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located at Princeton Avenue & David Avenue
27 three-storey townhomes in 6 blocks
family floorplans from 3-5 bedrooms
private rooftop decks with breathtaking views
five community schools
short drive to Coquitlam Centre shopping
minutes from Pinecone Burke Provincial Park
A Home Among the Mountains
Coming soon to Coquitlam, 3535 Princeton is a collection of 27 executive townhomes with rooftop patios that provide a rare opportunity to enjoy outdoor entertaining from the privacy of your own home. Bordering Burke Mountain Creek and a protected green space, family living is made easy with 3-, 4- & 5-bedroom townhomes, boasting between 1,370 to 2,523 sq ft of open living space. Presenting a contemporary, yet familiar, West Coast design with sloping shingle roofs, homes are adorned in a palette of soft grey tones, while the front doors provide the homes with character through a splash of colour.
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Located in northeast Coquitlam, the area is home to many of southern BC's finest outdoor sites. Less than five minutes by car are Pinecone Burke Provincial Park—38,000 dazzling hectares of multi-use trails and stunning wildlife—Coquitlam River, Minnekhada Lookout, and the infamous Traboulay Trail. All the amenities of city life are within easy reach, with both Coquitlam Centre and Freemont Village a short drive away. But it's the city's vision to adopt the Partington Creek Community Plan that has residents of this mountainside community abuzz. This ambitious design will include a promenade, marketplace, regionally-inspired architecture, community amenities, and a commercial hub for shops, all set in a contemporary village setting. Families with children will be pleased to find the area is served by multiple schools.
Pricing for 3535 Princeton
The anticipated price range is from $829,900 to just over $1 million. Sign up to our VIP list above for priority access to 3535 Princeton updates.
Floor Plans for 3535 Princeton
All homes are family-sized with 13 3-bedrooms, eight 4-bedrooms, and six offering an optional fifth bedroom for secondary suite potential:
Plan A: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths + den; 2,377 – 2,420 sq ft
Plan B: 4/5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths; 2,348 – 2,375 sq ft
Plan C: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths; 1,494 – 1,522 sq ft
Plan D: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths; 1,331 sq ft
Plan D1: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths; 1,314 sq ft
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3535 Princeton Interiors
Spacious, open-concept layouts and oversized windows are the hallmarks of these interiors. Bathed in natural light, the main floor of these gorgeous homes feature a convenient powder room and wide plank flooring throughout, while their neutral colour palette works to accentuate a built-in entertainment centre and cozy fireplace.
Fitted with luxury Jenn-Air appliances, including a high-power hood fan and gas range, the gourmet kitchens are irresistible yet functional. Their design features a combination of shaker and flat-panel, soft-close cabinetry with a large-scale tile backsplash for easy cleanup and custom built island illuminated by soft light and wrapped in marble-inspired tile.
Upstairs find plush, textured carpeting leading into the master suite where, in addition to a walk-in shower designed with grey tinted frameless glass, many homes boast double sinks and a soaker tub on a pedestal. Heated by forced air heating, all homes come equipped with a high-efficiency furnace to deliver warm air throughout — making the home both environmentally friendly and cost-effective.
Amenities at 3535 Princeton
Each home includes a patio, balconies, laundry, rec room, and a stunning rooftop deck.
Two vehicle parking spaces are provided for each townhome, of which 23 units have double car garages and four units have tandem spaces in one garage. There are also five visitor stalls. Six homes have built-in bicycle storage.
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Developer Team for 3535 Princeton
Nordel Developments' journey began over three decades ago. A group of friends came together with a vision of building homes distinguished by superb quality and long-lasting value. They began constructing luxurious, single-family homes and quickly garnered a reputation for uncompromising quality and meticulous attention to detail. Expanding to include multi-family townhomes, Nordel Developments has since become one of the elite construction companies in the Lower Mainland, Alberta and Vancouver Island. Nordel Developments works closely with award-winning architects and designers to create beautiful and functional homes that reflect what's important for today's families and their bright futures.
Founded in 1972 by Carson Noftle, Focus Architecture has consistently served British Columbia's development community with high-quality design in the multiple-family, commercial, and religious sectors. Focus is a recognized leader in the development of innovative, yet pragmatic, solutions to all manner of design challenges, while respecting the realities of budget and schedule restraints. Client relationships are based on an ongoing dialogue about their goals and vision. This approach allows for informed decisions that provide directed solutions for each individual project. The result is a design that reflects the team's collective ambition, is firmly rooted in its community, and is guided by the realities of the construction marketplace.
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With the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend, the summer season is finally upon us, time to bring out your favorite Memorial Day gear and enjoy the long weekend.
Dressing for the Fourth of July holiday is pretty straight forward; just wear ample helpings of red, white and blue. Although there are endless ways to pair the colors, we wanted to share our favorite pairing this year with you.
With the end of winter in sight, there is still time to get some last wears out of some of the best pieces that can carry themselves both in winter and the early part of the spring.
An all black ensemble can sometimes be a bold one, however it is not for everyone's taste. The key to pulling off a successful all black, or almost all black, look is to mix different textures.
Throughout Skyfall, James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, went through numerous outfit changes, but one of the more underrated ensembles consisted of an olive green Barbour field jacket, dark brown corduroys, a blue crew neck sweater, and a dark brown knotted scarf.
Creating a monochromatic ensemble is one way to use a singular color palette without matching too much. We decided to center our outfit around both cool and warm toned browns.
Not excited about your fourth ugly Christmas sweater party of the season? Neither are we. As an alternative to those notorious sweaters we would like to showcase a more subdued, but equally festive, look.


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Episode 111: Thomas Cromwell, Boleyn Women, and Elizabeth I
Welcome to episode 111! We have another barn burner for you today: Tracy Borman returns to the show for a fourth visit, and this time we focus our chat on the man, the myth, the legend, Thomas Cromwell. Then on Ask the Expert, Elizabeth Norton returns to answer your questions about the Boleyn Women, and lastly I'll tell you a story about the final 1000 days of Elizabeth I's reign.
Dr. Tracy Borman – Thomas Cromwell: 0:00 – 38:06
Dr. Elizabeth Norton – The Boleyn Women: 38:06 – 57:58
A Brief History – The Last 1000 Days of Elizabeth I: 57:58 – 1:15:00
Show Notes: TudorsDynastyPodcast.com
Written by: Rebecca Larson, Steph Stohrer & Lissa Bryan
Voiced by: Rebecca Larson, Steph Stohrer, Dr. Tracy Borman & Dr. Elizabeth Norton
Produced by: Rebecca Larson & Steph Stohrer
Imaging by: Troy Larson (TroyLarsonCreative.com)
Pavana alla veneziana by Paul O'Dette, Composed by Joan Ambrosio Dalza
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Procession portrait of Elizabeth I of England c. 1601. Queen Elizabeth I preceded by the Knights of the Garter. From left: Edmund Sheffield, later Earl of Mulgrave; Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham and Lord Admiral; George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland; George Carey, Lord Hunsten; unknown knight, possibly Robert Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex; and Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, carrying the Sword of State. In the foreground is Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse. Of the four men carrying the canopy only the one in white on the far right has been identified: Worcester's eldest son, Lord Herbert. Source: Strong, Roy. Gloriana. Thames and Hudson, 1987, pp. 154-5.
Episode 110: The Black Prince, Royal Witches, and Anne Parr
Episode 112: Last Daughter of York, Boleyn Men, and Margaret Douglas

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» How to Best Promote Yourself: Which is the most effective social media platform to use?
We are currently spoilt for choice when it comes to using Social Media platforms.
We have access to an array of options, all which deliver the same if not very similar services with slight variations. So it can be difficult to determine which social media platform will be most effective for you. Particularly when it comes to growing your social presence.
1. What is the user base of each social media platform?
2. Where is the greatest reach?
3. Where is my target audience most engaged?
Has a very broad user base of people of all different ages, ethnicity and culture.
It's core users tend to be the younger generations, from millennial to young adults. It is a very open platform and it is common to connect to with anyone you come across. There is a very high usage from social media influencers as well as small (start up) brands.
Has a core user group of teenage millennials. They are engaged by the way the platform encourages a playful form of communication.
Has a very strong core user group of creative people. It's focus is on art, design, fashion, graphics, decorating. This has become a hub of inspiration for creative to use to generate ideas and concepts. Pinterest has users from all different ages and backgrounds, but around 81% of the platforms users are female.
Has a very large audience in the professional working sector. It is a platform for people in 'office jobs' that connect, look for talent, share new concepts and promote their businesses. It is very popular among young professionals but is of interest to all professionals of all ages and, gender and background.
There are over 1.9 billion monthly users of Facebook making it the largest social network in the world.
Facebook has cemented itself as a global brand. With it's vast number of users gives you unparalleled potential to reach people.
One of the hurdles many face when trying to gain exposure through this network is the fact that it is a closed network. Connections generally only happen between people with direct relationships. The platform was started as a place to share memories and connections with friends and loved ones and has remained so. So this means it may be difficult to attract people to follow or connect with you on this platform if you do not know them. This can stunt the growth any brand trying to become recognisable and grow influence on this platform.
Instagram is owned by Facebook. It has an estimated 700 million users worldwide, which it has doubled in the last two years.
Instagram is a very open network where you are able to view content from anyone, not only those that you follow that publish or share things. You can explore all the content that platform has to offer via its explore feature. You can browse the most recent posts of top people on the platform, search hashtags and find all posts related to it, search all posts in a specific location and you can even search names. This means that Instagram's potential reach is huge.
Has an estimated 166 million users worldwide and was growing at a rate of 50 million daily users a day. Its growth is slowing and its struggling to catch up with the likes of Facebook and Instagram.
Has an estimated 150 million users worldwide. It is a very broad and open network but proves quiet complicated to gain exposure. You need to create boards, contribute to others boards, use content from other boards, be endorsed by others. These things are necessary on the platform to grow but it can become quite complex and a lot of effort.
LinkedIn has an estimated 500 million users, ranging from large international corporations to small enterprises.
Engagement rates on Facebook are high due to the fact that it is a closed network. Content is usually shared among a closed community of people that know each other. These relationships usually form due to common interests or similarities.
The engagement rate in terms of likes, comments and shares is likely to be higher on Facebook.
Engagement rates on Instagram are relative and depends upon your level of influence. For example; if you have a high following you are likely to generate higher engagement as more people are likely to see it from your network. The algorithm prioritises content so your content will be more visible also.
If you use #hashtags and locations effectively, you can see higher levels of engagement than you may otherwise would. This can sometimes be very spammy and put users off thus having the opposite effective.
One problem with Instagram is "Binge engagement" which is very common. People will continuously "like" things that appear in their feed without taking much interest in it.
Engagement rates on Snapchat are one of the highest across all social media platforms.
Like Facebook, this is because it is a closed network. Those that interact with each other already are likely people with a relationship or very similar interests. Snapchat has a very personal element to it where things are direct between user to user, thus creating higher engagement levels.
Interestingly among its user group, Snapchat is often the preferred method of interacting with one another. Rather than SMS, Instant Messaging services and other social media platforms.
Engagement is very high on Pinterest as the quality of content is very high! It is has beautiful, well crafted or designed things that are aesthetically pleasing and generate high levels of user engagement. It is also become a platform for inspiration that helps contribute to high levels of engagement.
Engagement on LinkedIn isn't as high as other platforms. It is like many, a closed network where you can only see content published or shared by those you follow. But it is also quite closed in the sense of engaging with only things that are of interest to your field of work. What has become a common practice on LinkedIn is that users aim to build up a profile that is relevant and influential in line with their industry of work. This narrows user engagement even further.


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Alyssa Thomas, Maryland bounced in ACC tourney quarters
Alyssa Thomas
Brenda Frese
Crystal Langhorne
By Aaron Beard - Associated Press - Saturday, March 8, 2014
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Alyssa Thomas wasn't in position to appreciate setting Maryland's career scoring record, not after the No. 8 Terrapins' quick exit from their final Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Thomas scored 24 points to set the program record midway through the second half of Friday's 73-70 loss to No. 13 North Carolina in the quarterfinals. The 6-foot-2 senior is now 12 away from passing Juan Dixon for the most points by a men's or women's player heading into her final NCAA tournament.
She just couldn't quite lead the Terrapins' second-half comeback, missing two shots and committing a turnover in the final 90 seconds of a tight game.
Afterward, the three-time ACC player of the year said it was an honor but also "something I'm not really thinking about."
Her coach, Brenda Frese, was in a better position to appreciate the significance of Thomas passing Crystal Langhorne, who was on Frese's 2006 NCAA championship team.
"I know she's not going to appreciate it right now because of the competitor and winner that she is," Frese said. "She would turn all of that away to get that win. But yeah, absolutely. I mean, (after) everything that she's meant to our program, to our university, and it's only fitting for her to be the all-time leading scorer at Maryland."
For North Carolina, Diamond DeShields scored 22 points while fellow freshman Allisha Gray added 17.
Xylina McDaniel added 10 points for the sixth-seeded Tar Heels (24-8), who led all but 5 seconds but still had to fight to put away the Big Ten-bound Terrapins (24-6) in what turned out to be their final ACC game.
UNC advanced to Saturday's semifinals to play No. 10 Duke.
The Tar Heels led by 11 at halftime but missed their final 10 shots and went the final 5:27 without a field goal. Still, they did just enough to hang on and earn a shot at a three-game sweep of the rival Blue Devils this season.
Maryland closed UNC's lead with back-to-back of baskets from Lexie Brown before Thomas hit a pullup jumper to make it 71-70 with 1:35 left.
But going 1-on-1 against McDaniel in the final minute, she bobbled the dribble near the foul line and lost the ball, with a tie-up during a scramble giving the jump ball to North Carolina with 17.8 seconds left.
Brittany Rountree hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to push the margin back to three, then Thomas missed a straightaway 3 for the tie in the final seconds. Brionna Jones got the rebound and was fouled with 2.5 seconds left, but she missed the first free throw to set up an intentional miss on the second that UNC's Danielle Butts rebounded to seal the win.
Maryland fans knew this would be their last trip to the Greensboro Coliseum before the school's Big Ten departure in July. Before the game, several Terrapins fans held up a sign that read "Thank you Greensboro," where they won the 2009 and 2012 ACC tournament titles under Frese.
It turned out their final stay here ended up being much shorter than they expected thanks largely to the Tar Heels' talented freshman duo.
DeShields went 9 for 20 and hit two 3-pointers in 37 minutes.
Gray didn't play in the second half of Thursday's second-round win against Wake Forest after she hit her head on the court while being fouled shortly before halftime. She started Friday night and missed her first four shots before finishing 6 for 12 with two 3-pointers.
Thomas hit a pullup jumper at the 11:19 mark to break Langhorne's program record of 2,247 career points.


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November 23, 2018 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday November 16, 2018
The Brutal Reality Of Brexit
Theresa May's chickens are coming home to roost. The deal she agreed with Brussels is unravelling fast, and her premiership along with it. So far, seven of her ministers have resigned. Letters calling for her replacement are pouring in to the powerful chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee: once he receives 48 letters, there could be a vote of confidence in her leadership, and perhaps a leadership challenge. Other Tories are calling for a second referendum. Meanwhile, the Labour party is slavering at the possibility of an early General Election. The political crisis that has been simmering since 2016 has erupted with a vengeance.
The political fallout from Mrs. May's latest attempt to square the Brexit circle is understandable. Her Brexit deal is horrible. It would lock the UK into a "frozen Brexit", neither in the EU nor completely out of it. The U.K. would be forced to accept EU decisions over which it would have no say, and continuing to contribute to the EU budget despite no longer being a member. It would also be unable to enact its own trade deals with the rest of the world until the freeze ended. And it would be unable to end the freeze unilaterally.
The idea is that this "frozen Brexit" would initially be only for a transitional period ending in December 2020, when it would be superseded by a free trade agreement. But the proposal allows this date to be extended, if necessary for decades, if no free trade agreement is negotiated. And if the transition ends without a free trade agreement, then the entire U.K. would remain in a customs union with the EU indefinitely, but Northern Ireland would have a closer relationship with the EU than the rest of the U.K.
For Brexiters and Remainers alike, this is the worst of all possible solutions. But horrible though it is, this deal satisfies the conditions set by Mrs. May in her Lancaster House speech. It also satisfies the EU's conditions. No other proposal achieves this. It is, therefore, the best deal available. The U.K. Government has struck a deal that allows Britain to have its cake and eat it – but the cake tastes so disgusting that no-one wants to eat it. (Source: Forbes)
Posted in: International	Tagged: Brexit, diplomacy, EU, Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Theresa May, Trade, UK
March 29, 2017 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday March 30, 2017
Scotland to press on with referendum
Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to press on with a fresh independence referendum after dismissing Theresa May's promise of substantial new powers for Scotland Brexit.
The first minister said May's decision to trigger article 50 on Wednesday, beginning the UK's divorce from the EU, was one of the most destructive acts by a British leader in modern history, threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs across the UK.
Writing for the Guardian, Sturgeon said the decision was dispiriting, economically foolhardy and constitutionally reckless, threatening stability in Northern Ireland. It also undermined European efforts to combat climate change and collective security, she said.
"Brexit – especially the hard Brexit shaped by May's inability to shake off the agenda of the Ukip-tinged right wing of her own party – threatens to be an act of self-harm on a scale barely understood," she said.
She accused May of paying only superficial attention to the Scottish government's demands for a special deal on the single market, opening up further conflicts with the UK government over the benefits Scotland could gain from Brexit.
"The result is that we must now ensure that people in Scotland are given a choice between the hard Brexit deal now being negotiated, and independence," she said.
Just as the prime minister told MPs at Westminster she had formally triggered article 50, Sturgeon had received a letter from David Davis, the UK Brexit secretary, insisting his government was engaging seriously with Sturgeon's proposals.
Neither government would release Davis's letter but it is understood that he told Sturgeon he was disappointed that she had launched her claim for an independence referendum before she saw the full extent of the new powers on offer once EU laws and regulations were repatriated. (Source: The Guardian)
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Friday March 3, 2017
March 2, 2017 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday March 3, 2017
Subway defends its chicken after CBC Marketplace report
Subway stands behind its chicken.
The sandwich chain is disputing the findings of a CBC Marketplace investigation into fast food chicken. While most of the samples were found to contain close to 100 per cent chicken DNA, Subway sandwiches contained substantially less than the other chains. Tests showed an average of 53.6 per cent chicken DNA for the oven-roasted chicken and 42.8 per cent for the chicken strips.
The story has garnered worldwide attention, and raised questions about how much chicken should be in a chicken sandwich.
Subway says the report was "absolutely false and misleading," and demanded it be retracted. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the chain says its sandwiches contain 100 per cent white meat with seasonings, although the ingredient list it provided to CBC News lists soy protein as a component of the company's chicken.
Marketplace stands by its report and is releasing the Subway test results as well as additional detail about the methodology and investigation. (Continued: CBC News)
Posted in: Canada	Tagged: Canada, consumer, Fast food, food, food truck, Haggis, quality, restaurants, Scotland, Subway
Editorial Cartooning 101
September 24, 2014 by Graeme MacKay
Post by The Hamilton Spectator.
Refresher on Editorial Cartooning 101
Last week I drew a cartoon in advance of the day the world was to find out the results of the referendum on Scottish independence. Of course, no one knew how the final numbers would turn out, but the pollsters said it was to be close. The choice for me therefore was to draw something that would work with either a yes or no victory. There was an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the cartoon, as one can tell from this particular forum for outrage, yet with all the thumbs down communicated to me through social media, I'm still not clear why this cartoon is so repulsive to so many.
Independence movements come in many forms. The ones I depicted of cheery folk in traditional garb are looked mostly upon as romanticized rebels who've sought their aims mostly through democratic or civil disobedience means. Many of the causes the cute characters represent have compatriots who've used the violent tactics to make their points known, in the form of letter bombs, kidnapping, and assassinations, as well as other means not much different from the kind ISIS uses this day to achieve their so called 'Caliphate'.
Despite my given name I've never been supportive of Scottish Independence for my ancestral homeland, and I've always believed Quebec should always belong to my native Canada. I'm repulsed by the notion of ultra nationalism and, if anything, I hoped my cartoon would have conveyed caution to those blinded by jingoism and radicalism.
I assume, I guess, that some reacted rather negatively to this cartoon because they expected a bit of giggle at the end. Yes, cartoons often end that way and my cartoons are better known for using humorous satire as opposed to shock.
Perhaps readers didn't appreciate having their emotions jostled by a cartoon?
Did some anticipating a yes victory wake up to the reality of a no vote only to find a cartoon referencing Scottish independence with the lunacy of statehood sought by ISIS?
Did readers think the now familiar image of an ISIS terrorist about to commit murder was terrible gag using a poor word play on 'separation'.
I don't expect people to always agree with my cartoons, or for anyone's cartoon for that matter. However, I do wish people would have a better understanding of what we editorial cartoonists do and what the point of an editorial cartoon is. I wish people would take more than 6.5 seconds to actually view and process the images we draw before leaping to conclusions. Editorial cartoons are often funny, but they can also be quite pointed by provoking thought, anger or even sadness with its audiences.
Given how several demanded the cartoon be removed from the Spec.com, and the odd one, rather ironically, wanted editors to metaphorically lob my head off as a punishment for this cartoon, I wonder how conscious some readers are of rights to expression we apparently enjoy in our free world.
Posted in: Cartooning	Tagged: editorial cartooning, Feedback, nationalism, Scotland
By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday September 19, 2014
European Integration Emboldens Europe's Separatists
Scotland's referendum has galvanized national movements across Europe. The irony is that this has been made possible in part by the European Union, for decades the driver of economic and political integration across a once war-torn continent.
In the past week, Edinburgh has been like a magnet for politicians across Europe who regard their regions as nations. Representatives from Wales, the Basque Country, Flanders, Catalonia, Galicia, Corsica, Sardinia and Friesland visited the Scottish capital.
They have been emboldened in part by the safety net that the EU is perceived to offer to small countries. The institution that was created to make national borders irrelevant may perversely play a role in creating new ones.
Even as voters in many European countries register growing dissatisfaction with the EU, membership offers smaller nationalities the hope of separation with a minimum of disruption.
Today, "separatism has a spring in its step," says Charles Grant, director of the London-based Centre for European Reform.
Europe's borders have already fractured in the last 20 years. With the exception of Czechoslovakia, which split in 1993, these changes have been born out of the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
What is seducing nationalists these days is what Michael Desch, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, calls the prospect of Velvet Divorce: a gentle segue into an independent state while preserving membership of institutions like the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and retaining the same currency.
But governments across the continent have viewed developments in the U.K. with growing alarm, as support for Scottish independence appeared to strengthen. Europe's other capitals, surprised that London has appeared to sleepwalk into a potential constitutional crisis, are unlikely to succumb meekly to the phenomenon.
Their reaction, should Scotland become independent, will be instructive. Scottish Nationalists have portrayed Scottish membership of the EU as a foregone conclusion, suggesting it would be waved into the bloc with little fuss. (Source: Wall Street Journal)
In my lifelong reading of The Spectator, I've never been shocked by a cartoon until now. The editorial cartoon of Friday, Sept. 19 was funny to a point. That point was the last cell of the multi-celled cartoon. The real life events upon which it was based are horrible. The Spectator doesn't need to embed these events, even more, into the Zeitgeist by depicting them as the punch line of a cartoon. It was insensitive, tasteless and thoughtless. You went too far. — B. Kish, Hamilton
Insensitive cartoon disappointing – September 22, 2014: Sorry, Graeme MacKay. I'm really disappointed but that was as insensitive as anything you've ever done. I only hope and pray that no family members of these victims ever lay eyes on it. — Virginia Coombs, Stoney Creek
Untimely and tasteless trash – September 23, 2014: I was beginning to think cartoonist Graeme MacKay's work was showing some maturity. After a brief break, some of his concepts were starting to display some intelligence. However, we seem to be back to stuff that portrays the lack of sensitivity and taste that have been his mark in the past. The cartoon Scotland's Influence Endures is pathetic and the portrayal of an ISIS executioner with a knife at the throat of a prisoner, especially now when people are totally sickened by what has happened to these poor victims, is obscene. It is hard to believe that The Spectator would publish such untimely and tasteless trash. — Roy Coombs, Simcoe
Scottish cartoon went too far with ISIS – September 24, 2014: I am totally disgusted by the editorial cartoon that appeared in The Spectator on Sept. 19. I cannot stomach anything that would include Scotland and ISIS in the same reference. Is this supposed to be funny or witty? What part of a drawing showing someone being beheaded is in keeping with decency? In this case, cartoonist Graeme MacKay has offended many. It is indefensible that your paper can continue to publish his work. — David McIntyre, Hamilton
Commentary by Graeme MacKay
Last week the above cartoon in advance of the day the world was to find out the results of the referendum on Scottish independence. Of course, no one knew how the final numbers would turn out, but the pollsters said it was to be close. The choice for me therefore was to draw something that would work with either a yes or no victory. There was an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the cartoon (see above), yet with all the thumbs down communicated to me through social media, I'm still not clear why this cartoon is so repulsive to so many… continued
Posted in: International	Tagged: Basque, editoral cartoon, England, Flemish, Great Britain, Independence, Ireland, Isis, Quebec, Scotland, separatism, UK, Wales


Em Stafrace| Just a Girl with Ideas: ATC MADNESS & 1 PUBLICATION!
ATC MADNESS & 1 PUBLICATION!
Its been a wonderful weekend starting with friday and discovering I have one of my Layouts accepted for publication in Scrapbook Creations, look out for Issue 88 in the Quick Grabs section 'Splattered in Paint' you'll see mine titled 'King of Frowns'.
Well after a month long break from doing my stylist work I am back at Scrapboutique having fun and gearing up for a busy next few months. This months 'Monthly Challenge' fell with me, and its all about Peace, Love and Flowers. September 21st is International Day of Peace and with Spring upon us I decided to set a challenge all about these two things.
Here's my Criteria and example LO, so if your interested in having some challenging fun this month pop into the Boutique and join us.
I've also been doing some more of my fave little pretties,those irresistible ATC's. One left me a little stumped for awhile the theme was 'POO, yes you read correctly, quite a laugh really and but thats all in the name of art and Miss Alyssa from Full Sleeve Swaps is hilarious, love it girlfriend! lol.
I love what you have done for SB..I have been so MIA with that lately there.. I really must make an effort and scrap..
That is fantastic Em, congrats!! So happy to see your lovely face at the boutique again!! Mwah!!!


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Asphyxia is the most common cause of brain injury at birth. Just like the word "asphyxia" suggests, asphyxia in the birthing process happens when the unborn baby does not get enough oxygen through the baby's lifeline: the umbilical cord, which is connected to the placenta (which is the trading post between the baby's blood and the mother's blood), which is attached to the mother's uterus.
During labor and delivery, doctors and nurses watch the baby's heartbeat on the electronic fetal monitor for any warning signs that a baby is at risk for asphyxia. If the fetal monitor shows a pattern of slow-downs in the baby's heart rate late in the contraction or variably during the contraction, this can be a sign of a problem.
The top bar graph is the baby's heart rate. Normal is a range from 120 to 160 beats per minute. On the graph, each horizontal box represents 10 seconds, and the slightly darker lines show one minute. Each vertical box represents a change in heart rate of 10 beats per minute. This baby's heart rate on this strip ranges from about 120 to 160 beats per minute, completely normal.
The bottom graph shows the strength of the mother's uterine contractions. When the line gets near the bottom, the uterus is relaxed. In determining if a baby is under distress, it is important to look for drops in the baby's heart rate – decelerations – in connection with the timing of the uterine contractions. There are three basic types of decelerations: early, late and variable.
Early Decelerations: Early decelerations (decels) have a gradual drop in the baby's heart rate with the onset of the drop occurring with the onset of a contraction. The U-shape of the early decel mirrors the upside-down-U shape of the contraction. An early deceleration is entirely normal and is not associated with lack of oxygen to the baby.
Late Decelerations: Late decelerations are like early decels except for their timing: the start of a late deceleration occurs after the start of the contraction. Late decelerations can mean the baby is not getting enough oxygen from the mother's placenta. The size and depth of a late decel is not the key, because even subtle late decels can be worrisome. As the contraction builds, blood flow through the placenta is diminished, leaving the baby to rely on its own reserves. When reserves are inadequate, the baby's heart rate decreases and a late decel occurs. After the contraction ends, normal blood flow usually resumes and the heart rate recovers.
Variable Decelerations: Variable decels can occur before, during, or after a contraction, or when no contraction is present (nonperiodic). It is characterized by an abrupt drop in the baby's heart rate, followed by an abrupt return to baseline. Variable decels can vary in size, timing, depth and duration. Also, atypical variable decelerations can occur, which are more diagnostic of a fetus at risk.
Variable decelerations go with cord compression. The duration of the decel may be tied to the period of time that the cord is compressed. When the umbilical cord is compressed, it causes an increase in fetal blood pressure, reduces oxygen supply to the baby, and activates responses in the baby's brain which result in a decrease in heart rate and the development of variable decelerations. As hypoxia becomes prolonged, the decelerations may become deeper and last longer.
"Beat-to-beat" variability: Another important hallmark of baby well-being on a fetal monitor strip is the "beat-to-beat variability" – bounciness — of the baby's heart rate. (This is also called "short-term variability" in the current nomenclature of obstetricians.) The fetal heart rate varies from one beat to the next, because two branches of the nervous system control changes in the heart rate. The sympathetic branch is constantly trying to speed up the heart, while the parasympathetic branch is trying to counteract this by slowing the heart. These beat-to-beat changes are referred to as variability. Normally, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems have equal opposite effects on the heart rate, resulting in a consistently variable heart rate pattern. When the equilibrium is altered, accelerations and decelerations may occur. Further, the reduction or cessation of oxygen flow to the brain can lead to a decrease or loss of variability. This shows on the fetal monitor strip by the baby's heart rate becoming less bouncy and more flat, with little change from beat to beat.
The next slide shows a prolonged deceleration in the baby's heart rate, down to as low as 80 beats per minute, while at the same time the mother's uterus is not completely relaxing between contractions. (This is also known as uterine hyperstimulation.) The gaps show that the monitor is frequently failing to pick up the signal from the baby's heart. This baby went on to suffer profound brain injury because the mother's uterus ruptured and all oxygen to the baby was lost for a number of minutes. The nurse-midwife was trying to have the mother undergo a vaginal delivery after a prior caesarean section ("VBAC" – vaginal birth after caesarean).
post-dated pregnancy (baby is overdue).
These tests are used to gather information about whether the baby is healthy enough to withstand the stresses of labor and whether the baby might benefit from early delivery.
Hypertension (high blood pressure) occurs in almost one in ten pregnancies. Pregnancy may induce hypertension or aggravate a woman's pre-existing hypertensive condition. When a woman develops pregnancy-induced or aggravated hypertension, the pregnancy may continue to term. However, the risk of maternal or fetal death or injury increases in pregnancies complicated by hypertension. The condition may lead to fetal growth retardation, premature birth, and uteroplacental insufficiency (an insufficient environment for the baby because of loss of blood flow from the uterus to the placenta), which can diminish the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus and cause fetal distress.
An obstetrician may respond to these potential complications by checking the mother's blood pressure at more frequent intervals, hospitalizing the mother for testing and observation, initiating drug therapy, ordering laboratory tests, or terminating the pregnancy.
Hypertensive conditions of pregnancy are classified by when the hypertension is diagnosed and what other clinical findings accompany it. For example, when the patient develops high blood pressure before becoming pregnant, or is diagnosed before the 20th week, the condition is called chronic hypertension. This may be mild or severe, depending on the blood pressure measurement. Patients who have chronic hypertension are at increased risk for developing more serious complications at a later stage of the pregnancy.
If the patient develops hypertension after the 20th week, the condition is called pregnancy-induced hypertension. If hypertension is accompanied by excess protein in the urine (proteinuria), or swelling (edema) of the limbs or the face (caused by fluid retention), or both, obstetricians refer to it as pre-eclampsia. Proteinuria is usually detected by a dipstick reading at the prenatal visit. Although it is not routinely done, a 24-hour total protein urine test can be performed when the obstetrician wants a more reliable indicator of the problem.
Edema is the least significant indicator of a worsening hypertensive condition, because it is a normal finding in many pregnancies. However, edema of the hands and face is significant when hypertension is present and is accompanied by excessive weight gain.
The signs of elevated blood pressure, proteinuria, and edema are important not only in diagnosing preeclampsia, but also in determining the severity of the disease. Therefore, the patient's blood pressure, urine, and weight gain should be checked at each prenatal visit. Other clinical findings that indicate a rapidly worsening situation are visual disturbances, ranging from slight blurring to partial or complete blindness; severe headaches; and right upper abdominal pain.
Preeclampsia is life-threatening when several factors combine to produce a condition known as the HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count). Another life-threatening complication, called eclampsia, arises when preeclampsia is accompanied by convulsions (seizures). Either of these may require the prompt delivery of the baby, regardless of the stage of pregnancy, to protect the mother.
There is no cure for preeclampsia other than ending the pregnancy. However, even though adverse maternal consequences usually can be avoided by an early delivery, the baby may be compromised. The obstetrician must balance the benefits to the baby of treating the preeclampsia and prolonging the pregnancy against the risks of growth retardation and asphyxia, as well as the risks to the mother. The doctor must know the baby's age accurately to know how safe it is to plan an early delivery.
The key questions for a lawyer investigating a birth injury case focus on how the doctor and nurses responded to the testing of the baby and the mother, how good the monitoring was, whether the mother needed early hospitalization or more testing, and how much sense the overall plan made in light of changing circumstances for baby or mother.
Preventing or minimizing brain swelling.
In assessing the cause of a baby's brain injury, it is often important to consult with specialists in pediatric neurology and neonatology to answer whether and to what extent pre-birth or post-birth events contributed to the baby's injuries.
If a family member has suffered a serious, permanent injury related to childbirth, you may want to talk to a lawyer. We provide free consultations to help determine if you have a valid medical negligence case that should be pursued. If you have already consulted with another lawyer or are in the process of doing so, we can offer information about how to evaluate whether you have obtained the right lawyer for your case.


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Q: WPF datagridtextcolumn - always show textbox By default the WPF datagridtext appears as a label and enters an edit state upon clicking. Is there a way to modify the column so that the textbox is always visible (instead of depending on the click event)?
Thanks in advance,
JP

A: I updated my answer based on your clarification in your comment. You can set the template yourself for cells. Below is a sample where the age column uses textblocks.
XAML:
<Window x:Class="GridTest.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls;assembly=WPFToolkit"
    Height="300" Width="300">
    <StackPanel>
        <Controls:DataGrid Name="dataGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="False" >
            <Controls:DataGrid.Columns>
                <Controls:DataGridTextColumn
                    Header="Name"
                    Binding="{Binding Path=Name}" />
                <Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Age">
                    <Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Age}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <TextBox Text="{Binding Path=Age}" />
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
                </Controls:DataGridTemplateColumn>
            </Controls:DataGrid.Columns>
        </Controls:DataGrid>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

Code behind:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;

namespace GridTest
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            dataGrid.ItemsSource = new List<Person>(
                new Person[]
                {
                    new Person("Bob", 30),
                    new Person("Sally", 24),
                    new Person("Joe", 17)
                });
        }
    }

    public class Person
    {
        public String Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }

        public Person(String name, int age)
        {
            Name = name;
            Age = age;
        }
    }
}


Cozy Corner Stories is an ongoing and longstanding program that takes place at the Morinville Community Library on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Cozy corner host and library staff member Margaret Meetsma said the program utilizes books in English and in French.
For more information on Cozy Corner stories and other library programs visit MorinvilleLibrary.ca.


Sandy Barnard is not only an expert on all things Custer & the Indian Wars, he and his wife Betty are two of the nicest people you would ever meet.
I have all of Sandy's books, and they are a pleasure to read, as well as superb reference tools for the serious researcher.
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ROUND OFF EPIC TRUE MUSIC TOUR WITH TWO MASSIVE EVENTS IN SPAIN
After traversing the globe celebrating and supporting artists from different cities, Ballantine's and Boiler Room's first True Music tour came to an epic close in March 2017 in Madrid with an incredible live show and the launch of the first True Music Forum.
Building on a three-year partnership between Ballantine's and Boiler Room, this first True Music project enlisted critically acclaimed DJ and producer Maya Jane Coles ahead of her highly anticipated double album out this year, and toured South Africa and Russia before culminating in Spain.
A first for Ballantine's, Boiler Room and the whisky category, the True Music Forum gathered some of the world's most informed and respected names in music to interrogate and debate the industry's uncertain future through a day of panels, workshops and talks. With the likes of Mirik Milan, the Night Mayor of Amsterdam; DJ Fra, head booker at Barcelona's Nista Club; and Georgia Taglietti, Head of Communication for Sónar festival taking the stage, the event drew guests and representatives from 13 markets and saw a further 85,128 from 68 countries tune into the live steams.
It was followed by the largest True Music show to-date which featured some of the biggest global and local DJs hand-picked by Maya to play in a back-to-back special which saw almost one million (953,967) people tune in live from 139 countries around the world.
Maya Jane Coles said of the experience: "It's been a crazy few months travelling around the world for the Ballantine's and Boiler Room True Music project. I've met and worked with some super inspiring artists along the way who all share the same passion for creating music as I do."
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In the present investigation hybridization has been employed for the development of some submergence tolerant high yielding lines. Fifty diverse paddy genotypes were screened for submergence tolerance in low land submerged field condition at Calcutta University Experimental Farm, Baruipur, West Bengal, India in 2010 where water level was more than 50 cm at least for two weeks in the vegetative stage of crop growth. Four submergence tolerant genotypes namely Mahananda, Nagalmuda, Purnendu, Lakshmikajal and one susceptible genotypes namely Sonom were taken for the crossing programme and Mahananda x Nagalmuda, Nagalmuda x Purnendu, Lakshmikajal x Purnendu and Mahananda x Sonom crosses were made in 2011. The parents were selected on the basis of seed yield/plant. Crossing success varied from 6.25-8.33%. The F1 seeds were grown in the kharif season of the 2012 under submergence condition. Some promising plants were selected from F1. They were referred as F2 lines. The F2 lines were sown in the kharif season of 2013 in three replications at submergence prone areas of Calcutta University Experimental Farm, Baruipur, West Bengal, India, in which water level was more than 50 cm at least for 14 days. Total of seven F2 individual were selected from the four different cross. Six individuals produced very high seed yield per plant than their respective control. Two individual in particular derived from the cross of Mahananda and Nagalmuda appear to be most outstanding because of their high seed yield performances. So these selections have an outstanding scope to introduce as submergence tolerant lines in future breeding programme under low land submergence prone field area of West Bengal and Eastern India.


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Baptist World Alliance® is a fellowship of 228 conventions and unions in 122 countries comprising 42 million members in 177,000 churches. They are committed to:
Promoting worship, fellowship and unity
Nurturing the passion for mission and evangelism
Responding to human need through relief and sustainable community development
Defending human rights and justice
Promoting relevant theological reflection
The NABWU President, along with the other members of the BWA Women's Department Executive Board, is a member of the BWA General Council which meets annually in various areas of the world to determine resolutions and to advance the cause of the Baptist World Alliance. The Baptist World Alliance puts on a Congress every five years. In 2020 it will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Baptist World Alliance Women's Department
The Baptist World Alliance Women's Department connects Baptist women from around the world. It is made up of seven continental groupings. North American Baptist Women's Union is the North American branch of the BWA Women's Department and the NABWU President is one of the Vice Presidents that make up the Women's Department Executive Board. This board meets annually just before the BWA General Council meets, in the same location.
Back row: Yvonne Pitter—VP of Caribbean Baptist Women (from Jamaica), Amelia Gavidi-VP of Southwest Pacific Baptist Women (from Fiji), Sara Mendoza de Barrios—VP of Latin American Women (from Venezuela), Ksenija Magda—President of BWA Women's Department (from Croatia), Kathy James—secretary-treasurer (from USA), Aniko Ujvari—VP of European Baptist women (from Hungary)
Front row: Moreen Sharp-VP of North Amercian women (from Canada), Precy Caronongan—VP of Asian Baptist Women (from Philippines), Joina Dhlula-VP of Baptist Women of Africa (Zimbabwe)
Every five years, the Women's Department puts on a Women's Conference which is open to all Baptist women. It was held in Johannesburg, South Africa in July of 2015. Plan to attend our next Women's Conference in Rio in 2020!
North American Baptist Fellowship (NABF)
While NABWU is the North American branch of the BWA Women's Department, North American Baptist Fellowship (NABF) is the North American branch of the Baptist World Alliance. The mission of NABF has two focuses:
To promote fellowship and collaboration among Baptists in North America.
To further the aims and objectives of the Baptist World Alliance so far as these affect the life of Baptist churches in North America.
The NABWU President represents you and your voice on the NABF Executive Committee.


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Former U.S. Defense Secretaries Warn Against a Military Coup
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The Five Eyes See 'Every Corner of the Globe'
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The FBI, the Law, and the Growing Threat of Trump Terrorism
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Paradigm Shift by Pandemic
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December 14, 2020December 14, 2020by Deep State News BlogIn 2020 ElectionBlogCounterterrrorismFBINews
Jeff Stein at SpyTalk on the release of two Trumpster terror suspects in Washington DC. Had their names been Ahmed and Fatima, with family connections in, say, Lebanon, they almost certainly would have been held for further investigation. But their case, like so many others involving armed white pro-Trump extremists over the past four years,...
September 9, 2020September 23, 2020by Deep State News BlogIn BlogNews
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Last month, Russ Travers, the former head of the National Counterterrorism Center, told Yahoo News he would not be surprised if right-wing domestic terrorist groups stage attacks in the United States around this November's presidential election. Now POLITICO reports that a draft Department of Homeland Security reports that "white supremacists" pose the biggest terrorist threat...
September 11, 2019September 19, 2020by Jefferson MorleyIn ArticlesBlogMore StoriesODNI
Trump's Acting DNI: Since 9/11, Domestic Terrorists Have Killed More Americans Than Islamists
Joseph Maguire, the Acting Director of National Intelligence, says that in the 18 years since the 9/11 attacks, domestic terrorists have killed more Americans than foreign-born. President Trump chose Maguire, a former admiral and head of the National Counterterrorism Center, as acting chief of the U.S. intelligence community last month. Trump's first choice, Texas congressman...
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I was surfing around, looking for any online deals for Christmas when I came across more recent SG-1 covers.
Now, I'd only seen the old covers, so the redesign to these gave me a shock. But they are neat. They have more of a sleek, stream-lined feel, and a sci-fi edge.
I'm all for collect-them-all, but I am so burnt by this franchise. I feel like it became all about the money to TPTB a long time ago.
Oh yeah. I stopped with this franchise ages ago. I will always love me some classic SG-1, but I don't need new covers or new extras or anything. I don't watch the new show either. It lost its heart and soul ages ago.
I don't want to give that franchise any more money. I haven't even bought the tenth season of SG-1.
Me neither. One of my friends wanted to get me season 10 for my birthday a few years ago, but I told her not to bother. My heart just isn't in it anymore.
Oh wow. That is pretty awesome looking. I'm kinda burnt out on Stargate now, though. The only way I'd buy anything new is if they released gag reels from the early seasons (although I know that's basically impossible), just 'cause I'm a sucker for behind-the-scenes stuff.
Every so often I like to watch the classic season reruns on SciFi or my old DVDs, but I'm not as into it as I used to be.
I'm the same. I still love the old episodes, but I'm not into it anymore. It happens.
Though, my SG-1 love was mainly eroded by the direction the show took in the later seasons. I know many disagree with me, and that's fine, but I could only try to convince myself for so long. It's the early seasons I can still look back fondly on.
It's a good question and my answer for it does change. I sort of see SG-1 in three stages.
I enjoyed S5-7. Season 8 was pretty awful, but if I would have ended it, I would have ended it there. I liked how they ended on a team note.
There were aspects of Season 9 and 10 I liked, but they strayed too far from the basis of the show. The actors seemed to not really be offering their best performances. And it just didn't make much sense - so much tell and not enough show.
If you watch the series as a whole, you can see a definite decline.
This was my fave show ever until SPN surplanted it.
I have the same feelings with this show. I found the early seasons (1-4) to be pretty solid and interesting, where the character felt real and the stories were intriguing. The mythology didn't bog down the series.
In season 5-7, they allowed themselves to experiment more and some of my fave eps of the series come from this time. (Same with SG-1, actually.) However, the characters started to loosen up too much where I started seeing more of the actors than the characters.
S8-9, not my thing. I watched S8 and I rather enjoyed Doggett but S9 was so bad (in my eyes) that I quit and only came back for the finale.
How about you? You brushed upon it in your comment.
Well, I started watching the x-files in season 6, so that really set my view of the show. It's what hooked me. I don't know if I would have gotten hooked on it for the myth-arc- I never really liked it- but on the other hand, I started watching at a point where it was pretty obvious that that the myth-arc was never going anywhere.But what I did like was the brilliant mix of horror and humor, and the easy, comfortable relationship between the leads. You know, two people who knew each other really well- both the strengths and the weaknesses- and who have gone through so much together that there's this solid if unspoken trust and reliance between them.
So basically, I really loved every season up until 8, minus the myth-arc episodes. Season 8 was bad. Season 9....was not as good as the the others, but better than 8. And it had some decent episodes of its own, though lesser. I liked the follow up to "The Lone Gunmen" though the ending was kind of petty. I also liked the episode in which Burt Reynolds is God.
Season 6 is my favorite, so to speak. It's not anything about it in particular, it just contains a lot of my favorite episodes.
And ditto on SG-1. Some of my favorite episodes too are in that season 5-7 period. Though I do think that the earlier seasons were a bit stronger. 8 and 9 were just sad, though I do love Ben Browder, and I liked Vala as a foil for Daniel.
I definitely think when you jump into a show can pattern how you view the show.
With X-Files, I started in S1, gave up after a bad episode, but came back in S2. So I watched it as it aired for most of the series. My fave seasons are easily S1-4. But some of my fave episodes aired in S5 and S6.
I started watching SG-1 in S7, but I was watching the reruns at the same time. S4 in reruns is what hooked me, so I have a fondness for it. I do love the early seasons best, though.
I wish I could have liked Vala. I hate her character, LOL. I really liked Cameron though. And Ben Browder is mighty fine to look at.
Funny, with Smallville, another show I watch, the show was pretty good in the early seasons, became remarkably terrible in its middle seasons, and I find it once again very strong and compelling in its final season. But that might be the nature of a show where you know how it ends.
I love this season of SPN, too. I mean, it's not perfect, but I'm interested in seeing where they go with it. And hell, they seem to have discovered a good balance with plot progression. There's actual forward momentum, and resolution of smaller mysteries before they go on to the next one.
I'll be happy when we get regular Sam back, but I have to admit that now that Souless!Sam is out of the closet, I kinda like him. (Maybe it's just my allergy to angst).
Mmm... those would look so much better on my shelves than those ugly big boxes. I wish they'd designed them like that in the first place!
They look so sleek and polished, yes? The old ones are so bulky.


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In January 2014 we had the idea of mountain biking somewhere else than our home trails. Since 2010 we have been biking in the south of Hamburg in northern Germany (yep! you can mountainbike in Hamburg, but more about that in a later post). Daniel was about to move from Hamburg to Stuttgart for a new job (office and suit of course!) and we needed a good reason to continue our common hobby.
Hence, it was clear that the destination for our first trip should not be too far from Stuttgart and the trails should not kill us.
As we could not agree on a destination in Switzerland and we always wanted to bike in the Alps we chose Oberstdorf and booked a Hotel for three nights from the 1st of May. Unfortunately the weather forecast got worse from week to week until only five days before our trip the forecast was really bad for Oberstdorf.
The decision for an alternative destination was easy: good weather. Meaning: no 24 h of rain! This is how we ended up in Caldaro al Lago not far from Bolzano in South Tyrol, our first bike travel.
Planning?! Yeah…ehm…no planning. The only thing we planned was the date and booking the Hotel for mountain biking Caldaro. Does that count as planning? But we learned a lot from that experience. We came only with our bikes (Daniels bike was a 9 year old hardtail with 80 mm travel!!) and a lot of stuff we thought that could be useful. We even borrowed GPS devices with routes for biking from the tourist information in Caldaro. Doesn´t sound like planning too much.
Best travel time for mountain biking Caldaro is April to October. Always check for snow in the mountains. The Penegal webcam gives you a good impression about the situation.
Dustin drove together with a friend from Hamburg to Stuttgart by car and slept a night on Daniel´s couch. Next morning we put Daniel´s stuff into the car. Incredible what you can fit into a small BMW 1 series: 3 people, 2 bikes and a lot of luggage. We drove over Ulm onto the Brenner Autobahn in Austria and via Bolzano to Caldaro. No traffic jams, lucky us!
If you decide to fly, there is a bus transfer service from the airports Munich, Mailand Malpensa, Bergamo and Verona (<- website only available in German, for english check directly with South Tyrol Bus Service).
Travelling by train is also possible. From Munich it takes about 4 hours to Bolzano. From there you take the bus to Caldaro al Lago (35 minutes).
As mentioned above we had only little time to find a place to stay. But luckily we found a very nice "bikes welcome" bed´n´breakfast, the Villa Weingarten (tripadvisor) directly in Caldaro al Lago. Managed by a young couple, normal rooms and clean, exactly what we need.
Breakfast: Really good half-board in the guesthouse. We were allowed to take some rolls and fruits for the day.
During the day: rolls and fruits from the breakfast, power bars and of course bananas. If you get up the Mendel you find restaurants there and on the west side of the Penegal is another mountain hut with a restaurant.
Dinner: Caldaro al Lago is used to tourists and offer a wide variety of restaurants.
Maybe due to our lack of planning we had to snap our first tour off only 100 meters below the peak we wanted to reach. We started to cycle up the Grauner Joch. At about 1700 meters of elevation we started climbing over fallen trees and at the highest point (1900 meters) we had to stop due to a closed snow surface. With a total climb of 2300 m by bike and at least ten fallen trees, we rolled back to the guesthouse. Days later we only called that trip the "Joch des Grauens" which translates to "Yoke of Horror" (in English it sounds even more terrifying).
Still feeling the first day in our legs we decided to get up the Mendel Funicular in order to bike Penegal trails. Most of the trails were still covered in snow but the more west we biked the better the trails got. Almost every meter we could imagine how amazing the trails must be in summertime.
If bikers coming downhill tell you that the conditions up the mountain are pretty bad, it is mostly true.
If you are crazy enough you can even keep up with enduro mountain bikes even with a 9 year old hardtail on downhill trails. Crazy guys from Hamburg!
If you have to get down on the east side of the mountain, don´t cycle down the road on the west side! Because then you have to drive the 400 meters back up!
A little bit of planning upfront would have saved us some issues mountain biking Caldaro.
A very chaotic planning with still a lot of fun. We biked only a fraction of the trails we could have biked at Caldaro al Lago. Accommodation at Villa Weingarten was great and the panorama from up the mountain was really nice. Get there maybe in June or at least make sure the snow is gone.
Anyhow we got a taste of mountain bike holidays!


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Oil and gas allies to Trump: Slow down
President Donald Trump's aggressive drive to roll back environmental regulations is moving too fast even for some in the oil and gas industry.
Publicly, petroleum companies and their trade groups are cheering Trump's efforts to undo former President Barack Obama's environmental regulations, including restrictions on fracking-related pollution, pipeline permits and offshore drilling. But quietly, people in the industry are growing worried that deregulation could backfire on them, according to interviews with a dozen executives, lobbyists, lawyers and analysts.
Among their fears: Laxer rules could set the stage for an environmental disaster like 2010's BP oil spill in the Gulf, which blackened the industry's reputation and spurred a regulatory clampdown.
"Every industry wants regulations that make sense, but you don't need to roll things back so far that it opens an opportunity for outsiders to criticize, or something bad happens," said Brian Youngberg, an energy analyst at the investment firm Edward Jones.
A person at one oil and gas company expressed similar worries. "It's not helpful if regulations are streamlined so as to allow something to happen — say, a methane explosion or a spill — and we'd be painted with it as an entire industry," said the person, who requested anonymity to speak freely.
In addition, some large companies that have already spent money to comply with Obama-era regulations fear being undercut by unscrupulous competitors if the Trump administration reverses those rules. And an industry that prizes regulatory certainty is uneasy with Trump's efforts to renegotiate lucrative trade deals like NAFTA and reorganize the agencies responsible for overseeing offshore drilling.
Another source of industry unease is Trump's slowness to fill key positions across the government, which has delayed decisions on regulatory matters such as pipeline safety standards.
One example where oil and gas lobbyists and industry sources said the administration may be expending too much effort is its quest to dismantle an Obama-era Interior Department rule tightening methane emission standards for oil and gas wells and pipelines on public lands.
Congress failed to repeal the rule earlier this year after three GOP senators joined Democrats in voting to keep it in place. Now Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he will try to rewrite it, a process that would take years — leaving the industry unsure of what will requirements it will someday have to meet.
Two of the industry's biggest trade associations, the American Petroleum Institute and the Western Energy Alliance, publicly cheered Zinke's decision to change the regulation. "It is definitely our focus to rewrite or rescind those rules," said WEA President Kathleen Sgamma, whose group has met with Interior officials and is involved in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the methane rule.
But behind the scenes, people at ExxonMobil, BP and other large oil and gas companies consider the rule a relatively minor issue, lobbying and industry sources said.
Those companies have the technology and engineering in place to meet the standards, which would require them to capture planet-warming methane pollution before it escapes to the atmosphere, and they have expected to pay down their compliance costs by selling the methane, people in the industry said. Companies operating in Colorado have already had to comply with a state rule that closely matched the federal standards.
The Obama administration estimated that the industry would spend up to $ 279 million per year to comply with the rule, while the overall net benefit would reach up to $ 1.2 billion over a decade.
To be sure, the industry has unequivocally supported some of Trump's rollbacks. Oil and gas developers have universally praised the administration's plans to open up more federal waters in Alaska for drilling, along with its support for allowing more exports of liquefied natural gas.
But Trump's sluggish pace in staffing up his administration has some worried whether he will be able to follow through.
"There's definitely people concerned about it," said Tyler Nelson, a former aide to Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) who is now a vice president at lobbying firm Cornerstone Government Affairs. "If you don't have enough people in place across the executive branch, it's hard to implement and get things done right."
A White House spokesperson did not reply to questions.
The administration just this month was able to restore a quorum at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency in charge of approving natural gas pipelines, whose inability to conduct any major business since February had delayed $ 13 billion worth of projects.
The White House still hasn't nominated a permanent administrator for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the agency responsible for inspecting and setting safety standards for pipelines, nor has it tapped anyone to lead key agencies at Interior that oversee energy production on federal lands or offshore.
The 12 largest oil and gas companies and trade associations cut their lobbying by an average of 30 percent in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, according to an analysis of their lobbying disclosure forms. A large part of the reduction was because there was no work to do on pipeline projects, according to Nelson and other lobbyists.
Oi and gas allies fear that laxer rules could set the stage for an environmental disaster like 2010's BP oil spill in the Gulf, which blackened the industry's reputation and spurred a regulatory clampdown. | Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Meanwhile, the administration is pursuing several regulatory revisions that were never on the industry's wish list. Those could result in severe setbacks for the industry, several lobbyists and congressional aides said.
The most potentially damaging policy push is the administration's attempt to rip open the North American Free Trade Agreement for a redo. The U.S., Mexican and Canadian energy markets have become strongly enmeshed over the past decade, and the talks that just began to reopen NAFTA could unleash a Pandora's box of issues that could threaten business relations, industry sources said.
Valero and other refiners are shipping ever-increasing volumes of U.S.-made gasoline and natural gas to Mexico. Valero itself just signed a deal to bring tankers of gasoline into the Mexican port of Veracruz. Fellow U.S. refining company Andeavor — formerly Tesoro — is now building gas stations in Mexico as well, reversing years of that country's dependence on the state-owned oil company Pemex.
The last thing Andeavor, Valero and other refiners want to see happen is Trump ratcheting up trade tensions with tough talk that could sour the relationship, people in the industry said.
"In most respects, companies that engage in cross-border trade are most concerned with ensuring that this [NAFTA renegotiation] process does no harm," said Josh Zive, senior principal at lobbying firm Bracewell.
Another action that has some in the industry scratching their heads is Interior's review of whether to combine its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which leases space on the federal Outer Continental Shelf to energy companies, with its Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which regulates the companies' activities.
BOEM and BSEE were created during the Obama era under then-Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Interior spent millions of dollars and countless staff hours to carve the two agencies out of the notorious Minerals Management Service after a series of scandals in the Bush administration and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion created the impression that regulators were too close to the oil industry.
Efforts to reunite the two bureaus would probably be as costly as it was to split them, all the while distracting agency staff from processing lease sales, lobbyists said. And no one seems to know why Interior called for the review in the first place.
"We did not ask for it," said National Ocean Industries Association spokeswoman Nicolette Nye, echoing others in the industry. "We were surprised when it was first mentioned by DOI. That was the first we heard of it."
Zinke told POLITICO in June he was considering the merger as part of a larger reorganization of Interior agencies. He is also taking another look at regulations the Obama administration put in place after Deepwater Horizon, including a BSEE well control rule that required oil companies to have up-to-date spill-prevention technology in place.
Zinke had planned to release details of any reorganization by the end of summer, but a BOEM spokesman said last week that he had no further information on when those details may be made public. BSEE plans to convene a forum Sept. 7 in Houston to gather input on whether to rewrite its offshore drilling rules.
If the two agencies merge, the Trump administration and companies operating offshore oil rigs will most likely be on the political hook after the next offshore drilling accident, industry officials said.
"When there's — God forbid — the inevitable accident in the Gulf of Mexico, why would you want to be known as the administration that made that move?" said one lawyer representing oil and gas companies.
In the end, these sorts of rollbacks could backfire, said Jason Bordoff, former senior director for energy and climate change in Obama's National Security Council and now the founding director of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.
"An approach that is, basically, 'What are the regulations put in place by the previous administration, here's the list, let's go down the list and repeal them,' doesn't build public confidence in the industry," Bordoff said.
Source: POLITICO – TOP Stories
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