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Energy Industry Taxed More Than Other Industries - Most Provinces Fail at Creating Effective Tax and Royalty Regimes
Oct 04, 2012, 17:54 ET
CALGARY, Oct. 4, 2012 /CNW/ - In a report released today by The School of Public Policy, authors Jack Mintz and Duanjie Chen offer an international and interprovincial comparison of tax and royalty systems impacting the oil industry.
"As a whole, Canada falls in the middle of the pack in terms of competitiveness and economic neutrality," Mintz said today. "But within Canada there is a great deal of disparity across the provinces - and that disparity matters. The goal of a royalty system should be to balance public revenues with investment. In those terms, some provinces do well, others less so."
The authors compare the energy royalty regimes of Brazil, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. They also evaluate individual provinces (Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador and Nova Scotia) and states (Arkansas, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Texas). The metric used is the Marginal Effective Tax and Royalty Rate (METRR), which indicates the impact of taxes and royalties on investment.
Contrary to common perception the authors find that the fiscal burden on the energy sector is higher than that of other industrial sectors in Canada.
Within Canada, measuring conventional production, Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan actually impose the highest fiscal burdens because of revenue based royalty regimes - this discourages investment. The lowest fiscal burden is for offshore development in the Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is the most attractive to investment based on METRR.
However, the authors argue that these numbers do not tell the whole story. "Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are actually encouraging too much investment in their oil industry and are poor rent collectors", says Mintz.
Mintz and Chen contend that the regime in place for the Alberta oil sands is in fact the closest to an optimal rent-based system. Although the METRR for the oil sands is quite a bit higher than it is for Nova Scotia, the regime affecting the oil sands has fewer disparities across business activities and is more in-line with the tax burdens placed on other industries within the economy.
The report can be found at www.policyschool.ucalgary.ca/publications
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I wrote this post over a year ago and I just discovered that I never posted it. Here are some musings on moving.
September 1, 2016:
The album I listened to when I left my childhood home was titled The Home Inside My Head.
Before I met my boyfriend, I hadn't thought about pop punk much since middle school as my interest shifted to indie music. But in middle school, I wasn't even one of those tween Blink-182 disciples. No, I was all about Motion City Soundtrack and Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco.
Of course, when you fall in love with someone, you explore their interests. There were a number of pop punk and emo bands that he showed me that I immediately took to (The Wonder Years, The Menzingers, which I had known from "Obituaries", twiabp, Modern Baseball).
Ever since we met, he always mentioned Real Friends because they were actually from the Chicago suburbs. Due to my "complicated" feelings about my hometown, I abstained. Also I didn't really take to what I had heard. But then their new LP came out.
What was playful ribbing turned into insistence. He said I'd really like it.
I listened to a song, "Empty Picture Frames".
I liked it. I really liked it.
In August, my family moved out of my hometown home. We had lived there for over twenty years. We moved in from the city on Halloween when I was just a baby. It was supposed to be my parents' "starter home." They stayed a lot longer than that. But now, they were moving to Queens (my dad has already been living there for a few months for his new job). It was a happy coincidence – I finally get to see my parents more than three times a year (since I moved east to Syracuse University and now Jersey City). I just didn't expect to get so emotional about my family leaving the suburbs.
So, I had a plane ticket to go home one last time before the move date. When I was waiting for my flight home, I had a little bit of access to wifi. I remembered that I liked that song. I'd give the album a try.
I didn't listen to it on the flight going there – I actually watched The Sting for the first time.
The last time. I couldn't believe that it was going to be the last time in that house. It hadn't really hit me yet.
So I went home. I saw my sister for the first time in seven months. I saw my mom for the first time in four months. I saw my dog.
I was happy to see them, but I could see the weight of the situation in everyone's face. This wasn't just moving. This was uprooting our lives.
We were moving far. I had already been on the East Coast for a few years. I was happy to be there, creating a new home for myself with my boyfriend, and I was used to being that one in the family that was distantly sending messages. I had already learned to accept the pain of distance from my childhood home knowing I'd come back. I never planned to lose that home.
But during that last trip back, I realized that you never forget the feeling of childhood memories, the memories that characterize the first place that you knew. It feels like the blueberries that get smashed on the sidewalk when you're walking in the summer. It feels like taking Coco out in the snow and she spends fifteen minutes walking around in the white fluff. It feels like the worn couch in the family room, my favorite couch to fall asleep on when a favorite show is playing in the background. It feels like waking up and looking at drawings on my ceiling. Most of them mine, but some of them from friends, from my brother and sister, my cousins. It feels like putting up little strips of quotes from my favorite movies and television shows on my walls when I felt alone. It feels like making chalk houses on the driveway, swinging on the swingset in the backyard.
It feels like Halloween. When the air is perfectly chilly, just enough that when I come back from trick-or-treating, I get some warm apple cider. Charlie Brown is on in the background and I dump all of my precious candy onto the scraggly carpet. That good kind of scraggly, where you can put your fingers through it.
It feel like those first Christmases. It feels like going to the community pool up the road, making comfortable small talk with the Christmas tree salesmen helping out with taking the chosen tree to the car.
It feels like being in the background as my dad and brother actually do all the heavy work setting up the tree back at the house. I shift back and forth behind them, pacing. Lucy fetches the water, or does something productive at least. I stand back and watch, looking up at the top of the branches. This is probably for the best, considering my trademark clumsiness.
Our house was the keeper of these memories. I had been there my whole life. Just looking at a dent in the wall would jog my memory about something. Something about ourselves. The house defined us, made us who we are.
My walls and my ceiling in my room are now painted grey. For most if my life, they were yellow and purple walls with pink and white striped wallpaper. My loft bed was a sanctuary. It's where I read, where I wrote in my diary every day. It's where I watched hours (no… days) of Monty Python, Kids in the Hall. It's where I watched The Graduate for the first time, where I watched Midnight Cowboy.
The walls surrounding my bed were filled with quotes. The Simpsons started it all, when I wanted to compile all of Sideshow Bob's quotes. I'd print them out and tape them on. It became other shows, other movies, inside jokes. I was surrounded by words that made me laugh so that whenever I was sad, I knew where to look.
I knew that I could always come home, which I know is incredibly lucky to say. I knew I could come home if I wasn't invited to a party in my class but all the other girls at school were. I knew I could come home if I had been crying from schoolwork, or a test, or just a rough day. I knew I could come home because I didn't feel like I belonged with a lot of people from that town. I knew I belonged at home.
I ended up listening to the album on my flight home. It filled in the gaps that I felt like what I was missing. The first song, "Stay in One Place," hit me in my gut. It felt so relatable, so honest, that search for finally finding the place that makes you finally stop wandering. "Mess" felt like an ode to getting better but still realizing there was much to work on. "Colder Quicker" was the perfect closer, a soaring that felt transcendent, especially that first time that listened. That first time, I listened as the plane lifted in the sky. We were flying in the night sky, over the twinkling skyline of Chicago. It was a fitting goodbye, as this incredible, poignant album filled my heart and allowed me to let go, let go and create a new home.

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First of all let's clear this up. Just because I occasionally venture to a bar alone does not mean that I am sad and lonely in Chicago. In fact, I am the opposite. I'm 30, flirty and thriving. I just feel that this is a commonly misconstrued activity. It also does not under any circumstances mean that I am looking to meet strangers and end up on the cover of Law and Order: SVU the magazine. I am not. Although, I would be SUCH a good SVU extra on the show.
Going to bars alone. It can be done. I have done it, more than once and with much success. However, I'm not saying there aren't rules. There are. Neglect them and you might find yourself on the cover of that magazine.
1. No one knows you are alone but you.
Do you know how crowded bars are? Have you seen the weeping Fire Marshals? Exactly, you haven't seen them, because there are so many people in there blocking your view. No one really knows who you are with and what's even better, they don't really care.
You are free to come and go as you please. You can weave through the weeping Fire Marshals without keeping track of your posse. That isn't to say that having a posse isn't welcome at times. Posses are great. But the last time I checked this blog was titled 'Going to Bars Alone' not 'Kicking it at a Bar With a Posse'. Newsflash, any two bit yahoo can kick it a bar with a posse and you my friend are not a two bit yahoo.
Number 1 is much less a rule and much more a state of mind that you must maintain in order to succeed on your solo flight around the world. You must realize this isn't insane. If you replaced the word bar with the word Starbucks, you would be there in a second. Get over yourself and just go.
2. Choose wisely
Choose wisely in multiple areas. You are going alone. That doesn't mean you are going unprepared.
Decision #1: Choosing the bar.
I would suggest choosing a bar that you have been to before. A bar with great tunes and good drinks. A place that it will be acceptable for you to sit at the bar and look pensive or not pensive depending on how you plan to play this. A place that you can blend or kill it on the dance floor. It's your choice. If the people outside the bar painted their clothes on, don't choose that place. If the people outside the bar wear Abercrombie, Hollister, Ed Hardy, men's bedazzled jeans or multiple chain necklaces, don't choose that place either. More than likely these are the same place.
Your best choice is a place with live music or loud music for dancing. These things help you make friends and help you pretend you can't hear someone you don't want to talk to due to the volume.
Decision #2: Choosing your spot
Upon your arrival, go to the bar, get a drink. Befriend the bartender, if someone is bothering you (which they might be, you probably look kind of awesome) the bartender could be a lifesaver. They can deflect or initiate conversation. They are and want to be your friend. Kind of, they just want you to tip them well. Which you should do, even if you aren't alone.
Now, scan the premises. Are there bar stools? Is there a dance floor? Is this a restaurant? Is this a Chilis? If you answered yes to the last question, eat some chips and salsa and then bounce.
You need to find a place that you can get your lean on. Places not to choose: by the bathroom, by the front door, by stairs, next to a speaker. I don't know why you can't stand by stairs, it just seemed weird. The most choice of spots to pick would be end of the bar. If you can sit or lean there, claim it.
Everyone in that entire place is going to come to the bar, which means you will meet more friends, it's just science. And this is really all about science.
Decision #3: What is your story/out?
Ideally, you will meet a really great dude/lady/new posse to kick it at bars with and become BFFs with. But you might not. You might just meet people to hang out with for the night and that's okay! But you might meet Mr. "I graduated 2nd in my class and I have a HUGE chip on my shoulder about it" and that guy is the worst. So you need to have a prepared story to get you out of talking to him/her. Cinco de Mayo 2011, or more appropriately called Cinco de Kate, I actually told someone I was leaving to go home because I had to go to a baby shower early in the morning. I didn't say it had to be a good story.
You need to have a story or you can just tell them you have diarrhea. No one is going to argue with diarrhea.
3. Get Chatty
While I'm quite certain you look so cute, you didn't really think you could rely on your new earrings to get you through the evening, did you? You have to make friends. Get your smile on and make some conversation. If you are rocking some new earrings you might even get a drink purchased for you. Sitting/leaning near the bar has its advantages. During the getting chatty stage of the evening The Drink Purchase is the Uno Wild Card of the Going to Bars Alone deck of cards. Bottom line, it rules. In case you are new to this world, or my father fearing for my safety, take the drink directly from the bartender. Nothing gets you kidnapped faster than your drink getting tampered with. Play it smart.
You might find yourself falling into the pit of despair with "I graduated 2nd in my class and I have a HUGE chip on my shoulder about it". This has happened to me. Mr. IG2IMCAIHAHCOMSAI was just talking my ear off about how this bar was his jam spot and he went there all the time, at which point I made eye contact with the bartender, whom I know, and laughed. I FINALLY got out of that conversation and the bartender laughed at how he tried to claim the bar for his own. Fun fact, I go there all the time sir and I have never seen you before in my life. Nice try. The bartender agreed.
Even if you do have to talk to the most curious of humans, with the least curious of lives, it should make for a fun story to tell your blog readers about.
4. Leave as You Came
You didn't come to this bar with a stranger, so don't leave with one. If CSI, Law and Order, Criminal Minds and every other crime drama have taught me one thing, it's that strangers want to murder you. I'm certain that you did not go to this bar to end up murdered. Don't leave with a potential murderer. Who is a potential murderer? Everyone.
5. Moral of the Story
I'm not saying this is your game plan every night. It certainly is not mine. What I am telling you is that you can have fun by yourself. You can infiltrate a group of strangers and hang out with them. These things are attainable. 90% of your hesitancy to venture out on your own is perceived fear. I calculated it. That's accurate. So I implore you to give this at least one try.
You won't regret it. Well you might, but I'm here to broaden your horizons.
I have to go, I have a baby shower in the morning.


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Series: Little sticker dolly dressing
By Fiona Watt
This enchanting little book for young children is full of princess dolls to dress with 200 reusable stickers of delightful outfits. Dress Princess Mako in her Japanese robes, find a Russian gown for Princess Natalia's summer party and dress Princess Polly for a masked ball. The back cover folds out to 'park' stickers while you dress the dolls.
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
"These fresh, bright and colourful Little Sticker Dolly Dressing books... have beautiful and very practical glossy pages and each includes hundreds of hardwearing, reusable stickers."
Lancashire Evening Post
"So often, sticker books have small stickers that are too tiny for little fingers to manipulate, and then children get frustrated. This book has lovely bright pages with pictures of all sorts of little princesses."
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There will be a total of 16 Speed Glides manufactured in 4 unique color combinations: Vivid Black on Black (4), Grabber Red (4), Championship White (4) and Leguna Seca Blue (4) Each limited edition SPEED GLIDE comes with a Trask Certificate of Authenticity and a number matching verification medallion. From concept to completion Nick Trask's goal was to create a minimalistic and aggressive tourer keeping its road qualities but that would stand the test of time and offer largely improved overall performance.
In true limited addition style, Trask added a power house to each bike that is being built. The new 2013 comes standard with the 103″ Twin Cam, which they have taken a step farther with new Cams and Trask limited edition turbo system. This combination produces 156HP and 166TQ. Aesthetically, The Speed Glide features many well designed custom parts and well thought details. Among them, Trask included their proprietary parts: Trask V-Line Handlebars and pegs, floorboards, Bag Latches, Chin Spoiler, etc. More info by contacting Nick Trask at Trask Performance at 623-879-8488.


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Supporting our members in prayer is very important at Christ Church.
Prayer requests can be added to a list just inside the sanctuary door on Sundays, or e-mailed to our Prayer Chain co-ordinator.
We have a team who pray faithfully each day for these confidential requests.
The Alongsiders group is a long term prayer ministry that will continue to pray for needs as long as required.
The Centering Prayer group meets at the church Wednesday mornings for a quiet time of reflective prayer and intercession.


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Life At Hogan's
Posted April 30, 2010on:
{I will miss this so very much.}
Smiles glisten in distorted reflections of table silverware.
Wavy faces trapped under reddish diner lights.
Curvy at the base. Spiraled at the ends.
Getting lost in casual till conversations; savoring them as they unfold.
Kissing ass, but keeping pride.
These lips have standards.
Concocting milkshakes, decaf on that coffee, green light – GO.
Lipstick remains on empty Coke glasses.
Pouring water just because.
No rebound this time, better luck next.
Feet cast beneath spells of increasing tempo and movement.
Toes loaded with wave after wave of momentum.
The flow of….energy.
Quick….moving….then quick again.
Looking forward to work.
Grease stains mark accomplishment.
Dirty aprons not to be frowned upon.
Feeding off invisible heat from the fryer.
And the grill.
And….the people.
You get what you give.
So give good.
Good morning, Mr. Sunday, how lovely you are today.
The door now becomes the alarm clock.
Stuck at a constant – in, out, out, in.
The good kind though, the purest form.
The sound of….happy.
The feeling of….alive.
{I am was content here.}
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Have a fun semester break!
Finals Trauma
The semester has (almost) come to an end. The reason why we've been avoiding blogging for so long is because we've been burning the midnight oil, or trying really hard to, studying for our finals which just ended. On the plus side, however, we have new recruits who you shall find out about soon enough! So in the next few weeks, we'll be trying to blog alot more, put up a few more essays in the Work section, and just generally revitalize the website to make it look grander. Do bear with us. Sadly, we are all college students prey to the pressures of examinations but mostly we're just lazy. We'll try to sort that out.
Have a fun semester break!
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Learn something
The story of a how a YouTube video of a blind man biking down a mountain inspired good non-fiction writing on echolocation. You may find it useful for your own writing. Read here.
An awful waste of space?
Amidst NASA's budgetary cuts and scientists' renewed vigor in justifying Space Programs, it is important to shed some light on the background. Click here for a succinct overview of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence(SETI) project.
Manto ka Muqaddama
Pakistaniat.com publishes, on the anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto's death, a sampling of his works, a tribute to him as well as articles chronicling the obscenity trial he was tried for. Read all three parts of the series here.
Not Another 2010 List
The folks over at The Last Word put up their list for the best non-fiction in the past year, including 'The Mind's Eye' which is very hard to find in bookstores, indeed! Read the full list here.
Bird Conspiracies
Leslie Kaufman at The New York Times tells us exactly why those birds flying above are dropping to their deaths. Click here to read the article.
Spontaneous Solar Growth!
Reported at MadScience, scientists at MIT have found a way to create solar cells that can regenerate themselves like living organisms. Read more here.
Lessons from Chernobyl
Decades after the radiation disaster at Chernobyl, scientists elucidate how plant life has been thriving in the highly radioactive environment. Read more here.
Rolling Ribbons
MIT Scientists revisit Galileo's famous inclined plane experiment, this time with polymer ribbons and discover complex results. Read here.
A Lifetime, Washed Away
Pakistani author Daniyal Mueenuddin writes in the NY Times about the aftermath of the flood and displaced people. Read more here of the article posted by 3QD.
On String theory and Materials Science
Click here to find out how physicists at MIT are using ideas of gauge/gravity duality to explain properties of superconductors.
That's why you're irrational!
Newsweek's Sharon Begley provides a fascinating argument for why evolution may favor irrationality. I particularly liked the examples she picked. Read here.
Just when you wanted a gene kit
The US Food and Drug Administration held hearings n the 19th and 20th of July to talk about the validity of tests which were sold directly to the public which gives consumers direct access to to their genomes. Should it be regulated? Read more here.
On Trees and Prisons
In a 6 minute talk on Ted.com, Nalini Nadkarni (shown above) talks about her ideas of incorporating conservation into prison programs. Watch the talk and read Nadkarni's fascinating biography here.
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Stem Cell Biology takes huge leaps forward with the new advances made in lung transplants based on using the lungs extracellular architecture. Read more from Nature here.
Economist Special Reports
Ten years after Craig Venter revealed the first working draft of the entire Human Genome, this special report demonstrates how Biology is now at the brink of something brilliant - just recently, the draft of the entire genome of the Neanderthal was revealed. Suck on that, sceptics!
Orbit Stories
Bobby Satcher, astronaut, the first orthopedic surgeon in space. Read all about his tales here on MITnews.
Craig Venter Creations
Researchers create world's first fully synthetic self replicating, living cell. Massive fuss about limitless monster potential possible. Read the NewScientist article here. Watch the Ted.com talk by Craig Venter here.
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On November 15th the annual Independent Band of the Year readers-poll contest concluded and Proudest Angel from Chicago, IL won by virtue of getting the most votes. This was another exciting year, and again was an outreach effort as there were bands featured not just from the Chicago and Indiana music scenes, but also from Spain and England! I want to thank all the bands for being a part of another competitive year of promoting independent heavy music through this contest. I hope your fans continue to follow this site.
Proudest Angel will become the featured band on this site for the 2017 calendar year starting in January. They will have a link to their primary website in the sidebar, announcements posted here ahead of each show they play, a review forthcoming of 'The Soundtrack to Your Next Bad Decision'- their first album since 2002, and other content as opportunity presents.
They also will get to nominate a band for the next 3 Independent Band readers polls. For now, you can follow their events and announcements on their facebook page, and stream their album online at their Bandcamp page.
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Home & Garden Columns
Garden Variety: Selecting Plants with Natural Scents in Mind
After a day of being olfactorily jostled by vehicle exhaust, the odd pile of dog turds by the sidewalk, and overdone, overused, over-applied synthetic perfumes, being surrounded by natural scents clears the crud from one's mind and mood.
Scent in flowers, like color and form, serves to attract pollinators. Big bright perfumed blooms usually don't toss pollen promiscuously into the air and up your nose; that's done by wind-pollinated plants with small, inconspicuous flowers. (Some of us seem to be allergic to the scents themselves, or to whatever sublimates carry them through the air, but that's more unusual than allergies to pollen or sensitivities to petroleum derivatives.)
Scientists looking to breed—or genetically engineer—the perfume back into modern hybrid roses have done a lot of looking into flowers' scent production. A few years ago a group at the University of Michigan found four separate genes that code specific enzymes that prod flowers to produce scent. This happens right in the tissues of the petals and it can be amazingly precise and versatile.
Within those petals, which may look pretty much uniform to us, plants can manufacture and release several different scents: a general come-hither near the petal's edge and a more specific directional indicator nearer its base. This looks like an analogy to the ultraviolet markers on flowers: bees can see them; we can't.
If you want a fragrant garden, consider a few things before choosing plants.
Some flowers, like those of the shrub night jessamine, mentioned last week, are overwhelmingly fragrant. Set such flowers at the far edge of your garden, to dilute the scent. Be kind to your neighbors about this, too, please.
Like night jessamine and nicotiana, some flowers release their scents only in the evening: brugmannsia (angel's trumpet) and some cacti and orchids, for instance.
Daphne blooms early in the year, when we all need encouragement. Earlier still are those white narcissus bulbs you can force in a dish of pebbles and water.
Old roses have the best scents. Shop for them when they're blooming, to find your favorite, or take notes and keep those fort bare-root season.
Citrus trees are famously fragrant, and many do well in big containers. If you love the scents, look for several types that bloom and bear fruit at different times. If not orange, then "mock orange," Philadelphus—we have a fine native species.
A nice fragrant underplanting is the humble, common, inexpensive white alyssum. The purple and pink kinds aren't so fragrant. Alyssum re-sows generously, which is good in a city garden but makes it dangerous to plant next to a wildland; it's already feral along the coast. Old-fashioned pinks smell wonderfully spicy; so do a number of our native annuals like Brewer's clarkia. Sweet stock is easy to find as seedlings; heliotrope and mignonette only a little less so.
Best is to shop a few times each season, and walk the streets and public gardens, with your nose working and a notebook and/or camera.
Next week: fragrances don't come only from flowers.


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Donald Roberston is my favourite fashion illustrator. I discovered him through the mighty Instagram and now I avidly follow him, along with hundred of thousands of others, last count he was closing in on 200k.
It's not surprising he's so loved. His feed is a glorious mix of colour, energy, LA lifestyle and the hilarious antics of his kids. It's all large tubes of colourful paint, expressive paintings bursting with energy, and poolside antics. All of this taking place in the California sun. I mean, what's not to love?! Don't take my word for it – have a look for yourself here.
Thanks to Instagram I spotted that he was in London for the launch of his book (its brilliant – buy it!) at one of London's most stylish book stores, Maison Assouline. This is VERY dangerous place for book lovers like myself. It's a mecca for my favourite subjects… art, fashion, travel and lifestyle. Needless to say, purchases are always made.
So I made sure I was on the guest list to this event – as there was no way I was missing out. And my stubborn ways paid off. As not only did I get to meet him but, best of all, I got to watch him draw on my copy of his book… my very own Donald Robertson! Is anything more wonderful than meeting someone who you not only admire but who you are also constantly inspired by? Answer? No! Needless to say I left loaded with books and a really, really big smile. Thank you Donald and thanks Instagram.
So this is my copy of Donald's book, with all my favourite cities drawn on the cover. Each has played an important part in my life. It goes without saying this is now my favourite book.
I just don't see how this can be topped. As books go, I feel things don't get better from here on in and I'm totally fine with that.


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I don't know whether I should feel sorry for my doggie JoJo or shove her into a crate with a one way ticket to Timbuktu.
She is so sweet. All she wants is to be loved. At least by people she KNOWS.
You see, our JoJo has a recognition problem. It doesn't seem to be her eyesight since she can catch the trickiest peanut butter snack thrown to her and take it all the way to the end zone.
I think her problems resemble more of the kind we have seen on AMERICAN IDOL this week.
Case in point. If I come into the house wearing a baseball cap, for example, JoJo will cease to recognize her master. It's as if I become an entirely different person to her. Never mind that I sound the same, look the same, and smell the same. She doesn't buy it. Not for one moment.
So she growls and howls and acts all tough while she wets the floor. Does she think we don't notice that??
But here is the really odd part that qualifies this as a Dumb Dog Moment.
If I wear my Tony Clifton outfit (complete with wig, mustache, sideburns, and dark glasses) she doesn't even bark. Not even a whimper. Not the least bit of a hint of a growl.
In fact, she licks my hand and wags her tail.
So...baseball cap...does not compute.
Crazy costume with crazy altered voice to go with it...licks and kisses.
Can anyone explain this one? Is the Dog Whisperer reading this? Anyone?
And now if you'll excuse me, I am going to pop into my Superman tights and head to the studio. Let's see if she barks.
P.S. She didn't bark. Maybe she only reacts when I wear the Wonder Woman duds.


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It is important to remember that some human foods can be very dangerous to dogs. If you wish to give your dog a treat, ensure that it is something dog friendly and avoid giving them any of the foods listed below.
Dogs are believed to be more sensitive to ethanol than humans and so drinking even a small amount of alcohol can cause effects. Certain alcoholic drinks may be more appealing to dogs, such as cream or egg based drinks. Dogs may develop similar effects to those expected in humans, including becoming drowsy, wobbly on their feet and in more severe cases they can develop low body temperature, low blood sugar, seizures and coma.
Roquefort and other blue cheeses contain a substance called roquefortine C, which is a substance produced by the fungus used to produce these cheeses. Dogs appear sensitive to this substance and in more extreme cases can cause dogs to quickly develop muscle tremors and seizures, which may last for up to two days.
When cooked, all bones become brittle and can easily splinter. Eating chicken, turkey or goose carcases may cause larger pieces of bone to cause an obstruction, while smaller pieces may irritate the gut, or even penetrate the stomach or intestinal wall, which may require surgery.
When preparing your Christmas day meal, ensure that any meat is kept on the kitchen surface, or out of reach of your dog. When throwing away a carcass, take it to the outside bin, therefore avoiding any temptation for your dog to raid your kitchen bin during the night.
Raw bread dough containing live yeast can expand in the warm and moist environment of the stomach. As the bread dough rises, or increases in size, it can lead to bloat and may escalate to causing the stomach to twist. Signs may appear as vomiting, retching, the dogs stomach appearing bigger than usual, weakness, collapse and possibly even death. The dough can swell to such a degree that it may decrease blood supply to the stomach wall, or my put pressure on the diaphragm and could interfere with breathing.
As well as the expanding dough causing problems, the multiplying yeast can start to produce alcohol and may cause. If adsorbed in to the blood, dogs may develop similar effects to those expected in humans, including becoming drowsy, wobbly on their feet and in more severe cases they can develop low body temperature, low blood sugar, seizures and coma.
Chocolate contains a chemical called theobromine which is poisonous to dogs and other animals. Generally speaking, the darker the chocolate, the more theobromine it contains, and therefore the more poisonous it is. White chocolate contains very little theobromine and although it is unlikely to cause theobromine poisoning, it is still very fatty and can make your dog ill.
Chocolate poisoning can initially cause vomiting and diarrhoea, but may lead to excitability, twitching, tremors, fitting and life threatening problems with the heart.
Each year, reports of dogs with chocolate poisoning increase dramatically around Christmas and Easter. During these periods take extra care to ensure that all chocolate is kept out of the reach of your dog. Although chocolate wrappers are not poisonous, they can cause an obstruction if eaten. This can be very dangerous and may require surgical intervention. Signs of an obstruction may include vomiting, lethargy, your dog being off their food, not defecating or finding it difficult to defecate.
Why these nuts are poisonous to dogs is not known, but macadamia nuts can cause your dog to appear weak (particularly in their hind limbs), dull, sleepy and they can sometimes appear wobbly on their feet, or they may appear in pain or stiff when walking. Vomiting, tremors, lethargy and an increased body temperature can also occur. These effects usually appear within 12 hours and may last up to two days.
Some macadamia nuts are covered in chocolate and so pose a double risk to dogs.
Mouldy foods can contain lots of different toxins and, if eaten, may make your dog ill. One particular substance, which is mostly found on mouldy dairy products, bread and nuts, can cause dogs to quickly develop muscle tremors and seizures, which may last for up to two days. If you compost your food scraps, then make sure that they are kept outside in a sealed container that your dog can not access.
Onions, garlic, leeks, shallots and chives all belong to the Allium family. These plants all contain a substance which can damage red blood cells in dogs and can cause life threatening anaemia. Signs may not present for a few days, but can include stomach problems and may cause your dog to become sleepy, dull, weak, or develop rapid breathing.
Poisoned dogs may also have discoloured urine. Ensure that your dog does not eat cooked foods that contain these vegetables, i.e. onion gravy, onion bhaji etc.
Based on current scientific findings, there is evidence to suggest that raw or cooked garlic is toxic to dogs. Therefore we would recommend that you do not feed your dog garlic unless it is in a licensed and authorised veterinary medicine or a supplement specifically formulated and produced for dogs (never give human supplements). Make sure the supplements are from a reputable source that has quality standards.
Grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas are all toxic to dogs and it is believed the dried forms of these fruits are more toxic. It is not known why these fruits are poisonous to dogs, or how much is dangerous. Some dogs have eaten large quantities of these fruit and had no effects, while others have become unwell after very small amounts.
As well as possibly causing stomach problems, these fruits can cause kidney failure, which can sometimes be delayed by up to three days. Kidney failure may sometimes present as a decrease in urination, or your dog may also appear dull and show signs of increased thirst.
Prompt treatment is important. If your dog does eat any amount, contact your veterinarian immediately.
It is important not to let your dog eat any foods that contain these fruits, such as hot cross buns, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, fruit cake, mince pies, stollen etc.
If available in large quantities some dogs may gorge themselves on sugary sweets kept aside for, or collected by, trick-or-treaters. After eating lots of sugar, or even lots of fat, dogs can develop pancreatitis (an inflammation of the pancreas), which may cause them to be off their food, develop vomiting, diarrhoea, lethargy and go into organ failure.
Some sugar-free sweets, sugar replacements, chewing gums, nicotine replacement gums and even some medicines, contain an artificial sweetener called xylitol, which can be very poisonous to dogs. Xylitol is more commonly found in food products in America, but is beginning to appear in sugar-free products in the UK as well. Xylitol can cause an otherwise healthy dog's blood sugar level to quickly drop to dangerous levels and larger amounts can also cause liver failure. Signs of poisoning can include your dog appearing weak, lethargic, or they may collapse or develop fits.
Keep all chocolate out of the reach of your dog. At Christmas, this includes chocolate coins hung from Christmas trees, advent calendars, boxes of chocolate put out on Christmas day and don't forget the wrapped chocolate presents under your Christmas tree (just because its wrapped doesn't mean your dog can't smell it!).
The information is intended to be used to prevent poisoning by raising awareness of certain poisons, rather than as a document to be used in an emergency. If you suspect that your dog has been poisoned, or has come into contact with potentially poisonous substances, contact your local veterinary practice immediately.
The lists of poisons in this information guide are not exhaustive. If an item is not mentioned in this guide it should not be assumed that it is not poisonous. Further advice on substances that could harm your dog could be sought from your local veterinary practice.
The Kennel Club is not a veterinary organisation and is unable to provide general or case specific veterinary advice. If you have any questions regarding any of the issues discussed in this article then please contact your local veterinary practice for further information.
If you think that your dog may have eaten, touched or inhaled something that it shouldn't have, consult your local veterinary practice immediately.
Do not try to make your dog sick. Trying to do this can cause other complications, which may harm your dog.
In an emergency you can help your veterinary practice make an informed decision as to whether your dog needs to be treated by them, and if so, what the best treatment would be. Where possible you should provide your veterinary practice with information on:
It is easier for a veterinarian to care for a poisoned dog if it is treated sooner rather than later. If you are in any doubt, do not wait for your dog to become unwell before calling for advice.
If you do need to take your dog to your veterinary practice, make sure that you take along any relevant packaging, or a sample of the poison, i.e. parts of plant or fungi. Always make sure that you yourself are protected and cannot be poisoned in turn.


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A few years ago, Anchor House made a positive decision to increase the number of female residents. In doing so we were able to create a women only floor of the building. The idea of a women only lounge stemmed from this move as yet another way of enhancing the provision of our services to better meet the needs of our female residents. The women who live here have enthusiastially embraced the ideam not only to use it for socialising but also to hold regluar meetings. From these regular meetings an activities programme has been initiated and ideas to invite outside speakers and hold health workshops have been developed which will contribute positively to the residents personal development plans.
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Here you will find all the projects I'm working on…
- MaxIDE X
- ProxyGadgets
- BlitzMax Companion
- HelpIndexCreator
- BlitzMax Help – Italian translation
- MaxGUI overview
- Leadwerks Engine Help Creator
I decided to create many new gadgets (using the proxy gadget approach) to extend the features of MaxGUI.
See here for more informations.
MaxIDE X
This is a variation of the MaxIDE source code that comes with BlitzMax. I've changed some things to have a more advanced IDE as:
- Integrated help search engine;
- Toggle button to switch debug on/off;
- Codetree keeps track of Types, Functions and Globals for a faster search;
- BlitzMax compiler version is shown in the titlebar;
- Autohighlight for CONSTs and FIELDs (you need to rebuild documentation for BlitzMax CONSTs hightlight)
Here you can grab latest version (bin win32 and source code).
BlitzMax Companion
This program manages the downloading and the installation of files (mainly related to BlitzMax language or its IDE) to simplify users' life.
BlitzMax Companion is a program similar in philosophy to Synaptic on Linux system, just targeted for BlitzMax use.
It requires – of course – an internet connection.
Supports 2 languages (english – as default, and italian).
The program reads a list reporting the information about the program (name, url, web site of developer, licence) and a 'bigger' file description.
At the moment I'm working on rev. 2 – not release date is defined – that uses the new Localization module, a better application codification and corrects many bugs.
Help Index Creator
This program rebuild the index.html page of the IDE Help system introducing a search function for the BlitzMax commands.
The search engine is based on a new page with a JavaScript in and some external file build by the program itself.
Commands you can looking for are all the commands reconingzed by the DocMods function (You can just add them simply using the correct syntax – see docmods for more information).
The program replaces the index.html page that is built as standard by the IDE with the function REBUILD DOCUMENTATION. So you need to rerun the program every time you choose to rebuild the documentation.
The search function is powerfull and easy.
You can type just a part of the command (as gadget) and you the system will show all the commands that contains the word gadget.
You can also search with wildcards: gadget* shows only the commands that start with gadget, *gadget will show only the commands finishing with the gadget word.
This version comes with a GUI.
It allows to change the path where BlitzMax is installed and it saves the information (in plain text) in a config.txt file.
It allows to choose to rebuild or not documentation directly by this application – the infomration is saved in the config.txt file (as 1 or 0).
The program can run directly from CLI, just type something like HELPINDEXCREATOR.EXE RUN (or any other word) and the program hide the gui.
In any case the program uses the informations saved in the config.txt file.
PS: Some technology of this program is now part of MaxIDE X project (and eliminates the Javascript limitation on MaxGUI's Linux version)
Windows version MacOS X (PPC) version Linux version
This is an example of the new help page
BlitzMax Help – Italian translation
Started to translate in italian the BlitzMax core-help (the documentation related to the language itself, the IDE, the BMK etc).
Next step – under work – is to create a translation of all the commands for the BRL & PUB modules.
This zip contains the SRC folder – just copy into the already present (note: you need the original SRC folder because this zip doesnt' contain some files).
Ho iniziato a tradurre l'aiuto di BlitzMax in italiano (praticamente i primi rudimenti del linguaggio, le regole sintattiche, l'IDE ecc.)
Il prossimo passo – al momento in corso d'opera – è quello di iniziare a tradurre tutti i comandi presenti nei moduli PUB e BRL.
Questo zip contiene la cartella SRC, basta copiarla su quella già presente nella cartella di BlitzMax. Attenzione: è necessario che la cartella originale sia già presente, perchè questo zip non contiene tutti i file necessari.
MaxGUI Overview
Leadwerks Engine Help Creator
This program creates local documentation for the LeadWerks Engine, usable for MaxIDE.
It is based on the Wiki definitions, so the content can be updated quite easy via the program.
You can download the program here (windows32)
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We at Cutthroat Leaders have been building and perfecting various leader systems for fly fishing for the better half of 15-20 years. First started building leaders in Montana, now we are located in Boise Id. From Delicate Dry Presentations to various indicator set-ups as well as making tossing Huge Streamers much more fun. The leader is often overlooked yet has more to do with presentation than any other fly fishing tool one uses on the water. We fish with what we sell, therefore, we know how good our leaders are. Often copied, but never duplicated. Give us a look, you will not be disappointed.
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Just recently I was honoured with a request to sit on a board. It was concerning a new 'movement' that some guys wanted to start. They were calling young people from about three different churches to sit on that board. It was basically a bid to start what seems to be happening in other countries and was started by two guys in America who happen to be identical twins. Its called "The Rebelution", defined as a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture. In essence it is encouraging teens to do 'big things' in their teen years. Its a 'good idea' but one I am not ready to throw my weight in due to... read on.
A friend of mine shared his dream and vision with me a couple weeks ago. It reminded me of something I learnt while away from home. He told me of how his University dilapidated and had never actually been completed since its initial construction some 50yrs (plus-minus) ago. His dream and vision was to see his school restored to its former state and completed. He attends the biggest and oldest higher institution of learning in the land and so it was no small deal.
He wanted to rally up as many sponsors as possible from graduate students, the government, well wishers, current students, NGOs, companies etc. It was a massive idea and would take alot to accomplish.
Well, I didn't really want to discourage him, but I did mention before commending him, that I once had dreams like that...
I know our nation is in bad condition. Jobs are hard to find, for many finishing school is like hitting a dead end, nowhere to go from there, colleges are either full, unavailable or unaffordable.
I know about the sickness and poverty and corruption. I know about the street kids. I know that AIDS is rearing its dark shadow over the nation. I realise that young men are drinking their lives away and how great a waste of resource it is for our country. Many times I have thought up ideas and solutions to solve these problems. "Maybe if I did this or that", I'd think. I even considered entering politics after school and causing some positive influence. I've always dreamed of changing our nation somehow or other, but all these initiatives, dreams and visions have since ceased. And that is exactly what I told my friend.
The question was, of course, why? Why'd I give up on those dreams? Dreams of changing the face of our nation as we know it today?
Well, those dreams ceased when I realised the heart of the matter. I was working on the presupposition that the more comfortable, developed and wealthy a society is, the better it becomes. I thought, the eradication of the many things that are pulling our nation down, would make things more pleasant and everyone would be happy.
I had the privilege of living in a society whose welfare was far better than where I was from. It was a whole new world for me. Proper roads and road networks, good health care, more jobs, availability of education, etc. It was a far cry from what I was accustomed to. I remember thinking if only home was like this, things would be better. It didn't take long for me to find that my ideal society was not ideal at all. It seemed that the more sophisticated a society was, the more sophisticated its sin was as well. I was hearing and seeing things I'd never even dreamed. The development, comfort and wealth of a society obviously wasn't the issue, there was a deeper and more serious problem other than the lack of the aforementioned, namely, the problem of sin.
No amount of development or sophistication could make a society better, because the problem is not a lack of development or sophistication. The problem isn't a lack of health care or education or the prevalence of corruption, poverty or sickness. The problem is the heart of man. Jeremiah says, "the human heart is the most deceitful of ALL things and DESPERATELY wicked, who can understand it?" (Jer 17:9). This is common for a poor or rich man. Educated man or uneducated man, Simple or sophisticated man. They all have one thing in common, sinful hearts.
Any efforts to better a man are useless without Jesus Christ. Its the same with a community or nation. The gospel is the answer.
I am not saying that we should not help people or engage in or aid humanitarian efforts but its not something you'd want to throw the bulk of your resources in because it doesn't change lives like the gospel does. Our energies must be spent, more than anywhere else, in something that actually cures and saves, the gospel. I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life fighting and working towards a better economy. I'd just help where I can. I'd rather spend and be spent most for the spreading of the gospel because I know, that Jesus is the answer for the world today!
My buddy, if he goes ahead with his plan, will spend alot of energy, time and money. Imagine what could result if he spent those resources in the only thing that will ever make his University better, the gospel! I'd feel differently if the spreading of the gospel was included in his plan. The rebelution, as well, will improve lives (after a lot of sweat blood and tears [and time and money]) but again, what about the only cure for man kind, the gospel? Where is it in there?
Wealth doesn't improve a man's well being, the gospel does.
You can take a man from poverty and give him a better life but he will remain the empty sinner he was. Unless you give him Christ, you havn't given him anything.
We can rebuild our towns and roads, and improve our transport systems, and elevate our economy and educate and medicate the people but unless we offer our nation the Lord Jesus Christ along with that, we would have done nothing other than waste our resources. And besides:
"Only one life, 'twill soon be past,
Only what's done for Christ will last."


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July 20, 2017
Lenthor Engineering Invests in Hakuto's Mach630NP Next-Gen Dry Film Laminator
Lenthor Engineering, a California-based designer, manufacturer and assembler of flex and rigid-flex printed circuit boards, has invested in Hakuto's Mach630NP next-gen dry film laminator from Matrix USA.
The Mach630NP was designed by Hakuto to solve yield issues stemming from the ever-growing expectations for smaller tolerances below 5 mils. Other benefits of the machine include ease of use and low-cost maintenance, as well as quick change of rollers and offline cassette loading to maximize the overall use of time.
Lenthor's General Manager Rich Clemente said, "We are excited about this newest capital investment and continuing our commitment to automating our manufacturing processes. Hakuto laminators have an outstanding reputation for reliability in this industry. The upgrades in this newest model address many of the challenges we face working with ultra-thin materials, multiple copper profiles, film thicknesses and sub 2 mil lines and spaces. The yield increase expected along with the reduced labor and film waste should provide a quick ROI on this investment. We anticipate securing several more assets in the coming weeks utilizing ultra-thin core transport and automated loading/unloading which will continue our mission to make our new facility the model for flex and rigid flex manufacturing in North America."
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Nicki Minaj inspired some conspiracy theorists to speculate on a possible Illuminati connection from her performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards. While the religious imagery convinced some that she has dealings with the secret society, her associate Waka Flocka Flame dismisses the theories as gossip and says that the organization is hurting society more than helping it.
"My thoughts on that? I ain't got no thoughts on that, it's bullshit. Niggas just make up names cause they don't know people's business. They create business for people's business," he said. "Like, if people stop being so nosy and stay out of people's business, maybe the name Illuminati won't be created. Honestly, they're just making a lot of money off of that shit because they selling books to people that's buying it, and that money is generating millions. I don't believe in that shit. Salute to Nicki, I loved her performance. I love everything she does."
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South African Journal of Education
On-line version ISSN 2076-3433
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S. Afr. j. educ. vol.33 n.4 Pretoria Jan. 2013
Safe schools in an emerging economy country: In pursuit of quality education provision
Guest Editors: Mahlapahlapana J Themane and David Osher
For the past ten years South African schools, as in other parts of especially the emerging economy world, have been criticized for not creating educational settings that are safe and provide quality education (Van Jaarsveld, Minnaar & Morrison, 2012). Criticism pertaining to unsafe and unsupportive schools that are not conducive to teaching and learning include: infrastructure issues (lack of water and sanitation, and lack of safety and security (Prinsloo, 2005); rights issues (violation of children's, and especially girl children's, rights (Masitsa, 2011); teaching and learning issues (under-prepared teachers, teacher absenteeism, language of teaching and poor conditions for learning (Vogel, Seaberry, Barnes & Kelley, 2003); health and well-being issues (including poor health conditions in schools, disconnects with parents/caregivers, lack of hope and optimism among teachers and children, lack of social and emotional safety and gender based violence in schools, and failure to address unsafe/at-risk health practices that contribute to illness, teenage pregnancy and early drop-out (Vermeer & Tempelman, 2006); school-community issues (a lack of connectedness between schools and the communities in which they function (Fourie, 2003; Palmer, 2005 ); and governance and policy issues.
However, within the same context of transformation, scarce resources and high needs, others have found instances of high performance even in the presence of high need (Department of Education, 2008; Ebersöhn, 2012; Irvine, 2000). For example, different community organizations, NGOs, and government agencies have made concerted efforts to address quality education in their countries: UNICEF and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have introduced the principles of child-friendly schooling (CFS) into pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes to improve quality education (Irvine & Harvey, 2010; Osher, Kelly, Tolani-Brown, Shors & Chen, 2009). Since 2005, CFS has been implemented by South Africa's National Department of Education in partnership with UNICEF as Safe and Caring Schools. A number of South African higher-education institutions participate in Child Schools programmes. This call for papers aims to (1) extend our understanding of how to create safe and supportive schools (UNICEF) with strong conditions for learning and providing high quality education and (2) initiate a debate on the manner in which higher education institutions contribute to knowledge generation and incorporate principles of schools as safe and enabling contexts in their research, teaching and community engagement. This debate embraces Nelson Mandela's legacy regarding quality education: "It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a quality education. Those who do not believe this have small imaginations" (Mandela, 2007).
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Irvine J 2000. South Asia and basic education: Changing UNICEF's strategic perspectives on educational development and partnerships. Prospects, 30:297-311. [ Links ]
Irvine J & Harvey J 2010. Child Friendly Schools Standards and Indicators for Teacher Education: Mainstreaming Child Friendly Schools: Models and Approaches in National Pre-service and In-service. Canada: Common Wealth of Learning (COL). [ Links ]
Fourie M 2011. Beyond the ivory tower: service learning for sustainable community development. South African Journal of Higher Education, 17:31-38. [ Links ]
Mandela RN 2007. Speech at the founding of the Nelson Mandela Institute, Johannesburg: Support the Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign. [ Links ]
Masitsa MG 2011. Exploring safety in township secondary schools in the Free State Province. South African Journal of Education, 31:163-174. [ Links ]
Osher D, Kelly DL, Tolani-Brown N, Shors L & Chen Chen-Su 2009. UNICEF child friendly schools programming: Global evaluation final report. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. [ Links ]
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FCS Division 1 Championship
This week every year has become one of my favorite weeks in Frisco. It is the week of the FCS Division 1 Championship Game. The top two NCAA Division 1 teams come to Frisco for a week of festivities which concludes with the Championship Game. On Wednesday evening, the returning champions North Dakota State University Bison and the challenger Eastern Washington University Eagles arrived in Frisco. As the tradition, Visit Frisco, Frisco Chamber and many of us greet the two teams as they arrive in Frisco.
Miracle League of Frisco
On Thursday evening, the Bison and the Eagles both participate in community outreach. At Performance Indoor Training off of North County Road, both teams came to play football but for a special purpose. Miracle League of Frisco provides opportunities for special needs children to play sports. Each child was paired with a "buddy" from NDSU or EWU. The children range in age from 5 to 19. Some of them are in wheelchairs or need to depend on crutches. It is so rewarding for everyone involved to see the excitement in these children's eyes.
NTX BBQ Bowl
After the football game with the Miracle League, we went to the NCAA Great Texas Barbecue Bowl at Main Event. The teams have an enjoyable evening of eating Texas barbecue and bowling. These players worked hard to get to this position and this is one of the opportunities to relax and have fun.
Last year's NCAA Division I FCS Championship Game impacted the Frisco and surrounding area's economy by over $8.1M. We want to provide a memorable and welcome experience to these teams so they want to stay longer and look forward to coming back, especially in the case of North Dakota State! Frisco will be full all weekend. So if you see a Bison or Eagle fan, thank them for coming to Frisco.
Special City Council Meeting
We had a special City Council meeting on Wednesday evening. Normally, it would be held on the first Tuesday but it was New Year's Day. Council voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the 2012 Master Service Agreement with Exide Technologies. This is a major milestone for Frisco. We finally have a plan for cleaning up the battery recycling company's closed operating plant site and protecting Stewart Creek from future contamination. This agreement effectively ends pending litigation over the MSA and adds new details about how to clean up Stewart Creek and the former operating plant. There are two important items to understand. First, Council pursued a boardroom rather than courtroom strategy. Several years back when I was on Council, we realized Exide was not good for Frisco. Many wanted to employ litigation to force Exide to leave. Thankfully, others along with City Manager George Purefoy, wanted to try to work out this agreement directly with Exide. If we had pursued litigation on the outset, it would have cost the taxpayers dearly. The lead plant stopped operations in 2012 and later filed bankruptcy. Exide filed a lawsuit in early 2018 and Wednesday's approved amendment ended it. The other item of particular interest to many of our residents is the Exide land itself. As part of this amendment, we have an agreed upon plan to remediate the land and Stewart Creek. The Exide property is 93 acres located in the heart of our city, east of Dallas North Tollway and north of Stonebrook. Due to the proximity to the future Grand Park, Downtown Rail District, and Frisco Square, we now have more options to connect these areas or expand them. Closing out Exide has been a goal for the City and Council for many years. However, there was always one person who would not give up and was determined to see it through, City Manager George Purefoy. Thank you, George, for your wisdom and patience.
At Council, Frisco Fire Department explained the implementation of the Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Program. The Fire Department knew waiting for a transfusion at the hospital after experiencing trauma could be fatal. Frisco Fire Department worked to decrease the precious minutes for someone to receive life-saving blood. They worked with the U.S. Military to learn how they administer blood products on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. It took two years to implement the program. The first week they started the program, a construction worker at The Star was struck by 6000 pounds of material. Frisco Fire Department was able to quickly move the 6000 pounds of construction material and provided the transfusion at the site of the accident. He is now in "serious but stable condition." Thank you, Frisco Fire Department, for continually searching for more ways to keep our city safe. Frisco is the first city in North Texas to have this capability.
Frisco Amongst Safest Cities in America
This leads me to another award which Frisco was recognized this week. Smart Asset announced the Safest Cities in America. Frisco was listed as #6. When you read stories like the one above, you really are not surprised that we are #6.
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Meet Frisco Artist, Brandi Mieger
On Thursday, I met Brandi Mieger. She is the artist whose photography work is displayed this quarter in my City Hall office. We change out the art every quarter to promote and bring awareness to local artists. When I have meetings, people ask about the art and it gives me an opportunity to talk about it and our vibrant arts community. Frisco has an abundance of visual artists. In the past couple of years, the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco's membership has more than tripled. The VAGF works with our Public Art Coordinator to identify art and artists for the office Council and I share at City Hall. Thanks, Brandi, for sharing your photography on Frisco. Also, the art is for sale.
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1967: A November dinner party, and Christmas
That year, Thanksgiving was hosted at my Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary Ann's house. However, Mom and Dad hosted some relatives for a non-Thanksgiving dinner that month: Pat Ennis Sandstrum and David, Grandma (Mueller) and Catherine (Ennis). – pork tenderloin casserole lemon cake pudding There is that darn pork tenderloin casserole again! This must be… Continue reading 1967: A November dinner party, and Christmas


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Darden to sell Red Lobster for $2.1 billion | Restaurants
Roger Yu, USA TODAY
Darden Restaurants said Friday it agreed to sell Red Lobster and related real estate assets to investment firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion, shedding its worst performing chain to pay off some company debt.
In the cash deal, Darden will receive net cash proceeds, after tax and transaction costs, of about $1.6 billion. The Orlando-based restaurant company plans to use $1 billion to pay off debt and use the rest to buy back shares.
Darden has been seeking to sell the seafood restaurant chain for months to ease its debt levels and also reached out to real estate buyers to facilitate sale-leaseback financing for the purchase of the business.
Darden said it chose Golden Gate to do the deal because it's an all-cash transaction and allows the company to maintain its dividend. Darden expects to maintain its current quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share, or $2.20 per year.
Shares of Darden fell 0.87% in pre-market trading to $50.25.
Red Lobster has been a laggard among Darden's chains. In the three-months period ending Feb. 23, Red Lobster's sales fell 8.7% from a year ago to $611 million.
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The Star of Cathay would return for one more story in which we would learn its origins, yadda-yadda, and that Jimmy leaped into Marco Polo and Spartacus because he is their reincarnation! Because Jimmy Olsen, folks.
4 comments:
- SallyP said...
Oh Jimmy.
Why oh why isn't he on the Talk Show circuit with stuff like this?
- March 2, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- Siskoid said...
Or have his own series full of crap like this? Is there no room for a weirdness magnet in the New52?
- March 2, 2013 at 10:55 AM
- Matthew Turnage said...
The Murray Boltinoff edited issues of JO at the end of its run are a bit odd, like they couldn't quite decide what the book needed to be. It felt like they were trying to bring Jimmy more into the bronze age with the "Mr. Action" bit, but they still wanted to embrace the silver age weirdness with stories like this. I like those issues a lot, but it still felt like the book didn't have as clear a sense of purpose as some of the other Superbooks of the time.
But following on from Kirby is hard to do, so I understand their difficulties.
I would love a new 52 Jimmy Olsen series. I thought Nick Spencer perfectly captured what a modern Jimmy Olsen series could be in his Action backups/one shot. I wish they'd continue in that direction.
- March 2, 2013 at 11:27 AM
- Siskoid said...
Yeah, where do you go from the Fourth World? Superman's Pal just went back to where he was before, more or less, and they almost read like pre-Kirby inventory stories though to be fair, this kind of thing was par for the course in the Superman titles right up to the Byrne reboot.
Spencer's Jimmy was indeed great.
- March 2, 2013 at 11:54 AM


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The more accurate version of this question would really be something like, "Why do some trees fall over in a storm while others stay standing?" The answer is more complex than a simple distinction between old, rotted, and weak vs. young, healthy, and strong. Instead, writes Mary Knudson at Scientific American blogs, trees fall because of their size, their species, and even the history of the human communities around them.
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