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Is a YIMBY Movement Forming in Vancouver?
July 4, 2016 | By Jillian Glover
Adrian Crook speaking at Vancouver City Council in favour of a rental housing building on Commercial Drive.
A few weeks ago, I was imploring young people to get out and make some noise on housing affordability. Well, it turns out some of them—a few of whom I know and respect in the local urbanist community —were already getting organized.
Last week at a Vancouver City Council meeting, about 7-10 young people spoke in favour of a new rental housing complex on Commercial Drive. The building consists of two towers, four and six storeys high, plus other units including townhouses and 117 rental units. It is near transit and there are buildings of similar height in the area.
One of those in favour of the proposal was Adrian Crook of 5kids1condo, who spoke about the need for affordable rental housing:
"Purchasing my condo isn't an option. I'm self-employed and a single income household, so I have to keep my fixed costs down in the event my income fluctuates……So what I'm left with is looking for purpose-built, family-friendly rental buildings like what's being proposed today."
As he was giving a presentation to Council, he was heckled and accused by those opposed to the building of being a "shill" for the developer.
Proposed Rental Housing Development at 18th Ave and Commercial Drive.
Another man, whose voice cracked as he spoke about struggling to get by and wanting to live in a building like the one being proposed, said, "The people who are in favour of this project, are just asking to live here. When you say it's too tall and calling them a 'shill', you are talking to people who are just trying to get by in Vancouver…. and it's kind of not okay."
Those opposed to the development appeared to be predominantly seniors who own single family homes and were concerned about the added density, height and impact on parking and trees.
In the end, council voted in favour of the project.
This is an example of what should be happening at City Council meetings – a balanced range of voices from opponents and supporters. Typically, council meetings are full of homeowners opposing developments that will impact their neighbourhood and property values. Many of their concerns are legitimate, however these issues can often be addressed in planning and designing the built form without flat out stopping the development. We rarely have people coming out to speak in favour of housing projects.
But, this may be changing.
"Even modest developments like this, where it is really hard to poke holes in it, are still being attacked," Adrian said in a recent Georgia Straight interview. "There is a realization that unless some consistent voice comes from the more progressive camps here, you are going to see a lot of these developments die on the vine."
The YIMBY (Yes in My Backyard) movement is already heating up in unaffordable housing markets like New York, Washington and San Francisco, and it now seems that a Vancouver YIMBY movement is growing. The Twitter handle @yvryimby is active in online conversations about real estate, and Commercial Drive resident Kyle MacDonald, who once bartered a red paper clip for a house, is trying to broaden their reach. After attending the Council meeting last week, he was interviewed by CBC and stated:
"We're starting a movement, it's part of the worldwide YIMBY movement — Yes in My Back Yard — which is counter current to Not In My Backyard. If you go to #YVRYIMBY you can find an eclectic assortment of people around the city with different versions of what they would like to build in their backyard."
I hope this is a sign of things to come, as more young people add their voice and grow the movement for sensible, affordable housing in Vancouver. We can't continue to be a livable city for all, if we only allow the same old voices to be heard at council.
Hundreds of protestors object to Marpole rezoning proposals outside City Hall in September 2013 — Vancouver Courier.
Jillian Glover is a communications specialist in urban issues at Modus Planning, Design & Engagement. She is a former Vancouver City Planning Commissioner and holds a Master of Urban Studies degree from Simon Fraser University. She was born and raised in Vancouver and writes about urban issues at her blog, This City Life, named one of the best city blogs in the world by The Guardian.
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Just as the struggling Dallas Stars appeared to establish some consistency, they endured another setback.
Looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss and with suspended forward Sean Avery likely to miss his third straight contest, the Stars host the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.
Dallas (9-12-4) posted their first consecutive victories of the season at the start of this week, beating Edmonton at home on Sunday before winning in Calgary on Tuesday.
The Stars were unable to maintain that momentum on Wednesday, losing a 5-2 road matchup against the Oilers.
Mike Modano - third on the team with 19 points - scored twice in the third period, but it wasn't enough for the Stars to rally from three goals down.
"I was proud of the way we pushed in the third, but we couldn't get it back where we needed," coach Dave Tippett told the Stars' official Web site. "We are a team that has expended a lot of energy the last few days. We don't have a full bench, and that takes a toll on you."
Tippett's club has had plenty of adversity, losing captain Brenden Morrow (torn right ACL) for the season, forwards Steve Ott (broken right hand), Jere Lehtinen (upper body) and Joel Lundqvist (shoulder) indefinitely due to injury, and now, Avery to an indefinite suspension.
The league suspended Avery prior to Tuesday's game for making inappropriate comments about Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf, who is dating one of Avery's ex-girlfriends.
Following a three-hour disciplinary hearing with league commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday, Avery's status for the matchup with Colorado (12-12-0) is still up in the air. Bettman said an announcement on the remainder of his punishment would be made Friday.
Dallas signed Avery - the team leader with 77 penalty minutes - to a four-year, $15.5 million deal in July, but the move has yet to pay dividends in the standings. One season removed from a run to the Western Conference finals, the Stars sit at the bottom of the West with 22 points, but are intent on regrouping - with or without the noted agitator.
"Our focus is on our team, how we handle adversity and how we move forward," Modano said. "It'll take a lot of work to dig out of this hole."
To do so, the Stars will need to shore up their defense, which has yielded a Western Conference-high 92 goals. Marty Turco's 3.51 goals-against average is the worst of his nine-year career by nearly a full goal. Against Edmonton on Wednesday, he gave up four goals on only 21 shots.
The Avalanche aren't playing great hockey, either, with losses in five of their last nine games. Colorado fell 3-2 at Nashville on Thursday night, when all of the scoring took place in the first period and the Avs managed only 21 shots on net.
"We did everything we could to get back into it. But, obviously, it is a 60-minute game," said Avalanche coach Tony Granato, whose team was outshot for the sixth straight time. "A bad shift in the first period can be the difference in a game and it was for us."
This is the second visit to Dallas this season for the Avalanche, who defeated the Stars 5-4 on Oct. 18 to snap a five-game skid at the American Airlines Center. Milan Hejduk scored twice for Colorado, which beat Turco five times on 22 shots.
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It's the weekend! Any plans? Any cool music to listen to? Well, here are ten tracks that you should be listening to RIGHT NOW! They are from different parts of the world and have a variety of musical genres! Check them out and make sure to share this post and/or let me know which one is your favorite in the comments!
"Slow Drag" by OCTAVIO The Dweeb
About the song: "I was joining all the sports thinking it would change everything for me. It worked out great for my brother, always the best soccer player on the field. For me on the other hand, not much of an athlete… haha like not at all! Shit! If anything I felt even more like a dweeb sitting on the bench of every team I played on. For a long time, I never felt like I had something to call my own. I was perfectly mediocre at everything." — OCTAVIO The Dweeb
"Woke Up" by Trinity Wiseman
About the song: "My sister called me up in the middle of the night after going back to her boyfriend who drinks too much, parties too much, and sleeps around too much. She constantly vows to leave him but never does. She was finally done and wanted a song about "Waking Up and finally leaving for good"…She wanted to be able to listen to this song when she was fighting the urge to go back to him even though she knew she shouldn't. Eventually, she did stop going back to him and starting dating one of her best friends." — Trinity Wiseman
"Monica" by Alíco
About the artist: Alíco is a Cincinnati-based indie-pop duo composed of actor/guitarist Spencer Anthony and professional drummer Joe Nasser. Their debut single "Monica" is a hook-driven, punchy track about the fear of ruining a relationship that feels too good to last. This highly anticipated, energetic track was expertly produced by Mike Pepe in Los Angeles.
"Just Sure" by Kingsman Khan
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"Earlybird Revisited" by Sugarloaf Beach
About the artist: Brazilian singer/songwriter based in Melbourne; Inspired by a collection of vintage sounds from the 60s and 70s, Sugarloaf Beach fuses indie surf rock, psyche dream pop and Motown beats to the South American rhythms of tropicália and bossa nova.
"Wild Side" by Deano
About the song: ""Wild Side" was imagined, written, and recorded during UK lockdown, This song is a reminder that everyone has a Wild Side and it is important that we do not label this side of ourselves as negative, this is a part of us, one of the many important characters that we play out in our lives if you will that teaches us resilience, but also being aware that the Wild Side of ourselves can be detrimental to the mental and physical health of ourselves and those around us if we choose to prioritize the impulsive and ignore the playfulness.
I would simply like this song to reach the ears of as many people as possible to inform people that this side of us is okay to live in, I also would like to support businesses and movements that care more about music/Arts, kindness, and sharing and less about how much money it might make, I really do hope that you enjoy my song" — Deano
"Get Money" by Saint Thomas X
About the song: "It's about turning your pain and trauma into an asset and using the lessons we garner from dark experiences to propel us to garner a paycheck. It's also about some of the dark things people do to get paid, hustle, stealing, prostitution, dope etc." — Saint ThomasX
"Magic Days" by Stephen White
About the song: "I wrote Magic Days after dating a girl I once loved. I tried to conduct all my happiness, romantic and chilling vibes into this song. A song I know can easily fit into a road trip, an indie compilation, or when you have a crush on someone. Fits perfectly on our daydreaming. It's planned a music video to be released along with this song the same date." — Stephen White
"Echo" by NODS x Jonathon Jircitano
About the song: "This song was written during quarantine and recorded "Post-mail" style between me (Sean Bennett/ NODS) living in Portland OR, and Jonathon Jircitano living in Nashville, TN." — NODS
"Summers Almost Gone" by Mothé
About the song: "A vibrant track with rolling melodies and atmospheric instrumentation, the song pairs modern indie elements with sweet, familiar nostalgia. Slowing down around the three-minute mark, its guitar-heavy bridge and outro bring anthemic, stadium-rock energy to compliment the chilled groove found earlier throughout the song." — Mothé
"Where Does It Start, Where Does It End" by Sir Cumcision
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About the song: "I made a progressive rock song using a bunch of old audio from Snapchat memories with a pop song embedded in the middle. I attempted to make this track sound like an acid trip by playing the riffs from the first track backward in the second half." — Sir Cumcision
"Start Again" by Tom Will Morris
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That "Magic Days" track is pretty good…sneakily good actually. I like the part that goes:
From this day on/My life will change/I finally found a shiny and magic star/She is the shiniest star from all the sky/But I won't be worthy to be with her yet
It's a pretty good story of love for today's time.


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Bengaluru's Food Preferences Include North Indian Cuisine
According to to a recent survey conducted by a crowd-sourced app named Woozoe, Bengaluru residents don't just love idli-dosa. Their food preferences vary between Biryanis, North Indian, and Chinese Cuisine. According to the statistics revealed by app about this survey, more than 35% reviewers in the city are reviewing restaurants and foods other than South Indian.
This certainly doesn't mean that the native dishes like Idli-Dosa are facing a threat. They still remain the most popular food items in the city. But the growing trend of other cuisines being liked by natives is evident. Half of the most popular dishes include North Indian, Chinese and variations of Biryani.
Food Journal team thinks it maybe because a lot of residents of the city are migrants from other parts of India or even from other countries. Bengaluru is of course the job hub and lakhs of people migrate to the city in search of jobs or to work for the companies that operate from Bengaluru. These people of course bring their own food preferences with themselves.
We even feel that statistics revealed through this survey are quite weak. Only food joints from Koramanagala and Indiranagar were reviewed for this survey.
Whether the food preferences of the Bengaluru people are actually changing or they're just similar to as they were can be found out with a more detailed survey. Food Journal Team also thinks that it's important to consider the migrants while doing such surveys.
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Koramangala and Indiranagar are the IT or the commercial hub in Bengaluru. These areas are expensive, we don't see any much of South Indian restaurants here mainly because of that. Comparatively South Indian food is cheaper than those restaurants we see at Indiranagar. There are places in Bengaluru where South Indian food still dominates. I agree we are adapting to North Indian, Chinese, Mexican restaurants, etc., but that doesn't mean that South Indian Food is loosing its place. Many North Indian people here prefer South Indian food. There's still a huge crowd at the places like MTR, Vidyarthi Bhavan, Veena Stores, CTR Sagar. Getting a Dosa, Idli, puliyogre etc. in these places isn't that an easy task. So Yes, the survey team wasn't that efficient in conducting a survey. Bengaluru isn't defined by only these two areas.


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Throughout, Dalrymple reacts to the outrageous behaviour of his countrymen in his familiar, cool, philosophical way. He doesn't revel in the downfall of the poor, as he is sometimes accused of doing. He just observes unsatisfactory human behaviour in an almost scientific way, without feeling the need to sugar the pill. Unblinded by groundless optimism or the desire to be liked, he is a rare voice of truth, attacked by misguided optimists for pointing out the shortcomings of Homo Britannicus.
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GSK Stockmann ist 1997 als Zusammenschluss von Anwälten deutscher und internationaler Wirtschaftskanzleien entstanden. Über 200 Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater, davon 66 als Partner, beraten an den Standorten Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Heidelberg, München und Luxemburg deutsche und internationale Mandanten. Im Januar 2023 trat der ehemalige Justiz- und Außenminister Heiko Maas der Kanzlei als Partner bei.

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The ghost of Sylvanus Thayer visits a current West Point Military Academy cadet to hear about the school's history and its link to American war activities, including the Civil War in THAYER'S RETURN.
In H.J. Koch poem, THAYER'S RETURN, a West Point cadet is awakened by the ghost of Sylvanus Thayer, the founder or "father" of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. He quells the frightened youth's fears by asking him to discuss the school's history. Each book–the poem is is divided into four parts–starts with a summary of what the unlikely pair talk about during Thayer's nightly visits, which is especially helpful to anyone unfamiliar with poetry who may have trouble keeping up with the "discussion." The cadet combines the history of West Point with concurrent war history, namely the Civil War and how it affected "The Long Gray Line."
THAYER'S RETURN tells several tales of men letting slip the dogs of war on American soil, soaking it with generations of youthful blood, and provides a unique avenue for learning more about the Civil War and West Point. But it can be somewhat dizzying to read due to the many historical events and related factoids the cadet recites. And while Hoch writes lines such as, "Two sides grapplying within death's grizzly maw," and discusses assorted "great slaughters," the long poem arguably glorifies war. It's not surprising given the author's personal history, as his wife and three children are all West Point graduates. As Hoch emphasizes the school's creed of "Duty, honor, country," he also draws comparisons between the Civil War and the Trojan War. He refers to the Greek god Zeus by his Roman name, Jove, claiming the deity sat on high watching men's entrails fly as the North "viciously slew" the South's "manhood." The lines are perfect examples of the author venerating war by claiming gods were watching one side overtake the other. Yet plenty of veterans will say that there were no divine interventions on the battlefield, instead only the gruesome savagery of mankind at its worst. Hoch inadvertently reveals one of war's true colors: that it's a masculinity contest.
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We are looking to recruit a graduate planner to work with the NHS Healthy Urban Development Unit (HUDU) to help the NHS North London Central Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and North London Partners in Health and Care (STP) engage in the local planning system.
The role will involve working with Borough estate leads and Council planners to respond to planning applications and to identify healthcare infrastructure requirements and secure and utilise developer contributions.
HUDU is a small unit of town planners and data analysts who have developed tools and techniques to help London CCGs engage in the planning system. The candidate will implement these tools and help build capacity within the CCG.
The candidate will have a background in town planning or a related policy field and have an interest in applying this knowledge and experience in a healthcare environment. The role will also involve working closely with Boroughs and other partners to deliver a pipeline of capital estates projects, utilising all sources of funding, including developer contributions, to ensure value for money.
Given the current circumstances, the candidate will be required to work at home. Therefore, the candidate will need to ensure that they have reliable broadband and adequate computer hardware and software to run Microsoft office applications and video conferencing.
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- Can you give us some background behind your decision to take on the role of CPO in addition to CEO?
I have already made many various company-wide decisions as CEO, but taking on the additional duties of the CPO allows me to clarify my position concerning the decisions of product development. It is a vital step toward constructing a global #1 AI platform.
- Why did you choose to become CPO in addition to your current role?
We need strong leadership to make this transformation happen as quickly as possible, so I thought that taking on the role of CPO would make it more solid. I was already working as a PdM (product manager) for "Learning Center" as of October 2021. From now on, I will decide on the directions for all our products, including "DX Suite."
- How has getting involved as PdM worked out?
I believe that things were going well for our company even before I became directly involved as a PdM, but there were many sources of frustration.
First of all, I believe that frustration leads to product development and innovation. It is the desire to improve something in the world. Our company's mission statement is "to bring AI to every being in the world and contribute to a richer future society." Therefore, to realize this and help people make things that could make the world better, I felt it was necessary to get directly involved in developing our products.
- Can you give an example of the type of things you were compelled to improve?
Our handling of VoC (voice of customer) is a specific example. Such things tend to grow out of control quickly once you start measuring them. If you try to collect it all on a spreadsheet, sort the data into broad categories, and order them by priority, you will fail. It might sound obvious, but I believe that it is a common mistake that should never be attempted. Even exceptional teams find themselves in this type of mess before they know it.
This was the first thing I changed on assuming this role. We started by removing about 90% of the VoCs from consideration, deeply investigating the remaining 10%, and putting them onto a development list.
We should consider whether our process is user first; in other words, does it provide users with the best experience, or does it give value to the world. You have to offer value that exceeds user expectations. To achieve that, many decisions must be made before ordering your priorities.
- Is there anything that has changed regarding the products?
Our pricing is another example of something that has changed. We recently changed the pricing model for our "Learning Center" from a monthly fee to a one-second-based billing. Rather than paying an entire month's fee for the month someone uses our service, we now charge based on the computational time spent on training and inference in one-second units.
This simpler, cheaper, and user-friendly change was made considering the user experience. This allows users to not worry about the timing of their use of our product and instead pay for what they actually use. This way, we can ensure more versatile usage of our service.
We have also made significant changes to our less visible infrastructure and AI architecture. However, the core concept is that adding features does not mean adding buttons. We have automated and incorporated high-level processes in the background to keep the user interface (UI) from becoming too cluttered, thereby granting a better user experience (UX) without the users realizing it. There were many changes like that.
Evolutions seen in the products are not"evolutions" yet
- "DX Suite" has grown compatible with many semi-structured forms since its release in 2017. Will it continue to evolve in the future?
The product evolutions we have made thus far are still far from our target evolution standards. Society still did not have a clear idea of what AI was at its release, so we developed and offered "DX Suite" as an easy-to-understand AI-OCR.
Looking at how it has been used, the input industry has adopted it as a "tool" to support and automate their workflow. However, we aim for AI to be used for far greater purposes. It will continue to undergo significant evolution as a platform.
- How do you hope AI will be used?
Based on our mission statement, "To bring AI to every being in the world and contribute to a richer future society," we want it to be used to build a prosperous future (i.e., human evolution).
Business productivity is a challenge that is often discussed nowadays, but there are also multiple significant societal and foundational problems to be solved. We aim to bring out the creativity in different people to solve these problems and reassess what we value. To do that, we need to build a platform that can withstand those changes.
To become the №1 global AI platform that will change the world
- Becoming №1 in the world sounds like a big goal, but is that really what you are aiming for? Can that really be realized?
Yes, we can. There is no metaphor here; it's as it says. If we are going to work, why not do it for an enterprise that will allow humanity to evolve?
- Will there come a day when you are no longer the CPO?
Anyone who has read this far could become a CPO one day. I want to meet them as soon as possible if I have not already.
However, a CPO alone cannot change the world; we also need a team that is №1 in the world.
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Van Haute examines David III Ryckaert´s work in chronological order and discusses the development in Ryckaert´s choice and treatment of subject matter, while reconstructing the socio-cultural context.
This monograph presents a contextual study of the work of David III Ryckaert (1612-1661), who established a reputation as a painter of peasant scenes. According to twentieth-century critics, Ryckaert was no more than a minor imitator of other Flemish painters, particularly Adriaen Brouwer and David II Teniers. Underlying such relegation of Ryckaert is an uncritical and distinctly modernist glorification of originality, or merely novelty, which was alien to the culture of Flemish painting in which David III Ryckaert flourished. Drawing on the work of other artists, sometimes employing other artists to complete works or consciously incorporating elements of famous paintings as a signatory compliment, were all part of the creative community of art. Adaptation of existing styles, techniques and subjects was a minute and testing undertaking. These aesthetic norms were recognized by artist and public alike so that creative and refining variation operated as praiseworthy criteria. The chief argument of this study is that a careful reconstruction of the socio-cultural circumstances surrounding the production of Ryckaert's paintings allows a serious re-appraisal of his eclecticism and a wider appreciation of his individual endeavours and possibly the work of other artists as well. In order to demonstrate the workings of the Flemish artistic community, a number, or series, of contextual frames is presented in which to view the production and achievement of David III Ryckaert. Each chapter provides a new frame-moving from the most general yet foundational influences of his family to the more specific and obviously identifiable relations of contemporary artists and David III Ryckaert. Within each chapter, a chronological approach is followed, which provides an opportunity to trace Ryckaert's artistic development and to place it precisely within contemporary trends in genre painting.


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LTU returns to online-only courses Nov. 16
SOUTHFIELD—Due to a surge in coronavirus pandemic cases in Michigan, Lawrence Technological University is returning to online instruction beginning Monday, Nov. 16.
LTU shifted to online-only instruction over an extended two-week spring break in March, when the pandemic first surged across the country. When classes resumed for the Fall 2020 semester in August, students returned to classrooms and laboratories, with a mixture of in-person, online, and hybrid courses offered. Online instruction had been scheduled to end Tuesday, Nov. 24, with the remainder of the semester, including final exams, conducted online.
However, in an email to students and staff, LTU Provost Tarek Sobh announced Wednesday that instruction was returning to online only due to "an increase in COVID-19 positivity rates in the state of Michigan and in the Lawrence Tech community."
There are a few exceptions: Laboratory courses and senior projects in the LTU College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Information Technology, and College of Engineering. They will remain on campus through Nov. 24. The College of Architecture and Design will communicate its exceptions directly to students.
LTU residence halls and dining services will remain open through their originally scheduled dates.
Sobh said LTU leadership hopes the actions will "allow us to do our part as Blue Devils and help slow the spread in our community."


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Awards / Jake McDonald / Report / Symposia
37th Annual Mine Reclamation Awards
by TRCR on Nov 13, 2013 • 1:51 pm Leave a Comment
SUMMARY/REPORT OF THE AWARDS SUBCOMMITTEE
2013 Presentation of the 2012 Mine Reclamation Awards
Presented at the Reclamation Symposium Awards Banquet
September 18, 2013, Vancouver, British Columbia
View / Download: TRCR RELEASE Mine Reclamation Awards 2013-09-19;
TRCR 2012 awards presentation1
ANNUAL BRITISH COLUMBIA JAKE MCDONALD RECLAMATION AWARD
2012 METAL MINING RECLAMATION AWARD
LAST YEAR'S WINNER
2013 TRCR Members
AWARD REPORT
Thirty seven years ago, the British Columbia TRCR established a Reclamation Award to recognize outstanding achievement in mine reclamation in British Columbia. In addition to this major award, the committee may also recognize reclamation successes through category awards for metal mining, coal mining, sand and gravel, quarries, placer mining and mineral and coal exploration.
The awards may recognize work of major or minor extent, and may be the result of a group of people or a single person's activities. These awards are assessed based on:
quality of work undertaken,
work of a high standard that has been conducted over a number of years.
This year the awards committee, comprising Kim Bellefontaine, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Craig Stewart with the BC Ministry of Environment, David Ewing with the Mining Association of BC and Wendy Gardner with Thompson Rivers University, chose to give two awards from the 7 nominations in 3 categories that were received. There continues to be evidence that strong reclamation efforts are being made throughout the province. It is clear that there is substantial planning and innovative thinking and techniques being tested at sites and this will pay dividends in the future both in terms of research that others can learn from and results that are exemplary for industry as a whole. The committee commended the efforts to date and looks forward to seeing future nominations from these and other sites that describe continued efforts and reclamation results.
The recipient of the 2012 British Columbia Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation Award was Teck Metals Ltd. for their outstanding reclamation achievements at the historic Pinchi Mine.
The Pinchi Mine is located on the north shore of Pinchi Lake, in north-central British Columbia, approximately 25 km northwest of the community of Fort St James. This historic mercury mine was originally owned and operated by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, which later became Cominco Ltd., a predecessor of the current owner Teck Metals Ltd.
Between 1940 and 1944, cinnabar ore was mined from both surface glory hole and underground workings and ore was coarsely crushed and roasted to recover mercury. Much of the production was used to support the allied efforts of the Second World War. The roaster wastes (called calcines) were deposited on the shoreline and into Pinchi Lake, long before the environmental dangers of mercury were well known. Subsequent to that 1940's phase of operations, all structures were demolished. From 1968 to 1978 the mine was developed for a second time with more modern processing involving crushing, froth flotation circuits, and roasting of concentrate. Coarse tailings were backfilled underground and fine tailings were deposited into an impermeable tailings impoundment. The mine then went into a long dormant phase of care and maintenance.
The early 1990's marked the beginning of Teck's painstaking work to develop a closure plan for the site. Due to the significant environmental and health and safety risks associated with mercury, the planning and decommissioning process for the Pinchi mine was lengthy, challenging, and unique in many ways. Numerous studies were conducted to understand the sources, pathway and fate dynamics of mercury in both the aquatic and terrestrial environments using ecological risk assessments and formalized risk analyses. Aquatic assessment involved regional fish mercury and lake ecology studies. The terrestrial ecological risk assessment involved literature review, extensive field investigations, habitat surveys, food chain modeling, and the development of toxicity reference values for methyl mercury and several other metals. Ecological risks at the site were evaluated for 40 different wildlife species.
As a result, it was determined that only those species that feed primarily on insects or small mammals indicated potential risks, mainly from arsenic, inorganic mercury, and methyl mercury uptake. It was determined that the remediation of the millsite and tailings areas would further reduce the risks to wildlife. Other areas, with elevated inorganic mercury in soils were deemed to pose negligible to moderate risk but were not targeted for further remediation, as the risks to wildlife were considered to be higher if the naturally recovering habitat was disturbed.
An integral part to the development and acceptance of the Closure Plan was a comprehensive consultation process with the Tl'azt'en First Nations, and the Nak'azdli Band which began in 2005 and is still ongoing today. A Technical Working Group was formed and the local First Nations played a vital role in reviewing studies, directing additional studies and ultimately in finalizing the remediation strategies for reclamation and closure of the site.
One of the most challenging aspects of the closure plan related to the mercury contaminated processing facilities. Typical of many sites of that era, the mill contained a range of hazardous chemicals, friable and non-friable asbestos materials, lead paints and PCBs that required special handling and disposal. In addition, the mill buildings and equipment had substantial mercury contamination, which required extensive cleaning and testing prior to dismantling and disposal to a new on-site landfill located in the West Zone Pit.
The presence of low permeability glacial till, combined with the ability to backfill a large portion of the pit and eliminate a large portion of a waste rock dump, made the West Zone Pit the most attractive disposal option. Building debris was hydrologically isolated by placing the materials away from the sidewalls of the pit on top of a 10 metre thick layer of waste rock. The landfill was then capped with a 1 metre till cover, and any seepage drains to the underground workings and discharges out of the reclaimed 750 level portal where it is regularly monitored.
Mercury vapour exposure during the demolition and closure activities posed significant worker health and safety risks. Thus Teck established very strict protective procedures for workers. As well, much of the work was conducted during the colder winter months, when mercury vaporization was reduced due to lower temperatures.
The shipping and disposal of 47,000 kg of mercury contaminated residues posed significant challenges. The disposal had to be done in a manner that was acceptable to Teck's Product Stewardship Committee which requires recycling, life cycle assessment of products, and the minimization of impacts to people and the environment. The selected option involved shipping materials for recovery of mercury to the Clean Harbour facility in Quebec. Cleaned residuals were stabilized and landfilled at the Clean Harbour Lambton facility in Ontario while the liquid mercury recovered was shipped to Bethlehem Apparatus Co. in the US where it was roasted and sold as a marketable product.
Decommissioning of the 22 hectare tailings impoundment area included constructing an active spillway to reduce the phreatic surface and remove ponded water from the facility. This was done to enhance geotechnical stability and to eliminate the significant ecological risks associated with methylation of mercury and uptake through the food chain. The elimination of aquatic habitat in the tailings impoundment removed the exposure pathway for uptake. The subsequent terrestrial risks to browsing and burrowing animals from mercury in dry tailings was further reduced by spreading a layer of stabilizing iron sulphate sludge over the tailings and then capping with 1 metre of till. The capping of the tailings was also done in the winter to facilitate equipment working on top of the low strength tailings. The tailings were then revegetated using mixture of grasses, shrubs and trees.
The Pinchi Mine has now been successfully closed. To ensure that the remaining infrastructure and environmental conditions at the site remain stable over time and continues to meet regulatory requirements and closure plan objectives, Teck is implementing comprehensive geotechnical and environmental monitoring as well as formalized risk management plans
Pinchi Tailings impoundment (top) and Main zone pit area (bottom)
Bruce Donald and Michelle Unger accepted the 2012 British Columbia Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation Award on behalf of Teck Metals Limited.
2012 Award Winner Teck Metals Ltd.
L-R Dave Nikolejsin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Ryan Mills, AECOM and Jaimie Dickson, 2013 Chair of TRCR
The award for outstanding achievement for reclamation at a metal mine was presented to the Crown Contaminated Sites Program of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, as well as AECOM Canada Ltd. for their combined work at the historic Atlin Ruffner Mill and Tailings site.
The Atlin Ruffner Mill and Tailings site is an orphaned mine located on Crown Land near the town of Atlin in northwest British Columbia. The Ruffner mining area was first developed in 1899 and work continued intermittently until 1981. The deposit primarily produced silver, lead and zinc, along with some gold, copper, molybdenum and tin from underground workings. Small by today's standards, approximately 3,500 tonnes of ore was milled at the Ruffner mine site.
The site was brought to the attention of the BC Crown Contaminated Sites Program by the local regional district and ranked as a priority site in 2008. Infrastructure at the site included a mill building with machinery, ore storage bins, two mill pads, two trailers, a shack, an explosives shed, a tailings pond, two sedimentation ponds and an actively discharging adit.
Testing throughout the site determined that concentrations of many metals including arsenic, lead, zinc, antimony, copper, silver and cadmium were found to exceed Contaminated Site Regulation standards and indicated high risk conditions. Samples were also found to exceed the Hazardous Waste Regulation Leachate Quality Standards for various metals. Because of the presence of leachable hazardous waste, the age of the mill and lack of activity since the 1980's, the site was classified as a "historical hazardous waste contaminated site" under the Hazardous Waste Regulation.
The initial site investigations showed that water discharging from the adit, and the local groundwater at the site met standards, with the exception of cadmium and zinc. Concentrations of these parameters decreased substantially within 100 m down gradient from the site suggesting that metals were not being transported by leaching, and further indicating that this aspect of the site did not require specific remediation plans.
Thus the main objective of the remediation plan for the Atlin Ruffner site was to provide a robust, cost-effective, long-term solution to reduce long-term risk related to chemical contaminants. While most projects always aim to be as cost-effective as possible, this is particularly important for the Crown Contaminated Sites Program, as all of their activities are publically funded.
The focus of the remediation plan was to reduce the physical exposure of contaminated soils by placing a one metre thick permeable erosion resistant cap over all contaminated materials. This design allows for the installation of a geomembrane in the future if groundwater monitoring should indicate contamination. Notably, the plan required a change to the Hazardous Waste Regulation to allow for the construction of an in situ management facility, and in 2012 an approval was issued by the Ministry of Environment, the first of its kind in BC.
Upon receipt of approvals, hazardous wastes from the buildings, including fuel, chemicals and asbestos building materials, was removed to an off-site disposal facility. The mill building and equipment were then demolished, compacted and capped within the original footprint and adit water was diverted around the landfill area. The cap also covered the tailings pond, sedimentation pond and high-risk contaminated areas on the mill pads. Local borrow sources were used for capping materials and the area was reclaimed, incorporating the natural topography of the site. Revegetation plans are now currently under development and monitoring of cover performance and water quality will continue to be requirements for the site.
Work at the Atlin Ruffner site resolved contaminated site issues using cost-effective, remediation techniques. All parties involved are commended for their excellent work in addressing historic contamination issues and reducing the associated risk to public health and safety.
Atlin Ruffner Site post rehabilitation
Ryan Mills, AECOM Canada came forward to accept the award for outstanding Metal Mine Reclamation of the Atlin Ruffner Mill and Tailings, on behalf of the BC Crown Contaminated Sites Program of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and AECOM Canada Ltd.
Metal Mine Award – Atlin Ruffner Mill and Tailings Site
The keeper trophy for last year's recipient of the Annual British Columbia Jake McDonald Mine Reclamation Award was presented to the Tsolum River Partnership for their outstanding efforts to reclaim the historic Mt. Washington mine site. This large-scale reclamation project was the result of a unique partnership that involved many people and agencies working together to mitigate the impacts of acid rock drainage on a large salmon fisheries resources. The installation of a liner significantly reduced copper loadings and has improved water quality to the point that aquatic habitat and salmon resources are beginning to recovery in the lower Tsolum River watershed.
As none of the current members of the Partnership were able to attend, a former participant of the Partnership, Ben Chalmers accepted the keeper trophy for the Tsolum River Partnership.
Ben Chalmers, previous Participant in the Tsolum River Partnership accepting the keeper trophy from Dave Nikolejsin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines
L-R TRCR Committee: Dirk VanZyl, UBC; Carla Fraser, Teck Coal; Darren Cowan, Hillsborough Resources; Jaimie Dickson, Highland Valley Copper and 2013 Chair of TRCR; David Ewing, MABC; Ryan Todd, New Gold and 2014 TRCR Chair of TRCR; Jonathan Buchanon, AMEBC, Kim Bellefontaine, MEM; Wendy Gardner, Thompson Rivers University; Kim Bittman, Taseko Mines, Ben Chalmers, Mining Association of Canada, Tania Demchuk, MEM; and Bill Price, NRCan.
Missing: Nicole Pesonen, Walter Energy and Vice Chair of the TRCR; Craig Stewart, MOE, Todd Wambolt, Gibraltar Mines, and Angela Waterman, MABC.
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External Trade Performance : October 2012
EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE
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OCTOBER 2012 TOTAL TRADE STANDS AT $9.648 BILLION
Total external trade in goods for October 2012 reached $9.648 billion, representing a 5.1 percent increase from $9.180 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. The increase can be attributed to the 6.1 percent positive growth of exports to $4.408 billion from $4.156 billion in the same month a year ago. Also, total imports expanded by 4.3 percent to $5.240 billion from $5.024 billion in October 2011. Thus, the balance of trade in goods (BOT-G) for the Philippines in October 2012 registered a deficit of $832 million from $869 million deficit in the same period last year.
OCTOBER 2012 IMPORTS GREW BY 4.3 PERCENT
The country's total merchandise imports for October 2012 went up by 4.3 percent to $5.240 billion from $5.024 billion. Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap, Cereals and Cereal Preparations, Transport Equipment, Telecommunication, Equipment and Electrical Machinery, Electronic Products and Industrial Machinery and Equipment, all contributed to the overall growth in imports for the period. However, it slightly went down by 0.5 percent compared to previous month's level of $5.266 billion. On the other hand, aggregate imports slightly went up by 0.9 percent to $51.275 billion value in the first ten months of 2012 from $50.839 billion for the same period in 2011.
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR 25.7 PERCENT OF IMPORT BILL
Accounting for 25.7 percent of the aggregate import bill, payments for Electronic Products (including consigned and direct importation using the expanded coverage of electronic products) rose by 8.7 percent to $1.345 billion reported value from $1.237 billion in October 2011. Among the major groups of electronic products, Components/Devices (Semiconductors) having the biggest share of 19.7 percent increased by 16.8 percent to $1.034 billion from $885.59 million. However, compared to previous month, higher purchases of semiconductors at 4.2 percent was registered which offset the decline of electronic products at 1.0 percent. On the other hand, reduced volume of shipments both for electronic products and semiconductors were recorded at 3.5 percent and 14.2 percent respectively for the period in review.
Import bill payments for Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials ranked second among the top ten imports with 20.5 percent share to total imports registering an annual growth rate decrease of 7.5 percent from $1.159 billion in October 2011 to $1.073 billion. The contraction may be attributed to the lower payments and decreased in the global price of this product.
Transport Equipment was the PH's third top import for the month with 7.8 percent share to total imports valued at $410.00 million from $337.60 million in same month a year ago. Similarly, in terms of volume of inward shipments, it expanded by 38.4 percent compared to the recorded volume of inward shipment a year ago.
Industrial Machinery and Equipment contributing 5.3 percent to the total import bill was the fourth top import for the month amounting to $277.98 million. Compared to last year's amount of $265.85 million, it went up by 4.6 percent. Month on month, an 8.0 percent increase was shown compared to recorded value of $257.38 million in September 2012. Similarly, volume purchases went up by 15.3 percent from the same period last year.
Fifth in rank and with 4.3 percent share to the total imports was Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap, which recorded the highest growth at 326.4 percent among the top ten imports for October 2012 to $222.93 million worth of imports from its year ago level of $52.28 million. This growth was brought about by 124.9 percent increase in volume of imports compared to October 2011.
Rounding up the list of the top ten imports for October 2012 were Cereals and Cereal Preparations, $187.67 million; Iron and Steel, $125.51 billion; Organic and Inorganic Chemicals, $120.54 million; Plastics in Primary and Non-Primary Forms, $115.39 million; and Telecommunication Equipment and Electrical Machinery, $108.31 million.
Aggregate payment for the country's top ten imports for October 2012 reached $3.986 billion or 76.1 percent of the total import bill.
RAW MATERIALS AND INTERMEDIATE GOODS ACCOUNT FOR 38.5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL IMPORTS
Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods comprised 38.5 percent of the total imports in October 2012. Year-on-year change went up by 13.0 percent to $2.016 billion from $1.784 billion. The expansion was brought about by the 107.4 percent increase in the value of unprocessed raw materials and 1.2 percent increased in semi-processed raw materials. However, volume of inward shipments for this product went down by 25.2 percent.
Accounting for 27.2 percent of the total imports, payments for Capital Goods amounted to $1.426 billion or a 1.9 percent increment over last year's figure of $1.399 billion. Similarly, purchases went up by 5.4 percent compared to previous month's value of $1.353 billion. However, an increase of 21.1 percent in the volume of inward shipment was registered compared to last year's volume of purchases of capital goods.
Purchases of Consumer Goods amounted to $679.04 million or a positive growth of 9.8 percent from $618.15 million in October 2011. The increase was brought about by the 2.5 percent increase in purchases of durable goods and 18.9 percent of non-durable goods. On the other hand, volume of inward shipments showed a 51.0 percent increase compared to same month a year ago volume of shipments.
Imports of commodities under Special Transactions valued at $46.35 million dropped by 27.7 percent from $64.08 million recorded in October 2011. Similarly, total volume of inward manifest registered a 14.6 percent drop compared to it's year ago volume of importation.
IMPORTS FROM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACCOUNT FOR 11.5 PERCENT
United States of America (USA) including Alaska and Hawaii was the country's biggest source of imports in October 2012 with 11.5 percent share. Payments were recorded at $603.96 million, an increase of 22.3 percent from $493.70 million in October 2011. The increase in the inward purchases from USA includes imported commodities like components/devices (semiconductors) and cereals and cereal preparations specifically wheat. Revenue from PH's exports to USA, on the other hand, reached $583.56 million, generating a total trade value of $1.188 billion and $20.40 million trade deficit for the Philippines.
People's Republic of China was the second top source of imports with 11.3 percent share to the total import bill amounting to $589.97 million, higher by 23.3 percent from $478.43 million in October 2011. The expansion on inward value of shipments maybe accounted to the imports of commodities such as telecommunication equipment and electrical machinery and mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials. Exports to People's Republic of China amounted to $548.43 million, yielding a two-way trade value of $1.138 billion and a trade deficit for PH of $41.55 million.
Japan including Okinawa came in third, accounting for 9.9 percent share of the total import bill in October 2012 with negative growth of 14.6 percent from $607.45 million to $518.91 million. Purchases on components/devices (semiconductors) and transport equipment were recorded imports from Japan. Exports to Japan amounted to $730.71 million resulting to a total trade value of $1.250 billion and a trade surplus of $211.80 million.
Taiwan ranked fourth among the top sources of imports for the country accounting for almost 9.9 percent share of the total import bill in October 2012. It increased by 57.3 percent to $516.36 million from $328.33 million. Commodities purchased from Taiwan in October 2012 were mostly mineral fuels and lubricants and components/devices (semiconductors). On the other hand, exports to Taiwan amounted to $157.82 million resulting to a total trade value of $674.19 million and a trade deficit of $358.54 million.
Fifth in rank was Republic of Korea, representing 6.8 percent of the total import bill in October 2012 or a decrease of 12.8 percent from $405.62 million to $353.83 million in the same month last year. Mineral, fuels and lubricants and components/devices (semiconductors) were among the highest imported goods from Republic of Korea in October 2012. Exports to Republic of Korea amounted to $352.19 million resulting to a total trade value of $706.02 million and a trade deficit of $1.65 million.
Other major sources of imports for the month of October 2012 were Thailand, $318.60 million; Singapore, $307.50 million; United Arab Emirates, $267.34 million; Indonesia, $265.76 million; and Saudi Arabia, $248.80 million.
Payments for imports from the top ten sources for October 2012 amounted to $3.991 billion or 76.2 percent of the total.
IMPORTS FROM EAST ASIA WORTH $2.101 BILLION
Philippines' total imports in October 2012 from East Asia accounted for 40.1 percent of the county's total imports with total payments of $2.101 billion or a positive annual growth of 7.9 percent from October 2011 level of $1.947 billion. Total exports to member-countries of East Asia were valued at $2.439 billion, resulting to a total trade of $4.540 billion and a balance of trade in goods (BOT-G) surplus of $337.82 million.
Imports from ASEAN member-countries recorded 21.6 percent share to total imports. Imports value recorded for October 2012 was $1.131 billion and $1.256 billion in same month in 2011. On the other hand, exports to ASEAN member-countries worth $643.47 million resulted to a total trade of about $1.774 billion and a trade deficit of $487.51 million.
October 2012 imports from European Union were valued at $356.88 million while exports to member-countries of European Union were worth $432.11 million. These aggregated to a total trade value of $788.99 million and a trade surplus of $75.23 million.
1/ - includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N, Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
2/ - includes Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
3/ - includes Alaska and Hawaii
4/ - includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and UK Great Britain
Technical Notes:
Adjustments on electronic import statistics are based on the transactions that pass through the Electronic to Mobile (e2m) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
Starting with the 2007 Press Release, analysis and tables are based on the 2004 Philippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC) groupings. This is in compliance with NSCB Resolution No. 03, Series of 2005 entitled "Approving and Adopting the 2004 Philippine Standard Commodity Classification" by all concerned government agencies and instrumentalities.
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Total Trade by Month and Year
Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners
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Philippine Imports from All Countries: January to October 2012
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AMLO to meet with Homún pig farm foes
Crowds were undeterred by the rain when Andres Manuel López Obrador spoke at Mérida's Plaza Grande last June. Photo: Facebook
Mérida, Yucatán — After a stop in Quintana Roo on Thursday, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit Mérida today (Friday).
López Obrador is expected to arrive in the city around 10 a.m., and hold another meeting with federal and state legislators, as well as attend to residents of the community of Homún, where a battle against a corporate pig farm has citizens on edge.
State officials announced that Gov.Mauricio Vila Dosal will receive AMLO at 1 p.m. in the Government Palace. He is also planning to meet privately with legislators at various levels.
López Obrador is expected to greet the public with a speech across the street, on the Plaza Grande, later in the afternoon. Reports range from 2 to 5 p.m. on what time the rally begins.
He is expected to promote the Mayan Train, his ambitious project to connect various sites across the Yucatán Peninsula by 900 kilometers of rail.
Security precautions are likely to affect traffic around the first square of the Centro throughout the day.
His local political ally, Joaquín "Huacho" Díaz Mena, used Twitter to invite the public to hear the president-elect speak.
AMLO, as he is affectionately known, has been on a state-by-state "tour of gratitude." He then heads to Campeche on Saturday and his native Tabasco on Sunday.
He takes office on Dec. 1, and bids on the train project are expected to be immediately issued.
Shakeup coming to sleepy Mundo Maya museum
AMLO promises Nordic-style health system, will double pensions


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Ryan Dunn dies in car crash
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Associated Press announces that "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn died in a car crash on Monday. The actor was at the wheel of the car and had one more passenger. The violent impact and the resulting fire caused the death of both.
Tuesday, a coroner's report said that the actor and his passenger died from the impact of the violent car crash. Patty Emmonds, the Chester County coroner's of fice spokeswoman reports that the two main official causes of the death for both men are blunt force trauma and thermal trauma. The results of the toxicology tests will be arriving in four to six weeks as they take more to complete.
The other passenger was Zachary Hartwell. He was 30 years old and was credited as a production assistant for the following "Jackass" movie.
Just hours before the crash, Ryan Dunn and the other passenger, Zachary Hartwell were in a pub in West Chester, where they were enjoying their time. Dunn even took a photo of them a third man drinking and tweeted it.
The photo was the last one of Dunn's and also the last hypostasis he has been see alive. Due to the high emotional impact, the photo has been taken down from his Twitter page. The pub they were at was Barnaby of America. It's manager, Jim O'Brien sent a message to the press through his spokesman, saying that even Dunn was drinking with some friends, he didn't appear drunk.
The police believe that speed could have been a decisive factor in the deadly crash. Due to policy, the West Goshen Township department cannon comment more on the case as it is still under investigation.
Dunn's family s devastated, as expected. Eric Dunn, Ryan's brother sent an e-mail to Associated Press in which he wrote "we appreciate the support of Ryan's fans during this time, and we are grateful for your thoughts and prayers." He added that "Ryan will be greatly missed, but he will forever remain in our hearts."
Many friends, colleagues and fans expressed their feelings and thoughts on Facebook and Twitter. Among them, there were Good Charlote guitar player Benji Madden, reality TV star Brody Jenner and "Jackass" cohorts Stephen Glover, Bam Margera and Jason Acuna.
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Ruth Epstein
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Ruth Epstein, 87, of Deal died May 26, 2012. She was raised in Greensburg, Pa., and had lived in Manhattan before moving to the Shore area in 1955.
Mrs. Epstein had been the executive director of the Jewish Community Center, Deal Park, where she oversaw major membership and building expansion, and also worked at the Jewish Community Center of Western Monmouth County, Manalapan. Upon her retirement in 1990, she was honored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg for her leadership and sound fiscal management, and by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. for her dedication.
She earned her BA and MS at the University of Pittsburgh, where she served as president of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.
She also had taught high school English, French, and elocution in Derry Township, Pa., mentoring the first African-American student who won the Pennsylvania statewide elocution competition. She later worked for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and then led the lecture bureau of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
She served as president of the local chapter of the Association of American University Women, as an officer of the AAUW state board, and as chair of the AAUW public lecture series at Monmouth University. She was also active in organizations such as Hadassah, Planned Parenthood, and Citizens Against Water Pollution. She was an active class parent, Cub Scout den mother, and Girl Scout leader.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Seymour; two daughters, Nadine Epstein of Washington, DC, and Marcy Epstein of Ann Arbor, Mich.; two sons, Donald of Ocean and Michael of Santa Monica, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
Services were held May 29 with arrangements by Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, Ocean.


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Attentional control associated with core cognitive maintenance factors of social anxiety
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Boschen, Mark J
Neumann, David L
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Murphy, Karen A.
Neumann, David L.
Boschen, Mark J.
Models of social anxiety emphasize anticipatory processing (AP) and post-event processing (PEP) as repetitive negative thinking (RNT) processes that occur before and after social-evaluative events, respectively. Both AP and PEP have been implicated as maladaptive processes which maintain social anxiety. Accordingly, a common vulnerability, such as poor attentional control, may serve to maintain both. The present research included two separate samples to investigate the relationship between attentional control and AP (Sample 1) and PEP (Sample 2). Participants (n = 49 for Sample 1; n = 35 for Sample 2) completed self-report ...
View more >Models of social anxiety emphasize anticipatory processing (AP) and post-event processing (PEP) as repetitive negative thinking (RNT) processes that occur before and after social-evaluative events, respectively. Both AP and PEP have been implicated as maladaptive processes which maintain social anxiety. Accordingly, a common vulnerability, such as poor attentional control, may serve to maintain both. The present research included two separate samples to investigate the relationship between attentional control and AP (Sample 1) and PEP (Sample 2). Participants (n = 49 for Sample 1; n = 35 for Sample 2) completed self-report measures of social anxiety, AP or PEP, attentional control, and trait anxiety. Poorer total attentional control was associated with social anxiety in both samples. In addition, attentional control total and attentional shifting were negatively associated with PEP (Sample 2) but not with AP (Sample 1). Mediation modeling suggested that trait anxiety mediated the relationship between total attentional control and PEP. The findings suggest that attentional control plays a role in the regulation of emotion, such as anxiety, and RNT processes, such as PEP, but not AP.
Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
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The aged, generic domain name Ovation.com has been ordered to be transferred to the Complainant, after its registrant lost a UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum.
According to Domaintools, Ovation.com was registered in 1994; the Complainant, DC Labs Inc. is engaged in producing, selling, and distributing hair care products since 2007 and operates their business from OvationHair.com.
The respondent acquired Ovation.com in 2008, and at the time the decision was issued, Ovation.com was apparently displaying ads related to hair products bearing the Complainant's mark, or links for other hair care companies.
Although not a conclusive argument, the fact that Respondent owns 107 domain names, according to a reverse WHOIS lookup, might be considered a pattern of Respondent's history of purchasing domain names and not using them for legitimate business purposes. […] Respondent has not monitored the disputed domain name since 2009 and has allowed it to be "parked".
Definitely a decision that will send shock waves across the domain industry!
More and more of these keep on happening, it anyone going to try to buy a domain name anymore or just try to win it!
Lets hope this more claims are rejected!
About as bad a decision as it can get. It looks like the owner wasn't represented by an attorney but also saying the parking agent is at fault and they should have handled it wasn't the best way to go. I also dislike again, that just because I buy and sell domain names and develop them isn't a true business model.
Scott – The Respondent was represented by an attorney, see the full decision.
In my opinion, there is no excuse not to develop a high ticket domain, and instead allow it to display ads that can be used in a case like this.
I agree, however, that the panelist's bias against domain parking is paramount.
Right now I only park about 1% of my domains, and not for long.
I may lose good 5-figures a year until I monetize all of them, but at least I won't be risking them.
In the long run, however, no defense can be too strong, and a good IP attorney with extensive knowledge in UDRP proceedings can win the game against all odds.
So am I entitled to every piece of undeveloped land I see because the buyer could have built a home there?
The panelist needs his head checked for rocks.


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COURSE ID: DEF 1009A
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The course is intended to provide guidance in producing improved expertise to tactics officers at the squadron level, systems engineers, and managers. Explore systems, techniques, technology, and phenomenology while examining threat infrared principles with application to fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Such aircrafts include the C-130, the C-17, and the C-5 as well as a variety of H-60 and H-47 aircrafts and turboprop driven platforms.
IRCM INTRODUCTION AND COURSE OVERVIEW
MISSILE WARNING
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The kids and I watched "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown" last night. I felt so bad for old Charles and his empty mailbox. I always have. I guess you could say there was a time when I could relate.
This is me sophomore year. No, I was not the substitue teacher for chemisty. I was a 15 year old student who sucked at chemistry. I wasn't much of a fan of the holiday back then. I think only the popular girls with boyfriends did. It was so much better in grade school when everybody got Valentines.
I can't get enough of the holiday now, with all its pink and sugar and paper hearts. I hope your mailbox is full this year, Charlie Brown. Here's my Valentine love to you!
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