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At BBLF, Shradha will speak about the state of start-up literature in India and what gaps need to be plugged in it. She will share her recommendations on what books are essential reads for start-up founders and why.
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Whilst masses of tens of millions of the arena's folks get able to look at the final rite of the Pyeongchang Iciness Olympics on Sunday, North Koreans are nonetheless ready to peer the primary tournament.
The loss of information at house is a stark distinction with how North Korea's made-for-the-cameras delegation on the video games, replete with masses of cheerleaders or even some of the nation's most well liked singers, has been a large hit with the South Korean media and a few of the freshest Web clickbait of all the video games.
North Korea's state-run media hasn't ever been particularly dedicated to masking world information occasions. Their process is extra about hailing Kim Jong Un and regardless of the ruling regime's newest propaganda message could be. On that entrance they've stayed true to shape: The one experiences from Pyeongchang as of Saturday afternoon have been in regards to the talk over with of Kim's more youthful sister and North Korea's nominal head of state to wait the hole rite.
Even bearing in mind the North's reluctance to painting South Korea in a good mild, the blackout is a little bit mysterious.
Kim Jong Un himself used his annual televised New 12 months's deal with to hope for the video games' good fortune and announce the North's plan to take part, prompting officers from each Koreas to make a significant effort in order that Pyongyang may just ship greater than 500 folks, together with 22 athletes and 21 journalists (none of whose paintings has been noticed).
The North's gambit in large part labored. Its all-female cheering squad and the making a song performances piqued the passion of Olympic fanatics international, regardless that the athletes, most commonly younger and green in world occasions, gained no medals and struggled simply to take care of.
Williams mentioned North Korea broadcast protection of each Olympics going again to the 2004 Athens Summer time Video games, lacking best the Vancouver Iciness Olympics in 2010. He mentioned there will have been extra, however that's so far as he is in a position to ascertain.
Earlier Olympics in most cases were given occasional experiences, with a focal point at the achievements of North Korean athletes, one or two days after the true pageant.
This time round, Williams mentioned he has but to peer a "unmarried 2d" of Olympics protection on KCTV, the principle broadcaster.
The absence of video would possibly counsel a rights' factor — which is a legalistic can of worms.
Two folks concerned with Olympic broadcast rights for the SBS community, first of all the professional rights holder for the entire peninsula, mentioned their community returned rights for the North to broadcast the video games without delay to the Global Olympic Committee, however weren't positive if Pyongyang had asked permission to make use of them. Up to now, the North would have long past during the non-profit Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, however considerations over imaginable sanctions violations would possibly have made the IOC path extra possible.
Even so, broadcast rights limit best video and reporting completed inside IOC-designated venues. Studies from "out of doors the rings" are truthful sport.
The rustic's newspapers and its state-run information company, KCNA, have additionally prompt transparent of the video games, regardless that written tales and nonetheless images don't seem to be topic to the similar restrictions as tv. KCNA's most sensible tales Saturday afternoon have been — generally — a file in regards to the anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start being seen ultimate month in Russia, Mongolia and Guinea, and some other about Kim Jong Un's paintings being posted on an African site.
With nobody commenting in public, it's onerous to mention anything else definitively what Pyongyang is pondering.
However North Korean government take care of tight keep an eye on about what does and does now not pass at the airwaves. It's imaginable they're ready to peer how the high-level interplay between North and South is going prior to they make a decision how — or if — to turn anything else from the Olympics themselves.
The final rite shall be attended through a senior govt professional who used to be previously in control of the North's army intelligence bureau. He's set to reach simply prior to the rite for a three-day keep.
Pyeongchang organizers declare kind of 300 million folks — together with 10 million in South Korea by myself — watched some a part of the video games' Feb. nine opening rite, which used to be broadcast reside all over the world.
North Korea has the potential to do reside proclaims, however makes use of it very sparingly.
KCTV broadcast the 2011 funeral of Kim Jong Un's father in actual time. For the previous 5 years or so it has continuously long past reside for army parades on Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Sq. and fireworks shows on New 12 months's eve. It's imaginable the proclaims make use of time delays of a couple of seconds or extra.
The one time it's believed to have broadcast a global sports activities tournament continue to exist its primary channel used to be the North Korea-Portugal fit within the 2010 Global Cup. And that could be why they haven't completed any since.


Hi Peeps! It's Traci, from Dragonflies in First.
Today we are checking off the last component to our Meet the Teacher Back to School Linky week.
Today our focus is on WHAT we like to teach.
Is it hard for you to narrow that down? I thought this was going to be an easy post for me - but I really cannot easily name just a couple things.
If I had to pick, I'd choose ELA over other content areas.
I am passionate about teaching literacy. Teaching kiddos to read is definitely the reason why I am obsessed with teaching first grade.
I also LOVE the challenge of teaching writing. I teach my kiddos how to create a writing plan for the various forms of writing and we use these plans consistently all year. This helps the kids focus on the task at hand - writing fabulous paragraphs!
Most weeks, we start with a lesson on Monday, write our plan on Tuesday, edit on Wednesday, do a final draft on Thursday and usually create a craft to go with it on Friday. Since the writing routine is usually consistent, the lessons can focus on the specific task and/or objective.
Click to check out "Me and the Beanstalk".
I also love using readers for all sorts of lessons. Often I use our science and social studies readers during guided reading - it's an awesome way to address various ELA skills AND the science or social studies standards covered in the reader all that the same time.
You can grab this little FREEBIE reader from my 1st Day Fun pack on my FAN FREEBIES tab on my FB page.
One thing I am looking forward to adding to my routine is sharing. I have been struggling to find a way to incorporate it without it getting to crazy. When our number of students jumped to 30, that was the first thing I had to do away with. I think these Sharing Pages by Fluttering Through First Grade will add the perfect amount of organization to this speaking practice opportunity.
What's your favorite thing to teach? What resources do you enjoy using? Link up below or leave a comment!
Your bean stalk is too cute! Can you share more about your writing plan? What forms of writing do you do and when? Or can you point me in the direction of a blog post if you've already blogged about it? (I just found your blog and started following) One craftivity a week seems like a lot to me! Not for the kiddos - I'm sure they love it, but for you to plan, prep, and display!
Hi Michelle... First I don't ALWAYS do a craft and most aren't huge projects. Search writing on my blog for a whole lot of posts on writing! Also I have a lot of writing resources in my store with very clear, easy and effective writing lessons.
I love the bean stalk!!! Thank you for sharing.


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York University Fiber Optic & Communications Cabling
Client: York University
Trades: Communications, Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC
Date: September 2016
The State Group installed Belden 2400 series Category 6 copper cable and Belden fiber optic cable on the York University campus from 2001 ‐ 2016 as part of an extensive infrastructure upgrade.
The State Group installed over 75,000 feet of fiber optic cable throughout the Keele and Glendon campus buildings, and over 3 million feet of Belden 2400 series Category 6 network cable. Fiber optic cables range in size from 12‐strand to 144‐strand cables, with all terminations completed by fusion splicing. Cable pathways typically run through a network of existing steam tunnels and duct banks between buildings, however, The State Group also installed new duct routes by trenching and directional boring.
Many building retrofit projects required State to design new telecommunication rooms, install electrical services and provision HVAC requirements.
State was also asked to design, specify and install a new "disaster recovery" infrastructure consisting of approximately 30,000 feet and 1,400 strands of single mode optical fiber cable distributed to various key buildings. The new network forms a critical redundant infrastructure that supports the growing needs of the campus. This project also required State to design the mechanical and electrical infrastructure within a new 5,500 sq. ft. Disaster Recovery Room.
Other projects competed during this period included security cameras, audio/visual, paging, wi‐fi, point‐to‐point wireless, digital signage, electrical substations and cooling tower maintenance.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W. Resiliency P2
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CREES Lecture - "Fear and Loathing in Moscow: Covering 11 Time Zones and 15 Republics during Times of Great Change, 1989–1995"
1636 II/SSWB, 1080 S. University
Stephanie DeGroote (BA REES '85), producer, Sky News, London, and 2008–09 Knight-Wallace Fellow, U-M. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies.
When I was studying at U-M, Ten Days That Shook the World was the work that motivated me to become a reporter. Working for ABC News as a producer during the collapse of the Soviet Union meant I was witness to a once-in-a-generation event that shook the world as much in 1991 as it did in 1917. Covering the width and breadth of the Soviet Union during and after the collapse was a wild ride across cultures, mind-sets and time zones. If I'd signed on for Aeroflot frequent flyer miles, I'm sure I'd have earned a ride to the Mir Space Station.
Discussion Summary
Stephanie DeGroote told a compelling tale of her six years covering the USSR and Russian Republic, 1989-1995—from mining strikes to coups and attempted coups, and including war zones in the Caucasus and Russia, culminating in Chechnya. The Q&A session ranged widely, with faculty and students asking Ms. DeGroote to discuss such topics as Russian views of Mikhail Gorbachev, the development of cynicism following moments of revolutionary euphoria, the changing role of international media coverage, and how she would look back now on the stories she produced then. The stakes of journalistic work emerged clearly, along with the opportunities and risks students might encounter in pursuing such a career.
Summary prepared by Douglas Northrop, CREES Director


What is the Site Quality Assurance Program?
The ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program manages risks that may occur during the installation of air and water resistive barriers. The program has been designed to result in properly installed air and water resistive barriers, to improve the performance of a building, reduce energy costs and reduce moisture damage. The program contributes not only to keeping a project on schedule but also on budget, by educating trade contractors and installers on proper installation processes so it's done right the first time and reduces the need for call backs.
The program encompasses a variety of initiatives that include training and education, prequalification requirements of contractors and installers, a method for installers to self-test their work, a paper trail of the entire installation process, an independent auditor to conduct audits for compliance with the Site Quality Assurance Program and ABAA specifications, and a process to deal with the loss of license by an individual participating in the program.
The Quality Assurance Program was developed by Building Professionals and was based upon the principles of ISO 9000. In Massachusetts, where the program was piloted, a large cross-section of the industry (which included contractors, manufacturers, and architects, engineers, building owners, utilities and consultants) had input into the review of the Site Quality Assurance Program. After approximately two years of review and refinement by industry stakeholders, the Site Quality Assurance Program was endorsed by ABAA and launched in Massachusetts. Bringing the industry together with one common goal in mind: to raise the level of quality in the field.
The Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) contracts out the day-to-day management of the Site Quality Assurance Program to an unbiased 3rd party, Building Professionals, who has the expertise and credibility to manage the program. Once the program's rules are set and published; all individuals must meet and comply with the same standards and requirements, set forth in the program. No rules are bent for any specific member. The Site Quality Assurance Program is updated on an on-going basis to streamline processes or enhance the program. The ABAA can make recommendations for changes to the Site Quality Assurance Program but only after a thorough review, performed by the Building Professionals staff along with non-biased individuals (such as architects, engineers, building owners, utilities or government agencies), are changes made and implemented. This ensures that the program remains fair and unbiased for all parties involved and provides value to a building owner and design professional. A Site Quality Assurance Program cannot be controlled by the people and organizations it is intended to evaluate.
ABAA's Site Quality Assurance Program components can impact the quality of the installation.
These components all need to work together to provide the highest level of confidence that the air barrier will be installed correctly and to high industry standards.
In-field and laboratory testing of materials, accessories, components, assemblies and systems by credible research bodies (such as Oak Ridge National Laboratories [ORNL]) working with the industry provides reliable and credible answers to questions. ABAA builds the organization on technical information that is scientifically defensible.
ABAA first develops industry standards and test methods for the air and water resistive barrier industry. These standards include materials, accessories, components, assemblies, installation, inspections, and durability standards and include test methods. Once the standards have been approved within ABAA, the standards are then presented to regional standard development organizations including ASTM to become a published regional standard.
ABAA has developed master guide specifications for each type of evaluated air barrier material. These documents are available for download so that architects, owners and design professionals can properly specify a wide range of air barrier materials and the ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program in their contract documents. These specifications provide the information one needs to implement a proper air and water resistive barrier in a building.
Manufacturer members can apply to have their material evaluated, by ABAA, against a set of material performance criteria and have their product validated as an air barrier and/or a water resistive barrier. The criteria which a manufacturer needs to meet is publicly available on the website. Materials which have been tested and proven to meet the outlined criteria are then listed on the website.This list is then used as a tool by owners, architects and design professionals when choosing materials for their projects. Without this service; they would need to develop their own criteria, determine what the appropriate test methods are, obtain test reports for each test and then conduct an evaluation of the test reports to determine whether the material meets the performance requirements for a project. An owner, architect or design professional can simply choose from the ABAA listing knowing that the material has already been evaluated.
An air barrier contractor (the legal entity which does business with the customer) that has met all outlined accreditation and licensing criteria established by ABAA, will be granted accredited contractor status. An ABAA accredited contractor has signed an agreement which binds them to follow the air barrier manufacturer's installation requirements, correct any and all deficiencies, and fully comply with Site Quality Assurance Program.A critical requirement is that the contractor use ABAA trained and certified individual(s) for the installation of the air and water resistive barriers.
Installer training courses are delivered in various locations around the USA and based on the air and water resistive barrier type. Installer training courses are technologically-advanced, competency based and tailored to job site realities. Individuals typically work for ABAA accredited contractors as an installers (person installing materials and accessories) and are instructed during the course on following the manufacturer's installation instructions and the ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program requirements.
Installer certification is separate from training and is different from a course "certificate" (acknowledgment that you attended a course).Installer certification is the formal conformation that the individual possesses the knowledge, skills and abilities to properly install any specific type of air and water barrier. Knowledge/skills are demonstrated through written exams and abilities demonstrated by actually doing something. The certification process is governed by the ISO 17024 Conformity assessment (general requirements for bodies operating certification of individuals). This International Standard ensures that the certification is delivered in an unbiased and impartial manner.Key requirements of the installer's certifications are: to fully comply with the ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program and to properly install materials per manufacturer installation guidelines.
Installers are required to perform daily inspection and testing of their work, and document the results in a daily job site report.
All risk management/quality assurance programs require documentation of what was done and is being done. ABAA's Site Quality Assurance Program is no different and maintains a complete set of documentation on all the processes. The ABAA Accredited Contractor is obligated to have the installer complete daily job site reporting.
A minimum of one site audit is conducted on each project by ABAA and is independent of the manufacturer or the contractor, and any owner testing. The quantity of audits conducted is determined by the total air barrier square footage being applied on the project (sliding scale). The building owner, owner's representative or architect can require more audits than the ABAAA requirements. In cases where the contract documents differ from the ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program requirements, the ABAA contractor is obligated to have the greater number on audits conducted.ABAA uses impartial 3rd party licensed individuals as ABAA Field Auditors to conduct all audits.The Field Auditor will conduct a visual and physical examination of the air barrier installation to ensure all aspects of the air barrier installation are in conformance with the project specifications, manufacturer's installation guidelines and ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program. An audit report is circulated to the trade contractor, the general contractor, the manufacturer and the owner's representative.
The ABAA office provides technical support to all the parties involved in the installation of air and water resistive barriers. Much of the technical support is available on the ABAA website but individuals can contact the ABAA office for specific support.
WHY the Site Quality Assurance Program?
Can you see air leaks and see water leaks in your new building right away?
Do you want your project finished only to then find out that you have installation deficiencies?
Do you want project delays for rework due to faulty installation?
We didn't think so either and we're here to help!
When you specify ABAA, you receive a risk management program that address the potential issues during the installation process. The installation is performed by individuals and companies that are educated and have the experience to properly install air barriers. But it does not stop there! The Site Quality Assurance Program addresses a wide range of items which can impact the installation.
The air and water resistive barrier industry conducts research to determine required characteristics for material, for proper installation procedures and guidelines to confirm the installation has been done properly.
A listing of materials which have been tested and confirmed that they meet the requirements set out by ABAA. This saves a tremendous amount of time for the design professional and keeps liability off the design professional. These evaluated materials are listed in master specifications which provides wording for specifying an air and water resistive barrier installation.
Contractors that have met ABAA's requirements and signed agreements to use ABAA certified labor, follow installation guidelines and correct any deficiency are listed on the ABAA website. These contractors have the experience, know-how and track record of performing installations. The Design Professional is not required to pre-qualify or try to determine who is qualified and who is not. ABAA Accredited Contractors must meet minimum requirements for insurance, bonding, employ certified installers, and possess the necessary equipment to install and test their work, be trained in the Site Quality Assurance Program and sign a licensing agreement dictating professional conduct and the right to terminate their license should they not meet the requirements of the program.
ABAA Certified Installers have been trained and certified to do the installation. These installers have the related trade experience and are trained in various air and water resistive barrier systems installation requirements. Installers need a minimum 3000 hours of documented work experience in air barrier /water resistive barrier or related trades in order to qualify for certification. Certification is provided for various material types and dependent of experience.
Each ABAA specified project is required to have at least one Certified Installer on site, at all times. It is not a matter of simply having a site foreman (that is only on the site infrequently, if at all) trained. Certification is provided to the actual individuals that are performing the work and are onsite all the time.
Installers are required to perform a visual inspection of the substrate, prior to the installation of material, to confirm the substrate is properly prepared. The installer is also required to perform a visual inspection on the completed installation for that day and fix any deficiencies. Depending on the installed and adhered materials, materials are subject to a pull adhesion test, thickness test and density test. The installer is required to perform at least one adhesion test (consists of three separate disc pulls) on the area installed for the day.
Certified Installer is also required to document the entire installation process on "daily job site reports". Daily Job Site Reports are submit to the Site Quality Assurance Program office monthly, and can be provided to the design professional upon request.
Every ABAA specified project has a minimum of one site audit conducted. The number of audits performed on a specific project is determined on the total square footage of air barrier material being installed. For example, a project with up to 10,000 square feet of air barrier material applied would require one audit conducted (per the ABAA Site Quality Program). Additional audits may be performed due to non-compliance by the contractor/installer, if more specified in the contract documents or if the owner, architect or general contractor request more. In all cases, the cost of the audit is the responsibility of the ABAA Accredited Contractor.
The scope of the ABAA Field Auditor is to confirm compliance with project specifications, manufacturer's installation guidelines and the ABAA Site Quality Assurance Program. This includes confirming if the installer is meeting the manufacturer's instructions for substrate preparation, compatible materials, and actual application and repair procedures.
The audit process and field auditors are overseen by Building Professionals. The ABAA Field Auditors are typically industry consultants, engineers, or auditor agencies. The first job of the Auditor is to help the installer learn better installation practices. The second job of the Auditor is to document compliance to the Site Quality Assurance Program and manufacturer's installation guidelines. Once the audit is completed, an audit report is forwarded to the Site Quality Assurance Program office for review, filing, and distribution to the Owner, Architect, Manufacturer, and General Contractor and Accredited Contractor.
If any concern arises on a project from the Design Professional or Owner, a dispute resolution process is in place to deal with problems. The Site Quality Assurance Program has a system for handling complaints regarding a material or installation.
How do you specify Site Quality Assurance Program?
The Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) develops master specifications for various air barrier assemblies that will provide guidance to the design professional in the development of the final project specifications. These assembly specifications combined with proper installation details provide guidance to building professionals when specifying an air barrier assembly and in the development of an air barrier system for their building.
ABAA has developed a Position Paper to encourage placing all the requirements for air barriers in a separate section where a single contractor can be responsible for the air barrier assembly.
ABAA has also developed Division 1 Specifications which provide administrative and procedural requirements for specifying an airtight building enclosure that; controls the infiltration or exfiltration of air, inspection and testing services required to verify compliance with requirements specified or indicated, necessary information for the coordination between subcontractors required to provide an airtight building enclosure, and customized fabrication and installation procedures.
Can I Specify ABAA without the Quality Assurance Program (QAP)?
We are finding that the design professional may only make reference to one of the ABAA requirements rather than to all of them. In most cases the design professional wants the complete ABAA Quality Assurance Program and we will work with them to determine the appropriate wording.
As the ABAA Quality Assurance Program is a voluntary, industry led program, it is the project specifications which determine whether the ABAA Quality Assurance Program is required or not. If the project specifications do not require any components of the ABAA Quality Assurance Program, then the contractor is not obligated to follow the ABAA requirements for that project.
ABAA only has one Quality Assurance Program; that includes evaluated materials being used, accredited contractors & certified installers completing the installation and third-party audits performed by ABAA licensed field auditors. There is no such thing as only having "ABAA Certified Installers" or "ABAA Accredited Contractors" without the entire program (evaluated materials and audits). The design professional either wants the ABAA Quality Assurance Program or they do not.
Every time the ABAA office is notified of a "partial ABAA project", we will contact the design professional and have them clarify the intent of the specification and work to have the complete ABAA Quality Assurance Program followed or request any reference to ABAA removed from project specifications.
The only way to obtain bids from contractors that are fair and comparable is to have the ABAA Quality Assurance Program completely in or completely out. There is no room for half measures.
ABAA Accredited Contractors are obliged, under the ABAA licensing agreement, to complete any project which evens mentions ABAA following the ABAA QAP requirements.
ABAA Accredited Contractors who work on an ABAA specified project and who do not comply with all the requirements outlined in the ABAA QAP, are at risk of being fined and having license suspended or terminated. All ABAA Accredited Contractors should take the time to have any issues on a project clarified before or at time of bidding.
1.2 "ABAA Specified" is when an architect or building owner includes ABAA contractors, installers, the ABAA QAP or other any specifications or amendment of specifications set by ABAA or the Air Barrier QAP affecting Accredited Installer(s), Accredited Contractor(s), and Accredited Manufacturer(s) and includes ABAA standards, in their contract specifications for a building project., or requirements.
by Elias Saltz | May 29, 2018 | Conspectus, Inc.
One of the significant reasons for the existence of specifications is to describe the level of quality to the products and work that go into a building project. Specifications establish the performance of the products and assemblies and their installation. They require advance documentation, in the form of product data, shop drawings, and sample submittals, all intended to indicate that the contractor understands the requirements and will communicate them to subcontractors, suppliers, and installers. The specifications require mockups and laboratory testing and field testing, all to demonstrate that the standards set by the specifications can and (hopefully) will be achieved in the finished work.


With construction almost complete on the Gold Line Foothill Extension, the independent agency building the project has begun holding dedication ceremonies for each of the six stations. The dedication for the two Azusa stations was held on Saturday and, as expected, attracted another big crowd — as did the previous four station ceremonies held over the past month. (More photos here).
Below is the program and the press release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, as well as a video about the making of the art for the stations — one in downtown Azusa and the other adjacent to Azusa Pacific University, Citrus College and the Rosedale development. The Authority will soon wrap up construction and begin the process of turning over the project to Metro this fall. Metro will then begin pre-revenue testing and employee training with an opening of the 11.5-mile Gold Line extension in 2016. Before you ask: we don't have an exact date yet!
The project is mostly funded by Measure R, the half-cent sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2008.
Why does Azusa need two stations? The children can take the bus from downtown.
Why should the train stop a couple miles short of _two_ colleges?
The Citrus/APU Station should be the busiest station in the extension.
Because the APU/Citrus station is actually on the border with Glendora. Clever planning gets you extra support and votes.
Please do feel free to comment upon the design issues pertaining to the center platform versus the side platform configurations for the downtown Azusa and the APU/Citrus College stations, respectively.
I need to be enlightened!
I don't have any small or big feelings about this issue. All things being equal, I suppose that I prefer separate platforms because they provide more overall space for people.
When does it reach Cucamonga?
Unknown. The next phase to Claremont is in Metro's long-range plan but is currently not funded. Cucamonga is in San Bernardino County and that county would have to decide whether to build that project. Metro's domain is L.A. County.
Also, similar question regarding the Monrovia station?
I am referring to the requirement that Metro keep a 30-foot separation between the Gold Line tracks and the adjacent BNSF freight track.
There is no bridge. The platforms can be entered from the street. You can see the configuration on Google Maps.
I'd reckon that, overall, two platforms would be more expensive to construct than one?


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BC's Income Assistance Rate Hike Still Leaves Kids in Poverty
There are 42,000 children in the province who could be doing better, if only government cared enough.
Paul Willcocks 25 Mar 2021TheTyee.ca
Paul Willcocks is a journalist and former publisher of newspapers, and now an editor with The Tyee.
Minister Nicholas Simons correctly noted that the increase to income and disability assistance is the largest ever in BC's history. But it's not enough for many kids. Photo via the BC Government.
Mostly, B.C.'s NDP government deserves credit for a $175-a month increase in income and disability assistance rates last week.
Except for one giant, costly and shameful failure in leaving more than 40,000 children in poverty.
The increase disappointed people who hoped the government would reinstate a $300-a-month emergency pandemic increase in place from April to December.
But Nicholas Simons, the minister of social development and poverty reduction, correctly noted the $175 monthly bump is "the largest single increase in the history of British Columbia" and requires $400 million in new spending.
While people on income and disability assistance will still face desperate poverty, it's less desperate. And in four years, the NDP government has increased rates by $320 a month, or 31 per cent for a single person on disability assistance. That's in sharp contrast to the former BC Liberal government's contempt for people on assistance, reflected in its refusal to increase rates for a decade.
But while less desperate poverty might be a tolerable goal for adults, it should not be acceptable for the 42,000 children who continue to live in poverty because their parents depend on government assistance.
A single parent on income assistance raising a child gets, with the increase, $1,271 a month for housing, food and all other expenses. That includes up to $570 a month for housing. There is nowhere in the province where a parent and child could rent a safe, acceptable apartment for that amount. (MLAs should know that. They've decided they can claim $1,833 a month — three times the rate the single parent receives — to rent a second residence in Victoria.)
Single parents on disability assistance do slightly better at $1,694 a month.
There are other supports, most notably the BC Child Opportunity Benefit, which provides $1,600 for the first child in a low-income household.
But including that, a single parent on income assistance gets $16,852 a year to cover all their costs — rent, food, clothing, transportation. A single parent on disability gets $21,928.
StatsCan's poverty line in 2018, which is considered the cost of "a modest, basic standard of living" for a single-parent family, was $33,308.
It's not just single parents. Two parents, both on disability assistance, with two children, will receive $29,164. StatsCan says the family needed $47,111 in 2018 to live above the poverty line in B.C. communities with more than 100,000 population. Even with the federal Canada Child Benefit, they remain far below the poverty line.*
The government has decided that all these children should live in deep poverty.
For some, their period of deprivation might be brief as a parent recovers from an illness or a struggle to find a new job.
Not for most. Of the 158,000 people receiving assistance in January, more than 70 per cent were on disability assistance. For many, perhaps most, that will be a long-term situation. (And yes, some people on disability assistance will find part-time work.)
We intend income and disability assistance as the basic safety net for individuals and families. And we set supports at a level that is deeply damaging for children.
They are the kids who show up for school hungry, who wear clean clothes only when there is extra money. They're the ones who don't talk about weekend activities or visits with friends. They're the ones who struggle to learn, not because they're less able, but because they're malnourished, haven't had opportunities and find the whole school experience overwhelming and exclusionary.
We love a rags-to-riches story, the kid from a poor family who cashes in on an invention or launches a business. But the reality is usually rags to rags.
Childhood poverty is a lifelong curse. The largest factor in adult health, for example, is not whether you smoke, or exercise or even your genetics. It's whether you lived in poverty as a child. Living in poverty as a child limits your educational opportunities and achievements, reduces your employment prospects and, as a result, limits the future for your children in turn, if you have any.
Those consequences don't just affect the children's lives. We all pay for the increased costs to the health-care system and other social supports and in the lost contributions of people who never had the chance to make the most of their abilities and interests.
BC Boosts Income Assistance, Disability Benefits by $175 a Month
But the economic benefits of improving life for children shouldn't be the main factor in offering children being raised on assistance a fair life, not one of deprivation. This is a moral issue.
Imagine the lives of parents trying to deal with life on assistance. The fear, the guilt, the daily struggle, the knowledge that despite their best efforts their children were suffering.
Imagine the lives of those children, knowing they were falling behind before their lives had barely begun, knowing they were already marked by poverty, different from their peers in so many ways.
The B.C. government's poverty reduction plan report card said there were about 60,300 children living in poverty in 2018.
The fact that more two-thirds of them faced desperate lives because of government policy should shame us all.
*Story updated on March 25 at 11:00 a.m. to add information on federal child benefits.
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New Trailer of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" !
Disney has just debuted the newest trailer of its upcoming 3D adventure "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" which you can watch on this link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrk5jBHDrcw
Directed by Rob Marshall ("Chicago") and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, "On Stranger Tides" is the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise which has already reaped $2.7 billion in worldwide box office from the previous three films, and the first to be filmed and presented in Disney Digital 3D™.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise—this time in Disney Digital 3D™. Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed adventure. Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penélope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the "Queen Anne's Revenge," the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica, with whom he shares a mysterious past.
The international cast includes franchise vets Geoffrey Rush as the vengeful Captain Hector Barbossa and Kevin R. McNally as Captain Jack's longtime comrade Joshamee Gibbs, plus Sam Claflin as a stalwart missionary and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey as a mysterious mermaid.
Opening across the Philippines on May 2011, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through Columbia Pictures.
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This movie pales in comparison to the first. It is not as good as the second or third either. It is bad enough that I actually had to stop watching it and take a break. It just seems cheesy to the point of being stupid. There are a few scenes that make it watchable though. The mermaid scene is really cool and reminds me of the quality of the first movie alot.
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Google bug maroons users
By danwarne, October 28 2010
Travellers are furious they can't access their Google Docs due to a major bug in Google's systems.
Google has acknowledged that the bug is their #1 top priority to fix at present, though it has been listed in the Google Docs known issues page for almost a week.
The problem occurs if a user has both a personal Google account (such as Gmail) and a company Google Apps account, for their documents and work email. Google recently introduced a feature to enable easier switching between accounts, and if it detects a user has multiple accounts, gives them a screen at login time allowing them to "Select an account to use with Google Docs".
However, Google Apps customers have been finding that after logging in to their account, they either can't access their account at all, or they can't open any documents in their Google Docs library.
The error presents itself as "This webpage has a redirect loop" in Chrome, "Too many redirects occurred trying to open http://xyz. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page," in Safari and "Too many redirects" in Firefox.
The problem is particularly inconvenient for Google's primary target audience for its Google Apps service -- businesspeople who want to work from multiple locations and collaborate with their colleagues.
Storing documents online can be a godsend for travellers -- until the online service stops working. Google's key competitor, Microsoft, says it has designed its Microsoft Office 365 online service so that all documents that a user works on are also stored locally on their computer, and although Microsoft has been actively developing its own internet services strategy, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer hasn't held back in his criticism of Google Docs, being quoted in articles like "Google Apps blow, no one actually uses them".
Google, meanwhile, is contrite about the problem, but has not been able to fix it in the past week. "It has been marked as the highest priority bug and we're actively working on it. We'll get it out as soon as it is fixed. Again, we really apologize for the inconvenience," said a Google employee, writing in the company's "Known issues" page.
A workaround recommended by Google is to sign out of all Google accounts, clearing the browser cache and cookies, and then only using one Google account per browser. Simply clearing cache and cookies is not enough -- users must also sign out of their accounts.
Critics of internet-based applications have long warned that trusting a large company with your data could result in unforeseen consequences. One user posting on the Google Known Issues page commented, "I concur with comments made above about the lesson Google has given all of us on Cloud computing." Another user commented, "PLEASE - this is unacceptable for a business product. Back to Word...sigh"
Google Australia said users should follow the workaround described in the known problems page and only use one login per browser. Although many users report they cannot access their documents, even after following Google's workaround, Google Australia's Courtney Hohne said the bug was "not an outage" and would therefore not qualify under Google Apps Premier's 99.9% service level uptime agreement.
However, this provides no comfort to travellers stuck overseas who have not seen the "known issues" page, and are not aware of Google's proposed workaround.
Kelly Innis, Product Manager for Online Services, Microsoft Australia, said Microsoft's upcoming online Office 365 suite was designed to provide users with significant protection against online service downtime.
"We feel that a key differentiator for Microsoft is that our SLAs are financially backed on a 99.9% uptime, amortised across the month. So, if Microsoft is down for more than 45 minutes in any one month, that means we haven't met our SLAs, and the whole month's fee is given back to our customers."
"Also, if the user has Office 2010 on their PC, then all of the documents they work on in Office 365 are also cached locally, which means if the web service does go down, their most recently used documents are cached on their PC and are accessible and safe."
Online documents: the big three
Google Docs: free of charge, or $US50 per year for the "Premier" version with 25GB mailboxes, 24hr tech support and 99.9% uptime guarantee. Provides web-browser apps for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. All documents are stored on Google servers, though they can be exported one-at-a-time for offline editing.
Microsoft Office 365: currently in a free beta, and due for commercial launch in 2011. The service (with 24hr tech support) provides versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint in a web browser and allows multiple users to collaborate on a document in real-time. It has a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and will be available from $US6 per month.
Zoho Docs: free of charge, $US3 per month with 5GB storage or $US15/mth for three users with 24/5 tech support (not available on weekends). Documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
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As a WordPress user, it is not really difficult for you to start a blog or website because the content management system has eased the entire process that goes into the creation of a blog/site. Responsive design is obviously a popular topic in the web design industry right now, and WordPress continues to grow as one of the most popular content management systems.
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Q: emulating LiveHTTPheader in server side script or javascript? I ran into this problem when scraping sites with heavy usage of javascript to obfuscate it's data.
For example,
"a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="grabData(23)"> VIEW DETAILS
This href attribute, reveals no information about the actual URL. You'd have to manually look and examine the grabData() javascript function to get a clue.
OR
The old school way is manually opening up Live HTTP header add on for firefox, and monitoring the POST perimeters, which reveals the actual URL being POSTed.
So i'm wondering, is there a way to capture the POST parameters in a server side script or Javscript, as Live HTTP header does, for the outgoing and incoming POST parameters? This would make even the most javscript obfuscated web pages easily scrapable.
thanks.

A: I'm not sure I understand the question but...
In PHP, incoming POST parameters are stored in the $_POST array, you can display them with print_r($_POST);.

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'Degas At Harvard' Opens Aug.1 Alfred M. Sackler Museum - Antiques And The Arts Weekly
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'Degas At Harvard' Opens Aug.1 Alfred M. Sackler Museum
August 1 to November 27, the Harvard University Art Museums will present "Degas at Harvard," an exhibition examining the university's comprehensive holdings by Edgar Degas, one of the most important collections of the artist's work in the United States.
The exhibition will draw together more than 60 works from the Fogg's own collection, together with promised gifts and significant works from The Dumbarton Oaks and Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Houghton Library at Harvard. The exhibition, which is organized by the Fogg Art Museum, will include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and photographs, and will be on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Edgar Degas, "Chanteuse de Café," circa 1878, pastel on canvas, 24¾ by 19¾ inches, Fogg Art Museum.
In 1911, the Fogg was the first museum to mount an exhibitionof works by Degas and was the only museum to do so during theartist's lifetime. This exhibition explores the range and depth ofDegas's artistic innovation, and Harvard's pivotal role infostering understanding and scholarship of his works through thecommitment of its curators, collectors and the generations ofscholars who have worked with the collection at the Fogg.
Among the works featured in the exhibition will be the bronze sculpture "Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old," 1880, the pastel "Chanteuse de Café," circa 1878, "After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself," 1893–98, which will be shown for the first time in 40 years due to its extreme fragility, and the photograph "United (Self-Portrait in his Library)," circa 1895, a gelatin silver print that shows Degas's fascination with portraits and his skill as a photographer.
Edgar Degas, "Untitled Self Portrait," circa 1895, gelatin silver print, 4¾ by 6½ inches, collection Fogg Art Museum.
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Q: How to select data based on two tables I have two tables and want to select only the ones where a certain status is 'complete' in the second table. The most important factor is that all shipments need to be completed.
First Table (orders) includes a unique order id and several cells with customer details. For example
Order_id | Name

1001 | John
1002 | Paula
1003 | Ben

The second table (shipments) has all the items a customer ordered and the status whether they were delivered e.g.
Order_id | Shipment_number | Status

1001 | 8004 | complete
1001 | 8003 | processing
1002 | 8005 | complete
1003 | 8008 | processing
1003 | 8007 | processing
1003 | 8009 | complete

I tried it with the following code but unfortunately the results show all order ids where at least one of the associated shipments is 'complete'.
SELECT
  order_id,
  name
FROM orders
INNER JOIN shipments ON orders.order_id = shipments.order_id
WHERE
shipments.status = 'complete';

I'm pretty new to SQL and really struggling with this. Thanks in advance :)

A: SELECT Orders.OrderID
FROM orders
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT OrderID
                  FROM shipments
                  WHERE status != 'complete' AND
                        shipments.OrderID = Orders.OrderID)

A: You can use nested queries to do this:

*

*Write a query to take a count of the shipments.order_id group by order_id, this gives you the total shipments for each order, select the order_id and the count.

*Write a query to take a count of the shipments.order_id group by order_id where shipments.status = 'complete', this gives you the completed shipments for each order, select the order_id and the count.

*join the result of 1 and 2 with order on order id where (1.count = 2.count), select the name and the order_id.

A: You could try this
SELECT order_id FROM <orders>
WHERE order_id NOT IN (SELECT order_id FROM <shipments> WHERE status <> 'complete')

Even though, depending on your system I would consider adding a field in order table (effectively de-normalizing it, but benefits/drawbacks depend on how often you need this information) and update it with current order status.
If you need this information often, I might be worth it.

A: SELECT ship.order_id, ord.name
    FROM shipments as ship
    left join orders as ord on
       ord.order_id = ship.order_id
where ship.status = 'complete'

A: Generally, the best way to do this is to have a level at the order itself that indicates whether or not the order is completely shipped.
But, this would work although it might not scale really well.  To get it to scale better, you would have to do another join BACK to orders in the subqueries to limit the orders that you are looking through.
select order_id, name from
orders JOIN
   (select order_id, count(*) from shipments where status = 'complete' group by order_id
    INTERSECT
    select order_id, count(*) from shipments group by order_id)
    on order_id


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c로 만들어져 있던 라이브러리를 cgo를 이용해서 포팅(?)을 하는 작업을 하다보면 난감한 부분들이 종종 나타난다.
그중에 한가지가 c에서 사용하던 구조체의 파라미터명이 go 에서 미리정의된 명칭일 경우가 있다.
c에서는 T_CCI_COL_INFO(cubrid의 cci에서 사용되는 구조체중에 하나) 의 필드중에 하나가 type이라는 필드가 하나 있다.
"…expected selector or type assertion, found 'type' " 이라는 결과를 만나게 된다.
이걸 도대체 어떻게 사용해야 하나 고민을 하던중, golang.org 에 있는 문서 http://golang.org/cmd/cgo/ 에서 해결을 할 수 있었다.
Within the Go file, C identifiers or field names that are keywords in Go can be accessed by prefixing them with an underscore: if x points at a C struct with a field named "type", x._type accesses the field.