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    Signs of the Times?!?!

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    Pretty intense stuff going on in the world!

    California is on fire
    Oregon is on fire 
    Montana is on fire
    Colorado is on fire
    Washington is on fire
    Idaho is on fire
    Utah is on fire
    Canada is on fire
    Texas is underwater and destroyed
    The islands are under water and destroyed
    Alaska 4.1 earthquake 
    Idaho 3.5 earthquake
    Mexico 8.2 earthquake
    Massachusetts 1.6 Earthquake
    Oklahoma had 17 earthquakes in 7 days & the last one was a 4.3
    Tsunami in Mexico
    Hurricane Irma is about to hit FL, GA, SC & NC. 
    Hurricane Katia and Jose are formed. 
    Puerto Rico had 5 hurricanes in a week pretty much. 
    A beach town in Southern California experienced a microburst weather storm producing sudden winds sustained 80mph.
    Largest solar flare ever emitted from the sun happened this week 
    All of this since the eclipse ??

    JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES GET HIGHEST BREEAM HONOUR FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN IN BRITAIN

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    I was impressed with the extensive consultation that has taken place with the local communities and the future occupiers. This has been one of my favorite projects to work on

    Emmanuel Thomas l Friday, September 08, 2017

    ESSEX, London Â– For the second time in one year, JehovahÂ’s Witnesses have been decorated with the highest rating for sustainable building design in the world. 

    The first was received far away in the United States for the grand and unprallel design of its headquarters in New York, where they were honoured with Four Green Globes rating, the highest by Green Building Initiative, GBI for environmentally friendly design.

    This time, they have been certified Outstanding the highest rating available according to Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method(BREEAM) the worldÂ’s leading sustainability assessment standard.

    They got the award for the design and construction methods deployed in construction of the new administrative facility in Britain.

    The facility is located about 70 kilometers (43 mi) east of London, in Chelmsford, Essex, and is only the second BREEAM Communities scheme to have received the top rating in Britain.

    BREEAM measures the sustainability of construction projects, infrastructure, and buildings in a variety of key categories: energy, health and well-being, innovation, land use, materials, management, pollution, transport, waste, and water.

    “Projects then receive ratings of either Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent, or Outstanding. In order to approve the Witnesses’ plan for a new facility, the Chelmsford City Council required the project to meet sustainable design targets, one of which was a minimum BREEAM rating of Very Good”, the JWs said in a statement.

    Chelmsford City Council senior planning officer of the directorate for sustainable communities, Mr. Neil Jordan said the council is pleased that JehovahÂ’s Witnesses have not only fully embraced such requirements for this development, but even exceeded the standards expected by the city council.

    “The project can now rightly be noted as a source of pride within our city, acting as a beacon for achieving the highest environmental standards,” he said.Besides, the project was also recognized for innovation in green design. 

    The Witnesses were able to reduce their carbon emissions by 2,250 metric tons (2,480 tons) by housing workers on-site and transporting them using minibuses and other sustainable methods of transport. This garnered the Witnesses a BREEAM Communities “innovation credit,” the first of its kind. 

    In the words of Mr. Jordan, the project was “instrumental in finding new ways to reduce a carbon footprint, succeeding in gaining accreditation along the way in specific areas never before achieved within the BREEAM Communities environmental scheme.”

    Commenting on the project, BREEAM assessor Mr. Pallab Chatterjee said he liked the positive and friendly attitude on the construction site, which he said is very rare. 

    “The Witnesses sought to include as many of the BREEAM sustainability items into the design as possible. Their focus was to introduce a sustainable design that would bring value to the scheme instead of [simply] achieving BREEAM credits. I was impressed with the extensive consultation that has taken place with the local communities and the future occupiers. This has been one of my favorite projects to work on.”

    Andrew Schofield, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Britain, states: “For almost 60 years, our administrative operations for Britain have been located in London. However, larger facilities became necessary due to the increased demand for Bible-related literature and materials. We began site preparation on the 34-hectare (approx. 85 a.) property in April 2015 and expect to complete construction by the end of 2019.”

    http://starconnectmedia.com/jehovahs-witnesses-get-highest-breeam-honour-for-sustainable-building-design-in-britain/

    JW critically injured after being electrocuted in assembly hall

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    FYI - the OP's news source appears to have updated this story today with some more information - though it is via Google translate

    Handyman (80) receives 15,000 volts power: Antwerp is in danger of living after vacuuming a power cab

    Gazet van Antwerpen, Saturday, September 9, 2017

    An eighty-one from Antwerp was killed in a lifetime accident when he wanted to clean the drinking cabinet of the Jehovah's Witnesses conference hall in Bornem with a vacuum cleaner. In addition, he might hit the electrical system and gained a current of 15,000 volts.

    Een tachtiger uit Antwerpen is gisteren levensgevaarlijk gewond geraakt toen hij de stroomcabine van de congreshal van Jehova’s Getuigen in Bornem met een stofzuiger wilde reinigen. Daarbij raakte hij wellicht de elektrische installatie en kreeg een stroomstoot van 15.000 volt.

    http://m.gva.be/cnt/dmf20170908_03061431/klusjesman-80-krijgt-stroomstoot-van-15-000-volt

     

    The following also has a short video

    Elderly person in mortality after electrocution in Bornem

    rtv, Friday September 8, 2017

    In a bizarre accident in Bornem this afternoon, an elderly man was killed in life. The victim wanted to vacuum the inside of a high-voltage cabin, which was widely electrocuted. The accident happened in the areas of a congress center for Jehovah's Witnesses. The facts also cause a nearby electricity team. Hundreds of families and businesses spent almost an hour without power.

    Bij een bizar ongeval in Bornem is vanmiddag een bejaarde man levensgevaarlijk gewond geraakt. Het slachtoffer wilde de binnenkant van een hoogspanningscabine stofzuigen, maard werd geëlektrocuteerd. Het ongeval gebeurde op de terreinen van een congrescentrum voor Jehova's Getuigen. De feiten zorgen ook voor een elektriciteitspanne in de buurt. Honderden gezinnen en bedrijven zaten bijna een uur lang zonder stroom.

    http://www.rtv.be/artikels/bejaarde-levensgevaar-na-elektrocutie-bornem-a43794

     

    JW critically injured after being electrocuted in assembly hall

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    A newspaper reports that in Bornem, Belgium, a JW volunteer was critically injured after being electrocuted:

    BORNEM - A man was electrocuted while performing maintenance on a high voltage installation in the assembly hall of JW in Bornem Friday afternoon. The man was critically injured.

    Possibly the man, who is a volunteer with the JW, tried to clean the installation with a vacuum cleaner. While doing that he received a severe electrical shock. The victim was transported to a hospital in Sint-Niklaas.

    Because of the incident the power in the neighbourhood went down as well. Large areas of Hingene and Bornem had no power for almost an hour.

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