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Austin Energy Partners with Ameresco to Upgrade the Domain District Cooling Plant
Energy Savings Performance Contract features new chilled water storage system that will increase plant efficiency by shifting load
FRAMINGHAM, MA and AUSTIN, TX – January 8, 2013 – Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today that it has started work on an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) for Austin Energy's Domain District Cooling Plant. The $5.2 million budget-neutral ESPC project includes the installation of a new chilled water storage system that will help reduce the plant's peak electricity usage by shifting the chilled water load and associated electric consumption from on-peak to off-peak hours.
"Austin Energy has the top performing renewable energy program along with the first and largest green building program in the nation," said Dennis Lilley, Austin Energy. "Ameresco's expertise has allowed us to continue to build on this record of energy efficiency as we work to identify areas in which we can lower electricity costs and reduce expenses for the City and our customers."
As the nation's eighth largest community-owned electric utility, Austin Energy serves 425,000 residents in Austin, Travis and Williamson Counties. Austin Energy's district cooling plant installs and maintains the piping and heat exchangers that distribute chilled water from its plant to individual buildings via a network of underground pipes.
Prior to starting the work on the ESPC, Ameresco performed a comprehensive audit and identified energy savings measures at the Domain District Cooling Plant, which will include the installation of a 24,000-ton-hour chilled water storage system large enough to shift a major portion of the chilled water load from on-peak to off-peak over a four-hour period. The upgraded system will be comprised of a 2.4 million (gallon) concrete thermal energy storage (TES) tank, 92 feet in diameter by 48 feet in height. The system circulation will be maintained by three 200 horsepower horizontal splitcase pumps controlled by variable frequency drives.
The new energy management system will be upgraded to control and monitor the new TES system along with upgrades to the existing plant controls. New mechanical piping and associated mechanical devices will connect the new pumps to the TES tank. In addition, all the existing domestic water closets, showerheads and faucet aerators will be replaced with more efficient fixtures.
"We are excited to partner with Austin Energy to install measures that will improve the electric load profile of the facilities and build upon their strong history and commitment to energy conservation," said Bob Georgeoff, Vice President, Ameresco. "Under the ESPC model, Ameresco coordinates the upfront project costs and the City repays that investment with their savings over time. This model enables the City to benefit from budget-neutral upgrades by guaranteeing a minimum level of savings over the term of the contract."
The Domain District Cooling Plant is located in northwest Austin and provides continuous cooling services to a mix of industrial, retail, office, and residential customers. The project is expected to be completed by December 2013.
About Ameresco, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading independent provider of comprehensive services, energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, asset sustainability and renewable energy solutions for facilities throughout North America. Ameresco's services include upgrades to a facility's energy infrastructure and the development, construction and operation of renewable energy plants. Ameresco has successfully completed energy saving, environmentally responsible projects with federal, state and local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and industrial customers. With its corporate headquarters in Framingham, MA, Ameresco provides local expertise through its 63 offices in 34 states and five Canadian provinces. Ameresco has more than 900 employees. For more information, visit www.ameresco.com.
The announcement of a customer's entry into a project contract is not necessarily indicative of the timing or amount of revenue from such contract, of the company's overall revenue for any particular period or of trends in the company's overall total construction backlog.
Ameresco: CarolAnn Hibbard, 508-661-2264, [email protected]
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The jaw-dropping voicemail special school left mum about her autistic son
The 29-year-old has called for the staff heard abusing her son to be suspended from RNIB Three Spires Academy
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A mum has been left gobsmacked after a special school left her a foul-mouthed voicemail - about her SON.
The message, sent to the mobile phone of Leighanne Bromley, left her utterly disgusted.
The 29-year-old from Coventry has called for the staff heard abusing her son to be suspended from RNIB Three Spires Academy.
She told CoventryLive her son Harley, 10, has been off school with a cold.
A member of staff left a friendly voicemail last Tuesday (July 10) enquiring after Harley's health and when he would be returning to school.
However believing she had hung up, the she goes on to say: "And make sure he's off all f****** week."
A man in the background adds: "What about two weeks?"
The school posted an apology to Leighanne on its website on Friday.
Headteacher Rob Jones has been in direct contact with Leighanne since last week over the incident, a school spokesperson confirmed.
In the message, a male worker can be heard saying: "She was just making sure Harley is off all week, and the second question is could you keep him off next week as well?"
The woman is then heard saying: "Yes please until the end of the year".
The man then jokes about Harley being returned to school on July 27, after the start of the summer holidays.
Three Spires Academy
Gobsmacked Leighanne said she couldn't believe the contents of the message and had to hang up and listen to the message several times.
She said :"My jaw just hit the floor.
"I was gobsmacked and horrified someone who is entrusted with my son's care had that attitude towards him."
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Leighanne quickly took the matter to the school's headteacher Rob Jones and in a meeting demanded the staff involved face suspension.
She said instead the school proposed a verbal warning for the man and a written warning for the woman.
Leighanne added: "I asked if they could move him temporarily into another class so he is away from the people involved but they poo pooed the idea.
"I'm left in an impossible situation where I don't want to send him in but I could get in trouble if I don't.
"I'm still sending him but I'm not happy and nervous about how he's being treated but I feel I don't have a choice."
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Leighanne said she felt compelled to make the recording public after the school sent a text to parents warning of a possible negative news story being reported.
The text went on to say the matter was under investigation and was not a safeguarding concern.
Leighanne said: "I didn't think that was right.
"This gives parents the opportunity to make their minds up."
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She plans now to lodge a complain with the school's governors however a meeting date has not yet been set up.
What did the school say?
In a statement on the school's website, Rob Jones, headteacher at RNIB Three Spires Academy, based at Kingsbury Road, Coundon, said: "We offer a full and sincere apology to Leighanne Bromley.
"This type of behaviour is not acceptable and goes against the values of our school.
"We are taking this matter seriously and a full internal investigation is taking place."
What did the RNIB say?
The RNIB, which sponsors Three Spires Academy, said the school had been in contact with Leighanne since last Friday.
In a statement sent to Coventry Live this morning (Tuesday), the charity said: "We have made a full and sincere apology to Leighanne Bromley.
"This type of behaviour is not acceptable and goes against the values of our school and has no place in RNIB.
"We are taking this matter extremely seriously and a full internal investigation is taking place and robust action will be taken where appropriate."
What the school's website says
Three Spires Academy is a school for children aged between four and 11 with special educational needs (SEN).
It's website says: "Over half of our children have autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and others have additional needs, including sensory impairment and communication difficulties.
"All of our pupils have a Statement of special educational needs or an Education Health and Care Plan."
"Under a section called 'Our Vision' the school goes on to say: "Our school vision is to provide exceptional education and developmental outcomes to meet every pupils' needs so that they can be the best that they can be in a school where every individual is valued.
"We want to achieve this so that every individual can become an active, happy and fulfilled citizen in the world."
And under a section called 'Our Values' it says: "We all try to achieve our best. We all are confident learners. We all care for each other. We all have fun and are happy. We all trust and respect each other."

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At some time in our lives, most of us have prayed for or hoped for a miracle—an event that seems impossible but is brought about by God's transcendent power. But when miracles occur, did you know that you have a role to play?
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NHL Trade Rumors
The door is still open for Jonathan Drouin with the Tampa Bay Lightning
Moving forward is a priority but moving away isn't the only course with the Lightning and Jonathan Doruin.
By John Fontana@Johnny_Fonts Feb 16, 2016, 4:52pm EST
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Captain Steven Stamkos has dominated the media of late with speculation from the media and General Manager Steve Yzerman issuing a collective "shut up, I'm not going there" statement yesterday. With #91 being the focus of attention lately, the plight of AWOL Jonathan Drouin has fallen by the wayside for the most part. The league had given chasing Drouin (and listening to the bombast of his agent, Allan Walsh) the girth of its attention since Walsh broke the news that Drouin wanted out of the Tampa Bay Lightning organization.
So is there anything of note regarding Drouin out there, like whispers and rumors about teams that are courting Steve Yzerman in hopes to acquire the disconnected and sought after forward? Not exactly. There was something of note to pass (yesterday) in reflection on the Tampa Bay Lightning's back-to-back jaunt through Eastern Canada last week. From TSN's Frank Seravalli:
One interesting note from hanging around Tampa Bay last week: players would welcome Jonathan Drouin back with open arms. That ship has sailed, with Drouin divorcing himself from the Lightning as he awaits a trade, but there aren't any hard feelings lingering within that room. One player said he wished Tampa Bay had more time in Montreal last week (the Lightning were playing back-to-back games) so a group could sit down with Drouin to try and coax him into coming back. The message: "You have a chance to really be a part of something special here."
(Stick tap to Bolt Prospects for tweeting this out)
Colleagues and peer support is sound and shouldn't be faulted except in certain instances that aren't exactly seen here. What is seen is that reconciliation can happen in the Lightning locker room and they (the players) would work for it. That's something commendable for a team: Working together to build up the unit and settle issues and strengthen cohesion.
One thing that Seravalli gets wrong, or at least is considered wrong, is how the "ship has sailed" and the concept of Drouin returning to the Lightning can't happen... At least it's wrong from the Tampa Bay perspective. Yzerman stated that his door is open to talks with the young forward, though that statement can be lost pretty easy in the overall positioning of the article to frame out Yzerman's remarks that priorities of the Lightning are his thing, not satisfying the wants of Drouin and Walsh.
That open door contrasts the "ship has sailed" remark, don't it? If Octagon Hockey (the agency run by Walsh) and Drouin have a hard-line stance of getting out of Tampa Bay, that's one thing. In some lights it's arguable that Drouin has disconnected himself from the locker room he's been a part of and his next destination was all that mattered.
The whole concept of reunification isn't something that Lightning fans are hoping for. Much like Yzerman has said since this whole situation came to a head, the focus is on the Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey club and what's best for the team on a professional and competitive level. The drama playing out with Allan Walsh's attention grab was not of that variety. Not nearly. Where things went from there did not help and it's understandable that fans got disgruntled and hostility roared with the walk-out in Syracuse. Between those actions from Octagon Hockey and Drouin himself to the bulk of those who would be watching him in person at 401 Channelside Drive, the ship had indeed sailed.
The port is still open though, at least from past statements from Yzerman.
Who knows, Drouin could be dealt by the time you read this... Or he could be on a flight to Tampa, or might be sitting at home still waiting... If there aren't hard feelings among the Bolts for Drouin and an understanding of the whole process of becoming over the perception of entitlement can be reached, Drouin might not be done with the Lightning. That's a challenge on both sides.
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Even Overseas, China Keeping Close Track on Uyghurs
A set of classified Chinese documents dubbed the 'China Cables' has revealed that Beijing keeps track of Uyghurs even when they reside in other countries. (Image: Screenshot via YouTube)
A set of classified Chinese documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has revealed that Beijing keeps track of Uyghurs even when they reside in other countries. Documents dubbed the "China Cables" were sourced by ICIJ from a confidential Chinese source and have been verified by intelligence experts.
Monitoring Uyghurs
The documents reveal that Chinese authorities were keeping track of the activities of over 1,500 Uyghurs who had become foreign nationals. In most cases, the officials approach the foreign Uyghurs and threaten them with bad consequences for their family members back home if they choose not to comply with Beijing's requirements.
Uyghurs living in other countries have been threatened that there could be bad consequences for their family members in China if they do not comply with Beijing's requirements. (Image: Screenshot via YouTube)
"I think most of the Uighur people who study here or are living here feel the pressure from the Chinese government… [China is] afraid that Uighurs living abroad will tell the facts about what is happening in Xinjiang to the foreign media or foreign peoples," one Uyghur student living in Canada said to CBC News. Officials have used his parents as leverage to keep him in line.
One document, dated June 2017, is titled "Autonomous Regional Party Committee Command for Cracking Down and Assaulting on the Front Lines" and shows that Beijing was closely tracking about 75 foreign Uyghurs who were in China at that time. The document casts suspicion on these Uyghurs and demands that personal identification verification be held for every one of them.
Another document showed that Chinese embassies across the world were monitoring more than 4,300 people from Xinjiang who had spent some time abroad and had applied for visas. Instructions were given to analyze these people, especially 1,700 of those who were still in China. Uyghurs outside China and suspected of terrorism were to be arrested the moment they stepped foot into the country. Those who were inside the country and suspected of terrorism had to be given "concentrated education."
In Norway, Uyghurs who attended anti-China protests on October 1, a date that Beijing commemorates as Chinese National Day, were shocked when they received phone calls from Chinese authorities. "I received over a dozen calls. I didn't know who that was. Later, my father explained it to me the calls were from the Chinese embassy… I fear for my close family members in China. I don't know anything, if they are even alive or not. It's so difficult to know," Tina, a Uyghur who left China 16 years ago, said to Al Jazeera.
In Norway, Uyghurs who attended anti-China protests were shocked when they received phone calls from Chinese authorities. (Image: Screenshot via YouTube)
Scaling down Xinjiang funds
The World Bank recently announced that it will be decreasing its development work in Xinjiang after it noticed that a US$50 million loan given for an education project in 2015 may have been used to persecute Uyghurs. Though an investigation into the matter did not unearth the proof necessary to validate the rumors, the organization decided to play it safe and cut funding for now.
"In light of the risks associated with the partner schools, which are widely dispersed and difficult to monitor, the scope and footprint of the project is being reduced. Specifically, the project component that involves the partner schools in Xinjiang is being closed," the organization said in a statement.
The bank will be raising its supervision of the project in Xinjiang and is expected to assign a staff member from Washington for the task. Plus, a senior manager from the bank will make site visits to ensure that the money being invested in the region actually goes for the education of children and nothing else.
Max Lu
Max Lu is an author who specializes in Asian geopolitics.


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IMF: Metals Demand From Clean-Energy Transition Threaten to Top Global Supply
The global availability of metals such as lithium and cobalt that are needed for equipment to reduce climate warming emissions will unleash an unprecedented surge in demand that could outstrip supplies, the IMF warns.
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"Replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon technologies would require an eightfold increase in renewable energy investments and cause a strong increase in demand for metals. However, developing mines is a process that takes a very long time - often a decade or more - and presents various challenges, at both the company and country level," the report said.The report noted that a typical electric vehicle battery pack needs around 8 kilograms of lithium, 35 kilograms of nickel, 20 kilograms of manganese and 14 kilograms of cobalt while charging stations require substantial amounts of copper. For green power, solar panels use large quantities of copper, silicon, silver and zinc, while wind turbines require iron ore, copper and aluminium.Given the projected increase in metals consumption through 2050 under a net-zero emissions scenario, current production rates of graphite, cobalt, vanadium and nickel appear inadequate, showing a more than two-thirds gap versus the demand. Current copper, lithium and platinum supplies also are inadequate to satisfy future needs, with a 30 percent to 40 percent gap versus demand, the report said.The report also examined whether production can be scaled up. For some minerals, existing reserves would allow greater production through more investment in extraction, such as for graphite and vanadium. But with other minerals, current reserves could be a constraint on future demand - especially lithium and lead, as well as zinc, silver and silicon.Another issue examined in the report concerns the concentration of supplies for certain metals. For example the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for about 70 percent of cobalt output and half of the reserves, the report said. The role is so dominant that the energy transition could become more difficult if the country cannot expand mining operations, it added.Similar risks apply to China, Chile and South Africa, which are all top producers for some of the metals most crucial to the energy transition, according to the report.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The global availability of metals such as lithium and cobalt that are needed for batteries, solar panels and other equipment to reduce climate warming emissions will unleash an unprecedented surge in demand that could outstrip supplies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report on Wednesday.
"Replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon technologies would require an eightfold increase in renewable energy investments and cause a strong increase in demand for metals. However, developing mines is a process that takes a very long time - often a decade or more - and presents various challenges, at both the company and country level," the report said.
The report noted that a typical electric vehicle battery pack needs around 8 kilograms of lithium, 35 kilograms of nickel, 20 kilograms of manganese and 14 kilograms of cobalt while charging stations require substantial amounts of copper. For green power, solar panels use large quantities of copper, silicon, silver and zinc, while wind turbines require iron ore, copper and aluminium.
Given the projected increase in metals consumption through 2050 under a net-zero emissions scenario, current production rates of graphite, cobalt, vanadium and nickel appear inadequate, showing a more than two-thirds gap versus the demand. Current copper, lithium and platinum supplies also are inadequate to satisfy future needs, with a 30 percent to 40 percent gap versus demand, the report said.
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The report also examined whether production can be scaled up. For some minerals, existing reserves would allow greater production through more investment in extraction, such as for graphite and vanadium. But with other minerals, current reserves could be a constraint on future demand - especially lithium and lead, as well as zinc, silver and silicon.
Another issue examined in the report concerns the concentration of supplies for certain metals. For example the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for about 70 percent of cobalt output and half of the reserves, the report said. The role is so dominant that the energy transition could become more difficult if the country cannot expand mining operations, it added.
Similar risks apply to China, Chile and South Africa, which are all top producers for some of the metals most crucial to the energy transition, according to the report.
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Upright meanings: Power, leadership. Earning respect, attracting attention.
Reversed meanings: Cruelty, arrogance. Pressing opponents, being tough.
A king sits on the throne with a sun-shaped back. The wall decorated with frescoes is behind him. There are burning fixtures on both sides of his throne, symbolizing the energy of this card: Fire. Two lions at his feet, the typical attributes of the Babylonian kings, also symbolize Fire. The king's image is charismatic and inspiring.
– being a powerful, natural leader.
– earning respect and willing compliance.
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How Do You Navigate Life?
You're a wanderer, a cosmic vagrant lost in space and time. You've spent your life stumbling about in a drunken stupor. You flit aimlessly from one moment to the next. You have no idea where you came from, and you have no idea where you're supposed to go.
What's your purpose? Do you have a purpose? All you know for certain is that at some point you'll run out of gas, that your body, your vehicle for this cosmic journey, will break down. From time to time, you wonder where you'll be when that happens. Will you have reached your destination, or will you instead realize all too late that you were stranded, shipwrecked and left to die alone in a foreign place that you were never meant to call your own?
You know you exist for a reason. You've known since you were a child. It's a fundamental component of your humanity. It's hard-wired into your DNA. There was a time when you heard the cosmos's call. But age and responsibilities ushered in a host of distractions, until one day you realized you were lost. You despaired. You wondered if all that mumbo-jumbo about purpose and design might be just a bunch of whohaa.
To rediscover your purpose, to figure out the direction you must travel, you first have to find your compass. It was custom built for you. It guides you, tells you where to go so you can push forward confidently in the dark. To find it, you must tune out exterior distractions. You must reflect in silence and in prayer. You must examine yourself, with all of your many strengths and faults. You must dive into your deepest and truest self. There, in the stillness of your heart you'll find it, a burning white-hot fire, a passion so brilliant you'll wonder how you ever could have missed it.
Finding it will do no good if you aren't willing to pack up your bags and move. You've discovered some inkling of what it is you may be called to do, a general sense of direction that calls to you from the very fabric of space and time itself. Now you're faced with the noble task of pursuing it.
Following your compass is not like following a map. There are no clearly marked roads or highways, no drawn-to-scale features designed to tell you how many miles in your journey remain. Nor will you be provided an exhaustive list of all the perils, dangers and mysteries you might encounter along the way. You have only an awareness of direction, a resonant hum inside your soul that deepens as you align with your purpose and diminishes as you turn away from it.
You won't be certain what you're supposed to do. But by following the needle in your compass, by pressing forward, you'll find clues, road signs, symbols and landmarks to help you navigate, to orient you, to help you know where you stand.
3. Keep your compass in sight.
To navigate successfully to the very end, to find your way home, you must always keep your compass in sight. You should examine your progress daily and be willing to set aside distractions. There are exotic lands all around us, and all too often you'll be tempted to stray from the path to explore them. But the more you stray, the more difficult it will be to find your way back. You must always hold the light of your compass close.
The answers you seek can be yours.
Life is daunting. In a universe where you can so easily lose your way, any effort to find yourself will seem rife with futility. But by locating and following your compass, and by never letting it out of your sight, you'll soon see the cosmos transformed, from an opaque and incomprehensible void to a place of growing, learning and understanding. Armed with your compass, you can be confident that one day, with the help of your Creator, you will at last approach the throne of existence, ready to receive the answers you seek and more.
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(1) "Advertisement" means any written, printed, audio, or visual communication which is published in whole or part to sell, offer to sell, or solicit an offer for a timeshare.
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(8) "Promoter" means any person directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in part, a timeshare offering.
(9) "Purchaser" means any person, other than a promoter, who by means of a voluntary transfer acquires a legal or equitable interest in a timeshare, other than as security for an obligation.
(10) "Sale" or "sell" includes every contract of sale of, contract to sell, or disposition of, a timeshare for value.
(11) "Timeshare" means a right to occupy a unit or any of several units during three or more separate time periods over a period of at least three years, including renewal options, whether or not coupled with an estate in land.
(12) "Timeshare expenses" means expenditures, fees, charges, or liabilities: (a) Incurred with respect to the timeshares by or on behalf of all timeshare owners in one timeshare property; and (b) imposed on the timeshare units by the entity governing a project of which the timeshare property is a part, together with any allocations to reserves but excluding purchase money payable for timeshares.
(13) "Timeshare instrument" means one or more documents, by whatever name denominated, creating or regulating timeshares.
(14) "Timeshare owner" means a person who is an owner or co-owner of a timeshare. If title to a timeshare is held in trust, "timeshare owner" means the beneficiary of the trust.
(15) "Timeshare salesperson" means any natural person who offers a timeshare unit for sale.
(16) "Unit" means the real or personal property, or portion thereof, in which the timeshare exists and which is designated for separate use.


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Easter schedules from San Angelo area houses of faith.
San Angelo's Aglow International Lighthouse will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the Ministerial Alliance Building, 1100 Martin Luther King Drive.
The group will share a synopsis of the first three chapters of "21st Century GameChangers," a personal development program, authored by Graham Cooke. A pot-luck supper will be served.
Call 325-224-4560 for more information.
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, 801 Montecito Drive, will celebrate Easter one week later than the rest of the Christian world this year, and all are invited to experience the beautiful and ancient services throughout Holy Week.
On April 1, the church will celebrate Palm Sunday with Matins and Divine Liturgy beginning at 9 a.m., and the Service of the Bridegroom at 6 p.m.
On Tuesday, a Bridegroom Matins will begin at 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, the Service of Holy Unction will begin at 6 p.m. Orthodox Christians must be present to receive the sacrament.
On Thursday, the church commemorates the institution of the Eucharist during the Divine Liturgy at 9 a.m., and the reading of the 12 Passion Gospels will begin at 6 p.m.
On Friday, the Royal Hours will be chanted at 9 a.m., followed by the un-nailing ceremony at 4 p.m. and the Lamentations Service at 6 p.m.
Service for Great and Holy Pascha (Easter) will begin at 11 p.m. April 7, with the chanting of the Hours, and the Service of the Resurrection begins at midnight.
Belmore Baptist Church, 1214 S. Bell St., will host its annual children's Easter egg hunt and party at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31. All children and their families are cordially invited. Pastor Toby Irwin will share the book "God Gave Us Easter" by Lisa Tawn Bergran. There will be plenty of eggs, candy and games.
Belmore's Easter Sunday events will begin with a snack breakfast at 9:30 a.m. April 1, followed by Bible study for all ages at 9:45 a.m.
The Easter Celebration will begin at 10:50 a.m. and will include a special Pastor's Time with the children. Easter goodie bags will be given to each child, and the celebration will conclude with the observance of the Lord's Supper.
All Gentle Touch Reports are due in the Belmore Office by 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3.
The Christian Breakfast Fellowship will welcome Griff Griffin, network operations manager with West Central Wireless as guest speaker at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Kenny Blanek's Village Café, 2100 W. Beauregard Ave.
Cost of breakfast is $8.
First Presbyterian Church, 32 N. Irving St. will have a sunrise Easter service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the church lake lodge, 2014 Willow Dr., a casual breakfast will follow the service.
The Praise & Worship Easter service will begin at 9:00 a.m., the all-church Easter brunch will start at 10:00 a.m. in the Wood Fellowship Hall, the children's Easter egg hunt will begin at 10:10 a.m.
Please bring a basket for your little ones and meet in the Commons, where the Traditional Easter Service, complete with a Brass ensemble, will begin at 11 a.m.
The METS group is conducting a supply drive for the counselor at Lamar Elementary.
The following items have been requested: Crayola markers, white three-ring binders with plastic insert on front cover, sized at 1.5 inches, two pocket vinyl folders with brads in the following colors: red, green, blue and yellow, 70-page spiral notebooks and headsets available at Walmart for around $5. Your donations may be placed on the table in the Commons. FMI, call 325-655-5694.
First United Methodist Church, 37 E. Beauregard Ave., invites everyone to worship Easter Sunday during services at 8:30, 10:45, or 11 a.m.
The "Life Expectancy" sermon series continues, and communion will be served.
Breakfast will be from 8-10:50 a.m., and the children will gather at 9:30 a.m. for an Easter-egg hunt in the gym.
FirstChurch will host Kids' Night Out from 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 6. The church will offer attendees fun with friends, crafts, games, snacks and a movie. Kids' Night Out is open to children, aged 6 weeks to 5th grade. The cost is $10 per child, but no more than $30 per family. Reservations begin Tuesday, April 3. Call the church office to reserve a spot for your child.
FUMC is now hiring nursery & FKC Summer Club staff.
Nursery hours include, but are not limited to, Sunday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon, and occasional weeknights for special activities.
FKC Summer Club serves children aged 6 weeks through completed 5th grade. We are seeking fun, loving, energetic staff members who enjoy working with children.
Applicants must be 18 years or older, CPR/First Aid certified (or willing to become certified), and pass a background check.
Sierra Vista United Methodist Church, 4522 College Hills Blvd, will celebrate Easter Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Chapel Hall, led by Pastor Tamara Strehli-Hubert and the Praise Team.
Services for Easter Sunday will begin with a Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m. in the north field. The Sierra Vista Men will host breakfast at 7:45 a.m. in the Life Center, and the children will enjoy an Easter-egg hunt at 9:45 a.m. followed by snacks.
There will be a "lily free" service in the Chapel Hall for allergy sufferers.
Tuesday, April 3, the Senior Adult Ministry's Fun Fest will meet at 9 a.m. in the Life Center for fun, fellowship, and a pot-luck lunch.
The Walk to Emmaus Gathering will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Sanctuary.
Victory Christian Center, 1620 Sunset Drive , will hold a special Resurrection Sunday Service at 10:40 a.m. Sunday, April 1.
The service will include a drama by youth special music Victory dance team and Communion. Everyone is welcome.


I don't know what to believe about the global warming or climate change issue anymore because both sides of the contention say they're 100% right and they cantankerously demonize each other.
But if we look to the issue from a Christian perspective, rather than a political one, we can see more clearly.
This verse is the first commission — our first duty as human beings in relation to this planet. God created the world, put our first parents into a garden surrounded by wilderness, and told them to expand the garden; take dominion.
What does it look like to take dominion?
Well obviously, since it was God who gave the order, we are to care for and nurture the earth. God cares for and nurtures His own, and so He clearly expects us to do the same. Notice how when you love and nurture plants, they grow and flourish. And when you love and care for a dog, that dog will be a loving gentle animal. It is our responsibility to enable lower life forms to reach their fullest potential. We do this through love and care. Unfortunately sin has totally screwed things up, but the original commission still stands. In fact, the newer 'Great Commission' given by Jesus, in Mark 16:14-18, empowers us to once again fulfill the first commission.
And I use the term 'lower life forms' designedly. I am not equal to a tree. I am greater than a tree. I was created in God's image. The Giant Sequoia was not. And so while we care and nurture for the earth we are also commanded to be fruitful and multiply. That means having kids, building houses and roads, shaping the landscape, and developing new technologies. So, trees are going to be cut down, and animals are going to be relocated. This is okay when we do it in a caring, nurturing fashion.
When we obey God, act according to His character, and trust in His sovereignty, we don't need to worry about the end of the world. Jesus came to save the world, not destroy it.


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Since 2013, U.S. vaporizer sales have climbed from $1.7 to $3.5 billion.
In the nicotine world alone, experts expect annual e-cigarette vaporizer revenue will smoke the combustible cigarette industry by 2025.
It seems we're witnessing the rise of the vaporizer, with several types of vaporizers rivaling traditional combustion devices like pipes, bongs, and cigarettes. But why?
The vaporizer industry has to thank for at least some of its success the apparent health benefits of vaping, especially when compared against smoking.
The Real Health Effects of Vaping
In 2015, CNBC reported that more smokers are taking to vaporizers to quit smoking. The news came just as the British Crown endorsed an independent study by Public Health England stating that vaping is 95% safer than smoking.
Despite the royal endorsement, vaporizers are still regulated as strictly as cigarettes. As of 2016, it's illegal to sell a vaporizer to anyone under 18 years of age, and those under 27 must show an ID to make a purchase. A 2014 study funded in part by the U.S. National Institutes made a case against these vaporizer laws, pulling data from 81 earlier studies examining the health risks of vaporization.
"What we found," said author Dr. Hayden McRobbie, "is that there is no evidence that these products [vaporizers] should be regulated as strictly as tobacco, or even more strictly than tobacco."
If vaping health risks really are just a fraction of those related to smoking, how can we explain the difference? What does a vaporizer have that a water pipe lacks? Experts say it's a matter of temperature.
Vaping is Combustion-free
Smoking a joint or pipe places dry herb in direct contact with the high heat of a flame, creating smoke that contains irritants linked to lung cancer and respiratory disorders. Smoke also consists of only 12% of the cannabinoids extracted from marijuana (the rest is made up of the potentially harmful by-products of combustion).
Vaporizers, on the other hand, are able to heat material at a much cooler thermal sweetspot, producing combustion-free vapor that poses fewer health risks.
Because vaporizers can zero in on temperatures between the points of vaporization and combustion, their vapor production is much purer, and therefore healthier, than smoke.
Research shows that vaporizers also deliver potency equal to if not greater than combustion devices. A 2006 vaporizer study states that, "the final uptake is comparable to the smoking of cannabis, while avoiding the respiratory disadvantages of smoking." In fact, the vapor produced by vaporizers is made up of 95% cannabinoids with much fewer pollutants.
Is it written in stone that vapes are safer and better than traditional ways of smoking? Research so far suggests this to be likely, but time will tell. While there's ample evidence that vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking, there hasn't been enough long-term vaporizer use to state definitively the health risks involved in vaporization.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/05/more-smokers-hoping-to-quit-turn-to-vaporizers.html
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-why-using-a-vaporizer-is-healthier-and-better-than-smoking-cannabis–n32
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.20574/abstract
http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20140730/benefits-of-e-cigarettes-may-outweigh-harms-study-finds
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Yellowstone park officials identify man whose foot was found floating in hot spring
The foot was found at a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in August
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Aerial footage shows flooding damage to Yellowstone National Park landscape. (Credit: KFBB)
Yellowstone National Park officials said Thursday that a foot found floating in a hot spring in August belonged to Il Hun Ro, a 70-year-old man from Los Angeles, California.
Law enforcement officers identified him using DNA analysis in the past three weeks and notified his family.
A hot spring at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. (Christian Vaisee/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
The foot was found floating on Aug. 18, 2022, in a hot spring at the West Thumb Geyser Basin, which is about 53 feet deep and reaches 140 degrees.
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"The investigation determined, to the best of our knowledge, that an unwitnessed incident involving one individual happened on the morning of July 31, 2022, at Abyss Pool, and no foul play occurred," park officials said in a statement on Thursday.
"Based on a lack of evidence, the circumstances surrounding the death of Ro remain unknown."
Hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
The national park warns visitors to stay on boardwalks and trails at a safe distance from hot springs, which are formed by precipitation that seeps into the ground and becomes superheated. The hot water then rises to the surface while colder and heavier water sinks around it.
It's the first death linked to a hot spring at Yellowstone since a 23-year-old man slipped and fell into one at Norris Geyser Basin in July 2016.
Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to Paul.Best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.


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2 minutes to read Posted on Wednesday December 4, 2019
Updated on Wednesday April 15, 2020
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Ariadna Matas
Policy Advisor , Europeana Foundation
Brigitte Vézina
Director of Policy, former Copyright Advisor at Europeana Foundation , Creative Commons
Be part of the discussions on out of commerce works
Do you work at a cultural heritage institution with out of commerce works in its collection? Thanks to the the Out of Commerce Works Provisions in the European Copyright Directive adopted in May 2019, it will soon become much easier to share these with the public. But there are some details to be defined at the national level. In this post Ariadna Matas, Junior Policy Advisor at the Europeana Foundation, offers advice on how to get involved in the stakeholder dialogues on out of commerce works that should take place in every EU member state.
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About out of commerce works
Many cultural heritage institutions across Europe have large collections of works which have a high cultural value, but no longer have (or have never had) commercial value. Because these works may still be under copyright, institutions need to ask permission to make them available to the public. Identifying and obtaining such permission from all rights holders requires a resource investment that cultural heritage institutions cannot always make. Due to the risk of copyright infringement, these works often remain unavailable to the public.
However, the out of commerce works articles in the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (adopted by the European Union in May) provide a legal framework that removes the need for individual rights clearance for out of commerce works. A cultural heritage institution will be able to make works available to the public under an exception to copyright or license agreement concluded with collective management organisations (entities that collect copyright revenues on behalf of authors). If no such organisation exists for the type of work that can give licenses to make works available online, an exception to copyright applies.
If you want to understand the details, have a look at the explainer by Paul Keller or at the Communia Guide for the Implementation of the Directive.
The Provision at a national level
The Out of Commerce Works Provision will ultimately make it easier for cultural heritage institutions to digitise and share works that are out of commerce, but much of the success of these new rules depends on what happens in each country. National law-makers can decide to turn it into a restrictive (and almost unusable) provision, or rather one that effectively responds to the needs of the cultural heritage sector.
Crucially, you can be a part of this decision-making: the Directive establishes that governments have to consult cultural heritage institutions (among others) on the topic of out of commerce works by organising stakeholder dialogues. These are your chance to tell your government what matters to you regarding out of commerce works.
Being Part of the Stakeholder Dialogues
The new Copyright Directive (have a look at Article 11!) states that governments must, 'consult rightholders, collective management organisations and cultural heritage institutions in each sector before establishing specific requirements' to decide what is an out of commerce work, and organise regular sector-specific discussions, 'to foster the relevance and usability' of the licenses for out of commerce works. In less technical terms, this means that cultural heritage institutions need to be consulted on how to define what is an out of commerce work, and should be invited to discussions around making licenses adequate and meaningful.
The government (its body responsible for copyright, such as the Ministry of Culture or of Justice) should extend invitations for cultural heritage institutions to participate in these discussions. If you do not receive one, reach out to the relevant authorities to express your interest. Doing this ahead of this process is in any case a good idea to make sure that the government knows you.
Ahead of these discussions, take note of the following:
You are a stakeholder! Cultural heritage institutions are clearly considered a stakeholder by the Directive, which also establishes that these discussions will take place on a sector-specific basis. There are no limits as to how many institutions (per sector or overall) can be part of the discussion - the more, the merrier!
Prepare your arguments. This is an uncomfortable truth: you have to dive a little bit into the copyright details. Have a look at the current legislation and at the new out of commerce works provisions (articles 8 to 11 of the Directive or the Communia Guidelines' part on out of commerce works). Crucial questions to consider include: what effort to determine whether a work is in commerce is considered reasonable? Do works under long-term loan fall under the scope of these provisions? What is a sufficiently representative collective management organisation? What are the elements that make them representative of one specific sector of creation, and of certain rights? What happens if a collective management organisation is sufficiently representative, but the negotiations with a cultural heritage institution are not successful and the license is not granted?
Get ready to negotiate licenses. There will also be practical discussions around licensing. Are the conditions proposed fair? Are they difficult to agree? That's the place to discuss this. Be prepared to meet some strong views and to negotiate. Again, you can find some more tips and further detail in the Communia Guide for the Implementation of the Directive.
Cultural heritage professionals in every country need to be involved in these consultations to find the answers. Making sure that adequate provisions are in place and that legislation is clear and simplified, will facilitate using and interpreting the law afterwards.
As cultural heritage professionals, you have the opportunity to bring to the table your practical experience and day-to-day struggles of dealing with out of commerce works and copyright clearance. You, better than anyone else, can judge what solution will be the most suitable.
If you have any questions, or if you have been part of these discussions already and would like to share it with others, reach out to us.


This week's style file looks at a question we often get asked: 'which floor tiles are suitable for my conservatory?' Well, in most cases, if a tile is suitable for a floor then it should be fine for most areas. However the extra rigours that a conservatory, garden room or areas with a lot of traffic will face, it's best to use tiling that can really stand up to hard wear and tear.
Earthworks is our natural stone collection. Most of the slate, tumbled marble and particularly limestone tiles will stand up to heavy traffic. As there's so much choice it will be down to personal taste, and there are plenty of colours and finishes to choose from. Terracotta's rustic tones would look great in a rustic garden room.
The beauty of porcelain is its durability. The Tileworks Collection includes tiles that are as tough as boots and also deliver in style and good looks: choose from wood effect planking for extra slip resistant qualities, slate effect, or the Mineral range's structured tiles for low slip potential.
The Victorian Floor Tile and Odyssey ranges look stunning anywhere. Why not enjoy their gorgeous good looks in a conservatory setting?
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Jihua 3539 company makes joint efforts online and offline
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(Summary description) (our news: Zhang Ping) on June 24, 2020, a publicity and education activity of "safety production month" with the theme of "eliminating potential accidents and strengthening safety defense" was held in Jihua 3539 company.
(our news: Zhang Ping) on June 24, 2020, a publicity and education activity of "safety production month" with the theme of "eliminating potential accidents and strengthening safety defense" was held in Jihua 3539 company. A total of more than 60 people participated in the activity. Lin Qiang, executive director of the company, and Huang Qingying, Secretary of the Party committee, participated in the activity. The publicity and education activities are carried out in the form of "Online + offline" activities, so as to make employees' awareness of safety production enter the mind, ear and heart.
The safety warning education video "if" played at the beginning of the activity, in the way of telling a story, restored the whole process of a production workshop employee's safety accident from the beginning to work. Huang Qingying, Secretary of the Party committee, came up with an example. He asked the employees to answer the questions first, and then corrected the incomplete answers. By elaborating the causes, process, responsibility analysis, preventive measures and other aspects of the accident, he gave a real and vivid safety warning education lesson for the on-site employees.
Then, under the leadership of Liu Lun, director of the company's security department, all the staff took the oath. After the swearing in, the employees solemnly signed their names on the theme banner of work safety month.
Then, Lin Qiang, the executive director, makes a case analysis of the people and events around him and typical accidents, and uses the vivid and bloody lessons as an example to achieve the alarm bell ringing, playing the role of "others' lessons, my mirror". At the same time, he asked all employees to internalize and externalize, put safety work in the first place, firmly establish the safety concept of "life first and safety first", tighten the "safety string", strictly control "safety pass", and put an end to all kinds of accidents.
Finally, the company organized personnel to carry out the "safety production month" knowledge answering activities. Up to now, the company has participated in a total of 60 people, and the answer scores are all above qualified. The knowledge contest answering activities have achieved good results.
The "Online + offline" publicity and education activities provided all staff with a vivid safety education lesson, a safety culture dinner, and built a "safety firewall" in their hearts. The company will continue to do a good job in safety production, clarify the main responsibility and work responsibility of safety production, further improve the safety awareness, safety quality and accident prevention ability of employees, strive to realize the theme requirement of "eliminating potential accidents and building a strong safety line", and promote the company's safety production situation to be stable.
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Клюжин Геннадий Тимофеевич (11 февраля 1935 года, дер. Кочетково, Ивановская область — 19 сентября 2016 года, г. Майкоп  — российский художник, член Союза художников СССР с 1969 г.

Биография
Родился 11 февраля 1935 года, в деревне Кочетково, Ивановская область.

В 17 лет, в 1952 году поступил в Ивановское художественное училище.

После окончания училища в 1957 году был направлен на работу учителем рисования и черчения в сельскую школу Карагандинской области Казахской ССР.

С 1961 по 1967 год учился в Московском государственном художественном институте им. Сурикова. Окончив институт, уехал по распределению в Адыгею в город Майкоп.

Начиная с 1967 года до конца своей жизни в 2016 году проработал в Адыгейских художественных мастерских.

С 1992 года художник преподавал рисунок и живопись в республиканском колледже искусств им. У. Х. Тхабисимова (г. Майкоп).

До последних дней художник активно занимался творчеством, ездил на пленэры, в том числе международные, участвовал  в выставках.

Умер 19 сентября 2016 года в г. Майкопе.

Творчество
Убежденный реалист, посвятивший себя пейзажу и жанровой картине. Искусствоведы отмечают приверженность художника к «суровому стилю» в созданных им произведениях.

Работу в Адыгейских художественных мастерских художник совмещал с самостоятельным творчеством. Много ездил на пленэры по Северному Кавказу и Черноморскому побережью где им была создана большая серия южных пейзажей.
На протяжении нескольких десятилетий Геннадий Клюжин ездил на «Академическую дачу имени И. Е. Репина», где его работы были отмечены ведущими художниками России, в том числе Кугачем Ю.П.
Принимал участие в Международном пленэре в Нормандии и в фестивале «Русская зима» в городе Левилуе Пере.

Сегодня работы Геннадия Клюжина представлены в ГУК «Картинная галерея», Министерстве культуры республики Адыгея, Краснодарском фонде культуры, частных собраниях России и за рубежом.

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В  1965 году на  областной выставке в Караганде молодой художник представил свою картину «Морозный день на целине». Его творчество получило положительные отзывы, художник был отмечен, как правдивый и чуткий живописец, обладающий высоким потенциалом.
Начиная с этого момента по 2016 год художник активно участвовал в выставках зонального, городского, республиканского, всесоюзного, международного значения.
Работы Геннадия Тимофеевича Клюжина активно выставляются и после его смерти в музеях и галереях Краснодарского края и Адыгеи.

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Изданы несколько альбомов с картинами Г. Клюжина:

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Most Pressing Global Security Challenges- A voice from the Munich Security Conference 2018
February 28, 2018 News Desk
Here are few famous quotes from the participants of the Munich Security Conference #MSC2018, when asked about the most pressing global Security challenges:
Jean Asselborn – Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg
"The wars in the war in Syria. They could have huge impacts for the whole of the Middle East."
Nikola Dimitrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Macedonia
"The tendency to look inward at a time when we need more global engagement."
Lyse Doucet – Chief international correspondent at the BBC
"The lack of trust between the major powers and the major institutions that govern the world."
Mikheil Janelidze – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
"Rising insecurity due to the concentration on internal politics."
John Kerry – Visiting distinguished statesman at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former U.S. Secretary of State
"Leadership and the absence of strong governance."
Ivan Krastev Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies
"That less and less world leaders understand what is going on. There is a sense of mass disorientation."
Hans-Dieter Lucas – German ambassador to NATO
"Complexity, unpredictability, and volatility. They are a breeding ground for major crises."
Jüri Luik – Minister of Defense, Estonia
"The enormous risks in cyberspace."
Michael McFaul – Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
"The possibility of war in North Korea."
David Miliband – President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee
"The loss of confidence that the world's problems are soluble."
Cem Özdemir – Member of German Bundestag
"That someone who stands for the opposite of Western values is sitting in the White House, the house of Western democracy."
Aleksey Pushkov – Chairman of the Commission on Information and Media of the Federation Council, Parliament of the Russian Federation
"The crisis of international law and the end of the rules-based system by a number of actors."
Kenneth Roth – Executive director of Human Rights Watch
"The failure of the political middle to vigorously defend democratic values in the face of the populist backlash."
Marc Rutte – Prime Minister of the Netherlands
"Climate change."
Javier Solana – Former secretary general of NATO and former EU foreign policy chief
"The unpredictability of the United States, and the discrepancy between fantastic economic growth and the state of politics."
Ellen O. Tauscher – Member of the Board of Directors, Nuclear Threat Initiative
"That politics has become so polarizing it is very difficult to get consensus on major issues."
Ambika Vishwanath – Geopolitical and strategic consultant, Mumbai
"Not putting water on the geo-security agenda."
Yasir Aziz
Overseas Tribune Correspondent
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The overview of Munich Security Conference 2018
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Q: Second monitor freezes and shifts color after a couple minutes of use Just today switched from windows 10 to ubuntu gnome 17.04 on my lenovo ideapad 310 (intel core i5-7200u , 8gb ddr4 ram , intel hd graphics 620) . After installing i connected my second monitor via HDMI and started using it as i did before installing ubuntu.
After around 1-2 hours of use , i was watching a youtube video on it and suddenly the video froze , and the color shifted , the youtube logo became blue and the facebook one became red , but the sound from the video kept going and when moving the mouse i could still see it moving on the second monitor , the chrome window was still working and i could interact with it but not really seeing what i am doing , mainly pausing the video and moving it back to the main monitor.
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Late glacial shoreline at Vega, northern Norway, +96m asl today. The first settlers (9500–9000 BC) had to cross 20km of open sea from the mainland (in the background) to reach the island, a strong indication that seaworthy vessels were at their disposal (photograph H.M. Breivik).
The Colonization of Scandinavian Seascapes in the Pleistocene/Holocene transition.
In common with the Northwest Coast, coastal Norway was heavily glaciated into a rugged landscape of fjords and islands. As the glaciers retreated, people moved in. This talk gives us a chance to do a compare and contrast between our setting and the very distant, yet parallel, setting of post-glacial Scandinavia.
Hein B. Bjerck, is Professor in Archaeology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), The University Museum, Trondheim, Norway. He is Project leader, "Marine Ventures – Comparative perspectives on the dynamics of early human approaches to the seascapes of Tierra del Fuego and Norway". You can also view a project gallery and writeup at the Antiquity journal website.
Dr. Bjerck is in British Columbia at the invitation of the archaeological projects of UVic's own Daryl Fedje and Duncan McLaren, who are generously funded by the Tula Foundation. The thrust of these projects, at Quadra Island and the Central Coast respectively, is to look at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the first occupation of the Northwest Coast.
Incidentally, if you are a graduate student, there is an excellent short field course in archaeology and ecology starting soon at Hakai. It's non-credit but you might be able to wrap it into a directed studies with your supervisor. Strongly recommended.
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