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Rivalry Week is here, BEAT BYU
By JazzyUte Nov 19, 2007, 12:29am MST
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One game.
One goal.
One team.
One victory.
It's simple, Saturday afternoon Utah will begin its march toward victory down in Provo. They will leave LaVell Edwards Stadium doing something nearly every Utah team has done since 1993, defeating the Cougars on their home field. Only once, in that span, has Utah been defeated down there, that will not happen Saturday. The Utes will win.
Utah will win because its coach knows the importance of this game and every player knows the importance of beating BYU. Utah will win because they will outplay the Cougars, just as they have the past five contests. Utah will win because history is on their side, as BYU has won but once in 14 years in their home stadium. Utah will win because their defense is like no other the Cougars have seen this season. Utah will win because I can't fathom a loss and would never enter this with the mindset that it is a losable game. Because it isn't, Utah will win, that's just how it is. Deal with it.
Am I nervous? Hell yeah I am. Every rivalry game makes me nervous, but it's a confident nervous. It's the type of nervous I had heading into the 2004 Holy War -- though I don't expect near the same result. Frankly, Utah has appeared nearly unstoppable over the past seven games. Their closest contest, against TCU, wasn't really all that close. The Utes have won their past three games by a combined score of 105-13, yup, Utah will win.
Not that I'm overlooking BYU, because they're a very good team, but Utah will win. Utah win because last year BYU, with its best team in 10 years, rolled into Salt Lake and played a Utah team with an inconsistent offense, an up and down defense and still barely won. Well this ain't last year's Cougars and surely this ain't last year's Utes. Utah will win.
This Saturday the Utes will leave LaVell Edwards Stadium with a victory, an 8 game winning streak and a possible top-25 ranking. They'll also leave BYU emotionally shattered on their home field, just as they did in 2005. Why? Because Utah will win.


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Jeremiah's prophetic career spanned over thirty years and succession of several kings, through the Babylonian's conquest of Israel and ultimate destruction of the First Temple. The prophet risks his life to bring truth to Jerusalem and provide guidance to leaders and the nation. At times despondent, the book beautifully depicts the inner life of Jeremiah and his mission. Together, we will study the text and themes of the Book of Jeremiah. Starting November 30, the class will meet on Mondays at noon going forward.


This Japan tour was close to being a perfect vacation. All of the hotels we stayed at were great. The only issue was that we had chicken for lunch everyday. Our tour guide was great and overall the trip was very good.
Should have little more choice.


Cafès Cornellà decodes the coffee so that the barista has the algorithm to make coffee with a perfect flavour, aroma and taste.
The barista is the professional who, using certain techniques and their passion, endeavours to transform the coffee's aroma into a drink.
They are one of the most important professionals in the hospitality sector, the expert in extracting the best espresso to create better coffee-based preparations. At Cafès Cornellà we have always believed in this profession, and since the year 2000 we have been offering our clients specific training for baristas.
In 2003, as a reward for students who had passed through our classroom, we created the first Barista Competition in Spain. This is an annual competition which allows all professionals to demonstrate their skills in front of an expert jury, which rewards a job well done according to the parameters of the World Barista Championship.
A professional barista starts with a score of 781 points according to the international standards of the World Barista Championship. The points are reduced according to their ability. We have created a record of these scores along with a ranking.
We reward the baristas who have completed the level one course with a bronze pin and a certificate. From that moment on, the baristas will have to propel their own professional growth. The silver pin is obtained with a minimum of 420 points, which will include mastering the technique of latte art. The gold pin is reached from 520 points onwards. Cafès Cornellà will award it to all baristas who have achieved a remarkable gastronomic level within the cafeteria environment, being able to implement their creativity in producing a wide range of speciality drinks, which may or may not be coffee-based.
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I had wondered before about the structure of function order. It seems to make intuitive sense, but why?
The structure of the function order is clearly chiastic.
And the full 8 functions go A B C D D' C' B' A', or A B B' A' C D D' C' (double chiastic) (there may be something in the middle, too).
What this means is that people are characteristically chiastic in nature.
In anything - not literally anything, there are a great deal of exceptions - a person does, you are likely to see a chiastic structure manifest. That's why function order is how it is.
It also suggests that my previous approach to typing-by-forum-post was flawed, because it would only apply to a post of 4 or 8 paragraphs - if the post had 3 paragraphs, this wouldn't mean that the function order was only shown to the tertiary - although it could be interpreted in such a way, the better way to interpret it would be as a start - middle - end which is a structure with 3 components (perhaps with a more substantial middle component).
And further more, when you identify this chiastic process in some set of works produced by a person, when you line up the corresponding components, you will find that very often the same theme is used. Not always, but often.
Then, when you do the same process for multiple people, you will find that different people have similar themes in the same position, and likewise other people will have the same themes in a different order.
This allows you to say a person is or isn't a particular type.
I don't think this paragraph is accurate.
Regardless, treat any shakier claims as me speculating out loud.


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Merklingen - Schwäbische Alb station is a railway station in the municipality of Merklingen, located in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The station is located on the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway. The train services are operated by DB Regio Baden-Württemberg.

Location and structure
The station is located about one kilometer northwest of the center of Merklingen. Two 215 m long and 2.50 m wide platforms were built. The four-track facility is spanned by an approximately 30 m long pedestrian walkway with two stair towers and integrated elevators. 400 parking spaces for cars, three spaces for buses and parking facilities for bicycles complete the facility. It comprises ten switches, including four catch points.

The tracks for the trains passing through are located on the inside, the platform tracks on the outside. They have a length of 600 meters. The entire station has a ballastless track, and ETCS Level 2 is used as the train protection system without conventional signals. Between the four entry signals there are eight exit signals (as ETCS Stop Marker) and three block indicators. The system is controlled by the Merklingen train dispatcher from the Neckartal computer-based interlocking sub-center.

The platform height is 76 cm, after a height of 55 cm was originally planned. The useful length of the two platforms is 210 m. Threading into and out of the platform tracks can take place at 100 km/h. The southern platform track is referred to as track 1 and the northern platform track as track 4.

The longitudinal gradient of the line is around 5 per mille in the station and is compensated for by measures in the platform design.

The station was built on the land available for the construction of the Wendlingen-Ulm high-speed railway; no additional land was taken up. An embankment was built on one side and a retaining wall on the other.

History

Prehistory
Until 1985, Merklingen had two stations on the disused Amstetten-Laichingen railway, the Merklingen station and the Merklingen East stop.

The regional planning assessment of the new line in 1995 included as a planning recommendation to keep open a further railway stop on the new line in the Merklingen area. A possible connection of the Dornstadt freight center to the new line via a stop in Merklingen was also mentioned in it. At that time, an overtaking station was planned near Merklingen.

In 2003, at an information event organized by DB Netz, people asked about a railway stop. Gerhard Maier, a citizen of Laichingen, arranged for the idea of a station on the Laichinger Alb to be taken into account in the project planning. Although an ICE stop at Laichinger Alb demanded by the Alb-Donau district during the planning approval procedure for the section was not included in the planning approval decision issued in 2008 for section 2.3 of the new line, the decision stated that the line layout and the distance to the highway would allow for a later retrofit. According to later information from the project management, the subsequent realization would not have been financially feasible.

After that, the idea of a railroad station was forgotten by politicians until construction work began on the new line. On the fringes of the Steinbühl Tunnel, Laichingen's mayor Klaus Kaufmann asked Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann for a discussion on the establishment of a train station in the Merklingen area, whereupon the latter promised to look into the matter in November 2013. In the summer of 2013, the then District Administrator Heinz Surek wrote letters to members of parliament and ministers as well as initiatives in the Alb-Donau District Council to bring a regional train station back into the discussion. At the municipal level, an alliance was formed between the towns of the Laichinger Alb municipal administration association and the municipality of Berghülen.

Potential analysis
At the beginning of 2014, the Alb-Donau district, with the financial participation of the interested communities, commissioned a potential analysis for a possible regional train station near Merklingen for 26,000 euros, which was presented in July 2014. According to the survey, about 1500 travelers would use the station daily. According to this first estimate, costs of 26.6 million euros were to be expected, with 4.8 million euros for planning and 21.8 million euros for construction. Since the additional stop increases travel time by 2 to 4 minutes, connections at the hub stations of Ulm and Stuttgart would be at risk. According to the analysis, this could be compensated for by using train equipment that can travel at speeds higher than 160 km/h on the new line, thus saving time. The potential analysis put the additional costs for nine 190 km/h regional trains at 23 to 45 million euros, which would have to be co-financed by the district and the municipalities.

According to the state of negotiations in the fall of 2014, the state would cover half of the infrastructure costs, the Alb-Donau district one sixth and the participating municipalities one third. The regional partners would also have to finance around 2.2 million euros for additional bus services and as a share in the purchase of fast regional trains; this does not include the proceeds from bus and rail services. The state's transport minister announced in February 2015 that he would finance half of the station's infrastructure costs and order trains for it, provided a cost-benefit analysis - as planned as part of the feasibility study - was presented and the municipalities financed the other half of the infrastructure costs and ordered buses. A feasibility study was commissioned by the Alb-Donau district and seven municipalities in the region at the end of 2014. The six municipalities of the Alb-Donau district were joined by Hohenstadt (district of Göppingen); the Ulm Chamber of Commerce and Industry also contributed to the costs.

Feasibility study
The feasibility study presented on July 20, 2015, resulted in a benefit-cost factor of -0.3. Funding for the station under the State Municipal Transport Financing Act would thus not be possible. The main reason for the negative result was the assumed procurement of 10 faster train sets, for which 30 million euros were estimated. The 190 km/h fast trains were necessary to make the stop in Merklingen compatible with the ICE timetable of the line. Costs of 21 million euros were calculated for the entire infrastructure.

The study, which cost 226,000 euros, was based on the potential analysis and was carried out by a joint venture of the companies Obermeyer and Ramboll. It is based on the standardized evaluation. The experts expect about 950 passengers per day, an increasing demand for commercial space and - due to the proximity to the airport and the Stuttgart trade fair - positive effects for the hotel and restaurant industry. Furthermore, excursion guests are to be attracted with target group-oriented offers. The stop would reduce the number of passengers traveling on the Ulm-Sigmaringen line by about 250 per day, and on the Filstal line from Stuttgart to Ulm by 130. The feasibility study should serve as the basis for talks with the state about funding.

The feasibility study favored a station location west of Merklingen. The feasibility study is based on a conservative scenario (with 950 daily users); an optimistic scenario (with 1600 users) was not pursued further. The underlying forecast is based, among other things, on the assumption that commuters would take eleven minutes from turning into the parking lot to boarding; if seven were assumed, 1200 travelers could be expected. The authors of the feasibility study also assume that positive structural effects would not take effect until after the 2030 horizon of the study.

As a result, a project group consisting of representatives of the municipalities, the state ministry of transport and the railway was established.

Realization discussion
On July 24, 2015, a round of Alb mayors with Transport Minister Winfried Hermann, Hilde Mattheis, Member of the Bundestag, District Administrator Heinz Seiffert, four members of the state parliament, as well as representatives of the experts and the local transport company Baden-Württemberg agreed to find financing outside the state transport financing law. On the one hand, the federal government should be asked to consider a consideration of the stop in the federal traffic route planning, and on the other hand, the state should consider providing funds from the special assets formed for the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project. In addition, the mayors of the municipalities on the Laichinger Alb agreed to contribute 13 million euros (half of the infrastructure costs), subject to the approval of the individual municipal councils. According to the railroad, the preliminary planning must be completed by the fall of 2015, otherwise additional costs will have to be expected. On July 28, 2015, the Alb-Donau district council voted in favor of implementing the stop.

In September 2015, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure came to the conclusion in its own calculations for the benefit-cost analysis of the feasibility study that the station was economical and that the way was thus basically clear for funding by the state. Optimization of operational processes and additional infrastructure improvements on the southern runway could eliminate the need to purchase faster vehicles. To compensate for the two-minute increase in travel time caused by the stop in Merklingen, the purchase of used Interregio train sets or an early turnaround in Friedrichshafen (with a second driver) instead of Lindau is considered, while maintaining economic efficiency. A benefit-cost index of 2.23 was determined for the former variant, and 1.13 for the latter. In the second variant, additional signal compression on the Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway should help. The MVI announced that it would seek discussions with the Ministry of Finance on this basis.

The neighboring district of Göppingen mobilized against the project. The town of Geislingen an der Steige in particular feels that its location on the Fils Valley Railway would be weakened by a rail stop on the new line. In a resolution at the end of September 2015, the local council there called for the planning to be discontinued.

In talks between the ministry and the municipalities and the railway, it was agreed on October 23, 2015, to proceed with the planning, the costs of which were financed by the municipalities involved.

Nearly 6,000 people took part in a postcard campaign for the rail stop at the end of 2015.

Realization
In 2015, Deutsche Bahn was prepared to build the station if the financing was secured, the operation of long-distance traffic was not impaired and the work fit into the construction schedule of the section between Hohenstadt and Merklingen, which was started in the summer of 2015.

For this to happen, building rights would have to be obtained in the course of 2016 and the structures needed for the station would have to be completed or at least started by the end of 2017, when the 87-million-euro contract for the section near Merklingen would be completed. The assumption of the cost risk became the subject of negotiations.

At the end of February 2016, it became known that Deutsche Bahn was demanding an investigation of the station's underground, for which costs in the millions of euros were to be incurred.

On February 15, 2016, planning approval was applied for at the Federal Railway Authority, which was issued on August 5, 2016. The planning approval only relates to the actual railroad facilities, not to the planned commuter parking lot.  The resolution to prepare the development plan was passed on February 23, 2016, followed by the resolution to issue the statutes in October 2020. In the meantime, in May 2018, the draft planning was submitted for review.

The realization and financing agreement was signed on December 2, 2016, by Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann, DB-Netz Board Member for Network Planning and Major Projects Dirk Rompf and Laichingen Mayor Klaus Kaufmann at Merklingen Town Hall. The contracting parties are Deutsche Bahn, the state and the special-purpose association "Verband Region Schwäbische Alb - Association for the Construction of Merklingen Station (Swabian Alb) and the Intermunicipal Development of Industry and Commerce", which was founded at the end of November 2016. The founding members were the towns and municipalities of Laichingen, Berghülen, Drackenstein, Heroldstatt, Hohenstadt, Merklingen, Nellingen and Westerheim. Later, Bad Ditzenbach and Dornstadt as well as Wiesensteig joined the association. The member municipalities are located in the Alb-Donau district as well as in the district of Göppingen. Talks are being held with other municipalities in the region. In contrast, the municipal council of Römerstein rejected participation at the end of September 2017 and that of Gruibingen in mid-November 2017. In 2018, the town of Wiesensteig and the municipalities of Bad Ditzenbach, Mühlhausen im Täle and Dornstadt joined. In addition to the development of the railway station, the special purpose association also pursues the goal of establishing an intermunicipal commercial area of about 50 hectares.

The earthworks for the station were awarded on March 20, 2017. The contract for the track construction was awarded on June 30, 2017. The structural work was scheduled to be completed by April 19, 2018. On October 31, 2018, the construction site was handed over to the railroad engineering department. In parallel, from May 16, 2018, to September 26, 2019, the bridge including elevators were constructed.

The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 18, 2017. The station's shell, including furnishings, was put out to tender in April 2018 and awarded to Leonhard Weiss for 4.1 million euros.

The services for the railroad equipment were awarded together with the new line at the beginning of 2018.

In 2019, with the exception of the elevator paving, the civil engineering work was completed. In 2020 and 2021, work was carried out on the superstructure and track. The work was completed at the end of 2021 and test runs on the line started in 2022. In 2022, work continued on the parking lot, including a bus shelter, bicycle storage hall, which will be completed in 2023 with the roofing of the parking lot with a photovoltaic system and e-car charging stations.

Transport connection

Rail
Since December 11, 2022, the Interregio-Express line IRE 200 from  to Ulm Hauptbahnhof and back serves the station hourly. It is operated by DB Regio Baden-Württemberg and is listed in the timetable under table number 750.1. Long-distance trains, on the other hand, pass through it without stopping.

Once Stuttgart 21 goes into operation in December 2025, the station will be served by trains on the Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Ulm-Friedrichshafen line. The travel time to Stuttgart main station will be 31 minutes, to Stuttgart airport long-distance station 20 minutes and to Ulm 11 minutes.

The state of Baden-Württemberg planned to invite tenders for regional traffic on the new line when the exact completion date of the line is clear. In June 2018, preliminary information was published by the state on the advance operation of regional traffic via Wendlingen. The contract for regional services between Wendlingen, Merklingen and Ulm was announced in October 2020. In the first stage, an hourly service between Ulm and Merklingen and a 2-hour service between Ulm and Wendlingen are planned with a total of around 600,000 train kilometers per year. In a second stage, the start of which is not yet clear, an hourly frequency between Ulm and Wendlingen with around 800,000 train kilometers per year is planned. The contract is to run for five years, with termination by the customer possible for the first time in December 2025.

According to information from mid 2020, it should not initially be possible to implement a planned hourly service between Wendlingen and Ulm due to the existing infrastructure and the long-distance operating program. Inzwischen ist ein je Richtung stündliches Angebot zwischen Wendlingen, Merklingen und Ulm geplant. The journey time to Ulm is to be 12 minutes, to Wendlingen 14 minutes. From 5 a.m. to midnight, trains in both directions are to depart at minute 39. The departure times are to change when Stuttgart 21 goes into operation in December 2025.

Original plans envisaged a continuation of the trains to Würzburg, which would result in an increase in travel time that would have to be compensated for on the other lines. The stop in Merklingen causes a travel time extension of 2:40 minutes. One minute of this should be compensated by an earlier departure in Würzburg. Without further compensation, the transition time between the fast regional service and the service to Allgäu would be reduced from 5 to 3.5 minutes at Aulendorf station. The impact on the Württemberg Southern Railway is to be compensated for, among other things, by faster train driver changes in . In the meantime, a through connection to Karlsruhe instead of Würzburg is planned.

The first expert draft of the Deutschlandtakt presented in October 2018 also envisages an hourly connection to Merklingen station, with a 160 km/h regional line that is to achieve a travel time of 39 and 40 minutes between the main stations of Stuttgart and Ulm, respectively. An hourly service is also included in the third expert draft submitted in June 2020. The line serving Merklingen is to run from Karlsruhe main station to .

Street
For commuters, 420 parking spaces, five short-term parking spaces and five cab stands were created on a 4.2-hectare site. Access is via a spur road from Kreisstraße 7407.

Two bicycle parking garages are also planned, each with 30 indoor and 12 outdoor parking spaces as well as 20 lockers, a toilet facility and charging stations for e-cars and e-bikes. Two bus shelters are planned at the bus stops. In total, the Swabian Alb Region Association is investing 4.6 million euros in the connection of the station. The regional association is also considering building a solar farm on the parking lot, for which 150 covered carports could be built. The development plan leaves open the later realization of a parking garage with 570 parking spaces.

Costs, benefits and financing
For preliminary planning (including a cost estimate), design planning and approval planning of the railroad system (without road connection and parking lot), the municipalities (total 198,000 euros) and the district (99,500 euros) contributed a total of 297,500 euros.

The municipalities were to contribute 13 million euros to the planning and construction costs. The district assumed one third of the planning costs (according to different information 4.2 million euros or 3.1 million euros) and, in addition, the bus connection of the station (one million euros per year). The state initially (as of mid-2015) wanted to bear the remaining 9.5 million euros of total estimated construction costs of 19.4 million euros, as well as the cost risk.

On October 23, 2015, the state of Baden-Württemberg announced that the state would assume the remaining construction costs - over and above the 13 million euros from the municipalities - insofar as these were within the range discussed to date. The participation of the municipalities in the total amount of 13 million euros demanded by the Ministry of Transport corresponds, with around 23,100 inhabitants, to a share of 564 euros per inhabitant. Laichingen (6.1 million euros), Westerheim (1.6 million euros), Heroldstatt (1.5 million), Berghülen, Merklingen and Nellingen (1.1 million each) and Hohenstadt (0.4 million euros) will participate in the financing.

At the end of July 2016, the State Ministry of Transport announced that the benefit-cost study would produce a benefit-cost factor of 1.5. Accordingly, the costs for the station should amount to 44 million euros. According to the study, 26.5 million euros would be spent on planning and building the actual station facilities and 5.5 million euros on the area surrounding the station. Another 3 million euros were earmarked for upgrades to the Württemberg Southern Railway to compensate for the time lost due to the stop. An additional €9 million was budgeted for maintenance. The upgrading of the southern runway and the planning costs for the station had not been included in the previous calculations, which accounted for a large part of the cost increase. The planning and construction costs will still be borne jointly by the municipalities with 13 million euros and the state of Baden-Württemberg, which plans to contribute 30 million euros from regionalization funds. The missing million to cover the costs could be explained by the rounding of the partial sums, which is why it was assumed that the realization and financing contract would be available in August 2016 and could be signed by all parties in November 2016.

From the 13-million-euro package of the municipalities, the 2 million euros earmarked for a karst exploration were also to be financed. The state took over 1.6 million euros of this, around 400,000 euros the region (of which again 133,000 euros the district). The region financed the state share in advance and would have been reimbursed if the stop was not realized. If the station project had failed, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Finance would have assumed two-thirds of these costs (according to other information, 80 percent).

The federal government announced at the end of August 2015 that it would not participate in the financing of the rail stop. However, it accepted if the economic viability of the stop (as was done in the feasibility study) was not considered separately as long as the economic viability of the entire line was hardly changed.

A study on the regional effects of the station commissioned by the state Ministry of Transport and presented in 2017 calculated that the station would generate an annual economic benefit of 4.8 million euros. According to the study, the majority of the expected 1350 daily passengers will travel in the direction of Ulm. Furthermore, the catchment area for trains in the direction of Stuttgart is larger: While 75 percent of the passengers in the direction of Ulm will come from the nine municipalities, only 60 percent will come from Stuttgart. Young people would migrate less often, and land prices could rise. Furthermore, 3300 additional day tourists and 600 additional overnight stays per year were expected.

In November 2018, it became known that the cost of the station will increase by 10 million euros to then 53 million euros. The state considered covering the additional costs from funds under the Regionalization Act.

References

External links

Merklingen regional station on the homepage of the Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg (in German)
Location, tracks, speeds as well as some signals of the station on the OpenRailwayMap
 Cab ride through the station, direction Wendlingen.
 Merklingen station and Planning approval documents on the homepage of the Stuttgart-Ulm railway project (in German)

Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg
Buildings and structures in Alb-Donau-Kreis
Railway stations in Germany opened in 2022

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Born in Mashhad, a sacred shrine city in Iran, Pouran Jinchi became attuned early in life to the ways architecture, objects, decoration, and the written word can be imbued with symbolic power. This awareness is threaded throughout her body of work, which explores the dense intersectionality of literary and pictorial narratives.
As a student at George Washington University, Pouran earned a degree in civil engineering. Though her studies honed her analytical mind, she ultimately decided to pursue a career in the creative field. Trained as a classical calligrapher in Iran, Pouran went on to study art at UCLA and the Art Students League of New York. Drawing on this varied training, Pouran developed her own artistic approach. Her attention to methodology stems from a background as a mathematician; her formal approach reflects a creative tension between the rigid control of traditional Islamic calligraphy and the fluid spontaneity of Western abstract painting.
Early in her career, Pouran followed in the footsteps of Salvador Dali, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns who created window displays for high-end fashion retailers. She worked in the fashion industry for a decade before becoming a full time artist in the 1990s. That fashion background continues to inflect Pouran's art practice; the way her art is experienced by the viewer is deeply embedded in her approach from the original conception to her use of colors to the installation design of her exhibitions.
Pouran's art has been featured internationally in exhibitions in New York, London, Venice, Dusseldorf, Dubai, Jeddah, Shanghai, and Tokyo. These include The Line of March, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2017); The Blind Owl, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2013); Dawn, Noon and Night, Art Projects International, New York (2012); and Ritual Imprint, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2010).
Her work has also been included in group exhibitions such as Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition, Katonah Museum of Art, NY, USA (2018); The Great Game, Iranian Pavilion 56th Venice Biennale, Italy (2015); Ravaged Garden, NYU Art Gallery, New York (2015); Deceptively Simple, Art Project International Gallery, New York, USA (2015); Accented, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE (2015); Artist in Exile: Creativity, Activism and the Diasporic Experience, Dr. M. T Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St John's University, Queens, NY, USA (2014); Persepolis: Word and Image, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA (2014); Calligraffiti: 1984/2013, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, USA (2013); New Blue and White, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2013); Phantoms of Asia, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2012); Light of the Sufi: Mystical Arts of Islam, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2010); Light of the Sufi: Mystical Arts of Islam, Brooklyn Museum, New York (2009), and Translation/Tarjama, Queens Museum of Art, New York (2009).
Pouran's work is collected by museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Cincinnati art Museum; the Jameel Foundation, Dubai; Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi; Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi; Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University; and the Pratt Institute, New York.


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PAPUA NEW GUINEA WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT: PNG
GOVERNMENT/NGO APPROACH TO CONSERVATION
Most people in developed countries understand that it is very important to protect and understand the environment and they are in a better position to understand the effects that industrialization has on the world's environment. This, unfortunately is not the case in lesser-developed areas of the world. In a world with ever shrinking rain forests, and disappearing plant and animal species, Papua New Guinea is perhaps the last frontier. Until recently its lush rain forests and coral reefs had been largely ignored, as many western and Asian countries preferred to do business in other areas closer to home. Now, however, PNG's vast 400,000 square kilometers of forest are beginning to feel the effects of large-scale logging and mining by large multi-national corporations.
Papua New Guinea is a cornucopia of ecology. It ranks within the top five most diverse countries in the world with an estimated 21,000 types of higher plants, 242 species of mammals, and 762 species of birds. It also has one of the highest endemic rates of wildlife anywhere in the world due to the isolation of the island from the rest of the Asian and Australian continents. Along with its rugged terrain, which makes transport difficult, PNG's forests have been undesirable until recently because of the traditional land tenure by-which 90% of the land is accounted for. Under the Organic Law of PNG people do not own land, but only lease it from the traditional landowners, who are usually part of a clan or tribe. Therefore, the government must first consult with the local people before entering into a contract on matters concerning the use of traditional land. Laws are in place to stringently regulate the use of traditional land by foreigners and nationals, and to police the various investment practices that directly impinge on PNG's fragile but rich natural environment.
In response to international and local outcry many conservation groups and non- governmental organizations have begun to move into PNG to help with a multitude of issues. It is very hard to fully understand or appreciate the impact these organizations are having on PNG, but one thing is certain, it would be difficult in this day and age for countries in similar standing with PNG to do without them. The Embassy seeks to foster good relations with all these international conservation groups because it sees them as an integral part to ensuring that the future of the country is preserved for future generation. It is hoped the following information will be helpful for the reader to understanding both the activities of these organizations, and the unique opportunity the world has for preserving such a rich and increasingly rare treasures.
Conservation International is a NGO based in Washington DC. Its primary mission in Papua New Guinea is to help communities understand and cope with the dangers of unmanaged development, logging, and mining. CI currently operates 3 sites in PNG and a fourth which is currently in the planning stages.
Lakekamu Basin is located about 100 miles west of Port Moresby, and is situated along the Lakekamu River. The project began in 1992 when along with 17 students from the University of Papua New Guinea and the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific; CI scientists carried out a Rapid Assessment expedition. This RAP helped to document much of the area, which today is the most documented site in PNG. Recently an entomologist there documented over 250 different types of ants (second most in the world after Peru)!
In this region CI also takes an active role in providing basic healthcare and services for the local people who have very little contact with any other organizations. CI is also working with the Conservation Policy, and Conservation Enterprise Departments to design and implement field research on sustainable development schemes. Some of these include small scale logging, galip nut harvesting, and bio-prospecting businesses. A small research station has been established in Moril Bay, which CI hopes will increasingly be used by visiting anthropologists and scientists alike.
The Aroma Coastal Marine Management Area is located approximately 75 miles east of Port Moresby and is home to the CI's current country director. It is currently the only site where CI is working to restore the environment along with preserving it. This project area, which is about 3 years old, is home to some of the thickest mangrove forests in the world. These forests are home to many types of tropical birds and fish. Here CI is working with the community to educate people about sustainable fishing practices, and the need to preserve the fragile coastal environment. They are also working with the community to create laws pertaining to these issues. Plans are already underway for a Marine Watch Rangers program consisting of trained community volunteers to monitor this area.
Upon seeing the devastating effects of logging to the west, the people of East Pomio, on the island of New Britain asked for CI's assistance. They formed the East New Britain Social Action Committee, and together with CI are working to create alternative means of development for the area. CI points out that this is a good example of how individual communities in PNG can be very proactive when it comes to conservation of their precious land. An enterprise specialist from CI should be dispatched to the area by the end of 1999 to help the community directly.
Milne Bay is the most recent project site to be selected by CI as a priority area. During the summer of '99 a delegation from the province came to New York to meet with members of the board of CI and raise funding for their project. Current projections look good and CI is hoping to have three sites in Milne Bay up and running within a year. Preliminary work includes developing a plan for this area, which is blessed with some of the most beautiful marine wildlife and beaches in the world, and creating local NGO's to work with. Soon CI and the government of Milne Bay hope to be drawing eco-tourists from all over the world to this virgin and wild paradise. For more information on any of these projects please contact the CI website at www.conservation.org.
Although it is concerned primarily with conservation in the United States The Nature Conservancy has a few international programs as well. It is, therefore very significant that TNC chose to work extensively in PNG. The Nature Conservancy over the years has developed a large reservoir of knowledge based on years of work and research in the Solomon Islands. The very successful sustainable fishing programs developed there are now being duplicated at Kimbe Bay in West New Britain. Here TNC is working with Mahoni na Dari ("Guardians of the Sea") and the European Union to implement a conservation program aimed at protecting the unique reef systems found there. The project focuses on deep water fishing practices, which relieves pressure from the over-harvested reef fish, and educating the people on sustainable fishing practices. Local support has come from resorts and dive companies, which also depend on the reefs for tourism.
In Madang TNC and Sustainable Forest Systems (a Nevada based logging company) have jointly acquired a permit to operate in the forests of the Josephstaal region. Together with the local people they will work to provide a sustainable logging program which will provide the people with money to build schools and services. Maya Gorrez, is heading up this program and says that "the very unique bio-diversity of the area, as well as SFR's reputation for good conservation, have allowed us to pursue this project, and hopefully it will convince the landowners of the benefits of sustainable forestry."
TNC is also currently working to create a Conservation Trust Fund for Papua New Guinea which would not only help fund existing programs, but new high priority projects. Together with the United Nations and USAID, TNC continually consults with local resource owners, NGO's, women's groups, government agencies, and the private sector to create just such a fund. on any of these projects please contact TNC website at www.tnc.org.
TNC also provides workshops to local NGO's and groups to teach them how to do such things as planning, fundraising, proposal writing, governance, and financial planning. One group TNC works especially close with is The Research and Conservation Foundation of PNG, a local NGO. RCF in conjunction with the Wildlife Conservation Society runs the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, located in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Crater Mountain is home to more than one million acres of tropical rain forest and many different native peoples. Located about 75 km southwest of Goroka it was started around 1995 by a group of local landowners who were interested in developing enterprises based on conservation. Today you can hire a guide, hike into the virgin forest, and stay at one of three eco-tourism huts for around two dollars a night. Other projects here include a group of Integrated Conservation and Development (ICAD) initiatives such as butterfly farming, small scale coffee planting, and artifact production. Villagers also are conducting surveys along with scientists from CI, WCS, WWF, and the University of Papua New Guinea. For more information please contact the RCF website at www.sprep.org.ws.
Along with the Crater Mountain site the World Conservation Society publishes the New Guinea Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity Digest, which is also available on the world wide web at www.wcs.org/png/. It contains a bounty of information with the purpose to inform and keep people up to date with research and conservation activities inside PNG.
As the worlds largest independent conservation organization the World Wildlife Fund has the resources and experience to engage and combat pollution all over the world. In PNG they have embarked on several projects ranging from the huge Kikori basin Integrated Conservation and Development Project to small micro programs in communities across the country. For two decades the WWF has been working with, among others the United Nations, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and the US State Department to further local conservation initiatives in Papua New Guinea and throughout Melanesia.
Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project is the largest conservation area in Papua New Guinea. Representing about 6% of PNG's total land area this region is home to lakes, river systems, mountain ranges, marshes, and mangroves, not to mention the 16 different ethnic peoples who live here. Kikori was created three years ago as a 12 year long project to help local communities pursue, both their conservation and sustainable development needs.
They have done this by working directly with local communities, and through liaisons with the government and international donor agencies. They have then been able to bring in companies like Chevron, Kikori Pacific (a local processor and marketer of sustainable forestry products), and Collins Pine Co. (the largest certified timber company in the US). These companies have found that not only is conservation good for the earth, but also for the bottom line. This is because many New Guineans, upon having their land damaged by large companies, demand and often receive large financial compensation. This has forced many multi-national companies to think twice before polluting the local people's land¹. Currently, the WWF and its partners are pursuing the protection of more land, continuing the development of successful programs, training local people about environmental awareness, and attaining legal status for Integrated Conservation and Development Projects in the area.
Concurrently, the WWF is pursuing Community Land Care Projects in the Sepik Hills, Trans Fly, and Collingwood Bay areas. The purpose of this initiative is to preserve the natural environment, biological diversity, and cultural heritage in distinct areas of the country. The project includes the creation of local and national agencies to support rural development and conservation. First, however, models need to be made and local communities have to be educated and taught how to protect the land.
WWF also has a program in the Hunstien Range where they work with the East Sepik Council of Women, and the Individual Community Rights Advocacy Forum ICRAF. Since 1992 this project has assisted in legal representation, community institution building, providing social services, eco-tourism, artifact making, and much more. For more information please contact the WWF website at www.panda.org.
Along with the WWF Greenpeace is very active in the Collingwood Bay area. Greenpeace has been working with the Maisin people to create the Painting a Sustainable Future Initiative. Through community based enterprise, the Maisin have been able to resist the lure of large scale deforestation and have created the Maisin Integrated Conservation and Development organization (MICAD). MICAD has tapped into the heritage of the local people, and forged long term partnerships with museums, universities, government, companies, and non-governmental organizations, to promote, market and sell local handicraft, especially tapa cloth. Tapa is a form of art that dates back hundreds of years. It is made from pounded bark and painted with organic dyes; no two tapa cloths are alike. Over the years the production and sale of this cloth has brought in close to $30,000 for the local tribes.
Another one of Greenpeace's major contributions in PNG includes the enforcing and implementing of existing laws and legal practices. The national government all too often is not able to enforce or monitor industrial activities in the country. It mostly leaves this up to the provincial governments, which do not possess the knowledge or capability to handle this. Greenpeace is also very useful in engaging the provincial governments, and providing data to the national government. For much information on a variety of conservation initiatives please go to the Greenpeace website at www.greenpeace.org.
The Pacific Heritage Foundation in partnership with the East New Britain Sosel Eksen Committee, ICRAF, and the Forest Research Institute, is very active in the islands of New Britain and New Ireland.
Here many endemic plants and animals are under threat of being destroyed by large multi-national logging companies. Even though the people control the land, they are under extreme pressure to sell the rights for a fraction of their true market value. Here the PHF is pursuing community based monitoring activities and Integrated Conservation and Development programs. The challenges are enormous. With the costs of running for elections many leaders resort to selling off their land rights to logging companies. The PHF hopes to provide a model of how communities can derive profit without signing over their forests. Recently they fought to overturn a law regulating small timber initiatives, which restricts even the low impact logging initiatives undertaken locally. PHF also provides assistance with legal and biological information. For more information please go to the PHF website at www.bcnet.org.
Clearly the world is a changing place. With the pressures to industrialize and modernize many developing nations like Papua New Guinea are faced with an identity crisis. It is true, however, that organizations like the ones here can help to relieve this pressure, and allow countries to succeed without selling off their culture and environment for the sake of making fast money.
¹Information provided by Jared Diamond, "Paradise and Oil." Discover, March 1999
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Richmond Council "Buffer Zone" Challenged in Court
Legal proceedings were launched in the High Court against Richmond Council to challenge a controversial Public Space Protection Order ("PSPO") around an abortion clinic on Rosslyn Road that makes it a criminal offense to, among other things, pray or have conversations about abortion. The legal challenge has been brought by Justyna Pasek, who has personally supported women visiting the abortion clinic in Richmond for over five years, offering them alternatives to abortion.
The broadly worded PSPO came into effect on 1 April 2019 and specifically criminalizes otherwise peaceful activities concerning abortion such as: Conversations about abortion or alternative options; Counselling; Prayer; Offering leaflets that outline the practical help available to women; Any "act of approval or disapproval"
Richmond Council voted to proceed with the implementation of the censorship zone despite "major" concerns being raised by civil rights organisations, including Liberty, which submitted that the provisions of the PSPO are "too widely drawn and likely to inhibit lawful protest".
The development in Richmond comes as the ongoing legal challenge in Ealing is set to be heard by the Court of Appeal on 16 July. The High Court judgment which upheld the Ealing PSPO made clear that there was no "green light" for councils to bring in PSPOs to ban pro-life vigils, however Richmond's PSPO is worded almost identically to Ealing's PSPO.
The Home Secretary rejected nationwide "buffer zones" last September highlighting that "the majority of activities are more passive in nature" and made clear that there are a wide range of existing powers already available to local authorities and the police to deal with any problematic behaviour outside of abortion clinics.
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Mary Gianan, Personal Support Worker, "You are holding them, you are in their bubble."
Mary Gianan has been extra careful since COVID-19 struck. She has tried to avoid going out other than to work, and when she must, she always wears a mask.
As a personal support worker (PSW) in a long-term care facility, she says she feels it's important to take the extra precautions.
"You really are with the residents," as a PSW, she said. "You are holding them, you are in their bubble, so you have to make sure you're safe.
"I love my job. I see my residents as family."
Originally from the Philippines, Mary came to Canada to work as a nanny in 2005. She had to leave her family – her husband, four-year-old daughter and one-and-a-half-year-old son – back home in order to start the family's immigration process.
"I left pretty early in the morning, I tried to sneak out, but my son was awake. He started calling out to me," Mary recalled of the day she left for Canada.
"I can still hear him to this day. It was heartbreaking to leave," she said. "But it was a good decision. I gave a good life to my children."
Mary lived in London when she first immigrated, then moved to Burlington. But when her family was finally able to join her, she and her husband came back to London to raise their kids.
They had some tough times. Shortly after her husband arrived, her family didn't have enough money for groceries, so they got help from the food bank.
"I was really down at that time," Mary recalled. But they persevered and now he also works as a PSW – along with their daughter, who is now 20 – and they recently bought their first home.
With all three of them working in health care, life has changed drastically over the past six months. "We stay in our bubble. We get tested (for COVID-19) every two weeks and we are strict about everything. We wear our masks. We try to be very safe."
Mary, who was a teacher in the Philippines, feels like working in health care – especially with elderly patients – is a vocation.
"It's fulfilling. You can give them the love they don't have now," she said, adding some residents at her facility have no visitors. "We hold their hands. They love that. You see how they light up from a simple hug. It's like having 30 grandmothers and grandfathers."
Working as a health care provider is just one of the ways Mary is giving back to the community that she said has given her and her family so much. She also volunteers with the Filipino Association for London and District, where she reaches out to newcomers who are "frustrated." She tells them about her own struggles as a new immigrant.
"I tell them to have patience and to hang on, because Canada is a lovely country," said Mary.
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Congrats to Stephen and Anna who were married over Memorial Day weekend! They had one of the most upbeat and fun weddings I have ever been too. The dance floor was the hot spot all evening. Their held their ceremony and reception at the gorgeous Chandler Hill and Vineyard. This venue may be a new favorite for me! It has a view that goes for miles, and while you are sitting on the porch watching the sunset over the vineyards you feel like you are miles away in a quaint Tuscan town.
They were married as the sun was setting on the large wrap around porch. It was perfect and beautiful. After toasting and dinner, everyone headed outside to dance the night away. They had an awesome fireworks display further into the evening. Stephen and Anna made their grand exit in a vintage Rolls Royce and headed out for their tropical honeymoon! Thanks for allowing me to be apart of a beautiful day! Best wishes and God Bless.


At 190 km. From Marrakech and crossing the high mountains of the High Atlas by the Tizin Tichka pass which offers extraordinary landscapes, we find the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a complex of clay and stone surrounded by walls with several houses and buildings beautifully decorated.
This complex is one of the most beautiful in the south of Morocco; it is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The beauty of this region is well regarded by movie producers who have made several films (such as Gladiator, spy game, Laurence arabia and many ……). The cinema is welcome by the inhabitants of this region as a source of additional income for the work they perform as extras in the films.
In this area, between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert, one can find several kasbahs all in the color of sand and forming small Berber villages that take advantage of the abundance of water from the atlas to its small crops and animals.
First stop at the top of Tizi n'Tichka, the second stop is Kasbah Ait Benhaddou and the third stop is the city of Ouarzazate.
– Enjoy the sites that are between Marrakech and Ouarzazate during this excursion.
– Visit the largest Taourirt cinema and kasbah studio.
– Visit of the famous Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou.
– Discover the most beautiful scenes of villages and views of high mountains.
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* Return time: 19:00 local time.
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El papamosques pitbrú (Cyornis brunneatus) és una espècie d'ocell de la família dels muscicàpids (Muscicapidae). Nidifica al sud-est de la Xina i a l'hivern migra cap a la península de Malacca, a Malàisia. Els seus hàbitats naturals són els boscos tropicals i subtropicals de frondoses humits i els boscos de manglars subtropicals o tropicals. Està amenaçat per la pèrdua d'hàbitat i el seu estat de conservació és vulnerable.

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Canadian Scrum on their own 5 metre for a handling error by Brazil.
Reeves makes a fantastic kick. Canada on their own 5 metre for a line out.
Knock on by Canada gives the Brazilian side a scrum in the last minute of the game.
Turnover the ball and kicked back into Canadian half.
Canada have found themselves at the Brazilian 22.
Brazil get a penalty for playing ball on the ground.
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Jury Bias: Does Making Choice Salient for Jurors Cause Them to Think About Personal Responsibilty?
Does Making Choice Salient for Jurors Cause Them to Think About Personal Responsibilty?
Choice makes North Americans feel more in control, free, and independent, and thus has many positive consequences for individuals' motivation and well-being. We report five studies that uncovered novel consequences of choice for public policy and interpersonal judgments. Studies 1 through 3 found that activating the concept of choice decreases support for policies promoting intergroup equality (e.g., affirmative action) and societal benefits (e.g., reducing environmental pollution), but increases support for policies promoting individual rights (e.g., legalizing drugs). Studies 4 and 5 found that activating the concept of choice increases victim blaming and decreases empathy for disadvantaged people. Study 5 found that choice does not decrease Indians' empathy for disadvantaged individuals, indicating that the social and interpersonal consequences of choice are likely culture-specific. This research suggests that the well-known positive effects of choice for individuals can be accompanied by an array of previously unexamined and potentially negative outcomes for other people and for society.


Yesterday was a marathon. I had started a 2 day project last week, but they asked me to wrap up and put on hold. They asked me to reschedule for Tuesday (yesterday), which gave me pause, as I knew I had a night time project pending. Still, I had hopes I could wrap it up and get to the night job, and you NEVER want these things reassigned, so I took it. I could not push it off to later because a third party vendor was moving software to her new computer, so it needed to be in place.
So I arose at 4 AM to make the 6 AM start. I had an hour's drive to the second start, had a hard start time of 6:45. If you do not check in on time on these, you are not allowed onsite and can lose future assignments. As the afternoon wore on, my window was getting tighter and tighter. The second job was pretty certain to take me to 2 AM or beyond, and I was hoping to grab a nap. I finally was able to wrap the first site at 4 PM, and headed to the second. A Google Maps snafu cost me another 20 minutes in course correction, and I finally arrived at the site with about 45 minutes until start. Fortunately there was a Sonic there, so I consoled myself with a half price cheeseburger, as I hadn't had much to eat all day.
When I finally left the site, it was 4 AM — 24 hours later, 19 of that spent working, and 2 more hours on the road. I was exhausted to the point of barely being able to stand up, but had to start on my way home. I stopped in Catoosa at the Waffle House and had some coffee and a decent breakfast, but didn't make it far before I had to pull off to a truckstop.
I slept for a few minutes, then awoke in sheer terror. For some reason, my mind was convinced that I was still on the road and had fallen asleep at the wheel, and it took several minutes to get back to a normal state of being. I grabbed about 20-30 minutes more of sleep, and was able to get home with only one more coffee stop.
This is another reason that the Justice Hoping Machine Project is so important. There are a declining number of free campsites, and if I can avoid spending money at a hotel, that is money that can be applied to more important things. Having a vehicle, such as a bus, greatly increases the options available to you.
But I am home, safe and sound, and searching for my next assignment. A week from Friday we head to OKC, then Okemah, then Santa Fe, and, it appears, back to Independence Kansas. And you can follow it all here!


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Backgrounder: Next Steps on the Scarborough Subway Extension, March 3, 2017
This Backgrounder provides highlights of the staff report "Next Steps on the Scarborough Subway Extension", which is being considered by Executive Committee at its meeting of March 7, 2017. A Fact Sheet, which provides information with respect to the Scarborough Subway Extension ridership numbers discussed in the staff report, is also available.
The City of Toronto, together with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), is planning an extension to the Bloor-Danforth Subway (Line 2) to better serve residents. The Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE) will replace the aging Scarborough RT and contribute to an integrated and comprehensive rapid transit network that will improve transit service in Scarborough and across Toronto.
The SSE project was first approved by City Council in late 2013 and has advanced through the initial concept development and early planning phase.
The SSE is one element of the Scarborough Transit Network Plan. Work is also underway on preliminary design of the Eglinton East LRT, and SmartTrack station planning in Scarborough.
In July 2016, Council adopted EX16.1, Developing Toronto's Transit Network Plan to 2031, which included direction to remove the three-stop SSE from consideration, and to develop an express option as part of an optimized transit network for Scarborough that also includes an Eglinton East LRT. Council also directed staff to retain services to undertake a third-party review of costs and risks to date.
In response to City Council direction, TTC and City staff have undertaken further assessment on the preferred alignment for the SSE. An update to the initial business case assessment concludes that the McCowan alignment best meets transit operations needs and encourages the development of the Scarborough Centre into a vibrant urban node as envisioned by Toronto's Official Plan.
The staff report to Executive Committee:
provides an update on planning work for the SSE;
recommends an alignment along the McCowan corridor and a preferred bus terminal configuration (the Triton Bus Terminal concept);
summarizes the results of a third-party review of costs and risk assessment for the project;
outlines an analysis of procurement options for the SSE and recommends a procurement approach;
seeks approval to initiate the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP), including submission of an Environmental Project Report (EPR) to Ontario's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change; and
recommends that Council request the Province and the Federal Government to confirm sources of funding for the commitments to the SSE project.
SSE Project Cost/Budget/Funding
The estimated construction cost for the McCowan express option with an at-grade bus terminal option is approximately $3.159 billion. This is the option that was presented in the July 2016 initial business case for the SSE.
Following work by the City and the TTC, the report recommends an optimal Triton Bus Terminal design to achieve the project objectives of supporting growth at Scarborough Centre, which costs $187 million more than the at-grade bus terminal.
The report indicates a construction cost estimate for the SSE project of $3.346 billion, based on the recommended McCowan alignment and the recommended Triton Bus Terminal design. This estimate was based on less than five per cent design and is considered to be a Class 4 estimate as per the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering scale, with an accuracy of minus 30 per cent to plus 50 per cent.
As design of the project continues, the cost estimate for the SSE project will be further refined based on the higher level of design and project scope definition and will be considered to have a higher level of accuracy.
Design of the SSE is about five per cent complete. The City and TTC will continue to refine the concept to ensure that the design supports growth and development in the area, while minimizing cost and impact to private properties. As design of the project continues, the cost estimate for the SSE project will be further refined based on the higher level of design and project scope definition and will be considered to have a higher level of accuracy.
As per the recommendation of the report, when the design reaches 30 per cent completion, staff will prepare and present a full budget estimate and schedule to the TTC Board and City Council for approval, prior to proceeding with procurement.
At the request of Council, a third-party expert reviewed the cost estimate for the McCowan alignment with the at-grade bus terminal, and concluded that the cost estimate for the project is valid and appropriate for the current level of design (two to five per cent complete).
In addition, a value engineering (VE) team reviewed the current design for the McCowan alignment with the at-grade bus terminal, to investigate opportunities to reduce construction costs, optimize construction, or reduce maintenance. The VE team reviewed the project's risk assessment, schedule and cost estimate, made recommendations in these areas, and generated a number of ideas that will be considered through the design process. The VE team also found that work to date regarding the project's risk assessment is in keeping with industry practice and is developed beyond typical expectations at this early stage in the project.
The SSE project has received funding commitments from both the federal and provincial governments and the City and the TTC will work towards reaching formal funding agreements.
Procurement method
The report recommends that Council authorize the City and the TTC to procure the SSE through a "Design-Build-Finance" procurement model, subject to certain conditions being met. If the conditions are not met, then the City and TTC would be authorized to procure the SSE through a single-contract Design-Bid-Build model.
The objective of the Design-Build-Finance approach is to transfer design-related risks (such as additional costs resulting from design errors and omissions, unforeseen site conditions etc.) to the private partner and also to provide the private partner with the latitude to consider innovative design and construction approaches.
The benefit of the Design-Build-Finance model is that it would enhance accountability to schedule and budget through efficient and competitive design decisions where the contractor has discretion. This approach has the potential to most effectively allocate project risks (particularly design risk).
The McCowan alignment
City Council received an Initial Business Case (IBC) for the SSE at its July 2016 meeting. The IBC examined options from a four case perspective: strategic, economic, financial and deliverability. The preferred option according to the IBC was the extension of Line 2 along the McCowan corridor – express from Kennedy Station to Scarborough Centre.
Council directed staff to consider other possible subway alignment options. After staff consideration of other express options, an update to the IBC concludes that the express subway extension along McCowan is preferred, as it best supports the development of Scarborough Centre into a vibrant urban node.
A significant advantage of the preferred McCowan alignment is that it doesn't require that the Scarborough RT be closed during construction of the subway. The McCowan alignment:
better serves existing destinations, population and employment;
is close to the McCowan Precinct, where future growth is planned; and
supports plans to orient development around the McCowan Road corridor and Scarborough Centre Gateway at McCowan Road and Bushby Drive/Town Centre Court.
The Triton Bus Terminal
A key component of the SSE alignment is the station design, including all elements needed for the station to operate as a transit hub. A significant station element is the bus terminal, as it provides key transfer for many local and regional routes.
The future Scarborough Centre station will require a new bus terminal to accommodate an expansion of bus networks including TTC and GO Transit, as well as Durham Rapid Transit and private inter-city carriers.
The cost estimate for the SSE project presented to Council in July 2016 was based on an at-grade bus terminal concept, which would span about 400 metres from Triton Road to Corporate Drive, between McCowan Road and Borough Drive.
In the report, staff do not recommend the at-grade terminal concept because it would have a negative impact on development potential and create a barrier between the subway station and the McCowan Precinct, where future growth is planned.
The report recommends that the stacked Triton Bus Terminal concept be pursued rather than the at-grade design to achieve important planning and urban design goals. The Triton Road Bus Terminal will enable an urban street grid and better pedestrian connections in the area and unlock the greatest amount of development potential around the subway station.
Based on the McCowan alignment, 42 affected properties have been identified: full property interest in one commercial property (for a traction power substation) and partial property interest in 35 private properties and six properties under City of Toronto, provincial or federal ownership. One-on-one meetings with affected property owners will take place during the first week of March.
After City Council has adopted a preferred SSE alignment, the SSE project team will complete the Environmental Project Report, which will be followed by a public review period and a period of review by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. Once the Minister gives notice to proceed with the project, the TTC and City will file a Statement of Completion and will proceed with project procurement and construction.
In late 2018, City and TTC staff will report on:
The Class 3 cost estimate (approximately 30 per cent design completion), which is suitable for establishing the project's budget and schedule baseline;
An updated budget to reflect best practices recommended by KPMG; and
An updated funding and financing strategy, including the status of intergovernmental funding agreements with the provincial and federal governments.
Construction of the SSE is expected to take approximately six years, with the subway starting service in 2026.
Media contact: Wynna Brown, Strategic Communications, 416 392-8937, Wynna.Brown@toronto.ca


The Stimson Center's Unblocking the Road to Zero project examines the perspectives of nuclear-armed and threshold countries. Unblocking the Road to Zero aims to persuade their governments that negotiated nuclear disarmament is a viable and practical policy option.
Before the ink was even dry on the incorporation papers of the brand-new Henry L. Stimson Center, the Carnegie Corporation of New York made its first investment in our work. Indeed, without that first grant, titled "Avoiding Nuclear War", this "new kind of think tank" would not have been possible.
Twenty-five years ago, the shape of modern international relations was fundamentally transformed with a wave of revolutions that swept across the Eastern bloc. Beginning in Poland that summer, and culminating with the opening of the Berlin Wall by November, and the collapse of the Soviet Union a month later, Western policymakers struggled to keep pace with a rapidly evolving security environment.
Activities to reduce the dangers of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction have been prominent elements in Stimson's agenda throughout its 25 year history.
There have been only two Democratic presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt who have been elected to serve two full terms.
When I worked with a group of high-ranking former military and civilian national security officials last year to develop a new U.S. defense strategy called "Strategic Agility," we assumed our elected policymakers would not be so stupid as to allow the mindless across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration to happen. We were wrong.
Arms control, the theory and practice guiding the decades-long effort by the United States and other nations to limit the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD), no longer works.
Presidential Inbox 2013: Implement the Nuclear Posture Review!
In April 2010, the Obama Administration completed an inter-agency study of the nation's policies governing nuclear weapons.
The changing global security landscape and worsening fiscal outlook demand significant adjustments to national security strategy and budgeting, according to an extensive, year-long study released today by Stimson: A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era.
By Thad Bowman - After weeks of diplomatic sparring, a venue has finally been set for the upcoming nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, UK, and the US). Tehran has agreed to attend the talks in Istanbul a location it deemed "compromised"
The drumbeat for war over Iran's nuclear activities has grown fainter in recent weeks.
The United States and Iran have been at loggerheads since the birth of the Islamic Republic, 33 years ago, but the two nations have never seemed as close to a major military conflict as they have since the beginning of 2012.


Translations from "passies en passasies", Marlise Joubert. Protea Bookhouse, 2007.
dunes put their bristly heads together.
of waves churned into milky streaks.
beating wings against the summery spray.
indiscernibly the dunes move their hips away.
vaporous joggers riders on their horses.
sinking his burning ship into fathomless waters.
gold turns the grey to a yoghurty cloud of rose-quartz.
a dog drags a seaweed limb across the sand.
from the encircling channels full of drifting smoke.
atoms singing unheard into the atmosphere.
from the patch of unduned sand.
the scorched leaves soon resemble sun-dried fish.
laughs and drinks her peachy sparkling wine.
having rhythmically cantered through evaporates in cream.
fades. two small chairs are being folded up.
Koeberg is split darkly against the moon.
lovers embrace then tear apart.
someone is blowing out the candles.
All of this is excellent poetry in English. En vertaal boonop. Heerlik om te lees.


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Q: Sine not a Rational Function Spivak This is Chapter 15 Question 31 in Spivak:
a) Show sin is not a rational function.
By definition of a rational function, a rational function cannot be $0$ at infinite points unless it is $0$ everywhere. Obviously, sin have infinite points that are 0 and infinite points that are not zero, thus not a rational function.
b) Show that there do not exist rational functions $f_0, \ldots, f_{n-1}$ such that $(\sin x)^n + f_{n-1}(x)(\sin x)^{n-1} + \ldots + f_0({x}) = 0$ for all x
First choose $x = 2k\pi$, so $f_0(x) = 0$ for $x = 2k\pi$. Since $f_0$ is rational $\implies f_0(x) = 0$ for all x.
Thus can write $\sin x[(\sin x)^{n-1} + f_{n-1}(\sin x)^{n-2} ... +f_1(x)] = 0$
Question: The second factor is $0$ for all $x \neq 2k\pi$ How does this imply that it is 0 for all x? And how does this lead to the result?

A: Hint: Use continuity of $\sin$ and rational functions.

A: since we defined all the functions here to be rational (other than sin(x)), we see that f0(x) has infinite roots since there are infinite points at which 2kpi must equal zero. Therefore the only rational function f0(x) could possibly be is the function f0(x)=0, so we can get rid of it and now refactor the equation. the rest is done similarly.
One can show by induction that the equation can be factored, and when derived always gives you an equation involving sin[..] and cos[..], now set x=2kpi and we see that by a similar argument fn(x) must be equal to 0 for all n. Therefore the only function that satisfies the implicit thing is fn(x)=0 for all n and x. We are done.

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The World of Harry Potter
Staines Kamnikupdated on October 9, 2020 October 9, 2020
Join Harry Potter on exciting adventures in this 4-in-1 game collection
Master all things magical in a world filled with wizardry, fun, and danger
Overcome adversity and challenges; turn-based battle sequences
Interact with over 100 unforgettable characters from the book
Enjoy stunning 3D environments and special effects
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Be Harry Potter, learning to master all things magical in a world filled with wizardry, fun, and danger. Overcome adversity and challenges and encounter unforgettable characters from J.K. Rowling's worldwide bestseller.
As Harry Potter, players will hone their magical skills and advance through three terms of study during Harry's first year at Hogwarts. Each term will challenge players to meet a number of objectives, such as collecting and mixing potions with Professor Snape or piloting a flying broom through the Forbidden Forest in search of Neville Longbottom's Remembrall. In order to pass the first year of study, players must complete over 29 different objectives, while avoiding enemies and obstacles.
Bring the world of Harry Potter home in one small, portable package. Turn-based battle sequences reward thoughtful use of more than 30 spells and potions. Adventure-based game with an emphasis on puzzle solving and interaction with other characters. Interact with over 100 unforgettable characters from the book, including Professor Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, and Draco Malfoy. Faithful representation of the magical world created in J.K. Rowling's best-selling novels.
Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup
Grab your broomsticks and prepare for aerial competition high above the Quidditch pitch. For the first time ever, Harry Potter fans will be able to fully experience the magical power, speed, and competition of Quidditch, the favorite sport of witches and wizards, in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. EA's UK Studio, the team behind the worldwide success of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets games, brings you this new title.
Climb aboard a flying broomstick and take part in the only complete Quidditch experience–including playing full matches.
Play as any one of four Hogwarts Houses and numerous characters from the fiction, including Harry Potter and the crafty Draco Malfoy.
Play all the Quidditch positions and execute all the high-flying moves.
Compete for the Quidditch World Cup with professional teams and stadium environments including USA, Bulgaria, featuring Viktor Krum, England, the Nordic team, Japan, Germany, France, Spain, and Australia. Each national team has its own Quidditch gear and unique strengths.
Invite a friend over for some head-to-head action in the first multiplayer (two player) Harry Potter experience.
Unlock special moves by collecting Quidditch Cards gained from challenges completed, moves made, and games won.
Enjoy stunning 3D environments and special effects.
Satisfying the number-one request from Harry Potter fans worldwide: full Quidditch matches.
Be Harry Potter in a unique new PC adventure with more magic, friendship, and danger. Learn new spells, undertake new quests, make new friends, and challenge new adversaries to confront the powers at the heart of the Chamber of Secrets. Do you dare face You-Know-Who again?
Explore rich environments from the colorful Burrow to the dark reaches of the Forbidden Forest.
Master new spells including Expeliarmus, Diffendo, and Skurge.
Overcome dangerous foes from Aragog to the Basilisk.
Take flight to play improved Quidditch.
Interact with new characters from J.K. Rowling's world, including Dobby, Lockhart, and Ginny Weasley.
The Dementors are coming and this time Harry needs his friends.
From the opening scene on the Hogwarts Express to the climactic finale on the shore of the great lake at Hogwarts, the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban videogame immerses the player in the world of Harry Potter with captivating gameplay, stunning environments, and graphics that bring to life the magical world familiar to anyone who has seen the films.
Players encounter new characters and creatures, engage in a variety of sub-quests, fly on a Hippogriff, explore previously unseen areas of Hogwarts and take on their friends in multiple two-player challenges, as they take part in the most exciting and challenging Harry Potter videogame adventure yet.
Companion Play: play as Harry, Ron, and Hermione to unlock the secrets of Hogwarts.
Face the Dementors: can you overcome the dreaded Azkaban guards?
Fly Buckbeak: fly the Hippogriff around the towers of Hogwarts.
All-new spells: freeze streams into ice slides, control flame-breathing dragons, and conjure a Patronus.
Stunning graphics: best-ever graphics bring to life the world of Harry Potter in a way never seen before.
New wizard cards: enjoy a new set of wizard cards, including the beings and beasts cards.
World Of Harry Potter brings all of the early Harry Potter adventures to life. Experience his first three years at Hogwarts Academy, as he faces new trials and dangers at every turn. Combine the abilities of Harry, Hermione and Ron as they take on menaces unlike anything the world's ever seen before. Includes Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner Of Azkaban and Quidditch World Cup.
Reviews from Gamers
= Fun = Overall
Awesome entertainment value, great for kids and adults who play along with them
My 7 year old daughter and I have been searching for a good computer game to play ever since we finished up 101 Dalmations on the PC more than a year ago. I've read her the first three Harry Potter books, and then discovered this collection. It is a big winner.
You get four different games (which each originally sold for the cost of this collection, or more). We finished the Sorcerers Stone in about two weeks of evening play.
It has plenty of play value to get us to go back, mainly to find the hidden secrets we did not find the first time, and to play some better games of Quiddich.
We have just begun playing the Chamber of Secrets. Everything about this one is an upgrade from Sorcerer's Stone: smoother play, more spells, more hidden areas, new activities, new features. We are enjoying it immensely.
Some kids are game fanatics, and can handle the controls alone. Another reviewer was correct, a game controller makes these much easier.
My daughter and I share the controls when we play together. In these games, she takes the mouse to cast spells and direct Harry's point of view, I work the arrow keys to move us around. We have quite a lot of fun together this way.
The games feature the same story line and content as the books. Expect the same (very low) violence level as the books.
So I'm giving this bundle 5 stars based on just games. Heck, I would have given it 4 stars for the Sorcerer's Stone alone, or 5 stars for the Chamber of Secrets alone. This is a super value.
Great Games in a Great Set at a Great Price!, December 17, 2005
This set includes the first 4 Potter games for PC: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban and Quidditch World Cup.
This is a cool deal! This set cost less than more stores sell Prisoner of Azkaban alone.
The Games (1-3) are model closely after the stories including much that the movies skip or alter. Like tje Hagrid's gift of a flute in Sorcerer's Stone. They also include Peeves the Poltergeist.
The Hogwarts Castle is styled after the film and the books and a great deal of effort went into capturing the feel of the famous school of witchcraft and wizardry. It is loaded with secret passages, candy and wizard cards.
The graphic are pretty good (on all platforms) and the actors used create their own interpretation of the chief characters.
Game 3, Prisoner of Azkaban is much more in the spirit of the movies rather than the books, the faces of the characters more closely resemble their Warner Brother counterparts, and the Hogwart's students wear school uniforms (instead of robes with crests over street clothes). This isn't a complaint, either way.
I enjoyed both versions of the series.
The fourth game in this set:The Quidditch World Cup is not an adventure game, but a sports game, using elements from basketball, soccer and football to recreate Quidditch game play more elaborately than in the other 3 games.
THIS GAME WAS NOT BASED ON THE NEWLY RELEASED MOVIE, but came out based solely on the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
You can play proffessional Quidditch play for the World Cup as a team in the Quidditch League using players like Krum, playing the country of your choice (including playing for the States). This leads me to my one complaint: YOU CAN'T PLAY IRELAND. You can't play as, or against Ireland's Quidditch team. But, QWC is still the best game of the set.
If don't want to play in the league for the World Cup, there is also the option of Hogwarts house play.
All 4 games come in a single-4 disc jewel case, not individually packaged within the 12″ box.
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