Yes, I would know your name, and the names of all who died, and took their own lives in such tragic ways!!
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven - Unplugged - alternate take
Yes, I would know your name, and the names of all who died, and took their own lives in such tragic ways!!
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven live Crossroads 2013
His son died very young, and out of that devastation was birthed this song.
My water pipe is fixed
Well, we just closed the water pipeline with the dirt. It was exposed and leaking for about two weeks. A city coupling was put on it. A quick and easy fix, except for the digging. We surrounded the pipe with sand, and soil, so that any pressure of the clay soil on top will not undue the coupling. My son-inn-law helped with the shovelling, and I tried to rake a little. We temporarily, re planted the flowers that have been out of their element in garbage bags for a week. I sure hope we can save a lot of money now on our water bills because, under pressure, the water kept leaking like crazy into the soil. Very likely, we will have to try and save the grass, as a landscaper would cost us substantially. Oh, well, the Lord will take care of that also. I cannot bear the burden for what may or may not happen. One thing is for sure, we had a beautiful pink sky, and I was reminded of Deborah. I shared with my tenant that she was not addicted to drugs, but rather she did marijuanna to mask her pain. She may have been bi-polar as well but we never knew. We thought her behaviour was just a phase like with all my other girls. Deborah's mind became ill, she developed psychosis, and six month's later, when we thought she was getting better, she took her life. I mentioned to him to watch Deborah Gordon rest in peace on youtube, so he gets a better idea of who she was. My tenant shared that he lost many friends to alcohol addiction, and the stories he heard were terribly sad. Thankfully, he came out of his addiction and finally has not arrived, but he knows what he doesn't want.
He shared how our society spends so much money on caring for those on the streets, ambulance , fire trucks, garbage trucks, police cars, naloxone shots, and hospitalizations. The money the government gives them every month, goes straight back to the drug suppliers. I am just thankful that Deborah, was not on the streets, and to our knowledge a casual smoker of weed on weekends. Whatever, transpired, her mind got ill, and she decided to leave us. I know she is happier over in Heaven. Not everyone who takes their lives goes to Heaven, please beware. However, in my heart of hearts, I know she has arrived at Heaven's Door.
Mayor Linda Hepner suffered superficial injury on the Pattullo Bridge
“I was looking at the bridge itself and not paying attention to my footing and caught my foot on one of the joints and took a tumble,” Hepner said, brushing off the severity of her injury.
However, she added “there could not be a better message. I took one for the team to show that this bridge needs to be replaced.”
Building the Pattullo’s long-talked-about replacement is the top priority in TransLink’s 10-year plan, which Hepner said she brought up with premier-elect John Horgan in her first conversation with him after the May election.
“I know (the incoming NDP government) knows the urgency and I’m hopeful we can have a plan of action very soon into their mandate,” Hepner said.
The tour was held to highlight the ongoing work required to keep ahead of decay on the 80-year-old bridge and keep it in service ahead of weekend maintenance that was to see the Pattullo closed from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday to repair potholes, de-lamination of the bridge deck on its southern approach, replace five light standards and various other tasks.
“I’m going to call it throwing good money after bad,” Hepner said of the maintenance, because “frankly, we just have to get on with the business of constructing a new bridge.”
TransLink, on Friday, did not have an updated cost estimate for the project but CEO Kevin Desmond said the agency will have a final plan, with a final price estimate, within the next six weeks so that they can begin procurement for the project by the start of October.
That start date “is vital to stay on schedule,” Desmond said, to have a new bridge in place by 2023.
To sign off on the project, however, TransLink will need a deal with the province over financing for the project, which was last estimated in 2014 at $1 billion, and Desmond said the agency doesn’t yet have an answer on whether the province will be OK with tolls as part of the equation, or whether the province will add additional support.
Both former premier Christy Clark’s outgoing Liberal government and Horgan’s incoming NDP team pledged support for the Pattullo’s replacement, to varying degrees. TransLink’s assumption has been that the province would pay for one-third of the cost, and tolling would cover the rest.
Desmond said that without tolls, TransLink doesn’t have the resources to finance a larger share and the region’s mayors are adamant they won’t take funds out of plans to pay for new transit, which includes the Broadway SkyTrain extension and Surrey’s Light Rail Transit.
“That’s the conversation we have to have with (the new government) over the rest of the summer,” Desmond said.
NDP Leader, and premier designate, John Horgan has said the Pattullo replacement is a high priority for his government, versus a multibillion-dollar Massey Tunnel replacement, which would be part of a major infrastructure spending plan.
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Save Hawtorne Park-Need 35k signatures
Hawthorne Park ‘war’ heats up in Surrey
http://www.bclocalnews.com/
Steven Pettigrew is
leading the charge against Surrey city hall’s plan to run a two-lane
road through Hawthorne Park in North Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Surrey residents fighting to save their beloved Hawthorne
Park are embracing council's Monday night rejection as their rallying
cry.
"We're more determined than before to stop this road," vowed Surrey's Steven Pettigrew, a leader of residents firm against city hall's plan to run a two-lane road through Hawthorne Park in North Surrey.
"All we need is 35,000 signatures by September 22nd. We're just filled with resolve."
"The community's coming together in great strength."
Backed by about 100 supporters, residents Pettigrew and Tracie Woodhams appeared as a delegation to council-in-committee to make their pitch to the politicians to have them "examine alternatives to the proposed 105 Avenue corridor project."
They also presented council with a petition, found at change.org/p/save-hawthorne-park, containing roughly 5,000 signatures.
The petition calls for the proposed 105 Avenue Road, between Whalley Boulevard and 150th Street, to "be cancelled as we do not want a road of any kind put through Hawthorne Park."
But later Monday night, the audience in council chambers heckled the politicians with denunciations like "shame, shame on you all" after council approved city staff recommendations concerning removal of a 1979 bylaw that would allow the city to move forward with the project.
"The short answer is they couldn't care less what we had to say," Pettigrew told the Now-Leader.
"They're just treating us like nothing," he said. "This is our park. If they can do it to this park, they can do it to any park."
SEE ALSO: Hundreds attend Surrey open house about roads through Hawthorne Park
The staff report approved by council contains a notice to electors of an "alternative approval process" that would see city council remove Portion of Hawthorne Park, Park Reserve By-law 1979, No. 5812 – that is, unless at least 10 per cent of Surrey's electors sign a form opposing it, by 4 p.m. on Sept. 22. The estimated number of signatures required is 30,372.
The report notes that the "desire" for a road between Whalley and Guildford parallel to 104th and 108th avenues "was identified in the early 1980s as part of the Whalley-Guildford Town Centre Plan."
Pettigrew later explained the group will seek 35,000 signatures as a "buffer."
Woodhouse said that while "disappointment was the order of the day," they "have a force of 100 people ready to hit the streets as soon as we say.
"We have a work force ready to get the job done and we are continuing the war."
Before the vote, Mayor Linda Hepner said it was "specific only to Hawthorne Park."
Councillor Vera LeFranc remarked that she lives in the neighbourhood affected.
"That road is going directly behind my home so I will be sharing the burden with you of this new road," she told the audience. "I do support this."
Councillor Bruce Hayne, Surrey's chairman of parks and recreation, said "this whole process is very difficult" but added he's "reluctantly supportive of this process."
"It is indeed the job of Solomon," Hepner replied.
tom.zytaruk@ surreynowleader.com
"We're more determined than before to stop this road," vowed Surrey's Steven Pettigrew, a leader of residents firm against city hall's plan to run a two-lane road through Hawthorne Park in North Surrey.
"All we need is 35,000 signatures by September 22nd. We're just filled with resolve."
"The community's coming together in great strength."
Backed by about 100 supporters, residents Pettigrew and Tracie Woodhams appeared as a delegation to council-in-committee to make their pitch to the politicians to have them "examine alternatives to the proposed 105 Avenue corridor project."
They also presented council with a petition, found at change.org/p/save-hawthorne-park, containing roughly 5,000 signatures.
The petition calls for the proposed 105 Avenue Road, between Whalley Boulevard and 150th Street, to "be cancelled as we do not want a road of any kind put through Hawthorne Park."
But later Monday night, the audience in council chambers heckled the politicians with denunciations like "shame, shame on you all" after council approved city staff recommendations concerning removal of a 1979 bylaw that would allow the city to move forward with the project.
"The short answer is they couldn't care less what we had to say," Pettigrew told the Now-Leader.
"They're just treating us like nothing," he said. "This is our park. If they can do it to this park, they can do it to any park."
SEE ALSO: Hundreds attend Surrey open house about roads through Hawthorne Park
The staff report approved by council contains a notice to electors of an "alternative approval process" that would see city council remove Portion of Hawthorne Park, Park Reserve By-law 1979, No. 5812 – that is, unless at least 10 per cent of Surrey's electors sign a form opposing it, by 4 p.m. on Sept. 22. The estimated number of signatures required is 30,372.
The report notes that the "desire" for a road between Whalley and Guildford parallel to 104th and 108th avenues "was identified in the early 1980s as part of the Whalley-Guildford Town Centre Plan."
Pettigrew later explained the group will seek 35,000 signatures as a "buffer."
Woodhouse said that while "disappointment was the order of the day," they "have a force of 100 people ready to hit the streets as soon as we say.
"We have a work force ready to get the job done and we are continuing the war."
Before the vote, Mayor Linda Hepner said it was "specific only to Hawthorne Park."
Councillor Vera LeFranc remarked that she lives in the neighbourhood affected.
"That road is going directly behind my home so I will be sharing the burden with you of this new road," she told the audience. "I do support this."
Councillor Bruce Hayne, Surrey's chairman of parks and recreation, said "this whole process is very difficult" but added he's "reluctantly supportive of this process."
"It is indeed the job of Solomon," Hepner replied.
tom.zytaruk@ surreynowleader.com
China to use artificial intelligence to predict future Crimes
'Minority Report’ AI to collar suspects before they do the crime
In a storyline lifted straight from the Tom Cruise film
‘Minority Report,’ China is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI)
to predict future crimes and prevent them from happening.
Police
are teaming up with technology companies to develop artificial
intelligence which they say will help them identify and apprehend
suspects before crimes are even committed, according to The Financial Times.
“If
we use our smart systems and smart facilities well, we can know
beforehand...who might be a terrorist, who might do something bad,” Li Meng, China's vice minister of science and technology, said.
The Guangzhou-based facial recognition company Cloud Walk created a system that tracks data on people’s movements and behavior to assess their chances of committing a crime.
“For example, someone who buys a knife won’t raise suspicion,” a company spokesperson explained to Lei Feng Network. "But if the same person later buys a hammer and a bag, then this person's suspicion rating will rise.”
Minister Li said crime prediction will become an important use for AI technology in the government sphere.
“Predicting crime will become an important function of the government,” Li said.
“If we use intelligent systems and intelligent facilities to know in advance who may be terrorists, who may be guilty of crime, it will make the police case more efficient, society becomes more harmonious.”
Earlier this month, Beijing announced plans to have a $59 billion artificial intelligence industry by 2025, Reuters reported.
The Guangzhou-based facial recognition company Cloud Walk created a system that tracks data on people’s movements and behavior to assess their chances of committing a crime.
“For example, someone who buys a knife won’t raise suspicion,” a company spokesperson explained to Lei Feng Network. "But if the same person later buys a hammer and a bag, then this person's suspicion rating will rise.”
“Predicting crime will become an important function of the government,” Li said.
“If we use intelligent systems and intelligent facilities to know in advance who may be terrorists, who may be guilty of crime, it will make the police case more efficient, society becomes more harmonious.”
Earlier this month, Beijing announced plans to have a $59 billion artificial intelligence industry by 2025, Reuters reported.
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