I believe that the love that we have for our pets is the most pure of any love that we experience.
These days our old girl, Mikki-Lyn has lost her hearing and can't see very well. The worst is the damn stairs that she has difficulty with. Chris and I will stay on whatever level she is on. We can't move from one floor to the other without her following . . . So we do our best to accommodate. We take turns leaving the room.
Lately Mikki-Lyn has periodic accidental poops in the house. We accept that this is just a part of aging. We are very cautious to reassure her that she didn't do anything bad—that we love her. And good grief, we do love her so.
Lots of folks would say that we were attributing human traits to an animal and therefore a bit wacky.
But our reality is our reality. When I look into any of our pets eyes I see their happiness, their trust and their deep and unfailing love. What an amazing gift they so freely give. I look into my own heart . . . what an amazing and limitless love.
And keep the heart open no matter how painful it is. Equanimity here is to allow, without judging, our experience.
Our pets provide a beautiful source for all this to be.
Perhaps there are varying degrees or types of attachment. Some wholesome and some not. I think that of my attachments, the wholesome are of the love variety. I love the Buddha-Dharma and hope that I never lose the attachment. I'm attached hopelessly to animals.
I like the Porsche (model: Boxter) very much and know that suffering is coming. The first scratch and so on. It's an object that does not open my heart . . . Well, maybe a little while navigating a curvy road.
"Dew drop girl in a dew drop world . . . But this, but this!
The original didn't say "girl". I put the girl in there. I was on a long retreat just after my beloved Sadie died.
The poem is meant to point to "emptiness" – dew drop in dew drop world.
The "but this—but this . . .
Points to our heart's nature to suffer while we are in this world of samsara.
Will Lister had been practicing meditation since 1997. At the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, he has completed training in the Dedicated Practitioners' and Community Dharma Leaders programs, and is currently enrolled in the Heavenly Messengers Program - Awakening through Illness, Aging and Death.


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Friday August 8, 2008 10:12 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Infoworld reports (via MacsimumNews) that Samsung has been working with developers to boost solid state drive (SSD) performance in operating systems. Samsung announced Wednesday that it has been in talks with Microsoft to boost performance in Windows:
The speed and way in which SSDs fetch and cache data are different than hard drives, said Michael Yang, flash marketing manager at Sun. Samsung hopes to work with Microsoft to boost SSD performance on Windows by discovering optimal packet sizes for data transfers and the best ways to read and write files, for example.
Of interest to Mac users is that Sun has already been working with Samsung to improve SSD support in their ZFS file system.
Sun is adding capabilities to boost the durability and performance of SSDs on ZFS-based operating systems. For example, Sun may add defragmentation capabilities for SSDs, which organizes data in a particular order to enable quicker data access.
Apple has announced that ZFS read/write support will be in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) server, although there has been no official word on the consumer version. Apple lists the benefits of ZFS:
Snow Leopard Server adds read and write support for the high-performance, 128-bit ZFS file system, which includes advanced features such as storage pooling, data redundancy, automatic error correction, dynamic volume expansion, and snapshots.
Solid State Drives are a new technology that promise faster disk drive performance but are presently at premium prices. Prices, of course, are dropping quickly. Apple recently dropped the price of the MacBook Air 64GB SSD upgrade from $999 to $599. While there were some controversial claims from Tom's Hardware that SSDs actually reduced notebook battery life, a followup report indicates that this is not necessarily the case.

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I face this question more often and I suspect – or I hope – it is a sign of my progress in the craft. Ideas come from everywhere. They also arrive on a spectrum of completeness. I recently had an idea for an entire serial. I had all of the major elements from beginning to end in the length of time it took me to walk up nine flights of stairs. I've had another idea floating through my notebooks for nearly three years. So far it just a title with no story.
A million ideas but how many are stories, novels, or something else? I have learned to think through the following to find my story's form. This is just my process and my thoughts on how stories work best. There are no absolutes in writing fiction, and I could change my thinking as I journey deeper into the craft.
First, is there a story? Is there some sort of conflict with at least two characters? They don't have to be people but they do have to act as entities readers recognize as people. Without these two basic elements I think it is difficult to develop a story. You might have a setting or a contemplation but it won't be a story.
If there's conflict and characters in the idea—or I can see a way to those elements—is there a plot? A plot in the strict sense of three or five or seven parts is not always required. A plot could be something as simple as a character reaching a realization—an epiphany—that will change the course of their lives. This works well for short stories. In a very short story often the change or the epiphany is the point of the story.
Characters, some sort of a plot; now what? Setting. Where and when does the story happen? It rarely works to have characters acting in a place not firmly planted in the reader's mind.
So I have all the elements, what story form should it be expressed in? In my experience this comes down to quantities. How many characters are needed to tell the story? One or two characters, one plot, one or two settings, try it as a short story or novelette at the longest.
In non-genre fiction you can write a complete novel with just a couple of characters, a restrictive setting, and a narrow, or even no plot. For genre writers this is more difficult. It's not impossible but takes skill. Genre readers have expectations for the longer forms of genre stories. There have to be certain elements within the story to satisfy those expectations. Only the shorter forms seem to allow genre writers to work outside those expectations. Again, there are no absolutes, this is just how it works for me.
Have several characters and a couple of plots, and maybe several settings? Try a novella or novelette. Have a sweeping set of plots and subplots and a large cast of characters? Then try a novel, novel series, or even a serial.
Finally, what about the ideas that don't make it as stories in any form? Keep them. They may fit inside another story later, or they may need just one more idea to flower into a story. And if it's a strong idea but no story suggests itself, maybe try it as a poem. Let no good idea go to waste.


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Compared to other Europeans, the Dutch sometimes have different needs when it comes to charging electric cars. That is the outcome of a study on the preferences of Europeans with regard to charging of electric cars, conducted by the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) in the framework of the European research project Grid4Vehicles.
Consumers from eight different countries were asked to fill out an online questionnaire on how, where and under which conditions they would like to charge an electric car. The report on the results of this survey has been published today. One striking detail is the fact that, compared to the other Europeans, the Dutch would like to have more charging points for their electric cars. They also have higher demands with regard to the range of the electric car.
The questionnaire was distributed in eight countries by means of e-mails and website announcements. 220 of the 1,899 respondents who filled out the questionnaire came from the Netherlands. The others came from Portugal, Spain, Sweden, France, Germany, England and Italy. Together with the German and French respondents, the Dutch have indicated to be least interested in buying an electric car in the next two years (3.19 on a scale of 1 to 7, compared to 3.76 on average). The Dutch respondents also demand a higher range (389 km compared to 308 km on average) before they will decide to actually buy an electric car. The answers to the question about the preferred location for recharging one's vehicle also show large differences among the countries. Although the majority of the respondents does have a parking place either at home or at work, and would prefer to charge their car there, the Dutch respondents have relatively less private parking space (55%) compared to the average of the countries that are mentioned (70%). It was indicated that it is cheaper to charge at a private parking place than at a public charging pole.
To prevent high peak demand in the electricity grid in the evening, respondents were asked if they would be interested in participating in a system that postpones the charging of the car to night time (ensuring a full battery in the morning). It was indicated that postponed charging at home would cost 2 euro for a full battery, compared to 3 euro otherwise. Although on average the interest was large (5.74 on a scale of 1 to 7), the Dutch are least interested in this system together with the Spanish (5.6 on a scale of 1 to 7). The interest of Dutch respondents to participate in a system that would discharge the battery of the electric car at times of high electricity demand peaks, and recharge it later, the so-called vehicle-to-grid (V2G), was a bit lower (4.2 on a scale of 1 to 7) compared to other countries (4.4. on average on the same scale). Even when the battery is leased instead of bought along with the car, the interest in V2G remains low.
Although further research is needed on the preferences and wishes of future users of electric cars, this study already shows that there is a large chance that differences will arise in the charging behaviour of users of electric cars in various countries in Europe. Due to these differences, the electricity grids in the various countries will need to be adjusted to the users in different ways. Moreover, the charging infrastructure (locations of the charging poles) will be different per country and possibly also per region. The collected data for the Netherlands show for example that there is a larger demand for public charging points compared to other countries.
Both in the Netherlands and abroad, electric transportation is stimulated by government and industry. Much research is dedicated to electric cars. A large part of this research focuses on the technical aspects of the vehicles such as the electric motor, the batteries, the plugs and the charging equipment. Up to now, less attention was paid to the wishes and preferences of the future user of the electric car, whereas the large-scale use and particularly the charging of the electric car will have a large impact on the electricity grid.
In the European project Grid4Vehicles (www.g4v.eu) electricity companies from all over Europe are working together to map the effects of the large-scale use of electric cars on the grid and to examine to what extent, how and where the grid needs to be adjusted in the short and longer term. The ECN study on preferences of potential users of electric cars will be included in the analyses of the effects on the electricity grid.


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Heritage and OFA have Congressional Recess Strategies; What's Yours?
Yay, August in DC! Congress is home, the streets are quiet, and we're even enjoying a burst of Spring-like weather. But if you're a political advocate, your life probably isn't as slow as it would have been in past years:
At town hall meetings, lawmakers will face activists calling for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. On walks in local neighborhoods, they could run into gun-control advocates, who plan to blanket key districts with fliers. During visits to the county fair, they are likely to encounter voters demanding defunding of President Obama's signature health-care law.
Liberal groups are organizing hard in part because they took such a beating in the 2009 congressional recess (most notably in "town hall" meetings that turned into viral-video-ready Tea Party rallies), but both sides are cranking up their efforts to reach congressmembers while they're home in their districts: witness Heritage Action's nine-stop rally tour, featuring Ted Cruz. In response, don't forget to join the President's Truth Team!
Of course, a congressional recess advocacy push wasn't new in 2009 any more than it is now, but with grassroots-organizing technology in everyone's hands, it's no longer the preserve of lobbyists able to take congressmembers on elaborate (and expensive) "fact-finding" tours over the break. So, what's YOUR recess strategy?
Here's the thing: recess presents a rare opportunity to catch congressmembers at home, where they're less insulated by busy schedules, Hill security and a cocoon of staffers. And while many of our advocacy tools (think: mass emails to the Hill) work best when the targets are concentrated, we can still use them to create constituent connections close to home. One useful framework: think like the Obamacare advocates who are marrying a national campaign with intensive local education work in the states.
But most organizations will have to make a choice about where to concentrate, and here's why: most of our organizing tools aren't so great at targeting congressional district offices, where local voices can stand out. Emails route through the Hill offices, for example, and the Capitol Hill switchboard (whose number we usually include in "call asks") is going to send callers to the same place. So, mass emails that can direct supporters to 435 Hill offices are pretty much useless at sending people to district offices…unless you spend the time to segment you list by district and send each member's constituents a separate communication that includes an address and/or phone number.
Some larger organizations have invested in technology that will do just that, and more power to them: it's granularity in action. The rest of us will likely need a combined approach that encourages national action where possible and local action where we have the resources to arrange it. Here are a few options to think about:
Targeted district office calls and meetings. Pick your targets (either members deemed persuadable or people you want to beat up on) and send messages district-by-district as described above. Include instructions for calling/visiting their congressmember's office along with talking points. Encourage them to try to get a meeting with the member if at all possible, though of course this is one of those cases where you'll really need to trust your members to represent you well.
Op Eds and LTEs. I get the feeling the elected officials are just about the only people who pay attention to Letters to the Editor in the local newspaper, so let's give 'em something to chew on. Most online advocacy providers (Convio, Salsa, et al) include an LTE module that your supporters can use to contact local media, but be careful — if a publisher gets a flood of identical letters, they're likely to ignore them all. So you might segment your list, perhaps sending only to activists who've taken a certain number of actions in the past, so that each paper gets a trickle, not a flood.
Op Ed columns are also useful, but they need to be highly targeted to the district: i.e., they should be from someone IN the district, or at least the state. And with every editorial board able to use Google, if you're shopping the same Op Ed column to different papers, they'll find out fast if it's already run somewhere else under a different author's name. So write and target your Op Eds carefully, and be sure to have a local ally in the byline.
Rallies and Events. Rallies are fun! Everybody loves a party…and every party host has thrown one that no one's shown up to. Rallies, town halls, house parties and other events can be great ways to show public support for your issues, and particularly if they're in a public place (for instance, in front of a congressmember's district office) they can get valuable local media attention. But every event runs the risk of falling flat, deflating activists in the process — and news coverage of a failed event is just sad. So be careful to turn people out, if you don't want to turn them off.
Tapping local networks. Even if you don't have a robust nation-wide grassroots base or the funds to launch a multi-city rally tour, you can still make a difference locally, if you're tied to smaller organizations via coalition or other relationships.
Think about the content you could generate around your issues, which local groups could use in THEIR outreach work. What about social media content? Could you create (visual-heavy) Facebook posts that allies could share with their members and advocacy targets? What about email templates, or Op Ed templates? White papers that groups could drop off with district staff? Talking points for meetings with members? Plenty of local organizations would love to advocate more, but they don't know where to get started. Why not amplify your own work by helping your allies do their jobs better?
Get 'Em While You Can
September's looking grim in DC, with a dysfunctional Republican caucus running the House and a (manufactured) government-funding crisis on the winds. Things are going to get ugly once Congress gets back to the lovely tree-shaded avenues of D.C., and it's going to be damn hard for advocates of all stripes to cut through the cacophony. August recess might not be the quite time of legend, but it's still a unique moment to catch a lot of congressmembers at home. Go get 'em while you can.
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Your efforts to develop and use your personal power to the exclusion of all else will unfortunately keep you sidelined from your proper life path. You may have past-life issues surrounding being a VIP in a prior lifetime, and you still have residual expectations that others will treat you with the deference and even fear that you knew before. Well, that was then, and this is now.
When you're stuck in an unconscious desire for power over others and act on these hidden motivations, you won't be guided toward your most fulfilling destiny. You may also be overly concerned with your resources and their conservation. Since when will accumulating material wealth assist you on your life path? Adjust your values, please. Don't be so afraid of losing anything that you cling to everything. Relax, and release; for it is only in this state that you will find your karmic purpose and destiny.
I think these nodes may be mistaken for the opposite. My north node is in the 3rd house of communication and immediate surroundings, and the south in the 9th house of spirituality and religion. In past lives I have practiced astrology and spiritual matters, and find that it is very comforting – which the south node does. My north node is about communicating to those closest to me, which i have a very difficult time working with. But its something I have been aware of and have been working on.
Although, at the same time, I feel your description of the part where I may have been a VIP in a past life kind of resonates.


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Apple posted better earnings and revenue than Wall Street expected for the March 2019 quarter — even as sales of its flagship iPhones were $6.5 billion lighter in the period, down 17%.
For the quarter ended March 30, which is Apple's fiscal year 2019 second quarter, the company reported revenue of $58.0 billion, down 5% from the year-ago quarter, and earnings per diluted share of $2.46, down 10%.
Wall Street analysts' consensus estimates had projected Apple to report revenue of $57.37 billion and EPS of $2.36. Apple's stock rose over 5% in after-hours trading.
While iPhone revenue fell, to $31.05 billion, Apple's Services segment — which includes the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, Apple Care and Apple Pay — generated quarterly record revenue of $11.5 billion, up 16%. According to CEO Tim Cook, Apple had 390 million paid subscriptions at the end of March, up 30 million in the last quarter.
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Other bright spots: Revenue in the company's Wearables, Home and Accessories segment jumped 30%, to $5.13 billion, and iPad sales hit a six-year high of $4.87 billion (up 22% year over year).
As in the 2018 holiday quarter, Apple's sales in Greater China declined, dropping 21% year-over-year, to $10.22 billion. The tech giant had warned of weaker sales in China earlier this year. On the earnings call, Cook said there's an "improved trade dialog" between the U.S. and China.
"Our March quarter results show the continued strength of our installed base of over 1.4 billion active devices, as we set an all-time record for Services, and the strong momentum of our Wearables, Home and Accessories category, which set a new March quarter record," Cook said in announcing the earnings.
Apple expects revenue to continue to shrink: For the June 2019 quarter, it expects revenue between $52.5 billion and $54.5 billion — down 11%-14% compared with $61.1 billion in the year-earlier period, but higher than the Wall Street consensus estimate of $52.1 billion.
As iPhone sales have slowed, Apple is looking for new growth areas, including from its new foray into the entertainment biz.
In March, the company announced Apple TV+, a subscription-streaming service with a slate of content from Hollywood partners, including Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, and J.J. Abrams, who talked about their projects for the forthcoming streaming service. But Apple didn't announce pricing, saying only that Apple TV+ is set to debut in the fall of 2019 in over 100 countries.
"We think that most users are going to get multiple over-the-top products, and we're going to do our best to convince them that the Apple TV+ product should be one of them," Cook told analysts Tuesday.
At the same March event, it announced Apple News+, a $10-per-month service with access to over 300 publications; Apple Arcade, a new game-subscription service to hit in the fall; and Apple TV channels, a storefront for subscriptions to third-party streaming services including HBO, Showtime, Starz and CBS All Access set to debut in May. And the company revealed plans to intro a credit card, Apple Card, in partnership with Mastercard and Morgan Stanley, rolling out in the summer.
Cook declined to shed light on what kind of revenue Apple is expecting from the new services, but said, "These aren't hobbies" — a reference to his once calling the Apple TV device a "hobby."
"We wouldn't do a service that we didn't think could be meaningful," Cook said. The CEO said Apple will share more information on the company's initiatives at its 30th annual Worldwide Developers Conference, set for June 3-7 in San Jose, Calif.
Asked about Apple's recent patent-litigation settlement with chip-maker Qualcomm, Cook said on the earnings call, "We're glad to put this litigation behind us… We feel good about the resolution." Under the agreement, Apple will license Qualcomm chips for six years and the company also agreed to pay a one-time undisclosed amount for past use of Qualcomm's technology.
In announcing earnings, Apple CFO Luca Maestri said the company's board has authorized an additional $75 billion for share repurchases. To that end, the company declared a cash dividend of 77 cents per share, an increase of 5%, payable to shareholders on May 16, 2019.
Apple ended the quarter with $225 billion in cash and marketable securities and $90 billion in debt.
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In Los Angeles, Rock and Roll Fights to Save the Sunset Strip
On a recent Saturday evening on Sunset Boulevard, just beyond the nightly caravan of European sports cars and open-air tour buses that have seen better days, the famous Tower Records building was once again bathed in the familiar red and yellow paint job of the iconic music store that once occupied its stone-brick walls. Though [...]
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In the wake of the Town of Vernon's third rejection of Woodstock 50's permit application to hold its music festival at a venue in the Upstate New York municipality, one may well wonder what the troubled event's next move might be. In the hours after the latest rejection was announced, even the optimistic-bordering-on-unrealistic producers sounded [...]
Nantucket prosecutors have dropped a sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey, citing the "unavailability" of the complaining witness. Spacey had been accused of groping an 18-year-old busboy at the Club Car restaurant in July 2016. He was charged with indecent sexual assault, and a trial was set to be held in the fall. However, [...]
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Ahead of an expected motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed last month by several artists over damage in the 2008 fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of master recordings, according to the New York Times, the company's chief archivist, Pat Kraus, issued a memo to the staff that has been obtained by Variety. While the [...]


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Q: Publishing Kentico CMS 9 - Exception WebFarmTaskManager.CanCreateTask can anyone help me with publishing Kentico CMS 9. When I publish app from visual studio and upload to server I had received this exception:

When I upload files from developer folder in my computer to same webhosting everything runs well.
Can you help me, please?

A: Problem was in publishing only one from two projects in solution.
From Kentico 9 publish documentation:

Publishing web application projects
  If you plan to publish from Visual Studio, we recommend installing Kentico projects with the web site configuration.
  To use the Publish function of Visual Studio for Kentico web application projects, you need to sequentially publish all of the projects in the solution to the same target location:
  CMSApp
  CMSApp_AppCode
  After deploying the first project, make sure that your publish profile has the Delete all existing files prior to publish / Remove additional files at destination option disabled. You can configure the option in the Publish Web dialog in Settings -> File Publish Options.

Kentico 9 Documentation

A: This may be a bug that it isn't built in, Kentico 9 is still new so you may want to log it as a bug.
Otherwise though i believe somewhere in the start up you need to register the farm task indeed by using WebFarmHelper.RegisterTask, perhaps you could try using the Custom Loader Module to add that code there as this runs on start up.
https://docs.kentico.com/display/K9/Handling+global+events
using CMS.Base;
using CMS.DocumentEngine;

[CustomDocumentEvents]
public partial class CMSModuleLoader
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Attribute class that ensures the loading of custom handlers.
    /// </summary>
    private class CustomDocumentEventsAttribute : CMSLoaderAttribute
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The system executes the Init method of the CMSModuleLoader attributes when the application starts.
        /// </summary>
        public override void Init()
        {
            // Call WebFarmHelper.RegisterTask here
        }
    }
}

A: Thank you David Slavik.
As you said, publish first CMSApp_AppCode, then, in the same folder, CMSApp, but be carefull that the option "Delete all existing files prior to publish" disabled.

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On 16 August 2005, the flight crew of a West Caribbean MD82 on a passenger flight from Tocumen Airport in Panama to Martinique attempted to cruise at a level which was incompatible with aircraft performance. They then failed to recognise the results of this action and when the lack of sufficient engine thrust led to an aerodynamic stall and confusion precluded a recovery before the aircraft impacted terrain at high speed out of control killing all 152 occupants.
On 16 August 2005, a Boeing MD82 being operated by Colombian Company West Caribbean AW on a passenger flight from Tocumen Airport in Panama to Martinique in night IMC was unable to maintain the chosen cruise altitude and shortly after beginning a descent, control was lost and the aircraft was destroyed by impact with terrain at a high rate of descent in which all 152 occupants were killed.
An Investigation was carried out by the Venezuelan Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC), the national Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board with assistance from the National Transportation Safety Board (USA) (NTSB) and the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA). The latter successfully downloaded the recovered Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR). However, it was found that a number of potentially useful parameters were not recorded on the FDR and due to impact damage to the CVR, the quality of its recording was poor although still usable.
Although it was concluded that "no account was taken either in the flight planning or in the flight dispatching of the limits laid down in the performance tables with regard to take-off weight, planned flight level, aircraft weight throughout the flight, or propulsion ceiling" it was noted that the flight had proceeded normally with the aircraft commander as PF and the AP and autothrottle (A/T) engaged to reach FL310 in 26 minutes. At that level, recorded data indicated that the aircraft had accelerated to reach a cruise speed of M0.74 with engine bleed anti icing systems selected on. This performance was found to be broadly compatible with the Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) nominal performance which indicated that in the prevailing circumstances, a speed of M0.75 should be possible.
After 13 minutes at FL310, during which clearance for some track deviations around thunderstorm cells had been obtained, climb to FL330 was sought and obtained from ATC. FL330 was reached after a slow climb during which the engine anti icing was switched off at one point to improve climb performance. Once at FL330 and still in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), the First Officer took a toilet break and delivery of crew food followed. However, eventually, the aircraft was flying behind the power curve, which meant that the thrust required for the aircraft to maintain its speed was greater than that which the engines were producing. CVR data showed that the steadily decreasing speed indications were not properly monitored and that neither the continuing loss of airspeed nor the significance and reason for it were identified by the crew. The increase in pitch attitude which occurred as the angle of attack increased as the AP attempted to maintain level flight was also either not noticed or its significance was not appreciated. It proved impossible to maintain FL330 and when the airspeed had dropped to M0.62 after 13 minutes instead of accelerating in level flight as expected by the crew, it became obvious that a descent would have to be commenced.
Clearance back to FL310 was requested and with the airspeed continuing to reduce further to M0.60 in the following 11 seconds, the AP was disengaged a descent commenced. After 29 seconds of descent, passing FL 317, there was a sudden un-commanded reduction in engine thrust and the Stall Protection System (SPS) was activated with both tactile (stick shaker) and aural warnings of an impending aerodynamic stall. None of the appropriate and necessary actions were taken in order to recover the aircraft's energy state, the aircraft commander's attention being focused on the engine instrument displays, even when the First Officer said that he had identified the stall. The only recorded flight control input from this point on was a series of manual stabiliser trim inputs to increase pitch attitude which continued until the pitch-up stop was reached. Within a minute of the SPS activation, the First Officer, without reporting any emergency, told ATC that the aircraft was continuing descent to FL 240 and when ATC then asked if there was any problem on board the First Officer, on instruction from the commander stated that they had suffered a flame-out in both engines. With the rate of descent increasing through 7000 fpm, ATC cleared the aircraft for further descent at own discretion. Over the next minute, the A/T was disconnected which was followed by a significant increase in indicated EPR but with the aircraft fully stalled, the rate of descent continued to increase and as the aircraft passed FL 124, ATC were informed that the aircraft was out of control. Ground impact followed shortly afterwards.
It was concluded that when SPS activation occurred, both the inaction (failure to follow the memory actions for SPS activation) and inappropriate action (manual pitch up inputs whilst stalled) combined to lead the aircraft into a deep stall condition in which the angle of attack became so great that the airflow over the horizontal stabiliser was disrupted by interference from the wing and rendered ineffective. However, this situation was a result of the loss of control created rather than a reason for the failure to recover from it in a timely and appropriate manner.
The overall conclusion of the Investigation was that the lack of knowledge of the flight crew about the performance of the aircraft at high altitudes led them to attempt to climb to and cruise at a flight level which could not be sustained in the prevailing conditions because available engine thrust was insufficient. The failure to recognise and respond appropriately to this led to a progressive loss of airspeed and eventually to activation of the aircraft stall protection system but this was ignored and subsequent crew action in seeking to arrest the stalled descent by increasing pitch led to a complete loss of control, apparently without any crew understanding of what was happening. A detailed analysis of the human factors aspects of the pilots' performance was carried out as a means to providing a behavioural understanding for the evidence of poor situational awareness and deficient Crew Resource Management which formed the context for the lack of technical knowledge demonstrated.
It was noted that in 2002, Boeing had issued a Flight Operations Bulletin warning operators of MD-80s that the aircraft could decelerate to the point of stalling before the autopilot disengaged if the thrust required to maintain flight level was greater than that available. The Investigation was unable to find evidence that this Bulletin or the content thereof had been disseminated or incorporated into pilot training at the Operator as a means of ensuring understanding of, and appropriate response to, loss of lift at high altitudes. The existence of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Report issued in 2005 containing details of various examples of situations similar to the investigated event which had affected MD-80 series aircraft and providing recommendations for improved pilot simulator training in dealing with loss of lift at high altitudes was also noted.
It was also considered that the persistent financial crisis which had been affecting the Operator and had involved pilots, including those of the accident flight, working without pay for six months, had without question "generated an unfavourable climate for (safe) air operations by creating an environment characterised by uncertainty and stress".
The Investigation published its Final Report in Spanish on 13 August 2010 and a French Translation was subsequently made available. Both of these and an Unofficial English language translation of the Final Report have been used to prepare this summary. Note that both the Spanish and French versions of the Final Report contain Annexes 3, 6 and 7 which are completed in English.
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Delay to Diagnosis of Nonmotor Seizures Longer in Youth
Delays tied to more seizures prior to diagnosis, conversion to motor-type seizures, potentially preventable injuries
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Although many individuals with focal epilepsy experience delays to diagnosis, children and teens with this disorder face even longer delays than adults, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, held from Dec. 3 to 7 in Chicago.
Monica Ferrer Socorro, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues investigated whether delays to diagnosis differed between childhood- and adult-onset focal epilepsy. The analysis included data from 444 participants (121 pediatric cases and 323 adult cases) in the international Human Epilepsy Project (2012 to 2017).
The researchers found that the median time to diagnosis from first seizure was longer in the childhood-onset group versus the adult-onset group (340 versus 207 days). In both groups, nonmotor seizures were associated with a longer delay to diagnosis (1,014 days for children versus 519 days for adults). Within the childhood cohort, those with younger age at onset of nonmotor seizures (younger than 12 years) had longer delays to diagnosis than those ages 12 to 24 years, who, in turn, had longer delays to diagnosis than those older than 24 years. The childhood-onset group experienced more seizures prior to diagnosis than the adult-onset group. Among participants with childhood-onset nonmotor seizures, the injury rate was higher for those who later developed motor symptoms (54.9 percent) than for those who never had motor symptoms (4.3 percent). Patients who converted from nonmotor-type to motor-type seizures experienced the greatest delays in diagnosis compared with the groups with nonmotor-type-only or motor-type-only seizures.
"These motor symptoms and injuries can be prevented with recognition of nonmotor seizures leading to earlier diagnosis and treatment," a coauthor said in a statement.
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The Torah Projects and Daf Yomi Commission of Agudath Israel of America hosted a live, worldwide broadcast of a siyum on Maseches Bava Kama, drawing hundreds of participants from multiple locations around the world, in person and online. The event was held at the Monsey Night Seder at Congregation Shaarei Tefilah.
Rabbi Yisroel Reisman of Agudath Israel Zichron Chaim Zvi of Madison and Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, graced the occasion with uplifting divrei hisorerus in preparation for the Yomim Noraim.
Based on what the Ran writes about how the court system in Eretz Yisroel functioned in the times of the Sanhedrin, Rabbi Reisman developed a fascinating chain of thought about two possible kinds of Heavenly judgment awaiting us on the Yom Hadin.
When Klal Yisroel lived in their own land, the Ran explains, the court system consisted of two tracks. One track, known as mishpat hasanhedrin, operated by the strict letter of the law. The second track, mishpat hamelech, was under the jurisdiction of the king who possessed extrajudicial powers. The fundamental difference between them is that the king could override the law if the nation's welfare warranted it. He could take into account mitigating circumstances in rendering judgment. He had the power to lift a death sentence or impose one if such extrajudicial actions were needed for the public good.
The symbol of the Yom Hadin is a Heavenly scale on which mitzvos and aveiros are weighed in a manner reminiscent of the mishpat hasanhedrin, noted Rav Reisman. It's a system that is meshuras hadin, "it goes by the book" in determining a person's fate.
WHICH COURTHOUSE WILL IT BE?
In many places in the machzor, however, we come across tefillos that are not consistent with this imagery. We ask Hashem to remember "bris avoseinu…Avrohom, Yitzchok v'Yaaov." We ask him to remember "akeidas Yitzchok." What does this have to do with a person's personal track record of mitzvos and aveiros?
Consider another baffling tefilah, said the rav: "Al tavoh imonu b'mishpot; Don't sit in judgment with us, Hashem…" How strange. Isn't the whole point of the Yom Hadin to stand in judgment before Hakodosh Boruch Hu?
Perhaps the underlying message is that we're asking to be zocheh to mishpat hamelech, explained the rosh yeshiva. That is the true avodah of Elul, when we are in the realm of ani l'dodi v'dodi li, a special intimacy between Klal Yisroel and Hashem.
Mishpat hasanhedrin – justice-by-scale, so to speak, is very risky, he said. Especially since "lo yitzdak lefonecha kol chai, no living creature can be fully vindicated." Who knows what mistakes and aveiros will appear on the scale that we don't even remember? What happens if we lack the zechusim to offset them? We therefore plead for mishpat hamelech, the "extrajudicial" track where Hashem, who cherished our Avos, will show their children mercy even if they don't deserve it.
That is perhaps why, according to the Mechaber, one has to repeat Shemoneh Esrei if he forgot to say hamelech hamishpot, Rav Reisman said.
The rosh yeshiva shared another incident from an earlier tekufah in his life that gave new meaning to the unusual wording in Neilah, "P'sach lonu shaar b'eis neilas hashaar; Open the gate for us as the gate is closing." The incident involved a ride he had given his friend, Rav Aryeh Katzin, who was active in bringing Russian youngsters to the United States while the Communist regime was in power. The two men were planning to attend a meeting together in Flatbush.
Rav Katzin asked Rav Reisman to make a stop along the way, as he had an important package to deposit at the post office. It was a cassette of a shiur in Russian he delivered each week via Radio Free Europe to Jews behind the Iron Curtain. For the U.S. government to broadcast the material, the cassette had to be in the mail Thursday evening. Most post offices were closed at five o'clock but Rav Katzin knew of one right outside the Holland Tunnel that was open until nine.
"But Rav Aryeh, it's already ten after nine," Rav Reisman pointed out after their lengthy detour through the Holland Tunnel.
"Maybe it will still be open," Rav Katzin replied hopefully.
"If you have a 'friend', inside, he will open the door for you even after closing hours," reflected Rav Resiman. "This is the special privilege of Ani l'dodi v'dodi li. And how are we to be zocheh to it? Through ahavas Hashem and ahavas haTorah. Develop a kesher with the Ribono Shel Olam and youwill slowly build a closeness with Him.
Rav Reisman expressed his dismay at hearing frequent comments about how the Yomim Noraim come and go and nothing really changes, people are right where they were a year ago.
The minhagim Yidden undertake during the Aseres Yemai Teshuva show Hashem we are reaching out, we want a relationship with Him, the rav said. He added that he wasn't advocating adopting chumros carte blanche but that with regard to certain stringencies, the Shulchan Aruch praises the "machmir" as Zerizim makdimin l'mitzvos … Tova olov brocha….Yirai Shomayim yachmir al atzmo.
"If we make a habit of never going beyond the letter of the law," Rav Reisman concluded, "can we come to Hashem on the Yomim Noraim and ask Him to drop meshuras hadin and judge us with mishpat hamelech, with the love and closeness of Ani l'dodi v'dodi li?
Rabbi Labish Becker, Agudath Israel's executive director, who introduced the session, remarked that it was especially gratifying to see the reaction of the participants who felt that Rabbi Reisman's address gave them the tools with which to enter the Yom Hadin.


Royal Collection Trust today announced plans to create a new public garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, inspired by the 17th-century physic garden that was once within the Palace grounds. The original garden, created to teach students about the medicinal properties of plants and to provide pharmacists with fresh materials, was the first of its kind in Scotland and the second botanic garden to be established in Britain. The origins of today's Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh can be traced back to this historic Palace garden.
The new physic garden will be planted year-round with plants that would have been grown in the 17th century. Alongside the reimagined physic garden will be a flowering meadow, evoking the 15th-century monastic garden of Holyrood Abbey, the Palace's first recorded garden.
The garden will be created behind the Abbey Strand buildings, which by the end of 2018 will house a new Learning Centre. At the same time, the Palace's Forecourt will be opened up to the public. Each of these projects is part of Future Programme, the £37-million investment by Royal Collection Trust to transform the experience of visiting the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Windsor Castle.
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E3 2018 – Predictions, Hopes, and Dreams
In just under an hour, Nintendo will go live to tantalise our gamer taste buds. New games will be revealed, and new info will arise. Below, you will find some of my predictions on what Nintendo will talk about in their special E3 Nintendo Direct, some of which will be fuelled by my hopes and dreams, so obviously don't base all your expectations on what I write below.
Check out my E3 2018 predictions, hopes, and dreams after the break!
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch ~ Definitely happening
Obviously, Smash is on the top of all predictions this year, and that's simply because that's the only game that Nintendo have said that is definitely making a show at E3; heck, they even have a wait list to play it on the showfloor. But just what will this new version offer?
Back when Nintendo first announced the title earlier in the year, me and one of my friends had a detailed debate on whether we think it is a port or a brand new entry. Our consensus by the end was that it is most likely a brand new version… and there are several reasons behind that. Sure Nintendo could go the definitive/deluxe route they have gone for a lot of Wii U games, but something just screams new version to us. This mainly comes down to the branding, though each iteration's logo (since Melee) has been very similar, there are still obvious differences.
The most obvious difference in the new logo is how it is super sleek and simple, it's just black and white with no special effects. True, this could be a tentative logo, but why not just use the Wii U/3DS logo if it were a port? Also, why would they completely reset the official Super Smash Bros. website? These are all shots in the dark, but I'd like to think they are well educated shots in the dark.
The real question however, what content will actually be revealed today? I believe it is safe to say that a good chunk of content other than just character reveals will be mentioned in the event, seeing how there is a lot of emphasis on it's presence at E3 (they even have a playable demo for attendees). Here's hoping for some decent single player goodies, similar to Subspace Emissary, or at the very least bring back 'Break the Targets'!
Metroid Prime 4 ~ Almost Definitely Happening
I'm not gonna lie, last year when the Prime 4 logo appeared, I completely and absolutely fangirled so loud, the whole street could probably hear me. One year later and Metroid Prime 4 is the game I'm most excited for at E3 (yes, even more than Smash). Now, unfortunately, there is a slight chance it may not even appear today (remember when Nintendo announced Zelda one year and didn't even mention it the next?), but hopefully that chance is smaller than the dignity shown by the Federation Force haters… yeah, I said it!
What's most likely to appear is a full length trailer, and that's about it, as it only started development early last year. If we are lucky however, I believe we could get a bit more insight in the titles, such as story details and, if we are VERY lucky, some gameplay in the Treehouse Live event. I'm also hoping for some form of multiplayer a lá Echoes (or Hunters), but I'm not putting all those Metroid eggs in one capsule.
Fortnite ~ Almost definitely happening
Okay, so Fortnite for Switch may be E3 2018's worst kept secret, the only reason you haven't seen it being mentioned here is simply because I don't like posting about leaks and rumours too much. Either way though, it's a safe bet that the most popular Battle Royale game at the moment is coming to Nintendo Switch.
From the sounds of things, the game will likely drop today, or at least at some point this week. I'm actually pretty thrilled if this comes to Switch as it means that I'll actually have a device which can run it properly… okay, two devices (I also have a PS4). Maybe if we are lucky, we could get some Switch exclusive skins and whatnot.
Spyro Reignited ~ Almost definitely happening
Yet another game I fangirled over. I grew up playing the original Spyro trilogy on PS1, I still just remember getting Year of the Dragon for Christmas! Either way I am stoked that the trilogy has been remade, and if it wasn't for one particular mistake, I wou;d've not expected the game to come to Switch. That mistake was the fact that the Nintendo UK Store briefly put a listing up for 'Spyro the Dragon Remastered'. If it was any other retailer, I would be cautious, but the fact that Nintendo themselves had a listing makes me believe it is coming to a Switch near you!
Super Mario Odyssey DLC ~ Maybe happening
Okay, so Odyssey has already seen some free DLC in the form of brand new costumes and Luigi's Balloon World. A lot of theorising has been going around that there may possibly be some paid DLC in the near future. It could be possible, and maybe it could finally provide a level full of Boos, something I sorely missed when it first released.
There has also been a lot of theorising that if there is DLC, it could be based off Super Mario Sunshine. Who knows!
Breath of the Wild DLC ~ Unlikely to happen
I know, I know. Nintendo already announced that The Champion's Ballad signified the end of production for Breath of the Wild, but don't you tell me that Ninty has never lied to us before. This is purely something that I really want to happen, but unfortunately, I have nothing to base this prediction off of. If the previous DLC sold well however, it could give them motivation to continue developing for Breath of the Wild.
GameCube 'VC' ~ Who knows
So, another dream of mine is that Nintendo will bring Gamecube games to the Switch, whether through VC or remasters. If you think about it, it is possible. An upcoming remake for the 3DS is Luigi's Mansion, which was originally a GameCube title. Additionally, if you remember a few months ago, a Nintendo Switch update allowed the use of the GameCube Controller Adapter. Nintendo claimed this was accidental, but maybe they are hiding something. Finally, a third party company are bringing out officially licensed GameCube controllers for the Nintendo Switch. True, it could just mean more versatility for Switch games, but a fanboy can dream, can't he?
So there we have it, those are my predictions, hopes, and dreams for Nintendo's E3 Direct. What do you hope they will announce? Tell us in the comments below!
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Landowners and rural municipalities want action against oil and gas companies for unpaid leases and taxes
Posted on 4 November 2021 by Matthew Liebenberg
A gas well overgrown by weeds on the land of Lancer area grain farmer Kelly Bradford.
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Landowners and rural municipalities that are not receiving their lease and tax payments from oil and gas companies, are turning towards the Saskatchewan government to address their concerns.
Several resolutions at the upcoming midterm convention of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) on Nov. 9 are asking the provincial government to take action.
There are landowners in southwest Saskatchewan who are not receiving their surface lease payments and who have concerns over well maintenance and reclamation.
The two farmers who spoke to the Prairie Post felt it is time for the provincial government to fix things. Both have gas wells on their land operated by Abbey Resources Corporation, a Calgary company currently involved in court proceedings against creditors.
"I'm not alone," Lancer area grain farmer Kelly Bradford said. "Dozens and dozens of us have the same issue. Most of my friends on coffee row all have wells. They all have the same issue that I have. So people are angry."
He acknowledged that any steps taken by the provincial government will probably be too late to address the current situation for him and other landowners, but he does not want others to experience the same difficulties in the future.
"Natural gas prices are going up again," he noted. "There'll be more activity again. Sooner or later they'll go back down, and then if they don't change the regulations it will be somebody else dealing with this."
Both Bradford and Gordon Jacklin, who has a mixed farming operation in the Abbey area, are owed significant lease payments for the gas wells on their properties.
Jacklin felt a change in legislation is needed, because farmers have no clout when oil and gas companies run into financial difficulties.
"We have no way to make them pay and we can't force them to do reclamation after the pipeline breaks," he said. "We have no power, and if there's any money, we're the last one paid."
There have been over 30 leak events on pipelines associated with gas wells on Jacklin's land during a period of about four years. Recently there have been four pipeline breaks in a single week.
"It seems like it's more frequent, but maybe it's because I'm paying more attention because they've not been doing the proper reclamation," he said.
The pipeline breaks result in the release of gas, mud and produced water, which can be saline. A few areas on his land where ineffective reclamation took place after a pipeline break still dates back to when the gas wells were operated by a different company.
Cleanup procedures after a pipeline break require replacement of topsoil in the affected area, and without proper reclamation it might take much longer for plant growth to recover.
"It's annoying and it will be slow to return to a natural state," Jacklin said. "Instead of happening within a year or two years, it will take 15 years or longer to reclaim. … There's weeds for a little while, but grass will come back eventually."
Bradford referred to issues with regard to gas wells on his land. There is a lack of weed control around well sites and pipelines are in poor shape, resulting in a rupture every once in a while.
He felt the key issue to be addressed through government regulation is the protection of all stakeholders.
Oil and gas companies are currently able to sell their marginal and aging wells without sufficient guarantees to ensure there are adequate funds for lease payments and cleanup costs. These assets are acquired by smaller companies, often at bargain prices, but they do not have the financial means to deal with the high liability of their energy assets.
"What they have to do is have these companies post a bond when the wells are first drilled, when they are at their maximum capacity," he said. "That's when they're making the most money. So post a bond for cleanup right at the start with the government. And the second thing is, they need to stop sales of companies selling garbage assets to companies that have nothing for assets. If the company that's buying the assets doesn't have enough to cover for the cleanups, then the sale should not go through."
Bradford emphasized he is not against oil and gas development. He is concerned the lack of government regulations to address these problems will actually be detrimental to the industry.
"If they don't change these regulations they're going to get to the point where they're going to have pushback from the public," he said. "The oil and gas industry is being hurt by this, because they're loosing the good will of the leaseholders and other stakeholders. … They have to change it or we're going to end up in a situation where we won't even have an oil and gas industry, because the people won't put up with it. It's got to be fair for everybody."
SARM President Ray Orb said unpaid taxes by oil and gas companies have become a significant issue for many rural municipalities.
"It's a really important issue," he noted. "And we're hearing it loud and clear from a number of rural municipalities, mostly on the west side of the province. All the way up from the south end of the province to the northwest."
Information provided to SARM by rural municipalities indicate there is a lot of outstanding taxes in the oil and gas sector.
"Some of them are from wells that may be closed, but some may be from wells that are producing very little," he said. "So the companies seem like they're not paying the taxes on those kind of well operations. Rural municipalities don't really have the mechanism to collect those taxes. There are a couple of different sets of legislation, but through the Municipalities Act they don't really have the wherewithal to be able to go after those taxes."
As a result, rural municipalities have prepared three different resolutions on this matter for consideration during the SARM midterm convention, which will take place as a virtual event on Nov. 9.
"If those resolutions pass, we're going to be lobbying even harder to ask the Government of Saskatchewan to make some changes so that those rural municipalities can collect some of that money and make some changes in the future to make sure it doesn't happen again," he said.
He felt unpaid taxes by oil and gas companies is not a new issue, but it has become more significant in recent years due to economic circumstances.
"I think it's something that's been there for quite a while," he said. "I don't think it's been to this magnitude, because of the fact that we did have a slump in the oil and gas prices. … Some are forecasting we may see higher prices ahead, but some of this is because of lack of demand because of COVID. At the same time, many of these RM's are having to make do without this tax money to operate their rural municipality. They have to collect the money somewhere to run their municipality. They still need to maintain the roads and bridges. So it puts them at a disadvantage in that sense."
A resolution submitted by over 40 rural municipalities for consideration at the midterm convention states that oil and gas companies are increasingly defaulting on their tax payment obligations, which means that municipalities have to lower their level of service to ratepayers.
This resolution notes that an increasing number of oil and gas companies will follow an approach of selling their assets through court orders. In addition, they will obtain a vesting order during court proceedings to protect the purchasers from paying municipal and education tax arrears and it includes a direction from the courts to have the tax arrears written off.
The resolution indicates that 18 rural municipalities have written off $4,519,448.04 in municipal taxes and $1,154,835.93 in education taxes that were owed by oil and gas companies. In addition, oil and gas companies are owing a total of $9,778,117.05 in municipal taxes and $3,736,495.14 in education taxes to 31 rural municipalities.
The proponents of this resolution are therefore asking SARM to lobby the provincial government to create legislation that will allow municipalities to register a lien against oil and gas licenses and to provide a procedure to act on that lien.
A second resolution submitted by one rural municipality for consideration at the midterm convention asks the Saskatchewan government to use royalties collected on resource sales to compensate rural municipalities for these outstanding taxes.
A third resolution submitted by three municipalities notes that it is difficult to use the Tax Enforcement Act and the Municipalities Act to collect tax arrears from oil and gas companies. The resolution therefore asks SARM to lobby the provincial government to amend the Municipalities Act, the Tax Enforcement Act, and the Oil and Gas Conservation Act to allow the suspension of a resource company's operating license if it does not stay current with the payment of municipal taxes.
A previous resolution about the failure of resource companies to pay taxes was passed in 2018 at a SARM midterm convention. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources responded to that resolution in January 2019, indicating that the government was not planning to expand the scope of its Licensee Liability Rating (LLR) program at that time to include the collection of municipal taxes or surface rentals. The provincial government's response stated that rural municipalities already have extensive powers under the Municipalities Act to pursue collection of unpaid taxes and the government encouraged local authorities to use those existing powers.
"I don't feel that is actually valid, and I think those rural municipalities that are affected by this issue would not agree with the province on that either," Orb said. "That's why they're asking for something else to be done. … There has to be a different mechanism to be able to recoup some of the losses that municipalities are feeling."
Cypress Hills MLA Doug Steele said he is aware of these concerns by landowners about lease payments and by rural municipalities about tax arrears.
"This has been a concern for a number of years," he said. "It's unfortunate. Some of the oil and gas producers are having difficulty in meeting their financial obligations on surface leases and RM taxes and that type of thing. It's just been with the craziness in the oil and gas industry and what's happening out there."
He felt there are existing avenues that can be followed by landowners and rural municipalities to deal with outstanding payments by oil and gas companies.
"There are ways that the landowners and the RMs can reach out to try and get some of their arrears dealt with," he said. "The landowners can pursue unpaid royalties and rentals through the courts or in the case of municipalities there are mechanisms under the Municipal Act that provides RMs the power to recover some of the unpaid royalties and taxes, but we hope that they can negotiate and work with the industry to start out with, but as time moves on, it's hard for them to do that. So they have to pursue otherwise."
He added that he has been forwarding these concerns of landowners and rural municipalities to the Ministry of Energy and Resources.
"The government is there," he said. "It's just a matter of the timing and when they can step in to do things. It has to go through a process. We encourage the RMs and the landowners to contact the Ministry of Energy and Resources if they have any difficulties or trouble with payments and operational stuff, because we will work with the landowners and the RMs to try and mediate this through the system, but there is a system when it gets to the legal side of all that. You got to be quite respectful to everyone so that it's done properly. And when things come down to where there is abandonment or orphaned locations, we have the orphan well program. … So we try and work this all through the system."


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