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American Nashville based Worship Artist, Pianist, Writer & Producer Byran Popin has announced the release of his 3rd official single titled “Step In The Name” from his best-selling album, “I GOT OUT”.

This hot track brings heat with an infectious funky pop groove that mixes old school with the new school. Embodied with the essence of gritty horns, coupled with assertive lyrics, and an unforgettable hook, “Step In the Name,” mandates a hip/hop twist that makes you wanna “just let go” and “step into your miracle.”

Step In The Name” is the follow-up to Popin’s self-titled hit single,“I Got Out,” which peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (20 weeks in the Top 10) and reached Top 10 on its Hot Gospel Songs hybrid chart, which combines streaming, sales and airplay.

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The London property market has enjoyed a boom in construction since 2010 including many large developments of diverse typologies. There has been a broad trend over the past few years though has been towards a simplistic approach to glass specification and procurement. There are a few projects where more sophisticated latest glass products have been sought but more commonly glass is treated as a commodity. However there is also a significant population of projects that aim to achieve glass that achieves a high performance, looks good and has an attractive visual quality.

Over the same time available glass products have multiplied and sourcing has become globalised from numerous sources in numerous geographies. As the that ultimately may disappoint developers owners, designers and specifiers. This paper will explore some of the characteristics and drivers of this trend but also discuss how the glass industry might play its part and respond to give the customer what he wants.

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Delays…Flat tires and poor weather.

It has been raining all day; sometimes worse than others.  We are also having an issue with a tire that continues to go flat on the truck.  No one can find the leak, but it continues to go down.  We decided to put the spare tire on but found it to be flat too.  So, we will continue to add air when we can (as well as fill up the spare).

Attempting to figure out our tire situation

Feeling the rain

We are going to go to a community of 47 houses where we will distribute the buckets and kits, and also some medicine for the children struggling with worms.  Please pray that the rain will slow and that the tire will not give us trouble over the next few hours as we go from house to house.

On the plus side, the temperature is some cooler with the breezes from the rain.

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Walking over by Racer, the first thing you notice is this giant crane standing right next to it!

If you get close to the construction fence, you’ll immediately notice rebar sticking out of the ground for what will be a footer.

You can see that this site is massive!

The construction site goes all the way back to the end of Racer with more footers back there.

Lots of footers!

Here’s an upclose shot on one of the rebar cages.

Over by the park’s Skycoaster is a lagoon filled with these rebar cages that will soon be footers for the new S&S coaster.

At first I thought these footers were so far apart and separated because I was expecting the track to big like how Valravn’s is. The bigger the track, the less supports it would require. I was thinking maybe this was gonna be the first RMC Trex, but as it turns out, its gonna be some sort of weird S&S coaster with tower like supports.

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This series of GWODs was designed exclusively for Greatist by Bodeefit. For more information about the exercises in this workout, or to see video demos of each movement, follow the links below the graphic. Be sure to note the results of your workout so you can track your progress as you go.

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Ielpi Family Remembers Jon on 9/11

“It’s a hard question,” a teary-eyed Anne Ielpi responded when she was asked what she remembered most about her son, Jon,
who died responding to the 9/11 attacks 14 years ago when he was both a New York City firefighter and assistant chief with the Great Neck Vigilant Engine and Hook & Ladder Company.

Ielpi, surrounded by family and friends and over 20 uniformed members of the Vigilant unit, was in the park last Friday morning on Grace Avenue in the plaza, often referred to as “Jon’s Park,” to participate in the annual 9/11 memorial service.

She was one of the first to arrive prior to the ceremony and frequently exchanged numerous hugs and well wishes from many of the guests as they arrived, including Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum.

But Jon’s mother, who retired last year after almost 30 years with the Great Neck Park District, did recall his sense of humor and fondness for practical jokes.

Family friend Jon Lyons, the former chief of the Sea Cliff Fire Department, was standing next to Ielpi and stepped in to describe a humorous incident involving her son just prior to 9/11. “When I was chief we had a big fire on Sea Cliff Avenue and he called me on the radio because he was assistant chief here (with Vigilant) and he asked me if we needed any help.”

“I said ‘Yeah, come on and give me a hand.’ When the fire got written up in the paper they said that the fire was so big that we had to go to Great Neck to get help because they saw his Vigilant car parked out front. But that really wasn’t the case. We had it handled.”

Current Vigilant Chief Josh Forst, who hosted the 9/11 memorial ceremony, also knew Ielpi well, who was 29 when he died. “He was one of my closest friends,” said Forst.

“He was a phenomenal chief,” Forst continued.  “It’s very difficult being a chief and having two kids like he did at the time and it was difficult to be at everything, but he was. He was at almost every drill. He was constantly trying to train the new members and he was a terrific fireman. And you always knew that when Jonathan was there, everything was going to be OK.”

Standing in front of the statue of Jon in Firefighters’ Park, Rabbi Marim D. Charry of Temple Israel (and a member of the Vigilant Company) began the service with the invocation and paid tribute to all those who had fallen in the attacks. The statue, dedicated in 2003, salutes not just the heroes of 9/11 but “Great Neck firefighters and medics who have made the supreme sacrifice while unselfishly keeping communities and their residents safe.”

Father René Tapel, the new pastor at St. Aloysius, also spoke at the ceremony. Father Tapel has recently succeeded the retired Msgr. Brendan Riordan.

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Protesters Enter Hutto Prison with Toys for Children

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About 100 people protesting the imprisonment of immigrant families at the T. Don Hutto Prison in Taylor, Texas on Sunday evening marched across a parking lot to the front door of the prison and then entered the prison lobby with toys and wrapping paper.

Jaime Martinez, National Treasurer of the League of United Latin American Citizens called for the march shortly after 5:30. Carrying a bullhorn, Martinez informed the protesters that prison officials had made a promise to come out and get the toys at 5 p.m.

When Martinez called for the people to take the toys to the children, the crowd pressed forward across a yellow line painted on the driveway marking official prison property.

“Bring the toys!” called Martinez from the prison door as volunteers grabbed boxes and bags of toys along with rolls of wrapping paper and rushed to the prison door.

One of the volunteers, Georgetown resident Peter Dana, later described carrying a box of toys through a metal detector. He said he thought about helping to engineer a metal detector years ago.

Inside the lobby, prison officials appeared to be accepting the toys for the children inside. Previous reports from various sources say that Hutto houses about 400 immigrants, half of them children.

The toy march was the high point of an active day that began with a longer march from downtown Taylor to the prison that lies upon a large, flat field at the outskirts of town, across the tracks.

Local LULAC Secretary Jose Orta began the day’s preparations by parking a rented trailer across the street from the prison. The trailer served as a stage for speakers during an afternoon rally.

At sundown, the final speaker of the day, Rev. Jim Rigby of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, asked the people to turn around and face the prison. By that time, most of the participants were holding lit candles as part of a sundown vigil.

Shortly after the crowd had turned around, Martinez began walking among the people with his bullhorn.

“Free the Children, Now!” chanted the crowd with Martinez.

“The children were out playing when we first marched here from town,” said Orta, recalling the day’s events. “They saw us, but they were taken inside.”

The Department of Homeland Security says the Hutto prison is dedicated to immigrant families with children.

Organizers and protesters agreed that eventually they want to close the prison and end the imprisonment of children altogether.

After the toy march, filmmakers Matthew Gossage and Lily Keber transformed the chilly night darkness into a screening of their new film, “Hutto: America’s Family Prison” which can be viewed at: Keber was taping the day’s protest, including the toy march, so perhaps a sequel will be forthcoming.

Near the end of the screening, a few people made two more attempts to deliver more toys to the front door of the Hutto prison. The first attempt was rebuffed by a security guard, but the second attempt succeeded as a young man carrying a child took the bags past the guard to the front door. Inside the lobby, it appeared that people dressed in civilian clothes were processing the toys for delivery to the children inside.

Sunday’s protest marked the first anniversary of protests outside the Hutto prison. During more than a dozen protests since Dec. 16, 2006 security guards have jealously guarded the perimeter of the prison to discourage protesters from walking on prison grounds.

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KVUE: “Detention center still subject of protest one year later”

News 8 Austin: “Anniversary march at T. Don Hutto”

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Make sure you stretch before exercising these Common activities

You are going to need to stretch your recordkeeping muscles to start using the new section of Common activities within the General retention and disposal schedule (GRDS).

Common activities have been introduced into the GRDS to cover records for activities that could repeat across functions – such as committees, agreements, advice or compensation. This section streamlines the sentencing of records by grouping them together to ensure consistency in retention periods and also means repetition is removed from the document.

But these Common activities don’t just apply to the functions in the GRDS, they can also be applied to your core business records. For example, you could use the Common activities in the GRDS to sentence records on advice that you create as part of your core business. Just keep in mind that you must use your agency or sector schedule for sentencing if you have a business or legislative requirement to keep the records for a different retention period. If you don’t have an agency or sector schedule – and you want to use Common activities or the full GRDS to sentence your core business records – get in touch with us first for advice prior to sentencing.

Why the change?

The idea for Common activities came about as we started to think about new ways to develop retention and disposal schedules. Common activities are undertaken by many different agencies so it makes sense for these to be combined with less repetition of record classes within functions and schedules. You also told us that you liked this model when we consulted with you on revising the GRDS back in 2014/15.

Including Common activities in the GRDS means core retention and disposal schedules can be streamlined and require less time to develop and review. By focussing only on unique, core business activities within specific agency or sector schedules, these schedules will become smaller, simpler and easier to use. Less time spent on developing each individual schedule means:

  • QSA has more time to help agencies create core schedules and to improve schedule coverage across Queensland
  • more agencies will be able to manage their records efficiently and undertake lawful disposal activities.

We’d love to hear about how you might implement this change, so tell us about your experiences below. We are also looking at Common activities for sector schedules. What do you think? Let us know as there may be further implementation tools and advice we could develop based on your feedback.

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Yes, I was in Dallas - April 3, 2012

As you have probably read, there were several tornadoes in and around Dallas and Fort Worth yesterday. I, along with about 300 9-1-1 professionals were at a conference in downtown Dallas. The staff of the Fairmont Hotel did a wonderful job in informing everyone of what was going on. We all were moved into interior rooms that did not have exterior windows.  It was interesting the impact on the wireless/cellular network this event had. Text messages which would normally be almost instant were taking several minutes to be received. We were lucky, many others that live in the effected area were not so lucky.

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Music City-and I didn’t even have to travel

Wooden lit up stage

Guitars jammin

Tunes flowin

Cowgirl boots & dresses, flashing lights, Elvis statues & musicians on every corner hoping for their big break.

I remember walking down Broadway Street in Nashville, TN for the first time like it was yesterday…at 10:00 am.

Yep, it’s the city where music and dreams never sleep. It’s something else.

Music City captures Nashville to a T. I got that Nashville vibe right off the bat and became so invested in the characters as the layers of the story unfolded. I laughed, I cried, I gave Alyssa the “did you see that?” look.Now there is NOT much that makes this Billy Joel lovin’ girl cry but, this musical hit home. Serious props to everyone involved in this production.

So much has gone into bringing this show to life. I got to hear first hand how the story has evolved and let me tell you-it has come a long way! It’s amazing what details change and the thought that goes into it in order to create just the right feeling.

I left with a serious appreciation for what it takes to put on a show like this.

The choreography was done by Tyce Diorio who is well known for his work on the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”. He has choreographed many stars and has won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding choreography. The quality of work that went into this is obvious.

Pretty cool if you ask me!The show ended with a standing ovation and conversations of appreciation filled the lobby.

I’m seriously considering going to see it again.

Like today.

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The Dedicated To Digital Beauty edition was held on Sunday, July 22nd at Eyowo at Ikeja GRA Lagos. It was an insightful edition designed for SMEs, young entrepreneurs, aspiring digital entrepreneurs and media managers who are aspiring to build a strong a beauty brand in the digital space.

It was facilitated by Nowe Isibor and saw other well known digital beauty experts like Dimma Umeh and Kehinde Smith who shed light on how they successfully grew their business using digital tools. The event was also attended by other famous Nigerian celebrities like Osas Ighodaro, Idia Eisien, Tuke Morgan and Ezinne Alfa.

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Project Integrity – a defining time for balanced, responsible decision making.

Today, decision makers must respond to new levels of economic, social and environmental awareness within our communities. The environmental harnessing and management of water for the consumption and well-being of future generations is at the heart of all balanced and … Continue reading

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16 Reasons to Own a Gun Safe (and 12 Reasons Not To)

More than just gun safety, there are many reasons to buy a gun safe.  Some are unexpected, like Homeowners Insurance Coverage Limitations and “Protection from Lawyers” (discussed below). There are also many reasons not to get a gun safe.  The gun safe industry doesn’t like to talk about this, so don’t expect to see these anywhere […]

11 Myths about Gun Safe Theft Protection

Gun safe manufacturers make a lot of claims about security.  Most of it is smoke and mirrors.  This article shows you how these gun safes fail to stand up to burglars armed with even small tools.  After reading this you’ll have a realistic idea of how much security gun safes really give you for your […]

9 Myths about Gun Safe Fire Ratings

“Fireproof” gun safes are not constructed the same way as true fire-rated safes. To save costs, most gun safe manufactures use $10 to $20 of drywall (Sheetrock) as fire lining, and then charge you a premium for it. Fireproof gun safes can not meet industry standard tests for fireproof safes.  So, gun safe manufactures basically […]

100 Money-Saving Ways to Protect Your Guns

This article covers both cheap alternatives to gun safes, as well as inexpensive ways to increase the security of any gun safe.  It will give you lots of ideas for how you can protect your guns.  You may decide you don’t need a gun safe at all. Many families just want to keep their guns away […]

Where to Put a Gun Safe

In many ways, where to put a gun safe is more important than which gun safe.  Finding the best place to put a gun safe gives you better security, without spending more on the safe. This article will help you balance convenience with protecting your guns, and keep you from choosing a location that actually […]

What to Look for in a Gun Safe

This article is an in-depth analysis of what matters when picking a gun safe.  After reading it you’ll be able to tell if a particular gun safe is any good, and to compare any two gun safes. If you’re looking for a quick 4-minute gun safe overview, see the Gun Safe Buyer’s Guide instead. Quick Reference – […]


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Intravenous Versus Intramuscular Oxytocin for the Prevention of PPH

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While oxytocin is considered a safe and effective medicine for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) prevention and is widely recommended, there is limited information about the impact the different routes of administration may have on postpartum blood loss. Indeed, much of the literature and guidelines on PPH prevention simply presume that routes of oxytocin administration perform similarly. This one-page document summarizes the findings from a series of randomized controlled trials conducted among women with vaginal births in tertiary-level hospitals to compare the effect on postpartum blood loss of the most common routes of oxytocin administration: intravenous infusion (IV), IV bolus, and intramuscular (IM) injection of 10 IU oxytocin.


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GitHub had about 50 employees when I joined back in December 2011. Seven years later, it blew past 950 people and Microsoft acquired it for $7.5 Billion. What would you say if I told you it could have been way more valuable than that?

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You might say I’ve taken up paint sniffing as a hobby. After all, this is a tremendous exit. And the truth is, I’m ecstatic about it. I’m not complaining by any means. GitHub built a valuable business and was worth every penny of Microsoft’s money. Everyone at GitHub should feel proud.

At the same time GitHub had some missteps as it underwent rapid growth. The type of missteps many young companies in the same situation experience. This is by no means unique to GitHub. But many of these challenges are easy to mitigate with the benefit of hindsight. Especially if you know what to look for.

For example, GitHub started off with no managers. In the early days, this was a productive means of operation. As it grew, that changed. So when is a good time to introduce managers? When is a good time to introduce directors? How do you make sure the introduction of managers solves the problems you expect it to solve?

It turns out you can’t just sprinkle some manager juice on top and assume it’ll all go well.

This is why I started Haacked LLC back in November of last year. I learned a lot during my time at GitHub (and Microsoft prior to that). I learned what works and what doesn’t. I learned what to watch out for as a company grows. And now I can lend the benefit of my hindsight and experience to organizations on a similar path to GitHub.

If this sounds valuable to you, feel free to contact me at

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If you read my last post about my experience at GitHub, you might wonder why in the world would I start a company now? In that post, I stated:

But I’m also excited to take a break from full-time work. My family had a rough time in 2017 from a mental health perspective, and while we’re doing much better, staying that way takes a lot of work and vigilance. For example, we’re homeschooling my son which is time consuming, but rewarding.

Starting a company doesn’t sound like taking a break. Maybe there’s something to the paint sniffing joke I made earlier?

I assure you, no paint cans have been harmed by me. It turns out that opportunity waits for nobody. I enjoy mentoring people and companies. A few months ago, a friend put me in touch with his friend who is a CTO of a company in Seattle. He thought we would have a lot to talk about.

This CTO wants to hire a VPE (Vice President of Engineering). They have a great business and interesting growth challenges ahead. I’ll admit, the idea of going for the position myself was tempting. But I meant it when I said I needed a break from that level of responsibility.

Instead, I advised him about how to go about the search and what to look for in a VPE. As we continued to talk, it occurred to both of us that we should make my advisor role more formal.

The idea intrigued me, but it had been so long since I had been a consultant. What does one charge for that?

Lucky for me, I have a wise friend in Paul Nakata. He noted I should not charge for my time. Instead, charge for access to my experience and expertise. On his advice, I suggested they keep me on retainer for a monthly fee. This is a common practice for lawyers.

The company went for it and are now my first client!

This is not the only service I plan to offer under Haacked LLC. For example, I am also co-writing a book and will continue to blog right here.

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An Update for planning for sea level rise

22 Jan

by David Holland

written early 2016

One of the potential threats to Australian shores is the onset of sea level rise, but to date the federal government have not specifically made policy in this area. They have however made general policy to reduce carbon emissions as part of the Paris conference initiative. Clearly the Australian government is heavily influenced by the world opinion. With the opposition taking a strong position on climate change issues this has had an effect on government policy.

Opposition Federal ministers have indicated that they see sea level rise as a state and local government issue, but Dawson (2011) and Holland (2016) recommend that the Federal government should take a leadership role in this potentially devastating economic impact that climate change will have.

In 2009 the New South Wales (NSW) State government had developed policy in this area and was influenced by the IPCC reports forecasting up to 900mm rise in sea levels by 2010. However, because the NSW reforms affected land owners in a negative way, the standard set in 2009 was removed by a new state government and any requirements on the standards where placed onto councils in 2012. Councils were then obligated to take full responsibility for making a flood plan. This action was influenced by public pressure from land owners.

Many States Governments have little or no plans for sea level rise adaptations. One important measure outlined by Barnett, Waters, Pendergast, & Puleston, (2013) is that planned retreat should be considered.

The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility would have influence on State government policy as a research paper by the facility identified issues of resistance to adaptation in the Eastern states of Australia.

Since the NSW government was affected by public opinion in 2012 it now seems to have a successful policy outcome of adapting to climate change effects through the Integrated Regional Vulnerability Assessment (IRVA). Also three new planning policy documents have just finished a public consultation process. These initiative may have been encouraged by the Nature Conservation Council and the Australian Conservation Council which often have representative on government committees.

A draft Coastal Management Bill will bring a new Coastal Management Act in NSW and amend the EPA Act 1979. The Explanation of Intended Effect for the proposed new Coastal Management State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) will control development and introduce four new zones to planning in NSW and finally a rewritten draft coastal management manual will give better support for council planning decision making.

Local government have had little direction to plan for climate change induced sea level rise. In 2010-11, the public outcry over high insurance premium was deafening to the Central Coast councillors and as a result flood prone properties were not identified. This irresponsible policy of councils is slowly changing in Gosford City with a new initiative called sea level rise mapping. This policy was passed by council in March 2015.

Recently, Wyong councillors were still being held hostage by unanimous interest groups to the constant frustration on peak environmental groups such as the Community Environment Network (CEN).

Hopefully the new amalgamated Council on the Central Coast will take concise and appropriate action to address climate change related sea level rise by making appropriate planned retreat strategies in the near future using the new State Coastal Management Act.

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A national security problem – Sea Level rise

21 Feb
By David Holland (BAS Env Planning; Grad. Dip. Env. Mngmt)

In 2015 the effects of climate change are starting to be felt by Australian communities. Although there are still some who either do not recognize that climate change processes are affecting our daily lives or believe climate change is a natural process, which is the phase of global warming as part of a cycle of global weather patterns from cooler climates to warner climates that have not been affected by human activities on the planet.

These people tend to discount the effects of burning fossil fuels intensively over the last 100 years or so.  They do not recognise that over time concentrations of certain gases in the atmosphere including carbon dioxide have and are affecting the climate.

Presently many of the effects of this warming pattern are relatively mild but over time unless progress is made to curb carbon emissions these effects will impact the economics of Australia and every individual living within Australia.

However climate change deniers and climate change skeptics suggest that if there is a process of global warming happening today, there is nothing we can do about it. Human activity over the last 150 years in digging up and burning fossil fuels has had little to no impact on global temperatures.

Science tells us just the opposite. Scientific records tell us that temperatures have risen much faster than the trend over the last 100 years than any time in the last 1000 years.

This warming is not just a natural cycle of warming, but an accelerated warming principally caused by the industrial revolution’s use of fossil fuels to drive the economic engine of world commerce.

Scientists have produced data that shows the world has warmed on average one degree since the year 1900. Scientists have predicted that if the average world temperatures warm more than two degrees since that time there will be a cycle of events that will increase global temperatures even if the global population stopped using fossil fuels from that point onwards.

There is a wide range of impacts associated with global warming that should be considered in Australia and planned for to help mitigate the effects on the Australian people, the way we live and on our economic status in the world’s economy.

The particular climate change impact that we will be focusing on in this paper is climate change induced sea level and coastal flooding caused by extreme weather and tidal events.

Australia is an island and although large will have the effects of sea level rise, severe weather events and tidal inundation around its entire coastline. Much of the population of Australia resides in coastal regions and much of this population is and will increasingly be subject to the effects of wild weather as global temperatures increase.

A smaller proportion of the population live in lower lying areas and the land they occupy will be subject to a variety of effects which include rising sea levels, tidal inundation and higher floods caused by more precipitation caused by more extreme weather events.

Some politicians have suggested that the mitigation processes related to sea level rise should be managed at the State and Local government level. This option has merit in that the bulk of the work in managing these effects should be through State and local government planning instruments. But State and local government do not have the capacity to coordinate strategies to mitigate the effects of the following kind. These are impacts on the social and economic fabric of the nation. This will require a nationwide a response to the effects of climate change induced sea level rise. Only the Federal government will have the overall capacity to co-ordinate an Australian wide approach to these effects on the economy, the environment and the social cohesion of all Australians.

One of the mechanisms that could be used to ensure a coordinated approach would be through enabling federal legislation that would be agreed upon through the COAG process. This legislation would then be dovetailed into all State legislation and then through State government consultation with agencies and local government incorporated into local government planning schemes. This would ensure a best practice approach which would be fairly and uniformly applied across the country.

This process of ensuring a coordinated approach to mitigate the effects of climate change in this one area of sea level rise and associated effects goes to the issue of national security.[1]

The National security of our economic systems within Australia.[2]

Security of markets is about protecting markets within the economy.

Coastal Property markets

The protection of coastal property markets is very important in a growing and prosperous country like Australia. The property market is the bedrock of the economy and a solid source of asset security for the financial sector in Australia.

Potentially affected land by sea level rise up to a level of 1.1 meters above current sea levels hold in the vicinity of $300 billion worth of asset value according to an ABC report in 2013. This asset value does not take into consideration any additional rises due to tidal inundation in storm events.

If people were to overnight loose confidents in the value of these assets, banks would want to foreclose on loans as many properties are included in an asset list securing the loan. A collapse in property values would affect the financial sector and a scarcity of available funds for business using coastal properties as collateral would mean that extreme pressure would be put on business and on jobs court in this situation.

Insurance cover scarcity

Risks associated with buying such properties will mean that insurance providers will not insure coastal properties. At present some of these properties are the most expensive in the total real-estate market and a collapse will deviate the property market.

What are the processes by which such a collapse may occur? Under the current coastal property boom prognosis it is likely that the market will continue to increase without abating until a loss of confidence in the market occurs.

What would be the likely cause of a loss of confidence in the coastal property market without any intervention from the federal or state government? It is likely that the upon a catastrophic storm event that produces very high tides and extensive flooding coastal property owners will start to reassess the viability of staying on the coast.

With the insurance industry being saddled with an overwhelming number of claims for damage and destruction of homes and property, the industry would realise that many insurance premiums are massively too low and a reassessment would follow which would increase premiums. (In this scenario there is a possible situation where an insurance company will not insure a particular property.)

In addition the local governments will be shocked into the reality that they are massively exposed to risk of litigation because they had not responsibly informed the property owners of the heightened risk of inundation due to changing climatic conditions.

Then when coastal property owners attempt to reinsure their properties they find that the premiums are astronomically high or even worst that they cannot insure their property at all due to the risk on the property after a reassessment of risks of storm event damage by the insurance companies.

The devaluation of coastal properties

After a very severe storm or a chain of storms producing flooding and the likelihood of a hike in insurance premiums, property owners will be clambering to move away from the coast. Supply for coast properties will rise and as a result coastal property prices will plummet. This drop in asset value will impact the ability for many businesses to operate in a constrained credit environment.

To explain this we must look at the mechanism that allows businesses to borrow. Businesses borrow from financial institutions like banks because they have a capacity to pay back the loan. Often security on a loan is a property and is put up by the borrower as collateral on the loan in case the ability to pay the loan by the borrower evaporates. If the collateral for the loan is a devalued coastal property then the lender may call in the loan on the basis of the reduced value of the asset to lower the exposure to the loan by the lender or financial institution. This will adversely affect the business. Even if the loan is not called in, the business may need to gain more finance in a growing business. If the coastal property asset used as collateral is a devalued coastal property the business may not be able to gain further finance from the lender.

This process of a financial freeze on a section of the business community will affect jobs and growth in Australia’s economic engine at large. A flow on effect of this is a down turn in tax receipts income and business taxes which affects government revenues.

Local and State governments will be under pressure to raise rates and funds.

With a drop in coastal property prices Local government will have little choice but to increase rates putting further pressure on rate payers and business owners.

With less money in the economy discretionary spending will be down and marginal businesses will go out of business further reducing Australia’s economy.

Local government and State governments will be under extreme pressure to mitigate the impacts of tidal inundation and prolonged flooding. Massive amounts of money will be needed for projects along the coastal regions of the Australian coast. State and local governments will not be able to supply this money even if their revenues had not dropped due to the economic downturn.

Politically speaking there will be a questioning of the fairness to the whole community on spending such a large amount of money on owners of high value coastal properties and propping them up for a few years to keep these properties above the flood waters, just so these owners will not loose asset value of their property in the near term.

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Climate Change related Sea Level Rise Policy changes in New South Wales

16 Apr

by David Holland

This is an up dated paper first written in 2010 but still relevant in 2015 more than ever with continued evidence of the effects of chimate change in a range of environments.  The paper can be viewed through the link at the bottom of this web page. Since this paper was written in 2010 there has been a series of developments related to both NSW State government and some Central Coast local government councils and their policies. After the Labor State government announced in 2009 the recognition of sea level rise being a scientific fact through the Draft Flood Risk Management Guide published by the Department of Environment and Climate Change Water (DECCW) several predictable things happened. Firstly we need to understand that the DECCW based finding of 900mm sea level rise by the year 2100 on the shores of NSW is from data produced by the 2007 fourth session report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[1]. This report indicated that sea level rise was predicted under present emission levels and a projected increase was expected to be between 1 meter and 3.7 meters by the year 2100. From the 5th session report of the IPCC in 2013 further information has been gathered and more finding published on sea level rise predictions. However, after the initial IPCC report and the NSW State government considering the revision of flood level planning and standards in the State, local councils who have been starting to implement the new planning standards along the coastal regions, experienced a backlash from land owners. As predicted in the paper in 2010, insurance premiums started to rise on coastal properties. Councils through a due diligence processes began to realize that if a house were to be approved for development and was likely to have a life span of 60 to 100 years, the minimum floor level should reflect the projected sea level rise at or up to the year 2100. This has meant that the full height of the increase of sea level assessed to be 900mm by the year 2100 was now the new standard for the calculation of the minimum floor level. This has also meant that flood planning had to reflect the maximum level of expected flood over the next 90 years as if it were the standard for today. This in turn alerted the insurance companies and skewed their risk assessment process, which had to reflect the new standard of 900mm. As a result insurance premiums went up to previously unheard of levels. Some property owners were experiencing insurance premiums of over $4000 a year. The political backlash was so great that coastal councils started to ignore due diligence and allow homes to be built at current floor levels without consideration for the State government’s Draft Risk Management Guide 2009. After a change of government and due to the political backlash, the State government also decided to backtrack from their mandatory standard floor level assessment as an interim measure for councils without an updated flood management plan reflecting the new State government predictions of 900mm by the year 2100. Instead the State government, through its department has change the guidelines to reflect a non specific approach to sea level rise but still maintaining the fact that sea levels will rise to the 900mm previously suggested, but now has put the onus of providing flood level risk information to land owners onto the local councils, opening the way for them to ignore the 2007 IPCC report.[2] [3] The fifth session 2013 IPCC report when commenting on climate change induced sea level rise was very careful to report a range of scenarios, qualifying and re-qualifying projections. If we were to read between the lines of qualification, for the east coast of Australia, a lower level prediction for average sea level rise would be between 300mm and 480mm from present day 2013 levels by the year 2100.[4] [5] However, one very important and significant component of the sea level projection is missing and that is storm surge predictions that must be atop the sea level rise due to global sea warming causing seawater expansion and ice cap melting. This brings a conservative sea level rise risk in a storm event to up to 800 mm or more by the year 2100 depending on the intensity of the off shore weather event present. Since with increasing evidence of more intense storm events now considered to be caused by global warning, and the prediction that increased global warming will precipitate more such events, higher levels of sea level surge is likely to be more prevalent. Faced with this evidence and the new provisions of the guidelines placing onus on council to assess risk, Gosford Council in early 2014 has finally decided to acknowledge the risk of litigation it has been exposed to by previously deleting flood references on the 149 certificates in 2012.[6] After the recommendation by the State government, the council has again decided to implement a notice on each likely affected property to recognize increased risks of sea level rise and tidal inundation along with its flooding notifications. These notices were attached to each property through the provisions of section 149 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.[7] This should now put pressure in other coastal councils to do likewise. However, under this provision of open information about property characteristics, it again presents a likelihood that insurance companies will reconsider the provisional notice an indicator for increased risk of flooding of the subject property and raise premiums in line with the perceived risk associated with sea level rise. In addition, in light of the new IPCC 5th report, these actions of both the NSW State government and local councils, highlights the lack of due diligence in the policy settings of the State government and perhaps the Federal government in ignoring probable reactions of the insurance companies. Governments need to accept the real probability of climate change induced sea level rise and strategically plan appropriate legislation to ensure a smooth path to higher sea levels in Australia. This paper gives a strategy for the State governments throughout Australia and coastal local governments to deal with insurance risks and progressive sea level rise over the next 90 years and beyond. This paper offers a way to consider forward planning in a context of the risks associated with climate change induced sea level rise. The Strategy advocates a local councils partnership with both State and the Federal Government to provide ways to provide insurance cover and infrastructure to reduce risks to coastal properties.

[1] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), fourth report 2007,

[2] NSW Planning and Infrastructure – Coastal Management and adapting to sea level rise, (ref.

[3] NSW Planning, NSW Coastal Planning Guidelines – Adapting to Sea Level Rise (2010), (Ref.

[4]Fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report 2013, (ref. (

[5]This above statement should be read as a conservative figure for sea level rise and depending on how the future circumstances change levels could be considerably higher.

[6] Sea Level Rise in Gosford Council area,

[7] See Article Central Coast Express Advocate, Friday March 28, 2014; “Sea rise rules upset”.

To see the full paper follow the link below: Planning for Climate Change – The Risk Model for Sea Level Rise Discussion Paper – 3rd Edition Rev 1

Planning NSW New Planning System 2012 paper by David Holland

22 Sep

Submission to NSW State Government on Green Paper

For some time myself and colleges in the planning discipline have felt that a more strategic approach to planning would be a better course. We have watched the integrated approach produce a variety of unintended developments over the years.

Following are some links to some of the work we have done with this philosophy of strategic planning in mind.

Central Coast Regional Growth Area by Dr. Ray Rauscher and Kevin Armstrong

Submission for the North Wyong Structure Plan NSW Australia

Submission on discussion paper on long-term transport planning for NSW: Paper

Submission on discussion paper on long-term transport planning for NSW: Article

Wyong Transport precinct, a proposal for renewal

Blue Haven Train and Bus Interchange 2012

While subscribing to the move towards a more strategic approach to planning environments, I have concerns that proper consideration of natural environments could be sidelined in favor of economic consideration. My concerns stem from the stated overarching objectives of the new planning system as stated below:

  1. Promote economic development and competitiveness
  2. Connect people and places
  3. Protect the environment
  4. Improve people’s quality of life
  5. Resolve land use trade-offs based on social, economic and environmental factors
  6. Effectively manage growth and change.

Perhaps a cynical view, but with one chance to get the strategic plan in place, often real public participation is limited to a few interested persons until the final reality of a project going ahead. A typical human trait is to let others do the work until it affects themselves. So as a result big business, who are able to pay consultants to be engaged in this strategic phase are likely to sway the public participation component away from natural environmental considerations in favor of economic advantages.

Very few of the public have both the expertise and the time to be intimately involved in the strategic phase for planning.

Let us remember the strategic approach made some 10 or so years ago by the Department of Planning in NSW and the public participation on the Central Coast of the “Shaping the Central Coast “ strategic planning project.

Two observations are worth mentioning.

  1. Not many people participated in this planning phase
  2. No follow-up or resultant plan was produced connected to the project.

Possibly some of this data collected in around the year 2000 during the project was used in the 2006 Central Coast Strategic plan, however this plan, having its own public participation phase did not gain a lot of public participation in the broader community either.

Following is a paper using a model example in the Wyong Shire for public participation:

Local Government precinct committees and ecologically sustainable development, ESD based urban planning by Dr. Ray Rauscher

Concerns related to the Green paper proposal for New Planning Scheme objectives

I have some concerns and issues with the language of the objectives of the new plan.

The objectives are as follow as from the green paper.

The new planning system will need to be:

  •  Simple – reduce complexity and remove red tape
  • Certain – provide predictability and certainty about how decisions are made for both investors and the community
  • Transparent – base decisions on strong community participation and evidence
  • Efficient – achieve time frames for completion of planning processes through increased
accountability for efficient decision-making
  • Integrated – promote greater cooperation and partnerships between all levels of government, and
balance environmental protection with economic growth
  • Responsive – provide flexibility to respond to change and ensure markets are competitive

These form the objectives of the new Act.

The achievement of sustainable development will remain the main objective of the Act.

Commentary on the language of the Objectives

“The Removal of Red Tape”

Language like “the removal of red tape”, both lack professionalism and is an emotive term. It suggests that the current system of checks and proper assessment has no value except to bind up the process. These checks are in a system of integrated development, where objectives are codified.  As stated in the green paper these codes may not seem to be relevant in the assessment process, but one should remember that they were put in place to achieve an objective often not in the interests of a developer. These checks, while in my opinion often inadequate to preserve the integrity of natural systems, are an attempt to consider non-economic relationships in the landscape.

Another concerning phrase is “balance environmental protection with economic growth”.

The word balance can be interpreted in at least two different ways that can result in inappropriate developments occurring.

These meaning are:

  1. Balanced with the idea of equality. This would mean that an equal amount of loss of the environment must be the required balance for an equal amount of provision for economic growth. As equality is difficult to measure between these notional ideas, it is most likely that developer sponsored consultants will argue for a significant loss of unquantifiable environmental values as a trade-off for economic growth arguments.
  2. Balanced in the sense of reasonability. The argument would be on the part of the development proponents consultant, that it is reasonable to destroy a specified amount of environmental values to achieve a ‘reasonable amount of economic growth.

This term ‘balanced’ in this context is a word that becomes very subjective. In other words, its application depends on the views of the user. In this case the proponents consultant and the proponent of a development that has clear economic values attached to it. Having been a consultant for a range of developers I am aware of such arguments.

As a result, developments will be far from what others might consider “balanced”.

Another term used is ‘flexibility’

Flexibility seems a progressive term, but in reality could dilute the intentions of a planning instrument. Under the current scheme State Environment Planning policy Number one (S.E.P.P. 1) provided up to a 10% variation to the planning Codes and instruments. This variation was sort by proponents and assessed by local council planners. However, all applications with such a provision under the current system went through a public exhibition stage.

Flexibility in the context of the objectives is more nebulas than just applying it to variations of standards or of a strategic plan, it seems to be weighted towards providing unplanned for economic values to a development to assist developers to get bigger profits. I hope that I am too cynical in saying this. If this were the case and provision was built into the planning legislation to maximize profits of a development, then properly considered and public participation endorsed strategic plans and their defining planning instruments will be heavily eroded through an unfettered flexibility approach.

Concern and recommendations:

  • The new planning system must have ecologically sustainable development (ESD) as its overarching objective. A genuine commitment to ESD requires legislative mechanisms that mandate consideration of environmental matters and set minimum environmental standards. The new planning act must enshrine ESD including the use of the precautionary principle and intergenerational equity.
  • Proposed planning instrument regime: NSW Planning Policies, Regional Growth Plans, Sub-regional Plans, Local Land Use Plans must ensure that existing environment protections are maintained in the new planning system (including those set out in existing State Environmental Planning Policies). Natural Resource Management (NRM) targets should be included in strategic and sub-regional plans.
  • Although I subscribe to more initial strategic planning, codes may still be used for assessment of individual developments under the new integrated development model, recognizing that this component in the new planning scheme will be smaller than the present scheme. However it is recommended that the use of a code assessment process be used for genuinely known impact developments. That is developments that comply with the strategically formulated planning instrument. (Assuming the instrument has gone through scientific rigger and gone though a public participation process.)

The Government’s proposal to substantially expand code complying development will limit public participation opportunities, reduce accountability and weaken environmental protection unless the strategic planning implement or instruments are strong and prescriptive. (This statement opens the opportunity for a class of sub instruments similar to Development control plans (DCPs) providing finer detail for development compliance. These instruments should be reviewed regularly as planning opportunities change.)

  • The new Planning system must prescribe mechanisms for managing climate change impacts and mitigation. Climate change adaption and mitigation must be considered during strategic planning processes.                                  See link: Planning for Climate Change in the coastal regions of NSW .
  • Ensure that merit appeal rights are available for all state significant development and infrastructure.
  • Under the strategic planning instrument making phase, requirements for the carrying out of environmental studies, consideration of environmental criteria, and processes for effective community engagement must be included.
  • That regular 5 year reviews be undertaken for the plan making instruments both at the state and local/regional government levels to enable continued public participation on the evolving directions of the strategic plan over time.
  • Existing methods of public participation (for example notification procedures and exhibition periods) should be retained in the new planning system for individual proposals under the planning instruments. This is to ensure that the variety of potential controls that apply to the development within an instrument for a particular location is appropriate and acceptable to the community. And that any conditions set by the planning authority is acceptable to the community.
  • The Government’s proposal to require consideration of cumulative impacts during the strategic planning phase is a step in the right direction. The new planning system needs to provide a clear process for this to occur.
  • Flexibility for development applications The proposal to allow developers to make applications that do not comply with development controls will tend to undermine strategic planning efforts, goal and intentions.  In these circumstances, a full and comprehensive public consultation process should be engaged in. In the case of major land use change proposals, proponents should be required to wait until the 5 year review of the planning instrument to get approval. In some circumstances it may be appropriate to conduct a mini review at a 2 and a half year interval. However all public participation requirements must be met. As with plan making under the present scheme, merit appeals may have to be assessed by a regional planning panel or land and environment court. The only flexibility that should be allowable in this strategic new planning model should be the review process related to the planning instruments.
  • Public priority infrastructure applications – These must be assessed at the times of the planning instrument reviews. Government agencies should be able to work on plans well in advance so that these infrastructure priorities can be considered in the same way as a zoning change under the planning instrument, unless it is a complying development.
  • Merit Assessment The new planning system must mandate that environmental impacts must be considered during the development assessment phase of a development application. Recommendations 71, 72 and 73 of the Planning Review outline matters for consideration including Aboriginal heritage, air quality, biodiversity, climate change projections, human health and livability, soil, water and the water cycle, and the public interest.  These are important considerations and should be enacted in a similar way to present legislation which in part relies on other acts such as the Threatened Species Act etc.
  • Removal of concurrences There are insufficient reasons for departing from the recommendations of the Independent Panel for an improved concurrence process. It is not enough to require agency input at the strategic planning phase. Proper assessment of a development by concurrence agencies is required once all the impacts of a proposed development are known and to test its compliance with the planning instrument through a review process.  This insures that all related agency interests and stakeholders are consulted through the processes of the development application.
  • Accreditation of consultants .The new planning system should strengthen penalties for proponents who deliberately provide false and misleading information in the course of seeking an approval or permit under the new planning system. This advice or information should be able to be challenged by credited professionals and be available to the public on request to the regional planning Authority.
  • Corridor Planning – In this new planning proposal the government has proposed a strategic approach to planning a landscape or region. This means that a range of land use components will be considered and planned for in the plan. This should include natural areas connected by natural area corridors suitably wide to enable connectivity for biodiversity transfer and the provisions for habitat for a wide variety of naturally occurring organisms. This green paper must be applauded for including this component of the landscape. The attached link may be helpful in planning these natural spaces, as it is the intension of the new planning scheme to wind back the provisions of voluntary conservation agreements (VCAs).

See link:

Submission on the Review of the Biobanking scheme in NSW

I agree with the statement below from chapter 23, headed “Planning Culture” in the green paper.

“There needs to be a shift of culture and
resources to focus more on strategy, outcomes and innovation, and move away from statutory planning, repetitive processes and bureaucratic procedures. In particular, resources need to move toward a next generation of planners who can lead the integration of infrastructure and land use, and better understand land economics and growth management.”

As a development control planner in the 1990s, I found the job less that stimulating, churning out similar development approvals all day. Since becoming independent, I have found a freedom to contribute to planning in NSW by offering ideas and submissions on a much more strategic level.  Hopefully, some of the papers available in the links above may contribute to this innovative approach hoped for in the ‘new planning scheme’.

Overall the strategy has given hope for a bright and prosperous future for the NSW planning. It is encouraging to have planning move towards a more holistic approach. The green paper flags that even with the growth in population the natural environment is important to preserve. It proposes green corridor links and will revolutionize the current planning scheme making the strategic a larger part of planning policy than the integrated planning approaches of the past.

We look forward to reading the White Paper with the above considerations included.

David Holland

Bachelor of App. Sc. Environmental Planning,

Grad. Dip. Environmental Management

Planning for Climate Change in the Coastal Regions of New South Wales

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Newcastle forshore

By David Holland

The Risk Model, as described in the following paper,  is an approach for local councils in NSW to plan for future climate change induced sea level rise in an equitable and proactive way.

It allows local government to approve developments that are under the maximum State Government of NSW benchmarks set at 900mm over the present flood levels while at the same time reduces risks to litigation due to damage of properties from climate change brought by property owners who’s developments are below this maximum standard set by the State Government. (Often a maximum standard set by State Governments become a minimum standard for local government due to the threat of litigation by land owners.)

This standard has become an enormous problem to land owners in at risk locations along the coast of New South Wales. In recent times insurance policy premiums have skyrocketed. Land values have been affected and general political hysteria is evident. Many protests by land owners have been seen on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia but council seem unable to bring a solution to the problem. Councils have reacted to political pressure by removing notification on land records of land affected by the potential of flood due to climate change. This action leaves individual councils and maybe the councilors open to litigation in the future when a climate change flood event inevitably occurs.

This action by the councils is brought about by a head in the sand belief that climate change has not been proven and no evidence locally can be seen.

The New South Wales Government seems to be paralysed by the disquiet on the coast. Seemingly unable or unwilling to discuss the issues and look for solutions for the social and economic problems mounting in the coastal regions.

The attached paper written in January 2010 addresses the issues and provides a series of solutions to the dilemmas created by this State of New South Wales policy. The paper discusses solutions to the misunderstood threats of the effects of climate change to low-lying properties in both the long-term and the short-term.

The paper also predicts the now evident effects of the policy and worsening social effects of the reaction to the policy.

This policy without an identified strategy has caused insurance premiums are going through the roof, and at the same time caused the market prices of properties to plummet. As these market reactions continue, we are to expect unimaginable social disruptions unless positive steps are taken urgently. This paper sets a benchmark for a constructive strategy to manage at risk land due to the effects of climate change in coastal regions.

Following is the paper that discusses some solutions to climate induced sea level rise:

Planning for Climate Change in the Coastal Regions of New South Wales


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I really loved lodash. It brough the joy of compact functional code to JavaScript. Especially 6 years ago when I first embraced it. It was a wonderful library. Back then, there was no ES6, no Babel, and terrible browser incompatabilities ran rampant. Lodash along with jQuery were the saving light of that time. I gravitated towards using Lodash because the first language I learned was Scheme. It had functional programing at it’s core, and highly influanced how I think about code to this day.

Efficient CSV Imports in Rails

Rails has great capabilities for working CSV files. However, like with many things, the most obvious way is not the most efficient. We noticed this when our server had major fluctuations in memory consumption. After digging through metrics, made easy thanks to Prometheus and Grafana. We noticed that the spikes were due to our CSV uploads. Examining CSV Import Our processor is responsible for bringing in coordinates from legacy systems and ones that cannot support our API.

Phoenix talk

I recently gave a talk, at the local Fullstack Meetup, on the Phoenix Framework. Phoenix is the de facto web framework for Elixir. In this talk, I cover some of the best features of Phoenix: Erlang: The platmor which Elixir and Phoenix are build on. (albeit very brief overview of the major features) Plug: The specification for composable module design that gives Phoenix much of it’s power. Ecto: The database integration layer.

Easy Universal Haskell Development Environment

Haskell is notoriously difficult to setup, which probably led to many people being scared away from ever getting started. However, there has been a lot of work done to address these short comings. And there is a way to setup a very pleasant environment thanks to the hard work of many projects. Traditional methods included: Installing The Haskell Platform, which was a great project in it’s time but always seems to lag a few GHC versions behind.


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Black UV varnish logo. Elasticband closing mechanism

The designing and production of theese ringbinders, covers a.o. has been done in colaboration with and for Allingham & Hansen A/S, Grafisk Bind A/S, or Grafisk Finish A/S and Schrøder Grafisk A/S - together theese four companies form 'Det Grafiske Hus' located in Risskov near Aarhus in Denmark.
Most of my input has been AD assistance and hands-on in designing the graphics, fonts and colourchoises, layout, dtp and prepress etc. using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.
For the projects, I am working alongside with dummy-designers and the productionteams including silkprint- and/or foil production.
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Garcelle Beauvais Reveals Why ‘Lalo’s House’ Didn’t ‘Shy Away’ From ‘Shocking’ Sex Trafficking Scenes

Garcelle Beauvais arguably plays her most serious role in the Oscar-eligible short film, ‘Lalo’s House’ — based on true events about child sex trafficking. The actress explains why the film doesn’t ‘shy away’ from the disturbing reality of child prostitution.

Garcelle Beauvais, 52, stepped out of her comfort zone for her award-winning film Lalo’s House, which is also an Oscar-eligible short film (the Oscars are on February 24). Set in Garcelle’s home country of Haiti, Lalo’s House is inspired by true events. After being taken from their home in Jacmel, Haiti, Manouchka, 14, and her little sister Phara must escape a child sex trafficking ring, disguised as a Catholic orphanage. The actress and philanthropist, who plays Sister Francine, also served as an executive producer on the film.

When Garcelle and her Emmy-award winning partner Lisa L. Wilson read the story, they were instantly inspired by the vision of Director Kelley Kaliand wanted to create art that would impact the world and influence positive social change. “Once I read the script, and I met Kelley [Kali] I thought, ‘I have to be apart of it’ — not only as an actor, but also as executive producing it. It was really the first time that I sort of had control over what the narrative was and what we were doing. It was amazing,” Garcelle told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY! Although Sister Francine is a character Garcelle had never tapped into, she recalled Kali once telling her that she [Kali] “stalked” her for about a year to play the role. I was like, ‘Why me?’ and she said, ‘Because, people wouldn’t expect it.’ I thought, ‘Well ok that makes sense,’” Garcelle recalled.

The film came about after the director, Kali witnessed some alarming incidents while visiting Haiti after a tragic earthquake. “I think now people are starting to see that it’s not a hidden thing,” she said of sex trafficking. “It’s not just happening on a small island, it’s happening globally — in the nicest neighborhoods you can think of, it’s happening there. It’s insane It’s everywhere.”

“The woman that I portray [Sister Francine] is actually in jail right now in Haiti, the nun,” Garcelle continued, adding that Lalo’s House was a film she had to do, despite the sensitivity of its topic and the potential dangers of filming in Haiti.

Sex trafficking isn’t exactly a dinner time topic, let alone a topic at all, but it’s something Garcelle strongly believes needs to be discussed. “It’s so important. There are so many different facets of sex trafficking. There are kids that are being targeted in schools. They call them ‘romeo pimps’ — when a guy comes to a high school and sort of lures young girls to do this. If you see a girl and all of a sudden she has a Prada bag and a nice watch, you’ve got to ask questions because that’s part of how they’re luring girls into this lifestyle,” she explained.

When it comes to sex trafficking, young girls are targeted and are usually promised a whole new life and a good education. In reality, that is how they are lured into a dangerous ring of crime. Garcelle admitted that viewers will see heavy scenes that sometimes, were even hard for her to participate in. “She is brutal!”, she said of her character, Sister Francine. “She is mean and heartless, so that was really tough. There were days I just had to shake it off.” But, there were days when Garcelle just couldn’t separate her feelings from the reality of what these young girls experience on a daily basis.

“There was a day where I was sort of auctioning off a girl who was 6-years-old and while we were even rehearsing it I had to leave because I just started bawling. I was thinking, ‘I’m just pretending to do this, but there are people that actually do this. So, it was pretty tough,” she recalled.

“The girls, they’re sisters [in real life], which is why we thought that they would already have that bond and be protective of each other. But, the little girl, who was 6, to this day, she doesn’t even know what the story is about. We didn’t give her a script, the director would just tell her what to do. When we were doing the scene where I was auctioning her, we told her she was modeling. And, she’ll come to the festivals [where the film is nominated or recognized] and she will leave right after before we start screening. We wanted to protect her. Her old sister, who was 16, she obviously knew the story and now, she is so protective of her sister. She was actually crying and said that now that she’s done this role, she’s opened her eyes and she’s checking on her friends and her sister. It really changed the way she looks at things.”

While there were difficult moments on set, Garcelle said the cast and crew didn’t want to “shy away” from the truth and the shock value of sex trafficking happening around the world. “We have a scene in the film that is very shocking. But, we didn’t want to not shock people because that way, it’ll stay in your head and maybe you’ll do something, maybe you’ll talk to somebody else about it and the word will spread.”

“There were days that were tough, but I think it was all for the good. I keep saying this is the ‘little movie that could,’ because it’s winning awards and it’s just become this thing.” Lalo’s House was recently honored with a 2018 Student Academy Award and “because of the movie, a law was changed in New York City for sex trafficking,” Garcelle said. “I didn’t want people to feel like I was sort of highlighting that this only happens in Haiti, because that’s not the case. It happens everywhere… It’s not just a small community in a third world country — it’s everywhere.”

After seeing the film, Garcelle wants people to be aware. “We always tell people that it’s a conversation that needs to be had. When you see something, say something. When you see girls going into a building and you don’t know why and it’s next door to your apartment, check it out. I mean, you don’t have to check it out yourself — you can tip the police by saying ‘I’m looking at strange activity,’” she said. “There’s all kinds of organizations that shed light on what you can do.” Continue reading

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When moving back to Northeast Ohio after starting Baci Designer, I felt the local area deserved more - more credit for the presence of truly talented wedding vendors who believe every wedding should be unique to the couple getting married and not just about what is expected of them or what the couple before them had.  The vendors who believe in thinking outside of the box to create a personalized and storytelling event for each couple.  Handpicked was born to showcase those fabulous vendors!

Beginning in 2016, my dear friend Melanie of Oak & Honey Events, joined me in hosting Handpicked.  Our brains work perfectly in sync when it comes to design and planning so the end results are nothing short of amazing!

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Handpicked has a lot of moving parts and we couldn't pull it off without the very kind and generous help from these folks we're lucky enough to call our family!  Here are a few of the friendly faces you might see!

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We thank you for your good cooperation during the past year and wish you a peaceful Christmastime and a Happy New Year 2019!

We don’t want young people to have to tackle sorrow, depression or illness alone. That is why we this year have made a Christmas donation to HelsinkiMissio to help youngsters. The Youth crisis desk provides free and confidential conversational support in Finnish and Swedish.

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University Grants Commission 20 Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and 7 Research Associateships (RA)

  1. The University Grants Commission (UGC) India will award 20 Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and 7 Research Associateships (RA) to scholars (teachers and students) from developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Fellowships and Associateships will be granted to scholars undertaking advanced studies and research in Science, Humanities and Social Sciences in Indian Universities. A copy of the guidelines and application format may be downloaded from here
  2. Applications in triplicate from eligible scholars for the year 2013-14 & 2014-15 for availing the above-mentioned Fellowships/Associateships should be received by post,latest by 5th September 2014 at the following address:

    High Commission of India,
    Education Wing,
    Menara 1 Mon’t Kiara, Level 28,
    No. 1, Jalan Kiara, Mon’t Kiara,
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  3. Incomplete applications will not be entertained. Canvassing in any form may lead to disqualification.

  4. Applications from foreign nationals, who are already studying in India, will also be considered provided they send their applications through the University where they propose to pursue their research work in India, and duly endorsed by the Embassy /High Commission concerned.

  5. The UGC will not provide accommodation in India to the selected scholars. The cost of travel to India and return will also be borne by the scholars. However, House Rent Allowance will be provided to the selected scholars.
  6. The selection will be made by the UGC on the recommendations of an Expert Committee constituted for the purpose. The UGC holds the right to cancel or withdraw award of Fellowship/Associateship at any time without assigning any reason. The decision of the UGC in this regard will be final and binding to all.

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10/11/17 — allspice

Pain Reliever and Digestive Aid:

Fun Fact:  It has been called pimento because the Spanish thought it was pepper.  Pimienta means pepper in Spanish.

Fun Fact II:  Allspice can mask odors.

Fun Fact III:  The spice originated from the rainforests of South and Central America.  It comes from a wild evergreen tree in those regions.

Treats the conditions:

  • bacterial and fungal infections
  • coughs
  • chills
  • bronchitis
  • depression
  • arthritis
  • sore muscles
  • diarrhea
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • stomach cramps
  • circulation issues
  • disease-inducing free-radical damage (antioxidants)

Hot Tips:

  • You can use allspice to numb pain.  Use it as a poultice on the skin.
  • Use it as a bath oil.

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