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By HistoryHasEyes - 4/9/2020 23:01
That makes sense
Today, I was working in the produce department at my work. A lady came in to return some mangos. I asked her what the problem with the mangoes was. She said she didn't like the way they were talking to her. FML
Constant flow
Today, my boyfriend informed me that since he's doing a project with a girl in his class and carpooling with her in the morning, she'll be sleeping over at his house. FML
By JJAnd - United States
Today, I woke up at 7am next to the man I swore I'd never get intimate with again. After trying to get back to sleep despite my shame and disgust, he ripped the loudest fart ever. FML
By whoops - United States
Today, I was on my way home from work and decided to stop at the grocery store. I purchased $200 in groceries and went to put them in my car. I then realized I drove my motorcycle today. FML
By Anonymous - United States - Tempe
Today, after vacuuming, I struggled to pull the nozzle attachment out. I yanked it too hard and it flew out, hitting me in the face and causing my head to jerk back into the wall behind me. My girlfriend had to drive me to the hospital for my concussion. FML
By Argh - France - Saivres
Today, my car keys are in my house and my house keys are in my car, and I'm in neither. FML
By Mixta - France - Roubaix
Today, my best friend showed me his New Year's Eve photos. Girls everywhere, booze flowing all over the place and all my friends were there. They still haven't realised that they didn't invite me. We've been friends for seven years. FML
By siggit - United States
Today, I left on my honeymoon with my wife who is terrified of flying. The pilot announces incoming storms in the flight path, and the man next to me starts saying it's "probably fate" and "we all have to go sometime" and my wife goes into a full panic attack. We haven't even left the ground yet. FML
By bucktooth - United Kingdom
Today, while enjoying breakfast, my teeth took a chunk out of my cheek. This happens regularly, even when I'm talking. Both my doctor and dentist have no idea why, and I'm in utter agony. FML
Today, my husband's idea of social isolation is to lock himself in his caravan with his Xbox, 200 cans of beer and a dozen takeaway menus. I've not seen him in 6 days, and when I tried to force entry to tell him to snap out of it, he sprayed disinfectant at me until I couldn't breathe. FML
By I'm so wet, baby - United Kingdom
Today, while at work, I really had to pee. Since my break was soon, I decided to hold it as another customer came to my till, but I didn't see she had 3 trolleys full of food. It took ages to scan all of it, and when I left for my break, I had an empty bladder and a wet seat. FML
By furious at five in the morning - United States - Mount Vernon
Today, I woke up at 5 am to the voices of my husband, who I gave my blessing to go out last night, and his buddies entering our apartment. They came here because the buddy who had planned to house them had no beer. They are drunk, drinking on our porch, shaving my husband's head. FML
By maggie2014 - United States - Lufkin
Today, I fell asleep listening to my music and tanning at the beach. Not only did I wake up with a sunburn, but my iPhone had been stolen. FML
By trixieee
Today, my boyfriend got a text from a "close female friend." The text was of her with no shirt on, and he quickly closed his phone. His explanation was that his female friends just want his opinion on how they look. I don't know what's worse, that there are several, or that he thinks I'm that stupid. FML
By littl3storm - 24/4/2020 23:00
Time for the ER
Today, my brace broke and due to Covid-19, I can't get it fixed for another month and a half. Four brackets have come off, the wire is sinking into my gum, giving me tooth and jaw pain. I can't eat and I'm spending excessive amounts of money on pain relief. The cause of all this? A cheese pasty. FML
By kp - Australia
Today, it was my boyfriend's birthday. After spending a reasonable amount of cash to get us a nice hotel room to celebrate, he decides he would rather spend the night drinking with his friends. They all threw up in the bath tub before passing out on our bed. FML
By amber - United States - Saint Paul
Today, my boyfriend gave me acne cream for my birthday. FML
By Halle - United States
Today, my immature step-father rubbed my head destroying the $300 hairdo that took two and a half hours to finish. Three minutes before my wedding ceremony. FML
Today, it's been so long since my fiancé and I have had sex I now apparently have dreams about all-night unprotected screwing marathons with George Bush. FML
Today, my sister called me and asked if my boyfriend of 3 years had proposed to me yet. And now the surprise is ruined. FML
By musamalia - France
Today, a very pretty girl came up to me and asked me for my phone number. Very pleased, I give it to her with a huge smile and tell her that I can be reached at any time. I then watch her go back to her group of friends. My number was for her gay friend, who then meekly waved at me. FML
By Unlucky - United States
Today, as I got up from the couch, my computer, which was next to me, fell on to my pinky toe. It fell just so that the edge of it cut my toe open. I cursed, and hobbled toward the bathroom to get a bandage. As I'm going into the bathroom, I stub said toe on the door jamb. FML
By Nastiaa - Estonia
Today, I was a host during kids' event. I did my job and started to do some funny moves to entertain the kids. I was wearing a top with a really low cut. Then noticed that all the children were pointing at me happily and adults looked surprised. Then I noticed that both my boobs had popped out. FML
By ahhahaha - United States
Today, I had to go to the police station to pick up my 42 year old dad. Why? He was caught stealing candy. FML
By areyoukiddingme - United States
Today, I came out to my parents. They laughed in my face. FML
By Failsafe - United States - Newark
Today, I worked up the courage to ask out the girl I liked. I got her a nice bracelet for her birthday and asked her on a date when I gave it to her. "Aww, you're so sweet!" was the response to the gift. Her response to the date proposal? "Wait, you aren't gay?" FML
By vstan - United States
Today, I swerved off the road and hit a tree in order to avoid hitting a dog that came out of nowhere. Don't worry, I didn't hit him. The person behind me did, though. FML
Today, I was on my way to work. Out of nowhere, my period started. Due to allergies, I had uncontrollable sneezes. Now, I have blood all over my pants. FML
By - France
Today, I'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. On new years, my mom called and asked what kind of champagne I want. FML
By themanzz - Canada
Today, I was helping my Dad pick up the pieces of bark that came off the tree that we'd just cut down. I bent over to grab a dark looking piece of bark. Turn out it was my dogs crap. Fresh, warm, moist piece of crap to be exact. FML
By Should have stayed in the closet
Today, I was leaving college when my yearlong roommate said that he "needed me inside him" before I left. Having just accepted that I'm gay, we had sex. Only later did I learn about the floor-wide bet about me being gay. I still don't know if my roommate fucked me for fun or for 5 cases of beer. FML
Today, my mother came over again to help me work on my Student Aid application. She also brought over the savings bonds that she has been accumulating since I was born to help pay for college. Turns out they won't reach maturity until I'm thirty. She never bothered to check out this fact. I'm screwed for college. FML
Today, I spent the entire day at school being called Meg. My name isn't Meg, so I started to get really annoyed and confused. Later, I found out it was because I look like Meg from the show Family Guy. She's known for being unpopular, unwanted, ugly, and stupid. FML
By nothing - United States
Today, I went bowling. The guy at the lane next to us was bowling by himself and had a few of his own bowling balls, and he had one that looked like a yin-yang and it looked very cool spinning down the lane into the pins. Not really thinking, I casually said to him "Hey, I like your balls." FML
Today, I told my girlfriend that her mom doesn't give us any privacy when we're at their place. I suggested that we go to my place for a change, and she agreed. Her mom called my house three times to see what we were doing. We're well beyond teenagers. FML
By katams - United States
Today, I was going for a walk and I kept smelling pee wherever I went. After about an hour, I finally figured out that the smell was me. My dog had peed on my sweatshirt. FML
By anonymous - France
Today, my dad called me for the first time in weeks. All he wanted to tell me was that Ashlee Simpson got fired from Melrose Place. Then he hung up. FML
Today, I was let go from work because they need "younger people". I'm 19 and I work at a flower market. FML
By Anonymous - Canada
Today, I scratched a lottery ticket I had gotten for my birthday and won $10,000. In celebration, I jumped up and raised my hands directly into a ceiling fan. Oh, and it was a fake ticket. FML
By writer4life - United States
Today, I went on a date with a guy I met on-line. While cuddling on the couch, he asked me for a blow job. I refused. He said, "But I thought big girls liked doing that." FML
By millsjoshua949 | 12
#7936027 - Friday 4 September 2020 23:28
So the woman obviously has mental health issues. Shouldn't this be fuck her life??? She has to live with it.
By genuinegoodguy | 9
#7936030 - Saturday 5 September 2020 0:06
Did you accept them back? Did they talk to you too ?
I pleased you stayed safe.
Why is this your FML?
You should happily refund the lady's money, then go on the road with The Talking Mangoes! You'll make millions!!!
By akvan | 8
Weeeeeeell... What did they say to her? Were they rude?or was she just misinterpreting what they were saying?
RichardPencil | 29
They were saying, "Put down that knife! Please don't kill me! Aieeeeeee!"
By Rusty Armstrong | 13
sounds like she needs to lay off the bath salts.
By Chazzster | 20
It's always safer to humor and be polite to the mentally unbalanced than to argue with them. Refunding the nut job's money was the safest choice.
By jcarter25 | 12
#7936458 - Monday 7 September 2020 3:28
I'd be giving her money back yesterday.
By sickerthanyou | 13
You need to accept them back and talk to the mangos about being nice to people so they can go to a good home.


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Benalúa, conocida antiguamente como Benalúa de Guadix, es una localidad y un municipio español situado en la parte central de la comarca de Guadix, en la provincia de Granada, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía. Limita con los municipios de Fonelas, Guadix y Purullena. Otras localidades cercanas son El Bejarín, Cortes y Graena y Marchal.

El término municipal de Benalúa se sitúa en plena Hoya de Guadix, en la confluencias de los ríos Fardes y Guadix. Constituida por terrenos arcillosos elevados y cárcavas al este (malpaís o badlands) y tierras de regadío al oeste. El núcleo urbano posee una altitud media de 886 metros, situándose la cota más alta en el cerro Kabila (930 m). El municipio posee una de las extensiones más reducidas de la provincia, de ahí su elevada densidad de población. En 2016 esta población contaba con 3277 de habitantes censados según el INE.

Geografía

Ubicación

Historia
La Accitania constituye uno de los asentamientos humanos más antiguos de Europa. Muy cerca de Benalúa —aunque en el término municipal de Fonelas— se hallan los yacimientos de Solana del Zamborino (Paleolítico) y Cerro del Gallo (cultura argárica) donde se han encontrado restos fósiles de animales objeto de caza por parte de los pobladores paleolíticos, junto con industria lítica, así como restos de cerámica y útiles de cobre argáricos, respectivamente.

Algunos historiadores sitúan el poblamiento íbero y romano de Acci cerca de Benalúa, pero los restos hallados lo sitúan en el actual Guadix. Por su parte, Benalúa tendría su origen en población autóctona inserta en ese poblamiento disperso que debió ser el Acci prerromano, en el que los poblados ibéricos coronaban las colinas de la comarca cercanas a la Vega y la cuenca minera del marquesado del Zenete. Cuando se funda Acci en el siglo , la actual Benalúa no pasaba de ser un asentamiento disperso organizado longitudinalmente a lo largo de uno de los ramales de la vía Hercúlea.

A partir del siglo , con la llegada de los musulmanes, en Benalúa se establece la tribu de los Ragi'a. Por entonces Benalúa era una alquería de las que integraban el amplio distrito de Wadi-as (Guadix), dedicada a la explotación agrícola y formada por un conjunto de cuevas protegidas por torres.

Con la Reconquista, el hábitat se hace más disperso aún distribuyéndose la población en cortijadas más o menos grandes. En el siglo  Benalúa cuenta ya con una ermita propia, aunque dependiente de la parroquia de Fonelas, en cuyos libros registrales existen constancia del asentamiento de vecinos en Benalúa a partir de 1675. En el siglo  Benalúa es una aldea del partido de Guadix bajo el mayorazgo del Conde de Alcudia.

En 1836 se formó el ayuntamiento de Benalúa y comenzaron cincuenta años de pleitos con Guadix que se negaba a reconocer la segregación de la pedanía. A finales del siglo  el ferrocarril llegó al municipio con la inauguración de la línea Linares-Almería. En el período 1912-1913 se levantó la fábrica azucarera, que durante muchos años constituyó el auténtico motor del desarrollo del pueblo y una de las principales industrias de la zona. En 1945 los vecinos del Barrio del Camarate —conocido coloquialmente como Barrio Guadix— solicitaron a las autoridades y al ayuntamiento accitano la segregación de este último, al que pertenecían, y la agregación al ayuntamiento de Benalúa. El expediente empezó a tramitarse en 1969 y no concluyó hasta 1972. En la última década del siglo  la hasta entonces llamada «Benalúa de Guadix» (para distinguirla de la otra Benalúa en la provincia) pasó a llamarse oficialmente «Benalúa» a secas.

Demografía
Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España, en 2017 Benalúa contaba con  habitantes censados.

Evolución de la población

Economía

Evolución de la deuda viva municipal

Política

Gobierno municipal

Los resultados en Benalúa de las últimas elecciones municipales, celebradas en mayo de 2019, son:

Comunicaciones

Ferrocarril
El municipio cuenta con su propia estación ferroviaria, que lo conecta con Almería, Granada y otras localidades a través de la línea Linares Baeza-Almería, con trenes de media distancia.

Cultura

Patrimonio y monumentos

Dentro del municipio también sobresalen varios conjuntos arquitectónicos, como es el caso del cementerio municipal o de la azucarera «Nuestra Señora del Carmen». También sobresale la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen; esta en principio fue consagrada como Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación, pero con la apertura en el siglo  de la fábrica azucarera del Carmen sus vecinos adoptaron como patrona a la Virgen del Carmen. La iglesia parroquial está formada por la unión de dos templos: uno del siglo  que forma el actual crucero y otro del  construido en estilo neomudéjar.

Fiestas
Se celebran las fiestas populares en honor de la Santísima Virgen del Carmen en torno al 16 de julio. Otras festividades en el municipio son también San Antón el 17 de enero, en cuya víspera (16 de enero) se llenan las calles del pueblo de chiscos u hogueras donde normalmente se degustan productos típicos de las matanzas y vinos de las bodegas particulares. Durante toda la noche el cielo se llena de fuegos artificiales. El ayuntamiento suele hacer un enorme chisco en la puerta de la Iglesia. También se celebra San Torcuato en el mes de mayo, aunque el patrón actual es San José, que tiene una celebración religiosa.

Véase también
 Marquesado de Benalúa

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Ayuntamiento de Benalúa
 Información turística de Benalúa realizada por el Patronato de Turismo de Granada

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More Than 700 Taken Into Custody by El Paso Border Patrol Agents Overnight; Two Previously Removed Sex Offenders Also Nabbed During Influx
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in El Paso apprehended several large groups between last night and late afternoon Wednesday. These groups, like many others before, are comprised primarily of Central American families and unaccompanied juveniles.
Agents apprehended a group of 112 illegal aliens at the border wall near downtown just after midnight. At about the same time agents working further east were processing a group of 252 aliens apprehended at the border just west of Bowie High School. Throughout the morning hours several smaller groups also arrived at multiple locations along the border in the El Paso metropolitan area. In just a few hours the total number taken into custody exceeded 500. An unaccompanied 2-year-old child was also found among one of the groups. The U. S. Border Patrol is currently working with international and domestic agencies in order to locate the parent(s).
While dealing with this influx of illegal aliens Border Patrol Agents also arrested two convicted sex offenders attempting to enter illegally while the agents were preoccupied with the large groups. Both sex offenders were arrested in different groups attempting to enter the United States illegally evading Border Patrol agents. Both subjects had been convicted of their sex offenses and had served time in jail before being deported from the United States.
Agents in far-east El Paso County also arrested a group of six in which a subject, 28-year-old U.S. citizen, self-proclaimed prison gang member, was found to have an outstanding federal warrant for escape. In addition, the subject has a lengthy criminal record. The subject was remanded to the custody to the U.S. Marshals Service. The other five aliens are currently being processed accordingly.
Criminal organizations continue to attempt to distract and occupy Border Patrol agents however their continued vigilance and experience is stopping these attempts.
Tuesday CBP released data detailing the record number of apprehensions of inadmissible family units border wide. The data showed the greatest increase in the El Paso Sector where family groups are up 1,689% when compared to same period last year. More information and data can be found here and here.
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Pressure is a once in a lifetime dog, he is not only physically gifted with great structure and a ground eating stride but he is extremely biddable, soft enough to have a conscience but with bounce back and a great off switch in the house. Pressure gets along with other dogs and is social with people and will work for anyone who has a tug toy in their hand. He jumps 26" with ease and tries very hard to be right when running an agility course. Pressure has run AKC standard courses in 33-36 seconds and Jumpers he is frequently in the 21's without looking frantic or like he is working very hard. He won 26" JWW at AKC nationals in 2011 and has won several USDAA regional classes including the Grand Prix Finals and Steeplechase Round 1 in Perry, GA amongst very competitive 26" jumping dogs. He is a wonderful agility partner but mostly he is a great friend and companion and family member to me and Frank, my next puppy will be from him.
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Darbazi (; from , "gate") is a term used in Georgia to describe a chamber with a distinctive "swallow dome"-type roof structure found in the traditional domestic architecture of Asia Minor and the South Caucasus. The central feature is a pyramidal vault (gvirgvini), supported on pillars and constructed of a stepped series of hewn logs and beams, with a central opening at the top which serves as a window and smoke flue. The Roman authority Vitruvius (1st century BC) includes in his De architectura a description of a Colchian dwelling, the ancient prototype of a darbazi. Such lantern roofs are called harazashen or glkhatun in Armenia, kirlangiç kubbe or kirlangiç ortu in Turkey, and karadam in Azerbaijan.

The darbazi house, with local variations, continued to be constructed into the 20th century in Georgia. It occurs extensively in the provinces of Kartli, Kakheti, and Samtskhe-Javakheti. These houses are often supported at its underground base by finely carved beams and pillars, in particular, the solid wooden upright known as the deda-bodzi ("mother-pillar") that takes the weight of the corbelled roofing. The darbazi form might have influenced the early Christian architecture of Georgia, for the ancient rotund and octagonal Christian structures—widespread in Italy, Syria, and elsewhere—never attained popularity in Georgia.

Illustrations

Darbazi in eastern Georgia (cross-section). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
Gvirgvini. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
Deda-Bodzi. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.

References

Rooms
Vernacular architecture
Architecture in Georgia (country)


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Samphires Restaurant in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire enjoys stunning panoramic views of the Gower Peninsula and Carmarthen Bay making it the perfect setting for a romantic meal, special celebration or simply an opportunity to unwind.
Our highly skilled Executive Head Chef - Stephen Colling and his team ensure a range of dishes to suit all tastes. Food is sourced locally wherever possible to bring you the finest dishes using the freshest ingredients. If you're looking for somewhere special for eating out in Llanelli then Samphires Restaurant is the perfect venue.
Samphires is open daily - serving breakfast (Mon-Fri 7am - 9.30am, Sat/Sun 7am - 10am), lunch (12pm - 2pm daily) and dinner (7pm - 9.30pm daily) to our residents and the public.


The term fine dining brings to mind many images, from crisp white tablecloths to waiters in tuxedos. Fine dining, just as the name suggests, offers patrons the very best in food, service, and atmosphere. It is also the highest priced type of restaurant you can operate.
Keep in mind that you may bring in a lot of money operating a fine dining restaurant, but you also will pay out more money than if you were running a casual diner or café.
There are three main areas of focus with a fine dining restaurant: The menu, service, and atmosphere.
Many people choose fine dining restaurants for a special occasion, so the food must not disappoint in either selection or quality. You don't need a huge menu, but it should be interesting, offering unique items that patrons wouldn't find at any other restaurant.
A hallmark of today's fine dining is locally sourced foods. A top menu trend for almost a decade, local produce, meats, and seafood offer superb taste and instant value.
Many fine dining restaurants offer prix fixe menus. These limited menus change on a daily or weekly basis, and the selections often depend on locally sourced foods at their peak of freshness. Your chef will expect to exercise creativity when designing dishes to fit with the season.
All fine dining wine and liquor selections should be on the high end. No Bud Light is needed, although a selection of craft beers will appeal to many of your patrons. Focus on top shelf liquors and a wide selection of cognacs, brandies, and other after-dinner drinks.
Your wine list should complement your menu. Fine dining servers should be trained to suggest a wine or beer choice for each menu dish.
The staff must be rigorously trained and ready to answer any and all questions customers may have about a menu or a wine. They should also be ready to make menu recommendations if asked.
No detail is too small to pay attention to in fine dining.
Fine dining was once synonymous with snooty waiters and French names. Today, fine dining can be in any type of setting and feature a wide variety of cuisine, from ethnic to organic, local fare.
Standards you should always include in fine dining are fine china, glassware, and flatware. Tablecloths are expected.
In these flexible days, the rest of the atmosphere is up to you. You can take the traditional route with silver candelabras and rose centerpieces, or go for hip and trendy with a bold color scheme and modern furnishings.
Music playing subtly in the background should reflect your themes, such as classical for a traditional room or jazz standards for something modern. Lighting should be subtle, leaning toward dim for a romantic ambiance.
Fine dining requires a great attention to detail, but it can pay off in the end when you have reservations months in advance.
Ultimately, customers should feel that the money they spent at your restaurant was well worth it.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is to invest £1m over the next two years to regenerate the borough's older estates.
This will include tackling local issues including problem sites, improving the public areas and shopping parades and resolving infrastructure challenges.
The cash will ensure that older estates alongside the newer communities benefit from investment – ensuring communities across the Borough see improvements.
These infrastructure improvements will also complement already announced investments through the Pride In Our Community and Pride In Our High Streets funds.
This focus of this investment follows on from the Council's success regenerating a number of local centres. This includes Madeley where the council has worked in partnership with Wrekin Housing Trust on the development of nine affordable bungalows in the local centre.
The council has also taken a proactive approach providing support to enable key sites which have sat stalled for many years to be brought back into use, including Church Walk in Donnington and The Haybridge in Hadley (formerly Manor Heights).
The Council has worked with developers to support delivery including linking them in to funding for stalled sites, ensuring sites are safe and anti social behavior issues are tackled.
The council is now working in partnership with parish and town councils to identify other sites and projects that can benefit from the planned investment as the involvement of local partners is key to this.
Telford & Wrekin Council is also investigating the scope for regeneration schemes in other areas of the borough including Hollinswood, Aqueduct, Overdale and Woodside.
Councillor Lee Carter, Telford & Wrekin Council's cabinet member for Economic Development, said: "Telford is absolutely unique in its geography linking new communities with old and in our continued speed of growth and that means we have to develop specially designed schemes to ensure investment reaches communities across the borough.
"Some of the borough's older areas including estates that were developed when Telford first came into being very much fall into this category.
"I am delighted that we are able to commit this fund to make a difference to these areas and I am looking forward to working with partners including Parish and Town Councils to identify how it can best be spent.
What a mess the Council have made of Dale Acre Way, Hollinswood with the speed humps. I can understand the need for speed humps outside the school but are they necessary all around Dale Acre Way? They are unprepossessing.
They were definately needed due to all of the speeding idiots I saw zoom down there every day. There are already two tree's decorated with flowers and cards because of it. Let's not have anymore.


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It's Detroit Red Wings day on PHT
By Ryan DadounAug 27, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Throughout the month of August, PHT will be dedicating a day to all 30 NHL clubs. Today's team? The Detroit Red Wings.
The Detroit Red Wings finally got what they wanted last season with the league's realignment: A move from the Western to Eastern Conference. That gave them a far more favorable travel schedule and the chance to play against some classic rivals more frequently.
Now in the new Atlantic Division, Detroit got off to a 6-2-0 start, but they hit some rough patches, due in large part to injuries. Forwards Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, and Stephen Weiss were among those that missed substantial chunks of the season.
In the end, it was the rise of promising young forwards Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar, and Riley Sheahan that helped the team squeak into the playoffs and extend the franchise's streak of postseason appearances to 23 seasons.
Detroit didn't do much once it got to the playoffs as Boston dismissed the Red Wings in five games, but the campaign can still be viewed as a step in the right direction as far as their rebuilding effort goes.
The larger issue at this point is if the Red Wings will be able to lure talent to help compliment their rising young players and have at least one more serious playoff run with 33-year-old Zetterberg and 36-year-old Datsyuk before they're slowed down by age.
Detroit used to be a choice destination for free agents, but that hasn't been the case in recent years and this summer was no exception. Detroit wasn't able to sign a single noteworthy defenseman and instead brought back Kyle Quincey at a cost of $8.5 million over two years.
With the Red Wings largely unchanged from 2013-14, they will enter the season as contenders for a playoff spot once again, but some serious question marks remain.
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"Jazz" in the DPRK: Autumn Whispers and the forbidden fruit of Richard Clayderman
by Philip Gowman posted 7 Jul 2014 5 Nov 2020 updated 5 Nov 2020
in Books | North Korea | Music. 5 minute read
I've just finished reading Jang Jin-sung's memoir, Dear Leader. It's a real page-turner that will appeal to many types of readers, including people who like a good adventure story (the passages describing Jang's evasion of Chinese and North Korean security forces once he has fled from the North Korean capital are genuinely exciting) and of course to amateur and professional Pyongyangologists (for the eye-opening passages about in the ins and outs of North Korean politics and the fascinating details about the regime and North-South relations).
For me, what I found equally interesting were the passages of the book that dealt with Jang's artistic background. He ended up as one of Kim Jong-il's favourite poets, but originally he was destined to be a pianist. How he had a career change as a result of reading a Korean translation of Byron's poetry deserves an article in its own right. Literary translators will take heart that poetry in translation can literally change someone's life.
But back to music. Once Jang Jin-sung had crossed the border into China and had spent all his money, he needed to find a way of earning some cash to enable him to travel to Beijing (where he hoped to present himself at the South Korean embassy). To do this, he ended up getting a job as a piano tutor. And what did he do to convince his employer that he could play? He sat down at the piano and played a piece of Richard Clayderman.
This was a bit of a shock to me, given that earlier in his life he had been an avid fan of Dvorak. And presumably also he was well-trained in all the less aesthetically pleasing but more politically acceptable music that praises the achievements of the Kim dynasty. But Richard Clayderman? A proponent of the decadent Western style of music apparently classified in North Korea under the generic heading of "jazz"?
Jang gives some clues as to how he might have come across Clayderman's music. As a member of the United Front Department, he had access to all sorts of media from South Korea (one of which was his undoing). And in the noraebangs of Pyongyang one of the songs that did the rounds was the South Korean protest song Morning Dew. So the musical diet of the inner circle is not as restricted as one might think.
But of course, Richard Clayderman has, strangely, appeared as the central item in one other significant defector story: pianist Kim Cheol Woong, so the story goes, left North Korea so that he could play Clayderman whenever he wanted to. Back in 2001 he had to write a 10-page self-criticism for playing Clayderman's A Comme Amour (L for Love) at a private concert, and he fled to earn himself greater artistic freedom.
In the NY Times version of Kim's story (an essential read), there's even a suggestion that it was he who "brought" Clayderman's music to North Korea in the first place, given that he "discovered" it in Moscow when he was studying there in the late '90s. "[The police] asked me where I first heard the music, what my feelings were, what my intentions were when I brought the music back to North Korea."
Clayderman, as the NYT mentions, is "especially popular in East Asian countries like China, Japan and South Korea," so it's not surprising if North Koreans find it appealing, too, when they have a chance to hear it.
But if it was Kim who brought Clayderman's music to Pyongyang, did he bring more than one tune? Were there other sources of Clayderman's music? In his memoir, Jang mentions that it was Clayderman's Autumn Whispers that he played to his new employer in Shanyang. He explains that he had also once played the piece at a private concert for friends on a public holiday in Pyongyang – though he doesn't say what year this was. Rather as Kim Cheol Woong experienced, an officious neighbour ratted on him and a security officer came to break up the party (though after a glass of wine he was happy to sit and listen). Here's the passage:
Once, on a state holiday, I had played "Autumn Whispers" in a mini-concert I had put on for guests at our home. The security agent responsible for my residential area, who must have received a complaint from nearby, came to break up the party. In North Korea, you were not allowed to enjoy or share foreign culture unless the performance was authorised, as in the case of students studying Western music at university level for example. But even for them, this was supposed to remain a restricted privilege. Putting on a performance for laypeople, as I had been doing with my private concert, was strictly prohibited. The security agent pleaded with me, saying that he would have let us continue on any other state holiday, but this was the occasion of the General's birthday. He really could not risk others finding out about our concert on such a day, he said. Someone in the audience offered the agent a glass of wine, and he finally relented, sitting down among the guests. After hearing one piece, he was the one who paid me the most enthusiastic compliments, saying that the sound of the piano was beautiful.
Now, "Autumn Whispers" is a troublesome title. If you hunt on iTunes for Kim Cheol Woong's party piece, Richard Clayderman's A Comme Amour, you are deluged with multiple hits from various compilation albums. But not so with Autumn Whispers, which does not exist as an official title. If you hunt on google, most of the links lead you to dodgy file-sharing sites. Hunting through YouTube, I did come across one odd-looking video from China with that title, but the track was actually A Comme Amour. And when (for research purposes only) I clicked on "Autumn Whispers" on one of the mp3 sharing sites I found the same thing: it's actually A Comme Amour. Maybe the alliterative western title doesn't translate well across borders and in Asia they came up with an alternative name. One thing's for certain: I have limited appetite for listening to Richard Clayderman videos, so I don't think I will resolve the question of whether the two pieces are different or actually the same track with two different titles.
But I'll conclude with one final observation. When the New York Philharmonic came to Pyongyang, the Dvorak and Gershwin met with a puzzled reception among the audience. "How do you sing it?" was a common question.1 No such problem with Clayderman. The infuriating tune of A Comme Amour and maybe Autumn Whispers too has been going round my head ever since I started writing this post.
Buy Dear Leader at Amamzon.co.uk
North Korean defector's flight to musical freedom, Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, 17 December 2008
Shirley Lee, Dear Leader's translator, talks about the book at English Pen
Anecdote from John Everard, Only Beautiful Please – LKL review here [↩]
Filed in: Book Reviews | Books on DPRK | DPRK | Jazz | Memoirs | VoDs
Authors: Jang Jin-sung
Musicians: Kim Cheol-woong
Publishers: Penguin
Titles: Dear Leader
Other tags: Border-crossers | Defectors | refugees
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ADATA this week launched its Ultimate SU700-series SSDs that were briefly introduced at Computex 2016 about nine months ago. The new drives are based on 3D TLC NAND memory and are among the first retail products to use Maxiotek's MK8115 controller for low-cost SSDs. The SU700 lineup will include various models with different capacities and performance.
The ADATA Ultimate SU700 drives appear to be one the first retail SSDs featuring the MK8115 without onboard DRAM. The products use Micron's 3D TLC NAND flash memory and come in 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB and 960 GB configurations. The drives come in a 2.5"/7 mm form-factor and use the SATA 6 Gbps interface, thus are compatible with modern desktops and notebooks. When it comes to on-the-box sequential performance, we are talking about a typical 2017 entry-level SATA SSD rated for a sequential read speed of up to 560 MB/s as well as sequential write speed of up to 520 MB/s when pseudo-SLC caching is used. Random read/write performance of the SU700 drives is almost on par that of ADATA's Ultimate SU800 featuring the Silicon Motion SM2258 controller and the same 3D TLC memory - up to 80K read IOPS and up to 80K write IOPS (see the table for details). Keeping in mind that even the name of the new drives implies that they are positioned slightly below the SU800, it is not surprising that they are slightly slower as well. The SU700 drives (unlike the SU800) support hardware AES-256 encryption, however.
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The manufacturer rates its SU700 SSDs for 2 million hours MTBF and ships them with a three-year limited warranty. From endurance point of view, 3D TLC NAND memory is more durable than TLC NAND produced using a thin planar process technology (as the cells in 3D TLC are larger, allowing more room for voltage drift over the life of the NAND). As with all SSDs, ADATA leaves NAND for overprovisioning in a bid to ensure that the drives work fine even after prolonged usage - however it remains to be seen how the use of a controller featuring a BCH-based ECC technology plays out for a TLC-based SSD in general.
The Maxiotek MK8115 is a quad-channel NAND controller that supports SATA (technically SATA v3.2) as well as various types of SLC, MLC, 3D MLC, and 3D TLC NAND flash memory with Async, Toggle, and ONFi NAND interfaces (at up to 400 MT/s transfer rates). The MK8115 controller supports the developer's AgileECC error correction (with programmable ECC parity that supports 1 KB code-word length correctable up to 76 bits, something that implies on BCH method) with virtual parity recovery. As with other controllers, the MK8115 supports modern security capabilities (AES-256, SM4, TCG-OPAL 2.0, IEEE1667) and other features, such as low-power modes (Slumber/Device Sleep, etc.), advanced static/dynamic wear-leveling and so on. So while the MK8115 formally supports AES-256 encryption (something that is not always supported by inexpensive controllers), from an ECC point of view it seems to be behind competitors that also support LDPC. All that being said, one of the key features that Maxiotek advertises about its MK8115 is the fact that it does not require additional onboard DRAM, thus allowing saving a few cents on the SSD bill of materials. We're looking forward to when Billy gets a sample for review.
ADATA had not announced MSRPs for the new drives. We understand that since the Ultimate SU700 family is positioned below the SU800 and SU900 series, it will be a bit cheaper, but we cannot share recommended prices just now.
They could save more money simply reducing the size of 2.5" drives and make them more of a square (volume shipping costs down, more item at the same area).
I guess that's fine if you need a low capacity SSD for a mobile system. Those of us with real full fledged computers however are interested in real capacity and capacity that can expand. In that scenario M.2 is useless. They keep releasing M.2 SSDs so I suppose somebody must be buying them I just can't figure out why unless it's for an ultra book or other small form factor laptop. As for space and airflow you can already mount 2.5" form factor SSDs in out of the way places such as flat against one side of a case. And if you are interested in M.2 then you aren't going to care much about capacity in the first place so you wouldn't have to be concerned with the ability to mount multiple 2.5" SSDs in such a case anyway. As for me I couldn't care less about how pretty it looks on the inside and certainly wouldn't want to cripple my options for expansion and performance improvements just to avoid having to plug something in with a cable. But to each their own.
Who need all that now completely obsolete junk after Samsung made 3.5GB/s PCIe drives?
M.2 SSDs probably are more suited for scenarios where there is space constraints, i.e. laptop/ Ultrabooks. I believe most desktop SSD users are still on 2.5 inch form factor as there are plenty of SATA 3 ports, as oppose to typically only 1 M.2 slot on the motherboard.


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Q: Qual a diferença entre Data Annotations e Fluent API? Qual a diferença entre Data Annotations e Fluent API?
Há alguma restrição entre uma ou outra? Melhorar na performance ou são apenas duas formas de fazer a mesma coisa?

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Qual a diferença entre Data Annotations e Fluent API?

A abordagem, principalmente, mas há um problema conceitual na sua pergunta, porque a Fluent API faz uso do namespace System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations quando o programador enuncia as regras de composição do domínio de dados. Ou seja, as duas não são comparáveis, a rigor.
A pergunta seria algo como "qual a diferença entre a Fluent API e o modelo por decoração usando atributos?" (aí sim, falando de Data Annotations).
Ainda falando sobre a abordagem, temos que a decoração por atributos atua sobre classes que representam Models e suas propriedades, enquanto que a Fluent API atua num nível mais global, enunciando regras diretamente no contexto de dados da aplicação.

Há alguma restrição entre uma ou outra? Melhorar na performance ou são apenas duas formas de fazer a mesma coisa?

Ao usar ambos os recursos, recomenda-se não expressar as mesmas regras duas vezes, pois isso pode confundir o Entity Framework e causar erros. Acho que isso seria o mais próximo de restrição no uso de ambas.
A Fluent API é considerando um recurso mais avançado, com alguns recursos a mais, já que a própria Microsoft admite que não é possível expressar todo tipo de configuração apenas com decoração por atributos. Alguns exemplos:

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*Desligar exclusão em cascata:
.WillCascadeOnDelete(false)

*Associação N para N sem explicitar um Model definindo a associação (não muito recomendado):
modelBuilder.Entity<Produto>()
            .HasMany(p => p.Lojas)
            .WithMany(l => l.Produtos)
            .Map(m =>
            {
                m.ToTable("ProdutosLojas");
                m.MapLeftKey("ProdutoId");
                m.MapRightKey("LojaId");
            });

*Especificar chave estrangeira se não é desejável usar uma propriedade no Model para isso (não muito recomendado, mas dá pra fazer):
.Map(conf => conf.MapKey("ChaveEstrangeiraId"))

*Ajuste fino do banco de dados, especialmente nos casos em que apenas um lado da associação é exposto no Model (o que é problemático, mas pode ser feito):
.WithMany(...)
.WithOptional(...)
.WithRequiredDependent(...)
.WithRequiredPrincipal(...)

*Especificação de herança entre Model e banco de dados (Tabela por Hierarquia, Tabela por Tipo, Tabela por Classe Concreta):
.Map<TDerivado>(Action<EntityMappingConfiguration<TDerivado>> ...)

É importante notar que a Fluent API é um recurso mais complexo e mais verboso que a decoração por atributos. Além disso, o uso errado da Fluent API pode causar problemas de coesão. Nada impede de você especificar no seu sistema o conjunto de Models totalmente em separado dos mapeamentos.
Se me permite uma recomendação, a Fluent API deve ser usada para os casos em que a decoração de atributos não atende.

A: O mecanismo de atributo sempre foi muito limitado. Ele é resolvido todo em compilação e usado com reflexão, o que impede fazer muita coisa.
Além disto, as anotações disponíveis no Entity Framework são limitadas, dá para fazer o básico, mas não é muito flexível. Nem poderia ser diferente, a sintaxe de atributos não permite muita expressividade.
Um mecanismo que permite uma sintaxe mais livre, permite resolver coisas dinamicamente e que gera um objeto mais complexo tende a ser mais flexível, permitindo realizar o que era impensável com as dataannotations. Lembre-se que estamos comparando uma forma declarativa de metadados com uma forma imperativa de código, não dá para comparar.
Por tudo isto há mais opções disponíveis na API fluente.
Por acaso escolheram que a API tivesse uma sintaxe fluente, até por limitação da sintaxe da linguagem, não precisava ser assim se a linguagem fosse mais poderosa. O que importa é a capacidade de expressar o que deseja.
Eu sempre achei essa forma melhor e nunca entendi porque tanto usaram atributos.
Mas o ASP.NET MVC se beneficia da anotação de dados, então é algo para se pensar. Uma pena ter sido criado assim.
Não fiz teste e não posso ter certeza, intuitivamente acredito que a API fluente é mais rápida por ser um mecanismo específico e mais concreto que o atributo que é um mecanismo abstrato e geral demais.

A: Usando Data Annotations você cria um certo acoplamento em deixar uma entidade acoplada a uma tecnologia.
Fluent API você consegue separar a responsabilidade que antes era acoplada na camada de domínio em outra camada. Exemplo: faço o mapeamento do Fluent API na camada de acesso a dados (DAL) isolando a camada de domínio.
Em termos de performance acredito que não tenha mudança, mas ambas fazem mesma coisa eu costumo usar sempre Fluent API.

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Our guest Phil Okrend has undergone tremendous changes in his life, Although he was originally on the straight and narrow path out of college and into law school and a career as an attorney, his creative and entrepreneurial urges led him on a different path.
Along the way, he has written and performed music, recorded 2 CD's, Dinner Notes and Emergence, A Meditative Journey Through the Seasons, www.myspace.com/philokrend.
and son, Jordan is a gifted singer/songwriter/guitarist (www.jordanokrend.com) Phil believes that life is an evolving journey, and that if you are present and pay attention, life will take you exactly where you need to go, fully alive, and contributing to others with joy.


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Councillor Matlow's Community and City Hall Update: Winter II
Tuesday, March 3rd is "Shop Eglinton Day"
You're invited to join me and Councillor Mike Colle this coming Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020, 11:00am at Jerusalem Restaurant (955 Eglinton Ave. W.) as we proclaim March 3rd "Shop Eglinton Day"!
Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Caroline Mulroney has been invited to join us along with local residents, business owners and BIAs to have lunch. Following lunch, we'll go on a "shop and walk" along Eglinton Avenue West to visit the small business owners impacted by the Province's Crosstown LRT project and to help the Minister of Transportation learn about the support they need to survive the two year delay announced by Metrolinx.
The shop and walk will begin at Jerusalem Restaurant and continue west along Eglinton Avenue, ending at Oakwood Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West.
Please come out to support our local businesses. We hope to see you there!
Ford Government's New Developer-Friendly Community Benefit Charge
Communities will pay more so wealthy developers can make more under the provincial government's Community Benefits Charge (CBC). The new planning scheme, which replaces the ways cities like Toronto receive funds from developers to support residents' quality of life, appears to break the promise the province made to municipalities that any changes would be revenue neutral.
Perhaps most concerning is the Ford government's proposal that if municipalities move forward with a CBC they would lose the ability to require parkland from developers. The Parkland Dedication provision has allowed the City of Toronto to provide much-needed green space for local residents. Without the dedication provision, it will be very difficult to purchase new park space in many Toronto communities due to soaring land prices.
The Ford government has also allowed for developers to recover interest on levies under the CBC in the eventof a successful appeal at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). This provision will provide the building industry with even more leverage in development application negotiations.
The Community Benefits Charge looks like another Doug Ford giveaway to his developer supporters, at the expense of the people of Ontario and their communities. The CBC does not provide a single new tool to increase the supply of affordable housing, despite claims from the province and their friends in the development industry. Municipalities will see their ability to provide services such as parks, daycares, recreation facilities, and libraries reduced. These amenities are essential to ensuring that the communities most affected by rapid growth are able to enjoy a high quality of life.
I encourage residents to write to the Minister of Municipal Affairs to let him know that you expect the province to uphold their promise that any changes to community benefits would be revenue neutral so that municipalities can continue to provide libraries, parks, recreation centres, affordable childcare, housing and other amenities that you care about.
You can email Minister Steve Clark at minister.mah@ontario.ca, as well as submit a comment directly to the Ministry through this link
Metrolinx Finally Admits that the Scarborough Subway Does not Provide Good Value for Money to Residents Who Need Transit Now
Today, Metrolinx is admitting the Scarborough Subway is not a worthwhile project. The transit agency released the first public report that confirms what academics and transit experts have been saying for the past decade – that the ridership and large geography of Scarborough won't be well served by a 3-stop subway.
The report also conclusively dispels the long-standing myth that the Scarborough subway extension will generate 14,000 riders during the morning rush hour- just on the verge of justifying a subway. This false figure was used by Scarborough Subway proponents to win a crucial City Council vote in 2013. The report estimates ridership between Scarborough Town Centre and Kennedy station at 12,300 passengers during the morning peak period, which is well within the capacity of an LRT (16,000 passengers per hour capacity).
Scarborough residents are finally being told the truth—that an LRT transit network will serve more people for far less money—and should be built before the SRT falls apart. For more information, please see this report from Metrolinx.
In This Update:
City Council Updates
Planning and Development Meetings
Active Transportation and Pedestrian Safety
Community Events and Announcements
Proposed 3-point plan to address unacceptable Eglinton Crosstown Delay
Earlier this week, we were upset to learn that Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency, announced yet another delay to the Eglinton Crosstown. The transit project will not open for service until 2022, prolonging the construction impacts on community residents and businesses.
Queen's Park, Metrolinx, and their contractors need to get their act together. Along Eglinton, businesses have closed, residents are being kept up all night, and residential neighborhoods have become car drivers' path of choice. Better transit is the dream, but its construction is a nightmare. That's why I joined Councillor Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) in proposing a 3-point plan to mitigate the impacts of construction and speed up the project:
1. Compensation from the Province, through Metrolinx, for small business tenants and owners on Eglinton Avenue along the Crosstown construction route;
2. Immediate cleanup of all construction sites on the sidewalks and road allowances along Eglinton Avenue West;
3. Phase-In Plan to look at the feasibility of putting sections of the Crosstown into operation as soon as possible to allow residents to ride portions of the line, and allow our community and businesses to have unobstructed streetscapes sooner, without having to wait another two years.
I'm happy to report at this week's Council meeting, our plan was approved by Council.
We await the Ford government's response.
For more information, please see this CBC news story.
2020 City Budget Approved at Council
This past month, Council unanimously approved the 2020 City budget. While I continue to advocate for fact-based investments in infrastructure that do not see 44% of Toronto's 10-year Transportation Capital budget eaten up by the Eastern Gardiner Expressway Section rebuild, I was pleased that residents' active support for our campaigns led to new investments in housing, youth, libraries, and environmental programs. Budget notes, presentations, videos and reports are available at http://www.toronto.ca/budget.
Some of the budget highlights include:
Youth Spaces Plan approved!
In 2013, I moved a motion for the City to adopt the provincial Roots of Youth Violence action plan to move forward with steps that were under the City's purview. This motion led to the creation of the Youth Equity Strategy and was funded based on my motion at Budget proceedings that year. One of the key recommendations of the strategy was to open safe places for young people during after school hours.
This recommendation informed the creation of a Youth Spaces strategy, which would see safe places in libraries or community centres open to youth ages 13-19. These spaces have facilities such as computers, photography labs, recording studios, and study spaces. Activities include: tutoring, homework help, employment resources, de-stressing activities, and special workshops such as financial literacy, poetry, writing, video editing, health and wellness, and dance. All programs are run by trained youth workers or librarians.
Research has demonstrated that spaces like these can provide kids with options in life, making it far less likely that they would ever pick up a gun or join a gang.
The first space opened in 2014, with several more opening over the course of the past four years. However, there are far too many at-risk youth that still did not have access to these spaces. That's why I proposed adding an additional 20 programs in existing community centres or at library branches, allowing almost every child in Toronto to be within a 2km (roughly 24 minute) walk to a publicly run program.
I'm pleased to announce that Council has approved the full 20 additional youth spaces to be funded this year. Mayor Tory should be commended for listening to youth and residents like yourself after years of advocacy for this important initiative. I look forward to visiting these new community additions when they're opened later this year.
For more information, please see this article.
Additional Library Hours
In part to help facilitate the new youth spaces at libraries, Council voted to support an additional 5,000 hours at 8 branches this coming year. While the measure fell short of the $5.1M requested by the Library to fund its Open Doors plan that would see more branches open on Sundays and evenings, this is a positive step in the right direction. Libraries are crucial spaces for seniors to prevent social isolation and youth to provide positive, structured activities outside school hours.
For more information on the campaign to open libraries for longer hours, please see this Toronto Star article
Eviction Prevention Support
Far too many Torontonians are at risk of homelessness due to upward spiraling rents. Weak tenant protections including above the guideline rent increases (AGIs), vacancy decontrol, and the elimination of any rent controls on new builds by the Ford government have exacerbated unfavourable market conditions. The long-term solution is to increase the supply of affordable housing and greatly strengthen tenant protection but, in the meantime, the City needs to do everything it can to keep those living in affordable apartments from losing their home. That's why I was pleased to support an additional $1 million in this year's budget for the Eviction Prevention in the Community Program (EPIC).
The EPIC program recognizes that individuals are vulnerable to eviction due to the impact of structural factors and system failures. For example; the lack of an adequate supply of affordable rental housing, rising rental costs, and declining or stagnant incomes. The program provides wrap-around services to support these individuals staying in their homes by offering counselling, landlord mediation, rent bank supplements, and other supports.
This program has benefits beyond the individuals it directly serves by decreasing pressure on the overburdened and expensive shelter system.
For more information on this important program, please see this report.
Ravines Strategy Receives Additional Funding
Toronto's unique ravine system is one of our greatest and greenest assets. The scale and scope of this urban green space system – over 300 km and 11,000 hectares – makes Toronto the envy of urban areas across the world. In Midtown, we're lucky to have several ravines that offer peaceful escapes from our busy lives. That's why I'm pleased that City Council moved up funding to stop soil erosion and fight invasive species.
Going forward, the City will not successfully address the challenges facing ravines without ongoing partnership with the public. To ensure that you and your neighbours will have an opportunity to be engaged for strategic advice and activities, including invasive species removal and litter cleanup, I moved a motion at the previous Council meeting, supported by my colleagues, to formalize residents' participation in ravine revitalization and stewardship efforts.
Council Balances TTC Budget on the Backs of Vulnerable Students
Unfortunately, my motion against unfair student Metropass increases was not supported by Mayor Tory. At $122.45, a student Metropass in Toronto is already too expensive for young people struggling with high rents, tuition, and declining OSAP. The 2020 budget raised the price of a monthly transit pass for students by $5.70 – an above-inflation increase higher than any other fare category.
My motion would have provided relief for students that are sometimes choosing between getting to class or getting breakfast. To offset the cost of the fare increase, I proposed a relatively small decrease in the reserve fund for non-essential (i.e. not emergency services) vehicles. It's disappointing that my colleagues placed a higher priority on the travel needs of City employees over struggling students.
Toronto should be encouraging students to take public transit, not making it unaffordable just to attend classes. A fare increase that disproportionately affects one of Toronto's most financially vulnerable groups is poor public policy, and plainly unjust. In comparison, a monthly student transit pass in Montreal is $52, while in Vancouver it costs $56.
I will continue to fight for more equitable transit fares that don't disproportionately target those that can least afford it.
First Steps of New Rail Safety Measures Don't Go Far EnoughThe federal government announced new measures that would cut in half the speed limits for trains carrying hazardous goods through major cities like Toronto. The new federal order, which took effect earlier this month, will require trains travelling through metropolitan areas to limit their speed to a maximum of 32 km/h, and 40 km/h everywhere else. Before the order, trains were required to limit their speed to 64km/h in metropolitan areas, and 80 km/h everywhere else.
Limiting speed is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done, including transparency around exactly what hazardous materials are being transported, and getting rid of the remaining DOT-111 tank cars involved in the deadly rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec in 2013.
For more information, please see this CBC article.
Ford Government Stacks Deck on Planning appeals Tribunal by Hiring Development Lobbyist and Firing Environmentalists
In the Ford government's continued giveaway to the development industry, the province has named a former chief lobbyist for Toronto's real estate development industry to the province's Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), formerly known as the Ontario Municipal Board, while stripping it of four adjudicators with environmental backgrounds.
In December, the government appointed Bryan Tuckey, who served as president and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD). Mr. Tuckey, also a former chief planner of York Region, was a vocal critic of elements of the previous Liberal government's anti-sprawl policies while at BILD. The province has also declined to renew the appointments of four LPAT adjudicators with environmental backgrounds, including a former staff lawyer for Ecojustice, a former University of Windsor environmental law professor, a lawyer who worked for the World Wildlife Fund and Ecojustice, and an environmental lawyer.
For more information, please see this Globe and Mail article.
New Colour-Coded Rating System for Toronto's Apartment Buildings Has Renters Seeing RedThe long-awaited RentSafe signage program has been released by City Staff. The apartment building rating system, similar to the City's "Dinesafe" program, will require landlords to post a colour-coded sign that displays the City's rating in a prominent, publicly identifiable location, along with posting the same information to the City's website.
RentSafe signage has the potential to contribute to Toronto's renters living in homes that are clean, safe, and healthy. The new colour-coded rating system is an important first step, but must be more flexible to reflect residents' actual day-to-day experience and hopefully the progress made by landlords to improve the quality of life of their tenants.
The City released draft signage (shown above) for the rating system through an online survey as part of the consultation for the program. While the colour-coded system follows the successful display of the City's DineSafe program, there are concerns with the proposed evaluation method. The draft signage program would be based on annual audits instead of regular work orders, which would provide a more up-to-date reflection on the state of a building.
Under the proposed plan, if a tenant reported a pest infestation or other property standards violation, it would not be factored into the colour coded rating posted on their building. Only the results of the City's RentSafe audit of common areas would be factored in to the colour received.
I was pleased to attend a drop-in consultation session at City Hall this week to discuss the proposed rating system with residents, and hear them provide City Staff with feedback.
Vacant Storefront Tax Cannot Be Toronto's Focus
At yesterday's City Council meeting, Councillor Bradford moved a member's motion to request the General Manager of Economic Development and Culture to report on the feasibility of implementing a vacant storefront tax, prior to the launch of the 2021 budget. I certainly recognize and agree with the intent of Councillor Bradford's motion, as there are far too many vacant storefronts due to speculative developers.
However, there are also many property owners that can only dream of having a successful shop or restaurant in their building, but simply cannot, due to challenges such as the Eglinton Crosstown construction. It would be unfair to tax them for this. There is also no legal way to tax some and not others.
Unfortunately, Councillor Bradford's motion was approved by Council. I believe that a vacant storefront tax, which is not even allowed due to provincial legislation, is not what council should be focusing on. I described it at council as, "like trying to paint a wall with a hammer". I'm hopeful that the General Manager of Economic Development and Culture will report on a more thoughtful and realistic range of policy options used in jurisdictions internationally that address vacant storefronts and support vibrant and successful main streets.
I will continue to actively support business owners throughout Toronto.
Update on NIA Centre for the ArtsThis week at Council, my member's motion to support the building of NIA Centre for the Arts' new arts and culture space was approved. NIA Centre showcases and promotes arts from the African-Diaspora and is an active contributor to the well-being of our community. I look forward to further supporting this exciting project.
The City has recently received two applications to amend the zoning by-law in Ward 12. As part of the development review process, the City holds public consultation meetings to share details of the proposal and gain important community feedback. Please join me at these meetings or feel welcome to call or email me with your questions, concerns or feedback.29-39 Pleasant Boulevard
This proposal is for a new 34-storey residential building with 302 units and 106 parking spaces. You can review the application details here
Where: Christ Church Deer Park (1570 Yonge Street), Community Hall, 3rd entrance along Heath St. W. from Yonge Street
When: Thursday, March 5th 6:30-8:30pm
City Planner Contact:
Email: Kevin.Friedrich@toronto.ca
Mail: 100 Queen St. W., Floor 12E Toronto ON, M5H 2N2
24-26 Imperial Street
This proposal is for a new 9-storey residential building containing 30 new units and 21 parking spaces. You can review the application details here
Where: Glebe Road United Church (20 Glebe Street East)
When: Monday, March 9th 6:30-8:30pm
Email: Robert.Ursini@toronto.ca
Proposed Oakwood Neighbourhood Cycling Connections
The City's Cycling Infrastructure Unit is looking at improving the cycling network in the Oakwood-Vaughan area and is looking for resident feedback. The proposed network improvements would see a contra-flow bike lane on Glenholme Ave (from Vaughan Rd to Rosemount Ave), which would connect with the Vaughan Rd bike lane and future bike lanes on Rosemount Ave.
The final public consultation meeting for this project is taking place on Wednesday March 12th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, at the Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre (341 Oakwood Ave).
You can see the public notice for the drop-in event at this link. If you cannot make the meeting, there is an opportunity for residents to provide additional feedback until March 26th by calling the Cycling & Pedestrian Projects unit at 416-397-4675 or by emailing cycling@toronto.ca.
You can see more information about the entire cycling connections project here.
New Study Shows Speed Limit Reductions on Local Roads Greatly Improved Safety
A new study in the BMC Public Health journal has demonstrated that safety has been greatly improved on local roads since my motion at Community Council was approved in 2015. The motion, featured in this news article, which saw speed limits lowered to 30 km/hr on local roads in the Toronto and East York districts, led to 28% fewer pedestrians hit by motorists on these roads after the speed limit was reduced. The number of people killed or seriously injured on these roads plunged 67%. I will continue to strongly advocate for improved police enforcement of the Highway Traffic Act as there is a clear dearth of police presence on our roads when far too many drivers choose to speed, ignore stop signs and drive recklessly and/or distracted.
Update on Toronto's Sidewalk Snow Clearing Measures
Our fight to get sidewalk snow clearing for streets in our ward, and equitably across the city, continues.
As many of you may recall, a local Toronto-St. Paul's residents association, The Deer Park Residents Group, initiated an advocacy campaign to harmonize the City's sidewalk snow clearing policies.
These efforts helped lead City Council to call for City staff to improve standards for sidewalk snow maintenance in Midtown and across our downtown core. The response from Transportation Services staff was to create a sidewalk snow clearing pilot to explore new equipment that would allow for sidewalk clearing in areas previously without this service.
Unfortunately, City staff's pilot did not go far enough to meet the equity, accessibility and safety requests made by myself and some of my colleagues, in large part due to the very limited geographic area included in it.
I believe the city should make the sidewalk snow clearing permanent on new streets that have had their sidewalks cleared this year, and I'm requesting an expansion in our ward, and ultimately, in neighborhoods across the city.
I've met with the General Manager of Transportation Services, Barbara Gray, to advocate for this and have emphasized that this is an issue of accessibility and safety that impacts our community's basic quality of life. Ms. Gray is aware of my concerns and I'm convinced she shares our goal of improving service levels for our residents. I will continue pushing and am hopeful we are making progress.
Thanks again to the Deer Park Residents Group for their leadership role. We are working as a team to convince the mayor and City Council to ensure that every sidewalk, in every neighborhood in our city, is safe and accessible to every resident.
I'll be sure to keep you updated on our efforts.
Hillcrest Village BIA Break-In
Over the family day long weekend, small businesses along the Hillcrest Village BIA on St.Clair Ave. W., were broken into. These shops are owned and run by people we know, care about and strongly support. I've personally reached out to the BIA to discuss how I can actively support them. Meanwhile, please remember to shop local! They really need us.
Recreation Programming Space in South HillSt. John's Evangelical Lutheran Latvian Church at 200 Balmoral has just renewed its lease with the City to continue providing much needed seniors, adult, and children recreational programming for the community. Just some of the programs offered include: line dancing, fitness classes, as well as summer camps for children. I'm deeply grateful to the congregation for continuing to partner with the City and community. You can access the City's recreation guide here.
Welcome Toronto Soup Co.!
It was my pleasure to attend Toronto Soup Co.'s grand opening this past weekend with family and friends from our community! They are located at 571 Vaughan Road and open Tuesdays-Thursdays from 2:30pm-6:30pm. If you miss their kitchen hours, they also deliver! Check them out on Facebook!
Standing With ETFO Educators
My daughter Molly and I were very proud to stand with her teachers and ETFO educators from across Midtown Toronto. Together, we're fighting for quality education!
Community Skating Parties
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and joined me, MP Carolyn Bennett and MP Rob Oliphant at two community skating parties across the ward! It was wonderful to spend a snowy and beautiful weekend seeing so many friends from across Toronto-St. Paul's and Don Valley West.
The Stop Trivia Night
Thank you to everyone who participated in this month's The Stop Trivia Night. We had fun together as a community and supported critical work being done to reduce social isolation, boost nutrition, and help develop life skills among homeless and socially isolated people. I look forward to seeing you all next year!
Black Futures on Eglinton Reggae Night
I enjoyed an amazing evening with my friend, the legendary Jay Douglas, my family, and community at the NIA Centre celebrating Little Jamaica and Black culture at the Black Futures on Eglinton Reggae night!
Republic Residents' Association AGM
It was my great pleasure to participate in this month's Republic Residents' Association AGM. We're working closely together and focusing on the priorities of our Yonge and Eglinton community.
Oakwood Village Community Organization AGM: Our Community-Our VisionOakwood Vaughan Community Organization (OVCO) and Unison Health and Community Services are hosting a community dinner and discussion on community safety.
On Mar. 9, at the former VRA (current Davisville/Spectrum), 529 Vaughan Rd., residents will:
share a community dinner
discuss how we can work together for a safer community
create a call to action
Music will be provided by EZM Productions DJ Soundwave.
Participants are also welcome to attend OVCO's Annual General Meeting following the discussion.
Dinner and forum 6:00 PM.
Child care will be provided
Please bring your reusable mugs if you have one.For more details, please click here.
Toronto St. Paul's SummitPlease join me and my colleagues on Sunday, March 1st from 3:00 to 5:00pm for a Toronto-St. Paul's Summit on working together. In addition to myself, the event will feature MP Carolyn Bennett, MPP Jill Andrew, TDSB Trustee Shelley Laskin and TDCSB Norm Di Pasquale. I hope to see you there! For more details, please click here.
Free Income Tax ClinicDo you need help filing your Income Taxes this tax season? Let the Central Eglinton Community Centre's (160 Eglinton Avenue East) trained volunteers prepare your income tax return. The centre will be offering free appointments on weekdays, evenings, and Saturdays from March 2nd through April 24th. Phone 416-392-0511 ext. 0 to make an appointment. Please note that space is limited and that this program is intended for those with modest incomes only. Fore more details, please click here.
Seniors Information and Active Living Fair- Healthy Brain, Happy LifeOn Tuesday, March 31st from 9:30am to 3:30pm at Central Eglinton Community Centre (160 Eglinton Avenue East) a Seniors Information and Active Living Fair will be taking place. Come out and enjoy free seminars about memory and aging, fatigue management, and fall prevention. Please note that there will be a free lunch and trade show. For more details, please click here.
Volunteer for the Together ProjectTogether Project, a charitable initiative of Tides Canada, connects refugee newcomers with "Welcome Groups" of 5 or more local volunteers who can help them get settled in their new communities. Together Project's goal is to help newcomers make social connections that can assist with their integration into Canadian society. If you are interested in volunteering with Together Project or learning more, please visit www.togetherproject.ca or email natasha@togetherproject.ca
Learn About Take-Away ContainersGreen Neighbours 21 and St. Clair Reduces are hosting an event this month to showcase three different types of re-usable containers. Stop by to learn more about how you can play your part in creating a sustainable environment. The event will be held at St. Matthew's United Church (729 St. Clair West) from 7:00pm to 9:00pm on March 2nd.
Take Steps to Prevent Frozen Pipes
Cold weather can cause your water pipes to freeze, which can cause your water to be cut off and expensive damage to your property. The City of Toronto has created a guide with steps you can take to protect your water pipes from freezing. Click here to learn more!
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A new school in northeastern Baltimore County is set to break ground.
Charlene Behnke, principal of the new northeast elementary school, will be joined by BCPS Interim Superintendent Verletta White and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz to break ground for a new, $49 million school in the Perry Hall/White Marsh area of Baltimore County.
The groundbreaking will be held on Monday, November 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the site of the new school, which will be located at 4816 Joppa Road, Perry Hall, MD, 21128.


New Location in Little Italy!
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