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AFTER more than 100 years in operation, the company which owns Aussie tomato sauce brand Rosella has gone into receivership.
Food manufacturer Gourmet Food Holdings and Waterwheel was placed into receivership following the appointment of voluntary administrators on Friday.
The group's interests include sauce, spice and chutney manufacturer Rosella, based at Seven Hills, NSW; Auckland-based organic soups and pre-made meals maker Pitango; and crispbreads and cracker maker Waterwheel, based at Dandenong, Victoria.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union secretary Tim Ayres told reporters the first employees knew of the company's troubles was at 6am today.
''These people are totally taken by surprise and are only being briefed as we speak about the circumstances the company finds itself in," Mr Ayres said a media conference in Sydney.
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Doubting Thomas of Croydon Posted at 12:31 PM December 03, 2012
Thank you supermarket duopoly. Your fingerprints are all over this.
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GutzFullOfLaborGovt of Highest Taxed State Posted at 1:15 PM December 03, 2012
I blame all the people that shop at woiolworths and coles for this happening and it will continue to happen unless people start shopping at the IGA's - support our own!!!
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Darren Posted at 1:20 PM December 03, 2012
Employee entitlements should be locked away and not counted or used in the business day to day runnings. They have to pay superannuation, so why cant it be locked away? Its not like the company has a choice regarding Superannuation payments. At least then the Govt wont be called upon to pay out entitlements every time a company goes under.
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J of The Earth Posted at 1:24 PM December 03, 2012
I grew up with Rosella and when I eventually moved out into the big wide world, I discovered that there are sauces that taste better than Rosella and fit in better bottles. Rosella never changed with the times, the sauce is soo sweet. The bottles aren't practical, if they actually changed they would sell better! re-invent the once iconic sauce for chr*st sakes.
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anna of Adelaide Posted at 1:40 PM December 03, 2012
Thank goodness Beerenberg Exists in South Australia. Their Tomato sauce is the best. Their Mango chutney is divine. R I P Rosella.
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Concerned Citizen of Aberfoyle Park Posted at 1:44 PM December 03, 2012
I'd better go stock up on the only good tomato sauce.
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Paisly of Port Adelaide Posted at 1:49 PM December 03, 2012
Their sweet mustard pickles was the best until they changed it.
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StraightUp of Adelaide Posted at 1:54 PM December 03, 2012
Doubting Thomas of Crydon, no I blame you for not buying Australian made goods, and I blame the unions for their militant actions and the government and their carbon tax, payroll tax etc.. while the rest of the world wants factories Juliar Gillard is hell bent on destroying our local companies.
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Jo Montie Posted at 2:11 PM December 03, 2012
Yet ... we have state governments that continue to prop up an ailing auto industry (made up of foreign owned companies) with tax-payer handouts that are going towards obscene factory-worker wages. In the meantime, our local food manufacturers go under and the impact on farmers is damaging. Work that one out ... ?
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Greg Posted at 2:11 PM December 03, 2012
Ditto Doubting Thomas... of course ultimately we need to blame the consumers who choose to take their business there, rather than support local businesses. Price cuts at the big two come at the expense of suppliers' margins, with a threat to boycott their business and essentially ruin their livelihood if they don't come to the party. Ask any supplier to the big two. Those consumers who support this malpractice by getting sucked in by "Down Down go Aussie businesses" and "Fresh as last week's socks", hang your heads in shame.
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robbo of seaton Posted at 2:20 PM December 03, 2012
First Heinz tomato sauce - Gone Now Rosella - Going Sad Day!
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Fond of Rosella sauce Posted at 2:20 PM December 03, 2012
Gillard's fault. If Rudd was still PM he'd be still encouraging us all to have a fair suck of the sauce bottle.
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Paul of Adelaide Posted at 2:23 PM December 03, 2012
Iconic, iconic. Is there anything that isn't iconic in this country?
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WallCanns_Right_Beside_You of Richmond Posted at 2:26 PM December 03, 2012
Cmon Dick Smith . Another great investment. Save another Aussie Business. All of us Aussies will be behind you all the way. We will even sell it on WallCann
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Homeless idiot Posted at 2:40 PM December 03, 2012
Blame us the shoppers who buy the cheap rubbish from overseas.
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movedoutandlovingit of Australia Posted at 2:41 PM December 03, 2012
OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!! they make the best tomato sauce...please please save them!
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jo of adelaide Posted at 2:45 PM December 03, 2012
devastated. Rosella with out doubt makes the best tomato sauce.
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lindat of adel Posted at 2:45 PM December 03, 2012
well, if people keep buying the home brand rubbish products from overseas, then this is what happens. Buy Australian!
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Gus of Marden Posted at 2:45 PM December 03, 2012
Thomas of Croydon. More likely the constant upward pressure on manufacturing costs. At least the rest of the world can respect our stance on carbon emissions and workers rights. Fairly moot point really as soon, we will have no manufacturing to create emissions or provide work. But rest assured we have the worlds best economy and the promise of the Holy Grail of self promoted monetary irrelevancies, A surplus.
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Smash the Supermarket Duopoly of Adelaide Hills Posted at 2:46 PM December 03, 2012
Another manufacturer destroyed by the supermarket duopoly - Coles & Woolworths. Not long now till we have no choice on the shelf except for Chinese crap!!
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Eric Oz of PARADISE Posted at 2:48 PM December 03, 2012
Always had the best and only tomato sauce! Still see the faded signage on some of the old corner shops.
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Lesley at Highgate Posted at 2:49 PM December 03, 2012
Shocking news. Buy Australian!
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Hard Life No End Posted at 2:54 PM December 03, 2012
How sad!! I grew up with this brand name! Its a food industry and it buckles after such a long history! Where lies the failure...management or cartel/bureaucracy of 2 biggies supermarket monopoly! From Europe to America...visiting friends have expressed how expensive our food items and daily produce are !! Lucky country would trip over very soon. Not all of us are benefiting from the strong australian currency. Just like the supermarket giants, please give us better choices...not labour, not liberals and surely not greens!
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Wake up Aaustralia were all losing badly.. Posted at 2:59 PM December 03, 2012
I dont blame people for getting all the savings they can when they shop at the 2 shopping giants. Hey guys, solialism didnt work. How about a new direction for Australia allow in some competion.
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Ingrid Posted at 2:59 PM December 03, 2012
Oh no. This is my fave sauce.... Mismanagement? Overseas brands? What has caused this? Rosella is around the same price as the others.. I will have to stock up and freeze it or something so I can continue having my sauce for years to come!
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Concerned of Adelaide Posted at 3:04 PM December 03, 2012
Reply to Darren: High wages and all these entitlements are one reason why companies in Australia struggle to survive, then add all Government rules and regulations and it is too hard to do business in Australia. For the ones like Rosella that you read about,there are thousands of businesses that go under and hardly anyone knows.
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RL Posted at 3:08 PM December 03, 2012
I agree! Blame the cheap Scape Shoppers buying rubbish from overseas.
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Sandy O Posted at 3:11 PM December 03, 2012
I firmly believe that it is not the genuine Aussies that try to support these Ausie brands that are the problem in the market. We can only do so much. Many many people are from overseas now and have no affection for these brands and simply go for the cheapest on the market, a lot from their own birth countries
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Wozoz of up the paddle without a creek. Posted at 3:23 PM December 03, 2012
Very sad to see this happening. However to all of you who say time and time again that people should dump Coles and Woolies, what do you suggest we do with their more than 300,000 employees?
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Alissa of Adelaide Posted at 3:44 PM December 03, 2012
I've bought Rosella since I was a child, it's the best! Nothing compares!
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Craigieboy Posted at 4:00 PM December 03, 2012
I never buy anything but Rosella Tomato sauce. Aussie icon through and through. Hard to find in the big two - but always available in Foodland.
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joe king of adelaide Posted at 4:01 PM December 03, 2012
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Marilyn of Southern districts Posted at 4:01 PM December 03, 2012
How can this happen? Get out and buy Rosella products people.
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Colin Clarson of Greenwith Posted at 4:08 PM December 03, 2012
I have never brought anything other than Rosella Tomato Sauce... I have 10 bottles at home in the cupboard from a bulk buy, may need to raid the shops on the way home to make sure I have some more for next year
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Phil of the Never Never of Salisbury East Posted at 4:17 PM December 03, 2012
A "Very Strong Business" with "Very Skilled employees" WHAT WENT WRONG?
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Alan K of Up the River Posted at 4:19 PM December 03, 2012
One would wonder how much the free trade agreements we have with other countries has had an effect on Rosella? The free trade agreements, seem to allow other countries to dump thier produce here at very deflated and subsidised prices, which locals can not match. Why did we need these free trade agreements that penalize Astralian business? Free trade agreements only benifit the big multinational companies, not the everyday Australian. It costs more Australian jobs than anything else, what country can we dump our produce in as cheap as we like? It is all part of the greedy big multinational companies plan to get greater controls, by dominating the market place suppliers, so you have no choice but deal with them.
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Bones of Sheidow park Posted at 4:32 PM December 03, 2012
Lets hope its an Aussie Company that comes to the rescue. I hope this icon will be around for a long time to come. I have known this brand for 60 years and its the brand of choice in our house.
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Grandad of SA Posted at 4:54 PM December 03, 2012
People don't care about other peoples jobs .... I'm all right Jack attitudes.
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drecked of nada sorprende Posted at 4:56 PM December 03, 2012
Well, Phil of never never of Salisbury East, perhaps the very skilled employees were not longer affordable and killed the goose that laid the golden egg. they should get together and buy the company IMHO.
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Clovelly Dan Posted at 5:00 PM December 03, 2012
Everyone seems to blaming the government, carbon tax, Coles, Woolworths, free trade agreements, high Aussie dollar and Gillard???? The fact is Rosella has not diversified in years and is relying on tomato sauce and tomato soup to keep it's business going. One should only look at the management and asked what have they changed in their business in the last 10-20 years? And I wholeheartidly agree it's still the best sauce!
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Aging Hippy of W.A. Posted at 5:01 PM December 03, 2012
What a tragedy. I love Rosella sauce and will be saddened if it disappears. I have long had a nagging concern that in this global economy we have priced ourselves out of the labour market. I live a very simple lifestyle with the bare minimum of mod cons because I refuse to apply for centrelink. I work for $17 per hour happily when I can get work. I'd happily work for $15 per hour. As a nation do we want too much? Mind you when we see the salaries the execs get its enough to make you tear your hair. How about we all take a pay cut from the top down to keep Australian manufacturing alive. Its worth looking up wages world wide. We are in the top 3 which dooms our manufacturing industries.
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Grandad of SA Posted at 5:04 PM December 03, 2012
Today's factory workers need to take 20% pay cuts or end up on the dole .......
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Mick of Down South Posted at 6:10 PM December 03, 2012
Where am I going to get my tomato sauce from now!! None of that cheap Coles & Woolies crap for me. And what about the tomato soup - best tomato soup ever! Shame. RIP Rosella.
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Renie of Brompton Posted at 6:11 PM December 03, 2012
Thanks to our Governments and their love of selling out to overseas investors this will be the end of the best tomato sauce and soups....watch this space as the Americans or Chinese buy them out and we will have crappy sauces now!
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Martybroeck of O'Halloran Hill Posted at 6:55 PM December 03, 2012
Interesting isn't it. Open the doors to all the cheap imported crap will eventually change the landscape of our producers. A percentage of the consumer will buy the crap because of budget restrictions. Unfortunately local industries and jobs will suffer. Welcome to an even playing field. Remember we are part of the globel market and need to strive to be competitive, don't you love government policy. The move has always been too fast and we will fall before we can compete. It is now becoming very rapid. The next 2 years will be very interesting.
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Simon Posted at 7:03 PM December 03, 2012
here's an easy solution to all your troubles... grow your own tomatoes and make your own sauce, its cheap and easy. THAT is the best tomato sauce you will ever taste, not some factory produced rubbish.
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KEVIN of MOANA Posted at 7:07 PM December 03, 2012
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Chrissybee Posted at 9:35 PM December 03, 2012
Please save Rosella. It's my favourite sauce and pickles.. How will I get along without it?
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Brook Kelly Posted at 10:44 PM December 03, 2012
At some point the Australian government should double or triple the tax collected on imported goods to make the locally produced items far more attractive. I also think its time that the middle shelf in supermarkets be dedicated to Australian made and packaged and owned products....oops, there would not be much on the shelf now would there ? I love rosella soup and sauce. Rip.
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Kevin Posted at 2:28 AM December 04, 2012
Let's face it, since the late 60's the gap between income and the cost of living has been slowly closing to the point that cost is outstripping income for most. This just happens to be the same time line the growth in Globalization followed and with it the corporate greed. Globalization is the bad guy here and nothing was ever done or is being done to stop it. Stop multinational corporations now or things will get worse.
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Proud Aussie of Put Australia First Posted at 7:59 AM December 04, 2012
Having worked in the food industry I know only too well how the major retailers have screwed the suppliers to the point that they no longer make enough money to upgrade the operations to become more efficient. Especially their homebrand tenders which are priced to utilise only imported products and take the brand profit from the manufacturer, which keeps the company's doors open and puts it into the pockets of the retailers, who already have a large enough profit margin on the products. Never mind the Aussie farmer who is at the bottom of the food chain and has to accept in real terms lower prices every year for their hard work and the annual gamble on the weather. If only us Aussies would remember that it is your neighbours that you are putting out of work by buying imported products instead of the best in the world made right here. So please don't go complaining when the local unemployed trash your neighbourhood in their boredom, because you put them out of a job. The rest of the world doesn't care if we become a nation of unemployed workers, so for the sake of a few cents more, buy the best, buy Australian.
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The Watch of the North Tower Gates Posted at 8:09 AM December 04, 2012
Straight up, Concerned and drecked can get their business skills together and (backed by their life-giving philosophies) take over the company. Then by under-paying their workers, locking out the Union and refusing to pay any government taxes they will become rich and famous. This business has been part of another company and is a specialised product - a very tough ask. But I am sure they are as good as their words about how to blame somebody else for a failure to compete.
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Chris Wise of Christies Beach Posted at 9:10 AM December 04, 2012
What about some blame towards the unions for forever making more and more demands on Australian Industries and helping making them uncompetitive to overseas products. Sorry, but the unions have a lot to answer for in this country.
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Break the duopoly Posted at 1:05 PM December 04, 2012
This duopoly needs to be broken up and they be told to expand overseas and become multinationals themselves.There business model of only growing in Australia is counterproductive and as for jobs the reality is 3 in 4 people are actually employed in businesses with 20 or less staff.Which means farmers there suppliers small manufacturers and the like...Put simply a family owned Foodland employs more staff per dollar of turnover than the big two do and this is true across the baker,butcher, fruit and veg and the like who sell Aussie not imported produce. Some of the work practices do need to change but management cost as an input are just as much to blame with head offices becoming millionaire factories for managers is just as unsustainable.
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Robert S McCormick of Bridgewater SA Posted at 2:05 PM December 04, 2012
PS Not only are both Rosella & Dick Smith products Made in Australia by Australian Workers, using, when seasonally available, only Australian Grown Produce they are very much better Quality. They also taste better. Check out the labels, boys & girls, on all you buy. No multiplicity of "Flavour Enhancers" 1 brand of popular,foreign-owned Snack Food has 5 Flavour Enhancers in addition to Salt & Sugar! No "Nature Identical" Flavours (That's just a deceptive term they use to hide the fact that their added flavours are made out of petroleum by-products or worse) Just what some of the products on our supermarket shelves posing as "Food" or "Snacks" must taste like if all those chemicals were tobe removed is anyone's guess.
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Nicole of S.A. Posted at 4:13 PM December 04, 2012
Please don't buy home branded goods such as the Coles and Woolworths brands, they don't help. If possible, shop at Foodland. We can all do our bit to help Australia!
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Comment posted Research reveals shock insights into reality of Dunoon ferry service provision by ferryman.
No, Caimbeul said Western charged £110, but CalMac (Cowal ferries) quoted £78. So WF were £32 or 41% more expensive.
The CalMac price sounds a lot more reasonable for a van, and the vehicle portion of the service was still turning a profit.
No doubt WF could charge a premium because of the poor timetable CalMac were forced to operate, commercial traffic cannot hang about (drivers to pay, goods to deliver). Now of course there is no competition at all.
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- That is pretty much as I thought, so a record was kept of the total number of passengers, but no record of how many were on foot and how many were in vehicles. This means that any statistics showing foot passengers only are a guestimate of some kind.
- I believe CalMac did at one time offer discounts to regular commercial users to try to increase usage and profits on the already profitable vehicle portion of its service. My understanding is that WF somehow managed to stop that – can't have competition.
It would be good to know what WF's current rates are for commercial vehicles particularly HGVs.
- Trigger: what have you done!!! RW will start prattling on about gangways again.
You have made an interesting comment though. The number of passengers on a ferry have to be accounted for. Strictly speaking it should not set sail until the master knows how many are aboard as he has to stay within the limits of his passenger certificate.
Some statistics have been quoting foot passengers only (i.e. less those in vehicles) , but how did they get those figures particularly if they were passing bus passengers up the gangway?
It sounds like the foot passenger only statistics must be some kind of guestimate rather than an actual record of usage.
- Prices will be even higher now.
I have just got a commercial quote for a van, return, Dover Calais with DFDS for £240 inc. VAT which I make £204 excluding VAT.
The crossing is 90 minutes which is six time longer than WF.
So the DFDS equivalent of the WF crossing is £34 (£204/6).
In other words the WF crossing is over 3 times the cost of the DFDS crossing (£110/£34), based on time. The DFDS ships all have a cruising speed above 20knots, so in terms of distance the WF rate is even worse. On top of that DFDS has all sorts of facilities making the crossing more comfortable and so even better value.It would be interesting to know what the current WF fares are particularly for HGVs.
We need competition on this route. High fares will feed through to all goods and services and also prevent the Firth of Clyde being used when the A83 is blocked.
- The historic pier was excluded from the tender. That eliminated the two seaworthy vehicle ferries that could have been available in the ridiculous timetable.
Now, as we have just seen, the contract was varied to allow use of the historic pier. There is no reason historic pier should not continue to be used or for its exclusion from the original tender. Somebody had it in for the vehicle service.
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- Argyll Flyer in Ardmaleish boatyard
Will the current linkspan works be completed by Friday 21/June?Working on the linkspan while the Argyll Flyer was having its recent scheduled maintenance would have made sense, but they did not do it.
Bring forward maintenance on the Argyll Flyer by a minimum of 6 months and more than likely 8-9 months seems odd.
Why are they not waiting till September to work on the Argyll Flyer. That is closer to when she is due her maintenance and I hear the Gourock linkspan will be out of action again then?
- Shetland Line remains in legal contention with Scottish Government on Northlink Ferries tender
Regarding the Dunoon Gourock ferry service one of the 'needs and requirements' the Scottish Government failed to specify was that the vessels employed could actually operate reliably in the weather on the Firth of Clyde.How incompetent is that!
- Argyll Flyer spotted going into Ardmaleish yard on Bute this afternoon
The Ali Cat was having technical problems whilst the Argyll Flyer was being maintained recently, resulting in periods of no service.
Following its maintenance the Argyll Flyer was indeed continuing to suffer technical problems.
The linkspan at Gourock is now being serviced with the result that the Argyll ferries is, once again running a reduced service. This happened right through the Dunoon Film Festival.
It is beyond belief that the Argyll Flyer maintenance and the repairs to the linkspan should not have been planned to run concurrently and without clashing with the Film Festival. - Scottish Government forced to intervene on loose-mouthed Russell gaffe in Campbeltown
JimB asked "why does Dunoon not set out to attract day trippers?"Dunoon would make an excellent destination for people from Glasgow seeking both Day Tripper and Weekend Breaks.
Why don't they come though?
Well they certainly won't drive the long way round, it is too far. There are plenty of other attractive destinations that are closer to home.
A relatively short drive and the pleasant experience of a ferry crossing to the town ought to be attractive, but then we hit the price barrier – £44.50 for a young family of 4 in a car.
Why would people pay that premium to come to Dunoon when they can go elsewhere?
The passenger only service is unattractive because of its unreliability.
What Dunoon needs is a truly competing vehicle ferry services.
- Reminder: Argyll Ferries on 'refit' service schedule
The scottish Government has failed to deliver on the transferable ferry tickets it was going to setup. The bus scheme is a bodge that adds anything upto two hours to travel time.Any news on what they are going to do for Cowal Games or are they just going to try another gamble on the weather.
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Have you considered building your ark yet? There is so much water it seems like we could just float away. We do know that the world is not going to be totally flooded again, because that was a promise from God. He did not promise that we would never see our creeks and streams flooded at times. Maybe He is just reminding us of His great power. After all God is the Master of the wind and the rain, and He is in control at all times. We just have to humble ourselves to His will and trust in Him.
At church Sunday, we had to improvise and do our egg hunting inside. We moved the teenage class into another area and we appreciate them very much for allowing us to do that. We then used the kitchen to hide candy and eggs. We appreciate Tom, Virginia and Rachel and everyone who helped accomplish this for me. It was a huge success. The kids did not mind a bit, they just enjoyed finding lots of candy. We even had a good lesson about the story of Easter while they wer hiding everything.
We had lots of special songs for Easter, the front of the church was full of youth and then they divided up into several different groups to sing. Abby, Sarah, Grace and Evan are always so faithful to sing and this time they were joined by others, but I didn't get their names. Esther played while I sang, then Jon, Bud and I sang. Gracie Williams sang and Tammy and Darrell Gunter sang. Darrel had lots of his family with him. I hope they come and join us any time they get the chance.
Sunday, Donald preached about the significance of the folded napkin. When Mary went to the tomb to annoint the body of Jesus, He was gone, but His linen cloth was still there and folded. When the napkin was still folded that meant that the Master was not finished yet, Jesus is still alive today, His job was not done. He still intercedes for me and for you. We had several people gather around the altar to pray, a very moving service. Donald had given all the men of the church a folded napkin and challenged them not to let Jesus be done in their lives, but to let Jesus keep working on them.
Sunday night Jon Mitchell preached for us, it was a message about God is always there, and will help you through any problems. When the wolf comes to your door, turn him away, God is always there. All you have to do is look to the light. Have faith in God and keep serving Him. After the service we had several people that asked for prayer for family members, I ask that you help us pray for these people.
I forgot to mention that someone was trying to convince me that Donald and Roger were like angels, of course that someone was Donald. He was telling me that Grace made the comment that preachers and deacons could be like angels to the church, they they were angels. I explained to Donald that Roger had brought chocolate for the Sunday school class and she was just trying to sweet talk him out of some extra candy. Now if you know Donald and Roger, you probably agree with me, right?
My Sunday afternoon was spent with my kids and grandkids finding candy and eggs, which were again hidden inside. We also took pictures and played, it was a great day. I had went Saturday and saw Mom, Bob and Angie. They were sitting at the dinner table with Bill Holland. I sat with them and we had a good visit.
Wow, I almost forgot to mention the great tape we saw last Sunday night about Mt. Sinai. It describes the places Moses and the children walked and if you ever doubted any of that story, you need to see this tape. It was truly amazing. Darrell Gunter had it.
I guess I have hit all the high lights for this time. Hope your Easter weekend was as great as mine and I will leave you with the question that I ask my youth to answer, "Why did Jesus die on the cross for you?"


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Speaking with Crave Online, Cargill explained that they weren't thinking about the movie as a video game adaptaion, but rather as a cyberpunk film.
Cargill also went on to explain that the style of the film wouldn't be like Blade Runner and Alien, which have dominated the sci-fi landscape for 30 years; rather, their Deus Ex movie will be more realistic.
Derrickson agreed with Cargill, saying that the film would "make for fresh cyberpunk storytelling," in both its visual aesthetic and the fact that it was dealing with big, ambitious ideas. Derrickson also said that Deus Ex will be one of the first in a new generation of video game adaptations that will elevate the genre as a whole.


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11/21/2012 Flanagan, Goethals Earn All-Pac-12 HonorsIt's the first All-Conference honor for both athletes. 11/17/2012 Huskies Take Ninth At NationalsThe UW women earn their fifth top-10 finish in the past six years. 11/15/2012 No. 7 Dawgs Bound For National ChampionshipsWith four Top-10 finishes in the past five years, the Huskies have big goals for Saturday morning. 11/12/2012 Six Huskies Named To All-West Region TeamJuniors Katie Flood and Justine Johnson earn the honor for the third year in a row. 11/10/2012 Women's Team, Bywater Earn NCAA SpotsThe Husky women make the 31-team NCAA field for the 14th time in 16 years. Goethals Features: 2012 (Cross Country): Missed the first half of the season with a stress fracture, but came back to help lead the Huskies to a top-10 NCAA finish, as she was first or second on the team at the three championship races ... at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, she was the top Husky across the finish line, just missing All-America honors with a 48th-place finish in 20:21 as the Dawgs finished ninth as a team ... she made a big splash in her season debut at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 12th overall to lead UW to fourth ... earned All-Pac-12 Second Team distinction for the Pac-12 finish ... also was 17th overall in a season-best time of 20:09 at the West Regional meet in Seattle, the No. 2 Husky finisher, earning All-West Region honors. 2011-12: Came on strong late in the season to earn first career USTFCCCA All-America honors on the trails, as she placed 18th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships to help Washington to a second-place team finish ... ran 20:06 for 6k in Terre Haute at NCAAs, her fastest time all season and second on the team ... was third among all sophomore or freshman finishers at nationals, one ahead of her being teammate Katie Flood ... the only runner on the squad who improved her time in every race throughout the season ... earned All-West Region honors for an eighth-place finish, second on the team, at NCAA West Regionals as the Huskies won the team title for the fourth straight year ... ran well at her first Pac-12 Championships in Arizona, placing 16th overall in a time of 20:27 ... was UW's fifth scorer in its victory at the Wisconsin Invitational, taking 94th overall in the huge field in 21:13 ... started the year with a 56th-place finish, fourth on the team, at the Roy Griak Invite ... (Track): Just missed winning the NCAA Outdoor Championship at 5,000-meters by less than a step, as she placed second by 0.03 seconds to Dartmouth's Abbey D'Agostino in the finals in Des Moines, Iowa ... made a huge final kick to close a 10-meter gap on D'Agostino, taking second in 16:11.37, just behind D'Agostino's 16:11.34 ... her second-place NCAA finish was the best ever by a Husky in the 5k, and contributed to an eighth-place team finish, the best by the UW women's team in program history ... earned First Team All-America honors for the outdoor 5k ... won the NCAA West Prelim Championships at 5,000-meters for the second year in a row, running a PR despite the Austin, Texas heat, clocking 15:46.82 ... finished third in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships, running a time of 16:19.00 ... won a pair of races in the UW-WSU Dual, helping the Dawgs to the win, as she won the 1,500-meters and the 3,000-meters ... set a 1,500-meter PR in her first outdoor race, running 4:20.91 to take second at the Pepsi Team Invite ... went sub-16 again at the Mt. SAC Relays, taking 20th in the invitational heat in 15:58.12 ... indoors, qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meters, earning Second Team All-America honors in both ... was ninth at NCAA Indoors in the 5k, running 16:12.89, then came back the following day and placed 11th in the 3,000-meters in 9:24.68 ... broke the indoor 5,000-meter school record at the Husky Classic, running 15:54.89, the first Husky under 16-minutes indoors ... placed third at the MPSF Championships in the 3,000-meters, with a PR of 9:08.42, the second-best time in school history. 2010-11: Competed just twice on the season, running very well at the Sundodger Invitational where she placed fourth overall and second on the team in a time of 20:54 ... also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational ... (Track): Came on strong throughout the track season, winding up as one of the top freshmen in the country, and capped her season with an outstanding sixth-place finish in the 5,000-meter finals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... earned All-America First Team honors with her 5k run, and was the lone point scorer for the Husky women at NCAAs ... her NCAA finals time of 15:47.79 broke the UW freshman record and was the third-best time in school history ... the sixth-place 5k finish was also the best placing ever by a Husky woman in that event ... she picked up a victory at the NCAA West Prelims in Eugene, running a then-PR of 16:02.64 to advance to the finals in Iowa ... was the runner-up at the Pac-10 Championships in the 5k, with a gritty effort where she led most of the race, dropped to fourth, then battled back to second in 16:25.13 ... won the 3,000-meters in the UW-WSU dual in a time of 9:34.81, and was third in the 1,500m in a PR of 4:29.29 ... impressive first 5k at the Stanford Invite, running 16:06.64 to place fourth in the first section ... made the NCAA Indoor Championships at 3,000-meters, finishing 13th in 9:23.48 to earn All-America Second Team honors ... was the second-highest finishing freshman at nationals in the 3k, behind only teammate Katie Flood ... won the 3,000-meter title at the MPSF Championships in her first official college race, running 9:18.28 ... picked up the 3k NCAA Auto mark at the UW Final Qualifier, running a season-best 9:11.56, the third-fastest indoor time in school history. High School and Personal: Born in Westland, Michigan ... parents are Diane and Kevin Goethals ... has one younger brother, Matthew, and two younger sisters, Jennifer and Jessica ... the 2009 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year as she did not lose a race in cross country or on the track, winning three different national titles and earning multiple All-America honors ... captured the 2009 National Foot Locker Cross Country Championships on Dec. 12 in San Diego, clocking 17:06.9 over the 5k course ... her national title came with a stunning finishing kick to catch Chelsey Sveinsson at the tape and win by two-tenths of a second in what was called the most exciting finish in the event's 31-year history ... the win capped off an undefeated senior cross country season that included a second Michigan state championship and a victory at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional Championships ... moved onto indoor track where she won the 2-mile title at Nike Indoor Nationals in 10:10 with another big final kick ... ran the second-fastest 2-mile time in U.S. high school history, winning the New Balance Nationals title in 10:01.16 to conclude her prep career ... also took third at the National Foot Locker XC Championships as a junior in 2008 ... was named Gatorade Michigan Girls Cross Country Runner of the year as a junior and senior and Gatorade Michigan Girls Track Athlete of the year as a junior and senior ... owns six course records in Michigan state ... won five Michigan state track titles in 2009 and 2010, sweeping the 1,600m and 3,200m in back-to-back year plus a 4x800m relay title in 2010 ... her senior year track efforts led Rochester to the state title ... racked up 13 league and district titles on the track, and was All-State every year from 2008-2010 ... set Michigan state records in the 1,600m, 3,200m, 4x800m relay, and 5,000-meters in cross country. 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Brown Memorial is seeking to fill a Youth Pastor/Director position. Information on this position can be found on the website and the attached CIF form. Brown Memorial is open to both ordained and non-ordained candidates.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken to the TV and radio airwaves in a $1 million ad blitz bankrolled by the non-profit arm of Education Reform Now.
The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates voted today to suspend the first teachers' strike in the Windy City since 1987 and the first educator walkout in a major American city since the one in Detroit back in 2006. Classes will resume tomorrow for the first time since September 7. Seven classroom days will now have be made up as a result of the strike.
"We are teachers and we wanted to get back into the classroom," says John Robertson, a CTU delegate from Gunsaulus Elementary Scholastic Academy. "I think our people have fought to get a good contract for our members."
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The Chicago Teachers Union strike could have a national impact in at least two key ways. It could reshape an increasingly confrontational relationship between elected officials and public employees. And the walkout could alter education policy, either disrupting the movement toward charter schools and test-based teacher evaluations – or ending concerted opposition to these programs. Read more »
While the strike doesn't mean SB7 has failed, it adds confusion about what's next in Illinois education policy.
Advocacy groups across Chicago mobilized today in support of the Chicago Teachers Union strike, setting up "freedom camps" and scheduling events for the next two weeks including a "freedom ride" to Washington, D.C.
The advocates' approach to the strike contrasts the argument being made by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. While Emanuel frames the strike as a matter of just two outstanding issues, advocates seek to elevate the dispute to a national referendum on urban education policy.
"This labor fight is much bigger than bread and butter issues for teachers," says Amisha Patel, executive director of the Grassroots Collaborative. According to Patel, the strike is about whether CTU can halt "corporate control over schools", saying that the business-focused approach to school reform has been going on at least since former Chicago mayor Richard Daley unveiled the pro-charter school "Renaissance 2010" program in 2004. Read more »
The clock is ticking on a new contract agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools after both the CTU House of Delegates and Board of Education swiftly and unanimously rejected a third party fact finder's report this afternoon.
The report recommended an 18 percent salary increase next year for teachers largely due to implementation of a seven-hour school day. The union agreed with the raise proposal from arbitrator Edwin Benn, but rejected other parts of the report including Benn not prescribing a recall procedure for laid off teachers. In addition to the well-documented salary dispute, these reasons for rejecting the report will shape ensuing contract negotiations.
An independent fact finder may have delivered a major victory for the Chicago Teachers Union: a recommendation that teachers get an almost 15 percent raise for the upcoming school year as compensation for a longer school day.
"We do agree with his initial recommendations that our members deserve significant pay raises," said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said at a press conference this afternoon.
The Kenwood Oakland community organization on Chicago's South Side joined with education activists across the country at a press conference yesterday in downtown Chicago to contend that so-called education reform policies violate their civil rights by marginalizing the voices of minority parents and students.
Plaintiffs from Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Washington, D.C. as well as Wichita, Kansas and Eureka, Mississippi announced that they plan to file seven separate complaints with the U.S. Department of Education stating that their respective city's education policies violate the Civil Rights Act.
"Since we pay taxes we should have the right to have input in these schools," said Jitu Brown, an organizer with Kenwood Oakland. "The common denominator in all these city policies is that we don't." Read more »
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has claimed that national education policy groups disruptively shape the Chicago Public Schools' agenda and are now interfering in contract negotiations between CPS and the teachers union. The one outside group that has indisputably stepped into the collective bargaining fray is Education Reform Now, which is headquartered in New York.


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Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland
L/S of village. M/S girls in summer dresses, going into school. Various shots of a boy hoeing a circular flower bed with 'Have faith in God' picked out in plants. M/S two boys shifting flower pots into a wheelbarrow. One boy picks up the barrow and wheels...
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Ok here's my interview with Jay Reatard. I was being lazy putting it up cuz it's not that great, but i got fired. so im bored again and have spare time. I really hope he's not dead and this is some stupid publicity stunt or bad joke.
I was really looking forward to interviewing him-until the bartender started screaming at everyone to "get the F*ck out of the bar" right after the show was over. it wasn't even close to 2am. so this pissed Jay off, cuz he didn't get to sell merch. He didn't seem to be in the mood for any funny business, so i didn't feel like asking him any stupid questions and cut the interview short since . ANYWAY i'm glad i got to meet him. he's a cool dude. peaceout.


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This is Banana Walnut Cake recipe is a staple birthday cake recipe in my family. Nutmeg, walnuts, and a touch of vanilla extract really brings out the banana in this vegan cake. It pairs perfectly with Chocolate Frosting or Ganache.
½ cup + 2 Tablespoons non-dairy milk
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons canola oil
½ cup banana puree (about 1 ½ – 2 bananas)
½ cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons non-aluminum baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350F (177C). In a small bowl, add non-dairy milk, apple cider vinegar and whisk together. Set aside for at least 5 minutes so the non-dairy milk curdles.
In a large bowl, whisk together canola oil, banana puree, sugar, vanilla extract, salt and nutmeg.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Whisk the non-dairy milk mixture into the bowl containing the wet ingredients. Then mix the wet ingredients into the bowl containing the dry ingredients.
Stir in the walnuts.
Pour the mixture into a lightly oiled 8 inch round cake pan and bake for about 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Store the cake in a covered container at room temperature for about 1 week or in a freezer bag in the freezer for up to 6 months. Makes 1, 8 inch round Vegan Banana Walnut Cake.


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Louise Night
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- Event planned for the month of September 2013
Dates and programme may be subject to change - Event planned for the month of September 2013
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For the third time ever, the top end of town brings you three late-night shopping and event evenings starting from 6.30 pm! In Brussels on 20 September 2012.
More than 200 shops will be participating. Some will be holding various events for their visitors and will stay open later than usual.
LOUISE SUMMER NIGHT is unique and accessible, while also reflecting the district's luxury image: the event will therefore be by invitation only.
More than just a party, LOUISE SUMMER NIGHT is a project that spans the entire Louise district and involves nearly 150 stores.
The 'Conrad Stéphanie', 'Poelart', and '2 Portes' car parks will be offering special rates throughout the evening and the Toison d'Or car park will be free!
Two DJs will host the evening outdoors and, last but not least, there will most certainly be a VIP after-party!
Theme for 2012: This is Belgium!
Belgium is a country of flourishing creativity and Brussels a place of wide diversity.
It is this aspect of our capital that Brussels Louise is seeking to promote by making it the in-store theme for this year's event.
As for the other events on offer, these will include:
- The 3rd VENDANGES LOUISE, a prestigious wine event involving major wine-makers and luxury brands.
- And the LOUISE CHRISTMAS NIGHT in December! The top end of town will get in the Christmas spirit with traditional illuminations and luxury shopping to end the year in style!
The 2012 event is coming soon – so be sure not to miss it!
Visit our partners' webpages
- The paleoLAB at the Museum of natural Sciences
- Sustainable Tourism Fair
- Surreal Poetry Performances at the Magritte Museum
- "The soft inner fire" - Artist Books and Book Objects
- 50 years of Lamborghini - Anniversary exhibition!


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The United States' total public debt outstanding was approximately $13.562 trillion at the end of the government's fiscal year on 30 September 2010. As of 4 January 2011, the United States' total public debt outstanding exceeds 14 trillion dollars.
Despite that near half-billion dollar increase, the percentage composition of who owns the U.S. national debt shown in the chart above is relatively unchanged. On the whole, U.S. individuals and institutions, when including the Social Security, U.S. Civil Service and Military trust funds own 62.2% of the U.S. national debt, while foreign nations own the remaining 37.8%.
"All Other Foreign Nations" are all those except China (for which we've included Hong Kong), Japan, United Kingdom, Brazil and "Oil Exporters."
"Oil exporters" include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
The "U.S. Civil Service Retirement Fund" fund is the Federal Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. The "U.S. Military Retirement Fund" is the Department of Defense Retirement Fund. The "Social Security Trust Fund" is the Federal Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
U.S. Treasury Department. Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States, September 30, 2010.
U.S. Treasury Department. Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities. (At end of September 2010).
The U.S. Military and Civil Service Retirement Funds' surpluses are used similarly to the surpluses of Social Security and Medicare. Surprisingly, however, the federal employees' retirement fund surpluses get little media attention.
From a paper entitled "Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2009," Page 345 "Pay-as-you-go financing was replaced in the 1980s by full or partial advance funding for some of the larger trust funds. In 1984, a new system was set up to finance military retirement benefits on a full accrual basis. In 1986, full accrual funding of retirement benefits was mandated for federal civilian employees hired after Dec. 31, 1983. The latter two changes require Federal agencies and their employees to make annual transfer payments to the Federal employees' retirement trust funds in an amount equal to their retirement benefits earned by employees. Since many years will pass between the time when benefits are earned and when they are paid, the trust funds will accumulate substantial balances over time. These balances are available to finance future benefit payments, but only in a bookkeeping sense. These funds are not set up to be pension funds, like the funds of private pension plans. The holdings of the trust funds are not assets of the government as a whole that can be drawn down in the future to fund benefits. Instead, they are claims on the treasury. When trust fund holdings are redeemed to authorize the payment of benefits, the department of the treasury will have to finance the expenditure in the same way as any other federal expenditure: by using then current receipts, by borrowing from the public, or by reducing benefits or other expenditures. The existence of large trust fund balances, therefore, does not, by itself, increase the government's ability to pay benefits.
These last 2 sentences tell me the trust funds make it no easier to pay beneficiaries than if the trust funds didn't exist. This is because the surplus has been loaned to the Treasury, paid for current expenses, and (artificially) lowered the deficits. See here.
Who are these individuals and institutions? Where is this information published? Doesn't this cause the government to favor certain individuals and institutions?
First – What is the "Hope Debt?"
Second – Why is the gov't so worried about obesity? I know this drives the cost of health care up. Whatever happened to parental responsibility? Parents need to set the example! If not, they should have to bear the financial burden, FULLY. Their responsible for they way they & their kids are. The word, "NO!" needs to be in their vocabulary.
Third – Why are our D.C. reps allowed to overdraw their bank accounts until they, if it were us, owe, OMG, so much in NSF fees we'd never get out of debt?
Fourth – Why do we pay a "misc" tax on our phone bills that the phone company has no idea what it is? And, where does it go?
Fifth – How do so many STUPID pet projects get passed, i.e. a Tea Pot Museum somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic states a senator got lots of money for that and no one seemed to bat an eye?
Sixth – Why, when our gov't is looking at bills to pass, they don't bother to look at the ones that have been 'tacked on?"
Seventh – How can they look their fellow Americans directly in the eye and say, "I know just how you feel?" Are they so stupid as to think that we buy that B.S.? Are they having to make the decision between buying meds & food? Have they ever walked a mile in our shoes? Lived a week trying to support a family when the plant they'd worked at for 30 years shut down and all their health & retirement bennies went with their job? NO!!! And they never will because they'd have to admit that they can't do it.
A final thought on the gov't debt; the Fed does what is always has done and will always continue to do – just print more money!!! I've never quite figured out how that helps the economy.
Lastly – If I had, what's called, "my share of the federal debt," what would I do with it? I'm disabled. I'd be able to move out of HUD housing and get off Medicaid. They need to try living on SSI at $674.00/mo.
The rest of us MUST live within our means—why doesn't our government? I would love an answer to this one.
There's a major error in this chart.
It shows the debt in Billions, when it's actually in the Trillions.


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Bold. Bashful. Beautiful. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary (northern BC coast). May 31, 2012.
Like most wildlife photographers, I like to capture images that stand out from the crowd. And like many wildlife photographers, I have made the choice to shoot only naturally-occurring (wild, free-ranging, non-baited) subjects. These last two sentences - the desire to capture attention-grabbing wildlife images but limiting myself to photographing only wild subjects, can make life challenging (to say the least). But, it's one reason I absolutely love shooting in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary in northern British Columbia - the grizzlies of the Khutzeymateen are totally wild, but because they have not been abused by humans in decades, they go about ALL their daily activities in full view. It doesn't really bother me that the area is about as pristine as you can get, and is very tightly controlled (under 200 humans per year get in!).
One of the great things about working with bears that are non-abused and have been dealt with very carefully by the two guides allowed into the area (such as never being fed) is that they give the visiting photographers the privilege and chance of "working" with them almost as though they are models. So... compared to shooting in most other locations it is relatively easy - if one is patient and a careful observer - to capture images that show their individual personalities. Which is one great way to make your images stand out from the crowd and be more than just an image "of a" bear. And to capture images that, in today's competitive marketplace, actually sell! ;-)
Bears are like humans or most other animals - individuals vary in personality, including in how calm they are around humans. One rule of thumb that tends to hold in the Khutzeymateen is that adult bears tend to be calmer around photographers than their cubs are, especially if the cubs haven't seen humans before. While this female was bold and assertive around other bears (and, at times appeared almost "proud"), she was amazingly accepting of us. Her cubs (she had two of them) were initially hyper-cautious around us - the first time we saw them they just high-tailed it. Within a few days they began calming down, but were always more bashful than Ma. To me this image absolutely (and accurately) portrays the personality of these particular bears - Ma is bold and proud, Junior is bashful, wary, but darned curious. And both are beautiful creatures.
NOTE: This image was captured during one of my "Grizzlies of the Khutzeymateen" photo tours in 2012. Each year I offer trips into two different parts of the Great Bear Rainforest. Each spring we visit the northern portion of the Great Bear Rainforest during my two "Grizzlies of the Khutzeymateen" photo tours. And each autumn we travel through the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest during my two 7-day "Into the Great Bear Rainforest" photo tours. Details about these trips can be found on the Photo Tours page of this website.
Bold. Bashful. Beautiful. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary (northern BC coast). May 31, 2012.
Digital Capture; Compressed RAW (NEF) 14-bit format; ISO 720.
Nikon D4 paired with Nikkor 400mm f2.8 VRII prime lens; hand-held from floating Zodiac. VR on and in normal mode.
1/400s @ f5.6; No compensation from matrix-metered exposure setting. Auto ISO engaged with shutter speed set to "Auto" (1/focal length of lens).
Bold. Bashful. Beautiful. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary (northern BC coast). May 31, 2012.
RAW Conversion to 16-bit TIFF, including first-pass/capture sharpening and light noise reduction using Capture One Pro version 6. Two raw variants (processed from raw) differing by a total of 0.5 stops in exposure.
Further digital corrections on resulting 16-bit TIFF files using Adobe's Photoshop CS6 and Light Craft's Lightzone. Photoshop adjustments included compositing the raw conversion exposure variants, selective minor tweaks to exposure, selective colour saturation and desaturation, and selective sharpening for web output. Final tone tweaking performed using tonemapper/re-light tool in Lightzone.
Bold. Bashful. Beautiful. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary (northern BC coast). May 31, 2012.
Ten percent of the revenue generated by this image will be donated to Raincoast*.
Species Status in Canada**: Special Concern (May 2002).
While Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) are not technically listed as "Endangered" in Canada, they have been extirpated from most of their historical range. Grizzly Bears are far more sensitive to intrusion/disturbance in their habitat than are Black Bears and are being increasingly forced into marginal habitat by human encroachment. The Great Bear Rainforest along the central and northern coast of British Columbia is one of the last strongholds of the Grizzly Bear in Canada, and even this population is coming under increasing pressure.
The region this image was shot in is, at the time of this writing (April 22, 2013), facing a new and potentially catastrophic threat. There is a proposal to bring oil super-tankers through the narrow and treacherous channels of the Great Bear Rainforest. Any mishap - such as the one that sunk the Queen of the North ferry on March 22, 2006 - could result in an oilspill with disasterous consequences.
*The Raincoast Conservation Society (and Foundation) is an effective and efficient organization that has been fighting for protection of this unique habitat. If you are looking for a meaningful way to contribute to the conservation of this amazing ecosystem, Raincoast will provide maximal "bang" for your conservation dollars.
**as determined by COSEWIC: The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada