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New Mexico Trivia.
Mr. K: What town in New Mexico is known as the ski capital of the southwest?
Dale: Oh, the south pole!
Andrew: The south pole??
Dale: Yeah.
Andrew: Dale. The SOUTH POLE is the ski capital of the SOUTHWEST.
Dale: Um... yeah.
Lizzil: South Pole! Antarctica! Southwest! New Mexico!!
Dale: Oh.... oh. Yeah.
Mr. K: Where is the horse race with the world's richest purse?
Me: In portable 7!
Lizzil: What?
Me: You know, like the health classroom?
Andrew: What?
Me: World's richest purse.... Mr. PURCE teaches health....
Karma: Oh, I get it!
Andrew: That's not funny, Ms. Backes.
Me: Shut up.
Andrew: Gasp! That's mental harrassment!
(a few minutes later)
Andrew: Why do we record points if every team earns one?
Me: Maybe it's to make people feel good.
Andrew: It doesn't make me feel good. It makes me feel pointless.
Me: See, but you're not pointless. That's the whole point!
Andrew: ......that's not funny either.
My dad's in town for the week. I, of course, am teaching school full time, so dad gets to be on his own during the days. He's taken it upon himself to spend the days at Wal-Mart, buying STUFF to improve the quality of my life (shelving, new light bulbs, a riostat for my lamp and a new switch because Cam broke it, etc). Every day this week, I've come home to bags of new household offerings from him, until finally.....
Dad: Ready? Ready? The coup de grace!
Me: Yeah. Sure.
Dad: Well, I notice that you have all these weird digital clocks around your room, but you can't really see them.
Me: You mean my clock radio?
Dad: (ignoring me) So I thought, you know what Molly needs?
Me: ...
Dad: You know??
Me: No, what does Molly need?
Dad: Molly needs a clock! Ta da!! (He pulls a clock from a wal-mart bag. It's pink and sparkly, covered with faux gemstones.)
Me: Oh my god!
Dad: Isn't it beautiful?
Me: (laughing hysterically) It's HIDEOUS!!
Dad: (defensively) No, it's perfect! It's a "Royal Princess Clock," and you're a royal princess!
Ah, sometimes it's nice to be daddy's little girl again.
Jay: Ms. Backes, do you know what Hay-soose means in English?
Me: Yeah.
Jesus: What?
Me: Jesus.
Jay: See, I didn't know that.
Me: Well, we god-names have to stick together. My last name is the same as a god, you know.
Xander: Really? What's your last name?
Me: BACKES.
Jay: DUH, Xander!
Xander: Ohhhh, right!
Jay: Ms. Backes, what's your first name?
Me: Evil.
Jay: (thoughtfully) Evil Backes.....
Me: Yep.
Jesus: What's your middle name?
Me: Awesome.
Jay: Evil Awesome Backes?
Jay: COOL.
Xander: Really? Is your name really Evil Awesome Backes?
Me: (very slowly and sarcastically) Yes, my name is really Evil Awesome Backes.
Xander: Really??
Me: Uh, no.
Everyone: DUH, XANDER!!!!!!
Jerrod: How old do you have to be to be executed?
Dale: Next year, Jerrod!
current events.
TT: I personally think we should have one six year term for the president, so he wouldn't have to worry about getting re-elected, he could just do what he needs to do. But no one ever agrees with me!
Carl: He's just the little man in the corner!
-- My article is called "If You Like the Sedillo Hill Project, You'll Love What Comes Next." It's about how there's going to be even more road construction on I-40, just like at Sedillo Hill. It's biased because the author likes road construction.
-- Is it possible that the author was being sarcastic?
-- Sarcastic? No. Maybe. I don't know.
-- Well, let's think about this. Do you think anyone really likes driving through the construction on Sedillo Hill?
-- No way! My dad hates it!
-- Mine too!
-- They've been there forever!
-- Okay, so no one really likes road construction, right?
-- Yeah, but the author says, "If you LIKE the Sedillo Hill Project, you'll LOVE what comes next." So he obviously likes it.
-- Sigh.....
-- My article is about the healthiest states in the U.S. Minnesota is number one. The article is biased because it keeps talking about Minnesota.
-- Yeah, what's so great about Minnesota, anyway?
-- It's clean!
-- It's healthy!
-- Good food!
-- Clean!
-- Are you sure it's biased? Because if the article is about the healthiest state, and the healthiest state is Minnesota, then it kind of makes sense that they'd keep talking about it, right?
-- No, I think the writer was just a Minnesota-lover, which is bias.
-- The least healthy state is Louisiana....
-- It's because of Mardi Gras! Beads all over the place!
-- My article is totally biased! It only shows the woman's point of view. It NEVER shows the man's point of view at all!
-- What's your article about?
-- Cervical cancer.
-- The last class wanted to take the picture in the bathroom, but I don't think there's one big enough.
-- Ms. Backes, plus we'd have to find one of those, you know, semi-sexual bathrooms, and I don't think our school has any.
Carl: (singing) It's a giant party... in the mountains.... it's a rendezvous!
Me: (laughing out loud)
Team Teacher: And you wonder why teachers go nuts!!
Summer: Ms. Backes?
Me: Yes?
Summer: Um.... (gets distracted by people around us)
Summer: Oh. My question is...
Me: (gets distracted by people around us)
Summer: (starts giggling)
Me: Sorry, what? I got distracted.
Summer: My question -- (gets distracted)
Me: (giggle)
Summer: (giggle)
Me: This is why two ADD people shouldn't try to talk to one another!
Gary: Ms. Backes, is this good enough?
Me: (picking up his paper and reading) "Route 66 runs right through downtown Moriarty. Route 66 was America's first highway...." Looks good, Gary!
Gary: (shocked) You can read my handwriting?!
Me: Oh... sure.
Gary: Awesome! (high five)
Me: (high fiving him) Rock on!
My gifted block is working on "The ABCs of New Mexico" books, which has been extremely fun and funny.
Team Teacher: (stopping the class) Guys, remember that we're going to be reading these to FIRST GRADERS. So make sure your books are age-appropriate. It wouldn't be appropriate to say, for example, to read, "Children, P is for Peyote.... A is for Alcohol!"
Me: (sitting in a student desk, leaning forward to whisper to the Andrew-Brown-doppelganger in front of me) "D is for Drunk Driving!"
ABD: (whispering back) D is for DWI!
(later -- current events)
TT: If you guys get drunk, and you get into a car wreck... don't crash into a cop!
-- Who can tell me what the cold war was?
-- Umm.... when we went to war with Alaska?
Today I dealt with conflict in my classroom in the way I wanted to, the way I'd like to deal with all conflicts given the time and adult support and relative calm of the rest of the kids in the class. Too often I feel we just yell at kids without explaining to them the problem with their actions, but today I actually got to talk to the naughties in a calm and rational way. Of course I'd rather we not have this kind of thing happening in the classroom at all, but in the end I felt good about both interactions.
5th period.
Me: (calmly) Ronny, I'm writing you up.
Ronny: (crestfallen) Okay.
Me: Do you know why?
Ronny: Yes.
Me: Would you like to read your referral?
Ronny: Yes, please.
Me: Here you go. Would you agree with my account of your actions today?
Ronny: Yes. I'm sorry.
Me: Okay, well thank you for that. I'll need you to go to the office, please, and on Monday I know you'll do better, because I know you're capable of it, right?
Ronny: Right.
(I turn my back on the class just long enough to prop the door open and turn back to find one child crying and two others shouting accusations.)
Me: What's going on?
Walt: He threw that at him and hit him in the eye!!
Me: What? Jerry, are you okay? Do you need to go to the nurse's office?
Jerry: (sniffle sniffle) No.
Me: What happened?
Walt: Brady threw the eraser and hit Jerry in the eye!!!
Me: (picking up the eraser) Brady, is this true?
Brady: (looking guilty, nods)
Me: You threw this eraser and hit him in the eye with it?
Brady: (nods)
Me: Brady, look at me, please. You threw this eraser hard enough to make a person cry. Do you see Jerry? You hurt him, Brady. This is a person, and you hurt him. You hurt this person, Brady. Do you understand?
Brady: (whispering) yes.
Me: Why would you do such a thing? Why would you hurt a person?
Brady: I don't know.
Me: I don't know either.
(I walk away and spend almost ten minutes trying to decide whether to write him up....finally going back to the boys at the very end of class.)
Me: Look, I'm trying to decide what to do here. Should I write you up?
Jerry: (standing up) Ms. Backes, to tell the truth, I was throwing the eraser at him, so I'm partially to blame.
Me: Should I write you both up?
Both boys: No.
Me: Do you both understand why this can't happen in my classroom?
Both boys: Yes.
Me: Okay then, have a nice weekend. Try not to maim anyone, okay?
Both boys: (obviously relieved) Okay, Ms. Backes! Bye!
Me: (walking past some students hard at work, I point to a picture of a tiger on a girl's folder and say "Roar!"
Kids: (crack up)
Coal: Ms. Backes, why did you do that?
Me: (innocently) What?
Coal: That was totally uncalled for!
Me: I beg to differ. She has a tiger on her folder, and tigers say roar. Hence, it was totally called for. (walks away)
Kids: Did you hear that? She just went -- roar!
11.19.04 New Mexico Trivia. Mr. K: What town i...


Safaricom's Spark Venture Fund has announced its second investment in mSurvey. mSurvey is a mobile research platform leveraging SMS and mobile messaging technology to simplify access to on-demand data from the emerging world.
Launched in 2012 by Kenfield Griffith, an MIT PhD alumni and Caribbean Native, mSurvey was to simplify access to high-quality data from hard-to-reach communities.
Pulling together a team of fellow MIT alumni, interns and home-grown Kenyan talent, Griffith and mSurvey Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Louis Majanja launched the company in the heart of Nairobi, their first target market.
"mSurvey is well positioned to meet the growing need for timely, informed insights for firms operating in a middle income economy," said Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom. "Safaricom's investment in mSurvey is a testament to the impact that we have had on our customers in the last four years," said Kenfield Griffith, CEO, mSurvey.
Some of mSurvey's clients include Safaricom and other mobile operators in East and West Africa, banks and financial institutions, and restaurants and research organizations. mSurvey has partnered with Safaricom to provide insight generation tools to businesses that use Lipa Na M-PESA.


Every review I've seen for Madden 11 mentions that "if you haven't picked up Madden in a few years, this is the year to do it." Honestly, the reviewers say that every year, like it's the qualifier that makes the glacial pace of Madden's evolution ok. You know what? I did pick up Madden last year. It was fine. In fact, I spent some time totally obsessed with it, as our fourth podcast demonstrated. When I want some computer football action, I throw the disc in and play my Niners franchise through a few more games and have a high old time.
I think I'm gonna pass.


Budget-friendly date nights: Date your spouse on a dime!
I can count the number of dates my husband and I have been on since becoming parents. In the first year of our first son's life we went on three. Three dates in a whole year! Yeah, I know. That's not good. But it's tough to find the time, the money, and a sitter. But it is still so important to date your spouse and to spend time with them away from your kids. I have since made more of an effort to plan for dates and so has my husband. But, it is still important to stay within a budget and not let your need for couple time to derail your bank account and savings goals. I wanted to share with you a few ideas on how to enjoy grown up couple time on a dime.
Click here for more over at Blissful and Domestic.


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Following are a list of additional resources available to assist individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Arlington Behavioral Healthcare offers many types of assistance for adults with mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Visit www.health.arlingtonva.us or call 703-228-5150.
Fairfax County's Human Services 222 number allows you to access information about human services information and resources in the area with one call. Callers are connected to social services specialists who can connect individuals to everything from securing a place to sleep to assistance getting electricity turned back on. Call 703-222-0880 for assistance navigating the county's human services system.
The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Service Board provides services for people of all ages who have mental illness, substance abuse disorders, and/or developmental disabilities. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov or call 703-324-7000.
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The offer goes against much of what has driven the Ford's recent success.
Last weekend, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU), Sergio Marchionne, approached Mark Fields, CEO of Ford Motor (NYSE:F), with a consolidation proposal.
In this clip from the MarketFoolery podcast, Chris Hill, Taylor Muckerman, and Jason Moser explain why Ford promptly declined, and why joining up with a company like Fiat is likely at the bottom of its to-do list.
Chris Hill: Sergio Marchionne is the head of Fiat Chrysler. He's been saying for some time that the auto industry would benefit from some consolidation, and he appears to have picked his next dance partner: Ford Motor. CEO Mark Fields was asked about this over the weekend and very politely said no, thank you. If nothing else, you have to admire the chutzpah of a guy who says, "I have a $10 billion company. You've got a $54 billion company. We should merge."
Jason Moser: Yeah, I admire his chutzpah. And this could always change. Things change very quickly. I cannot imagine any scenario where Mark Fields actually wants this to happen. The only reason I could see this actually happening, there are two reasons. Either, A, Mark Fields quit his job as the CEO and the person who fills his role wants to do this; or, B, Mark Fields truly believes that what Alan Mulally helped execute in turning this business around really didn't work too well. And I think the numbers would argue that it has worked out pretty well.
The whole reason why Ford has been able to make it is they had the wherewithal to shed all of those tangential brands that didn't really matter to the core operations. They tightened up their operations, they cut the fat. This, to me, would just be adding more fat. I mean, there's no reason in the world why they would need to bring Fiat in there. It would ultimately, I think, cause problems down the road. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
Muckerman: I think it could be a distraction in a time where these big automotive companies could use a little less distraction. They have other things to concentrate on. And Mark Fields seems to be concentrating on those important things, talking about $4.5 billion invested in autonomous and electric vehicles. Forty percent of their vehicles could be offered electrically by the end of this decade. He has some bigger fish to fry, I think, than trying to roll in a few other car brands from a company that hasn't done quite as well as his over the last few years.
Moser: And I think it's a great point he makes -- bringing up the electric vehicles, those things of the future. Mark Fields had to wait for this job. There was a point where he thought he was going to get that job, and the powers that be said, "Wait, not quite yet, we don't think you're ready. Work under Mulally here for a while longer, learn a little bit more." And he was good to be patient and take a back seat. He waited his time; now he has this role. This is not a CEO job that was just handed to him. You could argue that he earned it. And I think he's excited about taking this company forward. And a merger with Fiat would really just be taking it backward.
Muckerman: Yeah. You have to imagine Marchionne's not going to take a back seat to most people.
Moser: No. Probably bigger egos involved than ... yeah, that would cause a lot of trouble.


Which current/just retired players do you see becoming a ML manager?
Erik Bedard or Kris Benson?
Can the Reds be in the Daisuke Matsuzaka sweepstakes?
87 wins...would it be enough?
Why is WLW Delayed Tonight?
Inside the park homerun the most exciting play in the game?
Why trade for bullpen and not use it?
You Would Think Bowden Would Want Milton?
Why two different game threads?
According to sportsline.. Red sox would trade Pena for a pitcher..
What is your favorite play in baseball?
Is gambling on Baseball the same as fixing or throwing a game?
Who Do We Have The Best Shot At?
So, 7 games after the All-Star Break....Arroyo and Harang's chances???
OH NO!!! A huge rumour involving D-Train to the Cardinals!!!
Raining all day -- Do Players and Coaches still show up?
Want to go to Saturday's game?
Doesen't "Postponed" mean "Cancelled" ?
what old time red pitcher does joe mays remind you of?
Why is Joe Mays still in the rotation, let alone on the team?
Did Krivsky at least try to get Cordero or Rauch in the trade?
What the heck does Chris Michalak have to do to get a chance in Cincy?!
How much has FO spent on DFA?
Is it a Sunday thing?
Greg Maddux to the Padres?
Rich Aurillia Should Play SS!
Scott Hatteburg should play catcher!
Who else thinks arbitration is the stupidest thing?
does working the count really work?
Did Marty say something offensive a couple days ago?
Jeff Francis is pitching a (blank) against the Cards.
The future of the game (from my eyes) . . .
Why fans will never be happy (nor should they be).
What does today's 9th inning mean?
Why did Germano get sent down earlier in the year?
Mays could be gone today?
Would You Trade Bailey For Willis?
Could Penny have injured himself in the All-Star game?
Aarong Harang in 2006: Best in 15 years?


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Browsing the "Around The World" Category
This is the place for all the news about derby in the far flung corners of the world.
Roller Derby World Cup: Day One
December 5th, 2014 | by Em Dash
World Cup Photo Roundup: It's not at all like being there.
Derby Migration
November 14th, 2014 | by Guest Contributor
Derby is getting more international every day. Sugar Hit interviewed some high-profile transfer skaters to find out why they crossed oceans for roller derby.
A Dream Transcended: The 2014 Men's Roller Derby World Cup
April 14th, 2014 | by Jonathan R
The first-ever Men's Roller Derby World Cup took place in March. As Jonathan R says, "Everyone present was brought together by a mutual love of the sport."
Musings on the Men's World Cup
March 14th, 2014 | by Tony Muse
"I was asked by my derby competitors from the USA members of the Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) teams to be one of the five managers/founding members of Team USA. It was up to us five guys to help turn the dream into a reality."
My Moving Story
September 18th, 2013 | by Susy Pow
What do you get when you cross the globe for a new man and a new team? Susy Pow is finding that out...
World Cup 2011 Retrospective: Talking with Raw Heidi, Team England
June 19th, 2013 | by Hale Yeah
Team England's Raw Heidi talks to Hale Yeah about her experiences from being chosen to represent her country to coming down after the tournament
World Cup 2011 Retrospective: Clinically Wasted, Team Scotland
Scotland's Clinically Wasted talks about her favorite moments on and off track at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
World Cup 2011 Retrospective: Talking with ShortStop, Team Australia
The site of the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup has been named: Dallas, Texas, USA. It is over the next
World Cup 2011 Retrospective: Talking with Ballistic Whistle, Team England
Can you believe there's a league...
The Shang-High Rollers: China Makes its Derby Debut
March 14th, 2013 | by Gypsy Bones
What happens when three skaters and a ref from a British derby team coincidentally move at the same time to

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Plaited stereotomy
by Nicolas on 13 August 2014 in Monograph
Some time ago, we were likely to think that stereotomy was a dead science, only surviving in some limited intellectual circles.Nowadays, only in a few European universities there are still some departments concerned with finding out about this science and recreating it, the mighty cultural phenomenon generated by stone masonry. We are dealing with a scientific discipline that, for several centuries, led the art of building to the highest intellectual summits.
Since the early Middle Ages, the vaults were designed as spatial networks so that they could be interpreted as separate arches, that is as curved lines whose geometrical shape could be monitored by the significant medieval geometrical tool: the plan/elevation projection.
Later on, in Renaissance times, a higher level of geometrical knowledge will enable to define more accurately the complex volume of the voussoires with which the classical vaults were built, simple-shaped vaults but complex in their breakdown. In the following centuries, stone masonry, supported by a constantly evolving geometry, would reach its highest degree of development: utter freedom. From then on, any architectural shape can be imagined with the assurance of achieving the cutting of the voussoires' structure more appropriate and spectacular. In the XIXth century, when this development had reached its very summit, stereotomy collapses and falls into oblivion; the massive masonries of traditional architecture succumbs to give way to a new architecture based on a structural set up never imagined before.
Nevertheless, there is still some hope. New geometrical skills gave way to new developments in stereotomy. Digital monitoring allows expansion of the limits of geometry. 13 These new tools, as in the past, enable us to explore new fields which were unattainable in stereotomy. When we believed that stone masonry belonged to the past, it has a great revival: the beauty of its proposals allows us to foresee a future, maybe elitist and sophisticated, but real and possible, for this discipline of architecture which we dreaded obsolete.
José Carlos Palacios Madrid, September 2008
L'arte della stereotomia
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Super Bowl Entertainment
McKenzie Feldman
Tom Brady and the Patriots are the Super Bowl LI champions. Although many prefer watching the game, others are always anticipating the fiery halftime show and the laugh-out-loud commercials. A historic Super Bowl comeback went perfectly with this historically executed halftime show.
This year's halftime show was an epic hit. Lady Gaga delivered an explosive hits medley among the crowd gathered at Houston's NRG Stadium. The global superstar took to the skies as hundreds of drones flew in the background. The impressive display went hand-in-hand with her opening number of "God Bless America" as the American flag illuminated the sky. The high-energy entrance was only the beginning. She concluded her emotional introduction by quoting the Pledge of Allegiance, "One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Some have noted that there was a clear emphasis on the "for all" part. Gaga then continued with her iconic hit "Poker Face" as she descended down towards the field. From there, Gaga performed even more of her greatest hits. Gaga made sure not to disappoint her little monsters as she belted out the lyrics to favorites such as "Just Dance," "Telephone," and "Bad Romance." Gaga mainly sang the choruses of each song, but when it came to her 2011 hit, "Born This Way," she made sure to offer a clear message of accepting one another. She did this by adding lyrics found towards the end of the song, "No matter gay, straight, or bi, lesbian, transgendered life I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive." Gaga closed her show with the drones once again, and she even gave a shout out to her biggest fans, her parents. It was not long until fans took to Twitter as various memes involving the performance flooded timelines. Overall, Gaga pulled off a historic show of her own, one that many people say they will not forget.
The Super Bowl, in its current form, is known for companies spending millions to snag a thirty-second spot on the air. However, this year was significantly different. Advertisements did in some instances become political. Recently, President Trump has signed his executive order on immigration. With this in mind, it was hard not to assume some companies were taking this into account. Budweiser's Super Bowl advertisement celebrated the contributions of foreign nations coming together. Audi promoted women's rights by calling for a spot of equal pay for women. Kia transformed Melissa McCarthy into a dedicated environmental advocate. One advertisement in particular, 84 Lumber, was found too controversial to be aired fully on television. However, there were still plenty of light-hearted and fun commercials scattered in between. Not in any particular order, these were considered the best of less controversial/more entertaining this year.
Buick: Cam Newton and Miranda
Honda: "Yearbook"
Kia: Melissa McCarthy
NFL: Baby Legends
Whether you watch for the game, the halftime show, or just the iconic commercials, the turnout of this year's Super Bowl was eventful. Congratulations to the New England Patriots on their fifth Super Bowl win!


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New York wife gives her heart-husband demands $1.5 million for his kidney
Family | Divorce Law Justice News Flash by Justice Seeker
A Long Island surgeon at Nassau Community Hospital demands $1.5 million from wife. Doctor wants money in for donating kidney to his wife.
JusticeNewsFlash.com–A New York doctor demands $1.5 million dollars from his estranged wife in a divorce settlement. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Dr. Richard Batista gave his kidney to his wife in a life saving transplant operation in June of 2001. The Long Island surgeon and his wife have been entangled in a four-year divorce war involving matrimonial lawyers for both parties.
Some reports claim Batista, a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center, demanded his wife return his kidney. The doctor received divorce papers from his wife Dawnell Batista in July 2005. He claims she began having an extramarital affair approximately two years after receiving the doctor's kidney. The doctor and his divorce lawyers are now stating they will take $1.5 million dollars in compensation to settle the divorce lawsuit and to aid the surgeon is his recovery.
Dr. Batista is claiming his wife has continuously prevented him from seeing their three children for months at a time. He is further claiming he has gone public with his demands as a last resort. Divorce lawyers across the country are familiar with similar types of claims by estranged spouses fighting through lengthy divorce battles. Our nation's judges are not willing to value these types of assets in dissolution of marriage lawsuits and settlements.
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Two Lots Together For Sale In Punta Gorda, Florida!
Two lots is combined into 80x100 sq. ft.
Manufacturing and Mobile Homes allowed, but Mobile Homes must meet Wind Zone III requirements.
Please verify all information with the county. Property will be sold AS IS Buyer(s) understands that the Seller is conveying the above described property "as-is, where-is" and Buyer agrees to purchase property as such. No representations as to fitness for a particular purpose have been made. No verbal claims or promises have been made to Buyer which do not appear in writing here. Buyer understands that seller has never occupied or visited the property personally and Buyer is not relying on Seller as to condition of the property. Buyer acknowledges that the Property is acceptable to them in its presently existing condition.


After a successful Yoga Retreat in Switzerland, we are looking forward to organising the next one.
Sara and Lexy coached us through yoga and meditation everyday, with opportunities for some self practice, walking in the hills or an Indian Head Massage. Our Chef was amazing, she didn't stop, it was delicious everytime breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks! A perfect weekend.
I gave a talk about staying healthy, as everyone was already fit and eating well, so how about how to stay healthy, I gave tips on supporting blood sugar levels, how to be kind to your adrenals and how to avoid certain toxins to support the liver, as spring is a great time for supporting the detoxifcations pathways. Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you Sara and Lexy for inviting me.


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Podcast: Who's running in Peterborough—Kawartha?
Candidates Jen Deck, Greg Dempsey and Robert Gibson introduce themselves in this first episode of our provincial election podcast
By Will Pearson & Ayesha Barmania ● Podcast ● May 19, 2022 October 14, 2022
Jen Deck (left), Greg Dempsey (center), and Robert Gibson (right) participated in our podcast series on the 2022 provincial election.
The 2022 Ontario election is on June 2. In Peterborough-Kawartha, six candidates are trying to unseat the Progressive Conservative incumbent Dave Smith, who is running for reelection.
Those candidates are: Jen Deck (New Democratic Party), Greg Dempsey (Liberal Party), Robert Gibson (Green Party), Tom Marazzo (Ontario Party), Rebecca Quinnell (New Blue Party), and Dylan Smith (None of the Above Party).
Peterborough Currents invited the four major-party candidates in the riding to sit for an interview to discuss why they're running and what they'll do about some of the biggest issues facing our community.
Deck, Dempsey and Gibson agreed, but Dave Smith did not respond to our requests, which were sent by text, email, and in-person messages.
In this first episode of our election series, Deck, Dempsey and Gibson introduce themselves and run through what their biggest priorities for the riding are. Then, they each share how they'll work to restore decency and respect to our political discourse.
Stay tuned for future episodes, which will cover topics such as policing, housing, and the drug poisoning crisis.
Produced by Will Pearson
Hosted by Ayesha Barmania
Music courtesy of Erika Nininger.
Mentioned in the show
The environment and climate change debate, moderated by Mary Ellen Abberger, Malaika Collette and Gabriel Trozzi Stamou.
Ayesha Barmania 0:05
Hello, you're listening to the Peterborough Currents podcast. My name is Ayesha Barmania. And today I'm joined by my colleague, Will Pearson–
Will Pearson 0:12
–and we're bringing you the first episode of a series looking at the 2022 Ontario election for you. Will, you've been working on this series, can you tell me about how it all came together?
Yeah, so this podcast series is based on interviews I did on May 15, and May 14 with local major party candidates. I interviewed Green Party candidate Robert Gibson, NDP candidate Jen Deck and Liberal candidate Greg Dempsey. And it's those interviews that you're going to be hearing over the course of this series– this episode and the next couple ones to come. I did invite the incumbent PC Party candidate, Dave Smith to participate in this podcast as well. But unfortunately, he didn't respond to any of my requests. And so you won't be hearing from him in this in this series.
You invited four candidates and spoke to three of them. But there's a couple other people running locally, right?
Yes, there's also Tom Marazzo from the Ontario Party, Rebecca Quinell from the New Blue Party and Dylan Smith of the None Of The Above Party. And they're not excluded from the series for any like principled reason. It's more just the amount of time and resources that I had to devote to the podcast, we only have so much capacity here at Peterborough Currents and so I had to kind of make choices around with the time that I have, what are the most important candidates to hear from and I thought that those four were the most important to feature.
Yeah, gotcha. So what did you ask them about? What topics did you put to them?
So in this episode, you will be hearing just kind of a general introduction that the candidates are going to make about themselves. I asked them, who they were, why they're running, what their priorities are, and why they think the party that they're running for is the right party to govern Ontario. In this episode, you'll also hear them answer a question that I asked in relation to the recent events that happened when Jagmeet Singh visited Peterborough and the hateful reception that he received here. I asked candidates, just how they hope to work to repair the state of the political discourse in Peterborough, and Ontario. And you'll hear their answer to that question on this episode, as well. And then in future episodes, we're going to take a look at a couple of particular issues, including housing, the drug poisoning crisis and policing, for example, it's always hard to know what what questions to ask and what topics to cover. I feel like I'm still kind of learning how to make those kinds of decisions in my journalism. But this time, I chose topics that we had already done some reporting on and that we already had a little bit of knowledge to base our questions on. To be honest, I also just ask the questions that I wanted to hear answers as a voter myself. And so that's kind of guided me a little bit as well.
Yeah, absolutely. It strikes me that maybe climate change is something that we need to report on, but also that we are like getting answers from folks in these interviews with so–
Yeah, I didn't ask any questions about climate change, which I think is an oversight. One of the reasons that it's not in this podcast series is when I was putting the questions together, I was also watching the climate change and environment debate that some local groups put on. And I learned a lot from that debate, I was really inspired by the people that organized it. The people asking questions and running the debate were all– I think they were all teenagers, which was inspiring to see. And to be honest, they all asked better questions that I would have thought of. And I thought, I didn't want to like replicate that work. And so I think that I think everyone should care about climate change in this election. And I think that people should go check out that debate. It's online, you can still watch it. Maybe we can put the link in the show notes.
Yeah, let's do that.
So yeah, I would encourage everyone to listen to that, as well as this podcast, as well as all the other reporting that's going on in our community right now.
Great. Well, any final thoughts before we just hop right in and start hearing people talk?
No, no, I don't think so. You'll hear from Greg Dempsey first and then you'll hear from Jen Deck and then you'll hear from Robert Gibson. And yeah, I think we should just let the candidates introduce themselves.
Greg Dempsey 4:14
Hi, Will. It's a pleasure to talk to you here on Treaty 20 territory and the traditional territory of the Mississauga Chippewa nations. My name is Greg Dempsey, he/him. I'm the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Peterborough—Kawartha. I grew up just outside of Peterborough, actually in Otonabee township just off my grandmother's farm. I went to school in Peterborough at Edmison Heights and Adam Scott, and I subsequently have made my career working on social justice issues, representing Canada in Afghanistan at the United Nations, and then working on human rights issues right here at home. I moved back to Peterborough at the start of the pandemic, essentially to be closer to my family as the walls caved in on all of us. And I'm running because I think that we could do better here in Peterborough—Kawartha. I think that we deserve a better, more caring provincial government, one that's actually going to take into account the views of everybody across the entire riding. And I think I have the skills and the experience that connections to this community to make a great MPP. And so I'm really excited for the opportunity to be running in the provincial election. And I'm looking forward to our conversation.
What are your biggest priorities for this riding?
Yeah. So I think I would say the biggest priority has to be housing and affordability. So we've seen the price of housing skyrocket across Peterborough—Kawartha. It's great that so many people want to move to our riding, it's a wonderful place to live. But our community is really struggling with how high the cost of housing has been, both for people who are on fixed incomes, students, seniors, and indeed anybody who's trying to move into the riding. I'm excited about having the provincial government get back into the business of building housing– safe, affordable places where people want to live. That's really exciting for me. And then also affordability too falls into that. And that's why I think our proposal to offer $1 transit fares on every single transit ride – every bus in Peterborough, the link to Lakefield, the GO bus to Oshawa, even the train all the way to downtown Toronto, is really going to be an important thing for saving people money. My second priority is healthcare and education. We've seen the devastating impact of the cuts and chaos of the Doug Ford Conservative government. I believe that we need to restore a respectful, positive relationship with our health care and education workers who are doing such amazing, amazing work. And I think that they deserve to be heard. Right now, they can't even get a meeting with our MPP to have their concerns be listened to. I'm a proud union member, I think it's really, really important. And I think we absolutely need to be listening to the voices of our education and health care workers. And then the third for me is the climate. I mean, we know that the climate is in crisis. This is a huge issue that's facing our community, the province the entire world. And we know that Ontario can be a climate leader. When we cancelled all the coal power plants in Ontario – it made an incredible difference to the emissions across our province, and problems with asthma and other health issues. We need to do better, we need to get our electricity grid to net zero as quickly as possible. We need to meet our emissions targets. It's not just about our community, it really is the entire world that is looking to us to be a leader on that.
And why did you choose to run as a Liberal in particular? And why do you think Steven Del Duca is the best choice for Premier?
Yeah, so the very short answer that question is Peter Adams. So when I was in high school, I, you know, I suffered through the kind of chaos of the Mike Harris years. I was out on the picket lines with my parents and my other teachers. And through that process, I got to meet Peter Adams and he was so incredibly kind and generous with his time. And so I've always thought of myself sort of as a Liberal just because of the great work of Peter Adams. But I can tell you, when we thought about running for this nomination, I looked very carefully at the leaders and the policies of the two major progressive parties, certainly. And the thing that I've been so impressed with about Steven Del Duca is he's a great listener. He cares. He cares about feedback from me and the other candidates. And there are specific things in our policy platform that I have helped introduce, and that I'm really, really proud of. And so those kind of factors together are why I'm excited about running for the Liberals. I'm also really proud of our plan, the plan is going to be great. We talked about transit, about housing, the investment in education and health care, family doctors are important. And I'm really excited about the team that I'm running alongside with doctors and nurses and teachers and principals and social justice advocates. And I think it's going to be a great team that's going to be able to lead the province into the future.
Can you just take a minute or two to introduce yourself and tell us why you're running in this election?
Jen Deck 9:35
Sure. So my name is Jen Deck, she/her. And I moved to Peterborough to come to Trent University in 1992 – 30 years ago. I did a degree in biology and women's studies, which even then seemed like a not entirely marketable degree, but it suited me. Actually I did a feminist critique of Darwin's Origin of the Species for one of my fourth year courses. And I've got two wonderful children, Piper is 27. And Eliyah is 25. And I have a loving partner. Both of us are teachers. And about eight years ago, I got involved in the union and very quickly got deeply involved, what a jump off the deep end, I showed up at an annual meeting and came away on the executive. And then two years later, I was the president. So and in some ways, I'm repeating that now by standing on the jumping board, looking at the possibility of being an MPP. So yeah.
Will Pearson 10:50
Cool. What are your biggest priorities for this riding?
Jen Deck 10:55
Teaching. As a teacher, education is always very close to my heart and top of mind. I feel very strongly that the education system has been underfunded for 20 years. So that. And that is having all manner of downstream effects. Kids are not getting the educations that they deserve. Education workers are really stretched thin. Schools are closing in rural areas. Busing– kids are traveling on buses forever. You know, the the list just goes on and on. And then of course, with the pandemic, everything has been exacerbated. We had, you know, serious, really troubling equity issues when we went virtual, where kids that didn't have reliable internet, either because they were in rural areas, or because their families couldn't afford devices. So we really saw the biggest learning gaps and the biggest mental health challenges in our most marginalized students, which of course, breaks all of our hearts. So education, very top of mind. Health care, once again, I don't think anyone can have ignored how tough it's been on the health care – just on the health care providers going through COVID. And we've really felt the pinch of closing beds, closing wings, eliminating nurses. And then when we really needed them, it was very hard to ramp back up. So that would be another and I guess, my third – I always like doing things in threes – I really feel for our small businesses who really felt the brunt of shutdowns and closures when the big stores just, they just made made profits as usual, if not more.
Yeah, so you're the NDP candidate in this election, I'm wondering what drew you to that party and why you align with that party and why you think Andrew Horwath is the is the right choice for Premier in this election?
Great question. Um, I would say, I voted NDP, probably most of my life, not always, I haven't always voted NDP. But you know, that's always pretty much aligned with my values. And then especially looking at the platform, it really speaks to me and I feel like the party is really committed to the same sorts of things that I am around social justice and climate action, and just compassion. And why do I feel like Andrew Horwath–? I mean, she's amazing. She's such, she's such an amazing speaker, she gets such a rough ride, you know. People sometimes give her a hard time, we never criticize Doug Ford for the stuff he says, and you know, if you were to put something that you know, as a speech bite from Andrea up against Doug Ford, there's no comparison. So you know, and she's just, I've had the opportunity to meet her a few times and talk with her, she's thoughtful, she's caring, she's intelligent, and she's gonna work for us here in Peterborough.
I'm wondering if you could just take a minute or two to introduce yourself and tell us why you're running.
Robert Gibson 14:38
Okay. Thank you. Um, my name is Robert Gibson. And I use he/they pronouns. And I live on the autism spectrum, I know that policies have an impact on everyone in different ways. And the reason why I'm running is because when I was a kid, I started watching the news regularly, when I went camping with Scouts, my parents told me about the city of Peterborough having a massive flood event back in 2004. This influenced my education and interest. And the weather events are predicted to be worse due to climate change and inaction, as well as policies that promoted urban sprawl and didn't take the environment into consideration. And we've already seen deaths as a result of climate change. Six, almost 600 people died in British Columbia. There has been floodings within Canada. And the elimination of the environmental commissioner, abuse of zoning orders, environmental deregulation, from both the Conservatives and Liberals, violation of our environmental law were all contributing factors and I couldn't wait four more years to sit on the sidelines. Because we have to act now to address climate change.
Cool. Thanks for that. Something that I meant to mention before we started the interview was just to disclose that you've done some writing for us. In the past, you've written a couple of stories about the environment. But that's a relationship that we ended when we realized you were going to be the candidate for the Green Party. So I just wanted to make sure that listeners knew that. So yeah, I guess my next question is, what are your biggest priorities for this riding?
Yes, well, I know, housing is a huge priority and in this riding, and it's connected to a lot of different issues. The opioid crisis, environmental land use planning, even the pandemic to an extent because of where and how we build houses is an issue. We know that future pandemics might be caused by the loss of biodiversity. So if we build them on wetlands and forest, that's a huge problem. And people need spaces to go on and enjoy as well. Ending the ministerial zoning orders – thankfully they haven't happened within this riding – but they very well might happen. And repealing Bill 124 is a huge priority to attract more people in the health care field. And supportive housing – we have a plan to build 60,000 supportive housing and in Peterborough—Kawartha that would be about 480. Partnerships with Indigenous nations is important. And getting all the municipalities to allow triplexes and duplexes. And yeah, those are some of my priorities. Jobs related to climate action, housing.
Cool, tell me why you chose to run with the Green Party in particular and why Mike Schreiner is the right choice for Premier.
Okay, yeah, thank you. Um, well, I'm running because I believe in the Green Party policies the most. Like the energy policies. There was a report that said that, right now the energy subsidies are benefiting people with large homes, the rich, more than they were benefiting people on low income and they promote wasteful energy use. So the Green Party will save a lot of money by redistributing the subsidies to have it more targeted and reduce the amount of consumption. And the Green Party has a plan to get to carbon zero five years faster than the other parties. And you asked about Mike Schreiner in particular being a good leader. Mike Schreiner has reached across party lines to get action. He's kept the Government accountable when needed. And this has happened many times, during this Government. And one example is the community gardens being restricted. And I know there was a group with a community gardens in the city of Peterborough. And the Green Party has also– members of the Green Party have also supported me in advocacy on environmental issues. And the other parties don't have the best record in terms of environmental protection. One example is– there was a report by the auditor general's office that said, over five years, which included both the Liberals and Conservatives, only 0.003 percent of land was added for protection. So I don't believe that they are acting fast enough, in terms of protecting 30 percent of land, or with climate change. And those are the reasons why I am running for the Green Party and why I believe Mike Schreiner would be the best premier.
Okay, thanks to Robert, Jen, and Greg, for those introductions to themselves. You know, as I was preparing for these interviews, I watched as protesters outside of Jen Deck's campaign office called for the death of Jagmeet Singh who was visiting the office for a campaign event. This incident, which got on national news wasn't an anomaly. I think it's emblematic of just how toxic and hateful political discourse is becoming in our community. I know it's probably like a minority of people who are throwing around this hateful rhetoric – not just rhetoric, hateful rhetoric and hateful actions, really – but even if it's a minority, I think that this kind of behavior has a big impact on the rest of our politics. I really don't know what the path out of the situation is. But I know that it's going to take some really courageous leadership. And since candidates in this election are all running to be leaders in our community, I wanted to ask for their thoughts. So I asked them at the end of our interviews, really like regardless of whether they get elected or not how they intended to work towards repairing some of this, like social fragmentation. And how they intended to address the rising violence and hate that is animating a lot of our political discourse. Here's what they had to say.
Yes, yeah. Thank you for the question. So, yeah, regardless of whether or not I'm elected, I hope to reach across party lines and have discussions around this particular issue. And yeah, it's unacceptable, what Jagmeet Singh and Jen Deck experienced. And I know that this is happening at the municipal levels as well, so supporting efforts at all levels of government – and at the federal level there is harassment – it's going to require a lot of work. It's not going to – I would like there to be a, a quick fix, but I'm not sure that there is. And I know some of this action will need to take place after the election, so it should not be a political issue. And it should be something that every political party supports.
Greg Dempsey 27:01
Yeah so first off, let me say that what happened to Jagmeet Singh was wholly unacceptable. I mean, I was absolutely shocked. I wouldn't say surprised, because we have seen as you've talked about the undercurrents of this happening in our community, certainly over the last few months, but has been bubbling for a number of years now. I think as well, we think of the insults and the difficulties that our former MP suffered through as well. Especially during the previous liberal election campaign, which were completely also unacceptable. You just have to look at my Facebook page, Will, if you want to see some pretty awful things, and some awful comments from people. The one that sticks out to me is we put up on Mother's Day posts from my mom, I guess, a week ago, and somebody told me that my mom should be ashamed of me for running for office, and that they hope that I died as soon as possible. So this level of discourse is directed at everybody who is running for office. And we see of course, some great municipal leaders who've decided not to seek reelection because of the abuse that they have faced. So absolutely denounce it. Yes, we all have a role to play in this. I think what we need to do is demonstrate the overwhelming majority of people at Peterborough—Kawartha are civil, positive – we may disagree on what the policy solutions are for things, but we're all cheering for our community, we all want the best, we're all very respectful. I've had great conversations with Conservative supporters, NDP supporters, Green supporters, that I felt were really, really positive and wonderful. That is the vast majority of people in our community. But–but this very vocal minority is also our community. It is and we need to be coming together to look for creative solutions, of how we can restore a better level of political discourse. So I am eager to work with everybody. I've said that I am going to work to have a positive relationship with our MP, a positive relationship with the mayor and the future mayor, whoever that might be. And I think we need to come together, especially if we're from different parties or different backgrounds. Come together to denounce this kind of hatred wherever it is, and to work together towards a more respectful political dialogue.
The way that I have always tried to live my life is to approach everyone with compassion. That's not always easy to do. And, you know, my instinct is always to think about why somebody is behaving the way they are. You know, maybe that's because I'm a teacher. Maybe it's because I'm a mother, but I don't think that we get fixes – but you know, it's a reflexive reaction that we can have to say we should have a law about that, we should have a bylaw about that. Maybe we do. But I think more importantly, I think that we need to spend more time focusing. I keep using the word investing and in this case, I'm really not saying it in a financial way – we need to invest in the concept of civic responsibility, and compassion for others. And like everybody else, I've spent a lot of time thinking about what happened last Tuesday. And you know, I've thought about it lots before. And, I do honestly think that when we starve our public services, and they no longer work for people, then people become angry about that. And they distrust the very services that were supposed to help them. And so we're really working at cross purposes, if we don't put funding into education. I mean, teachers desperately want to teach about social justice and about ethics and about civic responsibility. And they don't have time, they are just stretched to the limit, trying to juggle really big classes with really complex needs. And individual kids just can't get the individual attention that they deserve. Similarly, if you can't find a family doctor, then you're going to be negative about public health. So I don't think there is a quick fix for what you're describing, William. But I really think that we need to model the kind of behavior that we want to see in others, model that to our children. Help our friends by calling in when we make mistakes, if we make mistakes about terminology, or if we make mistakes, you know, the older generation might say stuff that is racist or homophobic and rather than going to the easy reaction, which is "That's racist, that's homophobic!" to really call them in and say, with love, say, "Here's what's going on. And here's what the impact of what you're saying is." And give them a chance to learn from that. We were really quick to go to the anger all of us. And, and so for some people, they're going to take it that much farther, but I think it's something that we all need to address in our own hearts.
That's all for this episode of Peterborough Currents's 2022 Ontario election podcast. This was our first one. We've got a few more episodes coming out after this, so keep watching your podcast feeds. Hey, thanks to Erika Nininger whose music you've been hearing in this episode. You can buy this music at Erika's Bandcamp: erikanininger.bandcamp.com Thanks so much for lending us your music. And if you appreciated this podcast if you want to see us do more journalism like this in your community, please be sure to support us financially if you're able. Head over to Peterborough Currents dot ca slash support us. We really can't do this work without your support. So I'd really appreciate that. Thanks for listening, and we'll talk soon.
Correction: A previous version of this article stated that five candidates are running against incumbent Dave Smith. The correct number is six.
Will Pearson
Will Pearson grew up in Peterborough, moved away to pursue graduate studies, and returned in 2016. He helped to launch Peterborough Currents as a way of reconnecting with the community after he moved back. With almost ten years of journalism experience in local, regional and national media, he is thrilled to be doing journalism in and for a community he loves.
Ayesha Barmania
Ayesha Barmania is a journalist and documentary-maker primarily working in sound for broadcast and podcasts. Ayesha started working in journalism while a student at Trent University ('11) as a reporter for Arthur Newspaper. After graduating, they* worked at the CBC in Toronto for many years before leaving to work as a freelancer. They co-founded Peterborough Currents with the ambition to learn about the community through storytelling. Ayesha is also the founder of local non-profit Peterborough Independent Podcasters, a sound artist, and teacher of audio production skills.*Ayesha is transgender and uses they/them pronouns.
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Home > How To Play Rummy
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At the end of the game, the dealer tallies the value of each player's unmatched cards.
In addition to these rules, many players and groups have their own rules while playing with real cards. While playing online rummy, one needs to adhere to these rummy rules and go through them prior to starting a game.
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