The College of Liberal Arts invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, 10-month Visiting Assistant Professor in the history of Islam and the modern Middle East beginning August 2018.
PhD. ABD applicants considered, but appointment will be at the Instructor rank and all degree requirements must be completed by February 1, 2019. Excellence in teaching required.
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Instructional workload of eight courses for the academic year. Courses to be taught will include sections of the introductory survey of Islamic history, sections of the introductory survey of the Modern Middle East, and sections of the Towson University first year research and writing seminar focused on the recent Arab uprisings. There may be the opportunity, depending upon department needs, to teach one section of an upper-division offering in Islamic or Middle East history.
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CHAPTER XVI.
DIVISION OF OFFENSES.
§ 4. Advantages of the present method.
LVI. A few words, for the purpose of giving a general view of the method of division here pursued, and of the advantages which it possesses, may have their use. The whole system of offences, we may observe, is branched out into five classes. In the three first, the subordinate divisions are taken from the same source; viz. from the consideration of the different points, in respect whereof the interest of an individual is exposed to suffer. By this uniformity, a considerable degree of light seems to be thrown upon the whole system; particularly upon the offences that come under the third class: objects which have never hitherto been brought into any sort of order. With regard to the fourth class, in settling the precedence between its several subordinate divisions, it seemed most natural and satisfactory to place those first, the connection whereof with the welfare of individuals seemed most obvious and immediate. The mischievous effects of those offences, which tend in an immediate way to deprive individuals of the protection provided for them against the attacks of one another, and of those which tend to bring down upon them the attacks of foreign assailants, seem alike obvious and palpable. The mischievous quality of such as tend to weaken the force that is provided to combat those attacks, but particularly the latter, though evident enough, is one link farther off in the chain of causes and effects. The ill effects of such offences as are of disservice only by diminishing the particular fund from whence that force is to be extracted, such effects, I say, though indisputable, are still more distant and out of sight. The same thing may be observed with regard to such as are mischievous only by affecting the universal fund. Offences against the sovereignty in general would not be mischievous, if offences of the several descriptions preceding were not mischievous. Nor in a temporal view are offences against religion mischievous, except in as far as, by removing, or weakening, or misapplying one of the three great incentives to virtue, and checks to vice, they tend to open the door to the several mischiefs, which it is the nature of all those other offences to produce. As to the fifth class, this, as hath already been observed, exhibits, at first view, an irregularity, which however seems to be unavoidable. But this irregularity is presently corrected, when the analysis returns back, as it does after a step or two, into the path from which the tyranny of language had forced it a while to deviate.
It was necessary that it should have two purposes in view: the one, to exhibit, upon a scale more or less minute, a systematical enumeration of the several possible modifications of delinquency, denominated or undenominated; the other, to find places in the list for such names of offences as were in current use: for the first purpose, nature was to set the law; for the other, custom. Had the nature of the things themselves been the only guide, every such difference in the manner of perpetration, and such only, should have served as a ground for a different denomination, as was attended with a difference in point of effect. This however of itself would never have been sufficient; for as on one hand the new language, which it would have been necessary to invent, would have been uncouth, and in a manner unintelligible: so on the other hand the names, which were before in current use, and which, in spite of all systems, good or bad, must have remained in current use, would have continued unexplained. To have adhered exclusively to the current language, would have been as bad on the other side; for in that case the catalogue of offences, when compared to that of the mischiefs that are capable of being produced, would have been altogether broken and uncomplete.
To reconcile these two objects, in as far as they seemed to be reconcilable, the following course has therefore been pursued. The logical whole, constituted by the sum total of possible offences, has been bisected in as many different directions as were necessary, and the process in each direction carried down to that stage at which the particular ideas thus divided found names in current use in readiness to receive them. At that period I have stopped; leaving any minuter distinctions to be enumerated in the body of the work, as so many species of the genus characterised by such or such a name. If in the course of any such process I came to a mode of conduct which, though it required to be taken notice of, and perhaps had actually been taken notice of, under all laws, in the character of an offence, had hitherto been expressed under different laws, by different circumlocutions, without ever having received any name capable of occupying the place of a substantive in a sentence, I have frequently ventured so far as to fabricate a new name for it, such an one as the idiom of the language, and the acquaintance I happened to have with it, would admit of. These names consisting in most instances, and that unavoidably, of two or three words brought together, in a language too which admits not, like the German and the Greek, of their being melted into one, can never be upon a par, in point of commodiousness, with those univocal appellatives which make part of the established stock.
In the choice of names in current use, care has been taken to avoid all such as have been grounded on local distinctions, ill founded perhaps in the nation in which they received their birth, and at any rate not applicable to the circumstances of other countries.
The analysis, as far as it goes, is as applicable to the legal concerns of one country as of another: and where, if it had descended into further details, it would have ceased to be so, there I have taken care always to stop: and thence it is that it has come to be so much more particular in the class of offences against individuals, than in any of the other classes. One use then of this arrangement, if it should be found to have been properly conducted, will be its serving to point out in what it is that the legal interests of all countries agree, and in what it is that they are liable to differ: how far a rule that is proper for one, will serve, and how far it will not serve, for another. That the legal interests of different ages and countries have nothing in common, and that they have every thing, are suppositions equally distant from the truth.[107]
LVII. A natural method, such as it hath been here attempted to exhibit, seems to possess four capital advantages; not to mention others of inferior note. In the first place, it affords such assistance to the apprehension and to the memory, as those faculties would in vain look for in any technical arrangement.[108] That arrangement of the objects of any science may, it should seem, be termed a natural one, which takes such properties to characterise them by, as men in general are, by the common constitution of man's nature, independently of any accidental impressions they may have received from the influence of any local or other particular causes, accustomed to attend to: such, in a word, as naturally, that is readily and at first sight, engage, and firmly fix, the attention of any one to whom they have once been pointed out. Now by what other means should an object engage or fix a man's attention, unless by interesting him? and what circumstance belonging to any action can be more interesting, or rather what other circumstance belonging to it can be at all interesting to him, than that of the influence it promises to have on his own happiness, and the happiness of those who are about him? By what other mark then should he more easily find the place which any offence occupies in the system, or by what other clue should he more readily recall it?
LVIII. In the next place, it not only gives at first glance a general intimation of the nature of each division of offences, in as far as that nature is determined by some one characteristic property, but it gives room for a number of general propositions to be formed concerning the particular offences that come under that division, in such manner as to exhibit a variety of other properties that may belong to them in common. It gives room therefore, for the framing of a number of propositions concerning them, which, though very general, because predicated of a great number of articles, shall be as generally true.[109]
LIX. In the third place, it is so contrived, that the very place which any offence is made to occupy, suggests the reason of its being put there. It serves to indicate not only that such and such acts are made offences, but why they ought to be. By this means, while it addresses itself to the understanding, it recommends itself in some measure to the affections. By the intimation it gives of the nature and tendency of each obnoxious act, it accounts for, and in some measure vindicates, the treatment which it may be thought proper to bestow upon that act in the way of punishment. To the subject then it is a kind of perpetual apology: showing the necessity of every defalcation, which, for the security and prosperity of each individual, it is requisite to make from the liberty of every other. To the legislator it is a kind of perpetual lesson: serving at once as a corrective to his prejudices, and as a check upon his passions. Is there a mischief which has escaped him? in a natural arrangement, if at the same time an exhaustive one, he cannot fail to find it. Is he tempted ever to force innocence within the pale of guilt? the difficulty of finding a place for it advertises him of his error. Such are the uses of a map of universal delinquency, laid down upon the principle of utility: such the advantages, which the legislator as well as the subject may derive from it. Abide by it, and every thing that is arbitrary in legislation vanishes. An evil-intentioned or prejudiced legislator durst not look it in the face. He would proscribe it, and with reason: it would be a satire on his laws.
LX. In the fourth place, a natural arrangement, governed as it is by a principle which is recognised by all men, will serve alike for the jurisprudence of all nations. In a system of proposed law, framed in pursuance of such a method, the language will serve as a glossary by which all systems of positive law might be explained, while the matter serves as a standard by which they might be tried. Thus illustrated, the practice of every nation might be a lesson to every other: and mankind might carry on a mutual interchange of experiences and improvements as easily in this as in every other walk of science. If any one of these objects should in any degree be attained, the labour of this analysis, severe as it has been, will not have been thrown away.
107. The above hints are offered to the consideration of the few who may be disposed to bend their minds to disquisitions of this uninviting nature: to sift the matter to the bottom, and engage in the details of illustration, would require more room than could in this place be consistently allowed.
108. See Fragment on Government, preface p. xlv. edit. 1776. — preface p. xlvii. edit. 1823.
109. Imagine what a condition a science must be in, when as yet there shall be no such thing as forming any extensive proposition relative to it, that shall be at the same time a true one: where, if the proposition shall be true of some of the particulars contained under it, it shall be false with regard to others. What a state would botany, for example, be in, if the classes were so contrived, that no common characters could be found for them? Yet in this state, and no better, seems every system of penal law to be, authoritative or unauthoritative, that has ever yet appeared. Try if it be otherwise, for instance, with the delicta privata et publica, and with the publica ordinaria, and publica extra-ordirnaria of the Roman law.[110] All this for want of method: and hence the necessity of endeavouring to strike out a new one.
Nor is this want of method to be wondered at. A science so new as that of penal legislation, could hardly have been in any better state. Till objects are distinguished, they cannot be arranged. It is thus that truth and order go on hand in hand. It is only in proportion as the former is discovered, that the latter can be improved. Before a certain order is established, truth can be but imperfectly announced: but until a certain proportion of truth has been developed and brought to light, that order cannot be established. The discovery of truth leads to the establishment of order: and the establishment of order fixes and propagates the discovery of truth.
110. Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, Elementa, p. vii, §79, 80.

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is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in 2003 and signed to Sony Records.

Background
SID (シド) was founded in 2003 by vocalist Mao (ex-Shula) and bassist Aki (ex-Ram Rem). They were joined by two support members, guitarist Shinji (ex-Uranus) and drummer Yuuya (ex-Shula). The four of them released the band's first demo CD, Yoshigai Manabu 17-sai (Mushoku) (吉開学 17歳 (無職)), on mini-disc that August and soon after, they signed on with Danger Crue Records.

Though SID technically began in 2003, the band considers January 14, 2004 the date of their 'birth' as it was announced at their show at the Meguro Rock May Kan that Shinji and Yuuya would be joining as official members. With their line-up now complete, they released their first single "Kaijou-Ban"(会場限定盤) in March before traveling overseas for a two-day performance at the American convention Anime Central in May. The young band made quite an impact, gaining a number of international fans, and they have since expressed their desire to return to America once more.

SID heated back up in the winter months, releasing their first full album, Renai (レンアイ), and taking part in both their label-sponsored 'tenka' event put on every Christmas and the Beauti-Fool's Fest 04 event sponsored by Fool's Mate magazine. They continued to participate in lives and events well into the next year, which included their first one-man tour. The release of their second album followed. The band started off small, but not without a certain charming flair. Where most bandsmen handed out fliers, they also used megaphones as a means of personal promotion. Despite having only a small collection of songs to offer, they worked relentlessly to produce more. Their releases varied widely in style and composition, and the band made it an obvious goal to appeal to a broad audience - a plan which obviously worked. SID grew rapidly in their initial years, at a rate which surprised numerous publications and notoriously earned them the title "the monster band of the indie scene".

2006 was a big year for SID: they broke into the Oricon top ten for the first time with their summer single, "Chapter 1", and they were able to play a one-man at the famous Nippon Budokan live hall. They finished the year with the release of their third album, play, and a new one-man tour that took them throughout Japan. The following year brought a slew of new singles, including September's "Mitsuyubi" (蜜指), which was the band's first to reach the Oricon top five.

In early 2008, SID announced they would be going major with Sony Records and later put out "Monokuro no Kiss" (モノクロのキス), their debut major single. The single's title track was used for the opening of anime Black Butler and the release was also available in four versions, one which was a special Kuroshitsuji version featuring the two main characters on a cardboard sleeve. Their debut concert at Nippon Budokan sold out in under two minutes in November 2008.

Their next single, titled "2°C me no kanojo" (2℃目の彼女), came out in January 2009, and three months later "Uso" (嘘) debuted at number two on the Oricon charts and was also used as the 1st ending theme of popular anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Their other recent releases also seem to be used for popular anime, so anticipate many more songs to be used for original soundtracks. Their first major album, Hikari, was released on July 1, 2009, and will serve as the primary set list for what will be their largest tour to date.
Another single named, "One Way" was released on 11. November which reached 3rd in the Oricon Charts.

On March 3, 2010, SID released their Single "Sleep" and announced their performance at Saitama Super Arena on July 31 in a special CM on TV Asahi program "Ikinari!Ogon Densetsu" on February 11, subsequently selling out 30,000 tickets in just one day.
SID's song "Rain (雨)" is the fifth opening theme and sixth ending theme for the anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Released on June 2, 2010, "Rain" ranked No.1 on the Oricon Daily charts on June 4 and 5, marking the first time SID has ever placed No. 1 on the daily charts. "Rain" is SID's second contribution to the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, making them one of the two artists contributing more than one song for Fullmetal Alchemist (the other being L'Arc-en-Ciel). However, on the weekly charts "Rain" was ranked No.2. On September 29, 2010 they released a new single titled "Cosmetic" and performed at Tokyo Dome on December 11, 2010. On 2010 December 1 they released a single, "Ranbu no Melody" (乱舞のメロディ) which was used as the 13th opening theme of Bleach from Episodes 292 to 316.

They got the Top Pop Artist Award from Billboard Japan Music Awards 2010 on February 6, 2011. Also they participated in Kuroyume's tribute album which was released on February 9, the song SID will do is "Yasashii Higeki(Tender Tragedy)" a song by Kuroyume that was released in 1995.
A DVD with footage from their live at Saitama Super Arena and Tokyo Dome was released and is available in 3D on Blu-ray. The DVD also placed 3rd on Oricon weekly.
Their new single entitled "Itsuka", was followed by another performance at Nippon Budokan on October 4. Their 7th DVD, SIDNAD Vol.7: dead stock tour 2011 was released on the next day. "Itsuka" reached No. 1 on the daily charts and placed second on the weekly charts.

On December 28, 2011 SID released "Fuyu no Bench". SID performed at the Ontama Carnival on January 29, 2012.
Their single "S" was decided to become the theme of Sadako 3D and an image song for the 2013 film adaptation of Carrie. Their single "VIP" was released on 21 November 2012, and is the opening theme for the anime adaptation of the manga Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. Another single, "Anniversary" was used as the opening theme for the second season of the series, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic. On March 6, 2013, SID releases their M&W Tour Live Concert in DVD form [SIDNAD Vol.8~TOUR 2012 M&W~]

On April 6, 2013, SID hold the live event for their commemorative 10th Anniversary of SID at Yokohama Stadium.
On May 24, 2013 SID also performed in Singapore for the first time at the MUSIC MATTERS LIVE 2013 event. They release their new single "Summer Lover" on 24 July 2013 followed by 2 other side single included in the album Side B Complete Collection on August 21, 2013. The two tracks mentioned are CELEBRITY and SENSE. On July 27, 2013, SID make a tour for their 10th Anniversary Live, first at Fukuoka; then at Sendai on August 3, 2013, Osaka on August 10, 2013, and finally at Fuji-Q Highland, Yamanashi on 24–25 August 2013.

On December 11, 2013, SID is releasing their live DVD during Yokohama Concert, consisting of 22 songs included 『SIDNAD Vol.9 ~YOKOHAMA STADIUM~』<10th Anniversary LIVE> and later on December 27, 2013, SID will hold the final live event in 2013, commemorative for their 10th Anniversary Projects in Nippon Budokan [VISUAL BANG! SID 10TH ANNIVERSARY FINAL PARTY] where they invite other artists such as AYABIE, R-Shitei, Alice Project, Kameleo, ZORO, DIV, DaizyStripper, Dog in the PWO, v[NEW] and Moran. Following on the February 12, 2014, SID will release their new single 『hug』.

On August 27, 2014, SID's Enamel was released and it was used for the opening title in Black Butler: Book of Circus.

On May 13, 2017, SID created the new song "Rasen no Yume" (Spiral Dream) for the anime adaptation of Altair: A Record of Battles. The song's CD single will go on sale on August 2, 2017 in three versions (a limited first pressing with a DVD, a standard edition, and a limited standard pressing with an anime illustration).

They provided a cover of "Jupiter" for the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III ~Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick~

Members
Current members
Mao – vocals (2003–present)

Shinji – guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)

Aki – bass guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)

Yuya – drums, percussion (2003–present)

Discography
Albums
[2004.12.24] Renai
[2005.11.16] Hoshi no Miyako
[2006.11.08] Play
[2008.02.20] Sentimental Macchiato
[2009.07.01] Hikari
[2011.02.23] Dead Stock
[2012.08.01] M&W
[2014.03.12] Outsider
[2017.09.06] Nomad
[2019.09.04] Need of Approval
[2022.03.23] Umibe

Singles
[2004.03.28] Kaijou-Ban (会場盤, Version only for the live venue)
[2004.04.04] Tsuhan-Ban (通販盤, Catalogue Version)
[2004.06.06] Ryutsu-Ban (流通盤, Distribution Version)
[2005.07.20] Paint Pops No. 32
[2005.10.12] Sweet? ; No. 23
[2006.02.08] Hosoi Koe (Thin Voice) ; No. 18
[2006.06.14] Chapter 1 ; No. 10
[2006.08.16] Otegami (御手紙, Letters) ; No. 9
[2007.04.04] Smile ; No. 11
[2007.07.11] Natsukoi (夏恋, Summer Love) ; No. 10
[2007.09.26] Mitsuyubi (蜜指 ミツユビ, Honey Fingers) ; No. 5
[2007.12.05] Namida no Ondo (涙の温度, The Temperature of Tears) ; No. 4
[2008.10.29] Monochrome no Kiss (モノクロのキス) ; No. 4
[2009.01.14] Nidome no Kanojo (2℃目の彼女, The Second Girlfriend. Note: The Japanese is a pun of nidome, which can mean second or 2 degrees) ; No. 3
[2009.04.29] Uso (嘘, A Lie) ; No. 2
[2009.11.11] One Way ; No. 3
[2010.03.03] Sleep ; No. 2
[2010.06.02] Rain (レイン) ; No. 2
[2010.09.29] Cosmetic ; No. 3
[2010.12.01] Ranbu no Melody (乱舞のメロディ, The Boisterous Melody) ; No. 5
[2011.09.28] Itsuka (いつか, Someday) ; No. 2
[2011.12.28] Fuyu no Bench (冬のベンチ, The Winter Bench) ; No. 6
[2012.05.02] Nokoriga (残り香, The Lingering Scent) ; No. 5
[2012.05.09] S ; No. 4
[2012.11.21] V.I.P ; No. 4
[2013.04.10] Koi ni Ochite (恋におちて, Falling in Love) ; No. 4
[2013.07.24] Summer Lover (サマラバ) ; No. 7
[2013.11.06] Anniversary
[2014.02.12] Hug
[2014.08.27] ENAMEL
[2014.12.10] White Tree
[2015.11.25] Hyoryu (漂流, Drifting)
[2017.01.28] Glass no Hitomi (硝子の瞳, The Glass Eye)
[2017.08.02] Rasen no Yume (Spiral Dream)
[2019.03.10] Sono Mirai e (その未来へ, To That Future) live-limited distribution
[2020.01.08] Delete

DVD
[2007.02.07] Sidnad Vol.1: Film of "Play"#14
[2008.05.14] Sidnad Vol.2: Clips One No. 7
[2008.10.15] Sidnad Vol.3: Tour 2008 センチメンタルマキアート No. 5
[2009.02.10] Sidnad Vol.4: Tour 2009 光 No. 3
[2010.07.28] Sidnad Vol.5: Clips Two No. 7
[2011.03.16] Sidnad Vol.6: Live 2010 No. 3
[2011.10.05] Sidnad Vol.7: dead stock tour 2011 No. 1
[2013.03.06] SIDNAD Vol.8: ~TOUR 2012 M&W~
[2013.12.11] SIDNAD Vol.9: ~YOKOHAMA STADIUM~ <10th Anniversary LIVE>
Compilation
[2007.12.19] Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album - Wish
[2011.02.09] Fuck The Border Line - yasashii higeki(優しい悲劇)
[2011.08.17] All Time Super Guest - JUSTY
[2012.06.13] L'Arc~en~Ciel Tribute - Shout at the Devil

References

External links

 Mao's blog (Japanese)
 Shinji's blog (Japanese)
 Aki's blog (Japanese)
 Yuuya's blog (Japanese)
 SID in Sony Music

Japanese hard rock musical groups
Japanese pop rock music groups
Japanese alternative rock groups
Visual kei musical groups
Ki/oon Music artists
Gan-Shin artists
Musical groups from Tokyo

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Today I had every intention of heading to my meeting in London and then heading home to work from the comfort of my sofa. All this changed however when I received a text telling me my Selfridges Lucky Bag had been delivered to the office. It would be sacrilege to leave my lucky bag waiting in the office all weekend, so I took a detour to grab it on my way home.
With the treasured box in my mitts I eagerly tore open the box, remembering to take some dodgy iPhone snaps on my way. However once my bag was opened the excitement ended.
Inside my bag I found the following….
Perhaps I had inflated expectations, but when the likes of Selfridges offers a Lucky Bag I don't expect to find tissues as one of the gifts, though I'm sure they are very nice tissues. Also of the 6 items in my bag only 3 are actually stocked on the Selfridges website, the rest produced this wonderful message when trying to suss out their value.
Thankfully Google was able to help with the missing prices. So what was my Lucky Bag worth? A grand total of £17.93, I've broken down the exact product prices below. Sure I got more than the £15.00 I paid, if you don't include the £4.95 postage, but would I really use many of the products? Probably not.
*All sample size costs have been worked out based on the cost of the full price items.
I don't mean to be a grump about these things, but seriously when you're buying a Lucky Bag from Selfridges you expect the items to be from Selfridges, right?
Did you order one of the Selfridges Lucky Bags? Would love to know what you got in yours if you did.
Hi, Great post – interesting to see how much your bag would have actually cost, will have to try and work that out with ours. Sara was not very excited with the tissues she received either. The Eve Lom Rescue Mask was definitely the best product in my bag, I wasn't too excited by the candy. Guess the word lucky will work for one or two of the products but not the whole bag, will be interesting to see what other people get.
Wow that's interesting, must be a lot of unhappy customers, good luck getting yours returned.
I was incredibly disappointed with my bag (I have a review going up on the 21st) and I've yet to hear from somebody who was actually pleased with the contents of their bag. I guess I was expecting some higher end/luxury samples in there.
I was really, really annoyed when I tried to total the contents of my bag, only to find none of it was actually stocked on the Selfridges website, how annoying? I'm surprised Selfridges aren't just returning the money anyway (without asking for the products back) considering how many people they pissed off. I'm not returning mine. I'm just going to give most of the products I got to my baby sister for Christmas. I'm sure she'll appreciate them as she's new to the beauty world, but for me, it just didn't cut it.
I totally agree and can't believe that Selfridges think it's ok to provide products they don't sell in their lucky bags. It would be like buying a lucky bag from Cadburys only to find it only had skittles in it. Definitely poor form on Selfridges' part.
I also coundn't find half the products ont he Selfridges sit to work out the value, but I'm almost glad to here it's a problem others are having rather than just me not doing it right!
Hey hun. Thanks for your comment on my Selfridges 'Lucky' bag post. I didn't think they could get much unluckier than mine, but now that I've read your post, and the comments that follow, it looks like Selfridges really did rip most of us off.


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Q: Dissolve Polygons using R / join specific polygons I have data in shapefile format :: UK_boundaries
 I am new to R and Spatial data as well,  I am trying to join some areas to be as one area no line(s) between them. Based on my search I understand that  unionSpatialPolygons function dissolves polygons but when  I tried to use it  I got error:
Error: TopologyException: Input geom 0 is invalid: Self-intersection at or near point 162544.73551388 516922.55880385998 at 162544.73551388 516922.55880385998
libs <- c("rgdal", "maptools", "gridExtra", "rgeos", "raster")
lapply(libs, require, character.only = TRUE)

    LA <- readOGR(dsn = ".", layer = "infuse_dist_lyr_2011_clipped")
    IDs <- LA$geo_code

IDs[IDs %in% c("95DD","95II","95QQ","95EE","95RR","95UU","95TT","95CC","95BB")] <- c("95AA","95GG","95HH","95JJ","95JJ","95JJ","95KK","95OO","95XX")

LA_new <- unionSpatialPolygons(LA, IDs)

In summary I want areas of the same colour shown here to be joined.

Any help please?

A: I can reproduce your error. A current workaround is to use gpclib (free for non-commercial use) instead of rgeos:
# install.packages("gpclib")
library("gpclib")
gpclibPermit()
# [1] TRUE
# Warning message:
# In gpclibPermit() :
#  support for gpclib will be withdrawn from maptools at the next major release

LA_new <- unionSpatialPolygons(LA, IDs, avoidGEOS=TRUE)

A: Looks like I'm a year late but I still want to post the answer so maybe it can help others later.
The error message is self-explanatory -- there's topology error (Self-intersection) in your shapefile. You can use gIsValid() function in rgeos to reproduce the error and detect any other topology error in your shapefile.
As for the fix, I would suggest to remove the topology error by editing shapefile using QGIS or ArcMap.

A: An Interesting way to avoid/fix TopologyException errors was proposed by @hrbrmstr here: forcing a zero-width buffer.
So try this before applying unionSpatialPolygons. In the given example of @Iman, maybe something like: (I didn't test it)
LA_2 <- gBuffer(LA, byid=TRUE, width=0)
LA_new <- unionSpatialPolygons(LA_2, IDs)

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Starting a charity, making a webpage and SO much to learn!
Well, I am starting from scratch. I know nothing about setting up a website. I know nothing about setting up a charitable organization. I know nothing about the administration of either!
I hope I can figure out how to do this correctly, so that quilts can be made, sold and the proceeds donated. There are so many dogs in need and so many costs associated with finding them furever homes.
Hopefully, I will find additional time to actually quilt, so we can have something to sell or auction! Too bad I already have a "real" job, and really enjoy sleeping.


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By RAMI HULAYYEL
BRITAIN have fielded a strong six-member squad for the Gulf Energy World Junior Endurance Championship to be held in Bahrain from December 15 to 18 and are confident of winning the top medals.
Crew member Peter Moon is quite optimistic of his team putting up a good performance in this 120-km event and be among the top three on the podium by the end of the day.
"We have come here to win medals," said a confident Moon. "Since we arrived here a few days ago, we have been doing some stretching and warming up and we should start practising tomorrow," he said.
Managed by chef de equipe Sue Broughton, the team was selected last September and since then have had many training camps all around the UK, including a week-long training camp at the premises of International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) in Newmarket and three sessions in Wolverhampton.
"We had a squad of nine riders which was further reduced to six. The selection was made depending on the riders fitness, experience and the horse's pedigree," he said.
Interestingly Moon's 17-year-old daughter Zara will be taking part in the championship on Yamavar which is also 17 years old and is the oldest horse in the event.
"Yamavar is the most experienced horse in this championship. It has taken part in many events in the UK, Spain and Italy so we are quite confident that it will do well here in Bahrain," said Moon.
Zara has been riding in endurance races since she was eight. She is studying arts, graphics and mathematics in the UK and will do her final qualifying examinations when she returns home.
Other team members are Philip Hirst, Abigail Lockett, Gemma Parkin, Alice Beet and Anna Williams who is the daughter of the FEI Endurance Committee director Dr Ian Williams.
Anna, who is aged 21, will be riding HS Saboteur, a new horse which only qualified for this championship this year.
"She has taken part in qualifying rides in the UK and recently went to Argentina where she took part in an invitational ride along with Hirst," said Moon.
Living abroad in Switzerland, Anna had been to the Gulf region and specially to the UAE where she worked for sometime.
Hirst will be riding his mother's horse Vlacq Khamul which took part in the European Championship a few months ago. It was leading the race but unfortunately it took the wrong turn and had to pull out after losing valuable time.
Alice, one of the youngest talents in the UK, is the only team member yet to arrive. She is expected to land in Bahrain on Saturday.
"Alice started riding last year in Dubai and qualified on a number of horses in 120 kms events, including one in the UK," said Moon.
But Alice will be competing in this championship on Harmatan de Lozere, a horse owned by Dubai Crown Prince and Defence minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The horse is also arriving on Saturday.
Twenty-one-year-old rider Gemma, who will ride Lutandorvici, is another young talented girl who is expected to put up a good performance in the championship.
Gemma started riding in endurance races since she was eight and was the British national champion in 2003. She recently finished third in the 160-km FEI Dukers Race in the UK.
Abigail is aged 20 and will be riding Delorto Zaranz, another veteran horse which won last year's 160-km Summer Celstis Ride, one of the major endurance events in the UK.


School has always been a drag for me. I especially hate writing essays specifically book reviews. I have never understood how some of my classmates end up submitting great work, while I couldn't even write two sentences. Then, I found out one of my classmate's secrets, Studybay! I was excited to receive my school essay because it sounded so cool. My teacher ended up reading in on class and it was a roaring success! Will definitely order again.


With collaboration very much the name of the game and an appetite for all things Italian, mixologists Filippo Previero and Danilo Tersigni have joined forces to launch VII Hills Dry Gin.
Pomegranate, celery, artichoke, blood orange, rosehip and roman chamomile are infused with sugar beet neutral spirit before being distilled using a vacuum. Why? To maintain an intense, more rounded taste inspired by Rome's heritage.
'At the moment gin is not only a spirit, it represents people,' Previero and Tersigni said. 'A meaningful innovation in the gin category today should start with the recipe. In an era of increased awareness, consumers tend to value more high quality ingredients, artisanal techniques, attention to detail, and individuality.
For the perfect Negroni, the pair say you'll need 30ml of VII Hills, 30ml sweet vermouth and 30ml Italian bitter.


On Saturday, August 27th, The Milton Masonic Lodge will be hosting the District 9 Summer District Meeting. It will be a "friends & family" style picnic with activities.
The featured speaker will be Right Worshipful Junior Grand Steward Dave Ritchie.
Jane Olisar will speak about the Three Pillars senior living communities, and Laura Slavik will speak about Job's Daughters.
Meat and Beverages will be provided. Please bring a dish to pass, a lawn chair, the family, friends Masonic and Non-Masonic. If the weather becomes inclement we will move the meeting to the Masonic Lodge. Please share with your Brothers as soon as possible.
Children are also welcome, and are invited to bring swimsuits as we will be close to the Splashpad. Bring your baseball or softball glove and bats, so that a game can be put together if we have enough interest.
Although reservations are not required, we ask that you RSVP to District #9 DDGM James (Jim) Gajdosik at [email protected] by August 21 so that we order enough meat and beverages for everyone.


Baltimore police believe they may have thwarted a killing Wednesday when they tracked down a 17-year-old boy who had been abducted while on his way to school and was being held for ransom in a vacant dwelling in Southwest Baltimore.
About 9 a.m., an officer was flagged down by a man who said his son had been abducted. As he was talking to police, he received a call on his cell phone from his son's number, and on the line was a man who demanded cash and two "bricks," a term typically used to describe a large package of drugs.
"I told you, I want $50,000 and two bricks, or I'm gonna start cutting off his fingers!" the man said, according to charging documents.
As officers interviewed the father, police in the Southwest District fielded a crucial phone call. An anonymous caller said they had observed three men enter a vacant dwelling in the 100 block of S. Catherine St., in the Shipley Hill neighborhood, and that one of them had a bag over his head and was in handcuffs.
Patrol officers went to the block, looking for vacant homes with entry points. They heard a noise inside one of the homes, and two men bolted out of the front door. After a chase, they were apprehended, and the 17-year-old, dressed in his yellow and blue school uniform, was later found in the basement of the home.
The boy said his abductors had approached him from behind as he walked to catch a bus on North Avenue, threw a sweatshirt over his head and forced him into a vehicle.
"We feel like we prevented a homicide," said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman.
Police identified the pair as Travis Shears, 20, of the 1800 block of N. Fulton St., and Anton Eastman, 19, of the 2900 block of Westwood Ave. They were charged with kidnapping, extortion, assault and false imprisonment.
Records from Gunstat, the city's program to track individuals charged with gun crime, show Eastman was charged at age 16 in April 2007 with attempted first-degree murder and handgun charges, a case that was waived to juvenile court, where records are sealed. But in August 2008, he was charged with possessing a handgun and was found guilty, receiving six months in jail, records show. He has been arrested at least twice this year, on drug and theft charges.
Shears pleaded guilty to robbery in September 2008, receiving a 10-year sentence. Nine years and a day of that sentence were suspended, however.


I was amazed that nobody had taken this one!
and the sometimes surreal imagery that was around on posters, LP covers and magazines.
so went for a slightly 'odd' one instead.
They say if you remember the 60s you weren't there...lol I recall a brief flash of day-glo colors and rock anthems swirling in my head that must be it. Whiter Shade of Pale is one of my favorite lyrical memories. You did a great job of bring back the color and feel. Funny I did a 60's rock poster style picture for Collage Obsession this week too...Great minds and all that.
Great way to use my cards I have sitting in a drawer.
So many fantastic artists. I have been looking all afternoon and I came across yours as well.
definitely got the 60s vibe going on this one!


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Siasat.com/Business/Digital transformation spending in India to reach $85 bn by 2026
Digital transformation spending in India to reach $85 bn by 2026
More than 95 per cent of Indian organisations plan to increase DX spending or keep at the same level in 2023, according to the IDC.
Indo-Asian News Service| Published: 6th December 2022 1:20 pm IST
New Delhi: The digital transformation (DX) spending in India is likely to reach $85 billion by 2026 as firms in the country aim to reduce the costs by increasing efficiency, improving security/risk capabilities, and improving customer experience via tech-enabled digital transformation, a report said on Tuesday.
During the pandemic, digital transformation aided Indian organisations to survive the challenges and sustain competition.
The lockdown and remote working forced organisations to charter the course for digitisation efforts.
According to IDC research, manufacturing (discrete and process), professional services, banking, government, retail, and telecommunications are the top industries spending on DX in India.
UPI transactions see 650% rise at semi-urban, rural stores: Report
"DX is all about embracing the right technologies; combined with people, processes, and operations that give organisations the ability to evolve and respond in the best possible way to unpredictable and dynamic market conditions," said Neha Gupta, senior research manager, IDC India.
Indian organisations are gravitating towards the cloud, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), network infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT), and other advanced technologies to transform them digitally.
"The current headwinds such as IT supply chain disruptions, inflation, and global geopolitical issues, are likely to persist. Indian organisations must look at these factors as enablers of digital transformation," said Rithika Ponnala, senior market analyst, Digital Transformation practices, IDC India.
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Start by preparing your property correctly for your intended market, this can mean the difference between letting your property or having it empty for a long period of time. Therefore before you get either your first or the your next tenants to view your property, make sure you have covered the following: Complete any small DIY jobs such as painting or decorating Air the property by opening windows. Also remember that some buyers may be allergic to pets, so make sure that all signs of animal smells and hair are removed. If any of the rooms have very bright colours or carpets, you may want to neutralise them. Get carpets professionally cleaned and clean the windows & curtains If the bathroom or kitchen looks tired then replace dated or damaged items. It may even pay to have a new white bathroom suite or kitchen units put in If you are letting the property firnished then ensure that all upholstered chairs and settees have a fire safety label Have the boiler serviced and ask for a Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate During this process always remember that you have now decided to let your property and not to get personal about any changes, as the changes that you implement are to attract the widest possible tenants in your area.
You could try finding a tenant yourself using a classified advert in the local paper, but is is usually better to engage a local Letting Agent who is part of a Estate Agency. Letting Agents usually charge around 10% of rental income to find tenants. If you want Letting Agents to manage the whole tenancy they normally charge about 15% of rental income. The advantage of using an agent is their ability to reach potential tenants quickly through their large budget advertising. As well as photos of properties on the windows and walls of the Estate Agents office they advertise every week in all the local newspapers. Always choose an established agent who has experience in the letting field, not just selling properties. A good agent will offer to value your property and give you a realistic monthly rental figure. They will be able to advise on the legal implications of renting your property and provide a Tenancy Agreement setting out the obligations that the tenant (and landlord) must adhere to. This should be an Assured Shorthold Agreement of not more than 12 months duration. Make sure that the clauses include provision for inspection visits, so that you can ensure that the tenant is not wrecking the property, ideally these should be quarterly.
In renting your property, the asking price is critical in attracting potential tenants. Too low and you could lose thousands of pounds, too high and nobody comes to view. Contrary to popular belief, Letting Agents do not set letting prices. All they do is estimate a reasonable property rent based on their knowledge of the property market. At the end of the day tenants determine the price of renting a property based on what they are willing to pay.
There are two ways of dealing with the utilities issue, water, gas, electric etc. The first is to insist that the tenant informs them at the commencement of the tenancy and signs contacts with each to pay for the period they are in occupation. If you choose this option then ensure that you give the tenant a list of the utilities with their phone numbers and the account numbers for the property. The key issue is to avoid a host of large bills from the utilities when your tenants move out. If you are at all unsure phone the utilities yourself and inform them that the property is being rented from this date and that the tenant is legally liable to pay for all utility bills. This way if the tenant does not register with the utilities you will soon be informed by them of this. The alternative option is to calculate the monthly cost of all the utilities and add this to the rent. Make allowances for the higher usage of electricity and gas during the winter months. Never include telephone service as an option as there is no way to calculate future usage.
Have a diary set-up so that you can manage your viewings. For each potential tenant make sure that you have taken their name and number just in case you have to re-arrange the appointment, and also in case they are late and have just got lost.
Always lead tenants through the property. When you open a door to the room enter first, pointing out all of the positive points of the room.
If a room is too small to fit everybody in then allow tenants to enter the room while you stand outside pointing out all the positive points.
During the course of viewing gather some information about the tenant for example.
Gathering information about the tenant, may determine who you rent to if you have several potentials to choose from.
Of course a good Letting Agent can do most of this for you freeing up your time for other things, you can also obtain useful feedback which is well worth having, just ensure you ask the agent to get feedback before viewings start.
Once you have found a tenant, your Letting Agent should complete the following tasks.
Request references from previous landlords and from their employers.
Go round with the prospective tenant checking the inventory and both date it. If more than one person is renting make sure that all Sign and date it. This should be done the day of tenants move in.
Make sure all name sign and date the assured shorthold tenancy agreement. So that if one defaults on rent payment, the remaining tenants are responsible to make up the difference so that you are paid in full.
Then sit back enjoy the additional monthly income and consider buying another property on a Buy-to-Let mortgage, your Letting Agent can provide more information.


Lock in a great price for Hotel Arlette Beim Hauptbahnhof – rated 8.6 by recent guests!
We loved the mid-Century Modern aspect of this hotel (perhaps it actually hasn't changed since the 60s/70s!) It is very clean, and the bed was firm and comfortable. The hotel seems to be run by an older couple who are hospitable. The woman serving breakfast was very nice. We would stay here again. The location was perfect; just a short walk to the train station and old town area.
The staff were really polite and nice. The breakfast simple but good. Location was fantastic, right by the main train station.
Staff was excellent and helpful, breakfast was appropriate. Good location near Hauptbanhof and walking distance to many restaurants. Good selection of TV channels and very nice to be able to open window in room!
The location was great, and the staff was fantastic. Very nice people!
Great staff, fabulous location and clean rooms. Excellent value. Stayed on arrival and rebooked to stay on departure.
The property was close to the main train station and it was easy to get to other public transportation and or walk to area! The staff was very friendly.
Very friendly staff - very good service and flexibility (we could use the kitchen to warm up the meals of our little one at any time after a quick chat with reception). Location was great.
I stayed for a night at Hotel Arlette on my way back from Zurich. The hotel is located very close to the central train station (at most a 5 min walk) and is very convenient to take trains from the station. The rooms are comfortable overall and the hotel also provides breakfast in the morning. Its a great value for money as the cost of rooms per night is very reasonable as compared to hotels in that neighborhood. I would surely recommend this place to others who are looking for a quick stopover in Zurich.
The staff were wonderful and very helpful. The hotel is older, but it was so impeccably clean and well maintained which was lovely. The beds and linens were super comfortable and I found the room to be a good size considering it's location in the heart of the city. The location was great and super close to Zurich HB and delicious restaurants!
Hotel Arlette Beim Hauptbahnhof This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
The family-run Hotel Arlette Beim Hauptbahnhof is only 600 feet from the Zurich Main Station and a 3-minute walk from the heart of the city. It has a 24-hour front desk and free Wi-Fi.
Hotel Arlette Beim Hauptbahnhof serves a breakfast each morning from 6 am.
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Air-conditioned room with a mini-bar and a TV.
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All older children or adults are charged CHF 25 per person per night for extra beds.
Hotel Arlette Beim Hauptbahnhof accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
The room was very old-fashioned with dark wooden furniture. The thing that annoyed me the most was the old radio and clock directly on the headboard of the bed and I had a hard time falling asleep with the ticking. However, who is used to a clock in their room should be fine with this. Although I bought a travel adapter with me all of the sockets where the 'slim' ones that you sometimes find in Switzerland and I couldn't fit my adapter in it, so be careful which one you bring with you.
I only was using the room for one night and it was perfectly fine for that purpose. It had a big bathroom which I liked and the location was ideal for me.
A wonderful hotel with great staff. Well decorated room, clean and cozy.
Wishour stay would have been longer.
The hotel is located just 10 minutes from Zurich Hbf, clean & comfortable. The host is a very gentle man, very courteous.
The free WiFi is set up to block any attempt to open a VPN tunnel. I reported the problem, but they argued that the firewall is secure, so could not see why a VPN may be required. So, if you need to open a VPN tunnel either for personal security or business connectivity, then you will be unable to do so. I tried several workarounds (suggested by my VPN service, NORDVPN) but none of them worked. All attempts to connect simply timed out. I suspect that they just did not realise that people may want VPN access, but I did not trust their service because of that blocking.
Location and cleanliness of the hotel. Accommodating staff provided friendly service. Included breakfast was simple but fine.
The room was very small and breakfast was basic.
The kindness & warmth of the owners Cleanliness & location Very comfortable & personally I feel like I don't need to stay in a 5 star hotel. I make it my home whenever I am in Zurich.
Location is superbly nice - less than 5 mins from HB. Room is perfect and staff are polite and accomodating.
Breakfast is served at the table, but is very minimal.
Small individual hotel extremely conveniently located. Friendly staff, and my room (a single) was small, but comfortable and well appointed.
The decor was old style from 70s.


I was reviewing the news on Digg today, when I came accros an article about how a guy was arrested for feeding the homeless in Orlando.
This has to rate as one of the dumbest laws I've ever seen. The government and the police gotta have better things to do than to arrest people for feeding the homeless.
A few months ago I gave food to lots of homeless people in San Francisco…and never even would have thought that something like that would be against the law…I don't want to get all political on ya, but I'll say that I agree with most of the comments I see on Digg about that story.
Jim answers questions – Mistakes and Google Florida Update.
Am I Risking a Penalty if I Give this Hot Fudge Away?
Seems to have been a strange day yesterday for "feeding hungry people"-related news. I saw this one on Fark… Zimbabwe is starving, so what's the solution? Prosecute farmers for growing crops on their land.
I don't think you're getting too political there, Jim. It's kind of hard to imagine how that could be against the law.
Wow, that is a really hard one to look at… I would really have to look at the actual law to see what it says. This group purposely violated the city law to get arrested and they obviously have some of their own motives.
I am not saying the law is good, just that I don't know what the law says… and I too have given food to someone in need (don't know if they all were "homeless" or not, but they had a need).
Crazy whats the world coming to first it was Google penalizing sites for people trying to make money, now its the law arresting people for trying to help the homeless out.
But…but…what was the basis of the arrest???
He wasn't arrested for feeding homeless. He was arrested for a mass event, in a public place, which involved feeding the homeless. Almost every town has a law saying you need a permit for any public event.
So, feeding the homeless isn't illegal. It's illegal to have a public event for feeding the homeless, without a permit. Why should a feeding the homeless public event be excluded from permit laws?
Jim, thought you might be interested in a follow-up… he's been acquitted (thank god).
I think there's a reason behind the law, only that we can't be sure to whatever that is.
Well, how can it be that people be punished for feeding hungry homeless folks? If social welfare budget allocation is sufficient enough, then, we'll not find the need of feeding these people on our own. Our legislators should revisit the law on social welfare rather than sanctioning benevolent people.
a perfect reason for breaking the law!
Some of these laws (they're more common than you think) are there because these towns want to treat the homeless (many of whom are vets and the mentally ill released from federal institutions by Reagan) like pigeons: if you don't feed them, they won't show up.
We spend a fraction on welfare that we spend on a cold war military budget full of waste and graft. We could provide universal health care for what we spend on Iraq alone. And all we're doing over there, for our billions, is creating more enemies.
Yes i saw the TV interview and the problem was not that he was feeding the homeless. He was trying to get the press to rasie the awarness of the issue. Well i think he got it, Digg, Jimboykin.com, TV interveiw on National TV. So Go feed the homeless some place that is not legal and do something good and put on a shirt with your URL and get arrested. Maybe you'll get on Opra, WOW i wonder how much traffic that would be worth. I know how much traffic Rachel Ray doing a show on Gumbo is worth to one of my sites.
We're seeing stupid stuff like this in our city. Laws like no spitting, sitting on sidewalks, etc. – obviously aimed at running off the homeless or down on their luck.
That has happened in Las Vegas as well. There was a lady who would feed the homeless in a public park where a lot them congregated. The city wanted them gone and put in an ordinance making it illegal to feed them. She did it anyway and was arrested, then released when public outrage peaked. Like most vacation destinations, our city councilors just want the homeless to disappear without them having to do anything to help them.
That is the most absurd thing I have heard in awhile. Arrest someone for giving to the less fortunate. What is this society coming to?
That's almost as dumb as some of those laws that somehow got on the statute book 200 years ago because of some powerful moron – you can't take lions to the movies, giraffes should not be tied to phone poles. And make sure you don't feed the hungry people.
Why do states require a permit for mass feedings?
now keep in mind they hold weddings and craft shows in this specific park know as Lake Eola… now the property many years ago was donated to the City with conditions that no businesses may be lake side or built lake side… this agreement has well past been blown out.
Church groups would bring them food, and say prayers with them, the Parks services whinned that they had to empty the trash can more frequently because the homeless filled the cans every days… I'm thinking this is a good thing… but heh that's me… there were a few pieces on the ground but not much really just maybe over flow. So yes there is a huge homeless problem here.
There is an estimated 7,000 on any day and growing… Most would work if they could get a job. No one wants to hire a stinky person who hasn't taken a bath in days… it's a simple fact.
but, to sum it up this is going to trail this year very soon… basically the person was followed by police using undercover video of him giving away food in a park… btw supposedly this was not supposed to happen because the court case was this year and nothing was supposed to be enforced until they found out if it was legal or not to have such a law. He is such a bad boy feeding hungry people.. we need to lock him up for life for having such a big heart and showing so much love!!! How dare he!!!
LoL, they wasted thousands of man hours and dollars doing undercover video of him feeding… now a few years back a mayor named Glenda hood withdrew money from social services account to help needy people.. had about 12 fiberglass lizzards made and auctioned them off saying the extra money would be placed into the account.. don't you know that money just never seemed to appear anywhere.. hmm wonder why imbezzlement wasn't looked into… Yup you guessed it Florida is Crooked as the day is long!
The Orlando Navy base was sold 1 day prior to the end of it's auction thus removing the chances for any non-profit to establish a homeless help community or shelters it had state of the art dorms perfect for helping transsitional people… buuut nope! it was sold to a contractor 1 day prior to the end of auction for $1 an acre. Outrageous! It has now been developed into a High class million dollar community only ment for the rich. the lowest house cost $600,000. That just another example of the homeless getting screwed!
Apparently one organization named the coalition for the homeless recieved $3,000,000 to drop their bid as per the Mckinney Act. When asked what they did with the money that was supposed to go toward buying a hotel and utilize it.. for the homeless.. duuhhhh you guessed it… what 3,000,0000? they can not account for it… it is simply gone!
Yeah the homeless here are getting a raw deal, I'm trying to change that with my Organization and so far i'm being fought tooth and nail…. I have all the proper paper work for the grants and places that have none are getting those grants which goes agaisnt their guidelines… go figure right!


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COVID-19 effect on smallholder production in Mozambique
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on smallholder farmer agricultural production in Mozambique
This blog describes the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic had on farmers in Mozambique from March 2020 to September 2021. The analysis is based largely on the reflections of Resilience technicians who provide extension services to farmers throughout the Zambezi Valley in Mozambique.
COVID-19 in Mozambique
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Mozambique acted forcefully to contain the spread of the disease while simultaneously avoiding a very costly (and possibly unrealistic) lockdown. In March 2020, a state of emergency was announced. The government's initial stance was to try to prevent the disease, followed by acceptance of both the existence of the virus and the need to envisage a 'new normal' combined with a slow opening of the economy. In 2021, stricter measures were initiated in response to the emergence of the Beta (South African) variant.
So far, the government managed to avoid a complete lockdown. As of September 2021, Mozambique has had 150,000 confirmed cases and almost 2,000 registered deaths. Nevertheless, the pandemic, combined with the mitigation measures, has likely exacted a heavy blow to the economy.
Different government measures have targeted hygiene measures, travel restrictions, import and export restrictions, an economic recovery plan, a support plan for businesses, and a support plan for exporters.
Fig1. Tip-Top
Agricultural development in Mozambique
On top of the impact of the pandemic, farmers in Mozambique face climatic and production challenges. Despite these challenges, farmers actively engage in (irrigated) agricultural development, a process described in recent literature as 'farmer-led irrigation development' (FLID). FLID is widespread throughout Mozambique (and sub-Saharan Africa), and is characterised by farmers who take the lead in their own development, making use of opportunities of the market, technology, knowledge, financial and resource potential around them.
In Mozambique, there are typically two growing seasons: the rainy/hot season (November to April) and the cold/dry season (April to November). During the rainy season, farmers produce maize, beans and soya on plots ranging from 0.5 to 5 ha. During the dry season, farmers irrigate horticulture crops on plots ranging from 0.25 to 2 ha. Production is for the local market and home consumption. Farmers have access to, and apply, inputs such as improved seeds, fertiliser and pesticides. Fig2. The team entered into the field with special jackets calling attention for social distancing[/caption]
Resilience's contribution to agricultural development
Resilience works directly with farmers to catalyse FLID through the APSAN-Vale project. In this project, we focus on facilitating the drivers behind development so that farmers remain actively in the lead, improving their own (irrigated and commercial) agriculture enterprise and taking ownership of the process and results.
Fig2. The team entered into the field with special jackets calling attention for social distancing
Reflections on the impact of COVID-19 on farmers in Mozambique
Near the end of September 2021, Resilience staff reflected on the effect of the pandemic on the beneficiaries of the APSAN-Vale project. The APSAN-Vale technicians continued fieldwork throughout the pandemic and were thus able to monitor the changes. The results represent the impact of the pandemic on communities in Moatize (Tete Province), Barué (Manica Province) and Nhamatanda (Sofala Province).
Resilience staff based their reflections on the following questions:
a. How were the farmers influenced by the virus itself?
b. How were the farmers influenced by measures that the government introduced?
c. How were the farmers influenced by indirect impacts of the pandemic?
d. Were there other factors that influenced the farmers' production system from March 2020 to September 2021?
Fig3. maintaining distance whilst continuing extension work during delivery of improved irrigation systems
Overall impact of COVID-19 on farmers in Mozambique
Although not completely limiting Mozambique's smallholder farmers' production cycles, the pandemic had impacts mostly felt on production and access to markets. The impact came from fear of the disease, government regulations, and other global impacts like access to inputs through limited transport and increased prices.
The virus did not reach the rural areas where the APSAN-Vale project operates, and therefore did not have an impact on the health of the communities there. However, fear of the disease did influence mobility between rural and urban areas, because community members believed the disease came from the cities. The farmers did not welcome technicians, for fear that the technicians would bring the virus from the cities into their communities. At the same time, the community members avoided going to the city. In effect, the fear of COVID-19 had a negative impact on farmers' production and marketing.
In addition, government regulations on mobility influenced farming systems. Two main factors were restrictions on crossing international borders, in particular the border with Zimbabwe, and a suspension of the train line between Tete and Beira, which impacted access to the market. Local rules on minimising the size of group gatherings also affected production.
Farmers' production challenges
Especially in March 2020, when there was a lot of uncertainty and fear about the virus, farmers did not trust technicians from the city coming into their communities. As a result, the technicians were not able to directly support and advise the farmers through monitoring rounds. APSAN-Vale did provide digital extension services through an app and SMS, but the pandemic showed how important field monitoring and personalised advice is for farmers. This had an impact during, for example, pest and diseases attacks, when technicians could not advise the farmers on the required pesticides, thereby decreasing production.
Farmers in Barué were limited in their access to inputs because Zimbabwe closed its border. Moatize and Nhamatanda farmers were not affected by border regulations. In Barué, however, there is typically a lot of travel to and from Zimbabwe, because of proximity to the border[1] and a common language, Shona. Many farmers buy their inputs in Zimbabwe. But crossing into Zimbabwe was challenging and at times impossible, because Zimbabwe closed its border or only allowed regulated crossing. In the Moatize district that neighbours Malawi, similar cross-border trade was normal, but unlike Barué, access to inputs from other markets was not constrained because there were no regulations restricting movement across the Malawi-Mozambique border.
Fewer inputs were also available on national markets because of Mozambique's dependence on imports, which were reduced due to the closed borders. The increased transport prices at the same time increased the costs of the inputs available. As a result, farmers had decreased access to improved seeds and therefore planted their rainfed crops in smaller land areas.
Another reason why production areas were smaller than normal was because of the local leadership's rules on aggregation of people. Local leaders only allowed three to four people to work together, limiting farmers' ability to hire casual labour (from other areas) during land preparation, planting and harvesting. During the rainy season, in particular, fields were smaller than normal because they require more labour at a certain times in the production cycle. In response, farmers adopted 'staggered' practices (planting smaller areas in sequence spread over time) to reduce labour input. In addition, these practices mitigated the risk of major crop losses as a result of irregular rainfall patterns.
A temporary positive development that mitigated the labour shortage somewhat was the presence of older children and youth in the communities because the Mozambican government suspended education establishments (from pre-school up to universities) at various times during the pandemic. As a result, certain farmers benefitted from children being available during the day to support agricultural and other activities, e.g. the reading of documents.
In addition, when technicians were eventually accepted in the communities, they were able to support government campaigns aimed at raising awareness of hygiene. For example, APSAN-Vale placed greater emphasis on using local hand-washing stations (tip-taps) and raising sanitation awareness, which will hopefully lead to long-term improved hygiene practices.
Farmers' marketing challenges
In general, farmers sell their produce through four channels: directly on the field through (informal) traders, to agribusinesses (e.g. maize to a local maize mill), in the urban markets to (informal) traders, and at fairs. The latter two channels, especially, were impacted by the pandemic, placing the farmers in weaker bargaining positions.
As well as being discouraged by government and local officials from travelling to the cities, farmers feared that if they went to the cities they would catch COVID-19 and bring it back to their communities. Therefore, the farmers did not go directly to the markets in the urban areas, leading to dependency on traders coming to their fields to buy their produce, thereby decreasing their access to market information. Traders who went directly to the farmers' fields were aware of farmers' dependency and reduced access to information, and so offered the farmers lower prices.
In addition, market fairs were postponed, because all social gatherings – such as meetings, conferences and religious services – were suspended. Normally at these fairs, farmers set a common price to sell their produce. The farmers received lower prices for their produce because items were primarily sold individually and on the field.
In addition, limitations on mobilisation and transport disadvantaged the Moatize farmers. In normal times, (informal) traders go from Beira to Tete to buy horticulture, typically travelling by train as it's cheaper than by road. During the pandemic, the Mozambican government discouraged movement throughout the country and temporarily stopped train transport for people in the centre of the country. Therefore, fewer traders came to Tete.
While access to markets decreased the income of farmers, Mozambique's economy suffered a downturn during the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, growth forecasts for Mozambique for 2020 were as high as 6% (United Nations, 2020).[2] By the end of 2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices had decreased by 1.3% (INE 2021).[3] In 2019, the price of a box of tomatoes was 250MNZ, whilst in 2021 it was 100MNZ. Farmers are less inclined to sell their produce for such low prices, and because of inadequate post-harvest facilities, they cannot store their (horticulture) produce. In turn, this means they sell less.
The government also put two policies in place that could have been beneficial for the farmers but were not mentioned in the technicians' reflections: (a) the cost of mobile money transactions was reduced to support transactions during the pandemic; and (b) a value added tax (VAT) exemption on sugar, cooking oil and soap was put in place until 2023 for families and firms.
Fig4. Marketing of tomatoes and digital extension
Farmers in the middle of Mozambique were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because of fear of the disease, and as a result of national, regaional and local government regulations. In particular, decreased mobility and poorer access to inputs and output markets affected the production and income of the farmers. Farmers' off-set markets were limited, as they were more local because of decreased access to transport. At the same time, this demonstrates the regional connectivity and dependence on regional and national markets of farmers who commonly are perceived as subsistence farmers. Nonetheless, the farmers continued production and were less affected than Mozambicans in urban areas.
[1] When farmers travel to Zimbabwe, they invariably say 'I'm going over the mountain', as the border is a long the mountain range.
[2] United Nations. (2020). Unpacking the potential socio-economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Mozambique: A United Nations Situation Analysis and Policy Recommendations. Maputo, Mozambique: United Nations.
[3] INE. (2021). Contas Nacionais de Moçambique, IV Trimestre 2020 [Mozambique National Accounts, Fourth Quarter 2020].
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The 2003 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 5, 2003 to elect members of the 59th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The ruling Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier John Hamm, was reduced to a minority government.

Campaign
The election was called by Progressive Conservatives, who decided to hold a rare summer election in the hope of strengthening their hold on the legislature.  Running against them were the New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Darrell Dexter, and the Liberal Party, led by Danny Graham.

Hamm's party ran on a policy of fiscal management, tax cuts, and on their record of fulfilling most of their promises. While the NDP agreed in principle to tax cuts, their main cause was the creation of a public auto insurance company. The Liberals were the only party to criticize the tax cuts.

For the most part, the campaign was quiet and uneventful.  Hamm received criticism for a great number of spending programs, including a $150 tax rebate cheque sent to Nova Scotians right before the election.  The party was also criticized for holding an election in the summer when most people have other concerns.  Darrell Dexter's friendly, non-confrontational style, was popular with many voters, and was a marked change from his party's usually strident socialism.  Danny Graham, a young leader, was popular, but failed to make much of a mark.

The election was considered a mild failure for the Liberals and Progressive
Conservatives, and something of a success for the NDP.

This election is also notable for being one of the last Canadian provincial elections in which British subjects could vote (a tiny number can still vote provincially in Saskatchewan if they were qualified in 1971).

General results

Results by party

 The Marijuana Party did not contest the 1999 general election.

Results by region

Retiring incumbents
Liberal
Don Downe, Lunenburg West
Jim Smith, Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Paul MacEwan, Cape Breton Nova

Progressive Conservative
Neil LeBlanc, Argyle
Muriel Baillie, Pictou West

New Democratic
Robert Chisholm, Halifax Atlantic
John Holm, Sackville-Cobequid

Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
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|Frank Chipman 2,79531.42%
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|Adrian Nette 1,39515.68%
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|Stephen McNeil 4,52250.83%
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|Harry Wilson 1852.08%
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|Frank Chipman
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
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|Marc Boudreau 1,45625.26%
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|Don Melanson 76013.19%
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|Wayne Gaudet 3,54761.55%
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby-Annapolis
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|Gordon Balser2,33939.98%
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|Deborah Trask 75512.90%
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|Harold Theriault 2,66645.56%
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|Gordon D. Reid911.56%
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|Gordon Balser
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
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|Ron Russell3,87146.15%
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|Sean Bennett 2,20026.23%
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|Randy Matheson 2,11825.25%
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|Connie Brauer510.61%
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|Chummy Anthony 1481.76%
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|Ron Russell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
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|Mark Parent 4,06350.20%
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|Jim Morton 2,34028.91%
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|Michael Landry 1,53318.94%
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|Ben Friesen 1571.94%
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|Mark Parent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
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|David Morse3,34737.65%
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|David Mangle 2,79431.43%
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|Maura Ryan 2,68230.17%
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|Victor Harris 670.75%
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|David Morse
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
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|Jon Carey 2,92935.51%
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|Greg Hubbert 2,27527.58%
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|Leo Glavine 3,04536.91%
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|Jon Carey
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South Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle
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|Chris d'Entremont 2,34547.99%
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|Charles Muise 59512.18%
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|Aldric Benoit d'Entremont1,94639.83%
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|Neil LeBlanc †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's
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|John Chataway 3,45137.30%
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|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3,41236.87%
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|Mitt Larsen 2,24924.31%
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|Sue Gault 1411.52%
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|John Chataway
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
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|Michael Baker3,73446.36%
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|Chris Heide 2,62532.59%
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|Jim Davis 1,69521.05%
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|Michael Baker
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
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|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 3,11139.68%
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|David Ferguson2,18027.80%
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|John MacDonald 2,55032.52%
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|Don Downe †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
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|Kerry Morash2,72144.19%
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|Vicki Conrad 2,30037.35%
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|Win Seaton 1,13718.46%
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|Kerry Morash
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Cecil O'Donnell 3,70248.59%
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|Kendall Stoddard 81010.63%
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|Clifford Huskilson 3,10740.78%
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|Cecil O'Donnell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
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|Richard Hurlburt4,65656.48%
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|Gillian Rowley 1,14213.85%
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|Phil DeMille 2,44629.67%
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|Richard Hurlburt
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Fundy-Northeast

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
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|Brooke Taylor 4,69564.34%
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|Kathryn Belzer 1,69423.22%
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|Joan Barnhill 90812.44%
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|Brooke Taylor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
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|Bill Langille 3,32445.12%
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|Garfield Forrest 1,86025.25%
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|John Davidson 2,18329.63%
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|Bill Langille
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
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|Ernie Fage4,60961.95%
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|Kim Cail 1,10514.85%
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|Marsh G. Fox1,38918.67%
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|Jason Blanch 3374.53%
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|Ernie Fage
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
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|Murray Scott4,89871.69%
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|Scott McKee 74510.90%
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|Harriet McCready1,18917.40%
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|Murray Scott
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
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|Mary Lou LeRoy 1,64019.54%
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|John MacDonell 4,78356.97%
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|Larry Matthews 1,86622.23%
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|Ken Smith 1061.26%
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|John MacDonell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro-Bible Hill
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|Jamie Muir3,86247.11%
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|Jim Harpell 2,31428.23%
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|Jeff Yuill 2,02124.66%
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|Jamie Muir
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Central Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
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|Sandy Phillips 1,98323.72%
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|Howard Epstein 3,68244.04%
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|Kenzie MacKinnon 2,59231.00%
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|Scott Higgins 1031.23%
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|Howard Epstein
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
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|Jane Purves2,46630.27%
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|Peter Delefes 2,54231.20%
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|Danny Graham 3,04237.34%
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|James A. C. Marchoine380.47%
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|Michael R. Patriquen 590.72%
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|Jane Purves
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Clayton Park
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|Mary Ann McGrath 3,03434.37%
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|Roberta Morrison2,31226.19%
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|Diana Whalen 3,32937.71%
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|Greg Lavern 1521.72%
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|Mary Ann McGrath
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview
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|Bruce MacCharles 1,68422.45%
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|Graham Steele 3,43945.85%
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|Susan Hayes 2,28430.45%
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|David F. Boyd941.25%
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|Graham Steele
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
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|Linda Carvery 1,37718.66%
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|Maureen MacDonald 3,70950.26%
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|Mike Rogers 2,17829.51%
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|Blair Baxter 1161.57%
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|Maureen MacDonald
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Suburban Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford
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|Peter G. Christie4,11443.87%
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|Bob Watson 2,05521.92%
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|Richard Zurawski 3,20834.21%
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|Peter G. Christie
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
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|Linda Mosher 2,99633.68%
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|Michele Raymond3,32737.40%
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|Ian MacKinnon 2,38226.78%
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|Gerald Rodgers 1912.15%
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|Robert Chisholm †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains Upper Sackville
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|Barry Barnet3,32241.14%
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|Brenda Haley 2,22927.60%
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|Pam Streeter 2,41929.96%
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|Melanie Patriquen 1051.30%
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|Barry Barnet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid
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|John Giannakos 2,42628.37%
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|Dave Wilson 3,88145.39%
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|Bob Harvey 2,14725.11%
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|Michael D. Patriquen 971.13%
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|John Holm †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect
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|Barry Fraser 1,53518.25%
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|Bill Estabrooks5,04960.01%
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|Bruce Holland 1,82921.74%
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|Bill Estabrooks
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
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|Gary Hines 3,14137.67%
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|Percy Paris 2,77833.31%
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|David E. Merrigan2,24026.86%
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|Heather Sawers 941.13%
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|Alex Neron 861.03%
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|Gary Hines
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Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour
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|Brian Thomas 2,38726.55%
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|Darrell Dexter 4,97755.37%
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|Peter Foy 1,52316.94%
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|Jessica Gould 1021.13%
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|Darrell Dexter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
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|Henry McInroy 1,64124.02%
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|Kevin Deveaux3,99758.50%
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|Brian Churchill 1,12116.41%
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|Kallee A. McPherson741.08%
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|Kevin Deveaux
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
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|Terry Degen 3,10734.80%
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|Joan Massey 3,27236.65%
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|Debra Barlow 2,32126.00%
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|Scott Anderson 981.10%
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|Hugo St-Onge 1011.13%
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|Sebastien Theriault 280.31%
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|Jim Smith †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
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|Jane MacKay 1,90026.54%
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|Jerry Pye 3,79953.06%
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|Rosemary Godin 1,30018.16%
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|Pat Gould 861.20%
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|Marc-Andre Roy751.05%
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|Jerry Pye
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
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|Tim Olive2,81331.70%
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|Marilyn More3,84443.31%
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|Collin A. MacEachern2,21824.99%
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|Tim Olive
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
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|Bill Dooks3,07345.02%
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|Sid Prest 2,42735.56%
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|Randy Carter 1,32619.43%
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|Bill Dooks
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston
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|David Hendsbee 1,36132.77%
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|Douglas Sparks1,33132.05%
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|Keith Colwell 1,41133.98%
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|Marc-Boris St-Maurice501.20%
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|David Hendsbee
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Central Nova

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|Angus MacIsaac4,25641.64%
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|Terry O'Toole 1,75517.17%
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|David Allister Cameron3,65035.71%
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|Gene Purdy 5605.48%
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|Angus MacIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough-Sheet Harbour
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|Ron Chisholm2,58737.99%
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|Jim Boudreau 2,02329.71%
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|Gordon MacDonald 2,19932.30%
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|Ron Chisholm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
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|John Hamm 4,26254.70%
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|Alexander MacIsaac 1,57120.16%
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|Tim Daley 1,78922.96%
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|Darryl Gallivan 1702.18%
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|John Hamm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
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|Jim DeWolfe3,29544.15%
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|Bob Matheson 1,92925.85%
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|John Fraser 2,23930.00%
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|Jim DeWolfe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
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|Paul Veniot 2,53032.68%
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|Charlie Parker 3,41044.05%
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|Ed MacMaster 1,63921.17%
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|Doug Corbett 1632.11%
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|Muriel Baillie †
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Cape Breton

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
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|Rita Tighe-MacLeod3734.81%
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|Frank Corbett 3,92950.64%
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|Basil McGillivray 3,45644.55%
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|Frank Corbett
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
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|Cecil Clarke3,75443.46%
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|Cecil Snow 1,71419.84%
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|Mike White 3,16936.69%
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|Cecil Clarke
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
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|Todd Marsman 6849.85%
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|Gordie Gosse 3,16845.61%
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|Mel Crowe 3,09444.54%
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|Paul MacEwan †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
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|John Morrison 1,67717.27%
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|Mike MacSween 2,75928.41%
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|Manning MacDonald5,27554.32%
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|Manning MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
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|Ivan Doncaster 2,22125.51%
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|Douglas MacKinlay 1,86821.46%
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|Russell MacKinnon 4,61653.03%
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|Russell MacKinnon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay
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|Mark Bettens 1,35116.65%
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|Vince Hall 2,34228.87%
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|Dave Wilson4,42054.48%
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|Dave Wilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
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|Rodney MacDonald5,39851.19%
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|Tim Murphy 1,27712.11%
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|Debbie Gillis 3,87136.71%
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|Rodney MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
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|Richie Cotton 1,85031.18%
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|Clair Rankin 1,03617.46%
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|Michel Samson 3,04751.36%
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|Michel Samson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes
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|Keith Bain 2,03632.48%
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|Nancy MacKeigan 93414.90%
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|Gerald Sampson 2,28436.44%
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|Brian Boudreau75011.97%Stemer MacLeod2644.21%
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|Brian Boudreau
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See also
List of Nova Scotia general elections
List of Nova Scotia political parties

References

Further reading

External links
CBC Nova Scotia Votes 2003
Halifax Herald 2003 election website via Internet Archive.

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Local Honors
Massey Services Honored with Two Business Awards
The Orlando Business Journal named President and CEO Tony Massey to its Power Players list, and the Orlando Sentinel named Massey Services a Top Workplace in Central Florida.
Tony Massey
Photo courtesy Massey Services
Posted by Jackie Mitchell | November 29, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Business Journal recently named Massey Services President and CEO Tony Massey among its list of 2022 "Power Players."
Massey, who has served as president of the company since 2006 and became CEO in September 2021, has been integral in continuing the company's 37 consecutive years of profitable growth, the company reports. Last year, Massey Services achieved double-digit revenue growth, increasing revenues 10 percent year-over-year. Additionally, Massey led the company's market growth to nine states, including recent expansions to Virginia and Tennessee, through organic growth and acquisitions.
Massey represents the company through a variety of leadership roles, including the Florida Council of 100, the Executive Committee for the Orlando Economic Partnership and the Professional Pest Management Alliance Board of Directors.
The Orlando Business Journal's Power Players are described as local community and business leaders who are helping grow and innovate the way business is done in Central Florida.
Massey Services was also recognized by the Orlando Sentinel as a Top Workplace in Central Florida for the seventh consecutive year.
Central Florida companies, nonprofits and government agencies with over 35 employees were eligible for nomination. The Orlando Sentinel Media Group partnered with Energage, a company near Philadelphia that conducts Top Workplaces surveys for over 50 metro newspapers. Organizations were assessed based on anonymous employee feedback surveys. Employees at nominated businesses were asked to answer a 24-question survey and were rated against similar-sized companies or agencies.
"We are truly honored to be recognized as a Top Workplace company," Massey said. "I am very proud of our team members, who not only provide quality service to our customers but who also make a difference in our community every day. Their commitment to our company is the reason we are able to receive this recognition."
Massey Services provides a benefits package for all team members that includes medical and dental insurance, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs and a 401(k) retirement plan. Additionally, the company recognizes team members through its Making a Difference rewards program and Annual Eagle Circle Awards Banquet, held every February.


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cotinga, blowhard, conversationalist, prater, windbag, blabber, spouter, motormouth, jay, pack rat, talker, cackler, chatterer, stream orchid, giant helleborine, scavenger, magpie, gasbag, blabbermouth, prattler, gabbler, chatterbox, jabberer
- From Raipoor Mr. F. R. Blewitt tells us that " in July and August four nests of this Babbler were taken; in two there were four eggs each, in the third, three, and in the fourth, two- thirteen in all. - "The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1", Allan O. Hume
- He would have liked to question Reggie, to probe him, to collect from him inside information as to the progress of events within the castle walls; but it is a peculiarity of golf, as of love, that it temporarily changes the natures of its victims; and Reggie, a confirmed babbler off the links, became while in action a stern, silent, intent person, his whole being centred on the game. - "A Damsel in Distress", Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
- Mr. Layard states that the mountain babbler frequents low, scraggy, impenetrable brush, along the margins of deserted cheena land. - "Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon", J. Emerson Tennent


The Grand Haven boys lacrosse team kicked off their season Thursday night hosting an off-and-running Reeths-Puffer team already playing in their fourth game of the season.
The Bucs were shorthanded with five players unavailable, including their starting goalie. The Rockets' experience plus Grand Haven's roster woes and first-game jitters added up to a 19-3 Reeths-Puffer victory.
"Early season struggles," said Grand Haven head coach Kyle Hitsman. "Reeths-Puffer was 2-1 coming in with a couple of games under their belt.
"Our defense got taxed out. They overplayed in multiple areas and by the end of the first quarter were taxed. Once Reeths-Puffer figured out we were playing with our backup goalie, it kind of became a free-for-all.
The Rockets were firing from the jump, netting four goals in the first five minutes of play.
Grand Haven's Kyle Bush put the Bucs on the board late in the first quarter, finishing off a nice dose of ball movement around the cage with a shot from the right side. Reeths-Puffer would answer with a crisp transition goal to make it 5-1 at the first break.
Bush would find the net again in the second quarter, this time nailing a screaming shot from distance, assisted by Mitchel Bosgraaf. Reeths-Puffer continued to score at will, however, taking a 10-2 lead into halftime.
It was more of the same in the third, with the Bucs netting one goal to keep spirits up, while the Rockets sped ahead to a 17-3 lead heading into the fourth.
There, Reeths-Puffer's offense slowed, with just two goals in the period, but Grand Haven couldn't find the net up against a now-running clock.
"Bush had a nice game," Hitsman said. "He is a big kid and knows how to use his size to get inside. We were running more of an isolation offense, which is not what we are trying to run. The offense wasn't going through our plays like they should.
Grand Haven will return to action Saturday at home as they host Mona Shores at 12 p.m.


Are you interested in fashion history?
Suzanne is a very knowledgeable and experienced teacher, not to mention highly skilled costume maker! She regularly gives talks about fashion history at local museums, teaches Costume Design in Hastings and is a regular contributor of projects to Making magazine.
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Grown in Boston when its members were Berklee students, Lettuce (above) has been bringing the funk for more than two decades. During that time, the guys have kept busy with other projects, from guitarist Eric Krasno and keyboardist Neal Evans' groovy organ trio Soulive to drummer Adam Deitch's jazz chops with John Scofield and bassist Erick Coomes' anchoring work with Dr. Dre. But Lettuce – which also includes guitarist Adam Smirnoff and horn players Ryan Zoidis and Eric Bloom – will be back in town on Friday, laying the grooves at House of Blues behind its latest album Crush, which stretches from hip-hop to psychedelia.
Singer/guitarists Mackenzie Scott and Ellen Kempner both churn melancholy, pointed lyrics in songs that surge with six-string eruptions in their respective indie-rock outfits Torres and (Boston's own) Palehound, and they'll team for a formidable double bill at Great Scott on Friday. Here's a jump to my recent interview with Scott, along with a live clip of her performing as Torres.
Saturday offers country-blues from the veteran guitarist Paul Rishell and harmonica foil Annie Raines singing songs at Club Passim — alas, the Del McCoury Band has cancelled its Sanders Theatre show due to travel issues with the winter storm. And on Sunday (after the Patriots game), World Music/CRASHarts presents an eclectic indoor festival at House of Blues. CRASHfest will feature 10 bands on three stages, including Afro-pop dynamo Angelique Kidjo, experimental violinist Kishi Bashi, the percussive Dhol Foundation and even local stalwarts like the Ethiopian soul-pop ensemble Debo Band (below) and rootsy song-swappers Session Americana. More about the CRASHfest lineup here.


Prepare income statements using variable and absorption costing.
Reconcile variable and absorption costing net operating income and explain why two amounts differ.
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of both variable and absorption costing.
Two general approaches are used for valuing inventories and cost of goods sold. One approach is called variable costing and other is called absorption costing. Absorption costing is generally used for external financial reports and variable costing is preferred by managers for internal decision making and must be used when an income statement is prepared in the contribution margin format. Ordinarily these two costing systems produce different figures for net operating income and difference can be quite large. The reason of this difference is well explained on the following pages. Click on a link for detailed study.


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Methadone Clinics and Caring for Persons with Addictions Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Methadone Clinics and Caring for Persons with Addictions
Hosted by Dr. Gordon Atherley
Bill Brown's current focus is methadone maintenance treatment. A registered pharmacist, he holds the BSc in Pharmacy. He talks about his life and career. He explains what methadone is, how it's used to help individuals with addictions, and his work with methadone clinics. He says which of many challenges that addictions create are most challenging for individuals, healthcare services, and methadone clinics. He explains how methadone clinics address the most challenging of the challenges for individuals, healthcare services and methadone clinics. He says what more he would like to do through his work with methadone clinics and to see done by others to promote more and better support for individuals with addictions. He shares his message for family caregivers who have just recognized that their loved ones are likely living with serious addictions.
Family Caregivers Unite!
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Family caregivers are the people who provide care to partners, parents, children, brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, neighbors and even co-workers. They are the people who provide care when everyone else has gone home. They are the people who organize the functioning of the home for the person with special needs, and for the family as a whole.	They are the coordinators of care, the managers of appointments, the preventers of loneliness, and the makers of decisions even to the point of Power of Attorney. And they are so often people who themselves are burdened with their own health challenges and who may be in only marginally better health than the persons to whom they are providing family caregiving.
Dr. Gordon Atherley
Dr Gordon Atherley holds the British equivalent of the Canadian PhD and MD degrees, and LLD, Honoris Causa, from Canada's Simon Fraser University. His awards include Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK. His medical specialties are occupational medicine and public health.
As first President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, the Canadian equivalent of the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, he led the creation of Canada's electronic information service in occupational health and safety, now used in more than 40 countries.
In academia, he held senior, tenured, full-time positions, including departmental chair, in university faculties of physics, engineering, and medicine. He is the author of a textbook and numerous articles and publications.
Since retiring from medical practice, he's built up Greyhead Associates, which critically researches the safety, effectiveness and fairness of health services for persons with special needs.
Through Virtual Care International, a company of which he's President, he's involved in providing sensible technology to family caregivers to help them with their responsibilities, workloads, and concerns.
Now an activist, he urges family caregivers to unite because, more and more, it's not just their families who depend on them, it's also the healthcare system as a whole, as it struggles to meet more and more needs of more and more people.
Family Caregivers Unite website
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