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A rooming house, also called a "multi-tenant house", is a "dwelling with multiple rooms rented out individually", in which the tenants share kitchen and often bathroom facilities. Rooming houses are often used as housing for low-income people, as rooming houses (along with single room occupancy units in hotels) are the least expensive housing for single adults. Rooming houses are usually owned and operated by private landlords. Rooming houses are better described as a "living arrangement" rather than a specially "built form" of housing; rooming houses involve people who are not related living together, often in an existing house, and sharing a kitchen, bathroom (in most cases), and a living room or dining room. Rooming houses in this way are similar to group homes and other roommate situations. While there are purpose-built rooming houses, these are rare.

Condition
A study of rooming houses in Ottawa, Ontario in 2016 found that "many units are in very poor condition", with issues such as mould, cockroaches, bedbugs, and broken locks. An article about Montreal rooming houses stated that the units often contain bedbugs and "faulty plumbing".

Rooming houses tend to be located in places close to access, amenities and markets. Specialist builders tend to build up to nine high-standard, low-maintenance micro apartments where once a single occupancy dwelling would have returned just one rental.

Residents
In one Ottawa study, more than 50% of the occupants in rooming houses were found to have mental health diagnoses.
A 1998 study of Toronto rooming house residents found that they had poorer health than the general population and low incomes.

A study of 295 residents from 171 rooming houses in Toronto found that "residents aged 35 years and older had significantly poorer health status than their counterparts in the Canadian general population" and the residents had a "high prevalence of ill health", with the worst-off residents (from a health perspective) living in the poorest-maintained and most substandard rooming houses.

An article about rooming houses in Montreal stated that rooming houses are the "last stop before the street" for low-income people at risk of homelessness.

Government intervention

Regulations
Not all rooming houses are legal, inspected units, as some landlords also rent out unlicensed rooms. In Winnipeg, four branches of city government regulate rooming houses: a licensing branch, a business branch, a "livability" living standards bylaw and the fire prevention branch. The livability standards bylaw requires at least one bathroom for 10 residents (some health researchers have called for one bathroom for every four tenants).

Despite efforts by the city of Toronto to regulate rooming houses, there is an invisible, unregistered rooming house sector, which are advertised online or on bulletin boards, often in suburban basements which are subdivided into rooms. Increasing regulation of rooming houses can lead to a decline in the number of rooming houses that are available, as landlords may choose not to apply for and pay the fees for a city licence, and complete the needed safety requirements (sprinklers, fire escapes, etc.).

In 2018, the city of Ottawa (Ontario) created rules to limit the number of bedrooms in newly built houses, to prevent the creation of houses with five to eight bedrooms, which can become illegal rooming houses,  colloquially known as "bunkhouses".

Subsidies
In New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba, the provincial government have funding programs that provides financial assistance to owners and landlords of rooming houses that serve low-income people; the funding must be used to do repairs of a structural, electrical, plumbing, or fire safety nature.

History

Prior to the 1920s, commercial rooming houses were often former boardinghouses. After the US Civil War, boarding houses became less common, declining from 40% of rental listings in 1875 (in San Francisco) to 10% in 1900, and less than 1% by 1910. One reason for this change was that in the decades after the 1880s, urban reformers began working on modernizing cities; their efforts to create "uniformity within areas, less mixture of social classes, maximum privacy for each family, much lower density for many activities, buildings set back from the street, and a permanently built order" all meant that housing for single people had to be cut back or eliminated. By the early 1930s, urban reformers were typically using codes and zoning to enforce "uniform and protected single-use residential district[s] of private houses", the reformers' preferred housing type. In 1936, the FHA Property Standards defined a dwelling as "any structure used principally for residential purposes", noting that "commercial rooming houses and tourist homes, sanitariums, tourist cabins, clubs, or fraternities would not be considered dwellings" as they did not have the "private kitchen and a private bath" that reformers viewed as essential in a "proper home".

The FHA rules called the existence of stores, offices or rental housing as "adverse influences" and "undesirable community conditions", which reduced the investment and repair support provided in any neighbourhood that deviated from the preferred single-family-home use. Land use reformers also passed zoning rules that indirectly reduced rooming houses: banning mixed residential and commercial use in neighbourhoods, an approach which meant that any remaining rooming house residents would find it hard to eat at a local cafe or walk to a nearby corner grocery to buy food. Non-residential uses such as religious institutions (churches) and professional offices (doctors, lawyers) were still permitted under these new zoning rules, but working-class people (plumbers, mechanics) were not allowed to operate their businesses.

By 1910, commercial rooming houses began to resemble an "inexpensive hotel", with multi-story buildings, often 25 to 40 years old, with the owners using the house as an income property. The operators, typically former boarding house managers, were getting out of the business of providing meals. This enabled the owner to convert the shared dining room and parlour into additional rental rooms and stop paying for the preparation of meals. There were often sixteen to eighteen rooms, with either central heating or tiny in-room heating stoves. A single bathroom was usually provided, with hot water only available on certain days and limits to the number of baths allowed per week. Blacks were not allowed in most rooming houses, due to segregation, except in black rooming houses. Old run-down hotels were converted into rooming houses. Some entrepreneurs even converted empty warehouses into inexpensive rooming houses. Prior to 1900, elevators were rare, so rooming house residents had to climb stairs. The hasty conversion of old houses and warehouses into blocks of rooms typically meant that the walls were thin, so residents could hear each other.

A study of San Francisco rooming houses in 1926 found rough living conditions:
"There were dark rooms where it was impossible to find the washstand without first turning on electric light; dingy rooms where the carpets had a musty smell, and the furniture was shabby and faded; sleeping rooms with lumpy double beds and dirty lace curtains. . . . Most of the rooms had such dim lights that no one could read in the evening."

Before the 1920s, the wages for women working as seamstresses or servers was often too low for them to afford their own room, so often women shared a room with another woman. Due to the sectors where rooming house residents lived, they often had to move, either due to seeking new jobs, because of seasonal work or due to layoffs, which meant that the tenants in a rooming house would change throughout a year. As such, rooming house residents tended to have only one or two bags or a single trunk of possessions. Another change between the 19th century and the turn of the 20th century was the separation of rooming houses according to religion (Catholic, Protestant), ethnic origin (Irish) or occupation (mechanics, cooks); while this was common in the 19th century, it became less common in the early 20th century. In rooming houses in the 20th century, homosexual couples of men or women could live together if they appeared to be friends sharing a room and unmarried heterosexual couples could share a room without disapproval. With the removal of the meal service of boarding houses, rooming houses needed to be near diners and other inexpensive food businesses. Rooming houses attracted criticism: in "1916, Walter Krumwilde, a Protestant minister, saw the rooming house or boardinghouse system [as] "spreading its web like a spider, stretching out its arms like an octopus to catch the unwary soul."

In the 1930s and 1940s, "rooming or boarding houses had been taken for granted as respectable places for students, single workers, immigrants, and newlyweds to live when they left home or came to the city". In Toronto, rooming houses were common in the 1930s, during the Great Depression, because "wealthy homeowners" who had guest houses would rent out empty rooms to be able to keep their homes. After WWII, the city ensured that rooming house spaces were available for returning soldiers. In 1949, a sociologist called a Los Angeles rooming house neighbourhood a "universe of anonymous transients." Since traditional class roles were based around home and family, residents in rooming houses did not fit into working class, middle class or upper class patterns; instead, they were in a sort of "social and cultural limbo", with many hoping to rise.

However, with the boom in housing in the 1950s, middle class newcomers could increasingly afford their own homes or apartments, which meant that rooming and boarding houses became used mainly by post-secondary "students, the working poor, or the unemployed". By the 1960s, rooming and boarding houses were deteriorating, as official city policies tended to ignore them. By the 1970s, investors started buying up city houses, turning them into temporary rooming houses to make rental income until the desired price in the housing market for selling off the properties was reached, a process called gentrification . From 1977 to 1987, Montreal lost about 40% of its rooming houses, which has created a shortage in affordable housing for low-income people.

By 2014, rooming houses were disappearing from Winnipeg due to a complicated regulatory framework involving multiple government departments and "market pressure" in the housing market. A 2014 report about Toronto rooming houses noted the increase in suburban rooming houses, often in basements; this change challenges the perception that rooming houses are just an inner city phenomenon.

See also
 House in multiple occupation, UK-specific term for rooming houses with specific legislation

Further reading
 Distasio, J., Dudley, M., Maunder, M. (2002). Out of the Long Dark Hallway: Voices from Winnipeg's Rooming Houses. Social Services and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
 Mifflin, E., & Wilton, R. (2005). "No place like home: Rooming houses in contemporary urban context". Environment and Planning, 37, 403–421.

References

House types
Affordable housing
Living arrangements


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Q: Today button in jQuery Datepicker doesn't work I'm using jQueryUI Datepicker and show "Today" button.
But it doesn't work. It also doesn't work in demo: http://www.jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#buttonbar
I'w want to fill input with today when press this button.
Is it possible to get it working?

A: I don't like the solution of modifying the jQuery source code because it removes the ability to use a CDN. Instead, you can reassign the _gotoToday function by including this code based on @meesterjeeves answer somewhere in your page's JavaScript scope file:
$.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
    var target = $(id);
    var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
    if (this._get(inst, 'gotoCurrent') && inst.currentDay) {
            inst.selectedDay = inst.currentDay;
            inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = inst.currentMonth;
            inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = inst.currentYear;
    }
    else {
            var date = new Date();
            inst.selectedDay = date.getDate();
            inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = date.getMonth();
            inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = date.getFullYear();
            // the below two lines are new
            this._setDateDatepicker(target, date);
            this._selectDate(id, this._getDateDatepicker(target));
    }
    this._notifyChange(inst);
    this._adjustDate(target);
}

The above code is essentially the same as the jQuery UI Datepicker from version 1.10.1 except for the two lines marked above. The whole mumble-jumbo with gotoCurrent can actually be removed since that option does not make sense with our new meaning of "today".

A:
Just add the following two lines of code to the _gotoToday function...

/* Action for current link. */
_gotoToday: function(id) {
    var target = $(id);
    var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
    if (this._get(inst, 'gotoCurrent') && inst.currentDay) {
        inst.selectedDay = inst.currentDay;
    inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = inst.currentMonth;
    inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = inst.currentYear;
    }
    else {
        var date = new Date();
        inst.selectedDay = date.getDate();
        inst.drawMonth = inst.selectedMonth = date.getMonth();
        inst.drawYear = inst.selectedYear = date.getFullYear();
    }
    this._notifyChange(inst);
    this._adjustDate(target);

    /* ### CUSTOMIZATION: Actually select the current date, don't just show it ### */
    this._setDateDatepicker(target, new Date());
    this._selectDate(id, this._getDateDatepicker(target));
},

A: Though I know this has already been accepted, here is my expanded solution based on Samy Zine's idea. This was using jQuery 1.6.3 and jQuery UI 1.8.16, and worked for me in Firefox 6.
$('.ui-datepicker-current').live('click', function() {
    // extract the unique ID assigned to the text input the datepicker is for
    // from the onclick attribute of the button
    var associatedInputSelector = $(this).attr('onclick').replace(/^.*'(#[^']+)'.*/gi, '$1');
    // set the date for that input to today's date
    var $associatedInput = $(associatedInputSelector).datepicker("setDate", new Date());
    // (optional) close the datepicker once done
    $associatedInput.datepicker("hide");
});

You may wish to also blur() the $associatedInput and focus on the next input/select in your page, but that is not trivial to do generically, or is implementation-specific.
As an example, I did this on a page I was working on that used tables for layout (don't get me started, I know that is bad practice!):
$associatedInput.closest('tr').next('tr').find('input,select').first().focus();

A: I don't like the idea of adding extra code to jQuery source code. And I don't want to override _gotoToday method by copy-pasting its implementation somewhere in the javascript code and adding extra lines at the bottom.
So, I've tweaked it using this code:
(function(){
    var original_gotoToday = $.datepicker._gotoToday;

    $.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
        var target = $(id),
            inst = this._getInst(target[0]);

        original_gotoToday.call(this, id);
        this._selectDate(id, this._formatDate(inst, inst.selectedDay, inst.drawMonth, inst.drawYear));
    }
})();

A: Their code is not really broken.  It just doesn't do what most people would expect it to do.  Which is to enter today's date into the input box. What it does do, is highlight for the user to see today's date on the calendar.  If they were off in another month or another year, the calendar pops back to today's view without deselecting the date the user already selected.
To make it more intuitive, you'll need to update the plugin code to suit your needs.  Let me know how it goes.
You'll need to get the uncompressed version of the jquery-ui javascript.  I'm looking at version 1.7.2 and the "_gotoToday" function is on line 6760.  Just add a call into that _gotoToday that fires off the _selectDate() function on line 6831.  :)  Happy Coding.

A: I think the best way to handle this is to override the _goToToday method outside of the library itself.  This solved the issue for me:
var old_goToToday = $.datepicker._gotoToday
$.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
  old_goToToday.call(this,id)
  this._selectDate(id)
}

Simple and doesn't require you to hack up any events or change any underlying functionality

A: I just got rid of it.
In some CSS file that's part of your page:
.ui-datepicker-current {
    visibility:hidden
}

A: Documentation says what "today" button which title could be altered via
.datepicker('option', 'currentText', 'New Title')

only changes displayed month to current. This behaviour also could be configured
.datepicker('option', 'gotoCurrent', true);

After that pressing the button will change displayed month to selected date's one.
It seems submitting a date with this button is impossible by design.

A: You can try the below code as well to fill current date in input box on click of Today button. Just put the below code in the _gotoToday function (at the end of the function) in jquery.ui.datepicker.js.
this._selectDate(id, this._formatDate(inst,
inst.selectedDay, inst.drawMonth, inst.drawYear));

Please note that I am using version 1.8.5 of jquery datepicker.

A: I have added an option to the datepicker for that purpose: selectCurrent.
To do the same, you just have to add the following to the uncompressed js file:
1) Toward the end of function Datepicker(), add:
selectCurrent: false // True to select the date automatically when the current button is clicked

2) At the end of the _gotoToday function, add:
if (this._get(inst, 'selectCurrent'))
  this._selectDate(id, this._formatDate(inst, inst.selectedDay, inst.drawMonth, inst.drawYear));

A: jQuery UI Datepicker Today Link
$('button.ui-datepicker-current').live('click', function() {
    $.datepicker._curInst.input.datepicker('setDate', new Date()).datepicker('hide').blur();
});

A:

$.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
  var inst = this._getInst($(id)[0]);

  var date = new Date();
  this._selectDay(id, date.getMonth(), date.getFullYear(), inst.dpDiv.find('td.ui-datepicker-today'));
}

$.datepicker.setDefaults({
  changeMonth: true,
  maxDate: 'today',
  numberOfMonths: 1,
  showButtonPanel: true
});
<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<input type="text" id="id">

A: You should use the todayBtn option:
$("...").datepicker({
  todayBtn: "linked"
})

(instead of todayBtn: true).

todayBtn
Boolean, "linked". Default: false
If true or "linked", displays a "Today" button at the bottom of the
  datepicker to select the current date. If true, the "Today" button
  will only move the current date into view; if "linked", the current
  date will also be selected.

For more details look at the following link:
http://bootstrap-datepicker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/options.html#todaybtn

A: The datepicker is being refactored to be at least 10 times more awesome. The new version will address this issue.
http://wiki.jqueryui.com/w/page/12137778/Datepicker

A: You can also try to add this to your script :
$('.ui-datepicker-current').live('click', function() {
       $(".datepicker").datepicker("setDate", date);
});

( use .live function and not .click)

A: This is a hack that worked for me that uses the Datepicker's beforeShow callback function as opposed to the live() approach.
     ,beforeShow: function(input, datepicker) {
         setTimeout(function() {
             datepicker.dpDiv.find('.ui-datepicker-current')
                .text('Select Today')
                .click(function() {
                     $(input)
                         .datepicker('setDate', new Date())
                         .datepicker('hide');
                });
         }, 1);
         return {};
     }

A: This is a simple hack
$(function() {
var _gotoToday = $.datepicker._gotoToday;
$.datepicker._gotoToday = function(a){
var target = $(a);
var inst = this._getInst(target[0]);
_gotoToday.call(this, a);
$.datepicker._selectDate(a, $.datepicker._formatDate(inst,inst.selectedDay, inst.selectedMonth, inst.selectedYear));
target.blur();
}

$( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({
showButtonPanel: true
});

});

A: I solved it a different way.
I find it irritating navigating to a date then having to remember to click on the day even if it is already selected (after clicking next/prev month).
Here I update the input field directly as we move around the months/years - which also fires when the Today button is clicked. I also need the change event to fire whenever the selection has changed.
$input.datepicker({
    ...
    onChangeMonthYear: function (year, month, inst)
    {
        var date = new Date(inst.selectedYear, inst.selectedMonth, inst.selectedDay);
        if (!isNaN(date))
        {
            input.value = $.datepicker.formatDate("dd M yy", date);
            $input.change();
        }
    }
}

A: I got the solution for datetimepicker is to simple add icons properties in your code like this

//And the script part like this
$('#fromFilterDate').datetimepicker({
    format: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
    showTodayButton :true,
    icons: {
      today:'fa fa-crosshairs'
    }
  });
From Date
<input name = "fromFilterDate" autocomplete="off"  id="fromFilterDate" type="text" class="form-control">

A: For those who came lately like me for the similar issue with datetimepicker bootstrap4 version when using maxDate as Today the today button is not working. Here is a solution.
Try Following. It is because of the Time which comes with moment() object.
var today_string = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD');
            $('#mydate').datetimepicker({
                format: 'DD/MM/YYYY',
                defaultDate: moment(),
                maxDate: moment(today_string+"T23:59:59"), //This is IMP
                icons: {
                    today: 'fa-solid fa-clock-rotate-left',
                },
                buttons: {
                    showToday: true
                },
            });

A: (Please note, this isn't a question.  I am trying to be helpful by providing my solution since the other solutions did not work for me.)
I couldn't get the datepicker to stay hidden with any of the other answers.  The calendar would close and then re-open.  The below code worked for me to change the Today button to set the date to the current day and close the calendar.
jQuery UI - v1.11.4
jQuery JavaScript Library v1.11.1
IE 11.0.28
I've included my defaults for completeness.

    $.datepicker._gotoToday = function(id) {
      var inst = this._getInst($(id)[0]);

      var date = new Date();
      this._selectDay(id, date.getMonth(), date.getFullYear(), inst.dpDiv.find('td.ui-datepicker-today'));
    }

    $.datepicker.setDefaults({
      changeMonth: true,
      maxDate: 'today',
      numberOfMonths: 1,
      showButtonPanel: true
    });

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Q: Has anyone tried to use Shark/Spark on DataStax Enterprise? I've been trying to achieve this without success. I tried to use the included hive disitribution on dse with shark, however, shark provides with a patched up and older version of Hive (0.9 I believe), which makes shark execution impossible due to incompatibilities. I also tried to use the patched up hive version from shark instead of dse's, recycling the dse hive configuration (in order to make available CFS to shark's hive distribution) only to discover a long list of dependencies from the full dse classpath (hive, cassandra, hadoop, etc.).
It is possible to achieve this with C* by following the instructions on this blog.
Am I being stubborn by trying to use CFS? Is there a way with or without CFS on dse?
Thanks!
Here are some shark-env.sh highlights:
export HIVE_HOME="/home/cassserv/hive-0.9.0-bin/" #choosing this when using hive distro.
#export HIVE_HOME="/usr/share/dse/hive/" #choosing this when using dse distro.
export HIVE_CONF_DIR="/home/cassserv/hive-0.9.0-bin/conf" #edited dse hive-site.xml conf file
#export HIVE_CONF_DIR="/etc/dse/hive" #original dse hive-site.xml conf file

Edited hive-site.xml highlights:
<property>
    <name>hive.hwi.war.file</name>
    <!--<value>lib/hive-hwi.war</value>-->
    <value>lib/hive-hwi-0.9.0-shark-0.8.1.war</value><!--edited to use sharks distro-->
    <description>This sets the path to the HWI war file, relative to ${HIVE_HOME}</description>
  </property>

<property>
    <name>hadoop.bin.path</name>
    <!--<value>${dse.bin}/dse hadoop</value>-->
    <value>/usr/share/dse hadoop</value><!--edited to override variable-->
  </property>

Here's shark's output while trying to use sharks patched hive distro with dse's hive configuration. That missing class is in dse.jar file:
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(message:com.datastax.bdp.hadoop.hive.metastore.CassandraHiveMetaStore class not found)

I'm trying to figure out if I can do something like this in the edited hive-site.xml:
<property>
<name>fs.cfs.impl</name>
<value>org.apache.cassandra.hadoop.fs.CassandraFileSystem</value>
</property>
<property>
    <name>hive.metastore.rawstore.impl</name>
    <!--<value>com.datastax.bdp.hadoop.hive.metastore.CassandraHiveMetaStore</value>--> <value>org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore</value>
    <description>Use the Apache Cassandra Hive RawStore implementation</description>
  </property>

in order to remove any dependency from the dse libraries. Also, might not use dse's hadoop distro.

A: DSE 4.5 has Spark and Shark 0.9 integrated. You don't need to setup anything, it works out-of-the-box the same way pig/hive worked before.


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Aldean is die-hard, rooting for the likes of the Georgia Bulldogs, Atlanta Falcons, and the Atlanta Braves.
On Tuesday morning, Chrissy and I interviewed Aldean on the 107.7 GNA Morning Show ahead of his concert Friday night at SPAC, and we love talking to him.
Former Shen standout Ian Anderson helped the Braves win a World Series last October
Aldean can give off a bit of an intimidating vibe, but it's not intentional. He's just a bit more reserved than say a Luke Bryan or a Blake Shelton.
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It was show we have been waiting more than 3 years for, and Luke Byran delivered the performance we have been waiting for since his last SPAC visit in 2019. Along with Riley Green and Mitchell Tenpenny - it was an amazing night of Country music! Let's relive another amazing show at SPAC with these great photos of Luke and show openers Riley and Mitchell!
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Tobin's First Prize operated from 1924 until 1981 in the Colonie building as a meat packing plant. They also manufactured fertilizers, glue, and animal hides, and it became a meat packing operation according to Spotlight News. There were offices, a boiler room, freezers, coolers, a machine shop, two incinerators, a hog pen, and a laboratory. There was a scare recently where demolition had to be halted to deal with a possible ammonia leak. Now all that stands is the 200-foot smokestack. There is no word of when that will be coming down.
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We are set for a big year of Country shows in 2022, and here is a complete list of artists set to perform in 2022 in the Capital Region and all over Upstate New York.
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Well, I just got back from a nice visit with my grandmother. Pictures can be found in the Kentucky section of the gallery.
Also, I knew my first Christmas day with my dad was going to be a rough, I just didn't realize how rough. I mean, I managed to get through Thanksgiving okay, right? Christmas was just so much harder. Dad loved giving gifts… Thank goodness for Mom or I never would have made it.
The last of the shopping is done…now to finish making gifts and wrapping! Too much to do! I hope everyone has a happy holiday season of their choice.
Yeah! It's finally ready to go live! Welcome to the updated Web site. This was done in less than a week, so the probability of errors is high. If you have a problem, find a broken link or a misspelled word, please let me know!
Okay, now I've got all the pages done. I just need to finish loading up the daily photos and I can take this live!


The plumbing system shall be provided with a system of vent piping that will permit the admission or emission of air so that the seal of any fixture trap shall not be subjected to a pneumatic pressure differential of more than 1 inch of water column (249 Pa).
P3101.4 Extension outside a structure.
The vent system serving each building drain shall have at least one vent pipe that extends to the outdoors.
The required vent shall be a dry vent that connects to the building drain or an extension of a drain that connects to the building drain. Such vent shall not be an island fixture vent as permitted by Section P3112.
The required vent shall be sized in accordance with Section P3113.1 based on the required size of the building drain.
Open vent pipes that extend through a roof shall be terminated not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the roof or 6 inches (152 mm) above the anticipated snow accumulation, whichever is greater, except that where a roof is to be used for any purpose other than weather protection, the vent extension shall be run not less than 7 feet (2134 mm) above the roof.
Where the 97.5-percent value for outside design temperature is 0°F (-18°C) or less, every vent extension through a roof or wall shall be not less than 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter. Any increase in the size of the vent shall be made inside the structure not less than 1 foot (305 mm) below the roof or inside the wall.
The juncture of each vent pipe with the roof line shall be made water tight by an approved flashing. Vent extensions in walls and soffits shall be made weather tight by caulking.
P3103.5 Location of vent terminal.
P3103.6 Extension through the wall.
Vent terminals extending through the wall shall terminate not less than 10 feet (3048 mm) from the lot line and 10 feet (3048 mm) above the highest adjacent grade within 10 feet (3048 mm) horizontally of the vent terminal. Vent terminals shall not terminate under the overhang of a structure with soffit vents. Side wall vent terminals shall be protected to prevent birds or rodents from entering or blocking the vent opening.
All individual branch and circuit vents shall connect to a vent stack, stack vent or extend to the open air.
Exception: Individual, branch and circuit vents shall be permitted to terminate at an air admittance valve in accordance with Section P3114.
Vent and branch vent pipes shall be graded, connected and supported to allow moisture and condensate to drain back to the soil or waste pipe by gravity.
P3104.3 Vent connection to drainage system.
A dry vent connecting to a horizontal drain shall connect above the centerline of the horizontal drain pipe.
P3104.4 Vertical rise of vent.
A dry vent shall rise vertically to not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest trap or trapped fixture being vented.
A connection between a vent pipe and a vent stack or stack vent shall be made not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest fixture served by the vent. Horizontal vent pipes forming branch vents shall be not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest fixture served.
P3104.6 Vent for future fixtures.
Where the drainage piping has been roughed-in for future fixtures, a rough-in connection for a vent, not less than one-half the diameter of the drain, shall be installed. The vent rough-in shall connect to the vent system or shall be vented by other means as provided in this chapter. The connection shall be identified to indicate that the connection is a vent.
P3105.1 Distance of trap from vent.
Each fixture trap shall have a protecting vent located so that the slope and the developed length in the fixture drain from the trap weir to the vent fitting are within the requirements set forth in Table P3105.1.
The total fall in a fixture drain resulting from pipe slope shall not exceed one pipe diameter, nor shall the vent pipe connection to a fixture drain, except for water closets, be below the weir of the trap.
Each trap and trapped fixture shall be permitted to be provided with an individual vent. The individual vent shall connect to the fixture drain of the trap or trapped fixture being vented.
P3107.1 Individual vent as common vent.
An individual vent shall be permitted to vent two traps or trapped fixtures as a common vent. The traps or trapped fixtures being common vented shall be located on the same floor level.
P3107.2 Connection at the same level.
P3107.3 Connection at different levels.
Where the fixture drains connect at different levels, the vent shall connect as a vertical extension of the vertical drain. The vertical drain pipe connecting the two fixture drains shall be considered the vent for the lower fixture drain, and shall be sized in accordance with Table P3107.3. The upper fixture shall not be a water closet.
P3108.1 Horizontal wet vent permitted.
Any combination of fixtures within two bathroom groups located on the same floor level shall be permitted to be vented by a horizontal wet vent. The wet vent shall be considered the vent for the fixtures and shall extend from the connection of the dry vent along the direction of the flow in the drain pipe to the most downstream fixture drain connection. Each fixture drain shall connect horizontally to the horizontal branch being wet vented or shall have a dry vent. Each wet-vented fixture drain shall connect independently to the horizontal wet vent. Only the fixtures within the bathroom groups shall connect to the wet-vented horizontal branch drain. Any additional fixtures shall discharge downstream of the horizontal wet vent.
The required dry-vent connection for wet-vented systems shall comply with Sections P3108.2.1 and P3108.2.2.
The dry-vent connection for a horizontal wet-vent system shall be an individual vent or a common vent for any bathroom group fixture, except an emergency floor drain. Where the dry vent connects to a water closet fixture drain, the drain shall connect horizontally to the horizontal wet vent system. Not more than one wet-vented fixture drain shall discharge upstream of the dry-vented fixture drain connection.
Horizontal and vertical wet vents shall be not less than the size as specified in Table P3108.3, based on the fixture unit discharge to the wet vent. The dry vent serving the wet vent shall be sized based on the largest required diameter of pipe within the wet-vent system served by the dry vent.
P3108.4 Vertical wet vent permitted.
A combination of fixtures located on the same floor level shall be permitted to be vented by a vertical wet vent. The vertical wet vent shall be considered the vent for the fixtures and shall extend from the connection of the dry vent down to the lowest fixture drain connection. Each wet-vented fixture shall connect independently to the vertical wet vent. All water closet drains shall connect at the same elevation. Other fixture drains shall connect above or at the same elevation as the water closet fixture drains. The dry vent connection to the vertical wet vent shall be an individual or common vent serving one or two fixtures.
P3108.5 Trap weir to wet vent distances.
The maximum developed length of wet-vented fixture drains shall comply with Table P3105.1.
P3109.1 Waste stack vent permitted.
The waste stack shall be vertical, and both horizontal and vertical offsets shall be prohibited between the lowest fixture drain connection and the highest fixture drain connection to the stack. Every fixture drain shall connect separately to the waste stack. The stack shall not receive the discharge of water closets or urinals.
A stack vent shall be installed for the waste stack. The size of the stack vent shall be not less than the size of the waste stack. Offsets shall be permitted in the stack vent and shall be located not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level of the highest fixture, and shall be in accordance with Section P3104.5. The stack vent shall be permitted to connect with other stack vents and vent stacks in accordance with Section P3113.3.
The waste stack shall be sized based on the total discharge to the stack and the discharge within a branch interval in accordance with Table P3109.4. The waste stack shall be the same size throughout the length of the waste stack.
The circuit vent connection shall be located between the two most upstream fixture drains. The vent shall connect to the horizontal branch and shall be installed in accordance with Section P3104. The circuit vent pipe shall not receive the discharge of any soil or waste.
P3110.3 Slope and size of horizontal branch.
The slope of the vent section of the horizontal branch drain shall be not greater than one unit vertical in 12 units horizontal (8-percent slope). The entire length of the vent section of the horizontal branch drain shall be sized for the total drainage discharge to the branch in accordance with Table P3005.4.1.
Fixtures, other than the circuit vented fixtures shall be permitted to discharge, to the horizontal branch drain. Such fixtures shall be located on the same floor as the circuit vented fixtures and shall be either individually or common vented.
A combination waste and vent system shall not serve fixtures other than floor drains, sinks and lavatories. A combination waste and vent system shall not receive the discharge of a food waste grinder.
The only vertical pipe of a combination waste and vent system shall be the connection between the fixture drain and the horizontal combination waste and vent pipe. The vertical distance shall be not greater than 8 feet (2438 mm).
The horizontal combination waste and vent pipe shall have a slope of not greater than 1/2 unit vertical in 12 units horizontal (4-percent slope). The minimum slope shall be in accordance with Section P3005.3.
The combination waste and vent pipe shall connect to a horizontal drain that is vented or a vent shall connect to the combination waste and vent. The vent connecting to the combination waste and vent pipe shall extend vertically not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest fixture being vented before offsetting horizontally.
The vent shall be sized for the total fixture unit load in accordance with Section P3113.1.
P3111.2.4 Fixture branch or drain.
The fixture branch or fixture drain shall connect to the combination waste and vent within a distance specified in Table P3105.1. The combination waste and vent pipe shall be considered the vent for the fixture.
The size of a combination drain and vent pipe shall be not less than that specified in Table 3111.3. The horizontal length of a combination drain and vent system shall be unlimited.
Island fixture venting shall not be permitted for fixtures other than sinks and lavatories. Kitchen sinks with a dishwasher waste connection, a food waste grinder, or both, in combination with the kitchen sink waste, shall be permitted to be vented in accordance with this section.
The island fixture vent shall connect to the fixture drain as required for an individual or common vent. The vent shall rise vertically to above the drainage outlet of the fixture being vented before offsetting horizontally or vertically downward. The vent or branch vent for multiple island fixture vents shall extend not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the highest island fixture being vented before connecting to the outside vent terminal.
P3112.3 Vent installation below the fixture flood level rim.
The vent located below the flood level rim of the fixture being vented shall be installed as required for drainage piping in accordance with Chapter 30, except for sizing. The vent shall be sized in accordance with Section P3113.1. The lowest point of the island fixture vent shall connect full size to the drainage system. The connection shall be to a vertical drain pipe or to the top half of a horizontal drain pipe. Cleanouts shall be provided in the island fixture vent to permit rodding of all vent piping located below the flood level rim of the fixtures. Rodding in both directions shall be permitted through a cleanout.
The required diameter of individual vents, branch vents, circuit vents, vent stacks and stack vents shall be not less than one-half the required diameter of the drain served. The required size of the drain shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 30. Vent pipes shall be not less than 11/4 inches (32 mm) in diameter. Vents exceeding 40 feet (12 192 mm) in developed length shall be increased by one nominal pipe size for the entire developed length of the vent pipe.
The developed length of individual, branch, and circuit vents shall be measured from the farthest point of vent connection to the drainage system, to the point of connection to the vent stack, stack vent or termination outside of the building.
Where branch vents are connected to a common branch vent, the common branch vent shall be sized in accordance with this section, based on the size of the common horizontal drainage branch that is or would be required to serve the total drainage fixture unit (d.f.u.) load being vented.
Sump vent sizes shall be determined in accordance with Sections P3113.4.1 and P3113.4.2.
P3113.4.1 Sewage pumps and sewage ejectors other than pneumatic.
Drainage piping below sewer level shall be vented in the same manner as that of a gravity system. Building sump vent sizes for sumps with sewage pumps or sewage ejectors, other than pneumatic, shall be determined in accordance with Table P3113.4.1.
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gallon per minute (gpm) = 3.785 L/m.
a. Developed length plus an appropriate allowance for entrance losses and friction caused by fittings, changes in direction and diameter. Suggested allowances shall be obtained from NBS Monograph 31 or other approved sources. An allowance of 50 percent of the developed length shall be assumed if a more precise value is not available.
The air pressure relief pipe from a pneumatic sewage ejector shall be connected to an independent vent stack terminating as required for vent extensions through the roof. The relief pipe shall be sized to relieve air pressure inside the ejector to atmospheric pressure, but shall not be less than 11/4 inches (32 mm) in size.
Vent systems using air admittance valves shall comply with this section. Individual and branch-type air admittance valves shall conform to ASSE 1051. Stack-type air admittance valves shall conform to ASSE 1050.
The valves shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of this section and the manufacturer's instructions. Air admittance valves shall be installed after the DWV testing required by Section P2503.5.1 or P2503.5.2 has been performed.
Individual vents, branch vents, circuit vents and stack vents shall be permitted to terminate with a connection to an air admittance valve. Individual and branch type air admittance valves shall vent only fixtures that are on the same floor level and connect to a horizontal branch drain.
Individual and branch air admittance valves shall be located not less than 4 inches (102 mm) above the horizontal branch drain or fixture drain being vented. Stack-type air admittance valves shall be located not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood level rim of the highest fixture being vented. The air admittance valve shall be located within the maximum developed length permitted for the vent. The air admittance valve shall be installed not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above insulation materials where installed in attics.
Access shall be provided to all air admittance valves. The valve shall be located within a ventilated space that allows air to enter the valve.
The air admittance valve shall be rated for the size of the vent to which the valve is connected.
Within each plumbing system, not less than one stack vent or a vent stack shall extend outdoors to the open air.
Air admittance valves without an engineered design shall not be used to vent sumps or tanks of any type.


When Top Paddock opened earlier this year, I immediately knew I had to take my parents - Top Paddock is owned by the same crew who used to own Three Bags Full, which my parents love! (My dad, especially, loves the chicken schnitzel sandwich at Three Bags Full - it tastes great and "the bread isn't too hard"). I've visited Top Paddock twice now: once with my parents for a weekday lunch, back when I used to get RDOs, and another time to celebrate my birthday with some friends. These pictures are from both visits.
Hot tip: when we sat outside, we found it very difficult to get any attention from the staff and, worse, had to keep fending off bees! I'd definitely suggest sitting inside.
They do specialty coffees (think: filter and clover, in addition to espresso coffees), and rotate the types of beans on offer. Over my visits, I've tried the filter, a cappuccino and a latte - all consistently good.
My dad ordered this one, and it was really good - a light and healthy interpretation of modern Mexican flavours.
My mum got the three mushroom omelette, and whilst it looked great, and the eggs themselves were cooked skilfully, she did comment that it was weird that the bean sprouts were raw (and that there were heaps of them!) Looking at their current menu online, it appears that this isn't on the menu any more - perhaps it wasn't that popular.
I got the pulled pork on rye, and it was a seriously filling dish. I really liked the combo of rich, tender pork, sweet prunes and sharp goats curd, but had to admit defeat about halfway through. A good one to share.
The cheesecake brownie appears to be an item that they brought over from Three Bags Full, and I'm glad they did! I love the thick cream cheese layer. (And incidentally, it was this brownie that inspired the super-thick cheesecake layer on my own chocolate cheesecake brownies).
Look at all those pine mushrooms! What a treat! The eggs were cooked perfectly too - just set and still a little bit runny. Delicious.
Pork belly and fried egg on a brioche bun. Do I need to say more?
I greatly enjoyed this one, which I mainly ordered for the white anchovies - again, what a treat. I was worried the overall dish might be too salty, what with the jamon, the manchego and the anchovies, but it was a well balanced dish - eggs do need a bit of salt, and white anchovies are less pervasively salty than their hairy, briny jarred counterparts.
When we ordered "ricotta hotcakes", I was expecting a pile of little pikelets, but what came out was one giant fluffy hotcake! I loved the use of sunflower seeds and pepitas, the fluffy light dough, and the generous pieces of ricotta inside.
Top Paddock is great - they have a strong focus on food and coffee without being pretentious, and have an airy, bright, relaxed atmosphere. I like it!
wow! i am hungry and craving.
Bernard. Bernard. Bernard. ... I ate all your bees.
Oh i'm so hungry. I wanna come to this restaurant righ now.
Btw love the new banner on your blog!
Loving the new look! I've yet stepped foot at Top Paddock but really loving the look of the dishes. The brioche with pork belly looks so decadent!
I really enjoyed Top Paddock. I had the breakfast plate which was really good. Love the new blog header by the way.
The snapper dish looks lovely, and lol, I agree about the trending dishes you see on IG! Also funny when you can instantly recognise certain dishes without even looking at the location tag.
well-done on the new look, it's great! and i love paddock! everything's so good! best cheesecake brownie!


An Electrical or Mechanical National Craft Certificate.
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who want to up skill in this rapidly changing technology.
with greater precision and reliability compared to a manual process. Robotics & industrial automation are utilised heavily in many diverse sectors such as the medical device, packaging, aerospace, food and automotive industries.
Closing Date for applications is 22nd January, 2019. The programme will be delivered online, with Induction on 26th January in the the Athlone Institute of Technology from 9.30am. Attendance at the Induction is compulsory.


Minot, ND has thirty	respiratory therapy schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the highest ranked school in this group with a respiratory therapy program, has a total student population of 51,659. It is the 31st	highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Minnesota.
Respiratory Therapy students from Minot schools who go on to become respiratory therapists, respiratory care specialists, respiratory care practitioners, certified respiratory therapists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 107,270 people working as respiratory therapists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $54,200.
Of the 30 respiratory therapy schools with a 500-mile radius of Minot, only 4	have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Minneapolis/St Paul Campus comes out as the most expensive ($26,850/yr) for respiratory therapy students,	with National American University-Ellsworth AFB Extension as the lowest, reported at only $2,785/yr.


One of the 13,000 letters sent to Santa from all across Quebec just happened to find its way to the Premier Tech Campus and, as the heart and soul of PT is being involved in its community, it just seemed natural to make a gesture of generosity and hope for a child living close to us.
Taking its role as elf very seriously, the PT team traded in their keyboard and screen, in exchange for writing paper and their best pen, and wrote a letter under the name of Santa Claus. This letter will be expedited in response to its author and will of course be accompanied by a gift offered by the Premier Tech team members!
A gesture we hope will give life to the true spirit of the holidays for this child!


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West African bloc holds crisis meeting after Guinea coup
West African bloc holds crisis meeting after Guinea coup /node/1925056/world
Soldiers of Guinea's special forces stand in front of the Central Prison in Conakry on September 7, 2021, ahead of the release of dozens of political opponents of the deposed president. (AFP)
https://arab.news/nzs6q
When faced with a similar discussion on Mali last year, ECOWAS imposed economic sanctions
Guinea has spent decades under authoritarian rule since its independence from France in 1958
CONAKRY: Guinean putschists were awaiting decisions from the West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, with regional leaders convening a crisis meeting on the coup that toppled president Alpha Conde at the weekend.
Special forces led by Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya seized power in the mineral-rich but impoverished West African country on Sunday and arrested the president, sparking international condemnation.
Conde, 83, had come under increasing fire for perceived authoritarianism, with dozens of opposition activists arrested after a violently disputed election last year.
But the putsch in Guinea has sparked fears of democratic backsliding across West Africa — where military strongmen are an increasingly familiar sight.
It has drawn parallels with its neighbor Mali: the Sahel state has suffered two coups since August last year led by Col. Assimi Goita, who was also a special forces commander.
West African leaders were to hold an extraordinary virtual crisis summit convened by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
When faced with a similar discussion on Mali last year, ECOWAS imposed economic sanctions on the country, but lifted them after Mali's ruling military committed to restoring civilian rule.
Doumbouya, hours after taking power in Conakry, appeared on television and accused the Conde government of "endemic corruption" and of "trampling on citizens' rights."
He has pledged to open talks on forming a new government, but it is not yet clear when, or under what form, these may take place.
"The government to be installed will be that of national unity and will ensure this political transition," Doumbouya tweeted on Tuesday.
The same day, the military released about 80 political opponents of Conde who had been detained under his rule.
Ismael Conde, one of the detainees, told AFP upon his release that he was praying for a "new era for Guinea."
The opposition activist had once been a member of Conde's political party, but he defected and was then jailed for suggesting that the president had to be driven out by force.
"We are leaving invigorated to continue the struggle for a free and democratic Guinea," Ismael Conde said.
Public discontent in Guinea had been brewing for months over a flatlining Covid-hit economy and the leadership of Conde, who became the first democratically elected president in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015.
But last year, Conde pushed through a new constitution that allowed him to run for a third term in October 2020.
The move sparked mass demonstrations in which dozens of protesters were killed. Conde won the election but the political opposition maintained that the poll was a sham.
No deaths have been officially reported in the putsch, although reports in Guinean media have suggested that between a dozen and 20 people were killed.
AFP was unable to independently confirm the reports.
The military coup was met with jubilation in some parts of Conakry, where hundreds residents turned out on the streets to applaud passing soldiers.
Cellou Dalein Diallo, the country's main opposition leader, has backed the military regime — although he called for the army to uphold the rule of law.
In Bambeto, an opposition stronghold in Conakry, resident Abdoul Gadiri Diallo told AFP on Tuesday that he supports Doumbouya.
"He is going to straighten out this country very well, we are counting on him," he said.
Doumbouya is in his early forties and was trained at France's Ecole de Guerre military academy. He was also a member of the French Foreign Legion.
Guinea has spent decades under authoritarian rule since its independence from France in 1958. The latest coup is the third in the country's history.
Topics: Guinea Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mamady Doumbouya Alpha Conde
Guinea's new strongman: combat-hardened ex-Legionnaire
Power struggle roils Guinea; soldiers say on TV they have taken over
Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters /node/2008696/world
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KABUL, Afghanistan: The Taliban stormed an apartment in Kabul, smashing the door in and arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters, an eyewitness said Thursday.
A Taliban statement appeared to blame the incident on a recent women's protest, saying insulting Afghan values will no longer be tolerated.
The activist, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani, was among about 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest on Sunday against the compulsory Islamic headscarf, or hijab, for women. A person from the neighborhood who witnessed the arrest said about 10 armed men, claiming to be from the Taliban intelligence department, carried out the raid on Wednesday night.
Shortly before she and her sisters were taken away, footage of Paryani was posted on social media, showing her frightened and breathless and screaming for help, saying the Taliban were banging on her door.
"Help please, the Taliban have come to our home . . . only my sisters are home," she is heard saying in the footage. There are other female voices in the background, crying. "I can't open the door. Please . . . help!"
Associated Press footage from the scene on Thursday showed the apartment's front door, made of metal and painted reddish brown, dented and left slightly ajar. The occupants of a neighboring apartment ran inside their home, not wanting to talk to reporters. An outer security door of steel slats was shut and padlocked, making it impossible to enter Paryani's apartment.
The witness said the raid took place around 8 p.m. The armed men went up to the third floor of the Kabul apartment complex where Paryani lives and began pounding on the front door ordering her to open the door.
When she refused, they kicked the door repeatedly until it opened, the witness said. "They took four females away, all of them were sisters," the witness said, adding that one of the four was Paryani, the activist.
The witness spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing Taliban reprisal.
The spokesman for the Taliban-appointed police in Kabul, Gen. Mobin Khan, tweeted that Paryani's social video post was a manufactured drama. A spokesman for the Taliban intelligence, Khalid Hamraz, would neither confirm nor deny the arrest.
However, he tweeted that "insulting the religious and national values of the Afghan people is not tolerated anymore" — a reference to Sunday's protest during which the protesters appeared to burn a white burqa, the all-encompassing traditional head-to-toe female garment that only leaves a mesh opening for the eyes.
Hamraz accused rights activists of maligning Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers and their security forces to gain asylum in the West.
Since sweeping to power in mid-August, the Taliban have imposed widespread restrictions, many of them directed at women. Women have been banned from many jobs, outside the health and education field, their access to education has been restricted beyond sixth grade and they have been ordered to wear the hijab. The Taliban have, however, stopped short of imposing the burqa, which was compulsory when they previously ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s.
At Sunday's demonstration in Kabul, women carried placards demanding equal rights and shouted: "Justice!" They burned a white burqa and said they cannot be forced to wear the hijab. Organizers of the demonstration said Paryani attended the protest, which was dispersed after the Taliban fired tear gas into the crowd of women.
Paryani belongs to a rights group known as "Seekers of Justice," which organized several demonstrations in Kabul, including Sunday's. The group's members have not spoken publicly of her arrest but have been sharing the video of Paryani.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch criticized the crackdown, saying that since taking over Afghanistan five months ago, the Taliban "have rolled back the rights of women and girls, including blocking access to education and employment for many."
"Women's rights activists have staged a series of protests; the Taliban has responded by banning unauthorized protests," the watchdog said in a statement after Sunday's protest.
The Taliban have increasingly targeted Afghanistan's beleaguered rights groups, as well as journalists, with local and international television crews covering demonstration often detained and sometimes beaten.
Also Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement asking the Taliban to investigate a recent attack on a documentary film maker Zaki Qais who said two armed men, who identified themselves as Kabul police officials, entered his home and beat him. One tried to stab him, according to Steven Butler, the CPJ's Asia program coordinator.
"Afghanistan's Taliban rulers must immediately launch an investigation to identify and bring to justice those who attacked journalist Zaki Qais," said Butler. "The Taliban's continued silence on these repeated attacks on journalists undermines any remaining credibility of pledges to allow independent media to continue operating."
Last week the CPJ sought information on an attack on another Kabul-based journalist, Noor Mohammad Hashemi, deputy director for the nonprofit Salam Afghanistan Media Organization, who was beaten up by three unidentified men.
Sputnik V shows higher omicron-antibody levels than Pfizer in preliminary study /node/2008666/world
The joint Russian-Italian study compared the blood serum of people who had received the different vaccines
"Today the necessity of third booster vaccination is obvious," the preliminary study published on Jan. 19 said
MOSCOW: A small preliminary laboratory study has shown that levels of omicron-neutralising antibodies of people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine did not decline as much as of those who had Pfizer shots.
The joint Russian-Italian study — funded by the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which markets Sputnik V abroad — compared the blood serum of people who had received the different vaccines.
Researchers said samples taken three to six months after the second dose of a vaccine have shown that the levels of antibodies in recipients of two doses of Sputnik V were more resistant to omicron than in those vaccinated with Pfizer.
It included 51 people vaccinated with Sputnik V and 17 after two shots of the Pfizer vaccine.
"Today the necessity of third booster vaccination is obvious," the preliminary study published on Jan. 19 said.
The preliminary study, that will seek certification by peer review, showed that omicron-specific neutralizing antibodies were detected in the blood serum of 74.2 percent of the people vaccinated with Sputnik and in 56.9 percent of those vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNtech.
An earlier preliminary study by the Gamaleya Institute, the developer of Sputnik V, showed that a booster shot of Sputnik Light vaccine provided a stronger antibody response against omicron than the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine alone.
omicron has pushed COVID-19 case figures to record highs in parts of western Europe and the United States. But the variant has only now began to hit Russia, where the daily nationwide new infections spiked to 38,850 on Tuesday from 33,899 the day before.
Russia has so far officially recorded more than 1,600 cases of the variant and has mobilized its health system to tackle an increase in cases but authorities said they realized that there are many more cases related to omicron.
Topics: Sputnik V vaccine COVID-19 omicron Pfizer
Russia says Sputnik Light is 70 percent effective against Delta variant
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French parliament denounces China's Uyghur 'genocide' /node/2008566/world
The non-binding resolution was proposed by the opposition Socialists in the lower house of parliament
It reads that the National Assembly "officially recognises the violence perpetrated by the People's Republic of China against the Uyghurs as constituting crimes against humanity and genocide"
PARIS: France's parliament on Thursday denounced a "genocide" by China against its Uyghur Muslim population, in a resolution that risks straining ties between Paris and Beijing two weeks before the Winter Olympics.
The non-binding resolution, adopted with 169 votes in favour and just one against, was proposed by the opposition Socialists in the lower house of parliament but also backed by President Emmanuel Macron's Republic on the Move (LREM) party.
It reads that the National Assembly "officially recognises the violence perpetrated by the People's Republic of China against the Uyghurs as constituting crimes against humanity and genocide".
It also calls on the French government to undertake "the necessary measures within the international community and in its foreign policy towards the People's Republic of China" to protect the minority group in the Xinjiang region.
"China is a great power. We love the Chinese people. But we refuse to submit to propaganda from a regime that is banking on our cowardice and our avarice to perpetrate a genocide in plain sight," Socialist party chief Olivier Faure said.
He recounted testimony to parliament from Uyghur survivors who told of conditions inside internment camps where men and women were unable to lie down in cells, subjected to rape and torture, as well as forced organ transplants.
French MPs were also called to applaud Uyghurs refugees who had been invited to observe the parliamentary session.
The resolution follows a similar move in Britain in April last year which led to condemnation from China.
The Netherlands and Canadian parliaments both called Chinese treatment of the Uyghurs "genocide" in February 2021, while the US government also called it genocide under former president Donald Trump.
United States, Britain, Australia and Canada have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4.
China denies genocide or the existence of forced labour camps in Xinjiang and has accused Uyghurs testifying overseas about conditions inside the northwestern region of being paid liars.
The French parliamentary resolution comes at a time when the European Union is weighing how to respond to a Chinese blockade of Lithuania's exports, as well as Beijing's crushing of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has sought to avoid being dragged into increasingly confrontational ties between China and the United States, was asked about the Uyghurs during an appearance before the European parliament on Wednesday.
"You were right to remind us of massacres, massive deportations and forced labour," he told campaigning MEP Raphael Glucksmann.
"France raises this in a very clear fashion in all of our bilateral talks (with Beijing)."
He said he was in favour of an EU regulation that would "ban the import of goods that result from forced labour."
Speaking in parliament on Thursday to represent the government, Trade Minister Franck Riester referred to "systematic violence" and "overwhelming testimonies" from Uyghurs, but said that terming their treatment genocide was a formal decision taken by international institutions.
Beijing has turned down repeated requests from the UN High Commission for Human Rights to visit the region to investigate.
Human rights groups say they have found evidence of mass detentions, forced labour, political indoctrination, torture and forced sterilisation in Xinjiang.
After initially denying the existence of the Xinjiang camps, China later defended them as vocational training centres aimed at reducing the appeal of Islamic extremism.
The United States has slapped sanctions on a growing list of Chinese politicians and companies over the treatment of the Uyghurs, leading to tit-for-tat measures from Beijing.
China has also sanctioned European, British and US lawmakers, as well as academics who study Xinjiang and a London law firm.
The only French MP to vote against Thursday's resolution was Buon Tan from Macron's LREM, the chairman of a Franco-Chinese "friendship group".
Topics: France Chinese Uyghur Muslims genocide
US imposes sanctions against China over abuse of Uyghurs
Uyghurs in Turkey welcome US boycott of Olympics
At least two dead, 22 wounded by bomb in Pakistan's Lahore /node/2008541/world
The attack was claimed on Twitter by a spokesman for the Baloch Nationalist Army
Officials said a nine-year-old child was one of those killed
LAHORE: At least two people were killed and 22 wounded Thursday by a bomb blast in a busy shopping district of the Pakistani megacity of Lahore, police and officials said.
The attack was claimed on Twitter by a spokesman for the Baloch Nationalist Army, one of several ethnic separatist groups that have been waging an insurgency for years in southwest Pakistan.
"Initial investigations show that it was a time-controlled device on a motorbike which was the cause of the blast," Rana Arif, spokesman for Lahore police, told AFP.
Thursday's blast happened in old Lahore's busy Anarkali shopping district, damaging several motorbikes and upturning market stalls.
Officials said a nine-year-old child was one of those killed.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed regret over the "loss of precious human lives," a spokesman for his office said.
On Twitter, a spokesman for the Baloch Nationalist Army said it was responsible.
"This attack targeted bank employees. A detailed statement will be issued soon," the tweet said.
Mineral-rich Balochistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, is the largest of Pakistan's four provinces, but its roughly seven million inhabitants have long complained they do not receive a fair share of its gas and mineral wealth.
China is investing in the area under a $54-billion project known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), upgrading infrastructure, power and transport links between its far-western Xinjiang region and Pakistan's Gwadar port.
Baloch separatists previously claimed several attacks on CPEC projects, and thousands of Pakistani security personnel are deployed in the region to counter the violence.
Pakistan has suffered a string of blasts and attacks against police since December, when a truce between the government and Pakistan's Taliban lapsed.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — a home-grown movement that shares common roots with the Afghan Taliban — has claimed responsibility for most recent attacks.
The TTP said earlier this week it was responsible for a deadly shootout in Islamabad on Monday night — a rare attack by the militants in the heavily guarded capital.
A police officer was killed and two others injured when two TTP gunmen opened fire from a motorbike on a police checkpoint.
Police said both attackers were killed, and Pakistan's interior minister warned afterwards of the potential for further violence.
Pakistan's government announced late last year it had entered a month-long truce with the TTP, facilitated by Afghanistan's Taliban, but that expired on December 9 after peace talks failed to make progress.
The TTP has been blamed for hundreds of suicide bomb attacks and kidnappings across the country, and for a while held sway over vast tracts of the nation's rugged tribal belt, imposing a radical version of Islamic law.
But after the 2014 massacre of nearly 150 children at a Peshawar school, the Pakistan military sent huge numbers of troops into TTP strongholds and crushed the movement, forcing its fighters to retreat to Afghanistan.
Topics: Lahore Anarkali market terrorism Pakistan
Pakistani capital on high alert after deadly militant attack
UK police arrest 2 men over Texas synagogue hostage-taking /node/2008316/world
LONDON: British police said Thursday they have arrested two people in connection with a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas.
Counter Terrorism Police North West said one man was arrested Thursday in Birmingham, central England, and another in the northern English city of Manchester. They are being held for questioning and have not yet been charged.
The force said it was continuing to support US authorities with their investigation into Saturday's hostage incident. Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death. All four hostages were unharmed.
Police did not disclose details about the two people detained Thursday. British police do not release names and details of detainees until they are charged.
On Sunday, police arrested British teenagers in Manchester as part of the investigation. They were later released without charge.
Akram was from Blackburn, an industrial city in northwest England. His family said he had been "suffering from mental health issues."
Akram entered the United States on a tourist visa about two weeks earlier and spent time in Dallas-area homeless shelters before the attack at Congregation Beth Israel, in the suburb of Colleyville.
The FBI has called the incident "a terrorism-related matter" targeting the Jewish community.
British media, including the Guardian and the BBC, have reported that Akram was investigated by the domestic intelligence service MI5 as a possible "terrorist threat" in 2020, but authorities concluded he posed no danger, and the investigation was closed.
The White House said Tuesday that Akram had been checked against US law enforcement databases before entering the country but raised no red flags.
Topics: Texas Hostages Synagogue
Texas synagogue shooter was known to MI5: Report


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City of Toronto to begin reopening of City Hall and civic centres on August 9
Today, Mayor John Tory announced the City of Toronto will begin the safe and gradual re-opening of City buildings to visitors with the phased reopening of select in-person counter services at City Hall and civic centres on Monday, August 9 in alignment with the provincial reopening plan and in accordance with public health guidelines.
City Hall and civic centres, along with most counter services, were closed to the public on March 14, 2020, and City staff who were able to work remotely (approximately 20 to 25 per cent of workforce) quickly transitioned to a work-from-home model, while approximately 75 to 80 per cent of staff continued to deliver essential and critical services on location.
Throughout the pandemic, the City has modernized and improved customer experience, making many of its counter services available online. The City will continue to deliver its digital services which have proven convenient to many Torontonians but will also re-open its doors to residents and visitors for in-person services, ensuring choice, accessibility and equity for residents.
On August 9, City Hall, North York Civic Centre, Scarborough Civic Centre, Etobicoke Civic Centre, York Civic Centre and East York Civic Centre will be open for a limited number of in-person counter services only. The Metro Hall Early Learning & Child Care Centre and Employment and Social Services offices will continue operation at Metro Hall.
Some counter services returning include payments for tax and utilities, construction permits and tree permit applications. In-person services, such as marriage licences, and zoning inquiries for the Toronto and East York district, will require booking an appointment while others will operate on a first-come, first-serve basis. Details about counter services can be found here https://contrib.wp.intra.prod-toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-counter-service-reopening-plan/.
The health and safety of residents, businesses and City staff remain key priorities in all re-opening plans. Restrictions and capacity limits, in accordance with Provincial and public health guidelines will be in place including mandatory masks, physical distancing, protective barriers and increased sanitization and cleaning protocols.
The latest information about City services is available on the COVID-19: Changes to City Services webpage: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/affected-city-services/.
"This is a great step in the right direction and shows that our efforts, and the efforts of all Torontonians, have helped us get to the point where we are able to re-open the doors of our City buildings to the public. It is also a great step forward for the downtown core and many areas across our city, the local economy, and local businesses and I encourage other businesses to work towards doing the same, in a safe and responsible way."
"Our staff have worked diligently to ensure the safe, coordinated and gradual re-opening of City buildings, ensuring public health guidelines and all protocols are followed. The safety of our visitors and staff remain our top priority in all our re-opening plans. We are excited to welcome back visitors and provide in-person services to our residents. The Toronto Public Service have been leaders throughout this pandemic and we will once again lead efforts in getting our city moving again, re-igniting our economy and supporting local businesses."
- City Manager Chris Murray


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Man dies, 3 others taken to hospital after accident at Woodlands multi-storey carpark
The lorry lost control and slammed into the 2 Woodlands Sector 1 multi-storey carpark driveway fence on Saturday morning.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
A 20-year-old Singaporean was pronounced dead after a lorry lost control and slammed into the 2 Woodlands Sector 1 multi-storey carpark driveway fence on Saturday morning.
The driver is believed to have lost control as the lorry went over a curb and hit the railing on the side wall of the multi-storey carpark.
According to Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, the man was flung out through the windshield, flipped over the fence and fell from the fifth floor of the multi-storey carpark to his death.
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the accident at about 12.50am.
The SCDF said it used hydraulic equipment to rescue one of the passengers trapped in the front seat of the lorry.
Three men, aged between 28 to 32, including the man who was trapped, sustained serious injuries and were taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
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The cause of the accident is unknown.
Police investigations are ongoing. The Straits Times has contacted the Ministry of Manpower for more information.
In August, two men, aged 17 and 23, died in a lorry accident in Old Jurong Road towards Upper Bukit Timah Road.
The authorities said that the driver and the remaining five passengers, aged 15 to 20, were taken to the National University Hospital.
The 25-year-old driver was arrested for drink driving and careless driving causing death.
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, explorer of death, died on August 24th, aged 78
ObituarySep 4th 2004 edition
Sep 2nd 2004
THE first dead body Elisabeth Kübler-Ross ever saw was that of a neighbour in her village in Switzerland. He had died by falling out of a tree. In the living room of his house he lay in his bed, surrounded by family and friends. Elisabeth, then a child, was allowed to touch him; her father chatted to him, as though he were still alive.
That, Elisabeth decided then and there, was the proper way to deal with death. Even better was the Mexican way, camping on graves on the Día de los Muertos to picnic and make merry with the dead. But these were oddities. By the 20th century, acceptance of death as a part of life had been largely forgotten in western cultures. People no longer dared look death in the face, and no longer had to.
In America, as Dr Kübler-Ross found when she arrived at the Manhattan State Hospital in 1958, the dying were kept isolated, in distant wards where nurses did not have to hear their constant, hopeless ringing of the bell. Doctors viewed them as failures in an age where every infection and disease seemed to have found its cure. Few wanted to talk to them, for if there was no good prognosis there seemed nothing honest to say. Even their pain was indifferently dealt with, in case they were turned into opiate addicts in their final days.
Dr Kübler-Ross set out to change this. In 1967, now an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago Medical School, she began to bring dying patients to her seminars. The students, shocked and embarrassed, would mumble polite questions about treatment; the dying, full of passion and anger, spoke of the weddings and children they would never have. Next, Dr Kübler-Ross gathered the students to watch, through one-way glass, as she encouraged terminal patients to say what they felt about death. Some could not watch at all, but ran away.
Two years later these interviews became a book, "On Death and Dying", which made Dr Kübler-Ross both famous and influential. In it, she listed five stages through which, in her experience, the dying passed. The first was denial; the second, anger; the third, bargaining, in which the patient tried to do his best to extend the time left to him; the fourth, depression, when the bargain failed to work; and the fifth, stoical acceptance.
More important, however, than these stages—which seemed, to some, too arbitrary, and likely to delude patients that death was within their control—was her argument for better treatment of the dying. By forcing the American medical establishment to look at death, Dr Kübler-Ross did more than anyone else to push forward the hospice movement, living wills, proper palliative care and the notion of death with dignity (though she passionately opposed euthanasia, and refused when her own mother asked her to help her die). In so far as anyone could, she made death better. It ought, she said, to be "one of the greatest experiences ever".
Most doctors would have stopped there. But Dr Kübler-Ross—the first of triplets, and all her life a tiny bundle of furious opinions expressed in a thick Swiss accent—decided also to disseminate her views of the after-life. These were more strongly felt than anything else. As a young woman, travelling through post-war Europe to help rebuild clinics, she had visited the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. There she found the walls covered with drawings of butterflies, scratched by children who were about to be sent to the gas chambers. This, she surmised, was what death meant to them: the shedding of the unlamented body and the release of the spirit to a higher, better life.
Science, and scientific method, did not agree. Though poets and philosophers might write ardently of the soul and of immortality, doctors could not possibly describe these as "fact". Plato, Plotinus and Shelley might describe the winged spirit struggling from the body, and "the abode where the Eternal are"; but scientists, however hazy their understanding of human consciousness, could have no truck with theories based neither on reason nor on observable evidence. Her colleagues increasingly murmured about Dr Kübler-Ross, and edged away.
Disastrously, she then went much further. She began to fill her lectures with tales of her out-of-the body experiences, including travelling through space at the speed of light. She fell in with Jay Barham, a charlatan from Arkansas who practised "channelling", "spiritual cloning" and batty sorts of religio-sexual therapy. Four "spooks" from the spirit world called Salem, Ankh, Mario and Willie became her guides and mentors. Her husband, horrified by her antics, divorced her. By the 1980s her healing centres in Virginia and California were being shot at and burned down. Although the best parts of her work had taken hold—there are now more than 2,500 hospices in America—her reputation was in ruins.
Nor was her own death easy. Weakened by strokes, she lingered for years. Although she had moved to the Arizona desert, the sun now gave her seizures; she would sit in a dark room for 18 hours a day, watching television with the sound turned off. She railed at God for keeping her waiting. Impatiently, she filled her house with pictures and cabinets of butterflies.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline "Elisabeth Kübler-Ross"
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