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After a 23-21 loss to Florida in game 2, the Vols barely edged Memphis, then reeled off wins over Auburn, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Notre Dame, before falling to Arkansas. The Vols recovered to defeat Kentucky and Vanderbilt and accepted a bid to play Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl, making the trip to Tempe for a second consecutive season.
The trip to Tuscaloosa was the first since 1930, but the Vols had what it takes to win in Tuscaloosa, winning 21-7 over an Alabama team that would eventually win the SEC championship game later that season.
Leonard Scott had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Georgia, just when it appeared the Bulldogs had climbed back into the game.
The Vols decisively defeated Notre Dame on a Saturday night at Neyland Stadium, hitting the Irish from all angles in taking a 38-14 win.
COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF 2008: Little-used receiver Bobby Graham had a big catch to bring the Vols back against Memphis for a 17-16 Homecoming Day win. The Vols wore orange pants that day for the first time since the 1988 Alabama game. The loss at Arkansas broke a six-game Tennessee win streak against the Hogs, only the second loss in 11 tries. The loss to Nebraska was the second in three years in a bowl game and was marked by Nebraska's 56 rushed for 321 yards. Offensive guard Cosey Coleman, safety Deon Grant, and linebacker Raynoch Thompson were All-America selections, with defensive end Shaun Ellis, cornerback Dwayne Goodrich, quarterback Tee Martin, and defensive tackle Darwin Walker joining the trio as All-SEC picks. Grant had an interception return for a score on the first play against Auburn. When told Vol Network analyst Tim Priest was the school's all-time interceptions leader, Grant could only respond as follows: "You played football?" Priest played a little football in his time, captaining the 1970 11-1 squad.


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For months, the crux of the disagreement between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled Legislature has been framed by increasingly well-worn catch-phrases.
Dayton and his Democratic supporters talk of making sure the top 2 percent of earners "pay their fair share" so that middle-class and low-income Minnesotans can avoid "draconian cuts" in services. Leaders of the House and Senate, along with their Republican backers, portray themselves as the last line of defense against "job killing tax increases" and as common-sense advocates of "living within our means."
But the debate over taxes that threatens to shut down state government starting Friday might contain a couple of surprises for people who haven't been spending the last six months at the Capitol.
All Minnesotans would pay more under Dayton's tax plan, although about 95 percent of the increase would be contributed by corporations and Minnesotans earning more than $200,000 a year.
Some Minnesotans are guaranteed to be hit with a net increase in taxes under the Republican legislative budget, too, particularly low-income renters who would see a long-standing tax credit reduced or eliminated. And property owners in three of the state's largest cities are virtually guaranteed to see real estate taxes increase in the years ahead if the Legislature's budget plan becomes law because of cuts in Local Government Aid.
The Dayton plan
The most recent tax proposal offered by Dayton would increase taxes by $1.8 billion, down from an original plan of nearly $3.4 billion.
The bulk of the $1.8 billion in revenue raised over two years — more than $1.55 billion — would come from a new 10.95 percent income tax bracket applied to all taxable income above $150,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly.
The remaining $250 million comes from a variety of tax changes affecting high-income individuals and corporations. A tax incidence study estimates that a percentage of those taxes would be passed on through higher prices to average Minnesotans — about $47 million a year paid by the 90 percent of taxpayers making less than $142,000 a year.
The hit for average Minnesotans is relatively minimal — just under $21 a year for people earning between $46,000 and $60,000 a year.
By comparison, the wealthiest 1 percent of Minnesotans — just over 26,000 taxpayers who take in more than $472,000 annually — would average an additional $20,760 in state income taxes annually.
Those top earners wouldn't feel that total hit, however, because they can deduct state income taxes from their federal tax bill. The richest 1 percent would see $170 million of their additional state taxes wiped out by the reduced federal tax burden — a third of their total state bill.
And despite Dayton's talk of making the wealthiest Minnesotans pay their fair share, his revised proposal — offered as a compromise to legislative Republicans — doesn't quite get there. Even with the higher fourth-tier tax rate, the richest 5 percent of Minnesotans would still pay less of their income in state and local taxes than any other income group.
The Republican plan
The Republican tax bill, vetoed by Dayton, doesn't directly raise any state-level taxes. But it does eliminate $180 million in tax credits that would have been paid to renters over two years.
The credit currently assumes that 19 percent of rent payments reflects property taxes paid by the landlord and passed on to tenants. The state returns a percentage of that to renters based on their income — giving them a taste of the property tax relief that is provided to homeowners.
The legislative budget reduces to 15 percent the amount of rent attributed to property tax costs — a percentage Republicans say more accurately reflects reality. But the change also completely eliminates the credit for non-disabled, non-senior-citizen renters earning between $25,000 and $53,000 a year.
The bill also eliminates hundreds of millions of dollars in Local Government Aid slated to be sent to cities to reduce property tax burdens. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth would see 25 percent of their certified aid eliminated each of the next four years until they receive no LGA.
The knotty debate
Facing a $5 billion budget shortfall, Dayton and Republican lawmakers agree that the will have to delay repaying schools money owed them because of an accounting gimmick passed by the last governor and legislature. That agreement reduces the remaining red ink to $3.6 billion.
"I am willing to meet you half-way: $1.8 billion in spending cuts and $1.8 billion in additional tax revenues," Dayton wrote to House and Senate leaders on May 16. "In my February 15th budget, I proposed $3.356 billion in new tax revenues. I am willing to cut my revenue proposal almost in half to $1.8 billion."
Rep. Kathy Brynaert has faced state budget shortfalls ever since first joining the Legislature in 2007. In each election, the Mankato Democrat told voters that the budget fix needed to be built on a three-legged stool. One leg is using budget reserves or accounting shifts. One leg is additional revenue. One leg is budget reductions.
"When you're in a deficit, you really want a balanced solution," according to Brynaert, who said nonpartisan economists have consistently echoed that. "For years, as I've listened to that non-partisan economic voice, it's that three-legged stool."
Doing it only through cuts means the elimination of programs that otherwise would have reduced future spending, Brynaert said. She points to the Statewide Health Improvement Program, created as part of broader effort to reduce the costs of medical care. It's succeeding in boosting the health of Minnesotans, but it's eliminated in the Republican budget plan.
"If you see those things as extras, you're really reducing the long-range potential of balancing the budget," she said. "I see a lot of short-term thinking."
Rep. Bob Gunther, a Fairmont Republican who chairs the House's jobs and economic development committee, was disappointed that he needed to eliminate or scale back programs in his budget which help Minnesota businesses create jobs. As budget negotiations continue into the summer, Gunther hopes to restore funding to those programs.
But Republican lawmakers are committed to holding the line on tax increases, believing that is the most significant thing they can do to improve the state's economy, he said.
"We say, 'Why are we raising taxes on a fragile economy that's just starting to recover?'" said Gunther, a retired grocery store owner.
Creating a fourth tier income tax rate that would be one of the highest in the nation isn't the right message to send to business owners about Minnesota as a place to locate or expand, he said.
Brynaert said opponents of Dayton's proposal exaggerate how much of the tax increase would hit business owners. Only about one in 10 of the taxpayers affected is a business, she said. And even then, the tax is on net income and doesn't apply to revenue invested in the company or employee payroll.
Sen. Al DeKruif, an Elysian Republican and business owner, said the impact of the tax on wealthier Minnesotans goes beyond business owners. Corporate executives and other key employees are also in that bracket, which means Minnesota companies will have a harder time attracting and retaining those people.
"We either have to pay more to match that or we lose the people," DeKruif said. "... The question is, 'Where do wealthy people live?' The answer is, 'Wherever they want to.'"
Brynaert said it's been clear that many entrepreneurs and corporate executives have wanted to live in Minnesota — despite a decades-long tradition of higher than average taxes and because of a decades-long higher than average quality of life.
"We are a high tax state but we are also a high services taxes," she said. "Our taxes have been paying for something that people find attractive."
Brynaert notes that the non-partisan tax incidence study show that even with Dayton's tax increase, high-income Minnesotans would still pay a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes than do middle-class residents.
Gunther wouldn't mind seeing the disparity eliminated. But he'll only support that through reducing the tax burden on the middle class, not by increasing it on the upper class.
"I would certainly vote for something like that if they brought it up," he said, "just so I wouldn't have to listen to the people on the other side of the aisle complain about it anymore."
State budget: a closer look
Debate over taxes may hold surprises for some
For months, the crux of the disagreement between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled Legislature has been framed by increasingly well-worn catch-phrases.
- State budget: a closer look
- U.S. assistance to Iraq President says assistance needed to push back Islamic insurgency
- Snow messages please patients
- Pearl Harbor ceremony marks bombing anniversary About 50 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor paused Saturday at the site to honor those killed and remember the moment that plunged the U.S. into World War II.
- Firefighters face another tough day in Idaho
Ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministry over spy scandal
Moscow claims U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer for the CIA.
State parks reopen, but some attractions need work
No swimming at Flandrau until early August
Education bears much of burden in budget deal
Both K-12 and higher ed are hit
Blue Earth County got head start on cuts in human services
It has trimmed staff by attrition, reduced services
GOP OKs first bills in session
Legislature expects to meet all night as it votes on nine budget bills
Local legislators following party lines on deal
Rep. Terry Morrow handles DFL criticism of higher ed budget
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Friday, March 31, 2006
More E-mail for Bud & Bev Nathan
I must admit that I have been missing a great deal by not opening your blog on a regular basis. That will change, I assure you.
Note to Bud and Bev Nathan,
When I read your note from BC and your reference to your home on Third (James E. Davis) it did bring back some memories. I believe your Dad had a Motorcycle with a Sidecar? and Yes the Parrot did curse - it was the McConachie boys who taught him (her?) on their way to school. I think we all had a go at trying to get in a word or two.
I also remember the Holgates that lived on Third as well. Don Holgate had a Crow that he taught to talk (It's true) and it flew along with him to Royal George. It also used to steal the silver money that was left out on the milk bottles awaiting the Milkman's arrival. I also heard that it flew into the classroom at Royal George, sat on the clock on the back wall, and did what he had to do.
I am rambling, so will be back again soon.
Regards, Cliff Board (70)
Thanks Cliff for your kind words and I'm sure Bev & Bud will enjoy your message.
Don't worry about rambling. Ramble on here, we love it.
Canadian Scenes
Overheard At The Lapiniere Hotel
You guys are faster tan a speeding bullet.
Thanks to Elton for posting the photos , I have e-mails from long lost but not forgotten friends from the Park.
Looking forward to seeing you in September.
Hello David,
Great to hear from you and the update. It has been a long time since the GPK reunion. I know you and Harold put a lot of work into it to make it happen. It was a great event. Sandy sent your pickup pic to Elton a few weeks back and he posted it on the blog. Elton is a real car nut and has had some real nice 60's classics. He buys them and sells them faster than I change my underwear.
I hope you enjoy our site and will submit items from time to time to share with other visitors.
Also let me know if you want your E-mail address added to our blog address list.
I hope we talk again soon.
P.S. Elton will post your message to us, so check the site tomorrow. Keep smiling and I hope we all have fun here.
Marty N.
Photo by Sandy Robinson
Good Afternoon Marston and Elton ;
I must admit that I have been enjoying you blog for some time and never seem to have had the time to drop you a line and let you know how much I enjoy reading it.
Marston, I have not seen you since the 1988 Royal George Reunion.
We just got back from our mid-winter holiday in the Dominican Republic and I was surprised to see an e-mail from a former Greenfield Parker who is now retired and lives in Nova Scotia informing me that there was a photo of "my pride and joy" on the site.
The photo was taken by Sandy (Snow) Robinson at the first Greenfield Park/RGHS Reunion Picnic held in Cambridge ,ON back in September, 2003.
I have owned the truck for almost 20 years and have enjoyed taking it to car shows and cruise nights all over Southwestern Ontario especially MOPARFEST every August in New Hamburg..
The truck is a bone stock 1977 D100 Dodge Shot Box StepSide pick-up except for tires and wheels.About five years ago it was looking pretty rough after the two boys drove it prior to getting their own wheels so I decided to redo it completely.The photo was taken just after the restoration was completed and it still shows pretty good.
It sleeps in a nice dry former dairy barn during the winter and I am anxious to get it out very soon.
(Sharron {Laurent} and I moved from the Park in 1981 and now live in a little town near London called Ingersoll.
We have two (2) married sons that live close by and no grand kids as yet.
Photo by Sandy Robinson
Thanks to Sandy for submitting the photo to BOYS TOYS, by the way the Corvette roadster was at the same reunion in Cambridge and belongs to Don Flesh.
Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing you in Port Elgin in September, 2006 at Reunion IV
We are posting part of this again because it is exactly what The North Brothers Site is all about; Stories, Pictues, and the reunion of old friends........... Thank you Sandy for sending in the pictures that started this story, and Thanks to all for subsequence text contributors. TEN
Prairie Moments by Doug G.
Morning Marston
Weather is the topic every one speaks about this time of the year. Seed and flower catologues are starting to appear in the mail signaling is really around the corner.
I'm running out of current pictures because I can't get out on the bike with muddy roads and late snow falls. So here are a few showing the back roads as they start to melt down and thaw out. Medicine Hat is known for its Largest T.P. in the world which sits just off the Transcanada as it goes through Town.
Right now the up river dams have released water to break up the remaining ice and it has discharged thousands of car size pieces which flow rapidly through. Cattle are sheltering along the banks in the sun and magpies having a feeding frenzie on the cat nibbles we put out for them. Last spring my sister Lorna Watkins ( Garrett) came to visit and cycle around the bluffs. Can't wait till the place looks that green again
Cheers for now
Doug g
Thanks Doug for sharing with us.
A Picture is worth a thousand words ????
I thought you would like to see the chain of mails that Alan Houle ,
Ralph Bennet and I exchanged before our meeting last night at Magnans in
Pointe-St-Charles.After Ralph told me he was coming to town and had not
seen Alan Houle in 18 years I thought it would be good to get together.
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Ralph wrote:
My wife is going down next week and as of now I will be there on Monday
the 27th.
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I then got a hold of Alan.
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Alan wrote on Monday this week:
Hi Ivan,
Are we still meeting Ralph on Wednesday? If we are, where and what
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Ivan wrote on Monday:
Hey Alan
He is supposed to be in town now. He and his wife are somewhere in the
east end of town. Ralph gave me the phone# there xxxxx or his
cell phone # xxxxx He said to call him and see what we want to
do. Can you call him? I am really busy these days, 2nd quarter 31st
Set something up. Wednsday or Thursday is fine with me. If you can't
get a hold of him , let me know and I will get on it from here.
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Alan wrote on Monday:
I've connected with Ralph and the plan is to meet at Magnan's around
6:30 Wednesday evening. I hope that works for you.
Look forward to seeing you then.
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Ivan wrote:
Just around the corner from me in the Pointe. I will be there.
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Alan wrote Wednsday morning:
You?ll love this. I got a call from Ralph last night(Tuesday) about
8:00 from - guess where. He forgot that I had said Wednesday and was
I had been involved in a car accident. Anyway, he had dinner and will
try again this evening. He might bring along his wife Millie. Hard to leave
her alone two nights in a row.
See you tonight?
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Ivan replied:
That's what happens when you get older. I have a string around my
finger, so I won't forget (LOL)
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Just to let you know that Ralph did show up last night (Wednsday) with
Millie (lovely lady). Alan made it and I parked my car at my appartment
and walked over to meet with them. We chewed the fat from 6.30pm until
about 10.30pm. Millie was tired so we all up and left and promised to
get together at the GFP golf tounament in May.
During the evening I asked if Ralph or Alan had brought their cameras
and they didn't . So looking at me they said that I usually have mine , and
I didn't . So we have no picture to send in.
Lucky Guys.
Prime Rib I'll bet.
Sandy Adds A Caveat
Reading the blog and see that Ralph joined up with a few more folks from " The Park" He was at our place for dinner last Friday , the 24th, on his way through to Montreal.
We had a great visit with him. He has a memory like a steel trap and he reminded us of some of the great times that were had in Gpk. in the 50s and 60s.
Sandy Robinson
Thanks Sandy, and have a wonderful weekend.. TEN
Old Doc's Home
Hi Marty,
This picture was taken in my back yard,439 Empire Ave. many years ago.
If you look you will see a little house way back.This house belonged to Perra's.There was a lane off of third street that ran down to that house and there were a couple of barns back there also. I used to play in them sometimes.The man that lived in that house was called (old doc).He was kind of scary to me as a child, but I am sure he was a nice man. I believe he worked at a bank in St.Lambert as a cleaner. He used to walk back and forth to work everyday.You would often see him walking. Maybe someone else remembers this. Before he lived there another family lived there called the Bell's and they had two boys.They moved away and before they left the lady gave my Mom two fancy glasses she thought might break and I still have them today.
Ellen Mccourt Stone
Thanks Ellen for sharing this with us.
What would you do?
Don't look for a punch line; There isn't one! Read it anyway.
My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled
children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech
that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the
school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
"When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature
does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as
other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.
Where is the natural order of things in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. "I believe, that when a child like Shay,
physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an
opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people treat that child." Then he told the following story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay
knew were playing baseball. Shay asked," Do you think they'll let me
Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone
like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son
were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of
belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay
could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around for guidance
and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth
inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in
the ninth inning."
Shay struggled over to the team's bench put on a team shirt with a
broad smile and his Father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In
the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was
still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a
glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he
was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field,
grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the
bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.
Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing
the other team putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life,
moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be
able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and
missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the
ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball
and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over, but the pitcher picked up the soft
grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay
would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the
first baseman, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands
and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!"
Never in his life had Shay ever ran that far but made it to first base. He
scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!"
Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming
andstruggling to make it to second base. By the time Shay rounded
towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on
their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first
time. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag,
but he understood the pitcher's intentions and he too intentionally threw
the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward
third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases
toward home. All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"
Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran to help him
and turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to
third! Shay, run to third" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both
teams and those watching were on their feet were screaming, "Shay, run home!
Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who
hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team.
That day, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his
face, the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and
humanity into this world.
Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that winter, having
never forgotten being the hero and making his Father so happy and coming
home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
AND, NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to
sending messages about life choices, people think twice about
sharing.The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our
schools and workplaces.
If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that
you're probably sorting out the people on your address list that
aren't the "appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the
person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We
all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize
the "natural order of things." So many seemingly trivial interactions
between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up that opportunity to brighten the day of those with us the least able, and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?
A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's
least fortunate amongst them.
You now have two choices:
1. Delete
2. Forward
May your day, be a Shay Day, sunny today tomorrow & always!
Thanks Gus & Mavis R.
Makes you think..
Thursday, March 30, 2006
A couple of pics for Heather Hubbard Cooper
Cool Black Cat With Green Eyes...
awesome! I have no clue how they got this to work. There are some
great code writers out there! If you tease her with the mouse pointer
on her chest or stomach she will purr, I got her to meow also, by
rubbing her forehead with the pointer. If you make a slow circle
around her body, (counter-clockwise) not only will her head/eyes follow
your pointer, but toward the top, her paw will go up, and ! when in
front of her paws at the bottom, her foot comes out like she wants to
play with your mouse pointer. (Don't hold the mouse down, just move it)
Thanks Margaret.
Anyone care to name these old store or business locations in GPK(Update)
Thanks John R.
Marston Back again.....I just saw the series of old stores taken by John R.
449 is the old theatre,
467 is the old Jacoby's Store at the corner of Queen and Empire.
Wayne Goldthorp
I recall #449 as being the Lions Club where 30 years ago I went to beavers..one of the Beaver leaders was Bernie Constantini. I belive it was a cinema before that. Later became a video store, and now a pizza place. Regards
Mark Thompson
Thanks Wayne and Mark
467 The former location of Johnson's Store, which became Allain's Store, and later an ice cream shop. Situated on the corner of Empire and Queen. John R.
452 ???Hi Marty Just wondering if the unidentified business was Pops. Also re: the postcards from Sherri it is ironic that about 5 Kms from Owen Sound there is an East Linton and about an hours drive north we have a Tobermory.
Keep up the great work, also of you have an updated of list of reunion attendees it would be nice to see.
Heather Gibb
They have all been Identified, great work folks. I'll post some more tomorrow.
How True It Is
Another year has passed
and we all are a little older
Last summer felt hotter
and winter seems much colder.
I rack my brain for happy thoughts,
to put down on my pad,
But lots of things that come to mind
just make me kind of sad.
There was a time not long ago
when life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand
about "Living in the Past".
We used to go to friends homes,
football games and lunches.
Now we go to therapy, hospitals,
and after-funeral brunches.
We used to go out dining,
and couldn't get our fill.
Now we ask for doggie bags,
come home and take a pill.
We used to often travel
to places near and far.
Now we get backaches
from riding in the car.
We used to go out shopping
for new clothing at the Mall
But, now we never bother...
all the sizes are too small.
That, my friend is how life is,
and now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up...
before you're too dad blamed old!!
Author Unknown
Thank you Margaret
Canadian Scenes
Home pics from around the Park (next series)
in the house. Janet's son is an aspiring actor.
Thanks John R.
Home pics from around the Park
591 Leclair's house was the second one from the corner on
Nightingale Terrace. Susan Leclair Pinard lived there in the
1960s before moving to Regent St.
589 This was Linda McFetridge's house on Pendale St. Linda was
a cheerleader for both the Rams and Mustangs in the 1960s.
She now lives in a beautiful new home opposite St. Paul's
Thanks John R.
Esther & Henrietta
Hi Marston
You wouldn't remember me, but I knew your brother and have sent a few
emails his way.
The comment about the two girls sitting at the creek is exactly as
noted. It is the old fire station on the left. If the picture was
wider, my parent home would have been on the right (corner of
Springfield and Oak) since the creek separated us and the fire
station. There was a taxi stand behind the fire station and yes,
there was also a gas station. The rest of the block along Churchill
was empty through to Fairfield. Once the fire station, the taxi
stand and the gas station were taken down and the town enacted some
bylaws regarding frontage and space the land was left empty since my
parents owned tha back half of the block between Springfield and
Fairfield along Oak. Finally after selling pieces of land the
apartment blocks were build starting from Fairfield. The last block
was built at the corner of Churchill and Springfield when we sold the
last portion and moved our home from Springfield up onto Gregory.
Great site you have going and always interested to see what is next
upon arrival home from work.
Wayne Goldthorp
W. Goldthorp
Assistant Director General
New Frontiers School Board
Thanks Wayne G.
Golf Thoughts I
- Golf - what a game! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks.
- Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.
- If your best shots are the practice swing and the "gimme" putt, you might wish to reconsider this game.
- If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here's a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.
- Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
- A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers...neither of whom can putt very well.
- An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.
- Golf's a hard game to figure. One day you'll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.
- Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.
- Golf is like marriage: both are expensive and if you take yourself too seriously, both won't work.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
More E-mail for the Nathan's
Does anyone remember the Nathans having a parrot who spoke with extremely colourful language?
Bill Knight
Thanks Bill
I'm Sure Bev & Bud will be happy to hear from you
A Message for Bud Nathan
More importantly I remember the parrot which used to say the odd dirty word from the cast iron railing on your parents front steps as we were on our way to school, the fact that we egged the parrot on a little, notwithstanding.
John McConachie
Please welcome Ellen McCourt Stone to our blog(Additional Content Added)
Hi, Here are a few pictures I thought you might like to see.
This is my dad Bert (Robert) McCourt in front of my Grandparent's house the Smithemam's on Springfield before they had a fire.They had to live in a house on Murray while this one was being rebuilt and made bigger.They had nine children.
The other picture is Esther and I don't know her last name.Henrietta Parish sitting on the creek at Springfield and Churchill.I think that's the old firestation to the left side and the taxi stand further up.I remember taking that picture.
The other picture is Brenda Barfoot standing in front of pay phone in front of Hollingdrake's
Ellen McCourt.
Thanks for sharing with us Ellen
Update Information
Hi Marty,Brenda Barfoot has let me know that the girl sitting with Henrietta Parish on the creek is Esther Brumble.
Ellen Mccourt Stone
Sam thinks the Taxi stand behind Esther and Henrietta sitting above the creek was owned by Bill Burton .He thought there was a gas station there at the time also.
Ellen McCourt Stone
David Rye & His Stock 1977 D100 Dodge Stepside
Good Afternoon Marston and Elton ;
I must admit that I have been enjoying you blog for some time and never seem to have had the time to drop you a line and let you know how much I enjoy reading it.
Marston, I have not seen you since the 1988 Royal George Reunion.
We just got back from our mid-winter holiday in the Dominican Republic and I was surprised to see an e-mail from a former Greenfield Parker who is now retired and lives in Nova Scotia informing me that there was a photo of "my pride and joy" on the site.
The photo was taken by Sandy (Snow) Robinson at the first Greenfield Park/RGHS Reunion Picnic held in Cambridge ,ON back in September, 2003.
I have owned the truck for almost 20 years and have enjoyed taking it to car shows and cruise nights all over Southwestern Ontario especially MOPARFEST every August in New Hamburg..
The truck is a bone stock 1977 D100 Dodge Shot Box StepSide pick-up except for tires and wheels.About five years ago it was looking pretty rough after the two boys drove it prior to getting their own wheels so I decided to redo it completely.The photo was taken just after the restoration was completed and it still shows pretty good.
It sleeps in a nice dry former dairy barn during the winter and I am anxious to get it out very soon.
(Sharron {Laurent} and I moved from the Park in 1981 and now live in a little town near London called Ingersoll.
We have two (2) married sons that live close by and no grand kids as yet.
Thanks to Sandy for submitting the photo to BOYS TOYS, by the way the Corvette roadster was at the same reunion in Cambridge and belongs to Don Flesh.
Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing you in Port Elgin in September, 2006 at Reunion IV
Thank you David for the comments and we also look forward to the Port Elgin Reunion. ten
More comments on the Hinks Family on Campbell Ave.
I lived across the road from Barny on Campbell Ave for about two years in the old Miles house.Old man Miles(I don't know his first name) ran a city water line from Regent Street as far as our house and everyone between Regent and our house had tapped into it. South of our house I believe everyone had sulfur water wells.
Murray Penny
Thanks Murray
The Nathan's neighbor says Hello
Just want to say Hi to the Nathan family from your old neighbour Barb (Williams) Hamilton. I lived right
Across the street from them at 62 Third.
Thanks Barb, I'm sure Bev & Bud will be happy to hear from you
Home pics from around the Park
576 The Ridewood home on the east side of Springfield about half
way between Churchill and St. Charles. This was the home of
Donnie & the Late Barbara Ridewood, Donnie was one of the members of the Bearing Burners in the 1960s.
464 The Methven's house at the corner of Greenfield and Elm.
Maybe someone can name a family that lived in the house
After the Methven's.
498 Clarke's house on the west side of Murray Ave.
Thanks John R.
Canadian Scenes
Ralphie B's Rules Of Golf - Part 4 of 4
- There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.
- Hazards attract. Fairways repel.
- You can put "draw" on the ball, you can put "fade" on the ball, but no golfer can put "straight" on the ball.
- A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
- If there is a ball in the fringe and a ball in the bunker, your ball is the one in the bunker
- If both balls are in the bunker, yours is in the footprint.
- Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.
Happy Birthday Sharon Fogerty-Hawkins
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Anyone care to guess who these 1965-66 Jubilee School Staff are?? (Another name added by Jean Gardner)
I can name some, certainly not all of the staff.
The front row has 4th from the left, Diane Gregory McConachie, Mary Rollins, ? , & Violet Belcher Royds.The girl on the left of Diane looks like Linda Harrison.
Back row has 2nd from left, Miss Hoyle, ? ? ? ? Ulric Russell, Mrs. Wheatly ? ? ?
Sandy R
Here are the names that JMcC sent with the pic.
Back Row L-R
Paul Tutton, Gertrude Hoyle, Betty Bishop, Mrs. Stone, ? , Ulric Russel, Noreen Wheatley, Mrs. Smith, ? , Mrs. Baugh, Frank Newman.
Front Row L-R
Sylvia Greene, Kendra Brown, Diane Gregory, Mary Rollins, Sandra Smith, Violet Belcher
Thanks John McC.
Hello: Another one of us surfaces - Jean Gardner - ex-GPKer now living in Calgary.
In the Jubilee School staff photo, I think the person identified as Mrs.Stone looks more like Sylvia Green (back row, 4th from left).Sylvia Green was principal of Jubliee School for many years during the 70sand 80s. During that time she re-married and became Sylvia Campbell.
Hi Jean and Welcome to our site.
Sylvia Green is the second lady from the left in the front row. She was my Grade 6 teacher at Jubilee and one of my very most favourite teachers ever!
Joan Nykiforuk firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks Joan N.
Artist's work from GPK... George H. Vine
Hello folks.
I have been in touch with an old friend from GPK. George H. Vine. He and I were childhood friends and did so many things together in the Park. We grew apart as time went by. Families and jobs pulled us in different directions but I can say I never forgot him and the many things he taught me.
George could always draw and paint even as a very young man. He has given me permission to select a few of his works from his website to share with our blog visitors. I hope you can enjoy his works.
He has a website that you can visit and see a large selection of his paintings.
It Is www.georgevine.ca/
Take care Buddy
Beverly Recalls Dances At Greenfield Park Townhall
The pictures were taken by Bruce Field.
One photo I had cut out Carl and Shirley as I had put Carl's old picture on a t-shirt for Carl on his sixty birthday. About one of the good old days to remember.
In the picture from the left: my mom and dad, Diane Weldrick as Miss Laura Secord, Ross Alexander, Fred Goodal(name spelling??)don't know her name (but I'm sure Diane will) then me (talking about I don't know what) and Tom.
I had made Tom's and my outfit from the new centennial plaid, now when I look at Tom in that outfit BOY!!! was he a good husband to let me dress him like that. I remember gluing on his side burns. Ha-ha
What fun that night was...did you go??? Who went and do you/they still have a picture.
Years ago our family did attend so many of the dances at the town hall, one year at the Halloween dress up dance I went as a bunny and Tom went as a hunter. I don't have any pictures, maybe others from the park went and have pictures of them selves. It was so nice we lived near the town hall as after the parties we did not have to worry about drinking and driving home, we just had to walk or...crawl.
Thank again Bev. for these wonderful pictures and stories. TEN
Small World it is!!!!
Small world isn't it? I was looking over the email addresses on the
blog and noticed that Janet Allen Watson had her address as @APTECH.CA .
Well I called APTECH in Montreal who just happens to be one of my suppliers
and just got off the phone with her. We had a good conversation and I am
looking forward to meeting her at the reunion in September. She told me
that she got a new Harley and would really like to drive it up to Port
Elgin. What a blast .The blog connects again
Thanks for the news Ivan R.
GPK Stores & Businesses. Let's see who can name them.
These are locations that were businesses back years ago. Let's see if anyone can name the old businesses.
Thanks John R.
John McC. guesses are:
436- Jacoby's Store
421- Smith's store by Royal George
470- Cater's - Beck's - Chalmer's Store
Well not bad one out of three. These where very difficult ones. John R tells me you would have to be 80 years old to get the second one. According to John R. here they are.
470 Cater's Store on Empire Ave. south of Third St. It later became Beck's, then
Chalmers'. It was a popular stop off point for students of Royal George or St.
Edmund's School who had a dime to buy a soft drink, a bag of chips or some
candy. Mrs. Chalmers always greeted everyone with a smile. The building was
originally coated with red brick.
421 Enoch Green's on St. Charles Road. I believe you've already put this photo on the blog site.
436 Location of Hollingdrake's Market when it was on Springfield. This was before the store was moved to Edward Blvd. (Churchill)
Thanks John R.
News from Bud & Bev Nathan
You probably will not remember us but we do remember you when you and your brother were teenagers. We live in Gold River B.C. the home of the wayward whale called Luna.
Sadly he died this month and is sorely missed by all the people that live in the Nootka Sound area. We retired here ten years ago, and in some ways it reminds us of the Park back when. We are still in contact with some Park people, and of course Willma and Buck Wells Bud's sister and brother in law.
Perhaps you went to school with one or more of our childlren Ken, Ray, Jean and Jane. I was happy to see our old house on the blog 57 Third Street, we lived there for 25 years, after Bud's parents built the new house at 366 Springfield. I have sent your blog site to Jean who lives in Florida, and to Ken who lives in Calgary, I'm sure they will love to read the news.
We shall be monitering the site on a regular basis for more Park news. Keep up the good work. Bud & Bev Nathan
Great to hear from you Bud & Bev N.
Canadian Scenes
Puzzle to try
Give it a try!! http://tinyurl.com/56t9u
Thanks Ed B.
Home pics from around the Park
568 I believe this is the Bugera house on the east side of Empire
near Templeton. A path near the house led through the forest,
and was a short cut on the way to and from Royal George.
583 The Thornton house on the west side of Vercheres St. Eddy
Thornton who now lives in Ontario, is a vintage car collector.
He even owns his own fire engine.
579 According to the 1965 electoral list of the Park this was the
home of Bob and Jim Godefroy. Bob lives in Australia, while
Jim resides in Brossard. Their mother ran a gift shop on
Churchill Blvd in the 1950s.
Thanks John R.


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Sunday brunch in lower manhattan?
Having a little reunion with old friends in Manhattan a couple of Sundays from now. I was thinking about Balthazar for brunch, but the mixed reviews of late kind of scared me off. We don't mind a little splurge; we want great food and not to be rushed. Any ideas?
I'm not a big fan of the Balthazar brunch--didn't think the food was good enough to put up with the busy, rushed atmosphere. Public is in the same vicinity. I visited for the first time last Saturday and had a very good (though not great) brunch in a spacious and unhurried atmosphere. Not sure if it would be more crowded/rushed on a Sunday, but I'd give Public a shot.
try brunch at gusto. i go there all the time and adore it. they start you out with free, warm, sugary donuts with a delicious fruit compote. this is my favorite thing EVER!! they also have really creamy and perfect scrambled eggs. there are different egg dishes, crepes, pastas, etc. all really elegant and mouthwatering. the place is also really gorgeous.
60 greenwich ave btwn 6th and 7th ave
7A logically located at 7th st and Avenue A has a really good brunch. I love their eggs and their home fries are not to be missed
i'm not a fan of 7a. it gets so rammed on weekends that service is spotty, and it's far from a relaxing experience. the food is pretty mediocore, and the last few times i've been there various items have come out lukewarm/cold.
do you go to teresa's frequently, pan? i'm curious because the last time i was there (about a year and a half ago), it was terrible. we waited about 35 minutes for our food, and when it finally arrived it was dire - cold, leathery kielbasa, soggy pierogies, and cold, rubbery scrambled eggs. maybe it was just a REALLY off day?
re: wleatherette
Sounds like an off day when the food waited around too long before being brought to your table. I go to Teresa's very frequently and in fact was there for lunch today. I'd never call it a "great" restaurant; instead, I consider it a place to get good Polish food and good diner food for good prices - a neighborhood place that I'm glad is in my neighborhood.


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In one week: I'm ordained a priest, and the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.
Doesn't get much better than this.
The Pending Blackhawks Stanley Cup: What it Means to a Fan and to a City
I have a sordid hockey past.
Growing up for a few years outside of Ann Arbor, the sport is very much a part of the culture. The Red Wings are huge everywhere given their two-decade history of success, and people come out in good numbers to watch the University of Michigan. Living in proximity to Detroit and not supporting the Wings is tantamount to living in Nebraska and not supporting the Huskers. Where the Michigan/Michigan St. rivalry divides, Red Wings hockey unites.
Moving to central Illinois made it hard to follow the Wings. Televised coverage was limited to national broadcasts alongside those few games where the Wings battled it out with their division rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks, at Joe Lewis Arena.
Still, I loved the game of hockey. I found myself watching the Hawks play other teams besides the Wings, and would discuss these games with a classmate and lifelong Chicago supporter. I gradually became what my childhood mind would have thought impossible two years prior: I became a Blackhawks fan.
I even started hoping they'd beat the Wings.
Not that the Blackhawks teams from my youth (or early adulthood, for that matter) were any good. They weren't. Some were mediocre. Some were less than mediocre. And from 2003-2007, they were horrible. I mean, really, really horrible. Worst franchise in all of professional sports horrible.
Still, if being a fan of Chicago sports teaches you anything, it's patience. You suffer in hope that one day, you'll be rewarded for your faithfulness. In the meantime, you enjoy all the free tickets you're offered, and take advantage of discount prices for students.
The Blackhawks aren't the Cubs, the third-most popular team in the league, playing in the historic and beautiful Wrigley Field, with national exposure through WGN. The Hawks play fifth fiddle in this town, behind the Bears, Cubs, Bulls, and White Sox. Unlike the Cubs, when the Hawks are terrible, nobody pays attention to the fact that they are terrible. Prior to the Western Conference Finals this year, nobody talked hockey on Chicago sports radio, which is understandable: nobody was interested.
But people are interested now, thanks in large part to owner Rocky Wirtz's dedication toward winning. Blackhawks mania is everywhere in Chicago, and people are starting to take notice of what a great game hockey is.
Some will call it bandwagoning. I suppose it is. But bandwagon fans can only be a good thing for hockey in this city; increased interest will lead to increased expectation, and hopefully we won't see another Hawks team with 43 losses in a single season. Mainstreaming hockey in Chicago stands to benefit old-time hockey fans the most, since we will no longer feel like our interest is slightly less obscure than those who care about the MLS Chicago Fire. And we're all but guaranteed a better product on the ice.
So, if you're in Illinois, hop on the bandwagon. As far as I'm concerned, we're happy to have you.
Some will, no doubt, accuse me of counting my chickens before they hatch by claiming victory for the Chicago Blackhawks, and maybe I deserve it. But with a 2-0 lead in the series as of this evening, I feel fairly confident calling this one for the Hawks.
And if I'm wrong, and the heavy underdog Flyers come back to pull things out?
No problem. Chicago sports teaches patience.
For You Mullet Lovers Out There…
For some odd reason, I get a dozen or so hits per day from folks searching for information on mullets. So for all of you mullet hunters out there, this post is for you.
First: "[Patrick] Kane's mullet is playoff ready," from the Toronto Sun.
Second, this t-shirt, available for purchase from the NHL store:
Third, a picture of the man's mullet itself, which he acknowledges as "trashy":
And finally, what the mullet means for Chicago:
Wait 'Til Next Year
Nearly every year I've blogged, I've written some bit of hopeful enthusiasm regarding the upcoming baseball season. Hope Springs eternal, and a new season means new chances.
Not this year. I predict the Cubs will be a medicore, .500 ball club, once again falling short of the requisite 90 wins needed to make the playoffs. This rundown on all MLB teams seems like a pretty good summation of what to expect at the ballparks, based upon offensive production alone.
The White Sox look equally (if not more) terrible, but may have better relief pitching than the Cubs. The Cards bring an awesome offense, but will once again struggle in the playoffs due to a lack of solid starting pitching.
So no trash-talking this year. The Cubs, Cards, and Sox all look poised to greet another cold October.


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Letter to the editor
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
To the editor:
We have been living in the London area for the last three years. We noticed early on there is a problem with some in the community not following parking laws in the handicap and fire lanes. We have also noticed that government vehicles and employees do not adhere to the laws either. Law enforcement appears to make no attempt to address these issues and is not willing to obey these laws. Many see this as such a small issue, but we must all understand that this is not about parking laws, but about obedience, integrity and character. When we write-off these little issues, we are teaching our kids it is OK to not obey the laws and that being selfish is acceptable.
We have two sons we are trying to raise to respect the laws of government and our creator. We look for opportunities to enforce the "good prevails" lessons of life and the idea that a man should do what's right, no matter the cost. I am trying to teach them that the "little" things matter and that courtesy and manners are extremely important to their character. If they need to walk a few extra feet in the parking lot, but keep their integrity, it was well worth it and was an honor to do so. Then, when they have harder choices to make, they know who they are. …
To make everything easy, the fire lanes and handicap could just be painted over and made into "preferred parking" or "privileged parking" that would be available on a first come first serve. (This would not change the current structure, and would solve the matter of enforcing laws that no one wants to enforce.) We could then start looking into other areas that we don't want to enforce. Maybe bad checks are not really all that bad? Or stealing from your neighbors is really just "unauthorized borrowing," or maybe meth is really just "home cooking." If there is no desire to enforce "little" laws by the community, then who is to blame when the other laws are not followed? Why should people respect unenforced laws? At what point do laws become important, and to whom?
Yes, I understand that these are little issues, but that is exactly why it is such a BIG issue. I have seen studies that show when a small rule was not enforced, other rules were ignored also. "Give and inch ... take a mile." If you have ever spent more than two minutes with small kids, you know this is true.
When the kids of today are parents, what will they let slide?
Chip McNair


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Apigee Now Supports Node.js and Open Sources Volos
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GOTO Berlin: DO's and DON'Ts in a Web API
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The recently released Webix 1.1 includes improved server side integration and bug detection including the ability to disable any view. It also includes support for REST API and enable developers to define XSS safe template in addition to load data from server side.
GOTO Berlin: Building, Running and Promoting a Public API
In a presentation at the GOTO Berlin Conference Ben Barnard and Felix Leipold, both developers at Nokia in Berlin, shared their experience designing and building a public web API, among other things how to work with an API, that inherently doesn't have a natural user interface, and challenges in testing for backward compatibility.
GOTO Berlin: Microservices as an Alternative to Monoliths
James Lewis talked at the GOTO Berlin Conference about an alternative to the traditional way of building systems where all functionality is put into one big application with one big database, instead using a pattern where entirely separate business capabilities, together with their own data, are kept separate in microservices.
REST and the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is hear today and the IETF has begun a number of standardisation efforts in this area. Notable amongst them is the Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) working group, which is looking to provide REST approaches to constrained devices. There's also a Java project to support this work.
Ajax Control Toolkit Adds jQuery Support, Updated Twitter API Control and Improved Documentation
Ajax Control Toolkit has been updated to support jQuery and includes a new Twitter control which takes advantage of new Twitter API. It also includes an improved documentation which describes the usage of ToolkitScriptManager.
Level Up Your REST Based Web API with Hypermedia
When we started building a new Web API for our business we wanted to build a really great API and the answer on Internet was to build a RESTful API, Amy Palamountain revealed in a recent presentation at TechEd in New Zealand when sharing her experiences of how to build a RESTful API based on the core ideas of HTTP and the web.
RAD Studio XE5 Adds Android, iOS and REST Client Support
The recently released RAD Studio XE5 provides support for Android, iOS and Rest client including the ability to build prototype and native apps in standard C++ or Delphi without any need for multiple projects and schedules.
OData v4.0 Committee Specification with Data Models, URL Components, CSDL, Vocabulary and Annotation
OASIS Open Data Protocol Technical Committee recently approved ODATA v4.0 as committee specification and also made available the complete reference documentation in both online and downloadable ZIP formats.
Experiences Versioning a RESTful Service
Use server driven content negotiation, but enhance the response with links to alternate versions and formats of the representation, thus letting the client choose which URIs to follow due to its needs Howard Dierking recently wrote when comparing his newly gained experiences working with designing the next major revision of the NuGet API, V3, with his thoughts almost a year ago.


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Aiming to strengthen its offerings in online gaming, Walt Disney Co. has acquired Togetherville, a social network for elementary school-age children.
Togetherville seeks to mimic the experiences of social networks such as Facebook, but in a way that's protective of children younger than 10 and allows for parental supervision. The site lets children connect with their real-world friends in its virtual neighborhood.


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Padres build quick 5-0 lead after just two innings...only to blow it in a 6-5 loss to the Cardinals.
The Wolf is healthy...he's just having trouble getting enough people out.
Hundley is in awe of Greg Maddux.
Minor League Report. Cesar Carillo had a real nice outing for Lake Elsinore Friday night.
Cha Seung Baek vs. Jaime Garcia. Baek is not very good and hasn't started a game in 11 days...while Garcia will be making the first start of his career. BRUNCH ALERT!!! First pitch is at 11:15am.


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I enjoyed reading Jeffrey Kimball's recent brief regarding Nixon and Kissinger's search for a _decent interval' rather than a 'peace with honor.'(1) While somewhat uncharitable to Larry Berman, Kimball did make an important point about a topic that has remained at the forefront of Kissingerology - particularly as it pertains to research on the last years of American involvement in the Vietnam War - for the past several decades.
My point is, as the title shows, to simply add an additional angle to this discussion. Although I am personally more obsessed with the issue of triangular diplomacy rather than the end of the Vietnam War, I have found a number revealing citations in the recently declassified conversations between Kissinger and his key Chinese and Soviet interlocutors.(2) They certainly seem to indicate that - whatever the public posture of the Nixon administration and the assurances of continued support given to Nguyen Thieu's South Vietnamese government - Kissinger was doing his best, in 1971-72, to sell the 'decent interval' solution to Hanoi via the Soviets and the Chinese. Thus, they seem to add a few extra _smoking guns' to the debate over the decent interval.
Let me begin by citing a few examples of Kissinger's discussions with his main Chinese interlocutor, Zhou Enlai. In early July 1971, amidst great secrecy as is well known, Kissinger boarded a plane from Pakistan to Beijing where he spent two days in discussions with the Chinese premier. While the most public outcome of these talks was the July 15, 1971 announcement that President Nixon would be travelling to China in the spring of 1972, much of the Kissinger-Zhou dialogue focussed on Vietnam. They provided, I presume, the first instance when Kissinger effectively stated the Nixon administration's willingness to comply with a _decent interval' solution.
While in Beijing Kissinger told Zhou although the U.S. needed to look at the Vietnam situation "from the point of view of a great country, not in terms of a local problem," he was ready to set a deadline for American troop withdrawals provided that they were complemented by a ceasefire. More significantly, Kissinger added to Zhou, there should be "some attempt at negotiations [between the Vietnamese parties]. If the agreement breaks down, then it is quite possible that the people of Vietnam will fight it out." He further added that: "We cannot participate in the overthrow of people with whom we have been allied, whatever the origins of the alliance. If the government [of South Vietnam] is as unpopular as you seem to think, then the quicker our forces are withdrawn the quicker it will be overthrown." Most significantly, Kissinger offered that "if it is overthrown after we withdraw, we will not intervene." Later on, he volunteered that the ceasefire could have "a time limit, say 18 months." Pressed by the Chinese premier on this issue, Kissinger ultimately told Zhou that "What we require is a transition period between the military withdrawal and the political evolution.... If after complete American withdrawal, the Indochinese people change their government, the US will not interfere."(3)
Kissinger next went to China in October 1971. Again, while discussions focussed on the forthcoming presidential visit, Zhou and Kissinger continued their exchange on Vietnam. This time his point was less explicit than during the secret trip; Kissinger simply asked: "Why should we want to maintain bases in one little corner of Asia when the whole trend of our policy is to form a new relationship with the most important country in Asia?"(4) A few months later Nixon was rather less explicit but again assured Zhou that "I am removing this irritant as fast as anyone in my position could."(5)
The true _smoking guns' come, though, from Kissinger's last trip to China prior to the conclusion of the Paris Agreements; a trip to which Kissinger, incidentally, devotes a mere paragraph in his memoirs.(6) The major purpose of the June 1972 visit was to brief Beijing on the Soviet-American discussions at the Moscow summit the previous month. Zhou Enlai, however, peppered Kissinger on Vietnam and elicited an interesting series of responses. On June 20, for example, Kissinger volunteered that: "if our May 8 proposal were accepted, which has a four-month withdrawal and four months for exchange of prisoners, if in the fifth month the war starts again, it is quite possible we would say this was just a trick to get us out and we cannot accept this. If the North Vietnamese, on the other hand, engage in a serious negotiation with the South Vietnamese, and if after a long period it starts again after we were all disengaged, my personal judgement is that it is much less likely that we will go back again, much less likely." The following day, following Zhou's long expose regarding the criminal nature of American policy, Kissinger, perhaps frustrated by what he, much like Nixon, considered an "irritant," exploded: "It should be self-evident that in the second term we would not be looking for excuses to re-enter Indochina. But still it is important that there is a reasonable interval between the agreement on the ceasefire, and a reasonable opportunity for political negotiation...the outcome of my logic is that we are putting a time interval between the military outcome and the political outcome."(7)
One can find similar examples of an effort to sell the decent interval from Kissinger's discussions with the Soviets. During his secret trip to Moscow in April 1972, for example, Kissinger told Leonid Brezhnev: "We have two principal objectives. One is to bring about an honorable withdrawal of all our forces; secondly, to put a time frame between our withdrawal and the political process which would then start."(8) During the Moscow Summit the following month Kissinger continued along the same lines. "If North Vietnam were wise," he told Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, "it would make an agreement now and not haggle over every detail, because one year after the agreement there would be a new condition, a new reality." Kissinger further added that: "If the DRV were creative, it would have great possibilities.... All we ask is a degree of time so as to leave Vietnam for Americans in a better perspective.... We are prepared to leave so that a communist victory is not excluded, though not guaranteed." When Gromyko asked whether this was the "official" U.S. perspective, Kissinger simply replied: "You can communicate this to the North Vietnamese."(9) In September 1972, in between meetings with the North Vietnamese in Paris and the South Vietnamese in Saigon, Kissinger once again visited Moscow. This time he assured Brezhnev that "we are realists. We know that if we stopped certain activities, it would be hard to resume them."(10)
The above are, naturally, only a few examples from Kissinger's 1971-72 conversations with the top Chinese and Soviet leaders. Yet, they do seem to indicate that the decent interval (fallback) option - which may have emerged as early as the fall of 1970 but was most certainly a serious policy option by the summer of 1971 - was much more than a secret Nixon-Kissinger scheme. It was, in fact, a _carrot' used on several occasions in trying to elicit the help of North Vietnam's two major benefactors in bringing about an _honorable' end to American engagement in Vietnam. Effectively, Kissinger told Zhou, Brezhnev and Gromyko that the United States wanted to get out but could only do so provided that the collapse of the Saigon government would take place immediately afterwards.
Lastly, it is necessary to ask what impact Kissinger's signalling had on the respective relations of the Chinese and the Soviets with Hanoi. Did they transfer Kissinger's assurances of future U.S. non-intervention? Did they press the North Vietnamese to settle?
Without getting into a detailed discussion on these issues let me simply stress that the latest evidence on the Soviet and Chinese role in bringing about the January 1973 Paris Agreements seem to confirm that both Beijing and Moscow did urge a negotiated settlement throughout 1972. That they also increased their aid to Vietnam at that time also indicates, however, the degree to which _post-US' Vietnam was seen as an important subject for future Sino-Soviet competition.(11) Whether this was the result of Kissinger's efforts to sell what amounted to a 'decent interval' or not I will leave, at this point, for others to judge.
1Jeffrey Kimball,
"The Case of the _Decent Interval': Do We Now Have a Smoking Gun?" SHAFR
Newsletter 32:3 (September 2001), 35-39.
2Most of the documents cited below were released in April 2001.
3Kissinger, Zhou et.al., July 9 and 10, 1971, "China visit: Record of previous meetings," box 90, HAK Office Files, NPMP.
4Kissinger and Zhou, October 21, 1971, "China visit: Record of previous meetings," box 90, HAK Office Files, NPMP.
5Memcon: Nixon, Zhou et.al, February 22, 1972, POF, Memoranda for the President, box 87: "Beginning February 20, 1972," NPMP. Emphasis added.
6According to Kissinger's memoirs there were "no new developments on Vietnam" during these talks. Kissinger, White House Years (Boston, 1979), 1304.
7Kissinger and Zhou, June 20 and 21, 1972, "Dr. Kissinger's visit June 1972," box 97, HAK Office Files, NPMP. Emphasis added.
8Memcon: Kissinger, Brezhnev et.al., April 21, 1972, "HAK Moscow Trip - April 1972 Memcons," Country Files Europe/USSR, box 72, HAK Office Files, NPMP.
9Memcon: Kissinger, Gromyko et.al., May 27, 1972, "Mr. Kissinger's conversations in Moscow May 1972," box 21, NSC HAK Office files, NPMP.
10Memcon: Kissinger, Brezhnev et.al., September 13, 1972, "HAK Trip to Moscow September 1972 Memcons," box 74, HAK Office Files, NPMP.
11See, for example: Qiang Zhai, China and the Vietnam Wars (Chapel Hill, 2000) and Iliya Gaiduk, The Soviet Union and the Vietnam War (Chicago, 1996).


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I'm so far out of touch nowadays. I just searched but can't find anything that's still available. I want a new web browser for my TC; McDonalds have just started offering free WiFi ('bout time too), and I have an account for PAYG WiFi with T-Mobile. The trouble is, poor ol' 'Web Brower' can't render the log-in pages properly (the user name and PW boxes are off the page and I can't scroll that far), and it can't handle pop-ups which is a problem.
Is there a free, or very cheap, browser that I can download? I don't want to spend too much because that money could be put towards a new device (maybe a Blackberry).
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Novarra nWeb: A "native" version exists for my device. Novarra is a B2B outfit that normallt supplies embeded solutions to manufacturers. Novarra used to sell single copies over the web, but that page seems missing, so I don't know if they still do. It works fairly well, but has a weird delay on startup. That seems to be part and parcel of the Novarra engine, and affects a couple of other products based on it. It costs about $35 if available.
Mobirus Xiino: This one also ran on my device, and could use the full 320x480 screen. The web site seems to have disappeared, so I don't know it it's even still available. (I get an Apache default page when I go there.) This cost about $30 when it was offered.
Access NetFront: There's a version of this ripped from a Clie floating around. It runs fine here, but requires Dmitry Grinberg's UDMH to increase the available dynamic heap. It also requires CodeDiver to get it to use the full 320x480 screen on my device. Free, but you may need a shareware app or two to use it.
Opera Mini: A Java applet that requires Palm's IBM Java Virtual Machine to run. It works well enough, but has quirks on my device because I can't run the most recent JVM. The one currently offered from Palm won't run. I have an older version that does, but some things in Opera Mini don't work as desired, like I can't get it to use the full screen. (USing the full 320x480 screen apparently works fine on the TX with a current JVM.) It's also sluggish on my 200mhz device, but probably [peppier on faster devices like a TX. And because it's intended for smartphone, it does not follow the Palm UI guidelines, and won't look like anything else on a Palm device.
Picsel Browser: This was bundled on some Sony Clie models, and a ripped version is floating around. Picsel later offered it for sale over their website, but that page, too, seems to have disappeared. Picsel Technologies normally works with manufacturers to provide embedded solutions, and may have decided sales to consumers was more trouble than it was worth. It runs here, and can view and enormous amount of things, including PDFs and JPGs as well as websites, but the interface bears no relation to anything else on a Palm device and there's a learning curve. Like NetFront, it also required a little help from a couple of shareware apps to run as expected.
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I don't think Opera Mini will work, as it filters all its pages through a proxy server. Therefore, unless it has internet access before it needs to load anything, no dice.
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There is also Universe Browser. But that is undergoing a re-writing, and has been missing so long that I'm starting to think it will never show up.
www.wapuniverse.comSo long, and thanks for all the fish.
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I'm sorry for not replying sooner, been very busy.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Looks like the options are not great, but as soon as I find time, I'll look into them.
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There is PLENTY of good choices for the TC. I use web pro 3.5- which is way better than the default web browser v2. This browser has better rendering and more options. Another great browser is xinno v3.4.1E- this browser really offer outstanding web surfing. It is fast and pages load up quickly. And finally, Opera mini v.2 also works good with the TC. I use all three and recommend them. Also get netchaser, to reset any bad wifi connection.
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For usage on TC, another vote for Xiino here. Still use it on my T3.Digital since 1980, handheld since 2001
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I'm still using Palm WebPro v3.5 (came with the "Palm Business Suite for the T|C" CD) for over 1.5 years now. I rarely encounter a web page that it can't handle (well, handle about as well as one can expect from a "pocket" browser). I use my T|C and WebPro v3.5 all the time wherever I can find free Wi-Fi access (practically daily). I don't really know what else is out there because I haven't felt the need to look.Samsung GALAXY Note II
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I am using Opera mini 4 and am extremely pleased with it -- no problems at all.
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Snoozing in the River Point Shopping Center usually would not be a huge problem, but at 2:21 a.m. it can look a bit suspicious to police.
Fox Point police noticed an occupied vehicle in the parking lot at the River Point Shopping Center early Wednesday morning. In the report, officers noted that the lights were on inside the car, then off a few minutes later. The officer said the driver appeared to be sleeping, however due to recent and the fact that there are no open businesses at the shopping center at 2 a.m., the officers decided to check it out.
As the officers walked up, they noticed the dashboard lights were on. Officers awoke the snoozing driver and had her open the window. She had to fumble with the controls to open the window and only opened it about half way according to the report. She immediately told police, with glassy eyes and slurred speech, that she wasn't driving. When he asked what she was doing there, she said she was waiting for a friend to come from UWM. When asked where she was coming from, she said "UWM."
The 19-year-old Port Washington woman then admitted to drinking. However, she had consumed so much, it took her several attempts to provide a sufficient sample for the preliminary breath test, which showed a blood alcohol content of 0.179. She was arrested and cited for underage alcohol consumption, a ticket worth $366.
Also from the and Departments:
- Fall is quickly approaching and that means deer are on the move. Bayside police responded to a deer that was hit in the 8700 block of North Lake Dr. at 8:07 a.m. Saturday.
- As Fox Point police ran the plate of a driver Wednesday at 10:48 a.m., they discovered the registration was expired and the registered owner had an outstanding warrant through Shorewood Police for $151. She was arrested and cited for suspended registration and false evidence of registration for having a false 2012 sticker on her license plate. She was then released after she paid her bond.
- A Fox Point man in the 6400 block of North Santa Monica Blvd. contacted police Aug. 29 when he noticed that his lamppost, which is halfway up and two feet from the edge of his driveway, was damaged.
In their report, officers noted the post to have a large crease in the metal, near its base, as well as a large paint chip with what seemed to be a rubber scuff mark on the bare metal. The cover for the light bulb was completely knocked off and missing and the bulb was broken. Pieces of glass were approximately 10 feet from the post. The resident estimates the damage to be $1,000.


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When word came from Gov. Jerry Brown in Sacramento Friday that Chatsworth's Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park was on a hit list of 70 parks facing shutdown, the park-using community was already prepared.
They'd gone through this before when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used the park-closure threat as a bargaining chip as he tried to balance his budget. When the budget passed, the parks remained open.
"Closing state parks is not a task that gives anyone joy, but we are experiencing turbulent times that necessitate deep – almost unthinkable – cuts to public services. I will work hard in the coming weeks to reach an agreement that will allow us to avoid deeper and more disruptive reductions," said Gov. Jerry Brown.
California faces a $26 billion budget deficit.
But, the park community, with the assistance of the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, has already trained several classes of docents who could patrol the park and keep it operating once the state withdraws.
The fear has always been that when parks eventually close, nothing will prevent people from riding horses, walking or cycling into parks to hike on trails. That could lead to increased homeless encampments, marijuana growing and fires, which could spread to nearby private properties. Chatsworth Park South is already closed because of lead contamination in the soil. The state park surrounds much of Chatsworth Park South.
"Our two-year-old park volunteer program spent over 3,700 hours [on patrol] in 2010," said Teena Takata, a CPA, land-use committee secretary of the Neighborhood Council, and a park activist.
There is a core group of about 45 docents trained by State Park Rangers to state standards, and another 10 to 12 leaders, according to John Luker, who has been vice president of the Santa Susana Mountain Park Assn.
State Parks Director Ruth Coleman told the San Jose Mercury News Friday that "we would expect to start seeing padlocks after Labor Day." But by late afternoon, state parks spokesman Roy Stearns was saying the closures wouldn't begin until next summer because of the time needed to relocate or lay off staff, the Mercury New reported.
Chatsworth's Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is located in the Santa Susana Mountains on the border between Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. It is an undeveloped hiking park that is rich in historical, cultural, and natural resources. Due to previous budget cuts and staff reductions, State Parks depends heavily on volunteers and partnerships to help keep the park clean, safe, and accessible for the community.
So, local docents, patrol the park, map trails, organize citizen watch hikes and are preparing a new visitor information center.
"Volunteers work as part of the Park Observer program. [They are involved in] graffiti abatement and lead hikes that showcase park history and natural features," Takata said.
"Because the park is relatively small and has no formal attendance records or revenue, it always is vulnerable during periods of state budget cuts," Takata said.
And that's the guideline used by the state in choosing which of the 278 parks to close. Officials worked to keep open those with the most attendance and historical significance, as well as those that bring in the most revenue.
"We believe that the Sacramento budget cutter never has seen the sandstone giants that characterize the aptly-named Chatsworth Formation, never hiked the historic Devils Slide that was a stagecoach route, and never has seen a red sticky monkey flower, such as we only see in Chatsworth," Takata said.
"On behalf of our park and our community, we appeal to community members to write Gov. Jerry Brown, [c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814, Phone: 916-445-2841, Fax: 916-558-3160] requesting that the Santa Susana State Historic Park not be closed," Takata said.
Gov. Brown has not yet signed the $33 million in cuts from the parks budget approved earlier this year, so whether the closures will be included in a final budget is unclear. On Monday, he is scheduled to announce his revised budget, and new state revenue projections.
Parks Director Coleman has said the remaining parks may face a cut in services, such as closing bathrooms, lifeguard towers and other facilities throughout the system to cut $11 million in the coming fiscal year and $22 million in the 2012-13 fiscal year.
If the closures take effect as expected, Brown would become the first governor in California history to close state parks to save money.
To volunteer or for more information on local hikes, see http://ssmpa.com or call 818-784-4849.
Here is the list announced Friday:
- Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
- Annadel State Park
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area
- Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
- Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
- Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
- Benicia State Recreation Area
- Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
- Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
- Brannan Island State Recreation Area
- California Mining & Mineral Museum
- Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
- Castle Crags State Park
- Castle Rock State Park
- China Camp State Park
- Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
- Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
- Fort Tejon State Historic Park
- Garrapata State Park
- George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
- Governor's Mansion State Historic Park
- Gray Whale Cove State Beach
- Greenwood State Beach
- Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
- Hendy Woods State Park
- Henry W. Coe State Park
- Jack London State Historic Park
- Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
- Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
- Limekiln State Park
- Los Encinos State Historic Park
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
- Manchester State Park
- McConnell State Recreation Area
- McGrath State Beach
- Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
- Morro Strand State Beach
- Moss Landing State Beach
- Olompali State Historic Park
- Palomar Mountain State Park
- Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
- Picacho State Recreation Area
- Pio Pico State Historic Park
- Plumas-Eureka State Park
- Point Cabrillo Light Station
- Portola Redwoods State Park
- Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
- Russian Gulch State Park
- Saddleback Butte State Park
- Salton Sea State Recreation Area
- Samuel P. Taylor State Park
- San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
- Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
- Shasta State Historic Park
- South Yuba River State Park
- Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
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- Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
- Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
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- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
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