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The first Preliminary Final of 2016 sees the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans go head to head at the MCG tonight and it could be the individual head to heads all over the oval that decide which way this one turns out.
Both teams possess a full forward that can win matches almost single handedly on a good day with Buddy Franklin of the Swans and Tom Hawkins of the Cats.
Franklin has weighed in with 78 goals so far in 2016 at an average of 3.45 goals per game while Hawkins has 54 to his name from two fewer appearances for an average of 2.45 per game.
Heath Grundy will no doubt be given the job on Hawkins and honours have been just about even in their previous encounters.
Tom Lonergan will get the task of keeping Buddy quiet and he's done as good a job as anyone in the AFL of doing just that, keeping the big man to an average of 1.9 goals per game in their 10 match ups. Even if Lonergan does his usual solid job on Franklin the Sydneysiders still have goal threats aplenty with Tippett set to return plus Heaney, Parker and Papley all capable of weighing in with multiple scores.
It's not just the full forwards vs key defenders that could swing the balance in this game with both midfields packed with ball magnets, strong runners and goal getters.
Tom Mitchell could get the job on Brownlow winner elect Patrick Dangerfield but even if the Swans keep him quiet there is Joel Selwood, Mitch Duncan and the underrated Cameron Guthrie to worry about.
If anything the Swans midfield is even stronger than the Cats' with Hannebury, Parker, Jack and Josh Kennedy all capable of dominating in the middle of the field, with Tom Mitchell and Isaac Heaney also bringing valuable skill sets to the table.
Daniel Menzel is a disappointing out for the Cats and if the meeja are correct then it could be Lachie Henderson that comes in as support for Hawkins up top and we'll take a punt on them being right (for once) for our first bet and get with the Swans for our match bet.
You should also be taking Sydney straight up at $2.35 with with their money back offer if they get beaten by 3 goals or less.
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Never Grow Old: Toots Hibbert – The Final Hot Press Interview
A report by Pat Carty for Hot Press.
The world lost one of the great soul singers when Toots Hibbert of Toots And The Maytals fame passed away. In one of his last interviews, he spoke to Pat Carty about his art and life, "I sing these songs to make people happy."
The island of Jamaica – one of the jewels of the Caribbean as the tourist board pamphlets would have it – is a relatively small one. To put it in perspective, Ireland is six times its size. The influence of Jamaican music, however, belies this lack of real estate. Ska incorporated elements of mento and calypso alongside the jazz and rhythm and blues that was coming out of transistor radios and Count Ossie got a different beat out of his nyabinghi drum. The rise of ska required sound systems to play it on, selectors to make the choices and DJs to toast over the music. The rhythm guitar started emphasising the upbeat, and the bass took centre stage from the horns, giving birth to rocksteady. The beat changed again, the lyrics got a bit more serious, the sound got another shot of rhythm and blues, and reggae spread across the world in the 1970s, first with the success of The Harder They Come in 1973, and then Bob Marley's ascension to superstardom. It might be Marley's name that most people associate with reggae music, but there is a man who had more Jamaican number one records than Robert Nesta, and that man was Mr Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert.
The word that Toots had passed away landed heavily on the Saturday morning. Some outlets have reported that his death was COVID related, although the details are still sketchy. What is definite is that the world lost one of its great singers, and while the music that he helped to popularise around the world – and gave a name to with 1968's 'Do The Reggay' – is what he'll be remembered for, Hibbert was as much a soul singer as anything else, and his voice is fit to be mentioned in the same breath as his heroes Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding.
In what turned out to be one of his last interviews – we spoke just a day or two before his illness was announced – I was honoured to talk with Toots about his new record and his career as a whole. He was funny, generous, and good company; everything one might hope for should they find themselves lucky enough to talk to one of their heroes. I asked him if he could hear me okay down the phone line that stretched from Dublin 8 to Red Hills, Kingston and received a resounding "Yeah, man. I can hear you well!" in response. The voice sounded as strong as it did on those immortal records that will outlive us all, records filled with glorious, life-affirming music which guarantees that while Toots may be gone, he will never be forgotten.
Good Thing That You Call
The new record, Got To Be Tough, is Toots' first album of new material in ten years, but there was good reason for the delay.
"Well, after there was an accident…" He trails off a bit before continuing. "I still tour but I had to stop for a while to create good music, it takes time to make a good album so I take time out to make all these songs, I play on them, I created the parts, I played keyboards, guitar, drums, bass, everything with the help of my engineer, Nigel Borrell. It takes time to do it, that's why I was off for a while."
The "accident" Toots is referring to here took place in May, 2013. The Maytals were performing at the River Rock Festival in Richmond, Virginia when Toots was hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd. The culprit stood trial and Toots, in a move that marks him out as some kind of man, sent a letter to the judge, pleading for leniency. "I have heard what happens to young men in jail," wrote Hibbert. "My own pain and suffering would be increased substantially knowing that this young man would face that prospect." The judge gave him six months nevertheless. Toots' injuries were serious enough to stop him touring for three years. "Yes, I was very badly injured, but it could be worse, so thank God" was his philosophical view on the incident when I pushed him, but it was obvious it wasn't something he wanted to dwell on.
Song titles like 'Just Brutal', 'Got To Be Tough', and 'Struggle' sound like they were built to address the hard times the world is going through.
"I never knew this virus was coming in!" Hibbert laughed, a good-humoured comment that drips with a sad irony now. "I had these songs for a long time, I wrote them three or four years ago. We decided to go with BMG and Zak – his father is a good musician, Ringo! – done a lot of good work, dubbing on what I have, and Sly & Robbie – no, not Robbie, just Sly, I'm the one who played bass – Sly dubbed his drums on it. It's a good thing to have great musicians on this album, with myself!"
Zak is Zak Starkey, the man who sits behind the drums for The Who and who is indeed a Beatle baby. He, along with Sharna Liguz, started the new Trojan Jamaica label to release last year's Red Gold Green & Blue, a compilation of Jamaican artists covering soul and blues classics. Toots featured, lending his voice to Peter Green's 'Man Of The World', and Got To Be Tough is the label's latest release. The album's high points are 'Good Thing That You Call' – "That's a love song I carried around for a long time before I decided to release it" – and a re-arrangement of Marley's 'Three Little Birds' with Bob's eldest son, Ziggy.
"It is in a different style," Hibbert explained. "Before Bob leave us, he used to be my good friend and we talked about our songs all the time, he respect me and I respect him a lot, he started in the business a few years before me, y'know? Of all of his songs, that's one of my favourites, I said 'well Bob I'm gonna do one of your songs' but we never got to do it. He go on and I ask his son to assist me on this track, and Ziggy says "yes, uncle" – he calls me uncle and I call him my grandson because me and Bob were very close. He says 'Uncle, I'll do it' We did it in a different way and we're both happy."
I Shall Sing
As with every release under Hibbert's name, it's the voice that stands out, the voice which retained every ounce of its power, right up to the end. He started early, singing at his parents' feet.
"Yes, I grow up in church with my parents and I start singing when I was a baby, but I never know how was my singing. People told me 'Yes, you have a good voice, and one day you're gonna make it' and 'Oh, beautiful voice!' Everyone was crazy!"
Toots laughed at the memory, which was something he seemed to do a lot. Gospel would remain a big part of his approach throughout his life.
"Yes, it's one of the main parts because I grew up with self-respect and honour to my family and honour to all the people in the world. I honoured them, and they honoured me."
Honour your father and mother, so that your days may be long upon the land.
"The Lord thy God giveth thee," Hibbert finishes the quote for me. "Yes, of course. I read the Bible a lot.
Toots parents passed when he was young, so the 55-odd km move from his native May Pen in Middlesex County to Trenchtown, Kingston was probably inevitable.
"My bigger brother, who gave me the name Toots, was living in Trenchtown, so when we had a break from school, we always go to my brother and spend time."
Toots found tonsorial work in the big town.
"I used to cut hair when I was in my teens, singing also, but I always loved to cut hair so I did that, and I still have my tools! I used to box too, and then I sing. People say I should sing because my voice is different."
It was while he was working in the barbershop in the early sixties that he met up with Henry 'Raleigh' Gordon and Nathaniel 'Jerry' Mathias, with whom he would form the initial Maytals – named for the home place – vocal trio.
"After I'd finish in the barbershop doing hair, I'd take up my little guitar that I had made myself. It was four strings – it's called a ukililly! – I made it out of fishing line, and I made it so well that I could play and everyone would tell me 'Hey!'" He's laughing again. "People were gathering and then Raleigh came along and, the next day, Jerry came along. They were friendly with me because I'm a country guy. People walk away after getting their hair cut, I pick up my guitar, and people come into the shop again, it fill up with people, lining up, they want to hear, y'know?"
Toots went on to map out how he went from cutting hair to cutting records.
"In the barbershop, people told me I could sing so I went to look for recording. But I didn't get through, they said that my voice sound like country and western and they complain – Sir Coxone Dodd, Prince Buster, lots of people. They say I must come back in six week's time. So I went back and everyone want me to sing, they say "yeah, your voice is different, man, yeah, yeah, YEAH, YEAH!' and I start to record." More laughter. "When I recorded those days I just get maybe two shillings for me and my two friends. We would get no money at all, no payoff, but after a while I went in the festival and we won with 'Bam, Bam' and then my career started to grow and grow 'til I have twenty-one number one records in Jamaica. I cut a two-sided record which is called 'Daddy' and 'It's You' and the two sides become number one on both radio stations, so I keep on recording and people keep loving me."
Time Tough
Toots won the Jamaican National Popular Song Contest three times – with 'Bam, Bam' in 1966, 'Sweet And Dandy' in 1969, and 'Pomps And Pride' in 1972, after which, so the legend goes, he decided not to enter again, so that someone else might have a chance. "Yeah, that's true!" he confirmed. Just as things were getting going, he was arrested and convicted of marijuana possession in 1966, which he has always maintained was a set up, but he was to have the last laugh.
"I wouldn't say 'prison', it was a place of confinement but they gave me my own clothes to wear, they gave me my guitar, and they gave me my own food from my home. It was just a politics set-up because it was to be my first tour of Europe and somebody was jealous that a guy who just came from the country and have so much number one records and moving too fast. They pay the cops thirty pounds to keep us back after getting our first tour from Chris Blackwell. They held me back that way, but when you're in prison you aren't supposed to get your own clothes to wear or your guitar, it was like moving to an apartment, y'know! They held me back for about nine months. I wrote this song called '54-46 That's My Number' then my manager and my wife came for me. I came out and record it, and it was number one also! He, he, he!"
In 1968 Toots had another Jamaican hit with 'Do The Reggay', the song that has been credited with naming the new music that he was at the vanguard of. I asked him how the new style developed.
"The ska was in Jamaica, and I do a lot of gospel songs uptempo in ska music. Then rocksteady comes along which is a slower rhythm. You can dance with rocksteady, you can waltz a little bit and stay still with a lady, belly to belly!" You can hear us both laughing at this on the interview tape. "Reggae is the same kind of thing, you can dance in any kind of style you want to. You look at the girl, you gyrate and you do what you have to do and you enjoy yourself! There was a slang in Jamaica called 'Streggae' and if a girl not looking nice we called here a streggae and if we're looking raggedy, the girl would call us streggae, so I take it from that, I think. I never planned it but I think it come along from streggae to reggae."
Before we leave the sixties behind, I prompted Toots for the story of producer Leslie Kong's ugly brother.
"Leslie Kong have a brother called Fats. I went up there one day to get two pounds and he told me 'Toots, I want you to write a song about my brother, he's very ugly. Leslie was a good looking guy but his brother was very big and and ugly. I said 'No sir, I don't want him to kill me! He's a big man and I'm a little boy' I don't want to do it.' Fats told me 'Yes sir, you can write about me!' So I wrote a song about my girlfriend hugging up Fats, I said he's so ugly and called him 'Monkey Man', and I was chastising her for doing that "I tell you that, you're hugging up the big monkey man!" A number one record for me also!"
Sailin' On
Number one records all over the shop, and 'Monkey Man' would also land in the lower reaches of the UK charts at the end of the decade. Toots had conquered his home island and the seventies would see him take his irresistible combination of soul, R& B, and reggae to the world. A major step forward was The Maytals' appearance in the movie The Harder They Come, and on the perhaps even more influential soundtrack album, which featured both 'Sweet And Dandy' and the great 'Pressure Drop', a song that would go on to be covered by The Clash. Responding to Toots' passing, Mick Jagger tweeted "When I first heard 'Pressure Drop', that was a big moment." Toots was surprised at the success of the movie which helped to launch him internationally.
"The guy was called Mr Perry [Perry Hanzell, director, producer, and co-writer] – I think he die now – he's the one who put it together. He's a friend of Chris Blackwell [an uncredited co-producer]. Jimmy Cliff was in the business long before me and he was the choice to be in this movie in Jamaica, he was the star. I was one of the men who was singing the songs. It was a really good thing for me and for everybody."
The momentum built up by The Harder They Come helped bring the Funky Kingston album to international attention. The album was recorded at Byron Lee's Dynamic Studios, then Jamaica's best equipped recording facility and the room where The Rolling Stones would soon record Goats Head Soup. Chris Blackwell, who had released many of The Maytals sixties singles on his UK labels, put the album out on Dragon Records – an Island subsidiary – in April of 1972, a full year before Bob Marley's Island debut, Catch A Fire. As with the latter album, Blackwell added some overdubs when he got the tapes to London, in the shape of horns from the Sons Of Jungle band. It worked. Lester Bangs described the album as "perfection". The title track itself came about because of a suggestion from Blackwell.
"Chris get to know us more and more and we like each other. He came to me and said 'Toots, I want you to write a song about Kingston' because there was a song called 'Funky Nassau' [a hit for The Beginning Of The End in 1971]. He tutored me to write that song, Chris Blackwell is a great man. And it was number one!"
The as-good-again In The Dark was released in 1973, including re-recordings of Toots' sixties hits like '54-46' and an unlikely cover of John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads', although when Toots changed the lyric to "almost heaven, West Jamaica" he made it all his own. A combination of the tracks from these two LPs were released in the US in 1975 and it is this collection that found a place on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list. Writing about that record, the critic Robert Christgau would refer to Toots as "the nearest thing to Otis Redding left on the planet."
As if to answer this assertion, Toots released Reggae Got Soul in 1976. As well as the marvellous title track, which perfectly sums up his musical philosophy, and cuts as strong as 'True Love Is Hard To Find' and 'Rasta Man', the album also houses 'I Shall Sing' from the pen of one Van Morrison. The song was attempted several times by Morrison during the recording of Moondance but failed to make the final release, although the curious are directed to the deluxe edition from a few years back, where they can hear the Belfast Cowboy take a distinctly Caribbean turn.
Reggae was adopted wholeheartedly by the punks in London around this time, Don Letts spinning Jamaican sides in the Roxy, and Hibbert remained justifiably proud of this, and the aforementioned Clash cover.
"It was a big thing, and it's a big thing still. I wrote good songs and people can listen and also, if they want to, do a version, because the knowledge in the song is there, the words are correct. It's a good thing when The Clash did that, and The Police did something like that too."
While I'm not sure if Sting's lot actually recorded anything by Hibbert – perhaps Toots is thinking of The Special's seismic cover of 'Monkey Man' – The Maytals did release a great version of The Police's 'Canary In A Coalmine' on a tribute album in the nineties.
In 1988 Toots completed a circuit that began back in his youth when he recorded the Toots In Memphis album with Jim Dickinson in the city that gave us Elvis, covering Al Green, Eddie Floyd and Otis himself.
"My first listening to the radio that captured my ears was Mahalia Jackson, then Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, and all those great singers. Then James Brown, Little Richard, Wilson Pickett. A whole lot of listening I did and I say 'one day I will be singing just like that.'"
Keith Richards said, at least once, that he heard Toots singing and thought it was Otis Redding. Toots remembered how the Memphis recording came about.
"I think it come to me from Sly, of Sly & Robbie. Sly say 'you can sing this song, man, you have a close voice to Otis. They knew I don't just have one tone of voice, I have many different voice. People believe I sound like Ray Charles, I sound like Otis, I can sound like Al Green if I want to, so I did it. I also did quite a few others of Otis Redding, but I don't release them yet. They're wicked! As soon as this album go off, all these songs will be considered."
Toots would win at The Grammys in 2004 for the great True Love, an album of duets with famous guests like good friends Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and Keith Richards.
"A lot of great people," was how Toots remembered it. "Keith, Willie, they're good friends to me. Rock n' roll, classic, they all mix up in one." Hibbert had a long association with The Stones, and Richards in particular, opening for them several times and recording a version of 'Start Me Up' for yet another tribute album. As well as the essential 'Careless Ethiopians' – the highlight of True Love– Richards would later release a duet with Hibbert of 'Pressure Drop', presumably from the same sessions. The success of the album raised Hibbert's international profile again.
"For sure, and when I go on tour I sing a lot of these songs to make people happy so they keep on loving me."
In 2006, Easy Star All-Stars released their reggae/dub re-reading of Radiohead's OK Computer – the best record that Oxfordshire's 'finest' ever had anything to do with – and Toots was there again, taking the lead vocal on 'Let Down'. Apparently, it was a challenge.
"It was a tough song, man, a hard one to sing. The arrangement was different but when I understood it, it was good."
Reggae Got Soul
Our time was coming to a close so I wondered aloud if Toots could hear any of his influence in modern reggae artists like Chronixx or Mortimer. He didn't think so.
"No, not really no, but they're doing well and I wish them a lot of success, I love their music."
I couldn't totally agree with him there, as I reckon his soulful voice is easily detectable in the likes of 'Skankin' Sweet' or 'Lightning' but this prompted my last question, about the continuing popularity of reggae music all over the world. Hibbert had a simple answer.
"Real reggae never changed," was how he explained it. "Those of us who are still alive got to put words together and call it reggae. If you don't put good words together, it's only streggae, but the reggae music of wisdom and knowledge and understanding, bringing the message to the people, is a special music, just like R&B and American music also carries a message and other music, man, carries different, different messages, and I like them. The reason why reggae is so popular is that it tell a story. It's a fashionable music that can play anytime. The real good ones, like my kind of song, can play for children in school, it is not a vulgar music. Reggae is a natural music."
Before I let him go, I did a bit of gushing, and I'm not embarrassed about it either. I told Toots how much his music has meant to me since I first heard it as a teenager and that I think – I know – he is one of the greats, up there with Otis, Merle Haggard, The Stones, Howlin' Wolf, and all the other music that means so, so much to me. When was I going to get the chance again? I wasn't, as it sadly turned out.
Toots took this with good grace, as expected, and said he hoped to meet me one day. I was taken aback by this, as you would be, and told him how I actually shook his hand after a show in Vicar Street.
"We will shake hands again!" he laughed, and then he was gone.
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Ceratobiton styloceros es una especie de arácnido  del orden Solifugae de la familia Daesiidae.

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Q: How to safely remove object from a nsmutablearray while iterating through it? I am using a nsmutablearray in loop and want to remove its object (or assign nil) that has just traversed.
But if I am doing so, I get an error as <__NSArrayM: 0x8c3d3a0> was mutated while being enumerated.' . The code is as below
- (TreeNode*)depthLimitedSearch:(TreeNode *)current costLimit:(int)currentCostBound {

NSMutableArray *children=[NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[current expandNodeToChildren]];
for (TreeNode *s in children) {
    if (s.puzzleBox.isFinalPuzzleBox) {//checking for final puzzleBox
        return s;
    }
    /*exploredNodes++;
    if (exploredNodes %10000==0) {
        NSLog(@"explored nodes for this treshold-%d are %d",currentCostBound,exploredNodes);
    }*/

    int currentCost =[s.cost intValue]+[s.heuristicsCost intValue];

    if (currentCost <= currentCostBound) {
        //[s.puzzleBox displayPuzzleBox];

        TreeNode *solution = [self depthLimitedSearch:s costLimit:currentCostBound];
        if (solution!=nil){//&& (bestSolution ==nil|| [solution.cost intValue] < [bestSolution.cost intValue])) {
            bestSolution = solution;
            return bestSolution;
        }
    }else {
        if (currentCost < newLimit) {
            //NSLog(@"new limit %d", currentCost);
            newLimit = currentCost;
        }
    }
    // here I want to free memory used by current child in children
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and I have commented the place where I want to release the space used by the child.

A: You should not be using a for...in loop if you want to remove elements in the array. Instead, you should use a normal for loop and go backwards in order to make sure you don't skip any items.
for (NSInteger i = items.count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (someCondition) {
        [items removeObjectAtIndex:i];
    }
}

A: You can collect the items to be removed in another array and remove them in a single pass afterwards:
NSMutableArray *toRemove = [NSMutableArray array];
for (id candidate in items) {
    if (something) {
        [toRemove addObject:candidate];
    }
}
[items removeObjectsInArray:toRemove];

It's easier than iterating over indexes by hand, which just asking for off-by-one errors.
Not sure how this plays with your early returns, though.

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Collinsia heterophylla, known as Chinese houses or innocence, is a flowering plant native to California and the Peninsular Ranges in northern Baja California.
Collinsia heterophylla is an annual plant growing in shady places, 10–50 centimeters (4–20 in) in height. It can be found in most of California (other than desert regions) below about 1,000 meters (3,300 ft).
It blooms from mid-spring to early summer. Like other species in the genus Collinsia, which also includes the blue-eyed Marys, it gets its name from its towers of inflorescences of decreasing diameter, which give the plants in full flower a certain resemblance to a pagoda.
Dried in air, the seeds weigh about 1 mg each.
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A foundational principle at VCBO is a commitment to environmental sustainability.
We have always worked to provide the most energy-efficient projects possible, within the project budget and performance expectations set forth by the owner. With this approach, we have designed and constructed several LEED-certified schools, as well as numerous high-performing schools across the State.
In 2010, Davis School District hired VCBO Architecture to design a new prototype elementary school for the District. At this time, we had been pushing our energy-efficient design forward with each project completed together, which led the VCBO and Davis School District Team to set our most ambitious target yet: to design and build a net-zero energy building.
Through a thoughtful, innovative, and integrated design process, paired with the full support of the School District leadership, the team was successful. Odyssey Elementary School became the most sustainable and first net-zero energy school in Utah. Due to the success of this project, Davis School District has committed to achieving net-zero energy in all subsequent prototype elementary schools, as demonstrated by Kay's Creek and Canyon Creek Elementary Schools.
What is a Net-Zero Building?
There have been several definitions of net-zero throughout the years, but the current standard for a net-zero building is a building that generates as much energy as it uses, on-site, over the course of a year. For each of the Davis School District elementary schools, a large photovoltaic array on the roof of each building generates as much energy in kilowatts throughout the year as the school uses over the course of the same year.
"A net-zero building is a building that generates as much energy as it uses, on-site, over the course of a year."
Why Does Designing a Net-Zero School Matter?
A net-zero school shows the District's commitment to healthy air and a more sustainable future. From a school district perspective, operating a net-zero school reduces the potential volatility in energy costs. At the end of the day, this puts more money into the classroom.
This money can be spent within the school for other resources and programs, and to better serve students and teachers.
A net-zero building can also be used as a teaching tool, on many levels. On a broader level, students attending a net-zero school have a personal frame of reference for climate
solutions. Rather than learning about theoretical strategies to address pollution and energy issues, they can see the benefits of tangible practices implemented at their own school and learn by the example set by administrators that energy solutions are a priority. On a more specific, educational level, students can track energy use, compare it to energy generation, and see what happens to the power use and generation as the sun shines, snows, and temperatures fluctuate. This engagement and data review can be as basic or technical as the teachers would like it to be.
So How Do You Achieve Net-zero?
The first step in achieving net-zero is to drive down energy use through smart design. A few ways to do this include:
Determining the right orientation for the building: making sure there is not too much solar heat gain in the summer months, and enough solar access in the winter.
Designing an air-tight and thermally sound building envelope.
Selecting an efficient mechanical system and making sure it is not over-sized or over-
designed for the building. You can even consider letting the temperatures shift up a bit in
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Using high-quality, LED lighting, and not over-lighting the building.
Integrating effective controls to make sure your building management team can control
the start-up and set points of the mechanical and lighting systems and manage energy use throughout the day, season and year.
Engaging the building users to help reduce energy consumption is imperative in achieving net-zero success. The more informed the building users are of the ways in which they can be more energy conscious in the classroom, the better.
The second step is to determine how renewable your energy system can be. Solar panels, wind turbines, and geothermal energy are a few examples to consider.
Additional considerations for your next potential net-zero project include:
Building and Site Size
In order to maintain a renewable energy system on-site, you have to balance the building size and energy use with the available area for renewable energy systems. Schools are often optimally sized for solar panels, with relatively large roof areas and lower heights, typically one to two stories, providing an optimal spot for photovoltaic panels on the roof. Smaller sites can consider alternative locations for renewable energy, such as covered parking, or even off-site renewable energy systems.
Building Energy Use Profile
The amount of renewable energy required for the building is typically estimated through the use of an energy model. This model creates an assessment of how much energy is being used to heat and cool the building and power all of the electronics and equipment, based on the orientation and building envelope design. This model estimates hours of operation and start-up and operational energy use profiles and makes assumptions based on typical user behaviors.
As designers, we have a great deal of influence on the building envelope and how it impacts heating, cooling, and lighting. Although we know the number of occupants, we do not have much control over the hours of operation and how occupants use the building. It is vital for the owner to be an integral member of the team and convey the vision of net-zero to all occupants.
While this energy model gets very close to the actual energy profile of the building, the best opportunity to right-size the renewable energy system is to track actual energy use for one year and size the system based on actual data.
Electrical Costs, Fees, and Demand Charge Impacts
Even with a renewable energy system, if it is tied back to the electrical grid, you will need to continue to pay fees to the power provider, and these fees will increase as they realize the impact of solar panels on their grid. Additionally, demand charges may still apply, as net-zero is assessed on an annual basis. There will likely be times, in the winter specifically, when more energy is used to heat the schools at peak times when the sun may not be out and the system is not generating electricity. Managing these peak demands will help reduce operating costs and reduce the size of the photovoltaic (PV) array upfront.
Early Investments Enable Net Zero Success
A wide range of investments is needed to ensure a successful net-zero project. Starting from the beginning of the process, these investments include:
Engaging an energy modeler early in the process
Investing in a high-performing building envelope
Selecting the right mechanical system
Commissioning your building: making sure your energy-impacting systems work
properly from the beginning
Planning for and installing an effective building management system to control your
energy use
Each of these early investments will result in ongoing cost savings and ensure that net zero is achievable.
If you are ready to design a net-zero building, give us a call and we'll guide you through the process and help you achieve your goals!
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Man driving Telangana bus that fell into gorge was awarded best driver last month
The bus returning from Kondagattu to Jagital skidded off the ghat road near Shanivarapet village and fell into the valley resulting in the accident. Fifty-two people were killed and several were injured.
By Press Trust of India
Rescue officials at the accident site where a state-owned Road Transport Corporation bus skidded into a deep gorge, at Jagtial district, on September 11, 2018. (PTI)
The driver of the bus that plunged into a ravine in Telangana killing 57 people was conferred the best driver award by the government only last month, officials said Wednesday even as the death toll from the accident rose to 60.
The overcrowded state roadways bus had swerved off the road and hurtled down a hillside into a gorge near Shanivarapet village, 200 km from Hyderabad, Tuesday, in what is one of the worst highway tragedies in recent times.
In a preliminary report submitted to the government, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) indicated that the accident happened when driver Srinivas, who was also killed, either lost control while trying to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle or negotiating a sharp downhill curve, a corporation official said.
The official, who did not want to be named, dismissed media reports that the driver had taken the dodgy shortcut to save fuel, insisting "it is the regular route, and the driver was also regular". Srinivas was not only presented the best driver award last month, but was also earlier rewarded for best fuel efficiency, which indicated his impeccable driving skills, the official told PTI.
The official also ruled out the possibility of brake failure being the cause of accident.
"Based on prima-facie information, a preliminary report has been submitted to the government. A detailed report will follow after a thorough inquiry," he said.
Locals rushed to help people in the bus after the state-owned Road Transport Corporation vehicle skidded into a deep gorge, at Jagtial district, on September 11, 2018. ( PTI )
A police officer said the number of those killed rose on Wednesday when a woman succumbed to injuries during treatment, while 27 people are still undergoing treatment in hospitals in Jagtial and Karimnagar districts and the condition of at least three is serious.
All the bodies were identified and handed over to the families after post-mortem and inquest, Jagtial deputy superintendent of police Venkat Ramana told PTI.
The deceased included 37 women and five children.
Some of the victims were pilgrims returning to Jagtial from the temple town of Kondagattu after offering prayers at the famous Hanuman temple.
The deceased were from nearby villages and most were daily commuters, he said. Some of them died due to suffocation, while others succumbed to head injuries.
A case has been registered and investigation is on, Ramana said. He said experts will examine the vehicle to ascertain the exact cause of the accident.
Police and TSRTC officials said around 90 passengers were on the bus against seating capacity of 54 when it met with the accident. The bus depot manager was suspended Tuesday, the TSRTC official said.
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These People's "Mind Reading" is a psychic heatwave
The psych-surf sound of "Mind Reading," the new single by Long Beach-based outfit THESE PEOPLE, evokes memories of strange summers of years past, wherein tall tales become so exaggerated that you can't tell where the facts end and the fiction begins. Swelling heatstroke guitar lines in tandem with an echoed-out vocal performance add to the track's distant and foggy nature, and its quick transitions between major and minor modes prevent the track from ever finding solid footing. These elements combined make for an engaging listening experience, one that evokes a bit of Surfer Blood, a bit of Grateful Dead circa Blues for Allah, and a whole lot of Timothy Leary. Dip out for a bit and stream it below.
Mind Reading by THESE PEOPLE
Published: June 11, 2020 |
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Spiral Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy recently released their self-titled debut album. This is spaced out Psych music of flautist/painter Sara Gossett and treated guitar/machines manipulator Plastic Crimewave. For this recording they were joined by Makoto Kawabata, Jean-Hervé Péron, Ryley Walker, Alisha Sufit, Hands of Hydra, Taralie Peterson, Will Maclean, Matthew Shaw, Christian Luke Brady, and Jean-Marie Varain.
This project has a unique approach to '60's and '70's Krautrock with modern elements and explorations hidden through out.
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"God keeps rushing through your fingers, as the hour of life slowly disappears." Such cryptic statements are an old hat for New York psych performer LUKKA, who on new song "Feed Me" splits the difference between the metaphysical and tangible through an engrossing mix of electronic and psychedelic. Notably more synth-driven than the project's 2018 debut ENCOUNTER, the track's momentum is found in an abiding, lively arpeggio and strengthened by lush, echoing power chords evocative of outfits like Unknown Mortal Orchestra and POND. This blend keeps things grounded yet atmospheric, incorporating the right amount of psych headiness and keyboard-friendly indie; such instrumentation also provides the perfect space for LUKKA's free-form lyricism, a spacey falsetto that modulates between themes empirical and spiritual (and which inevitably become entangled in the track's later half). You can stream the track now, as well as watch its visuals (created by artists Simone Brillarelli and Nicola Giorgio) below.
Los Black Dogs "Cúrame el Alma"
Los Black Dogs have released a new single called "Cúrame el Alma". This is the band's second single and follow-up to 2019's "Fuego". The Mexican Rock band blends Spanish and English in through out their lyrics and traditional and Psych Rock elements through out their sound.
This is the work of Juan Valdez (vocals/voz), Ricardo Orozco (guitar/guitarra), Joel Ezquivel (bass/bajo), and Gerardo Varela (drums/bateria).
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Varsity "Reason To Run"
Varsity is planning to release their latest album, Fine Forever, via Run For Cover on May 29th. This week they released the album's latest single, "Reason To Run", and it accompanying visuals below.
This is the band's third album follow-up 2018's acclaimed Parallel Person, and "Reason To Run" is the album second single following-up the album's lead single and opening track "Runaway".
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Highly-scientific poll on C-51: vote now! Vote often!
Here is Bill C-51. Here is a bunch of commentary about it.
And here is your chance to pick the party with the position you like the best!
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Patrice Boivin says:
like the election ballots, you're missing the None of the Above category
Michael Clifton says:
Agreed. None of the above is the right answer.
I'd go with: debate it; refine it; but do it.
Greg Vezina says:
None of the Above was registered as a political party in the Ontario 2014 election. It has three policies, electoral and legislative reform, referendum and recall laws and most importantly, candidates are nominated by constituents in open meetings where candidate applications and all details are disclosed before the nomination meeting and the leader and party would have no power to intervene, and elected representatives are accountable to voters in between elections. Efforts are underway to register the None of the Above Party of Canada and nominate 338 candidates in the next election. Expect to see several people that were prevented from running for the Liberal party under Justin-Time nominated in open meetings as NOTA Canada candidates. http://www.nota.ca or https://www.facebook.com/pages/NONE-of-the-Above-Party-of-Canada/684267055001208
My hope is for a real None of the Above, where the public loudly tells every party that their leadership choices are corrupt and / or suck and they want none of it, until they come back with a slate of people they can responsibly vote for.
Right now people vote against this or that instead of for this or that.
It's reached the point where every now and again proportional representation is mentioned but that just shifts the problem from election time to all the time.
Parties need to screen their candidates with something like the MMPI-R, punt the ones who are wicked or twisted, and lay"leaders" (like eggs) which have a chance of gaining respect from the general public.
Sorry if that sounds unreasonable or harsh, but the old I become the more jaded I become.
I mean look at all the things which could be taken out of the electoral process!
Just run down this list:
http://www.mmpi-info.com/mmpidict4
When you don't provide oversight, you invite potential abuse.
"Every single one of our allies with whom we share intelligence has a parliamentary or congressional oversight mechanism," Goodale said. "If it is right for the U.S., the UK, New Zealand and Australia, why is it wrong for Canada?"
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/ndp-liberals-want-tougher-oversight-of-anti-terror-measures
LPC have the right position on this.
Which is what, exactly?
Given they will vote for it, I gather they support the legislation albeit with effective oversight.
Whatever. The Liberals are supporting the legislation as is with vague promises of "fixing" it when (not if) elected to form government. A spineless, meaningless attempt at trying to be on both sides of the issue on top of arrogant presumption. No better than the Conservatives in my view. At least the Cons are being honest about their beliefs.
Bill M . says:
yawn. whatever
RSMacKinnon says:
While the War Measures Act was in force during the October Crisis, how many people were people arrested and held without charge?
b) 6
Elisabeth Lindsay says:
It was said 500, so I will go with 465 number. That was the "just watch me" thing.
doconnor says:
Less then half the number that where arrested during the G20 and during the G20 it was twice as unconstational.
jeff316 says:
Option B — Because the Liberals have a great track record of getting into power after Conservatives and changing things, right? 😉
The Greens are the only party who get anything done, despite having only 2 MP's.
Trevor Cook says:
I haven't seen the Green party do anything besides split the progressive vote and therefore elect Conservatives! Some statements are good, others not.
Al in Cranbrook says:
Most western nations have had this kind of security intelligence apparatus for years, some of them much more far reaching than this.
Oversight could be increased, but it should be an enlarged independent panel, no politicians. Listened to a professor yesterday who said that rhetoric from the likes of Green Peace is pretty much nonsensical.
At the end of the day, judges still have to authorize actions.
If people had any clue whatsoever of the stuff that CSIS and the RCMP are dealing with, there would be a lot more support for this than already is the case.
wsam says:
Al,
What is this 'stuff' that CSIS and the RCMP must deal, about which Canadians have no clue? Is it dangerous stuff? Does it involve super-villains? Which Bond would be more appropriate to combat this stuff? Should we go old school and recruit Sean Connery? Or maybe Liam Neeson would be a better choice?
As well, if you have an understanding of other jurisdictions' legislative umbrella which governs their intelligence services, presumably ones which already possess these 'far-reaching' powers you claim Canada must adopt, please explain them for us. We need to understand what we are getting into. Canada is about to overhaul our existing public surveillance architecture. Comparisons with other countries, what works and what hasn't, would be invaluable.
We are giving our security services the legal right to detain people without charge and break the law with impunity. Stephen Harper seems to have no interest explaining the Bill to Canadians. Could you? Detailed knowledge and international comparisons would be invaluable.
MgS says:
On what basis "must" we adopt C-51 or a single clause of this bill.
What is "broken" that requires a bill that grossly infringes upon Canadians' guaranteed rights under the Charter?
Why is this government writing legislation that broadly attacks any form of political dissent – a move which creates a class of political dissidents much like existed in the Soviet Union, and with it a constituent group of political prisoners? On what grounds do you argue that this is needed?
Bill C-51 is neither necessary nor a well considered overhaul of the covert intelligence groups in Canada. It does not create appropriate oversight, and it broadly categorizes anything that the politician du jour decides is a "threat" as a criminal activity. Even if (and it is a big if) there is something broken in the current system of laws that needs to be addressed, the government and its supporters have failed entirely to provide any kind of intelligent rationalization, instead they fan the flames of irrational fear to cover what they are really doing to Canada behind a smokescreen.
Scrap the damned bill and do something that makes sense. A broad swath attack on civil liberties is offensive and fundamentally anti-democratic in the first place. (Not that Harper has ever cared much for such trivialities as the voters)
Robert Jago says:
Among the actions judges can authorize is stripping away a citizen's Charter Rights. That's OK if it's done after a trial, but this can happen without you knowing about it, seeing evidence, challenging your accusers. That seems like the kind of power you shouldn't trust government with.
MississaugaPeter says:
At this time too busy with my own life to make an informed decision.
ISIS/ISIL. Very Bad.
Closer to "1984" than ever before in history. Very Bad.
Kind of agree with you but you might just be the next person to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up with a police bat across your forehead or being stuffed into a jail cell for the evening without water or access to a toilet…it's already happenned. And people want the police to be even MORE unaccountable? And what about Harper's objective of using the security services to subvert and oppress his policital and economic opponents, the REAL reason behind this bill? He is really scary, this man.
Ted H says:
It's like 1984, they were always at war with someone, the people who won the lottery always lived in other cities, the whole terrorist threat thing is bullshit. The terrorists in 2001 won, they started the process of turning North America into a dystopian police state. Policing is only easy in a police state.
Ronald O'Dowd says:
Warren,
I oppose the war against ISIL but I favour further domestic public security legislation. That puts me at 1.5.
In a democracy, I expect debate, robust oversite by the judiciary and the possibilty of amendments being brought forward and accepted by the government.
Our country isn't a police state. I doubt Harper will ever go that far.
davie says:
Greens! May is right. This could be nick named the kinder morgan bill.
Davie…..you don`t remember the Squamish Five here in B.C….or Wiebo in Alberta?
Yes,,,I lived and worked not far from the Ludwig family farm. I know people affected by the Thoms Lake stuff.
JH says:
I wouldn't let any politician near the oversight group . They are too damn childish and immature the lot of them. But I do agree with an expanded oversight regime of suitable people
Let's not forget who brought this problem to Canada. With Harper's costly and minimally effective involvement in Afghanistan, his abysmally one-sided antagonism to Palestineans and now his bombing of Iraq (how many Iraqis will this drive into the ISIL forces), it is no wonder that we have become a primary target of Al Qaeda, ISIL, and now even Al Shabab. There is no way that Canada, France, the UK, the USA and Austalia will stop fanatical Islamists; indeed we have likely only spurred them on and brought the fight to our cafés, malls and magazine offices. It is up to moderate Islamists, yes we could provide support, to take on the fanatics. It is the only way to stop them.
You're kind of making an argument there for C51 pal.
SD says:
Thanks for the fifth option.
Good old-fashioned police work has worked in the past when dealing with violent extremist groups.
I would not characterize Canada as a primary target, however. ISIL, for example, quite clearly has the Sunni areas of Syria and the country-formally-known-as-Iraq as its main focus. We could, though, stop helping create more fanatics by pursuing sensible policies toward, say, the Middle East. As opposed to making the same mistake over and over again. It is easier to simply drop bombs I guess. Dropping bombs does represent doing something.
As it is right now, the main beneficiary of our bombing campaign in Iraq appears to be Iran and its local proxies.
BRammer says:
If losing media outlets is a threat to freedom, C-51 is 10x worse, IMO.
Rob-bear says:
While the NDP might keep it, they will significantly modify the process. Particularly give a lot more parliamentary control over what is done. After all, there are a few clauses in the bill which might be useful. But only a few.
I was hoping some of you might comment on an idea that crossed my mind.
We read and hear that our police have a list of several dozen Canadians who are (to use the current term) 'radicalized.' I would guess the police also have a list of Canadians who might be radicalizing others.
We have a House of Commons that is going to hear some invited speakers give them info on this Bill C 51.
The Bill addresses giving the police and other government services the legal powers to stop radicalization.
Suppose the committee invite some of these radicalized/ radicalizing people to speak to them.
The Conservatives are reported as attempting to limit expert testimony on their public surveillance bill to only four days. 4 days.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/24/conservatives-want-to-limit-testimony-in-study-of-terror-bill.html
They have to be stopped. This is how massive, massive mistakes are made.
Warren, that isn't a fair representation of the NDP position: "Will vote against it, possibly scrap it but certainly change it", is more accurate.
Mulcair said, when asked flat out, "will you scrap the bill, yes or no": "We will change it for sure".
Mulcair is to sharp to answer yes or no, nice try though! But he doesn't suggest the NDP "will keep it".
Joel Robinson says:
There is part of the new bill that could be very problematic for our muslim citizens – that which speaks about outlawing verbal or written promotion of terrorist acts. It is so broadly defined that I don't know what would be accounted for. A few of my colleagues have told me that several of the larger mosques in Toronto have Imams from Saudi Arabia that do preach positive messages about hypothetical jihadist. This new law could land anyone in the slammer for talking about these things in a sympathetic way. If we give the police the power to arrest people for talking about it, won't that just stir up people to maybe actually do it?