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"April 10th (1788). Frankfort. Hocheim. Mayence. The little tyrants round about having disarmed their people, and made it very criminal to kill game, one knows when they quit the territory of Frankfort by the quantity of game which is seen. In the Republic, everybody being allowed to be armed, and to hunt on their own lands, there is very little game left in its territory. The hog hereabouts resembles extremely the little hog of Virginia. Round like that, a small head, and short upright ears. This makes the ham of Mayence so much esteemed at Paris."
- Thomas Jefferson, Miscellany, 1784-1788, TRAVEL JOURNALS, "Memorandums on a Tour from Paris to Amsterdam, Strasburg, and back to Paris" March 3, 1788.
"The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms shall NOT be infringed." _________________________________________________________________________ "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." --Thomas Jefferson _________________________________________________________________________ Shredding the lies one slice at a time....
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Here's one from Tom that I haven't seen before;
Friday, March 30, 2007
The War on Guns points to Red's trouble with B.A.T.F.
We The People instituted our government(s) to "SECURE the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity". We, todays People, ARE that posterity! And those in our government(s) ARE still OUR SERVANTS. And, our SERVANTS have no business subverting our Right. Or, anything that is incidentally necessary to be able to enjoy the unhindered exercise of that specific Right.
On the linked page on Red's website. You will find an Online Petiton. To date, there are 1922 signatures on the petition. Commentary is allowed, as well as anonymity. Let's bury them with signatures....
Special thanks to David Codrea at the War on Guns for bringing this to our attention!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
New Page on GunShowOnTheNet.com:
Monday, March 26, 2007
Response to: "Constitution not the right target in debate over firearms"....
Dear Editor,
To put it mildly, Matthew Dennis obviously doesn't know what he is writing about. There is substantial proof of individual right. Following is just some brief crucial facts:
First, The Right to bear arms was a preexistent natural right. Here is as it appeared prior to the Constitution;
"The fifth and last auxiliary right of the subject, that I shall at present mention, is that of having arms for their defense, suitable to their condition and degree, and such as are allowed by law. Which is also declared by the same statute I W. & M. st.2. c.2. and is indeed a public allowance, under due restrictions, of the natural right of resistance and self-preservation, when the sanctions of society and laws are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression."
- William Blackstone, 1 Commentaries on the Laws of England
136, 1765–1769.
And, here is the new and improved right following ratification of the Constitution/Bill of Rights;
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their condition or degree, as is the case in the British government...."
"....This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty....The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Whenever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction."
- St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries, (1803).
Mr. Madison makes clear the distinction here;
"Mr. MADISON thought the regulation of the militia naturally appertaining to the authority charged with the public defence...."
- August 18. (1787), The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution [Elliot's Debates, Vol. 5]
The U.S. Senate then solidifies it here;
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America,
"...On motion to amend article the fifth, by inserting these words, 'for the common defence,' next to the words 'bear arms:'
"It passed in the negative.
"On motion to strike out of this article, line the second, these words, 'the best,' and insert in lieu thereof 'necessary to the:'
"It passed in the affirmative.
"On motion, on article the fifth, to strike out the word 'fifth,' after 'article the,' and insert 'fourth,' and to amend the article to read as follows: 'A well regulated militia being the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'
"It passed in the affirmative...."
It is then even further clarified by Mr. Jonathan Elliot, (a very well recognized authority on the Constitution), here;
"Take a close look, if you will, at the photo copied page below. The copy is of Page XV from Volume I of Elliot's Debates from our United States Government website "The Library of Congress" which has a section named "American Memory", (linked to actual page). Pay particular attention to the second line down, (on the left hand side). Which reads "Rights of the citizen declared to be --". Then look at the fourth line down below the aforementioned heading that reads "To keep and bear arms". Another line on the page that is of interest is line number sixteen, (Page 9); "That the enumeration of certain rights shall not operate constructively against the retained rights". Below the photo copy is a description of Elliot's Debates, also directly quoted from the United States government website...."And there is a vast amount of more irrefutable facts proving an individual right. American's have always been armed. Even our First President provided substantial proof of that fact. The "inalienable right" has been slaughtered, or "infringed" if you will. By usurping Congresses, as well as by the courts. You might want to consider this. When they get done totally slaughtering the Second Amendment. That there will be nothing to prevent them from slaughtering all of the rest. For, what will be in their way to prevent them?
E. David Quammen
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943)....
"The power to tax the exercise of a privilege is the power to control and suppress its enjoyment. . . . A State may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a Right granted by the federal constitution. . . . Thus it may not exact a license tax for the privilege of carrying on interstate commerce. . . . This tax is not a charge for the enjoyment of a privilege or benefit bestowed by the State. The privilege in question exists apart from State authority. It is guaranteed the People by the federal constitution."
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tasty tidbits of Aged morsels of Truth.....
"The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the "government", not to "society"; and as long as they have nothing to revenge in the government (which they cannot have while it is in their own hands) there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage."
- Joel Barlow, "Advice to the Privileged Orders", 1792-93.
"[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral [force]; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression."
- Joel Barlow, "Advice to the Privileged Orders", 1792-93.
"It was absolutely necessary to carry arms for fear of pirates, &c. and ... their arms were all stamped with peace, that they were never to be used but in case of hostile attack, that it was in the law of nature for every man to defend himself, and unlawful for any man to deprive him of those weapons of self defence."
- Boston Independent Chronicle, Oct. 25, 1787.
"But it is not necessary, for this purpose, that individuals should relinquish all their natural rights. Some are of such a nature that they cannot be surrendered. Of this kind are the rights of conscience, the right of enjoying and defending life, &c. [S]o in forming a government on its true principles, the foundation should be laid in the manner I before stated, by expressly reserving to the people such of their essential rights, as are not necessary to be parted with."
- "Brutus", New York Journal, Nov. 1, 1787.
"Let these truths sink deep into our hearts: that the people are the masters of their rulers and that rulers are the servants of the people ― that men cannot give to themselves what they own from nature ― that a free government is no more than a few plain directions to a number of servants, how to take care of a part of their master's property ― and that a master reserves to himself the exclusive care of all that property, and of every thing else which he has not committed to the care of those servants."
- "One of the People", Federal Gazette (PHILADELPHIA), July 2, 1789.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
From: A Keyboard and a .45; An Interview With Duncan Hunter
"Please state, in your own words, what the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States means to you. Do you understand the right to keep and bear arms to be an individual or a collective right?"
"The right to keep and bear arms is an absolute right of Americans to protect their families and their communities and their nation with firearms. In this age of post-911, Americans, I believe are comforted by the fact that our ability to resist terrorism is not limited to law enforcement or defense agencies but is also within the ability of all gun-owning Americans." ...
Definitely has some promise, so far! The rest of the article can be read over at J.R's place: A Keyboard and a .45: An Interview With Duncan Hunter
This was a good idea on J.R's part. We should all seriously consider doing the same. We need to let ALL the politicians know. That Americans are, once again, concerned with our God-given, inherent and inalienable rights. And that we expect OUR Constitution to be adherred to. In the same intent as was clearly expressed when it was first written.
Getting the politicians to clearly and concisely state their views on crucial issues. Provides us a more informed method of casting our all important vote wisely....
Washington D.C. Court decision further studied;
Monday, March 19, 2007
"The right of the people to bear arms in their own defence, and to form and drill military organizations in defence of the State, may not be very important in this country, but it is significant as having been reserved by the people as a possible and necessary resort for the protection of self-government against usurpation, and against any attempt on the part of those who may for the time be in possession of State authority or resources to set aside the constitution and substitute their own rule for that of the people. Should the contingency ever arise when it would be necessary for the people to make use of the arms in their hands for the protection of constitutional liberty, the proceeding, so far from being revolutionary, would be in strict accord with popular right and duty."
- Thomas M. Cooley, The Abnegation of Self-Government, The Princeton Rev., July-Dec. 1883, at 209, 213-14, [Levinson, supra note 15, at 649 n.64.]
The 'Nazi' Gun Control Act of 1968 in America:
"The Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership and the Gun Owners Alliance both claim that the GCA was inspired by the earlier National Weapons Law of Nazi Germany. This claim, disputed by some, is based on the JPFO's findings that the GCA's author, Senator Thomas J. Dodd, requested that the Library of Congress translate a copy of the Nazi-era National Weapons Law of Germany (which he most likely obtained while serving as a war-crimes prosecutor at Nuremberg), and adapt its language to the American legal system. A side-by-side comparison of the two laws supports the existence of several similarities with the Nazi-era law, which was used to strip opposition groups, dissidents, Jews, and other undesirables from their ability to defend themselves or conduct an effective underground resistance movement within Nazi Germany. The primary similarities stem from key gun control concepts like 'sporting use' and 'prohibited persons', all of which subsequently appeared in the Gun Control Act of 1968."
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Now this, will open a LOT of doors;
"It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union . . .the full liberty . . .to keep and carry arms wherever they went."
"More especially, it cannot be believed that the large slaveholding States regarded them as included in the word citizens, or would have consented to a Constitution which might compel them to receive them in that character from another State. For if they were so received, and entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens, it would exempt them from the operation of the special laws and from the police regulations which they considered to be necessary for their own safety. It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognized as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, and without obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of law for which a white man would be punished; and it would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went."
- U.S Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856).
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia, 1900 - 4538. LAWS OF NATURE, Opposition to. -- JCE4538.
"It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them."
- Thomas Jefferson, Note on Crimes Bill. Washington ed. i, 159. Ford ed., ii, 218. (1779).
Friday, March 09, 2007
Well what do you know, D.C. 'gun control' ban SHOT DOWN in court:
Quote from SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
"Appellants contest the district court's dismissal of their complaint alleging that the District of Columbia's gun control laws violate their Second Amendment rights. The court held that the Second Amendment ("A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed") does not bestow any rights on individuals except, perhaps, when an individual serves in an organized militia such as today's National Guard. We reverse."
(Click post title to access full PDF on the ruling).
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Oh that this were still the case.....
An Estimate of the National Debt, viz:
Due to the farmers general of France, ... 1,000,000
To individuals in France on unliquidated accounts, estimated, ... 3,000,000
To the Crown of France, including a loan of ten millions borrowed in Holland, and for which France is guarantee, ... 28,000,000
To ditto, a loan, for 1783, ... 6,000,000
... 38,000,000
at 5 livres 8 sous per dol. ... 7,037,037
To lenders in Holland, received in part of the loan contracted for by Mr. J. Adams, 1,678,000 florins, ... 671,200
Borrowed in Spain by Mr. Jay, ... 150,000
One year's interest of Dutch loan of 10,000,000 livres, ... 26,848
Foreign debt, 1 January, 1783, ... 7,885,085
Domestic Debt:
On loan-office certificates, reduced to specie value, ... 11,463,802
Interest unpaid for 1781, ... 190,000
Ditto 1782, ... 687,828
Credit to sundries in treasury books, ... 638,042
Army debt to 31 December, 1782, ... 5,635,618
Unliquidated debt, estimated at, ... 8,000,000
Commutation to the army, agreeable to the act of 22 March last, ... 5,000,000
Bounty due to privates, ... 500,000
Deficiencies in 1783, suppose ... 2,000,000
... 34, 115, 290
Total debt, ... 42,000,375
Annual Interest of the debt of the United States:
On the foreign debt, part at 4 and part at 5 per cent. ... 369,038.6
On the domestic debt, at 6 per cent. ... 2,046,917.4
... 1
[Note 1: 1 This estimate was also entered in the Book of Estimates, No. 12. Another estimate of the public debt in the writing of Thomas FitzSimons is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 26, folio 403. The interest, however, on the foreign debt is computed at 4 %, and gives the amount as $315,403.]
2, 415, 956
- Journals of the Continental Congress, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1783
And that was after seven years of war. Which was paid off in the early 1800's. Gee, look at us now....
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Jefferson nails it, again....
In the construction of a law, even in judiciary cases of meum et tuum, where the opposite parties have a right & counter-right in the very words of the law, the Judge considers the intention of the law-giver as his true guide, and gives to all the parts & expressions of the law, meaning which will effect, instead of defeating, it's intention. But in laws merely executive, where no private right stands in the way, and the public object is the interest of all, a much freer scope of construction, in favor of the intention of the law, ought to be taken, & ingenuity ever should be exercised in devising constructions, which may save to the public the benefit of the law. Its intention is the important thing: the means of attaining it quite subordinate. It often happens that, the Legislature prescribing details of execution, some circumstance arises, unforeseen or unattended to by them, which would totally frustrate their intention, were their details scrupulously adhered to, & deemed exclusive of all others. But constructions must not be favored which go to defeat instead of furthering the principal object of their law, and to sacrifice the end to the means....
- letter to William H. Cabell, August 11, 1807. (Click headline to read full letter).
Thursday, March 01, 2007
David Howell, Oct. 30, 1782 letter to Nicholas Brown:
...We have drawn our Swords in defence of a good Constitution & for the priviledge of being governed by laws of our own making. While you continue to the people these objects they will support you to the last penny in their purse & the last drop of their blood. Infringe their rights, invade the Confederation, & you can no longer assure yourself of the peoples support....
- [Letters of Delegates to Congress: Volume 19.]


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The second Winter Classic (and the third outdoor regular-season N.H.L. game) is history, and we haven't come across a negative article on the event. On Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog, Greg Wyshynski called it "something Gary Bettman hasn't figured out how to screw up yet."
A good line, but probably unfair; Bettman gets blamed when things go wrong, even things he has no say over, like the existence of sun belt teams that predate his tenure. But this has gone well, so he and his staff deserve credit.
So do the Blackhawks and especially their president, John McDonough, who pushed hard for this and whose connection with the Cubs made things run more smoothly than they might have otherwise.
But let's not forget that there's always going to be an element of uncertainty in these games, namely the weather. Had Wednesday's conditions, sunny and colder, prevailed on Thursday, the quality of the game might well have been different. Last year, the "snow-globe effect" in Buffalo added to the romance and drama of the game, and perhaps attracted causal viewers. But it also diminished the speed and skill of the contest.
At Wednesday's practices, the cold temperatures made the ice contract and crack, and the sun glare concerned the players. Fortunately, Thursday brought warmer temps and cloud cover, allowing for a hard-hitting, well-played game on a surface that the players praised as ideal. Still, the unknown of weather conditions will always be a factor in outdoor games.
But all three of the N.H.L.'s open-air matches in recent years have worked out well and, as Kevin Allen wrote in today's USA Today, "Fans should start to view outdoor hockey as an N.H.L. tradition and not a novelty because these annual games are going to have an extended shelf life. … The Winter Classic has become a major sporting event, a happening that will grow every year as the N.H.L. continues to improve its presentation."
In a story previewing the game, Steve Keating of Reuters called it "the most important date on the N.H.L. schedule," which may be true in a certain sense but also overstates things a bit; the Stanley Cup
playoffs, especially the final series, remains the apex of hockey and the best example of what the sport delivers in terms of competitiveness, emotion and entertainment. But Keating is right if he's maintaining
the Winter Classic is a far better fixed-date event than the All-Star Game.
When evaluating the importance of yesterday's Wrigley Field Winter Classic — or any Winter Classic, for that matter — the bottom line is answering the question: How much did it advance the N.H.L.? After all, that is why the league engages in a special event like this. Otherwise, Game 554 on the sked would have just been played at the United Center as the second part of the home-and-away series between the Red Wings and Blackhawks.
On a national audience level, the first yardstick of success is the TV ratings. Bloomberg News reports that the preliminary, overnight ratings, at 2.9, were up 12 percent over last year's 2.6 overnight figure. Last year's rating was equal to some college football bowl games and NBC's best N.H.L. rating of the year. The hope this season was that with two big local audiences — Chicago and Detroit — driving the number, it would surpass the Pittsburgh-Buffalo match-up. Apparently it did, so the appetite for this game on TV is there.
The demand for tickets is a related criterion, and the league says it had nearly a quarter million applicants in the ticket lottery. That says plenty.
The fact that a large chunk of fans couldn't see the action very well ("About half the Wrigley Field house of 40,818 had a poor view of the rink's surface for yesterday's festivities," writes Kevin Paul Dupont in the Boston Globe in his appeal for more and better jumbo screens at these games) didn't seem to inhibit either ticket sales or the fans from enjoying the game.
Even this man in photo in The Chicago Tribune , who came from Texas and may have paid $250 for the privilege of sitting a quarter mile away from the ice, looked quite happy.
Pierre McGuire phoned the Morning Skate today and told us that the event "had a carnival atmosphere, it had an N.F.L mentality atmosphere, because of the people around the building who were tailgating long before the game started." (More from McGuire on the Winter Classic and the World Junior tournament in the Times sports section this coming Sunday.)
On a local level, what this game accomplished for furthering the renaissance of the Blackhawks cannot be measured. Countless stories in the Chicago news media (and here's a good one on Chairman Rocky Wirtz from Chicago Magazine's November issue — thanks to our old colleague Michael A. Berger for the link) have referred to how the team is now back on the local sports landscape. The cross-pollination of hockey in a baseball setting fired up Chicagoland; the buzz surrounding the game was omnipresent for months and grew this week to fever pitch.
"The Wrigleyville experience—including the ballpark, the bars, the rooftops and assorted local curiosities—was the main reason this year's Winter Classic was a true Chicago classic" wrote Tribune Cubs beat writer Paul Sullivan.
"I have pretty lofty and grandiose expectations for everything, and this has surpassed it," McDonough said in this Chris Kuc Chicago Tribune story. "This city is electrified — our fans have really embraced this. None of us knew what to expect. There's a hockey game being played on New Year's Day at Wrigley Field. It's a special moment. The only way you ever top this is to win the Stanley Cup. That would be the ultimate. We're privileged to be a part of this."
It might be on an aesthetic level that this event achieves its largest triumph. The Winter Classic appeals to established hockey fans because it returns the game to its roots, even its Chicago roots, as perhaps no other sport can. And the uniqueness of it, shifting a game from an indoor to an outdoor venue, and having that outdoor venue be a baseball or football stadium (ballparks and college football fields will likely be the preferred venue going forward because there is no chance they'll be in use) pulls in a broader U.S. audience than for a normal regular-season game indoors.
Frequently, what the N.H.L. does to bring in new fans alienates established fans. And hockey still hasn't figured out a way to translate what is so special about it on a large scale in the U.S. So for the N.H.L., it is a happy convergence that this event appeals to both the purists and the tourists. It doesn't solve the larger problem, but it probably gets a good number of newbies interested in the game. That's a big plus.
And let's face it, everyone likes a party, and that's what the Winter Classic is becoming as the clamor for tickets illustrates.
So why is the Winter Classic a crossover success? To a great degree, it is because these games are as much fun for the hockey crowd as college kids and alumni have at their schools' football games. They may not all be really big fans of the team itself, but they love the atmosphere, the pageantry and the rapport. It's a big party. Put one of these games on Jan. 1 and you have an extension of the revelry from the New Year's Eve celebrations. It's the night before in overtime.
Most comments we've seen urge the N.H.L. to approach the future of these games cautiously, one a season, maybe not even every season.
But we have a different thought. Why not more than one a season? As long as it makes sense economically, why not allow a team, as the Oilers did in 2003, to pull together a game at an outdoor venue if it wants?
If this one game merely rotates around the N.H.L. on a yearly basis, lots of fans — and players — will never have the chance to have the outdoor experience. Yes, it might diminish the New Year's Day event, but there will always be something special about an N.H.L. outdoor game on Jan. 1 amidst the college football bowl games with hungover fans glued to their flatscreens.
(Steve Rosenbloom blogging for the Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday, "I heard some people wondering why the N.H.L. would schedule the Winter Classic on Jan. 1 against all those college bowl games, and I'm thinking, 'If you're drooling over Iowa-South Carolina or Clemson-Nebraska, then I think we have the foundation for a federally mandated sterilization program.'")
Give the Wings and Hawks a rematch in Detroit's Comerica Park. Let the Flyers and Penguins play annually outdoors in Pa., one year in Philly, the next year in Pitt, and maybe one year in the middle of the state. Why not? Why shouldn't the Habs and Leafs or Leafs and Sens or Leafs and Sabres play an outdoor game every season? Or the Flames and Oilers have an annual Alberta Classic? These games could be annual matches that fans would anticipate from the day the schedule is released.
There's probably not a team or fan base in the N.H.L. that wouldn't want to take part in an outdoor game. Don't think fans of the Dallas Stars would travel north to Denver or Minnesota for an outdoor game against the Avs or Wild? Think again.
The N.H.L. seems very gung-ho on having lots of teams open their seasons in Europe, but it might do itself, the teams and the fans a favor by rethinking the sparse scheduling of outdoor games here in North America.
Credit Department: As long as we're praising the league and the Blackhawks for yesterday's success, let's keep the record straight on where this all comes from.
Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun wants us all to remember the man who pioneered outdoor N.H.L. action in the regular season, Oilers C.E.O. Patrick LaForge.
And we should not forget the 1991 preseason game between the Rangers and Kings in 85-degree heat at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas that was plagued by grasshoppers or locusts, the insects mistakenly believing they were in Pharaoh's Palace (check your Old Testament for that reference).
That game drew 13,000 and, if memory serves, was championed by Kings owner Bruce McNall, although we can't recall if it was his idea or not. The Kings beat the Rangers 5-2 and many in the stands wore T-shirts and shorts.
The N.H.L. has its own movable ice rink now for the Winter Classic, but Jim Kelley on SI.com has an interesting piece on what happened to last year's equipment in Buffalo. Worth reading, as all of Kelley's stuff is.
And, of course, everyone seems to have forgotten the Tampa Bay Lightning played in an unused baseball park now called Tropicana Field the for three seasons, 1993-94 to 1995-96. It wasn't exactly outdoors, since the place has a roof on it, but it wasn't a hockey arena either.
Attendance in the Lightning's first year averaged over 21,000, including 27,227 in the home opener, then an N.H.L. record. They still hold the record for attendance at a Stanley Cup playoff game, 28,183 for the April 23, 1996, game against the Flyers.
Yes, they named the place the Thunderdome for those three season. All the children say….

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We are back from the wedding we went to in Portsmouth, and I am all fired up from taking so many photos of the prettiest bridesmaid's ever!!!! The weather was stunning , the girls were so well behaved and I am a very proud Mummy.
Back to school today and an extremely fun packed week ahead of us. both girls have school trips this week and I am a parent helper on Wednesday for Lilly's day out. Swimming, Rainbows, hair appointment for me and lots of deadlines to catch up on and photos to edit!!!
I will leave you with my layout for Pencil Lines this week. used more lovely stash from the Scrapping Angels Australia kit, and the photo is off all us teachers at the Scrapping Angels retreat in April, photo courtesy of Anita Mundt.
I will be drawing a name for the Lets Celebrate Women challenge I had running for May tomorrow, as well as lots of photos of wedding bliss
Hope your weekend was as sunny and blessed as mine
Anna x
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anita Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1180967520000#c8961094536652194801'> 3:32 PM
ooOoo...love the layout!!!
Anam_Kihaku Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1180973520000#c863796494487289653'> 5:12 PM
greta layout. glad you had a fabby weekend away - cant wait to see photos.
Tracie H Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1180979160000#c5757919335476970956'> 6:46 PM
Stunning LO.
Glad your weekend was fun.
suebaru Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1180994880000#c6007111203785689851'> 11:08 PM
So glad the wedding went well, and that layout is even more gorgeous IRL!
Emine Pazan Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1181002020000#c6204767462356259571'> 1:07 AM
Wonderful layout anna LOVE IT
Sandie Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1181032200000#c3216298906650335509'> 9:30 AM
Love the layout, that photo is fab. Sounds like you've a busy week ahead!
sollie Said,http://scrappingtonight.blogspot.com/2007/06/quick-post.html?showComment=1181040540000#c1691189621749579111'> 11:49 AM
wonderful page!! Can't wait to see the pictures of the wedding.
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A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
Projects & Practice
A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
Investing in facilities that respect animal welfare enabled a meat processing company to improve its profitability while responding to society's ethical concerns.
A family business, trading high quality instant coffee, used EAFRD support to expand its business by installing a new more efficient production line.
Planting new woodland under a scheme in a partnership between Forestry services, a local authority and the local community.
The construction of two small water basins that minimise the risk of floods and offer a habitat that promotes biodiversity.
A diversified farm with a carpentry workshop, used RDP support to acquire a telescopic handler in order to improve its productivity.
Building a reservoir to catch runoff water and provide protection against floods in a vulnerable area.
Brand new manufacturing and packaging procedures were developed in order to produce healthy nutritional products for children from fruit and vegetables.
A network that helps improve sustainability through farmer-led innovation. 'Field labs' and research grants provide farmers with skills, support and scientific backing to find solutions to the challenges which farmers face.
The Czech Republic's RDP has introduced simplified administration systems that improve transparency and reduce risks of errors concerning eligibility.


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That loss was the only one the Tide suffered en route to their third BCS National Championship last season and while they may lead the college football futures with 5/2 odds of getting their fourth in five, the Aggies would be delighted to play spoilers.
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Abby to get winter debut
Adding another African-American-skewing comedy to its lineup, UPN in January
will air a sneak preview of new show Abby Monday, Jan. 6 at 9:30
p.m., right after Girlfriends.
After a second episode airs the next night, Abby will settle into its
regular time period Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 9 p.m., replacing the canceled
UPN will fill the rest of the Tuesday hour with repeats of Monday night's
The show stars Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Kadeem Hardison as a couple who
break up but decide to continue living together to keep their rent-controlled
San Francisco apartment.
UPN has had its best success this year with its Monday-night shows, all of
which feature African Americans. So far this year, the top programs on
television among African-American viewers are UPN's One on One and
Girlfriends, followed by Fox's Cedric the Entertainer and UPN's
Half and Half and The Parkers. ABC's My Wife and Kids is
sixth, and Fox's Bernie Mac close behind in seventh.
UPN's Monday-night comedies have been one bright spot for the network this
year. Last Monday, the four shows delivered UPN's best Monday ratings among women 18
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South Island, Part 2
Marahau to Greymouth
I got on the new Stray bus at Marahau, stinking from my 3 day hike and with no clean clothes to change into because Julian was dropping my big rucksack off on our bus route! Thankfully no one sat next to me maybe they could smell me before even coming close! The bus driver kindly stopped on the side of the road so I could jump off the bus and do a swap with Julian at his work his camping stuff for my rucksack. We travelled down to Greymouth stopping at some Pancake rocks and some other point to have a walk and take pictures. The drive is suppose to be rated as one of the best in the world down the West Coast and to be honest it didnt dissapoint, the scenery was incredible, jungle like forests and huge cliffs into the sea!
I was glad to get to Greymouth so I could shower and change my clothes! I chilled that night and got some shopping in so I didnt have to eat more rice and baby food!! Greymouth was a bit of a wierd place, really quiet and nothing really going on so it was good to chill.
Greymouth to Franz Joseff
The next morning the bus didnt leave till 12pm ish. I had a mate from camp who's family lived in Greymouth and had a parcel delivered from home to them so I borrowed a bike and rode to their house along the coast. A german girl called Eline came with me who was cool and we had a good chat. It was a bit further than I expected and we went the wrong way a couple of times but we got there and back in time. The bus headed down to Franz Joseff stopping at a little town where we went to the beach to look for some Jade stone all I found were greyish coloured deformed rocks so yeah that was a bit un-eventfull. I chilled again that night and met a couple of people who were on the bus. Its wierd jumping onto new buses its like what I'd imagine joining a new class in school when they are half-way through the year or something. Most people were pretty cool though and I made new friends quite quickly.
Franz Joseff
Franz Joseff is one of many glaciers in New Zealand but its one that is easily accessible and safe-ish to walk on. I stayed a day in Franz Joseff to be able to go and do a guided walk on the glacier, it however decided to chuck it down big time! We decided that the weather wouldnt stop us and did a half day guided tour on the ice. I did it with a Scottish couple who were a great laugh. It was pretty cool (pardon the pun) even in the rain. We slid through a tunnel in the ice, climbed through some caves and walked over some cravasses. The rain didnt make the place look as good as it could but it was still a great experience. We got a free pass to the local hot pools with the tour so we made the most of that after getting soaked and freezing cold on the glacier! I went to the pub after and joined a killer pool comp and met some English lads and their girlfriends who were pretty cool.
Franz Joseff to Wanaka
On the way to Wanaka we stopped at Lake Matheson which apparnetly is one of the most photographed places in the world. The lake is really still and the water is dark so it reflects whats behind it really well, that happens to be Mt Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand) and a snowy mountain range, its pretty cool! Me and Jon the Scottish guy decided to run around the lake which was a laugh. Got some good pics! I then jumped off the bus at Wanaka because it stupidly didnt stop there! Wanaka is probably the most beautiful place I've been. Huge blue lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Jon and Khalda the Scottish couple stayed there to so we went for food and a few drinks both nights they were there.
I spent my first full day in Wanaka climbing up Mt Roy (1,600 ft). I walked from the town which was about an hour away and then up the mountain. It was a pretty steep climb but I think it took about 3 hours max. It was an amazing day with clear blue skies so the views were awesome! I was looking down at the lake that curved around the moutnains, it was an amazing 360 degree view. At the top I met a Swedish guy who took a rubbish photo of me and then an English older chap who I ended up getting a lift back to Wanaka with which was nice. He had climbed the mountain every summer for the past 7years!
The next day I climbed another mountain called Mt Iron, it was a lot smaller than Mt Iron so didnt take me as long. The views were good but nothing like the day before. When I got to the bottom I got to a playing field that must be the most picturesque playing fied in the World! Behind it were the trees, lake, then the snowy moutnains! I decided to chill there and do a bit of a workout as I'm missing the gym! That evening the English guy, James, that I met in Franz Joseff and his friends and girlfriend came to Wanaka. We all went out to the cinema which has got to be the coolest cinema I have ever been to! Instead of rows of seats they have rows of sofas, they had a car with sofas in it that you could sit in, before the film you could order food (homemade pizza, burgers etc) and they would bring it to you when it was cooked in time for the film AND every film had a half time and they would have freshly baked cookies and Ice Cream to take back in for the second half!!!! The fil we watched was called In Time and it was probably the worst film I've ever seen BUT I didnt care because the food and cookies were AMAZING!!!
Wanaka to Queenstown, Queenstown round 1
We left Wanaka the next day to go to Queenstown. Probably the coolest place I've been. I'd live in Queenstown and then retire to Wanaka I think! Before we got there we stopped at a bridge to watch some stupid people throw themselves off it with a bungy. In Queenstown I met up with Ash the English lad I had met in Fiji who is now working in Queenstown, we went for a 4pound Thai meal and went around a few cool bars but I wasnt having a late one because I had something slightly stupid planned for the next day.
The next day I jumped out of a plane. Ash worked for the skydive company in Queenstown so he managed to sort me out with a skydive with the sister company in Glenorchy (where a lot of Lord of the Rings was filmed). So I agreed and went ahead and jumped out of a plane at 16,200ft above sea level, 15,000ft above the ground. It was the most incredible thing I have ever done. It was unreal! I was nervous but actually wasnt as scared as I thought because I usually hate heights. I was last of 3 to jump out, the German guy I was strapped on to shuffled me down the plane then I had to hang out with my feet curled under the plane until he pushed us both out. As soon as I was out of the door I was laughing. It was incredible, didnt feel like you were falling just kind of floating. The scenery couldnt have been more stunning either. Unfortunatley it was too windy for us to roll much but the glide down with the chute was pretty cool. I'd defo do it again! The skydive was at 8am in the morning so after that me and Ash stayed in Glenorchy and went fishing, we didnt catch anything but Ash swore that he saw a fish..... Wasnt the most successful trip but we had a laugh.


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Clipper Vessels Certified by Lloyd's Register
Danish shipping company joins vanguard of ship operators using the 50001 energy management standard.
On Friday in Copenhagen, Lloyd's Register presented Clipper Fleet Management with ISO 50001 certification issued by LRQA, Lloyd's Register's provider of independent business assurance. "To us, the ISO 50001 certification is a valuable recognition and documentation that we're doing the right things within fuel efficiency and energy management," says Kristian Morch, Group CEO, Clipper Group. "Going through the certification process has made us further streamline our fuel efficiency management processes, and we see the certification as a natural step in our continuous focus on reducing our fuel consumption and environmental impact."
The ISO 50001 standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system. It can be seen as a superstructure to the mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans (SEEMP), a requirement by IMO (International Maritime Organization) and establishing a mechanism to improve the energy efficiency of a vessel.
"It is clear that some leading companies can see the value of adopting this ISO standard. 50001 helps with regulatory compliance and in demonstrating environmental actions. It also helps deliver bottom line savings. With the emphasis on energy efficiency in shipping today this standard really can help our clients manage their systems to maximise their energy efficiency", says Lloyd's Register's Nordic Marine Manager, Ian Revell. "Clipper are to be congratulated for taking this step. They are among the first shipping companies in Scandinavia to adopt 50001 and they are also one of the very first dry cargo operators globally to do so."
Clipper is developing and implementing its own Energy Performance Management System, which will facilitate benchmarking, analysis and improvement on the individual vessels' performance. Concrete performance initiatives include speed optimisation, trim optimisation as well as hull cleaning and paint.
"Optimisation never stops", Kristian Morch comments further. "Our objective is to constantly increase fuel efficiency for Clipper vessels and other vessels in our management. With an annual bunker consumption in our scale every saving, big or small, significantly contributes to bring down our environmental footprint."
In addition to the ISO 50001 certification, Clipper Fleet Management and all vessels in technical management have also been ISO 14001 certified on overall environmental management.


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We hold self-development workshops covering a range of topics, from rebuilding self-esteem to understanding the impact of stress.
Our workshops are open to all women living in London.
Our self-development workshops provide you with practical knowledge, confidence and coping mechanisms to help you move forward.
Workshops are a combination of teaching, group exercises and (lots of) open discussion. The workshops are held in a safe, supportive environment and you take part in discussions when you are ready.
Delivered by an experienced counsellor/group worker, who is a domestic abuse specialist, workshops are four hours long. We run them weekly during school hours in term-time, in west London (Edgware Road) and east London (Stratford).
Examples of previous workshop titles include:
- What is domestic violence and abuse and what are its effects?
- Effects of domestic abuse on children
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The NeuTab N7S Pro is one of those tablets that strikes a nice balance between features and cost. Although it's not souped-up with a top-of-the-line processor, basic gaming and web browsing is surprisingly good.
- Quad-core processor: I found the interface on this tablet to be surprisingly smooth. While the tablet does pack a quad-core processor, it is not top-of-the-line. However, I found general web surfing and app loading to be surprisingly good. Some games do run choppier than they would on other tablets, but the Subway Surfers game showed in my video performed very well. For those interested, the GeekBench multicore score came in at 847.
- Android 5.1: This tablet comes with Android's latest Lollipop 5.1 operating system, which helps contributes to the tablet's good performance.
- Storage: This tablet comes with 8GB of storage. If that's not enough space, you can expand the storage with inexpensive Micro SD cards, like the ones you would use in your phone and some digital cameras. The slot is located on the back of the unit.
- 1 GB of RAM: Many tablets at this price point only have 512MB of RAM, so I'm happy to see that this tablet has double the amount. This helps speed up web page loading and switching between applications.
- Display: I'm impressed that a tablet at this price point comes with an IPS display (meaning, it is viewable at an angle). The screen is also very colorful and has a decent 1024×600 resolution for web browsing and many games. It doesn't have a Retina resolution, but it is widescreen and works fine for watching Netflix and YouTube.
- Two cameras: There are two cameras on both the front and the back. Low light performance is not great. I wouldn't depend on taking stellar photos or videos with the cameras, but it's nice to have the option to grab a quick snapshot or perform a video call.
- Compact size: There is not a lot of bulk with this tablet, which makes it very portable if you're always on the go.
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth is also included in this tablet, allowing you to pair it to devices such as a Bluetooth speaker for Pandora streaming, for example.
- GeekBench score: The GeekBench score is on the low side, so complex web pages and games may take more time to load or performance may be slow. However, for basic gaming, web browsing, social media apps, etc, this tablet works fine.
- Camera quality: The performance of the cameras in low light is poor, and can make indoor video calls problematic.
- Build quality: The plastic casing feels a little cheap and not very durable, but then again, this is a budget tablet.
Overall, I'm impressed by the performance of this unit given its low price tag. While it's not as powerful as many other tablets, it is great for kids to play basic games or for adults who want to browse the web and read e-books.
Check out the NeuTab N7S Pro 7″ Tablet on Amazon
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Finding time for home projects can be difficult when there are little kids running around the house and getting into trouble. (Running a website doesn't make it any easier.) But, among other projects, I'm here to tell you that installing a sliding door (or two) with exposed barn hardware is easier than you would think. If you're considering it, stop putting it off.
As soon as we moved in, my wife and I knew we had to replace the awful swinging saloon doors pictured below. The doors separate our master bedroom from our master bathroom. We prefer them to be open most of the time. So, the functional and aesthetic improvement of a barn-style sliding door is obvious and wonderful.
First and foremost, you need two things for this project: sliding door hardware and a door slab.
The hardware part is easy. Especially if you get your kit from the same place I did – The Barn Door Hardware Store. There are other kits available (most big box stores have them). But, I was comforted by knowing that all parts were included and I was getting quality steel components made in the good ol' US-of-A. I got their standard 6ft kit, with an 18″ pipe handle and a wall-mounted guide bracket.
As for the door slab(s), there are a couple things to consider. Mainly style and size. 80″ is the standard height and comes in the widest variety of styles and widths. But, an 80″ door might not cover your opening as well as an 84″. I bought an 80″ x 36″ unpainted door slab from my local big box hardware store. An exceptionally ambitious dad might try to build their own door! I haven't reach that level of dad yet. So, pre-fab it is! (TBDHS has very nice door slabs. But, the shipping makes them cost-prohibitive outside of PA.) Another option to consider is paint vs. stain. Be sure that whatever slab you buy is not pre-drilled / pre-hung.
Some steel tracks will come predrilled, but I strongly suggest getting a raw steel track and drilling holes yourself. (TBDHS provides their tracks undrilled by default, though predrilled is an option.) Anchoring squarely into studs is critical. Chances are NOT good that your house's studs are perfectly spaced. So, a little improv will be required. Look below at the irregular spacing I needed to hit six studs!
It may sound obvious, but start with where you want the door to be – both in the closed position and the open position. Then, think about how the track, end stops and guide bracket will be installed relative to your ideal open/closed door position. Also, keep in mind that the end stops will stop the door hangers – not the slab – unless you point the stops down, in which case they'll hit the anti-jump plates. All that said, drawing a little sketch can't hurt.
Finally, when it comes to prepping and mounting the track, do it in this order:
- Find your track location based on your ideal door placement.
- Measure the stud spacing (could be irregular), mark your steel track accordingly.
- Drill holes in the steel track. Use an appropriate drill bit and don't rush it.
- If you can get an extra pair of hands, have someone hold the steel track (level of course). Telegraph your recently drilled holes onto the wall. Verify that they land on studs.
- Install the dang thing!
I put some adhesive felt pads on the floor guide (above) – I opted for the wall-mounted guide. The felt is the same kind you'd put on the feet of wood furniture. It accomplishes a couple things. First, it cuts down on the door's wiggle room. Second, it helps the door slide smoother and quieter.
On the inside of the door, you'll need a way to pull it open. But, there's only about a half inch of clearance. You can embed a handle, but I chose to surface-mount a low-profile metal angle. I'm happy with the results aesthetically and it gives me enough of a lip to pull with my fingers.
If you're removing one or more traditionally-hinged doors, you'll have some scars to clean up. In the side by side image above, you can see where the hinges weren't patched yet. I applied multiple coats of wood filler – better than one thick sloppy application. After that it still seemed a little uneven, so I iced a little spackling on top. Sand. Paint. Done!
There you have it! You've reached the end of my sliding door walk-through. I highly recommend this as a "DIY" project. Just take it slow, make a sketch with dimensions, and measure twice, drill once. Good luck! If you have any questions, please comment below.


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Category Archives: 2013 Gala
2013 JUNO Award Winners, Part 2
The main gala of the 2013 JUNO awards was hosted by Michael Bublé and took place on April 21 in Regina. The bulk of the awards were handed out at the non-televized show last night (Part 1). Below were the awards presented tonight (in orange) along with all nominees in their categories. And in case you missed the broadcast, it can be viewed online in full at CTV (Link).
Songwriter of the Year
Afie Jurvanen, "Be My Witness", "Caught Me Thinkin", "Lost in the Light" BARCHORDS – Bahamas
Arkells, "Michigan Left", "On Paper", "Whistleblower" MICHIGAN LEFT – Arkells
Hannah Georgas, "Enemies", "Robotic" – co-songwriter Ryan Guldemond, "Somebody" – HANNAH GEORGAS – Hannah Georgas
Kathleen Edwards, "A Soft Place to Land"– co-songwriter John Roderick, "Chameleon/Comedian", "Change the Sheets" VOYAGEUR – Kathleen Edwards
Leonard Cohen, "Amen", "Going Home"– co-songwriter Patrick Leonard, "Show Me the Place" – co-songwriter Patrick Leonard OLD IDEAS – Leonard Cohen (6th JUNO win)
Breakthrough Group of the Year
Hey Ocean!
Monster Truck (1st JUNO win)
The Pack a.d.
Walk Off the Earth
Yukon Blonde
Group of the Year
Billy Talent
Marianas Trench (1st JUNO win)
The Sheepdogs
Single of the Year
Billy Talent, Viking Death March
Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe (2nd JUNO win)
Hedley, Kiss You Inside Out
Serena Ryder, Stompa
The Sheepdogs, The Way It Is
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
k.d. Lang
JUNO Fan Choice Award
Carly Rae Jepsen
Céline Dion
Justin Bieber (4th JUNO win)
Leonard Cohen
Marianas Trench
Michael Bublé
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Bahamas, Barchords
Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur
Royal Wood, We Were Born To Glory
Serena Ryder, Harmony (4th JUNO win)
The Barr Brothers, The Barr Brothers
Album of the Year
Carly Rae Jepsen, Kiss (3rd JUNO win)
Céline Dion, Sans Attendre
Hedley, Storms
Justin Bieber, Believe
Marianas Trench, Ever After
2013 JUNO Award Winners, Part 1
The untelevized portion of the 2013 JUNOs in Regina was held Saturday night, April 20, and hosted by the CBCs Jian Ghomeshi. Most of the awards were given out tonight with the remainder to be at the main gala tomorrow evening. Last year, the awards presented at the main gala were the JUNO Fan Choice Award, Songwriter of the Year, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Dance Recording of the Year, and New Artist of the Year. The latter three categories were presented tonight meaning that tomorrow night's main gala will see awards presented to the first four categories above plus Group of the Year, Breakthrough Group of the Year, and Adult Alternative Album. Below is a list of nominees of categories awarded tonight with the JUNO award winner in orange. Part 2
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
Cancer Bats, Dead Set On Living
Castle, Blacklands
Devin Townsend Project, Epicloud
Ex Deo, Caligvla
Woods of Ypres, Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (1st JUNO win)
International Album of the Year
Maroon 5, Overexposed
Mumford & Sons, Babel (1st JUNO win)
One Direction, Up All Night
Rod Stewart, Merry Christmas, Baby
Taylor Swift, Red
Instrumental Album of the Year
Five Alarm Funk, Rock The Sky
Hugh Sicotte/Jon Ballantyne, Twenty Accident Free Work Days
Ian McDougall, The Very Thought Of You
Pugs & Crows, Fantastic Pictures (1st JUNO win)
Ratchet Orchestra, Hemlock
Francophone Album of the Year
Amylie Audiogram, Le Royaume
Avec pas d'casque, Astronomie
Lisa LeBlanc, Lisa LeBlanc
Louis-Jean Cormier, Le treizième étage (1st JUNO win as a soloist)
Marie-Pierre Arthur, Aux alentours
Blues Album of the Year
Colin James, FIFTEEN
Jack de Keyzer, Electric Love
Shakura S'Aida, Time
Steve Hill, Solo Recordings Volume One
Steve Strongman, A Natural Fact (1st JUNO win)
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Cold Specks
Kira Isabella
Shawn Hook
The Weeknd (1st JUNO win)
Rap Recording of the Year
Classified, Inner Ninja ft. David Myles (1st JUNO win)
JD Era, No Handouts
Madchild, Dope Sick
Maestro Fresh Wes, Black Tuxedo
Rich Kidd/SonReal, The Closers
Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble
Amici Chamber Ensemble, Levant (2nd JUNO win)
Angela Hewitt Hyperion, Debussy: Solo Piano Music
Canadian Brass, Canadian Brass Takes Flight
James Ehnes, Bartók : Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1
Triple Forte, Ravel, Shostakovich, Ives: Piano Trio
Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment
Antonio Peruch/Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Logos Futura
Bramwell Tovey/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Fugitive Colours
James Ehnes, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (7th JUNO win)
Jan Lisiecki, Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, The Galileo Project
Music DVD of the Year
Andy Keen, Bernie Breen, Patrick Sambrook, Shawn Marino, The Tragically Hip, Bobcaygeon (2nd JUNO win)
Ben Knechtel, Ten Second Epic, Better Off
Pierre Lamoureux, François Lamoureux, Pat Metheny, The Orchestrion Project: Pat Metheny
Scot McFadyen, Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Bonamassa Live From New York: Beacon Theatre
Tim Martin, W. Tom Berry, Michael Kaeshammer, KAESHAMMERLIVE!
Video of the Year
Director X, HYFR – DRAKE (1st JUNO win)
Margaret Malandruccolo, Testify – ALAN DOYLE
Margaret Malandruccolo, Fire It Up – JOHNNY REID
Sean Wainsteim, Little Boxes – WALK OFF THE EARTH
WeWereMonkeys, Little Talks – OF MONSTERS AND MEN
World Music Album of the Year
Alex Cuba, Ruido en el Sistema
Danny Michel with The Garifuna Collective, Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me
Jaffa Road, Where The Light Gets In
Lorraine Klaasen, Tribute to Miriam Makeba (1st JUNO win)
The Souljazz Orchestra, Solidarity
Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
Adam Cohen, Like A Man
Barlow, Burning Days
Céline Dion, Sans Attendre
Raylene Rankin, All The Diamonds
The Tenors, Lead With Your Heart (1st JUNO win)
Country Album of the Year
Chad Brownlee, Love Me Or Leave Me
Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In
Dean Brody, Dirt
Emerson Drive, Roll
Johnny Reid, Fire It Up (3rd JUNO win)
Rock Album of the Year
Big Wreck, Albatross
Billy Talent, Dead Silence
Rush, Clockwork Angels (9th JUNO win)
The Sheepdogs, The Sheepdogs
The Tragically Hip, Now For Plan A
Recording Engineer of the Year
Eric Ratz, "Albatross" ALBATROSS – Big Wreck | "Surprise Surprise" DEAD SILENCE – Billy Talent
Joby Baker, "Suspiro en Falsete", "Ruido en el Sistema" – RUIDO EN EL SISTEMA – Alex Cuba
Kevin Churko (co-engineer Kane Churko), "Blood" BLOOD – In This Moment | "Coming Down" AMERICAN CAPITALIST – Five Finger Death Punch (4th JUNO win)
Mike Plotnikoff, "Start of Something Good" BREAK THE SPELL – Daughtry | "Breaking Your Own Heart" STRONGER – Kelly Clarkson
Randy Staub, "When We Stand Together" HERE AND NOW – Nickelback | "What You Want" EVANESCENCE – Evanescence
Aboriginal Album of the Year
BURNT-Project 1, The Black List
Crystal Shawanda, Just Like You (1st JUNO win)
Don Amero, Heart On My Sleeve
Donny Parenteau, Bring It On
Janet Panic, Samples
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award
Larry LeBlanc
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Carol Welsman, Journey
Diana Krall, Glad Rag Doll
Diana Panton, Christmas Kiss
Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind
Emilie-Claire Barlow, Seule ce Soir (1st JUNO win)
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
Alex Goodman Quintet, Bridges
Allison Au Quartet, The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey
François Houle 5+1, Genera
Joel Miller, Swim (1st JUNO win)
Rafael Zaldivar, Drawing
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
Brian Dickinson Quartet, Other Places
Cory Weeds Quartet, Up A Step
Dave Young/Terry Promane Octet, Volume One
Murley, Bickert & Wallace, Test of Time (3rd JUNO win for Murley)
Shirantha Beddage, Identity
Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance
Elora Festival Singers, I Saw Eternity
Gerald Finley, Schumann: Liederkreis
Karina Gauvin, Prima Donna (2nd JUNO win)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Opera Arias
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Handel Messiah
Classical Composition of the Year
Alexina Louie, Echoes of Time
Denis Gougeon, Mutation
Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus
R. Murray Schafer, Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
Vivian Fung, Violin Concerto (1st JUNO win)
Children's Album of the Year
Emilie Mover, The Stella and Sam Album, ft. Emilie Mover (1st JUNO win)
Helen Austin, Always Be A Unicorn
Henri Godon, Chansons pour toutes sortes d'enfants
Jennifer Gasoi, Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well
Marlowe & the MiX, One Dancefloor
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
Bob Ezrin, "Forever Young" LEAD WITH YOUR HEART – The Tenors
Gavin Brown, "At Transformation", "About this Map" NOW FOR PLAN A – The Tragically Hip
James Shaw, "Youth Without Youth", "Breathing Underwater" SYNTHETICA – Metric (1st JUNO win as an individual)
Josh Ramsay, "Call Me Maybe" KISS – Carly Rae Jepsen | "Fallout" EVER AFTER – Marianas Trench
Kevin Churko (co-producer Kane Churko), "Blood", "Adrenalize" BLOOD – In This Moment
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Colin Bernard, Hold On
Manafest, Fighter
Newworldson, Rebel Transmission
The City Harmonic, I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home) (1st JUNO win)
Thousand Foot Krutch, The End Is Where We Begin
Reggae Recording of the Year
Ammoye, Radio
Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd, Move Ya'
Exco Levi, Storms of Life (2nd JUNO win)
Makeshift Innocence, Yours To Keep
Melanie Durrant, Made For Love
Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
Tom Cochrane
Recording Package of the Year
Andy Dixon (Art Director/Designer/Photographer), Jonathan Taggart (Photographer), Little Mountain – SAID THE WHALE
Justin Broadbent (Art Director/Designer/Photographer), Synthetica – METRIC (1st JUNO win)
Marianne Chevalier and Atelier Tricorne (Art Directors/Designers/Photographers), À l'aube du printemps – MES AÏEUX
Mathieu Houde (Art Director), Philippe Allard (Designer/Photographer), Marie-Pier Daigle (Designer), Le Québec est mort, Vive le Québec! – LOCO LOCASS
Susan Michalek and Simon Paul (Art Directors/Designers), Andrew B. Myers (Photographer), Now For Plan A – THE TRAGICALLY HIP
Electronic Album of the Year
Crystal Castles, (III)
Daphni, Jiaolong
Grimes, Visions (1st JUNO win)
Purity Ring, Shrines
Trust, TRST
Dance Recording of the Year
Anjulie, You and I (1st JUNO win)
Dragonette, Bodyparts
Felix Cartal, Don't Turn On The Lights ft. Polina
Tricky Moreira, Hello Hello Hello
Vita Chambers, Fix You
Alternative Album of the Year
Hannah Georgas, Hannah Georgas
Japandroids, Celebration Rock
Metric, Synthetica (3rd JUNO win)
Said The Whale, Little Mountain
Stars, The North
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Jully Black, Fugitive
Kreesha Turner, Tropic Electric
Melanie Fiona, Change the Record
Shawn Desman, Nobody Does It Like You
The Weeknd, Trilogy (2nd JUNO win after the win above)
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo
Amelia Curran, Spectators
Annabelle Chvostek, Rise
Corb Lund, Cabin Fever
Old Man Luedecke, Tender Is The Night
Rose Cousins, We Have Made A Spark (1st JUNO win)
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group
Elliott BROOD, Days Into Years (1st JUNO win)
Great Lake Swimmers, New Wild Everywhere
Le Vent du Nord, Tromper le temps
The Strumbellas, My Father and The Hunter
The Wooden Sky, Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun
Artist of the Year
Carly Rae Jepsen
Johnny Reid
Justin Bieber
Leonard Cohen (5th JUNO win)
Pop Album of the Year
Carly Rae Jepsen, Kiss (1st JUNO win)
Justin Bieber, Believe
Kristina Maria, Tell The World
Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible
Victoria Duffield, Shut Up and Dance
The JUNOs Are Set to Dazzle from Regina
Canada's premier music awards gala (in our opinion the world's finest) is just five days away.
Presenters at the JUNO Awards' main gala, hosted by Michael Bublé, have been announced and will include the following Canadian music icons.
The Presenters
• Legendary diamond-selling rocker Tom Cochrane
• Multi-platinum classical pop vocalists The Tenors
• Triple-threat (i.e. singer, dancer, actor) dance pop dynamo Victoria Duffield
• Electronic dance trio Dragonette
• The godfather of Canadian rap Maestro Fresh Wes
• East coast's Classified, West coast's Madchild, and central's JD Era rappers
• Singer-songwriters Kathleen Edwards and Adam Cohen
• Blues rock specialist Colin James
• Country music marvel Dean Brody
• Indie roots sensation The Bahamas
24-time JUNO Award winner Anne Murray will be inducting k.d. lang into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The Performers
• International pop princess Carly Rae Jepsen
• Multi-platinum punk rockers Billy Talent
• Progressive rock whiz Hannah Georgas
• Electronic rock wonders Metric
• The ever-versatile k.d. lang
• Canada's Mr. Entertainment Michael Bublé
• Popular west coast band Marianas Trench
• Lovable songstress Serena Ryder
• Saskatchewan boogie rockers The Sheepdogs
Ice Conduit to the 2013 JUNOs: ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees
Normally, the JUNOs honour democracy by giving this award to the best-selling album. Last year, Michael Bublé's Christmas took the award. It was the second best-selling album in the world, outsold only by Adele's 21. The best-selling Canadian album in the world last year was Justin Bieber's Believe, while domestically, it was Céline Dion's Sans Attendre. It would certainly be fabulous to see either the work of a youth or a Francophone album nab the award. Hedley's Storms which continued to sell well last year won the Pop Album award last year. New to the international scene, Carly Rae Jepsen is up for the award for her second LP Kiss as is Marianas Trench for Ever After. Below are some tidbits about the artists and the albums.
Carly Rae Jepsen, Kiss
Mission, BC's pop princess is up for five JUNO awards this year, adding to her two nominations from 2010. Kiss is her second full-length album, the first being Tug of War. In-between the two, she released her EP Curiosity. Kiss was named by Allmusic.com as 2012's tenth best album in the world and has achieved gold certification in Canada. It contains the best-selling Canadian single of all-time domestically, "Call Me Maybe" (7x platinum), a re-mix of her Top 20 gold hit "Curiosity", #1 hit "Good Time" with Owl City, Top 40 collaboration with Justin Bieber, "Beautiful", Top 30 hit "This Kiss", and her current charting single "Tonight I'm Getting Over You".
Céline Dion, Sans Attendre
The Charlemagne, Québec native is the best-selling Canadian recording artist of all-time worldwide. Currently, having sold 114 million records, she ranks 11th in the world. The album title, literally meaning "without waiting", was the only triple platinum Canadian release in 2012. Sans Attendre contains three duets with prominent singers: legendary Canadian Jean-Pierre Ferland, Johnny Hallyday (best-selling French recording artist of all-time), and Caribbean singer Henri Salvador. As the latter is no longer with us, this is a virtual duet. The first single from the album "Parler à mon père" peaked at #53 on the Canadian Hot 100, a respectable feat for a Francophone tune. It was the year's 77th biggest song in France. "Les Petits Pieds de Lea" made it to #80 on the Canadian Hot 100. Dion has won 20 JUNO awards.
Hedley, Storms
The BC band's 4th studio album won the JUNO for Pop Album of the Year last year. It has since attained platinum certification. The album spawned hit single "Invincible", a Top 10 hit, and "One Life", a Top 20 hit. Both songs made the year-end charts. Hedley released "Kiss You Inside Out" as a separate single later on. It became the band's best-selling single, peaking at #2 and finishing 2012 as the 2nd biggest Canadian song of the year. Due to its success, Hedley re-released Storms to include the single. The band has so far won two JUNO awards.
Justin Bieber, Believe
Stratford, Ontario's 19-year-old Justin Bieber has won 3 JUNOs thus far including one for Pop Album of the Year in 2011 (for My World 2.0). Believe was the world's best-selling album from a Canadian artist in 2012 and a double-platinum release at home. It debuted at #1 in 30 countries and sold 57,000 copies domestically in its first week of release. Bieber has sold a million records in Canada so far. Believe spawned five Top 20 hit singles: "Boyfriend" (#1), "Die in Your Arms" (#14), "All Around the World" (#10), "As Long as You Love Me" (#9), and "Beauty and a Beat" (#4). It title track also made the Canadian Hot 100.
Marianas Trench, Ever After
The Trench have yet to win a JUNO award. Prior to this year, they had received two nominations. This year they are up for three. Ever After is the Vancouver band's 3rd album and has been certified platinum. The album has spawned four hit singles: "Haven't Had Enough" (#9), "Fallout" (#26), "Desperate Measures" (#20), and "Stutter" (#28). The first three all made the year-end Top 100, and the fourth is their current hit. Ever After is a concept album the songs of which are like chapters of a continuous fairy tale type story. There are no pauses between the individual tracks.
Comparing the Albums
|3x Platinum
|2x Platinum
* Tracks from the album that have to date made the Canadian Hot 100.
Comparing the Artists
|Carly Rae Jepsen
|7x Platinum
|Céline Dion
|3x Platinum
|Justin Bieber
|3x Platinum
|Marianas Trench
|2x Platinum
Ice Conduit to the 2013 JUNOs: SINGLE OF THE YEAR Nominees
Unlike Album of the Year, The JUNOs do not necessarily grant the Single of the Year award to the most successful recording, as last year the award went to "I Don't Know" by the Sheepdogs. The five nominees this year range from a #69 hit to a #1 hit. In the spotlight are a romantic car crash in Vancouver, a steamy carwash in Mission with a plot-twist finale, a baseball game in NHL-snubbed Saskatoon, handclaps and boot stomps in Millbrook, and a death march rant of corporate greed in Canada's manufacturing capital.
Billy Talent, "Viking Death March"
This song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on 8 June 2012 at #69, its peak position. It spent a total of 6 weeks on the chart. Although not awarded with any certifications, it helped the album Dead Silence achieve gold status in 2013. "Viking Death March" did not chart internationally; however, its sister single "Surprise Surprise" saw some success in Germany. Billy Talent is a punk band from Mississauga. They have thus far won seven JUNO awards. Great lyrics on this: "Stop, punch in the clock / Punch it with all of your rage. Put the men in office / For a minimum wage / Rats fighting for scraps / Siphon the gas from your tank / Left your pockets empty / As they laughed to the bank".
Music Video
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
At 7x platinum, "Call Me Maybe" is the most successful Canadian single of all time domestically. It began its chart run on 14 October 2011 debuting at #97 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song reached #1 on 3 February 2012 spending four weeks at top spot. It finished its chart run on 6 March 2013 giving it a total of 74 weeks on the chart. Internationally, it reached #1 in some 20 countries. It entered the British charts at #1 and spent nine weeks on top of the U.S. charts. It was the second biggest hit overall of 2012 in Canada, the United States, and United Kingdom. It was the biggest hit of the year in Australia and New Zealand. Carly Rae Jepsen is from Mission, BC. Outside of the success of "Call Me Maybe", to date, she has scored three gold singles and one gold album. She was a finalist on Canadian Idol and in 2012 was signed by American heavyweight manager Scooter Braun.
Music Video
Hedley, "Kiss You Inside Out"
This was the second most successful single of 2012 after "Call Me Maybe". It entered the charts at #35 on 1 June 2012 and peaked at #2 on August 15. The song spent a total of 41 weeks on the Hot 100. "Kiss You Inside Out" was certified a triple platinum single, making it the band's most successful. A bilingual version was recorded with Star Academie finalist Andrée-Anne Leclerc. The song was not a hit internationally and was the 19th biggest song of the year domestically. Hedley is from Vancouver. Jacob Hoggard, the band's lead singer was a finalist on Canadian Idol. They have won two JUNO awards to date.
Music Video
Serena Ryder, "Stompa"
This is the only song among the batch that is still on the charts. It debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on October 17, 2012, at #87. It reached its peak position of #8 on January 30, 2013, and has thus far spent 21 weeks on the charts. "Stompa" has gone gold as has the album on which it appears (Harmony). Serena Ryder is from Millbrook, Ontario which is near Peterborough. She has won three JUNO awards to date. "Stompa" cannot be considered an international hit. Her "All for Love", though, saw some success south of the border a few years ago.
Music Video
The Sheepdogs, "The Way It Is"
This song spent a total of 16 weeks on the Hot 100, from July 25 to November 7, 2012. It peaked at #59 on September 12. Though not achieving any certifications, the album on which it appears went gold in 2013. The Sheepdogs are a four-member rock band from Saskatoon who play a kind of early 1970s style "boogie rock". Their winning a contest led to a deal with Atlantic Records. The band won three JUNO awards last year including one in this very category. The music video for "The Way It Is" (not to be confused with Bruce Hornsby's number) showcases a baseball game. It did not chart internationally, though their current single is gaining ground in the U.S.
Music Video
Comparing the Singles
|Viking Death March
|1.9 million
|Call Me Maybe
|437.1 million
|7x Platinum
|Kiss You Inside Out
|3.5 million**
|3x Platinum
|The Way It Is
* "Stompa" will likely appear on the year-end Top 100 of 2013.
** Includes views of bilingual version.
Comparing the Artists
|Billy Talent
|3x Platinum
|Carly Rae Jepsen
|7x Platinum
|3x Platinum
|Serena Ryder
|The Sheepdogs


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Breaking: My boss called me Amy and Rebecca today. Then, when she caught herself, she said, "At least I haven't called you Leah!" Nun humor.
It has come to my attention that there is a direct connection between my mastery of the English language and my proximity to Steve. Not only do we have so many inside jokes that trying to follow our conversations is like trying to crack a code, sometimes even we do not know what we are saying. After many minutes of hysteria over something stupid one of us had said or done this weekend, Steve turned to me and asked, "Why does hurting laugh?" So at least it happens to both of us, this verbal regression. Steve is, without a doubt, smarter than I am, and we do have the ability to have serious conversations (usually over beer), but why should we, when we are both so good at fully amusing one another?
I watched five movies this weekend, and four of them were about cyborgs. Steve and I watched Robocop and Robocop 2 because they were free on demand (it's such a blessing I don't have television, as I would never leave the house), and neither of us had seen them before. How such a thing is possible, as my childhood seems to be one long movie-watching experience, I don't know. Speaking of my sedentary childhood and also cyborgs: because I hadn't yet reached my half human/half machine quota for the weekend, last night I watched Terminator and Terminator 2 back to back, by myself. Although I remembered those movies as being way scarier and less hokey ("in the few hours we shared, we loved a lifetime's worth." Blech), I still love them. I hope you don't judge me for that; those aren't even close to the worst movies in my thinning-DVD collection. I keep trading DVDs for books, but I still have four Schwarzenegger movies.
Okay, you can judge me for that.
The only other thing of note I did this weekend was somehow turn my life into "I Love Lucy," but with no one to do any 'splainin' to. Let's just say Dr. Pepper needs to use stronger cardboard in their 12-pack boxes. And Target should maybe reinforce their paper grocery bags. And my landlord should do something about the ice on my stairwell.


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Trump Calls Canadian Treatment of U.S. Dairy Farmers "a Disgrace"
President Donald Trump found a trade nail sticking up when he was in Wisconsin earlier this week and now he is continuing to hammer on it.
In signing an executive order Thursday at the White House regarding an investigation into steel dumping by trading partners, Trump broke from his remarks about the steel issue to call out Canada for the second time this week on dairy trade.
"And I want to just add -- I wasn't going to do this -- but I was in Wisconsin the other day, and I want to end and add by saying that Canada, what they've done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace," Trump said. "It's a disgrace. I spent time with some of the farmers in Wisconsin, and, as you know, rules, regulations, different things have changed. And our farmers in Wisconsin and New York State are being put out of business, our dairy farmers. And that also includes what's happening along our northern border states with Canada, having to do with lumber and timber.
Trump reiterated that NAFTA is a disaster for the United States and he intends to show some action on NAFTA in the coming weeks, though the president did not indicate what kind of actions he may take. "And we'll be reporting back sometime over the next two weeks as to NAFTA and what we're going to do about it," Trump said. "But what happened to our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and New York State -- we're not going to let it happen. We can't let Canada or anybody else take advantage and do what they did to our workers and to our farmers. And again, I want to also just mention, included in there is lumber, timber, and energy. So we're going to have to get to the negotiating table with Canada very, very quickly. Again, just to tell you, this is another NAFTA disaster, and we're not going to let it continue onward."
National dairy groups and the state agricultural directors wrote Trump last week, making the point that Canada is violating its trade obligations under NAFTA. The argument, which has been escalating since last summer, stems from a new Canadian pricing policy for ultra-filtered milk that drives Canadian dairy processors to buy domestically. The U.S. dairy organizations state the pricing change in Canada is forcing U.S. dairy farmers to find new customers by May 1.
The dairy organizations asked the White House to address the following items:
-Contact Prime Minister Trudeau to request that this Class 7 program be halted and that ultra-filtered milk imports from the United States be restored.
-Direct U.S. agencies to examine the full range of tools that could be used immediately to impress upon Canada in a concrete way the importance of dependable two-way trade.
-Make opening Canadian dairy market access and addressing the chronic use of nontariff tools to thwart trade a key and early-stage priority in NAFTA discussions.
The problem with some of these topics is the U.S. still does not have an Agriculture secretary. Former Gov. Sonny Perdue could be confirmed as early as next Monday. The confirmation of Robert Lighthizer as the U.S. trade representative remains unresolved in the Senate and it will likely be longer before he comes up for a confirmation vote.
Overall U.S. dairy exports were at a 21-month high in February, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Further, dairy exports are up 14% since last June. Still, exports are up 13% to Mexico and 14% to Southeast Asia, but showed zero growth to Canada.
Fluid and cream exports were up just 2% in February because Canada imported just under 687,000 gallons, compared to an average of 1.8 gallons a month over the last quarter of 2016, the Dairy Export Council stated.
On the Canadian side of the line, the government continues to defend its dairy policies. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quoted by Bloomberg News on Thursday saying his country will stick with its dairy quota system.
"The U.S. has a $400 million dairy surplus with Canada so it's not Canada that's the challenge here," Trudeau told Bloomberg on Thursday, adding many other countries subsidizes agriculture. "Let's not pretend we're in a global free market when it comes to agriculture."
"Let's not pretend we are in a global free market when it comes to agriculture. Every country protects for good reasons its agricultural industries," Trudeau said at Toronto event hosted by Bloomberg. He noted the US is running a trade surplus with Canada on dairy, "so Canada is not the challenge here." He said Canada's supply-management system -- where prices for dairy are set based on production costs, and foreign competition is hit with tariffs -- works "very well" for the country, and was willing to talk about improvements with U.S. once NAFTA discussions commence.
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One of the objectives of FosterREG is to develop joint strategies for the planning, financing and implementation of energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration. The focus will be on three national clusters (Spain, Croatia, the Netherlands) each with specific gaps, challenges and opportunities. The goal was to develop a specific joint strategy for each of the national clusters (case studies), and finally to compare and integrate this information to made it applicable in broader European cases.
For each of the national clusters an integrated report was elaborated basing on local and national interviews, surveys and workshops and includes joint analysis of regulation frameworks, management procedures and financing mechanisms. In the final step these national cluster reports were integrated and discussed during:
national workshops, where the main stakeholders at national level discuss about their experiences and best practices, validate the findings from previous activities, and propose improvements in the regulatory framework and current practice.
The main steps include:
Collaborative analysis of the present state and identification of main gaps/barriers for implementing energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration. This workshop was prepared through a series of interviews and surveys and dealt with an analysis of main gaps and barriers in the regulation frameworks, management and implementation procedures and financial mechanisms in each national cluster. Stakeholders from the civil society, local, national, european level were involved in this first workshop.
Collaborative identification of solutions: this workshop dealt with the development of a wide range of solutions for overcoming the earlier identified gaps and barriers, together with relevant selected stakeholders in key public administrations from the participant countries. This workshop was prepared through desk research, interviews and surveys with stakeholders to identify a preliminary set of solutions. The focus of this workshop was on identifying the advantages and disadvantages per stakeholder and per level of energy policy making.
Collaborative development of strategies and improved proposals: in this final workshop session the main list of solutions from the previous workshop was converged in a condensed set of strategies and improved proposals for planning, financing and implementing EE measures. It was done in collaboration with the relevant local and national stakeholders. Best practices were shared and analysed, and an integrated view, as well as improvement proposals, were developed. This series of workshops led to an action plan specific for each national cluster case study. The aspects of energy efficiency (regulation framework, management procedures and financing mechanisms) in urban regeneration developed were addressed. Important aspects as opportunities, and transferability of best practices were discussed as well.
An integrated report which includes joint analysis of regulation frameworks, management procedures and financing mechanisms was elaborated for each of the national clusters.
Read the reports for Spain, Croatia and the Netherlands.
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Next step was based on organization and elaboration of results from national workshops and sharing lessons learnt from the three participating countries, therefore providing an European perspective.
All learning experiences from the cases were extracted during European workshop. Based on the conclusions of the workshop an easy to read collaborative analysis and best practices report was made with the steps to improve strategies for planning, financing and implementing energy policies between the different policy levels illustrated with the lessons learned from the three cases.
If you are a national, regional, public authority involved in urban regeneration planning and are interested in sharing best practices, knowledge exchange, developing new strategies and proposals for improvement in regulation, financing and management of energy aspects in urban regeneration planning join one of FosterREG national clusters in Spain, the Netherlands or Croatia!


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Paul Eugene Simono – Fake Navy SEAL6
06/12/2017 by hombrerana1221
Paul Eugene Simono comes to us from Johnstown CO. Military Phonies recently became aware of Paul stating he was a Navy SEAL and was at SEAL Team Five. Paul's name has been passed around the internet for over 10 years with the claims of being a SEAL.
In a private message to Paul he is asked if he's a SEAL. Of course Paul states he was Team 5 bravo company. What the hell is bravo company, that sounds either a Navy boot camp term, or Army or USMC term. There are NO companies in the SEAL Teams. Oh, this gets better, he states "Bud's class 736" Holy crap 736 is scheduled to class up in approximately 70 years, so in 2087ish…
A SEAL trainee died while going through BUD/S. Paul felt it was necessary to call him brother.
10 years ago a name check was conducted at SOCNET which has real SEAL's that are able to verify, you'll see the answer below.
After contacting the UDT/SEAL archives and checking the UDT/SEAL database we found that there is NO record of Paul Eugene Simono ever being or training to become a Navy SEAL.
Paul Eugene Simono's records were requested through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Paul NEVER served in the military, Paul NEVER went to BUD/S and was NEVER a Navy SEAL.
6 thoughts on "Paul Eugene Simono – Fake Navy SEAL"
Oh why do they always pick the elite units, but also the smallest units that have the most schooling and easy to verify.
Because they are all stupid and self-centered.
Why? Anyone who was the real deal can spot him a mile away blindfolded. Is he that stupid or does he think everyone else is?
It seems like there are as many wannabe phony SEALS as there are genuine ones. This turd should hide his ugly puss.
[…] folks at Military Phonies shared their work on this Paul Simono fellow who has been out there pretending to be a SEAL for […]