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Court Administration Management System (CAMS)
The Court Administration Management System (CAMS) is a software system designed and developed for the administration of municipal provincial offences courts in the Province of Ontario. The system was created by James Whitaker, as an employee of the Regional Municipality of Niagara, over many years. The system was constructed for Niagara's use, and then shared freely with several other provincial offences courts in Ontario. The system gained wide-spread acceptance around the province, between 2012 and 2019.
The system is a desktop (client/server) application, developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8 and Microsoft SQL Server.
The system is divided into three key areas of functionality for provincial offences courts:
Courts administration
Collection of unpaid fines
Tracking of un-convicted offences, upcoming appearances, court briefs, witnesses, requests to enforcement agencies, charter motions and motions for adjournment is available for prosecution staff.
Key court administration processes are managed by CAMS. Data entry and upload to ICON for new offences provides an improved and more efficient interface for entering ticket information (vs. ICON). All applications for appeal, re-opening and extension of time to pay are tracked within the system. This provides a valuable tool for managing the status of cases in this process and provides a critical integration between the applications and collections processes. The system can produce all of the relevant court forms in support of this and many other court administration activities.
A fully featured workflow task management system has been incorporated to support staff activities and to ensure accountability. Users may create any task manually to ensure that no work task is ever forgotten, or workflow tasks may be automatically created by the case process to ensure that cases and offenders are processed in a timely and accurate manner.
The system incorporates a user configurable process model that allows for the total customization and modification of the case management process (as managed by the system) without the need to make any programmatic changes to the application. This includes a vast list of criteria available for controlling the process and increases the flexibility of the process significantly.
Key features of CAMS:
Security driven menu system
User defined case process for offences
Workflow task management
Keying or electronic uploading of new offences for validation and interfacing to both ICON and CAMS active records
Produce completed Provincial Offences Court forms for defendants
Produce Notice of Fine and Due Date for convicted offences
Management of offender applications for appeal, re-opening and extension of time to pay
Management of offender requests for disclosure
Tracking of offender request for motions for a stay of prosecution under section 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Upload electronic documents of any kind specific to an offender or case for prosecution or collections
Communicate with enforcement agencies to cancel officers and witnesses for trial
Tracking and summons of witnesses
Motions for adjournment (for both prosecution and defendants)
Prosecution time docketing
Court appearance scheduling
Tracking of court appearances and outcomes
Electronic interface for 3rd party collection agencies
Electronic interface for address skip/trace
Custom correspondence (printed letters and/or e-mail)
Small Claims Court documents for civil enforcement
Electronic interface to ICON for Collection Agency Cost (CAC) amounts
Electronic interface to ICON for write-off codes applied in CAMS
Electronic interface to ICON for payments
At the end of 2019, Niagara ended support and the system was passed on to the municipalities around the province, without limitation. Since September 2019, White Acre has contracted with 33 municipalities for the ongoing maintenance and development of CAMS.
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Q: Wordcloud2 - separate words for counting am trying to extract the words so that I can create a wordcloud but have some difficulties
this is the code:
library(readxl)
data <- read_excel("C:\\Users\\me\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\ToPandas.xlsx")

data2 <-data$articlesDescription

#install.packages("wordcloud2")
#install.packages("tidyverse")
#install.packages("tidytext")

library(wordcloud2)
library(tidyverse)
library(tidytext)

data2 <- gsub('[^[:alnum:] ]', '', data2)

data2 <-  data2 %>%
  ungroup()

data3.df <- as.data.frame(data2)
data3 <- data3.df

data3 <- data3%>%
  anti_join(get_stopwords())%>%
  unnest_tokens(word, text) %>%
  count(word, sort = TRUE)

I have put the hash tags in front of the install packages  so it does not try to reinstall.
up to data2 until I start to ungroup then I get this error:

Error in UseMethod("ungroup") :    no applicable method for 'ungroup'
applied to an object of class "character"

then when it tries to move forward I get this:

Error in anti_join(): ! by must be supplied when x and y have
no common variables. i use by = character()` to perform a cross-join.

I think that my error stems from the first error (ungroup) but I can't figure out how to do it so I can count the words
this is a sample of how the imported xlsx file looks like:
ToPandas_xlsx Image
Can anyone point me into the right direction?
thanks :)
EDIT 1: adding info from json file (had to remove a row since it was over 3.000 characters beyond the limit):
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This right is essential to our nation\\u2019s success.\\u201d\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022The Texas effort drew sharp criticism from voting rights advocates and Democrats in the state, who argue that the legislation would make it more difficult for Texans, particularly those of color, to cast ballots.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022The state already has some of the most stringent voting laws in the country, according to election experts. A state House of Representatives committee on Thursday was holding a hearing on a companion bill that would impose other voting restrictions.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022Texas is one of several states, including Georgia, Florida, Arizona and Iowa, where Republican lawmakers have pursued new voting limits after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed his November loss on widespread voter fraud despite no evidence.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022Republican lawmakers say the law is needed to ensure public confidence in election integrity.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022The comments by American and Southwest came after Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola on Wednesday joined a growing number of companies that challenged the state of Georgia\\u2019s new voting restrictions.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022Delta CEO Ed Bastian blasted the law on Wednesday in a reversal from an initial statement last week that sparked a popular backlash.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022But his new stance drew condemnation from Georgia\\u2019s Republican Governor Brian Kemp and many Republicans, including Senator Marco Rubio who questioned why Delta criticized Georgia but not China.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022\\u201cFar too many multinational corporations are too eager to make their voices heard on the woke issues of the day in the United States, but remain stunningly silent, or in Delta\\u2019s case, complicit, in real, ongoing atrocities in countries like China.\\u201d Rubio wrote.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022Delta did not immediately comment on Rubio\\u2019s letter.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022The Georgia House late Wednesday voted to repeal a jet fuel sales tax break that Delta uses but the state Senate did not act on it before the legislative session adjourned.\\u0022},{\\u0022type\\u0022:\\u0022paragraph\\u0022,\\u0022content\\u0022:\\u0022Kemp told Fox Business he thought the tax issue was \\u201cmoot\\u201d now that the legislature had adjourned.\\u0022}]\",\"minutesToRead\":3,\"primaryAssetType\":0,\"wordCount\":null,\"urlSupplier\":\"https:\\/\\/www.reuters.com\\/article\\/us-usa-election-texas\\/texas-threatens-to-become-next-flash-point-on-voting-rules-idUSKBN2BO6SI\",\"canonicalSupplier\":\"https:\\/\\/www.reuters.com\\/article\\/us-usa-election-texas-idUSKBN2BO6SI\",\"publishedAt\":{\"date\":\"2021-04-01 21:55:32.000000\",\"timezone_type\":3,\"timezone\":\"UTC\"},\"dateModified\":{\"date\":\"2021-04-02 05:15:53.000000\",\"timezone_type\":3,\"timezone\":\"UTC\"},\"files\":[{\"filesName\":null,\"filesTitle\":null,\"filesDescription\":\"Presidio County election judge Lauren Martinez folds a booth after polls and voting ended for the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Marfa, Texas, U.S., November 3, 2020. 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A: Maybe this will be enough to get you started:
test <- data.frame(Text = rep("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.", 5))

Now split out the words:
test.lst <- strsplit(test$Text, " ")
test.lst[[1]]
#  [1] "The"    "quick"  "brown"  "fox"    "jumped" "over"   "the"    "lazy"   "dog's"  "back."

Get rid of the punctuation:
test.lst2 <- lapply(test.lst, function(x) gsub("[[:punct:]]", "", x))
test.lst2[[1]]
#  [1] "The"    "quick"  "brown"  "fox"    "jumped" "over"   "the"    "lazy"   "dogs"   "back"

test.lst2 is a list containing a part for each row of the data. If you want to collapse. To get frequencies:
table(unlist(test.lst2))
  back  brown   dogs    fox jumped   lazy   over  quick    the    The
     5      5      5      5      5      5      5      5      5      5

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Though Austin has a reputation of being filled with tech-savvy millennials, it is now the largest U.S. city without ridesharing.
if people commit crimes while driving for Uber or Lyft, they must want to get caught.
As of May 9, Uber no longer operates in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Two days have passed with no Uber or Lyft service in Austin, Texas. Though Austin has a reputation of being filled with tech-savvy millennials, it is now the largest U.S. city without ridesharing. Local policymakers blame Uber and Lyft for pausing their operations in the city, but the Austin City Council pushed ridesharing out by regulating in search of a problem.
In December 2015, the Austin City Council approved an ordinance that would require ridesharing drivers to go through fingerprint background checks. The ordinance also included restrictions on picking up and dropping off passengers and requirements on maintaining a physical presence in the city, fee payments and proprietary data sharing.
Though the ordinance went into effect on February 1, 2016, the fingerprint requirements were given steadily increasing compliance rates, which had to reach 99% by February 1, 2017. Rather than altering their business models, Uber and Lyft took their protests to the voters by setting up a challenge to the ordinance called Proposition 1. Their efforts were rejected by voters last weekend, and the companies pulled out of Austin on Monday.
After the vote, Austin Mayor Steve Adler tweeted:
The people have spoken clearly tonight. Uber & Lyft are welcome to stay & I invite them to the table regardless. (1/2)
— Mayor Steve Adler (@MayorAdler) May 8, 2016
Though Austin policymakers clearly want to claim that they have a popular mandate to regulate ridesharing, only 17% of the city's registered voters weighed in on Prop 1. This means the final tally of 56% against to 44% for was clearly not a mandate. Additionally, the ballot language—which was crafted by the City Council—was widely seen as confusing.
Low voter turnout worked against the ridesharing companies. They were able to get 65,000 signatures to create the ballot, but only 38,539 people voted to accept Prop 1. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the loss of Uber after the weekend vote should threaten Austin's chances of winning the Department of Transportation's $50 million Smart City Challenge Grant, for which Austin is one of seven finalists.
Uber and Lyft spent a combined $8.6 million trying to overturn the city's regulations. This was by far the most expensive campaign in Austin's history. The companies fought the ordinance because they viewed the battle as a line in the sand (similar to how they treated New York City's proposed cap on the companies' growth, or how Airbnb viewed San Francisco's homesharing restrictions). Other cities are considering fingerprint requirements, too, so Uber and Lyft needed a strong showing to dissuade other local policymakers from following through on their fingerprinting proposals.
Uber claims that because of the companies' pauses in operation, over 10,000 ridesharing drivers will lose their jobs. Though most of these drivers work part-time (half of Uber drivers work under 10 hours a week and 80% of Lyft drivers work under 15 hours a week), the lost opportunity to earn extra income will be sorely missed. This is to say nothing of the loss of reliable, convenient transportation options that Austin residents now face.
In trying to increase public safety by mandating fingerprint background checks, Austin policymakers are placing their constituents at greater risk. Perhaps nowhere is this unintended consequence clearer than with drunk driving. Uber has been documented to lower both drunk driving arrests and fatal accidents, partly because taxis are difficult to find late at night. For example, in Austin—a city with the highest number of downtown bars per capita in the United States—the number of available taxis drops at midnight. This is when alcohol-related crashes and DUI arrests are at their highest levels.
Complying with the fingerprint background check requirements would mean the process for approving new ridesharing drivers would take longer and cost more—all without additional public safety benefits. Ridesharing relies on the ability to quickly bring on new drivers to meet ever-increasing rider demand, and the companies already have their own background checks.
Though fingerprinting sounds secure, there are many problems with this type of background check. As the Cato Institute's Matthew Feeney told me, "Fingerprinting is not as effective as Hollywood might have you believe. The FBI fingerprint database is incomplete, in part because it relies on police departments and other local sources adding relevant data and keeping that data updated."
In addition, Feeney told me that the FBI database includes the fingerprints of people who were arrested but later found not guilty. This is important because, as a 2013 National Employment Law Project study noted, around a third of felony arrests never lead to any conviction. Relying on fingerprints for rideshare background checks might sound appealing, but it will almost certainly result in otherwise qualified and safe drivers being denied the opportunity to use ridesharing services.
No background checks are completely fail safe, but ridesharing's safety record shows that the companies' current policies are working well. The safety standards that Uber and Lyft voluntarily adopted are even stricter than those required of Austin taxis. In addition to providing safer transportation than taxis, ridesharing's business model makes it very easy to police drivers. The locations of both parties are tracked through the duration of the trips, and identities are verified. In other words, if people commit crimes while driving for Uber or Lyft, they must want to get caught.
While only three companies control all of Austin's taxi permits, this regulation appears to be a case of bureaucrats simply not being able to stand a successful industry that polices itself through consumer feedback and operates with minimal government oversight.
In addition to public safety concerns, one of Austin's main justifications for the fingerprinting was that Austin taxi drivers are required to go through the process. The new regulations were nothing more than a way to "level the playing field," according to the regulation's proponents. However, there are two ways to level a regulatory playing field. One involves placing additional hurdles on new technologies while the other focuses on lowering existing barriers. To help taxis better compete against their ridesharing competitors, local policymakers should focus on cutting red tape so that taxis can become more like Ubers—not the other way around.
There are a few paths forward from here. First, assuming none of the other ridesharing startups catch on in the city, Austin could remain without ridesharing if the companies' "pauses" continue. Second, Uber and Lyft could decide to comply with the regulations. Third, the Austin City Council, after feeling the backlash from their constituents, could decide to overturn the rule. Fourth, state policymakers could pass legislation that overrides Austin's requirements. The last option may be the most likely to happen, as Houston also passed fingerprint requirements (Uber is threatening to halt its operations there, something Lyft did in November 2014).
Austin residents who either drive or ride with Uber and Lyft are going to feel the pain of the city's regulatory overreach. Their problems may extend to the residents of other cities that are considering fingerprinting requirements. Instead of imposing unnecessary costs and time commitments on promising new business models, cities should take this opportunity to lower their pointless restrictions on legacy transportation options.
Jared Meyer is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and the author of the forthcoming monograph Uber-Positive: Why Americans Love the Sharing Economy. Follow him on Twitter here.
UPDATE: This article was updated to include the U.S Chamber of Commerce's letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Jared Meyer
I am a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability. At FGA, I research the economic effects that various government regulations have on labor
I am a senior research fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability. At FGA, I research the economic effects that various government regulations have on labor markets. I am the coauthor of Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young (Encounter Books, May 2015) and the author of Uber-Positive: Why Americans Love the Sharing Economy (Encounter Books, June 2016). I have testified before various congressional committees, including the Joint Economic Committee, House Education and the Workforce Committee, House Budget Committee, and House Judiciary Committee. I am also a member of Forbes' 30 Under 30 for Law and Policy. My research has been published in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Post, and National Review. I have appeared on many radio and television shows, including the BBC World Service, ABC, Fox News, and NPR. Prior to joining FGA, I was a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. I have also worked as a research assistant for the political philosopher Douglas Rasmussen. I received a B.S. in finance and a minor in the philosophy of law from St. John's University in New York City. Follow me on Twitter @JaredMeyer10.

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SITE: Turkel House — Library Street Collective
Library Street Collective has developed a unique digital connection between the visual arts and the built environment, incorporating aspects of storytelling, architectural history and an artist's unique perspective through the presentation of SITE: Art and Architecture in the Digital Space. Each exhibition featured within this digital platform will respond to its environment — making connections between art and place.
The newest iteration of SITE is set against the organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Dorothy G. Turkel House. The only of Wright's works within Detroit's city limits, the house was completed in 1958 and remained the home of its namesake until the mid 1970s. In the years succeeding her ownership, the house faced decades of deferred maintenance and vacancy, and was at significant risk of "demolition by neglect" despite its protection as a City of Detroit landmark. By the summer of 2006, the house was in mortgage foreclosure and would require preservation-minded buyers in order to save it.
Working from original archived blueprints, buyers Norm Silk and Dale Morgan hired former Wright apprentice Lawrence Brink to lead the project and spent over 4 years in the pursuit of its rehabilitation. The Turkel House is an example of one of Wright's Usonian Automatic designs, which grew out of the Usonian construction he originated during the Great Depression. These houses were built from a concrete masonry system that Wright created in 1949, and though there are hundreds of Usonian homes in existence throughout America, only 7 are Automatics, with the Dorothy G. Turkel house as the largest and the only one built with 2 stories.
For Wright, Usonian architecture provided the building blocks for mass customization as an idealized vision of the United States at its democratic zenith. The architect's language of geometries, materials, and systems parallel that of the artist, whose unique vocabulary of ideas and forms translate as an essence that carries from work to work throughout their career, always at the service and encouragement of the viewer's personal and social progress. It is against this backdrop that SITE examines the elemental and progressive ideas at play within the works of artists Amoako Boafo, Nick Cave, Beverly Fishman, Loie Hollowell, Tony Matelli, Josh Sperling, Frank Stella, Hank Willis Thomas, Blair Thurman, and Austyn Weiner. See the Turkel House photos and experience the artwork here.
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How Did Buffalo's Grandiose Plans Of Yesteryear Turn Out?
Big ideas stimulate the imagination. They offer the promise of change, rebirth and exhilaration. If they're big enough — and if they work — they can be life-changing for an industry or a city or even an entire region. Big ideas can be expensive, time-consuming and extremely difficult to implement. That's why many of them simply fade away. A few may even boomerang on their creators, eventually causing more harm than good.
Business First has pulled together more than two dozen big ideas from Buffalo, New York's past. Some are familiar to us. A few are obscure, perhaps deservedly in some cases. Two entries on this list caught our eye.
The Larkin Administration Building was completed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. The headquarters building of the Larkin Co. was anchored by a massive tower at each corner. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, himself destined to rank as a great architect, hailed it as a masterpiece. But the Larkin Co. fell on hard times, and the city foreclosed on the landmark in 1945. The Common Council sold it for $5,000 in 1949 on condition that it be demolished in 1950. Wright angrily concluded that the Larkin family had been unworthy of his genius: "To them, it was just one of their factory buildings, to be treated like any other."
And then there is the Darwin Martin House. Darwin Martin, a director of the Larkin Co., had asked Frank Lloyd Wright to design its corporate offices. He also hired Wright to create a six-building residential compound on Jewett Parkway, which was completed in 1907. The Martins left in 1937, and the home fell into disrepair. But local officials had learned a lesson from the demolition of the Larkin Administration Building. Martin House Restoration Corp. was founded in 1992 to renovate and reconstruct the compound, which has since become a tourist attraction. Read the entire list here.
Modernism Week 2021 Opens With February's Online Experience
Modernism Week will offer an exciting array of online events during the Modernism Week Online Experience, February 1 – 28, featuring more than 25 newly created programs. An in-person schedule of events is planned for April 8-18, including the Modernism Show & Sale, April 8-11, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
Created specifically for Modernism Week, the programs will be available for on-demand streaming starting Feb. 1, and available for viewing for the entire month. In addition to these programs, Modernism Week will offer an online auction with architectural experiences and specialty items not typically available to the public. The auction and tickets for these online programs will be available for purchase starting Feb. 1 at modernismweek.com.
Ticket prices will range from $15-$45 per event, with a few free documentary film screenings. The pricing allows for one household with one viewing device to participate. To see a list of some of the featured programs click here.
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Midcentury Modern Living Rooms That Have Stood The Test Of Time
The Spaces reports that Midcentury modern living rooms, from futuristic conversation pits to modern takes of the modernist style, were among their most repinned Pinterest posts in 2020. But will 2021 see the aesthetic finally go out of fashion? Or will its reign continue as we spend more time in our homes?
Among those featured is the Palm Springs landmark Frey House II. With a natural rock formation as a dramatic focal point inside, this is the eponymous property designed by Palm Springs architect Albert Frey. Inbuilt seating and cabinetry facilitates conversation and provides a neutral framework for living that emphasises the landscape beyond floor-to-ceiling glass.
Also, a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired Connecticut home. Allan J. Gelbin was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, and he picked up a trick or two from his famous tutor. This Connecticut home features an extra-long living room and dining room framed by ribbon windows and a huge field stone fireplace.
Then there is Richard Neutra's Wilkins House in South Pasadena. To take a look at this and the rest of the most re-pinned midcentury living rooms, click here.
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Frank Lloyd Wright–Inspired Home by John Randall
Designed by Wisconsin architect John Randall McDonald in the 1950s, now on the market in Brookfield, Wisconsin, this MCM home features an interior of wood cladding, built-ins, and stacked stone. The home offers just over 3,000 square feet of interior space, including four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The second level features a bookshelf-lined hallway that runs the length of the house, as well as a parallel balcony that connects to each bedroom along the rear facade. Modern changes include updated bathrooms and a revamped kitchen, as well as restored terrazzo floors and system upgrades.
McDonald—who studied under Louis Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and other modernist masters at Yale University in the 1940s—designed hundreds of structures throughout his decades-long career, continuing to practice until his death in 2003. At one point, he became well known for delivering the stylings of Frank Lloyd Wright at a comparatively affordable price.
According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, this particular home is one of five by McDonald that was designed and built in Brookfield, although his body of work stretches from Utah to New York. He also reportedly designed homes for celebrities, such as Mickey Mantle, James Garner, and Maureen O'Hara. To see photos of this property, currently listed for $369,000, click here.
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Price Tower One Of "Famous Buildings In The South"
The Price Tower in Bartlesville received national attention recently when it was one of 16 structures included on CNN.com's list of "Famous Buildings in the American South". The website featured an architectural tour of must-see buildings and landmarks and touted Frank Lloyd Wright's world-renown Price Tower as one of his most influential designs.
Price Tower Executive Director Rick Loyd said the team at Price Tower was elated about the designation. "We are so pleased to hear the tower is part of this impressive list," Loyd said. "When a national media giant such as CNN identifies the uniqueness and important aspects of Price Tower, it's a great reminder to visitors near and far that it's worth your time to see what the tower is all about."
In the portion of the story featuring Price Tower, CNN writer Forrest Brown refers to the building as the only skyscraper designed by noted "horizontalist" Frank Lloyd Wright. He outlines the tower's original intended location in New York City and its coming to life in the mid 1950s as headquarters for a pipeline construction company located in Bartlesville. Brown then enlightens readers on Wright's poetic, nature-based tree design with the Tower's "trunk" (elevator shafts and structural walls) serving as support for "branches" (concrete slabs) that extend outward — and the Tower's "leaves" being the copper panels and sun louvers.
Price Tower houses a 19 guest room boutique inn, Copper Restaurant + Bar and and a free art gallery open seven days a week. Historic tours of the iconic Tower are offered daily and more information can be found at PriceTower.org. To read the entire list of buildings featured, click here.
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Write on Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright's $10,000 Home
Write on Wright features an interview by Brian R. Hannan with author, Bob Hartnett, whose book 'Frank Lloyd Wright's $10,000 Home' is about the home Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Emil and Anna Bach.
Taking a page from his tour guide training, Hartnett said, "My original thought for the book was to describe who Emil and Anna were and how they came to build their house with Wright as their architect. I also decided to briefly discuss the other owners so that readers would get a sense of who lived in the house.
"I did feel it was important to describe the efforts former owners took to secure the house and those who changed the house from the way Wright had designed it. I closed the book with a description of the restoration."
Hartnett, 64, is a retired public works administrator for the city of Rolling Meadows. He said his "passing interest" in Wright grew as he learned more about the Wisconsin-born architect and the opportunity to lead tours at his home and studio in the Chicago suburbs.
"I thought this might be a fun thing to do, and I signed up," Hartnett said. "I enjoy interacting with the guests and being able to share interesting stories about an incredible man and a beautiful home. This book grew out of that love and desire to extend my outreach and appreciation even further."
To read the entire interview, click here. "Frank Lloyd Wright's $10,000 Home: History, Design and Restoration of the Bach House", published in 2019 by Hilton Publishing Co. and Master Wings. Purchase the book here.
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A member of Lambda Chi Alpha offers his dog a treat during the Dog Show. The Dog Show was held by Lambda Chi Alpha and benefitted PAWs, a local pet adoption agency. Any student and their canine friend were able to compete in the show. The event helped multiple animals find homes.
Children were the main focus of Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Zeta's philanthropic acts this year. They gave to the children of Saint Jude's Children's Hospital and the Shannon Pediatric Unit this year.
Pike and Delta Zeta joined to raise money and to create goodie bags to give to the children in the Shannon Pediatric Unit.
First, Pike and Delta Zeta came together to create a GoFundMe page to raise donations to give to children at Saint Jude's Children's Hospital.
"I feel that giving donations is super important because it is an easy way to give back to the community and people in need," Delta Zeta member Lacey Maurice said.
After receiving the donations, Pike and Delta Zeta had a joint philanthropy event on campus to teach all their members about what Saint Judes does and how they help children across the country and all around the world.
The second time they came together was when Pike President Austin Franco and Maurice created goodie bags to give to the children at Shannon Pediatric Unit. In total, 20 goodie bags containing little toys and candies were made. Franco and Maurice took the goodie bags before Easter weekend in hopes that it would brighten the children's spirits.
"One of Delta Zeta's most important values is giving back to others, so donations are a great way to give back to people who need money and treasures," Maurice said.
From April 10-13, six Greek Chapters: Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Delta Rho, Sigma Kappa and Delta Zeta came together in an event called Mr. Delta Zeta. The fraternities decided on their representative to run for Mr. Delta Zeta and people would walk by and donate to the one they wanted. By the end of the week, Kappa Sigma was the winner. Money collected from Mr. Delta Zeta was donated to the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
The Starkey Hearing Foundation, Delta Zeta's national philanthropy, provides hearing aids and support for those who are underprivileged and cannot afford hearing aids. The Starkey Hearing Foundation works internationally to help the world hear.
Delta Zeta also had a member donate a pair of shoes to the IHeartYoSneaks organization which is an organization that collects shoes to repair and give to kids who need them. They had eight members donate blood to United Blood Services.
In the spring semester, Sigma Kappa raised $70 for the Maine Seacoast Mission which provides medical, after-school and food pantry services to small islands off the coast of Maine that become isolated by ice in the winter months. They also raised $1,800 for the Sigma Kappa Foundation which funds leadership, philanthropies and scholarships for the sorority as well as provide for alumnae in times of need. Last semester Sigma Kappa raised over $6 thousand for the Alzheimer's Association.
"It is extremely important for Greeks to raise donations because Greek Life is built upon two main aspects - brotherhood or sisterhood and service," Sigma Kappa President Rachel Lindberg said.


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Breakfast doesn't get any tastier than these vegan breakfast quesadillas! Loaded with peppers, onions, and tofu, this dish is definitely something worth waking up for!
A few weeks ago, I shared a recipe for The Vegan Popeye Tofu Scramble, which is my version of a dish from a local pancake house. Today, I'm sharing another favorite from the same restaurant – Santa Fe Vegan Breakfast Quesadillas. I'm not sure when the item was added to them, as it seemed to kind of sneak into the vegan options. When we've eaten at the pancake house recently, it's been difficult for me to choose between the scramble and the quesadilla.
Sometimes I don't want to go out for breakfast on the weekends, preferring to stay home in my jammies and cuddle with my cats on the sofa while drinking mugs of hot tea. On those days, I like to make these vegan breakfast quesadillas at home myself. They don't take too much time to make, and since there are just two of us, we always have leftovers to have for breakfast again the next day. The pancake house pairs the Santa Fe Breakfast Quesadilla with home fries. I like to serve them simple roast potatoes along with garden salad, because first thing in the morning is a great time to get your greens in!
Heat one teaspoon of oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the onion until it's translucent and slightly browned, about 5 minutes.
Crumble the tofu and add it the pan along, along with the nutritional yeast, chili powder, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, turmeric, and cayenne, and mix everything together. Let cook for a minute or two and then add the chopped peppers. Cook until the peppers are soft, about 5 more minutes.
Remove the tofu scramble from the skillet and wipe it clean.
Add another ½ teaspoon of oil to the pan and swirl it around to coat the bottom. Place one of the tortillas in the bottom of the pan and then sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the cheese on top of it. Evenly place ¼ of the tofu mixture on the tortilla, and then place another tortilla on top. Press down with a spatula. Cook for about 5 minutes, and use a spatula to check the underside to make sure that the bottom tortilla has browned slightly. If it hasn't, allow it to cook for a minute or two longer. If it has, carefully flip the quesadilla over with a spatula, and allow it too cook for several more minutes, until the underside has browned. Remove the quesadilla from the pan and cover it to keep it warm. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, cheese, and tofu mixture until you have four quesadillas.
Cut each quesadilla into four pieces, and serve hot with sliced avocado and salsa.
I haven't tried the Santa Fe Breakfast Quesadillas from there yet. This looks so delicious and perfect for a jammie breakfast. 🙂 I'm so hungry right now and I wish I was near a kitchen so I could make them.
I hope you get to try them soon!
Oh yum! These look so good. I bet they'd be a good breakfast-for-dinner situation, too!
Thanks, Becky! They definitely are great for dinner, too!
I bet your version of these quesadillas is even better than at the restaurant! I know I'll be making them soon!
These look great, and not just for breakfast! Maybe they will inspire me to make tortillas again.
Thanks, Andrea! These would be great with homemade tortillas!
These look amazing! And I am totally with you—I stay in my jammies for as long as possible!
I used to love when I saw breakfast quesadillas on restaurant menus. I haven't had them in ages and never really thought to make them at home for some reason. These look so delicious! Gotta put these on my menu soon!
I would eat these for breakfast, lunch or dinner! They look delicious.
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This article by Mike Miliard, originally entitled "Vice in a vise" but here changed to suit our English spelling prejudices, first appeared in the excellent Boston Phoenix. It's about trends in America, of course, but the GOS was so impressed by its vivid prose and the lunatic society it describes that he has decided to reproduce it in full, by kind permission of the Boston Phoenix of course. It runs to three pages - click the "next" button to go forward.
"Vice in a vice"
A tirade against the tyranny of health
Mike Miliard
"The whole world is about three drinks behind" (Humphrey Bogart)
How did it come to this? When was it decided that the dorks and the squares, the button-down mediocrities for whom a third Friday-night beer is the height of excess, would be calling the shots? Who empowered these teetotaling chumps, these jogging crypto-fascists with spotless livers and unblackened lungs, to decide where we smoke and how we drink and what we eat? The Declaration of Independence professes a commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But apparently when it comes to substance abuse and foods of dubious nutrition, all bets are off. America is in very real danger from a creeping neo-prohibitionism, a systematic snuffing out of our beloved vices. It can only end badly.
It's happening in Boston. It's happening across the country. It's happening abroad. Smoking bans are everywhere. Happy hours are history. Colleges are drying out. Fast-food chains are excoriated for exercising their right - their duty! - to serve big-ass burgers. The calls for "sin taxes" grow louder. Is it that much of a stretch to envision this drip-drip-drip of reproach, repression, and regulation eventually culminating in black-market smokes and a second stab at Prohibition?
Hedonists and debauchees of the world: wake up! Our inalienable right to self-destructive behavior is being methodically stripped away, and we're standing by dumbly as it happens. The swarming armies of healthful drabness are gathering, and they mean to turn us into them. So far, they're winning. We must not let them.
"I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world
in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth" (Bill Hicks)
Bill Hicks is dead. Smoking can do that to a man. Cigarettes, no question, are bad news. But in case it's escaped your notice, an awful lot of people smoke them - they're those folks you see consigned to the sidewalks outside office buildings, bracing themselves against the winter chill. Some people - your friends and neighbors, even! - like to puff a cigarette or two only when they're out for a Saturday-night cocktail. But smoking and drinking at the same time isn't allowed anymore, so they too are kicked to the curb.
Smoking bans make sense, to a point. I won't argue, as some do, that the seriousness of secondhand smoke has been exaggerated. And as someone who hacks butts on a semi-regular basis, and who'd love to kick the habit, I gladly agree with common-sense rules. In airplanes, of course. Shopping malls. Even restaurants. But bars? Sorry. Smoking and boozing go together like Dean and Frank. To my mind, one of life's great pleasures is sitting in some quiet pub, a paper and a pint before me, the whorls from a cigarette playing in the late-afternoon sunlight. These days, one has to travel to Providence to be that decadent. Or actually, no. As of March 1, smoking is verboten there, too.
Not long after Cambridge instituted its smoking ban in October 2003, I went to the Middle East to see Holly Golightly, the bluesy English chanteuse. Between sets, I ducked out to the dingy back alley to suck down a smoke. There was Holly herself, a fag perched jauntily in her slender fingers. We got to talking, and it wasn't long before she expressed her perplexed exasperation: why the hell was she not allowed to enjoy her Dunhill with her Scotch? At that moment I was embarrassed for my city. I also wondered if the Massachusetts ban might dissuade certain performers from making Boston a stop on their itinerary.
It's a moot point now. Before long, it'll be illegal to smoke in any bar or club, in any state. The fact that Massachusetts's ban went statewide barely a year after Boston's took effect is illustrative of the way these things snowball. More and more states are following suit.
It's useless to pine. We shan't smoke indoors again. Not here, not even abroad. Norway, for instance, enacted a nationwide ban last year. In squeaky-clean Scandinavia, that somehow makes sense. But Ireland? The verdant pleasure island with more pubs than people? It boggles the mind. Why should Dublin's nouveau riche call the shots? Can't some rural culchie, knackered after a day in the fields and ready to get fluthered down at the local, enjoy a fag with his pint? No, apparently - not if the publican doesn't want to fork over 3000 euros. Italy has prohibited smoking in most public places, too. England and Scotland may soon follow suit. Even Cuba - Cuba! - where cigar exports generate more than $200 million every year, has banned cigarette machines and prohibited puffing tobacco in restaurants and anywhere within 100 yards of schools. Cuba libre? No m�s. And none other than Fidel Castro, who once upon a time was rarely spotted without a cigar jutting from his natty beard, has quit.
At least indoor bans make some sense. Plenty of people are happy to come home from bars not smelling of smoke. I'll buy that. But it seems even indoor bans are not enough. Hawaii is now mulling prohibiting smoking on its public beaches. A San Francisco ban on smoking in city parks exempted golf courses originally, but now may include them after all. In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, not content to snuff out smoking in bars from the Bronx to the Battery, has been pushing for a ban in Central Park. One wonders if the day will come when smokers won't even be able to indulge in their own homes.
A funny thing about that. A creepy new development has been reported of late. Howard Wyers, CEO of a Michigan medical-benefits administrator called Weyco, Inc., raised the hackles of civil-rights groups when - after instituting months of testing and offering numerous opportunities to enroll in cessation programs - he told four employees who refused to quit smoking that they'd be fired if they tested positive for tobacco use. Rather than submit to the test, they quit. Other employers - as many as 6000, according to a recent Newsweek article - now simply refuse to hire smokers in the first place. The very fact that there's a need for so-called lifestyle-rights laws, which give workers recourse against employers who punish off-the-clock activities, is a chilling comment on an ostensibly free society. Where might this lead? Will companies soon be able to pink-slip workers with unhealthy eating habits? To mandate exercise regimens? Don't count it out.
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Left Shark or Right Shark? The Music of Super Bowl XLIX
Walking into class this afternoon, my professor proceeded to explain that today she was feeling more left shark than right shark. If you don't understand the reference yet, get excited because a lot of strange and awesome (music) things happened this Super Bowl that we are going to get to discuss.
If you're reading this from quite possibly anywhere in the United States, I am going to assume that you are aware of the major sporting event that occurred just this past Sunday. For those of you who are unaware though, Super Bowl XLIX was this Sunday, and as always, it was quite the event. To be completely honest, I did not watch the entire game but I did manage to glean a couple of important facts from it. First, apparently there was some kind of upset towards the end of the game. I'm not really all that concerned with it. Secondly, apparently Nationwide killed a kid in their commercial. That's also not something I'm going to go into here. Instead, I figured why not talk a little more about the important parts of the Super Bowl?
There were two major musical events for this year's Super Bowl. First, there were the opening songs as performed by John Legend and Idina Menzel. Legend performed what is in my opinion an absolutely stunning rendition of America the Beautiful.
Now, after Legend's performance, Idina Menzel took the field to perform the national anthem. Many of us are familiar with Menzel. She's had several prominent singing roles, and is now perhaps most famous for her hit song Let it Go off of the Frozen soundtrack. Due to her prominence, many people had particularly high expectations for her rendition of the national anthem. Unfortunately, if current media buzz is any indication she did not manage to live up to the hype. Her performance was by no means bad, but it simply lacked the power that many viewers expected. That being said, at least she did not mess up the lyrics like Christina Aguilera in her performance at the 2011 Super Bowl.
The definitive event of the night, however, was Katy Perry's halftime show. She broke it down into a seven song set list with a variety of musical guests. She began the show atop a mechanical lion singing her hit single Roar, then transitioned into "Dark Horse" as she was joined by dancers dressed as chess pieces. For her next song "I Kissed A Girl", Lenny Kravitz joined in and added a harder rock-like edge to the 2008 hit. Afterwards, the set converted to a beach scene for "Teenage Dream" and "California Girls". Perry was joined by a number of backup dancers including the infamous left and right sharks. Many viewers were completely distracted from Perry's vocals as the shark on her left endearingly managed to completely screw up their choreography. Right shark, however, was on point. Here's the footage so you can see for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8vRvXDj8M
After these two songs, Perry brought Missy Elliott on stage for a surprise performance. Now, I will be the first to admit that I know nothing about rap, but Elliott did have excellent stage presence so I would have to call her performance a success. Perry then wrapped up the night with a soulful version of her song Firework as actual fireworks went off over the stadium.
Overall, I would have to say that the music of the Super Bowl was neither good nor bad overall. Legend and Elliott absolutely won over the crowd while Perry put on an amazing performance even though her singing could have been slightly cleaner. Menzel may have disappointed some fans, but I honestly think she did a fine job.
So what do you guys think about the music of Super Bowl XLIX? Was it more left shark or right shark?
By Laura Hillsman Filed Under: Music News, Opinion Tagged With: idina menzel, john legend, katy perry, left shark, lenny kravitz, missy elliott, right shark, super bowl


"A solution which discriminates between other Maori property rights and private property rights is not a solution at all."
Caritas' advocacy on the Treaty of Waitangi includes awareness raising in the wider Catholic community, and work on specific issues, such as the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004/Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill 2010.
Joint submission by Caritas, Te Rūnanga o te Hāhi Katorika and the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on the Foreshore and Seabed consultation 2010: Caritas-Rūnanga-NZCBC submission on the 2010 foreshore and seabed consultation.


Located in the centre of Barcelona in the modernist Palau Mornau, this stunning 15th century built edifice uncovers the past, present and future of the Cannabis Plant, through a unique permanent exhibition on the development of Cannabis as a source for industrial, medicinal, sacramental and recreational purposes. It presents the wonderful world of Cannabis at its best, and beautifully combines the history, science, art and culture of Cannabis. With over 6,000 items, this magnificent gallery takes you on a trip through the wonderful world of this magical plant and the personal Cannabis treasures of the founder, Ben Dronkers.


You'll love this collection of 20 genius crafting tips. These are the kind of hacks your grandmother used – you'll find them so useful for every day life!
Crafting tips are one of my favorite things to write about. Because being a lifelong crafter, I'm always looking for shortcuts or inexpensive ways to do common things.
I don't mind buying tools when they have a regular use and make my life easier, but sometimes I need a solution at the spur of the moment, and there's no tool around to do the job. That's typically how these things work, right?
There's where these crafting tips come in.
You might have also heard them referred to as "craft hacks." Whatever you call them, these craft tips are those little tips and hints you remember your grandmother using way back when. Grandma didn't always have fancy tools, and neither do you. At least I don't!
These crafting tips cover topics such as storing small items, sharpening scissors, spray painting, and more. Creative people always have a lot of tips and tricks, and I can't wait to share these with you.
Bookmark this page and then the next time you bust out the craft supplies, reference this article for some great craft tips to make your life easier. Enjoy!
Use a binder clip on the edge of a glass jar to direct your yarn and keep your ball from going all over the place. Don't forget to set this up before you start knitting!
Sandpaper will sharpen your scissors easily – just by cutting through it several times. Medium grit works the best for this application.
This is one of those crafting tips you'll love, because we all know how hard glitter is to pick up! If you have a place with glitter that you can't easily clean, use a lint roller to get it up.
If you live in a small place, you might not have anywhere to spray paint out in the open. If this is the case, use a cardboard box stood up on its long side as a makeshift booth. Great for the winter in your garage too!
It takes several minutes for me to get to my glue each time I use it – so I started storing it upside down in a glass and the glue is right there in the bottle when I need it.
It's hard to tell what color acrylic paint is by looking at it in bottle – so use popsicle sticks to make paint chips so you can always color match easily. Related: get my 8 tips for how to use acrylic paint!
To make it easier to cut duct tape, wipe your scissors with a baby wipe beforehand. This prevents the duct tape from sticking to the blades.
Want to know what helps glue sticks from stringing as much? Keeping them in the freezer before using! Take them out and put them right into your glue gun.
A plastic ice tray is a perfect place for holding teenie tiny items that have no other place to go – you also don't have to buy multiple storage containers.
If you want a cheap way to make your own sewing patterns, look no further than the recycling bin – newspaper is perfect!
I love my huge collection of craft punches but it's hard to keep them sharp. The easy way to do it is to punch aluminum foil. Punch several times and you'll notice the punch cuts better than ever!
Another option for getting rid of hot glue strands – use your hair dryer with the project is done. You'll see them melt away.
To make small fabric pieces easier to store, wrap them around cut pieces of a cereal box. You can then sit them up in a drawer and sort through them easily.
I'll never forget when I dropped a ton of pins on the carpet during a late night sewing session. I was so tired and it was difficult to see them! Easily pick them up with a strong magnet.
It's very easy to store ribbon and still access it on a paper towel holder. Simply push the roll down onto the holder and layer them (works best for cardboard rolls).
Protect yourself from an accidental stabbing by putting wine corks at the end of your knitting needles. My brother stepped on my knitting needles one Christmas and had to go to the hospital so this is one of those crafting tips I use ALL the time!
Use an old chip container (rinsed out) to store brushes and other long items, such as chenille stems.
Use a recycled plastic lid as a makeshift paint palette – any kind of plastic lid will do. You can also rinse it and save it for the next time.
Do you have a tape roll that you haven't used in awhile? If it's hard to peel the end off, put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and it will loosen up.
It's hard to make sure a nail goes in straight sometimes. Use a comb to help guide the nail as you hammer – and then simply slide off when the nail is secure.
Do you have any other craft hacks you can share with me? I'd love to hear them in the comments.
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This is so helpful. Some things I already knew about and have forgotten. Looking forward to new tips.
thank you! For me, the best are the ones for getting rid of hot glue strings. I don't know if it is the fault of the glue I am using, but the strings are awful. Much worse than any glue I have used before. I only wish I knew where I got this particular bag of glue sticks…I would never buy them again.
These tips are priceless! Love the comb to drive a nail use and I'm sure I have a roll of tape that I need to microwave 🙂 Thanks so much!
These are fantastic! I had no idea you could sharpen scissors with sandpaper! I just threw a pair in the trash last week cuz they wouldn't cut anymore.
Thanks Kim! Glad you enjoyed them!
Oh my gosh, some of these are so right on! I need to do a whole bunch of these, pass this on to friends and show my mom the knitting ones. Thank you for these! You have made one crafter very happy.
Yay Gail! Glad to hear it!
I have not got my DIY segment going on my website yet…..but this is something I am a bit OCD about.
I hate when electric cords are wrapped around an appliance because the twist internally and eventually the outer cover splits. Also to prevent that internal twisting the cable should NEVER be wound up from the PLUG end – leave the cable and start gathering it in loops from the APPLIANCE end. then, when you have a neat loop slip them into a cord holder made from a recycled shampoo or similar plastic bottle with top and bottom cut off. I have a few photos that I can share to illustrate this – where to send them??
Hi Erik! You can send them to me at amy @modpodgerocksblog dot com. I think I've seen this before and it's a great idea – would love to see your pictures!
I do proof-reading and editing and hate these forms because I always discover some error after I hit GO.
But I am sure you prefer to hear FROM us and not DROM us….and also BY completing the form….?
I cut a slit in one end of a piece of 'hook and loop' (aka Velcro) and slide it over the plug end of an appliance cord. This way it doesn't get lost and it's always there when you need to roll up it up. This is much neater and easier than the twist ties that usually come with appliances. I also use the (Velcro) in the garden to hold plants on stakes. It lasts several seasons and does no harm to the plants, whether flower or vegetable.
These were really helpful. Thank you for sharing.


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Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education of international repute, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis, with 79 acres (32 ha) of horticultural display. It includes a 14-acre (5.7 ha) Japanese strolling garden named Seiwa-en; the Climatron geodesic dome conservatory; a children's garden, including a pioneer village; a playground; a fountain area and a water locking system, somewhat similar to the locking system at the Panama Canal; an Osage camp; and Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home. ma first visit to the garden...Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education of international repute, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis, with 79 acres (32 ha) of horticultural display. It includes a 14-acre (5.7 ha) Japanese strolling garden named Seiwa-en; the Climatron geodesic dome conservatory; a children's garden, including a pioneer village; a playground; a fountain area and a water locking system, somewhat similar to the locking system at the Panama Canal; an Osage camp; and Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home.
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Harmonized Sales Tax or HST, was implemented on July 1, 2010, harmonizing the Federal GST of 5% with the Provincial PST of 8% into HST of 13%.
The HST can form a large part of the Home Closing Costs or Home Legal Costs in your Purchase Transaction. Depending on your type of property purchase, the HST implications may differ. The following is a brief summary on HST to be paid on closing. You are advised to speak to a real estate lawyer to clarify the HST payable on your purchase transaction.
For Purchases of used resale residential properties, the transaction is generally exempt from HST under the Excise Tax Act. Your purchase price in your Agreement of Purchase and Sale should be inclusive of HST.
HST will apply to the purchase of newly constructed houses and condominiums when the closing occurs after July 1, 2010. For purchases of newly built residential houses or condominiums, the purchase price on the Agreement of Purchase and Sale with the Builder is generally already inclusive of HST and an HST New Housing Rebate for persons who purchase new homes to use as a primary residence.
If you are purchasing a newly built property from a Builder as an investment and you do not move into the property, you are not eligible for the HST New Housing Rebate portion of the Purchase Price. In this scenario, you will have to repay the lost HST New Housing Rebate to the Builder as an adjustment on final closing. For properties with a Purchase Price of over $450,000.00, the HST New Housing Rebate amount lost is likely to be approximately $24,000.00. If the Property's purchase price is less than $450,000.00, then the rebate can range from $20,000.00 to $30,000.00.
While you are not eligible for HST New Housing Rebate when you are buying for investment, you will be eligible for an HST Rental Rebate, if you enter into a lease to a Tenant to move into the property for at least a one-year period and apply for the HST Rental Rebate within 2 years of your final closing. The HST Rental Rebate is in the same amount as the lost HST New Housing Rebate that you would have paid to the builder as an adjustment on closing.
You are advised to speak to a real estate lawyer about the HST Rebate applicable to your purchase from a Builder.
The same rules apply when you buy from a Builder on Assignment. The purchase price on the Agreement of Purchase and Sale with the Builder is already inclusive of HST and an HST New Housing Rebate. However, there are some cases where the Builder will not credit the HST new Housing Rebate on closing as a result of an Assignment, despite the eligibility of the Assignee/Purchaser for the Rebate. If you are buying on Assignment and the Builder does not credit you the HST New Housing Rebate, you will need to pay the same to the Builder as an Adjustment on final closing.
HST applies to purchases of commercial real estate. If you are purchasing property through a Corporation, you may choose to remit HST payable directly to the Canada Revenue Agency after closing and sign an HST Indemnity to be provided to the Seller on closing. To do so, your Corporation must have an active HST Number on the day of closing.
If you do not have a valid HST Number on closing or you do not provide an HST Indemnity, the Seller will charge the HST on closing to be remitted to the Canada Revenue Agency.
After closing, you will need to work with your Accountant to determine if there is any HST due payable to the Canada Revenue Agency to be remitted and self-assessed after the closing of the transaction.
On an asset purchase of a Business, HST is due payable on the business being sold. However, the if both the Vendor (supplier) and the Purchaser (recipient) have a valid HST Number and are both HST registrants, the parties would be eligible to jointly elect so that the HST does not apply to the supply of the business.
The Vendor sells the business or part of it that was established by the Vendor or was established by another person and acquired by the Vendor.
Under the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, the Purchaser acquires ownership, possession, or use of all, or substantially all (at least 90% or more), of the property necessary for the Purchaser to be capable of carrying on the business or part as a business.
Both the vendor and the purchaser are HST registrants with a valid HST number.
For any type of real estate transaction, you will need to pay HST on the commission payable to the Real Estate Brokerage on the closing of a sale transaction. You will also need to pay the applicable HST on your Legal Fees due payable to your lawyer for completing the transaction. HST is also paid for your title insurance policy that is obtained for your purchase or refinance closing.
The aforementioned is a non-exhaustive list and you are encouraged to speak to one of our real estate lawyers to discuss any HST applicable to your real estate purchase or real estate sale transaction. Call us today to set up an appointment or to ask for a quote for your real estate closing.


SAN BRUNO — PG&E, attempting to push past the aftermath of a record-setting fine to punish the utility for a fatal explosion in San Bruno, offered on Wednesday a rosy outlook for its 2015 fiscal year and reported first-quarter operating profits that beat Wall Street's expectations.
Despite the uncertainties, the overall financial picture for PG&E remains robust, said Travis Miller, director of utilities research with Chicago-based investment firm Morningstar.
"As long as management continues to operate the core business well and meet their investment targets, the earnings trajectory is very good," Miller said.
The utility giant's shares rose 2.5 percent, or $1.32 a share, and closed at $53.92 on Wednesday.
"The lessons of San Bruno will never be forgotten and will continue to guide our work," said Anthony Earley, PG&E's chief executive officer. The explosion of natural gas in September 2010 killed eight and wrecked a San Bruno neighborhood.
San Francisco-based PG&E expects that its shareholders will pay $1 billion this year in penalties in connection with the San Bruno explosion and its aftermath. The company intends to use the sale of $800 million in stock to help finance the payments.
Since that disaster, PG&E has made significant progress in improving the safety and reliability of its vast network of natural gas pipelines and systems.
During the first quarter that ended in March, PG&E reported an operating profit of $418 million, or 87 cents a share, up 66.5 percent from the year-ago operating profit. That was better than Wall Street's expectations of a profit of 69 cents a share, according to a survey of analysts reported by Seeking Alpha.
For all of 2015, PG&E predicted that earnings per share would range from $3.50 to $3.70 a share, which in the midrange would be well above Wall Street's projections of a full-year profit of $3.52.
During the January-through-March period, electricity operations produced revenue of $3.01 billion, up 0.4 percent from the same quarter the year before. Natural gas operations generated revenue of $860 million, down 0.4 percent from the year-ago first quarter.
Plenty of hazards face the utility giant, even after the state Public Utilities Commission imposed a $1.6 billion penalty that forces PG&E shareholders to cough up $850 million to pay for safety improvements to its gas system, as well as obliges PG&E to refund $400 million to ratepayers and to pay a $300 million fine to the state treasury.
Among the uncertainties that cloud PG&E's outlook: the outcome and timing of a gas transmission and storage rate case; the outcome of a federal criminal trial against PG&E, which has pleaded not guilty in the case but could pay a penalty of $1.13 billion in the proceeding; state and federal investigations into improper communications between PG&E and the PUC; and the PUC's investigation of PG&E's safety culture.
In a filing this week with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco that is hearing the criminal case against the utility, PG&E raised questions about whether federal prosecutors misled the grand jury about the San Bruno explosion.
"The available record raises serious questions" about whether the grand jury indictment would withstand a federal court review, PG&E stated in its court filing.
PG&E requested that U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson order the government prosecutors to provide the utility with grand jury transcripts. A hearing is scheduled for June to hear arguments about the PG&E requests.
"Moving forward, we will continue to implement our plans to invest in the utility's infrastructure and deploy new technology on behalf of our customers," Earley said.


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I had asked this over at Doom9 but thought that "the creator" may see this here first.
"one of the cool new featues is a "test" mode for Benq drives. rolz, can you add in the burn section of pgcedit an option for this in case anyone uses "weird" DL blanks? Not sure if this is part of the CLI in ImgBurn or not."
Just wondering LUK if the "test" feature can be passed to ImgBurn via CLI? Would be an awesome feature for those el-cheapo DVD +R DL that sometimes find their way to me.
nope, there isn't currently a way to enable test mode via CLI.
Wouldn't take me 2 seconds to add it in though.
that would be a great addition. and it may help to reduce the "bad dual layer burn" posts that come up as a result of poor media. The test feature really can help.
If you decide to add it cool!!!!!


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Too Much Help
Posted on July 12, 2017 October 26, 2019 by Summer Bird
Clyde was tired of paperwork. Everything required paperwork. Well, he had filled out his last form in triplicate. He was going to make a stand.
As long as he was staging a protest, he might as well enlist some helpful minions. Clyde put an ad in the paper, and prepared to conduct interviews. Half of the responses were spam. He deleted them and scowled.
Most of the other half insisted on benefits like health insurance and dental care and being paid. Good minions weren't paid. That was paperwork. Finally, he found a response from a college student looking for an internship. Perfect.
Kevin was early to his first day of work. Too early. Clyde opened his front door to get the morning paper and Kevin was standing on the front steps waiting. He was wearing a suit and tie and grinning. "Hello, sir," he said.
"Gah!" Clyde said. "It's six in the morning, what are you doing here?"
"You told me to come in the morning," Kevin said. "It's morning."
Clyde sighed. "Come in and sit on the couch and don't touch anything. I'm going to change out of my pajamas and eat breakfast."
"Okay," Kevin said. "I could make you cocoa. I'm good at making cocoa."
"Fine," Clyde said. He went upstairs and changed. He came back down, ignored Kevin, and ate breakfast and read the paper. He forgot all about the cocoa.
He remembered the cocoa soon after he sat down to tinker with his doomsday device. The device wasn't really meant to be used, of course, but it would keep people from showing up asking for donations or survey information or back taxes. He figured the best defense against all those paperwork pushers was a good offence after all. Unfortunately, Kevin had left the mug of cocoa on the shelf right above the device.
So, when Clyde was reaching for the screwdriver without really looking up, he knocked over the mug of cold cocoa and it splashed all over the doomsday device. There was a flash and a fizzling sound and a puff of smoke.
"Kevin!" he yelled.
"Yes, sir?" Kevin asked, appearing at his elbow.
"Eek!" Clyde yelled. "Where did you come from?"
"I was taking out the recycling," Kevin said. "It's Wednesday, you know."
"Kevin, why did you leave the cocoa over here?" Clyde asked.
"I thought you could drink it while you were working," Kevin said.
"No more thinking and no more cocoa," Clyde said.
"Yes, sir," Kevin said.
"Now I'm going to have to start over," Clyde said. He stomped over to the table and stopped. The pile of blueprints and master plans was gone. "Kevin. Where are my blueprints?" he asked.
"It's Wednesday," Kevin said.
"Argh! The recycling. You didn't! Go get it all back now," Clyde said.
"It's gone already," Kevin said. "But I got you a nice surprise."
"I don't want to hear about it. I'm going to see what I can retrieve from my computer. I think I scanned some of it," Clyde said. Was Kevin really his only option? Maybe he didn't need a minion after all.
He opened the door to his office. There was a white fluffy cat walking on the keyboard. "Ack! Kevin!"
"Did you find the surprise?" Kevin asked.
"There is a cat on my computer," Clyde said. He shooed the cat away and began to type and press buttons. "It erased everything! Why did you bring a cat here?"
"I thought supervillians liked cats?" Kevin said.
"I'm allergic to cats. At this point, I'd rather do paperwork than deal with this any longer. I'm going to call the lab and see if I can have my job back. Go home, Kevin, you're fired." Clyde sneezed.
"But sir," Kevin said.
"Go home," Clyde said. He picked up his phone and started to dial.
Kevin picked up the cat and left, closing the door behind him. He started walking home. Two blocks away, his phone rang. "Hello, this is Kevin," he said.
"Good work, Agent K. One less potential threat to the safety of humanity. I have the details for your next assignment, are you ready?" a whispery voice said.
"Yes, sir" Kevin said. The cat meowed.
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The humans watched with satisfaction as the aliens finally retreated. The century-long war to regain mastery of the planet was finally over. Now it was time to move forward and pick up the pieces. So much had been damaged and changed. The initial alien attack had been so sudden


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Mystery of Giant Hand of Hercules: what happens to the statue?
June 11, 2021 by Ngonah Yaya
In the Jordanian capital, Amman is a unique, very ancient place – the Temple of Hercules. These ruins, inherited by the Arabs from the Romans, have a vibrant history, but the primary value of the temple is the gigantic hand. Instead, what remains of her are giant fingers and an elbow. The size of the entire statue can only be guessed at. But why was it created, and where did the rest of its parts go?
According to historians, the temple was built in the second century AD – during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. It was considered the city's main sanctuary and, presumably, was erected in honour of Hercules. However, the local architects failed in completing it to the end because there were wars. In particular, only six 11-meter columns were fully completed at the sanctuary, although scientists assume that they were planned to be made at least ten to twelve. Researchers even managed to recreate the approximate appearance of this beautiful building.
By the way, the place where it was built was considered sacred even in more ancient times. Presumably, in BC, when the city was the capital of the Ammon kingdom, there was a temple of the Ammonites, which was later destroyed: new deities and new heroes appeared in subsequent generations.
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The fact that the temple of the Romans is dedicated to the ancient demigod Hercules was explained to archaeologists by coins. These coins depicting this mythical hero was found in large numbers, as well as a fantastic find – fragments of a giant marble hand (part of the hand and elbow) discovered.
Against the background of these vast fingers, modern visitors look like tiny insects. Well, about how impressive the whole figure looked, one can only guess! Scientists calculated that the height of Hercules reached at least 12-13 meters, which means that he was almost the most prominent figure made of marble in the history of humanity and the giant statue of the Greco-Roman period.
Hercules was highly revered by the ancient inhabitants and especially by the warriors. Both the Greeks and the Romans considered this deity to be the personification of strength and fearlessness. So it is not surprising that in honour of him, the ancient architects sculpted a figure of such considerable size. And we can only admire and marvel at how they managed to do such a tremendous job!
As for the reasons for the destruction of the statue, the researchers have only one version: the giant Hercules could have crashed during one of the strongest earthquakes that have repeatedly occurred in this area. True, it remains a mystery where the rest of the marble body went. On the one hand, it is unlikely that they split into such small pieces that they could not be detected. On the other hand, for vandals or just residents, scattered marble fragments could be of great value.
No part of the hand is considered a different sculpture, which received the official name "Hand of Hercules", and tourists worldwide come to gaze at this sight.
Seeing the famous fragment of a hand, visitors to the ancient ruins immediately pay attention to the "neatly trimmed" nails of marble fingers, admiring: wow, men also did manicure in the days of antiquity!
The very same hill on which the temple ruins are located in an excellent observation deck from which a gorgeous view of the city opens.
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