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Why keep asking? The answer is staring us in the face. It's the same question as: why did "they" elect Gordon Campbell? Why do "they" continue to protect his clique?
By BC Mary - June 16, 2011
I was born in Vancouver. I love the whole wild province more passionately than I had ever realized until the day police carrying Search Warrants marched into the BC Legislature and seized the information they needed. Then ... when the man they were tracking (Jasmohan Singh Bains) was put on trial in Victoria, found guilty of serious drug trafficking, and sentenced to 9 years plus heavy fine ... Big Media (for whom I also have a passionate affinity) turned rogue itself and published nothing about that. Nothing. Six silent months went by, until I broke the story on this blog.
Instead of acting as the responsible arm of government, with a duty of keeping citizens informed -- the Media were behaving like poor farmers -- share-croppers -- raising a sickly crop of poisoned voters. That's when I got mad. Big Media was treating us like a crop to be weeded, pruned, and changed to suit the needs of others. Harvest time was Election Day, and our votes were harvested as "they" wished. So there's no point asking why B.C. voted 3 times for a Campbell government ... any more than there's any point asking why 100,000 of us went nuts on June 15, 2011.
Sad and sorry as I am, that my countrymen have been shown to the world as looters, rioters, drunks and (dare we mention it? Big media didn't) druggies, the thing is: we must stop asking why 100,000 people went crazy in downtown Vancouver on June 15, 2011, as if it had something to do with the Stanley Cup. It doesn't. It had very little, if anything, to do with hockey.
British Columbia has been dragged through this psychiatric horror-show time after time ... and ... it's people from somewhere else who are asking the questions today. Lady with British accent was first to arrive with her broom and dustpan. Mark Kelley on CBC "Connect" was asking: "What made Vancouver go crazy over a game?" The question is echoing around the world. Harming B.C. even more. Because why? Because of the stupidity.
It's no use telling us how nice we were (once upon a time), and that The Vancouver Olympics were us. Like hell. Most of B.C. was opposed to the Olympics, but nobody listened. "They" wanted the publicity, "They" wanted the big money opportunities (which "they" couldn't handle), "They" needed the distraction, the wild-eyed premier, the fake circus. The Vancouver Olympics was a done deal ... the best show money could buy ... and British Columbians sat like crash-test dummies and let them sink Vancouver deeper into debt so "they" could find enough cash to pay the going rate.
The Vancouver Olympics would've happened if every British Columbian had simply gone to Tonga or Tasmania for a year and enjoyed themselves.
That was us in the June 16, 2011 riot, all right. The blind rage, the urge to get even, the animal-impulse to scream back at what was being delivered to us once again ... a close brush with victory which in reality was contrary to the hype. In the Stanley Cup Play-Offs, we were allowed to participate in an event which, once again, would only end up proving we were not The Greatest, not the Golden Era, not the Best Place in the World, not any of that cheap and dreadful publicity foisted on us by our own government, paid for by us.
And no, no, no, not the Stanley Cup ... not even the H.S.T. ... but all those things stacked and stacked until it became impossible to avoid saying right out loud: "It's too much. We're mad as hell" ... knowing that nobody is really and truly going to want to know "Why?" much less wait for the answer. My guess: even if you love British Columbia, most people can't handle the truth ... the corruption ... the gangs ... the infiltration of Organized Crime.
Why? We know why not. We're not stupid. We know that it might be tough-going for a while, to deal with the answers. We want our sacred forests back. They sold our rivers, we want our rivers back. We want our sacred salmon back. We want BC Rail back, and BC Ferries, and BC Hydro. We want our jobs, our small businesses, our schools and hospitals back. Fools, they gave away these priceless things to show how well B.C. was doing!
Indeed, there will be a lot of screaming when we find ourselves in a position to begin that conversation as to why 100,000 people can suddenly go berserk as they did on the night of June 15, 2011. But it's important to remember that it had very little to do with the game. Granted, hockey supplied the costumes, the National Hockey League supplied the production values, but brutal head-bashing politics has been going on throughout British Columbia for 10 years before June 15, 2011.
People do not riot for nothing.
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As I was writing this, Kootcoot in the Kootenays must've been writing his column. The thoughts are similar, but Koot carries his diatribe to new heights. Don't miss reading today's column which he justifiably calls
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
Excerpt ...
... Last night's riots weren't an anomaly, but just a vivid illustration of the lawlessness and lack of respect for the law or decency that has become the norm in our province starting at the top and going right through the government, the justice system and the law enforcement establishment. Increasingly over the last decade or two it has become clear that doing the right thing isn't the route to success and honesty is a quality either of no use or totally lacking.
We just said goodbye to a Premier who captured control of his party, and turned it into a virtual criminal organization, by personal attack on the former leader for behaviour that he himself might be guilty of, but doesn't have to answer for thanks to a wholly compliant (and dishonest) media. Then he launched another specious attack on the Premier of the day, Glen Clark, to gain power. Add in a heavy dose of lies, to win elections, whenever your agenda would cost votes if one was honest about it, things like vowing not to sell a railroad, or the HST isn't on the radar, to name but two BIG lies. The only thing one can count on being true with a BC Liberal, including the new Gordon in a Skirt, is that the only time they aren't lying is if their lips aren't moving AND their fingers aren't typing.
But it isn't just the former King Gordo or the current Queen Christy, it goes right through the movers and shakers like lobbyists who lobby both or all three sides of an issue, but mainly working for the goals of the Campbell/Clark Crime Family and when caught out for breaking the LAW, suffer the onerous sentence of writing a god damned essay. Drinking and driving, no problem! If you, say, drive a logging truck (to get raw logs to the dock or border) you might lose your job. But if you are Premier, or an MLA, no problem, after all, the taxpayers will be happy to provide you with a driver, or cab fare, or a free chopper ride to work.
Do you want to steal an election (Kash and Karry Heed), pull off a land scam or two (John Les(s) than honest), rig a bidding process to sell a railroad that isn't for sale? No Problem, that's what the oh so Special Prosecutor system is all about, why don't they call the SP what they seem to be, government paid defense attorneys for members of government and their friends ...
Please visit House of Infamy to read 'UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES" in its entirety. It's Kootcoot flaming at his best.
http://houseofinfamy.blogspot.com/
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Hooligans had no trouble finding accomplices
By Daphne Bramham
Vancouver Sun - June 17, 2011
... But what kind of a community destroys itself when its hockey team loses?
The same one that needed $1 billion in security to stop it from happening during the 2010 Olympics.
Beneath the shiny surface of Vancouver's glass towers which have so recently sprung up, is a rough-and-tumble city barely past adolescence. It's unsophisticated and raw, driven by barely papered over differences ...
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hooligans+trouble+finding+accomplices/4962411/story.html#ixzz1PbKK07ZY
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http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/18/my-letter-to-canadas-chief-electoral-officer/
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Anonymous comment dated June 20, 2011 to be considered:
Further proof, that the system is totally screwed, no matter what "they" can never get it right.
Too much policing at the G8/G20, too little in Vancouver at the riots.
Government, police, courts and media all just a mess
Only months later does the truth come out.
Hopefully there will be an investigation of the government-funded/media-hyped Canucks' Riot!
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1012198--police-under-fire-as-fresh-statistics-show-charges-dropped-in-59-of-g20-cases?bn=1
And, o.m.g. it goes on ... "Anonymous" reports as follows:
... Vancouver amateur film-maker was there for the entire "Christy Event" and says everything was a grossly stage-managed photo-op starting about one-hour before she even arrived, complete with her RENT-A-CROWD and army of fart-catchers.
Christy shows up in a mini-skirt, high heels and a push-up bra to sweep up broken glass, also no gloves or eye-protection . . . A Real Hero of the People!
See it HERE.
http://www.youtube.com/user/raredreamfootage#p/u/13/SqWLGJL_2y8
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http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/commentary/2011/07/04/gordon-campbell-lives-new-npa
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# posted by BC Mary @ 12:45 p.m. 20 comments
Precious moments with Lara
BC Mary comment: Despite the fact that I barely understand what they are talking about on their Point Grey Waterfront ... I enjoyed this little visit with Lara Dauphinee and her new friends. It's a game, really. Lara knows everything we need to know. Above all, Lara understands the importance of not telling us ... but she's so cute, she can't stop herself from leaving a few footprints in the sand. So let's play along. First, go back in time until you remember where Lara Dauphinee, our former premier's Deputy Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant who was never seen far from his side ... our former employee ... remember after Gordo resigned, Lara was busy rattling the tin cup to help finance her new life of riding a bicycle to cure cancer, or some such thing. She was disarmingly friendly, as we always imagined she would be if she ever spoke directly to her employers. Remember how she shyly confided how much she would really really need good luck, as she cycled? She even confided in us, providing the names we'd like to know more about but probably never will. A game. Don't try looking it up. Like all else about Lara Dauphinee, those stories are no longer available. Now, however, I do believe that our valiant Lara is working the game again to save the starving. Also, the homeless.
Face the World pulls in nearly $1 million for the hungry
But attendees were starving as well, as Japanese-styled dinner was delayed to accommodate those arriving late from Canucks game
By Malcolm Parry
Vancouver Sun? June 11, 2011
ACTS FACED: The Face The World charity gala ran recently at Jacqui Cohen's Point Grey waterfront home, with Premier Christy Clark reluctant to face predecessor Gordon Campbell -in photos, at least. The event's 21st running raised a reported $900,000 for some who otherwise might go hungry.
Attendees sure were when dinner by David Aisenstat's Ki Modern Japanese + Bar was long delayed to accommodate heavy-billfold supporters' attendance at a Canucks-Bruins hockey game. They included Jamie King, whose wife Christie vamped in a raffle-prize Smart car with Sarah Arison of the Miami Heat team-owning clan.
A year's use of the tiny jalopy went to La Stella and Le Vieux Pin wineries principal Saeedeh Salem, who may no more drive it than shop at The Bay. That could change in February, when a 20,000-square-foot version of the Toronto Bay's The Room offers highfashion lines on our downtown store's second floor.
Cut loose with Campbell's demise, 10-year aide Lara Dauphinee soon got hired by mining mogul Frank Giustra, who had TV's Shopping Bags Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic on each hand at FTW's late supper. As for emcees and former broadcasters Vicki Gabereau and Pamela Martin, Cohen cracked: "I can't imagine why the two of you are unemployed."
{Snip} ...
If interested, read Malcolm Parry's complete article HERE:
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Face+World+pulls+nearly+million+hungry/4931236/story.html#ixzz1OySSnsKg
BC Mary comment: Cute, eh? Or maybe juvenile. Because the gamers are having the really big fun game knowing how many secrets are wrapped up in Miss Lara who still lives among us, still strolls through our lives so effortlessly, knowing the whole story of what went wrong in BC under Campbell. She's met them all, knows them all, yet not a word passes her lips which would betray them. Lara knows exactly who did what to whom, and who was on top. And she's still protected. Just try looking up her record, even about the Ride to Cure Cancer. Gone. Wiped clean. But she still plays games, trying to mess with our heads. What is that? Why doesn't some red-blooded journalist take the bit in his/her teeth and find out? Rumour has it that in the stable of cast-offs which now includes Lara, is also included Christie Clark. Furthermore ... pssstt ... over here ... behind the potted palm ... because, if you ask me, Lara was Campbell's "aide" much longer than 10 years ... it included his years as Leader of the Opposition too, remember ...?
New chair looks to extend social agenda
Group seeks to bring talents of business community to bear in helping governments find solutions to problems such as homelessness
By Darah Hansen,
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, president of the Absolute Spa Group, will take over the duties of chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade Thursday, June 16.
Photograph by: Stuart Davis, Vancouver Sun [Visit the article to enjoy the photo!]
If Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia needed any affirmation the Vancouver Board of Trade was on the right track, she got it on a recent trip to the Big Apple.
There to learn from the best practices of the various New York chambers of commerce, the hotelier and president of the Absolute Spa Group instead found herself responding to her hosts' questions about "how the heck" the B.C. business organization was able to attract so many members.
"We have over 5,500 members, which, proportionately, is absolutely phenomenal," she said. {Snip} ...
Joining her around the board table this year will be her two chair appointees, Lara Dauphinee, vice-president of the Fiore Financial Corp., and Bob Lenarduzzi, president of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
"I just really can't say enough about both of those appointees. They are fantastic in their own trade, but they also have an excellent, wide scope understanding of other communities, other businesses and how they mesh together and, therefore, what forms Vancouver," Lisogar-Cocchia said.
Eight new directors are also expected be named Thursday, including George Cadman of the Boughton Law Corp.; Cactus Restaurants president Richard Jaffray; Dueck Auto Group president Moray Keith; Blackcomb Aviation's CEO Sacha McLean; Gordon Nelson, general manager of Rogers Communication Group; David Podmore, CEO of Concert Properties; Dr. Mark Schonfeld, CEO of the BC Medical Association; and Robin Silvester, CEO of Port Metro Vancouver.
In all, 37 directors — all volunteer positions — make up the Vancouver Board of Trade. All bring expertise in business leadership from a variety of fields, as well as a strong commitment to community building, a necessary combination for today's board, Lisogar-Cocchia said.
Over the past decade, the board has made a conscious move to embrace and address a wide range of social issues that effect the region's success and prosperity.
In recent years, the board has produced reports on everything from kids and the crime rate to Canada's ailing health care system.
"We have realized that we can bring more value to our members by making the connection for them of a healthy community and their success," said outgoing chair McLean.
"Rather than taking a narrow, parochial view of sticking with the HST or beating up governments on budget decisions — and we do that — we need to broaden our focus to long-term societal issues, where we can bring the talents and interests of the business community to bear in helping governments and other decision-makers find solutions," McLean said.
Lisogar-Cocchia said she hopes to expand the debate this year to include homelessness and mental health.
The board has also added its voice to a national business initiative pushing for better job-skills training for prisoners to boost their employability after they serve their time.
"We are one of the leading chambers of commerce, without question, around the world and well-known within the professional community not only for providing a healthy economy, but also working toward having a healthy community and that is something to really be proud of," Lisogar-Cocchia said.
According to Lisogar-Cocchia, all the applicants to date have ties to Vancouver. Many have lived and worked in the city, while others have business connections in the region.
Thursday's AGM is promising to be a lively event, with U.S. journalist Lesley Stahl scheduled to make the keynote address, followed by an onstage "chat" with Premier Christy Clark.
"Things are going really well with the board of trade and they are going to get even better," Lisogar-Cocchia said.
Read the whole amazing story HERE.
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/chair+looks+extend+social+agenda/4946555/story.html
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What's this??
Quote: After all those shared cozy nights at the Bayshore to turn her back on her "mentor," what's the world coming to?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Column+Christy+Clark+turns+down+photo+with+Gordon+Campbell/4947122/story.html
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# posted by BC Mary @ 8:30 p.m. 7 comments
Mission - Abbotsford's Private Water War. Just like BC Rail, next they'll try selling off their grandmothers!
BC Mary comment: This item really got under my skin. Please don't ask me to explain what this article has to do with BC Rail, because I can't make it any more clear: that the inherent value of something (a railroad, a grandmother, clean water, life itself) means virtually nothing to those who think they can grab something, force it into legislation, and arrange that it sells for a profit (preferably secret) to themselves. Nothing is sacred. Nothing has universal value.
As shown in Abbotsford-Mission where water itself is at issue, powerful people behind the scenes can work to arrange the sell off of anything -- from the large, beneficial BC Rail to the water we need to stay alive. Please don't overlook this item. The P3-fools have been doing their best in secret to sell the commonly-owned drinking water from Vancouver's virtual doorstep. And "they" are government! Just like what happened to BC Rail.
Mission and Abbotsford's Public-Private Water War
By Lynn Perrin
Abbotsford's Mayor George Peary is not making any friends by damning
his neighbours in the media, chastising Mission Council and residents
for their decision to keep their water system in public hands, and
threatening to move forward with the public-private partnership
project regardless of the will of Mission residents. There really is
no room for bullying and egos when planning how to deliver water for
life, not profit, to the public. (End quote)
The proposal to privatize the water services in my community seemed to hit us from behind - it was negotiated for over a year in secret and sprung on us without warning. This $300 million project, that would inevitably give control of our water to a foreign consortium, was not something Abbotsford or Mission residents asked for, but part of an agenda being pushed by the federal government and certain corporate individuals on Council.
To understand my experience and learn how to respond I turned to water documentaries such as FLOW (For Love Of Water) - a documentary about the privatization of drinking water - and saw that this is the typical modus operandi of P3 (public-private partnership) proponents. The film addresses the problems that have occurred in Europe with regard to water systems that are privately operated. However, most of the film is about P3s in the developing world in Africa and South America. I was surprised to find myself relating to the experiences of water consumers in those countries or villages. Even though I consider myself to be a strong, assertive woman, I wept at the similarity of what had happened to them and to what was now happening to my community of Abbotsford, B.C., Canada. I was amazed at the parallels between the fifth largest city in B.C. and communities in the developing world.
A number of concerned citizens of both Abbotsford and Mission have begun exhaustive research on the impacts of public-private water systems on consumers and communities. Water, is after all THE essential to all life. What became evident at the outset was that a very small percentage of water systems in Canada are the design, build, finance, operate model that the elected representatives of Abbotsford and Mission and their consultant Deloitte & Touche had opted to pursue. In B.C. and Canada the vast majority of local governments opt to have water systems operated publicly. Usually the private sector is limited to the design/build activities of water systems.
The need for more water was not a fact that Council members in both Abbotsford and Mission were unaware of. Two very extensive consultant reports were released in 2006 and 2009 that made it very clear that in order to approve more residential, commercial and industrial development much more water was needed. The estimated cost of the 2006 Water Master Plan was just under $197 million and in 2010 it was $198 million. Both Water Master Plans used costs related to Stave Lake as the source for additional water. A 2009 report prepared by Polis which recommended conservation as a way to have a sustainable water system and save up to 70% was released by the Abbotsford-Mission Water and Sewer Commission. See that report here.
Just months after the 2010 Water Master Plan was released the cost has gone up to $300 million, according to a Deloitte & Touche "business case" commissioned by the city. In addition, the cost to operate the public-private water system Stave Lake section would be $1+ million more per year over the proposed 25 year contract. Apparently, significant cost increases are quite common when P3 design/build and finance/operate "business cases" are submitted to senior governments for funding assistance. Historically, the assistance has been as much as 60% of the capital costs. The public-private "business case" for the Abbotsford/Mission water upgrade was submitted to PPP Canada Inc. - a relatively new crown corporation created by the Harper Conservative government in 2007. According to information available from the Government of Canada, PPP Canada Inc. will "grow" the P3 market in Canada; manage a $2 billion+ P3 Fund, providing up to 25% of municipal and provincial P3 costs; review and assess proposals for P3s seeking federal contributions using a new "P3 screen"; provide advice and expertise for P3 matters; and target municipal and small projects in particular.
Local governments have proclaimed that they have no choice but to opt for a public–private water system if they want to access federal funding (now lowered to 25%). With the P3 cat out of the bag a group of concerned water consumers from both Mission and Abbotsford met and formed Water Watch Mission-Abbotsford. News of this was met with a full page ad in the local media in Abbotsford and Mission, quoting Abbotsford Mayor George Peary erroneously accusing CUPE (the union that represents civic workers) of misleading the public about the impact of P3s. Then Deloitte & Touche was contracted and directed to not even consider anything other than the design/build and finance/operate option. Their recommendation was finally debated in public on Apr. 4, 2011. Abbotsford Council and staff refused to answer any questions. They looked like deer in the headlights according to one observer.
A large contingent of the public expressed such strong opposition to the P3 option that Council voted to delay the vote and (finally) address the numerous concerns voiced at the meeting. On the same evening with both Council and staff available to respond to concerns from the public, Mission Council decided to respect the concerns of its citizens and take the bull by the horns and voted the P3 water scheme down. This caused yet another very disrespectful public comment from Mayor Peary who humiliated residents by stating that the tail (Mission) would not be allowed to wag the dog (Abbotsford). Most of the water Abbotsford currently taps - from Norrish Creek - is not in Abbotsford but in Mission, as is Stave Lake.
Many hoped that would be the end of the P3 as both Abbotsford's Water and Sewer Commission Report on the matter and the "business case" required both Councils to agree to the P3 water scheme. But as far as Mayor Peary was concerned it was still "full steam ahead". When Abbotsford Council voted on April 18, 2011 on a quickly revised Deloitte & Touche "business case" - which "reduced" the cost to $284 million - to proceed with the P3 water scheme, one Councillor even expressed disgust at being bribed with our own money while we endanger our "gentleman's agreement" with Mission, our longstanding working partner. However, during the recent federal election campaign Abbotsford Conservative incumbent candidate Ed Fast said that the P3 water scheme is not compulsory in order to obtain federal funds.
The voters of Abbotsford will now be asked to approve the P3 water project in a referendum in November 2011, including a long-term 25 year private contract to finance and operate the water system and the borrowing well over $50 million. The City of Abbotsford is launching a massive communications plan to convince the electorate to vote in favour of this privatization of their water services.
However, public opposition to the idea is mounting, along with the logistical problem Abbotsford faces in accessing water located in Mission for which they need right-of-way access. In May Mission Council unanimously refused to consider a request by Abbotsford to grant access to Mission's roads for the P3 project.
Abbotsford's Mayor Peary is not making any friends by damning his neighbours in the media, chastising Mission Council and residents for their decision to keep their water system in public hands, and threatening to move forward with the project regardless of the will of Mission residents. There really is no room for bullying and egos when planning how to deliver water for life, not profit, to the public.
Lynn Perrin is the Abbotsford Spokesperson for Water Watch Mission-Abbotsford.
To learn more about the battle over Mission and Abbotsford's water and how you can help:
Web / Facebook / Youtube / Contact: waterwatchma@live.ca
Source is HERE:
http://thecanadian.org/k2/item/814-mission-and-abbotsford-water-war
Hard to believe, but impossible to forget that mismanaged water can go up in smoke this way ...
Click HERE for the story.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iO8Xzq8RqA0T3bwWKDNJ2LsDJuKg?docId=7127574
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Small scale stories or large-scale stories, the treachery continues ... it's everywhere we look ...
CANARIE-killers. Did the Harper Conservatives just pull the plug on Canada's premier internet research network?
... without any fanfare or public attention, it really does seem like we are seeing our own "CANARIE in a coalshaft", a government pulling a plug on an initiative that has not only been a world leader but also adhered steadfast to principles of an open, interconnected and constantly evolving next generation internet that delivers up a broad range of public goods. As the open, user-centric model of the Internet comes under pressure from a broad array of forces bent on implementing a the 'pay-per model' of the Internet, CANARIE served as reminder that alternatives are not only available, but actually feasible and critically important.
For a government bent on a fairy tale version, at least in public, of 'free markets', the sense of a viable alternative in our midst was just too much. Better to kill a couple of birds with just one budget-sized boulder, and so CANARIE is sacrificed and miserly support for broadband development for all Canadians cut to the bone.
For a government already widely criticized for lacking a decent vision of the future and an adequate 'digital economy' strategy, these moves look just dumb.
Read all of this important article HERE.
http://dwmw.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/canarie-killers-did-the-conservatives-just-pull-the-plug-on-canadas-premier-internet-research-network/
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# posted by BC Mary @ 9:19 a.m. 16 comments
A divisive Governor-General: "Canada's Man of Steel." Reader's Digest generously explains to us "Why David Johnston, our new Governor General, has the right stuff."
By BC Mary
Go ahead. Call me old-fashioned.
At first, I never quite knew what to think of our latest governor-general (David Johnston), especially in comparison to the lady he replaced. Michaelle Jean was a class act. Didn't need interpretation. Easy enough to see that she gladly represented us ... all of us ... and that she wanted the best for us, and would try to make it so ... with that one, unnerving exception when we desperately needed the Queen's representative to stop Harper ... and instead, she listened to the wrong advisors, and let Harper cancel Parliament rather than answer the people's questions.
But, fair enough after two terms for Jean, it was time for a new governor general. I was pretty much OK with that, except for thinking that Jean might've taken that episode to heart, and would do an even better job as Governor General with an extended term of office. But no. Too late ... the prime minister had someone else in mind.
So up pops David Johnston. And I can't say I've paid much attention to David Johnston until recently. After the recent federal election, to be exact. And here's where things get old-fashioned. I figure it's quaintly OK to have Queen Elizabeth as the head of government as long as she remains absolutely clear of political favouritism. She's done pretty well on that, so far. But there was a nasty incident in Australia when a reigning governor-general scooped an elected prime minister (Gough Whitlam) and replaced him with a man who had "the right stuff". The facts gradually came out, over the decades ...
But this new dude of ours (David Johnston), I could see him doing quite the opposite: keeping a prime minister when the citizens are screaming for help. Why do I think this?
Well, the new governor-general (David Johnston) gave the game away at the swearing in of Stephen Harper's new Cabinet.
At the swearing-in, the whole Harper Gang was at Rideau Hall, official residence of the Queen's Representative in Canada. Seated, row upon row, they awaited the semi-royal personage (David Johnston) and Harper.
Do you remember the part where Himself and that other fellow (Stephen Harper) were shown on TV news as they walked toward the seated mob of new Reform/Alliance/CPC Cabinet Ministers?
Shoulder to shoulder, the two men marched across the carpet. Then all of a sudden, our Governor-General, absolutely bursting with joy, raised his arms above his head, clenched his two hands vigorously together ... brandished them ... thus greeting the large new Harper Cabinet with the sign of victory! With the beaming approval of the dude at his side.
The official representative of our carefully non-political Queen Elizabeth -- our "Man of Steel" -- was using the universally-understood signal to declare before the world that "WE WON!" The WE meaning Harper's Gang. Our new Governor General (David Johnston) was confirming, with that Victory sign, that he was Harper's man. That the Harper Gang is comprised of "the right stuff" while the rest of us, apparently, are not and never will be. "You bastard!" I decided.
It doesn't surprise me one bit, that the hotel where I am staying, which calls itself "Grand", is so old-fashioned that it spreads around free copies of Reader's Digest. What's worse, people actually read them. This morning, I was walking past a small lounge when I saw a picture of Himself (David Johnston) on the cover of an old Reader's Disgust for November 2010; the story was: "Canada's Man of Steel." With the divisive sub-title, "Why David Johnston, our new Governor General, has the right stuff." It should be HERE but it isn't.
The right stuff? Written by Wah Keung Chan. In my mind's eye, I could see that Victory Salute again. "We won!"
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that was a disgraceful moment in Canadian history ... as Himself (David Johnston) with Harper at his side, declared "WE won!"
It's not as if the whole country approves of Harper's agenda. Read about that HERE.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/stop-harper-placard-gets-senate-page-turfed-from-throne-speech/article2046548/?service=mobile
I picked up that old Reader's Digest and read the story a couple of times. No mention of His (David Johnston's) huge mistake in cheering Harper's team on. Even though the Governor-General is not supposed to be cheering ANY faction on, much less deciding which team was "right" and which team is "wrong".
Wah Keung Chan created a beautiful story about David Johnston, a renowned story-teller, a star HOCKEY player, who even married his "childhood sweetheart" after, of course, sending her a rose every day for a year ... after which... well, never mind. Let Reader's Digest tell the story. Only ha ha! good joke on us ... you can't do that on-line. If you're made of "the right stuff" you'll buy a subscription.
The hard copy says nothing whatever about Johnston's cozy relationship with Stephen Harper. I thought I'd look up the original story under its Reader's Digest headline for November 2010 ... but guess what? No chance. "Page overboard" they say coyly.
Instead, they offer other tantalizing stories such as "5 things you can do with steel wool". Call me old-fashioned, but I could suggest a 6th thing they should do with steel wool.
Jim Scott of the admirable Salt Spring News just reminded me of something he posted on July 11, 2010. I'm pleased to receive this confirmation ...
Harper G-G appointment seems carefully calculated to further Harper's seditious agenda
http://www.saltspringnews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20617
Jim introduced the links with the this comment:
The Canadian people share a Métis temperament. Overwhelmingly, Canadians wanted the Creole Governor General, Michelle Jean, appointed to another five year term. Stephen Harper, a morally compromised PM who wants nothing more than to be able to rule Canada as though he were President of a Banana Republic, appoints a merchant's son, North Ontario born, American Ivy-League educated, Canadian establishment good ol'boy (trained in securities regulation and corporate law) who represents back room deals, corporatism and legal obfuscation. Johnston covered Harper's political ass in the Brian Mulroney/Karlheinz Schreiber affair ("whatever we paid him for this, it wasn't enough") and, we suspect, as Governor-General, Johnston will further Harper's political goal of castrating Parliament. As Harper himself said in his formal announcement of the appointment: [Johnston has] "a comprehensive understanding of government and a deep appreciation of the duties and tasks now before him."
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"Unmitigated gall," BC Supreme Court Justice Ronald McKinnon called it. "Good on ya, sir!" We're still mad as hell ourselves, over the brutal interference which closed down the BC Rail Political Corruption Trial on October 18, 2010. We wouldn't need a Public Inquiry now, if that trial had been allowed to run its course. We were up against strong U.S. forces in that case, too.
BC Mary comment: It's Friday, the day we brace for sneaky document dumps. I thought my readers might be intrigued by this column from Ian Mulgrew. It was Mulgrew, you may recall, who stands out as the only journalist who mentioned the 2008 trial and sentencing of Jasmohan Singh Bains. And you remember Bains? When police raided the BC Legislature, Bains was thought to be Mr Big on the West Coast. He had made 26 phone calls (caught on RCMP wiretaps) to his cousin, Dave Basi, at the Ministry of Finance office during 2003. This naturally made Bains a "person of interest" who was arrested and charged with drugs trafficking when police raided the BC Legislature. Read that story HERE [Drug dealer linked to Legislature Raid imprisoned. Vancouver Sun - Feb. 17, 2009.]
I've never understood how ... or why ... Big Media chose to suppress that very significant fact. Or how Ian Mulgrew was able to step safely around all those land-mines to get his column (citing me as his source) published 8 months later in a February 2009 edition of Vancouver Sun. Still without raising any other voices.
Well ... today we have a fresh new story about the process of high-level skulduggery. Involving the high courts, today's report offers 1,000 clues as to how these nefarious deeds are pulled off, right in front of our eyes.
Well Done, both times, Ian Mulgrew!
Read Mulgrew's story HERE including video.
U.S. used 'unmitigated gall' and B.C. court to jail exec
Judge's stinging rebuke aimed at Cisco and U.S. prosecutors
By Ian Mulgrew
Vancouver Sun - June 3, 2011
The giant computer company Cisco and U.S. prosecutors deceived Canadian authorities and courts in a massive abuse of process to have a former executive thrown in jail, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge.
The point, said Justice Ronald McKinnon in a stinging decision delivered orally on Tuesday, was to derail a lawsuit launched by the former employee, and involved a series of machinations that would make a normal person "blanch at the audacity of it all."
In a rare move, McKinnon stayed extradition proceedings against Peter Adekeye, a British computer entrepreneur who once worked for Cisco Systems, Inc.
The judge said U.S. prosecutors acted outrageously by having the respected executive bizarrely arrested in Vancouver on May 20, 2010 as he testified before a sitting of the American court he was accused of avoiding ...
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"The B.C. Rail corruption trial made history in all sorts of sordid ways," writes Les Leyne today, almost 8 months after the BC Rail Political Corruption Trial was choked off.
... "But in legal circles - specifically in the defence bar - it's notable for being the biggest gravy train in the history of the province."
Today also, BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon declares boldly that "There needs to be, frankly, more clarity." Right. So isn't the BC Liberal government shutting down the Legislature today, too?
No answer to the $6-million question
By Les Leyne
Times Colonist - June 2, 2011
... There isn't another case in history here - or likely elsewhere in the country - where a government was dumb enough to open the vault, let the lawyers in and then leave them to gorge for six long, lucrative years.
When two ministerial aides were first implicated in the scandal, there was some dimly understood obligation on the part of the government to cover their costs, to some extent. The political leadership was too busy running away from any potential involvement in the case to have anything to do with putting control in place.
So it fell to two deputy ministers to handle the time bomb as best they could.
They basically agreed to have the government cover the defence cost on an ongoing basis for the duration of the case. Which turned out to be over a half-decade in length. Which amounted to a staggering $6 million in fees.
There was some vague understanding that the indemnity would lapse if there was a conviction or a guilty plea. But that concept disappeared in the blink of an eye when Dave Basi and Bob Virk entered their guilty pleas last year.
From a practical point of view, it was considered an impossibility to get the millions back from the disgraced former aides.
And waiving any attempt to try was key to securing the pleas and saving the cost of finishing the trial, according to the Opposition's interpretation.
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon was grilled in the legislature this week on how the legal bonanza came to be.
He's the second minister in two weeks to be questioned on the $6-million payout, after Attorney General Barry Penner took the stand, so to speak.
Neither of them could shed much light on the story. And the utter opacity that cloaks the whole saga is remarkable.
The government accounts for every nickel it spends every year. Asked where in public accounts the funds are recorded, Falcon said it wasn't specifically listed. The openended obligation was disclosed once, in 2005, in an obscure statutory report.
He also confirmed there is no limit, once an indemnity is set. It was essentially extended on the assumption the individuals were acting in good faith and were innocent until proven otherwise, he said.
Was it in writing?
The only thing in writing about covering legal fees is a part of the public service manual that applies mostly to civil suits.
"That is really the extent of the policy, which is part of the problem," Falcon said. "There needs to be, frankly, more clarity."
There was only one control the government had once they opened the vault. It put a charge on the title to at least one of the defendants' houses.
That was quickly extinguished as part of the plea bargain.
Questioned by NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston, Falcon said there was never any internal audit of the deal.
Falcon acknowledged the legal payout "caused much political angst for government and members of the public."
The rest of his explanation consisted of repeatedly citing the independent review of the mess by University of British Columbia president Stanley Toope. Penner has retained him to write a comprehensive new policy.
Penner's explanation of the situation earlier was just as weak.
He didn't know who sat down for the government and negotiated the deal with Basi and Virk.
He said "ordinarily" an independent lawyer would check all the incoming bills, but he couldn't say it happened in this case.
And when asked to produce a copy of the actual deal, he said it's protected by "solicitor-client privilege."
So the cheques rolled out for years on end with no internal audits as to what they were about. No politicians had anything to do with anything.
The bureaucrats they relied on to clean up the mess had no policy to go on, so they made one up.
Whatever deal was done directly with the defendants at the outset of the case you can't see, because it's privileged.
And whatever deal was reached to conclude the case was explained in a one-page news release that no politician now wants to explain.
Read Leyne's full column HERE.
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/answer+million+question/4879457/story.html


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For Expert Comment: High Schools Need to be Better Prepared to Handle Student-Athlete Concussions, MU Brain Injury Expert says
Bill in Missouri legislature and other states is a step in the right direction
The views and opinions expressed in this "for expert comment" release are based on research and/or opinions of the researcher(s) and/or faculty member(s) and do not reflect the University's official stance.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Today, the Missouri state legislature heard testimony from an NFL player on a bill that would mandate high schools to educate their student-athletes about concussions and remove those athletes from games when they sustain head injuries until they can be evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in treating concussions. One University of Missouri expert in brain trauma told the Missouri lawmakers that this is a necessary step in the right direction to protect young athletes.
MU Health Professions Researcher Thomas Martin is pushing to pass legislation that would regulate how high schools address head injuries sustained by student-athletes.
"Each year, between 140,000 and 150,000 high school athletes sustain concussions," said Tom Martin, clinical associate professor and director of adult neuropsychology in the Department of Health Psychology at the MU School of Health Professions. "However, many of these injuries go unreported or are not recognized, so this estimate is probably very low."
Martin said that because youths are still developing, concussions sustained by youths are much more serious than those sustained by adults. Student-athletes are more susceptible to the consequences of injury; thus, it might take a younger person much longer to recover compared to an adult. In addition, there is a greater risk for developing learning or mental disabilities for youth that sustain brain injuries, Martin said.
"Most adults will be completely clear of symptoms within a few weeks unlike a young athlete. So when you return a youth to play quickly, they are probably not fully recovered," Martin said. "Although they are rare, deaths related to kids that have been put back into play when they have not completely recovered from concussions occur. We have high hopes that the legislature will pass this important bill. It's our understanding that the bill's sponsors are hoping to bring it to a vote before the end of the current session."
The National Football League has joined with medical officials across the nation and the Brain Injury Association of Missouri to seek passage of legislation similar to legislation passed in the state of Washington in 2009. The "Lystedt Law" was named after Zackery Lystedt, a teenager who sustained a serious brain injury during a school football game in 2006. Following his injury, he remained in the game and sustained another head injury late in the game, resulting in a life-threatening brain injury.
Martin, who played football in high school and college and for a semi-professional team, is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a Fellow in the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Martin currently is conducting research in the area of traumatic brain injury. He is co-editor of Geriatric Neuropsychology: Practice Essentials and serves on the editorial boards of Brain Injury and Rehabilitation Psychology. Martin is immediate past-president of the Brain Injury Association of Missouri, which has been collaborating with Martin and the NFL to help pass this bill. Martin also recently served as an expert member of an invited task force that was established to develop a comprehensive report for the U.S. Congress that outlined recommendations to address the traumatic brain injury and psychological needs of returning military personnel.

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5 Samsung Galaxy Android 5.1.1 Update Details
As expected, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Android 5.1.1 update have both spread in the United States.
Earlier this month, Samsung started rolling out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop updates to the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S5. The Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 release was initially limited to T-Mobile in the United States though the updates have both spread to U.S. Cellular and to the international versions of the device abroad. Samsung's Galaxy S5 Lollipop update is only available on T-Mobile at the moment.
With more Samsung Android 5.1.1 updates on the way for carriers outside the United States, we assumed that Samsung would push out more Android 5.1.1 updates for U.S. carriers. Turns out, that prediction was accurate. Today, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge Android 5.1.1 updates have hit a brand new U.S. carrier.
Sprint Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 Update Rolling Out
Sprint today confirmed its Samsung Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update. The update is currently rolling out to Galaxy S6 users though the carrier's software update page notes that its "software updates may be released in stages and can take several days for delivery."
Galaxy S6 users are encouraged to go into the device's settings to manually check for the update. If it's not lurking, then it may show up as a prompt later on today. Sprint's roll outs typically don't take more than a week to push out to everyone so Galaxy S6 users will want to keep an eye out as the day and week go on.
It's A Massive Update With Bug Fixes
Sprint's Android 5.1.1 update mirrors the Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 updates that have rolled out for T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and others.
The update takes the device to Android 5.1.1, the newest version of Google's operating system, and it brings several fixes and enhancements with it.
The update's change log lists security enhancements and notes that Galaxy S6 users will not be able to downgrade to an older version because of changes to the security policy. Sprint's Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 change log also states that it brings stability improvements, bug fixes and new/enhanced features. It also brings improvements to performance.
Sprint's version of the Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update is massive, around 560MB in size, and Galaxy S6 users will need to set aside some time to download and install it. Mileage will vary based on connection speed.
Sprint Galaxy S6 Edge Android 5.1.1 Update Pushing
Sprint's also pushing a Galaxy S6 Edge Android 5.1.1 update alongside its Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 release. The update, like the Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update, is rolling out to Sprint users right now and it should be available to a vast majority before the end of the day.
The carrier notes that it will also be pushing out in waves though again, Sprint's Android updates typically wrap up within a week of the roll out's starting point. Galaxy S6 Edge users can check for the update in settings or simply wait for the prompt to appear in notifications.
It's Also Big & Comes With Bug Fixes
The Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update mirrors the Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update. It comes with security enhancements, bug fixes, and other smaller tweaks that are aimed at improving performance on the Galaxy S6 Edge.
Sprint's Galaxy S6 Android 5.1.1 update is also a big one, around 560MB in size, so owners will need to set aside some time for the download and installation process.
If You Own a Galaxy Gear…
Sprint also notes that if Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge users own a Galaxy Gear device, they'll need to update the Samsung Gear Manager application after downloading this update.
It's still not clear if Samsung plans to roll out updates to the AT&T and Verizon versions of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Neither carrier has confirmed plans and neither is expected to ahead of potential releases.
Samsung is also rumored to have a Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.1.1 update up its sleeve for July though it's not clear where it will land first. It's clear that Samsung's made the United States a priority so it's possible that we'll see it land for U.S. carriers first before shifting to other markets.
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Dems flock to trendy Des Moines bistro
You can tell much about people by the way they treat bartenders, waiters, waitresses and busboys, and by what they drink, where they dine and what they eat. Centro, a Des Moines Italian bistro with a distinctly coastal feel, is the hot spot for Democratic candidates (and Mitt Romney). So Politico asked the servers, bartenders, managers and busboys about their dining and drinking habits.
Candidate: Barack Obama
Money spent at Centro: $1,071.83
— according to Federal Election Commission expenditure reports for the third quarter, which covers only July, August and September, the period before the caucus truly heated up.
Obama is a big fan of Centro, and some of the owners have returned the favor by endorsing the Illinois senator. Despite this mutual fealty, Obama never dines within the see-and-be-seen restaurant but instead takes his meals with a few aides, friends or supporters in a secure upstairs conference room — sometimes occupying a room built for 50 with just a few people and sometimes by himself.
It's one thing for a candidate to see. It's another for him to be seen — especially if he may soon be the first African-American president in a nation with a tense racial history, to put it gently. Rod DeAngelo, the general manager, says Obama dines privately for security reasons — and for good reason, he adds. Not only does Centro have a wide-open dining room and kitchen but it's walled by nearly floor-to-ceiling windows, which give a full view of the patrons to passersby — some of whom may have malicious intentions toward Obama.
Needless to say, the Secret Service doesn't take his safety lightly. Chris Prine, a bartender, recalled Obama recently visiting Des Moines Area Community College, where she teaches a culinary class. In order to retrieve her knives from the kitchen, she had to go through several layers of security and was watched closely the entire time. Jason, a deliveryman associated with Hotel Fort Des Moines, where Obama stays, says that people assigned to take him food had to undergo a background check. "It's way on edge," he says.
Candidate: Hillary Rodham Clinton
The manager and bartenders say that Clinton almost never dines in but routinely asks for takeout. Other than the male candidates, most of the reporters and staffers who frequent Centro are men, so perhaps she's turned off by the boys' club nature. There could also be security concerns similar to Obama's. Clinton's camp didn't comment.
The word in the Des Moines service industry is that when eating in, Clinton prefers Azalea, an even newer trendy spot accessible through the lobby of a hotel. Attempts to confirm this were unsuccessful: A large group of Clinton staffers dined there late last week. They suggested a reporter go mind his own business.
Candidate: Chris Dodd and Joe Biden
Money spent at Centro: $1,178.89 (Dodd); $944.75 (Biden)
OK, these two are not, in fact, the same person, but they have shared a plane and are occasionally in Centro together. More importantly, when hearing stories about either one, a reporter can never be completely sure the teller has the right one.
But Dodd, who has moved his family to Iowa ahead of the Jan. 3 caucuses, is more of a regular at Centro, which is near his campaign office. One evening, says DeAngelo, both Dodd and John Edwards were in the restaurant. A nonstop stream of women came to Dodd all evening for hugs, kisses and handshakes, with many fewer fawning over Edwards, to DeAngelo's surprise.
Dodd, a fan of the Centro steak and the halibut, is one of the later partiers. Most candidates, says DeAngelo, take off after a quick meal, but Dodd will sometimes stay into the morning hours. Five different servers and bartenders confirmed DeAngelo's take, as did Colleen Flanagan, Dodd's spokeswoman. "It's not infrequent that we staff members are waiting to leave so he can say goodbye to management, people in the kitchen, waiters, waitresses, everybody," she says.
Biden, too, is comfortable at Centro, where he recently celebrated his daughter's birthday, says Centro staffer Adam Stockdale. "He'll walk himself to his own table," says Stockdale, adding that it's more of his adopted table than his official one.
Candidate: John Edwards
Money spent at Centro: $659.81 (Des Moines); $218.66 (Davenport, the other one)
Edwards, who drinks white wine or sweet tea, is a Centro regular but doesn't linger. DeAngelo says the candidate will order his entrée at the same time his table of supporters orders appetizers. "That way, he can wrap up the meal quickly," he says.
After finishing a respectable second in the 2004 caucuses and clearly intent on another run for president, "He never really left" Iowa, says Rob Follett, the bartender. Indeed, Edwards is one of the few to have spent money at Centro in the second quarter, which covers April, May and June 2007, long before most voters were thinking about the winter caucuses.
Candidate: Mitt Romney
It's understandable that the more urbanified Democratic candidates gravitate toward this hip bistro, equipped as they are for food and drinks whose names are difficult to pronounce for many Americans. In the third quarter of 2007, Fred Thompson, John McCain and Mike Huckabee all stayed away from Centro, according to their FEC disclosures. While Romney may have left behind some of his more coastal elite policy positions when he announced for president — reversing on guns, gays and abortion — he held firm to his culinary sophistication. Romney's a regular at Centro.
The only Republican to spend more, in fact, was a man unashamed of his East Coast roots: Rudy Giuliani. (He hosted a reception at Centro for reporters and didn't have time to eat himself.)
Romney's signature difference from the other candidates who frequent the spot is his seating choice. "He's the only one I've ever seen who didn't sit at the head of the table," says bartender Follett. "I had trouble finding him at first."


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This article was published in the August 2014 edition of "The People's Paper":
Wasilla, Alaska -
The Genesis of Obamacare
By Vic Kohring
There are several theories as to why the Feds chose to target me for removal as a state legislator. Surely it wasn't because I accepted Bill Allen's paltry hundred dollar gift (their initial, stated excuse), with no crime committed as the iconic video tape and evidence shows. To blow through over $7 million of taxpayer dollars prosecuting me over chicken feed was a disgrace. There must have been another reason. Was it because of my staunch, unwavering conservative values? Maybe it was due to my status as long-time chairman of the Alaska Legislature's Oil & Gas Committee, a position the prosecutors saw as a plumb target. Or possibly because these hoods were egomaniacs with a selfish, insatiable desire destroy an elected representative regardless of guilt or innocence - simply for a notch on their belt and to advance careers. Some politically astute in-the-know individuals familiar with my case are convinced the primary reason was a desire to remove Ted Stevens from office and that they saw me as the vehicle to achieve that.
Stevens was the government's biggest prize. The prosecutors plan was to use me as a stepping stone to take down Ted. How do I know? For one, both of us were assigned the same group of prosecutors who committed fraud and obstruction of justice by hiding evidence. Second, this Gang of Five later found themselves in the bullseye of a criminal probe after their cheating was exposed. Moreover, Allen was used as the prosecution's "star" witness in both cases, who conspired with prosecutors to lie on the witness stand to bolster the government's flimsy theories. With lots of experience garnered by convicting me and emboldened after getting away with bamboozling the jury during my trial, the prosecutors chose to keep their greased, well-healed team intact to get Stevens.
After my conviction, the government aggressively pursued Stevens, the longest serving Republican in U.S. Senate history and one of the country's most influential politicians. With their cheap, hollow victory over me complete, the timing was right to shift focus and continue on to the next step in their devious plan - launching a full scale attack on Stevens. So on July 29, 2008, less than a month after I was sent to the Big House, Stevens was indicted on seven felony counts. The timing struck me as odd as my case had just wrapped up. It was as if they had the Stevens case lined up and ready to go the minute mine was out of the way.
With politics, nearly anything is possible. If people can turn up mysteriously dead (i.e. Vince Foster, friend of the Clinton's and legal counsel to the president), it's not at all far-fetched to conclude that Stevens and I were targets of an evil, conspiratorial plot to change the balance of power in America. With the anticipation of Barack Obama's ascendancy as president in 2008, the powers that be were anxiously looking for a way to hand over congress to the Democrats to pave the way for Obama and his ambitious agenda to "Fundamentally change the United States of America," as he proclaimed. Democrats were in charge of the House at the time and were a whisker from controlling the Senate, but they required both chambers to pull it off. To accomplish this, they needed a vehicle, a means by which to take the Senate. That vehicle was me through the use of their friends at the U.S. Department of Justice. The stars were perfectly aligned as Stevens was up for reelection in '08.
The "Justice" Department was poised to derail Stevens campaign. If they could knock him out, control of Congresswould be tipped in favor of the Democrats as they were one seat short of a majority. So they indicted Stevens, dragging him through the mud and tarnishing his reputation with voters. The guilty verdicts came on October 27, 2008, eight days before the election. The result was a one percent loss to challenger Mark Begich. With the defeat, Democrats seized complete control of Washington. But they had to act fast as it wouldn't last long. Nine months later, Scott Brown replaced Sen. Ted Kennedy who succumbed to cancer in 2009, causing the Dems to lose a single, but crucial vote. Before then, the new Senate make-up was good enough to squeak through health care reform, a highly unpopular measure now burdening the country with heavy regulation, an army of IRS agents to enforce and future expenditures of trillions of dollars paid for with massive tax hikes. A scary thought when you consider our health care industry represents one sixth of the nation's economy. Thank you politicians. Especially those on the left including Sen. Begich, who's single vote made the difference in the legislation becoming law. His vote for Obamacare was the 60th and deciding vote. In a recent newspaper column, Paul Jenkins wrote how Obamacare is a "constitutionally abusive travesty" that he credits to Begich for casting the deciding vote and giving us the new health care law that represents a threat to this nation's very future. He's right.
Obamacare may very well have gotten its start right here in Wasilla, Alaska. Federal bureaucrats, as part of a carefully orchestrated power grab, used my case as a stepping stone to get their cherished prize - Ted Stevens - and thereby hand Congress on a silver platter to the Obama, pro-big government forces. This in-turn opened the door to a near-complete bureaucratic takeover of our once renowned, world-class health care system, until recently considered one of the best on earth and convert it into one modeled after socialist European countries to the detriment of us all.


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Official test score results for all Praxis and Foundations of Reading test takers who test in the state of Mississippi are automatically reported to the MDE. To ensure successful retrieval of scores automatically reported to the MDE, please be sure to include your full and correct social security number. Should you choose to test out of state and plan to apply for a Mississippi educator license, please designate the MDE as a score recipient during the test registration process by using State Code 7599.
Please note: Test reports uploaded in your ELMS account will not be accepted.
Reminder: Effective Monday, August 13, 2018, the Division of Educator Licensure no longer offers licensure application drop-off/walk-in service. Also, all documents submitted to the Division of Educator Licensure become the property of the Mississippi Department of Education and will not be returned to the applicant, unless otherwise stated, nor will the Department provide copies of the documents to the applicant or third parties. Only the following documents will be duplicated and returned to the applicant if submission is required: Original – Out-of-state license, Professional Association Card, Marriage License, Birth Certificate, and Licensure Test Score Report. It is the responsibility of the educator to obtain copies of documents prior to submission to the Office of Educator Licensure.
How will I know when the Division of Educator Licensure has received my document(s)?
The most up-to-date information related to receipt of your application and/or supporting documents may be obtained through the Educator Licensure Management System (ELMS) via your user account. Please refer to your "Credentials" page to verify if your online and/or paper application has been received by the Division of Educator Licensure. Receipt of supporting documents can be verified on your "Correspondence" page and/or "Click Here to Upload Documents to MDE" tile.
Is there an application fee?
Currently, there is no fee for educator licensure application review.
What documents must be submitted for my licensure request?
Documents required for Mississippi educator certification include but is not limited to the following:
Licensure Application
Mississippi Licensure Guidelines require that all educators submit a completed licensure application (paper or online) for all licensure request.
Please review the Licensure Application Checklist (https://www.mdek12.org/OEL/Forms) to identify a list of the required document(s) for the licensure category for which you are applying.
How do I retrieve a copy of my Mississippi educator license?
An official copy of your educator license can be viewed and printed in the Educator Licensure Management System (ELMS).
2. Status Updates
How long does the licensure review process take?
Most licensure application requests are reviewed within ten (10) business days. Applications submitted during peak (graduation) season(s) may be subject to a longer review time. If you have recently submitted a complete licensure application packet, please allow approximately 10 business days from the date that the application packet and all supporting documents have been received for review and processing. To help us in our efforts to process your application more efficiently, we ask that you please allow at least three to five weeks of processing time before contacting the Division of Educator Licensure to inquire about the status. You may also continue to visit your ELMS account to review the status. Please be mindful that reciprocity and supplemental endorsements by coursework requests, require longer than normal turnaround time.
After the licensure application review process is complete, you will receive an email notification of successful licensure issuance or a request for additional required information/documentation. You can also obtain real-time updates via your ELMS user account. If you have received a requirements letter, it indicates the need to submit additional document(s) required for certification, according to the current Guidelines for obtaining a Mississippi Educator Licensure. Please review and adhere to all requirements provided in the requirements letter and submit the supporting documentation to the Division for further review.
What is the status of my licensure application review?
All application statuses are placed in one of four categories: Open, Pending, Closed, or Re-Opened. Each category is defined as follows:
Open: Application received, but not yet reviewed by a licensure specialist.
Pending: Application received and reviewed by a licensure specialist. It was determined that additional documentation is required for further review. Please refer to the requirements letters submitted to you by email or view the letter on the "Correspondence" page of your ELMS account. See the comment section of the pending application(s) on the "Credentials" page of your ELMS account for updates.
Closed: Application received and reviewed by a licensure specialist. Closed requests should result in an issuance of license. If your licensure application is more than 180 days old, your application will be closed with no further action taken by the MDE. Should you desire, you may submit a new licensure application for review.
Reopened: Application previously received and reviewed by Licensure Specialist. Additional documentation was received from you by request of your Licensure Specialist via a requirements letter, which was sent to you by email, postal mail and/or accessed via your ELMS account. Your application is open for further review.
3. Routes to Certification
What is a traditional educator preparation program?
A traditional educator preparation program is a licensure-track degree granting program at a regionally or nationally accredited institution of higher learning which prepares candidates to enter a specific area of education and includes student teaching (e.g., mathematics education, special education, science education, etc.).
What is a nontraditional (alternate route) educator preparation program?
A nontraditional (alternate route) program is designated for prospective educators who holds a non-education bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university. Currently there are three pathways for obtaining licensure through a nontraditional educator preparation program. Current programs are as follows:
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) 7-2017
Teach Mississippi Institute (TMI) 9-11-17
American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) 3-2016
Mississippi Alternate Path to Quality Teachers (MAPQT) 8-2015 (Program No Longer Offered - For Reference Only)
Are nontraditional programs completed through an out-of-state institution accepted for certification in Mississippi?
Only nontraditional programs located in the state of Mississippi are approved and accepted for educator licensure. If you have completed a nontraditional program in another state, you must obtain an educator license/certificate in the state which governs the institution administering the selected nontraditional program. If you obtain a standard license/certificate in a state outside of Mississippi, you may apply for consideration for licensure in accordance with Mississippi's reciprocity requirements in effect at the time your complete application is received.
Which alternate route program is the best option for me?
The nontraditional pathway selected is at the discretion of the prospective candidate. Many candidates choose a program based on the following criteria:
geographical location of the program
subject areas offered
cost and time commitment
internship requirements
your personal academic skills and professional background
What is required for enrollment in a nontraditional program?
Nontraditional program entrance requirements include all of the following:
Bachelor's degree (non-education) from a regionally/nationally accredited institution
Twenty-one (21) ACT equivalent or achieve the nationally recommended passing score on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators examination;
and No less than 2.75 GPA on content coursework in the requested area of certification or passing Praxis Subject Assessment at or above the national recommended score provided that the accepted cohort of candidates of the institution's teacher education program meets or exceeds a 3.0 GPA on pre-major coursework.
Praxis II (Specialty Area Test)
*Foundations of Reading Assessment (applicable to Elementary Education (4-6) only)
* ABCTE Passport to Teaching exam and Assessments in subject area and pedagogy (applicable to ABCTE program completers only)
I hold a valid educator license/certificate from another state. Will my educator license/certificate reciprocal in the state of Mississippi?
The department shall grant a standard five-year license to any individual who possesses a valid standard license from another state within a period of twenty-one (21) days from the date of a completed application. The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military trained applicant, military spouse or person who establishes residence in this state shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1 394 or 73-50-2, as applicable.
4. Local District Requests
Am I eligible for a Special Non-Renewable educator license in the state of Mississippi?
The Mississippi Department of Education may grant a Special, Non-renewable License to a candidate who has not met all certification requirements under the Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-2(6)(a), (b), and (c), at the time the application is submitted to the Office of Educator Licensure. This is a one-year license that can only be requested by an employing local school district or an eligible nonpublic school in the state of Mississippi for up to three (3) years. This license is issued at the Class A level. This provisional licensure option provides local school district officials with the ability to employ candidates who possess the potential to earn full educator certification while temporarily addressing the ongoing teacher shortage. Eligibility is based on certain criteria outlined in the Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12 based on application year. Please visit the "Local District Request" section of the Mississippi Department of Education's website at https://www.mdek12.org/OTL/OEL/licensureapplication to obtain access to specific requirements for each Special Non-Renewable license type.
Can I request a class upgrade and/or additional endorsements to my Special Non-Renewable license?
All Special Non-Renewable licenses are issued at the Class A (Bachelor's Degree) level for only one (1) area of endorsement per school year.
What is an Expert Citizen License? Am I eligible?
The Mississippi Department of Education may grant an Expert Citizen License to local business or other professional personnel in order to allow a school district to offer specialized or technical courses. This is a one-year license that can only be requested by an employing local school district or an eligible nonpublic school in the state of Mississippi. This license is issued at the Class A level. Please contact your local school district for consideration of the Expert Citizen license.
5. Certification Assessments
How do I register for a Mississippi required Praxis assessment? How do I register for the Foundations of Reading assessment?
Test preparation materials, test registration and additional information regarding current Mississippi State Board of Education approved Praxis assessments are available at: https://www.ets.org/praxis/ms/overview. Test preparation materials, test registration and additional information regarding the Mississippi Foundations of Reading assessment is available at: https://www.ms.nesinc.com/.
Also, the most up-to-date information regarding discontinued tests and/or adjusted score policy is provided in the Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12. If the discontinued assessment in question is not listed in that section or the acceptance date has expired, you must meet requirements in effect on the day that your complete application is received in the Division of Educator Licensure. Current requirements may be access via the following web link: https://www.ets.org/praxis/ms/requirements.
How do I request a copy of my Praxis or National Teacher's Exam (NTE) scores?
To request documentation of test scores that are no longer available for request through the testing company, you may complete a Test Score Report form and upload it to your ELMS portal.
6. Renewal/Reinstatement
How do I renew my license?
A Mississippi Educator license can be renewed with coursework, CEU's, SEMI's, or Completion of the National Board process achieved within the renewal cycle of the educator's license.
• Class A: 10 CEU's, 6 hours of coursework, 5 CEU's and 3 hours of coursework, or Completion of the National Board process
• Class AA - AAAA: 5 CEU's, 3 hours of coursework, or Completion of the National Board process
• Career Level Administrator: 70 SEMI's, 6 hours of coursework, 35 SEMI's and 3 hours of coursework, Completion of a specialist or doctoral degree in educational administration/leadership, or Completion of the National Board process
How do I reinstate my license?
A Mississippi Educator license can be reinstated with the following:
•Coursework (6 hours for Class A - Class AAAA) within the last five years from the time the application is submitted for reinstatement
•A valid, out-of-state license
•Submission of retirement verification letter from PERS (for retired educators)
If an educator wants to use CEU's to reinstate a license, he or she will first need to apply for a one-year reinstatement. When applying to reinstate the license back to a standard with CEU's, the educator will need to apply for a four-year reinstatement.
I am a retired educator. What is the process for keeping my license current?
Retired educators receiving benefits through the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) do not have to complete CEU credits or college credits. This benefit is only applicable with an expired license. All licenses expire June 30th. On July 1st of the expiration year of your license, contact Mississippi Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) http://www.pers.ms.gov/Pages/Home.aspx and request a confirmation of retirement letter. The confirmation letter can be uploaded in the Educator Licensure Management 2.0 account on your "Correspondence" page. You will also need to submit an online application requesting the reinstatement of your expired licensure.
Who do I contact for questions regarding Orientation to School Leaders (OSL) or School Executive Management Institute (SEMI) credits?
Please contact a member of our team at 601-359-3631 for questions related to OSLs and SEMIs.
List of Approved SEMI and OSL Agencies
How do I upgrade my license to a different class?
You can apply to upgrade a standard five-year license by submitting an online application through your Mississippi Educator Licensure Management System 2.0 (ELMS 2.0) account and an official transcript verifying the awarded degree. The Division of Educator Licensure continues to accept electronic transcripts through official transcript services from those institutions that have the capability to submit electronic transcripts. Electronic submission is the fastest, most secure way to deliver your transcript to the Division of Educator Licensure. For efficient document-to-applicant verification, please request that the institution include the following information as part of the official transcript, 1) your date of birth, 2) the last four digits of your social security number or educator ID number and 3) your first and last name as it appears in your ELMS account. Electronic transcripts can be submitted from the college/university or official transcript service using the following email address: transcript@mdek12.org
What are the options for adding additional subject areas (supplemental endorsements) to my Mississippi educator license?
Supplemental endorsement areas of certification may be added to a three-year nontraditional or five-year standard teaching license. Information regarding supplemental endorsements is located in the Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12. Supplement endorsement may be added by successful completion of one of the following methods:
by approved course, module or workshop for the appropriate Praxis Subject Assessment in specific areas
by completion of an approved program in specific areas
(Institutional Program Verification required)
by obtaining the Mississippi's current qualifying score
by 18 hours of coursework in specific areas*
*Review college transcripts to determine if it shows the required number of hours (undergraduate or graduate) of pure content subject courses with a grade of "C" or higher.
I received an email stating that my license has been issued, but I have not received it in the mail yet. When should I expect the license in the mail?
Go to the Division of Educator Licensure's homepage
Scroll down to the Go to my ELMS account icon
Click Go to my ELMS account
Go to the Click Here to Access the License Look-up box and Click License Look-up
Type in your Social Security Number (SSN) only with no spaces or dashes
Click Search Educators
Click View Virtual License beside your name
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Educator Preparation Providers
Licensure Guidelines K12
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Guidelines
Certification Commission


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Q: Sorting a column with numbers, strings and nils I have a column that includes numbers (as strings), strings and nils.
I would like to order all numbers by numerical values, then strings alphabetically, then all nils and empty strings sorted through another column.
so, given:
+----+-----+------+
| id | val | name |
+----+-----+------+
| 0  |bbb  |      |
| 1  |aaa  |      |
| 2  |0920 |      |
| 3  |320  |      |
| 4  |     |c     |
| 5  |NULL |b     |
| 6  |     |a     |
+----+-----+------+

I want:
+----+-----+------+
| id | val | name |
+----+-----+------+
| 3  |320  |      |
| 2  |0920 |      |
| 1  |aaa  |      |
| 0  |bbb  |      |
| 6  |     |a     |
| 5  |NULL |b     |
| 4  |     |c     |
+----+-----+------+

thanks!

A: SqlFiddleDemo
First use a CASE to create groups, numbers go first, null go last, the rest in on the middle
Then sort by the numeric value, and the name
SELECT *
FROM Table1
ORDER BY CASE WHEN `val` REGEXP '[0-9]+' THEN 1
              WHEN `val` IS NULL THEN 3
              ELSE 2
         END,
         CASE WHEN `val` REGEXP '[0-9]+' THEN CONVERT(`val`, SIGNED INTEGER)
              ELSE 0
         END,
         name

OUTPUT
| id |    val |   name |
|----|--------|--------|
|  3 |    320 | (null) |
|  2 |   0920 | (null) |
|  0 |    bbb | (null) |
|  1 |    aaa | (null) |
|  6 | (null) |      a |
|  5 | (null) |      b |
|  4 | (null) |      c |

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Penn State Men's Basketball
Penn State vs George Mason Preview: Non-Conference Road Trip
The Nittany Lions look for payback, after losing to George Mason at home last year.
By Rowen Dec 15, 2017, 7:29am EST
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With the entire week off to focus on finals, Penn State will resume play on Sunday as they travel to Fairfax to face George Mason. It will be the team's first and last road game of the non-conference slate. While a win isn't going to do much for their resume, a loss to a team currently ranked 210th on KenPom would be brutal.
Opponent Summary
KenPom Rank:
Vegas Line:
George Mason Patriots Sunday, December 17, 4:00 PM EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, VA watchstadium.com 210 5-6, 0-0 A-10 tba
Fortunately, the team won't be short of motivation after getting bludgeoned by the Patriots in the Bryce Jordan Center last year, 85-66. A lot of that was the product of freshmen playing like freshmen, and Tim accurately portrayed the result as: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Before predicting a role-reversal in the 2017 match-up between the two programs, let's see what Penn State will be up against.
Scouting the opposition
Out of their top performers from last year, Otis Livingston returns while Marquise Moore graduated. Moore scored 25 points a year ago, so it will be nice not to worry about him. Livingston is the team's primary ball handler and leading scorer, playing the point 87% of the time for George Mason and averaging 14.8 points per game. The Patriots struggles this year are a product of their lack of depth and experience. Their starting rotation features a pair each of Juniors and Sophomores, but the supporting cast is exclusively freshmen.
Goanar Mar leads this group of freshman as the team's starting center (at 6'7"!). He was recruited by a few Big Ten schools out of high school, and was a high-end 3 star prospect. He's fourth on the team in minutes, and one of three players on the Patriots averaging double-digit scoring so far this year. He's shooting 33% from beyond the arc, and I wouldn't be surprised to see head coach Dave Paulsen use him to open up the floor and try to lure Mike Watkins away from the rim.
Jaire Grayer is the third Patriot averaging double-digits, and also leads the team in rebounds with 8.3 boards per game. He's not afraid to step outside either, and is currently hitting 3s at a 38% rate. Justin Kier and Ian Boyd, the two other starters, have contributed limited production. George Mason's bench production is on a similar level as Penn State's, which is to say: slightly above nothing. Three freshmen have received a decent amount of playing time, but haven't been able to do enough to concern opposing fanbases.
What to watch for
Dominate the glass? - Without going into the talent of each player, Penn State comes in with a significant advantage in size. While this should translate to an advantage in rebounding, we thought the same thing last year and George Mason finished +15 in that department. Pat Chambers can't let that happen again.
Experimenting with Lineups - Penn State's lack of bench production is one of their biggest issues right now, and this game should give Chambers an opportunity to test out different lineups and see what works. With the Patriots lack of size, this is the perfect time to experiment with a small-ball lineup and see what happens with four guards on the court.
Taking care of business - A road win counts for something, even with George Mason's struggles so far this year. The team needs to approach this game the same way they did George Washington: start hot, and make it clear by halftime who will be leaving with the W.
Penn State has had a few let-downs so far, but all coming against teams with superior talent than George Mason. If the offense does sputter, the defense is more than capable of locking down the Patriots during a cold stretch. With a sizable lead by halftime, we'll see the bench players get some extended playing. I won't say who, but one bench player will score double-digits. Penn State 77, George Mason 55.


You may be excited to bundle up and enjoy a snow day, but some dogs aren't so thrilled about going outside in that kind of weather — much less going to the bathroom in it. After all, would you do your business in less than ideal conditions if you didn't have to? Thankfully, you don't have to spend the whole winter cleaning up accidents: I have several strategies that can help teach your pup to do his business outside when it's cold — but you may need to try a combination of two or three of these methods to solve the problem.
Snow can make your dog's outdoor bathroom options less than ideal. He may not want to or his regular potty spot might be buried. You can help him out by shoveling a space where he usually does his business that's as close to the ground as possible and large enough for him to. If you're unable to shovel, invest in some potty grass and place it near his regular potty area.
Humans aren't the only ones who should dress for the cold — some dogs may in frigid weather. For instance, if your pup is small or has short legs, he may be more willing to go out in the snow — and go to the bathroom — if he's appropriately bundled up.
Take your dog outside frequently so he has plenty of opportunities. And when he does eliminate in the proper area, praise him and reward him with his favorite treats or a special toy. If he's up for it, you may even want to have a — or you can head back inside, where it's warm and cozy.
If being cooped up indoors is causing your dog to inside, try to keep him in a contained area. Don't let him go into areas where he's had accidents before and make sure you with an enzymatic cleaner, which should help get rid of any scents that will make him think it's OK to go to the bathroom there again. Once your dog is willing to do his business outside again, you can let him roam freely in your home once more.
I know it can be frustrating when a dog goes potty indoors, but him won't prevent this behavior — it will only make it worse. When you punish a dog for having an accident, it teaches him that it's not safe to go potty around you and he'll quickly lose his trust in you. Instead, when he has an accident, gently interrupt him with an "oops" and take him outside to his normal bathroom spot as a reminder.


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Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Са́вин () — советский футболист, нападающий.

В командах мастеров выступал за ленинградский «Сталинец» в 1938 году: в мае — июне провёл семь матчей. Возможно, скончался в декабре 1941 года в блокадном Ленинграде, похоронен на Большеохтинском кладбище.

Примечания

Футболисты СССР
Игроки ФК «Зенит» Санкт-Петербург
Жертвы блокады Ленинграда
Похороненные на Большеохтинском кладбище

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import sinalgo.tools.Tools;

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Charlie Traynor, owner and operator of Aquarium Obsessions, is a dedicated hobbyist who turned his passion for reef keeping into an amazing business in Bartonville, Illinois. Charlie's desire to aquaculture his own line of corals spawned the birth of his shop, Aquarium Obsessions, in 2011. He has over 15 years of experience with saltwater aquariums and coral reefs and continues to research and implement the latest innovations in the business.
Aquarium Obsessions specializes in custom saltwater tanks and systems, has over 3,500 gallons of saltwater capacity, and carries a huge assortment of saltwater fish, hard and soft corals, invertebrates, and all of the dry goods, food, equipment, and chemicals required to make you a successful reef keeper.
Charlie personally welcomes you to stop in and visit with him regarding the latest innovations in saltwater aquariums. If you can dream it, we can help you make it a reality!