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The Tico Times September 28, 2007 September 28, 2007
"The U.S. seeks cooperation – or better – on foreign policy and security. Given that the United States has international interests beyond trade, why not try to urge people to support our overall policies? Negotiating a freetrade agreement with the United States is not something one has a right to – it's a privilege."
–U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Zoellick,
on how the United States wanted cooperation
from potential FTA signers on
more than just trade
(TT, Oct. 3, 2003).
"The work of a politician is to create opinion, to educate. If most think ICE is good, they need to be educated because they are wrong. But if we want to continue as a poor country, we are good with ICE."
–Former President Oscar Arias,
before he was re-elected, speaking
out against the ICE monopoly
(TT, Oct. 10, 2003).
"We plan to continue to hold marches well into next year."
–Anti-CAFTA activist José Merino,
who was still attending marches four
years later as the sole legislator for
the new Broad Front Party
(TT, Nov. 28, 2003).
"When a North American corporation like Wal-Mart comes, they can work three years without any profit. I can't go without profit for a month. Then, when we disappear, they raise the prices."
–Businesswoman Flora Fernández,
who helps run a small, family-owned
watch shop in downtown San José
(TT, Nov. 3, 2006).
"We just don't have the economies of scale to compete with larger countries that have already signed free-trade agreements. If the duties come back, we would lose 50% of our total sales."
–Randolph Fleming,
chief executive of Del Oro, which makes
juice from orange, pineapple, passion
fruit and melon and ranks among the
country's top fruit juice exporters,
employing as many as 1,500 people
during the annual harvest
(TT, Sept. 21).
"We won't allow a small group to take the meat, discard the bone and then leave it for the rest."
–Then-President Abel Pacheco
on why Costa Rica needs tax reform
before CAFTA (TT, July 16, 2004).
"Without CAFTA, we will die of hunger."
–Pacheco again, almost one year later
(TT, April 28, 2006).
"If we say no to CAFTA… foreign investment will go where the sun is warmer. Little by little, companies will dismantle here… (But) if we say yes to CAFTA, that isn't the solution either.We won't have Disneyland here the next day."
–Trade Minister Manuel González
on CAFTA (TT, Jan. 21, 2005).
"It's not that I'm for or against CAFTA… I'm in favor of a good free-trade agreement, and against a bad free-trade agreement."
–Then-President Pacheco, who
then refused to offer any hints as
to which he thinks CAFTA is
(TT, May 20, 2005).
"This movement against CAFTA has raised the level of social consciousness and organization. I think this is the great accomplishment we've achieved – Costa Rica will never be the same, not before and not after CAFTA."
–Costa Rican Technology
Institute rector Eugenio Trejos,
on the CAFTA opposition movement
he heads (TT, July 27).
"Without CAFTA, we will dieof hunger."
"I think that any free-trade agreement always f***s the little guy, and Costa Rica is definitely the little guy against the United States."
–U.S. citizen Jason Moyer Lee, a
study-abroad student from Long Island
University who was protesting against
CAFTA in San José (TT, Sept. 23, 2005).
"Youth is a sickness that goes away with time."
–Cartago Police Commissioner
Jorge Solano, on clashes with anti-
CAFTA student protesters
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I must apologize right off the bat for being so neglectful to my dear blog, and those of you who read it. The new year has been rather busy, but to the same token there hasn't been many exciting thing going on, as I have tons of homework to do. Regardless, let's leave the homework behind for a moment and focus on what is new and exciting.
I want to encourage everyone to get participating in any fundraisers for Haiti, as they need all the help they can get. You can check some interesting and very real videos on youtube of the disaster, that really stresses just how much help they truly need. Last weekend on Sunday evening I attended a fundraiser at The Seahorse, and some really amazing bands donated their time to the cause. You should check them out: The Stanfields, Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers, Telfer, Ryan MacGrath, Sam Ryan Band, The Caravan, Gloryhound, Dame Alexander and DJ Dave Stiles.
I realize too that a lot of us are living on our own very limited budgets, and in this case it is not always about donating money. When you can't donate money, you can most likely donate time. If you give the time someone else will give the money. We need people who can do the work so that others can pay to enjoy it. It is all a cycle, just keep that in mind.
So with all of that said and done, look around you and donate a little somtin' somtin' for a good cause. There are tons of events going on in the city!
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Ovo cancels energy price hike but don't expect big six to follow
Energy supplier Ovo Energy is axing plans to increase costs for its variable rate customers due to a drop in the price it pays for gas and electricity.
However, analysts warn customers of the big six firms, who represent the vast majority, not to get excited as it's unlikely the giants of the market will reduce prices soon.
The big six – British Gas, EDF, Eon, Npower, Scottish & Southern and Scottish Power – have all raised prices over the past few months by up to 19%, bringing misery for millions of households already hard-pressed due to soaring inflation.
Ovo had announced in October a rise in variable rate gas and electricity tariffs by 3.5%, due on 1 January 2012. This would have taken its variable tariff from £1,120 a year for the typical household to £1,159.
Analyst firm Utilyx says the price energy firms pay now for the gas and electricity they will sell in summer 2012 (as most buy in advance) has dropped by 10% since September, largely due to the mild weather.
The price they pay now for gas they sell to consumers in December has fallen by 22% compared to the price paid in September to also sell to consumers in December.
MoneySavingExpert.com creator Martin Lewis says: "I think we should give Ovo a mini round of applause. While its planned price rise was far smaller than others, this is an important gesture.
"It shows that energy companies can be nimble and responsive – and should add to the pressure on the big six to ensure that when their costs go down, ours follow."
'Larger firms won't cut prices'
Andrew Horstead, from Utilyx, explains that the big six are unlikely to cut costs soon as they may have already bought most of the energy they plan to sell to us over the coming months.
In contrast, small firms often don't buy their energy so far in advance.
Horstead says: "The big six buy some of their energy three or four years in advance whereas the likes of Ovo buy at more updated prices so they can take greater advantage of falls in wholesale costs.
"There may also be an element of competition where Ovo thinks it can steal some market share."
Ovo managing director Stephen Fitzpatrick says: "Since we announced the planned increase in our variable prices, wholesale costs have fallen.
"In response, we're delighted to announce we will not go ahead with the planned increase."
Ovo prices
Together Energy ceases trading – here's what it means for your gas and electricity
Together Energy, including its subsidiary Bristol Energy, has ceased trading. In total, the two brands have about 176,000 household customers between them. If you're affected, your supply will continue and credit balances are protected. While it's likely you'll pay more now, there are no savings to be had by switching.
Energy supplier failures will add an extra £94 to household bills next year, warns Citizens Advice
The recent collapse of many UK energy companies will add an extra £94 to household bills from next year as the firms left in the market look to pass on the costs of taking on stranded customers, according to a damning new report from Citizens Advice that is also highly critical of the regulator.
Orbit Energy and Entice Energy cease trading – here's what it means for your gas and electricity
If you're affected, your supply will continue and credit balances are protected. While it's likely you'll pay more now, there are no savings to be had by switching.
Bulb collapses into 'special administration' – what it means for your gas and electricity
Under the special administration there is no change to your supply and any credit balances will be protected. If you're on prepay, you can also continue to top up as normal, while if you're in the process of switching to or from Bulb, this will also proceed as planned.
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Montgomery County Arkansas Forestry Commission Ranger Jimmy Williams (center) goes over search assignments last Monday with an AFC crew.
The search for a missing 71-year-old Amity woman has been suspended but the investigation into her disappearance in the remote and rugged Shawmut area of Pike County is ongoing, according to Pike County Sheriff Charlie Caldwell.
Linda L. Bean was the focal point of a Silver Alert issued last weekend by the Arkansas State Police. She was last seen near the intersection of the Caddo Gap Road and the Shawmut Road. Bean is described as a white female, 5'02" tall and weighing around 126 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Bean was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease several years back, according officials at the search staging area near the Woods Cemetery. The search for Bean started early Saturday morning.
Bean is said to have been with her boyfriend, Joseph Steven Hentsch, 56, of Amity Friday night at a nearby deer camp. Hentsch reportedly told law officials he got his truck stuck in a ditch after leaving the camp and that he walked out to find help and when he returned Bean was gone.
Caldwell said last Monday afternoon the state police have taken over the investigation related to Bean's disappearance. As of Monday morning, Hentsch was still being held in Clark County on a pending charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Charges are also pending against Hentsch in Pike County. His bond in Clark County has been set at $70,000.
More than 120 searchers – professional and volunteers – combed a 10-mile radius around the area where Bean was last seen, according to Pike County Emergency Services Coordinator Hesston Teel. Teel said the operation has involved searches on foot, horseback, ATV and via helicopters provided by the state police and Air-Evac ambulance service. There has also been a steady supply of food and water donated by area businesses and individuals as well as the Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross.
Assisting the Pike County and Clark County sheriff departments in the search were members of the "A-2" deer camp, the Delight Riding Club and the Garland County Sheriff's Department, all of which searched from horseback; search and rescue divisions from Johnson, Sebastian, Grant, Hempstead, Little River and Clark counties; Arkansas State Parks; Arkansas Game and Fish Commission; Arkansas Forestry Commission; Arkansas State Task Force Canine Unit; Arkansas Department of Emergency Management; and Guardian Ambulance Service.
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Alberta's Craft Brewing Industry Is Changing The Way We Think About Beer
Alberta Venture | September 9, 2016
Source: Photograph Ryan Girard
Takeaway: The burgeoning craft brewing industry is bringing together small businesses across the province.
Every craft brewery starts the same way – with an experimental bucket of homebrew in a beer enthusiast's basement. That's the story of Wayne Sheridan, owner of Situation Brewing. The brewery and restaurant, located just off of Edmonton's boutique-lined Whyte Avenue, opened its doors on May 25, 2016. Although the brewery was years in the making, Sheridan was long motivated by a sincere belief: "Not only can homebrewers make great beer at home in their basement," he says, "but world-class beer can be made right here in Edmonton."
Situation Brewing is one of many recently opened craft breweries in the province, taking part in a movement that has come to be known as Alberta's beer revolution. And there's a reason this revolution is happening now rather than, say, 10 years ago.
In 2010, Neil Herbst, founder and owner of Edmonton's Alley Kat Brewing Company, told Alberta Venture, "Alberta is cautious." He was referring to the difficulty facing small brewers when they tried to appeal to traditional beer consumers. "It is difficult to bring people around to an interest in local beer," he said at the time. There were only nine breweries and three brewpubs (which brew and serve their own beer) in the province. Yet, next door, British Columbians enjoyed more than 50 craft breweries and brewpubs.
How times have changed. You'd be hard pressed to walk into a pub in Edmonton or Calgary today and not find a variety of Alberta beers on tap. And it's not just fashionable gastropubs serving local elixirs to mustachioed hipsters; it's clubs, bars and even restaurant chains. Albertans from all walks of life can't seem to get enough of the local product. In fact, by the end of 2016, it is projected that more than 30 breweries will be operating in the province. This beer revolution isn't just following in the wake of Quebec's or B.C.'s. It is closely connected to the province's world-class barley production, small-business mentality and desire to create and consume local product. It's about getting back to the roots of what it means to be Albertan.
If you look at the opening dates of breweries in the province, you'll find a few foundational brewers who opened in the '80s and '90s – Edmonton's Alley Kat and Calgary's Big Rock Brewery, for example. But fast forward to 2013, and a new wave of breweries had appeared, including Tool Shed Brewing and The Dandy Brewing Company, both in Calgary. In 2015, another burst of breweries: Two Sergeants Brewing in Fort Saskatchewan, Half Hitch Brewing in Cochrane and Fat Unicorn in Plamondon. Most people involved in the industry pinpoint the start of Alberta's beer revolution to three dates, November 28, 2013, October 28, 2015 and July 28, 2016. On each occasion, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission made sweeping changes to the craft brewing and distilling regulations.
Until November 28, 2013, the AGLC required a minimum production capacity of 250,000 litres per year with the ability to produce 500,000 litres. These high capacity requirements made it hard for those interested in opening a brewery to start their business. The amount of capital required to pay for equipment and staff for a larger-scale brewery was simply overwhelming. But without the strict production minimums, homebrewers had the chance to expand operations slowly.
Brothers Graeme and Charlie Bredo, of Red Deer's Troubled Monk Brewery, won big at the 2016 world beer cup
Photograph Ryan Girard
Two years later, the AGLC made another round of changes which helped support small brewers even further. Liquor markups were raised by five per cent, but small breweries got significant breaks. For a time, large beer companies, both domestic and imported, had to markup $1.25 per litre, while small brewers in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan, only had to markup 10 cents per litre under 10,000 litres of production. Then, in July, the provincial government eliminated the graduated rate, forcing everyone to pay $1.25 per litre, and replaced it with a grant program aimed at Alberta's small brewers.
Ultimately, these changes have made it easier for start-ups to get off the ground, and there's been no shortage of entrepreneurs ready to start their own brewery. Olds College is partly to thank.
In 2013, alongside regulation changes and the global craft beer movement, Olds College began churning out skilled brewers and entrepreneurs through its new Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program. (Garret Hynes, brewmaster at Troubled Monk Brewery in Red Deer, was one of the first graduates.) It's a two-year program with 25 students admitted each year.
The program appeals to enthusiasts who love to brew beer, but it also teaches key business skills. Tom Ross, a second year student at Olds, came all the way from his home in the U.K. to take the program. "My dad and I used to joke about opening a brewery together," Ross says. "We used to go to beer festivals together back in England. And then this course opened up." Ross warns prospective students not to expect a frat party though: "It's a lot harder than I thought it was going to be," he says, "but you do get to drink a lot of beer."
A 2,300-square-foot facility serves as the learning space and as a working brewery. It sells kegs, cans and bottles to locals. The hands-on experience helps students understand all the facets of working at a brewery: from creating great beer to paying the bills.
Wayne Sheridan, owner of Situation Brewing
Taylor Larson is in the program, too, and she's quick to break down any assumptions about what it means to be a woman brewer. "It's good being a woman in this industry. Male brewers are excited that a woman is there. They're not trying to bar women from being in the industry," she says. Larson feels deeply connected to the pursuit of brewing as an Albertan. "We're connected to everyone," she says. "We're connected to the whole community. It's business, it's artistic, it's local, it's craft and it's community."
Larson's not exaggerating. Craft brewing does connect local Alberta business in new ways. It is the thread tethering local farmers to brewers, restaurateurs and, of course, maltsters.
Large-scale malting has been going on in Alberta for years. Malt is germinated, dried grain and is a necessary ingredient in beer. Rhar Malting in Alix has been around since the '90s, and Canadian Malting has been operating near Calgary for more than 100 years. The fact that malting has been going on in Alberta for over a century is not really surprising. Alberta grows superb grains. Lauren Reid of Alberta Barley, a farmer-directed non-profit that represents Alberta's barley farmers, says many international beer companies seek out Alberta product. "People are using Alberta barley because it's the best in the world," she says.
Indeed, Alberta grows about 50 per cent of all the barley in Canada. While the majority of it is used for livestock feed, a significant amount is of high-enough quality to use for malting. While the large-scale malting businesses didn't leave much room for smaller operations in the past, with the explosion of local breweries in Alberta, local small-scale malt has become a highly sought-after product.
Matt Hamill is one of these maltsters. His company, Red Shed Malting, is family owned and started exactly how one might expect: with a lot of barley and a passion for beer. "Dad's a grain farmer and he's been growing malt-quality barley for a long time," says Hamill. When his brother Joe started brewing at home, the two became obsessed with trying to make a home brew with their father's barley, and Red Shed was born. They've sold to local breweries like Troubled Monk and Dandy Brewing in Calgary, and they hope to do more.
And then there are the hops, which are used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer. Hops are not normally grown in the province, but at least one farm is trying it out. Nestled in Lac St. Anne County, near the small community of Darwell, sits Windhover Farm, home of Northern Girls Hops. Sisters Karin Smith-Fargey and Catherine Smith started the hops project to test the feasibility of growing the product organically in northern Alberta – a project which many thought was impossible due to the cold climate. But the experimental hops farm is a success, and was used in Alley Kat's first all-Albertan beer. "Alley Kat does Alberta Dragon Beer, which is all Alberta ingredients," Hamill says. "We want to be part of that in the future."
In the same month Sheridan fulfilled his dream to open a brewery, his assertion that Alberta could produce world-class beer was proven true. At the 2016 World Beer Cup (fondly called "the Olympics of beer"), Troubled Monk Brewery took home silver in the American-style brown ale category. Troubled Monk is one of many family-run breweries new to the scene. At the time of the competition, it had been open for less than a year. Graeme Bredo and his brothers had been brewing their own beer at home for years before they decided to turn professional. After opening up shop, Bredo's brother Charlie decided to enter one of their beers in the world competition to see how it measured up. "None of us thought we were going to win," says Bredo. "It's the best beer at the best competition in the world." But their brown ale, brewed with Alberta barley and water from the Red Deer river, won, and affirmed what locals had already realized: great beer is being brewed here.
There will always be some in Alberta who are reluctant to try locally crafted beer, and that's not a bad thing. "There are people who love their Budweiser and that's great," Reid says, "but there are also people who want to step out and try something new." At the end of the day beer is beer, and just because it's brewed locally doesn't mean it tastes better than your favourite import. But there are some good reasons to choose local. "Craft brewing is a great industry in Alberta because it's employing Albertans," says Les Timmanson, another student in the Olds College brewmaster program. "There are rising industries going along with craft brewing. It's not just brewing." The bottom line is that buying a pint from the brewery around the corner doesn't just taste great – it supports local pubs, farms, and breweries, and eliminates a lot of the product's travel. Think of it as part of your 100-mile diet, environmentally and community friendly.
Still Waiting
Craft distilling of spirits wasn't viable in Alberta until 2013, when the province eliminated minimum production capacity requirements. Now, as the industry blossoms, distillers say a bevy of factors are working against them, including a high taxation regime, lenders who feel the industry is still "unproven" and exorbitant startup costs (in the ballpark of $1 million).
In the last two years alone, five craft distilleries have sprung up in Alberta: Eau Claire Distillery in Turner Valley, Last Best Brewing and Distilling in Calgary, Vegreville's Red Cup Distillery, Park Distillery in Banff and Rig Hand Craft Distillery in Nisku, which makes bottles in the shape of the historic Leduc #1 oil well. Together they form the Alberta Craft Distillers Association (ACDA), and they all exclusively source grain from within Alberta. Four more craft distillers are expected to open by the end of 2016.
But they claim they're constrained by Alberta's tax on spirits, which is currently the highest in Canada: $14.10 per bottle goes to the province. Distilleries in B.C. pay just $1.10 per bottle to the province. With relatively small production capacity, ACDA argues the tax is prohibitive. (Calgary's Alberta Distillers Ltd., a publicly traded company, produces 20 million litres per year in whisky alone; craft distillers produce about 20,000 to 100,000 litres annually.) ACDA is advocating for a tiered taxation system.
Why is the province afraid to alter the tax regime? It could be for fear of litigation. As part of the New West Partnership tax plan, Alberta slapped a 260 per cent tax increase on craft beer produced outside of Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan, and Steam Whistle Brewing was granted a court injunction. Scotland's Innis & Gunn and Ontario-based Muskoka Brewery have also publicly complained about the tax increase; the latter announced it'd pull its product from Alberta shelves.
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Services offered by Vietnamese firms to local people who want to join the immigration programs run by the U.S. and some other countries for foreign investors have been mushrooming recently.
A lot of seminars have been organized by various firms in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to introduce to their potential clients such programs as the U.S.'s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and the Canadian Immigrant Investor Program.
Under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, as shown on the website of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, entrepreneurs (and their spouses and unmarried children under 21) are eligible to apply for a green card (permanent residence) if they make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States; and plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.
Under the program, there are two minimum qualifying investment rates: $1 million as the general rate while $500,000 is applied for investors in a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States.
Meanwhile, applicants for the Canadian Immigrant Investor Program must have a minimum of CA$1.6 million in net worth, alone or with a spouse or partner, while those for Canada's Immigrant Entrepreneur Program must demonstrate a legally acquired personal net worth of at least CA$300,000.
In addition, applicants for the Canadian Immigrant Investor Program must sign an investment agreement consenting to invest CA$800,000 with an approved financial intermediary.
Meanwhile, candidates for Canada's Immigrant Entrepreneur Program must commit to invest a minimum of CA$100,000 in establishing, purchasing or expanding a business or entering into a successful partnership, in which they will retain at least 25 percent ownership interest, according to the website of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center.
At a seminar on investment and immigration to the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean held on August 7 by the representative office of Canada-based Harvey Law Group (HLG), Ta Thi Phuong Thao, an HLG employee said in addition to an investment of $500,000 in the U.S., applicants for the EB-5 program must pay $50,000 as a project management fee and $40,000 as an attorney fee.
"In our experience, an applicant for the EB-5 program will have to spend a total of $610,000. This is an average rate, which is subject to the number of family members of each applicant," Thao said.
When Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper correspondents said the cost was too high, Thao affirmed that the probability of success would be 100 percent as clients use services provided by HLG when it comes to the EB-5 program.
She added that her company will return the collected fee to clients if they fail to get a green card.
The NVS charges its clients $20,000 per EB-5 application, plus $15,000 as an attorney fee in the U.S.
Talking with Tuoi Tre about the fact that some Vietnamese firms demand $25,000-40,000 per EB-5 application from their clients, Tiffany Murphy, the consular chief at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, said the U.S. government only collects a fee of $1,500 for file consideration.
The first step of the EB-5 visa process is that foreign entrepreneurs submit their applications for immigration (I-526), and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services collect a fee of $1,500 for handling an I-526 file, Murphy said.
This is the only charge that is demanded by the U.S. government in the process, she added.
However, applicants will have to pay expenses on medical check-ups, translation and others, which vary from country to country, the official said, adding that she thinks such expenditures are not very costly.
A man named Thang, who has worked for two companies offering such services, told Tuoi Tre that most such firms are registered in the name of a Vietnamese and they do only one thing: receiving dossiers from clients and then transferring them to their foreign partners to get a commission.
Such firms make no commitment on the result of their services, so if their application is turned down, their clients cannot recover any money they have paid, Thang said.
The case of Le Tan Thi Viet Thanh, a 45-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City, is an example.
She transferred a total of $39,000 and CA$8,400 to the International Immigration Group (IMG), a Vietnamese firm in Hanoi, after signing with the company a service contract so that she could settle down in Canada as an investor.
In August 2008, Thanh was required to transfer CA$135,000 to the Canadian government but she failed to do so, as banks in Vietnam do not allow foreign currencies to be transferred abroad.
Thanh asked the IMG to transfer that amount for her, but the company did not do it.
As a result, in September 2008, Thanh received a notice from the company that the Canadian government had rejected her application.
As the IMG did not refund Thanh the money she had paid to the company, the woman sued it at the Hanoi People's Court, which concluded that the firm was at fault.
At the appeal trial on April 15, 2013, the court issued a verdict requiring that the firm pay a total of VND974 million (over $44,000) to Thanh.
The court said that the IMG had not supplied consultancy to Thanh about the transfer of money to Canada, so the woman could not do it.
But the IMG has still not executed the verdict by far although Thanh had repeatedly asked the company to do so.
"There is no money in the IMG's bank account. The company is a service provider, so it has no assets to ensure the execution of the verdict," the Verdict Enforcement Sub-Department of Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District said when it returned to Thanh her petition for the verdict to be implemented.


ahh that's too bad, but you did your best.
sorry, i forgot we have guests on Saturday, can you play Sunday at the same time?
Hi when would you like to play for lc open?
when can you play for corsola cup?
I'm GMT+2, does 7 PM of my time work for you on the weekend?
can a hour later maybe work?
We are paired up in the PSPL for RU. I am in GMT+0. My timetable is flexible so I can work around yours timezone. I can't do Tuesday though.
I'm GMT+2, and i could play at 8:30 am of my time at the weekend, but i can't promise then that I don't oversleep.
Hey soTsoT! I'm six hours behind you I believe (GMT-4).I'm against you this week. When are you good to play?
Alright man, I'm on all day today and tomorrow. Let me know!
I'm on all day, just come into the tours room and I'll be there on After Hours, or oh darn.
Hey We are matched up for BLT RU this week, when is a good time for you to fight?? I'm CT so its 4:47 pm my time.
Ok the best days for me are Wednesday and Thursday, I don't have anything to do those days so you can pick whatever time works for you.
Wednesday at 7:00 PM of my time would be fine for me.
Hi, we are RU opponents this week for Farm League. When can you play?
Hi, we have to play for PSPL. I prefer to play from next Friday, in evening.
I'll try, I will confirm you Thursday.
Okay, see you tomorrow at 19.30.
I can't play rn, how about Sunday around now?
uh, this could be a Problem, i'm GMT +1, and normally have to go off at 8:00 PM of my Time. So maybe Saturday at 8 PM of my Time?


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Jury announced for the 26th annual Lionel Gelber Prize
Sara Charney, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize and president of The Lionel Gelber Foundation; and Stephen Toope, director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, are pleased to announce an outstanding jury for the upcoming Gelber Prize.
"Created in memory of the Canadian scholar, diplomat and author Lionel Gelber, we are gratified that the Prize attracts such distinguished jurors, year after year" said Ms Charney, niece of Lionel Gelber.
Jury Chair John Stackhouse (Toronto, Canada) is joined by Jurors Michael Barnett (Washington, D.C.); Rachel Lomax (London, England); David M. Malone (Tokyo, Japan); and Matias Spektor (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
Read more about this year's jury on the Lionel Gelber Prize website.


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Bangalore's food scene is one of the best in the country- and we'll tell you exactly where to go to find the yummiest spots! For some of us, an hour and a half in the car means that we won't just settle for mediocre food once we arrive. From pad thais, Italian pasta, Japanese sushi, Mexican tacos, Mediterranean kebabs, Middle Eastern dips, American hamburgers, Indian biryanis and a fusion of everything in between, Bangalore has it all. Check it out here!
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As archival fashion fans, we're always on the lookout for retailers and collectors who appreciate great design as much as we do. That's why we love Totokaelo, a shop that routinely supports the new and noteworthy, while exhibiting the best from past and present. It's this shared recognition that inspired Totokaelo to team with us here at Grailed and Heroine to unleash an impressive selection of one of the most iconic fashion labels of all time: Comme des Garçons.
Featuring 50-plus pieces from across Comme des Garçons various lines, sublabels and collaborations, this collection of garments and accessories serves to display the breadth and depth of Rei Kawakubo's genius. Sourced and curated by Grailed, Heroine and Totokaelo, the exhibit embodies our collective mission to present the rarest gems from across fashion's spectrum.
Together, it's yet another reminder that—for a brand that's existed in some form or fashion for the last 45 years—Comme des Garçons still reigns as one of the most referenced and relevant fashion houses of our time.
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Bristol & the Sustainable Development Goals
Bristol was the first British city to be named European Green Capital. This award celebrates and promotes innovative responses to urban environmental challenges.
The city influenced international policy at the UN climate change summit in Paris in 2015, sharing best practices and presenting ambitious sustainable action.
Bristol was named European Green Capital in 2015 – the first UK city to be awarded this prestigious title. Since then it has implemented long term commitments to climate change and to becoming a carbon-neutral city. It was developed as an engagement program for the public and business-led events sharing ideas on sustainability and the environment. Part of that was the host of the first International Fair Trades Town Convention with more than 240 delegates from 20 countries.
A green energy group called Ecotricity, based in nearby Stroud has recently created a group in Bristol with future plans to establish a tech hub.
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Why Bristol?
Some of the main key factors were:
Demonstrate a well-established record of achieving high environmental standards
Commit to ongoing and ambitious goals for further environmental improvement and sustainable development
Be a role model – part of an ever-growing group of cities that aim to inspire and promote best practices to all European cities.
Bristol has established as one of the UK's leading cities for sustainable development and home to prominent environmental and ethical organizations such as the Triodos Bank and Sustrans, and Soil Association. The city was also ranked as the world's 4th most inspirational city.
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The city provides many opportunities for people to get involved and make a difference, to protect the environment by learning more about sustainability, joining a campaign, or making small changes to your lifestyle, with eye-opening tours and talks year-round.
The city also hosts the leading FairTrade city in the UK, community food growing movement, Incredible Edible, Wildscreen Festival – the world's largest wildlife and environmental film festival. Bristol was the UK's first cycling city and home to the National Cycle Network and Sustrans, the UK's sustainable transport charity. Many festivals and events, from Big Green Week to the Festival of Nature and the annual Walking Festival, celebrate the city's commitment to sustainability.
The primary focus of the city is five themes: energy, food, nature, resources, and transport in order to make it a healthier and happier city.
Bristol Energy, the national gas and electricity company with a reach to over 100,00 customers is helping to tackle the effects of social inequality and fuel poverty, supporting local people with clean renewable energy.
The Green Capital has become a hub for energy companies and groups such as Bristol Community Energy, Bristol Energy Cooperative and Fund and Centre of Sustainable Energy. Bristol's plan is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050.
Bristol Energy, the first energy company in the country to offer 100% green electricity and reinvest its profits back into local communities.
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Food and drink is extremely important and many venues pride themselves on offering locally sourced and sustainable menus as well as locally made drinks.
In 2007, the Bristol Partnership launched the Green Capital initiative in order to invite organizations in the city to play their part in helping tackle climate change and contribute to Bristol's ambition of becoming a leading UK green capital.
Collections of different types of household waste in Bristol comprise two categories of recyclable waste, food waste, garden waste, and non-recyclable waste. The environmental experts Eunomia and Resource Futures based here are also helping the city with their research.
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Bristol has over 450 beautiful parks and green spaces – more than any other UK city. It's also surrounded by beautiful countryside with country house hotels, castles, and wildlife attractions.
Transport by train plays a significant role in sustainable travel. Bristol has two mainline railway stations and trains run every 30 minutes from London, Cardiff, and Birmingham.
Research also found Bristol is among the top ten safest cities in Europe, thanks to a low number of traffic fatalities.
The UK's first bio bus made his route here. The number of electric vehicles is increasing.
The city's Transport Plan supported by Bristol Green Capital is focused on expanding local rail and bus services to provide affordable, integrated public transport, particularly as the City grows. Free up the city center and community shopping centers for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport leading to a safer, less polluted city.
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A Botswana Safari as One of the Best Sustainable Tourism Examples
Botswana with its unique country's natural resources provides a significant advantage in the tourism sector. Tourism plays a significant role in the national economy and exhibits enormous potential for future growth. Tourism in Botswana is the second-largest income in the country. According to official estimates, Botswana received 1.6 million visitors in 2015 and generated about 1 billion U.S. dollars in monetary gains.
Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, has a landscape defined by the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta, which becomes a lush animal habitat during the seasonal floods.
In 1990 Botswana implemented a Tourism Policy aiming to increase tourist numbers, government revenue, and employment opportunities. The tourism industry also helped to diversify Botswana's economy from traditional sources such as diamonds and beef and created more than 150 000 jobs in this sector.
The Botswana Tourism Organization (BTO) is responsible for all operational functions of the tourism sector such as marketing, investment promotion, and the grading of tourism facilities to international standards.
"The government has made a deliberate decision to boost eco-tourism because we are not sure natural resources will last unless we make a point to protect them," tourism minister Tshekedi Khama said.
Botswana relies on natural resources for both general livelihoods and tourism.
Due to a lack of resources and skills in local communities, the country has often to depend on the assistance of international partners to achieve their dual goals of increasing economic prosperity and preserving natural resources.
Botswana has experimented with various methods of preserving natural resources including community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), which is based on assumption that local people have more incentive and are more committed to the sustainable use of natural resources where they live compared to the more removed government.
To be effective these areas must work closely with the local communities. In other areas park authorities and people living adjacent to protected areas have come into conflict. This often occurred when local people were suddenly denied ancient hunting, fishing or grazing rights, access to ancestral burial sites, or when tourist revenue was accumulated by foreign companies with nothing finding its way back to the local communities.
Botswana seeks to broaden the tourism base by adding more product components and increasing the geographic spread of tourism.
Knowing that you're contributing to conservation and communities, you can easily choose one of Botswana's responsible travel companies for your safari and you can enjoy your trip. Some safari companies in this space include and Beyond, Desert & Delta Safaris, Great Plains Conservation, Natural Selection, and Wilderness Safaris.
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General Taleb Rifai said sustainable tourism has proven not only to boost economic development, create jobs but also to promote the inclusion of communities.
Some of the most popular areas for a safari trip in Botswana include Okavango Delta, formed by a river of the same name, traveling across 22,000 square kilometers of the surface without ever reaching the sea. The water of the Okavango River eventually evaporates in the sand of the unexplored Kalahari Dessert, inhabited by the Bushmen, one of the oldest tribes in the world.
Also in the Kalahari Dessert you can find the Chobe National Park, where is the home to the largest elephant population on the continent, or the impressive biodiversity that populates the entire country, including wild mammals such a lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros and buffalo.
Sustainable tourism is a worldwide theme but for the Okavango delta, the uniqueness is in the landscape, the people and the conservation policies of Botswana.
The Okavango Delta region is both a popular tourist destination and a world heritage site as well as one of the largest inland deltas in the world.
While the vast majority of attractions are based on the country's natural resources, the tourism industry itself makes the very resources it has commodified vulnerable to damage. Large groups of people in tourist groups can disrupt wildlife and lead them to migrate to other habitats that may be unsustainable.
Botswana offers the traveler a choice of accommodation options from top-class tourist hotels, luxury lodges, and safari camps, to budget guesthouses and camping grounds. The major tourist areas have a choice of private lodges, safari camps, and public camping sites.
This country is almost the same size as of France has only 2.2 million population, gained its independence 50 years ago. Besides its ecosystems and a democracy, another valuable resource for the country is diamonds: diamond mines that were exploited by the De Beers Company, but managed by the government of the first and revered President Seretse Khama. Botswana steadily grew at an average rate of 9%-10% of its GDP, and from one of the poorest countries now is becoming an average economy country.
"Diamonds don't last forever, but sustainable tourism and development do," says Tshekedi Khama, Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism.
The Botswana government's National Conservation Strategy and Tourism Policy was created to promote tourism while protecting wildlife areas. Citizens of the United States, South Africa, British Commonwealth countries, and most Western European countries do not need visas for stays of less than 91 days.
Attracting more tourists and being an example of sustainable travel destination is slowly becoming the new economic engine for undeveloped countries.
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Iceland is one of the Greenest Country in the World
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) uses 25 total performance indicators that are used in generating the rankings which span 180 countries around the globe. Iceland took the prize with an impressive EPI score of 93.5 over 3 points higher than the #2 greenest country, Switzerland. We will uncover what made Iceland standout and how they achieved the top spot.
Iceland is also a pretty unforgiving landscape. It gets tepid rather than warm during the summer months, tepid and bright and then it gets cold and dark really dark. It's one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with so many glaciers, volcanoes, and waterfalls. A small island, but Iceland has a huge impact on the defense environment. Because of its location, Iceland uses its geothermal resources in order to obtain electricity and heat. The most common source of heat and electricity is hydrogen, and the country hopes to pass entirely on hydrogen consumption.
What makes Iceland rank so high in Environmental Performance index
Iceland is one of the countries that takes its environment very seriously and invests in its sustainability. It has been graded as one of the greenest countries in the world. Besides, it has been in the forefront in the implementation of programs that are Eco-friendly. It boasts of an Environmental Performance index of 93.5.
It has placed focus on the production of electricity and heat by utilizing geothermal landscapes and also played a major role in the fight against ocean pollution. It has made sure that the waters are kept clean and fishing is done while prioritizing on protecting the environment.
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Iceland is an island country in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, northwest of England. The climate consists of mild, windy winters and cool summers. One of the greenest countries in the world is well known for its renewable energy program that supplies nearly every resident with clean electricity and hot water.
People say that the country's renewable energy programs were inspired by economics rather than environmental concerns, though the EPI index does not take that into consideration. The country is also in the top happiest nations in the world, according to a report by IceNews. Based on an international poll by Capacent Gallup, 73 percent of Icelanders are satisfied with their lives. There have been no known correlations between being the most eco-friendly place on the planet and once of the happiest, however, it is an intriguing coincidence.
Green Countries Make Tough Decisions
No country is perfect when it comes to going green, there will always be trade-offs that occur for economic gains or convenience factors. Even the United States came in a dismal 61st with a score of 63.5%, showing American's have a long way to go to catch up to the neighbors across the pond. Regardless we admit Iceland and its happy people for making the world a cleaner place to live and lead the way to achieve it.
Even Mercedes-Benz A-class buses used for public transport in Iceland are all powered by hydrogen and can go 160 km with a full tank. The country is proud that only 18% of its energy sources are derived from coal, the remaining 82% is pure hydrogen and geothermal energy. Conservation of the environment is a high priority for Iceland, a country that depends on natural resources and their sustainable management.
Given the economy's high dependence on fisheries and exports of seafood, the sustainable harvesting of living marine resources is an economic as well as an environmental priority. A quota system in fisheries, limiting the total allowable catch at a level deemed sustainable by marine scientists, is showing signs of paying off. On the global agenda, Iceland has been a strong voice in the fight against the pollution of the oceans. Icelandic waters are among the cleanest in the world. Iceland has taken an active role in international fora on the issue of persistent organic pollutants.
Nature conservation, in general, is of increasing concern. Iceland has some of the few remaining large wilderness areas in Europe, and their natural features are in many ways unique. Development pressures from tourism and energy production (hydroelectric and geothermal) on wilderness areas are increasing, which calls for improved planning to reconcile nature conservation and the continuing development of Iceland's abundant clean and renewable energy sources.
Check our article where we revealed the top 11 greenest countries in the world where we counted down the top-ranked eco-friendly countries based on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
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Burleigh Heads is well known for its surf break and is a suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland. It is one of the places that has not yet been discovered by tourists, making it a better alternative to other crowded places.
The area had been inhabited by the aborigines and had been called Jellurgal by them. James Warner, who came to survey the shore line named the headlands Burly Heads because of its appearance. The spelling was later changed to Burleigh Heads.
The area was formed due to volcanic activity about 20-30 million years ago. This gives it multiple kinds of rocks, which have been subject to study since the 1920s.


But really what I'm most happy with from the month of September was the 13 mile long run I did on the 29th. It definitely wasn't the best long run I've ever done. I didn't feel so great during the first 2 miles but I started getting into a good groove around mile 3. Miles 4-7 were an absolute blast, and then it kinda went downhill from there. Miles 8, 9, 10, and 11 weren't terrible, but they were definitely less fun. But the last two miles were an absolute suffer fest. Honestly almost didn't do them. I thought about quitting and going home every few minutes. I didn't though. I endured those last 2 miles and finished my longest run of half marathon training ever.
I guess that's why this run sticks out to me so much. I went through some high highs, some low lows, and pretty much everything in between and still finished. Which was probably really good for my mental game.
Plus I've never gone over 12 miles for a long run in a half marathon training cycle before, so yet another reason why this one stands out. But I figured it's well past time that I start increasing my long runs. I'm obviously capable of doing so. I'm slow, so it takes me a while to get these longer runs done, but I have the time and means to dedicated to it. Plus long runs are a very important part of any training cycle. Even for shorter distance runners. So I figure if they're running 15, 16, or 17 miles for a long run I should be to. So that's currently what I'm working toward. I plan on doing 16 miles for my peak week long run this training cycle. The thought of that makes me really excited, but also really nervous. It's probably going to be really hard. But I know I can do it.
Alrighty, enough about long runs for now though, let's talk about other goals! Specifically, goals that I had set for myself in January and have so far well, not stuck to necessarily, but have been thinking about/working on all year. Which is something I've never really done before haha. My main goals have been to keep a training journal, to write down one good thing every single day in said training journal, to hit 10,000 steps almost every day (total and complete rest days are important. Especially when you tend to me injury prone like I am. 😉), and to increase my weekly running mileage, and there for my monthly/yearly running mileage as well.
So for the past few months I haven't been doing a great job at keeping up with my training journal. In fact, last month I didn't write in it at all. And this month I only have a few times. I really should keep up with it. I think it's important to be able to look back on your training for several different reasons. Figure out how an injury started, keep an accurate log on how you've been feeling, the ability to go back and see that yes you have put in the work, etc. but I don't know man. I usually put up a weekly recap here so I can go back and look through those if I want to, and that's kinda how I fell out of the habit of writing in my journal. But handwriting a training log and not sharing it with anyone else is definitely much more personal and probably more honest. So I really should get back in the habit of doing so.
My step goal is probably the goal I've been most successful with at this point. I've done a pretty darn good job of keeping up with it. But honestly it's kind of hard not to hit 10,000 steps when you run 4-5 times a week and have 3 dogs that need walked. 😂 That being said, this has actually been my worst month of hitting my step goal almost every day. I didn't do terrible or anything, but still, I could have done better with it.
And last but not least, the goal I haven't really talked about very much throughout the year; increasing my running mileage. I set a very lofty number for myself in January and I haven't even gotten close to that yet. While I would like to get there eventually, I'm still pretty happy with what I've been able to accomplish so far. Last year my weekly mileage usually ended up being around 15-18 ish miles. 20 Miles was on the high side, and that really only happened when I was pretty far into half marathon training. Getting my miles in over the summer was pretty tough, but for the most part I've been around 20-25 miles every week pretty consistently. A small improvement, but an improvement none the less. I'm definitely headed in the right direction.
Alrighty, that pretty much covers it!
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Trump's Last Remaining Election Challenge
The Epoch Times - BY MATTHEW VADUM March 8, 2021
The Supreme Court dismissed former President Donald Trump's final remaining challenge to the 2020 presidential election results this morning, a lawsuit challenging the results in the state of Wisconsin.
Also on March 8, the high court declined to hear an emergency petition for mandamus brought by pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood who on Dec. 30, 2020, asked the court to block the Jan. 5, 2021 runoff elections for Georgia's two U.S. Senate seats. The races were won by Democrats who unseated two incumbent Republicans, handing control of that chamber to Democrats as President Joe Biden began his term of office.
The court, as is its custom when refusing to hear petitions, did not explain its actions March 8. No justices indicated they were dissenting from the dismissal orders.
In the case at hand, Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, court file 20-883, Trump argued the commission violated the U.S. Constitution when it established rules for mail-in voting inconsistent with state law.
The commission and local election officials "implemented unauthorized, illegal absentee voting drop boxes, compelled illegal corrections to absentee ballot witness certificates by poll workers, and encouraged widespread voter misuse of 'indefinitely confined' status to avoid voter ID laws, all in disregard of the Legislature's explicit command to 'carefully regulate' the absentee voting process," Trump's petition stated.
In the petition, Trump challenged the rules under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which states that "Each State shall appoint [electors for president and vice president] in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct."
The dismissal came after the Supreme Court threw out a series of legal challenges on Feb. 22 to voting processes and results in several states left over from the recent presidential election cycle, as The Epoch Times previously reported.
Those cases concerned the presidential elections held in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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The Demorats now control all three branches of government. Is a revolution to take back our country just around the corner?
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Is anybody surprised? I guess half of America doesn't count anymore. If anybody would hear the evidence and answer the questions all of our doubts would either be proven true or properly refuted. We know we cannot just move on and overlook these allegations. If they are true, there is no point in most of us voting in the future. It needs to be resolved before 2022!
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We've been asleep and let evil take our country. That's because we have been the nice guy. Nice guys finish last. This building in this image will be one of the many synonymous with the end of America as the beacon of freedom in the world and further known as the houses of suppression.
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The Supreme Court's decision not hear elections cases for fear of appearing to decide elections is a boat load of weak knee political dancing in itself. It isn't about deciding political elections, it's about constitutional legality, about doing their responsibility to guard and interpret said Constitution. That's their job! If they refuse to hear such cases, then they're not the right judges for the job. It isn't about popularity, it's about making the hard decisions – how hard is it to simply dismiss those cases without so much as a word? Supreme failure! They should all be ashamed; We the People are!


Tina Brown, Bobby Brown's sister, wrote on Facebook on Monday: "So many messages,sorry can't answer them all right now but I will get to them later..just allow me this time with my family,,yes,she woke up and is no longer on life support!!!!!:):)God is good!!thanks for your prayers,,still a process,but she is going to be ok:):):):)"
The family has, however, not yet disclosed how well Bobbi Kristina is recovering since being taken off life support, according to E! News.
Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious in the bathtub of her house in Atlanta on Jan. 31 and was admitted to Emory University Hospital. Since then, she has been in a medically induced coma due to a swelling in the brain. She was moved to the Dekalb Medical facility last month, where she is being treated in a private room. In mid-February, doctors had tried taking her off life support, but were unsuccessful as she ended up having seizures.


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Robert Miller, aged 45 years, of Salmon Beach, Gloucester Co. N. B. died on the 26th day of December 1921 and was buried on the 28th day of December 1921 in the New Salmon Beach Cemetery Salmon Beach road. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of St. George's Ch.
James Gardener, aged 47 years, of Bathurst N. B. died on the 15th day of May A. D. 1922 and was buried on the 16th day of the same month in the New Church of England Cemetery West Bathurst, N. B. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of St. George's Ch.
John A. Payne, aged 54 years, of Bathurst N. B. died on the 26th day of May A. D. 1922 and was buried on Sunday May 28 A. D. 1922 in the Presbyterian Cemetery West Bathurst, N. B. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of St. George's Ch.
Richard Hinton aged 92 years died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Wm. Scott at Strathadan, Northumberland, Co. on the 15th day of January A. D. 1923 and was buried in the Old Anglican Cemetery, Bathurst on the 17th day January A. D. 1923. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of St.George's Ch.
Mrs. Bateman, aged 88 years, widow of the late John J. Bateman, died on the __ of______ and was buried in the Old Church of England Cemetery by me on the ____ day _____of 1923. J. A. Cooper
Mrs. O'Connor, aged 68 years, wife of Francis O'Connor of Bathurst died on the 27th day of April A. D. 1923 and was buried in the Methodist burying ground on the 29th day of April A. D. 1923. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Ann Ellis, aged 87 years, of Youghall died on the 5th day of May and was buried in the Old Church of England cemetery, Bathurst on the 7th day of May A.D. 1923. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Leona Jagoe, aged 27 years, of Clifton Glouc. Co. N. B. Died on the tenth day of Jan'y and was buried on the 12th day of Jan'y in the Old Clifton burying ground by me - 1924. J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Samuel Williamson, merchant of Bathurst died on the 28th day of June 1924 and was buried in the Old Anglican Cemetery Bathurst on June 30, 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Robert Ellis, aged 75 years of Bathurst N. B. Died in the J. H. Dunn Hospital on May 24 and was buried in the Ch. Of England Burying ground on the William Bateman farm on May 26, 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
John Donald MacKenzie, aged 5 months, infant son of John MacKenzie, died on the 12th day of July 1924 and was buried on the 13th day of the same month in St. George's new cemetery West Bathurst. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Hannah Ellis, aged 74 years 10 months, widow of the late Robert Ellis died Saturday, Sept. 15, 1923(1924) and was buried in the old St. George's Burying ground on the 18th day of Sept. 1923. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Laura E. Boyd , aged 24 years, wife of Malcolm Boyd of Big River Glouc. Co. N. B. Died on Feb. 2, 1924 and was buried in the Salmon Beach burying ground on the fourth day of February A. D. 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Ann Eddy, aged 74 years, of Janeville, Glouc. Co. N. B. Died on the tenth day of April A. D. 1924 and was buried in the Methodist Cemetery New Bandon on the 12 day of April, 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Mrs. Charles Boss, aged 84 years, of Bathurst N. B. died on the 16th day of May 1924 and was buried in the Old Church of England burying ground on Sunday the 18th day of May 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Edward W. Watson , aged 8 months, son of William A. Watson died Sept. 26 and was buried in St. George's Cemetery West Bathurst on Sept. 27 by me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Henry Moore, aged 87 years, of East Bathurst died on Jan 14, 1925 and was buried in the old St. George's Cemetery on the 16th day of the same month by me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Mary Eddy, aged 78 years, of Clifton died on the 25 day of Dec, 1924 and was buried in the Church of England Cemetery at Clifton on Dec. 27, 1924. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
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Martin J. Kent, aged 59 years, (Baker) of Bathurst, N. B. Died on Saturday afternoon August 29, 1925 in the J. H. Dunn Hospital and was buried on Monday, August 31, 1925 in the new Ch. Of England cemetery, West Bathurst. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector.
Mina Smyth of South Tetagouche widow of the late George Smyth died on the 16th day of November A. D. 1925 and was buried in the Methodist burying ground South Tetagouche on the 18th day of the same month. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Edward P. Carter, aged 57 years, of East Bathurst, N. B. Died on Friday Feb. 12, 1926 and was buried in the old St. George's Cemetery on the 14th day of the same month. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector.
Mrs. Anslew Smith, aged 49 years, wife of Anslew Smith, Middle River died on Sunday morning Nov. 21 and was buried on Tuesday afternoon Nov. 23, 1926 in St. George's Cemetery, West Bathurst. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Mathilda Ellis, aged 19 years, daughter of Robert ans Mrs. Ellis of Salmon Beach died on the 31st day of March A. D. 1927 and buried on April 2 in the Salmon Beach burying ground. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Jean Evans, aged 71/2 months, daughter of Alfred and Bessie Evans died on the 19th ay of May and buried in St. George's Cemetery, West Bathurst on May 2oth, 1927. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Mrs. Annie Gatain, aged ___, widow of the late Francis Gatain of Bathurst, N. B. Died on Friday April 15, 1927 and was buried on Easter Day in the Old St. George's Cemetery Bathurst, N. B.
Rebecca Ellis, aged 75 years, wife of James Ellis of New Bandon died on the 14th day of August, 1927 and was buried on the 16th day of the same month in the Methodist burying ground New Bandon by me J. A. Cooper, Rector of Bathurst.
Lucy DesBrisay, aged 72 years, of Bathurst N. B. died on Saturday, Sept 17, 1927 and was buried on Sept 19, 1927 in the old St. George's Cemetery. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Stewart Hinton, aged 54 years, of Bathurst N. B. Died in the River Glade Sanitarium on Nov. 24, 1927 and was buried on the 27th day of November A. D. 1927 in the new St. George's Cemetery West Bathurst. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Milton James Good, aged 19 months, son of Herman and Martha Good of South Bathurst died on Dec. 22. 1927 and was buried in the Salmon Beach Burying ground, Salmon Beach Road, on Dec, 24, 1927. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector
Mrs. Navington wife of Chas. Navington of East Bathurst died on Jan. 31, 1928 and was buried on Feb. 3, 1928. By me J. A. Cooper, Rector


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By BlondeAtTheFilm on July 27, 2015 • ( 6 Comments )
Netflix Instant: Classic Films, 7th Ed.
Netflix is constantly changing its lineup of classic movies available to stream, so here are five more great classic films you can watch instantly!
For more streaming classics, check out my other Netflix Instant classic movie lists. And for more on classic films, you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram at BlondeAtTheFilm, tumblr, pinterest, and Facebook.
1. Beach Party (1963)
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It's not summer without Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello frolicking on the beach with their ragtag gang of buddies! This was the first "Beach Party" movie and tells the strange story of an anthropologist (Robert Cummings) secretly studying the odd behavior and surfer slang of a bunch of teens. A motorcycle gang (whose leader is a parody of Brando in The Wild One (1953)) complicates this idyllic beach existence, though of course they are no match for the strapping young surfers!
As one might expect in a movie aimed at teenagers, there's sweet but complicated young love, inconvenient crushes, dance parties, and of course swinging sixties tunes written especially for the film.
It's a fun, light movie that's a veritable time capsule of the early 1960s (why did people dance like that?), and you can see why it spawned several sequels. Fun fact: Joel McCrea's son Jody plays Deadhead, one of the surfer dudes! Here's the trailer, and you can buy this fun movie here.
2. State Fair (1945)
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If you're in the mood for a more traditional musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair is a good choice.
It's the story of an Iowa family who pack up their prize hog, their special mincemeat, a restless daughter, and a brash son and head to the state fair. The fair is the biggest event of the year, and the family has high hopes for romance and blue ribbons!
The son (Dick Haymes) and daughter (Jeanne Crain) both enjoy flirtations with interesting people they meet at the fair (Guys and Dolls' Vivian Blaine and Laura's Dana Andrews), while their parents enjoy their respective competitions. It's a lovely film with great songs and a fun cast, minus the scary dream ballets or deaths of Oklahoma, South Pacific, or Carousel. It's great for kids, and perfect for summer!
Fun fact: this was the only Rodgers and Hammerstein production crafted specifically for the screen. Their other musicals were written for the stage and adapted for film later. Another fun fact: Esther Williams' husband Ben Gage provided the singing voice for Dana Andrews. And last one: this movie was remade in 1962 starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret. Here's the trailer for the 1945 version, and you can buy this film here.
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
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Switching gears, here is a classic western directed by the master, John Ford, and starring two giants, James Stewart and John Wayne. Stoddard (Stewart), a senator, and his wife have come back to a tiny town out West to attend the funeral of Doniphon (Wayne). A reporter asks Stoddard why he journeyed so far for a rancher's funeral–cue the flashback!
Twenty-five years ago, Stoddard was a newbie lawyer just arrived in the Wild West. A nasty outlaw named Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) ruled the town, terrorizing its citizens, but Stoddard, with help from his new, less naive pal Doniphon stand their ground. Things get complicated when they fall in love with the same woman, but there's not a lot of time for romance when Valance is on the loose. As you can guess from the title, someone eventually kills the outlaw, but I won't spoil it.
This movie is considered to be one of Ford and Wayne's best westerns, which is saying something! Fun fact: this movie contains the famous quote, "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Also, although the title song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David didn't actually make it into the movie, Gene Pitney's recording reached #4 on the charts. It has since been covered by many other artists. Here's a clip from the movie, and you can buy this classic here.
4. Bus Stop (1956)
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Continuing with cowboys, but with the added inducement of Marilyn Monroe, here's Bus Stop. If you're expecting a light comedy, perhaps with millionaires, go watch something else. This is not that. Not at all.
Bus Stop is a drama about a young, cocky, overwhelmingly inconsiderate cowboy named Beauregard (Don Murray) who fancies himself in love with a rather pitiful singer stage-named Chérie (Marilyn Monroe). They meet at a cheap cafe on the bus route, and Beau basically kidnaps Chérie and plans to take her home to Montana and marry her.
She keeps trying to escape, and he keeps catching her. To add insult to really awful injury, he refuses to use her chosen name and instead calls her "Cherry." Various people try to help Chérie throughout their bus journey, but Beau is incorrigible in a horrifying way.
The basic plot, but especially the abuse showered upon powerless Chérie makes this movie difficult to watch. It's a more complex drama than my synopsis would suggest, but it's still a fundamentally unpleasant story and I hate the ending. That being said, it's worth watching because it's generally regarded as one of Monroe's better performances. This was the first movie she made after studying at The Actor's Studio, and she was very clearly flexing her acting muscles and showing that she was more than a pinup.
Fun fact: this movie was based on a play by William Inge, who also wrote Picnic, which was adapted to the screen in 1955, and Splendor in the Grass (1961). You can watch Bus Stop's trailer here, and you can buy this film here.
5. People Will Talk (1951)
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Like Bus Stop, this film has not aged super well. You'll understand why in a moment.
It stars Cary Grant as Dr. Praetorius, an unconventional physician and professor with a holistic approach that patients love but his colleagues distrust. A particularly jealous colleague has brought charges of misconduct against Praetorius and hopes to get the Doctor fired from the medical school faculty.
Against the backdrop of that witch hunt (which involves a practically supernatural character), a young student named Deborah (State Fair's Jeanne Crain) faints in one of Praetorius' lectures. He runs some tests and finds out that she is pregnant. But this is horrible news because she's not married, and the father of her child was just killed in the Korean War.
Deborah is so distraught that upon her release from Praetorius' clinic she shoots herself. But she somehow misses everything important, and Praetorius is able to save her quite easily. In an incredibly patronizing and unethical move motivated by his concern, he lies and tells her that the test was faulty; she's not pregnant, after all!
Eventually they fall in love. I won't spoil things except to say that this is one of the rare times I don't like Cary Grant in a movie. He's so serious, so patronizing, and so godlike. And Jeanne Crain does her best, but her character could use a backbone. Fun fact: this film has been discussed as a commentary on McCarthyism with some Korean War stuff in there, too, so look for that. Here's the trailer, and you can buy this movie here.
Bonus pick: If you're looking for something a little different, try this film:
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
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This movie is a masterpiece of Italian neorealism directed by a master, Vittorio De Sica. It's gritty and at times grim, but beautiful and strangely uplifting at the same time.
Set in Rome, the story concerns Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), a man who is desperate for a job so he can support his wife and two children. The family pawns everything they've got so that Antonio can buy a bicycle and then get a job putting up advertisements all over the city.
But the bike is stolen on Antonio's first day. The film then becomes a search for the thief as Antonio and his young son roam the city, desperation mounting. This film is a must-see, regarded as one of the best ever.
Fun fact: as is typical of Italian neorealism, De Sica shot the film entirely on location and cast non-professional actors. For example, Maggiorani was a factory worker who brought his son to audition for the film. De Sica liked him, and cast him as the lead. Here's a clip, and you can buy this classic here.
For more streaming classics, check out my other Netflix lists here, and my picks from the Movie and Music Network here. And you can follow me on Twitter, tumblr, pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram at BlondeAtTheFilm. Happy watching!
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Western
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S. Emshwiller says:
Great post! I must check out the Beach Party. Never seen any of that genre. Thanks for the suggestions and fun facts!
BlondeAtTheFilm says:
Thank you, Susan! The Beach Party movies are ridiculous but really fun–enjoy!
Jeff Shear says:
Great info for film freaks. Thank you. I usually wind up paying for these vids over at Amazon Prime. Off topic, but not uninteresting… I've been watching Lauren Becall in the noir world. In a recent 24 June Vogue spread of Cara Delevingne displayed an intriguing side-long gaze. Boom. A puff of smoke. I Googled Lauren Becall images, and there it was that same suspicious, appraising, side-long gaze. Delevingne can't come close to a 19-year-old Becall catching matches off Bogart! 🙂 or doing that little dance at the end of "To Have and Have Not."
Yes, Bacall owned "the Look!" It was a fantastic trademark. And I agree–her early films with Bogart still sizzle! Bacall was something else!
Bob Beach says:
We recently watched "Dark Passage" with Bogart and Bacall and liked it better than many of their other more well known films. We also recently enjoyed Robert Mitchum in "Out Of The Past". His line "She walked in out of the sunlight" is one of the great moments of noir films.
Those are great! I especially love "Out of the Past!" That scene when she steps into the dark cafe…Thanks for reading!
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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu back in the spotlight after 3-month layoff
The multiple-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion faces Australia's Simon Carson in a heavyweight mixed martial arts bout, and hopes to continue his dominant run in the sport.
Yuzuru Hanyu performs at the Fantasy on Ice show in Chiba on Friday. The Yomiuri Shimbun
TOKYO – Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu took to the rink Friday for his first public performance in about three months.
The 27-year-old, who last skated in front of a crowd at the Beijing Olympics, wowed spectators on the opening night of the Fantasy on Ice show in Chiba.
Hanyu danced to an upbeat rock number performed live by musician Shikao Suga.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist had been hoping to land a third gold in Beijing in February, but finished fourth. In March, he missed the ISU World Figure Skating Championships due to an ankle injury.
Hanyu pulled off a quadruple toe loop during the Fantasy on Ice show, indicating that he has made a good recovery.
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A gang of alleged cyber-extortionists arrested in Russia last week are accused of costing UK online bookmakers massive amounts of money through lost business.
Russian police said on Wednesday that the ring of hackers caused about £40m in damage, according to the Associated Press.
Yevgeny Yakimovich, the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry's Department K, which tackles cybercrime, told journalists in Moscow that the gang launched distributed denial-of-service attacks at nine UK bookmakers. They then demanded up to $50,000 (£28,000) before they'd stop the attacks.
Two unnamed companies paid up, Yakimovich said.
As reported last week, the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) played a major role in breaking up the gang.
Earlier this year one UK bookmaker, who wished to remain anonymous, said his firm had been attacked several times. The gangs would typically contact the online firms through a customer-service email address on the Web site with a demand for between £10,000 and £30,000 as well as a warning that if it wasn't paid then a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack would be launched against the site during peak traffic hours.
The bookie said all the UK firms had refused to pay the ransom and had been working with the NHTCU to combat the attacks, but admitted the cost of putting extra IT security measures in place was as much as £100,000 for some firms.
Blue Square was one of the firms that publicly admitted to being targeted after its site was taken down by blackmailers flooding it with a DDoS attack.
Betfair also revealed last month that during Euro 2004 it was hit by a DDoS attack that caused disruption to its service.


Chalkboards are everywhere! Chalkboard walls, chalkboard printables for framing, chalkboard labels, there are even chalk-like fonts! So of course I wanted to jump on this chalkboard bandwagon. Not just because it's one of the hottest trends – they can be practical, too. For instance, a chalkboard in your kitchen can let everyone know what's for dinner; a grocery list; or if you have awesome calligraphy skills it can be a work of art. I really want one in my kitchen, but that will wait until after we remodel. In the meantime, to satisfy my need for a chalkboard, I made one. You can, too. I'll show you how I made mine with an unfinished kitchen cabinet door. I found the perfect cabinet door for a chalkboard for only $4 at the local Re-Store.
I won't bore you with pictures of me painting the frame of the door, but that's what I did first. The next day I covered the painted frame with painter's tape then took it outside (in the dark – which is why there are no photos of this step) and light sprayed it with the chalkboard spray paint according to the directions on the can. Reading the directions on the can was the hardest part of the entire process – why do they have to make that print so small!!!). Be sure to follow their directions because they may vary from one brand to another. Mine took about 5 coats. The next day I "primed" the chalkboard by rubbing a piece of chalk sideways across the entire chalkboard. Then you wipe off the chalk with a dry cloth and you're done! Almost forgot, I roughed up the painted edges of the frame with the sanding block.
Of course I had to pretty mine up with a banner I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo®. And yes, sadly my chalkboard writing skills are lacking, but I couldn't show you a bare chalkboard!
I love how it turned out and it will hang on a wall in my craft room. What about you? Did you join the chalkboard craze?
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Found this on Looksi! It's wonderful. I have a Restore right around the corner from me so I know what I'm doing today.
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LAWN FAWN-Clear Stamps. These clear stamps are just cute! They feature cute little images and/or nice phrases. They are easy to use, simply peel off of the sheet, apply to an acrylic block and press into ink and stamp away. This package contains one clear stamp on a 3x2 inch backing sheet. Design: Winter Bunny. Made in USA.


M.E.S. (Marine Engineering Services S.r.l) was established in 1986 by its chairman Mr Giorgio La Valle. Over the course of the years, M.E.S. has conquered the leadership in the ship design and marine consultancy, its Clients being important operators of the international shipping and shipbuilding industry.
At present time, there are almost a hundred of ships designed by our Company operating worldwide. Specialized in high-tech vessels, i.e. gas tankers, chemical tankers and bitumen carrier, the Company is experienced also in other branches of the Naval Architecture, having designed RO-RO vessels, tugs and barges, etc... and covering a wide range of marine services. Besides the basic design and the detailed engineering, it is indeed able to follow its Clients in the choice of the Shipyard in the pre-contractual phase, then in supervision during building, by means of a constant support from the head office as well as by a team of surveyors with recognized experience, from the steel cutting to the delivery and also during the operating life of the ship. The surveillance activity on-site is in fact essential to guarantee the high level of standard required by the Clients.
Our first aim is always the absolute satisfaction of our Clients, developing special designs perfectly shaped to meet any variety of particular requirements. Furthermore, the Company's focus is the attention to the improvements of marine technology, the changes of the market and new requirements of the Clients/Majors. Through its participated partnership, supplying cargo plants and cargo tanks for liquefied gas, M.E.S. has under control every aspect of the production of the ship.
Anyway, we suppose the winning formula is that "the best design is always the next to come..."


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Wend may refer to:

 Wends, an ethnic group
 WEnd, the marker for the end of a while loop in some computer languages
 WEND, a modern rock radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Given name
 Wend von Wietersheim (1900–1975), German general

Surname
 Chris Wend (born 1987), German sprint canoeist
 Rainer Wend (born 1954), German politician

See also
 Wend Valley
 Wendy

Ethnonymic surnames

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