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RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS
NYC's First Solar Powered EV Charging Station
New York City's first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station was unveiled earlier this month in Brooklyn Bridge Park; a 34 hectare sustainable waterfront park stretching 2 kilometres along Brooklyn's East River shoreline.
Solar Powered WA Mine Receives Award
Galaxy Resources has received the Energy Generation and Distribution Award from the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia for its use of solar power in a mine in Western Australia.
Quantum Dots Could Increase Solar Panel Output
New research undertaken in the USA into the tiny light absorbing particles in solar cells – called quantum dots - may have uncovered ways to multiply the energy output of individual electrons, increasing the efficiency of the solar panels and resulting in more electricity from the same amount of absorbed light.
New Battery Structure
Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a 3d nanostructure for battery cathodes that permits far faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity.
Bacteria's Potential For Solar Cell Materials
Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Laboratory and Washington University are studying the light-harvesting abilities of some of nature’s most photosynthetic life-forms, breaking ground into a new generation of solar cell design
SMA Sunny Boy HF Series Inverters Available
Energy Matters has announced the availability of SMA Sunny Boy HF series solar inverters in Australia.
Americans Turning From Nuclear To Solar Energy
The nuclear crisis in Japan is dramatically changing views about the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. In the USA, a survey has found a majority of respondents want to see a freeze on new nuclear power station construction and more focus on wind and solar power.
Australian Company To Build Floating Solar Farm
Australian solar power company Sunengy Pty Limited has announced a deal with India energy giant Tata Power for the construction of floating solar farm in India by the end of this year
EM Video News - Episode 27 - March 23, 2011
Virginia covers the Queensland Government's Solar Kindergarten Installation Program, a report advising the ACT Government to reduce the solar feed in tariff rate for new connections, a partnership between the Australian Solar Institute and a major European solar research organisation and the NSW Greens proposal for three 200 megawatt solar thermal power stations for the state.
Suntech Solar Panels On The World's Rooftop
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. as announced it will install a 10MW solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau, making it the world's highest altitude solar power installation.
Solar Powered Kindergartens For Queensland
The Queensland state government has announced plans to put solar energy systems on the roofs of up to 400 kindergartens as part of its $5.76 million Solar Kindergarten Installation Program.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Home Owners Association
Kathleen Gidney is looking for people in Digby County to start or help with starting a home owner's association. Please email kathleen1954@auracom.com
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Digby Municipal Council Minutes
Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia1Call to OrderThe Council meeting was called to order with Warden Gregoryin the chair at 6:00 p.m. AttendanceCouncillors present: Linda Gregory, Warden Jimmy MacAlpine, Deputy Warden Randall Amero, Councillor Maritza Adams, Councillor David Tudor, CouncillorStaff present: Linda Fraser, Chief Administrative Officer Cora Lee Bremner, Executive SecretaryRegrets: Gordon Wilson, Deputy Chief Administrative OfficerPrayerWarden Gregory welcomed everyone to the meeting and askedeveryone to pause to seek guidance for the meeting. WardenGregory thanked everyone for coming and read theMunicipality’s mission statement.AgendaWarden Gregory added Female Bantam AA Hockey Teamrequest as New Business #7. MOVED and seconded that the agenda be approved as amended.MOTION CARRIEDPresentationsJenny Milligan – Tri-County Women’s Centre Ms. Milligan was unable to attend the meeting due to bad road conditions. Minutes January 24, 2011MOVED and seconded that the minutes from the Council of January 24, 2011 be approved as circulated.MOTION CARRIEDBusiness Arising from Minutes/OldBusiness#1 Weymouth Waterfront Development Committee – FinalReading of Amendment # 11 ofTax Exemption By-law 2000-02.MOVED and seconded that the final reading be approvedfor Amendment # 11 of the Tax Exemption By-law 2002-02 adding the Old Weymouth Library Building to Schedule“A”.MOTION CARRIED
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia2#2 Dog By-law –Final Reading of Amendment to DogBy-law 2006-02MOVED and seconded that the final reading be approvedfor the amendment to Dog By-law 2006-02.MOTION CARRIEDDeputy Warden MacAlpine No Old Business.Councillor Amero No Old Business.Councillor Adams No Old Business.Councillor Tudor No Old Business.Warden Gregory No Old Business.New Business#1 South West Music Festival – FundingRequest ($100) The CAO noted that because this event is going to be held in early April, a decision could be made now as there is stillmoney in the Municipal Marketing Budget.MOVED and seconded that the $100 funding request forSouth West Music Festival be approved.MOTION CARRIED It was agreed the funds would come from the Municipal Marketing Budget.#2 By-law forRegulation of Wind Turbines – Possible Amendment to Definition of DomesticWind Turbine Councillor Amero declared a conflict of interest and left themeeting. Council discussed a possible amendment to the definition of“domestic wind turbine” in the by-law for Regulation ofWind Turbines.After a lengthy discussion, Councildecided it would be best to get the opinion of the Plannerbefore making a decision. MOVED and seconded that Council table making a decisionon a possible amendment to the definition of Domestic WindTurbine in the by-law for the Regulation of Wind Turbinesuntil Council obtains more information.MOTION CARRIED Councillor Amero returned to the meeting.#3 Digby Town and Municipal HousingBoard (Tideview Terrace) –Appointment of Elected Official Councillor Amero agreed to be appointed to the DigbyTown and Municipal Housing Board providing themeetings can accommodate his schedule. Councillor Tudorhas agreed as well if it doesn’t work out for Councillor Amero. Warden Gregory will see if they can change themeetings to evening meetings.
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia3MOVED and seconded that Councillor Amero be appointedto the Digby Town and Municipal Housing Board (TideviewTerrace).MOTION CARRIED#4 Inter-municipal Agreement with Town of Digby –Amendment to include Public Drop OffMOVED and seconded that changes be approved to bemade to the inter-municipal agreement with the Town ofDigby to include public drop off.MOTION CARRIED#5 Deputy Warden MacAlpine – Seasonal Tourist Designation for Artist Studios A request has been received requesting that artists/artisans be included in the category of “Seasonal Tourist Business Designation”. MOVED and seconded that the request for artists/artisans be included in the category of “Seasonal Tourist BusinessDesignation” be put on the next agenda for the Rural Caucus. It was noted that if this were to be approved, it wouldfollow the same regulations as the seasonal restaurants,roofed accommodations, and camping establishments. MOTION CARRIED#6 Warden Gregory –Letter ofAcknowledgement The Nova Scotia Art Bank encourages the development ofartistic excellence and stimulates an awareness of andinterest in visual arts and craft among Nova Scotians and their visitors. It was noted that Mrs. Carol Mahtab had apiece that was purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank.MOVED and seconded that a letter of acknowledgement besent to Mrs. Carol Mahtab.MOTION CARRIED#7 Female Bantam AA Hockey Team RequestMOVED and seconded that Council purchase anadvertisement for $50 in the Program for the FemaleBantam AA Hockey Team event.MOTION CARRIED#8 Town of Digby –UNSM SpringWorkshopMOVED and seconded that the Municipality of Digbyparticipate with Town of Digby in regards to the hospitalityof the UNSM Spring Workshop for the events outlined intheir letter.MOTION CARRIEDCAO Report Westport Ferry –Response Letter The CAO report for February 28, 2011 was included in themeeting package. Councillor Tudor expressed that he felt the solutions outlined by Mr. Michael Wamboldt concerning the break-down of the Westport Ferry was inadequate. It was
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia4suggested that this matter be taken to the MLA as ferryservice is a Provincial responsibility. Councillor Tudor willdo that.Request forDecision/DirectionN/AMeetingDates/RemindersPayablesMOVED and seconded that the payables in the amount of$599,864.46 for the month of January 2011 be approved as presented.MOTION CARRIEDFinancial Report The financial report for January 31, 2011 was circulated.Warden Gregory –Note of Thanks Warden Gregory thanked everyone for the flowers shereceived when she was sick.Council CommitteesRecommendations to Council fromCommittee of theWholeN/ARecommendations to Council from Bylaw& Policy CommitteeDangerous &Unsightly PolicyMOVED and seconded that the updates to the Dangerousand Unsightly policy be approved as presented.MOTION CARRIEDLow Income TaxExemption 2011MOVED and seconded that pursuant to The Low IncomeTax Exemption Policy # 2010, the Municipality hereby grants an exemption from taxation, operating as a reductionin the 2010-2011 taxes otherwise payable to the Municipalityin respect to a property in the amount of $ 125.00 forowners of property whose 2010 income from all sourcesdoes not exceed $ 20,000.MOTION CARRIEDAdvisory CommitteesDigby Source WaterProtection AdvisoryCommittee The Digby Source Water Protection Advisory Committeehas not met since the last report.Heritage AdvisoryCommittee The Heritage Advisory Committee minutes for April 2010 were included in the meeting package. There is a meeting scheduled for March 10, 2011.
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia5Planning AdvisoryCommittee There has been no Planning Advisory Committee meeting since the last report.Police AdvisoryCommittee There has been no Police Advisory Committee meeting since the last report.MOVED and seconded that Ms. Kathleen Gidney beappointed as citizen representative to the Police Advisory Committee.MOTION CARRIEDREMO AdvisoryCommittee The REMO Management Planning Committee minutes from November 2010 were included in the meeting package. There was a REMO Advisory Committee meetinga couple weeks ago. Don LeBlanc gave an update of whathe has been doing. He has been doing an excellent job. They are talking about doing exercises for emergencies. Tri County HousingAuthority The Tri County Housing Authority was last reported on in November 2010. The reports are on a quarterly basis.Regional / Joint CommitteesAirport WorkingGroup There has been no Airport Working Group meeting sincethe last Council meeting.Annapolis Digby EconomicDevelopment Agency The ADEDA minutes for February 2011 were included in the meeting package. Also included was the Acting Manager Director’s Report. Warden Gregory attended a meeting as the alternate forCouncillor Amero on February 24, 2011. It was a goodmeeting. They are working on a business plan.Digby Annapolis Development Corp The DADC minutes from July 2010 were included in themeeting package. There has been one meeting since July.There was a discussion regarding the Convergys site andwhat can be done with the building. They would like to exhaust all opportunities to get a call centre there, but if not, the building may have to be subdivided so that it can berented out. There was a discussion regarding the intent of the building was to create employment for the area. This needs to bediscussed in greater detail before a decision is made as tohow to move forward.Digby Area LearningAssociation The DALA minutes for November 2010 as well as theExecutive Director report for January 2011 were included in the meeting package. There was a meeting on February 23, 2011 which Councillor Adams was unable to attend. The minutes willbe forwarded once they are received.Digby Area Tourism Association The Digby Area Tourism Association minutes for the last couple meetings have not been sent along. A person hasbeen hired to help with signage. It was also noted that the
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia6Passport project is coming along nicely.Digby Area Recreation Committee The DARC minutes for December 2010 and January 2011as well as staff reports for January and February 2011 wereincluded in the meeting package. The Canadian curling championships are coming soon. Theice time is going well. Digby Harbour Port Association The Digby Harbour Port Association minutes for Septemberand November 2010 were included in the Council package. A Digby Harbour Port Association meeting has just been held. The biggest concern is the storm damage to the wharf.There is $200,000 damage to the wharf and REMO would be able to provide a maximum of $80,000. They arecurrently operating under an extremely tight budget andhave the highest rates in the Province. Digby LibraryCommittee The Digby Library Committee has not met since the last report. Fundyweb Broadband Fundyweb Broadband has not met since the last report. Deputy Warden MacAlpine reported that it is hoped to havea meeting within the next two weeks. The last meeting tookplace in September.Industrial Commission The Industrial Commission met on February 25, 2011. Mr.Mike Gushue has been hired as a Consultant. They areworking on making Digby the port of choice for a service centre for tidal development. Mr. Gushue is doing anexcellent job. Hanse Society Councillor Amero was away during the last meeting. Hewill look into obtaining a copy of the minutes fordistribution to Council.Kings TransitAuthority The Kings Transit Authority minutes for December 2010and February 2011, the ridership report for January 2010and the General Manager’s report for February 2011 wereincluded in the meeting package. Councillor Amero was unable to attend the last meeting asit was scheduled in the morning.MEDIC The MEDIC minutes for January 2011 were included in the meeting package. The next meeting is scheduled for March1, 2011.Senior SafetyCommittee The Senior Safety Committee will meet on March 9, 2011.Councillor Adams will get a copy of the minutes fordistribution. Southwest Biosphere There is a Southwest Biosphere meeting scheduled forMarch 1, 2011.Tideview Terrace The Tideview Terrace minutes for November 2010 and January 2011 as well as the staff reports for February 2011were included in the meeting package. There was a Tideview Terrace meeting on February 22,
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia72011. The new Tideview is coming along and is withinbudget.Waste Check The Waste Check minutes for November 2010 as well as staff reports for February 2011were included in the meeting package. Waste Check has a Business Rewards Program whichstarted in October that acknowledges businesses doing agreat job. A plaque is given to them and the business is outlined in their newsletter. Waste Check is trying to get the numbers to 300 kg perperson and is currently down to 320 kg per person. Theyare getting closer to the goal. The enforcement officer is doing a good job. He has beenfinding contact information in garbage bags and is finingrepeat offenders. Western Counties Regional Library There has been no Western Counties Regional Librarymeeting since the last Council meeting.Council Activity Reports/OtherCommitteesCouncillor Adams Councillor Adams gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings she has attended during thepast month.Councillor Amero Councillor Amero gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings he has attended during thepast month.Councillor Tudor Councillor Tudor gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings he has attended during thepast month.Deputy Warden MacAlpine Deputy Warden MacAlpine gave an oral presentation toCouncil outlining the various meetings he has attendedduring the past month. Warden Gregory Warden Gregory gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings she has attended during thepast month. Comments from thegallery The meeting was opened up to the gallery for questions. There were no questions or comments.BreakMOVED and seconded that there be a five minute breakbefore proceeding in camera.MOTION CARRIEDIn CameraMOVED and seconded that the meeting move in camera todiscuss contractual and personnel issues.MOTION CARRIED
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia8Regular session resumed.AdjournmentMOVED and seconded that the meeting adjourn at 7:45PM. MOTION CARRIED____________________________________________________________WARDENCLERK
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia2#2 Dog By-law –Final Reading of Amendment to DogBy-law 2006-02MOVED and seconded that the final reading be approvedfor the amendment to Dog By-law 2006-02.MOTION CARRIEDDeputy Warden MacAlpine No Old Business.Councillor Amero No Old Business.Councillor Adams No Old Business.Councillor Tudor No Old Business.Warden Gregory No Old Business.New Business#1 South West Music Festival – FundingRequest ($100) The CAO noted that because this event is going to be held in early April, a decision could be made now as there is stillmoney in the Municipal Marketing Budget.MOVED and seconded that the $100 funding request forSouth West Music Festival be approved.MOTION CARRIED It was agreed the funds would come from the Municipal Marketing Budget.#2 By-law forRegulation of Wind Turbines – Possible Amendment to Definition of DomesticWind Turbine Councillor Amero declared a conflict of interest and left themeeting. Council discussed a possible amendment to the definition of“domestic wind turbine” in the by-law for Regulation ofWind Turbines.After a lengthy discussion, Councildecided it would be best to get the opinion of the Plannerbefore making a decision. MOVED and seconded that Council table making a decisionon a possible amendment to the definition of Domestic WindTurbine in the by-law for the Regulation of Wind Turbinesuntil Council obtains more information.MOTION CARRIED Councillor Amero returned to the meeting.#3 Digby Town and Municipal HousingBoard (Tideview Terrace) –Appointment of Elected Official Councillor Amero agreed to be appointed to the DigbyTown and Municipal Housing Board providing themeetings can accommodate his schedule. Councillor Tudorhas agreed as well if it doesn’t work out for Councillor Amero. Warden Gregory will see if they can change themeetings to evening meetings.
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia3MOVED and seconded that Councillor Amero be appointedto the Digby Town and Municipal Housing Board (TideviewTerrace).MOTION CARRIED#4 Inter-municipal Agreement with Town of Digby –Amendment to include Public Drop OffMOVED and seconded that changes be approved to bemade to the inter-municipal agreement with the Town ofDigby to include public drop off.MOTION CARRIED#5 Deputy Warden MacAlpine – Seasonal Tourist Designation for Artist Studios A request has been received requesting that artists/artisans be included in the category of “Seasonal Tourist Business Designation”. MOVED and seconded that the request for artists/artisans be included in the category of “Seasonal Tourist BusinessDesignation” be put on the next agenda for the Rural Caucus. It was noted that if this were to be approved, it wouldfollow the same regulations as the seasonal restaurants,roofed accommodations, and camping establishments. MOTION CARRIED#6 Warden Gregory –Letter ofAcknowledgement The Nova Scotia Art Bank encourages the development ofartistic excellence and stimulates an awareness of andinterest in visual arts and craft among Nova Scotians and their visitors. It was noted that Mrs. Carol Mahtab had apiece that was purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank.MOVED and seconded that a letter of acknowledgement besent to Mrs. Carol Mahtab.MOTION CARRIED#7 Female Bantam AA Hockey Team RequestMOVED and seconded that Council purchase anadvertisement for $50 in the Program for the FemaleBantam AA Hockey Team event.MOTION CARRIED#8 Town of Digby –UNSM SpringWorkshopMOVED and seconded that the Municipality of Digbyparticipate with Town of Digby in regards to the hospitalityof the UNSM Spring Workshop for the events outlined intheir letter.MOTION CARRIEDCAO Report Westport Ferry –Response Letter The CAO report for February 28, 2011 was included in themeeting package. Councillor Tudor expressed that he felt the solutions outlined by Mr. Michael Wamboldt concerning the break-down of the Westport Ferry was inadequate. It was
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia4suggested that this matter be taken to the MLA as ferryservice is a Provincial responsibility. Councillor Tudor willdo that.Request forDecision/DirectionN/AMeetingDates/RemindersPayablesMOVED and seconded that the payables in the amount of$599,864.46 for the month of January 2011 be approved as presented.MOTION CARRIEDFinancial Report The financial report for January 31, 2011 was circulated.Warden Gregory –Note of Thanks Warden Gregory thanked everyone for the flowers shereceived when she was sick.Council CommitteesRecommendations to Council fromCommittee of theWholeN/ARecommendations to Council from Bylaw& Policy CommitteeDangerous &Unsightly PolicyMOVED and seconded that the updates to the Dangerousand Unsightly policy be approved as presented.MOTION CARRIEDLow Income TaxExemption 2011MOVED and seconded that pursuant to The Low IncomeTax Exemption Policy # 2010, the Municipality hereby grants an exemption from taxation, operating as a reductionin the 2010-2011 taxes otherwise payable to the Municipalityin respect to a property in the amount of $ 125.00 forowners of property whose 2010 income from all sourcesdoes not exceed $ 20,000.MOTION CARRIEDAdvisory CommitteesDigby Source WaterProtection AdvisoryCommittee The Digby Source Water Protection Advisory Committeehas not met since the last report.Heritage AdvisoryCommittee The Heritage Advisory Committee minutes for April 2010 were included in the meeting package. There is a meeting scheduled for March 10, 2011.
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia5Planning AdvisoryCommittee There has been no Planning Advisory Committee meeting since the last report.Police AdvisoryCommittee There has been no Police Advisory Committee meeting since the last report.MOVED and seconded that Ms. Kathleen Gidney beappointed as citizen representative to the Police Advisory Committee.MOTION CARRIEDREMO AdvisoryCommittee The REMO Management Planning Committee minutes from November 2010 were included in the meeting package. There was a REMO Advisory Committee meetinga couple weeks ago. Don LeBlanc gave an update of whathe has been doing. He has been doing an excellent job. They are talking about doing exercises for emergencies. Tri County HousingAuthority The Tri County Housing Authority was last reported on in November 2010. The reports are on a quarterly basis.Regional / Joint CommitteesAirport WorkingGroup There has been no Airport Working Group meeting sincethe last Council meeting.Annapolis Digby EconomicDevelopment Agency The ADEDA minutes for February 2011 were included in the meeting package. Also included was the Acting Manager Director’s Report. Warden Gregory attended a meeting as the alternate forCouncillor Amero on February 24, 2011. It was a goodmeeting. They are working on a business plan.Digby Annapolis Development Corp The DADC minutes from July 2010 were included in themeeting package. There has been one meeting since July.There was a discussion regarding the Convergys site andwhat can be done with the building. They would like to exhaust all opportunities to get a call centre there, but if not, the building may have to be subdivided so that it can berented out. There was a discussion regarding the intent of the building was to create employment for the area. This needs to bediscussed in greater detail before a decision is made as tohow to move forward.Digby Area LearningAssociation The DALA minutes for November 2010 as well as theExecutive Director report for January 2011 were included in the meeting package. There was a meeting on February 23, 2011 which Councillor Adams was unable to attend. The minutes willbe forwarded once they are received.Digby Area Tourism Association The Digby Area Tourism Association minutes for the last couple meetings have not been sent along. A person hasbeen hired to help with signage. It was also noted that the
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia6Passport project is coming along nicely.Digby Area Recreation Committee The DARC minutes for December 2010 and January 2011as well as staff reports for January and February 2011 wereincluded in the meeting package. The Canadian curling championships are coming soon. Theice time is going well. Digby Harbour Port Association The Digby Harbour Port Association minutes for Septemberand November 2010 were included in the Council package. A Digby Harbour Port Association meeting has just been held. The biggest concern is the storm damage to the wharf.There is $200,000 damage to the wharf and REMO would be able to provide a maximum of $80,000. They arecurrently operating under an extremely tight budget andhave the highest rates in the Province. Digby LibraryCommittee The Digby Library Committee has not met since the last report. Fundyweb Broadband Fundyweb Broadband has not met since the last report. Deputy Warden MacAlpine reported that it is hoped to havea meeting within the next two weeks. The last meeting tookplace in September.Industrial Commission The Industrial Commission met on February 25, 2011. Mr.Mike Gushue has been hired as a Consultant. They areworking on making Digby the port of choice for a service centre for tidal development. Mr. Gushue is doing anexcellent job. Hanse Society Councillor Amero was away during the last meeting. Hewill look into obtaining a copy of the minutes fordistribution to Council.Kings TransitAuthority The Kings Transit Authority minutes for December 2010and February 2011, the ridership report for January 2010and the General Manager’s report for February 2011 wereincluded in the meeting package. Councillor Amero was unable to attend the last meeting asit was scheduled in the morning.MEDIC The MEDIC minutes for January 2011 were included in the meeting package. The next meeting is scheduled for March1, 2011.Senior SafetyCommittee The Senior Safety Committee will meet on March 9, 2011.Councillor Adams will get a copy of the minutes fordistribution. Southwest Biosphere There is a Southwest Biosphere meeting scheduled forMarch 1, 2011.Tideview Terrace The Tideview Terrace minutes for November 2010 and January 2011 as well as the staff reports for February 2011were included in the meeting package. There was a Tideview Terrace meeting on February 22,
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia72011. The new Tideview is coming along and is withinbudget.Waste Check The Waste Check minutes for November 2010 as well as staff reports for February 2011were included in the meeting package. Waste Check has a Business Rewards Program whichstarted in October that acknowledges businesses doing agreat job. A plaque is given to them and the business is outlined in their newsletter. Waste Check is trying to get the numbers to 300 kg perperson and is currently down to 320 kg per person. Theyare getting closer to the goal. The enforcement officer is doing a good job. He has beenfinding contact information in garbage bags and is finingrepeat offenders. Western Counties Regional Library There has been no Western Counties Regional Librarymeeting since the last Council meeting.Council Activity Reports/OtherCommitteesCouncillor Adams Councillor Adams gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings she has attended during thepast month.Councillor Amero Councillor Amero gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings he has attended during thepast month.Councillor Tudor Councillor Tudor gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings he has attended during thepast month.Deputy Warden MacAlpine Deputy Warden MacAlpine gave an oral presentation toCouncil outlining the various meetings he has attendedduring the past month. Warden Gregory Warden Gregory gave an oral presentation to Counciloutlining the various meetings she has attended during thepast month. Comments from thegallery The meeting was opened up to the gallery for questions. There were no questions or comments.BreakMOVED and seconded that there be a five minute breakbefore proceeding in camera.MOTION CARRIEDIn CameraMOVED and seconded that the meeting move in camera todiscuss contractual and personnel issues.MOTION CARRIED
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Municipality of the District of DigbyMunicipal Council MinutesFebruary 28, 2011Seabrook, Nova Scotia8Regular session resumed.AdjournmentMOVED and seconded that the meeting adjourn at 7:45PM. MOTION CARRIED____________________________________________________________WARDENCLERK
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Meeting LocationMunicipal Council ChambersCall to OrderWarden Linda GregoryPause to Seek GuidanceWarden Linda GregoryReading of Mission StatementWarden Linda GregoryApproval ofthe AgendaAdditions/Deletions Council StaffSpecial PresentationsPresentations Rob Sampson-President N-Viro Systems Canada LP Simone Wilson, Bear River’s 400 Anniversary Organizing Committee and Historical SocietyMinutesApproval/Amendments February 28, 2011
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011BusinessArising from Minutes/Old Business1.ADEDA Approval of ADEDA Funding & Governance Agreement Appointment of Councillor to newboard2.Councillor AmeroCouncillor AdamsCouncillor TudorDeputy Warden MacAlpineWarden Linda Gregory
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011New Business# 1ADEDA Budget 2011-2012# 2Le Transport de ClareSociety Request for councillor to sit on their Board of Directors # 3Westport FireDepartment Emergency Communications &Paging# 4Destination SouthwestNova Association 2011-12 Municipal Investment# 5Minister JohnMacDonell One year notice , Corrections,Housing and Education costs# 6FUNDYweb BroadbandBoard Motion to divest FBB Assets#7FCM International Volunteer Municipalities Needed#8Southville Fire Dept HST Rebate denied#9Digby Municipal FireAssociation Burn Trailer#10Digby Municipal FireAssociation Surplus Computers
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011CAOReport# 1Request for Decision or Direction# 2Meeting Dates/Reminders#3Meeting Action Items Update#4Special Project Update#5Payables –February 2011#6Financial Report- Not availableCorrespondence 1.Southwest Nova Music Festival-Thank You letter2.Ian Russell-Trade Mission to Scotland3.FCM President Statement on Federal Budget4.Provincial reverse of Kings County rezoningapplication5.FCM Analysis of Federal Budget6.7.8.9.
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Council CommitteesRecommendationsto Council from Committee of theWholeRecommendationsto Council from By-law & Policy CommitteeAdvisory CommitteesDigby Source Water Protection Advisory CommitteeCouncillor Adams Meeting scheduled for March 30th Appointment of BillLeBlanc as citizenrepresentativeHeritage Advisory CommitteeCouncillor AmeroCouncillor Adams Minutes-March 2011 Appointment of LouiseMullen as citizenrepresentativePlanning Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryCouncillor AdamsCouncillor Tudor Minutes-August 2009 Public Meeting Scheduled for April 27, 2011 @ 7:00 pm Police Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryCouncillor AmeroCouncillor Adams Meeting scheduled for April5th, 2011
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Advisory Committees(con’t)REMO Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryDeputy WardenMacAlpine Minutes-November 2010Tri County HousingAuthorityR Fitzgerald Last reported Nov 2010(report requested)Regional/JointCommitteesAirport WorkingGroupDeputy WardenMacAlpineCouncillor Adams UpdateAnnapolis Digby Economic DevelopmentAgencyCouncillor RandallAmeroMinutes-March 2011 Acting MD Report Letter from Min of Transportation Re Digby FerryDigby Annapolis Development CorpDeputy WardenMacAlpineCouncillor AmeroNo meeting since last reportDigby Area Learning AssociationCouncillor Adams Minutes-January 2011Digby Area TourismAssociationCouncillor TudorDigby Area Recreation Comm.Warden Gregory Councillor TudorDigby Harbour PortAssociationWarden GregoryDigby Library CommitteeDeputy WardenMacAlpine No meeting since last report
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Regional/JointCommittees(con’t)FundywebBroadbandDeputy WardenMacAlpine Update from Mar 22ndmeeting Minutes Sept 2010Industrial CommissionDeputy Warden MacAlpineCouncillor AmeroHanse SocietyCouncillor AmeroKings TransitAuthorityCouncillor AmeroMedic Warden Gregory Minutes-January 2011Senior Safety CommitteeCouncillor Adams Councillor TudorRe-appointment of Muriel Goguen as citizen rep Minutes-January 2011SouthwestBiosphereCouncillor Tudor Update on meetingTideview TerraceWarden Gregory Councillor Adams Moving day announcementWaste CheckWarden GregoryDeputy WardenMacAlpine Minutes- Feb 2011 Manager Report March 2011 Staff Reports March 2011 Strategic Planning ProcessWestern Counties Regional LibraryDeputy WardenMacAlpine
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Council Activity Reports/Other CommitteesCouncillor AmeroCouncillor AdamsCouncillor TudorDeputy WardenMacAlpineWarden GregoryIn CameraAdjournment
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011BusinessArising from Minutes/Old Business1.ADEDA Approval of ADEDA Funding & Governance Agreement Appointment of Councillor to newboard2.Councillor AmeroCouncillor AdamsCouncillor TudorDeputy Warden MacAlpineWarden Linda Gregory
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011New Business# 1ADEDA Budget 2011-2012# 2Le Transport de ClareSociety Request for councillor to sit on their Board of Directors # 3Westport FireDepartment Emergency Communications &Paging# 4Destination SouthwestNova Association 2011-12 Municipal Investment# 5Minister JohnMacDonell One year notice , Corrections,Housing and Education costs# 6FUNDYweb BroadbandBoard Motion to divest FBB Assets#7FCM International Volunteer Municipalities Needed#8Southville Fire Dept HST Rebate denied#9Digby Municipal FireAssociation Burn Trailer#10Digby Municipal FireAssociation Surplus Computers
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011CAOReport# 1Request for Decision or Direction# 2Meeting Dates/Reminders#3Meeting Action Items Update#4Special Project Update#5Payables –February 2011#6Financial Report- Not availableCorrespondence 1.Southwest Nova Music Festival-Thank You letter2.Ian Russell-Trade Mission to Scotland3.FCM President Statement on Federal Budget4.Provincial reverse of Kings County rezoningapplication5.FCM Analysis of Federal Budget6.7.8.9.
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Council CommitteesRecommendationsto Council from Committee of theWholeRecommendationsto Council from By-law & Policy CommitteeAdvisory CommitteesDigby Source Water Protection Advisory CommitteeCouncillor Adams Meeting scheduled for March 30th Appointment of BillLeBlanc as citizenrepresentativeHeritage Advisory CommitteeCouncillor AmeroCouncillor Adams Minutes-March 2011 Appointment of LouiseMullen as citizenrepresentativePlanning Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryCouncillor AdamsCouncillor Tudor Minutes-August 2009 Public Meeting Scheduled for April 27, 2011 @ 7:00 pm Police Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryCouncillor AmeroCouncillor Adams Meeting scheduled for April5th, 2011
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Advisory Committees(con’t)REMO Advisory CommitteeWarden GregoryDeputy WardenMacAlpine Minutes-November 2010Tri County HousingAuthorityR Fitzgerald Last reported Nov 2010(report requested)Regional/JointCommitteesAirport WorkingGroupDeputy WardenMacAlpineCouncillor Adams UpdateAnnapolis Digby Economic DevelopmentAgencyCouncillor RandallAmeroMinutes-March 2011 Acting MD Report Letter from Min of Transportation Re Digby FerryDigby Annapolis Development CorpDeputy WardenMacAlpineCouncillor AmeroNo meeting since last reportDigby Area Learning AssociationCouncillor Adams Minutes-January 2011Digby Area TourismAssociationCouncillor TudorDigby Area Recreation Comm.Warden Gregory Councillor TudorDigby Harbour PortAssociationWarden GregoryDigby Library CommitteeDeputy WardenMacAlpine No meeting since last report
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Regional/JointCommittees(con’t)FundywebBroadbandDeputy WardenMacAlpine Update from Mar 22ndmeeting Minutes Sept 2010Industrial CommissionDeputy Warden MacAlpineCouncillor AmeroHanse SocietyCouncillor AmeroKings TransitAuthorityCouncillor AmeroMedic Warden Gregory Minutes-January 2011Senior Safety CommitteeCouncillor Adams Councillor TudorRe-appointment of Muriel Goguen as citizen rep Minutes-January 2011SouthwestBiosphereCouncillor Tudor Update on meetingTideview TerraceWarden Gregory Councillor Adams Moving day announcementWaste CheckWarden GregoryDeputy WardenMacAlpine Minutes- Feb 2011 Manager Report March 2011 Staff Reports March 2011 Strategic Planning ProcessWestern Counties Regional LibraryDeputy WardenMacAlpine
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Council AgendaMARCH 28, 2011Council Activity Reports/Other CommitteesCouncillor AmeroCouncillor AdamsCouncillor TudorDeputy WardenMacAlpineWarden GregoryIn CameraAdjournment
Monday, March 21, 2011
Buy Local, Enrich Nova Scotia
...is the title of one of the articles in the Chronicle Herald. Great idea! and underneath it reads: "communities could make $19 million more monthly".
more quotes:" if residents turned local independent (businesses) for 10% of the ...purchasing, commuinites in N.S. would be collectively richer by about $19 million every month. And the one I like the best: "Spend a dollar on a local independent business and 45 cents of that dollar stays in the community".
Patronize, use your local businesses, folks! That's money that stays here and helps the area.
Digby Neck could have a thriving entrepreneurial area and be less vulnerable to destructive foreign big corporations, if everybody supported your local entrepreneur. Get creative and think of the opportunities for business there are, here, that would be in keeping with a wonderful and beautiful nature and wildlife area. You wouldn't believe how beautiful visitors from all over the world think that Digby Neck is! My two cents, Blogger
more quotes:" if residents turned local independent (businesses) for 10% of the ...purchasing, commuinites in N.S. would be collectively richer by about $19 million every month. And the one I like the best: "Spend a dollar on a local independent business and 45 cents of that dollar stays in the community".
Patronize, use your local businesses, folks! That's money that stays here and helps the area.
Digby Neck could have a thriving entrepreneurial area and be less vulnerable to destructive foreign big corporations, if everybody supported your local entrepreneur. Get creative and think of the opportunities for business there are, here, that would be in keeping with a wonderful and beautiful nature and wildlife area. You wouldn't believe how beautiful visitors from all over the world think that Digby Neck is! My two cents, Blogger
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
From my cousin Anne Thomas in Sendai, Japan where she has lived for the past
decade teaching English. Very moving!!
Via Tom Haynes-Paton and a friend
Hello My Lovely Family and Friends,
First I want to thank you so very much for your concern for me. I am very touched. I also wish to apologize for a generic message to you all. But it seems the best way at the moment to get my message to you.
Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed to have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is even more worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share supplies like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room, eat by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful.
During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in their home, they put out sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets.
Utterly amazingly where I am there has been no looting, no pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer when an earthquake strikes. People keep saying, "Oh, this is how it used to be in the old days when everyone helped one another."
Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens are constant and helicopters pass overhead often.
We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is for half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come on. But all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not. No one has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire group.
There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun. People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking their dogs. All happening at the same time.
Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night. No cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are scattered with stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled. The mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them silhouetted against the sky magnificently.
And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is on, and I find food and water left in my entranceway. I have no idea from whom, but it is there. Old men in green hats go from door to door checking to see if everyone is OK. People talk to complete strangers asking if they need help. I see no signs of fear. Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no.
They tell us we can expect aftershocks, and even other major quakes, for another month or more. And we are getting constant tremors, rolls, shaking, rumbling. I am blessed in that I live in a part of Sendai that is a bit elevated, a bit more solid than other parts. So, so far this area is better off than others. Last night my friend's husband came in from the country, bringing food and water. Blessed again.
Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the world right at this moment. And somehow as I experience the events happening now in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide. My brother asked me if I felt so small because of all that is happening. I don't. Rather, I feel as part of something happening that much larger than myself. This wave of birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent.
Thank you again for your care and Love of me,
decade teaching English. Very moving!!
Via Tom Haynes-Paton and a friend
Hello My Lovely Family and Friends,
First I want to thank you so very much for your concern for me. I am very touched. I also wish to apologize for a generic message to you all. But it seems the best way at the moment to get my message to you.
Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed to have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is even more worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share supplies like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room, eat by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful.
During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in their home, they put out sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets.
Utterly amazingly where I am there has been no looting, no pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer when an earthquake strikes. People keep saying, "Oh, this is how it used to be in the old days when everyone helped one another."
Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens are constant and helicopters pass overhead often.
We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is for half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come on. But all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not. No one has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire group.
There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun. People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking their dogs. All happening at the same time.
Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night. No cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are scattered with stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled. The mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them silhouetted against the sky magnificently.
And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is on, and I find food and water left in my entranceway. I have no idea from whom, but it is there. Old men in green hats go from door to door checking to see if everyone is OK. People talk to complete strangers asking if they need help. I see no signs of fear. Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no.
They tell us we can expect aftershocks, and even other major quakes, for another month or more. And we are getting constant tremors, rolls, shaking, rumbling. I am blessed in that I live in a part of Sendai that is a bit elevated, a bit more solid than other parts. So, so far this area is better off than others. Last night my friend's husband came in from the country, bringing food and water. Blessed again.
Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the world right at this moment. And somehow as I experience the events happening now in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide. My brother asked me if I felt so small because of all that is happening. I don't. Rather, I feel as part of something happening that much larger than myself. This wave of birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent.
Thank you again for your care and Love of me,
Labels:
Japan earthquake
Nuclear Companies
Sent in by Tom Haynes-Paton
BELOW IS AN ARTICLE FOR ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S/THE WORLD'S CURRENT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS CRISIS-----
-------DO NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANIES TELL US LIES?
A long-time trusted friend and colleague from my Japan days who has spent a life-time in work related to nuclear energy sent on this report today.
It is written by Greg Palast* for "t r u t h o u t/News Analysis". Check it out----- www.truth-out.org ----a website that fights "lies and misinformation". There one can see writings by Bill Moyers and others on many subjects.
Please note that Palast is born in l952, the Year of the Dragon---a good example of the dragon's fire.
*(bio) "Gregory Allyn Palast (born June 26, 1952[1]) is a New York Times-bestselling author[2] and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation[3] as well as the British newspaper The Observer.[4] His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer advocacy groups."
*(bio) Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "Armed Madhouse" (Penguin Paperback 2007). When Palast, an investigator of corporate fraud and racketeering, turned his skills to journalism, he was quickly recognized as, "The most important investigative reporter of our time" [Tribune Magazine] in Britain, where his first reports appeared on BBC television and in the Guardian newspapers. (http://www.gregpalast.com/about-greg/)
We in the human family, first-of-all our Japanese cousins, deserve to know the truth
regarding this crisis that envelops us all. And we're not getting it.
Please pass this on if you think important---
Tom Haynes-Paton
"Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No-BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators
Monday 14 March 2011
by: Greg Palast, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
(Texas nuclear plants planned by Tokyo Electric. (Image: NINA))
I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.
I don't know the law in Japan, so I can't tell you if Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) can plead insanity to the homicides about to happen.
But what will Obama plead? The administration, just months ago, asked Congress to provide a $4 billion loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors to be built and operated on the Gulf Coast of Texas - by TEPCO and local partners. As if the Gulf hasn't suffered enough. Here are the facts about TEPCO and the industry you haven't heard on CNN:
The failure of emergency systems at Japan's nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.
Nuclear plants the world over must be certified for what is called "SQ" or "Seismic Qualification." That is, the owners swear that all components are designed for the maximum conceivable shaking event, be it from an earthquake or an exploding Christmas card from al-Qaeda.
The most inexpensive way to meet your SQ is to lie. The industry does it all the time. The government team I worked with caught them once, in 1988, at the Shoreham plant in New York. Correcting the SQ problem at Shoreham would have cost a cool billion, so engineers were told to change the tests from "failed" to "passed."
The company that put in the false safety report? Stone & Webster, now the nuclear unit of Shaw Construction, which will work with TEPCO to build the Texas plant. Lord help us.
There's more.
Last night, I heard CNN reporters repeat the official line that the tsunami disabled the pumps needed to cool the reactors, implying that water unexpectedly got into the diesel generators that run the pumps.
These safety backup systems are the "EDGs" in nuke-speak: Emergency Diesel Generators. That they didn't work in an emergency is like a fire department telling us they couldn't save a building because "it was on fire."
What dim bulbs designed this system? One of the reactors dancing with death at Fukushima Station 1 was built by Toshiba. Toshiba was also an architect of the emergency diesel system.
Now be afraid. Obama's $4 billion bailout in the making is called the South Texas Project. It's been sold as a red-white-and-blue way to make power domestically with a reactor from Westinghouse, a great American brand. However, the reactor will be made substantially in Japan by the company that bought the US brand name, Westinghouse - Toshiba.
I once had a Toshiba computer. I only had to send it in once for warranty work. However, it's kind of hard to mail back a reactor with the warranty slip inside the box if the fuel rods are melted and sinking halfway to the earth's core.
TEPCO and Toshiba don't know what my son learned in eighth grade science class: tsunamis follow Pacific Rim earthquakes. So, these companies are real stupid, eh? Maybe. More likely is that the diesels and related systems wouldn't have worked on a fine, dry afternoon.
Back in the day, when we checked the emergency backup diesels in America, a mind-blowing number flunked. At the New York nuclear plant, for example, the builders swore under oath that their three diesel engines were ready for an emergency. They'd been tested. The tests were faked; the diesels run for just a short time at low speed. When the diesels were put through a real test under emergency-like conditions, the crankshaft on the first one snapped in about an hour, then the second and third. We nicknamed the diesels, "Snap, Crackle and Pop."
The forces against independent journalism are growing. Help Truthout keep up the fight against ignorance and regression! Support us here.
(Note: Moments after I wrote that sentence, word came that two of three diesels failed at the Tokai Station as well.)
In the US, we supposedly fixed our diesels after much complaining by the industry. But in Japan, no one tells TEPCO to do anything the Emperor of Electricity doesn't want to do.
I get lots of confidential notes from nuclear industry insiders. One engineer, a big name in the field, is especially concerned that Obama waved the come-hither check to Toshiba and TEPCO to lure them to America. The US has a long history of whistleblowers willing to put themselves on the line to save the public. In our racketeering case in New York, the government only found out about the seismic test fraud because two courageous engineers, Gordon Dick and John Daly, gave our team the documentary evidence.
In Japan, it's simply not done. The culture does not allow the salary men, who work all their lives for one company, to drop the dime.
Not that US law is a wondrous shield: both engineers in the New York case were fired and blacklisted by the industry. Nevertheless, the government (local, state, federal) brought civil racketeering charges against the builders. The jury didn't buy the corporation's excuses and, in the end, the plant was, thankfully, dismantled.
Am I on some kind of xenophobic anti-Nippon crusade? No. In fact, I'm far more frightened by the American operators in the South Texas nuclear project, especially Shaw. Stone & Webster, now the Shaw nuclear division, was also the firm that conspired to fake the EDG tests in New York . (The company's other exploits have been exposed by their former consultant, John Perkins, in his book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.") If the planet wants to shiver, consider this: Toshiba and Shaw have recently signed a deal to become worldwide partners in the construction of nuclear stations.
The other characters involved at the South Texas Plant that Obama is backing should also give you the willies. But as I'm in the middle of investigating the American partners, I'll save that for another day.
So, if we turned to America's own nuclear contractors, would we be safe? Well, two of the melting Japanese reactors, including the one whose building blew sky high, were built by General Electric of the Good Old US of A.
After Texas, you're next. The Obama administration is planning a total of $56 billion in loans for nuclear reactors all over America.
And now, the homicides:
CNN is only interested in body counts, how many workers burnt by radiation, swept away or lost in the explosion. These plants are now releasing radioactive steam into the atmosphere. Be skeptical about the statements that the "levels are not dangerous." These are the same people who said these meltdowns could never happen. Over years, not days, there may be a thousand people, two thousand, ten thousand who will suffer from cancers induced by this radiation.
In my New York investigation, I had the unhappy job of totaling up post-meltdown "morbidity" rates for the county government. It would be irresponsible for me to estimate the number of cancer deaths that will occur from these releases without further information; but it is just plain criminal for the TEPCO shoguns to say that these releases are not dangerous.
Indeed, the fact that residents near the Japanese nuclear plants were not issued iodine pills to keep at the ready shows TEPCO doesn't care who lives and who dies, whether in Japan or the USA. The carcinogenic isotopes that are released at Fukushima are already floating to Seattle with effects we simply cannot measure.
Heaven help us. Because Obama won't.
BELOW IS AN ARTICLE FOR ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S/THE WORLD'S CURRENT NUCLEAR OPERATIONS CRISIS-----
-------DO NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANIES TELL US LIES?
A long-time trusted friend and colleague from my Japan days who has spent a life-time in work related to nuclear energy sent on this report today.
It is written by Greg Palast* for "t r u t h o u t/News Analysis". Check it out----- www.truth-out.org ----a website that fights "lies and misinformation". There one can see writings by Bill Moyers and others on many subjects.
Please note that Palast is born in l952, the Year of the Dragon---a good example of the dragon's fire.
*(bio) "Gregory Allyn Palast (born June 26, 1952[1]) is a New York Times-bestselling author[2] and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation[3] as well as the British newspaper The Observer.[4] His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer advocacy groups."
*(bio) Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "Armed Madhouse" (Penguin Paperback 2007). When Palast, an investigator of corporate fraud and racketeering, turned his skills to journalism, he was quickly recognized as, "The most important investigative reporter of our time" [Tribune Magazine] in Britain, where his first reports appeared on BBC television and in the Guardian newspapers. (http://www.gregpalast.com/about-greg/)
We in the human family, first-of-all our Japanese cousins, deserve to know the truth
regarding this crisis that envelops us all. And we're not getting it.
Please pass this on if you think important---
Tom Haynes-Paton
"Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No-BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators
Monday 14 March 2011
by: Greg Palast, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
(Texas nuclear plants planned by Tokyo Electric. (Image: NINA))
I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.
I don't know the law in Japan, so I can't tell you if Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) can plead insanity to the homicides about to happen.
But what will Obama plead? The administration, just months ago, asked Congress to provide a $4 billion loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors to be built and operated on the Gulf Coast of Texas - by TEPCO and local partners. As if the Gulf hasn't suffered enough. Here are the facts about TEPCO and the industry you haven't heard on CNN:
The failure of emergency systems at Japan's nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.
Nuclear plants the world over must be certified for what is called "SQ" or "Seismic Qualification." That is, the owners swear that all components are designed for the maximum conceivable shaking event, be it from an earthquake or an exploding Christmas card from al-Qaeda.
The most inexpensive way to meet your SQ is to lie. The industry does it all the time. The government team I worked with caught them once, in 1988, at the Shoreham plant in New York. Correcting the SQ problem at Shoreham would have cost a cool billion, so engineers were told to change the tests from "failed" to "passed."
The company that put in the false safety report? Stone & Webster, now the nuclear unit of Shaw Construction, which will work with TEPCO to build the Texas plant. Lord help us.
There's more.
Last night, I heard CNN reporters repeat the official line that the tsunami disabled the pumps needed to cool the reactors, implying that water unexpectedly got into the diesel generators that run the pumps.
These safety backup systems are the "EDGs" in nuke-speak: Emergency Diesel Generators. That they didn't work in an emergency is like a fire department telling us they couldn't save a building because "it was on fire."
What dim bulbs designed this system? One of the reactors dancing with death at Fukushima Station 1 was built by Toshiba. Toshiba was also an architect of the emergency diesel system.
Now be afraid. Obama's $4 billion bailout in the making is called the South Texas Project. It's been sold as a red-white-and-blue way to make power domestically with a reactor from Westinghouse, a great American brand. However, the reactor will be made substantially in Japan by the company that bought the US brand name, Westinghouse - Toshiba.
I once had a Toshiba computer. I only had to send it in once for warranty work. However, it's kind of hard to mail back a reactor with the warranty slip inside the box if the fuel rods are melted and sinking halfway to the earth's core.
TEPCO and Toshiba don't know what my son learned in eighth grade science class: tsunamis follow Pacific Rim earthquakes. So, these companies are real stupid, eh? Maybe. More likely is that the diesels and related systems wouldn't have worked on a fine, dry afternoon.
Back in the day, when we checked the emergency backup diesels in America, a mind-blowing number flunked. At the New York nuclear plant, for example, the builders swore under oath that their three diesel engines were ready for an emergency. They'd been tested. The tests were faked; the diesels run for just a short time at low speed. When the diesels were put through a real test under emergency-like conditions, the crankshaft on the first one snapped in about an hour, then the second and third. We nicknamed the diesels, "Snap, Crackle and Pop."
The forces against independent journalism are growing. Help Truthout keep up the fight against ignorance and regression! Support us here.
(Note: Moments after I wrote that sentence, word came that two of three diesels failed at the Tokai Station as well.)
In the US, we supposedly fixed our diesels after much complaining by the industry. But in Japan, no one tells TEPCO to do anything the Emperor of Electricity doesn't want to do.
I get lots of confidential notes from nuclear industry insiders. One engineer, a big name in the field, is especially concerned that Obama waved the come-hither check to Toshiba and TEPCO to lure them to America. The US has a long history of whistleblowers willing to put themselves on the line to save the public. In our racketeering case in New York, the government only found out about the seismic test fraud because two courageous engineers, Gordon Dick and John Daly, gave our team the documentary evidence.
In Japan, it's simply not done. The culture does not allow the salary men, who work all their lives for one company, to drop the dime.
Not that US law is a wondrous shield: both engineers in the New York case were fired and blacklisted by the industry. Nevertheless, the government (local, state, federal) brought civil racketeering charges against the builders. The jury didn't buy the corporation's excuses and, in the end, the plant was, thankfully, dismantled.
Am I on some kind of xenophobic anti-Nippon crusade? No. In fact, I'm far more frightened by the American operators in the South Texas nuclear project, especially Shaw. Stone & Webster, now the Shaw nuclear division, was also the firm that conspired to fake the EDG tests in New York . (The company's other exploits have been exposed by their former consultant, John Perkins, in his book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.") If the planet wants to shiver, consider this: Toshiba and Shaw have recently signed a deal to become worldwide partners in the construction of nuclear stations.
The other characters involved at the South Texas Plant that Obama is backing should also give you the willies. But as I'm in the middle of investigating the American partners, I'll save that for another day.
So, if we turned to America's own nuclear contractors, would we be safe? Well, two of the melting Japanese reactors, including the one whose building blew sky high, were built by General Electric of the Good Old US of A.
After Texas, you're next. The Obama administration is planning a total of $56 billion in loans for nuclear reactors all over America.
And now, the homicides:
CNN is only interested in body counts, how many workers burnt by radiation, swept away or lost in the explosion. These plants are now releasing radioactive steam into the atmosphere. Be skeptical about the statements that the "levels are not dangerous." These are the same people who said these meltdowns could never happen. Over years, not days, there may be a thousand people, two thousand, ten thousand who will suffer from cancers induced by this radiation.
In my New York investigation, I had the unhappy job of totaling up post-meltdown "morbidity" rates for the county government. It would be irresponsible for me to estimate the number of cancer deaths that will occur from these releases without further information; but it is just plain criminal for the TEPCO shoguns to say that these releases are not dangerous.
Indeed, the fact that residents near the Japanese nuclear plants were not issued iodine pills to keep at the ready shows TEPCO doesn't care who lives and who dies, whether in Japan or the USA. The carcinogenic isotopes that are released at Fukushima are already floating to Seattle with effects we simply cannot measure.
Heaven help us. Because Obama won't.
Labels:
nuclear
Sunday, March 13, 2011
High Gas Prices
Fight high gas prices any way you can, and here's an article (author unknown) that might prove helpful-thanks for the forward from Dan Mills
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do.
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
If It goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would it take?
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do.
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
If It goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would it take?
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Digby Neck Events
Digby Neck Community Pot Luck Supper
Thursday March 10, 2011
6 p.m.
Little River United Baptist Church
Thursday March 10, 2011
6 p.m.
Little River United Baptist Church
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Digby Neck Events
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Deep Democracy
DEEP DEMOCRACY EXPLAINED
Deep Democracy is the philosophical basis of the Process Work and Worldwork Paradigm, a psycho-social-political theory and methodology. The term Deep Democracy was developed by Arny Mindell in 1988 and first appeared in Leader as Martial Artist (Mindell, 1992). Mindell, a physicist and Jungian Analyst, has researched and written extensively about how awareness interlinks with reality and how we perceive it on different levels, creating different frameworks of reality. An example of this is how we perceive time: the measurable reality of the seconds ticking in a clock, the dreamlike "subjective" perception of time as it passes during an encounter with a lover - or during a conflict with an opponent - and the sentient essence of timelessness at the moment of sunrise that transcends "known" time (if only for a moment) and replaces it with the concept of a hopeful future. Mindell calls his paradigm Processwork. He formulates these principles and demonstrates how they can be used to facilitate individual, relationship, and group transformation in many of his books.
In the late eighties, Mindell started to formulate these principles as a philosophical approach that he called Deep Democracy. It has become best known for some of the following concepts:
Unlike "classical" democracy, which focuses on majority rule, Deep Democracy suggests that all voices, states of awareness, and frameworks of reality are important. Deep Democracy also suggests that all the information carried within these voices, levels of awareness, and frameworks is needed to understand the complete process of a system. Deep Democracy is an attitude that focuses on the awareness of voices that are both central and marginal.
This type of awareness can be focused on groups, organizations, one's own inner experiences, people in conflict, etc. Allowing oneself to take seriously seemingly unimportant events and feelings can often bring unexpected solutions to both group and inner conflicts.
Although the term and the concepts of Deep Democracy are now being used by various groups in different ways, Mindell formulates their common denominator: Deep Democracy is the experience of a process of flow in which all actors on the stage are needed to create the play that is being watched.
Deep Democracy is a natural process that occurs in all community building processes, but often goes unnoticed or un-used. Just as conventional democracy strives to include all individuals involved in the political process, Deep Democracy goes a step further in the effort towards fostering a deeper level of dialogue and inclusiveness that makes space for all people (with the individual right to vote) as well as all various and competing views, tensions, feelings, and styles of communication - in a way that supports awareness of relative rank, power, and privilege, and the potential of these forces to marginalize other views, individuals, and groups.
Evolution of Deep Democracy
”The most fundamental forum is your own heart. Both as a facilitator and as a human being, you must learn to hear yourself there.” Arnold Mindell, "Sitting in the Fire", 1995
Deep democracy has many aspects, many of which relate to philosophical concepts derived from quantum physics. Deep Democracy at its deepest manifestation refers often to an openness towards the views of other people and groups. It also embraces emotions and personal experiences that are most often excluded from conflict and rational public discourse (Mindell, 1992).
Deep Democracy has crossed over into many fields and has been picked up by many authors, some using it as defined by Mindell, others using only particular aspects (as it is often the case with crossovers). For more information, please see our Deep Democracy and DDI page.
One of the primary concerns of Deep Democracy is the use, maintenance, and awareness of metaskills, a concept developed by Amy Mindell (attitudes and feeling tones underlying our skills). The concept of openness to diversity and dialogue between various views doesn’t mean that the facilitator goes along with what the group wants—that is only one metaskill (although it often reflects a lack of awareness). Facilitators must also practice, embody, and express other metaskills such as toughness, anger, intractability, love, detachment, concern for the well being of the others, and a genuine desire to achieve consensus. Some of the metaskills in the above mentioned list are organic responses. However, when a facilitator uses her internal organic responses to better inform her intervention, she is using a metaskill. This is why the human development (the internal psychological and spiritual growth) of the facilitator is so important.
Deep Democracy involves not only openness to other individuals, groups, and diverse views, but also an openness to experiences including feelings, dreams, body symptoms, altered states of consciousness, and synchronicities as well as an awareness of signals, roles, and the structural dynamics of the interactions between parties involved.
Deep Democracy is the philosophical basis of the Process Work and Worldwork Paradigm, a psycho-social-political theory and methodology. The term Deep Democracy was developed by Arny Mindell in 1988 and first appeared in Leader as Martial Artist (Mindell, 1992). Mindell, a physicist and Jungian Analyst, has researched and written extensively about how awareness interlinks with reality and how we perceive it on different levels, creating different frameworks of reality. An example of this is how we perceive time: the measurable reality of the seconds ticking in a clock, the dreamlike "subjective" perception of time as it passes during an encounter with a lover - or during a conflict with an opponent - and the sentient essence of timelessness at the moment of sunrise that transcends "known" time (if only for a moment) and replaces it with the concept of a hopeful future. Mindell calls his paradigm Processwork. He formulates these principles and demonstrates how they can be used to facilitate individual, relationship, and group transformation in many of his books.
In the late eighties, Mindell started to formulate these principles as a philosophical approach that he called Deep Democracy. It has become best known for some of the following concepts:
Unlike "classical" democracy, which focuses on majority rule, Deep Democracy suggests that all voices, states of awareness, and frameworks of reality are important. Deep Democracy also suggests that all the information carried within these voices, levels of awareness, and frameworks is needed to understand the complete process of a system. Deep Democracy is an attitude that focuses on the awareness of voices that are both central and marginal.
This type of awareness can be focused on groups, organizations, one's own inner experiences, people in conflict, etc. Allowing oneself to take seriously seemingly unimportant events and feelings can often bring unexpected solutions to both group and inner conflicts.
Although the term and the concepts of Deep Democracy are now being used by various groups in different ways, Mindell formulates their common denominator: Deep Democracy is the experience of a process of flow in which all actors on the stage are needed to create the play that is being watched.
Deep Democracy is a natural process that occurs in all community building processes, but often goes unnoticed or un-used. Just as conventional democracy strives to include all individuals involved in the political process, Deep Democracy goes a step further in the effort towards fostering a deeper level of dialogue and inclusiveness that makes space for all people (with the individual right to vote) as well as all various and competing views, tensions, feelings, and styles of communication - in a way that supports awareness of relative rank, power, and privilege, and the potential of these forces to marginalize other views, individuals, and groups.
Evolution of Deep Democracy
”The most fundamental forum is your own heart. Both as a facilitator and as a human being, you must learn to hear yourself there.” Arnold Mindell, "Sitting in the Fire", 1995
Deep democracy has many aspects, many of which relate to philosophical concepts derived from quantum physics. Deep Democracy at its deepest manifestation refers often to an openness towards the views of other people and groups. It also embraces emotions and personal experiences that are most often excluded from conflict and rational public discourse (Mindell, 1992).
Deep Democracy has crossed over into many fields and has been picked up by many authors, some using it as defined by Mindell, others using only particular aspects (as it is often the case with crossovers). For more information, please see our Deep Democracy and DDI page.
One of the primary concerns of Deep Democracy is the use, maintenance, and awareness of metaskills, a concept developed by Amy Mindell (attitudes and feeling tones underlying our skills). The concept of openness to diversity and dialogue between various views doesn’t mean that the facilitator goes along with what the group wants—that is only one metaskill (although it often reflects a lack of awareness). Facilitators must also practice, embody, and express other metaskills such as toughness, anger, intractability, love, detachment, concern for the well being of the others, and a genuine desire to achieve consensus. Some of the metaskills in the above mentioned list are organic responses. However, when a facilitator uses her internal organic responses to better inform her intervention, she is using a metaskill. This is why the human development (the internal psychological and spiritual growth) of the facilitator is so important.
Deep Democracy involves not only openness to other individuals, groups, and diverse views, but also an openness to experiences including feelings, dreams, body symptoms, altered states of consciousness, and synchronicities as well as an awareness of signals, roles, and the structural dynamics of the interactions between parties involved.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
The Lungs of the Earth
Blogger's Note: treecanada is a great site! Worth a look.
UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve
Canada finally has its own official day to celebrate trees. Starting this fall, each Wednesday of National Forest Week in September will be known as National Tree Day. The first National Tree Day will be September 21, 2011. see www.treecanada.ca (news) for further details.
Tree Canada - Arbres Canada
www.treecanada.ca
UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve
Canada finally has its own official day to celebrate trees. Starting this fall, each Wednesday of National Forest Week in September will be known as National Tree Day. The first National Tree Day will be September 21, 2011. see www.treecanada.ca (news) for further details.
Tree Canada - Arbres Canada
www.treecanada.ca
Women Entrepreneurs
Women entrepreneurs get help connecting with suppliers
Topics : WEConnect Canada , Women Business Enterprise , Atlantic Canada
[ATLANTIC REGION] – Women entrepreneurs are facing many challenges in the patriarchal world of business, but one program is looking to lift them up.
WEConnect, a non-profit organization that helps support firms owned by women, has received a boost from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
ACOA is granting WEConnect with a contribution of more than $134,000 through its Business Development Program.
“Our government declared 2011 the Year of the Entrepreneur because businesses play a key role in securing Canada’s ongoing economic recovery,” said Keith Ashfield, minister for ACOA. “Every year, entrepreneurs create about 130,000 new companies in Canada. We are pleased to support businesses through programs and services that stimulate economic growth, create more jobs for Canadians and open doors to new export markets.”
WEConnect is also investing an additional $152,000 into the program. WEConnect will manage Canada’s Women Business Enterprise in Atlantic Canada which qualifies eligible firms and connects them with the corporate and private sector and the growing demand for suppliers in Canada and abroad.
Only firms that are at least 51 per cent owned, managed and controlled by women are eligible to qualify for the program.
“WEConnect Canada is thrilled to be able to help meet a growing demand for diverse suppliers through our certification program and mentoring efforts,” said Mary Anderson, executive director of WEConnect Canada. “ACOA’s funding will allow us to deliver certification that ensures women business owners meet an international standard needed to access global supply chains, and will help us introduce women-owned businesses to a comprehensive network of large corporations. It’s great news for women entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada.”
Topics : WEConnect Canada , Women Business Enterprise , Atlantic Canada
[ATLANTIC REGION] – Women entrepreneurs are facing many challenges in the patriarchal world of business, but one program is looking to lift them up.
WEConnect, a non-profit organization that helps support firms owned by women, has received a boost from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
ACOA is granting WEConnect with a contribution of more than $134,000 through its Business Development Program.
“Our government declared 2011 the Year of the Entrepreneur because businesses play a key role in securing Canada’s ongoing economic recovery,” said Keith Ashfield, minister for ACOA. “Every year, entrepreneurs create about 130,000 new companies in Canada. We are pleased to support businesses through programs and services that stimulate economic growth, create more jobs for Canadians and open doors to new export markets.”
WEConnect is also investing an additional $152,000 into the program. WEConnect will manage Canada’s Women Business Enterprise in Atlantic Canada which qualifies eligible firms and connects them with the corporate and private sector and the growing demand for suppliers in Canada and abroad.
Only firms that are at least 51 per cent owned, managed and controlled by women are eligible to qualify for the program.
“WEConnect Canada is thrilled to be able to help meet a growing demand for diverse suppliers through our certification program and mentoring efforts,” said Mary Anderson, executive director of WEConnect Canada. “ACOA’s funding will allow us to deliver certification that ensures women business owners meet an international standard needed to access global supply chains, and will help us introduce women-owned businesses to a comprehensive network of large corporations. It’s great news for women entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada.”
Women in Film
NS: Women of film, TV converging in Halifax
Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema is headlining this weekend’s conference. — Photo Contributed
Published on March 4, 2011
Published on March 4, 2011
Metro Halifax Latest News
4/03/2011 Lower revenue but higher profits at Ontario government owned utility OPG in 2010
4/03/2011 Long awaited U.S. jobs recovery augurs well for Canadian automakers, economy
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayer funded birthday wheel for Halifax employees grinds to a halt
4/03/2011 NS: Discovery Centre gets $700,000 from province to help with move
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayers group urges province to reduce tax on gas as prices climb higher
4/03/2011 Women entrepreneurs get help connecting with suppliers
4/03/2011 NS: Steel workers throw support behind 3D Auto Parts' bid
4/03/2011 NS: ECBC appealing WCB ruling regarding former Devco employees
See All Articles
Regional News
4/03/2011: NL: FFAW president says fleet rationalization necessary
4/03/2011: NL: Senators get an earful on Muskrat Falls
4/03/2011: NB: Sackville develops strategy for surplus properties
See All Articles
Topics : Halifax
[HALIFAX, NS] — Atlantic Canadian women in TV and film will gather in Halifax this weekend to celebrate and boost their roles in a predominantly male industry.
The conference, Women Making Waves, is hosted by the Women in Film & Television–Atlantic.
The three-day event beginning Friday will feature workshops, screenings and panel discussions, and will be headlined by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema.
“There are so many talented women in the screen industry,” said Jan Miller, chair of WIFT–Atlantic. “The time is right to celebrate what they’re doing and find ways to help the senior people mentor the emerging people — and the emerging people inspire the senior people.”
Though the conference honours women, topics of conversation will be relevant to both sexes, she said.
Saturday night will feature a screening of short films by filmmakers from each Atlantic province and a documentary, titled Pretty Bloody: The Women Of Horror, by Halifax-based filmmaker Donna Davies.
Miller said she would love to see Women Making Waves become an annual event.
Tickets can be purchased at wift-at.com.
Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema is headlining this weekend’s conference. — Photo Contributed
Published on March 4, 2011
Published on March 4, 2011
Metro Halifax Latest News
4/03/2011 Lower revenue but higher profits at Ontario government owned utility OPG in 2010
4/03/2011 Long awaited U.S. jobs recovery augurs well for Canadian automakers, economy
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayer funded birthday wheel for Halifax employees grinds to a halt
4/03/2011 NS: Discovery Centre gets $700,000 from province to help with move
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayers group urges province to reduce tax on gas as prices climb higher
4/03/2011 Women entrepreneurs get help connecting with suppliers
4/03/2011 NS: Steel workers throw support behind 3D Auto Parts' bid
4/03/2011 NS: ECBC appealing WCB ruling regarding former Devco employees
See All Articles
Regional News
4/03/2011: NL: FFAW president says fleet rationalization necessary
4/03/2011: NL: Senators get an earful on Muskrat Falls
4/03/2011: NB: Sackville develops strategy for surplus properties
See All Articles
Topics : Halifax
[HALIFAX, NS] — Atlantic Canadian women in TV and film will gather in Halifax this weekend to celebrate and boost their roles in a predominantly male industry.
The conference, Women Making Waves, is hosted by the Women in Film & Television–Atlantic.
The three-day event beginning Friday will feature workshops, screenings and panel discussions, and will be headlined by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema.
“There are so many talented women in the screen industry,” said Jan Miller, chair of WIFT–Atlantic. “The time is right to celebrate what they’re doing and find ways to help the senior people mentor the emerging people — and the emerging people inspire the senior people.”
Though the conference honours women, topics of conversation will be relevant to both sexes, she said.
Saturday night will feature a screening of short films by filmmakers from each Atlantic province and a documentary, titled Pretty Bloody: The Women Of Horror, by Halifax-based filmmaker Donna Davies.
Miller said she would love to see Women Making Waves become an annual event.
Tickets can be purchased at wift-at.com.
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Funding for Fruit Producers
NS: Feds invest in province's fruit growing industry
Published on February 22, 2011
Published on February 22, 2011
Staff ~ Transcontinental Media Latest News
4/03/2011 Lower revenue but higher profits at Ontario government owned utility OPG in 2010
4/03/2011 Long awaited U.S. jobs recovery augurs well for Canadian automakers, economy
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayer funded birthday wheel for Halifax employees grinds to a halt
4/03/2011 NS: Discovery Centre gets $700,000 from province to help with move
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayers group urges province to reduce tax on gas as prices climb higher
4/03/2011 Women entrepreneurs get help connecting with suppliers
4/03/2011 NS: Steel workers throw support behind 3D Auto Parts' bid
4/03/2011 NS: Women of film, TV converging in Halifax
See All Articles
Regional News
4/03/2011: NL: FFAW president says fleet rationalization necessary
4/03/2011: NL: Senators get an earful on Muskrat Falls
4/03/2011: NB: Sackville develops strategy for surplus properties
See All Articles
The Daily Business Buzz
Topics : Nova Scotia Agricultural College , NSFGA , Innovative Communities Fund , Nova Scotia , Canada , Annapolis Valley
[KENTVILLE, NS] — Nova Scotia fruit growers will be receiving funding for a vital industry study to help the sector prepare for future growth in world markets.
Today, the Government of Canada announced it is investing $30,000 through ACOA’s Innovative Communities Fund; the Province of Nova Scotia will provide a grant of $5,000 and an additional $9,525 will come from the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association (NSFGA).
The NSFGA will consult extensively with its membership, Canadian and American stakeholders, the general agriculture industry and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College to secure views and insight into the industry’s future. Fruit growers are under significant pressure from the global over-supply of commodities, intense foreign competition, weather-related disasters, static consumption and retail consolidation.
“This is an important initiative that will position Nova Scotia fruit growers for enhanced growth and development into the future,” said Nova Scotia Agriculture Minister John MacDonell. “We have seen significant gains in new markets with unique and profitable apple varieties and in infrastructure that will ensure quality apples and apple products that consumers demand and expect.”
Nova Scotia’s fruit industry is an essential wealth generating component of the agriculture sector and is critical to the economic success of the Annapolis Valley, adds Dela Erith, executive director of the NSFGA.
“Nova Scotia’s fruit growers produce 10 per cent of Canada’s total apple production, create $14.7 million in farm gate sales and have an economic impact of about $72.5 million to the economy of Nova Scotia.”
Published on February 22, 2011
Published on February 22, 2011
Staff ~ Transcontinental Media Latest News
4/03/2011 Lower revenue but higher profits at Ontario government owned utility OPG in 2010
4/03/2011 Long awaited U.S. jobs recovery augurs well for Canadian automakers, economy
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayer funded birthday wheel for Halifax employees grinds to a halt
4/03/2011 NS: Discovery Centre gets $700,000 from province to help with move
4/03/2011 NS: Taxpayers group urges province to reduce tax on gas as prices climb higher
4/03/2011 Women entrepreneurs get help connecting with suppliers
4/03/2011 NS: Steel workers throw support behind 3D Auto Parts' bid
4/03/2011 NS: Women of film, TV converging in Halifax
See All Articles
Regional News
4/03/2011: NL: FFAW president says fleet rationalization necessary
4/03/2011: NL: Senators get an earful on Muskrat Falls
4/03/2011: NB: Sackville develops strategy for surplus properties
See All Articles
The Daily Business Buzz
Topics : Nova Scotia Agricultural College , NSFGA , Innovative Communities Fund , Nova Scotia , Canada , Annapolis Valley
[KENTVILLE, NS] — Nova Scotia fruit growers will be receiving funding for a vital industry study to help the sector prepare for future growth in world markets.
Today, the Government of Canada announced it is investing $30,000 through ACOA’s Innovative Communities Fund; the Province of Nova Scotia will provide a grant of $5,000 and an additional $9,525 will come from the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association (NSFGA).
The NSFGA will consult extensively with its membership, Canadian and American stakeholders, the general agriculture industry and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College to secure views and insight into the industry’s future. Fruit growers are under significant pressure from the global over-supply of commodities, intense foreign competition, weather-related disasters, static consumption and retail consolidation.
“This is an important initiative that will position Nova Scotia fruit growers for enhanced growth and development into the future,” said Nova Scotia Agriculture Minister John MacDonell. “We have seen significant gains in new markets with unique and profitable apple varieties and in infrastructure that will ensure quality apples and apple products that consumers demand and expect.”
Nova Scotia’s fruit industry is an essential wealth generating component of the agriculture sector and is critical to the economic success of the Annapolis Valley, adds Dela Erith, executive director of the NSFGA.
“Nova Scotia’s fruit growers produce 10 per cent of Canada’s total apple production, create $14.7 million in farm gate sales and have an economic impact of about $72.5 million to the economy of Nova Scotia.”
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Bear River Health Clinic News
Bear River & Area Community Health ClinicClinic Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmEmail: bear.riverclinic@ns.sympatico.caWebsite: bearriverandareaclinic.caPhone: 467-3611Fax: 467-3339March 2011Acupuncture – Your choice of pins or laser. Book appointments with Joe through the Clinic.Audiology – Neil Hackett. Please call 1-866-299-2016 to book appointments.BodyTalk System –Jocelyn Pulchny. Appointments booked through the Clinic.Counselling/Clinical Hypnotherapy – Gayle Allen. Call the Clinic to book appointments. Call Gayle formore info at 526-2850.Electrolysis – Call Ronda at 1-902-791-0953 for more information or to book your appointment.Esthetics –Charlene Decker. To book an appointment or for more information, call 1-902-874-2454 oremail: estheticly_pleasing@yahoo.caJuniper House Outreach – Please call Lori at 245-4789 to book your appointment.Massage Therapy – Julie Palmer. Call the Clinic to book your appointment. – NEW SERVICE!!Nurse Practitioners – Dianne Corbett, RN. Call the Clinic for appointments. Note: New patients will beseen in Yarmouth. Connie Day, RN. Book appointments through the Clinic.Physician Services – Dr. Harding. Appointments are booked through the Clinic.Reflexology/Massage – Deb provides quality reiki and reflexology services, along with Indian HeadMassage, chair massage and Scalp Massage. Need to de-stress? Book your appointment today andrelax! Gift certificates are available on request.Times and dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.Please note: we are in urgent need of Board Members. If you have an interest in our Clinic,please consider joining! This Clinic is not able to continue without a full Board.If interested, please phone 467-3611 to let us know!New Service Available:Join us in welcoming Julie Palmer! Julie is acertified Massage Therapist and will beoffering appointment of either 45 minutes, 1hour or 1 ½ hours. Please call 467-3611 tobook your massage now!* * *Advent Christian ChurchLadies’ Prayer Meeting, Thursdays @ 10:30“If you have time to worry about it, you havetime to pray about it.”It’s Income Tax Time Again!With e-file, refunds are usually in your bank accountin less than two weeks after submission. Are yougetting ALL the credits you are entitled to? Are youeligible for Pension Income Splitting? Medicalcredits? Any of the new credits?Prompt,professional, confidential. Seniors discount. 14years in Bear River, 44 years total experience.PAT’S OFFICE 467-3358Personal returns, HST returns, small businesses,payroll and bookkeeping services.Join us for our AGM on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. All are welcome!
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Worldd Story Telling Day
Hello all,
for World Storytelling Day I will be holding an event at the Weymouth Waterfront Library, to promote storytelling and encourage others to tell their stories. The Goodwin Hotel has been generous enough to offer a room for ongoing monthly storytelling nights (TBA) where those interested can tell, learn about telling or just come to listen. I hope some of you might consider attending or if possible posting the information for this upcoming event. Thank you all.
Joanna Jarvis
JOYANNA STORYTELLING
JOANNA JARVIS (CRINION), Storyteller
675 Weymouth Falls Rd.
RR#4 Weymouth, NS B0W 3T0
joyanna_storyteller@hotmail.com
902-837-7178 / 902-834-2074
Preserving the art of Oral Storytelling and promoting Literacy through stories, Music, Drama and Puppetry
for World Storytelling Day I will be holding an event at the Weymouth Waterfront Library, to promote storytelling and encourage others to tell their stories. The Goodwin Hotel has been generous enough to offer a room for ongoing monthly storytelling nights (TBA) where those interested can tell, learn about telling or just come to listen. I hope some of you might consider attending or if possible posting the information for this upcoming event. Thank you all.
Joanna Jarvis
JOYANNA STORYTELLING
JOANNA JARVIS (CRINION), Storyteller
675 Weymouth Falls Rd.
RR#4 Weymouth, NS B0W 3T0
joyanna_storyteller@hotmail.com
902-837-7178 / 902-834-2074
Preserving the art of Oral Storytelling and promoting Literacy through stories, Music, Drama and Puppetry
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