I prefer to drink it at room temperature; you get more flavour that way.
I prefer the home made version. And if it is done properly, you don't even get drunk. "How can that be?", you may ask. This is how it is possible.
Take four pieces of Turkinpippuri candy (the salmiak kind) and put them in a glass.
Pour four centiliters of Koskenkorva vodka on top of them.
Put something on top of the glass to prevent the alcohol from evaporating.
You may stir the "delicacy" with a spoon from time to time.
Wait until the candy is completely dissolved (this will take about four to six hours).
If (when) you want more, you can immediately start to prepare the next shot.
One shot of vodka (with salmiak) every 4 to 6 hours means you won't get drunk.
Oh yes. Alex and the adventures in Finnish booze, that I'd like to see.
Sleeping under a table is preferable in most situations where you have to sleep not at your house after drinking. It makes it harder for people to mess with you or drunk people to trip over you. Also good is to have a nice soft coat that can double as pillow in a pinch.
1st of all, thanks to Finland Forum for diverting me to this very interesting site!
To the subject, then. While it probably is a bit challenging task to do salmiakki drinks by a non-Scandinavian I appreciate the test the writer took part in :-).
In my opinion (as a Finnish native) the generic, state owned alcohol company sold product, is for sissies. The taste of liquorice is quite faint in the product, unlike in the one produced by oneself. Ahh, the taste of latter is something totally different with a strong taste of liquorice and it overshadows the taste of the spirit itself. You just need to hammer the liquorice candies to small pieces and then put the substance into the spirit bottle. Some people tend to put the bottle into a dishwasher to get the drink completed fast, others just swing the bottle in their hands occasionally till liquorice is smelted to the spirit (kept my (precious)ones under my bed...sick, yes).
One more thing...the 2nd version I mentioned takes more time and requires a few sipping tests....that may get you drunk ;-). Still, it is a great fun!
Summa summarum: a great drink if you appreciate strong liquorice taste! Think I'll make a dose of the product soon :-D.
You know what does pair really well with salmiakkikossu? Lager beer. Alternating gulps of beer with sips of the black stuff works amazingly.
For sleeping, I suggest _on_ the table. Much more comfortable and you don't disturb the cleaners at all.
On the topic, Salmiakkikossu (or Salmari) is quite dangerous substance for the unexperienced. You cannot taste the alcohol at all and after few shots the (bitter)sweet taste turns out to be quite enjoyable.
Excellent effort, I'll tip my hat for you kind sir! This venture into the world of salmiakkikossu has shown true pioneer spirit from your behalf.
In Finland, when salmiakkikossu was announced, it got really popular with the teens, because the strong taste of salmiakki muted the taste of ethanol away and you could drink fair amounts of the stuff. And as you noted, it keeps tasting better the more drunk you get.
I still think salmiakkikossu is one of the better variants invented in the field of spiced spirits. The contender, tar kossu (tervakossu) tends to have a more wooden, overpowering taste and you cannot really enjoy but small amounts of it before you get satiated.
I dare you! I still can drink another shoot!
It is a shot, you are supposed to empty that shot glass fully in your mouth in one second and then pass it to stomach imediately.
Salmiakkikossu is excellent with Bailey's. Try it - you'll love it!
I tried this with the Dracula Piller, but the results were fairly disappointing. I only used one bag (65 grammes) at first, and it tasted like dishwater. With 2 bags the ammonium chloride finally started to come through, but the sweetness of the center of the candy was completely lost, and the dissolved coating couldn't compete against the pure alcohol taste of vodka.
Ground Tyrkisk Peber mixed with good russian vodka makes the finest salmiakki shots.
I would warmly recommend 4-5 bags of Sisu Horna to any bottle of vodka :) I used 3-4 bags to 0.5l Smirnoff and yum-my! Best when taken directly from the freezer :) Thank you for a funny blog!
Well, Salmiakkikossu is very pleasant to puke!
Anyway I have always loved Turkish Peppers!
Two measures of Salmiakki and one measure of Bailey's - and plenty of ice. If you like the combination of chocolate and liquorice, you'll love this drink!


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U.S. TV networks, amid strong ad sales, boost coverage for Trump's convention
By Lisa Richwine and Jessica Toonkel
Reuters July 18, 2016
(Reuters) - U.S. TV networks, buoyed by strong demand from advertisers, are adding hours of coverage for this week's Republican National Convention compared to four years ago and planning to use social media to capture any unexpected moments, executives said.
Presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump may be new to politics. But the former star of his own reality show "The Apprentice" is a TV veteran who has promised to throw out the traditional convention script and provide a "showbiz" feel. Adding to the programing uncertainty are protests outside the convention hall in Cleveland and the possibility of dissent among delegates.
"It's safe to say that there are going to be surprises," said Sam Feist, Washington bureau chief for CNN, the cable news network owned by Time Warner Inc .
The stakes are high for broadcast and cable networks. Media analysts predict viewership for Trump's acceptance speech could surpass the record 38 million who watched Barack Obama address the Democratic convention in 2008.
The potential for the unexpected at what is usually a meticulously staged event is driving strong advertiser demand, network executives said. CNN is pulling in between $40,000 and $100,000 for 30-second spots, a source familiar with the matter said. That is far above the typical cost of roughly $7,000 for a primetime ad on CNN.
"We are 100 percent sold on primetime and about 95 percent sold on other slots," said Katrina Cukaj, executive vice president of portfolio sales and client partnerships at CNN parent Turner Broadcasting. She declined to comment on rates.
Quick service restaurants and movie studios are running more spots than in past conventions, Cukaj said. "The advertisers are a lot more diverse than I have ever seen," Cukaj said.
Broadcaster CBS has seen strong ad sales for both conventions and has booked ads from the entertainment, packaged goods, travel and other industries, a network source said.
In 2012, TV advertisers spent $5.8 million during both conventions, compared to $7.8 million in 2008, according to Kantar Media.
Cable networks will provide coverage throughout each day and into the evening. Broadcast networks plan one hour of primetime coverage each of the four nights, plus online reports. In 2012, broadcasters aired an hour of only the last three nights.
CNN will have hundreds of staff on the ground, more than any previous convention, Feist said. For the first time, the channel is anchoring every show from Cleveland through noon Friday.
The network will face plenty of competition. Fox News Channel, owned by 21st Century Fox , began its coverage from Cleveland on Thursday, four days before the start, compared to Sunday in years past. It also added staff outside to cover protests.
Trump's acceptance speech could attract more than 40 million viewers, said Kyle Roberts, president and chief executive of Smart Media Group, a media buyer that works with Republican candidates.
Some brands will avoid the convention, said Barry Lowenthal, president of The Media Kitchen, a media buyer.
"It's just dangerous territory," Lowenthal said. "It's very unpredictable content. I'm not sure that convention is going to enhance any brand's image. Why go there if you can go elsewhere?"
Media outlets say they will rely more heavily this year on social media and live streams.
MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff said he expects to broadcast live most of the week. When not on television, he plans to be on Snapchat, Twitter and possibly Facebook Live.
"This is going to be a different kind of convention," Soboroff said. "It doesn't feel like business as usual because there is a lot of energy around that feels uncertain."
Walt Disney Co's ABC News will run up to six live streams simultaneously on its website and apps. Live coverage from CBS will appear on Twitter and the 24-hour CBSN mobile app.
CBS is preparing for the possibility that Trump will appear in some role every night, another break from tradition, CBS News President David Rhodes said.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles and Jessica Toonkel in New York; Editing by Sue Horton and Lisa Girion)
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Kurt Zouma injury: Chelsea defender out for the season after ACL damage against Manchester United
By George Flood
Updated February 8, 2016 18:51 GMT
Chelsea's worst fears regarding the injury to Kurt Zouma have been realised, after receiving confirmation he will require surgery on a knee issue sustained against Manchester United on 7 February. The powerful centre-back damaged his anterior cruciate ligament in horrible circumstances during the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge and is now expected to be sidelined until August.
Zouma was stretchered off 10 minutes into the second-half of the heavyweight clash and could later be seen sporting a leg brace and crutches as he exited the ground. The problem occurred when he rose high into the air to clear a long ball aimed towards Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata, before hyperextending his knee joint during a sickeningly awkward landing.
Interim manager Guus Hiddink admitted after the final whistle that it looked "very bad" and stressed that the extent of the injury would be determined during further tests on Monday. Chelsea have now provided an official update on his condition, revealing that the 21-year-old is set to miss the rest of the season.
"Chelsea Football Club's medical team have diagnosed that Kurt Zouma sustained an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament during yesterday's Premier League game against Manchester United," the club confirmed in a statement on their official website.
"Kurt will undergo surgery in the next 48 hours and is expected to be out for approximately six months."
Scan today has shown I injured my ACL. I will have surgery this week & will come back stronger. Thank you everyone for all the messages ????
— Kurt Zouma (@KurtZouma) February 8, 2016
Twitter/@KurtZouma
That announcement came just minutes after Zouma had revealed that he will undergo surgery this week. Taking to Twitter, he said: "Scan today has shown I injured my ACL. I will have surgery this week & will come back stronger. Thank you everyone for all the messages."
Two-cap French international Zouma, who has made 32 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea so far this term, had hoped to force his way into Didier Deschamps' France squad for this summer's Uefa European Championship on home soil.
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250 Turn Out for CAIR-Pittsburgh Interfaith Iftar
Posted by Cair Webmaster 23sc on July 04, 2015
(PITTSBURGH, PA, 7/3/15) - Some 250 people turned out on Thursday for an interfaith iftar, or Ramadan fast-breaking meal, hosted by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh).
Highlights of the event, which took place at the Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (MCCGP), included a thought-provoking address to the community by CAIR Pittsburgh's President, Safdar Khwaja, a presentation relating to Ramadan and spirituality given by the MCCGP's President Salah El-Moukamal, and a pre-screening of the UPF film – "American Muslim."
The showcase of the evening was a segment in which four people from different walks of life shared their perspectives and reflections on what being Muslim in America has meant to them. The program concluded with the interfaith audience breaking the fast together and enjoying some social time.
Attendees included religious leaders, teachers, students, and representatives of specific congregations and organizations such as the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, the Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN) - which encompasses many faiths ranging from Christian to Jewish to Unitarian - the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee (PAJC), the Greater Pittsburgh Interfaith Coalition, the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh's Help for the Convert, the Jewish Chronicle, the Consortium for Educational Resources in Islamic Studies (CERIS) and others. Ahmed El-Hattab, the executive director of the ISNA Development Foundation also took part in the event.
CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
CONTACT: CAIR-Pittsburgh, Program Director, Alia Schindler, 412-606-3601, info@pittsburgh.cair.com


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Safety should be the number one priority when it comes to installing and shelving an electrical device. You do not want to endanger your family nor your colleagues by choosing the wrong plastic enclosure to house your gadget. Unfortunately, despite the good intentions of keeping a household or workplace safe, a lot still do not know anything about the safety procedures and precautions when choosing the correct plastic enclosure for an electrical device. To somehow close the gap between the lack of knowledge and the variety of plastic enclosures available in the market, this article will share you some tips on how to choose the correct electronics enclosure to ensure safety.
1) How heavy is your electrical device?
It is important to know the weight of your device before buying the enclosure. A perfect fit does not necessarily mean that it is the correct enclosure. You should know that plastic enclosures also have maximum weight limits that it can support. So before you purchase a plastic enclosure, know how many components will be installed in a given enclosure. Also, know where the plastic enclosure will be installed after enclosing the device. All these are very important details that are crucial to your safety.
2) Where will the enclosed device be installed?
This is directly connected to the first question. It is important to know where the electrical gadget will be installed before you buy a plastic enclosure. Of course, common sense dictates that an enclosure with a wall mount is necessary if you will install it against a wall or cabinet or a ceiling mount if it will be placed on a ceiling. Aside from this very basic selection process, you also need to know the perils of the surrounding environment that may damage the plastic enclosure and the device inside it. If you need to install it in an outdoor environment, then you better get an enclosure made from weather-proof plastic. Or if it will be installed indoors but will be exposed to extreme heat, then buy an enclosure with a flame retardant finish.
3) What device will be installed in the plastic enclosure?
This question again is directly connected to the previous one. Aside from knowing where and what kind of environment the plastic enclosure will be exposed to, you also need to know what kind of electrical device will be installed in it. Why is this important? This is crucial because first choosing the best and correct enclosure will lengthen the life span of your device. Second, this will lengthen the life span of the enclosure. Third, this will ensure safety within the environment. Aside from these important information, you also need to know if your device will require access to batteries or slots for switches and cables and screen panels. For this reasons, you better ask more questions such as Are there chemicals that the device might leak out? Does the device heat up? Do I need switch panels and screen panels? Do I need exhaust slots?
4) Do I need any modifications done on the plastic enclosure?
This is a very important question to ask because having modifications done on your plastic enclosure will ensure perfect fit of your device into the enclosure. For example, if your device needs a slot for switches but the plastic enclosure with the proper requirements do not have any slots then you can have it modified. With Simco, you can have modifications done by just sending the specifications via email. These specifications will be studied by Simco's resident engineers. You can then expect a callback to finalize the modifications before it will be implemented onto the plastic enclosure. Aside from panel modifications to allow cable slots or batteries slots, you can have modifications on the external finish of the enclosure. You can have your company logo etched on the external panel of the enclosure. Of course this is just for aesthetic purposes; you need to consult with the engineers to make sure that this will not affect the integrity of the device installed within the enclosure.
5) How much budget do I have?
This question is placed last for a reason. Price should not be priority however we understand that budget is very important. This is just a reminder that the cheapness of the price should not be your sole deciding factor; nor is the steepness of the price ensures you of durability. You should satisfy the first four questions first before you consider the price of the enclosure that you will purchase. What we suggest is for you to find the enclosure that will satisfy all your main specifications and then once you have determined your choices, then you can consider your budget.
Just abide by these tips and you will not go wrong.
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Q: I can't find any snap app after I update the system There is nothing in the list, what is going on?

A: Canonical doesn't want users to discover snaps this way anymore.
snap find

now returns this error:
error: cannot list snaps: empty query

According to Canonical's John Lenton:

"snap find" without arguments has not shown "all available snaps" in quite a while; it would show 100 arbitrary snaps. That is expensive and never what the user wanted, so in 2.11 we stopped doing that.
Having 'snap find' return all snap packages is expensive, both on server resources (to get, collate and serialise everything), network bandwidth (to transmit the dump), and client resources (to display all of that). It would also force us to support pagination of the store queries in snapd, and of snapd responses.

Workaround
snap find .

Explanation:
You need to pass an argument to the snap find command. The argument can be either the name of a snap package or a regular expression to return a list of packages matching the regular expression as in the above example command.

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Sun, Mar 27, 2016 - Page 20 News List
US, Canada lose World Cup qualifiers
'TOO MANY MISTAKES':The disappointing result for the US means they will be in damage control mode when they host Guatemala in Columbus on Tuesday
AFP and Reuters
The US' Clint Dempsey, left, and Guatamala's Jean Marquez vie for the ball during their Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala City on Friday.
Guatemala dealt a lackluster US a devastating 2-0 defeat in their 2018 World Cup qualifier on Friday in Guatemala City.
With goals in the first 15 minutes from Rafael Morales and Carlos Ruiz and an outstanding performance from goalkeeper Paulo Motta, Guatemala earned their first ever World Cup qualifying victory over the US and leapfrogged over Juergen Klinsmann's men into second place in Group C in the fourth round of qualifying in North and Central America (CONCACAF).
Klinsmann had been bullish heading into the match — the first of two in five days against Guatemala — saying he was hoping for maximum points so the US could secure their spot in the final "hexagonal" phase of qualifying before turning their attention to the Copa America Centenario.
Instead the US will be in damage control mode when they host Guatemala in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday.
Guatemala got off to a dream start when Morales rose for a corner and nodded it off the back of Mix Diskerud and past US goalkeeper Tim Howard in the seventh minute.
Ruiz made it 2-0 in the 15th when a long goal-kick from Motta rolled untouched past the US defense, Ruiz racing onto it and beating Howard.
"For us it's obviously disappointing," said Klinsmann, who praised the play of Guatemala, but said the US made "too many mistakes."
"On the international level you cannot make the mistakes that led into the two goals, you simply cannot allow that," he said, adding that the near post was left unguarded on the corner that produced Morales' goal.
"The second goal was a sequence of mistakes," Klinsmann said, as a succession of US players failed to pick up the ball leading to Ruiz's chance.
"That's what Carlos Ruiz is famous for, he's sniffing around, that's what he's done his whole career," he said.
"The pitch was fast," Ruiz said. "So one bounce, I think Omar [Gonzalez] didn't see the bounce. I ran behind him and I was one-on-one with Tim Howard."
After struggling throughout the first half to create clear chances, the visitors looked more dangerous early in the second.
However, Motta made half a dozen solid saves to keep the US at bay, including stopping an 81st-minute attempt by substitute Jozy Altidore.
"We said at halftime let's turn this thing around," Klinsmann said. "There were enough chances to win the game, but we didn't put it in."
The victory gave Guatemala six points from three matches, one behind Group C leaders Trinidad and Tobago, who battled back from a 1-0 halftime deficit for a 3-2 victory at lowly St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Levi Garcia's two goals for Trinidad included the game-winner in the 82nd minute.
The US' four points put them in third, ahead only of St Vincent and the Grenadines with none.
MEXICO DOMINATE
In Vancouver, Mexico defeated Canada 3-0 to post their third win in as many matches.
The dominant victory included goals from Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, Hirving Lozano and Jesus Corona.
Hernandez headed in the opener in the 32nd minute. Canadian 'keeper Milan Borjan came up with a number of saves to keep the hosts in the contest before Lozano delivered his first international goal in the 40th, taking the ball through Canada's half and slotting home a shot.
Corona capped the scoring in the 72nd.
Mexico lead Group A with nine points, five more than second-placed Canada going into their next clash on Tuesday.


The first thing you must do when looking for a clicking sound is determine when you hear the noise, and from what area it is coming from; front, rear, left, right, and which way you are turning the car. If you are having a tough time locating the area the noise is being produced from have a helper ride along in the rear seat to give a new perspective on the origin of the noise. Once a clicking sound has been detected action must be prompt to avoid further damage and a possible break down.
Some clicking noises are normal such as: electrical relays, emergency flashers, turn signals and the air conditioner when first turned it on. The list below contains the most popular clicking sound while turning problems.
1. CV Joint Failure: Most cars have four or more CV joints which are used to transfer engine power to the wheels. When these joints go bad they will make a clicking noise and more so when turning right or left, or when accelerating. They can also bind up on acceleration and when turning tightly. This can cause a vibration in the front suspension that transfers to the vehicle. This problem can be due to lack for grease or the CV joint is just worn out and needs replacement. There are two ways to fix this problem. You can either replace the entire axle which is recommended. Or if you want to try and save some money you can just purchase the CV boot kit. We must warn you though once the CV axle starts to make noise most of the time a new CV boot will not help. The videos below show both jobs being done.
2. Bearing Hub Failure: An axle hub bearing is designed to shoulder the load for your car while allowing the wheels to rotate. When an axle bearing hub fails it can create a clicking sound while turning and going straight. If you have a truck with large tires it will make this bearing go out often. This noise can change as you turn the car left or right. Here is a video that show you how to replace the bearing hub in about 30 minutes.
3. Loose Wheel Lugs: Lugs nut are designed to hold the wheels of your car onto the axle or brake rotor. When these lugs come loose they allow the rim of the wheel to move slightly which makes a clicking sound. Using a torque wrench or breaker bar check the lugs nuts of each wheel to check their tightness. If you are using a torque wrench most lug nut need to be tightened between 80 and 90 foot pounds. If the lug nuts have been loose for an extended amount of time it could allow the wheel to come off while damaging the rim or wheel studs.
4. Broken Sway Bar Links: Most cars have a sway bar which does exactly what it name implies, helps control the sway of the car when cornering. This sway bar has links on either side which have rubber insulators at either end. When these insulators wear out it allows the metal of the link to contact the sway bar or the control arm which can make a click sound when turning. Inspect your sway bar links for both the front and rear of the car to check for this condition. The video below shows you how to replace a typical sway bar link.
If you have any questions about clicking noises, please visit our forum. If you need car repair advice, please ask our community of mechanics who are happy to help. Our service is always 100% free.


Jockey Club Runway at Rio: The betting parlor of the Jockey Club do Rio de Janeiro, on Tuesday, was the scene of the return of designer Carlos Miele runway at Brazil. The last time he was paraded in the first (and only) Summer.Ele River was not the only one to get a taste of return. The former model Andrea Dellal paraded alongside daughter, Alice Dellal top after 27 years.


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Leading land broker Aston Mead Land & Planning has welcomed new government consultation proposing to allow thousands of new homes to be built on Green Belt land, but say that the proposals don't go far enough.
The company was responding to news that the proposed relaxation of planning rules published this week will allow councils to allocate appropriate small-scale sites in the Green Belt specifically for starter homes.
Aston Mead Land & Planning Director Adam Hesse said: "At last the government has recognised that the current concept of the Green Belt has reached the end of its useful life. Starter homes are a start - but the mistake they are making is to limit development to this category only. We have 14 million more people in the UK today than in 1955 when the Green Belt was introduced – so we need more three and four bedroom homes to be constructed on those sites as well.
Adam Hesse says that now these proposals have been suggested from the very top, it's up to local councils to play a proactive part in the process.
He explained: "Local authorities are some of the biggest landowners in the country. Very often they are sitting on land which would be ideal for development. Once it has been released, they will still be able to control the planning stipulations, and the design of the eventual build.
"Even the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) admits that the current policy isn't working. So let's grade the greenbelt into those areas which should never be built on, as well as those which could be declassified – often places which many people would be surprised to discover were considered 'Green Belt' in the first place.


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At the end of OMG, Kanjibhai throws away Krishna's keychain to avoid idolatry. Do we need to similarly discard everything connected with God to avoid idolatry?
This incident is a classic example of how scripturally uninformed logic ends in iconophobia, the irrational fear of material representations of God.
The underlying thread of such logic is valid, but its conclusion isn't. The valid thread of logic is as follows: When we worship a material representation of God, we will over time focus only on that material representation and forget God whom we were intending to worship. Thus, the logic goes, the material representation will become a competitor to God and will take for itself the worship that was meant for God. That's why, the logic concludes, no such representation should be worshiped and if it is already being worshiped then that worship should be stopped.
This course of events may be a logical possibility, but it is not a universal necessity. It won't happen when there is proper education about the nature of Deity worship. This education informs us that God is spiritual and the ultimate goal of life is to rise to the spiritual level of consciousness and enter into the ultimate spiritual reality: God's eternal world of love. With such a spiritual-centric understanding, the Deity is never seen as material and is never regarded as something separate from God. So the Deity never becomes a competitor to God; all the worship offered to the Deity automatically goes to God. Devotion to the Deity doesn't distract us from devotion to God, but enhances our devotion to God. In fact, such devotion becomes non-different from devotion to God.
The iconophobia demonstrated in rejecting Krishna's keychain ends in logical absurdity. If the keychain can lead to idolatry, then even the vision of Krishna when he manifests himself can also lead to idolatry. Just as the keychain was limited, so was the form of Krishna that was revealed to Kanjibhai. And both were manifest to material vision. So, if one has to be rejected, then why not the other? And if Kanjibhai had to actually adhere to this iconophobia, then just as he threw away Krishna's keychain, he would have had to push away Krishna too when Krishna first came to his rescue. Because if there had never been any icon, any representation of Krishna through matter, then Kanjibhai would never have known what Krishna looked like. So when Krishna himself appeared before him, Kanjibhai would not have known that this was Krishna. Due to the dogmatic belief that nothing material can represent God, he would have had to consider Krishna himself to be some material representation of God. And like all other icons, he would have had to reject Krishna. Then what would have happened to Kanjibhai?
To conclude, this final incident is a perfect metaphor of the danger of OMG-type critiques of religion: they intend to expose the bad within religion. And there is much that is bad in religion as it exists today, blind faith in self-serving godmen being a tragic example. Such blind faith must be eradicated. By raising sound, sensible questions about issues that most people unthinkingly accept, OMG has forced many people to think and thereby given a boost to the drive against blind faith. The problems it has underscored are real and grave. But their solution lies not in rejection of everything religious but in education of the actual purpose of religion so as to arrive at the balance of intelligent, discriminating belief.
When fake currency circulates in the economy, the government warns people about it. But if the government depicts all currency to be false, then it does a disservice. It needs to educate people to distinguish genuine currency from fake currency. Similarly, much of what goes on in the name of religion today is fake in the sense that it doesn't fulfill the purpose of religion. The movie tells about the 'fake religious currency.' But someone has to tell about the actual currency – the real purpose of religion. This book, I hope, will make a small contribution towards that much-needed education.


Despite objections from people who didn't want public money used to protect private property, local and state governments agreed to pay $3million toward a $10 million beach renourishment project. This summer, 845,000 cubic yards of sand was piped in from three miles out on the ocean floor.
The new beach stretches about a mile and three-fourths, from a public part of the island at 53rd Avenue, along the length of Wild Dunes, to Dewees Inlet.
At least 10 years, predicted Tim Kana, a geologist hired to oversee the project.
At most two, said Andy Coburn, an academic who studies shorelines. Less, Coburn said, if a hurricane blows through.
One thing is certain: The beach renourishment project on this island 12 miles east of Charleston is not the end of the tug-of-war between man and nature. If you have ever vacationed on the Carolinas coast, you know what happens: After renourishment, erosion eventually returns.
It's happened at Myrtle Beach, Emerald Isle, Folly Beach. Hunting Island near Beaufort, S.C., has been renourished eight times since 1968; Wrightsville Beach near Wilmington, Coburn said, has been renourished 23 times since 1939.
This isn't the first time either for the Isle of Palms. A part of the same stretch of beach was renourished in the 1980s, Kana said, though with about a third as much sand. Most of that project, he said, held up well for 10 years and he expects this bigger project to hold up even better.
Beaches migrate. It's natural. So is erosion.
At Isle of Palms, the migration began with a sandbar at the mouth of the inlet near the northern end of the island. The sandbar broke free, which happens to sandbars in inlets, and waves gradually washed it toward shore. As the sandbar moved inland, it sheltered the beach directly in front of it from the pounding of the waves. That part of the beach built up, drawing sand away from the beach on either side.
The erosion on either side of the sandbar was so rapid, by June 2007 the six condominium buildings were standing in the surf.
Isle of Palms had a problem.
But the beach didn't cause the problem, said Orrin Pilkey, professor emeritus of geology at Duke University. It was doing what beaches do. The problem, he said, was caused because Wild Dunes built too close to a fragile part of nature: a tidal inlet.
Linda Tucker, Isle of Palms city manager, said that it would have been a public safety hazard to let hundreds of condominiums fall into the ocean.
Then who should pay for it?
"Our biggest issue on this project is the use of public money," said Coburn, of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University. "We're not against nourishment per se. If the property owners in this private subdivision wanted to take their money, pool it together and nourish the beach … go ahead.
A short section of the renourished beach has public access.
Wild Dunes accounts for half of the island's accommodations tax revenue.
You can see a literal line in the sand at Isle of Palms where the old beach meets the new. On the old side, the sand is the fine, white-gray of the rest of the island; on the other side, the new sand is brownish-gray with bigger grains and bits of broken shells.
There are no dunes yet in the new part, but the city plans to erect "sand fences" which help build dunes by trapping wind-blown sand.
By late July, just a few weeks after the new sand was in place, parts of the beach already were eroding. There were dropoffs in places of a foot to 18 inches. It's called scarping, and it's common on renourished beaches. One dropoff was so steep at low tide that when you walked out onto the beach from 53rd Avenue, you could see only the top half of people walking down by the water.
Isle of Palms sent out bulldozers twice to rework the sand into a gentler slope.
The city expected the scarping and knew it would need to take remedial action periodically, Tucker said, and her hope is that no more sand will be needed for many years.
But even as the island fine-tunes this project, it already has set aside the first $100,000 toward another, eventual renourishment.


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Alphabet Everywhere
C.A. Boylan | Mar 7, 2014
Alphabet Everywhere; by Elliott Kaufman; Abbeville Press; $14.95; (ISBN: 978-0-7892-1115-6)
Our daily environment is full of thousands of very tiny details. They can be found in many forms from light and shadow to colors, patterns and textures both natural and man-made. All of these tiny bits and pieces make up the big picture that is our world but is often hidden in life's mosaic. Architectural photographer Elliott Kaufman has a very sharp eye for detail and a highly developed sense of whimsy. These are extremely valuable traits that every artist works hard to develop as part of their artist's eye. It's clear that Kaufman expertly exhibits these hard won traits—along with his extensive photographic skills—in his book, Alphabet Everywhere.
This wonderful collection of images highlights shapes—found in some of the most unexpected places—that form the letters A to Z. Shadows, metal and wood frameworks, ladders, door handles, plants, bricks, stones, buildings and more reveal their carefully hidden treasures when he uses his lively imagination and moves in for a closer look. Kaufman's work offers the reader a new way to view our normal surroundings in ways that make them new, exciting and fresh. He teaches us to see beyond the surface and think more creatively, the way all artists should. Perhaps we all can follow his example and seek out the hidden meaning in the tiny details that we, all too often, overlook. Suitable for all ages, this Alphabet Everywhere would be a great addition to your personal library.
Photo credit: Images from Alphabet Everywhere. Copyright 2012 by Elliott Kaufman. Published by Abbeville Press, New York, NY. Used by permission of the publisher.
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'We won't be equal until everyone is equal': Women of Asian Descent in Dallas come together to find solutions
On a Sunday morning over dumplings, three women sat down to discuss the issues in Asian American communities, and manageable ways to stop hate.
Author: Tiffany Liou
Published: 10:02 PM CDT June 8, 2021
Updated: 10:27 PM CDT June 8, 2021
DALLAS — At June Chow's Dallas restaurant, Hello Dumpling, she loves how her food brings people together.
She often brings together a group called "Women of Asian Descent".
It was founded by Amy Tran-Calhoun. On a random Friday, she asked her members to meet for dumplings. That's how she met Chow, who immediately became engaged in the group.
Tran-Calhoun wanted to find a space for Asian women in the Dallas area to share experiences, find comfort and create change.
"I feel like I've been living in Dallas for about seven years now, feeling really isolated in my Asian American identity," said Tran-Calhoun.
Women of Asian Descent formed in a time of record violence against Asians in America.
On a Sunday morning in late-May, Chow, once again, brought people together with her food. Over dumplings, three women in the group sat down with WFAA's Tiffany Liou at Chow's restaurant to discuss the issues in the Asian American community.
One of the three women was Jin-Ya Huang.
"It took the Atlanta shooting for us to realize we do need to galvanize and we do need to find a solution together and not let a crisis go to waste. I hate that we have to leverage on those notes, but sometimes that's what it takes," said Huang.
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"It has to be manageable solutions. What can we achieve?" asked Chow.
Together, they discussed the importance of elected officials.
"Make sure that people who represent us in our legislature, in our government, are hearing, making and taking action," said Chow.
They talked about awareness.
"The awareness that everybody is coming to is a good thing. It's facing those ugly demons," said Huang.
And with awareness, there needs to be a unified voice among the Asian community, and among all people.
Tran-Calhoun said stopping racism can start with a conversation.
She suggested, "Rather than asking 'Where are you from?', if you mean 'What is your ethnic background?', then ask me 'Is it okay if I ask you what your ethnic background is?'"
She said it's important to ask mindful questions and come from a place of curiosity, rather than bias and judgement.
They also talked about education, starting with schools. At a young age, love and hate can both be taught. It trickles up to adults in corporations.
"It's never too early, and it's never too late," said Huang.
RELATED: Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand
All three of these women are advocates and voices of change for Asian communities.
Tran-Calhoun works for a company called Diversity Talks, but also independently consults to help people understand how race and racism impacts experiences in schools, workplaces, non-profit spaces and other organizations.
Huang founded an organization called Break Bread, Break Borders that empowers refugee women through cooking and catering. Her goal is to unite people and cultures through food.
And Chow welcomes people of all ethnic backgrounds to try dumplings that are rooted in her Taiwanese heritage. She encourages them to learn more about her culture that brings people together in Dallas.
Huang said, "We won't be equal until everyone is equal."
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Talk about a promising duo for a dark mob comedy: Robert De Niro, whose mob-film pedigree needs no explanation, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who was, after all, "Married to the Mob."
Happily, these two more than carry their weight as husband and wife in director/co-writer Luc Besson's new film "The Family."
Less happily, it's not enough to save this oddly paced, overly violent, sometimes amusing but sometimes jarringly unfunny movie.
There, Fred, Maggie and kids Belle and Warren try to assimilate. They're not too great at it, since they have varying anger management issues.
On the other hand, they're helped by the fact that, magically, the villagers all seem to speak fluent English, from the cafe waitress to the parish priest to the village grocer. In fact, all the kids at school speak English. And all the teachers, and the principal - and every single member of the town's film society.
Now, no one expects the film to be in subtitles. But Mr. Besson, you're French! And so you know that even if all these people DID have a fluent command of English, they wouldn't be cheerfully using it all day long.
But we digress. Because the film has deeper issues. Namely, the violence, in the name of "dark comedy." Giovanni - er, Fred - cannot refrain from beating people to a pulp, or to death even, if he feels he's been disrespected or dealt a raw deal. At one point, a plumber gives him an estimate he doesn't like. Not a good idea.
Maggie (a funny and touching Pfeiffer) tries to rein in her husband. But hey, even she's not above a little arson - actually, blowing stuff up - when she feels slighted. As for the beautiful, blonde Belle (Dianna Agron of "Glee"), she has a propensity to beat up schoolmates - say, if you swipe her pencil box. Brother Warren (an appealing John D'Leo) has the most self-control, but he's inherited other qualities from Dad.
Watching over the family are a couple FBI handlers and their boss, played by Tommy Lee Jones, who could do this kind of cranky-agent stuff in his sleep, but is nonetheless a welcome presence.
It takes an awfully long time to establish the story, and the pacing feels off. Finally, things get going when the jailed mob boss back home finds out, via an absurd (yet amusing) chain of coincidences, where the family is.
The movie, based on the novel "Malavita" by Tonino Benacquista, picks up here, but alas, so does the cartoonish violence. Not to be prudish, but it's a bit hard to keep laughing when so many innocent (and nice!) people wind up dead. And then the Blake kids get involved. When I saw the film, the audience broke into rousing cheers when the young boy picked up two humongous guns and started shooting. It was a little sickening.
There is one very funny scene, where Fred appears on a film society panel. We can't spoil the secret, but let's just say that, while it has nothing to do with the story, it will delight De Niro fans as well as those of Martin Scorsese, who is, as it happens, a producer on the film.
But it might remind you that, with Scorsese and De Niro involved, this film should be making mobster magic. Au contraire, it doesn't.
"The Family," a Relativity Media release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "violence, language and brief sexuality." Running time: 110 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.


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Week 10 has started in the Big Brother 17 house. As viewers saw Thursday night, John and Steve were on the block, but Johnny Mac was evicted. However, everybody was also prepared for a jury member to return to the house, and fans are curious to see how this will play out this week. Everybody was left hanging at the end of Thursday's episode regarding the next Head of Household, but plenty transpired overnight. What are the latest Big Brother 17 spoilers from the house?
Johnny Mac may have been evicted Thursday, but he turned around and won the opportunity to head right back into the house. Though viewers will have to wait until Sunday's show to see it play out on CBS, Big Brother 17 spoilers from Big Brother Network indicate that Vanessa and John were the last two in the Head of Household competition and Vanessa won.
With Vanessa in charge, does that mean that the targets will be a repeat of what everybody saw in Week 9? Some BB17 fans expected that this would be the case, but some live feed Big Brother spoilers indicate that things may head in another direction.
Though many BB17 fans would love to see Vanessa make a big move to break up Austin, Liz, and Julia, at this point it doesn't look like she's going to do it. She's promised them safety this week, though she has made a lot of promises to a lot of people already.
Big Brother spoilers detail that Vanessa and John talked overnight. Many watching the live feeds had wondered if he threw the HOH competition to Vanessa, and it seems he did.
John indicated that he didn't accept an offer to hand Vanessa the HOH because he didn't want it to make it look like they're working together. Vanessa promises him that he'll be safe, and it does seem that she plans on keeping her word on that front.
As BuddyTV details, Austin, Liz, and Julia are anxious to see Johnny Mac evicted again in Week 10. Of course, Meg and James are hoping that Vanessa will nominate Steve and John once again.
Potentially complicating things is that Vanessa did make a promise to James that she wouldn't nominate him the next time she was HOH. However, it is sounding like she's planning to back out of that deal.
As the houseguests all buzzed overnight, James and Meg seemingly felt fairly safe at first. Big Brother spoilers detail that as the night went on, however, they started to squirm a bit. From the sounds of things, however, Vanessa will be nominating Meg and James at some point on Friday and they're not quite going to see it coming.
Based on the overnight rumblings, it sounds awfully likely that either Meg or James will be heading home this coming week. Considering the buzz about a double eviction ahead, it could well be that they'll both be out come Thursday night. Stay tuned for more Big Brother 17 spoilers as the nominations are made and the Power of Veto competition is played.


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Malaysia Seeks to Double Vaccine Order With AstraZeneca
Published: December 25, 2020 at 8:40 am
Malaysia ramps up its vaccine acquisition efforts as cases continue their unprecedented rise in numbers.
Photo By: Some Rights Reserved byManatee County Government
As it struggles with an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, Malaysia is looking to increase its order with AstraZeneca PLC for its vaccines. The nation looks to add 6.4 million doses of the vaccine to its initial order of the same volume.
At the same time, it is also negotiating with other vaccine producers to procure doses of their respective vaccines as well.
Malaysia's Science and Technology Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday that they will also be ordering 14 million doses of Sinovac and 3.5 million doses of CanSino Biologics' vaccine, both of which are from China.
Khairy also added that Malaysia will be purchasing 6.4 million doses of Gamaleya Institute's Sputnik V vaccine as well.
Furthermore, he revealed that Malaysia will be producing the vaccines from the aforementioned companies through local companies that he said have had a track record of corporate cooperation.
"The deals with Sinovac, Cansino, and Gamaleya will involve local companies that have been identified based on their ability to work together and to provide fill finish manufacturing capacity for the vaccines," the Malaysian Science and Technology chief told reporters during the press briefing Wednesday.
On the other hand, Malaysia is also negotiating with Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech SE to put in an additional order on top of the 12.8 million doses that the Malaysian government has already negotiated with the two firms.
Pfizer expects to ship the first batch of the 12.8 million doses to Malaysia by February. This will be followed by 1.7 million doses by the second quarter, 5.8 million in the third quarter and 4.3 million in 2021's final quarter.
Reports say that this additional order is intended to cover a further 20% of the country's population, as the previous deals entered into by the government already covers 80% of the nation's populace or 26.5 million people.
These deals are worth a total of $504 million, for 80% coverage.
The government also has ongoing negotiations with US-based companies Moderna and Johnson&Johnson, Mr. Khairy revealed. He also said that the possible deal with Johnson & Johnson will be a "single shot" vaccine.
Malaysia expects the first batch of doses from its AstraZeneca deal to start arriving in the second quarter of next year.
Infections in Malaysia reached their highest so far in December 10, with over 2,234 cases reported in just a single day. Reports say that this outbreak is centered on facilities operated by various companies, including Top Glove Corp. and Karex Bhd.
After reporting a steady average of 100 cases or less by September, infections in Malaysia started surging in the middle of last month.
A report by the Wall Street Journal at the end of November said that migrant workers make up the majority of the infected individuals in the new outbreak. Malaysia's Health Ministry had admitted that 3,846 migrant workers working in a cluster of facilities were infected by the COVID-19, out of the 4,036 cases that were reported at that time.
The Worker Rights Consortium attributed the spike in cases to the crowded accommodation that migrant workers live in while working in Malaysia.


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This is an abbreviated version of an article that was published in the Fall 2018 edition of Pushing the Envelope Canada, which is printed twice per year by Matrix Group Publishing Inc. for the Ontario Building Envelope Council. Portions of the original article have been reprinted with permission and may not be reproduced without prior written consent. To read the original article in full, please go to https://www.obec.on.ca/pte-newsletter.
In a recent research project, we found that water damage to the building enclosure was the leading trigger of professional liability claims against Ontario architects. This was the first time that anyone has measured patterns in such claims, and we were struck by the fact that all building types were affected, in all regions of Ontario, and that liability was often shared with building science consultants.
Readers can access the Claims Experience Workbook: Lessons from a review of professional liability insurance claims. Published in early 2018 (by Pro-Demnity and the Ontario Association of Architects), the Workbook fully documents our findings and highlights actions that architects can take to manage their
risks – some of which have implications for building science consultants.
Because the Claims Experience Workbook mentions engineers, and others, frequently within its pages, I'd
like to see non-architects read it, in its entirety. Here, I highlight the types of water-related claims that arose most often; how "what failed" varied with building type; and where building science consultants were either part of the problem or could be part of future solutions.
I then suggest how continuing education for mid-career practitioners might respond to the patterns we saw in the claims. Finally, I recommend two additional items to study – right now – to help with day-to-day decisions about the design and construction of better building enclosures.
Because Pro-Demnity Insurance provides the mandatory professional liability insurance coverage for all architectural practices in Ontario, we were able to look for patterns among all of the claims that were lodged against any Ontario architect, during a recent five-year period. We found that water damage was "the biggest of the big" trigger of claims, that building science consultants were found liable (alongside the architect) in roughly 20 per cent of enclosure-related settlements, and that roofs, walls, windows, and foundation walls were each affected, to varying degrees.
From the individual building owner's or occupant's point of view, each claim arose because a water-related event incurred significant un-planned costs and caused headaches. In a few cases, an entire building had to be re-clad. In many more, remedial measures were substantial and took years to complete. Each claim was unique, and most arose because of a cluster of errors or omissions, large or small, perceived or real. In Ontario, we have not (yet) experienced a BC-style leaky-condo crisis. But make no mistake, over the course of five years at numerous sites across Ontario, significant water damage to an enclosure actually happened.
Among the factors frequently at play were:
• Fundamental choices at the earliest stage of design;
• The selection of products or systems;
• The quality of the whole design team's drawings and specifications;
• Oversights during field review or third-party inspection; or
• The acceptance of construction-phase substitutions of non-specified products.
To the extent that consultants professing advanced knowledge of the science of the building envelope were involved in any of these activities, they were called to defend their actions. As to the physical facts, claims involving water damage to the exterior wall were the most costly, if not the most frequent. Next were roof leaks or condensation (sometimes due, in part, to insufficient ventilation).
Broken pipes in under-insulated or unheated spaces made up another class of mishap. Below-grade leaks, poorly planned (or constructed) site drainage, and poorly planned (or constructed) interior floor drainage also gave rise to claims. Claims that a window failure involved an architect were remarkably few.
The Claims Experience Workbook suggests some very general risk management strategies to address each of these matters.
Different Issues for Each Building Type
Assembly buildings and office buildings were more often affected by roof failures and leaky pipes than by wall failures. These were mostly low-rise buildings with a variety of roof shapes and roofing systems, and plenty of uniquely-configured roof-to-wall junctures. In multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) and hotels (whether low- or high-rise), the inverse was true: walls were most often affected. Face-sealed exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS), pre-cast concrete panels, and brick and wood cladding were all featured in one or more of the claims we examined. In single-family houses, costs went mainly to settle wall failures, but roof failures were as numerous.
ARCHITECTS ARE REQUIRED to meet an extraordinary number of professional challenges in practice. It is unreasonable to assume that every architect is equally equipped through education and experience to deal with all of these.
Pro-Demnity's risk management advice to architects has regularly included the benefit of establishing and maintaining a quality assurance/ quality control program for the practice. Many such programs include the participation of additional specialists to supplement the architect's own expertise.
Often, claims that arise against architects involve design decisions and "gaps" in documentation and specifications. In the intense spotlight trained on the architect facing a claim, it has often become apparent that many "errors" or "oversights" might have been avoided if the work had been subject to a quality assurance review or collaboration with another professional who brought different perceptions and expertise to the design as it was being developed.
The plaintiffs who lodged the claims also varied markedly with building type. For instance, MURBs were distinguished by a high number of claims lodged against consultants by condominium associations (or unit owners), regardless of the fact that these entities were not the architect's or specialist consultant's original client. Purchasers frequently alleged a designer or field inspector was liable, regardless of who was originally contracted to whom.
The Claims Experience Workbook discusses these patterns more thoroughly and suggests building-type-specific risk management priorities.
Building Science Consultants: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Enclosure design consultants, roof inspectors, and Tarion Bulletin 19 field review consultants each figured in claims where architects were also named. MURBs were the setting of several of these claims, as were public buildings of various types, but single-family houses were not exempt. Icicles, parapet leaks, missing scuppers, so much mould that the wall framing begins to rot – specialists in this business will recognize the potential consequences of poorly designing or poorly constructing a building enclosure in Ontario's demanding climate. One spectacular failure of a vegetated roof on a single-family house was even featured in the pages of the Toronto Star newspaper.
While they have shared in the problem, clearly building science consultants have a significant role to play in developing future solutions.
"There's a lot to know, and we practice in one of the fastest-paced construction environments in the world. I strongly suggest we hold hands and work together."
We were troubled to see, however, that appropriate insurance of all defending parties was not in place in
all of the claims Pro-Demnity defended. In Ontario, both the Architects Act and the Professional Engineers Act require any firm that is giving advice about the design or construction of a building (and this certainly includes the enclosure) to carry professional liability insurance. In the Claims Experience Workbook, therefore, the OAA and Pro-Demnity strongly reinforce these requirements, reminding architects to help protect the best interests of the public by confirming that any building science consulting firm with whom they contract carries appropriate levels of professional liability insurance.
In-Service (Re-)Training Needed
In a world where new products seem to emerge nearly every day, where the pressure to build at the utmost speed is unrelenting, and where hailstorms, rainfall, and high winds are becoming more frequent and more extreme, it seems to me that continuing education for all building-enclosure professionals is in order. While just a small percentage of Ontario's 1,500 architectural firms were named in the claims we reviewed, the pressures that led to claims exist for everyone.
I want to see robust continuing education that is multi-disciplinary and is, at least in part, building-type specific. It should treat our shared duties to the public as a central theme and express confidence in our shared ability to uphold it. Climate-appropriate design also ought to be a featured topic. (Detailing in North Bay should – to a degree – emphasize somewhat different concerns than detailing in St. Catharines.) Climate-change resilience is clearly another urgent concern. (Extremely high winds during the spring of 2018 produced quite a bit of roof repair business; but would it not have been preferable to make the roofs more wind-resistant in the first place?)
One of the most exciting building science curricula I've seen for architects featured the whole host of actors in the construction process at the podium: building science professionals, architects, insurers, builders, and others.
For architects, continuing education is best when there is more emphasis on creative synthesis of the whole design than on deep analysis of its parts. We can always use reinforcement about the management and resolution of the full range of perspectives (builder, inspector, designer, occupant, operator, and so on). Tactile evaluation of materials and systems is always appealing, as are detailed case studies.
Earlier this year, I thoroughly enjoyed my first-ever trip to the Canadian Roofing Contractor's Association's ROOFTech show, where they build stuff, full-scale. If you're an architect like me, who has never been, go! If you're a building science professional, encourage the architects you know to go. Finally, I think we need to design continuing education for more than one level of learning. This is very challenging and needs some shared thought. I'm excited about the new modules being developed to support seekers of the OBEC Building Science Specialist designation, and I imagine great potential for them to be part of a larger
system which could help serve an even larger audience.
For now, as a result of what I saw in the insurance claims, I recommend the following web-based video and book to anyone with a professional interest in making better buildings in Ontario.
First, consider watching Great Lakes, Global Warming, and Crazy Weather (original air date: September 13, 2017), presented by TVO's The Agenda. It's 30 minutes well spent. Climatologist David Phillips and Gail Krantzberg, professor of engineering at McMaster University, discuss the health of the Great Lakes, the economics of the cross-border region, and building for resilience. They suggest that better roofing and storm drainage are connected to improving ecosystem health, trade, and community safety. Now, let's hear from the architects and consulting engineers!
Second, Brian Palmquist's An Architect's Guide to Construction, Tales from the Trenches, aims to increase
the effectiveness of everyone involved in the construction process. Although Palmquist set out mainly
to provide intern architects with guidance and inspiration, I also found this book (despite my many years in practice) an inspiring read. The commentary is informed by extensive knowledge of professional liability claims in British Columbia and from the author's direct experience as consulting architect, building science consultant, and contractor. Nevertheless, the approach is upbeat and hopeful. I've seen nothing else in print like it (published in Vancouver, in 2015 by Quality- by-Design Software Ltd., available through Amazon).
While architects and building scientists can jointly be proud that the overall cost of resolving errors and
omissions claims has been, to date, but a fraction of the value of construction starts in Ontario, we can – and ought to – continue to strive to do better. Should water-related damage to the building enclosure be the most significant single driver of professional liability claims against architects? Or might that be avoidable?
To the individual building owner, no leak is acceptable. To the consulting architect or engineer, no claims-
resolution process is enjoyable, either. Beyond mere avoidance of trouble, the higher shared goal, really, is more comfortable, durable, energy-efficient, and resilient buildings – buildings that truly benefit from the attention and skills of committed design professionals. I hope that the Claims Experience Workbook will help serve that goal, starting now. In the future, I hope that the Ontario Building Envelope Council and the OAA will continue to work together to enhance Ontario's continuing education programs for all building envelope professionals.
This is an abbreviated version of an article that was published in the Fall 2018 edition of Pushing
the Envelope Canada, which is printed twice per year by Matrix Group Publishing Inc. for the Ontario
Building Envelope Council. Portions of the original article have been reprinted with permission and may not be reproduced without prior written consent. To read the original article in full, please go to https://www.obec.on.ca/pte-newsletter
Contributing Author: Barbara Ross, M.Arch., CUT, OAA, FRAIC
Barbara Ross is the principal of The Research in Architecture Studio. A particular interest is understanding and explaining emerging "ways and means" that aim to lower the loads that mid-sized public-sector buildings impose on the natural environment.
Quoting Barbara:
"Asking an open question may feel risky – but it is how we learn. The evidence that The Studio
will uncover should be eye-opening, and may challenge existing assumptions. In all cases, but
particularly when researching a "green" or "ecological" topic, we try to move the discussion
from dogma to data."
This approach is exemplified in Barbara's work with Pro-Demnity – assisting with a number of important investigations, including the science associated with vegetated (green) roofs, and an understanding of concrete failures in the presence of pyrrhotite, which has triggered significant claims in Quebec and elsewhere.
Barbara was responsible for the milestone research into Pro-Demnity's claims experience over a five-year period that is summarized in the Claims Experience Workbook and the accompanying Checklists & Worksheet. Starting in 2016, Barbara delivered over 24 Risk Education events to Ontario architects reporting on the findings from the research and, through "Workbook Workshops," helping prepare participants to apply the lessons to their own practices.
Barbara can be reached at:
The Research in Architecture Studio
T: 905-823-8784 E: rosstrum@bell.net


Below is our collection of tidbits, odds 'n ends for Centre Calling Lake.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Centre Calling Lake to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
Edmonton [Map], which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the South (S). If you could drive a straight line from Centre Calling Lake to Edmonton, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON [Map]) is 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km] to the East (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
<1> Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Centre Calling Lake) to Point B.
<3> The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Centre Calling Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.586 degrees.
<5> The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.626 degrees.
<6> The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.658 degrees.


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LGBTQ2S + group urges Canada to help resettle trapped people in their own country
By Chester D. Goodwin on	 September 24, 2021 Canada Government
TORONTO – Now that the federal election campaign is over, it's time for the government to get back to work, which includes refocusing on international aid and building partnerships with humanitarian organizations.
Among these organizations is Rainbow Railroad, a Canada-based international charity that provides safety lanes to persecuted members of the LGBTQ2S + community around the world.
Due to the loss of three of his ministers on election day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be forced to reshuffle his cabinet, which should be followed by new mandate letters issued to each ministry.
Rainbow Railroad is pushing for the next letter sent to the Minister of Immigration to include a mandate to establish a refugee flow for internally displaced members of the international LGBTQ2S + community.
"We have long argued with this government and all parliamentarians that LGBTQI + people are particularly vulnerable when they are in their country of persecution," Kimahli Powell, executive director of Rainbow Railroad, told CTVNews.ca Tuesday. "There are 70 countries that have criminalized same-sex intimacy, and these conditions create really dangerous contexts for this community."
A number of countries have also criminalized the gender expression and identity of transgender people and the sexual characteristics of intersex people.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 84 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes for a variety of reasons, including armed conflict, persecution, famine or other disasters. About half of them are "internally" displaced, meaning they have been displaced from their homes but have not crossed an international border to seek refuge.
While there are programs, such as the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Partnership, which provide resettlement assistance to LGBTQ2S + refugees who have been able to flee their countries, there are still many people "who cannot, due to persecution, of state-sponsored conflict or homophobia, cross land borders, "Powell said.
"Rainbow Railroad processes around three to four thousand requests per year, and the vast majority of those who ask us for help are internally displaced persons (IDPs)," he said. "This policy will allow us to identify those at acute risk who need support, because if the Government of Canada, as it has stated, is serious about being a leader in global LGBTQI + rights , it is crucial to understand the needs of this population. . "
Asked why existing resettlement programs require refugees to flee their countries first, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told CTVNews.ca: "A legal framework for resettlement systematic and continuous process of internally displaced persons does not currently exist in the Protection Act. Canada's Resettlement Program is aligned with international practices that focus on the resettlement of refugees outside their country of origin. By definition, under international and national law, a refugee must be outside his or her country of origin or habitual residence.
Rainbow Railroad presented three recommendations to the federal government to enable the resettlement of internally displaced LGBTQ2S + people.
The first is to include in the mandate of the next Minister of Immigration the implementation of a resettlement component dedicated to internally displaced LGBTQ2S + people, which includes a crisis response plan for those in need. immediate assistance in emergency situations.
"Afghanistan is a perfect example of why we need a crisis response plan," said Powell. There have been reports of violence against the LGBTQ2S + community with members saying they are being hunted down now that the Taliban have taken control of the country. "We had requests for help before the fall of Kabul."
Between the fall of the capital and the August 31 withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, Rainbow Railroad provided support to 200 people who requested their evacuation. That number has since risen to 700, Powell said.
"We have actively worked with other NGOs in Afghanistan and identified those at risk, provided immediate support to those at risk and provided support for the evacuation," he said.
The second recommendation made by the organization is to expand existing political mechanisms to support IDPs and refugees, including prioritizing LGBTQ2S + asylum seekers. For example, Powell said the government could expand the Urgent Protection Program, which speeds up the resettlement process for refugees whose lives are in immediate danger, to include internally displaced people, as the program does not currently only applies to those who have crossed an international border.
The government can also issue more "temporary resident permits, or ask the new minister to use his authority to help people enter Canada," he said. "These are all tools that the Government of Canada currently has.
The Immigration Department has recognized the existence of mechanisms to assist internally displaced populations in emergency situations.
"To address the unique circumstances facing a specific population, a public policy can be implemented to allow the resettlement of displaced people as a life-saving measure," the ministry said, citing a temporary humanitarian policy put in place in 2017 to resettle ISIS survivors. , especially the women and children of northern Iraq. "Although there is no systematic or continuous resettlement of the displaced, the Government of Canada currently provides support to the displaced generally through development programs funded by Global Affairs Canada."
The third recommendation made by Rainbow Railroad is to establish a formal partnership with Rainbow Railroad to support the identification, treatment and resettlement of LGBTQ2S + refugees.
"We have already done the work of identifying people at extreme risk," said Powell. "We also have the tools to help support the evacuation efforts."
Powell hopes the new government will be receptive to his organization's recommendations and willing to work together to ensure the safety of displaced and persecuted members of the LGBTQ2S + community.
"One of the encouraging things is that all parties are committed to providing some support to refugees and LGBTQI + people," he said of the last federal election campaign. "We have clear expectations on what the next government needs to do, and we intend to work with the government and hold it accountable for supporting LGBTQI + displaced people."
With files from CTVNews.ca editor Christy Somos
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