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@Ideo if i start the mission are the trees next to car?
@Ideo Are you still working on this mod? If so will it ever be so that you earn cash that can be customised per hour and fixes for the known bugs?
Can I play it with Franklin, Trevor or Michael? Thanks, great mod.


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The analysis is performed against predefined cut-off levels for all drugs tested. The drug test is performed under strict chain of custody protocols by fully trained and certified sample collection officers. In addition, each Drug Test Donor is legally identified at the appointment. The test is available at 911 Drug Testing, our Nationwide Network or via the mobile collection service.
POC drug test results are provided at the appointment to the donor and the donor's organization if applicable.
The Urine POC Drug Test is used widely throughout various industries and commercial organizations for random drug testing purposes. It is also used for pre-employment drug testing.
However, it is not standardly used for pre-employment purposes as prospective employers prefer or require the more accurate Laboratory Testing which will include confirmation testing levels. In addition, POC Drug Test is not allowed under DOT Regulations. All DOT Drug Testing must be lab based.
If you are a private individual considering a POC Drug Test, please call and speak to a Clinical Advisor. There are limitations to this drug test that you must consider before making your decision.
There are many benefits in using the Urine POC Drug Test, however there are limitations that must be taken into consideration before deciding if this is the correct drug test for your circumstances.
The most important consideration is the accuracy of the test compared to Urine Laboratory Screening and Confirmation Drug Testing. The laboratory test has more stringent drug cut-off levels when analyzing the samples. False positive and negatives can occur with the POC Drug Test. 911 Drug Testing strongly recommends that all non-negative results from a POC Drug Test are confirmed with the laboratory test. As a result, although the POC test is a cheaper option, additional costs can be incurred for a high rate of non-negative POC test results.
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As the growth of the Idaho Local Weightlifting Committee continues at a rapid pace we are quickly outgrowing the original By-Laws. Items that are in need of updating and clarification include the role of the positions on the Board of Directors as well as the roles of members, clubs, and the creation of additional committees.
Other items include finances, best practices in servicing the membership, and the organization of competitions. Of course none of these items are achievable without participation from the members themselves. 2017 is a watershed year as elections are scheduled for October and without the membership seeking active roles in the leadership of our LWC none of the goals of the organization can be attained.
Like taxes you have until April 15th to be involved in this historic event and help write the first chapter of the new book for the Idaho LWC.
I am pleased to announce on March 6th the launch of the new website, social media platforms, and logo for the Idaho LWC. Our new page, truly, provides one stop shopping for all your LWC needs and interests. The purpose of the new web page is to keep all members informed as we work together to promote our sport and make being part of the Idaho LWC an enjoyable endeavor.
This web page will go a long way in meeting the needs of our ever growing community. Idaho Weightlifters have become a common presence at USA National Events and we are beginning to return to the international platform as representatives of Team USA.
Our First BOD Meeting of 2017 is scheduled for March. I will be at the Idaho Weightlifting Training Center, March 11 from noon to 2pm if you want to stop by and speak with me. A report of those proceedings will be posted the following week so check in to see how your LWC moves forward to represent you and your interests.


H.E Joan A. Polaschik, the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Algeria, on the 14th August 2016, paid a courtesy call on the AU Special Representative for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation and Director of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey Esq. Their deliberations centred on the harmonization of the Counter-Terrorism effort in Africa, particularly in the Sahel Region.
The two dignitaries discussed areas of cooperation among regional organizations in the Sahel. They also touched on the Sahel Working Group of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF).
Mr. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey expressed his gratitude for the visit and said that it is an opportunity for strengthening the Counter-Terrorism cooperation between the ACSRT and the United States.
H.E Joan A. Polaschik on her part congratulated the ACSRT on its efforts and assured the Director of the continued collaboration between the United States and the African Union in the prevention and combating of terrorism.


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Someone You Should Know: Alicia Jolliffe
It's all in the past: What happened on February 9
Tribal communities can invest in energy projects
NDHSAA approves three-class basketball for 2023 season
Joens sets 2 school career records, No. 11 Cyclone women win
AMES, Iowa (AP)Ashley Joens scored 19 points and set a pair of Iowa State records in leading the No. 11 Cyclones to a 70-50 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night.
Joens, named to the Wooden Award midseason watch list on Wednesday, made two 3-pointers for 288 in her career and passing Heather Ezell (2006-09) and Megan Taylor (1998-2001). She also grabbed 11 rebounds for her 55th career double-double, breaking a tie with Angie Wells (1999-02).
Both of her 3-pointers came in the third quarter when Iowa State (10-2, 2-0 Big 12) outscored the Mountaineers 20-4, including the final 16 points of the period after the teams had been tied at halftime.
Stephanie Soares had 13 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for the Cyclones. Lexi Donarski added 15 points, passing 1,000 in her career.
Ja'Naiya Quinerly scored 16 points and Kyah Watson 12 for West Virginia (9-4, 0-2),
The teams were tied at 37-all at halftime, when the Mountaineers used four more 3s and an 8-0 advantage on points off turnovers to keep pace. But after both teams shot over 40% in the first half, the Mountaineers fell off to 17% in the second, missing all 13 3-point attempts.
Saturday, West Virginia plays at Kansas State. Iowa State takes its four-game win streak to No. 17 Oklahoma on Sunday.
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Police have arrested six female suspects linked to a tour company that allegedly swindled customers of Bt10million for bogus tour packages, Deputy Tourist Police chief Maj-General Surachet Hakpan told a press conference in Bangkok on Monday.
The suspects named as executives of the tour company were Thanyarat Sansangwal, 31, Nawanat Phosuk, 34, Kwanreuthai Monkaew, 22, Sathaporn Thongphrom, 36, Thanipa Kanhachat, 39, and Monthathip Ployprapasmuk, 42. The six women were arrested on Sunday under warrants issued on April 11 by the Satun Court over charges of public fraud and illegally operating a tour business resulting in damages to tourists.
The case also has two male suspects – company owner Thaworn Kaewkrai, 51, who was arrested on March 26, and the elusive company manager, Pratheep Kaewnont, 43.
Prathep served as the tour company's manager and reportedly was the key player in this recent wrongdoing, Surachet said.
The case at first stemmed from a police complaint filed on March 24 by 44 Thai tourists at Satun's Koh Lipe police station. The complaint claimed that the tourists were allegedly duped into buying a tour package to visit Koh Lipe from Thai Alfa Andaman Co via its Facebook page but they didn't get the services as advertised, Surachet said.
The police probe later found that up to 1,600 people (including the 44 plaintiffs) might have been victimised in the alleged fraud, resulting in damages worth Bt10 million, he said. To date, 200 people have stepped forwards to file fraud complaints, resulting in the arrest being issued.
One victim in her 30s, Benjaporn (last name withheld), recalled that she and four friends wanted to visit Koh Lipe. They found the tour company online with 150,000 "followers" and some 100 good "reviews" of services and so had bought a tour package for Bt7,990 with a "buy 1 get 1 free" promotion. The group paid about Bt20,000 in total for the March 23-25 visit, said the victim.
The group were picked up by a van at an airport and sent to a pier to board a ferry to the island and took in a diving session at Koh Khai, she said. Their hotel later told them that the company had not paid for their accommodation and they were therefore on the hook for paying from their own pockets, as well as the van and ferry fares, and diving service fee for a total Bt23,000. This meant they had paid Bt43,000 for the trip, she said.
They found another five groups totally 39 people who had a similar experience with the company.
Their inquiry to the company's office received a reply that the company owner and executives had absconded and not paid their employees, she said. Thaworn told her by telephone that he was experiencing financial problems and so was asking customers to cover the expenses and he would pay them back, she said. After that, they lodged the police complaint.


Those of you who have been following this blog for awhile may recall my deep and enduring disdain for the "stablecoin" concept, that is, the idea that it is possible for "crypto-economic" magic and game theory to ensure that a cryptocurrency can be reliably pegged to the value of some real asset without requiring a bankruptcy-remote contractual mechanism to ensure convertibility of the crypto-asset into the real deal (something mainstream finance already does extremely efficiently).
The first of these "stablecoin" follies was the Bitshares project, back in 2014, which claimed that blockchain alchemy could create a stablecoin called BitUSD which was pegged to the dollar and indeed pegged to any other asset (gold, silver, marmots) which users of the system chose to create. I wrote at the time that the Bitshares "USD peg" system was doomed to fail, and sure enough, 100 hours after launch the thing fell flat on its face.
I had thought that would be the end of it, either because the wider community learned from this project's mistakes, or that some government agents would take notice of the fact that people were running around selling "shares" unconnected to a prospectus or actual shares.
None of that happened. So it was not the end.
In the intervening period, the "blockchain without Bitcoin" craze came and went and then, in early 2017, Ethereum (another scheme crafted by the hands of men) shot "to the moon," with the coins – originally valued at something like $0.30 – shooting up to $450 a pop and a $30 billion market cap. The herd took notice and ICOs began to proliferate at an alarming rate.
By the time the SEC piped up, on 25 July, the gold rush was already well underway.
The promise of overnight riches was irresistible to both startups and their venture backers alike, legal consequences be damned, and soon afterwards startups everywhere, like untrained dogs, began leaving proverbial messes all over the field of financial regulation the world over.
In October, a scheme called Basecoin claimed to have re-discovered the philosopher's stone of finance. As with Bitshares, the scheme creates a cryptocurrency instrument that is collateralized by itself and depends on an environment of ever-rising cryptocurrency prices and never-ending cryptocurrency collateral. I wrote about it. It's a really bad idea.
That made marmot angry. You wouldn't like marmot when he's angry.
Put differently, this system makes zero sense and is broken to the core: it only works if the price of Ether goes up. Cognizant that the conventional wisdom is that the Ethereum "World Computer's" price will always go up, and it has done nothing but go up for the last 18 months, I can see how this might make sense to the MakerDAO team.
Unfortunately for them, history shows that this investment thesis has been wrong 100% of the time, and Ethereum is as user-friendly and scalable as an angry rhinoceros experiencing heroin withdrawal.
Crypto-collateralized stablecoins are the perpetual motion machines of modern finance.
I don't blame the developers building these things; stablecoins are just a stupid meme invented by guys like Vlad and Vitalik back in the heady, schelling-point-heavy days of Ethereum Proof-of-Concept 3 et seq. that nobody in the community possessed the requisite experience or gravitas to refute.
I refute it now. It's a terrible goddamned idea.
A stablecoin that is collateralized by itself is a complex and fragile Nakamoto Scheme doomed to fail.
A stablecoin that is collateralized by real assets and structured correctly is not a stablecoin, but a unit trust.
>A stablecoin that is collateralized by real assets and structured correctly is not a stablecoin, but a unit trust.
This is actually something that makes a lot of sense. Fund a swiss bank foundation to back the coin, and use it for money-laundering (that's the original motivation behind bitcoin as well, back in the cypherpunk days of assassination markets, before the bubble people came).
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I get it — I've heard the "As his doctor, I'm worried about how quickly your son is gaining weight" and the unexpected "You're husband has had a heart attack". You want the best for your family. You want to raise healthy kids, have strong immune systems, be more fit and energetic, and be intentional about creating a natural home, but sometimes it just feels so hard.
Just one search on Dr Google and not only are you completely overwhelmed but you also find your home is suffering from a bazillion deadly diseases and there is no cure.
Of course, Conquering Your Kitchen: An Untrained Housewife Guide is included in this bundle. We believe that's reason enough to grab the bundle — but what happens after you conquer your kitchen. What about rest of your home and lifestyle?
The most important detail, though, is that this bundle is back for just 2 days! After Tuesday night, December 29th, the sale ends for good and you'd have to buy all of these products individually.


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4/7 – Basarab Nicolescu. From modernity to cosmodernity: Science, culture, and spirituality.
Book Reviews / April - June 2015
Basarab Nicolescu. (2014). From modernity to cosmodernity: Science, culture, and spirituality. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-4963-0 or Kindle version.
Sue L T. McGregor
Sue McGregor
I am very familiar with Basarab Nicolescu's formulation of transdisciplinarity, having been a keen student of his approach for over a decade. I have a deep respect for the brilliance and the quantum nuances of his approach. And I was not disappointed; this is a profound and groundbreaking book. I did take a conceptual detour before I read it to discover the meaning of one of the words used in the title: cosmodernity. It is not until the last three pages of the book that he defines this in any detail. In hindsight, I now suspect that he did this on purpose. I just need conceptual clarity, so I stopped to figure it out before I read the book.
Just as we have modernity and postmodernity, we now have cosmodernity. Modern means contemporary, up-to-date, and a departure from traditions. Postmodern means after modernism. It refers to a distrust of anything modern, including its theories and ideologies, and it expresses this distrust by drawing attention to modern conventions. Cosmodernity relates to the cosmos, a word that means everything exists everywhere. Indeed, Nicolescu said "Cosmodernity means essentially that all entity (existence) in the universe is defined by its relation to all other entities" (2014, p. 212).
As a side note, Nicolescu coined the term cosmodernity in 1994, in a book titled Poetical Theorems. This book contains 13 chapters; one group of poetical theorems dealt with the aforementioned controversial distinction between modernity and postmodernity. For clarification, he said a poetical theorem is neither a theory nor a poem but is a way to "concentrate in a few pages [concepts, ideas and] theories that would have taken years to be exposed in tens of volumes of scientific and academic discourse" (Dincã, 2011, p. 121). Poetical theorems serve to make everything clear.
Also before reading this book, I recommend you head to pp. 212-213, where he references another book on cosmodernism by Christian Moraru (2011). Nicolescu explained that Moraru's discussion is an "excellent and necessary complement" (p. 212) to his understanding of the construct. Moraru explained that a "powerful withness," "a new geometry of we," distinguishes cosmodernity from modernity and postmodernity (p. 23, p. 7). Given that cosmos means everything exists everywhere, and is in relation to everything else, it makes sense that Moraru described cosmodernity as an ethical project, and "the ethical imperative of cosmodernity is togetherness" (p. 304).
Now… feeling a bit more comfortable with what cosmodernity actually means, I will proceed with my review of Nicolescu's book. On a pragmatic level, the book is 271 pages in length, organized into 17 chapters. There is an index, notes for each chapter, and a list of references for the whole book. Nicolescu's Introduction is powerful on its own, convincing and compelling. I read it before I stopped and figured out what he meant by cosmodernity. With my emergent understanding of this new term, his introduction to the topic is even more meaningful in hindsight. He basically argued that the world has witnessed an unprecedented growth of knowledge, but this is tainted because the growth in knowledge happened due to an accelerating proliferation of disciplines and not due to the unity of knowledge, by which he means connecting knowledge with being (connecting science with humans). Because technoscience triumphed over spirituality and human and social happiness, the world is not better for this growth of knowledge.
He also has issues with the modern notion of reality and claims we lost faith in modernity with the events of September 11, 2001. Modernity promised endless progress, fueled by technoscience and the belief that we live in a rational, deterministic, and mechanistic world. Modern science's penchant for sidelining humanity (the subject) for the sake of objectivity has led to alienation, fragmentation, and the possible decimation of the planet. He is frustrated. He refers to the triple revolution that spanned the twentieth century – the quantum revolution, the biological revolution, and the information revolution. He thinks these changes should have changed our view of reality – to a transreality that accommodates complexity, spirituality (humanity), and consciousness. Instead, the old views remain, and we are blind. However, Nicolescu holds out for the "hope of self-birth" and a "visionary, transpersonal, and planetary consciousness, which could be nourished by the miraculous growth of knowledge" (p.2). His hope is expressed in this book.
I expected him to immediately elucidate his familiar methodology of transdisciplinarity, with its three axioms (below), first articulated in 1985; instead, they are woven throughout the book and only listed at p. 207, nine pages from the end of the book:
Axiom one – the existence of Multiple Levels of Reality (ontology), with movement among them mediated by the Hidden Third (the quantum vacuum);
Axiom two – the Logic of the Included Middle; and,
Axiom three – knowledge as complexity (epistemology); the Principle of Universal Interdependence.
But then I reminded myself that this is a book, not a short article or conference paper. He has the delicious opportunity and luxury to tell a story. Indeed, we are treated to a rich and enveloping narrative about the underpinnings of thought, science, and philosophy that shaped his approach to transdisciplinarity. This book focuses on the intellectual and philosophical backdrop of his musings about life beyond modernity. It is a personal and poignant insight into his journey toward transdisciplinarity, and I felt privileged and honoured to read it.
In chapters 1-3 (40 pages), we are guided through discussions of shattered cultures, contemporary physics and the Western tradition, and the grandeur and decadence of scientism. This part of the narrative paints a portrait of the harmful legacy of the modern era. As he exposes this, he introduces the ideas of the transcultural, a transreligious attitude and the Sacred, and a quantum vision of the world. This sets us up for chapters 4-9 (73 pages), which cover the emergence of the quantum world (quantum physics) and the quantum revolution. Quantum matters (pun intended) in any conversation with Basarab Nicolescu, because his transdisciplinary scholarship is deeply informed by his work as a quantum physicist. He draws on concepts like discontinuity, nonseparability, the quantum vacuum (which is not empty), the bootstrap principle, complexity thinking, plurality, superstrings (the fourth dimension), nonresistance, reconciliation of contradictions, inclusive logic, the logic of contradictions, and so on. This book elucidates how these quantum concepts have shaped his approach to transdisciplinarity. Non-quantum physicists like myself (who struggle with these ideas, see McGregor, 2011), will welcome this contribution of the book.
Chapters 10 and 11 (25 pages) revert back to the topic of the first three chapters. Chapter 10 focuses on dualism (a particularly strong bailiwick for Nicolescu) and Chapter 11 turns to reductionism. Again, as he lays out his discussion of the negative import of these two aspects of classical science (he entitled one section "Are we too deeply immersed in the seventeenth century?"), he introduces exciting 'new science' ideas, like unity of the world, the included third, the nature of space and time, the experienced third, and the ternary-quaternary debate. Except for the hidden third, these were all new to me! What an intellectual ride. But he manages to keep you with him, as he turns his attention to other topics.
Chapters 12-14 (29 pages) carried me into even more unfamiliar territory, but having read the previous 150 pages, I felt ready for the intellectual and philosophical challenges, and to be honest, opportunities. He broaches ideas like quantum aesthetics, quantum theatre, and the quantum vision of literature and art. I was excited to see this idea in the book because Nicolescu deeply believes that we should focus on spirituality, aesthetics (beauty and art) and the Sacred if we hope to move forward as a species. He thinks a sign of the cosmodern era is the "interaction between the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics [physics] and art (especially surrealism)" (p. 175.
In Chapter 15, he opens our eyes to the role of imaginary (thinking without words) in the creation of knowledge and the unity of knowledge. He describes imaginary as revelations without the benefit of logical thinking, evidenced by sudden insights like those experienced in "the very short intermediate period between sleep and waking up" (p. 180). I have personally experienced these aha moments, when I have been mentally chewing on something and then everything – everything – just clicks. Witness this book review, when I finally "got it."
Like bookends, Chapter 16 mirrors Nicolescu's angst expressed in the Introduction about adhering to the tenets of classical science despite the power of the quantum. As he debunks classical science, he identifies the basic features of cosmodernity, which I gleaned from reading Chapter 16:
Relationships, the interaction, the interconnection of natural phenomena.
The universe of interconnectedness, of nonseparability.
Harmony between humans and nature (includes intuition and spirituality).
The subtle concept of substance/energy/space-time/information (replaces concept of matter).
The power of discontinuity and global causality (replace continuity and local causality).
Bridge between science and religion.
Intersubjectivity and the included third.
A new cosmodern objectivity – the subject, the object, and their interaction.
The cosmodern world is a vast cosmic matrix, where everything is in perpetual movement and energetic restructuring -– this is what unity of the world means, the movement of energy, not matter.
I think the intellectual contribution of this book is a form of beautiful, poignant, heart stopping art. It is an intellectual pièce de résistance; it is a creation that resists and defies orthodox or common conventions and practices (i.e., modernism), thereby making the whole of the creation unique and special (cosmodernism). Take a deep breath and read it, ideally from beginning to end, but even sampling it will change your life and open intellectual doors.
Dincã, I. (2011). Stages in the configuration of the transdisciplinary project of Basarab Nicolescu. In B. Nicolescu (Ed.), Transdisciplinary studies: Science, spirituality and society (No. 2) (pp. 119-136). Bucharest, Romania: Curtea Veche Publishing House. Retrieved from http://basarab-nicolescu.fr/Docs_Notice/Irina_Dinca.pdf
McGregor, S. L. T. (2011). Demystifying transdisciplinary ontology: Multiple levels of reality and the hidden third. Integral Leadership Review, 11(2)
Moraru, C. (2011). Cosmodernism. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Nicolescu, B. (1985). Nous, la particule et le monde [We, the particle and the world]. Paris, France: Le Mail.
Nicolescu, B. (1994). Théorèmes poétiques [Poetical theorems]. Monaco: Rocher.
Nicolescu, B. (2014). From modernity to cosmodernity. Albany, NY: SUNY.
Sue L. T. McGregor, PhD is a Canadian home economist (40 years) at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada (retired) . She was a Professor in the Faculty of Education. She is Associate Editor for the Integral Leadership Review with a focus on Transdisciplinarity. Her intellectual work pushes the boundaries of consumer studies and home economics philosophy and leadership towards integral, transdisciplinary, complexity and moral imperatives. She is Docent in Home Economics at the University of Helsinki, a Kappa Omicron Nu Research Fellow (leadership), an The ATLAS Transdisciplinary Fellow, and an Associate Member of Sustainability Frontiers. Affiliated with 19 professional journals, she is Associate Editor of two home economics journals and part of the Editorial Team for Integral Leadership Review. Sue has delivered 35 keynotes and invited talks in 15 countries and published over 150 peer-reviewed publications, 21 book chapters, and 9 monographs. She published Transformative Practice in 2006. Consumer Moral Leadership was released in 2010. With Russ Volckmann, she co-published Transversity in 2011 and, in 2012, she co-edited The Next 100 Years: Creating Home Economics Futures. Her professional and scholarly work is available at http://www.consultmcgregor.com
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Essay: Autism and the spectrum of love, fear and police reform
Opinion // Gray Matters
Jaundrea Clay
April 9, 2021 Updated: April 9, 2021 8:38 p.m.
Facing the challenges of autism can sometimes be an uphill climb; acceptance and awareness can make the journey easier.
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Our son was around 2 years old when my husband and I started noticing that our vibrant, silly little boy was different.
He still wasn't talking much and his expressive language had plateaued or regressed. His fine-motor skills were delayed. He had a lot of repetitive behaviors. Sometimes he wouldn't react or respond when you called his name.
We've since put all our effort into putting him on the path to success and happiness — whatever that means for him.
It's been both overwhelming and rewarding.
He's blossoming in speech and occupational therapies and attends an ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) school in Sugar Land (after a disappointing experience with Houston ISD). He and I have spent a lot more time together during the pandemic, time that has taught me a lot more patience and a quirky, more attentive way of looking at the world around me.
It's not easy. Sometimes, he has fits of frustration and consequent meltdowns that stem from not yet being able to clearly communicate what he wants or not fully understanding what we want from him. Sometimes he gets overwhelmed when confronted with crowds or an otherwise mundane surprise — like the car not being parked in the usual spot to pick him up, or a quick stop at the grocery store instead of going straight home.
Still, I wouldn't trade him for anyone.
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He has an uncanny ear for harmonies and percussion and a unusual eye for shapes, patterns and light refractions. His favorite movie is "Monsters Inc.," and "Golden Girls" and "Bob's Burgers" will stop him in his tracks, drawing slack-jawed attention and squeals of laughter.
He loves Bob Marley (perhaps his Caribbean roots), some electronic rock and lo-fi sounds (that's his dad), a random mix that includes Paul Simon, Selena, Erykah Badu and Missy Elliot (that's all me), and the mariachi-themed Disney intro to "Coco."
He's really getting into coding. He is not at all into fruits, vegetables or anything with a fibrous texture.
He loves kisses and snuggles, his favorite thing being to squeeze between me and his dad and plop his curly- and kinky-headed mass on one of us and a sprawling, skinny leg on the other. But, sometimes, he doesn't like snuggles at all and prefers the solitude of the outdoors, sitting on the highest step of the ladder that we'll allow, closing his eyes and turning his face up to the breeze and sunlight.
Without even a glance, he'll tell the vigilant lurker at the patio door: "I'm OK, Mommy."
And I want that moment frozen in time, that he's OK. Because one day he'll grow up into a man — a Black man — and possibly be misunderstood or, at worst, be perceived as a threat.
More than anything, he is why I believe in police reform.
"Defund the police" is an ill-conceived slogan, but the core tenets are crucial: reallocating funding and resources used for policing into other specialized social services that address mental health and disability issues, sex work, addiction and homelessness. We ask too much of our men and women in blue — they must be enforcers and empaths, therapists and protectors, often with little training, less pay and understaffing, even as crime rates rise in Houston and across the nation.
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It's a recipe rife for missteps and abuses of the law which are acutely felt in communities of color.
Sure, there are bad cops. There are also a lot of good cops. But both are working within a terribly inadequate system that is ill-equipped to serve an increasingly diverse, and neurodiverse, populace.
I worry about a future in which my son's social awkwardness or frustration is interpreted as threatening or aggressive, or his sensory aversions as non-compliance.
I won't always be able to pretend I'm not checking on him through cracked patio doors.
So while Mayor Sylvester Turner and his team debate policing policies and other lawmakers and activists call for reforms, there are many like me who can't afford for change to fall through the cracks. We need more awareness, better training and qualified solutions from our law enforcement. From our neighbors, we need understanding and acceptance.
That way, Mommy will be OK, too.
Clay is a copy editor and the HouWeAre newsletter editor at the Houston Chronicle.
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INTERNATIONAL TAX COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS IN (PART 4): Canada
By Kanish A. Thevarasa and Joe Moëd, Kanish & Partners, Chartered Professional Accountants
Canada's tax system imposes reporting and compliance obligations on any entity or individual owning assets or operating businesses within Canada (whether or not they are Canadian-resident), as well as on Canadian-resident taxpayers with interests outside Canada.
This article touches on some of the main tax implications of nonresidents doing business or owning assets in Canada, and Canadian residents owning foreign assets.
Types of Business and Taxes
Non-residents can do business in Canada mainly through the following structures:
1. Canadian-resident corporation
Corporations, the most common form of legal entity, are distinct taxable entities, i.e., not fiscally transparent. These can be federally or provincially incorporated. Federal corporations and most provinces require 25% of directors to be Canadian resident, but five provinces have no such requirements.
All Canadian corporations must file an income tax return. Combined corporate tax rates range from 26.5% to 31%, based on the province where the company earns income (not where it is incorporated). There are no restrictions on foreign ownership but withholding tax can apply on dividends leaving Canada, ranging from 5% to 25%, depending on bilateral tax treaties.
2. Branch (a permanent establishment of a foreign entity in Canada)
In general, a branch is taxed the same way as a corporation; it must file an income tax return reporting Canadian net income and pay tax at the same rates as above.
In addition, Canada applies a branch tax on net profits extracted from the branch ranging from 5% to 25%, depending on bilateral tax treaties, to mirror withholding which would apply to a dividend from a Canadian corporation. While a corporation is administratively simpler and has limited liability, if significant losses are expected, a branch may be attractive by allowing direct deduction of losses in the home jurisdiction.
3. Unlimited Liability Corporations (ULCs)
ULCs are a rarer form of corporation, existing in only three provinces. An ULC is taxed the same as other corporations, and its shareholders are fully liable for the ULC's obligations. Foreign jurisdictions with the concept of a flow-through entity can treat ULCs as flowthrough. ULCs can therefore be an attractive option for non-resident owners from such jurisdictions.
4. Other taxes
Most entities doing business and making taxable sales in Canada, regardless of the type of structure, will also be subject to sales taxes. These exist both federally and provincially, and most are VAT-style taxes.
Entities with employees rendering services in Canada will be subject to payroll taxes. Compliance requirements include calculating withholdings from pay, remitting these to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and filing annual payroll returns.
A trust in Canada is created when a settlor transfers property to a trustee, to be managed on behalf of other persons (beneficiaries). The most common types are inter vivos trusts (settled during a person's lifetime) and testamentary trusts (created on a person's death).
A trust is principally governed by its trust deed, but tax laws impose certain general rules, such as deemed disposition of trust property every 21 years. This triggers capital gains, unless the property is rolled out to certain qualifying beneficiaries.
A Canadian-resident trust is taxed as an individual. Except for certain estates, income retained by a trust is taxed at the highest marginal tax rate, while income distributed to beneficiaries is taxable to them at their marginal tax rate.
Foundations in Canada must be registered as a charity and operate solely for charitable purposes. All registered charities are exempt from paying income tax and can issue donation receipts granting a tax credit for donations made.
Ownership of Foreign Assets
Canada imposes several reporting requirements on Canadian taxpayers (whether they are a Canadianresident corporation, a branch, or an individual) which own foreign assets or trade with related foreign entities. While these do not generally involve a tax liability, compliance is key as the penalties for non-reporting are steep. The main requirements are:
1. T1134
to report ownership of a "foreign affliate" (a non-resident company in which the taxpayer plus related persons own > 10%). This filing must include financial statements of the foreign affliates.
to report ownership of other classes of foreign asset, if their total cost exceeds CAD 100,000 in the tax year.
3. T106
to report a breakdown of transactions and balances with non-arm's- length non-residents, if the total of the transactions exceeds CAD 1 million. This requirement commonly applies to Canadian subsidiaries of foreign entities.
Estate-Related Matters
In Canada, a beneficiary or estate does not pay inheritance tax on the value of assets received or bequeathed. Rather, assets are deemed disposed at fair market value on death, the estate pays tax on the resulting gain, and the beneficiaries have no further tax liability in Canada on receipts from the estate.
A non-resident inheriting Canadian property has no immediate Canadian tax consequences, but they may have reporting obligations going forward, depending on the type of asset received (e.g., real estate – see below).
Similarly, a Canadian resident inheriting foreign assets has no Canadian tax consequences, aside from the reporting obligations applicable to owners of foreign assets.
Non-residents are subject to 25% tax on gains from the sale of "taxable Canadian property", which includes real estate, business assets, and certain shares of private companies.
In some situations, the gain might be exempted from tax by a treaty. However, most of Canada's treaties permit Canada to tax the gain on Canadian real estate.
The vendor must notify CRA no more than 10 days after the sale, and pay the estimated tax owing or provide adequate security, to obtain a certificate of compliance. Without this certificate, the purchaser (including a non-resident) must withhold 25% of proceeds (50% on certain types of property), and remit this to CRA.
Finally, the vendor must file a tax return, even if no tax is owing, which is due April 30 of the year following the sale for individuals, and six months after its tax year end for a company.
Note that there are also reporting requirements for non-residents receiving rent from Canadian real estate, and compliance is critical for obtaining a certificate of compliance on eventual sale.
Collaboration with Other GGI Members
Our firm advises clients of partner GGI firms in setting up operations in Canada, from a wide variety of sectors including entertainment, manufacturing, fashion, and heavy machinery.
We have recently assisted several USbased fashion brands and equipment manufacturers to expand their operations into Canada, advising on the best structure for their planned level of activity, and setting up the relevant business registrations and compliance procedures.
Future Developments and Summary
At the federal level, there are no major changes on the horizon in the international aspects of the Canadian tax regime. However, a housing affordability crisis in major cities has led several provinces to levy foreign buyers' taxes on residential real estate, and expansion to other jurisdictions in the coming years is possible.
The above is a high-level overview of international tax compliance regulations in Canada; however, the devil is in the detail. It is therefore recommended to contact Kanish & Partners LLP or a local tax advisor well in advance of any planned activities in Canada, to ensure compliance and effcient tax planning.
Kanish A. Thevarasa
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Training is not my full-time job. It's about 10% to 15% of my time in a given year, but I derive more than 50% of my job satisfaction from such opportunities.
Stayed up till 3am to finish my slides for the talk. With a 3.30pm slot and a predominantly lecture-style session, I anticipated that participants would have a tendency to fall asleep. Hence, I redid the slides with the famed "Lessig Method". Total slides came up to about 250. One participant told me later that it worked out very well (although I wonder if the effectiveness of this presentation style would be diminished if every trainer or speaker started adopting it).
The talk covered the usual things like "Definition of a blog", "Difference between a Blog, Website and Discussion Forum" and "How to create a blog" (this was done with screenshots of Blogger.com; the Internet connection was slow so I couldn't do a 'live' demo).
On the part on "Related Technologies", I showed how one could subscribe to RSS feeds. I also showed the "Add Notes" feature (using this example) in Flickr.com, which was well received as usual. From the positive-sounding murmurs, I think the teachers in the audience could appreciate how they could use something like Flickr.com in a classroom setting.
Bearing in mind the profiles of the audience for this talk, I emphasised less on "What's a Blog" and more on areas like "Why do people blog", "Why is blogging" and "How are the resultant conversations relevant".
For today's participants, I felt it was more relevant for them to have more insights to the mindsets and intents of bloggers. Then they might be better informed on why their students, children, and colleagues blog.
"The emotions connected with blogging are very different from that in giving a speech... For some reason there is an intimacy you associate with going into the Blogosphere, which you don't associate with a public meeting."
I didn't share my blog URL with the participants because the course was not about my blog or my blogging efforts. One participant did ask for my blog URL after the session. He said he was from the Singapore Police Force! Gee, did I say anything that I shouldn't have? LOL.
Nah, he was just sharing his thoughts that government employees should not feel they were discouraged from blogging, so long they were aware of organisational boundaries (e.g. not to blog publicly about things that they should not).
Which reminded me of an excellent discussion at one point during the talk, on "Blogging Guidelines" and "government employees blogging". A lady in the front row felt that more government agency employees should be allowed to share details about their work, e.g. how certain policies were formulated. She said something like "sometimes we feel like responding to some errors in public perception, but because we're not allowed to make public statements on policy, we can only sit back in frustration".
I ended the talk by highlighting comments generously contributed by David, Victor, Chun See, Melissa, and Walter. Thanks so much, all. Couldn't have used a better example to illustrate the point about the camaraderie, sharing and constructiveness in the Blogosphere.
on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being "poorest"): 6.5. Maybe a '7', but I don't want to be cocky. Wished I'd taken a video recording of the session, so that I can watch where I could have done better.
The good folks at CSC said they prepared 110 seats, and it seemed like a full-house where I was standing. I'm fully aware that the 100 plus participants might not rate it as high. The best reality-check is to compare my self-rating against their perceptions. I more than welcome comments on areas that could be improved (content & speaker's effectiveness), if they manage to find their way to this blog.


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Star Testing Astronomical telescope
A book by Harold Richard Suiter
Many observers harbor misgivings about their telescope. The manufacturer may have guaranteed accuracy to "one-quarter wavelength" or as "diffraction-limited" but most telescope users have, at best, only a hazy idea of how to personally verifying such claims. Sure, there are ways to check the accuracy of individual components but for many they are hard to understand or require costly reference optics and other test equipment. Besides, telescope users are interested in the performance of the entire optical train, not just the main optical element.
What is really needed is a test that can be used at the observing site, so that all the problems that impact on a telescope's performance can be diagnosed. Isn't there a simpler and more complete way than the complicated shop tests? Yes, the star test is such a method. It uses the entire working telescope. It is not a poor substitute or a work-around that uses bits and pieces of the optical system. It is the oldest and most sensitive of the optical tests—an inspection of the diffraction image itself.
Star-test results apply to the complete imaging performance of the telescope. The star test is lightning-fast and requires only a good high-power eyepiece. It tests the telescope for precisely what it was meant to do. Bad or poorly-aligned instruments fail the star test unambiguously. The star test often allows you to correct the optical difficulty immediately in the field, when you might be frantic to have your telescope perform well to observe a once in a lifetime event.
While the star test has been around for centuries learning it has often been hampered by messy mathematics and its visual nature. Most people who use it have learned it at the elbow of a patient Master. In this book, Dick Suiter becomes your Master. He carefully shields you from difficult diffraction theory and uses advanced computer generated graphics to show you the appearance of each aberration. Again and again, you will look at Dick's graphics and say "I've seen that before. So that's what it was!" The star test is a powerful but inexpensive way of obtaining better resolution and contrast. With this book most observers will find that they don't need a new telescope because they now can test, diagnose and fix the one they have. Using Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes as a guide, your telescope will perform to the best of it's abilities and perhaps it will show images better than you would have believed possible. New Edition
While the star test has been around for centuries learning it has often been hampered by messy mathematics and its visual nature. Most people who use it have learned it at the elbow of a patient Master. In this book, Dick Suiter becomes your Master. He carefully shields you from difficult diffraction theory and uses advanced computer generated graphics to show you the appearance of each aberration. Again and again, you will look at Dick's graphics and say "I've seen that before. So that's what it was!" The star test is a powerful but inexpensive way of obtaining better resolution and contrast. With this book most observers will find that they don't need a new telescope because they now can test, diagnose and fix the one they have. Using Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes as a guide, your telescope will perform to the best of it's abilities and perhaps it will show images better than you would have believed possible.
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Japan reopens parts of Fukushima evacuation zone
Government reclassifies least contaminated areas around Fukushima plant, opening up towns of Kawauchi and Tamura
Associated Press in Tokyo
Fri 30 Mar 2012 13.41 EDT First published on Fri 30 Mar 2012 13.41 EDT
Police in protective suits in Minamisoma in April last year. The town will reopen in mid-April. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images
Japan is opening part of the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters, allowing up to 16,000 evacuees to return home.
The 12-mile perimeter around the Fukushima plant remains largely intact, but the government said it would reclassify the least contaminated areas into three categories based on their radiation levels.
The towns of Kawauchi and Tamura will reopen from Sunday, and Minamisoma in mid-April, affecting about 16,000 residents. However, most are waiting until the area is further decontaminated and infrastructure restored.
Parts of each town will remain off-limits because of higher exposure levels. Eight other towns in the same low-contamination category have not yet decided which areas should be reopened.
The nuclear crisis caused by a tsunami on 11 March 2011 forced 100,000 people to leave their homes because of radiation contamination. It is uncertain whether those closest to the plant will ever be able to return.
Many who formerly lived in the no-go zone are divided between wanting to return home and fearing the contamination.


March 25, 2019 – Henry Avocado Corporation, an Escondido, CA.-based firm, is recalling avocados distributed in bulk to a half dozen states over concerns they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes severe foodborne illness.
The recalled products include California-grown conventional and organic avocados, according to CNN. They were packed at the Henry Avocado facility in Escondido, California, and distributed to the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Affected avocados have stickers that say "Bravocado" on them. Henry Avocado organic products are labeled "organic" and include "California" on the sticker.
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"Henry Avocado is issuing this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution due to positive test results on environmental samples taken during a routine government inspection at its California packing facility," the company said in a press release issued Saturday.
Henry Avocado started packing at the Escondido plant in late January 2019 and every shipment is subject to the recall. To date, there have been no listeria infections or other illnesses associated with the recalled avocados, the company said.
Henry Avocado said it is contacting its retail customers to confirm the recalled products have been pulled from the shelves. The company advises consumers to check the stickers on their avocados.
Listeria infection, or listeriosis, is a foodborne infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Mayo Clinic. Most otherwise healthy adults who become infected may not even know they have the bug. However, the infection can cause serious problems for children, the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems.
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If there's anything you can count on from Victory Brewing Company, it's that their beers are labeled seasonally which syncs up perfectly to Thej2beerquest's category structure. Justin previously reviewed Winter Cheers (or… Winter Jeers), and today I'll review Summer Love. Lookit! It's got ice cream and baseball and fishing and camping and kites and hot dogs on the label and nothing says summer like any of those things.
I'd hardly call it a 'burst' of lemony refreshment, though I think I tasted something tarty when I swooshed around.
I actually like this beer, though it's hardly anything special. The site says it goes well with pizza, chicken and salads, but this being summer, I'd prefer barbecue and crabs… because that's summer to me.


My cats like to drink out of the sink faucet... but I'd never in a million years expect a cat to pull a stunk like drinking the water that's falling down from the shower head!
ha ha - Dat cat is giving us a bad reputation.
That is so cute, and unusual!
What a silly kitty. I never thought I would see that. Too cute. He must really be thirsty. Have a super Sunday.
That kitty is very silly!
Pretty funny. Sherpa and Harry like to watch the shower run but won't get in.
OMC!!! that is so funny!!!
This is too funny! Cats act like we never give them water!


I have to apologize for the English Version is a bit shorter than the Rissian one so far.
The Russian version is a superset contained more pages and photos. It contains such extra pages as Family, Addresses, Hobby, Once More about Love, Different Faces and Sad Page (about last days of the actress) that might be interesting only for the Russians. Some of them, probably, are to be translated into English later on. Nevertherless, you can still visit these pages to see additional photos.
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Thank you very much for visiting my site and for the attention to the Russian culture!


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Yanik's March 2016 Maverick Musings
February 24, 2016 by Maverick
Maverick Musings
We're just back from the 3X in San Diego and I think it was really one of the best retreats we've had. We had a jam-packed business day followed by an intense Impact Day and a lot of surprises for the Experience Day.
We spent the first half of the Growth Day digging into Evolved Enterprise with a hands-on workshop I taught. I really love going deep into the concepts here to work on re-inventing your business and putting out your most meaningful work. At some point, I'll consider doing a multi-day program on this – especially for Mavericks considering a transition to something bigger in their world. (Reach out if you're interested.)
I was thrilled to be able to get Brian Smith, the founder of UGG at the last minute to share his hard-won insights from building such an iconic brand. What really stood out was how much Brian relied on intuition and 'gut'. He talked about getting goose bumps and using moments of meditation to seek answers. I've found it so interesting how many business icons like Sir Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Oprah, among others, rely on their intuition to guide them.
Personally, I think there is a big part of business that is not just left-brain and logical, no matter what we think we can try to measure and control. There seems to be something bigger going on where we are allowing ourselves to be the conduit for a higher purpose. For me, meditation and journaling have become some of the key pieces of tapping into this bigger 'source'. Actually I'm just finishing a book of the same name by Joseph Jaworski that I'd highly recommend (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576759040/berrettkoehle-20/ref=nosim).
The next day, Impact Day, Mavericks boarded a bus and had no idea what to expect when we entered a former movie studio-turned military training center. We literally walked into a scene straight out of a village in Kurdistan. Everything seemed ultra-authentic and the anxiety was palpable as we didn't know exactly what to expect but knew something was coming. And then a non-descript pickup truck with an ISIS flag rolls out with men hiding their faces and bearing full automatics. Whoa! They quickly rounded up the women and went about gathering several male Mavericks to hood them and "execute" them around the corner. Of course, this was all staged but I have to tell you my heart rate did pick up a bit as the hood was placed on my head and we were led away.
This was a dramatic way to bring home the work of our cause partner, Crisis Response International (CRI). As part of their work, they've created safe houses for women who have escaped the grasp of ISIS and the sexual abuse and slavery they've faced. We spent the day broken up into teams learning about the programs and then working on brainstorming solutions that could have a tremendous impact for enhancing their work. Brian Smith talked about goosebumps the day before, and I got them when the 2 founders of CRI, Sean & Laura, said our work could have the potential for impacting a nation. You see, CRI has gained the favorable support of the local government that no other NGOs in that region have and we truly could have a significant impact. That's exactly what I envisioned when creating Maverick and the way our Impact fund could be used. Stay tuned for more updates here.
The third and final day, our Experience Day, Mavericks got to do a bit of finger painting to bring out their inner artist and disregard their inner critic.
And then in a complete 180, we boarded a bus and headed to Qualcomm Stadium for stunt driving. Mavericks got behind the wheel doing 180s, drifting, rally racing and more. Not too shabby!
If you missed it – shame on you! But don't worry this is just the start of the year; make sure you mark down everything going on at Maverick1000.com/calendar so you don't miss anything else. There's a lot in store for this year and we're just getting started.
P.S. In San Diego, we unveiled a preview of the new members' site. It's almost ready for prime time and you'll see it soon.


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in the morning. will you remember the dream? that color my sleep? in time can i be forgiven? forgiven for the losses that i would or wouldn't? cannot recall clearly - time distorted by seasons.
longing lost for reasons. silence broken by whisper.
"let it be - ... you do not want to remember the ghost of this memory. ... let it be."


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The Club airport lounges now available to book on LoungeBuddy app
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Airport Lounge Development (ALD), parent company of The Club lounges, has partnered with LoungeBuddy to provide passengers with a fast and convenient way to make online bookings. The LoungeBuddy smartphone application is available to download on iOS devices and allows passengers to view and book a preferred lounge at the specified airport.
Nancy Knipp, senior vice president at ALD, said, "We are thrilled to partner with LoungeBuddy allowing travelers the ability to book immediate access to our network of Clubs. As Airport Lounge Development continues to grow our Club airport lounges network, our LoungeBuddy partnership will allow all travelers a convenient way to access our Clubs, enhancing their travel experience and providing a sanctuary from the airport terminal crowds."
The Club lounges are available to all passengers regardless of carrier, class or affinity membership for US$35 and offer customers access to a variety of amenities including free snacks and beverages, complimentary wi-fi, bar service and workstations with desktop PCs and printers.
Tyler Dikman, founder and CEO for LoungeBuddy, said, "ALD has crafted a unique experience at each of their Club airport lounges, which provide a fantastic option for travelers who are looking for a private space to get away from the chaos of the airport terminal. We're excited to be able to offer our LoungeBuddy customers access to The Club airport lounges."
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Memorable Manitobans: Robert Henry Agur (1856-1913)
Businessman.
Robert Henry Agur was born in the County of Oxford,Canada West, on 13 July 1856, the son of Robert Agur and Margaret A. Ballard. He received his education at the district county school, Ingersoll High School, Upper Canada College, and the Toronto Business College. In 1877 he was givencharge of his father's retail lumber yard at Chatham, a position he held for five years. In 1882 he married Harriet, daughter of D. R.Van Allen of Chatham, Ontario. The same year he moved to Winnipeg, having formed a partnership with E. W. H. Van Allen for the handling of the Chatham Wagon Company's products in the West. He later became a partner in the firm of Massey & Company, which in 1890 became Massey-Harris Co. Ltd., with Agur as an assistant manager. In 1898 he became manager of the North West department of the company.
Mr. Agur was a director of the Empire Loan Company, a partner with H. H. Beck in the Manitoba Assurance Company, a member of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, the Church of England, and the AF & AM. He retired as western manager of the Massey-Harris Company in 1904 and moved to Summerland, BC, where he operated a fruit farm until his death in 1913. His wife and four sons survived him.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by J. M. Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
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By Valentin Voloshchak for The Diplomat
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Almost immediately after taking office in a challenging time of tensions with North Korea in 2017, President Moon Jae-in set out one of the most important objectives of state policy: elevating ties with Russia and strengthening bilateral economic cooperation through so-called New Northern Policy. According to South Korean government's 100 Policy Tasks Five-Year Plan, the New Northern Policy, as well as the companion New Southern Policy, is a part of the Northeast Asia Plus Community of Responsibility project, which aims to build a sustainable regional system of cooperation with ASEAN, the "middle power" grouping of MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Argentina), India and Northeast Asian states.
In June, 2017, Moon established the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation, and then appointed Song Young-gil (previously the special envoy to Russia and famous for his contribution to the development of Russian–South Korean relations, for which he was awarded the Russia's Order of Friendship) as a head of the Committee in August. In his keynote speech at Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2017, Moon broadened the concept of the New Northern Policy with the "Nine Bridges" initiative, setting up a number of areas of cooperation between the two countries (the "bridges" here a metaphorical). The interesting thing about Nine Bridges is that it's not only a political declaration but a quite definite economic cooperation program, focusing on specific projects. In this regard it is especially relevant to estimate the fruitfulness of these projects, since they appear to be both a major pillar for and proof of the viability of the Russian vector in current South Korean foreign policy.
One of the most forward-looking directions of the initiative is the "gas bridge." Although the natural gas trade is a traditional field of cooperation between two states, Russia is not among the top gas exporters to South Korea. Seoul thus seeks to diversify its gas import channels by purchasing more LNG from Russia. The plan is to increase the supplies of Russian LNG, which are currently on the level of 1.5 million tonnes per year, according to a 2005 agreement between KOGAS and Sakhalin Energy, operating company of Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 gas development projects. Taking into account the discord between KOGAS and Australia's North West Shelf Gas, followed by an arbitration proceeding, South Korea may turn to Russian LNG exporters. Buying LNG from Russian partners is profitable in terms of location advantages; however, it is far from likely that Russia will prove able to crowd out its main competitors in the Korean market – Australia, Malaysia, and the United States.
The second direction of the "gas bridge" is related to the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to South Korea via the territory of North Korea. This project can be implemented through the connection of a trans-Korean gas pipeline (with a total length of 11,00 km) to the endpoint of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas transmission system. The cost of pipeline laying would be about $2.5 billion, and Gazprom has repeatedly stated that such work could be done quickly and easily, if it weren't for political obstacles, namely the sanctions regime against North Korea.
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Another significant "bridge" is a trilateral railroad project, by which is meant reconstruction of the Trans-Korean Railway and its connection to the Trans-Siberian Railway. This would require huge investment, but the first steps are already being taken by South Korea, which is now actively conducting research on North Korean railroads' condition and consulting with Russia (a Korail office in Moscow was opened at the end of 2018). But while the construction of the railway appears to be a long-term project, Seoul has also a short-term objective: to rejoin the Rajin-Khasan logistics project. South Korea, which used to be an investor and recipient of the service in this joint venture until 2016, can now resume its participation in it. Since Rajin-Khasan is exempt from the UN sanctions list, it is only a question of Seoul's political will to do so.
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South Korea is also interested in the modernization of ports in Russia's Maritime Province, notably the port of Zarubino. South Korean companies are currently participating in the construction of port terminals in Slavyanka and Fokino, which is very important for the development of Primorye-1 and Primorye-2 International Transport Corridors. The maritime segments of these ITCs are of key interest to South Korea, and DBS Cruise Ferry transport operator conducted a cargo transshipment in Zarubino as part of a test voyage from Sakaiminato to Changchun twice in 2018. However, given that South Korea is facing a conflict of interest with China, which is also planning an infrastructure investment in Zarubino, it can be said that Seoul has more prospects with regard to Slavyanka, for which the feasibility study carried out by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is expected to be completed in 2019.
The aim of the next "bridge of cooperation" is the development of the Arctic Shipping Route in order to create a new logistics corridor in the Arctic Ocean. Regrettably, one must conclude that this doesn't relate to the infrastructural development of ports in Arctic region; instead South Korea is emphasizing shipbuilding and ship maintenance, which could also be attributed to the separate "shipbuilding bridge." South Korea's DSME shipbuilding company has a contract for the construction of 15 Arc7 ice-class gas tankers for the needs of Russia's Yamal LNG gas processing project, and four of them are already introduced and provide transportation services through Arctic Shipping Route.
In other respects, though, bilateral shipbuilding cooperation faces a number of problems. South Korean shipbuilders have to withstand emerging competition from Russia's Zvezda shipyard, which got a contract for the construction of 15 tankers for Arctic LNG-2, another Russian gas project. Given the recession of the steel and shipbuilding industries in South Korea, cooperation between Korean and Russian shipbuilders remain limited. For instance, in early December 2018 it was announced that Zvezda would buy some parts of an Aframax tanker's hull produced by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in order to complete the construction domestically. Zvezda isn't yet ready to build the tankers independently, but ordering the entire ship is apparently not a preferable option for Russia.
The field of energy cooperation refers to the "Asian Super Grid" idea of establishing an electrical power transmission network in the Asia-Pacific. While introducing the Nine Bridges initiative in 2017, Moon reiterated South Korea's intention to be integrated into the Super Grid system in Northeast Asia, which would unite the electricity networks of China, Mongolia, Russia, Japan, and both Koreas. The project focuses on using renewable energy and its core would be comprised of Mongolia's wind and solar capacities and Russia's hydropower. Since Moon has proclaimed a nuclear power phase-out policy, South Korean participation in the Asian Super Grid or in Northeast Asian Super Grid will remain relevant for Seoul, and at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum, Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak once again expressed Moscow's willingness to supply electricity to both Koreas
The fisheries industry is one more forward-looking field of cooperation. Initially, Korea Trading & Industries announced the plan to invest $130 million in the construction of a fish processing complex at Cape Nazimova in Vladivostok, which will include a logistic center, fish port, container terminal, and fish fillet and crab meat processing plant. The South Korean company found a partner from the Russian side, but local authorities are reluctant to grant permission to allocate land for the complex. According to Acting Governor of Maritime Province Andrey Tarasenko, Russia was ready to provide an area in Rakushka Bay in Olginsky District, but the question still remains whether the South Korean company is inclined to agree to that. Another problem is the necessity to upgrade the fishing fleet: Russia needs to build a large number of fishing vessels, and that is an additional issue to be taken into consideration by both parties.
The plan for the "agricultural bridge" proposes the construction of mineral fertilizer plant in Kozmino, close to Nakhodka, which is expected to be introduced by 2022. The building cost is estimated at $6 billion, and the plant will focus on the production of methanol fertilizers. It was settled that Hyundai group will become main investor for the project, and since the production costs are expected to be low with 1.8 million tonnes of fertilizer output per year, the project will be undoubtedly beneficial for both sides.
And lastly, the program of Nine Bridges includes the construction of the industrial complex in Maritime Province. This task is quite broadly formulated and abstract; it commonly refers to the idea of a Kaesong-like industrial complex, which would involve Russian land, North Korean labor, and South Korean investments. However, the prospects for such a partnership are sufficiently obscure as long as the sanctions against North Korea – the main barrier for trilateral projects – are still in effect.
Russia and South Korea have indeed developed a common ground, and bilateral cooperation can certainly be expected to be fruitful. Even though Russia is hardly able to become South Korea's key partner, it is essentially important for Seoul to elevate ties with Russia in terms of trade and diplomatic diversification. But nevertheless, there are a bunch of problems that affect economic cooperation, which include both internal and external difficulties. The latter ones involve numerous conflicts of interest (emerging competition between Rajin and ports in Maritime Province, the trans-Korean gas pipeline project and Russia's LNG supplies to South Korea, shipbuilding industries in Russia and South Korea) and examples of failed deals (the sale of Hyundai's idle factory near Vladivostok, the DSME's withdrawal from an investment agreement with Zvezda shipyard). Beyond that, the problem of sanctions still persists – not only are sanctions against North Korea affecting any form of trilateral cooperation, but there are also the EU and U.S. sanctions imposed on Russian companies and businessmen, which make South Korean investors reluctant to make deals with Russia.
Valentin Voloshchak is a teaching assistant at Far Eastern Federal University's Department of International Relations.
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Douglas Fairbanks, one of the most charismatic individuals to ever step foot in front of a movie camera, was born on this day in 1883. Cheers to you, sir!
The yearly Reel Infatuation Blogathon is just a few weeks away.
You have a character crush, or ten (we don't judge, after all you're only human), but don't consider yourself a writer. Or, that kind of writer. Maybe it's a matter of time, or timing. Perhaps you're already doing an entry, but are burning to share a few more crushes with readers.
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It's time, once again, to dust off ye olde pens/pencils/keyboards, and get to crackin' explaining why you love the fictional character(s) you do!
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I'm a bit late, but yesterday was the 35th anniversary of her death. She was a singular lady, that one.
Gloria Swanson in Don't Change Your Husband (1919).
Portrait of Doris Day (Aquarium, NYC) circa 1946, by William Gottlieb.
*And a happy birthday to my lovely aunts Lauree and Linda, who share a birthday with Doris.
My favorite mural is looking extra sharp after a recent repainting, so I thought I'd use it to wish a happy birthday to my favorite silent film actor and birthday mate, John Gilbert!


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It was 30 years ago that Andrew Ozminski walked into the Hampstead Office of CJ Miller LLC for an interview with Charles "Buck" Miller Jr.
Andy, who has been fascinated with trucks since he was a young boy and started driving right after high school, was hired on the spot and has been driving for CJ Miller for three decades.
Driver Andy Ozminski celebrates 30 years with CJ Miller LLC.
"It's been 30 years, but it feels like 10," said Andy, who enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and riding his motorcycle outside of work.
CJ Miller Senior Operator Robert "Bobby" Warehime Jr., who is celebrating his 40-year anniversary with CJM, feels similarly about his job.
Senior Equipment Operator Bobby Warehime Jr. celebrates a milestone 40 years with CJ Miller LLC.
In addition to Bobby and Andy, 43 other CJ Miller employees are celebrating 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40-year anniversaries in 2018.
Fine Grading Superintendent John Carver was just 26 when he started on the paving crew 35 years ago. He, along with several of his coworkers, basically "grew up with the company," working their way up the ranks. He's seen his fair share of projects over the years, but one that stands out is Mondawmin Mall.
"It was a challenging job with where it was located, and it went a lot better than people thought it would," he said.
Fine Grading Superintendent John Carver celebrates 35 years with CJ Miller LLC. In his spare time, John spends time with his family, gardens and referees soccer games.
When he reflects on his career, John is proud of how he moved up the ranks and that he can count on one hand the amount of times he has ever called in sick.
Driver Bruce Harman was about to lose his apartment and job when he came to CJ Miller 40 years ago and asked to talk to the Buck.
He chuckled at the thought of being one place for 40 years. "Makes you wonder where it went," he said.
Driver Bruce Harman, who enjoys spending time with his daughters and grandchildren, celebrates four decades with CJ Miller LLC.
When Leonard "Gene" Thomas was 24, he came to CJ Miller to do landscaping. He spent his first day on the pipe crew, his second day grading and his third day doing blacktop. In his 30 years with the company, he worked his way up to Foreman and eventually Paving Superintendent.
Gene, whose daughter Taylor also works for CJ Miller, is proud of moving up through the company ranks, but also of all they young men he worked with/mentored who are currently foreman in the company.
Paving Superintendent Gene Thomas celebrates 30 years at CJM, a family-oriented company where his daughter, Taylor, also works.
Site Superintendent Paul Bankard was just 17 when he started at CJ Miller. He started out as a laborer mowing grass, then became an Assistant Foreman, Foreman and Site Superintendent.
Over the years, he has seen good and bad experiences and learned from both. He's most proud of starting a job from nothing and working toward the goal of getting the job done.
"You're only as good as the guys you have working for you," he said.
Site Superintendent Paul Bankard, who has been with CJ Miller LLC for 35 years, enjoys spending time with his children and hitting the links outside of work.
For Bobby Warehime, staying has been about the people.
Over the years, the men noted that the equipment has evolved, navigating the highways has become more challenging, and job sites have become more congested as everyone pushes to get more done quickly. Below is the type of person they think should apply at CJ Miller today.