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August 6, 2020 /in Cancer Care Delivery Research, Cancer Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial, NCI, NCORP
Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) is a multidisciplinary science that seeks to improve clinical outcomes and patient well-being by intervening on patient, clinician, and organizational factors that influence care delivery.
CCDR generates evidence that can be used to improve clinical practice patterns as well as develop and test promising interventions within the health care delivery system. It also supports development of new and generalizable knowledge about the effectiveness, acceptability, cost, optimal delivery mode, and causal mechanisms that influence outcomes and affect the value of cancer care across diverse settings and populations. The goal of CCDR is evidence-based practice transformation.
Integrating CCDR within NCORP provides the ability to collect primary data on current delivery practices and initiate interventions in non-academic settings; look across a mix of practice models and heterogeneous populations; and follow patients from time of diagnosis through treatment and survivorship.
In this video, Philip J. Stella, M.D., principal investigator of the Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) describes how cancer care delivery research works to find the best way to care for patients.
Source: www.ncorp.cancer.gov
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Nicole Goolsby is a 'Hope Cheerleader' for Patients in Clinical Trials
May 20, 2020 /in Cancer Care Delivery Research, Clinical Trial, NCORP
By Page Leggett
Nicole Goolsby took a circuitous route to healthcare. There was one foray into cosmetology; another led her to computer programming.
But eventually, she became an oncology clinical research coordinator – an advocate for patients participating in highly-regulated clinical research trials – for Novant Health. "When you have a calling in life," she said, "the calling prevails."
Nicole Goolsby and dad. Marion "Mickey" Slomka was a Polish immigrant born in a German displacement camp. He obtained a degree in business administration and went on to own and operate carnival games.
Although she didn't know it then, it was her father's 1993 death from metastatic adenocarcinoma to the lungs that set Goolsby on her path. She was 14. "I remember asking, 'Is there nothing more you can do to help him?'" she recalled.
Goolsby began to care deeply about the patients she met when she worked as a night clerk at a small hospital in Yadkinville, North Carolina. That job led to a role as a surgical medical assistant to breast cancer patients – a job she had and loved for 17 years.
In 2019, Goolsby took on what could be the role of a lifetime. She wanted to give hope to cancer patients and their families. "It's my goal to bring a smile and some laughter to all those I come in contact with," she said. She calls herself a "hope cheerleader."
Goolsby recruits, provides guidance to and follows up with patients who have been identified as candidates for national and international cancer care delivery research (CCDR) trials. That's one of a number of types of cancer trials Novant Health is part of. Others include:
Medical oncology (treatment trials)
Cancer control trials
Medical device trials
Radiation oncology trials
Surgical oncology trials
Symptom management trials
Novant Health oncologists provide clinical research coordinators basic background information on patients who may meet the criteria for a trial. (Even this basic information is regulated by a special team called an Institutional Review Board, or IRB.) These trials may involve partnerships with other hospitals, research universities, pharmaceutical companies and more – but the patients who volunteer are the very heart of the program.
Goolsby helps determine who's a match and reports back to the doctor, who then talks to patients who have been vetted. Those who want to participate meet a coordinator (by phone, in the age of COVID-19) to review what's involved and decide if and how to proceed. "I present the facts and make sure patients understand them," Goolsby said.
If a patient gives informed consent, it's because Goolsby – or a teammate – gave them all the information necessary to make a decision, including all the potential risks and possible benefits.
She assures them that, should they decide to participate, their private health information will be kept private. She also has to make sure they understand that the trial they're participating in may not benefit them. "But it will benefit someone," she assures. Research through clinical trials can lead to new ways to prevent, detect or treat diseases, including cancer. Clinical trials also help scientists develop new ways to use existing treatments or new surgical procedures or devices.
COVID-19 altered how Goolsby and other coordinators did their jobs. They've always relied on face-to-face meetings with patients – some of whom are scared by their diagnosis or unfamiliar with clinical trials. COVID-19 has made the world even more uncertain and forced the team to rely on just the phone. They have to establish a personal connection without looking people in the eye.
Not being able to read a patient's body language and facial expressions was tough, she said. She often relies on non-verbal cues to determine if a patient is confused, reluctant, scared. Whenever possible the overseeing physician was present for the consenting process," she said.
Goolsby and team were allowed back in clinics, with certain restrictions, to see patients in person earlier this month.
While most people may think clinical trials involve experimental treatment, that's only a small part of the picture. The CCDR trials Goolsby is involved in involve questionnaires and sometimes lab work. That's it. And trials are not just for patients with late-stage cancer. "There are trials for people with Stage I cancer," Goolsby said. "There are even trials for pre-cancer."
One such trial Goolsby assisted in was for lung cancer screening. The 50 participants from Novant Health were smokers. They answered a series of four questionnaires over a six-month period. At the end of the trial, four of them had quit smoking – a fantastic, unexpected outcome.
Goolsby sees part of her role as helping to erase any stigma associated with clinical trials. Sometimes, when people think of clinical trials, they think of guinea pigs. "The brave people who participate are not guinea pigs," she said. "They are heroes." People who participate in clinical trials are advancing the science of medicine for all of us.
Patients who take part have Goolsby or a teammate as a resource throughout the trial and beyond, if there are follow-ups needed. At any given time, Goolsby could be serving as coordinator/advocate for more than 90 patients.
When she took the job, she remembered how she felt as a teenager who'd lost her father.
"At 41, I now recognize that had I never lost my father to cancer, I would not have this amazing opportunity to provide hope, joy and drive to encourage these warriors to fight their battle," she said. She often reminds them: "We've got to hold on to the most powerful weapon we have – faith and hope."
Not a day goes by that she doesn't think of her dad while helping her patients. "Every day, I think, 'All right, Dad. Let's go kick some cancer butt.'"
From Novant Healthy Headlines
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Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) and NCORP
July 15, 2019 /in Clinical Trial, NCI, NCORP
NCORP is committed to providing superior care and clinical research to patients in their communities. Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) is a multidisciplinary science that seeks to improve clinical outcomes and patient well-being by intervening on patient, clinician, and organizational factors that influence care delivery.
The NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) offers unique opportunities to conduct care delivery research in community settings where the majority of cancer patients receive their treatment. Integrating care delivery research within the NCORP network provides the ability to collect primary data and initiate interventions; look across a mix of practice models and heterogeneous populations; and follow patients from time of diagnosis through treatment and survivorship.
(From www.cancer.gov)
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La Torre de la Font del Mingo és una obra de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia (Alt Penedès) declarada Bé Cultural d'Interès Nacional.

Descripció
Torre militar de forma octogonal, d'una sola estança, coronada per terrat i merlets. Té adossada una torreta de guaita amb espitlleres en un dels seus laterals, i actualment, és l'única resta visible de les antigues muralles bastides durant les guerres carlines entre 1873 i 1874, que en alguns trams aprofitava els murs existents.

Història
Quan la torre va perdre la seva funció defensiva es convertí en dipòsit d'aigua de la font que hi ha als seus peus i que li dona nom, la font d'en Mingo. La torre fou restaurada l'any 2008 gràcies a un conveni entre l'Ajuntament i l'empresa que gestionava el servei d'aigües de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.

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Enllaços externs

 Torre de la Font del Mingo , fitxa del catàleg de l'Ajuntament

Patrimoni monumental de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
Monuments històrics de l'Alt Penedès
Edificis de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
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Puliciphora kerteszi är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Charles Thomas Brues 1911. Puliciphora kerteszi ingår i släktet Puliciphora och familjen puckelflugor.

Artens utbredningsområde är Taiwan. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Q: Liked Open Graph Protocol (OGP) enabled page/URL does not appear in facebook profile's interest section, Why? Why liked Open Graph Protocol (OGP) enabled page/URL does not appear in facebook profile's interest section.
where as, it is working perfectly fine using Facebook Lint [https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug].
Lots of posts on this, but did not find right answer
Question snippet is: when you like my page it will be flow in your activity feeds but not appearing in any of likes and interest section on your 'info' page.
where as, imdb.com doing this correctly, please help me.
regards

A: The answer is simple, I think. When you "like" IMDB, you are in fact liking the facebook page of IMDB. Then it's showing up in your profile. You are not liking IMDB.com but their facebook page. So you should create a facebook page and put a box on your website so when people like this box they will in fact like your facebook page ..
You can find this box here : https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/

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As a humble young entrepreneur, Oskar started working for his father at the age of 16. After managing 2 retail stores in Brooklyn Roy found his true passion: Real Estate.
In June of 2014, Oskar started managing a short-sale office in Jamaica, Queens. At the end of 2016 Roy was involved with estate and short sales exceptionally.
Oskar joined the Darouvar Team in June of 2017.


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Algorithms play a vital role in curating online information in socio-technical systems, however, they are usually housed in black-boxes that limit users' understanding of how an algorithmic decision is made. While this opacity partly stems from protecting intellectual property and preventing malicious users from gaming the system, it is also designed to provide users with seamless, effortless system interactions. However, this opacity can result in misinformed behavior among users, particularly when there is no clear feedback mechanism for users to understand the effects of their own actions on an algorithmic system. The increasing prevalence and power of these opaque algorithms coupled with their sometimes biased and discriminatory decisions raise questions about how knowledgeable users are and should be about the existence, operation and possible impacts of these algorithms. In this talk, I will address these questions by exploring ways to investigate users' behavior around opaque algorithmic systems. I will then present new design techniques that communicate opaque algorithmic processes to users and provide them with a more informed, satisfying, and engaging interaction. In doing so, I will add new angles to the old idea of understanding the interaction between users and automation by designing around algorithm sensemaking and transparency.


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Syracuse Children's Chorus Performs Holiday Concert Dec. 7
Wednesday, December 3, 2014, By Erica Blust
The Syracuse Children's Chorus (SCC), an ensemble-in-residence in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present "A Holiday Festival of Carols" on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 4 p.m. at Most Holy Rosary Church, 111 Roberts Ave., Syracuse.
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Under the direction of artistic director Stephanie Mowery, associate directors Da'Jon James and Katherine Dee Medicis and accompanied by pianist Maryna Mazhukova, the SCC will perform a program of songs and carols from around the world. This festive afternoon of song includes audience participation and 100 young voices joining together for a combined finale, a candlelit performance of "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").
Priority ticket pricing is $22 for adults and $20 for children and seniors. General ticket pricing is $18 for adults and $15 for children and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the SCC office at 315-478-0582, by e-mail at mkirsch@syracusechildrenschorus.org.
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Slava Rubin
Humbition
Co-Founder, Indiegogo
Slava Rubin is Co-founder and Managing Partner of humbition, an early-stage operators venture fund built by founders, for founders. Slava is also Co-founder of Vincent, an online platform to discover and diligence the vast world of alternative investments. Slava previously founded Indiegogo, a company dedicated to empowering people from all over the world to make their ideas a reality.
As CEO for over 10 years from inception in 2006, Slava grew Indiegogo from an idea to over 500,000 campaigns and more than $1B distributed around the world. Prior to Indiegogo, Slava was a strategy consultant working on behalf of clients such as MasterCard, Goldman Sachs and FedEx for over a decade. He is also the founder of "Music Against Myeloma," a charity that raises funds and awareness for cancer research in partnership with the International Myeloma Foundation. Slava is currently a member of the board for NYSE traded (WSO) Watsco Inc., and privately held Indiegogo.
Slava represented the crowdfunding industry at the White House during the signing of the JOBS Act and has helped navigate bringing equity crowdfunding to the American public. He also pioneered security tokens in the United States – having been a catalyst for selling fractionalized ownership of the St. Regis in Aspen using blockchain. He has made many TV appearances including regular guest commentator on CNBC Squawk Alley. He has also been often quoted in NYTimes and Wall Street Journal.
Slava has received numerous awards including Fortune 40 under 40, Observer 20 Heros under 40, and the Wharton Young Leadership award for 2015.
Slava holds a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of Business. He currently lives in New York and often travels to San Francisco.


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Oprah — she's just like us! Wait, that can't be right. We've never had a TV show named after us, never had our own magazine plastered with our faces on the cover, never harvested a bountiful cornucopia of fruits and veggies from our own garden, hell, we don't even have a friend named Gayle, this doesn't seem to check out … and yet it does when we tell you that Oprah potty trains her dogs herself. Stars, they're just like us?
In an interview with E! regarding her new movie Wrinkle in Time, Oprah told the interviewer that she does, in fact, train her own dogs. She states matter-of-factly, "I'm a great pooper cleaner upper. I know how to do it and when you have as many dogs as I have and I train my own dogs too. You have to house train your own dogs."
Oprah is right in that regard (and probably in all other regards too, she is a lifestyle brand after all), when it comes to potty training experts advise taking dogs outside as puppies as soon as they wake up, after meals, before bed and every half hour to an hour in the time between and to stay with them outside until they're housetrained. They also advise to always take your dog to the same spot outside so their own scent will prompt them to go. It's a big commitment that Oprah has undertaken 5 times, or one would assume as she has 5 dogs. Her fur children, as she calls them herself, are two golden retrievers, Luke and Layla, cocker spaniel Sadie and springer spaniels Sunny and Lauren.
While Oprah hasn't quite shared the secret to her dog training success, she has imparted one brilliant pet hack by way of her Instagram account— snoods to keep her spaniels' ears out of their food. Her dogs look like they are loving life waiting for dinnertime and don't seem to mind the unusual accessory, and it saves time on post-meal ear clean up for the dogs whose ears flop into their bowls.
Before you start imaging running into Oprah running errands like the rest of us regulars in the same interview, she admits she doesn't pump her own gas. Well, we could still hope to bump into O at the dog park and ask for some house training tips. A girl can dream!


I will always promote studies that justify my caffeine addiction.
If we're being honest, if there are different kinds of smart . . .
Allowing people to honestly grapple with their feelings can be empowering.
This hot-take is pure subjectivity, but I stand by it.
The latest message from a series on Ecclesiastes endorses transparent language.
I recommend this Daniel Pink book to practically everyone. These quotes will help you get a sense of why I enjoy it.
Tying a bow on this thread by being honest about my caffeine addiction.


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News: E-waste sector to create half million jobs by 2025: IFC
AUTHORShweta Modgil
FRIDAY05APR 2019
E-waste sector to create half million jobs by 2025: IFC
The IFC, which has been working in the e-waste sector since 2012, said under a programme launched by it in 2017, over 4,000 metric tons of e-waste has been collected from citizens and corporations.
Green is good not only for the health of the individuals but also for the economy. The electronic waste sector has the potential to create 4.5 lakh direct jobs by 2025 and another 1.8 lakh jobs in the allied sectors of transportation and manufacturing, as per International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank group.
The IFC, which has been working in the e-waste sector since 2012, stated that under a programme launched by it in 2017, over 4,000 metric tons of e-waste has been collected from citizens and corporations and recycled responsibly.
Applauding the efforts of the IFC at the conference on 'E-Waste Management in India: The Way Forward', Environment Ministry official Sonu Singh stated that the government was happy to see the commitment from the IFC in helping the sector grow in a responsible manner. The minister added,
"The e-waste sector has significant potential to contribute to the country's economy and generate employment. The electrical and electronics industry has been cooperating with the government and has shown considerable initiative for handling e-waste responsibly."
Singh further stated that if the responsibility is shared between the government, producers, and consumers of e-waste, then efficient management of e-waste can be successfully achieved in India. The government is happy to see the commitment from IFC in helping the sector grow in a responsible manner.
IFC's predictions are in tandem with the report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) last May which stated that 24 Mn new jobs will be created globally by 2030 if the right policies to promote a greener economy are put in place. Job creation has become a major issue in India, ahead of the May elections, and any respite to reduce the mounting joblessness is something that everyone is readily looking forward to.
Topics: Jobs, Recruitment
Shweta Modgil
Shweta is working as a Features Writer with People Matters. You can reach out to her at shweta.modgil@peoplematters.in.
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Comments on Proposed Rule Changes
The FAA recently proposed several significant changes to regulations that expand the use of aviation training devices, training for the commercial pilot and certified flight instructor certificates, maintaining instrument currency, and other issues of interest to many general aviation pilots and flight instructor.
Below are my comments on some portions of the proposed rules, which I have submitted to the docket.
Use of TAA for Commercial and Flight Instructor Certificates
For all the reasons outlined in the proposal, I support the option to substitute a TAA (as redefined in the proposed rule) for the training and practical tests required for the commercial pilot and certified flight instructor certificates with single-engine-land ratings.
One commenter objects that pilots won't gain experience "with higher performing engine[s], retractable gear, constant speed propeller, etc." But most flight schools offering training for those certificates rely on aircraft such as the C172RG or Piper Arrow, which have at most 200-hp engines. These are hardly high-performance aircraft, either as defined by FAA regulation or by their speed, sophisticated avionics and equipment, or handling characteristics. Pilots who want to fly aircraft with retractable landing gear, constant-speed propellers, turbocharged engines, and other characteristics typically associated with high-performance aircraft will still, as a practical matter, require checkouts and operating experience mandated by regulations (e.g., the endorsement required to act as PIC in an aircraft with an engine rated at more than 200 HP), insurance, flight school policies, commercial operator specifications, and common sense (a refreshing concept endorsed in the recent proposal to revise 14 CFR Part 23 aircraft certification rules—viz., "The part 23 regulations should not need to prescribe basic physical principles, sound engineering judgment, and common sense.").
The checkout required for aircraft like the C172RG or Piper Arrow is hardly a leap from a Skyhawk or Warrior. Instead, it's a small step, and learning to operate and confirm the configuration of, for example, retractable landing gear, is only a small part of a complete commercial pilot or CFI training syllabus, and that basic training hardly prepares a pilot to fly a truly high-performance "complex" aircraft such as Cirrus SR22 (which has fixed landing gear) or a Beechcraft Bonanza.
Similar examples: (1) Pilots with MEL ratings on their pilot certificates legally can fly any multiengine aircraft that doesn't require a type rating. But in the real world, they must receive training and gain operating experience in specific makes and models to obtain insurance, fly rental aircraft, or act as PIC in a commercial operation; (2) Regulations require only a single logbook endorsement to fly tailwheel aircraft. But the handling characteristics of tailwheel aircraft vary widely (even among those that don't have big engines, constant-speed propellers, etc.). Again, insurance, rental policies, and common sense oblige pilots who fly tailwheel aircraft to receive training and gain operating experience in specific makes and models.
Maintaining IFR Currency with ATDs
I applaud the proposed changes that would allow instrument-rated pilots to maintain currency with in any combination of aircraft, FFS, FTD, or ATD without requiring an instructor to be present. The current regulations are a deterrent to pilots who use ATDs. They must parse the rules and carefully review their logbooks to ensure that they have met the arcane requirements for various tasks, time limits, and calendar constraints. Instead of using training devices, today most pilots hop in their aircraft with a safety pilot (not necessarily an instructor) and repeatedly fly the same familiar procedures in their local areas, missing opportunities to practice the important skills of briefing and setting up a variety of DPs, arrivals, and approaches that include such elements as DME arcs and course reversals. They also typically don't gain experience handling realistic equipment failures, challenging weather, and so forth. As the FAA notes, the proposed changes would encourage pilots to maintain their instrument skills.
My experience as an instructor strongly suggests that it's the mental, puzzle-solving side of IFR flying that deteriorates most quickly over time. Use of training devices is the most effective, efficient way to hone and maintain those mental skills.
Pilots who want to use a training device at a flight school will still require at least an initial checkout on the equipment to ensure that they can use it effectively. Those checkouts are an opportunity for pilots to work with instructors to deficiencies in both their understanding of IFR flying and specific piloting skills, and those encounters will help instructors to develop relationships with pilots who otherwise might not be receiving training.
Pilots are upgrading aircraft to include sophisticated avionics (even if the panel doesn't meet the revised definition of a TAA). They are increasingly using tablets and other devices as substitutes for charts and to provide information about weather, traffic, and other details. Allowing pilots wider, creditable use of training devices that include, for example, GPS navigators, will help them develop and maintain the essential skills described in such publications as the Advanced Avionics Handbook and Instrument Procedures Handbook. Using training devices also gives pilots opportunities to practice using new technology and develop good operating procedures.
Definition of ATD
The notice includes a new definition of aviation training device (ATD):
The FAA is now proposing to define ATD in § 61.1 as a training device, other than a full flight simulator or flight training device, that has been evaluated, qualified, and approved by the Administrator.
It's not clear, however, if the proposed changes would eliminate the basic aviation training device (BATD) and advanced aviation training device (AATD) categories as described in AC 61-136 FAA Approval of Basic Aviation Training Devices (BATD) and Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATD). The language in various sections of the proposed rules is ambiguous and should be clarified, and AC 61-136 and related policy guidance should be revised to ensure that both FAA and airmen throughout the system have a clear understanding of distinctions among the devices. I understand that for the purposes of FAA approval the existing categories may remain desirable—especially for manufacturers. But FAA inspectors, pilots, and instructors should not be confused about the practical application of ATDs for training and maintaining currency.
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Toy Fair 2017—Playroom Entertainment
Posted by David Miller as Card Games, Modern Board Games
Playroom Entertainment seems to be working its way out of some recent challenges. Production and distribution is getting back on track and several games should be heading out to retail over the next few months.
Joining an already successful line of geeky trivia games will be Geek Out! The Big Bang Theory (May, $20) with questions based mainly on the show. The Geek Out! games challenge players to see how many answers they can provide for each question.
Costume Party Assassins is a murder-mystery deduction game with meeples in disguise. Players roll dice to move those meeple characters around the board but the rules of movement are relative to a player's own secret character.
Snorta (June, $20) is a reprint of a former Out of the Box party game that has players making animal noises and trying to remember who made which one.
New in Playroom's series of Bright Idea Games for kids is the cooperative Bird Day Party (May, $10). In this one, the idea is to find a bird card whose back side matches either the color, or gift, or both of the next turned-over invitation card. If it doesn't match at all, that bird leaves the party. As the field of bird cards narrows, though, it does become somewhat easier to remember the features of each, which is good, as the goal is to get through the invitations before all the birds duck out.
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If nothing else came out of Toy Fair for Playroom Entertainment, it'd still be great news that production of Killer Bunnies has resumed and the whole line of murderous-rabbit card games should be back in-stock on store shelves soon.
But of course that wasn't the only news from Playroom. The company is moving ahead with several new products in 2016.
Pass the Pandas (spring, $12) is a light, cute dice game with the simple goal of getting rid of all your dice. Everyone rolls. Pandas are passed. Water dice are out. Blanks you have to keep. And any that land bamboo go in to a kind-of roll-off to see with whom they end up.
Playroom's Geek Out line of trivia games gets an edition, Geek Out Family (spring, $20), populated with questions that should be easier for kids.
Another trivia game coming from the company plays off the current obsessive concern with spoilers. In Spoiler Alert (June, $20), players attempt to get their partners to guess the names of movies, TV shows, books, and songs. Every one they can do within 60 seconds, not using a list of specific "spoiler" words, earns 10 points. Alternatively, they can go ahead and use one of those words, which will certainly make the guessing easier, but at a penalty of 1 or 5 points, depending on how good a clue it is (proper names are never allowed). For example, if the title is Star Wars, then "light saber" is a giveaway at -5 points.
Costume Party Assassins (spring, $30) has players trying to guess which character meeple belongs to which player based on how they move the other meeples around the board.
Three Little Birds (May, $20) is a cooperative game for young children. The goal is to get the birds back to the nest. But with every card offering two or more ways to move them, the players must discuss and come to agreement on which they choose together.
Sherlock Deluxe (May, $15) plays the same as Playroom's previously published non-deluxe memory-and-move card game. This one, though, has a few additional cards and a cute Sherlock, dog detective, pawn.
Playroom Entertainment continues to expand the Geek Out! trivia party game line in 2015 with Geek Out! Family and Geek Out! TableTop Limited Edition. The former will feature less geeky general knowledge questions and should be available in May for $20. The latter is scheduled to release on TableTop day in April, also at $20, and adds to the original new geeky cards developed by the producers of the video series. If you want my opinion, this is the one you should get. I'm told that one of its questions is:
Can you name two games that include purple pawns?
After a highly successful Kickstarter project, Playroom will also be releasing a special Unspeakable Words Deluxe version later this year (summer, $35), though it won't have the purple Cthulhu pawns we love.
Two new games coming from Playroom are based—or at least themed—on internet culture. w00t (May, $12) is a card-passing game where the goal is to collect the letters W-0-0-T in one color. You Got Pwned! (May, $20) has players collecting sets of pawns, either from the center or by stealing them from each other.
Geek Out
Posted by David Miller as Modern Board Games
Geek Out is a trivia game from Playroom Entertainment with geek-friendly categories. Cards ask the current player to name a set number of items in one of five subject areas: games, comic books, science fiction, fantasy, and miscellaneous. Other players, however, can attempt to out-geek the one who's turn it is by bidding up the number of items they will name (sort of like Name That Tune).
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= PHILIP SIBBERING PRESENTS =
Sciror Timeline
From today
The Sciror timeline proper starts in the near future, with the era appropriately named 'Visions of the Near Future' (VotNF, pronounced 'vot-niff', like some kind of Russian Vodka). VotNF is the hardest sci-fi era of Sciror, and an integral component part, as it's the first collection of foundational concept-blocks. VotNF presents serious solutions to current issues, such as the housing crisis in England, with details of ECORR habitation unit development.This is an important first step, as it seems reasonable that a future society has solved at least a few of the issues we currently face.
Using these speculative solutions as a starting point, we jump into 'The Supremacy' and design that based on the assumptions of VotNF rather than our current world as inspiration. Using VotNF as a springboard for the imagination when designing the rest of the game universe. This way, we do not get the common re-skinning of reality, but something a little more bewildering, and I hope interesting.
The Supremacy era is where Sciror really kicks into gear, and the first fantasy elements are brought into the mix to explain the more 'magical' aspects like FTL etc. However, the hardcore sci-fi of VotNF remains. Think of it as designing sci-fi for a future VotNF based society, rather than our current society. In my head, they are the audience we are designing for, not us. This way it will be all the more weird for our modern audience, a culture shock 😛 Each new Era builds on the last, each using the previous as a springboard to the next.
The Psidemic creates alternate pocket-universes, and these are covered under Twistasy. These are all fantasy settings where reality is broken. As such, they are separate from the rest of the timeline, and each has there own timeline.
Discussion of the timeline and grand narrative of Sciror
Visions of the Near Future
The bulk of this era deals with the changes to urban living, coming technologies, how we live, and changes to the Earth. Pretty straightforward.
In the latter parts of VotNF, we start to transition over into Sciror, when mankind takes to the stars using sub-light engines. Here we cross-over into extreme speculation, but we'll still try to keep it 'real'. As Sciror is a twisted Sci-fi Horror setting, we have to start the twisting early. From the get-go!
A common idea for Sci-fi is the idea of the generational ship. Our nearest stars are so far way it would take generations to reach them, assuming we cannot find a way to suspend life.
Unlike other Sci-fi these 'generational ships' do not actually contain any people! The machines can build humans from component elements harvested from the new world. More efficient. To nullify shock, and increase stability, the colony are 'gifted' false memories. The machines craft them an origin story, and a societal narrative. One day they wake up 'like any other day', and 'carry on as they always did'. Once the colony is 'woke' they act as any other human. The first generation is utterly oblivious to the fact they have no ancestors, were created in a production line, DNA woven to machine dictate, grown in an artificial womb, and have a head full of fake memories. They do know they have a brain implant (bio-photonic enhancer (BPE) implant, or simply 'implant'). Brain Implants are based on bio-photonics and can be 'grown' like a plant. A tech-plant. They even sprout and grow solar cells.
Technologies: photonic-cortex, cermet materials, ion-drives, ecorium hab-units, manufactured humans, memory manipulation, human genetic engineering.
The Supremacy is a machine run Mecho-Communist order. The machines invent all the advanced techno-babble sci-fi technologies, such as anti-grav, warp-drives, and force fields. Humans have nothing to do with inventing anything, but we make use of it. Those within the Supremacy have all their needs met, and live an massive hives, connected with internet, and spend their time trying to amuse themselves. An economy based of celebrity cults of personality, YouTube culture, Twitter rage between warring fandoms, and gaming. All humans are bound to the Mars Accords and cannot harm others, else they are sanctioned by the machines through the withdrawal of technology. Ever been without the internet for a week? You get the idea: life is effectively, literally, over! First world problems 😛
Technologies: Bio-phonic cortex, phase-field emitters, phased-materials, blink-drive, cortex-implants.
Psidemic
The Psidemic is an emergent property of population density. Humans have latent psionic powers, get enough of them together, all thinking the same thing and this creates harmony, reinforcing wages, strong enough to link to The Infinity. A single person becomes the focus of the psionic event, and they channel the power of creation.
Seems God really did create us in his own image.
This new Ghod (as the personification of a psionic focus), is over-powered and outmatches the machines. Usually, the Ghod thinks they can do better or goes mad, either way, they are not playing ball with the machines. This leads to the unusual concept that 'man betrays machine', as it's not the machines that break the agreements and destroys the peace of the Supremacy.
As you can imagine, a reality shaping Ghod turning up on your world causes a wee bit of a panic.
Worse, not only does the Ghod have reality shaping powers, everyone else within its psi-field gets them too. The demons released are not entities from the warp, they are daemons of our own Id that manifest as real.
Think of the film Forbidden Planet (1956). Instead of the Krell fusion plants providing the power, and the Krell machine creating the 'demons of the Id' from the subconscious, the psionic human links to the Infinity and gains the God-like power of creation itself. Boom! Power corrupts and absolute power? There were no chaos gods trying to tempt or corrupt you, instead; think of your personal worst fears, your personal demons, the voices in your own head, your internal narrative. Well, thanks to the Psidemic you can now you can say hello to anything that crawls out of your subconscious in person. Or you transform into your worse monstrous self. The new Ghod suddenly has trillions of manifestations to deal with.
The ensuing violence and madness break the Mars Accords, specifically Article 5, which states no lethal violence between humans. All those 'demons' have human DNA! To the machines, the Demons are Humans. Breaking these rules can lead to sanctions or termination of the Mars Accords for a given world, and that is what happens. This leads to the withdrawal of the machines, and loss of the bulk of humanity's technology.
Technologies: repurposed gamer rigs and memory programming.
Lost technologies: Machine tech (bio-photonics, blinks drives, phase-fields, phased matter)
Twistasy
A psionic event transformed an entire solar system into a fantasy setting. In the 'vanilla' timeline of Sciror, the Dante System, is transformed into something approximating Norse mythology. At the centre of the system is the star named 'Dante's Inferno', orbited by 9 habitable planets. The 9 worlds become the 9 realms of myth. Anyone from the Sciror universe, travelling to one of Dante's worlds, will be transformed upon landing on the planet's surface. It's a one-way trip. On the plus side, shuttles transform into Hippogriffs, and orbital drop tanks transform into dragons (the onboard bio-photonic cortex becomes the dragon's mind!). So you may not be going home, but you get one hell of a sweet ride 😀
Twistasy is a fantasy setting that has been 'twisted' to mess with the norms of fantasy, and a player's preconceptions. The tone is more Brother's Grimm than Tolkienesque. Children are not safe from the monsters! As part of the Sciror (Sci-Fi/ Horror) universe, Twistasy has a horror undertone with steampunk elements. With Lovecraft now being in the public domain, there is plenty of inspiration for Players.
Technologies: (Eldritch tech base) Magics, enchantment, artefacts
Sciror is more like the British Empire and starts out as a trading network that grows into an Empire. Trade leads to partnerships being formed, and partnerships lead to the protection of interests. The stronger allies protecting the weaker, and before you know it; you are in the weeds, fighting wars, and it's a huge mess.
A degenerated planet, that has fractured into nations, are already battling each other for resources. If an interstellar trader turns up, and one of the nations happens to have a working gravity lift, or one that can be repaired, that nation is going to become very powerful and piss everyone else off. Also, the other nations may not want to be 'unified', but they also fear their neighbours becoming powerful. Too powerful. The dynamics of the set-up leads to drama, as the British found out that hard way 😛
Every civilisation has a narrative, and a common narrative during reunification is mythologising the Psidemic. Humans take credit for inventing everything the machines invented. We recast the Psidemic as 'the fall' and blame the machines. In the mythology to follows, the Machines become Satan, beings that fall in love with their own logic, and whisper sweet lies in our ear, the promise of 'utopia', and bring about mankind's destruction through hedonism and debauchery. It all turns a little Conservative.
Technologies: Master psionic tech (Eldritch drives, psionic-enhancement and body-phase, Eldritch capacitors (raw), and Eldritch batteries (conversion))
Regained Technologies: Photo-cortex.
Stare into the Abyss
SitA (Stare into the Abyss), or simply 'The Abyss', is a class British grimdark setting, with a touch of Germanic 'Brother's Grimm' flavour. Elements of Twistasy are within this setting, escaping the psidemic zones. All the aliens are results of psidemic events, twisted imaginings of humans (well, me, but in the setting it's everyone!). SitA, is tongue in cheek, as humans do not know they are 'staring into an abyss', though many feel it, see below.
Technologies: general stagnation, and slow decline. Eldritch tech unstable.
The end is heralded by the return of the machines. The machines come home as the universe is collapsing. The Psidemic did far more damage than any realised. The Psidemic undid reality. Our universe's reality field, which is within the Infinity, is shrinking. As it shrinks the galaxies disappear. The field is collapsing towards Earth, the epicentre. We humans do not realise, as light emanating from distant galaxies takes so long to reach the Milky Way, that we can still see them. Those galaxies we see through our telescopes are no longer there. Mere echoes. This brings into focus the same question we have about our (real) universe, and the scientific idea of the 'heat death of the universe'. How would an advanced civilization survive this fate, how do you escape the end of the universe?
Technologies: Ghod tech (Machine + Eldritch tech + static 'point space')
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New AWS Migration Tool Announced
Plenty of options are available to help with the migration of systems and data to the Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) cloud, with a new tool entering the space for any kind of workload.
Hystax Acura Live Migration to AWS was recently announced by Hystax, a Netherlands-based specialist in cloud migration and disaster recovery.
The tool provides for automated migrations of any type of workload to the AWS cloud, adding to the company's Acura line that also targets Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and many other platforms.
The workloads include business application and machine data, along with machine metadata for automated migration processes and the preservation of network and other settings.
Hystax detailed four steps for a complete cloud migration:
Subscribe to Hystax Acura Live Migration to AWS on the AWS Marketplace or via an AMI request and deploy it.
Start replication by downloading and installing replication agents for selected machines.
Create an auto-generated migration plan and set orchestration rules.
Conduct an unlimited number of test migrations before running a final migration and switching production to AWS workloads.
The tool joins a plethora of other AWS migration options, headed naturally by Amazon's own services. Many other third-party alternatives are also available, with several targeting specific functionality. For example, JetStream Software earlier this year announced a new offering to help enterprises running VMware on the AWS platform migrate their virtualized workloads from on-premises datacenters to the cloud.
The tools help with what can be a complicated and troublesome process, as we earlier reported on a study that concluded "over half of cloud migration projects finish behind schedule and over budget."
Pricing for the new tool wasn't provided by Hystax, which said it can be contacted for a quote.


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One of the things Japan is famous for is its wide range of food. Some people even say you have to live a year round in the country to actually be able to taste the complete assortment of food, since every season knows many specialties. In this guide I'd like to share some really easy recipes for you to bring home the Japanese taste. The only thing you need is a local Asian shop (toko) to buy some Japanese ingredients.


With the scare of student debt, many students after receiving their diploma tend to believe they do not need to continue their education to become successful individuals. Fortunately, in the last 25 years there has been a resurgence of attention to the democratic function of higher education. I believe that finding that ideal balance might even be considered one of the arts of teaching. If creative writing is giving you headaches, and you cannot find it in yourself to study its theory deep enough to understand what exactly you are doing wrong, it may be a good idea to try another approach. One says that American universities are faulted to the core, the core where students should be found. Many Americans may also think of the soccer field immigrants at the border of Tijuana and San Diego, or the immigrants running away from the drug lords.
Since 1947 this large Muslim nation has not been able to introduce a liberal democratic model of civic education in its schools that could have promoted democratic values, tolerance, gender equality and civic participation skills. Intellectual Skills: These skills are coordinates in character. Although there appear to be many solutions these solutions often have many flaws. Of which federation was Zambia part of? But we cannot assume responsibility for, nor be taken as endorsing in any way, any other content or links on any such site. I will encourage my students to become more self-aware and self-managing. They can be manifested in many ways including; public service, civil activity, service-learning, crusading and advocacy to mention but a few as the list is endless.
Future teachers should carefully consider each of these aspects. Take the quiz, and you may even end up being a better citizen! Manipulative Skills: These skills are seen in skills acquisition centres as it involves economic activities that inculcate skills such as technical education. Who named the waterfalls of Zambesi River after Victoria? How education should evolve is a highly disputed topic. This paper will first touch on two other types of inequality: civic and income. Higher education can positively impact a society and nation by instilling ambition and knowledge needed to participate and make informed decisions. Recently, urban environmental education surfaced as a new approach to sharing nature with audiences--helping create meaningful experiences in nature by finding a greater value in urban areas as natural areas Russ, 2015.
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Time for the second installment of my books read lists. The list is much smaller this time, but that's because it's over a much shorter period of time. I'm still keeping up with my goal of reading at least one book per month (the count for the year so far is 12, so I'm way ahead of my goal!) but reading has slowed down a bit since we moved... I don't take lunch breaks like I used to, so I'm back to reading primarily at night and falling asleep every three pages. But hey, at least I'm reading, right?


Partly allowing the Appeal against Madras High Court judgment which had dismissed the Challenge against sub-section (20) of Section 19, of the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006, and its retrospective nature, the Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices A.K. Sikri and R.F. Nariman observed that, a provision which is made for the first time to the detriment of the dealers cannot have retrospective effect.
Upholding the High Court order which had dismissed challenge to Constitutional validity of Section 19(20), the Court observed: "When a concession is given by a statute, the Legislature has power to make the provision stating the form and manner in which such concession is to be allowed. Sub-section (20) seeks to achieve that. There was no right, inherent or otherwise, vested with dealers to claim the benefit of ITC but for Section 19 of the VAT Act. That apart, we find that there were valid and cogent reasons for inserting Section 19(20). Main purport was to protect the Revenue against clandestine transactions resulting in evasion of tax".


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CRD's Wastewater Treatment Project begins treating wastewater
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Victoria, BC – The Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia, and the Capital Regional District (CRD), are pleased to announce that the Wastewater Treatment Project is now treating wastewater and is exceeding regulatory requirements.
The $775-million Wastewater Treatment Project provides wastewater treatment for the core area municipalities of Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay, View Royal, Colwood and Langford and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. It was approved in 2016 and has been under construction for four years. The Project consists of three main components:
The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Esquimalt, which provides tertiary treatment to the core area's wastewater;
The Residuals Treatment Facility located in Saanich at the Hartland Landfill, which turns residual solids into Class A biosolids; and
A conveyance system, which carries wastewater from across the core area to the treatment plant, and residual solids to the Residuals Treatment Facility.
The Wastewater Treatment Project was built to meet federal and provincial regulations for wastewater treatment. The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant can treat 108 megalitres of wastewater per day to a tertiary level – one of the highest levels of treatment available which exceeds the regulatory requirements. The wastewater system is controlled and monitored 24/7. The state-of-the-art facility has 24-hour odour control monitoring and there will be no discernible odour in the community.
The Residuals Treatment Facility turns residual solids from the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant into Class A biosolids. These are the highest quality by-product suitable for beneficial use. The biosolids will be transported to the Lower Mainland where they will be used as an alternative fuel source for a cement manufacturing facility for five years, helping reduce their reliance on non-renewable fuels to power the facility. The CRD is currently in the process of determining a long-term biosolids strategy.
The majority of construction is complete on the major components of the Wastewater Treatment Project. Construction continues on the Trent Forcemain and Arbutus Attenuation Tank. These are being built to increase the capacity of the conveyance system and are expected to be completed in spring 2021.
The CRD would like to thank the Lekwungen speaking peoples, known today as Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, for their support of the Wastewater Treatment Project, much of which is located on their traditional territories. The CRD would also like to thank the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations as the Residuals Treatment Facility and parts of the conveyance system are located within their traditional territories.
The Wastewater Treatment Project is funded by the Government of Canada ($211 million), the Government of British Columbia ($248 million) and the Capital Regional District ($316 million).
Please enjoy a video to celebrate this achievement. https://youtu.be/w8_U5-Ofq44
Video Speaking Times
00:51 – Florence Dick, Songhees Nation Liaison
04:41 - The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
05:27 - The Honourable John Horgan, Premier of BC and Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State
07:31 – Colin Plant, CRD Board Chair
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities – "The Government of Canada's investments in wastewater treatment are helping keep the Strait of Juan de Fuca safe and clean for marine life. Operations at the new McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant are now underway, saving energy, supporting community development and preserving the Strait for future generations. Canada's infrastructure plan invests in thousands of projects, creates jobs across the country, and builds cleaner, more inclusive communities."
The Honourable John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia – "Congratulations to the Capital Regional District for completing the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. This state-of-the-art facility means a cleaner future for the region. Our government will continue to support initiatives like this one that protect our environment and create jobs for generations to come."
Colin Plant, CRD Board Chair – "This Project has been years in the making and I'm very pleased we are meeting our regulatory requirements to treat wastewater. I would like to thank the Project Board and all the staff who have delivered this project before the end of the year. I'd also like to thank residents for their patience during many months of construction and disruptions. This is the largest infrastructure project in the region's history and is a demonstration of our commitment to protect our ocean and our environment."
Proud to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employers and Canada's Greenest Employers, the CRD delivers regional, sub-regional and local services to 13 municipalities and three electoral areas on southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Governed by a 24-member Board of Directors, the CRD works collaboratively with First Nations and all levels of government to enable sustainable growth, foster community well-being, and develop cost-effective infrastructure while continuing to provide core services to residents throughout the region. Visit us online at www.crd.bc.ca.
Andy Orr, Senior Manager
CRD Corporate Communications
Infrastructure Canada
Chantalle Aubertin
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure Canada and Communities
Chantalle.Aubertin@canada.ca
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Media Relations: 778.584.2433
The Wastewater Treatment Project: By the Numbers
The Wastewater Treatment Project is the largest infrastructure project in CRD history.
Key Facts:
Construction for the Wastewater Treatment Project has taken place across three municipalities and within the traditional territories of the Esquimalt, Songhees, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum and Pauquachin Nations.
The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has capacity to treat 108 megalitres of wastewater per day. That's the equivalent of 43 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The plant has capacity to accommodate future population growth.
Three levels of wastewater treatment take place at McLoughlin Point: primary treatment is the physical separation of solids from wastewater; secondary treatment is a biological process that removes dissolved and suspended organic compounds in the wastewater; and tertiary treatment is a physical process that reduces solids that remain after the secondary treatment process.
A new outfall was installed at McLoughlin Point that is 2 km long and discharges treated effluent at a water depth of 60 metres. The outfall pipe is made of HDPE (high density polyethylene) and has 350 concrete ballast weights spaced 4-6 metres apart, each weighing approximately 11,400 kg. There are also 20 bridges across the pipe to allow for migration of sea life across the pipe. Additionally, artificial reefs were constructed near the shoreline to create habitat for a variety of marine species, including salmon.
A cross-harbour undersea pipe from Ogden Point in Victoria to McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt was installed in 2018, to connect the Clover Point Pump Station to the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The cross-harbour pipe is made of steel and is 1.1 metres in diameter.It took 9 months to drill a 1 kilometre-long tunnel under the harbour, 6 weeks to assemble and weld 78 pieces of steel pipe sections together on Niagara Street, and 3 days to pull the 1 kilometre pipe through the tunnel. At its deepest, the harbour crossing is more than 60 metres below the ocean floor.
The Residuals Treatment Facility has capacity to treat more than 14,000 dry tonnes of residual solids per year.
The Clover Point Pump Station was originally built in the 1970s to discharge wastewater from Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich into the ocean. It has been expanded and upgraded to convey wastewater to the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment.
A new Macaulay Point Pump Station has been built in Esquimalt, replacing the 48-year-old pump station that was located on that site. The Macaulay Point Pump Station conveys wastewater from Esquimalt, View Royal, Langford, Colwood, Saanich, Victoria and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations to the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment.
Over 35 km of pipes were installed to carry wastewater from across the core area to the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment, and residual solids to the Residuals Treatment Facility at Hartland Landfill for further treatment.
At the peak of construction, over 650 people were working on the Project at 24 construction sites.
Over 2.5 million hours have been worked on the Wastewater Treatment Project, by eleven major contractors (five headquartered in BC, four in Canada and two US) with the support of multiple subcontractors:
Don Mann Excavating
Harbour Resource Management Group
Bird Construction Inc.
Maple Reinders PPP Ltd.
Synagro Capital
Harbour Resource Partners
AECOM Canada
Graham Infrastructure
Jacob Brothers
Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
Knappett Projects Inc.
NAC Constructors Ltd.
Windley Contracting Ltd.
Safety of the public and workers has been the Project's and the Project contractors' top priority.All Project contractors implemented additional precautions to ensure the health and safety of their workers and the public during the global health pandemic.
The Project has been built to post-disaster standards so it will remain operational following a major earthquake.
Sustainable design features include:
The Operations and Maintenance Building at the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has been built to LEED Gold design standards.
Heat recovery from wastewater will be used to heat buildings at McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Green roofs at both the McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Macaulay Point Pump Station contribute to lower urban air temperatures by absorbing the sun's rays, retain rain water and provide wildlife habitat.
Processing of residual solids into class A biosolids that are suitable for beneficial use.
The dryer at the Residuals Treatment Facility will be fueled by biogas generated during the digestion process.
One of the Project's goals was to add value to the surrounding community and enhance the livability of neighborhoods.This was achieved by improving infrastructure and adding amenities in neighbourhoods impacted by the construction of the Project, including:
Clover Point public space improvements including a viewing plaza and public washrooms
Dallas Road cycle track
Creating a park amenity at Macaulay Point Pump Station
Improving the level of water service to properties in Saanich near Hartland Landfill
For more information, visit www.wastewaterproject.ca.