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Sam Cooley, Staff Writer|May 24, 2022
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Outside Lake Tye Building
EvCC's East County Campus is something that many don't even know exist. Though it's been closed for a while now, it's important for students to know all of their options for where to take classes. Due to the closure the question often arises; What is happening to the East County Campus building?
Trojan bulletin board full of outdated papers (Sam Cooley)
EvCC has a campus located at the Lake Tye building in Monroe. This extension is about 16 miles from the main campus. The college does not own the Lake Tye building, but has been open and operating inside of it since 2010. The campus had to pause all in-person classes in Spring 2020 due to COVID-19 and has been closed ever since.
Math faculty advisor, Heidi Weiss-Green, has been curious about what's been going on. "I recently spoke with our Vice President of Instruction, Dr. Cathy Leaker, about East County Campus because I was wondering what was up," Weiss-Green said. "It sounds like the future plans are pretty up in the air now."
Little is known if the east county campus will open back up or remain closed. "All of us that live out East would love for East County to re-open, so we would love it if the VP knew that students miss the satellite campus as well," English faculty advisor, Cobi Seslar, said.
The space EvCC rents in the Lake Tye building is much smaller than the college's main campus, but offers the 90-credit degree just like the main campus does. EvCC shares part of this building with other businesses and offices. However, those are located on separate floors.
"Prior to the pandemic, the East County Campus offered a variety of in-person classes, from English 101 to Precalculus." Katherine Schiffner, director of public relations, said. "East County also offered in-person Business and Transitional Studies classes." East County EvCC has primarily offered classes toward the business DTA. They have also offered a significant number of Transitional Studies classes there.
EvCC's East County Campus shares a building with many different businesses (Sam Cooley)
EvCC continues to offer online classes that most of the East County students take. However, many choose to travel and come to EvCC's main campus. "At this time, no in-person classes are being offered at the East County Campus," Schiffner said. "Students who live in East County are taking classes at EvCC's main campus in Everett or online."
There are no classes offered in East County that are different from the main campus. Due to the size of the building, there are no lab facilities for STEM students, AMTEC students or Arts students. Most other classes are still offered though. Since the extension is still apart of EvCC, no separate admission or registration is required for classes.
"In the past we have been able to provide some on-site student services there as well as classes, but it's not clear whether we will be able to do so in Fall 2022," Dr. Leaker said. "EvCC is undertaking a comprehensive review of the needs of East County and how we can best serve that community," Dr. Leaker said. "There has been no decision yet on the building. We are looking at scheduling some classes there in the Fall."
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Libya: A Just War or Just a War?
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In thinking about whether the kinetic action in Libya is justified, it helps to consider the long tradition of Just War Doctrine. As I recall, supporters of the Iraq War tried to claim, ludicrously, that the conditions enumerated therein were met. As a refresher, those conditions are:
the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
there must be serious prospects of success;
the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power as well as the precision of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
Regarding the first point, just as in Iraq, Libya is no direct threat to us or to their neighbors. Any aggression has been directed towards internal dissenters, or as the Qadaffy regime sells it, in defense against an armed insurrection. Given the scale of the aggression (estimates of which vary widely), Obama has argued not only that "our interests" are at stake – that's the Carter Doctrine that both Bushes implemented in Iraq – but also that our "values" are. That was the basic rationale for Clinton's war in Kosovo, but also part of the sales pitch for both Bushes.
I've argued repeatedly that wars are not fought for altruistic reasons. And even if I concede that altruism can play a part – not only ostensibly, but also, (sometimes) in the minds of (some) policymakers – the existence of other, more self-interested motives tends to negate the altruism.
Paul Craig Roberts has argued that one motivation may be a squeeze play against the Chinese presence in the Mediterranean:
The People's Daily Online (March 23) reported that China has 50 large-scale projects in Libya. The outbreak of hostilities has halted these projects and resulted in 30,000 Chinese workers being evacuated from Libya. Chinese companies report that they expect to lose hundreds of millions of yuan.
China is relying on Africa, principally Libya, Angola, and Nigeria, for future energy needs. In response to China's economic engagement with Africa, Washington is engaging the continent militarily with the US African Command (AFRICOM) created by President George W. Bush in 2007. Forty-nine African countries agreed to participate with Washington in AFRICOM, but Gaddafi refused, thus creating a second reason for Washington to target Libya for takeover.
A third reason for targeting Libya is that Libya and Syria are the only two countries with Mediterranean sea coasts that are not under the control or influence of Washington...
Over at Global Research, Rick Rozoff notes that Libya is one of only five African countries "that have not entered into individual and regional partnerships with the Pentagon through AFRICOM." Interestingly, Ivory Coast is one of the others, with Zimbabwe, Eritrea and the rump Northern Sudan as the other holdouts. Dr. Horace Campbell, though, points out that none of those African "partners" has agreed to host military bases on their soil. AFRICOM "has 1,500 people operating out of Stuttgart, Germany. If Libya is indeed partitioned, that new state could provide a base for AFRICOM."
Oil, of course, has to be considered as as one of the potential motivating factors, and the Libyan resources – 80% of which are in the rebel-held East – are a particularly tasty prize. But Felicity Arbuthnot sees other financial motives at work in capturing Libya's economy. It's one of only five countries not participating in the international banking system, the others being Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Sudan. "There were two others," she notes ominously, "Afghanistan and Iraq, but they were gobbled up by the international banking system within a heartbeat of the invasions."
Alexander Cockburn notes that Qadaffy, like Saddam, was ditching dollars as a trading currency and encouraging others to do likewise. You may not, but some people might see this as "lasting, grave and certain" aggression against the community of nations. Cockburn also dwells on how Libya's state-owned bank has been a thorn in the side of the West, and observes that the rebels have already founded the "Central Bank of Benghazi" to do business with their patrons.
Among those patrons, it seems, are our friends in Langley, the CIA. Khalifa Heftir (or Hefta, Hiftir, Heftar, or variants thereof) is now the military leader of the Benghazi rebellion. Hefta has lived in suburban Virginia, outside of Washington DC for the past two decades, "where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gadhafi groups." According to the McClatchy article, their source, Abdel Badr, has known Heftir all his life but "said he was unsure exactly what Hifter did to support himself." Any guesses?
Where this gets interesting is that the rebel leaders whom Sarkozy has recognized as the Benghazi partition's government (Boukhris, Charrani and Mansouri – don't make me do the spelling variants) began meeting in Paris in December – that is, as Vijay Prashad points out, "before the Tunisian uprising" [emphasis in original, and rightly so].
Combine this with Pepe Escobar's reporting in the Asia Times:
Two diplomatic sources at the United Nations independently confirm that Washington, via Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to invade Bahrain and crush the pro-democracy movement in their neighbor in exchange for a "yes" vote by the Arab League for a no-fly zone over Libya - the main rationale that led to United Nations Security Council resolution 1973.
And now we go from interesting to disturbing. This is the kind of thing that the left would be up in arms about if somebody named Bush had been involved. But reaction, to say the least, has been rather muted.
This brings us to the question of whether "all other means" had been exhausted prior to the intervention, let alone our chances for success or the question of greater harm than good. I had meant for this to be the last post in this series, but I've gone on long enough here today, so meet me back here and we'll talk again.
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Target Corporation Bonds: Expect More, Pay Less
Written by: Donald van Deventer
Target Corporation (TGT), founded in 1902, is the second largest discount retailer in the United States. In this note, we turn to the U.S. dollar bonds issued by Target Corporation and compare its current default probabilities and credit spreads with those on all heavily traded corporate fixed-rate bonds on June 23, 2014 . A total of 95 trades were reported on 12 fixed-rate bond issues of Target Corporation with June 23 trading volume of $69 million.
Conclusion: We believe that a majority of sophisticated analysts would continue to rank Target Corporation as "investment grade" because of its long-run default probability ranking in the best 20% of the retailing peer group. A web search on Target Corporation turns up the phrase "expect more, pay less," and that is a good description of the value proposition that Target Corporation bonds offer in today's market.
On June 23, 255 of 367 heavily traded bonds offered a better credit spread to default probability ratio than the best Target Corporation bond issue. We suggest investors expect more and pay less than the current price on Target Corporation bonds.
Institutional investors around the world are required to prove to their audit committees, senior management, and regulators that their investments are in fact "investment grade." For many investors, "investment grade" is an internal definition; for many banks and insurance companies "investment grade" is also defined by regulators. We consider whether or not a reasonable U.S. bank investor would judge Target Corporation to be "investment grade" under theJune 13, 2012 rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. For a discussion of the implications of the Dodd-Frank Act on the definition of investment grade, see our post on Citigroup in December.
Assuming the recovery rate in the event of default would be the same on all bond issues of the same seniority for the same issuer, a sophisticated investor who has moved beyond legacy ratings seeks to maximize revenue per basis point of default risk from each incremental investment, subject to risk limits on macro-factor exposure on a fully default-adjusted basis. In this note, we also analyze the maturities where the credit spread/default probability ratio is highest for Target Corporation.
Term Structure of Default Probabilities
Maximizing the ratio of credit spread to matched-maturity default probabilities requires that default probabilities be available at a wide range of maturities. The graph below shows the current default probabilities for Target Corporation (green line) ranging from one month to 10 years on an annualized basis. They are plotted versus the default probabilities for Target Corporation six months earlier on December 23, 2013 (orange line). For maturities longer than ten years, we assume that the ten year default probability is a good estimate of default risk. The current Target Corporation default probabilities range from 0.05% at one month to 0.04% at 1 year and 0.23% at ten years.
We also explain the source and methodology for the default probabilities in each Instablog posted by Kamakura Corporation on www.SeekingAlpha.com.
Summary of Recent Bond Trading Activity
The National Association of Securities Dealers launched the TRACE ( Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine) in July 2002 in order to increase price transparency in the U.S. corporate debt market. The system captures information on secondary market transactions in publicly traded securities (investment grade, high yield and convertible corporate debt) representing all over-the-counter market activity in these bonds. The total of all fixed rate debt issued by Target Corporation and traded on June 23 is reported here. Target Corporation was the 20th most actively traded issuer.
After eliminating callable bonds and non-senior bonds from the total for Target Corporation, we analyzed 93 trades on 11 issues with a notional principal traded of $68.6 million.
The graph below shows 6 different yield curves that are relevant to a risk and return analysis of Target Corporation bonds. These curves reflect the noise in the TRACE data, as some of the trades are small odd-lot trades. The lowest curve, in dark blue, is the yield to maturity on U.S. Treasury bonds (TLT)(TBT), interpolated from the Federal Reserve H15 statistical release for that day, which matches the maturity of the traded bonds of the Target Corporation. The next curve, in the lighter blue, shows the yields that would prevail if investors shared the default probability views outlined above, assumed that recovery in the event of default would be zero, and demanded no liquidity premium above and beyond the default-adjusted risk-free yield. The orange line graphs the lowest yield reported by TRACE on that day on Target Corporation bonds. The green line displays the value-weighted average yield reported by TRACE on the same day. The red line is the maximum yield in each Target Corporation bond issue recorded by TRACE. The black dots and connecting black line represent the yields consistent with a trade-weighted fitted credit spread we discuss below.
The graph shows an increasing "liquidity premium" as maturity lengthens for the bonds of Target Corporation. This increasing liquidity premium is a pattern seen usually with firms of good credit quality. We explore this premium in detail below.
The high, low and average credit spreads at each maturity are graphed below for Target Corporation. We have done nothing to smooth the data reported by TRACE (other than eliminating erroneous data as explained above), which includes both large lot and small lot bond trades. For the reader's convenience, we fitted a trade-weighted cubic polynomial that explains the average spread as a function of years to maturity.
Using default probabilities in addition to credit spreads, we can analyze the number of basis points of credit spread per basis point of default risk at each maturity. For Target Corporation, the credit spread to default probability ratio ranges from 2.6 to 5.3 times. The ratios of spread to default probability for all traded bond issues are shown here:
The credit spread to default probability ratios are shown in graphic form below for Target Corporation.
Relative Value Analysis
How does the credit spread to default probability ratio for Target Corporation compare to other bonds available in the market place? Is it high, low or average? We answer that question by comparing the credit spread to default probability ratio for Target Corporation with all 367 bond issues with a daily trading volume of at least $5 million on June 23 and a maturity of 1 year or more. The first graph shows a histogram of the credit spreads that prevailed on these issues on June 23, 2014:
The median credit spread was 0.845% and the average was 1.134%. The distribution of the reward to risk ratio, the credit spread divided by the matched maturity default probability, is shown in the next histogram. The median ratio is 8.49 and the average ratio is 12.77.
The ratio of credit spread to default probability is shown in this chart for all of the Target Corporation bonds with at least $5 million in trading volume. All 3 of the Target Corporation bonds rank in the bottom one-third of all heavily traded bonds when ranked by our value criterion. Overall, the Target Corporation bonds rank from 256 to 291 of the 367 heavily traded bonds.
For a recent ranking of heavily traded bonds with maturities of one to 5 years, please see this ranking from June 16 , 2014.
CUSIPs
Many investors have requested that we provide CUSIPs as part of this chart. Redistribution of CUSIPs is currently prohibited by Kamakura Corporation's contract with the data vendor. We are working hard to change this so that we may make CUSIPs available in the future. In the meantime, CUSIPs for major issuers can be found easily with an internet such on web pages like this one from the New York Stock Exchange.
Credit-Adjusted Dividend Yield
We explained in a recent post on General Electric Company (GE) how default probabilities and the associated credit spreads for a bond issuer can be used to calculate the credit-adjusted dividend yield on a stock . That analysis makes use of a comparison between the yield on the issuer's promise to pay $1 in the future versus the yield on a similar promise by the U.S. government to pay $1 at the same time. Using the maximum smoothness approach to both the U.S. Treasury curve and to Target Corporation credit spreads, we can generate the zero coupon bond yields on their promise to pay $1 in the future, which are shown in this graph:
The widening of zero coupon credit spreads is important. If we discount dividend payments for maturities of 1, 10 and almost 30 years, we can solve for the "credit risk free" dividend for Target Corporation. This would be the dividend level for a default risk-free issuer (we assume as a first approximation that the U.S. Treasury is default risk-free) that has the same present value as the flow of dividends from Target Corporation over almost 30 years. We use this data from SeekingAlpha.com:
The history of Target Corporation dividends is nicely summarized on the NASDAQ website.
Readers who prefer a real time update of the dividend yield information can see that here. After projecting the flow of dividends from Target Corporation at the quarterly rate of $0.52 and using the present value factors implied by Target Corporation bond prices, we find that the long term credit-adjusted dividend yield is 3.117%, 0.433% less than the traditional dividend yield of 3.550% (note that the yield on the SeekingAlpha website is different because of lags in updating the figure as the stock price changes). Both calculations assume that the dividends remain at their current level forever, except in the credit-adjusted case we recognize that Target Corporation may default, ending the dividend stream. The bond-based discount factors incorporate this fact. We show the calculation below for just the first 24 months of cash flows.
Credit Default Swap Analysis
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation reports weekly on new credit default swap trading volume by referece name. For the week ended June 13, 2014 (the most recent week for which data is available), the credit default swap trading volume on Target Corporation was 14 trades for $63 million, ranking the firm 682nd among 977 counterparties with at least one trade during the week.
The notional principal traded weekly in the credit default swap market on Target Corporation is shown in this graph of data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation:
The number of credit default swaps traded weekly on Target Corporation is shown in this history graph:
Additional Analysis
On a cumulative basis, the current default probabilities (in green) for Target Corporation range from 0.04% at 1 year to 2.24% at 10 years. The December 23, 2013 cumulative default probabilities are graphed in orange.
Over the last decade, the 1 year and 5 year annualized default probabilities for Target Corporation spiked during the credit crisis. The 1 year default probability peaked at slightly over 0.70% in 2008-2009. The 5 year default probability peaked at slightly over 0.40% on an annualized basis at the same time.
The firm's default probabilities are estimated based on a rich combination of financial ratios, equity market inputs, and macro-economic factors. For an explanation, see the references in each Instablog posted by Kamakura Corporation. Over a long period of time, macro-economic factors drive the financial ratios and equity market inputs as well. If we link macro factors to the fitted default probabilities over time, we can derive the net impact of macro factors on the firm, including both their direct impact through the default probability formula and their indirect impact via changes in financial ratios and equity market inputs. The net impact of macro-economic factors driving the historical movements in the default probabilities of Target Corporation has been derived using historical data beginning in January 1990. A key assumption of such analysis, like any econometric time series study, is that the business risks of the firm being studied are relatively unchanged during this period. With that caveat, the historical analysis shows that Target Corporation default risk responds to changes in 7 risk factors among the macro factors used by the Federal Reserve in its 2014 Comprehensive Capital Assessment and Review stress testing program. These macro factors explain 57.7% of the variation in the default probability of Target Corporation. The remaining variation is the estimated idiosyncratic credit risk of the firm.
Target Corporation can be compared with its peers in the same industry sector, as defined by Target Corporation itself and reported by Compustat. For the USA "retailing" sector, Target Corporation has the following percentile ranking for its default probabilities among its 192 peers at these maturities:
1 month 66th percentile,
1 year 48th percentile,
3 years 35th percentile,
10 years 10th percentile,
The short term ranking of Target Corporation relative to its peers is higher because business conditions are so good currently that they rank at the 99th percentile for the period from 1990 to the present. The strong corporate business conditions drive the default probabilities of all firms to low levels. Over a longer time horizon, Target Corporation ranks in the safest one-fifth of its peer group from a credit risk perspective.
Taking still another view, the actual and statistically predicted Target Corporation credit ratings both show a rating in the "investment grade" territory. The statistically predicted rating is 1 notch below the legacy rating from firms like the Standard & Poor's affiliate of McGraw-Hill (MHFI) and Moody's Investors Service (MCO). The legacy ratings of the company have changed only once in the last decade.
We postpone our conclusions briefly to view some more facts. The "retailing" peer credit spreads on June 23 are shown here in light blue, with Target Corporation credit spreads plotted in dark blue. Target Corporation credit spreads are slightly below the median.
The matched maturity default probabilities for the "retailing" peer group with bonds traded on June 23 are shown in this graph:
Target Corporation is roughly in the middle of the peer group by this measure. Investment grade credit spreads on all bonds traded on June 23 are shown here in light blue with Target Corporation credit spreads plotted in dark blue:
Target Corporation falls well below the middle of the investment grade peer group. Investment grade peer group default probabilities are shown in this graph versus Target Corporation:
The scale of the graph makes viewing difficult but Target Corporation is again near the middle of the pack.
We believe that a majority of sophisticated analysts would continue to rank Target Corporation as "investment grade" because of its long-run default probability ranking in the best 20% of the retailing peer group. A web search on Target Corporation turns up the phrase "expect more, pay less," and that is a good description of the value proposition that Target Corporation bonds offer in today's market. On June 23, 255 of 367 heavily traded bonds offered a better credit spread to default probability ratio than the best Target Corporation bond issue. We suggest investors expect more and pay less than the current price on Target Corporation bonds.
Regular readers of these notes are aware that we generally do not list the major news headlines relevant to the firm in question. We believe that other authors on SeekingAlpha, Yahoo, at The New York Times, The Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal do a fine job of this. Our omission of those headlines is intentional. Similarly, to argue that a specific news event is more important than all other news events in the outlook for the firm is something we again believe is inappropriate for this author. Our focus is on current bond prices, credit spreads, and default probabilities, key statistics that we feel are critical for both fixed income and equity investors.
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Something more to consider is that this 5th pressing still carries the same matrix (-1's) codes from the original 63' "Black & Gold" Stereo (something that would finally be updated by the mid 70's), and therefore carries the same mixing and mastering as it's predecessor. This "Stereo" is in my opinion superior to any of the more recent reissues, including the most recent 2012 vinyl edition. There are no inappropriate (and abrupt sounding) insertions of Mono mixes for any of the tracks like on the 2012 cut.


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Speech tournament to provide $500 scholarship
March 31, 2016 Trojan Living
Students will have a chance to demonstrate their speaking skills and compete for a chance to win a $500 scholarship at the 25th annual intramural speech tournament.
The competition will be held on Thursday, April 21, at the Trojan Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Hall School of Journalism and Communication and is free for all Troy students to participate.
"A student does not need to have any speaking experience to participate in this competition," said Maryjo Cochran, professor of communication, who is organizing the event. "I think this is a great chance for students to practice public speaking."
There will be five categories in the competition: informative speaking, persuasive speaking, storytelling, prose and poetry. There will be a prose and poetry competition in Spanish as well.
"We've had a better turnout after adding Spanish prose and poetry," Cochran said. "The average turnout is about a hundred students."
A $500 scholarship award is given to the overall best speaker who has the highest points from three categories.
"If a student will be in school for fall and wants to take part in three categories, they can compete for the $500 scholarship towards the tuition," Cochran said.
The winner in each category will be awarded a trophy and certificate, and the students in second and third places will be awarded certificates as well.
Cochran said that there will be three judges in each of the categories. She said that the panel of judges will consist of professors from various departments, in addition to Troy locals.
"We have 20 judges from teachers from diverse faculties like theater, communication, language to people from the community," Cochran said. "We probably will videotape the winning performance and work with TrojanVision to make video copies of it. We will also send press releases about the winners."
Cochran said the attire for the participants is business professional.
The deadline for the application is April 15. Applications can be collected from Tori Averett from the theater department, Johanna Alberich from the modern languages department or Cochran in the Hall School of Journalism and Communication.
"I have been doing this for three years, and it always is a lot of fun," Cochran said. "I encourage students to participate and have a speaking experience."
Further questions can be directed to Cochran at mcochran@troy.edu or her office number at 334-808-6601.
Race commemorates fraternity member
Former U.S. ambassador to deliver public address


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Mounted police and anti-lockdown protests in Toronto
Large gatherings protesting lockdown restrictions, masks, vaccines and probably a few other things seems to be a weekly event in Toronto. Crowds began to congregate near the north end of the park on Saturday, May 22, 2021 listening to speakers, getting their signs ready before heading down Yonge Street and to Yonge-Dundas Square.
Both mounted police and bicycle cops were out in force at Queen's Park and throughout the downtown core, waiting for the protestors to make their way down Yonge Street.
Mounted police make their way south on Yonge Street
This sign says "forced vaccination is rape" which seems wrong on a few levels
Waiting at Queen's Park
Bicycle police shelter from the rain under the elevated structure at Yonge-Dundas Square
Labels: Protest, Toronto, Yonge-Dundas Square
Spring Stations in the Distillery District
Toronto's international architectural design contest has relocated from the water's edge and from around the lifeguard stations along Woodbine and Kew Beaches for 2021. Usually the Winter Station installations are exhibited beginning Family Day in February when the beach is solid ice, however Covid restrictions pushed the event further into spring until the lifeguard stations are required for their intended purpose. In order to show the winning pieces they decided to move them into one of Toronto's greatest neighbourhoods - the historic Distillery District and called them Spring Stations.
The annual Winter Stations competition requires entrants to design temporary art installations built around and incorporating the utilitarian, red lifeguard structures. In this case the lifeguard stations are ignored so you just have to imagine them for 2021. Four winning proposals are chosen for the exhibition with funding provided to build their designs.
Spring Stations started on May 21 and will continue until sometime in late June. There are three within the Distillery District: ARc de Blob, From Small Beginnings and The Epitonium. Just south of the district is the final piece at 33 Parliament Street, sitting in a parking lot: THROBBER. In July ARc de Blob will be placed somewhere in the Beach Village BIA and the installation will become Summer Stations.
ARc de Blob
Design Team: iheartblob: Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum
(Austria/UK)
From Small Beginnings
Design Team: Jack Leather and Charlie Leather
you can see where the lifeguard station would fit
The Epitonium
Design Team: M. Yengiabad - Shahed M. Yengiabad, Elaheh M. Yengiabad, Alemeh M. Yengiabad and Mojtaba Anoosha
(Iran)
THROBBER
Design Team: Heidundgriess – Alexandra Grieß and Jorel Heid
Labels: Art, attractions, Distillery District, Toronto
Toronto working to reopen the great outdoors
Woo Hoo! Something positive is happening as Premier Doug Ford today announced a roadmap to reopening the province based on the rate of vaccinations. Before the steps begin Doug has lifted the restrictions on outdoor sports beginning Saturday, May 22, 2021 and you will be allowed to play golf, tennis, get in the skateboard parks, sports fields and the like. Pictured at top: the sun will come out TO installation at City Hall during Toronto Nuit Blanche 2016.
From the Premier's office "Roadmap to Reopen is a cautious three-step plan that will guide a safe and gradual reopening of the province and the lifting of public health measures based on the provincewide vaccination rate and improvements in key public health and health system indicators. The province will remain in each of the steps for at least 21 days to evaluate any impacts on key public health indicators. If at the end of the 21 days, the vaccination thresholds have been met, alongside positive trends of other key public health and health system indicators, then the province will move forward."
The City of Toronto in response to the announcement has started the process to remove locks and signs on the outdoor facilities and basketball nets. Mayor John Tory - you know the guy with that hair thing going on right now, says "I want to thank Premier Ford and the cabinet for opening outdoor recreation amenities starting this weekend. City staff are working now to open those amenities for this weekend. The announcement today from the Ontario government recognizes the progress we have all made in stopping the spread of COVID-19 by following the public health measures. It is also a testament to the tremendous work being done to get as many people as possible vaccinated with the available vaccine supply. The fight against COVID-19 continues along with our immunization efforts but today we have the kind of clear roadmap forward we were seeking, so we could get on with safely and cautiously reopening."
The city advises people to social distance (2m) from those outside your household. And although the fields will be open, team sports will not be allowed and other services and options within the parks will remain closed - like clubhouse, change areas, pavilions and lockers.
Outdoor recreation areas to open include golf courses, disc golf courses, sports courts and fields (i.e. basketball and tennis courts, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, lawn bowling greens), BMX and skate parks, picnic tables and shelters, outdoor fitness equipment and dry pads located at outdoor artificial ice rinks.
Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park), Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee states that "Access to outdoor recreational amenities is critical to the physical and mental health of all Torontonians. With over 1,500 public parks in our City, we are excited to reopen the outdoor recreational amenities for residents to enjoy, while maintaining continued health measures to help reduce the spread of COVID-19."
Labels: Covid-19, Toronto
Toronto at full stop until after Labour Day 2021
Update May 20: Ontario 3 step reopening plan starts with outdoor recreation areas
Open, closed, take the 2nd dose soon, don't take the second dose soon, don't mix vaccines, okay mix vaccines; it's really hard to know what to do as the experts change their minds and crazy people throw their two cents in, what we do know is that as the Province has extended the lockdown until June 2nd and the City of Toronto has cancelled all major in-person events till September 6.
Elton John in concert, done for now in Toronto
Street festivals, done for now
I thought we were supposed to be vaccinated by July, however I checked and the Government of Canada thinks that won't be till September, "COVID-19 vaccines will be available to everyone in Canada who are recommended to get the vaccine by federal, provincial and territorial public health bodies. Doses of the vaccines will be distributed in Canada in phases, which began in December 2020. Assuming the continued supply of safe and effective vaccines, it's expected there will be enough vaccines to immunize everyone for whom vaccines are approved and recommended. We anticipate this will be accomplished by September of 2021."
Charity events like the Ride for Event have gone virtual or have been cancelled
Red Bull fleet has gone silent
The two level of governments don't want you to even think of sports right now, or sports and pops, or pops and outdoor fun. Trinity-Bellwoods Park is all circled up again but people are still crammed into public transit. Get the vaccines out and hopefully life in the great outdoors and the busy cities will come back to normal. And I don't even care if we have to continue to wear masks in certain circumstances, heck many people are glad not to have caught a few colds in the past year - saved by face coverings. Luckily large quantities of vaccines are coming into Canada and this weekend there will be almost 50 vaccination clinics in Toronto. At this time Toronto has poked over 1.6 million people with doses of the various vaccines.
"The Team Toronto effort is focused on getting as many residents vaccinated as quickly as possible based on available supply. It is also expanding mobile vaccination efforts across Toronto to bring vaccine to the neighbourhoods most in need. This weekend, Team Toronto Mobile Sprint Strategy will vaccinate 19,994 people age 18 years and older."
Fort York historic site, closed until further notice
Cosplay conventions, done for now
Here is the City's news release on the cancellations. City of Toronto extends cancellation of in-person major participatory events to Labour Day:
"To continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 and help provide predictability to major event organizers, the City of Toronto is extending the cancellation of in-person City-led and City-permitted outdoor events to September 6.
Today's announcement includes festivals and other large, in-person gatherings, held at outdoor sites managed by the City or other public locations, such as roads, parks and civic squares.
The City understands the importance of these events to Toronto's vitality, liveability and prosperity. City staff are working in close collaboration with event organizers, who in every instance possible have been consulted on this approach and given advance notice of this decision. The City is committed to working closely with event organizers to help them manage through 2021 and come back stronger in 2022.
Mass participation festivals and events require long lead times for planning, rely on City sites, supports or permissions, and present higher public health risks given limits to physical distancing and exposure to attendees from outside of the area. The need to sustain essential services also limits the City's ability to support third-party event organizers.
Event organizers have asked the City for as much advance notification as possible to enable them to make sound decisions in support of public health efforts and their business needs, accessing insurance, supporting impacted employees, managing sponsors and developing alternative approaches, such as virtual events. Providing this cancellation notice will allow many events to avoid incurring unnecessary costs and access insurance and other supports.
This decision, made in consultation with Toronto's Medical Officer of Health, the City's Emergency Operations Centre, Toronto Police Service and mass participation event organizers, follows the previous cancellation of all such events up to July 1 and supports the directive that physical distancing is critical to stopping the spread of COVID-19.
The following is a list of major in-person events impacted by this decision. This list has been provided by permitting divisions and event status may be subject to change. Many of these events will be offered virtually. For the most up-to-date status of an event, please contact the event organizer directly.
• Taste of the Middle East
• Taste of Lawrence
• Honda Indy
• Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
• Afrofest
• Salsa in Toronto
• 49th Annual Festival of India
• Bloor West StreetFest
• Beaches Jazz Festival
• Oss Fest
• Caribbean Junior Carnival
• Scarborough Ribfest
• Caribbean Carnival, King and Queen Competition, Pan Alive and Grand Parade
• Taste of the Danforth
• Vegandale Food Drink Festival
• Bollywood Film Fair
• Waterfront Night Market
• Canadian National Exhibition
• Mabuhay Philippines Festival
• Toronto Chinatown Festival
• Labour Day Parade"
Sex shows, cancelled for now
Mayor John Tory says "The City and the vast majority of Toronto residents are doing everything we can right now to stop the spread of COVID-19 and get vaccinated. Following the public health measures and getting vaccinated as soon as you're eligible will help us bring this pandemic to an end so that we can safely gather together once again. We will continue to support the City's major events through these tough times and will do everything we can to make sure they come back stronger in 2022."
Buskerfest, cancelled for 2021
Nuit Blanche 2021 - is still a go!
There is good news from the NB website: "Nuit Blanche Toronto will return on Saturday, October 2, 2021. This will mark the 16th Edition of Toronto's free, city-wide sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art." UPDATE 2021 NB Cancelled.
Upscale Casa Loma in Toronto
Situated on a large hill overlooking downtown Toronto with views from turrets that probably rival those from the CN Tower, the mansion on the hill known as Casa Loma is certainly formidable. Finished in 1914 as a private residence, the building has had a varied purpose over the years and is now owned by the City and leased out by an entertainment company. Interestingly the sharp hill was the edge of the former Iroquois Lake which was a glacial lake which created an enlarged Lake Ontario. So not only is Casa Loma a massive mansion, it is also a lake front property - just 13,000 years too late.
Casa Loma Stables from the Casa Loma Parkette
Spadina Museum
Spadina Museum greenhouse
Stone fence and round, rock pillars at Spadina Museum
Right next door is the also impressive Spadina Museum and grounds, separated by the old road allowance for Spadina Road that has a beautiful stairways and platforms that run between the Spadina Road sections and named the the Baldwin Steps.
Baldwin Steps leading to Spadina Road
Baldwin Family Spadina plaque
More of Baldwin Steps overlooking downtown Toronto - see the CN Tower?
The earliest buildings in the residential neighbourhood north of the castle date from the early 1900's and the homes on the tree lined lots are certainly grand. We parked on a road (Ardwold Gate) with more recent homes, though none the less grand than their neighbours.
A few small homes on Ardwold Gate road
Cutting through the north end of the ritzy area is Nordheimer Ravine and the adjacent park Sir Winston Churchill Park. The ravine follows the path of an old stream whose source of water have been diverted. Now the ravines are used for recreational and park purposes while sewers run under the ground. You can look up the hill and see two above ground structures (valve house and the lower portal building) associated with the City's St. Clair Reservoir built in 1930.
Spadina Bridge over Nordheimer Ravine
Some graffiti under the bridge deck
Valve House and Portal Building (lower) of the St. Clair Reservoir
Labels: attractions, historical, Park, Toronto
Niagara-on-the-Lake is at Peak Blossom
NOTL has been a little behind Toronto in the development of cherry blossoms, which was opposite to what we thought would happen. The orchards and groves of cherry trees have slowly been perking up over the last three weeks. You could see the blossoms starting but no big explosions of colour except for the occasional magnolia trees.
McFarland House blossoms
Then we went on the trip into the St Catherines area and further southwest into the Niagara area we started to see colours in the orchards and in the many parks along Lakeshore and the Niagara Parkway. You can find plenty of pink blossoms at such locations as the Niagara Parks Horticultural School and McFarland House. For easy to access orchards one of the best locations is along Lakeshore just past the Welland Canal where you can park at MJ's Own Munchies restaurant, pick up lunch or dinner and take pictures along the edge of the orchard.
Orchards along Lakeshore Road
Labels: blossoms, tourism, travel


In this video, Drs. Schechter, Logan, Coakley and Chambers discuss the role that psychologists play in the treatment of pediatric chronic and procedural pain.
Building an Enterprise-Wide Simulation 2.0 Program for Efficient, Reliable, and Safe Healthcare : Part 1-"Rationale, Origins and Frameworks"
In this video, Dr. Maureen Hillier discusses Boston Children's Hospital's End-of-Life Simulation Program for newly licensed nurses, and how this simulation supports novice nurses.


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Ambulance service bleeds cash
Yukon Emergency Medical Services is hemorrhaging money. "We're (overbudget by) $480,000 with four months to go," wrote protective services director Rick Smith in a November email obtained by the News.
Finding dignity in a dingy hotel room
Liz Evans houses drug addicts, alcoholics and the mentally ill. "Sometimes they die," said the executive director of Vancouver's Portland Hotel Society. But more often, they thrive.
No homeless hotels here
Whitehorse's hardest-to-house lost a champion this week. The Northern City Supportive Housing Coalition is withdrawing its proposal to build a 20-room supported apartment complex in downtown Whitehorse.
Middle class moving out
After one year in Whitehorse, John Jones is considering quitting his high-paying job, packing up his young family and heading south.
Radioactive caribou on the radar
The Porcupine caribou herd is being tested for radioactivity. "It's not something we usually test for," said Yukon research scientist Mary Gamberg.
Spill reveals Environment Canada weakness
A liquid that was spilling into the Yukon River this week near Boston Pizza remains a mystery. "We don't know what it is, where it's coming from or how much spilled," said Environment spokesperson Nancy Campbell on Thursday.
A little piece of Japan pops up in Porter Creek
Behind the grand Victorian facade at 56 Almond in Porter Creek, there's hand-drawn calligraphy, pickled Japanese plums, tatami mats and a savage massage chair shipped over from Tokyo. The smell of gobo fills the immaculate kitchen.
River spill under investigation
On Friday, a mysterious substance was discovered flowing into the Yukon River. The substance is seeping up through the soil near Boston Pizza in Whitehorse and is flowing across the ground into the Yukon River.
Dawson City's four-day arts and culture celebration kicked off yesterday, marking the 11th Annual Yukon Riverside Arts Festival, presented by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC).
Tackling non traditional theatre in the territory
Jessica Hickman was sick of standard theatre. So the local dancer teamed up with Whitehorse theatre junkie Sam B. Good and started writing grant proposals. Six months later, with $39,000 in arts funding, the pair held auditions.
An empty youth shelter tug of war
If there are youth in Whitehorse trading sex for shelter, Chris Nash hasn't met them. The emergency youth shelter co-ordinator has been on the job for three and a half years, working for Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.
Dawson's orange alert
Dawson's orange alert For the last two weeks, a mysterious orange substance has been floating down the Yukon River in Dawson. "The material on the river is 'the talk' of town," wrote Dieter Weise in an email on Thursday.
A costly kilometre in Whistle Bend
Whistle Bend Way is a pricey piece of pavement. The new subdivision access corridor cost $6 million for the first kilometre. That's almost double what it cost to build the Hamilton Boulevard extension.
The bears are back in town
On Wednesday, conservation officers captured and relocated a brown-coloured black bear in the Mount Sima Road area. "In the past two weeks, we got over 40 calls about this bear," said Environment spokesman Dennis Senger.
Home is where the hazardous waste is
Storing hazardous waste in the middle of a residential neighbourhood is A-OK, according to the Yukon's Environment Department. As long as you have a permit. And the residents at 15 Maple Street, in Porter Creek, have one.
Homelessness lessons from the NWT
The city of Yellowknife has a full-time homelessness co-ordinator. Dayle Hernblad has been on the job for six years and has overseen the construction of a youth shelter, a 32-unit transition home for men.
Supernatural soil promises healthy Yukon veggies and mine sites
Shiela Alexandrovich's garden is acting a bit bipolar this summer. The organic Yukon gardener filled one of her beds with celery. And half the plants are 30 per cent bigger than the others.
Marian Horne feels ambushed
On Friday, Stacey Hassard announced he was challenging the Pelly-Nisutlin MLA for the Yukon Party nomination. "I'd heard rumours that he was going to challenge me, so I asked him," said Horne.
Nurses attend Sally Ann
Two registered nurses are setting up shop at the Salvation Army Chapel. The clinic will help "Yukoners who have no fixed address," said Health Minister Glenn Hart in a release Tuesday.
Doctors for the down and out
Doctors for the down-and-out Whitehorse's homeless may soon have their own medical clinic.


Korea, The Forgotten War includes three battle games of the Korean War. The scale is Platoon level with rules for fire combat, close combat, air support, special weapons, logistical units, tanks, and direct artillery fire.
Each scenario is provided with its own map and sheet of counters. The scenarios are: The Naktong Bulge: August 1950; Chosin: November 1950; and Hedgehog at Chipyong-Ni: February 1951.
Contents include rules booklet, two player aid cards, 3 34" x 22" maps, 980 die-cut counters, 2 six-sided dice, and 6 storage bags.


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Title 24: Municipal and County Government
Chapter 127: MASS TRANSIT AUTHORITIES
Subchapter 001: REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES
§ 5101. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Municipalities" means a town, a city, or an incorporated village.
(2) "Legislative body" means the selectmen in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of an incorporated village. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5102. Area of operation
The area of operation for an authority created under the provisions of this chapter shall be the area of the member municipalities. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5103. Membership in the authority
Two or more municipalities may form a mass transportation authority. Membership in the authority shall consist of those municipalities which elect to join the authority by majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose. The initial meeting of a municipality called to determine whether or not to join the authority shall be warned in the manner provided by law, except that for such meeting only, any warning need not be posted for a period in excess of 30 days, any other provision of law or municipal charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Membership may be terminated only in the manner provided in section 5109 of this title. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5104. Purposes and powers
(a) The authority may purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities, and may contract for transit services, conduct studies, and contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals.
(b) The authority shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Vermont consistent with the purposes of the authority, and may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of its functions, including the following:
(1) to sue and be sued;
(2) to adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal;
(3) to acquire, purchase, hold, lease as a lessee, and use any franchise, property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the authority, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest acquired by it;
(4) to fix, alter, charge, and establish rates, fares, and other charges for the services and facilities within its area of operation, which rates, fees, and charges shall be equitable and just;
(5) to acquire and operate, or provide for the operation of local transportation systems, public or private, within its area of operation;
(6) to make contracts of every name and nature and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business;
(7) to enter into management contracts with any person or persons for the management of a public transportation system or controlled by the authority for such period or periods of time, and under such compensation and other terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable by the authority;
(8) to accept gifts or grants or loans of money or other property, and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with any federal agency, the State, any agency of the State, or with any other public body of the State, including municipalities, school districts, and other authorities;
(9) to borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by chapter 53 of this title;
(10) to develop transportation plans, and to coordinate its planning and programs with those of appropriate municipal, county, and State agencies and other political subdivisions of the State;
(11) within its area of operation, to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may have found necessary for its purposes, in the manner provided for the condemnation of land or rights therein as set forth in 19 V.S.A. §§ 500-514 and 519;
(12) to adopt necessary rules;
(13) to do all things necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business and the general welfare of the authority in order to carry out the powers granted to it by this chapter or any other law;
(14) to enter into joint compacts with transportation authorities of other states provided that the compact has been approved by the general assembly of that state and the Congress of the United States. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976; amended 2011, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2015, No. 23, § 125.)
§ 5105. Grand list; debt limit
The grand list of the authority shall be deemed to be the total of the grand lists of member municipalities, and the debt limit of the authority shall not be diminished by any obligation incurred by a member municipality alone. Obligations incurred under chapter 53 of this title shall be the joint and several obligations of the authority and of each member municipality but shall not affect any limitation on indebtedness of a member municipality. The cost of debt service shall be included in the annual budget of the authority as provided in section 4866 of this title, and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in that section. Where voter approval is required pursuant to chapter 53 of this title, the board of commissioners shall determine the number and location of polling places, and when a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all of the member municipalities at the meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds, the board of commissioners shall be authorized to issue the bonds as provided in chapter 53 of this title. The counting of ballots shall be conducted by the board of commissioners together with the town or city clerk from each member municipality or his or her designee. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5106. Exemption from regulation
The public transportation systems and facilities operating under this authority are exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30, except that the Public Utility Commission may impose any regulatory provisions of Title 30 that it may determine from time to time to be necessary. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5107. Government and organization
(a) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the authority shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, consisting of two commissioners from each member municipality. The commissioners shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the legislative body of the member municipality for terms of three years. Any vacancies on the board of commissioners shall be filled by the legislative body of the respective member municipality, but in the event that the legislative body fails to appoint a commissioner within two months from the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of commissioners. Commissioners shall serve without pay.
(b) Annually, the board of commissioners shall elect from among its members a chair, vice chair, treasurer, and secretary, and such other officers that are necessary for the conduct of its business.
(c) The board of commissioners may appoint a transit director, and such other personnel as is necessary for the conduct of the business of the authority. The board of commissioners shall have the power to prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and delegate to them such responsibilities for the management and control of the operation of the authority, as its interest may require. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5108. Annual budget and assessments
(a) On or before February 15 in each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a budget for the authority for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the Authority from fares and other sources, except membership assessments, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service. The board of commissioners shall call a meeting of the residents of its member municipalities for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget. The meeting shall be held at a place within the area of operation and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of operation at least 15 days prior to the meeting, which notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget. Members of the legislative body of each member municipality shall be notified of the meeting by certified mail.
(b) Annually, following the meeting provided in subsection (a) of this section, the board of commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the authority in light of any discussion, and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes.
(c) The treasurer of the authority, following adoption of the budget, shall apportion the sums required to be contributed by each member municipality according to the average number of weekly miles of service for the 12 month period preceding the adoption of the budget, for each member community, as compared to the average number of weekly miles of service for all member communities for the same period. The formula for apportionment may be changed by the board of commissioners with the concurrence of each of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The treasurer of the authority shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the chair of the legislative body in each member municipality, of the amount of such assessment, and the member municipality shall add such assessment to its own budget and shall assess such tax as is necessary to raise the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment in each member municipality shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority on or before July 15 in each year.
(d) In the event that the budget of the authority in any year becomes insufficient to support the operations of the authority, the board of commissioners may assess the member municipalities for additional sums, apportioned in the manner provided in this section. The additional assessment shall require the approval of each of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5109. Termination of membership
(a) A member municipality may withdraw from membership in the authority, if notification of withdrawal is given more than one year after the member municipality joined such authority. The withdrawal shall take effect at the end of the first full fiscal year following a notification of withdrawal. The notification shall be in the form of a resolution duly adopted by the legislative body of the withdrawing member and delivered to the board of commissioners at a regular meeting.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, upon giving notice as required by subsection (a), a member municipality may withdraw from the authority after the authority has voted to bond itself in accordance with the provisions of chapter 53 of this title, but shall continue to be liable for its share of all existing indebtedness incurred under chapter 53 of this title at the time notice of its withdrawal is given. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
§ 5110. Miscellaneous provisions
(a) The authority shall prepare an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and submit the report to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities.
(b) The fiscal year of the authority shall commence July 1 in each year. (Added 1975, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 10, 1976.)
Subchapter 002: REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICTS
As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Municipality" means a town, city, or incorporated village.
(2) "Legislative body" means the selectboard in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of an incorporated village. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 5122. Creation of regional transit districts
A regional transit district may be created at any time by the act of the voters of each of two or more municipalities upon the written approval of the Agency of Transportation. Approval shall be based upon the results of studies carried out by the Agency of Transportation and by representatives of the municipalities to determine whether the municipalities involved constitute a reasonable transit district. Evidence shall be shown that funding will be adequate to provide a continuing transit program. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 60, § 27, eff. April 25, 1995.)
§ 5123. Regional transit district membership
A regional transit district shall contain at least one representative appointed from each member municipality. All representatives may be compensated and reimbursed by their respective municipalities for necessary and reasonable expenses. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
(a) Representatives to a regional transit district representing each participating municipality shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of such municipality.
(b) A regional transit district shall elect a chair and a secretary, and, at its organization meeting, shall by a two-thirds vote of those representatives present and voting at the meeting, adopt such rules and create and fill such offices as it deems necessary or appropriate for the performance of its functions, including, without limitation, the number and qualification of members, terms of office, provisions for municipal representation and voting, and provisions for termination of membership.
(c) A regional transit district may also have other members, who may be elected or appointed in the manner the regional transit district prescribes by rule. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
(a) The district may purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities, and may contract for transit services, conduct studies, and contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals.
(b) The district may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of its functions, including the following:
(2) to acquire, purchase, hold, lease as a lessee, and use any franchise, property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the district, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest acquired by it;
(4) to acquire and operate, or provide for the operation of local transportation systems, public or private, within its area of operation or in a municipality not already a member of a district, with which it contracts to furnish transit service;
(6) to accept gifts or grants or loans of money or other property, and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with any federal agency, the State, any agency of the State, or with any other public body of the State, including municipalities and school districts;
(7) to adopt necessary rules;
(8) to do all things necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business and the general welfare of the district in order to carry out the powers granted to it by this subchapter or any other law. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2015, No. 23, § 126.)
§ 5126. [Reserved for future use.]
§ 5127. Exemption; regulation; taxes
(a) The public transportation systems and facilities operated by a regional transit district are exempt from any of the regulatory provisions of Title 30 except that the transportation board may impose any regulatory provisions of Title 30 that it may determine from time to time to be necessary.
(b) A regional transit district and its systems and facilities shall be exempt from the sales, purchase, and use taxes and from motor vehicle registration fees except those registration fees applicable to municipalities. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
(a) Each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a proposed budget for the district for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the district from fares and other sources, except municipal contributions, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service. The proposed budget shall be sent to the legislative branch of any member municipality by certified mail. The board of commissioners may call a meeting or meetings of the residents of its member municipalities for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget. Any meeting called shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of operation at least seven days prior to the meeting containing the date, time and place at which the meeting is to be held and a statement of the purpose of the meeting.
(b) Annually, following the distribution provided in subsection (a), the board of commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the district in light of any discussion, and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes and determine the contributions to be requested from member municipalities. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1983, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.).)
§ 5129. Liability of district
(a) Members of the regional transit district board shall not be held personally liable for any actions taken in their capacity as members of the board.
(b) No tort liability shall attach to individual municipal members of regional transit districts.
(c) Tort liability of the regional transit district shall be limited to $1,000,000.00 for each accident. (Added 1981, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
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Uppuluri, Jyotirmai. "Selecting models that describe neural population responses." (2007) Master's Thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/20543.


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Aggies Snap Skid With 66-63 WAC Win Over Grand Canyon
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Women's Basketball Game Recaps
Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team claimed its first conference win 66-63 over Grand Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 4. The win marks the first for the Aggies in over a month and snaps a seven-game losing streak. Two Aggies collected double-doubles and three rebounded in double figures.
NM State saw three score in double figures and three collect double-figure rebounds. Freshman Brianna Freeman set a career-high with 16 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double as an Aggie. Sophomore Sasha Weber also saw a double-double with 10 boards and 12 points on the night. Junior Danesia Williamson had 23 points in the game – her second highest scoring game this season. Defensively, freshman Tyler Ellis led NM State with 11 rebounds.
The Aggies shot 37.5 percent as a team and held GCU to 35.5 percent. NM State also out-rebounded the Antelopes 45-39, but turned over the ball 22 times. The Aggies had 11 bench points and shot 36 percent from three-point range, going 9-for-25 on the night.
"We are 1-0 and tied for first in the WAC," head coach Mark Trakh said. "We have gone through a lot of adversity this year with losing Danesia for the first 10 games and losing Elena (Holguin) a month ago, so right now we have eight kids. They call themselves the "Elite Eight" and they are working their butts off. Our chemistry has never been better."
"I think the kids really did well. They executed down the stretch, hit free throws, made some bonehead mistakes still, but we came back and managed the game well and made plays," Trakh said.
The Aggies took a 9-0 lead and held GCU scoreless for more than seven of the first minutes of the half. The Lopes finally got on the board with a layup at the 12:33 mark. GCU played off the momentum to tie the game at nine apiece.
Freeman busted the tie with a three from the top of the arc and the Aggies moved ahead 17-9 quickly with a three by Mack and a jumper from Williamson. NM State extended the lead to 20-9 with a streak of three's and a couple good shots.
The Lopes broke up the Aggies 13-2 run with seven straight of their own to cut the lead to four with four minutes left in the half. NM State allowed GCU to get within two and the teams traded baskets with the Aggies holding the slight lead until two good shots from the free throw line put NM State up by four (29-25).
Williamson sank a free throw with less than a second to play to end the half with a 30-25 lead over the WAC leading Lopes.
Freeman led the Aggies with 12 points in the opening half and also tallied six rebounds. She was 4-for-7 from the field and helped NM State shoot 33 percent as a team and hold GCU to 31.3 percent.
GCU got the first six points of the second half and took its first lead of the game 31-30. Just on the other side of the media timeout, NM State reclaimed the lead with a jumper by Freeman and a three by Weber.
The teams traded baskets well into the second half until sophomore Abby Scott hit a three to put the Aggies up 41-39 with just over 11 minutes on the clock. Williamson and Scott hit a couple of good shots to extend the Aggies lead to six points.
With the Aggies up 57-53, GCU picked up the next eight points for the lead and NM State depended on two free throws from Williamson to get the Aggies back to just a 63-61 game. With the Aggies behind, Williamson got a rebound off a free shot and tied the game at 63 each with 1:05 on the clock.
The teams battled in the final minute, but managed to take a three point lead with two free throws by Williamson and one by freshman Tamera William for the Aggies first win in over a month and 66-63 win over Grand Canyon.
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Quick Facts of Jorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal
Full NameJorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal
Net Worth$1.5 Billion
Date of Birth1955 /03 /03
NicknameJorge Vergara
BirthplaceGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
ProfessionBusinessman, Film Producer
NationalityMexican
Eye colourBrown
Hair colourBlack
SpouseRossana Lerdo de Tejada (Widow)
HoroscopePisces
Everyone wants to leave their name in the world even after death. Jorge Vergara also struggled for his career and was successfully established his career as a Mexican businessman and film producer. He died at the age of 64 after founding the multi-level marketing company, Grupo Omnilife. He also owned a football team, Saprissa between 2003 and 2011.
The late businessman, Jorge was married twice in his life. He also shared six children with both of his wives. The famous star spent a lavish life till he was alive. As a matter of fact, he left a net worth of $1.5 Billion after his death. Let's discuss his biography in the lower sections.
Early Life of Jorge Vergara
Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Jorge Vergara was born in a middle-class family. At an early age, Jorge stepped out on Mexican streets in order to sell tacos. His family has always been there for him even in bad situations.
After some time, Jorge met John Peterson with whom he began selling dietary supplements of Herbalife in Mexico. He shortly prepared government approval for the company to sell its products. After getting the ideas and understanding the marketing business deals, he founded Grupo Omnilife, a multi-level marketing company in 1991.
Talking about the present, the company has over 5.2 million distributors of Omnilife products in around 22 countries. The company makes annual sales of $4.2 Billion per year.
Film Career
The late founder of The Omnilife Grupo, Jorge Vergara was also active in the film industry as a film producer. He began producing movies after meeting Alfonso Cuaron, a film director in 1999. Also, he had opened a production company titled Producciones Anhelo. He co-produced The Devil's Backbone.
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A Sudden Heart Attack
The multi-talented, Jorge Vergara had it all that he wanted in his life. On one side, he was active in the business field as the founder of The Grupo Omnilife Marketing Company. On the other side, he owned the football club named C.D. Guadalajara.
On 15th November 2019, Jorge left the world due to a sudden heart attack. During his death, it was Friday and he was 64 years old. On the death of his father, his son, Amaury stated:
With deep sadness and pain in my heart, I communicate to you that my father, Jorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal, passed from this life due to cardiac failure.
At that time, Jorge's family told the media that his funeral will be held in Guadalajara where he was actually born. May his soul rest in peace!
Six Kids From Marriages
The late businessman, Jorge Vergara was married two times in his life. Before his death, he was first married to Angelica Fuentes Tellez whom he had divorced on 21st September 2015. In the year 2017, he married Rossana Lerdo de Tejada. Their marriage ceremony was held on 10th June.
The late Jorge Vergara with his former wife, Angelica Fuentes
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His second marriage lasted until his death in 2019. From his marriages, he was blessed with six children. They are Yelena Vergara Zatarain, Amaury Vergara Zatarain, Kenya Vergara Zatarain, Uma Vergara Lerdo de Tejada, Valentina Vergara, and Mariaignacia Vergara.
Jorge Vergara with his widow, Rossana Lerdo de Tejada
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After the death of their father, the younger Vergara wrote:
We honor my father the way he always taught us with his example: working day in and day out, taking care of others and reaching our dreams.
Though Jorge is now far from the world, he has left enough for his family to live a lavish life. For now, his children are spending a proud life.
Until his death in 2019, Jorge Vergara accumulated a huge amount of money from his company, Grupo Omnilife. He had founded the company with a $10,000 borrowed money. However, the company now makes an annual sales of $4.2 Billion. As per various sources, he had an estimated net worth of $1.5 Billion before his death. He family must be using his amount and having a lavish life at present.
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Imphal, March 09: A specially designed seven coach train RED RIBBON EXPRESS will be arriving at Dimapur tommorrow morning, spreading awareness about HIV, promoting safe behavioural practices and fighting the stigma and descrimination aginst AIDS.
The RRE which was launched on December last year on the occassion of the World Aids Day by the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will travel across the country carrying HIV/AIDS prevention messages and will reach Dimapur at 4.30 am on Monday,announced Daman Ahuja, National Consultant RRE (NACO) during a press conference here today.
Elaborating about the RRE Ahuja told reporters that the train is a part of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, implemented by the NACO in partnership with NYK Sanghathan and the MInistry of Railways.
During the train's three days halt at Dimapur (April 10 to 12), nine sessions will be held on HIV/AIDS related issues followed by question and answer sessions.
Highlighting off site activities in Dimapur, 14 cultural troupes, six accompanying the RRE, six local troupe and two troupe of the Song and Drama Division, Manipur, Ministry of Inf.
and Broadcastig will fan out in eight groups after the train reaches Dimapur tommorrow morning.
The two cultural troupes from Manipur will travel in the bus caravan consisting of 2 large buses specifically designed for the purpose.
A formal RRE arrival function will be held at Dimapur Railway Station tomorrow.
After three days' halt, the train will leave for Tinsukhia on 13th March.