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Alyosha And The Pot
The airplane flight had been the usual post pandemic pain in the ass and the surprisingly sultry hot summer enveloped her as she exited the plane. She could see lightning bouncing in and out of the not so far off foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The gentle rain felt cleansing, as she made her way to the rental car kiosk. Ustina was fairly new to the United States, and rather excited for her first visit to Colorado. The Rockies were something she only read about in novels or magazines. From her vantage point, they seemed distant, merely a backdrop to her day. Alyosha, her husband, appeared rather unimpressed, and wanted nothing more than to be comfortably relaxed in the mountain side resort which would be home for the next few days.
Ustina was excited about the resort, because it was tucked far back in the woods. At least that is what the website communicated. The brochure they sent showed a nice green swimming pool. They didn't expect to spend all that much time there as it was a short drive to Rocky Mountain National Park.
The man at the rental car place was flamboyantly colorful, seeming to bend the norms of the rental car industry. He did not even try to upsell them to a larger, more practical vehicle for mountain driving. He introduced their Chevy Cruze with a bit more pomp and circumstance than the situation warranted. It takes a superb manipulation of the English language, and plenty of bravado, to show that kind of enthusiasm for a Chevy Cruze. It may be one of the more banal cars introduced by a major car company. Benny made the car seem like one, which would tackle the Autobahn.
Benny handed the car keys to Alyosha and scurried back to his front desk duties.
Alyosha opened the passenger door for Ustina and said. " Looks like I am driving." Ustina was too tired to argue. She had no other argument other than she did not like it when he drove. The tiebreaker in her mind was that she did not want to drive a Chevy Cruze. What fun would that be? The name sounds like that guy from Texas who looks like GrandPa from the Monsters. Ustina was far too inexperienced to make a comparison such as this, yet it worked. Jet lag, like endorphins, does a weird thing to the human mind.
The Chevy Cruze was smaller than anticipated; still it served the solitary purpose of getting them reliably from one place to the next. Alyosha rarely drove, so driving gave him a second wind. He took the hairpin turns far too fast for Ustina's liking. After they exited the airport, he declared that this rental car needed a name. This was a ritual of sorts for them when traveling. What good is a rental car if you cannot have fun? Ustina flipped on the radio resting on a station that played smoky jazz. They let the music settle in the space between them.
"This car is a Ted."
Upon hearing this simple sentence, Alyosha let out a low chuckle that sat there for a second or two. Then the chuckle grew in waves and a ripple, eventually making its way into a full belly laugh.
"This car shall be Ted"
The drive to the resort was longer than they mentally prepared. It was the heart of summer and the days were long. The first stars of the night recently emerged from the east. They were both famished and a little more than punch drunk.
"Can you believe it, here we are in the Rocky Mountains" Ustina said as if reading a dramatic poem, in hope of elevating deflated enthusiasm.
"Does Ted Cruise have cruise control?" This sent her into a laughing fit of her own.
"Ally, do you know what is legal here in Colorado?" Alyosha sat silent for longer than needed and then ventured an ill researched uneducated guess.
"U-Turns" responded Alyosha.
By this juncture Ustina was a tad deflated as her leading question led nowhere.
"Alyosha we need some pot." And this is exactly what they did. Alyosha pulled over on a road outside of Bolder, so that Ustrina could partake in some retail therapy. He sat in the car and listened to the tail end of the Rockies game through scattered crackling from nearby electrical storms. He sat and listened through an extended inning where the Pirates scored two runs on bases loaded walks. Eventually Ustina returned to the car and he detected a faint smell of smoke. He did not ask any questions and did not particularly care as they were on vacation.
"Did you find what you were looking for? Alyosha muttered as he turned down the radio. Large raindrops started to intermittently pelt the windshield as he looked over his shoulder toward the road. There were very few cars on the road at this time of night. She opened a good old fashioned road map to see how far they needed to travel to get to their intended destination.
I believe it's about twenty minutes.
"We need some licorice"
After a quick stop at the shady convenience store, they approached the town of Lyons. With this, the night turned majestic and serene. Crickets chirped contentedly, water trickled down a nearby hillside and pine trees stirred in a lessening wind. They were really looking forward to seeing the mountainside resort they booked several months prior.
They were both more than ready to get out of the car and move around. About a half mile before they were to make a right, traffic came to a complete halt. There they sat, with generators humming, bulldozers and pavers grinding into the earth and construction lights making it feel like an eerie midday. They did not know it at the time, as they could have walked to the resort, which sat 100 yards to the right. They sat for twenty minutes waiting for the traffic to start up again, which it eventually did. What worried them most was their upcoming resort experience, which may be tainted with the nearby construction. Eventually they made a quick right and another right and they were at the Lyons Gateway Resort, nestled far back in the woods. It was a long day of travel and the thought of relaxing and getting a decent night of deep sleep elevated their spirits.
The resort was a little creepier than anticipated, which could be expected, with the long day of travel, the lateness of the evening and the rumble and eerie glow coming from the nearby road construction. At least, once inside their rooms, they could put this all behind them and get a fresh start in the morning. They pulled up to the main office to pick up the room key, and much to their surprise and disappointment, there was not a person in sight. Alyosha had visions of sleeping inside Ted for the night.
"What do we do now?" Ustina said with an underlying hint of fear and desperation. "I really do not know, but there is a very small sign on the door indicating office hours and an after hours phone number. "The cellular phone service was borderline non-existent, yet he was able to call the listed number. There was no answer and he left a message and a phone number.
"Let's go check out our cabin. They probably left a key under the mat like they do in movies about people who have their houses broken into and are eventually chased by a man with a chainsaw. "
She repeated in a singsong manner after finding the key in an envelope in a deeply rusted mailbox hanging in the shadows nearby where a WELCOME sign hung.
He walked back toward her as he was checking out the swimming pool.
"Is the swimming pool nice?"
"It is dark so I could be wrong. It looks more like a frog pond than it does a swimming pool."
Alyosha started getting a sneaking feeling that this place wasn't the paradise advertised on the web page. They walked , hand in hand, over to where they assumed their cabin should be . It was difficult talking to each other over the roar of the nearby road construction.
Alyosha, being the man of the house, led them both into the cabin. He reached to his right, found a light switch and flipped it upwards The light stubbornly flickered to life offering flickering resistance. The room smelled of rocky mountain mildew, must mixed with the dank smell of the air conditioner. Ustina, walked slowly towards the kitchen area and noticed a curious thing. There were lugubrious black bugs, with long legs slowly walking across the surface of the kitchen walls. She looked up and the bugs had also infiltrated the overhead light as well as the curtains that hung limply from the windows.
"Lets turn on the air conditioning" Alyosha said in mock despair. "in about five minutes the bugs shall be gone.."
Which is exactly what Ustina did as she took pictures of the bugs crawling unheeded across the kitchen walls and started moving toward the bathroom. Possibly. they had always been there. However when she flipped on the air conditioner the front fell off and the screen in the window fell into the yard. The noise from the construction sight seemed to get louder as the tension built between them. They had always been a united front, when traveling. They both gave shrugs of desperation.
"Lets go to the front office and tell them about these issues, They can give us another cabin."
"There is no front office, all there is a note on the screen door and a phone number."
"We came to Colorado to be outdoors, we are not going be in our rooms all that long."
"We booked this resort thinking this could be our own special paradise."
"Lets sleep here tonight and we can talk to the manager of the resort tomorrow."
"I am not sure I want to stay here, this place is starting to creep me out a bit."
"It can't be that bad"
It should be noted it mattered little who was saying what as their collective mindset was that being completely exhausted, excited about being on an adventure together and a general disbelief that this tiny little cabin had become a collective spot of bother.
How bad could it be, she said as she pulled the covers off the pillows preparing the bed for sleep. She could hear Alyosha in the next room vigorously brushing his teeth. He'd always been a tad fanatical about his dental hygiene. He seemed to be taking the drama around the room with little pomp and circumstance. That is until he heard the shriek coming from the next room.
He bolted into the next room, looked at the bedding and for the most part it appeared to be without a stain or discoloration. Yet, the bed smelled of sweat and wood smoke. Admittedly it is not he worst smell in the world, but not the aromatic experience they were seeking. Ustina opened the window to dampen the odor, and was greeted by a glaring light and head splitting jack hammer pounding from the nearby road construction.
They had no plan of action, they knew they were not going to sleep here tonight. They packed quickly, as they had barely unpacked, and made a quick stop at the rental office so they could get the phone number written on the screen door in the front. It was a little after ten and they decided to call the number. Hopefully they could come out and fix this mess.
Ustina, punched the number into her cell and waited expecting to leave a message on an answering machine. She imagined a machine with actual tape, that had to rewound manually. Much to her surprise, a sleepy and somewhat irritated voice picked up on the other end.
"Is this The Lyons Resort"
She explained the bugs on the wall, the smell of the sheets, the noise from the construction to the sleepy irritated man on the other end of the phone.
He sounded legitimately surprised as if there was no way it could be this bad. He explained he was an hour away and said he would be leaving in an hour.
"I would add another hour to your time. There's massive road construction on the road leading into Lyons."
"I did not know that" replied the ever astute proprietor of the Lyons resort"
"That's not much of a surprise. Well anyway, It is very late and we are going to find a proper hotel for the night and we can talk in the morning." With that Ustina hung up the phone and walked back toward that poor excuse for a rental car.
She found Alyosha waiting patiently in the rental car. She relayed the story to him, he seemed to get more agitated as the story progressed. He should of taken care of it himself, as he could more aggressive in situations such as these. He had no reason to be angry with her. He was pissed off at the Resort. They had flown a thousand miles, taken vacation, done their research only to rent a place hell bent on doing business despite the customer.
He slowly backed out of their parking space, looking over both shoulders despite a general lack of cars. It is simply a habit. Then they heard a sound of metal meeting an immovable object. In writing it seems like an odd comparison. You know it when you hear it and you immediately know it is not good.
"Stop the Car" Ustina blared as she turned down the radio. And that is exactly what he did. He then turned off the ignition, let the quiet of the night envelop him and looked In the general direction of Ustina.
"What did we run over?"
He slowly opened up the door of Ted and they were immediately serenaded by the sounds of roadside construction. They ignored the noise and walked to the rear of of the car toward the source of the grinding sound.
And there it sat partially underneath the bumper of Ted. There sat a large ornamental pot that minutes ago contained potted petunia or possibly begonia. They had destroyed the pot with their rental car, and upon further inspection Ted had taken quite a beating. There was no way of getting around it, they should have purchased an extended car warranty. Staying at the Lyons resort was no longer an option.
They moved on with their vacation and rarely thought of that pot. For the most part they had a grandiose time and Ted was a perfectly adept size challenged rental car. Seriously, how much time are you going to spend in a rental car.
Alyosha played the part of the perfect tourist in Colorado. He bought a big old baggie of pot for their enjoyment. There was no way they were going to finish it and without thinking he left the reminder in the rental car. He forgot it was underneath the spare tire.
They reported the damage to the car to the Rental Car agency.
If travel went perfectly according to plan what stories would we have to tell.
As they sat in the shuttle bus on the way to the terminal, he whispered in her ear. "I Love You"


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Asian Voice > Culture > Art > Instapoets taking the world by storm...
Instapoets taking the world by storm
Monday 18th February 2019 13:39 EST
Young female poets are attracting fans on social media, helping their poetry book sales to soar. Though not all are successful, Nikita Gill, a former student and part-time child carer, who posts verses online has gathered half a million followers on Instagram and more than 28,000 followers on twitter.
One of the most successful instapoets, Gill grew up in a house full of books. She was born in Belfast, where her father who worked in Merchant Navy was posted, and was taking his captain's exam at the Ulster University. Encouraged to write from a young age, Gill grew up in Delhi, moved to the UK to do a Masters degree in Kent which focused on distraction theory in relation to young people with ADHD, ADD and dyslexia. This led to a desire to work with children with special needs.
In 2015, Gill, who often penned her poetry on old receipts or on restaurant napkins, began posting her work on a Tumblr blog, followed by on Instagram a few months later, and after being profiled in a Buzzfeed article, she gained 15,000 followers. Now celebrities share her work regularly, although Khloé Kardashian once allegedly shared Gill's poem without crediting her.
The Indian-origin writer, whose diary is often filled with speaking engagements, is now among British poets to find fame via social media. According to Gill, online poetry is popular because it is therapeutic in nature. Rupi Kaur, a poet from Canada has similarly bagged 3.5mn followers on instagram.
However not everyone has welcomed the new generation of poets. An essay recently has accused them for 'rejection of craft', as they are allegedly failing to engage with the tradition. However Fiona Sampson, the former editor of Poetry Review defended the millenial wordsmiths as 'exciting'. She added that instagram did not invent bad poetry, as an Editor of a poetry journal she has seen bad in every genre.

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TechCon focused on the technology behind radio; where radio engineers from around the world get together to talk about what's new in the industry including any new technologies. I sat on the committee for this year to run the Radio Festival's TechCon aspect with engineers from the BBC, Bauer and Global, along with numerous freelancers. The big aim of this event is to give these engineers a better technical understanding so they learn something and debate with industry peers about exciting developments.
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BT will shortly be changing its infrastructure, so a number of circuit types are being withdrawn in 2020. The technology they're being replaced with includes ethernet and DSL; fundamentally IP solutions. Therefore, anything we design that needs to transport audio probably needs to be AoIP. Adapting the native IP nature of those circuits back to X21 would be a step in the wrong direction; the technology wouldn't really support it. It's a big issue currently, something that will affect all our radio customers. We developed SUREnet to help support our customers make the move from old TDM style circuits to the new IP infrastructure that is now available. We're also doing some work to update DAB over the next couple of years.
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We're also striving for improved power efficiency at each of our transmitters. We have already achieved a 30% improvement on this over recent years, but we are continuing to work closely with our suppliers to further drive power efficiency.
We'll start to migrate other networks next year, for those operating on FM, DAB and TV. Radio stations are diversifying, which would have previously meant putting five or six different types of connectivity into their buildings. Over the next couple of years we're looking to rationalise this into one using our MPLS network.
The way the industry has evolved plays into consolidating connectivity.
A number of larger customers are centralising some elements of their playout. We've moved from the position where everything was point-to-point (where there were lots of studios) to a point-to-multipoint topology which is more efficient when considering a central studio with many different streams available.
DAB has changed the industry but it's been a slow burner. It is, however, still growing. Our DAB network is one of the largest in Europe, possibly even further, and it's continually growing. We run about 60 different muxes, in comparison with Norway which is about to carry out a switchover and is running 20 or 30. If people want to be on both platforms, there are benefits to be had. As with everything in today's radio industry, it's about balance.


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Students in this four-year, full-time, BA program will complete 40 semester-long courses, half of which will be in philosophy. Students will supplement their philosophy classes with courses in the social sciences, in other humanities fields, and in other areas. Students also have the option of completing one or two minors in a wide range of fields.
This program will include diverse learning formats that incorporate experiential learning, independent and group study, group discussion, public dialogue, and lectures. Courses like Project in Applied Philosophy (PHL 802) and Philosophy Engaging Communities (PHL 803) allow students to apply their coursework to contemporary social issues.
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Undeclared Arts
Undeclared Arts is a gateway program that allows first year students to explore various degrees in the Faculty of Arts before selecting one that best matches their interests and goals. Students in Undeclared Arts may sample philosophy courses, and may subsequently transfer to the new BA in Philosophy, or to the BA in Arts and Contemporary Studies, or to other degree programs in the Faculty of Arts. See the Transferability Guidelines.
Every student at Ryerson who is enrolled in an undergraduate degree program must complete Liberal Studies courses. Most programs require students to complete 6 Liberal Studies courses, at least 3 of which must be at the Upper Level. Many philosophy courses are available at both the Lower Level and the Upper Level. Check the details of your program's curriculum in the Ryerson Undergraduate Calendar, and note that some restrictions apply.
Ethics Minor
The Philosophy Department offers a minor in ethics, which consists of 6 courses.
Ethics Certificate
The Philosophy Department offers a Certificate in Ethics, which consists of 6 courses (2 required and 4 elective). You do not need to be enrolled in a degree program at Ryerson to enroll in this Certificate. If you are currently enrolled in a Ryerson degree program, and if some of the courses listed in the Certificate in Ethics are part of your program's curriculum, you may count 3 of these towards the Certificate.
Ryerson's G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education offers a wide range of Philosophy courses. These are available for part-time students, and also for full-time students who are attracted to the School's evening, spring/summer, and distance formats. If you are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, make sure that any courses you take from the Chang School are listed on your program's curriculum in the Ryerson Undergraduate Calendar. Any courses you take that are not part of your program's curriculum will not normally be counted towards your degree.
Awards Available to Philosophy BA Students
To be eligible for these awards, you must be enrolled in either the BA in Philosophy, or in a double-major program where one of those majors is Philosophy.
The Community Service Award honours a student who has made outstanding achievements in one or more of the following: cultivating the Philosophy community at Ryerson University; acting as an ambassador of the Philosophy or Double Major program both within the Ryerson community and/or externally; serving in governance roles such as program councils and Senate; collaborating internally and externally on initiatives that promote the BA Philosophy or double-major program or enhance the student experience. Value: $500
The Bronze Essay Award recognizes an excellent essay written by a student in one of his or her Philosophy courses. Value: $250.
The Silver Essay Award recognizes an excellent essay written by a student in one of his or her Philosophy courses. Value: $300.
The Gold Essay Award is given for the best essay written by a student in one of his or her Philosophy courses. Value: $500.
The First Year Academic Excellence Award in Philosophy recognizes the outstanding academic performance by a first year philosophy student. Value: $500.
The Second Year Academic Excellence Award in Philosophy recognizes the outstanding academic performance by a second year philosophy student. Value: $500.
The Third Year Academic Excellence Award in Philosophy recognizes the outstanding academic performance by a third year philosophy student. Value: $500.
The Fourth Year Academic Excellence Award in Philosophy recognizes the outstanding academic performance by a fourth year philosophy student. Value: $500.
[PDF] Previous Award-Winners
Students in the Philosophy BA program (or in a a double-major that involves philosophy) may also be eligible for additional university-wide scholarships and awards, as well as Faculty of Arts scholarships, awards, and grants.
Study Abroad Opportunity - The Italy Credit Program
Most years, Ryerson Philosophy students will have the opportunity of going abroad and earning 3 course credits towards their BA requirements through the Italy Credit Program in partnership with Vancouver Island University.
The Italy Credit Program provides an exciting and stimulating interdisciplinary examination of one of the most dynamic and significant periods in the history of European culture. The setting - the city of Florence - is particularly suitable because of its immense contribution to the Renaissance, the 15th and 16th century reawakening of humanistic learning and artistic endeavour.
This program has been designed so that you can earn 3 course credits during the spring without interfering with your normal Fall and Winter terms.
Information workshops will normally be held in October of each year.
Detailed information about the program can be found here.
For more information, please contact Prof. John Caruana at jcaruana@ryerson.ca.
For other international opportunities, see the Student Handbook.
Admissions - Undergraduate
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Does she move around on golden slippers?
Filigree patterns cast about the cobbles as she walks?
Is her hair sunrise ? Her eyes the chocolate we used to share ?
So that her skin touches only delicate cloth when you lay her down.
Her flesh the very amber you put on my ring.
Cast in a mold of the purest gold.
Pure of thoughts but also bold.
Why else have you left me Sir?
Why else do you dither?
She doth bloom while I must wither.


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Lugar secreto es el cuarto y último álbum de estudio de Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal, el álbum fue grabado en Los Ángeles, California entre agosto y septiembre de 1996 y lanzado al mercado al año siguiente. Contó con la participación de Sabo Romo de Caifanes.

De este álbum se desprenden los sencillos  «Lindas Criaturitas», «Volando bajo» y «Sin ti».

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Álbumes de 1997
Álbumes de Aleks Syntek
Álbumes de Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal
Álbumes en español
Álbumes de rock
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He introduced a bill questioning as to whether a tribune should remain in office if his actions clearly thwarted the "will of the people"
Tiberius again emphasised the superiority of "popular sovereignty"
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Medical care for Eastern Star ferry disaster continues
Source: en.nhfpc.gov.cn
By Feng Hui
As of Sunday night, June 7, officials declared that 432 passengers and crew members of the Eastern Star ferry, which overturned in the Yangtze River at 9:28 pm, on June 1, had been confirmed dead, and that 10 are still missing.
The ship had 456 people onboard when extreme weather hit the river area near Hubei province. Immediately afterward, 14 people were rescued.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission called a special meeting for rescue workers, on June 4, with three mobile medical centers in the rescue area, and sent more than 500 staff members to take part in the rescue and healthcare work.
The commission says it will open a medical hotline to provide medical aid for survivors and their family members, with Cui Li, a vice-minister, visiting injured survivors at a local hospital and expressed her sympathy.
Cui has asked health and family planning departments and medical institutions to do their best for the injured and to provide psychological counseling and use all resources to ensure the care goes smoothly.
New measures aid private hospitals
BRICS countries look at working together in the health sector
China renews memorandum of understanding of disease surveillance
World Family Summit
The World Family Organization was founded in Europe in 1947 and headquartered in Paris.
Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Ebola has claimed over 1,000 lives in west African countries.
TCM-keeping healthy in Chinese way
The initiatives aim mainly to raise TCM awareness.
Link: China's Central Government / World Health Organization / United Nations Population Fund / UNICEF in China
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We're all doomed...! There's no getting away from it any more—the subject of medal prices has got to be discussed. In recent months I have been quite surprised by the number of people (collectors I hasten to add, not dealers or auctioneers) who seem to be determined to depress us all by talk of falling medal prices and "bubbles bursting", and I think it's time to address the matter once and for all. Any of you who follow prices keenly will know that in recent years there has been something of a boom in the medal market. Fuelled by "alternative investors", the family history enthusiasts and more and more information about service records, etc., coming into the public domain, our hobby has enjoyed a very strong period of growth and prices have shot up. Now, however, things are changing. In case you hadn't noticed there is a bit of a credit crunch happening at the moment: money isn't so easy to come by and house prices seem to be falling. This makes us feel less wealthy, even if we're not. Couple that with rising fuel and food prices (which mean we actually are less wealthy) and it's no surprise that the rapid increase in prices of non-essentials like medals has dropped off. Why is this happening? Well quite simply the flood of new collectors who were coming into the market has abated a little—those family historians happy to collect medals (or indeed anything) related to their surname, or even to units their ancestor might have served in, are now a little more wary about splashing out on something that is on the edge of their real interest and, let's face it if it comes to a choice between feeding one's family or buying medals then for many people medals might lose out. This has meant that in some cases items that might once have flown from lists or from auction sites are sitting there a little longer and the "run-of-the-mill" pieces are settling down to make more realistic money than sky-rocketing beyond even the deepest of pockets, as some had been in the past. Now let's get this straight—this is actually no bad thing, we all know that medals couldn't carry on going up in price as they were. If they had, then many of us would have had to look carefully at our hobby and might have had to make the difficult decision to cut right back or stop altogether. If that had happened then a "medal crash" akin to the crashes in other such hobbies in the past would have been likely and that is something that would have taken us all years to recover from. That isn't happening now, this isn't a medal-centric correction, it's global. Prices of every collectable, every commodity are fluctuating wildly and no one is really sure what's going on. This uncertainty is bound to be reflected in our own market so it should come as no surprise to anyone that things are not carrying on as they were. That all said our hobby is a long, long way from suffering really badly; certainly prices aren't going up as rapidly as they were but nor are they falling dramatically either. Yes, there are some bargains to be had but equally some astonishing prices are also being fetched. Certainly quality items will always sell and are still making fantastic sums, you only have to look at recent auction results to realise that. The internet auctions are the same—one day something might go for 10–20% under what it might be expected to make, the next a similar item might fetch 20–30% more! Something else worth remembering is that if a particular sale seems to be delivering up bargains then maybe there are other reasons other than the credit crunch that are to blame. For example at a recent auction there were a number of items that I personally wanted to bid on and for various reasons I wasn't able to either get to the sale or put in a commission bid.; I was therefore somewhat annoyed when they hammered far below what I would have paid. I happened to mention this to another collector who shares my interests who agreed that had he not been on holiday he too would have bid and was gutted that he had missed the bargains. A few days later another like minded collector telephoned to sound off about the low prices stating that he wished he had spent his money rather than waiting for a bigger sale that was coming up, the same day, a fourth collector did exactly the same thing. So there we were, all moaning about missing the bargains, all wondering about a price fall in our particular collecting area and then it hit me—take four dedicated collectors out of the room and it's no wonder prices were lower than normal. None of us were there to push them up! None of us was holding back because of the credit crunch, none of us was reticent about buying for fear that we would be paying over the odds, we simply had other reasons why we couldn't put in bids on that day. So next time you see some bargains come up at auction don't worry about recession, slow downs or crunches, there may be less sinister reasons why the prices are not being fetched. And remember this, the same people moaning to anyone who'll listen about how prices are falling and we're all doomed are usually the same ones who were, only a year or two ago, moaning to anyone who'd listen that prices were out of control and we were all doomed . . . ! My advice? Sit back, carry on collecting and enjoy the hobby. Sure if you need to sell your collection now you might not get as much for it as you may have a year or so ago but that's just because money is tighter not because medals are a bad thing to own. And if you don't need to sell then enjoy the bargains if and when you can and who knows when this credit crunch is all over, and it will be, those same bargains may look all the sweeter when prices start to rise again. Of course by then the doom mongers will be back telling us again that rises are unsustainable etc. Some people are just like that!


Whether you have registered for the marathon as an elite runner or a standard runner, the glorious feeling of finishing your run, just makes you ecstatic. Think of the satisfaction you will get when you realize - YOU DID IT! The pain, the sweat, the training, the discipline, it'll all be worth it. Let the sheer joy of completing the Hyderabad Marathon boost your spirit to run!
Plan an exciting post - run activity, be it an indulgent meal or a day at the spa. That will surely push you to finish your marathon, and after all, don't you deserve it too? Splurge and celebrate the months and months of training, preparation and discipline!
Sounds weird? Believe us, just how every small part of your post workout and pre workout nutrition is important, every small aspect of your run matters too! Having some temporary motivational tattoos to look at, will only get you through the Hyderabad Marathon faster. After all, is there a thing such as extra motivation?
Music can make you train harder, run faster. Make a running mix tape that has songs which have more than 120 Beats Per Minute (BPM). Running to the beat can keep you charged throughout your marathon and it will surely ensure that you will dance with joy when you reach that finish line!
You should go all out when it comes to running, be it the preparation, training, or the run itself. Do whatever it takes to keep your spirits high, even if involves turning your run into an adventure game and having make-believe obstacles on your way that you need to overcome. Do whatever it takes to get you to that finish line, and the Hyderabad Marathon is yours to conquer!


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NFL Betting Free Pick: Los Angeles Chargers at Detroit Lions
Eric Waz September 12, 2019 Waz's NFL Free Picks
NFL FREE PICK: Los Angeles Chargers at Detroit Lions
#264 UNDER 47.5 (Sunday, September 15 @ 1 pm EST)
The Lions had last week's game in Arizona well in hand. With less than 12 minutes remaining in the game, Detroit led Arizona 24-6. The Lions defense pressured rookie Kyler Murray early and often and he looked lost on the field at times through three quarters. But the Cardinals did do one thing effectively, and that was how they wore out the Lions defense with their high-tempo attack over time. Detroit clearly was gassed in the fourth quarter and the pass rush dissipated. It didn't help that the Lions dropped more guys into coverage and let Murray survey the field. I think this Lions defense could be a top five unit if they stay healthy. They were a top five defense in the second half of last season and added pass rusher Trey Flowers, who was one of the most coveted free agents in the offseason.
The Lions rely heavily on the ground game and that's why they brought in run-first philosopher Darrell Bevell as offensive coordinator this year. He's the perfect fit for head coach Matt Patricia's "ground and pound" style. They've made it clear that they are going to win football games leaning on their defense and the running game. Quarterback Matt Stafford looked good in Week 1, but he never seemed comfortable in Patricia's system last season and has been nursing a back injury for a year now.
The Chargers went wild against Indianapolis last week, averaging 7.4 yards per play behind a well-balanced attack. This is a dangerous offense, but they lost one of their big weapons in tight end Hunter Henry this week. Henry suffered a left knee injury and the nimble red zone target will be missed by Phillip Rivers. The Chargers offense also seemed to be slowing things down a bit last week compared to last year. They ran a play every 30.3 seconds last season, and last week there was 32.8 seconds between plays — nearly a 10% drop off. They aren't going to be in a hurry like Arizona was last week and the Lions defense will appreciate that.
I see this one as a low-scoring affair where both teams lean on their talented defenses and run their methodical offenses. Play the UNDER.
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DCU Water Institute have been busy amassing multiple projects since our official university recognition as a research centre at the end of 2015! We now have over 30 Principle Investigators, including new members from St Patrick's College, who provide us with vital expertise in the area of Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Ecology. We have amassed over €3 million in projects since the start of the year, and are enjoying a massive growth phase. We founded our advisory board this month, comprising of key players from industry and agency in the water space, both nationally and internationally. Together, we are working to drive our ambitious strategy to became the national lead in water research. Below, is a snapshot of some of the work being carried out to date.
Our ongoing work with this COST action as well as our collaboration with Dr. Rolf Halden (Arizona State University) are key to the success of our current EPA project, led by Water Institute PI Jenny Lawler, on 'Potential Sources and Environmental Fate of Certain Phthalates'.
The second half of the week was spent at the 'SWEMSA 16' worksop looking at 'Non-Target Screening embedded in (Open Access) Platforms and Multidisciplinary Links'. This Workshop aimed to together international leading scientists from the NORMAN initiative, ESSEM COST Action ES1307, ESSEM COST Action ES1202, NEREUS-COST Action ES1403 and many other international consortia.Participants from these consortia and various other disciplines like chemistry, food, forensic, informatics, toxicology and instrumental analysis jointly discussed the latest developments.
This two-year project, co-funded by Enterprise Ireland and ABP Food Group, provides DCU Water Institute with infrastructure and unique test-bed facilities for investigating a number of new technologies, retro-fitting technologies and translating technologies from other areas into the beef production domain.
This project aims to improve the treatment of waste water in meat processing plants in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly and cost efficient manner. This will be achieved through four related interdisciplinary sub-projects. The EXEMPLAR project proposed here, combines expertise from a number of PI's (Fiona Regan, Brid Quilty, Yan Delaure, Lorna Fitzsimons, Jenny Lawler) and 3 Post Doctoral Rearchers, (across 4 schools in two faculties), working together with John Durkan, Environmental and Sustainability Manager of the ABP Food Group, and his team. This project highlights the multi-disciplinary research capabilities of DCU Water Institute.
Dr Yan Delauré, Dr Lorna Fitzsimons and Prof Fiona Regan of the DCU Water Institute along with 18 international research partners are setting out to demonstrate the efficacy of High Rate Algae Pond technology as an eco-innovative solution for the treatment of waste water. This €9.8M demonstration project funded under the Societal Challenge Pillar of the H2020 framework program will target the sub-sector of the Food & Drink industry which deals with brine products. The large content of biodegradable matter and high salt levels typically found in this type of waste stream requires complex sequences of physicochemical and biological treatment processes to meet increasingly stringent EU standards for the management and protection of the water environment. Associated costs, for the 15,000 European SMEs involved in the sector, are estimated at €4.46 billion and can represent up to 14% of the companies' annual turnover. This is often perceived as unaffordable and non-compliance presents major environmental risks.The solution will be based on the synergestic use of halotolerant micro algae and bacteria. A modular technology platform will be developed to address inefficiencies at and extract value from all stages of the treatment process. The workpackages will explore novel technologies and solutions for the valorization of the process by-products ranging from pre-processing sludges and HRAP liquid effluents to HRAP algae biomass. The technology will be integrated at three large scale pilot sites to demonstrate its sustainability and business viability. The DCU Water Institute will contribute to all workpackages and will coordinate research and development on effluent valorization through desalination. This will include research on desalination from Electrodialysis and Reverse Osmosis with novel pumping and energy recovery solutions.


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Sizing up the map with Insizeor
ArticleOur new scale-comparison tool lets you compare big, small, and in between
When we want to know how big something is that we've never seen before, it's often helpful to compare the unknown thing to something more familiar. That's why we often hear about how many football fields long something is, or how many Rhode Islands fit in a given territory. Last month, when the giant cargo ship Ever Given veered off course and ended up wedged diagonally in the Suez Canal, photos of tiny excavators pecking away at the bow of the comically oversized ship quickly became a social media phenomenon.
The Ever Given pulled up on Dartmouth Street in front of the BPL
As a distraction from a writing project I was working on, I quickly put together an interactive web map, Ever Given Ever Ywhere, which lets users move the stuck ship anywhere in the world. This joking little map went viral, and hundreds of thousands of people started comparing the size of this 400-meter ship to reference points in their own cities and neighborhoods. When Jenn Schiffer interviewed me for the Glitch blog about the app's popularity, I argued that there is something inherently striking about the "collision between geographic scales." Seeing something dragged across the map where it's not supposed to be is both amusing and interesting.
The half-life of internet memes is very short, and it's already become far less interesting to compare a cargo ship to different places on the map. But what if you could compare anything to scale on a web map? We already featured The True Size Of interactive in our Bending Lines digital exhibition to show how map projections can distort size. As Alan McConchie of Stamen noted on Twitter, though, we didn't have any easy way of clipping out aerial imagery and dragging it around the map.
Both the Stamen team and I started working simultaneously on a tool that could make this happen. Stamen beat me to it with their wonderful "Scale-A-Tron," but we at the LMEC now have our own scale-experimentation app called Insizeor. Insizeor picks up where Ever Given Ever Ywhere left off, letting you make geographic juxtapositions not only with the giant ship, but also with any image, including images clipped out of an aerial map.
Nantucket off the coast of San Francisco
With Insizeor, you can pick an example to try out some scalar reference points—the Ever Given ship that started it all, as well as the Boston Public Library's McKim Building, Fenway Park, and of course the standard international unit of size comparison, Rhode Island. You can also upload any image and set it to scale. Or you can draw a shape on an aerial map to "clip out" and compare to somewhere else.1
The BPL McKim Building in front of the NYPL
These kinds of comparisons can be interesting merely for answering questions about the relative size of one thing to another. For example, did you know that the BPL McKim Building would fit comfortably in Bryant Park next to our friends at the NYPL? Or that Puerto Rico is roughly the size of Long Island?
Puerto Rico lined up next to Long Island
But dragging things around on a map also prompts questions about how distance, proximity, and perception shape a popular understanding of how places relate to one another. If you've ever flown across the United States, you've probably seen the quilt-like pattern of center-pivot irrigation systems that dot the high plains. But if you've never worked on a farm, you probably don't have much of a sense of how big they really are. Well, they're pretty enormous, as this juxtaposition of fields next to Boston shows. And that should prompt some questions about how the many hungry mouths in a city are fed by massive plots of agricultural land that dwarf the size of the city itself.
Center-pivot irrigation fields near Liberal, Kansas stretched out over Boston's suburbs
There are countless intriguing scale juxtapositions like this which Insizeor invites you to consider. What kinds of mashups can you make that help us understand the world in new ways? Spend some time on Insizeor and then tag us @bplmaps on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook to let us know what you found. Or, if you want to create your own scale-comparison tool, you can check out the Insizeor source code on GitHub.
As the Stamen team notes in their Medium post, there's a bit of a technical caveat to these scale comparisons. The Mercator projection which is used in web maps has considerable distortion along the y-axis (latitude)—that's why Greenland looks so enormous. Insizeor rescales the center point of the selected image to the correct scale at that latitude. But it doesn't actually stretch the pixels of the image along the y-axis (doing so requires some more advanced image manipulation that can slow down a browser). That's not much of a problem for images that are less than a few hundred kilometers "high" in their vertical dimension. But if you compare a place that crosses a lot of latitude lines (like Chile, for example), the vertical distortion won't be fully corrected. ↩


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Sports Litigation
Carlos is a practical and results-oriented litigator who advocates on behalf of a diverse range of clients.
With his calm demeanour, he effectively navigates high-pressure situations with unflappable composure. Before joining Tyr, Carlos was an associate at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, where he developed a broad commercial and class actions litigation practice.
As a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games, Carlos brings to bear his passion for sport in representing athletes and sport organisations in complex disputes. He has appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on multiple occasions, including representing South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya in a landmark case challenging a regulation that requires certain women to lower their naturally occurring testosterone levels as a condition of participation in women's sport.
COMMERCIAL & CLASS ACTIONS
Vale Canada Limited
Acted for Vale Canada Limited and its affiliates in defending contractual claims before the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador involving mining royalties pertaining to the Voisey's Bay Nickel Project.
Detour Gold Corporation
Acted for Detour Gold Corporation in a securities class action involving alleged misrepresentations in relation to the ramp-up of the Detour Lake Mine.
Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with numerous multi-billion dollar class action proceedings across Canada to recover "system access fees" charged to consumers by wireless service providers in Canada in the period since 1987.
World Anti-Doping Agency
Acting for the World Anti-Doping Agency in defence of a civil action filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by three Russian cyclists who were denied entry to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Representing South African Olympic Champion Caster Semenya in international proceedings seeking to invalidate a regulation that requires certain women to lower their naturally occurring testosterone levels as a condition of participation in women's track and field.
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Successfully represented Dutee Chand, an Indian-born sprinter, in a landmark international sports ruling suspending the operation of the International Association Athletic Federation's Hyperandrogenism Regulation, which screens female athletes on the basis of their natural testosterone levels.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Successfully represented the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in upholding the decision of the IPC to exclude the Russian Paralympic Committee from the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.
Chris Moiser
Represented Chris Moiser, a transgender athlete, in challenging an international regulation that impacted his ability to compete in the male category.
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The problem of filtering the suspension in a porous medium is considered. The proposed model for the transport of particles of different sizes is a generalization of deep bed filtration model for a monodisperse suspension with size-exclusion particle capture mechanism. Exact and asymptotic solutions are constructed at the filter inlet and on the concentration front of the suspended and retained particles. Numerical calculation for a suspension with 2-size particles shows that the distribution of deposit in the filter depends on the particle size.


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Pence's office tight-lipped after VP abruptly cancels New Hampshire trip to return to White House
by NH Politician July 2, 2019 July 2, 2019
By Alex Pappas | Fox News
Vice President Pence's abrupt decision Tuesday to abandon plans to fly to New Hampshire for an opioid event — and instead return to the White House — has prompted confusion and conflicting statements from members of his team, as administration officials refused to divulge the reason for the last-minute change.
Fox News has requested an explanation, but officials have not yet provided details. Still, Pence's office has sought to downplay the change of plans.
"Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC," Pence spokeswoman Alyssa Farah tweeted. "It's no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon."
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Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC. It's no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.2,06611:58 AM – Jul 2, 2019
The unusual sequence of events started Tuesday morning when a crowd in Salem was waiting for Pence to participate in a roundtable discussion and, later, deliver remarks on the opioid crisis and illegal drug flow in New Hampshire.
Shortly before the vice president was scheduled to arrive, an announcer at the event told the crowd that Air Force Two was no longer coming to New Hampshire because of an "emergency callback."
"We do have a situation where the vice president was called back to Washington," Randy Gentry, a representative of Pence's office, told the crowd.
Those comments caused confusion over whether Pence was actually en route to New Hampshire or not. But Farah, Pence's spokeswoman, later explained that the vice president never left Washington — and said it wasn't an "emergency callback."
The @VP never left Washington, DC. There was no "emergency callback." Something came up that required the VP to stay in DC. We'll reschedule NH shortly. https://twitter.com/vppresssec/status/1146085634433531904 …Alyssa Farah✔@VPPressSecSomething came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC. It's no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.1,28112:55 PM – Jul 2, 2019
Pence had been scheduled to land in New Hampshire at about 11:30 a.m. EST. At about 11:55 a.m., Pence's vehicle pulled into the White House complex, and the vice president exited and walked into the West Wing.
Pence's chief of staff Marc Short later told ABC News that Pence had boarded the plane, but Air Force Two had not taken off yet. Adding to the confusion, the ABC reporter tweeted that Short said the details of Tuesday's events will be public "in a few weeks."
Pence's COS Marc Short told @meridithmcgraw that the Vice President was on the plane but it didn't take off. Then he turned around, back to the White House. He told her we'll find out "in a few weeks" what happened.7142:19 PM – Jul 2, 2019 · Florida, USA
Meanwhile, without giving details, a senior White House official told reporters the situation is not health-related for Pence or President Trump, and is not related to national security.
Trump is in Washington on Tuesday, but has no public events scheduled.
Fox News' Blake Burman and Rob DiRienzo contributed to this report. Alex Pappas is a politics reporter at FoxNews.com.


Cockroaches are a high risk pest to have in the home.
They carry a range of serious illnesses including salmonella, dysentery, gastroenteritis and typhoid.
The risk is particularly high in homes with children, the elderly or those fighting illnesses.
Cockroach droppings also cause eczema and asthma.
Beyond the health risks, cockroaches are a distasteful pest to have in the home. Not only are they disturbing by sight, but cockroaches produce an obnoxious odour that taints food and objects they come into contact with.
Cockroaches can breed rapidly and are highly resilient. A quick response is essential to ensure a cockroach infestation does not become established or spread to neighbouring properties.
German Cockroach - 12-15mm. Brown in colour with 2 dark stripes on thorax. The wings are as long as the body or slightly overlapping in both sexes, despite this they prefer to run or climb.
Oriental Cockroach - 20-30mm. Dark brown to black in colour. The wings are undeveloped in female but cover ¾ length of the abdomen in the male; both sexes prefer to run or climb.
American Cockroach - 28-44mm. Shining red-brown in colour. Runs but may fly at very high temperatures.
These species will tend to be found in greatest numbers in the kitchen or where food is stored.
Sealing entry points can help prevent a cockroach from entering the home. Key risks are gaps under doors or around pipes to the exterior or neighbouring properties.
Also seal gaps where cockroaches can harbour - cockroaches are nocturnal and hide during the day in cracks and crevices in the walls, around skirting boards or behind electrical sockets.
If untreated, cockroaches quickly establish themselves in high numbers and will spread to adjoining properties.
Insecticides that kill insects including cockroaches are available in a variety of stores but an established cockroach problem will often require professional pest control to ensure that it will not reoccur.
It is also extremely difficult to reach all cockroach hiding places with amateur products. Infestations are likely to reoccur especially when surviving cockroach eggs hatch after one or two months.
Cockroaches are very resilient and while insecticides available in general stores can deal with the immediate problem, treatment by a qualified pest control technician is often necessary to deal with cockroaches over the long-term.
Rentokil technicians have a range of powerful insecticides to deal with cockroaches.
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A new title with a wealth of experience
Columns - PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Our full-fledged entry into the huge and vital waste management industry comes to fruition.
Jim Keefe
Welcome to Waste Today magazine. We're thrilled to publish this inaugural issue and to formalize our full-fledged entry into the huge and vital waste management industry. On Jan. 1, 2017, we launched our website, WasteTodayMagazine.com, and since the first week of January we've been distributing our weekly e-newsletter.
Our team is not new to the waste industry. We have been publishing Recycling Today since 1963 and Construction & Demolition Recycling since 1999. We continued to grow our coverage of the broader waste and environmental services industry when we launched Renewable Energy from Waste magazine in 2012 and when we introduced the Solid Waste Report, a biweekly e-newsletter, in 2016. These two predecessors of Waste Today are now part of the new title. We will continue to keep our coverage of waste conversion alive online and within the pages of Waste Today and with the Renewable Energy from Waste Conference, Oct. 2-4, 2017, in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Waste Today represents an expansion of our commitment to the waste management industry.
In this inaugural issue, you'll find coverage of important subjects, including our cover story profiling Kimble Companies, an exciting growth company in Ohio. We also have informative features on residential collection safety, MRF operations, organics diversion, waste conversion and the use of material handlers in the waste industry.
Going forward, we'll cover a wide range of operational and market-based issues, legislative and regulatory subjects and trends that are impacting the industry. We'll cover municipal solid waste (MSW) but also special wastes, including medical, hazardous, industrial and liquid. We'll cover collection, routing and landfill management but also recycling, conversion technologies and composting—truly a global view of the industry.
"Going forward, we'll cover a wide range of operational and market-based issues, legislative and regulatory subjects and trends that are impacting the industry."
The magazine is bimonthly, but our website is continuously updated with industry news and analysis. We will not bombard you with daily e-mails, but we do deliver a weekly e-newsletter packed with news and insights. It's neatly categorized so you can quickly find stories most interesting to you.
If you're reading someone else's issue or would like to ensure you receive our e-newsletter, please stop by our website and click on the "subscribe" tab where you'll be able to quickly sign up.
We're looking forward to our work in the waste management industry. Please let us know how we're doing. We're always interested in feedback, industry discussion and ideas.
Oklahoma waste-to-energy facility celebrates 30 years of operation
Morristown, New Jersey-based Covanta's Tulsa, Oklahoma, energy-from-waste facility celebrated 30 years of operations in December 2016.
Since 1986, the facility has processed approximately 9 million tons of waste and has generated the equivalent of 4 million megawatt hours of electricity.
The Covanta Tulsa Renewable Energy facility processes 1,125 tons per day of municipal solid waste, generating up to 265,000 pounds per hour of steam.
A portion of the steam powers a turbine and in turn, generates energy that is sold to the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma. The remaining steam is exported to Holly Frontier Inc., a neighboring refinery, offsetting the refinery's need to use fossil fuels to supply its energy needs.
The facility also is a large recycler of metal—recovering 168,000 tons of ferrous metal over the past 30 years, or enough steel to build more than 140,000 cars.
To commemorate 30 years of sustainable operations, Covanta Tulsa has partnered with nonprofit Up With Trees, also located in Tulsa, and plans to donate 30 food-bearing trees to Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa over the next several years.
Waste Conversion
Alberta digester to process 40,000 metric tons per year
The city of Edmonton, Alberta, in collaboration with the University of Alberta and BioFerm Energy Systems, Madison, Wisconsin, will begin constructing an anaerobic digester to create energy from its organic waste.
The BioFerm high-solids or dry fermentation anaerobic digester will aid Edmonton with its goals of diverting 90 percent of residential waste from landfill and reducing greenhouse emissions. The anaerobic digestion technology will be incorporated into the city's existing composting operation.
The facility initially will process 40,000 metric tons per year of high-solids, organic waste supplied by the city of Edmonton and the University of Alberta and can handle 48,000 metric tons per year of organics. It primarily will include municipal solid waste, source separated organics from the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors and yard waste.
The 1.43-megawatt (MW) electric combined heat and power (CHP) unit will have a 1.5-megawatt thermal capacity. Average annual energy production includes 12.5 million kilowatt hours of electrical production and 45,300 million British thermal units of thermal production, enough to provide electricity to 1,107 homes and to heat 1,031 homes per year.
The methane produced and used equals the avoided release of 46,000 metric tons carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, and the energy generated equals reducing emissions from 11,786 metric tons of CO2 per year from a conventional bituminous coal facility.
The Climate Change and Emission Management Corp., Sherwood Park, Alberta, has committed $10 million to the project.
Heartland Biogas files lawsuit over anaerobic digester closing
Heartland Biogas, a subsidiary of San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy, filed a lawsuit against Weld County, Colorado, in federal court claiming the county's decision to shut down an anaerobic digester the company owns near LaSalle, Colorado, was "irrational," according to an article in the Denver Post. The $115 million facility was shut down after odor complaints from local residents.
Weld County Commissioners suspended the special review permit for the facility Dec. 19, 2016, the article says. The plant converted cow manure and food waste from local ranches into natural gas that was cleaned, compressed and injected into the Colorado Interstate Gas Co. pipeline.
The plant reportedly output the equivalent power of a 20-megawatt electrical plant and generated compost for farms in the surrounding area.
The digester became fully operational in November 2015, and according to the report, nearby residents have repeatedly complained of the odor emitting from the facility. Ten residents who reportedly complained persistently made up about 80 percent of the 600 complaints.
The report says the facility exceeded odor limits outlined by the Weld County permit once in April 2016 after which Heartland invested $4.2 million in smell mitigation equipment and studies. As well, county and state officials have performed 800 tests on the facility without any further odor limit compliance issues.
In September 2016, Weld County Commissioners limited the plant's gas production by 60 percent. Heartland implemented its odor equipment Nov. 10. The lawsuit claims the outcome of the Dec. 19 hearing was predetermined.
Maine Municipal Review Committee and WTE company reach lawsuit settlement
The Maine Municipal Review Committee (MRC), Ellsworth, Maine, and Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC), Orrington, Maine, have reportedly withdrawn their ongoing lawsuits against each other.
According to local reports, The MRC, which represents the solid waste interests of 187 Maine municipalities, and PERC reached an agreement to end their relationship in March 2018. The agreement will allow the planned waste-to-energy facility in Hampden, Maine, being developed by Cantonsville, Maryland-based Fiberight, to proceed.
According to the report, the Hampden facility is still scheduled to accept waste on its planned date of April 1, 2018.
In 2014, the MRC filed a suit against USA Energy Group LLC, the managing general partner of PERC, accusing the company of violating its partnership agreement by using municipal funding to pay off a $1.2 million bill for lobbying legislation communities were opposed to in 2014.
USA Energy filed a countersuit, which came as the committee was rallying member communities to sign up for the Fiberight proposal after the PERC contract expires in 2018, the report says. Both lawsuits have been dismissed without judgment against either party and reportedly cannot be brought back to court.
The committee will receive $600,000 from PERC in exchange for giving up the member communities' abilities to become partial owners of PERC by calling in their shares after the contract ends, the report says. The money will be dispersed throughout member communities and fees from tonnage shortfalls will be waived as well.
PERC still has an ongoing appeal with the Kennebec County Superior Court on permits for the Fiberight facility. Because of this, the committee deferred consideration of financial closure from its original date of Jan. 1, 2017, to May 1, 2017.
California county passes drug disposal ordinance
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The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, Martinez, California, has passed a Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance requiring medication manufacturers to create a stewardship organization that will offer drop-off locations throughout unincorporated areas of the county for the disposal of unwanted, expired and unused medications. The ordinance cites pharmacies and hospitals as examples of convenient locations.
This is the eighth safe drug disposal ordinance adopted in the San Francisco Bay Area and the 13th in the nation, according to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San), which advocated for the ordinance. Wastewater agencies have been among those collaborating on safe drug disposal ordinances because clean water advocates say proper disposal of medications means cleaner waterways for fish and wildlife and protects the quality of drinking water.
"It's our job to be strong stewards for the environment," says Roger Bailey, general manager of Martinez-based Central San, which operates 13 customer-funded medication drop-off bins in Contra Costa County. "This ordinance helps better protect public health and the environment."
Central San and six regional wastewater agencies all provided support for the ordinance. Suicide prevention and drug overdose prevention advocates also supported the ordinance, says the board.
"The majority of those who abuse medications obtain them from friends and family and often right from their home medicine cabinets," says April Rovero, executive director of the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse. "The ordinance will require more medication disposal bins and increase community education, both important steps in reducing access to potentially dangerous and addictive medications in Contra Costa County."
Among the key elements of the ordinance, according to Central San, are:
Medication manufacturers are responsible for working toward a solution to reduce medications entering local waterways.
New drop-off bins will accept all medications, including over-the-counter drugs.
Medication manufacturers are subject to penalties if they fail to comply.
Since 2012, outgoing Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho has led the charge for an ordinance for the county.
County supervisors adopted the ordinance at Supervisor Piepho's final official meeting, in December 2016, just before incoming District III Supervisor Diane Burgis assumes the post.
FCC Environmental opens Dallas MRF
FCC Environmental Services, the Dallas-based U.S. subsidiary of the Madrid-based global environmental services company FCC, has announced the opening of a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Dallas.
During the last two weeks of December 2016, the MRF located on the McCommas Bluff Landfill site in southern Dallas processed more than 1,000 tons of single-stream recyclables from the city. The performance test, carried out in the presence of city representatives, met and exceeded expectations, the company says.
FCC Environmental says it will operate the plant for 15 years, with a possible extension for a further 10 years.
FCC officially commenced operations at the plant Jan. 2, 2017, receiving single-stream material from the city of Dallas as well as from the city of University Park, Texas, which awarded FCC a five-year service contract for the treatment and marketing of all the city recyclables in November 2016.
The turnover volume for the MRF will be $300 million over the course of its lifetime, the company says. Materials placed in mixed recycling containers by Dallas residents will be sorted into different categories, such as paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metals.
The contract to build and operate a plant to manage all of the recyclables in the Texas city was awarded to FCC in November 2015.
Construction on the MRF began at the start of 2016. The facility's design was based on helping the city of Dallas meet its goals to increase waste diversion to 40 percent by 2020; to 60 percent by 2030; and to 80 percent, or "zero waste," by 2040, FCC says.
Lakeshore Recycling Systems acquires Chicago-area recycling firm
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), a recycling and waste management firm located in the Chicago area, has acquired K. Hoving Cos., a full-service waste management, recycling and dumpster rental company based in West Chicago, Illinois.
LRS says the acquisition makes it Illinois' largest private waste company and expands its services to include street sweeping and portable restrooms.
"This milestone acquisition strengthens the LRS operations and service footprint in DuPage County and positions us well for continued growth in the competitive Chicagoland waste and recycling market," says Alan Handley, LRS CEO. "LRS and K. Hoving employees are passionate about fostering innovative solutions that fuel the circular economy, and I personally welcome all K. Hoving employees and customers to the Lakeshore Recycling family."
Both LRS and K. Hoving Cos. have a zero-landfill policy. Ken Hoving and K.J. Loerop, K. Hoving Cos.' founding executives, will lead the LRS Temporary Services Division, with Loerop serving as the division's new vice president. The Temporary Services Division will serve individuals and companies seeking roll-off services, portable toilets, on-site storage and street or job site sweeping.
With the addition of K. Hoving Cos., LRS now operates seven material recovery facilities (MRFs) throughout the Midwest. The acquisition also increases the company's annual revenue to nearly $170 million and its workforce to more than 720 full-time employees. The combined companies will now control nearly 20 percent of Chicagoland roll-off market, and the amount of inbound waste under its control increases to nearly 2.2 million tons per year.


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Lamberto dalla Costa -- Olympic bobsleigh champion
Fighter pilot who became first Italian to win a Gold medal
Lamberto dalla Costa is carried by members of
the Italian team after his victory in 1956
Lamberto dalla Costa, part of the team that brought Italy its first gold medal for Olympic bobsleigh, was born on this day in 1920 in Crespano del Grappa, a small town in the Treviso province of the Veneto situated where the Venetian plain meets the foothills of the Alps at its northern edge.
Dalla Costa was an adventurous individual with a passion for flying. He joined the Italian Air Force as a volunteer during World War Two and subsequently became a combat pilot who rose eventually to the rank of air marshall. His exploits in action earned him a silver medal for valour.
When Italy was chosen to host the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo they were determined to have a successful Games and were looking for improvement in bobsleigh in particular, having competed in all six previous Olympics without reaching the podium.
There was a tradition of looking towards the military to provide the crews for the bobsleigh events and Dalla Costa was selected, even though he had never been involved with high-level competitive sport, after demonstrating the right level of skill and discipline.
It was an advantage when the Games came round that Dalla Costa and his colleagues were able to practise on the Cortina d'Ampezzo track, gaining familiarity with every quirk. Partnered with another air force recruit, Major Giacomo Conti, from Palermo in Sicily, Dalla Costa registered the fastest times in all four heats and won the two-man bob event by more than a second from the second Italian crew of Eugenio Monti and Renzo Alvera.
Evening in Cortina d'Ampezzo, looking
towards Campanile Filippo and Giacomo
It turned out to be Italy's only gold at the Games. Monti won silver in both the two and four-man events and went on to become one of Italy's most successful Winter Olympians, winning six medals in total, including two golds at the 1968 Games in Grenoble.
Dalla Costa and Conti's success inspired a new surge of interest in bobsleigh in Italy and for the four winter Games Italy was the dominant country, collecting nine medals in the two events.
Already approaching his 36th birthday, Dalla Costa competed for another year but retired after the 1957 World Championships. He was awarded the gold medal by the Italian Olympic Committee in 1965. He died in 1982 at the age of 62 in Bergamo.
Known as the Queen of the Dolomites, Cortina d'Ampezzo began to attract visitors from Germany and Britain as early as the late 19th century but it was thanks to the 1956 Winter Olympics that Cortina d'Ampezzo took off as a favourite destination for winter holidays. It became popular with the rich and famous, with Sophia Loren, Clark Gable, David Niven, Ingrid Bergman, Brigitte Bardot, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton and Alberto Sordi among the celebrity regulars. During the winter months, the population soars from 6,000 to 50,000. The 50th anniversary of the 1956 Games was celebrated this year with a two-day festival called Cortinissima 56.
The military monument on the summit of Monte Grappa
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Crespano del Grappa is a small town situated in the shadow of Monte Grappa, part of what is known as the pre-Alps, to the north of the Venetian plain, rising to 1,175 metres above sea level. Monte Grappa was the setting for decisive battles during World War One and is now the site of a vast military cemetery, Cimo Grappa. At the highest point is a monument, opened in 1935, in which are housed the remains of some 12,615 soldiers, with as many as 10,332 unknown. The monument is composed of five concentric rings positioned one above the other so as to form a pyramid. At the top is the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Grappa.
Labels: 1920, Bergamo, bobsleigh, First World War, Milan, Sport, Treviso
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