 2018-2022, including a provincial investment of $4.375 million and a matching contribution of $4.375 million from the Federal Government through the LCELF.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is leading the development of a national assessment of climate change in Canada. The assessment is called "Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action" and aims to explore how Canada's climate is changing, the impacts of these changes, and approaches to adapt and reduce risk.
As part of this assessment, a series of authoritative science and information products will be released over the next four years, which includes a report on 'Canada's Changing Climate', set for release this spring.
Submit any relevant documents that should be considered in the assessment processes.
You can contribute to the assessment process online. For more details on the process, visit the National Knowledge Assessment website or contact the Assessment Secretariat directly.
Fundamental Inc. – a local consulting firm focusing on energy – has partnered with the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) to offer a new training course to assist private sector businesses in understanding how they can reduce their energy costs and succeed in a low-carbon economy.
In this 3-hour in-class workshop, the trainer will provide a high-level overview of the typical factors that can influence electricity and fuel costs within businesses, and general examples of how these challenges can be overcome. Participants will learn about the relationship between energy and carbon, including an introduction to carbon pricing, simple tools to help assess a business' carbon footprint, and how to identify cost savings.
Following the workshop, the trainer will schedule a site-visit to learn more about the organization's specific work environment in order to understand the specific activities and processes of the firm.
The trainer will assess the information obtained from the site-visit to provide the participant with a list of potential actions the business could consider undertaking to reduce electricity and fuel use. These suggestions will indicate where investigation may be warranted to assess cost-savings potential and payback periods. In addition, the trainer will provide the participant with a list of available programming that could assist and/or support the implementation of identified opportunities.
The workshop portion of the course will be held on February 15, 2019 in the NEIA Boardroom at 90 O' Leary Avenue, Suite 207, in St. John's. Participants can register for the course by contacting Kieran Hanley at kieran@neia.org.
The cost of the course is $475 + HST for NEIA members and $575 + HST for non-NEIA members.
On December 21, 2018, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published Canada's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Air Pollutant Emissions Projections Report for 2018. The Government of Canada has reported Canada's GHG emissions annually since 2011, showing the annual progress Canada is making towards its target to reduce GHGs by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. A key change in this year's report was the inclusion of the contribution of the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector to Canada's projected emissions in 2030.
The report provides Canada's GHG emissions projections under three scenarios: (a) the Reference Case, (b) Additional Measures Case, and (c) a Technology Case.
Under the Reference Case, projections are based on federal, provincial and territorial policies and measures in place as of September 2018 and assume no further government action. In this scenario, emissions are projected to decline from 704 million tonnes (Mt) in 2016 to be 701 Mt by 2030. This is primarily driven by measures implemented in 2018 such as accelerated coal phase-out regulations and actions taken by provinces and territories under the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund.
In the Additional Measures Case, projections are based on federal, provincial and territorial policies and measures that have been announced, including under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, but are not fully implemented. This includes the Federal carbon pricing backstop, the Clean Fuel Standard, and the Challenge portion of the Low Carbon Economy Fund. In this scenario, emissions are projected to decline from 704 Mt in 2016 to 616 Mt by 2030. With the contribution of LULUCF sector, Canada's emissions by 2030 are projected to further decline to 592 Mt.
The Technology Case attempts to provide an indication of the impacts a faster evolution or adoption of clean technologies could have on Canada's GHG emissions. When compared to the Additional Measures Case, the Technology Case showed only modest impacts in 2030; however, the impacts post-2030 will be substantially more.
To read the report in full, please visit: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/En1-78-2018-eng.pdf.
The Forestry Adaptation Community of Practice, led by the Canadian Forest Service which is part of Natural Resources Canada, is offering a two-part webinar series on forest vulnerability to climate change. Webinars will take place on January 15 and 22, and will provide information on recent advances in quantification and understanding of the vulnerability of Canadian forests to climate change, and the implications for silvicultural practices. An overview of the webinars is provided below. For more information, including registration details, please click here.
Overview: The capacity of forests throughout Canada to adapt to climate change varies across the country. Through this webinar, Isabelle will discuss species-specific indicators of sensitivity to key climate stressors. These have been used to improve exposure-based assessments, and identify species requiring special management consideration.
Overview: This webinar will explore ongoing research by the Canadian Forest Service on the adaptive capacity of tree populations in Canada to persist in in a changing climate. Through this webinar, Samuel will discuss an approach to quantify the adaptive capacity of Canadian tree species, including current limitations and next steps.
Consistent with Federal requirements, the Province's Made-in-Newfoundland and Labrador Carbon Pricing Plan came into effect on January 1, 2019. The Plan has been designed to accommodate the unique economic, social and fiscal realities of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was informed by a number of principles, including the need to deliver meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, maintain industrial and tax competitiveness, minimize the impacts on consumers and vulnerable groups, and recognize investments to decarbonize our electricity sector.
A performance standard system for both onshore and offshore large industrial facilities and large-scale electricity generation that emit over a defined threshold. Existing large industrial facilities and large-scale electricity generation will be required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 6 per cent in 2019, 8 per cent in 2020, 10 per cent in 2021, and 12 per cent in 2022.
Regulations to enact the Management of Greenhouse Gas Act that were published in the Newfoundland and Labrador Gazette, including provisions that allow for the establishment of greenhouse gas targets for large industrial facilities and large-scale electricity generation.
Regulations under the Revenue Administration Act were established to give effect to the carbon tax.


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Welcome to Manohari Devi Kanoi Girls' College
The Dibrugarh town has a glorious background in the history of women's education in N. E. India. It was in Dibrugarh that the first Girls' High School was established in Assam in the year 1885, which is now known as Dibrugarh Govt. Girls' Higher Secondary and multi-purpose school. Before the establishment of this school, girls had to go outside Assam to complete High School with the help of scholarship granted by the State Government.
College Started & Functioning
The college started functioning on 5th July 1963 under the principalship of Dr. Jogiraj Basu, noted Oriental scholar and classes were held in the morning in DHSK college premises. The college offering Arts stream shifted to its present campus in 1965, where classes were held in a DFO Bungalow. Starting with the total strength of 215 the college has now an enrolment of approximately 1800 students. It is affiliated to Dibrugarh University and its Higher Secondary Course is recognised by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, AHSEC. It is an UGC recognized college under section 2(f) and 12(B).
Science stream in the second campus
M.D.K.G.College embarked on a new journey with the laying of the foundation stone for a new building in the first week of July 2011 in its second campus. It was decided that in order to bridge the gap of women education in science, the college would introduce Science stream in the second campus from the academic session 2016-17. Thus, under the initiative of the present Principal, a new state-of-the-art building was constructed. Accordingly, classes started in the later part of June 2016 with 119 students.
All the students who have applied and already taken admission in MDKG College are requested to generate Unique ID from https://directorateofhighereducation.assam.gov.in
List of Beneficiaries Girls Students for Disbursement of Scooter 2020-21 (Dibrugarh District)
HS Final Year Examination Form Fill Up 2020-21
List of Hostel Boarders MDKG College OLD BUILDING
LIST OF HOSTEL BOARDERS MDKG COLLEGE NEW BUILDING
Advertisement for Awarding Scholarship (Fresh) under Combined Merit (Degree and Master) Scholarship Scheme 2020-21
Advertisement for Awarding Scholarship (Fresh) for Girls Student belonging to Minority Community (UG & PG) Scholarships Scheme 2020-21
TDC 6th SEM Instructions 2020
BA 5th Semester Skill Based Course 2020
B.Sc. 1st Semester Roll No. List 2020
HS 1st Year Roll No. List 2020
BA 1st Semester Roll No. List 2020
LIST OF ADMITTED STUDENT OF BA 1ST SEMESTER, 2020
2ND AND FINAL MERIT LIST BA IST SEMESTER 2020
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BA 1ST SEMESTER WAITING LIST 2020
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B.Sc. 1st Semester Merit List 2020
2nd List of HS First Year Admission 2020
MERIT LIST HS 1ST YEAR 2020
UNDERTAKING FOR BPL STUDENTS
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PUBLIC NOTICE REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES RELATED TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP)
Michigan and the LEAP States Initiative: Liberal Education & America's Promise
In November 2015, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Michigan Association of State Universities announced that Michigan is now a state partner in AAC&U's national initiative, Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP).
Launched in 2005, Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) is a national public advocacy and campus action initiative of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). LEAP champions the importance of a twenty-first-century liberal education—for individual students and for a nation dependent on economic creativity and democratic vitality. LEAP responds to the changing demands of the twenty-first century—demands for more college-educated workers and more engaged and informed citizens. Today, and in the years to come, college graduates need higher levels of learning and knowledge as well as strong intellectual and practical skills to navigate this more demanding environment successfully and responsibly. Through LEAP, hundreds of campuses are making far-reaching educational changes to help all their students—whatever their chosen field of study—acquire the broad knowledge, higher order capacities, and real world experience they need to thrive both in the economy and in a globally engaged democracy.
LEAP Michigan Mission and Vision Statements
News Release Announcing Michigan as a LEAP State Partner (Nov. 12, 2015)
Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Michigan Association of State Universities Announce Michigan as 12th Partner State in AAC&U's LEAP States Initiative
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About S.C.O.P.E
S.C.O.P.E. Stations
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S.C.O.P.E. Programs
Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in numerous trainings at no charge
Join the team & make a difference.
Traffic Control (Flagging)
Training on how to set up traffic controls for incidents and special events
Volunteers take on special projects as requested by the Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Front Desk
Volunteers answer phones, take reports, handle complaints and respond to public inquiries at the Public Safety Building located in downtown Spokane
School Patrol
Helping local schools keep children safe as they arrive at and/or leave school property
Community Sex Offender Notification
Notifying the community of sex offenders that have relocated to the area. Specific protocol is required
Graffiti Program
Volunteers document graffiti and provide information to property owners about removal options
A community-based program offering rewards to citizens. Citizens are encouraged to provide valuable tips to law enforcement while remaining anonymous
Assisting communities by providing information, resources and services for special events like Spokane Interstate Fair, community parades, Valley Fest and more
Centennial Trail Patrol
Collaborating with our local Park's Department to patrol trails/trail heads
Trained volunteers on horses/mules patrol trails on public lands in Spokane County. They also patrol private properties on request and actively assist with community events in rural areas
Information on pawned merchandise is recorded into a database and then reviewed with the hopes of locating stolen property
Radar Watch
radar reader boards and/or trailer are used to monitor the speed of vehicles in community areas. Used as a tool to reduce speeding in neighborhoods and school zones
Valley Mall Crime Prevention Office
volunteers answer phones and respond to inquiries. They also participate in office/mall events. This is similar to Sheriff's Front Desk, but they do not take reports
Victim Call Backs
volunteers follow-up by telephone with victims of crimes
Business Relations & Checks
building relationships with local businesses. Acquiring emergency contact information, sharing SCOPE and Neighborhood Watch Newsletters and discussing neighborhood and business concerns
C.O.P. (Citizens on Patrol)
Trained volunteers patrol their communities in S.C.O.P.E. vehicles as observers for the community, and law enforcement. Volunteers have received education in observational awareness, documentation and safety. Citizens On Patrol members are on the lookout for suspicious activities and community safety issues in our local neighborhoods and business's. Information is then passed onto investigators for further review and/or action.
When citizens and law enforcement work together as a cohesive unit it fosters safer communities.
S.I.R.T. (SCOPE Incident Response Team)
Volunteers which have received special training and certifications aid the Spokane County Sheriff's office and other local agencies with traffic safety during emergency situations and special events. This program gives unique opportunities for members to foster good relations within our local communities and the public as a whole. Ongoing training required.
Neighborhood Watch is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most well-known crime prevention programs in history. While the modern day concept of program rose to prominence in the late 1960s in response to an increasing burglary rate, the roots of Neighborhood Watch can actually be traced all the way back to the days of Colonial settlements, when night watchmen patrolled the streets.
Operation Family I.D.
Operation Family ID is a community service of Spokane County and the City of Spokane. Our mission is to have all children or any person who has the potential to wander off or become missing have identification.
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When a victim calls into Crime Check at 509-456-2233 to report their vehicle has been broken into, Crime Check will take a report over the phone and ask the victim if they would like to have S.C.O.P.E. volunteers come out and check for prints which may have been left behind by the perpetrator. If the victim accepts the offer, the Sheriff's Office sends the information out to our Latent Print Team base of operations at S.C.O.P.E. Main.
Disabled Parking Enforcement
S.C.O.P.E. volunteers are commissioned for the Disabled Parking Enforcement team by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office to educate the public and/or issue citations for vehicles illegally parked in parking spaces designated for disabled persons.
Bicycle Safety Training, Helmet Distribution and Bicycle Rodeos. SCOPE volunteers work in the community to teach children bicycle safety, distribute and fit helmets, encourage children to wear them always for safety when on bicycles and offer 'bicycle rodeos' - a fun way for kids in groups to practice their bicycle skills.
SCOPE helps keep our neighborhoods safe and presentable by removing abandoned vehicles from our roadways. SCOPE Volunteers are commissioned by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office to tag, ticket and tow abandoned vehicles parked on any county roadway for a long period of time.
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Stress drastically increases likelihood of strokes, as measured through various stress-related behaviors and manifestations in a new study.
PROBLEM: OK: What do bacon cheeseburgers and and chronic stress and romantic rejection have in common? They're all bad for your heart! But can being high-strung also increase your risk of having a stroke?
METHODOLOGY: The stress levels of 150 stroke patients admitted to a hospital in Madrid, along with 300 of their healthy neighbors, were evaluated on several dimensions. Researchers quantified stress levels in terms of stressful life experiences the subjects had undergone in the past year, psychological symptoms like distress, anxiety, and depression, general mental and physical health, and behavior typical of type-A personalities, such as hostility, aggression, and impatience. The subjects also reported on various lifestyle factors such as caffeine and alcohol consumption, smoking, and whether they were employed or in a relationship. The researchers controlled for biological risk factors and, by using subjects from the same census district, hoped to limit confounding social and environmental factors.
RESULTS: Aside from general health, signs of depression, and employment status, one's likelihood of having a stroke increased significantly in the presence of multiple independent factors.
CONCLUSION: Looked at as a whole, the results indicated a clear association between stress and stroke risk. The correlation is entirely independent of other known risk factors, meaning it holds even if you don't have high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, alcoholism, or testicles.
The full study, "Is psycho-physical stress a risk factor for stroke? A case-control study," is published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.


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Home Games Stellaris
The Best Strategy to Beat Awakened Empire in Stellaris (2023)
in Stellaris
For a long time, most Stellaris players have found the Awakened and Fallen Empires to be underwhelming. In most cases, they must wait till the finale to awaken. The fleets, while powerful, are not the best. However, the personality, civics, and country constraints handicap them. The mod seeks to restore the Awakened Empires to its glorious past while also giving gamers a reason to attack the Fallen Empires.
The power generators of the Awakened Empire have fully awakened, allowing them to sustain existence for a far longer time in theory. They've also developed a new imperialism zeal, improving their dilapidated infrastructure and becoming more engaged in their administration, and are now attempting to dominate, or "defend," the rest of the universe.
However, don't worry; you've been given the weapons you need to strike back against by the Awakened. The Alliance of Non-Aligned Planet, in particular, has been given a big makeover in the shape of a new (temporarily) union type with additional federation privileges in the case of a War in Heaven. Bloodthirsty empires have also swallowed their ego in the presence of the Awakened, and are now eligible to join the Alliance, albeit not as its leader. Acquiring one of the main planets of the Awakened or Fallen empires will also assist in developing new technologies to help you.
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Awakened Empire is Too Powerful!
How to Defeat an Awakened Empire?
Strategies & Tips to Beat Awakened Empires
The fallen empires aren't particularly dangerous, however, the awakened typically have more than 400k fleet capacity. For the year 2350-2400, that's far too much. Is it possible to defeat an awakened empire while going insane with expansion? It depends.
Awakened empires are designed to attack you. They are overwhelmed by the arrangement and, in my perspective, make it interesting. If life is quite prevalent in the galaxy, we doubt we will just come across aliens who are technologically equivalent to us. They're intriguing even from a gaming standpoint. When the universe is still theirs, one can either act submissive or try to destroy them, or you could just ally with the entire galaxy to battle them. They're a fantastic example of Stellaris, and we would never modify their power rating.
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How do we cope with Awakened Empires without even being crushed out of existence?
Simply build additional ships, as in all Stellaris wars. Perhaps grow larger than them, or join with enough foreign empires to get larger than them, or submit and wait for them to disintegrate.
Attack their spaceport with a tiny distraction fleet, then begin attacking a planet and evacuate quickly. You can assemble a primary fleet to try to steal out one of their primary fleets while you're doing it with numerous planets. However, this is pretty much impossible.
It's best to kill them even before they awake. The second most successful option is to keep them contained within their natural boundaries. You must wage war on them as soon as they begin their first battle against someone, and then either beat them or play cat-mouse with them till they tire of war or accept the white peace.
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We understand that destroying awakened empires even before they awake is the ideal approach. However, FE fleets are quite formidable even then. We are just curious as to how we might combat and potentially defeat their fleets.
Most people do not want to cheat the AI because that's ridiculous, but instead would like some advice on how to beat AE and be great against them. We won't give any advice like "take galactic contender," since we want to achieve this no matter how we manage our empire. We also don't want to lose an entire ascension perk battling AEs to concentrate on mega buildings while becoming robots.
The solution is "simply get better" – the Awakened Empires are best viewed as a tiny version of the final dilemma. Also, particularly on harder levels, the key to overcoming the final crisis is to simply strengthen fleets with superior endgame repeating technology.
You can construct your ships expressly to defeat them. However, at the end of each day, higher firepower always wins. To avoid making a loss, you will want to use only battleships with high-ranged weapons, and sad to say, as contrasted to the endgame conflict, fallen-empire fleets often use long-ranged firearms, and you would like to make sure you could wipe out them on the first shootout, which means you'll need fully – featured fleets.
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There are many hotels in the Helmond / Eindhoven area that you can choose from. The organization of the Open Dutch has worked with City Resort Helmond, Golden Tulip West-ende (Helmond) and Holiday Inn Eindhoven to ensure you have a great experience. We highly recommend selecting one of the following three hotels. Note the booking code, please use this for the special rate.
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Book rooms for City Resort Helmond following the directions included in the following documents. Overnight stay for only €84,- per room (based on double occupancy) excluding breakfast. If you book breakfast directly during your reservation we offer you a special rate of €12,50 per adult and€ 9,50 for children. It is possible to place an additional bed in the room for € 20,-.
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Below is most of this year's professional panels for BEA's Global Market Forum (GMF) program that will proudly focus on the Russian publishing industry. This will be the most ambitious GMF program ever produced at BEA. I am very excited about the content that will be presented but also grateful to for such wonderful partners who had a grand vision that they are executing at such a high level. There will be many people to thank later and I look forward to also promoting some of the great cultural events that will take place away from Javits.
When: Monday, June 4, 2012, 9:30 am – ca. 5:30 pm.
Where: Jacob M. Javits Center, Room 1E17.
Speakers: Arkady Vitrouk, CEO Attikus group (the Russian partner of Hachette); Lev Elin CEO Egmont-Russia, Julia Zagachin, owner and CEO of Pink Giraff; Olga Ro, Russian Book Industry Magazine, moderator.
John Narrins and the Russian Debut prize.
Any new translations of Karamazov?


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South African Universities Entrepreneurship Baseline Research Launch
Through our higher education activities, British Council South Africa co-commissioned and co-funded a research project with Universities South Africa (USAf). The main objectives of the Baseline research launch held on 27 February was in support of entrepreneurship development in the Higher Education sector as well as aiming to contribute to graduate and youth employability.
Country Director British Council South Africa, Susana Galvan said: " Our involvement with this project was in keeping with the British Council's purpose of learning about the challenges and opportunities of the countries in which they work and seeing how they can add value. The project was also part of what the British Council is doing in support of education in its broad sense, starting with basic, the training and vocational college sector, higher education, arts and culture and social entrepreneurship."
The Baseline report provides insight into the extent to which the entrepreneurship ecosystem is enabling South Africa's 26 public universities. The report also encompasses surveys, document analysis, focus groups and interviews, which describes existing practices and ways to improve future practices.
In addition, investigations revealed an increase of entrepreneurship related educational programmes, training and other initiatives across all South African universities.
However, there is currently no policy or regulatory framework to regulate entrepreneurship in the higher education sector. As a result, the research report has brought increased knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship in the higher education sector which will inform the development of a National Policy Framework to support entrepreneurship development across all South African public universities.
Professor Ahmed Bawa, CEO of USAf, highlighted that due to South Africa's history, "our institutions are not identical. Yet they all have an opportunity to develop an entrepreneurial spirit in their own unique contexts. It is important to base our new programme decisions on empirical evidence. In considering what interventions to put in place, we also need to learn about international best practices - not necessarily to blindly accept practices of other nations but to recognise what has worked elsewhere in deciding our own interventions."
Notes to Editor
To read more download a soft copy of the report at https://edhe.co.za/wp-content/uploads/National-University-Entrepreneurship-Ecosystem-Baseline-study__Interactive-Report-Feb-2020.pdf
About the British Council
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We work with over 100 countries in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 75 million people directly and 758 million people overall including online, broadcasts and publications. We make a positive contribution to the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
Founded in 1934 we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. We receive 15 per cent core funding grant from the UK government.
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Theater Review: Next to Normal at Hillcrest Center for the Arts
Posted on June 9, 2018 by Harrison Held
Cast (L-R): Daniel Bellusci , Julia Lester, Renee Cohen, Landen Starkman, Brent Ramirez, and Michelle Lane (Center). Photograph by Paul Cranmer.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical "Next to Normal" examines the courageous and heartbreaking life of a family living with their mom's chronic mental illness. The musical, written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, also won three Tony Awards and is now playing at Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks for a limited run until June 17, 2018.
This ambitious production from Panic Productions is an emotional roller coaster ride from start to finish with beautiful and touching songs. It is gritty, real and complex. Well-directed by Corey Lynn Howe, Next to Normal is profound, heartbreaking, haunting and powerful. I recommend it for ages 16 and up because the story is so dark, and is laced with profanity and some sexual situations. The very moving subject manner is graphic and emotional. This one is a real tear-jerker.
The very talented cast all sing and perform beautifully "Next to Normal" features over 35 songs with top-notch musical direction from Jan Roper. I enjoyed all of the musical numbers, but standouts from act one were "Just Another Day," "Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist," and "I, Perfect for You," "I Miss the Mountains," "It's Gonna Be Good," and "I'm Alive."
From act two, "Wish I Were Here," "Song of Forgetting," "Better Than Before," "How Could I Forget?," "Why Stay?/A Promise," and the finale, "Light," were memorable.
Super singer and actress Michelle Lane stars as Diana, the good-natured, well-intentioned matriarch of the family struggling with mental illness and she is wonderful. Her patient, supportive loving husband Dan, played by gifted vocalist and actor Brent Ramirez is a saint, having stood by her side through thick and thin. Diana's high spirited teenage dream son Gabe, played by talented singer and actor Landen Starkman, is the apple of her eye. while her teenage daughter Natalie, well played by talented singer and actress Julia Lester, suffers in feeling like the invisible child next to him. Likable stoner schoolmate Henry, played by strong vocalist and actor Daniel Bellusci, becomes her first love. Talented vocalist and actress Renee Cohen rounds out the cast playing two of the many well-meaning doctors who treat her with care and flair.
Something very traumatic happened years ago that triggered Diana's illness, and this intense story examines the journey of a loving well-intentioned very ill woman and her family.
"Next to Normal" plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. Call (805) 381-1246 or visit www.panicproductions.org for more information.
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