A memorial service/ceremony is an opportunity to remember loved ones. Planning it in the right way, can ensure it is a unique and personalised tribute.
The family can choose when the memorial takes place. It can be a few days/weeks after the funeral service, or on a special anniversary or meaningful date.
We write and conduct beautiful, bespoke ceremonies, tailored to suit each individual's family's wishes. We are completely flexible, working and supporting the family to ensure the memorial is fitting and dignified.
There are no set rules; It can be long or short, can include religious, non-religious or spiritual content. There is the freedom to add your own personal touches such as readings, poems, prayers and the laying of flowers or wreaths- the choice is completely yours.
With the landowners permission, we are happy to conduct Memorials at any place or time; families can choose places of meaningful significance to themselves or their loved ones. The Scattering of Ashes, planting of trees and displaying of commemorative plaques will need landowners or waterways permission.
My Perfect Ceremony are kind, caring and compassionate, listening to your wishes whatever your situation, to create a truly personalised memorial.


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Suicide Squad 2 May Have Found A Writer
By: Eddie Makuch
Warner Bros. is negotiating with writer Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan) to write the Suicide Squad sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film site says the sequel "is a priority" for Warner Bros. It's not clear how far along negotiations have progressed or what other writers may be in the running.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Hollywood veteran Mel Gibson was among those considered for the director's chair for Suicide Squad 2, though this has not been confirmed.
2016's Suicide Squad, which won an Oscar, was written and directed by David Ayer, though he is bowing out for the sequel and is now making a movie about female DC villains.
Suicide Squad was largely panned by critics, though it grossed $745 million worldwide, basically guaranteeing a sequel. The sequel was reportedly in development before the release of the first film.
Gibson previously criticized one of DC's biggest films, Batman v Superman, which he described as a "piece of s***." He's also been critical of the violence in Marvel's movies.
Eddie Makuch

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For the British, liberty – from personal expression to religious and political conviction – is enshrined in our national identity. These freedoms have been (and often still are) fought for tooth and nail across the ages. Yet today our precious liberty is ever more at stake – in the private and public realm alike. This collection of essays and articles – many previously published in The Individual – the journal of the Society for Individual Freedom – takes liberty as its binding theme, examining freedom in a philosophical, political and historical context. First, the collection proposes a number of libertarian 'heroes': from 17th-century Leveller John Lilburne and 19th-century philosopher Herbert Spencer to 20th-century novelist and thinker Ayn Rand. Then it sets up a series of stimulating and provocative debates: on Cromwell as freedom's 'friend or foe'; on slavery (voluntary and involuntary); on royalty, religion and politics. En route it tackles such hot topics as constitutional monarchy, disestablishment of the Church of England and the right to hunt, shoot and fish.


Harper is arguably a generational talent who grew up not shying away from the spotlight. In his first six-plus years with the big boys, he has hit .285 with a .519 slugging percentage and an OPS of .908. He already has 158 home runs, scored 525 runs, and has a career WAR of 26.8. He is a five-time all-star with a 2012 Rookie of the Year and 2015 MVP award to his credit.
It's true that Harper has missed time due to injury but it is important to remember what the injuries were. He has missed time with a hip injury (running into the wall), his ribs (same affliction), his back (can you guess why), and it was revealed that he had right shoulder and neck soreness that plagued him last year. He is young and emotionally charged and plays aggressively. He goes for every ball and that leads to the wall from time to time. He appears to be playing a bit smarter over the last year and a half judging by games played.
Another point to consider is Harper bats from the left-side of the plate. 81 times a year Harper will be at Yankee Stadium drooling over the short porch in right-field. It is not out of the question to see 50 home run seasons in his future with that number of games in the House That Jeter Built. After all, Harper grew up in Las Vegas but has been a Yankee fan for life. That has to amp him up every time he steps on the field at Yankee Stadium.
It is no secret that Harper's agent, Scott Boras, wants to break the single-season and overall value contract records with Harper. The Yankees could conceivably make that happen for him. One point of interest is that contracts of the size that Harper will sign can only be met by a small handful of teams. The terms being discussed are in the 10-15 year range with a value of $400 million – $500 million. The 2018-19 Yankees Free Agency plan could make that dream a reality. Let's assume the Yankees are somewhere in the middle and Harper gets a deal of 12 years/ $450 million good for an absolutely insane $37.5 million average annual salary. I can see the Yankees front-loading the contract for the first three years in the $45 million – $48 million range while players like Judge, Sanchez, and Severino are all under team control.
$183 million was the baseline team payroll for the end of this season. Then there was $44.31 million coming off the books in "dead money." That works out to $138.69 million (remember that this number still includes a $15 million mid-season spending pool). Last season the Yankees settled with all eight arbitration-eligible players. For the sake of this piece, we will add 33 percent to last year's arbitration total, which is not accurate but an overinflated "safe" number in my mind. That 33 percent adds $10 million (33 percent of last year's $30 million). The new team payroll total is $148.69 million. Now the Yankees and Manny Machado have agreed to a deal worth 10 years/$350 million. Then Harper and the Yankees agree to the deal mentioned with an average annual value of $37.5 million. That puts the first move in 2018-19 Yankees Free Agency at a new team payroll of $221.19 million which is over the luxury tax but not into horrible penalty range.
There you have it, two 2018-19 Yankees Free Agency nuclear options for this year and through the hot stove season. I can already hear the masses questioning how this could be possible when the Yankees will have to address Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez long-term. Let's not forget, there are two contracts that will be coming off the books at the end of the 2020 season in Masahiro Tanaka ($23 million) and Jacoby Ellsbury ($21 million). That aligns before the arbitration process ends for Judge and Sanchez. They could give each a contract that buys out the end of arbitration at $20 million per season for five years since both will be 30 by then.
Now you have seen two nuclear options for 2018-19 Yankees Free Agency. Here at NY Yankees Digest we are all for readers commenting but can we make a suggestion? Why don't you write your own piece? It can be 3000 words or even 300. Here we encourage different opinions and want to give you a chance to build your brand. Join us and let your voice be heard. Just check out the Write With Us link to get started. Don't worry its easy and remember you can build your brand by writing with us and not for us. That is a big difference. It is all about you in your words.


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Excerpt and Giveaway for Angelus by Sabrina Benulis
Posted on February 24, 2016 February 24, 2016 by Kristy Centeno
Books of Raziel Trilogy Book Three
Sabrina Benulis
Genre: Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal
On-Sale: February 9, 2016
E-book ISBN: 9780062069436
A Harper Voyager Trade Paperback Original
In the heart-pounding conclusion to The Books of Raziel trilogy, Angela discovers that she holds the keys to both Heaven and Hell, and that angels, demons, and all the creatures in between will stop at nothing to possess her…
The war started by three powerful angel siblings – Raziel, Lucifel, and Israfel – has divided the kingdoms of both Heaven and Hell. Now the destruction is spilling over into our world.
The last hope for a crumbling world is the Archon, also known as the human Angela Mathers. Angela alone can successfully oppose Lucifel and open Raziel's Book for the power of good rather than evil. But to do so would mean murdering her best friend, a fact Angela refuses to face.
Now Angela sits on the throne of Hell, fulfilling a prophecy of ruin. But ruin does not always mean destruction…..sometimes it means revolution.
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Praise for Sabrina Benulis & The Books of Raziel Trilogy:
"[Benulis'] unique take on religion and angels is truly innovative. With just enough left unresolved, Covenant perfectly leads into the upcoming final book of the trilogy"
— Romantic Times Magazine on Covenant
"These angels can be vindictive and cruel, more human than you might expect and oozing supernatural abilities…. If you think you have the guts to take on this novel pick it up."
— Boulder Examiner on Covenant
"A dark, bold story."
— Lexington Literature Examiner on Covenant
"Benulis writes a no-holds-barred tale of destruction, love, power, and friendship. Everything you thought you knew about God, the Devil, angels and demons will be wiped away and replaced with a world so terribly beautiful that you will yourself gazing out into the night sky, hoping against hope that magic is real. Her characters have depth and 3-deminsional personalities, while her scenery, complete with candlelight and stain-glass windows, emphasizes the primal battles that humans go through on a daily basis."
— Tulsa Books Examiner on Archon
"… Benulis uses lush descriptions and larger than life characters to tell the story of a battle between Heaven and Hell…She proves herself as a force to be reckoned with… I will definitely be on the lookout for the next installment in her book of Raziel series so I can grab it up and pour over each page."
— Suspense Magazine on Archon
Genesis – The Story So Far
Before the beginning of all things, there was a Mother who sang and carried the stars within her.
Worry consumed her because often the stars near her heart burned and jostled, as if fighting one another. Then the unthinkable happened, and she gave birth to twins long before the appointed time. These children were meant to be equal in every way, but from the stars one twin decided to claim dominion over our universe. He attacked his sibling, murdering him, and from then on a fragile balance weighed toward the side of shadows.
The Mother who has carried these gods fell into the deepest despair and took her punishment to the depths of the eternal Abyss.
Innumerable cycles of time passed before an angel named Raziel found her again.
Raziel was one of three powerful sibling angels, and they had also been told their purpose was to share equal rule over the universe. Yet the jealously and rivalry between two of them, Israfel and Lucifel, grew to a feverish pitch, and upon returning to his home in Heaven, Raziel found his sister, Lucifel, instigating the infamous War that would divide the angels forever into two opposing kingdoms.
It was a dreadful time of blood and feathers falling like the snow.
Raziel was the last to fall. Horrified and determined to end the bloodshed, he had confronted God and begged for intervention to stop Lucifel's rebellion. Instead, he plummeted to his death in full view of his siblings, one of whom loved him more than life itself.
The glorious time of Israfel's rule as Archangel in Heaven was over.
Lucifel too had failed to claim the crown she so desperately desired, and she fled to her new kingdom of Hell. But the Throne of Hell was little more than a prison, and Lucifel found herself swiftly jailed by the angels who had once worshipped her. They called themselves demons, and though their kingdom remained forever dark and dismal, they never forgot the glories of long ago.
This truce between angels and demons could not last. Instead, Lucifel's influence grew from the darkness, and her twisted ideals seeped throughout the universe. Seeking the mysterious power contained in Raziel's Book, one of his greatest treasures, it is claimed she means to destroy the universe that mocks her suffering.
The last home for a crumbling world is a being called the Archon, also known as Angela Mathers. Angela is human, but her soul is protected by the spirit of Raziel. She alone can successfully oppose Lucifel and open Raziel's Book for the power of good rather than evil. However, the Book is not a thing but a person, and Angela knows that to open the Book would mean murdering her best friend, Sophia. She has refused to do so, seemingly sentencing the universe to a fate of silence worse than death, because it would be one without resurrection.
Angela Mathers firmly believed that even Hell could not separate her from her friend. She suffered, and bled, and fought in a twisted demonic maze to save the Book from destruction, only to unwittingly
allow Lucifel to escape back to Heaven.
Now Angela sits on the Throne of Hell, fulfilling a prophecy of Ruin. But Ruin does not always mean destruction. Sometimes it means Revolution. Crowns pass from one person to the next, yet it takes a special soul to heal the burdens of all.
The Mother's song no longer echoes throughout the universe, and new notes wait to be revealed. Now, the moment of change has finally arrived. The end of a cycle of pain has begun.
For through souls have hurt, and bled, and cried, the light ever returns in a rushing, relentless tide.
Sabrina Benulis graduated with a masters in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She currently resides in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania with her husband and a spoiled cockatiel.
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fayth97 says:
I've been eyeballing this series for a while now. I just have to wait until my budget fits the price for the books, which is very hard, since they sound really good, & I really do want to read them. Not sure how much longer I can hold on to being financially responsible for this one…..lolol


The idea behind #happymailhappyhour was as much about supporting card creators as it was about getting together to promote the practice of sending crafty snail mail. Receiving a well thought out and decorated card from a friend is as touching and rare as receiving a box of surprise donuts. For paper freaks like me, good stationery is just as sweet.
Each #happymailhappyhour guest received a generous variation of these items from participating businesses. Guests were provided enough swag to keep on writing or to pay it forward! Share share share!!!!
One cannot hold an affair, big or small, without giving your guests something extra to smile about.
I packaged the contents for each box using USPS flat rate boxes, bright blue string and little red and white paper tags in keeping with the mail theme, but at 11pm they suddenly went from 'Yeah' to 'Meh', Enter my green chevron paper to the rescue! It's funny what one thinks of at 11:00 pm when rewrapping boxes the night before a party.
I had the opportunity to coordinate this fun filled paper party with the support of some incredible friends. Click on the links below to see for yourself what I believe makes these products and people behind them so special. I am extremely grateful to have been able to engage in some mutual support here!
Raffle prizes: Perpetual Parisian inspired calendar carried by Union Street Papery and beautiful Ferme à Papier cards designed by Cat Seto elicited the expected oohs and aaahs.
I grabbed the opportunity to have my dear friend and blog buddy, Brittany of Kitchenette prepare the gluten free and dairy free menu, (except for the polvoron I brought back from Manila). When we get together for happy hour, we certainly like to toss back a few, but even moreso, we want the accompanying bar chow to be just as tempting. How could I NOT ask her to cater the party?
When it came to the drinks, Christopher and Kier at T-We Tea thoughtfully provided the fresh tea leaves for their two cocktail suggestions. I took the liberty of naming the concoctions 'Happy' and 'Hammered'. Cocorosa with a lovely prosecco was light and refreshing, very HAPPY, if you ask us. Maybe it was because we used about 90% of a bottle of Bombay Sapphire with their Guurl Grey base that after about two servings I was happily HAMMERED and stuck to drinking water after that. What, you haven't heard of doing tea based cocktails yet? Get. On. It.
T-we Tea based cocktails that I affectionately named 'Happy' and 'Hammered'. Mix up the ingredients and you'll know why.
When you serve them, make sure to do so on proper coasters particularly the letter pressed coasters from the Union Street Papery designed by the fabulous Mo Seder. Mo and I worked together years ago at the USP. She designed the motif and calligraphy for our wedding stationery suite as well hand addressed each of our envelopes (is there any other way?). It was a hoot to see guests picking up their coasters and slipping them directly into their journals or purses for fear of getting them wet. True paper aficionados.
Jamaica Steven's generosity went beyond hosting us at her studio, but even provided each Happy Mail Box with a gift certificate for two free Jamaroo studio classes. If not for a child of one's own, why not give the gift certificate to someone who can actually use it? I decided that a portion of each attendees #happymailhappyhour ticket should go to supporting JamaRoo's Kickstarter Project providing free dance enrichment classes to six underserved Bay Area schools. I am ecstatic to say that I found out tonight that their goal was reached! Time for another party? Always.
Jamaroo Kids Studio, our host venue, included a gift certificate for two complimentary classes. To whom will I give mine?
It would be paper perfect to share some of this with you too, whether you live near or far but within the United States please. Tell me in the comments below who you would have written a card to if you were at the party, and which of the participating stationery suppliers you favor. I will randomly pick a winner from my blog comments and will announce the victorious one on Monday morning. For an extra entry, tweet your answer too, tag me, (@blogger_bp) and share this post on Twitter. You could say it may be a Sweet Treat for your Sweet Tweet.
Happy Hump Day to you! And Happy Mail Day very soon, I hope!
Congratulations to Laura (LMSVirgina) for winning her very own #happymailhappyhour box of sweet treats!  Thank you to everyone else for engaging on the blog and I hope you all subscribe to the newsletter for more exclusive surprises coming during the festive fall season!!
I would have given a card to my son, and I love Pennie Post!
I love all the pieces from Pennie Post. So perfect to send to all the ladies in my family (mom, sister, sister-in-law, and five nieces). Especially since they are 424 miles away from me!
I would send a note of thanks and encouragement to my child's teacher. Teachers deserve to be recognized for choosing to educate our future. I think the whale card would send the message perfectly.
Ooooooh, aaaaaah! I'm WILD over Hello Lucky- I'd have sent my partner in crime a lovely card all the way to Tokyo!
At age 4, I pestered my older sister to teach me to write so I could be pen pals with my cousin in Texas. I would write to my cousin because she's my original – and favorite – pen pal. Pennie Post is fun & the ones from Ferme a Papier are beautiful! I can't ever choose–that's why I'm a stationary collector (hoarder?)!!
I would have written my brother. Growing up, his nightly wish, part of his bedroom routine was, without fail "I hope I get a package in the mail." A card is almost as good, and since he's terrible at phone communication, maybe mail is the way to go. I love egg press. And pennie post.
number one. To my husband is traveling. Number two. I love Pennie post. Thx!
Thank you so much for joining the contest! I bet that would be great to get some mail during a business trip. I bet he really misses you!!!
Hi Ashley! Thanks for joining! I grew up getting cards from my mom. Really cherish them now!
My goodness you have QUITE the list of people to write! You're right, especially with everyone so far away, it's even more important to stay connected!!!
I love this! I am a teacher too, and believe me, we really love little love notes from the families! In fact, the whale (mint chip ink) is the line of Kelly, whose son was my student! Full circle of thanks, right?
Elizabeth, you are a gal after my own heart! How sweet is that story??? I think penpals are timeless & sending mail is even more fun to me than receiving it sometimes! It IS hard to choose stationery! I love it all!!!!!
That's really soooo cute! My three year old nephew loves receiving mail as well. We overlook how special letters are even before we can read!!! Maybe mail (especially this kind of gorgeous mail) is the way to go indeed with your brother! Thanks for joining!!!!
Pennie post is just darling!
Sorry! I woud write to my nieces in NJ and of course, i love Pennie Post!
Hi Shelby! Thanks for the compliment! I love knowing there are people out there who still would send a little piece of mail to mom and grandma. We all need a little reminder of how sweet we make everyone's lives, don't we? Thanks for reading, joining and for checking out the stationery links!
Hello Jenny! Pennie Post is such a cute concept and the cards are so sweet for most any age! Thanks for participating and hope you keep on reading my blog!


In today's fast-moving world, state of mind changes now and then without a hinge or room for an early warning, however the best thing that can occur is being in love as it's is a blessing in disguise and true love lasts forever. It is paramount to find a partner as loving, caring or of similar hobbies that leads you towards the life full of bliss and contentment.
When people fall in love with one another, it is most likely to get married to promise the bond of living together in health and sickness. However, kindling that romance day after day and years after years can eventually become a cliche and more of a redundant task to come up with same old presents to the loved one. Is it one of those times and are you trying reset the clock and start over? Look no further and make your partner feel special and loved all over again by exchanging promise rings especially designed for couples for their anniversaries or special occasions.
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Marudhar Engineering College (MEC) was established in the year 2003 under the auspices of Marudhar Education Society as a first self financed technical institute in Bikaner region. The College provides students a platform to transform knowledge to practice and also develop their technical and communication skills along with leadership qualities. In addition to technical skills the college inculcates social responsibility in the students .
Marudhar Engineering College located at NH11, Jaipur Road, Raisar, Bikaner, Rajasthan is spread over 135 acres campus with sylvan surroundings and is about 19 km from Bikaner Railway Station, 20 km from Bikaner Bus Stand and 17 km from Museum Circle.
The college offers Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Programme in five disciplines viz. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) (60 seats), Mechanical Engineering (ME) (60 seats ), Electrical Engineering (EE) (60 seats ), Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) (60 seats) and Civil Engineering (CE) (120 Seats) and Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Programme in four disciplines viz. Computer Science, Digital Communication, Power System and Production Engineering with 18 seats in each discipline. The courses are approved by All India Council of Technical Education ( AICTE ), New Delhi and affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University ( RTU ), Kota.
Our main strength lies in best infrastructural facilities, dedicated and experienced faculty having teaching, research and industrial experience.
The college has all facilities & well established laboratories . The institution instils the thought that is fully capable of orienting knowledge and information in a scientific manner in the minds of the common mass.
A friendly environment is also provided where teachers and students work together on different research projects and perform fieldwork to enhance the understanding of their subject.
MEC provides an opportunity to the students to study abroad and get exposure at international level.
The college has been duly registered as an institutional member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) from 2007.


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Annyeonghaseyo! Reimagining the offline experience for online shoppers
Ilahui is a Korean-inspired lifestyle brand that offers a wide range of products such as household essentials, makeup, personal care, mobile accessories, and audio products. The brand wanted to establish its digital presence to heighten brand awareness, strengthen customer relationships and expand customer reach. Our Digital Business Transformation Centre (DBTC) helped Ilahui:
Create an easy-to-navigate device responsive e-commerce website viewable on both mobile and desktop
Generate compelling social media content for Ilahui's Instagram and Facebook accounts
Plan and initiate various promotional campaigns on Instagram and Facebook
Guilt-free pizza anyone?
In Singapore, diabetes is a serious health concern, with over 400,000 Singaporeans living with the disease. One in three Singaporeans has a lifetime risk of getting diabetes, and the number of those with diabetes is projected to reach one million by 2050.
To support our nation's fight against diabetes, TP's Centre for Applied Nutrition Services (CANS) collaborated with NTUC Foodfare in the development of some low Glycemic Index (GI) frozen pizzas and meals that are also Healthier Choice Symbol (HCS) compliant.
This collaboration brought together the expertise of CANS' food, nutrition and culinary sciences and Foodfare's manufacturing and foodservice capabilities to promote a healthier food supply for the masses.
We developed eight low GI set meals made available to Foodfare's food courts and institutional catering and six varieties of low GI pizzas retailed in all NTUC FairPrice supermarkets.
These meals feature flavours such as Nonya rendang chicken, Vietnamese lemongrass baked chicken, Teochew braised duck, braised soy chicken, and baked cheese seafood tomato rice. All the microwaveable frozen meals are made with brown rice and barley instead of white rice and are certified halal.
This partnership also raises the public's awareness of improving our diet and switching to include more whole grains. TP's food and culinary science team have also set a new perspective for the public, who usually perceives healthier food as less tasty.
Student learning journey with Mediacorp
An MOU signed between Mediacorp and TP aims to develop and nurture our youths by leveraging both parties' expertise to offer more in-depth training and prepare the youths for careers in the media industry. This strategic partnership is the culmination of a ten-year history of cooperation.
Our students can look forward to an extensive range of programmes that have been structured to engage them holistically. They gain real-life exposure to the media industry through internships with Mediacorp and glean insights into the ever-changing media landscape through formalised mentorships.
Learning journeys and talks by Mediacorp will offer customised sessions, and students will also have the rare opportunity to work on industry projects and co-create solutions for real business challenges for their final year projects.
Careers talks and roadshows organised by Mediacorp will offer detailed information for graduating students seeking career planning guidance.
Improving children's learning and well-being with applied research learnings
Our lecturers and students from the Diploma in Psychology Studies collaborated with the Response Early Intervention and Assessment in Community Mental Health (REACH) to develop evidence-based workshop materials for lower and upper primary school children with ADHD. Based on extensive research, the team extracted best practices for teaching children with ADHD. We developed a series of developmental workshops to provide training to children with ADHD to improve various socio-emotional regulations that they are weak in.
The Centre for Applied Behavioural & Social Sciences (CABSS) has conducted behavioural insights projects that improved the lives of Singaporeans. For example, a project with Changi General Hospital (CGH) studied the needs of older patients to bridge the communication gap between nursing staff and patient/caregiver to promote understanding of fall precautions to minimise falls, leading to the development of a Patient Family Education tool for nursing staff and patients/caregivers that incorporated behavioural insights (BI) strategies to nudge staff and patients/caregivers' behaviours..
Delivering compassionate, data-driven eldercare
Our Centre for Applied Behavioural & Social Sciences (CABSS) collaborated with St Luke's ElderCare (SLEC) on a large scale cognitive intervention programme involving 12 SLEC centres. This project aimed to evaluate the Active Brain Learning (ABLE) programme's efficacy to improve clients' cognition and mental well-being with mild to moderate dementia.
For this collaboration, CABSS also embarked on a qualitative project with SLEC to explore and understand ground issues when conducting the Active Brain Learning (ABLE) programme with staff members at SLEC. The findings provided valuable insights to both St Luke's management team to understand the potential ground issues and any other organisation planning to include ABLE as part of their centre's programme in the future.
Giving medicine the right way
A game for the Intravenous Administration of Medications (IVAM), called "IVAMped", was developed by staff and students from Enabling Technology Collaboratory. Specially designed for Registered Nurses who have completed the Nursing Orientation Programme (NOP) and have at least 3 months of exposure in the clinical area post orientation.
The game helps train nurses to identify the correct medication, select the appropriate dosage and mode of administering it, and observe the various precautions when administering it intravenously.
We won the 2nd prize in the inaugural SIMS Games Challenge 2019 organised by the Serious Games Association (SGA) and SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation (SIMS) at the S3 Conference 2019.
Virtual Reality increases training effectiveness in the engineering space
Researchers in the Centre developed a VR learning module to equip students in TP's Diploma in Aerospace Engineering with the knowledge and skills to perform a visual inspection of an aircraft combustion chamber, which is usually difficult to access physically.
The module took the top spot in the InnovJAM VR+Pedagogy Competition, beating 36 other teams comprising industry experts, professional training providers and developers from other tertiary institutions. The competition, organised by the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) as part of iN.LAB's innovation activities aimed to showcase innovative solutions to enhance teaching and learning.
A joint cybersecurity training programme with Kaspersky
TP and Kaspersky signed a Training Collaboration Agreement in August 2019 to introduce CET courses in cybersecurity to build skills and knowledge for the industry. The aim is to ensure the industry is well supported by skilled professionals in cybersecurity.
In February 2020, TP and Kaspersky jointly conducted the inaugural course on Malware Reverse Engineering and Analysis that trained participants to analyse malware in order to understand and protect their organisations' IT assets.
Keeping patients safe with Virtual Reality
Our Virtual Reality (VR) developers, working with senior physicians of a hospital, embarked on a project to develop a role-playing simulation game set in a virtual environment to promote and emphasise the concepts of patient safety.
The project aims to increase motivation and improve learners' understanding and retention regarding common patient safety pitfalls.
Reinventing spaces into vibrant places - Old Kallang Airport
The Singapore Land Authority's initiative to transform state land and properties saw our Design students taking the opportunity to showcase their innovative design proposals.
SLA was impressed by our students' work where concrete plans were developed to fulfil SLA's vision for the Old Kallang Airport.
Esplanade&Me
U26 is an initiative of our Esplanade&Me membership programme to bring youths between the ages of 17 to 26 years old to enjoy the arts and engage with each other.
Our Design students developed the brand identity for U26 (Under 26), which was launched in August 2020. The students demonstrated their enthusiasm, creativity and understanding of connecting with the youths in their presentations.
Likewise, the students shared ideas to use Esplanade's physical and digital spaces to generate more interest in the programme.
Space planning project for SATSPPG's Blossom Lounge at Changi Airport Terminal 4
As part of their ongoing rejuvenation efforts, SATSPPG worked with students from the School of Design's Diploma in Interior Architecture and Design to develop innovative ways to update the premium lounge located at Changi Airport's Terminal 4. The students completed the ideation and mock-ups in 8 weeks as part of their course work and presented their ideas to SATSPPG. The project was also selected and exhibited at the SkillsFuture Festival 2019 held at Ngee Ann City.
Can 700,000 tonnes of wood and horticultural waste be put to good use?
Yes, they certainly can! By turning urban waste into Recycled Ecological Blocks (REB) and Green Park benches, we also bagged ourselves a Silver at the MOE Innergy Awards 2019!
The research team led by our Centre for Urban Sustainability (CUS) developed the first and only viable technology (environmentally & economically) that could recycle wood & horticultural wastes and incineration fly ash into building materials for non-structural / structural applications without having to use adhesives or additional heating and pressure.
The team created a safe and viable technique at ambient conditions (at room temperature and atmospheric pressure) to process urban waste into Recycled Ecological Blocks (REB) that can be used to construct outdoor and park facilities, as well as DIY (do-it-yourself) furniture.
With REB, the team prototyped green park benches that are six times cheaper than similar park benches in the market. They require 2.67 times less manpower to build them and offer increased productivity by up to 62.5% per year.
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Michael Kluckner, artist, writer, historian, and lover of all things Vancouver has written a very evocative essay on planning decisions and planner "experts" versus non "expert" citizens.
Michael spoke on this big-ticket question at a very well attended Urbanarium Cities Debate at the Vancouver Museum. The debate video can be viewed here. He has also written this article in the Tyee outlining the history and syntax of citizen and "planner" related city making decisions. He argued that citizens need and should be more involved in decisions left to city planners.
Michael draws a strong parallel in the worlds of the non-planner (Jane Jacobs) and the passions of architects for crisp mega projects, from Le Corbusier's work to Brasilia, all lines, flowing, and really not about scale or humans.
He also talked about the Davis Family, who in the Jane Jacobs tradition of social and community common sense and just smart savvy lovingly restored the "Davis" block of Victorian houses in the 100 block of West 10th Avenue. The Davis family fought pressure to turn their houses into a cash crop of three-story walk-ups on their street, and proudly display a plaque indicating that their restoration work was done with no governmental grants or assistance.
You will always find one of the Davis family sweeping a sidewalk, gardening, or engaging with neighbours on the street. They are the picture of what Jane Jacobs describes as the varied talent of good community, focused on creating the neighbourhood we all want to live in.
The Davis family quite simply embody those people who have made a social contract with their community. They restored instead of rebuilding to maximum density. Their work is the basis for the RT-6 zoning in this area of Mount Pleasant, which Michael also mentions in the Tyee article.
The Davis family are also very principled-I received a call at City Hall from BC Hydro years ago when the company attempted to crotch drop the large boulevard trees in front of the Davis houses to provide clearance for the hydro lines. Mrs. Davis senior allegedly "halted" the work. Contrite, BC Hydro compromised with the city to raise the hydro lines going through the boulevard trees to avoid crotch dropping the trees, and another scolding from Mrs. Davis. This created a new precedent welcomed by other communities wary of BC Hydro tree pruning. The Davis Family do the right thing instead of doing the thing right. They are as close as we can get to the embodiment of a Vancouver "Jane Jacobs" clan.
Michael Kluckner sees planners as being part of "changing fashions" and cites as an example how corner grocery stores have been chased out of the neighbourhoods and onto arterials (and mentions how we all want those grocery stores back.) Planners work to codify concepts like shelter, space and streets and have their own "language" with the job of regulating and also approving development. Planners are addicted to change, as are their taskmasters. As Michael states:
Fixing things that aren't broken is a way of destroying the natural evoluti0n of cities. Without the check-and-balance of empowered citizens you get a situation like the 1950's and 1960's which is happening again. It's called "green" now; it looked exactly the same but was called "progress" then.
Do you agree? Should citizens be given the same status as planners in making decisions about the city and its form? Read Michael's article with his historical perspective of planning and form your own opinion.
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Vancouver is known for rejecting a freeway in the 60-70s. This is one of the biggest liveability decision made. And, it is touted world wide when planners come to visit and study our city.
But, wasn't it the planners who were putting in the freeway and the citizens protested and blocked them? Do they teach that part to young planning students?
p911tp911t says:
If you protest everything, you're bound to get something right.
It looks as if I have a different definition of what "Big Plans" are. Housing prices are astronomical because we don't have a "big" plan for the City – that answers its needs. A plan that goes way beyond the scope of a few square miles at a time, such as Marpole, where in the end we're left with a few token blocks of row-house, precisely because the City gave in to the demands of the neighbourhood. It's clear to me who's making the decisions.
However p911, that is precisely how the One Big Plan supporters will be susceptible to being railroaded by Big Mouth groups and individuals with a form/philosophy to impose over all functions. It's not the One Plan Fits All, it's the process that leads to it that has to be very carefully constructed into multiple workshops where one group cannot dominate all, and where the city can impose density based on intelligent consultation and analysis.
Jolson says:
Planners are addicted to redevelopment. They have turned Vancouver into a never ending construction zone when they could have proposed new cities designed and built according to the best practices of today.
Roger Kemble says:
" . . . and lover of all things Vancouver . . ." Ummmmm, not so fast.
A purveyor of rampant nostalgia is not a lover of Vancouver: if anything it shows contempt for attempts to transcend the past which was not always as beautiful as Michael would like you to believe!
How well I remember the '50's: no Michael, I was there, you were not: not nearly as pretty as you would like us to believe.
Michael Kluckner says:
Roger! Read the article! I'm neither a fan of the 1950s nor of the planning decisions made then here or elsewhere in wonderful North America.
Missing in this debate is SCALE. Namely the unprecedented number of people moving here, the unprecedented amount of capital available, and the unprecedented number of people on the move worldwide to move their money, their kids and themselves to better, greener, healthier, friendlier, safer, prettier locale. i.e. the SCALE of PEOPLE and MONEY that needs to be accommodated in a fairly small space.
Some things or processes work when a few things get changed. They fall apart when a lot of things change all at once: low interest rates, billions of $s, millions of people moving, trillions being inherited by aging baby boomers .. all that has an impact on planning and (formerly) social cohesion.
When I read Michael's article in The Tyee last week I was cheered by it. Many earnest planners and urbanists seem to imagine that Jacobs advocated dense tight designed blocks. No she didn't. Yes she was perhaps the primary force in stopping a freeway cutting a swarth across vibrant, yet old, neighbourhoods but she definitely believed in the organic evolution of neighbourhoods, less than the technocratic design of them, which Micheal correctly sees and derides in our Olympic Village.
When Micheal further wrote of Vancouver I was particularly interested in reading this, twice: "Planners see themselves as visionaries, just as architects like to see themselves as artists, but they are in reality the code makers and regulators — a necessary adjunct to the nanny state that enforces the building code and declares that my porch railing is illegal because it's too low, that my staircase is illegal because it's too steep or narrow, that my doorknobs need to be replaced by handles. The building code has moved a long way from its initial concern with sensible life-saving issues into a prescriptive form of social engineering."
Give someone a uniform or an important title and they will wield their perceived power.
The debate needs to be undertaken since the planners and the planners bosses these days, as we've been advised here by some other local commentators, are perhaps overstepping what the people want. There are too many areas where changes have been hatched prior to public consultations. And those consultations are merely for citizens to vent.
"There are too many areas where changes have been hatched prior to public consultations. And those consultations are merely for citizens to vent." — Yes, Eric. This is the reality, so there is not much point arguing for the obviously cooperative approach of urgently necessary citizen participation in planning when it is overtly opposed by our current City government, which directs planners and engineers to pay lip service to residents but denies citizen involvement in the decision-making despite residents' obvious expert knowledge of immediate areas and their needs. It is a travesty that planning has been permitted to occur by the current City Council in on-going direct defiance of citizens' input and its own stated mandates. It is time for citizens to take back their City.
It used to be that intolerance seemed to be a nasty right wing trait. There was a general feeling that liberals and lefties were open to debate and to considering the ideas of others. It's easy to consider that city hall is rife with conceit. We allow smugness in the young. They must strut their stuff as animals in the wild do. Not so much in our city administration. It is not an appealing vanity and it will probably be the cause of their downfall.
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Just curious: how many people live in this wonderfully preserved home?
How many could have lived on that site with the dreaded three-story walkups (keeping open the possibility that greater density doesn't necessarily mean garbage design.)
It's the church's administrative and chapel space, containing one person (usually called the priest). St Francis of Assisi on Napier Street…
The Davis properties ARE 3-storey rental units with multiple tenants in each home over many decades; they have housed hundreds of people over that period and continue to do so. Indeed, they were contributing to densification well before it became the current trend; yet, they take pride in ownership and heritage, maintaining their properties as if they were single-family dwellings. They exemplify the fact that density does not have to mean garbage design, but this appears to be the case only with well-preserved heritage homes of character as opposed to cookie-cutter, poor quality new construction.
At one historic point the Davis Block was all single family detached homes. The only difference is that they now have had suites installed, and the backyards are amalgamated.
With respect to heritage, they are very finely crafted and the Davis's have been and continue to be praised for their work and their commitment to the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. It was a pleasure living a couple of blocks away and walking by admiring their houses several times a week, and to exchange greetings with both the elder and younger Davis who spent enormous amounts of time tending to the upkeep and puttering about on the street.
Geof says:
The article seems scattered to me, saying many agreeable things but failing to really make hard choices or come to a sharp point. My comment is quick and equally scattered.
The rational knowledge of experts and the contextual experience of residents are complementary. It is simply foolish to rely on only one or the other, but very difficult to reconcile their ways of seeing and thinking.
He draws a hard distinction between engineering, with "a kind of absolute truth," and planning, which is susceptible to fashion. This is wrong. Engineers reconfigured our lives with what seemed to them like a rational truth: that the purpose of streets is to maximize the flow of vehicles, stripping away the role of streets as places. Rationality is the cloak that conceals fashion or orthodoxy.
He contrasts planning orthodoxy with public sentiment. Which orthodoxy, he asks. He should also ask, Which public. He speaks for a public who are "essentially skeptical and conservative." I think this does reflect a dominant attitude, but it ignores tensions between groups (privileging homeowners in particular). Just as engineering rationality reduces streets to a single purpose, he is reducing "the public" to a single dynamic (amazing in the context of current price appreciation).
His implication that change might be stopped is problematic, for the same reason that the word "planning" is worrisome. It suggests work towards some end goal (graphically illustrated in aerial photos of geometric postwar suburbs). But a city is never done; it is always in flux. We never live in some imaginary end product; instead we each experience a portion of a change that extends before us and after us. I mean this as a criticism of stasis, not of intentional action. The city is never really ours. We only live here.
I agree with his big picture argument that citizens must be involved in planning. But not for practical reasons – not because it is "necessary," or because it tempers planning fashions, or even because locals know things that planners don't. We don't engage citizens because of the decisions they make; we engage them because that is what it means to be (and become) a citizen.
An excellent commentary.
bar foo says:
As an engineer, I'm always amused by how the planners try to put the blame on engineers for the changes wrought in our cities. It wasn't the engineers who made the decisions (or make them now). It's the planners. The engineers work with what's given to them, and make the most efficient designs they can, according to the direction provided by the planners. Planners want fast, efficient transportation through the city – engineers figure it out and give it to them. Planners want bike lanes – engineers figure out how to do that, and you get bike lanes.
The city looks the way it does because of decisions made by planning departments and enforced by politicians. Currently planners are into cool green and bicycles. In 50 years when they're into something else, you all will be blaming engineers for all the bicycle lanes restricting transit and district energy systems preventing home-owners from making their own energy from banana peel reactors.
bar foo, surely the love for bicycles is eternal!?
In 30 years the ones left will be on tricycles with baskets.
City Flaneur says:
Yes, but engineers love to "value engineer" out many of the things that would have made the original plans more human, palatable, and acceptable to the public…
bob, I'm not a planner. But I've written a lot of software and I don't buy the just-giving-em-what-they-ask-for justification. Technical designs are always drenched in choices and values not determined by technical requirements. The comment I made the other day about the racial bias in film illustrates this clearly.
So does your comment. "Planners want fast, efficient transportation through the city – engineers figure it out and give it to them."
If that's what planners actually asked for, what did engineers give them? What is "efficient"? Most person-trips per Joule? Most person-trips per net dollar? Most trips per public dollar? Most trips per square meter of dedicated right-of-way?
Should it be person-trips? Or person-miles? Or people per hour? Or time spent in transit? The first maximizes trips, but they may not be the trips people want to make; the second undervalues short trips; the third undervalues slow trips; and so forth. I believe the actual choice was none of these: vehicles per hour, which in terms of other criteria is just about the worst efficiency metric possible.
"Efficient" is a red flag. It's a dangerous word that implies rationality while actually indicating an unstated value choice. Operationalizing efficiency is something that engineers must do every day. Surely they must bear some responsibility for making that choice, for advising planners (or whoever) on the consequences, or for failing to consider the implications.
Of course in the real world we know very well that engineers, like other experts (even scientists, as Kuhn taught us), get caught up in orthodoxies. I'm sure there's plenty of responsibility to spread around among planners, engineers, politicians and so forth. The difference is that technical professions try to deny it, hiding behind the myth of their own rationality.
My amusement holds. Our cities look the way they do because of decisions made by urban planning departments in the 50s and 60s and so on through the 90s and 2000s. Not engineers who decided to bulldoze massive streets and highways everywhere. Or who decided to put in bike lanes, or make Canada Line skytrain stations too small for the load they'll have to carry. There are plenty of crappily engineered things to blame on engineers (Compass card, anyone), but not the way the city is planned.
It doesn't inspire any confidence in me that the planning profession prefers to accuse engineers rather than face up to their own mistakes and fallibility. Again, the way this works is that in 50 years the planners of the future will be blaming the civil engineering profession for the fact that all condo towers look the same and many of them are just plunked down in the middle of SFH neighbourhoods with no connection to the surroundings.
Bar, I think you are confusing both the abject and latent power the traffic engineers have had on our cities since WWII. Yes, there was and still is a subset of traffic planning (now called transportation planning, but still heavily invested ideologically toward roads), but the advent of advocacy for better urbanism (Andres Duany, Peter Calthorpe, Richard Florida et al) as influenced the planning profession and city decision making. We're not there yet, but ever since the clarion voice of Jane Jacobs, cities have been placed on the examination table and the void in space devoted to human beings has been duly noted.
In Canada, the fact that provinces are responsible for cities under the Constitution has been a profound mistake, at least as far as BC is concerned. Jane may well have illustrated comic books as far as our current government is concerned.
"…. void in public space …."
Arno Schortinghuis says:
" Currently planners are into cool green and bicycles."
My experience is that the Planning Dept. is very weak on cycling. I believe that a combination of council direction, city policy, and transportation planning is why we have bike lanes. I am sure that if it were up to the Planning Dept., we would have very few bike lanes in Vancouver.
Frank Ducote says:
The godfather of comprehensive planning in North America, including Vancouver, is Harland Bartholomew. He was trained as a … civil engineer. He laid out the bones of the LA freeway system, for example, as well as Vancouver's major road network and our zoning structure. He also helped foster the demise of our rail streetcar system in favour of electric rubber tire trolleys and buses. If you like much of Vancouver, thank Bartholomew. If not, blame him.
By any objective measure, it is unquestionably true that the Robert Moses engineering-oriented freeway-building and urban renewal ideology has had vastly more impact on post-WWII metropolitan development – and neighbourhood cohesion – than any lowly Jane Jacobs oriented city planner.
In any event, there is plenty of blame to share in both camps if that is what one is interested in.
Matt Taylor says:
There seems to be a misconception about what a bottom-up evolutionary process is, especially as it relates to cities and neighborhoods. The suggestion is that city created plans are top down, and that in order to have a bottom-up evolutionary process you instead ask the citizens what the codes, requirements, and restrictions should be. But that is not a bottom-up process, those are just top-down policies coming from a different group.
Restaurants are a good example that can be used to think about bottom-up and top-down processes. Imagine plans enacted by the city said "at this location we will have a fine-dining Italian restaurant, at this location we will have a Japanese restaurant… etc." Now the citizens say "We are sick of this top down planning process, why should the restaurant experts at the city choose our restaurant for us?" and suggest, "we know better than the city does about what restaurant should be in our neighborhood, so we will work together to create our own plan for what goes where." What I am trying to highlight is that neither of these are the bottom-up evolutionary approach that actually happens with restaurants.
This article raises some questions on what it means to let a city evolve. Let's say somebody put up a dense 6 FSR apartment building in a neighborhood where those currently didn't exist, like the example from the 1920s, and it quickly filled with people who were looking for this type of facility. Is this a builder responding to the social needs of citizens? Or is it a developer plopping this project into an established neighborhood only for its profit making potential. If this type of building was recently allowed by a new plan, is that because the planners who are addicted to change are fixing things that aren't broken? Or is that the natural evolution of cities, which was being prevented by earlier "expert" planners. If this didn't meet the zoning rules do we celebrate it for taking matters into its own hands, saying we don't need the code makers and regulators and their prescriptive forms of social engineering? Or do we deride it because the planners weren't able to influence any part of it, and our personal taste wasn't pleased by the outcomes.
Michael Kluckner is a respected artist, consultant and opinion-maker on heritage, and he elucidates some key questions about planning and planners in this piece. But he needs to be challenged on his absolutist statements, which are probably better posed as questions on process.
Planners both advise and take instruction from politicians who have a best before date that expires every four years. The political cycle influences process more than he may be aware of, and he should have noted how Vision almost lost their mandate over development in established neighbourhoods. If he faults them that, then he should critique the resulting Grandview Woodlands citizen's assembly process where residents had a deeper involvement in planning their neighbourhood than perhaps any other process short of taking over the Hall with pitchforks.
Because planning is a generalist profession that carries a lot of weight in policy making, it is one of the more handsomely paid in the public sector. This is quite odd because getting a masters in planning is not half as difficult as obtaining a degree in leading design professions where you have to have to develop an intimate, technical understanding of how to actually build stuff and how urban systems interrelate. Cities are far more than buildings, heritage or not. Maybe one in ten planners have the skills to design and construct the things they have an insatiable need to control, have a mastery of how the divisions between current and long range planning tend to crossover, or have made the long effort to understand them. These talented individuals really stand out and are worth the Planner 2 or 3 (or management exempt) scale they are paid. The others tend to let technicians pick up the slack at half the pay and twice the stress, or get very quiet when real designers a couple of rungs lower on the pay level outpace them, or, in some cases, take over and rescue projects from planner's failures.
This begs the question, Is Kluckner alluding more to urban design than the more broad stroke planning functions? His comments on the OV say a lot. He seemingly dismissed the entire thing on doorknobs, window mullions and shrubs, not on the urban scale, raising the profile of pedestrians by diminishing the role of the car, its proximity to public amenities, its connectivity to the rest of the city and its exemplary treatment of the waterfront.
On critiquing planners, Kluckner needs to inform his readers how he would deal with the next million people, the vast majority of who will invariably not be able to live in Edwardian neighbourhoods. We're talking about nuts and bolts as well as philosophy. Will that not require a modicum of planning?
The discussion as it goes sounds like this;
Where will we put the next million people?
The answer is always the same; we will densify.
This means there goes the neighbourhood.
The public does not have a chance in this ask the experts set up.
One needs to question the assertion "the next million people", really?
Isn't this the flip side of "build it and they will come?"
And doesn't it then follow that if we don't build it they won't come?
Allow room for it to be built. As they come it gets built. If they don't come then it doesn't get built.
Less will come if we set the barriers higher. Our barriers are far too low. We do not monetize the Vancouver, BC or Canada brand enough. Some countries, say Switzerland or Japan or Norway allow almost no immigration.
I think Canada let's in too many, or too many unscreened or too many into too few areas. We also have very poor tax enforcement mechanisms, widely exploited by immigrants with lower moral values or that are used to evade the tax man. Many also have lost the idea of "home" as they have 4 or 5, or maybe only 2, and thus, arrange their monetary affairs such that they pay the least taxes, by for example not paying income taxes here yet claiming they are residents and take in free healthcare, ESL and education. Canada's generosity is widely and systemically exploited !
Jolson, neighbourhoods will not be going anywhere with appropriate and intelligent increases in density.
On Sunday's Vancouver Heritage Homes Tour there was a very nice if subdued mansion located on The Crescent in the heart of First Shaughnessy. If it wasn't for the city's extensive heritage codes and guidelines for FS, the mansion (and most of the others there) would have been obliterated and replaced with rickety chip board n' glue condos plastered with a dog's breakfast of cheap kitsch 'heritage' ornamentation. What evolved were three apartments in the main house, and a coach house out back, all with reasonably acceptable design detailing for a non-heritage registered interior. The exterior was retained. The upstairs apartment on the tour was ingeniously laid out, and I believe that's where the architect's hours were most wisely spent.
Yes, it's housing for the wealthy in a city with an affordability crisis, but this one replaced one huge home with four smaller ones within the lot lines, and the neighbourhood character wasn't compromised one iota. Other homes on the tour over the years were very modest, but equally attractive due to the leaps of innovation by the architects. Two SF detached homes in Strathcona became five apartments with a common backyard in one memorable project, yet from the street they didn't change anything but the façade colours. Another year saw several small shotgun cottages built on postage stamp lots with near zero front lot line clearance off Main Street. They could all fit on two standard 33 ft lots.
It's all about geometry, innovation and respect for the character of existing neighbourhoods, and about meeting demand.
bob tanner says:
BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME or don't build it and they will come anyway out bidding locals for existing housing stock in the process
Abigail Mereson says:
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What an odd, sad question: should the citizenry be involved in planning their city? The fact that one has to ask the question is disturbing, and the fact that the obvious answer is moot because citizens are shunned by the current City government if they attempt to provide informed, first-hand knowledge and suggestions for planning renders the discussion, shockingly, an exercise in futility. The question, at this point, should be how many lawsuits against their government are citizens willing to pay for with their taxpayer dollars when the citizenry is not permitted to participate in planning, even when safety of citizens is at immediate risk. The issues of artistic preference, heritage preservation, removal of trees, and neighbourhood aesthetics are, at this point, idealistic luxuries of the past when even one family, such as the Davis' brood, could take a stand, be heard and be supported by government for their common sense, site-specific layman expertise. For that democracy to be reinstated again, or even open for meaningful discussion, we need to clean house next election.
Run for office, Susan. Or apply for a planning job at city hall. If elected or hired, you'll start to realize how the city actually works.
Precisely because City hall is working badly is the reason for change not complacent acceptance of failure.
Michael Mortensen says:
Raise your hand and shout really loud if you planned, designed, and built your own house or shop or office or school or community centre.
[… silence …. ]
We need the creativity and expertise of all – a BIG TENT that includes citizens, developers, architects, planners and politicians amongst others.
I designed and built my own house! It was in a tree. It was the only place I could build a house free from the meddling of developers, architects, planners and politicians. My very own most affordable house. No BIG TENT for me.
Since building the treehouse I have planned, designed, and built my own house or shop or office or school or community centre at one time or another. I have owned these places in my mind long before they became manifestations in the world and the greatest obstacles to their realizations were developers, architects, planners and politicians with add-on ideas.
The building code will be meaningless, of course.
Everyone reading this, and the comments, should remember that this Tyee article is practically verbatim my debate text. The whole idea of a debate is to level a 12-gauge at one's opponents, so indeed my opinions in it are "absolutist." Because of the way the Urbanarium structured the debates, they weren't going to be the standard consensus-seeking Canadian panel discussion.
I'm not sure what "planners" some commenters are talking about, but the COV's Engineering Department, who are responsible for the City's movement system and infrastructure, is absolutely committed to promoting active transportation (walking, biking, even boarding) and public transit. More so, I'd dare to say, that any other city in North America, including NYC now that Janette Sadik-Kahn is no longer its Transportation Commissioner.
I agree. When I referred to the Planning Dept., I meant the group which does community planning and planning for large developments like Pearson Dogwood. Transportation planners and engineers are awesome!
"Active Transportation" also includes motorist traffic, last time I checked, but little to nothing is being done by the City to make that form of transportation more "active"; indeed, our City's engineers under the Vision Council are contributing to gridlock by reducing the number of car lanes in favour of bike lanes, and they are constructing unsafe transportation infrastructure by not adhering to Best Practices (as determined to be the case by independent transportation engineers). "Commitment" should never trump safety.
Be careful Susan, drivers of vehicles are now persona non grata, au moin.
So it would appear, Eric, even to the point of stooping to the censorship of truth, shocking.
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Susan, you may want to check the Comment Policy.
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It says that comments with personal attacks will be removed. Nice to see it working.
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Active Transportation: "Refers to any form of human-powered transportation – walking, cycling, using a wheelchair, in-line skating or skateboarding." – Public Health Agency of Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/hl-mvs/pa-ap/at-ta-eng.php
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Or one could say that they're reducing gridlock by reducing car lanes, making bike lanes, etc. and following best practises. Stuff like this can be a matter of opinion and perspective.
The definition of Active Transportation does not include motor traffic (including buses) or any kind of transit. (Though if you walked to a bus stop that part counts.)
While it doesn't make headlines the City spends way more on providing for and maintaining things for motor traffic. Look at the work on Pacific and Burrard. While the project is multipurpose including sewer and water lines, the main beneficiaries are people when they drive. They're getting two new turning bays as well as what had been a dangerously designed intersection being redesigned safer following best practises.
The reason all this pro-motoring expense doesn't make headlines is that spending on motor traffic accommodation isn't new so it's not news. It's just taken for granted as something that should happen.
I personally have no problem at all with continuing to subsidize motor traffic. All of us benefit either directly or indirectly by it. It's just unfortunate that for a half century our cities got designed for a single mode. That doesn't mean that the mode is bad. It does mean though that many became used to the idea of it being the only one to bother with. I'm glad we're past that and motoring can be joined by other modes so that we all have multiple choices of transportation to choose from when deciding how we're going to do a trip.
Arnie Carnegie says:
Many thanks to you, Michael Kluckner, for your books on Vancouver. I liked your recent graphic novel too.
I lived many years just off Wall St., and cycled/walked/drove every corner of your current neighbourhood; and the grotty areas near the rendering plant and chicken processing factory. Too bad that it's no longer possible to go along the waterfront.
I first got interested in architecture by reading Kalman; and in residential construction through Rex Roberts. Your contribution – by adding art, history, and anecdotes – adds dimension. It's unfortunate that many value a nothing hockey player over what you have wrought.
I doubt there's a book on Vancouver I haven't seen, and am bored by the commonality of images. Your Vancouver is the city I know.
Might I suggest you read "Leaving China" – it is, ostensibly, a kid's book. There's a copy at Hastings Branch – walkable from your new neighbourhood.
Re. the debate – whatever its content – was dismal to look at. A millennial, with knowledge of Go Pro cameras, should have been engaged. What's the point of the participants wearing suits when the visual experience was so dark – dreadful.
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Other than the trendy buzz term for non-motorized transport enthusiasts, like yourself, active transportation means other things to other people:
"As well as being essential for keeping the over 50 economically active, cars also play a key role in keeping them socially active as well. The third most common reason for the over 60s to get behind the wheel is to visit friends and the biggest growing reason for travel for the over 50s is to go on a holiday or short trip." (Saga, 2015 Report)
Your narrow focus is palpable.
Active transportation has a clear definition in this context. Google it and every hit will be about human powered transportation.
This is not vilification of cars, it's just not what it means. Contrary to what some think, not everything is a conspiracy against cars or drivers.
It's ok to admit you didn't know.
Good quote Susan. I see it is from Saga Motor Insurance in the UK. Saga is an insurance company focused on selling products to the over 50 set. They purchased the Automobile Association some time back. Sounds like a great, independent source. Nice job.
Fortunately nobody is preventing seniors from being able to drive places and socialize. Are you suggesting that somebody is?
If so… how?
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"Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi"-- "Christmas with family, Easter with whomever you choose"--is the saying Romans invoke on Pasquetta as they head for a picnic in one of city's parks. A favorite feast, and one that celebrates the season, consists of pecorino cheese, young fava beans and red wine, but any picnic food will suffice. Buy supplies on Saturday, since most shops will be closed for the rest of the holiday weekend. Fortunately, Roman picnic food like cheese, salami, olives, bread and wine do not need to be refrigerated and can be stuffed in a shopping bag or backpack. Shop for picnic essentials (do not forget a corkscrew!) at the famed Campo dei Fiori vegetable and fruit market on Saturday morning and pick up pastries, cheeses, salamis and olives at the delis and bakeries in the neighborhood.
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Two of the city's largest parks, Villa Borghese and Villa Doria Pamphili, are prime picnic spots. Both parks are named after the famed palatial palaces at the heart of the parks that now serve as museums (closed on Mondays). The Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome's largest park, is across the Tiber from the city center, west of Trastevere. Villa Borghese is in the city's historic center, just north of the Piazza del Popolo. If you did not pack your own picnic, call and reserve a GiNa PicNic designed especially for Villa Borghese outings by two young chefs, Giandomencio and Cristina. Italian coffee and wine, sandwiches, fruit salad, wine glasses and plates are packed in a wicker basket, which can be picked up at their restaurant GiNa near the Spanish Steps. GiNa is open daily.
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Many Romans desert the city for a beach outing or head to the hills on Pasquetta. Frascati, home of the delightful, light, slightly bubbly white wine of the same name, favored by Romans in spring, is one of the historic hill towns southeast of the city. Just 13 miles from Rome's city center and accessible by public transportation, buses and local train service, the town is dotted with cafes and gardens, plus wine shops selling the local specialty. Romans like to linger in the cool, fresh mountain air at one of the many trattorias and enjoy a long Pasquetta lunch.
As Pasquetta draws to a close, the Holy Week observances conclude with an impressive fireworks display at the Castel 'Sant'Angelo on the Tiber. Built by Emperor Hadrian as his mausoleum in AD 136, the massive structure became a Vatican fortress in medieval times. For centuries, millions of pilgrims have crossed the Ponte Sant'Angelo, the ancient bridge across the Tiber, and walked past the castle on their way to the Vatican. Since the mid-15th century, the Vatican has ordered fireworks displays to celebrate various events, including the naming of a new pope and the conclusion of the Easter season. The fireworks can be seen across the city, but for a close-up view head to the south bank of the Tiber in the historic city center. Check with your hotel or local media for show time.
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"The Shrug" – Michael Jordan buries the Portland Trail Blazers with an insane shooting display – #mjmondays
Michael Jordan scoring a lot of points in an NBA game wasn't the story. It's what he did. A lot. Remember though, this was 1992, before Stephen Curry, before the pull-up 3-point shot became as normal as coffee with breakfast.
While MJ was the greatest ever, he wasn't known as an outside shooter, especially in 1992. Entering the 1992 NBA playoffs, Jordan had made 206 regular season 3-pointers for the Chicago Bulls, ever. Last season, Curry made 354 in 69 games. Even the great Larry Bird never made more than 98 3-pointers in a season.
Yes, the game has changed.
That's what made this so impressive, and so shocking. Watching Michael drain one 3-pointer after another wasn't normal.
This wasn't just a random performance, it was personal
Jordan was making a statement. There was no coincidence that Jordan did this against Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers. Clyde "The Glide" was considered nearly Michael's equal and a rival for the coveted "best player in the game" title.
The 1991-92 season was Drexler's best scoring season, averaging 25.0 points per game. He was also considered a better shooter than Jordan.
And we know how Michael would respond to someone being considered better than him at anything.
There's also the way Portland's Cliff Robinson drops his shoulders after MJ knocks down his last triple. He's resigned to the fact when Michael wanted to prove a point, there's nothing anyone could do to stop him. The Blazers were just his latest victim.
The crowd couldn't believe it, the announcers were stunned, his teammates were shocked and Michael Jordan, he just shrugged. Sometimes you can create a memory that lasts forever, and when you recognize it in the moment, you just shrug and go with it.
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At a hearing in Lahore today, the court granted a stay of execution for Khizar Hayat – a former policeman who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia – until January 30th. Mr Hayat's lawyers at the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) had argued that his hanging would be illegal.
Mr Hayat's execution had been set for Tuesday (17th), even though proceedings in his case are still pending before the Lahore High Court. Presiding today, Justice Shahid Hameed Dar reportedly said it would be "unjust" if the Court did not wait for an upcoming Supreme Court judgment in a similar case – that of mentally ill prisoner Imdad Ali – to determine how to proceed with Mr Hayat.
Mr Hayat is detained in isolation in a prison hospital ward. In 2015, the courts halted an initial government plan to execute him after seeing jail records documenting his severe mental illness. The documents include comments from doctors that Mr Hayat "is suffering from active symptoms of severe psychosis".
The execution of mentally ill people is prohibited under Pakistani and international law. Pakistan has faced criticism from the UN, and from countries including the UK, over its plans to hang mentally ill prisoners such as Mr Ali and Mr Hayat.
Concerns have also been raised over wrongful executions in Pakistan, after two brothers who had already been hanged were found to be innocent by the Supreme Court. As in Mr Hayat's case, a warrant was issued for their execution by the lower courts, despite the pending proceedings in a higher court.
Pakistan's 8,000-strong death row is the largest in the world, and the government has hanged over 421 prisoners since resuming executions in December 2014.


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