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As followers of this Blog know, our Neighbourhood Association has talked with many people in our area about the proposed Pedestrian Refuge Island at Wilhelm and Weber streets. Almost everyone preferred a pedestrian activated light. Our executive met with regional staff who released a report on Friday, January 26, 2013 that favoured an island over a light. Their report takes our concerns into account only in that they proposed adding the infrastructure for a stop light in the future.
Today (January 29, 2013) Lane Burman and Ted Parkinson presented our Neighbourhood Association's response to this report to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Planning and Works Committee. We intended to create a much longer written report because there were several problems with staff's logic and numbers. But we wanted to address this committee and explain our main points in person. We worked over the weekend with other members of the executive to produce our short presentation of our main arguments.
Ted Parkinson (MHBPNA Communications Director) discussed how we had been given conflicting information about the number of people crossing (initially staff said they had no numbers, then they said 40 crossed per day but did not give the study information, then they said 70 crossed in 24 hours; they stationed a car there in December when the temperature was 2C and rainy to do a traffic count). He mentioned the vision of our neighbourhood growth and how we were missing an opportunity to encourage pedestrian and bike traffic at an important intersection. The number of crossings will only grow when the rail trail ends there and people start walking from the Victoria Common development. This is an opportunity to think ahead and encourage pedestrian and bike exploration of our area.
Lane Burman (MHBPNA President) discussed school walking patterns and how are area is under-represented with stop lights. He discussed how several pedestrians had been hit by cars while at refuge islands and how we had been given many reasons for not having a light which were misleading. For example, we were told at one point it would cost $250,000 when it is much closer to $50,000. Lane also pointed out we have been given no accurate visual representation of what the island would look like (the diagram in their report is much narrower that we were told it would be). We included the photo below as part of our presentation to show how refuge islands are regularly damaged.
After our presentation we thought council would move on to other business but Mayor Zehr spoke and clarified that the cost of the currently proposed refuge island and infrastructure for a future light would be around $25,000 and the cost of the light would be $50,000. Other Councillors questioned our delegation about the location of Victoria Common, our experiences in the neighbourhood and they asked for supplementary information from staff.
Mayor Zehr eventually proposed striking the first two paragraphs of the report and changing it to recommend putting in a light now. Many councillors spoke in favour of this. Councillor Geoff Lorentz said "if you build it they will come" in response to staff's contention there was not enough traffic to warrant a light at this time. Councillor Rob Deutschmann was the only one who spoke against the proposal. He seemed to feel our association should have stood at the intersection for a few days and provided detailed crossing statistics. However, other councillors praised our delegation and said gathering statistics was not our job. There was a general feeling that the whole Weber Street Expansion has been about getting more cars through the city and that we needed to balance that with the rights of pedestrians.
After about 15 minutes of discussion it came to a vote and a Pedestrian Activated Light was approved! All councillors, except for Rob Deutschmann voted in favour.
This is a great victory for our neighbourhhood. We were expecting much more work ahead on this, and it was remarkable that councillors listened to our presentation and were swayed by it. We also believe all the letters, emails and phone calls of support by you residents made this happen as well. The councillors knew what the residents wanted.
Thank you for all your support and the MHBPNA sincerely thanks all the councillors who listened to us, spoke out for us and voted for a pedestrian light now.
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Why we are different!
Meeting with Regional Staff, continued from this article.
We have had many conversations with neighbours and the overwhelming desire is for a stop light so the crossing is clearly marked.
Staff gave us a couple of examples to provide some context: they said there is an existing light on Frederick Street and Otto and that many people using the Courthouse cross Frederick illegally to use the Tim Hortons and ignore that light. Another example they offered was a recent request for a pedestrian stop light on Fairway Road which has become busier now that it crosses a bridge into Cambridge.
These two examples show a large gap between Regional Staff's perspective and our lived community experience (for example, the first questions John MacDonald asked were "how do you experience your neighbourhood?" "Where do you walk?" The Region has never asked us those questions). Frederick Street is a busy downtown street and Fairway Road is a major commuter route in an entirely different neighbourhood. How could anyone think these examples are comparable? We are asking for a pedestrian activated stop light to maintain the "pedestrian friendly" nature of our area but staff's position is "we have to be fair to everyone and your request doesn't match our rules".
Our Neighbourhood = Different, Unique, Pivotal, Vibrant
So here are some examples of why our neighbourhood is different from many other areas in the city:
1. We are a downtown neighbourhood where shopping, cultural performances and two urban centres are easily accessible through walking and biking. Many of the people living and moving into this neighbourhood expect to be able to walk around safely. People choose to live downtown because they want a bike and pedestrian friendly experience. If you live around Fairfield road you understand it is a commuting area and it has several "enclosed" neighbourhoods with parks and walking trails. In the Mt. Hope - Breithaupt Park neighbourhood you can easily walk to downtown Kitchener for the Blues Festival, or over to Centre In the Square for a musical or symphony concert. We wish to continue to encourage walking and cycling.
2. We have three schools in our area: Margaret Avenue, Kind Edward and KCI. Students from all these schools cross Weber, some alone and others with their parents. We believe a stop light at Wilhelm and Weber would make this crossing much safer for our children and that navigating four lanes of traffic, with an island in the middle, would discourage some families from walking to school. What crossing experience would you prefer for your children?
3. The Weber Street widening has many positive elements, but it is placing a huge divide in the middle of our neighbourhood. It will make it more challenging to maintain our West/East contacts and the region owes it to us, the taxpayers, to make this multi-million dollar project as friendly as possible. Despite the increased traffic, we live here and want this area to remain friendly to walking and biking and true to the philosophy of Kitchener's Pedestrian Charter.
4. We have a neighbourhood with a rich history; it was Kitchener's original "industrial suburb" and is currently being reinvented with the Tannery, Breithaupt Block, Victoria Common and other developments. It is so interesting and amazing that we have led four years of Jane's Walks to share our area with ourselves and others!
5. Wilhelm street could become an exciting pedestrian and biking hub. We believe a stop light will encourage people to cross here and direct bike traffic eastward towards the library and CITS. There will also be hundreds of additional neighbours living at Victoria Common who should be encouraged to walk westward. The current plan for the Rail Trail is to funnel cyclists southward along Weber and into the Kitchener downtown. Let's be a little visionary and think ahead to what our neighbourhood will be like in five years.
The Road Ahead:
Regional Staff will release their report on our request for a stop light on January 25th and it will be available publicly. The MHBPNA Blog will provide a link to it. The Regional Public Works committee meets on the morning of January 29th and members of the MHBPNA executive are planning on attending and presenting our perspective.
Adding a pedestrian activated stop light to this crossing does not add very much to the cost of the project and there are many opportunities to pursue this goal in the months ahead. It would be a lot easier if staff would be persuaded by the arguments and wishes of the residents who know how we use our streets. But if this is not the case, then we intend to continue pressing this issue. Thank you to everyone who has contacted their Regional Councillor to express their opinion.
Ted Parkinson
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NMA Meeting, this Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013
The meeting of the Neighbourhood Mobilization Alliance is Wednesday, January 16th at 7:00 pm to approx. 8:00 pm, in the Conestoga Room of Kitchener City Hall.
The group was formed 13 years ago by a group of neighbours concerned with the illegal activities then going on in the area. It continues to meet every second month, on the third Wednesday of the month. Our agenda now covers a wide range of topics that concern the neighbours. It's a very informal meeting which include representatives from bylaw, police and fire as well as our ward councillor.
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Much Music Video Dance Report
On Dec 28th, 2012 our Mount Hope - Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood Association organized and sponsored a Much Video Dance at the Breithaupt Community Centre on Margaret Ave.
We had times separated for kids 9 and under, then 10 and older. The younger group were treated to such hits as Elmo singing "I'm Elmo and I know it" and other age appropriate videos.
The older group showed a lot of talented dance moves and won t-shirts provided by Much Videos. We had approximately 50 - 60 "youngsters" in attendance throughout the night and the Breithaupt Centre gym proved to be an excellent venue. The event was supervised by centre staff and several volunteers from our neighbourhood. Many parents stayed to enjoy the sight of their kids having fun and to chat with other parents and volunteers.
Everyone had a great time and it was nice to give back to the younger community in a way that they really appreciate. The energy of youth is contagious!
It was our first dance but hopefully not our last. We have learned a great deal about organizing and advertising and event like this and hope to plan more.
Thanks to the volunteers for sharing their time and thanks to all the kids and parents that came out.
See you next time!
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Madhya Pradesh Congress needs to reinvent itselfApril 13th, 2009
So the first seat of this Lok Sabha election has been won! Sushma Swaraj, the BJP candidate from Vidisha, needs only the Vidisha Returning Officer to hand her Form 21 C (testifying that a candidate has won an election). The circumstances of her victory are bizarre, but are also a comment on how and why the BJP will get more than 20 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh.
Rajkumar Patel was the Congress candidate fielded against her. As a candidate, when you file your nomination you need to submit 'Form A' in the original that proves that a candidate is a particular party's official choice. According to Patel, he "forgot" that this has to be filed in the original: he tried to file a photocopy and by the time he procured the original the nomination deadline was over. As all the other candidates in Vidisha are of no consequence, Swaraj knows she's won and has – more or less – stopped campaigning.
It is not that Patel is a novice. He was an education minister in Digvijay Singh's government. This means he is a Digvijay Singh man. Singh, his mentor, had taken a vow not to fight elections for ten years after he lost the state elections in 2003, a period that will be over in 2013.
In the meantime, Madhya Pradesh is slipping out of Congress hands. There was no clarity whether Suresh Pachoury, the state party chief was going to fight the Lok Sabha elections or not. Pachoury has served in the Rajya Sabha for five terms – the maximum permissible – and was moved as party chief for this reason. One way to establish his leadership would have been to lead, contest and win a Lok Sabha election. He suddenly developed cold feet and has stayed out of the fray. Digvijay Singh, the tallest Congress leader, is watching all this and laughing.
Arjun Singh, the other person who has been Madhya Pradesh's face in Delhi for several years, is caught in a family drama that rivals Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. His son Ajay, aka Rahul, and his daughter Veena were locked in a public quarrel for the Sidhi constituency. Finally the Congress ticket was given to a third person and the claims of both ignored. Veena Singh is contesting the election as an independent. This resulted in Arjun Singh dabbing his eyes publicly while campaigning for the Congress candidate from Salempur, UP, where he commented poignantly: "Aisa hota hai, kabhi kabhi is umr me (This happens in old age)."
Madhya Pradesh watchers say the Congress is going to get three seats from the state: Chhindwara, held by Kamal Nath; Guna held by Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam. A fourth would be a bonus.
In a state where the opposition is decimated, the ruling party tends to become its own opposition. This is what is happening in MP. Sushma Swaraj and Shivraj Singh Chouhan are taking out 'nyaya yatras' all over the state. You would have thought they were the ones to be at the receiving end. But no, they are blaming the Congress-led central government for the plethora of development-related problems that plague Madhya Pradesh. West Madhya Pradesh has areas that get electricity once in eight days. There are days when even Bhopal gets water once a day. Roads have shown marginal improvement. To the people, the BJP-led state government's response is: the centre is not giving us coal so we cannot run thermal power projects which means you get no electricity. Such is the infirmity of the Congress that it is unable to nail this patently absurd argument. The drama unfolds relentlessly meanwhile: recently the Chief Minister led a Satyagraha at a thermal power plant and seized a lump of coal there – 'This coal is Madhya Pradesh's. Give our coal back to us," was the rallying cry.
Unless the Congress can pull itself up by the bootstraps, it will take years to reinvent itself, And reinvention is needed urgently.

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June 25, 2018
It always takes me a bit to get my groove back in the studio after a trip. I left Asheville feeling completely enlivened by the art, the landscape, the people and the stimulating conversations I had with @tinahirsig. Seriously, I don't think we stopped talking for 5 days! I have SO many ideas buzzing about I don't know where to start! This is where I think a little journaling, exercise, cleaning and organization will bring me clarity. Wishing you the most Magical Monday!
June 26, 2018
This world is so beautiful, take a moment to expand your lens and savor the colors that surround you. 🌺What do you notice that you hadn't before? 🌸How can you see things with fresh eyes?
June 28, 2018
This is one of our 3 cats, Gracie Mae. Although she is afraid of her own shadow (and all the thunder this morning) she is the sweetest little love and enjoys hanging out with me in the little studio nook I carved out for myself at home. (I am enjoying painting from home more and more). She is softer than a bunny, super snuggly and likes to stretch out like superman and have her belly rubbed. 🌸
Her "super power" is taking the time to "smell the roses"🌺. She is obsessed with every new scent I bring into the house, especially flowers 🌷🌷🌷(a girl after my own heart) and reminds me to slow down and pay attention to all the lovely. scents that surround me each day.
What scents are delighting you today? ☀I am enjoying the fresh morning rain ☔, my Pete's coffee, and my sea salt scented candle. 🙂
June 29, 2018
Happy Fabulous Friday everyone!
This is one of my favorite affirmations. It has taken me some time to realize that following my joy ALWAYS leads to the greatest gifts, lessons and sense of peace. I have learned that if it doesn't "feel" good, then this it is either not the right path or it is not the right time~meaning I am not ready for what is coming my way just yet. I recognize this as fear though~fear is the ego at work and I am onto you! 🙂
Do you trust your "joy" muscles? Where have they led you? Is there a time that you did something that went against all logic and did it anyway and it turned out better than you could possibly dream? Share with me in the comments. I love giving these stories momentum!
July 1, 2018
"I'm sure happy with what I've got. I live to love and laugh a lot. And that's all I need." ~Kenny Chesney
I am not sure what I love more about summer~all the beautiful flowers 🌸🌺🌸in my garden or spending time at the beach 🏖enjoying a few cocktails with good friends and family. ☀Today I am appreciating the time I got to spend with my nephew and sister this weekend. Our little "bungalow cottage" may be small but it is sure filled with lots of love and laughter. Grateful… Hope you are enjoying the sunshine! 🙂
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (IANS) In an attempt to make pro-people initiatives successful, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said secretaries have been advised to visit the districts during the first week of every month to ensure last mile delivery of services.
"Priority programmes and schemes of the government shall be inspected in the field by the secretaries methodically," said the Chief Minister at the Collectors' Conference here.
The four-day visits by the secretaries were also an attempt to ensure actual delivery of services to the people, he said.
It was important that other supervisory officers right from the Heads of Departments to Block Level Extension functionaries made intensive field visits, Patnaik added.
He said the guidelines in this regard would be reiterated by the concerned Departments and performance of all such functionaries would be specifically reviewed by the Secretaries and Collectors.
"My government will not leave any stone unturned to make the benefits of pro-people initiatives reach the last person. I am sure the Secretaries, Heads of Departments and Collectors present in today's conference will give their best in providing the last mile service delivery to the people of the state," said the Chief Minister.
Maintaining that people were at the centre of governance, Patnaik said Collectors were at the cutting edge of delivery of public services.
The Chief Minister said he would review the performance of works related departments after one month.
"We have a period of eight months ahead of us before the onset of the next monsoon. This period should be utilised to speed up the execution of the development works by all the concerned departments and agencies.
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Senior Labor figure Anthony Albanese doesn't think controversial West Australian senator-elect Joe Bullock should quit, despite a union turning against him.
Mr Albanese had opposed Mr Bullock's automatic endorsement by the national executive.
But on Monday he said he did not think Mr Bullock should stand down, despite admitting his controversies had affected the result of the re-run WA senate election.
In the lead-up to the election, Mr Bullock apologised for comments he made about his running mate Louise Pratt's sexuality and for describing her as a poster child for gay marriage.
He also caused a stir when he labelled some colleagues mad and when it was revealed he had a conviction for assault in 1996.
It would be silly for anyone to argue that the controversy did not have an impact on Labor's result on the polling day, Mr Albanese told reporters in Perth.
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He said the result showed there were lessons to be learned about Labor's pre-selection processes, adding he supported members having more power to directly determine who ran as candidates, which would improve election prospects.
"If you increase the empowerment of the Labor party membership I think you will get greater membership, greater campaigning capacity and a real sense of ownership over who runs under the Labor banner," he said.
Mr Albanese will meet with Ms Pratt for a sundowner function on Sunday evening.
She recently conceded defeat in the election and unleashed a scathing attack on Mr Bullock, who she described as homophobic, but denied it was a case of sour grapes.
United Voice, which originally supported Mr Bullock's nomination, also withdrew its support for him and called for his resignation.
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The ONCOCHECK study lasts 24 months from January 2017 to December 2018. The project includes six clinical trials involving children and adults suffering from solid or hematological tumors. Biologic samples from more than 2.000 cancer patients will be obtained to evaluate the role of telomeres in cancer. These studies are being sponsored by Life Length who will carry out the project in partnership with 32 Spanish hospitals.
The variables associated to telomere biology will be measured from biological samples applying Life Length's technologies: TAT (Telomere Analysis Technology) and Q-TRAP. Telomere analysis will be performed on blood samples from subjects from the ONCOCHECK studies. Previous published data show that telomeres from peripheral blood lymphocytes are a reflection of telomeres from the rest of the body. Additionally, we expect to observe significant changes in telomere-related variables, as cancer patients see their immune system altered and over-activated. Finally, blood represents a great option as sample source as it is easily and quickly obtained by low-invasive techniques.
The six clinical studies involved in ONCOCHECK are:
These six clinical studies include: patient recruiting, blood sampling for telomere analysis and patients' clinical history data gathering. Participants must be cancer diagnosed patients or people in high risk for cancer.


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Let the memory of Tedros be with us forever
- 33 years old
- Born on October 1, 1976 .
- Passed away on July 29, 2010 .
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Tedros Getu 33 years old , born on October 1, 1976 and passed away on July 29, 2010. We will remember him forever.
Teddy rest in peace the years add up but the memories make it feel so close like it was last week... thanks for all the smiles and brotherly energy.
Hi Teddye, some feelings seem like from yesterday and others forever ago, and I can't believe it's been 8 years. I hope you're in peace up there & I want you to know because of how big and beautiful your heart was, you will never be forgotten and how funny you were still makes me laugh hard. Rest In Peace my friend❤ And I miss you.
I hope God has been flourishing you with the love and happiness you deserve in heaven. Because when you were on earth, your heart was pure, full of love and never wished anything bad on others, even towards the ones who weren't showing you love. And to the ones who showed you love, yours in return was incomparable. You're forever in our hearts because of your love, positivity, and the comic that you were. We still remember and laugh hard at the things you said years ago. Much love.
You are forever in our hearts. We carry on knowing that He that conquered death will return to abolish it once and for all. Can't wait till that great waking up morning, When Jesus comes to take us home. As the Bible clearly states, the dead will be resurrected and will meet Jesus in the sky. Oh what a glorious day that will be for we will all be reunited never to part again. I long for that day.
Hi Teddy, the sun rose today with a very special charm, the clouds cleared today with a very special intent just to wish you a very Happy Birthday. Rest in peace brother!
Teddye yene konjo can't believe it's been three years. It's crazy
to think that I haven't talked to u or seen you for three years. We went from hanging out everyday to never seeing each other. I miss u so much, you will always for ever remain in my heart. RIP Teddye.
to think that I haven't talked to u or seen you for three years. We went from hanging out everyday to never seeing each other. I miss u so much, you will always for ever remain in my heart. RIP Teddye.
1 Corinthians 15:22
"For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive."
2 Corinthians 5:1
"For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
"For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive."
2 Corinthians 5:1
"For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
It's only when I sit and think about the times we spent, laughs we've shared, trips we've taken, conversations we've had and most importantly the unconditional love you gave me as your brother, that I can smile and feel better as if you're still close by. I know our paths will cross some day but until then, I will miss you big brother. Rest in paradise, you are truely missed. Love always, Juni
Teddy,I still can't believe you're not here right now. I've always assumed we'd grow old together and reminisce about life and all those plans we had, now it's real to me that you won't even be here to celebrate with us when Tigest and I get married, be uncle Teddy to our kids, you finding that one woman that you'd settled down with and have kids as well...
Can't believe it's almost 3 years seblewengel, thinking of u and missing u. Will never never ever forget u....the scar u left in our hearts will not heal.
Happy Birthday big brother. I wish we could be celebrating right now but until we meet again, rest in paradise. Love you always, your little brother.
Teddyea yene konjo I miss you so much.I don't know where the time has gone, but It has been two years already. Sometimes I just wish I could get a hug from you. No matter what you will always remain in my heart. I will forever love you. RIP
Yesterday came and went so fast I still don't believe your not here. So much has changed I don't know what you would think if u were here. I miss your brotherly love and comfort, you are still irreplaceable in my heart. I hope and pray you are resting in peace and paradise. I miss you bro, til we meet again keep watching over us. Love always your little brother
It's hard to believe its been two years, miss you bro. You and your family are always in my thoughts.
we talked about you today, we talked about yesterday, we always talk about you. you left a big scar in our hearts Teddy. we miss you, we get mad at you but we will always love you. and the scar from our hearts will never heal. I miss going to starbucks with you. when we're all get together and we have good times, there is something missing and my heart can't help but to ache.
I feel a warmth around me
like your presence is so near,
And I close my eyes to visualize
your face when you were here,
I endure the times we spent together
and they are locked inside my heart,
For as long as I have those memories
we will never be apart,
Even though we cannot speak no more
my voice is always there,
Because every night before I sleep
I have you in my prayer.
like your presence is so near,
And I close my eyes to visualize
your face when you were here,
I endure the times we spent together
and they are locked inside my heart,
For as long as I have those memories
we will never be apart,
Even though we cannot speak no more
my voice is always there,
Because every night before I sleep
I have you in my prayer.
Teddy you were extremely special and had a heart of gold. May God rest your soul in peace. Much Love!!!
Teddye I just wanted to write to you today coz it's about to be fall and its cloudy out. This reminds me of the times when you tell me to call off work and we hang out together. I miss your good heart. Never have I and will never meet someone with such a good pure heart. I miss those days
You always told me to enjoy the moment and I am glad we did that. Teddye there has never been a day that I have stopped thinking about you. Life is different these days. I am happy, but a part of me always remains in deep sorrow. I wish I can just hear your voice,
just like always I just want to make sure your okay. I feel like we have been apart for a very long time. I know one day God will let us meet again until then RIP. You always said God is good all the time. I pray that he keeps you safe. You will forever be in my heart.
You have been greatly miss you Teddy! I cant believe it has been a year since you have been gone. Its still so hard to believe that you are not going to be around anymore! I pray that everything is good and comfortable on your end. Rest in peace brother man!
Hi Teddy. "Good men must die, but death can not kill their names (Proverbs)" You left a piece of you with everyone, and we all pray that you are still a happy giant. God bless you and your family.
Teddyea words can't express how I feel I can't believe its been almost year and I still ask my self every day is it real...I miss u so much!! I love you so much my brother!
"I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live."Jn,11:25 May the Almighty God grant eternal rest to your soul, and give strength to your family to bear this loss. Teddy, you are missed so much and you'll always be remembered brother.
The righteous one himself has perished, but there is no one taking [it] to heart. And men of loving-kindness are being gathered [to the dead], while no one discerns that it is because of the calamity that the righteous one has been gathered away.
It is painful even for someone new, but just let him go peace and my heart go out to you in your time of sorrow Tj.
Teddye: No matter how many people I meet and no matter how many people I try to surround my-self with no one and I really mean no one can ever make me feel the way you did. At this point words can't explain how I feel. I feel helpless. I miss u so mu
Teddyea I miss you so much.you were my best friend and everything I have.u always use to say tgye "its just the two of us"and u left me behind by my self..what did I do to you.I can't stop calling ur phone wishing u would pick up one day but no luck.
Teddyea betam betam I miss u and don't know what to do!I love u so much! You were the best brother and best friend I ever had..I miss ur smile!!
"teddy, i know it's been a while but still hasn't sunk in, still hard to believe. i miss u & im mad @ u. how could u get there? i try not to but everytime i think about it deeply, my heart aches and i don't understand why God does this. all those
things that seemed nothing are so precious now. all ur words, thoughts, actions and jokes were special coming from a person with a beautiful heart & how u could put a lot of things in one hilarious & amazing sentence.
but now u had the heart to leave us all full of heart aches. u are hard to forget teddy, only a few people exist with a heart like yours. u are misssed and loved and forever will be.
I've yet to meet a person that can give me honest advice without being biased. I miss the talks and all the fun we used to have, even the hard times. It was cool when you were around; you gave me a sense of comfort and that older brotherly love. I pray you're in a better place, watching over us and holding the gates to heaven open until we reunite. You are forever missed.
Oh man, I still can't believe you're gone and it's been over 7 months. I feel like I remember seeing you and hanging out with you like it was yesterday. There no words that can describe the loss we have all felt when you left. I've kept you in my prayers and all I have left is all but memories now. I miss you brother, never knew anyone that had heart as precious as yours.
Teddye yene konjo I miss u so much like crazy. Sometimes I get so mad and ask GOD why. I want to call u so bad and wish to hear your voice. Looking at pictures of u is killing me. I pray that GOD gives your friends, family and I strength. Time has never felt so long. I will always love u and miss you forever. Even though u are far away, u will remain close to my heart.
Hi Teddye I miss u so much today. On my birthday the one wish I would have is for you to give me a big hug. You will always be special to me. Dont ever think I forgot u, becuase you will be in my heart forever. Our love that we shared will always remain. Until I see u RIP.
" I wish I can talk to you be with you somehow...." listening to R. Kelly nd think abt you!! Miss you very much!! Love you!!! I still can't believe you are gone!!
Teddye yene konjo, this is STILL very hard to accept. why teddy? why? you dont know how much im missing you on this day. i hope ur not feeling lonely yene konjo, ur always gonna be in my heart. forever. my heart aches too much thinking about everything. Thank you for teaching us what you taught us but it's now worth what it costs us. Rest in peace teddye.
Teddyea I miss you so much:)I might be far away from you but you are always close to my heart:)I wish I can pick up the phone and call you....San jose is not san jose for me anymore knowing that you no longer there and everything reminds me off you:)I miss you so much:)I love you my brother:)I never felt so lonely in my life even when there is people around me.ayezoche tg belaye:)


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Mother Nature is certainly turning up the heat this summer – what to do? Reach for ice cream! And, as if we ever need a reason to celebrate this cold, delicious treat, the good news is this Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, part of a month long sweet celebration!
Always enjoyed on the third Sunday of July, the International Dairy Foods Association reports we have the late U.S. president Ronald Reagan to thank for this delicious occasion. Reagan, bless his sweet heart, recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that's enjoyed by 90% of that nation's population, with an equal number enjoyed here in Canada.
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All licking aside, the premise for this day is to encourage retailers and consumers to eat ice cream, and help keep the economy healthy – research shows the ice cream industry generates billions in revenue.
According to the Dairy Farmers of Canada, this creamy cold treat has been around for centuries, always popular at birthday parties and family gatherings, but never in its history have the options been so varied: Today, you can find a world of flavours and an ice cream to suit every taste, including goth, or charcoal ice cream (so last year) and the famous liquid nitrogen-blasted ice cream served at Lulu's Nitrogen Ice Cream (it does offer a dramatic entrance) in Miami, Florida.
And ice cream comes in a variety of types, starting with the traditional hard and soft, plus ice cream made with cream and/or milk, sugar, perhaps eggs, stabilizers and other flavouring. We have French ice cream, which is made with a custard base, and, of course, there's soft, light, reduced fat, fat-free, sugar-free, lactose-free and gluten-free. There's vegan and vegan friendly, and the hottest trends now are ice creams that are low in sugar, calories but high in protein – or ice creams that have absolutely no cream in them at all. Just recently the famous Halo Top Creamery, (known for their low in calories and sugar but high in protein and rich flavour), recently announced the arrival of four vegan, non-dairy flavours to Canada: Peanut Butter Swirl, Toasted Coconut, Birthday Cake and Chocolate, made with coconut milk.
"The response to Halo Top's launch in Canada has been incredible," says Doug Bouton, president & COO of Halo Top. "Canada was our most requested country before launching there earlier this year and, after launching, our non-dairy pints became our No. One requested item from Canadians. So, we listened and responded as quickly as possible."
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Other ice cream companies with the non-dairy option include Haagen-Dazs, substituting milk with almond or cashew milk with core ingredients like real pieces of Belgian chocolate, actual peanut butter or real coconut cream, in place of common non-dairy substitutes. The famous Ben and Jerry's also has a dairy-less dessert made with almond milk and 100% certified vegan – like their Cherry Garcia, Coconut Almond Fudge Chip and their Peanut Butter Half Baked. "Our Flavor Gurus decided that almond milk provided the best 'blank canvas' for the delicious brownies, caramel, nuts, and chocolate we sourced. And it's so rich and creamy that while digging into a pint, you will constantly have to remind yourself that it's non-dairy," states Benandjerrys.ca, who have partnered with Vegan Action to certify that their non-dairy treat doesn't include animal products of any kind – including eggs, dairy or honey.
Breyers also has non-dairy frozen desserts that are half the fat, are non-dairy, gluten free, and Canada's famous Chapman's (Canadian heroes in the the ice cream world!) has a line of special ice creams that are gluten-free, sugar free, nut-free, lactose-free and ice cream for diabetics.
In fact, browse through the frozen dessert section of your supermarket and you'll find dozens of companies jumping on the whole fat-free or low fat, sugar-free or low-sugar, high-protein frozen treat to the point ya just want to plant your face into a plain soft vanilla cone with that special Dairy Queen swirl on top, or maybe dig into a slice of Baskin Robbins famous ice cream cake!
Speaking of – which flavour is most popular: vanilla or chocolate? According to the International Dairy Foods Assoc.,vanilla beats our chocolate, with butter pecan coming in a distant third.
For me? Seriously, I'm Italian – let's make it a gelato, an ice cream with roots that date back to the 16th century in Florence Italy and the di Medici family. Some of the finest gelato has a rich history set deep in the heart of Sicily, globally prominent in the world of sweets.
Gelato is a dessert that combines all natural ingredients yet has less air to give it a more intense and unique flavour. It takes a certain skill to create the various flavours that include amarena, bacio or a fior di latte blended with a sour cherry sauce. Personal favourites include zuppa inglese, limone and zabaione.
I still remember the most perfect gelato I have ever eaten: In my mid-20s, I was travelling through Italy with my sister, Anna. We were in Florence and the weather was hot and sticky – and I wanted a gelato. One flavour stood out: Riso. Rice ice cream. I took one lick and just swooned with the mighty taste sensation of the purest vanilla custard with bits of risotto swirled through.
I am still haunted by that one flavour.
What Ice Cream Is Your Personality
We've run this before, but it's so much fun to check and see what ice cream flavour you choose reveals about your personality. Take this ice-cream "flavourology" personality test, commissioned by a national manufacturer of ice cream in a study conducted by Dr. Alan Hirsch through his Chicago-based Smell and Taste Research and Treatment Foundation:
- VANILLA: You are colourful, impulsive, a risk taker who sets high goals and has high expectations of yourself. You also enjoy close family relationships.
- CHOCOLATE: You are lively, creative, dramatic, charming, enthusiastic and the life of the party. Chocolate fans enjoy being at the centre of attention and can become bored with the usual routine.
- BUTTER PECAN: You are orderly, a perfectionist, careful, detail-oriented, conscientious, ethical and fiscally conservative. You are also competitive, aggressive in sports and have a take-charge type of personality.
- BANANA: You are easy-going, well-adjusted, generous, honest and empathetic. If you're looking for the perfect mate, choose the banana cream pie lover since they're likely to be compatible with all other flavour favourites and are great listeners.
- STRAWBERRY: You are shy, yet emotionally robust, skeptical, detail-oriented, opinionated, introverted and self-critical. Very compatible with chocolate-chip ice-cream lovers.
- CHOCOLATE CHIP: You are generous, competitive and accomplished. You are charming in social situations, ambitious and competent.


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Due to the impending weather and timings of the heaviest snowfalls, we have decided to delay the event by one hour to allow for more time for your travel and snow removal. We have also decided to eliminate the Coaches Meeting in order to compress the schedule and adjust the time when teams need to check in for the event.
The new schedule is posted on the Saturday Championship page. We sent out this information update, as well as promote via social media. However, please alert your spectators, parents and other interested individuals.
Notable changes in the event day:
Team Check in will occur beginning at 9:15a. No teams should plan to arrive on site before then. To reiterate, there will be no meeting for coaches. Instead, we ask that you watch this short video recording, which is everything we planned to cover at the meeting.
Listen to Coach Meeting now before attending the event: https://iastate.box.com/s/4y4d8mz4rxw7sdgn3a37h73dsbgfhgi4
We have shaved off some time over the lunch and time for us to re-set Howe Hall for Closing Ceremonies. This allows us to end the event nearly at the same time as previously communicated and get your teams back home as early as possible.
If you are also a GIA team, we will be editing the schedule slightly to ensure no conflicts and getting it out under separate cover.
If you have further questions about the event, email them to email@example.com.
Thanks for all your efforts and flexibility – safe travels,


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Most journey companies are trustworthy and respected. If you find yourself working with their firm, do not forget to say this to your journey agent. Plus, we can supply all the extras to make the holiday full – travel insurance coverage, foreign change, automotive rent and airport parking. For more than 35 years Mann Travels has been serving vacationers all through the Carolinas offering personalised service together with one of the best worth for your journey dollar.
In keeping with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of full-time travel brokers within the U.S. dropped from a excessive of 124,000 in 2000 to round 74,000 in 2014 The business mannequin of journey companies has changed, principally because of the rise of online reserving but additionally because of the popularity of telecommuting, which has rendered many business trips pointless.
Right now's explorers entrust us with their most precious moments…Worldwide Explorations… Ocean Voyages… Grand Safaris… Indulgent Escapes…Anniversary Retreats – friends and households continue to benefit from the experience and professional experience at Fugazi Journey Agency, Inc.
If travel is viewed because the legs of the tourism trade, then the group of travel brokers is seen as the indispensable spine of that industry. A trustworthy company will spell out all of the charges and surcharges involved along with your vacation booking. Once you make your tour reservation the agency will decide you up along with other guest from other hotels and drop you off at a central assembly level near the velocity boats that take you to the islands of your selection.
After I e-book a hotel room by a hotel reservation agent I always e mail my room confirmation to test that they have a file. The place as soon as it was frequent for travelers merely to drop by the hostel and get a bed, it is now by no means uncommon for hostels in well-liked tourist destinations to be booked stable for months.


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The Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) is part of the Australian Government's tax system.
The TRS allows Australians and overseas visitors to claim a refund, (subject to certain conditions), of the goods and services tax (GST) and wine equalisation tax paid on goods bought in Australia and then taken out of Australia. As you leave the country, you must wear or carry the goods as hand luggage with you, unless the goods are oversized goods or liquids, aerosols and gels restricted to hold luggage for security reasons.
You can remove your goods from the packaging and use the goods before you leave. You do not need to bring the packaging to make your TRS claim, but we must be able to match the goods to the corresponding tax invoice.
Operating air and sea crew are not eligible to claim a refund.


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Ukrainians are counting down to the 6th January, when their ecclesiastical ties to Russia are finally cut after 333 years. More on how the ROC failed in Ukraine.
An interesting debate in Russia on ROC wealth, while one of the most famous relics associated with the "Third Rome" trope may be a fake, in the sense that its actual origins and history may be quite different to the official story from the Kremlin since the 14th century. This begs the obvious question – what is not a fake in Russia?
ROC will remain in Ukraine – Epiphanius
There will be many parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in Ukraine, so the ROC will continue to exist, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius has said in an interview with the Ukrainian service of Deutsche Welle. "We understand that the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine will continue to exist and there will be many who will want to stay there, but we have nothing against them. Everyone should choose his or her own religious center voluntarily," he said. Epiphanius stressed that a bishop with a diocese or a priest with a community should decide on their position. If they decide at a general meeting that they want to voluntarily join the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine, they will be accepted into the structure of the single Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine, said that the doors of a single local church are open to all Orthodox Christians. The unification council on the creation of a single local Orthodox church in Ukraine was held at Sofiyska Square in Kyiv on December 15. Metropolitan Epiphanius was elected the primate of the new church. He is expected to get a tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Istanbul on January 6.
Epifaniy: Russian Orthodox Church to continue existing in Ukraine | UNIAN
The newly created, independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine says it has understanding that the Russian Orthodox Church will continue existing in Ukraine in future. The leader of the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine says that his church's doors remain open to all Orthodox Christians. The newly created, independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine says it has understanding that the Russian Orthodox Church will continue existing in Ukraine in future. "We understand that the Russian Orthodox Church will continue existing in Ukraine and there will be many who want to stay with it, and we have nothing against it. Everyone must choose their religious center voluntarily," leader of the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy (Epiphanius) told Deutsche Welle's Ukrainian Service in an interview. Read alsoMetropolitan Epifaniy: May new year give us hope for victorious end of war "A bishop with his diocese or a priest with his community must decide. If they decide at a general meeting that they want to voluntarily join the new church – they turn to us accordingly and we accept them into our single church structure," Epifaniy said. The leader of the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine says that the new church's doors remain open to all Orthodox Christians. He also says he is sure that Ukraine will see a strong, independent church in a year.
OSINT experts explain Russian Orthodox Church "failure on Ukraine" – To Inform is to Influence
03 January 2019 The process of Ukraine's own church becoming independent from Moscow is irreversible – the fact Russia is just unable to grasp. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is in the final stretch of receiving from Constantinople a long-sought tomos of autocephaly, leaving the ROC and its satellites furious with these developments. The Russian…
OSINT experts explain Russian Orthodox Church "failure on Ukraine" | UNIAN
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is in the final stretch of receiving from Constantinople a long-sought tomos of autocephaly, leaving the ROC and its satellites furious with these developments. The process of Ukraine's own church becoming independent from Moscow is irreversible – the fact Russia is just unable to grasp. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is in the final stretch of receiving from Constantinople a long-sought tomos of autocephaly, leaving the ROC and its satellites furious with these developments. The Russian Orthodox Church and its Ukrainian subsidiary formerly known as the Moscow Patriarchate have been insistently claiming that Ukrainian authorities are forcing their clerics and laity to switch to the new church. Moreover, they voice sinister warnings that physical violence and an actual war could flare up in the process of creating and forming the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Information Resistance OSINT group reports. It should be noted that such statements have nothing to do with reality, since there are numerous facts indicating the opposite, i.e. MP exerting pressure on its priests and parishioners to prevent their transition into the newly established OCU. Besides, the rhetoric of top Russian officials regarding the tomos for Ukraine shows their extremely aggressiveness and belligerence. Speaker of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, went as far as branding the creation of a unified local church in Ukraine a "crime," repeating the thesis that this "could lead to war." Calling white what's black and vice versa is a long-time favorite practice of Russian leaders, which not only borders with frank cynicism and hypocrisy but also goes in conflict with common sense.
Official recognition for Ukrainian church roils Orthodox world – Religion News Service
ATHENS, Greece (RNS) – In a few days, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, the foremost leader in the Eastern Christian church, is scheduled to recognize the newly founded Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Bartholomew plans to give the tomos, or the formal decree of autocephaly, to primate Metropolitan Epiphanius in an elaborate ceremony in Istanbul that coincides with one of the most important celebrations for Orthodoxy, the Epiphany. But not everyone in the Orthodox world will be celebrating with them. Bartholomew's decision to create an independent Orthodox church in Ukraine has created a rift between Moscow and Istanbul. Now other churches are lining up on the divide, with clerics issuing anathemas and excommunications while other opponents beat priests, hurl Molotov cocktails and conduct cyberattacks. "Its traditional allies have already sided with Moscow," said Ilias Kouskouvelis, a professor of international relations at the University of Macedonia in northern Greece. "Allies like Serbia, Bulgaria and, naturally, the Patriarchate of Antioch, due to its proximity with Syria and Russia's relationship with the Assad regime. Those who haven't spoken up, like the Greek church, are siding with the Ecumenical Patriarch."
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Window on Eurasia — New Series: No Russian Orthodox Priest Should Be Starving, Metropolitan Tikhon Says
Paul Goble Staunton, January 3 – Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov says that the Russian Orthodox Church must ensure that priests, serving and retired, receive adequate pay and not be forced to rely on handouts, an appeal that may shake the foundations of that church even more than Ukrainian autocephaly. Under Patriarch Kirill, the church hierarchy has grown enormous wealthy, with some bishops wearing Gucci shoes and the patriarch himself travelling in style in expensive cars and yachts. But at the same time, many priests are near starvation because of low incomes and retired priests are often driven to rely on handouts of food to survive. Tikhon, widely known as Vladimir Putin's favorite churchman because of the metropolitan's conservative and anti-ecumenical views, has thus launched a populist attack on the hierarchy led by Kirill with the kind of demand that the church leadership will find difficult to respond to given the church's nods to and Russian interest in seeing justice prevail. The church must be so organized, the metropolitan says, that priests and retired religious receive adequate pay and to do that will require effective bookkeeping. No priest should be starving although many are, something that gives him a sense of "horror," Tikhon told his bishops at a recent meeting. Because of the holidays, Tikhon's remarks have not circulated widely yet. Indeed, they have been the subject of reporting only by a narrow swath of Orthodox publications not controlled by Kirill. (For an example, see ahilla.ru/mitropolit-tihon-shevkunov-otmenil-konvertiki-i-reshil-problemu-golodayushhego-duhovenstva/). But when the long winter holiday is over, it is likely that Tikhon's words will spread, especially as criticism of Kirill is certain to intensify once the Universal Patriarch formally grants the tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine three days from now. And if they do, they may come to be seen as the opening salvo of a campaign to force Kirill out. In terms of canon law, no one can be compelled to resign as patriarch, but the interests of the Kremlin and the anger of many about Kirill's failings with respect to Ukraine and other issues almost certainly means that in this case as so many others in Russia, the text of the law is not what will determine outcomes. And consequently, by launching an appeal that will attract many believers and even more priests, Tikhon (and presumably Putin behind him) is putting pressure on Orthodox bishops and other hierarchs to reconsider their loyalty to the current patriarch who not only has not defended the position of the church effectively but has not shared the wealth he has amassed for himself.
Window on Eurasia — New Series: Russia's Cap of the Monomakh Came Not from Constantinpole but from Khan Uzbek, Tashkent Historian Says
Paul Goble Staunton, January 3 – The cap of the Monomakh, a symbol for many Russians of Muscovy's links to Constantinople and thus fundamental to the idea of Moscow as the third Rome, did not come from the second Rome as most Russians imagine but from Khan Uzbek of the Golden Horde, according to Mansur Mirovalyev. The Uzbek historian's argument, presented in a 2800-word scholarly article, acknowledges the other theory of the cap's origin but says there are far better reasons to think that it came from Uzbek and thus its invocation as a prop for the notion of Moscow as the third Rome is unjustified (http://fergana.agency/articles/103851/). And drawing on the works of other historians, including Russian ones, Mirovalyev suggests that it was Uzbek Khan who determined that Moscow would first become primus inter pares among Russian principalities and then the dominant one, a view that many Russians are certain to view as at a minimum lese majeste or even as an insult to their national dignity. The Uzbek historian notes that he is far from alone in his position on the provenance of the cap of the Monomakh. Irina Bobrovnitskaya, who curates the crown, argues that Moscow Prince Ivan Kalita received the cap from Uzbek Khan, and Moscow historian Nikolay Borisov considers it to be a woman's tyubeteika which belonged to the wife of Moscow Prince Yury. Uzbek "ruled the Golden Horde in its golden age," the Tashkent historian says, and during his reign, "the Moscow princes began to aspire to primacy over the remaining Russian principalities, above all as allies of the Horde which gave them the right to collect tribute from the others. Consequently, Mirovalyev says, "if it weren't for Uzbek, then the Russian state in its present-day form, as a continuation of the Grand Principality of Muscovy simply would not exist." It might even have happened that Islam would have become the predominant religion of that state or that it might have accepted Christianity on its own. Picking Moscow as its favorite, the Uzbek historian says, the regime of Uzbek chose a weak competitor in order to promote its plans of dividing and ruling this part of its own empire. And he notes that the ethnic diversity of the region is so great that "even the word 'Moscow' most likely is Finno-Ugric in origin." But as has often happened in other empires, border cities and states, often emerge as the dominant players with the help of outsiders. And that is what happened in the case of Muscovy. But its help came not from Constantinople as most Russians now imagine but rather from the Golden Horde, something they are reluctant to admit.
Vladimir II Monomakh – Wikipedia
Constantine IX Monomachos – Wikipedia


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Golf, like many other industries, saw a downturn in business. Golf Datatech reported that the number of rounds of golf played in the month of September in the United States declined by 1.5% and stands lower by 2.3% for the first nine months of the year as compared to 2000.
Texas felt the greatest crunch as it recorded a 10% drop. The sunshine state of Florida was the runner up with a decline of 8.4%.
Whether the tragic events of 11th September or the overall weakening economy reduced the interest in playing golf, the trend has been negative. Eight out of the nine months, according to Golf Datatech, have registered declines. The figures are available through NSGA.
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346 Accessories Before the Fact How Tried and Punished
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