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The Time We Were Robbed In A Fake Country
One of the worst feelings when travelling is realizing your precious money that you have been pinching and stretching to prolong the travels, has vanished. Gone to some scumbag, drop kick that found a way to grab your loot while you were looking the other way. Other than a hooker stealing my iPod in Paris, I was robbed only one other time in all my travels. Fortunately my story of theft ends differently than most.
It starts differently too.
Carl, Johnny and myself where in Yerevan, Armenia with the plan to visit the self-declared country of Nagorno-Karabakh. It's technically in Azerbaijan but uses Armenian language and currency. As of now there is no way to fly there and buses are a nightmare. The best option was to rent a car and drive 5 hours through the caucus mountains to the capital city of Stepanakert.
The trip started with the hiccup of Johnny and Carl not being able to drive cars at the tender ages of 30 and myself being a capable driver, only I had lost my license a few months earlier in Malaysia. So with some mild deception we rented a Kia Rio (possibly the worlds smallest 4 seater car) and headed off to Karabakh.
Johnny was our nav unit as we ripped out of the city center and headed for the highway. All was going great in the first 10 minutes of driving. I had missed the turn off for the highway and blown a red light. Not to worry though, Johnny had mapped out a secondary road that would get us back to the main highway. We veered right and followed on through. 100m in and we pass a dead dog. Not a reassuring start. After a km or so the road had heavily deteriorated and it looked more like a dirt bike track then a highway. We realized that we where driving on a road that had been shelled by the Russians 20 years prior. There were gaps of road completely missing and huge dips in the pavement. At one point I had to take a running start and 3 attempts to get up a steep incline. This road was ridiculous, it looked as though it had been bombed earlier that day.
The road was getting more and more severe. Then crack, something on the car made a loud noise. We got out to inspect. I had snapped the bummer in half. If we knew the roads were going to be this treacherous we would have opted to get the insurance. We managed to eventually putt the little disfigured Kia out and onto the main highway.
The drive to Nagorno-Karabakh was enchanting once we left Yerevan. The landscape changed every 30km or so. It made it one of the best drives I've ever done in my life. Hard to describe how stunning all the scenery was. The Rio drove a charm as well.
We arrived late at night and scouted hotels. We choose a mid class one. One that was comfortable, affordable and safe. We didn't choose well.
The next day we headed out early to try to see the entire country in one day. The sites were limited but there was one very unique attraction. Agdam, a city of what was once 150 000 people in the yearly 90's was bombed and left deserted. What was so amazing about this place was that there were no tourists. Imagine wandering around a city, completely abandoned. It's fantastically eerie. There are a few people still living there but we didn't see them. There is no running water, no electricity, no anything. The only people we did see were two photographers from national geographic.
The next morning I awoke and started my ritual of getting the lads out of bed and into the shower. While the last was showering I reached in my bag to restock my wallet with cash for the day. I zipped it open. I zipped it closed. Then I zipped it open again. Gone. €100 and another $200 worth in Armenian currency gone.
I began to panic a little.
"Yo I've been robbed".
Johnny walks outta the shower.
"What do you mean".
"My money, it's gone".
At that point Carl walks in. "Dude, my money's gone. Check yours". I told him.
Carl nervously breaks into his bag and feels around. You could literally feel the disappointment come over Carl. All of his €500 where gone.
They had been kind enough to leave Carl a few of my smaller notes in Carl's bag thinking we might just see that we had cash in our bags and not notice until later.
This was at 11 or so in the morning and we had a big day of driving ahead of us with a deadline of having the car back on time.
We went to the front desk and approached the teenager who had been there most of the weekend
. We have been robbed we told him. He didn't understand. English wasn't very common in Karabakh.
Our money it's been taken we explained with hand gestures. Still blanks stares.
"We are calling the police, our money has been stolen."
That sentence he understood. He quickly went and ushered in the owner of the hotel. His english was even worse. After an intense game of charades he looked pretty concerned. He calls someone.
5 mins later there is a translator. The 3 of us explain our situation. Money was there yesterday morning and gone this morning. He relays it back to the boss. He calls more of his friends.
15 minutes later there are 10 people all staring at us as we explain our situation. They decide to check the single camera that points on the lobby. We are offered tea and told to wait. After 10 minutes I get restless and walk into the office. It's like a mob squad meeting. They are all chain-smoking crammed in a small office trying to figure out the video system.
We didn't want to get the police involved. We asked the owner several times to pay us back, and we would be on our way. They didn't seem to think that was an option. After roughly 90 minutes of going nowhere one police man wearing ordinary clothes did show up. He listened briefly to our version through the translator and then got on the phone.
We were really getting short on time. The translator told us they would find who did this and punish them. We thought, yea cool but we really just want out money back. He explained if we stayed there for a few weeks we could get it then or they could send it to us. Both sounded like we wouldn't really see the money again.
A few minutes later the officer walks in with the manager. He tells us they had found out it was the boys working reception who had taken our money. He then laid out a stack of cash equivalent to what was taken from us. I'm very sorry this has happened he said. The theifs will be punished. We do not want people to think of our country like this. He was very ashamed.
We were very shocked. We thought we wouldn't ever see the money again. We thanked him and his posse of helpers. Picked the money awkwardly off the table and where in the car and out of there in less then a minute.
We floored the Kia back to Yerevan, just getting back on time. With some sneaky moves Johnny and I returned the beat and broken car without him noticing the damage. Saving ourselves from loosing money twice that day.
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I think what your doing is really cool, and someday I want to travel around the world, and climb mountains.
Thanks Parker. Glad you're enjoying bud. Hope to see you on the road one day!
This one is funny.. hehehe! Reading the title, i thought you were the one who lost his money and passport in a bar only to find out that he hide it in a toilet bowl..(Johnny's story) 😀


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With discovering beautiful sights and culture of a place, eating and observation, filling in the gaps that guidebooks and history books cannot capture with ease. Love to observe the cadence of mealtime and enjoying the food becomes my routine. In my opinion examining a country or new place through it's food is another angle of understanding, an enveloping snapshots of what a place has to offer.
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In all inclusive package you will be presented with huge varieties of food and you are fully entitled to eat as much as you can. Start with the important meal of the day breakfast and don't stop, have brunch, lunch, snacks, dinner and quick bite before bed. We were in Turkey, and we enjoyed immensely every meal, but one corner attracting us every afternoon was their Pastry Parlour !
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Bakalava, is a classic dessert or a special treat which hails from central and southwest Asia. Made with beautiful light flaky phyllo pastry and a sweet filling of various nuts and spices and drenched in a light aromatic syrup.
Recently my daughter had her birthday celebration and I thought of preparing Bakalava cake for a surprise treat to satisfy her bakalava craving. I wasn't sure it will be hit or miss, but still followed my instinct. The cake came out so beautiful, moreish and every bite was satisfactory.
Pre heat the oven to gas mark 4-5 and adjust oven rack to middle position.
Line two 6 by 2 inch cake pan with a circle of baking paper.
In a food processor add panko, whole pistachio, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg powder. Process until finely chopped, leave it aside.
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Add melted butter little by little and fold into the batter with a rubber spatula.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 5-7 minutes, then take out from the pan.
Generously brush rose syrup on the top and side of the cake and let it cool completely.
Wash the pans to be used in bakalava pastry.
Fold the phyllo sheets to the exact half all along the long edge.
Cut out 6 by 2 inch circles, use cake pan as template and cover phyllo circles with the damp cloth.
Brush same two pans which used in baking cake with melted butter.
Place one phyllo circle in one pan and brush with melted butter.
Continue this layering and brushing until you have 8 layers of pastry.
Scatter half ground pistachio over buttered phyllo circles and continue layering and buttering for 8 more layers in same pan.
Repeat same process with the second pan, so you'll have 2 sets of bakalava pastry.
Place the bakalava pastry pans in the oven and bake till light golden brown and crispy on top, it will take about 30-35 minutes.
Remove both pans from the oven and slowly drizzle about 50 ml syrup into each pan and leave it aside to cool.
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After bakalava done , place baking sheet into the oven and bake phyllo shards for 18-20 minutes. Keep an eye on as can burn very quickly.
Combine all the ingredients except rose water in a heavy based pan over a medium heat.
Bring it to boil, lower the heat and simmer until slightly thickened, it will take about 5 minutes.
Stir rose water little by little to taste.
Flavour will mellow out after it sits it for awhile .
Level top of the cakes with serrated knife.
Place one cake on a plate or a cake stand.
Brush top of the cake with syrup, place bakalava pastry layer on top of cake.
Brush pastry with syrup if not sticky, and top with second cake layer.
Brush with more syrup and top with second bakalava pastry layer and brush with syrup to make more sticky layer.
Decorate with bakalava shards and press slightly to make sure they stick to the cake.
Brush side of the cake with syrup and apply ground pistachio evenly on the side of the cake.
Press slightly to stick and sprinkle remaining ground pistachio on top of the cake.
They look amazing Jagruti and an interesting way of presenting Baklawa - love it!!
Lovely pics of balakawa. The layering with pistachio and rose has perfectly blended.


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Being able to go to various botanic gardens during spring has been a somewhat surreal experience for me. For the last 20 years I've worked between 60 and 120 hours every week during late April to early June. Spring hasn't exactly been about having fun for my adult life. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE what I do and it is often fun; but retail horticulture is a lot of work and very stressful.
Even though I've had time to do a lot of fun things this year, I've had limited amounts of time to write blog posts (for reference, I started this one 2 weeks ago). I'm bundling my botanic garden visits for spring into one massive post here. Sorry/not sorry for the amount of pictures; I'm keeping them at medium size since there are so many. I'll probably do the same thing for my June trips, though I took fewer pictures at those gardens! I've decided not to include certain pictures here, such as Primula and Baptisia pictures, as they're covered in their own posts.
My first trip this year was in late April when I gave my yearly talk about new varieties at Boerner Botanical Gardens. Despite Wisconsin being relatively cold this spring, there was plenty to see in the gardens.
There were several Lavenders still remaining from the trials, these were the two with the best habit and they obviously have overwintered for a few years.
Several pasque flowers were in bloom, I always love these guys.
There was a really nice Manchurian maple and I have major lust for it but won't be able to grow it here in z4.
Early Magnolias were magnificent in peak bloom.
Magnolia 'Roseanne', bad picture of a GREAT plant!
My second trip of the year was with my regular horticultural partner in crime, Jess Cloninger, and her co-hort Ben Habanek for the Wisconsin Woody Plant Society trip to Klehm's Songsparrow Farm and Rotary Botanic Garden. I managed to only spend $100 at Klehm's; quite the feat made possible by not having anywhere to put plants!
Finally picked up Epimedium 'Spine Tingler'!
Having some time to kill between shopping and the tour of Rotary, we took the opportunity to head to Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford, IL. As expected for a Japanese garden, this garden doesn't have the diversity of taxa that you would see at a typical botanic garden. It is one of the most stunningly designed spaces I've been to though. Less is definitely more in this case. Maybe my only complaint is that there was A LOT of spring flower color and plenty of plants that would offer stunning fall color, but little evidence of any plants offering summer color.
Japanese maples were a huge part of the gardens and there were several stunning specimens.
Azaleas and Rhododendrons were another massive part of the spring display.
As were several flowering dogwoods.
We then headed to our guided tour of Rotary, it's always cool to hang out with Mark Dwyer when he has time for us and it was different and fun to get a whirlwind tour of the gardens with a group. I ALWAYS find something I hadn't seen before, and I've been there several times. After the tour WWPS had it's meeting and plant exchange, I picked up a few new things there too.
Boxelder gets a bad rap as a weed tree but there are several great varieties if you have the proper site for the species. It's has tremendous wildlife value as it attracts many insects which in turn attract many birds and mammals. I intend to have a place for at least one, probably 'Kelly's Gold'.
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Claim Jumper' - on my lust list!
The pond was high, these hostas are pretending to be marginal aquatics.
My last spring trip was with fellow plant and fish nut Kurt Zahringer. He was attending a convention in IL and we had time to get to Chicago Botanic Garden on May 26th. Needless to say, there was A LOT to see. I took a lot of pics of the Baptisia trial, and will talk about those in another post.
This Amsonia ciliata filifolia was pictured in my post about our fall visit too, this time around it had a prop tag in it. Hopefully that means it's destined for the market. This thing is spectacular!
Every time somebody posts on Facebook about Fallopia/Persicaria japonica 'Variegata', they also say it's not invasive like the green form. These plants were in trial and I don't know how long they've been in place, but it's safe to say less than 5 years as that's how long the trials run. You can see it spreading out to the grass. I'll have another pic in a future post showing it being even more invasive in another garden. DO NOT PLANT THIS! It's ecologically invasive along the lines of purple loosestrife or phragmites, but even harder to eradicate. It's banned here in Wisconsin and several other states.
It was great to see the salvia trial in bloom. I hadn't seen Salvia 'Sweet 16' in bloom yet and it's definitely equal to the quality of S. 'Eveline'.
Neat fern-imprinted slate. I want a few pieces like this.
This was a good place for us to visit since Kurt is a succulent/cactus geek and I like pretty much everything. It's always fun spending time with someone who knows more about cacti then I do.
Opuntia ficus indica Grey Form - I want one!


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Richer makes AZ GOP poorer, ditto Supervisor Bill Gates
Gateway Pundit (GP) has once again focused on Arizona in a revealing post titled, "Never-Trump Group Led by Bill Kristol Releases New Anti-Trump Ad Starring Angry Maricopa County RINOs (VIDEO)." The video carries a tagline, "Defending Democracy Together. "
An internet search reveals it is a Soros-connected entity, according to this Washington Free Beacon article. And Bill Kristol? He was outed by the Federalist as having been a democrat for years.
The article is linked here to provide more information regarding the nefarious big money group intent on negatively impacting our elections. Arizona is but one of the states where deceptive ad buys will run in order to undermine our election system.
Gateway Pundit writes, "The ad features two prominent Maricopa [elected officials] County Supervisor Bill Gates and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who both claim to be Republicans."
You must find time to read this crucial information, revealing the high dollar deceit being peddled by the far left, and the involvement of phony Republicans Stephen Richer, and Maricopa County Recorder and Bill Gates, (no, not that one) a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, who both deny any semblance of fraud in the last election, despite evidence to the contrary. Facts don't fit into the parameters of their scheme. In a tweet embedded under his emboldened name above, Gates claimed to be receiving "death threats."
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Pres. Trump gets bad advice in AZ Gov's race
Fake Kari Lake was a democrat who donated to John Kerry's and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns
Loyal readers of this politically conservative site are well aware of the stalwart bond we share in support of President Trump. We recently applauded his endorsement of AZ Rep. Mark Finchem, a solid conservative, now running for Secretary of State.
Today, we have to step back from that strong support after his ill-advised endorsement of former television newsreader Kari Lake.
Lake, whose career consisted of reading the words written by others and placed before her on a teleprompter, does not possess a single credential that makes her capable of administering the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the nation's 50 states.
Kari Lake donated $850 to John Kerry's and Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2004 and 2008, leaving the Republican Party, reregistering as an Independent before switching again to become a democrat in 2008. Now an unemployed faux Republican, she opportunistically switched back when she thought it would benefit her.
Lake also promoted far-left democrat Merrick Garland, Barack Obama's out-the-door choice for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia who died while on a hunting trip. She claimed Garland had, "an impeccable resume." Fortunately Garland's nomination stagnated and newly sworn-in President Trump announced the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to succeed Justice Scalia. Garland is now Biden's U.S. Attorney General, promoting radical policies.
Fake Lake was uncharacteristically silent when, as U.S. AG, Merrick Garland launched an irrational probe into Phoenix Police.
Throwing good sense to the winds is a recipe for disaster for the state of Arizona. Seeing Red AZ endorses State Treasurer Kimberly Yee in the AZ governor's race. She does far more than reading prepared scripts on a teleprompter. Yee, who previously served as a state House and Senate member is well-versed in government. Her solid conservative credentials are impeccable. Pres. Trump needs a memory jogger:
July 26, 2021: "Conservative" AZ Gov candidate Kari Lake was an Obama democrat. Major new video added
Aug. 3, 2021: GOP hating newspaper promotes former dem Kari Lake as GOP governor. New video explains why
Sept. 23, 2021: Fake "conservative" Guv candidate Kari Lake's moral compass is broken
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Biden's $multi trillion fiscal farce: 'Everything costs nothing'
'Build Back Better America,' a grotesque farce that will encumber future generations and inextricably weaken the USA
Joe Biden, incapable of holding interactive press conferences, uses his caustic, "circle back," press secretary Jen Psaki as his mouthpiece. Her most recent assignment is trying to convince Americans that the largest tax increase in our nation's history will cost Americans nothing,
In an effort to effect class warfare, we are told it's evil corporations and "the rich" who will be on the hook as massive social entitlement give-away schemes are implemented. Included are free pre-K; free community college; 12 weeks of family leave; a lower age to qualify for Medicare while adding dental, vision, and hearing coverage; imposition of climate change restrictions with hefty fines for non-compliance; increased housing subsidies; green cards for millions of illegal workers; and many more "freebies" adored by the democrat entitlement class, though not the purview of the federal government to fund. For a full explanation of capital gains which will be doubled in order to underwrite this monstrous socialist atrocity — we take our readers directly to the IRS site that discussed capital gains and losses to understand what's in store for America's taxpayers. The Washington Examiner exposes democrat's plan to allow the IRS to track all bank transactions over $600.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued this strong opposition to the House Democrats tax scheme, saying in part, "This is an everything but the kitchen sink bill that includes every policy idea the majority has been unable to pass. We will not find durable or practical solutions in one massive bill that is equivalent to more than twice the combined budgets of all 50 states."
According to National Law Review, estate plans will take huge tax hits.
Corporations and small businesses which are job creators are not the enemy, but our economic backbone. But in order to remain viable, they will pass the tax increases on to consumers through price increases and lower wages. The most affected victims of higher taxes are the poorest Americans.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, frail Biden's leftist democrat partner in crime, actually had the temerity to say, "Let's not talk about dollars…let's talk about values." Pelosi is the mental giant who said about Obamacare, "We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what's in it…away from the fog of controversy."
PJ Media's Stephen Green has written, "Biden's Math for Dummies: Five Trillion Dollars Equals Zero Dollars." Read it. Knowledge is power.
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Lowdown leftist local reporter gets his comeuppance
Boorish Fisher attempts to interject himself into legitimate interview with Rep. Mark Finchem
If you've ever mistakenly tuned in to PBS' Journalist Roundtable hosted by Ted Simons, you've had a massive dose of head-spinning leftism…enough to keep any rational person from returning.
The stock-in-trade on the Public Broadcasting Service program are self-serving radicals fawning over one another's blather that would only fly on the local taxpayer supported network.*
Arrogant Howie Fischer is a sometimes panelist. A radical, Fischer, the lone employee at his imposingly named Capitol Media Services, can be counted on to sarcastically wave snark and mockery in the direction of rationality. Conservatives are his red meat. With this instructional background provided for our readers who likely have better ways to spend their time than being insulted by liberal pomposity, we direct you to The Gateway Pundit, whose journalist Jordan Conradson has done a first-rate job of covering the Maricopa County 2020 ballot audit.
This is his recent headline: WATCH: AZ State Rep Mark Finchem – Sets Rude FAKE NEWS Howie Fischer Straight – "This Is HIS Interview Howie… That's Shameful! I Have Never Seen You Stoop That Low." Read the entire article for a dose of truth you won't find anywhere else.
Rep. Mark Finchem, the front-runner in the race for Arizona Secretary of State, carries the golden endorsement of President Trump, which obviously makes him a prime target for Biden-supporting Fischer.
*You'll be enlightened by taking just 3 minutes to read Senior Fellow Mike Gonzalez' commentary for The Heritage Foundation, "Stop Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Public Broadcasting." The history from Pres. Lyndon Johnson through Pres. Donald Trump, including the role of a young White House lawyer named Antonin Scalia is fascinating. Gonzalez concludes with:
Thomas Jefferson, who never heard a broadcast, was undoubtedly right when he observed that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagations of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."
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Disney's left turn has economic consequences
Earlier this year SRAZ posted, "Disney becomes "inclusive," drops customary greeting." It detailed the origins of Walt Disney's vision, his patriotism and family values that the Disney name came to represent, and concluded with the corporation's fall to the diversity and LGBQT agenda. Now the corporation has a Diversity Dashboard that outlines its hiring practices that only takes ethnicity, a genetic component over which none of us has any control, into account.
No longer are the theme parks simply a family friendly destination, but are now expensive indoctrination centers. Ticket prices for two days are listed as "from" (meaning upward of) $118 /day per person. For a family with 3 children, that translates to an unaffordable base price for many families — excluding food, hotel and parking.
Disney recently announced it will close at least 60 Disney stores in North America this year. Although the announcement attributed the massive closures to an increase in online shopping, there are many families that are protesting the leftward bent of Disney Company and refuse to support the social agenda that does not represent their values.
We do have a voice.
7 Comments | Any core values?, Arrogance, Culture and Society, Duplicity, Economics, Political Correctness, We have a voice | Permalink
Maricopa County's election audit results do not instill confidence
While the results of the Maricopa County election audit appear to confirm the election results, numerous other questions regarding the 2.1 million ballots, were raised by Senate President Karen Fann.
Sen. Fann sent this letter* to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich specifically detailing areas of concern in the current voting process and requesting a formal investigation. Brnovich, however, is in campaign mode, eyeing a U.S. Senate seat, making it a certainty Sen. Fann's concerns will go nowhere fast. He previously incurred the wrath of former President Trump, who called his tepid efforts, "lackluster." That sentiment will come back to haunt Brnovich, who will need Republican support to put wheels on his campaign. Brnovich's Rasputin-like beard will turn white before that will happen in a crowded field.
Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel isn't a viable backup. She's been in local and out-of-state drug and alcohol treatment facilities since election night Nov. 3, 2020, spending more time out of the office than in it. Claiming she also suffers for stress and anxiety, she asks we respect her privacy. That would be easier to do if she resigned and let the chief deputy assume the responsibilities of the office in the fourth most populous county in the nation, which is also a border state with the accompanying criminality.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have been outed by Steve Chucri one of their own members, who has now announced his impending November resignation, after being caught on a surreptitious tape saying, "I think it was done through dead people voting. I think it was multifaceted."
When allegations of tens of thousands of ballots cast illegally, including multiple precincts having more votes counted than residents, someone in a position of authority should have had the ability or interest in promoting integrity in the basis of our republic. What we have are self-serving politicians, too many of whom are unable to function in the jobs they arrogantly ran for. The only election they care about is their own.
The Gateway Pundit has been the reliable source for information on the audit. In this report it lists the numerous discrepancies found in the audit. Those seeking truth will never find a shred of it in the failing, Hillary-endorsing local newspaper.
* H/T AZ Family
10 Comments | Arizona issues, Arizona Politics, Duplicity, Elections, Integrity, Legal issues, Maricopa County, Pres. Donald Trump, Presidential campaigns | Permalink
The unparalleled power of Trump's endorsement
Fmr. Pres. Trump a kingmaker in Republican primaries
In a stunning case of buyer's remorse, Americans are dissatisfied with having a clearly ailing and frail puppet in the White House. Incompetent Joe Biden is frequently unable to articulate a cogent thought, often mumbling and refusing to take questions, as noted by Australian Sky News host Chris Kenny, who boldly states what the leftist U.S. media refuses to acknowledge. Biden's mouthpiece Jen Psaki, recycled from the Obama administration, has avoided addressing concerns by "circling back" until it has become a joke. She has already stated that she is planning to leave "next year."
Rasmussen Reports is now the only national pollster to provide a daily presidential tracking poll, since Gallup discontinued them in 2018.
Recent polling showed most voters would not vote to reelect President Joe Biden, and a significant number who voted for him in 2020 now regret their choice. Only 32% of respondents say America is heading in the right direction, dropping 2 points from a week earlier.
Most telling is the power of President Trump's endorsement, as noted by conservative insider Matt Schlapp, who backs up his observations with solid facts. He also mentions Arizona's upcoming elections.
At this point, Trump has endorsed AZ Rep. Mark Finchem for Secretary of State. In Arizona that office has produced many governors who have ascended through this under-the-radar line of succession. Pres. Trump is getting stellar advice in making this endorsement. Arizona's citizens will be the ultimate beneficiaries.
5 Comments | Arizona Politics, Elections, Harris/OBiden, Pres. Donald Trump, We have a voice | Permalink
Fake "conservative" Guv candidate Kari Lake's moral compass is broken
Merrick Garland, Biden's US AG, was supported by then-democrat Kari Lake when Obama tried to slip him into a Supreme Court seat. He is now suing Texas over a pro-life bill
As a candidate for Arizona governor, former television newsreader Kari Lake declares herself a "conservative." The conveniently self-awarded title comes despite the fact that as a registered democrat, using her married name Halperin, she generously donated to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John Kerry, definitely not where actual conservatives would ever put their money. But her peculiar proclivities get even odder. Her website states: "I am pro-life. Always have and always will be."
Kari Lake has yet to explain why, in the waning days of Obama's presidency, she supported his last minute nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, which fortunately did not come to pass.
Lake called far-leftist Merrick Garland, who Obama tried to replace distinguished conservative Justice Antonin Scalia — who died unexpectedly during a hunting trip — "someone you can't have any qualms with…who has an impeccable resume," in this video:
Now, Merrick Garland is showing exactly what a "moderate" he is. Joe Biden appointed Garland as United States Attorney General. It must thrill the self-identified "pro-life" Kari Lake that Garland has announced his intention to have the Justice Department he leads, file a lawsuit against the state of Texas over Senate Bill 8, the bill that was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 1, 2021. It limits abortions after a doctor detects a heartbeat.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued this statement:
"The most precious freedom is life itself. Texas passed a law that ensures that the life of every child with a heartbeat will be spared from the ravages of abortion. Unfortunately, President Biden and his administration are more interested in changing the national narrative from their disastrous Afghanistan evacuation and reckless open border policies instead of protecting the innocent unborn. We are confident that the courts will uphold and protect that right to life."
Kari Lake was revealed as a Republican imposter in this report. Be sure to read it.
SRAZ Addendum:
Florida is following Texas with a similar "heartbeat" bill.
https://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/sponsoredbills.aspx?MemberId=4770
Republican Representative Webster Barnaby is a Christian, black conservative, first elected to the House of Representatives in 2020. We wish him all the best!
Here's his legislative bio:
https://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4770&SessionId=93
10 Comments | Any core values?, Arizona Politics, Deception, Duplicity, Elections, Hope and Change, Those Dems, What's up with this? | Permalink
MC Supervisor Chucri reveals cover-up, announces resignation…
…as BofS lobbyist Shadegg is appointed to investigate routers
On Tuesday, The Gateway Pundit (GP) reported that Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri said the county-led post-election audit was "bullsh*t." SRAZ reposted GP's link. The effect was immediate.
Chucri has now announced his resignation. But don't be lulled into thinking the exposure of his lily-livered colleagues was an embarrassment that precipitated his leave-taking. Until Chucri's comments were exposed by Gateway Pundit, the local newspaper, which daily denigrates the election audit, was uncharacteristically mum. If it weren't for Gateway Pundit's relentless exposure Arizona residents would have no idea of the extent to which they have been conned.
The Gateway Pundit's Jordan Conradson follows up with this report: 'Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri RESIGNS From Office After TGP Exposé : "There Was No Cover-Up, The Election Was Not Stolen. Biden Won."
In a covertly recorded conversation, Chucri, who represents District 2, stated, "I should have never believed what I was being told," referring to his fellow supervisors saying they could only audit approximately 47,000 ballots out of nearly 2.1 million of the 2020 election ballots. He also said, "I think it was done through dead people voting. I think it was multifaceted." Still he remained silent, and as GP reported, "continued to aid the Supervisors and crooked Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in their cover-up of this fraudulent election." Had it not been for the leaked recording Chucri would never have announced his resignation. At this point, the question to ask is why is the resignation effective Nov. 5, instead of immediately? This is September.
As further information is revealed about the 2020 election, the more it's impossible to trust the election results. This erosion of trust in the system we have never questioned, will linger and worsen. Now former Rep. John Shadegg, a longtime McCain ally, has been appointed "special master" to examine the routers from the Maricopa County 2020 election. The reliable World Tribune reports Shadegg's appointment was immediately called into question over his lobbying ties to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors who have long attempted to obstruct the Arizona audit. Read the report and watch the verifying accompanying video.
In 2008, SRAZ posted, Shadegg slurs Arizona Republicans in Eastern press He told the New York Times that those of us who desired border security were "xenophobic" and "intolerant." He was an AZ Congressman at the time.
Now Shadegg is the "special master" who has previously lobbied on behalf of the entity he is now charged with investigating. None of this passes the smell test.
8 Comments | Any core values?, Arizona Politics, Deception, Elections, News, Outrage, We have a voice, What's up with this? | Permalink
AZ election audit info the local news ignores
As Arizonans and concerned Americans across the broad expanse of our nation await the results of the 2020 Maricopa County election audit scheduled to be released this Friday afternoon Sept. 24, 2021, we take our readers directly to another Gateway Pundit post, which once again sheds light on the audit.
Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri Caught in Leaked Recording: The Maricopa County Voting Machine Company Audit and Recount – "Was Pretty BULLSH*T By The Way" (AUDIO)
Throughout the meeting with members of We The People AZ Alliance, Chucri ripped his colleagues for not standing up for voting rights or cooperating with the fact-finding Arizona Senate.
The Hillary-endorsing local newspaper would rather shrivel and die than report this information. After her stunning defeat, it stopped listing endorsements, although everything within its pages is skewed left. If you read nothing else today, read the linked Gateway Pundit report.
Keep in mind the final vote reported on Nov. 3, 2020 was 49.39% for Biden and 49.09% for President Trump. Of course there are questions.
7 Comments | Arizona Politics, Elections, Harris/OBiden, Maricopa County, Politics of personal destruction, Pres. Donald Trump, Those Dems, We have a voice | Permalink
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Q: JavaScript is Object or Function I have this code:
var obj = function (i) {
   this.a = i;
   this.init = function () {
       var _this = this;
       setTimeout(function () {
           alert(_this.a + ' :: ' + typeof _this);
       }, 0);
   };
   this.init();
};

obj('1');
obj('2');
obj('3');
new obj('4');

http://jsfiddle.net/kbWJd/
The script alerts '3 :: object' three times and '4 :: object' once.
I know why this is. It because new obj('4') creates a new instance with it's own memory space and the calls prior share their memory space. When in the code of obj how can I determine if I am a new object or a function, since typeof _this just says 'object'?
Thanks.

A: Is this what you're looking for? If you execute a function without the new keyword this inside the function equals the containing object (window in this case).
if( this === window ){
    console.log('not an object instance');
} else {
    console.log('object instance');
}

Example with different containing object:
var obj = {

    method: function(){

        if( this === obj ){
            alert('function was not used to create an object instance');
        } else {
            alert('function was used to create an object instance');
        }

    }

};

obj.method(); // this === obj

new obj.method(); // this === newly created object instance

A: The instanceof operator can be utilized for another solution:
var foo = function() {
    if (this instanceof foo) {
        // new operator has been used (most likely)
    } else {
        // ...
    }
};


Did you know one of the wonderful things about the Krewe of Shamrock is that Guests are welcome to participate as bead throwers in every parade? All are welcome, but a wristband is required for access to staging areas and a signed waiver for parade participation. This provides an opportunity for your guest to get to experience Krewe Life first hand and provides a source of revenue that directly benefits the Krewe (win-win)!!!
As a friendly reminder, the KOS Member is responsible for the ensuring the Guest wears a kilt, has beads to throw and complies with KOS Code-of-Conduct. Wristbands must be purchased one week in advance.


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The project is divided into seven work packages. WP1 to WP4 deal with the formal implementation and with the development and qualification. WP5-WP7 are accompanying packages dealing with quality assurance, dissemination and project management.
The following chart shows the logic, timeline and the dependences of the work packages and activities carried out during the project's lifetime.


I have been privileged to partake with you.
Yet, the most cherished moments are in your arms hearing soft whispers of endearment.
the embrace of my love.
I have been honored to share those experiences with you since the day I met you.
Taj Mahal memorials, jewel-studded opportunities, and abundant blessings.
I truly adore you, my Beloved.
Father in heaven, thank You for Keith and his powerful love. Bless him with Your wisdom as he touches others for You. Give him favor with all the people he encounters. Thank You for this man who You prepared for me from the foundation of the world. May he please You and point others to You.
Happy birthday to my beloved!
2014 has been a year of distinction, a year of challenges, a year of recognition, a year of new opportunities.
You met 2014 and all it brought from the foundational values and priorities you adopted many years ago.
I am honored to walk beside you. I revel in your success, and I thrive in your love.
Life with you is an abundant banqueting table.
May you kiss me with the kisses of your mouth!
Father, You have given me a great treasure in Keith. Fill him with a double portion of the Holy Spirit and pour out Your perfect grace, peace, and wisdom upon him abundantly. Thank you, Father, for my beloved husband and friend.


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package com.google.gerrit.server.change;

import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.changes.ActionVisitor;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ActionInfo;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ChangeInfo;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.RevisionInfo;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicMap;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestView;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.PrivateInternals_UiActionDescription;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.UiAction;
import com.google.gerrit.server.CurrentUser;
import com.google.gerrit.server.extensions.webui.UiActions;
import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNotes;
import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.google.inject.Provider;
import com.google.inject.Singleton;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

@Singleton
public class ActionJson {
  private final DynamicMap<RestView<RevisionResource>> revisionViews;
  private final ChangeJson.Factory changeJsonFactory;
  private final ChangeResource.Factory changeResourceFactory;
  private final UiActions uiActions;
  private final DynamicMap<RestView<ChangeResource>> changeViews;
  private final DynamicSet<ActionVisitor> visitorSet;
  private final Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider;

  @Inject
  ActionJson(
      DynamicMap<RestView<RevisionResource>> views,
      ChangeJson.Factory changeJsonFactory,
      ChangeResource.Factory changeResourceFactory,
      UiActions uiActions,
      DynamicMap<RestView<ChangeResource>> changeViews,
      DynamicSet<ActionVisitor> visitorSet,
      Provider<CurrentUser> userProvider) {
    this.revisionViews = views;
    this.changeJsonFactory = changeJsonFactory;
    this.changeResourceFactory = changeResourceFactory;
    this.uiActions = uiActions;
    this.changeViews = changeViews;
    this.visitorSet = visitorSet;
    this.userProvider = userProvider;
  }

  public Map<String, ActionInfo> format(RevisionResource rsrc) {
    ChangeInfo changeInfo = null;
    RevisionInfo revisionInfo = null;
    List<ActionVisitor> visitors = visitors();
    if (!visitors.isEmpty()) {
      changeInfo = changeJson().format(rsrc);
      revisionInfo = requireNonNull(Iterables.getOnlyElement(changeInfo.revisions.values()));
      changeInfo.revisions = null;
    }
    return toActionMap(rsrc, visitors, changeInfo, revisionInfo);
  }

  private ChangeJson changeJson() {
    return changeJsonFactory.noOptions();
  }

  private ArrayList<ActionVisitor> visitors() {
    return Lists.newArrayList(visitorSet);
  }

  public ChangeInfo addChangeActions(ChangeInfo to, ChangeNotes notes) {
    List<ActionVisitor> visitors = visitors();
    to.actions = toActionMap(notes, visitors, copy(visitors, to));
    return to;
  }

  public RevisionInfo addRevisionActions(
      @Nullable ChangeInfo changeInfo, RevisionInfo to, RevisionResource rsrc) {
    List<ActionVisitor> visitors = visitors();
    if (!visitors.isEmpty()) {
      if (changeInfo != null) {
        changeInfo = copy(visitors, changeInfo);
      } else {
        changeInfo = changeJson().format(rsrc);
      }
    }
    to.actions = toActionMap(rsrc, visitors, changeInfo, copy(visitors, to));
    return to;
  }

  private ChangeInfo copy(List<ActionVisitor> visitors, ChangeInfo changeInfo) {
    if (visitors.isEmpty()) {
      return null;
    }
    // Include all fields from ChangeJson#toChangeInfoImpl that are not protected by any
    // ListChangesOptions.
    ChangeInfo copy = new ChangeInfo();
    copy.project = changeInfo.project;
    copy.branch = changeInfo.branch;
    copy.topic = changeInfo.topic;
    copy.assignee = changeInfo.assignee;
    copy.hashtags = changeInfo.hashtags;
    copy.changeId = changeInfo.changeId;
    copy.submitType = changeInfo.submitType;
    copy.mergeable = changeInfo.mergeable;
    copy.insertions = changeInfo.insertions;
    copy.deletions = changeInfo.deletions;
    copy.hasReviewStarted = changeInfo.hasReviewStarted;
    copy.isPrivate = changeInfo.isPrivate;
    copy.subject = changeInfo.subject;
    copy.status = changeInfo.status;
    copy.owner = changeInfo.owner;
    copy.created = changeInfo.created;
    copy.updated = changeInfo.updated;
    copy._number = changeInfo._number;
    copy.requirements = changeInfo.requirements;
    copy.revertOf = changeInfo.revertOf;
    copy.starred = changeInfo.starred;
    copy.stars = changeInfo.stars;
    copy.submitted = changeInfo.submitted;
    copy.submitter = changeInfo.submitter;
    copy.unresolvedCommentCount = changeInfo.unresolvedCommentCount;
    copy.workInProgress = changeInfo.workInProgress;
    copy.id = changeInfo.id;
    return copy;
  }

  private RevisionInfo copy(List<ActionVisitor> visitors, RevisionInfo revisionInfo) {
    if (visitors.isEmpty()) {
      return null;
    }
    // Include all fields from RevisionJson#toRevisionInfo that are not protected by any
    // ListChangesOptions.
    RevisionInfo copy = new RevisionInfo();
    copy.isCurrent = revisionInfo.isCurrent;
    copy._number = revisionInfo._number;
    copy.ref = revisionInfo.ref;
    copy.created = revisionInfo.created;
    copy.uploader = revisionInfo.uploader;
    copy.fetch = revisionInfo.fetch;
    copy.kind = revisionInfo.kind;
    copy.description = revisionInfo.description;
    return copy;
  }

  private Map<String, ActionInfo> toActionMap(
      ChangeNotes notes, List<ActionVisitor> visitors, ChangeInfo changeInfo) {
    CurrentUser user = userProvider.get();
    Map<String, ActionInfo> out = new LinkedHashMap<>();
    if (!user.isIdentifiedUser()) {
      return out;
    }

    Iterable<UiAction.Description> descs =
        uiActions.from(changeViews, changeResourceFactory.create(notes, user));

    // The followup action is a client-side only operation that does not
    // have a server side handler. It must be manually registered into the
    // resulting action map.
    if (!notes.getChange().isAbandoned()) {
      UiAction.Description descr = new UiAction.Description();
      PrivateInternals_UiActionDescription.setId(descr, "followup");
      PrivateInternals_UiActionDescription.setMethod(descr, "POST");
      descr.setTitle("Create follow-up change");
      descr.setLabel("Follow-Up");
      descs = Iterables.concat(descs, Collections.singleton(descr));
    }

    ACTION:
    for (UiAction.Description d : descs) {
      ActionInfo actionInfo = new ActionInfo(d);
      for (ActionVisitor visitor : visitors) {
        if (!visitor.visit(d.getId(), actionInfo, changeInfo)) {
          continue ACTION;
        }
      }
      out.put(d.getId(), actionInfo);
    }
    return out;
  }

  private Map<String, ActionInfo> toActionMap(
      RevisionResource rsrc,
      List<ActionVisitor> visitors,
      ChangeInfo changeInfo,
      RevisionInfo revisionInfo) {
    if (!rsrc.getUser().isIdentifiedUser()) {
      return ImmutableMap.of();
    }

    Map<String, ActionInfo> out = new LinkedHashMap<>();
    ACTION:
    for (UiAction.Description d : uiActions.from(revisionViews, rsrc)) {
      ActionInfo actionInfo = new ActionInfo(d);
      for (ActionVisitor visitor : visitors) {
        if (!visitor.visit(d.getId(), actionInfo, changeInfo, revisionInfo)) {
          continue ACTION;
        }
      }
      out.put(d.getId(), actionInfo);
    }
    return out;
  }
}


The Vitruvian Man is a drawing by Leonaro da Vinci that puts man at the center of both a square and a circle, with the implication that man is in harmony with world around him. Where did Da Vinci get this idea?
Consider yourself as a baby. The first thing you really noticed was your mother's face. The proportions of the face are ingrained in you from an early age.
Likewise the proportions of the men and women around you were imprinted at least from the time you began to walk. You walked among giants, with their knees at the level of your eyes. I mention this because human proportions are not really scale dependant. We are used to seeing the proportions now in a scale that matches our own body, but once we saw them on a monumental scale. That monumental scale can be intimidating, but it is less scary when it is presented with proportions that are familiar to us from our earliest years.
Long before the Vitruvian man illustrated this point the ancients viewed the proportions that are present in nature as worth emulating. Proportions that were unnatural would appear to be out of harmony, and they took harmony very seriously. To understand why we have to look to Pythagoras.
Which brings us back to man. Man, the creature designed to be in harmony with his creator, could serve as a model for what is beautiful.
Vitruvius, in his 'Ten Books on Architecture' provides a list of proportions of the face and the body. He also provides this definition of proportion: "Proportion is a correspondence among the measures of the members of an entire work, and of the whole to a certain part selected as standard." In the proportions given below (from Vitruvius) that standard is either the height of a man, or the height of the face.
This tells us that the ancients considered the proportions of 1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:8 and 1:10 as being proportions appropriate to man. Without elaboration Vitruvius states that architects also used the proportions of other parts of the body, so this list is not complete.
I measured some of these on myself. A few were spot on, most were a little off. Especially those related to the hairline. Evidently my hairline is no longer ideal and I am a little out of proportion. There is also the question of how to take certain measurements, such as the "breadth of the breast". However, if you looked at lots of people in their youthful state you would find that these proportions generally hold.
Vitruvius goes on to talk about the navel being the center of man, and some of his descriptions in this section get a little confusing, but Leonardo DaVinci, who studied both architecture and anatomy, was able to reconcile Vitruvius's vague descriptions graphically in his famous sketch "Vitruvian Man". As shown, man fits in both a circle and a square. He uses this to reinforce the idea that there is a natural symmetry to man and both symmetry and harmony should be employed in our buildings.
The Vitruvian Man, and Da Vinci, have been criticized for putting man at the center. The implication is that Vitruvian Man is a humanist representation of man without God. This is a gross misunderstanding. Vitruvian Man in the middle is man in harmony with all of God's creation.
Moving from his descriptions of man's proportions Vitruvius gets into the perfect numbers, but he gets there by going back to using man as a standard for measurement. The Greeks, like every other culture, used their body parts to measure things. They used fingers, palms, forearms and feet. The number 10 was considered perfect because we have 10 fingers connected to our palms. Likewise, for some mathematical reasons I will not get into, mathematicians considered six to be the perfect number, but this was reinforced by the fact that there were six palms to the cubit (the forearm) and man was as tall as six of his feet. So they considered both 10 and 6 to be perfect, and adding two perfect numbers should also yield a perfect number, therefore 16 was perfect.
These three numbers formed special proportions 6:10, 6:16, and 10:16, all theoretically derived from man.
The earlier mentioned proportions were not practical for figuring room proportions. It would be strange to have a house full of rooms that were either four or six or eight times longer than they were wide, but it was practical to have rooms in the proportions of 6:10 (such as a 12 foot by 20 foot room). Since there were three numbers you could even put the width, length and height all into perfect proportions. You could for instance have a room 15 feet wide by 24 feet with a 9 foot ceiling, which is in the proportions of 10:16:6.
Andrea Palladio, in his The Four Books on Architecture reintroduced these same proportions to a new generation. The rooms of his houses often had these proportions, as you can see in the drawings in his book.
They were also appropriate proportions for laying out the footprint of a Greek Temple, as we shall see later.


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Relief from Forfeiture
Set-off
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Administrative Law (Ontario)(SPPA)
Chapter 9 - General SPPA Rules: Appeals and Judicial Reviews
(a) Overview
(b) Timeline for Commencing an Appeal
Stays Pending Appeal
(b) Stay Procedures
(c) Stay Pending Further Administrative-Level Reviews or Reconsiderations
(b) Prematurity
(c) Procedures
(d) Grounds for Judicial Review
(e) Stay Pending Judicial Review
(f) Timelines for Commencing a Judicial Review
(b) Dunsmuir v New Brunswick (SCC, 2008)
At the point of considering an appeal or judicial review, unrepresented parties should immediately consider retaining a lawyer if they can. Appeal filing deadlines need to be adhered to [30 days is typical for an appeal (shorter if leave to appeal is required), and six months is a standard for judicial reviews] promptly and procedures are very specialized and cumbersome.
In past, legal aid certificates (for private lawyers) were generally available for administrative tribunal appeals, but it appears likely that with cut-backs that all people unable to afford a lawyer will have to go through the legal clinic system to get legal representation for such cases. Inquire of Legal Aid as to current availability.
As well, before commencing a court appeal or judicial review, parties should also carefully review the general SPPA rules discussed in Ch.7, s.5 ["Orders: Variation of Orders"] and any review or reconsideration powers made under the tribunal's parent statute or under SPPA s.25.1 authority [see Ch.17: "Review of Orders"]. With judicial reviews (though not appeals) the courts apply a legal doctrine of "prematurity. Prematurity doctrine generally (but not always: Ellis-Don v Ontario (SCC, 2001) requires that all available review or reconsideration processes be exhausted before they will consider the merits of a judicial review case. Cases can be dismissed if they do not do this.
Another aspect of the doctrine of "prematurity", mentioned above, is that courts will not generally consider an appeal or judicial review until a decision is "final" (ie. purports on its face to finally dispose of a party's right in the proceeding) as opposed to interlocutory (typically procedural orders). For example, a party's chances of appealing or judicially reviewing something like a refusal to grant an adjournment are next to nil. Normally the courts want the appellant to complete their hearing to the point of getting a final order (and thus a full documentary and evidence record) and then, if that was against them, to appeal on whatever grounds they had - including the adjournment refusal.
The Statutory Powers Procedures Act (SPPA) does not set out a general rule providing for court appeals from tribunal decisions. Such provisions are usually located in the parent statute of the tribunal concerned, and - where they exist - typically (but not always) provide for a statutory appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court, a branch of the Ontario Superior Court. Where no such statutory appeal right is established, then the parties' court recourse lies in judicial review.
People unfamiliar with legal appeals tend to think that the right of appeal is an automatic oppourtunity to re-present their case completely. This is rarely the case. Appeals are usually limited to legal and jurisdictional issues, with fact-findings - unless they are extremely ill-founded - being accepted as they have been made by the tribunal.
Only lawyers or parties themselves (not non-lawyer representatives such as paralegals) are allowed to act for parties in statutory appeals to the Divisional Court or in judicial reviews: Gillespie v Gotlibowicz (Ont Div Ct, 1996).
2. Appeal Procedures
As noted above, the right of a party to appeal the decision or order of an administrative tribunal (if such right exists, it doesn't always), is typically set out in the parent statute of the tribunal which made the order being appealed from. Detailed procedures are then set out, for the most part, in Rule 61 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (RCP or Rules).
Detailed discussion of these procedures is beyond the scope of this present Legal Guide. However, the Divisional Court has posted a useful Appeal Information Package on it's website, explaining most of these procedures to the public:
Guide to Appeals in the Divisional Court
Where, as is often the case for administrative tribunal decisions, the timeline for commencing an appeal is governed under RCP R61.04, it is 30 days. However readers should be very careful to check whether the timeline is established by statute, in which case the statutory timeline overrides R61.04.
But where the timeline is established under R61.04, it may be extended by the court under it's general authority to "extend or abridge" time in proper circumstances [RCP R3.02]. However, this R3.02 authority does not allow the extension of a timeline that has been created by statute. If there is no statutory extension right, then the appeal may be 'dead in the water', and the only court recourse the party may have lies in judicial review.
Case Note:
In Jones v. Matthews (Div Ct, 2012), the court applied the following generally-accepted criteria in considering whether to exercise it's discretion to extend the time for commencing an appeal of a decision of the Landlord and Tenant Board under the RTA:
[10] Assuming the court has the ability to extend time, Ms. Sirvinskaite acknowledges various factors must be considered by the Court:
(a) Has the appellant maintained a firm intention to appeal within the statutory period?
(b) Has the appellant provided a reasonable explanation for the delay?
(c) Is there prejudice to the respondent in granting the extension?
(d) Is there so little merit in the proposed appeal that the court should reasonably deny the appellant the opportunity to appeal?
In my opinion, the court here had no legal jurisdiction to extend time in this case, since the 30-day limitation period was statutory rather than made under the Rules of Civil Procedure (which allow such extensions under R3.02) and the RTA has no extension provision. However the court avoided that issue since it found no grounds for extending on this standard test. This might be confusing for readers, but courts sometimes focus on just one issue of several in order to decide a case expeditiously, rendering the resolution of remaining issues pointless. Had the jurisdictional issue (re the extension) been considered here in Jones I think it would have gone against the appellants and their only proper recourse would have been to commence a judicial review.
3. Stays Pending Appeal
Once an unfavourable final order or decision is made by a tribunal, and the aggrieved party starts to consider challenging it by way of an appeal, the question can arise as to whether the challenged decision is enforceable while the appeal is being resolved. That is, is the tribunal order effective or not in the interim? For example, if the tribunal orders a party to pay money, can the other side start collection activity before the appeal or review is resolved? What if the order requires specific behaviour or actions from a party?
The SPPA provides generally that the timely filing of a statutory appeal operates as a "stay" (ie. suspension) of a tribunal order until such time as the appeal is finally resolved [SPPA s.25(1)]. In this form, where the stay is 'as-of-right', it is commonly referred to as an "automatic stay".
However, the SPPA stay rule can be excepted where "another Act or a regulation that applies to the proceeding expressly provides to the contrary" [SPPA s.25(1)(a)]. Typically any statutory exceptions to the general SPPA rule of 'stay on appeal' will be located in the tribunal's parent statute.
As well, no SPPA-s.25(1) stay will operate where a "tribunal or the court or other appellate body orders otherwise" [SPPA s.25(1)(b)] - giving both the body appealed from, and the body appealed to, discretion to override the SPPA rule (typically the discretion lies with the Tribunal until the case is first filed with the appeal court, then it shifts to that court).
In the Divisional Court residential tenancy case of D'Amico v Hitti (Div Ct, 2012) Matlow J faced a non-payment of rent appeal by a tenant that had not paid rent since moving into the premises, and who failed to appear at the appeal hearing. Citing this as an example of several similar cases that had come before him recently, the judge took it on himself to criticize the automatic stay provisions that applied to such cases by virtue of SPPA s.25(1), and suggested that imposing a leave to appeal requirement in such appeals might be appropriate. The case attracted media attention on Matlow J's policy change suggestion: Case highlights flaws in landlord, tenant rules: Toronto Star, 31 August 2012.
My view is that a leave requirement would be quite disproportionate and inefficient to address the problem the court identified here. Leave motions are as much paperwork as a full appeal, and often these days are treated by the appeal courts as de facto summary appeals - forcing the parties to unnecesssarily address the merits of the case as well as the leave criteria. The problem identified by the judge here is unique to non-payment of rent cases and could be addressed by a requirement that the tenant be required to deposit the Board-ordered arrears and ongoing rent with the court in order to maintain their right of appeal, a jurisdiction which already lies with the court under s.25(1)(b) of the SPPA.
Very similar requirements are already in place at the Board level, where failure to make such 'catch-up' payments is fatal to the tenant's defence: see Ch.7: Non-Payment of Rent Terminations. In fact, if the Board at the early application stage of this case had simply required that the catch-up payment at that point be made by certified cheque or money order - rather than personal cheque - this situation would never have gotten anywhere near this far. It plainly had authority to demand verification of actual payment by virtue of the RTA s.74(2) requirement that it be 'satisfied' that payment had been made. With respect, I view the imposition of a leave to appeal requirement as excessive and unnecessary to the situations being targeted.
Where no automatic stay on appeal is established by law, parties can usually make a motion before the appeal court for a discretionary stay. The principles governing the granting of stays are largely similar to those governing the granting of interim injunctions (merits of the case, irreparable harm, balance of convenience), but are otherwise beyond the scope of this present Legal Guide.
Court rules governing stays are located at Rule 63 of the:
Rules of Civil Procedure
The Divisional Court in Ramlochan v D'Souza (Div Ct, 2012) considered just such an application to lift a statutory stay where a landlord faced an appeal by tenants who had been ordered by the L&T Board to leave the premises, and where the issue was complicated by the assertion by the tenants of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale. The court, in applying the interim injunction principle of 'balance of convenience', noted that the burden of convincing the court to lift a statutory stay lay on the party seeking it, and that - in the circumstances of this case - there was no compelling reason to change the status quo created by the automatic stay.
A practical complication that can arise is where the tribunal rules allow for an administrative-level review or reconsideration process either as an option to a court appeal, or even as a precondition of it. In this case the stay issue can re-arise while those supplementary proceedings are being conducted.
One example of where this can be a problem is before the Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT), which adjudicates Ontario Works (welfare) and ODSP appeals. After decisions are issued by the SBT, a party can request to have them 'reconsidered', but the issue of a stay while this process proceeds is not anticipated for in the statutes that govern the SBT. Depending on the nature of the order, this may or may not be a practical problem.
4. Judicial Review
Occasionally the situation arises where there is no statutory appeal from a tribunal order or decision. In that case judicial review may be available. In fact, judicial review is widely-used to challenge practically any form of government action or decision, even if it is not quasi-judicial in nature.
Before commencing judicial review proceedings however parties should first carefully review the parent statute and regulations that they are dealing with, and the policies of the specific tribunal they are dealing with, for any available administrative-level review or reconsideration powers [made under SPPA s.25.1 authority; see Ch.7, s.5: "Variation of Orders", and Ch.17: "Review of Orders"].
For the reasons explained in the 'Caution' at the beginning of this chapter, those remedies - if there are any - should almost always be attempted before judicial review is commenced. Failure to do so may result in the judicial review application being dismissed on grounds of 'prematurity'.
The Divisional Court case of Martinez v. Toronto Police Services Board(CanLII) (Div Ct, 2012), emanated from police discipline hearings in relation to their conduct during the G20 demonstrations in June 2010. The officers moved to judicially review the decision of the Toronto Police Services Board to exercise it's statutory discretion under s.83(17) of the Police Services Act to serve notices of hearing more than six months after the day on which the Office of the Independent Police Review Director ("OIPRD") decided to retain a public complaint for investigation.
No evidence was adduced as to prejudice caused by the delay, but in any event the application was dismissed as premature in light of the parties' as-yet unused abuse of process s.23(1) SPPA remedy, which could be applied at the administrative proceedings level to relieve against prejudice caused by the delay.
If those other administative-level processes are unavailable, or tried but are unsuccessful, the parties can then bring an "Application for Judicial Review" under the Judicial Review Procedures Act (JRPA) to the Ontario Divisional Court.
Court procedures for judicial review applications are found at Rule 68 of the:
In all judicial review cases it is essential to have a full familiarity with any specific statutory provisions regarding judicial review located in the parent statute, and in the Judicial Review Procedures Act ("JRPA").
Full procedures for judicial review are complex and beyond the scope of this present Legal Guide.
Grounds for a judicial reviews are typically much more limited than those provided for in statutory appeals. Successful judicial reviews tend to be grounded on fundamental errors such as jurisdiction, legal error, or breach of the principles of natural justice (procedural fairness) - any of which must be material to the result (ie. the error must have decisively-influenced the resulting order or decision against the party seeking the judicial review). Fact-findings are only rarely reversed on judicial review except where plain errors of law contributed to a wrongful fact-finding, or there was blatant disregard for key evidence. These issues are discussed more fully in s.5 below ("Standard of Review").
Further, there is no automatic stay on the filing of an Application for Judicial Review [SPPA s.25(2)]. A party seeking a stay of the order, decision or action to be reviewed would have to make a motion to the court under JRPA s.4.
There is no set statutory limitation period on how long a party has to commence a judicial review, but courts may dismiss such an application if they view it's commencement as being unduly tardy (under a doctrine called "laches"). As a general practice the Divisional Court views six months as being late, beyond which the applicant must justify the delay.
5. Standard of Review
Anyone conducting either a court appeal or a judicial review has to be familiar with the dual concepts of 'standard of review', and the closely-related concept of 'deference'. Deference is judicial policy applied by higher courts whereby, to varying extents depending on the nature of the issue being considered (most appeal cases contain multiple issues, not all of the same nature), they will either decline to second-guess the tribunal below or - more typically - not second-guess 'too hard'.
In legal terms you will hear deference being discussed in terms of the two standards of review of 'correctness' (on the one hand) and then 'reasonableness' (on the other hand). 'Correctness' means that, with respect to the issue being considered, that the reviewing court can freely-substitute it's own view of what is right over that of the tribunal below. 'Reasonableness' means that the reviewing court will respect (and thus preserve) the finding of the tribunal below unless it found the result to be so astray as to be unreasonable. Obviously, this latter standard of reasonableness is quite hard to define and predict in any given circumstance.
For many years the higher courts have espoused varying forms and varieties of these 'standards of review', but recently the Supreme Court of Canada has attempted to pronounce authoritatively on them, as is next explained.
The 2008 Dunsmuir v New Brunswick case is the Supreme Court of Canada's most recent definitive statement on the standard of review that will be applied in court appeals and judicial reviews.
Generally, decisions requiring some discretion from the decision-maker, the making of fact-findings, findings of mixed fact and law (such as where found facts are applied to a legal test and a result dictated), and those lying at the core of a tribunal's specialized expertise will be accorded high levels of 'deference' or lenience by a reviewing court (and thus will be examined on a 'reasonableness' standard). As the court put it:
... reasonableness is concerned mostly with the existence of justification, transparency and intelligibility within the decision-making process. But it is also concerned with whether the decision falls within a range of possible, acceptable outcomes which are defensible in respect of the facts and law.
On the other hand, questions of pure law and jurisdiction will be reviewed on a more stringent standard of 'correctness'.
Lastly, issues of fairness or natural justice (procedural fairness) are by their nature not subject to deference, and are generally assessed as to whether the conduct challenged was simply 'right or wrong' (which in practice amounts to a 'correctness' standard).
In First Ontario Realty Corp Ltd v Deng (Ont CA, 2011), which was a Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) case, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal from a Divisional Court judgment which reversed an earlier Landlord and Tenant Board order granting a tenant request for a rent reduction based on a reduction in "common recreational facilities" by the landlord. The Divisional Court (below) decided, applying a standard of correctness, that an external area of land around the buildings only fit the 'common recreational facilities' definition if it was specifically landscaped for recreational purposes.
However, applying the case of Dunsmuir v New Brunswick (SCC, 2008), the Court of Appeal held that the proper manner of proceeding in such appeal cases was to consider each issue separately as to it's applicable standard of review - and not to apply one global standard to them all [appeals under RTA s.210(1) are on a question of law alone]. Dunsmuir holds that pure questions of law and jurisdiction should be subjected to a standard of correctness, while issues of fact-finding and mixed facts and law - particularly where they are close to the specialized expertise of the tribunal, should be subjected to the more deferential standard of 'reasonableness'.
Applying those principles to this case the court held that the Divisional Court erred in applying a standard of correctness to the determination of whether the land in question met the definition of "common recreational facilites". As a question of mixed fact and law close to the expertise of the tribunal this issue should have been considered on the standard of reasonableness. On this standard the Court of Appeal found that the Board's conclusion respecting the status of the subject land was reasonable.
However, the court did find that the Board's approach to the degree of loss of services and the resultant rent reduction amount was not reasonable, and on that basis upheld the result at the Divisional Court against the tenants.
The case illustrates well how review of tribunal decisions is not, as has commonly been the practice in past, to be subject to an undifferentiated standard across the entire case (ie. either 'correctness' or 'reasonableness' across the board). Instead, different standards of review will apply to each of the separate issues raised on appeal or judicial review:
[18] Although the Divisional Court relied upon the fact that previous courts had consistently applied the standard of correctness to decisions of the Board on questions of law, decisions prior to Dunsmuir may be of limited assistance. .....
[19] It is important to identify the category of question under review. A tribunal may attract different standards of review, depending on the issue involved.
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