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Playoff meltdowns have cast doubts on Martin Brodeur and Roberto LuongoIf either fails to impress this year, Canada's third goalie could become the starterMarc-Andre Fleury and Cam Ward are the most likely young goalies to get the nod |
A year ago, goaltending appeared to be the one position that was nailed down for the Canadians as they began their preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Martin Brodeur was the returning hero from the 2002 gold medal team. Roberto Luongo was the heir apparent. And some lucky youngster would earn a coveted seat at Canada Hockey Place to watch all the action from the stands. After a pair of shaky playoff performances, things don't look so certain now. Instead, this sets up as the perhaps most intriguing battle for the home team. Not that anything's changed regarding the first two spots. Barring a freak injury -- and remember, both players were down simultaneously last winter -- it's inconceivable that Brodeur and Luongo won't be part of this team. But don't assume that their presence guarantees either one the starting job. Where Marty Turco (2006) and Ed Belfour (2002) were limited to the role of spectator, things could be very different this time around for the third member of Canada's netminding trio. In fact, it wouldn't be a surprise if Marc-Andre Fleury or Cam Ward is between the pipes when Canada lines up against Norway for the tournament opener on Feb. 16. No matter how much talent they have to choose from for the forward and defense corps, Canada's fortunes will rely, as always, on its goaltending. With the pressure on during the intense two-week tournament, the goalie best prepared for the moment may not be the biggest name. Canadian GM Steve Yzerman has said this is going to be a team built around now, not the past. And the recent past isn't so flattering for the incumbents. Last we saw Brodeur in action was Game 7 of New Jersey's opening round series against Carolina. After allowing a soft goal by Tuomo Ruutu to open the scoring, Brodeur settled down to help the Devils nurse a one-goal lead into the final moments. If only it had ended like that. Instead, Brodeur was beaten not once, but twice in the final 80 seconds to cough up both the lead and the series...and neither of the goals were what you'd call unstoppable. Brodeur is the most decorated goalie in recent memory -- three Stanley Cups and four Vezinas -- and that was just one game, but it was the biggest game of his season. The meltdown won't cost him the job, but it puts him under closer scrutiny. At 37, his game is in decline. It may be subtle, but he's not the player he was in Salt Lake City in 2002. Think Luongo's ready to assume the mantle? Last we saw, Luongo in action he was shelled for seven goals on just 30 shots as his Canucks bowed out meekly to the Blackhawks in Game 6 of their second-round series. The wide-open style of that one probably won't be replicated in the Olympics, but when a goalie allows four third period goals -- and coughs up a pair of leads -- his big game readiness is up for debate. No one will forget Luongo's stellar stand-in performance in the 2004 World Cup semi-finals, but that's been in the books for six years. His recent record is something less than reassuring: Luongo went 2-4 with a 3.50 GAA and a stunning .879 save percentage in against Chicago. One series doesn't negate his past accomplishments, but it does leave an impression. Both men have three months to author their reassurances. But a failure to impress could turn the battle for the third spot on the roster into a challenge for the starting job. It's hard to imagine Canada throwing Steve Mason into the fire just yet, though based on what he showed in the World Juniors and in a spectacular rookie campaign with the Blue Jackets, he'll get his chance on the big stage soon enough. Fleury and Ward, though? They have to be taken seriously. Fleury doesn't have the credentials of Luongo or Brodeur. And he has his own big-game meltdown to live down (his errant pass bounced off Braydon Coburn and into his own net for the decisive goal in America's 4-3 win over Canada in the 2004 World Junior gold medal game). But there's a developing hint of Grant Fuhr in Fleury's game. The Oilers' legend may not have made all the saves, but he made them when they mattered. Consider the 1987 Canada Cup Finals. Fuhr coughed up a whopping 16 goals over three games, but the other guy gave up 17, and that's what it takes to skate away with the hardware. Say what you want about Fleury's foibles -- his suspect positioning is worse for a fan's blood pressure than a table salt IV -- but his last win did come in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the defending champs in their rink. He has his moments, but it looks like he's learned how to handle the pressure. 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The web site accounted for $11.1 million, or about 17% of sales for the first 11 months of the fiscal year, and it's growing fast. Replacements, which numbers more than 600 employees overall, is now handling thousands of online inquiries daily and blasts out some 2.5 million e-mails per month.
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Currency Mismatches in Non-Financial Firms in Chile
Using a new data base that includes the currency composition of assets and liabilities of non-financial firms, this paper examines the effects and determinants of currency mismatches in Chile. In line with previous studies, we find that after a depreciation in real terms, firms with the largest debt in dollars perform no worse than their counterparts indebted in pesos. Nonetheless, once we control properly by differences across firms in the currency composition of their assets, income and use of derivatives, significant balance sheet effects arise.Download Info
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Islamabad, September 30, 2008
Pakistan has appointed a new chief for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate, months after US officials had questioned the reliability of the military's premier spy agency in the war against terrorism.
A military statement issued around midnight on Monday announced a major overhaul of Pakistan's top brass by army chief General Ashfaq Kayani.
The reshuffle will be closely scrutinised by the intelligence community in the United States and neighbours in the region.
A Sept. 20 suicide bomb attack that killed 55 people at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad underscored concern al Qaeda-linked militants and Taliban fighters could destabilise the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of 170 million people.
Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha, formerly head of military operations, has been appointed director-general of the ISI, replacing Lieutenant-General Nadeem Taj.
Often referred to by critics as a 'state within a state', the ISI is feared by neighbouring Afghanistan and India, as well as Pakistan's civilian politicians whose governments have been overthrown by military coups.
The ISI had helped the United States eliminate hundreds of al Qaeda fighters in the years after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, but US officials have been concerned about diminishing returns from the alliance.
US fears some ISI agents might be playing a double-game supporting Islamist militants came to a head after a suicide bomber killed 58 people outside India's embassy in Kabul in July. - Reuters
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Ya know I was thinking if a world catalyst would cause Congress to do a temporary or controlled crude export from USA
Line only 50% hedged they could get a nice pop out ta this Black Sea musical chair game
I think short term the 31.75 to 32 is resistance.We might get another chance but I doubt lnco will see high 28 ya never know though
What are the odds of getting high 28 again before ex div.I think slim
Selling in bbep,are,vnr not just line
Could be because of price gap with line.They answered some residual selling from bry holders could be reason
Hey I heard that 2018 comment good pick
Nothing that I heatd
Is in the process of change to a positive note.I think the high 28 print on lnco today is a floor.
I get the impression the Permian is a cash bank for them.They have already broken it up in sale value parcels
Yes as it stands fair value looks like 35 and that is from people in the bleachers.As a whole though whole MKT a little pricey
Ops my theory is that the hold up has been to help out the 2 billionaires who own a lot of rail stock.Bill and Warren.Do we need it that's a debate.Just for Canada ?Maybe it gives refiners more biz I dunno
Is giving everyone a good entry or adding point to their shares
Could easily cover 6 quarters of dist cost alone.Conservatively speaking maybe 10 q's
As you mentioned tsla and hum I was thinking of healthcare stks but to be honest only value I see right now are at&t and vz.I did buy a little T as its hard to turn down a 5.7% yld plus I needed a comm tech STK.
I have made one purchase since I flipped line into lnco.Was just seeking short term price action opinion before and immediate after cc that's all
Ops I'm in dig mode to supplement as in a few years.I have enjoyed watching the Car develop but that type of STK not for me.Thanks for reply
Agree Mc
In account looks like lnco 30ish not bad or should I wait for clearing after CC tomorrow?
Shareholders (me) included have been more than patient.I still think this space will merge and others have sights on c02 infrastructure.Still just speculation on my part.


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This is a true story. I have never had any luck with the guys until I met him. He was tall, muscular, strong, athletic; everything a girl wanted and more. He was so hot that all the girls were always around him. I figured he did not even know that I existed. He was a few years older then I. We never talked when he was in high school. He graduated and I could still only dream. Then I graduated....Read On
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Bianca has a special dessert planned after such a nice dinner...John is intrigued
The TIP: Part 3- Dessert John could hardly wait to get back to the hotel. Bianca held his hand in the cab and leaned against his shoulder. He put his nose into her hair and kissed her lightly on the head. She sighed contentedly. When they got to the lobby the hotel was completely quiet. In the elevator Bianca turned into John's body and kissed him on the lips. This time the kiss...Read On
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Another story about my Soldier Pv2 Moorman
I looked at the kitchen clock as I finished cooking dinner. "Seven pm." I said in a mutter, "Kevin should be on his way home" Kevin and I have been married for five years. Its no secret that we met on a website for erotic stories. It took three days of talking online and texting, before we both realized that we were in love. I have to admit, when I found out that Kevin was in the Army, my...Read On
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Serendipity is given some assistance when lovers meet by chance
The TIP: Part II-Serendipity Given a Helping Hand John made sure not to schedule anything in the afternoon or evening the next day. After lunch his nerves were kicking in and he showered and got ready to go shopping. John was hopping Bianca would show, but he knew she might not. John arrived at the store about 10 minutes early and browsed around. Bianca didn't arrive for about...Read On
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We're laying on your bed cuddling, it's the first time we've seen each other in weeks. My face is resting on your chest until you lift my chin and gently kiss my lips. I kiss you back. The kisses are soft at first, but they progress into more aggressive passionate kisses.I begin rubbing you through your pants as I break the kiss. I get on my knees on the bed and help you take your shirt off....Read On
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It was only supposed to be a business dinner, but then he met Bianca
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A story of an unfolding fantasy and love story
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Our lives have been fun after three months of a relationship
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She asked me a serious question, how am I going to respond.....
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So yeah, we get snow here in Saskatoon some days.
A bit of this and that
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A New Project
I am starting a book that I hope to have done by the end of the year. I have a full Moleskine of things that I have left out of my The StarPhoenix columns, thoughts that I haven't shared on The Saskatoon Afternoon Show with David Kirton (or talked about after we got off the air), or are just ideas that I have been working on and haven't done anything with. Basically I am just trying to figure out Saskatoon and along with it, the ethos of Saskatchewan that makes us do things the way we do.
For many years Steven Johnson has been one of my favourite authors. Instead of writing books about what he knows, he writes about what he does not understand and in the process of learning about a subject, he brings you along for the ride. I hope to do the same thing. Look for it 2015.
Sports and Politics
I read a great bio of Michael Grange who said he wanted to write about foreign affairs but he was offered a sports job. I love writing about local and social issues but if Grantland calls, I am leaving it all behind (I'm kidding but the Grantland podcasts look like so much fun). To pass the time between now and when Bill Simmons discovers me, I am now talking sports with David Kirton and Justin Blackwell on Wednesdays at 5:15 on the CKOM Saskatoon Afternoon roundtable. David joked about it a few weeks ago that we should just talk sports and since then we have had quite a few roundtables with sports. The response has been cool but I was at McNally Robinson the other day and a stranger comes up to me and says out of the blue, "You know, I really hate what Pete Carroll did at USC too." I looked at him and he said, "I attended Oregon" and shook my hand. I can now check, "Call out Pete Carroll for cheating" off my bucket list.
A Year in Saskatoon
I have been writing an OurYXE Neighbourhood Guide each week. Every Wednesday and Sunday, I sit down and research what is good, bad, and interesting about a neighbourhood. It's been an incredible amount of fun exploring some of Saskatoon's most loved (and unloved) neighbourhoods. I have been discovering a lot of history and out of the way places to check out in each of them. Part of the project is making sure we have some good photography for each neighbourhood which means I have been out a lot with a couple of cameras and my new 50mm f/1.8 lens. While the cold hasn't been a lot of fun to shoot photos in, seeing parts of Saskatoon again for the first time has been excellent.
Along with the photos, I have been shooting a lot of video. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I had been thinking of a montage of a year in the life of Saskatoon. Something that showed the bitter cold of winter and the incredible warmth of fun we have in the summer. Saskatoon isn't all good and it definitely isn't all bad.
I wasn't really sure what I wanted it to look like. Many of the videos I had seen had been time lapses and I have about 5000 time lapse photos taken, I was initially been thinking of doing something with time lapse. It's fun and amazing but i miss the emotion of just video.
If it is as half as interesting as this video by Andy Clancy, I'll be very happy.
Saskatoon has some great places to film but I want more than that, I want to see if I can find the kind of street life and community vibrancy in Saskatoon. If you have ideas for where me and my DSLR need to be, let me know. As I chase some city scenes, hopefully I will find some stories for the book, Saskatoon Afternoon's roundtable, and my columns. Oh yeah, there will be some fun stuff for my blog as well.
Now if only it would warm up outside.
Chicago: City of Necessity
Here is a 1961 video of Chicago called "City of Necessity" that is worth watching.
I know most people don't watch longer videos online, but despite the 22 minute length, this one is a must for the serious urbanist. Among other things, it fills in part of the historical gap that exists in a lot of people (often including myself) about how our cities actually evolved to where they are today. This film was produced by local religious institutions in order to showcase the benefits of city living, while calling for a more fair and inclusive urban sphere. It's shot in Chicago but is really about cities generally.
Hilarious review of the Nikon Df
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OurYXE Neighborhood Guides: Downtown Saskatoon
OurYXE would like to take you for a tour of Saskatoon and are launching local neighbourhood guides that are full of history, interesting sights, and even things to avoid.
The first neighbourhood guide is Downtown Saskatoon.
You may know it by it's formal name, the Central Business District or just simply as that place where they park on angles. However you know it, we'd like to dig deeper and show you some of it's nooks and crannies. From there we will head west and explore Riversdale before heading to the old site of the Temperance Colony and visit Nutana. The goal is to create a guide and photograph each of Saskatoon's neighbourhoods by the time 2015 rolls around. Wish us luck.
Column: City must go beyond status quo
My column in today's The StarPhoenix
I would love to shut the door on 2013 and move on, but there are always loose threads as you move into a new year.
Some things just never get dealt with and can linger for years, such as replacing our maligned Traffic Bridge that's been sitting idle since 2010, slowly falling apart. Actually, it has been falling apart for longer than that, but we ran out of cheap repair options in 2010 and had to close it. The bridge's collapse was said to be imminent.
It didn't collapse as predicted, and the decision was taken in 2012 to remove an eastern span, which would have been a far more useful tourist draw if Evel Knievel were still around. Eventually city council tried to pressure the provincial government into paying for both a replacement Traffic Bridge and the north commuter bridge.
The province looked at the cost of two bridges and its shrinking bank account, and declined. The result is that we enter 2014 in the same position as we were in back in 2010, dreaming of bridges that no one else cares about.
Even as a public we have stopped caring. The intense rage we had at being stuck in traffic for 10 minutes each day because both the Idylwyld Bridge and the Traffic Bridge were out of commission has passed. We quickly moved back to our default mode of not acknowledging failed projects, hoping they will just go away or resolve themselves.
Chances are that the Traffic Bridge issue will not resolve itself, and we will have to go it alone. The thought so far is that we replace the old bridge with a wider version of it. The status quo wins again.
If we were to look around, we would see that other options have been very successful elsewhere. We could build an iconic pedestrian bridge on the existing piers to connect downtown and River Landing to the east side of the Meewasin Trail system and, more importantly, to the Broadway Business District.
Pedestrian bridges aren't unique. Minneapolis has them. Calgary has the Peace Bridge. Montreal has a great one connected to its flood-control gates. Even the town of Outlook has one.
The Peace Bridge was controversial when it was installed but has since become a landmark in Calgary. It draws people from all over, and joins together two of Calgary's vibrant communities. You could realistically see the same thing happening here with the South Downtown and Broadway Avenue.
Critics of a pedestrian bridge point out that there are sidewalks on the bridges. However, if you have ever tried to walk or ride on our bridges, it is less than a pleasant experience. These walkways are rarely swept, they are full of gravel, and they place you right up against traffic. Other cities have bridge sidewalks as well, but people flock to their pedestrian bridges.
There is a reason for it.
People are drawn to a space that is scaled and built for them.
Research from other cities has shown there are business reasons for a pedestrian bridge. Pedestrians and cyclists spend more money when out and about, especially at stores that provide bike racks. Whether it is stopping into a shop or grabbing a coffee for the walk home, the money spent locally is good for all of us.
Creating a pedestrian bridge on the old Traffic Bridge piers also would give Saskatoon an amazing prairie plaza.
Anyone who has been down in River Landing or across the river when the fireworks festival takes place understands how exciting it is to have a place where thousands of us can gather. There are the fireworks, water taxis, concerts and the buzz of tens of thousands of people coming together. Linking those two areas would allow for more events, but more importantly, it would be an important link across the river for more than just motor vehicles.
Instead of settling for the status quo, Saskatoon must think outside the box. Hold a design competition for a pedestrian replacement for the Traffic Bridge and see what happens. Put a $15 million price tag on it. Local design group OPEN has already drawn up a pedestrian bridge idea that features separate access points for bikes and pedestrians, a public space, a community garden and a zip line.
I think we would be amazed at the ideas that would come forward.
We talk about wanting to be a world-class city. Worldclass cities are not that by population size alone. They are cities with great dreams for themselves, which are expressed by great public spaces. Building a great pedestrian bridge downtown would be a good way to start.
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Why cycling is so dangerous in the United States (and Saskatoon)
- Roughly "17% of all cycling fatalities were involved in a hit-and-run crash in which one (or several) of their crash opponents fled the scene (2005-2011, FARS) – presumably the motorist(s). This is nearly four times the rate of hit-and-run involvement for all recorded traffic fatalities over the same period in the United States (4%)."
- "Investigating officers on the scene of fatal bicycle crashes in the United States found no contributory factor on the part of the motorist in 46% of cases."
- "An overwhelming majority of fatal bicycle crashes occur in dry or clear atmospheric conditions – 94% in the USA and 87% in Europe."
- "One quarter of (deceased) cyclists for which an alcohol test was performed returned blood alcohol values above 0.08 mg/ltr which constitutes a drink-driving offense in all 50 US states."
- "In the United States, most fatal bicycle-vehicle collisions involved a passenger car or light truck (Sports Utility Vehicle) though 10% of fatal bicycle collisions involved a large truck."
- "In the United States, 36% of all fatal bicycle crashes for the period 2005-2011 occurred in junctions with another 4% in driveways (commercial and private) most likely caused by entering or exiting motor vehicles."
- "In the United States, the share of fatal bicycle crashes occurring in low-speed zones was lower than in Europe – possibly because low-speed traffic calmed zones are relatively less common in the United States."
- "In the United States, 27% of deceased cyclists for which helmet use was recorded wore helmets in 2010 and 2011."
- "Red light running by cyclists … is an often-cited contributory factor in fatal and serious injury bicycle crashes (at least in the United States)."
- "Motorists were charged with traffic violations in nearly one third of all fatal bicycle crashes and investigating officers identified a crash-contributing factor on the part of the motorist in over half of all fatal bicycle crashes."
- "Data from the United States indicate that cyclists were imputed with an improper action in 68% of fatal bicycle crashes (though, as noted earlier, this may be biased as the cyclist was not able to give their version of events)."
Invest in transit now or suffer severe consequences
Same thing could be said about any city that has inferior transit (ahem Saskatoon)
Last week, the Premier of Ontario's Transit Panel — comprising 13 citizens from across the region and the political spectrum — unanimously recommended a strategy to fund transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The report's title, Making the Move: Choices and Consequences, highlights the urgency of investing in transit expansion today, failing which there will be severe consequences tomorrow.
Road congestion and transit crowding in the GTHA have already reached a tipping point. With 2.5 million people and one million more cars expected to come into the GTHA in the next 18 years, the existing severe state of congestion will become intolerable.
We have come up with a revenue plan that works. Our recommendations call for a fair and balanced contribution from all stakeholders, without asking too much of any one group. Because new transit infrastructure benefits all of society, costs should be shared — by business, drivers, and transit users. Since riders contribute through fares that rise regularly with inflation, the panel chose not to ask more of them. We have asked the government to redeploy the HST revenue it earns on gas and fuel taxes.
As for the tools, our report outlines two variations on a new funding model. The first combines a phased increase of gasoline and fuel taxes starting with 3 cents per litre in year one, a modest increase of 0.5 per cent to the general corporate income tax, and a redeployment of the GTHA portion of the HST charged on gasoline and fuel taxes. The second option is almost the same, but proposes less from gas and fuel, and more from HST.
Taken together, the combined increases would raise between $1.7 billion and $1.8 billion annually for transit in the GTHA. This revenue stream would then lever the additional borrowing to build three-quarters of the Next Wave sooner than expected. People would see the benefits from this investment, thereby generating support for The Big Move in its entirety. This revenue strategy also provides enough money to pay for local transportation improvements and to retire the debt over time.
We researched the possible options rigorously. We favour the gas and fuel taxes because they match usage, affect travel behaviour, are simple to administer, raise a lot of money, and haven't been raised in more than 20 years. Even with the increase, the GTHA would be below Montreal or consistent with Vancouver.
The impact on households is very tolerable — about $80 per household in year one, just $260 per household after eight years. Compare that to the cost of the gasoline wasted due to stop-and-start commuting for 32 minutes on a daily round trip if we don't remedy the situation. This amounts to $16 every week or $700 per year. The choice is obvious.
The most common and forceful message that emerged from all of our public meetings and consultations is that the public has very little trust in how transit decisions are made, how money is managed, and how projects are delivered. When it comes to funding transit, the public told us: "Dedicate it or forget it."We address these concerns head-on. Our recommendations, when enacted, will ensure that new revenue will be held in a segregated Fund to be spent solely on transit expansion in the GTHA. And they will guarantee accountability and transparency for how funds are spent and reported on.
We emphasize the importance of comprehensive, publicly available business case analysis prior to project approvals. We cannot afford to waste billions of dollars on projects that result in low ridership and huge operating subsidies.
We also cannot afford more congestion and more gridlock. We cannot afford continued losses in productivity and missed opportunities to create more jobs. We cannot afford more pollution and commuting stress. Above all, we cannot afford to wait.
How Detroit went broke
An amazing long form essay by the Detroit Free Press. The answers may surprise you – and don't blame Coleman Young.
Detroit is broke, but it didn't have to be. An in-depth Free Press analysis of the city's financial history back to the 1950s shows that its elected officials and others charged with managing its finances repeatedly failed — or refused — to make the tough economic and political decisions that might have saved the city from financial ruin.
Instead, amid a huge exodus of residents, plummeting tax revenues and skyrocketing home abandonment, Detroit's leaders engaged in a billion-dollar borrowing binge, created new taxes and failed to cut expenses when they needed to. Simultaneously, they gifted workers and retirees with generous bonuses. And under pressure from unions and, sometimes, arbitrators, they failed to cut health care benefits — saddling the city with staggering costs that today threaten the safety and quality of life of people who live here.
The numbers, most from records deeply buried in the public library, lay waste to misconceptions about the roots of Detroit's economic crisis. For critics who want to blame Mayor Coleman Young for starting this mess, think again. The mayor's sometimes fiery rhetoric may have contributed to metro Detroit's racial divide, but he was an astute money manager who recognized, early on, the challenges the city faced and began slashing staff and spending to address them.
And Wall Street types who applauded Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's financial acumen following his 2005 deal to restructure city pension debt should consider this: The numbers prove that his plan devastated the city's finances and was a key factor that drove Detroit to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in July.
The State of Michigan also bears some blame. Lansing politicians reduced Detroit's state-shared revenue by 48% from 1998 to 2012, withholding $172 million from the city, according to state records.
Decades of mismanagement added to Detroit's fiscal woes. The city notoriously bungled multiple federal aid programs and overpaid outrageously to incentivize projects such as the Chrysler Jefferson North plant. Bureaucracy bogged down even the simplest deals and contracts. In a city that needed urgency, major city functions often seemed rudderless.
When all the numbers are crunched, one fact is crystal clear: Yes, a disaster was looming for Detroit. But there were ample opportunities when decisive action by city leaders might have fended off bankruptcy.
If Mayors Jerome Cavanagh and Roman Gribbs had cut the workforce in the 1960s and early 1970s as the population and property values dropped. If Mayor Dennis Archer hadn't added more than 1,100 employees in the 1990s when the city was flush but still losing population. If Kilpatrick had shown more fiscal discipline and not launched a borrowing spree to cover operating expenses that continued into Mayor Dave Bing's tenure. Over five decades, there were many 'if only' moments.
"Detroit got into a trap of doing a lot of borrowing for cash flow purposes and then trying to figure out how to push costs (out) as much as possible," said Bettie Buss, a former city budget staffer who spent years analyzing city finances for the nonpartisan Citizens Research Council of Michigan. "That was the whole culture — how do we get what we want and not pay for it until tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow?"
Ultimately, Detroit ended up with $18 billion to $20 billion in debt and unfunded pension and health care liabilities. Gov. Rick Snyder appointed bankruptcy attorney Kevyn Orr as the city's emergency manager, and Orr filed for Chapter 9 on July 18.
It's an amazing story and one that many cities could repeat if they can't make hard financial decisions (Saskatoon loves our debt too). Nice job by the Detroit Free Press to bring all of this together. Including this great quote.
"It just makes me ill. Almost cry," said former Mayor Gribbs, now 87, who served from 1970 to 1974. "You can't continually borrow money and use it for operating expenses and expect never to have the trouble of paying it back. That's where you end up going bankrupt."
The Human Scale
This is playing this week at The Roxy with a special (free) screening Saturday night put on by Great Places.
Seattle tries to figure out what it wants to be when it grows up
A conversation every city needs to have
Does Seattle know how to grow?
You'd think so, with all those construction cranes back and so many mega-projects underway. We're about to get expanded light rail, a new waterfront, a massive downtown tunnel, a super-sized 520 bridge, and a Mercer Mess that has been tidied up after 50 years of complaining. Growth would seem to be the least of our problems.
But there are some who think these endeavors are not enough. We could do more, do it bigger, do it better and, they believe, we had better get to it because we're facing big economic challenges. Boeing, for example, has become a constant worry. The company is doing a slow retreat from Puget Sound, and keeping key parts of Boeing's work here is getting increasingly expensive for taxpayers. Some $9 billion in new tax breaks have been offered to keep 777X work here. Even so, without a major transportation package and with major union concessions just voted down, Boeing is looking for a better deal elsewhere.
Another foundation of our economy is showing signs of change, and age. Microsoft has reached maturity and experienced enough marketplace failures (Vista, Zune, Surface) that a major management shift is underway. We've grown accustomed to Redmond being a perennial powerhouse and millionaire-generator in the Gates-Ballmer era, but will that roll continue?
Seattle sees itself as a special incubator of the next big commercial success — and the new Bezos family-funded "Center for Innovation" at the Museum of History and Industry that opened this fall is a shrine to this self-image. We've scored with Starbucks, Nordstrom, Costco and Amazon, for example. But in the tech sector there's some thought that we haven't reached our silicon potential, that we're over-due for a new major success a la Google or Facebook.
Sure, we're a pretty good place for start-ups, but Seattle tech booster Chris DeVore recently wrotethat while Seattle is pretty good at launching companies, "It's been a long time since a new Seattle-based company produced a huge windfall." He means a company, like Microsoft or Amazon, that lifted employees and investors by generating lots of wealth. "If I had to put my finger on the one thing we could do to improve our weak 'startup rate,' it would be to produce more explosive wins in Seattle…" he wrote. That would benefit start-ups and companies all up and down the food chain and generate money to invest in new ventures. Apparently, the tech sector needs a new blockbuster.
Another voice encouraging Seattle and Washington to take it to the next level is Microsoft executive vice president and general counsel Brad Smith. In October, he addressed the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce's annual Leadership Conference, an appropriate place for business leaders to inspire the team with a growth-oriented Gipper speech. I also had a chance to talk with him afterwards. In his speech, he said "[I]f there is a moment in time when we can come together and focus on raising our ambition, I think that moment is now." With the state recovering economically, with greater global competition ahead (China, Brazil, South Carolina…), and with so much potential here, we need to get going, and set our sights higher.
To that end, his Gipper — or maybe "Skipper" — speech cited a nautical example. It was inspirational achievement of the University of Washington rowing crew who beat the odds to win a gold medal in 1936. These were local boys who had to raise their own money during the Depression to go to Germany, who had to race under rules that favored Hitler's rowing team, and who took on the task of making America proud at the Nazi's infamous Olympic Games. "It's a reminder of what nine young men from humble background could achieve when they reached beyond themselves and worked as a team," he said.
A new vision for cities
As the global economies change, so will the roles of civic leaders if we want to stay competitive
In his presentation (and in our Metro North America report), Bruce Katz outlined a three-part playbook for how sub-national leaders are acting to further trade, investment, and economic growth in our three countries:
Set a vision. City and metropolitan leaders are setting bold visions for the future of their economies that can focus public, private, and civic sector actors on shared goals for growth. Mayor Smith outlined his city's new mantra: Educate, Innovate, Facilitate, Elevate. His economic development agenda is focused around strengthening Mesa's assets in healthcare, education, aerospace, and tourism (HEAT), and working together with partners in the Maricopa Association of Governments and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council to create and execute a metropolitan business plan . Taking greater advantage of the region's already strong ties with cities and states in Mexico is an important part of those visions.
Invest in what matters. The factors that drive city and regional growth are innovation, human capital, and infrastructure. The quality of those assets, regardless of the sector in which they are applied, account for long-run economic success. Windsor, Ontario Mayor Eddie Francis described how the downturn in the auto industry in the late 2000s threatened tens of thousands of workers in his city, a major North American auto hub just across the border from Detroit. Recognizing this, the city and region invested in helping auto suppliers transition into the aerospace industry, taking advantage of workers with widely applicable manufacturing skills and excess plant capacity to diversify the economy towards a sector with growing opportunities. Working with the University of Windsor to develop a new aerospace engineering program, the region has succeeded in attracting thousands of new aircraft maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) jobs. Even the university's automotive research programAUTO21 has become a key partner in bolstering the region's emerging aerospace cluster.
Network globally. The capstone of the GCI-Mexico forum was the signing of a new agreement by mayors Miguel Ángel Mancera of Mexico City and Rahm Emanuel of Chicago to partner together on strategies to grow the economies of both cities. While "sister cities" agreements have existed for some time—and Chicago alone has 28 of them, focused mainly on cultural exchange—the new agreement aims to take the cities' already-strong relationship in an explicitly economic direction, exploring joint opportunities for foreign direct investment, export promotion, and increased tourism. As Mayor Emanuel described during a discussion with Mayor Mancera moderated by JPMorgan Chase Executive Vice President Peter Scher, Chicago is acting boldly because the city cannot be held hostage to the functioning (or dysfunction) of its state and national governments. And Mayor Mancera noted that even given the progress being achieved today at the national level in Mexico, mayors are ultimately co-responsible for generating local and regional growth and prosperity.
A city gets it's own font
Chattanooga Tennessee gets it's own font.
Chattanooga, Tennessee has the distinction of being the first city in the United States to have its very own typeface: "Chatype." Designed by Chattanoogans Jeremy Dooley and Robbie de Villiers with support from fellow designers D.J. Trischler and Jonathan Mansfield, the Kickstarter-funded typeface was released on Oct. 31. "Every city needs a brand, to highlight its own distinctive offerings," Dooley says. "Typefaces are ideal for such a large and diverse organization such as a city."
Dooley, who runs Insigne Design and sells his various fonts online through MyFonts, told me that the initial idea was to approach the city government for funding. But after some meetings his group decided that attaining public money would be difficult, run counter to the spirit of the project, and would require a lot of time to get people on board.
"With Kickstarter, we bypassed the politics and bureaucracy and instead formed a grassroots effort through crowdfunding," he says. "It was only after our success and after multiple city organizations enthusiastically embraced the face that the city decided to name Chatype as its official typeface."
Although the project began under a prior administration, the current mayor, Andy Berke, has embraced the broader design strategy of type as a civic unifier. Nonprofits and foundations dedicated to enlivening the city have also said they'll use the font.
One of the influences for this project was Metro Letters: A Typeface for the Twin Cities initiative by the University of Minnesota Design Institute, an experiment to understand the relationship between typography and urban identity. Inspired by this well-publicized 2003 project, Dooley, who started up his office in Chattanooga in 2007, sought out de Villiers, who had moved into town around the same time, as collaborators: "Being new to the area, we didn't know what we could or couldn't do, so we took a shot at this new font concept."
If Saskatoon had a font, it would be Comic Sans, you know because it's hated by designers and included with Windows and therefore free.


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High on the Illawarra escarpment with majestic views spanning east across the sea, 33 young people on Thursday took a giant collective leap into the future, hopefully leaving their demons behind.
All survivors of drug addiction, the Triple Care Farm graduates had their achievements recognised in a ceremony in front of family and friends.
This year, 98 people between the ages of 16 and 24 passed through the residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility located near Robertson and run by Mission Australia.
Farm puts young addicts on path to recovery
The fact only a third of those were able to attend the graduation ceremony because some former students had work or study commitments is testament to the program's success.
Centre program manager Gabriella Holmes has been with the organisation for 14 years, and watching young people make "real and lasting changes in their life" has kept her coming back.
"No two days are the same, no two young people have the same story, but each of them are wanting to make a different life for themselves," she said.
Yesterday, graduates proudly showed family members around the farm, pointing out different locations where they'd learnt to cook, where they'd slept, and talking about the staff who had helped their rehabilitation.
"I started here because I wanted to help young people pull themselves out of the struggles and difficulties that meant they were disengaged from our community," Ms Holmes said.
The beautiful setting of Triple Care Farm is no accident, and Ms Holmes said the tranquillity helped patients recover.
"It really does give them a place where they can feel safe, feel secure, work on overcoming those really difficult and sometimes traumatic issues," she said.
"So having that sense of peace and tranquillity from the beauty of our surroundings helps them to work through those really difficult issues."
Residents stay with the farm for a period of 12 weeks and continue to receive after-care support for a further six months.
Triple Care Farm receives 65 per cent of its funding from the Sir David Martin Foundation, 10 per cent from state and federal governments, and the remainder from community and corporate donors.


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A police vehicle escorts visitors through one of two tunnels that will replace a notorious stretch of California's Highway 1 at Devil's Slide near Pacifica, California, on March 25. The tunnels mark the completion of the $439 million transportation project, which bypass a steep, winding portion of the coastal highway south of San Francisco that has long been susceptible to rockslide-related closures. Reuters/Robert Galbraith
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Hotel in Candolim (Candolim Beach - Fort Aguada) near Candolim Beach
This hotel is located in Candolim (Candolim Beach - Fort Aguada), close to Candolim Beach, Sinquerim Beach, and Fort Aguada. Also nearby are St. Anthony's Chapel and St. Alex Church.
Hotel Features
360 Degree Beach Retreat provides a beach bar, complimentary wireless Internet access, massage/treatment rooms, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Room Amenities
Guestrooms open to balconies with beach or ocean views and feature deep soaking bathtubs. Other amenities include LCD televisions with premium digital channels and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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360 Degree Beach Retreat features an outdoor pool, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A beach bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request), an area shuttle, and a casino shuttle. This Candolim hotel also offers complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and room service (during limited hours). Wedding services and translation services can be provided. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
360 Degree Beach Retreat has designated areas for smoking.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Total number of rooms - 12
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Concierge desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 2
- Banquet facilities
- Beauty services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Event catering
- Casino shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Hair salon
- Designated smoking areas
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Free Wi-Fi
- Half board rates available
- Full board rates available
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Free parking
- Free guest parking during stay
- Free self parking
- Garden
- Beach bar
- Room service (limited hours)
- Year Built 2008
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Security guard
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Translation services
- Wedding services
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Free self parking
- Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Welcome amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Ceiling fan
- Complimentary newspaper
- Climate control
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary bottled water
- Wake-up calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Extra towels/bedding
- Turndown service (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathroom phone
- Sewing kit
- Shower/tub combination
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Bidet
- Trouser press
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free movie channels
- Memory foam mattress
- Ocean view
- Beach view
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Espresso maker
- Dining
Sunny Side Up - This beachfront seafood restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
In-room dining choices include lunch, dinner, and light snacks, available from room service (during limited hours).
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Boating on site
- Boat tours on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Basketball nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Swimming on site
- Boat cruises nearby
- Banana boat nearby
- Spa
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
360 Degree Beach Retreat Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at noon
Special check-in instructions:
To register at this property, guests who are Indian citizens must provide a valid photo identity card issued by the Government of India; guests who are foreign nationals must present a valid passport and visa.
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
Debit cards only
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: INR 3000
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: INR 1500 (from 6 to 12 years old)
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.- Airport shuttle fee: INR 1500 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: INR 1700 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 6 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Divers retrieved the body of a 26-year-old man who drowned in Pineview Reservoir Sunday afternoon.
The sheriff's office is trying to notify the man's family before disclosing his name. Dispatchers received a call about the drowning at 3:17 p.m. at Cemetery Point, a peninsula on the reservoir's east side.
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Deputies arrived to learn the man had been with a group of friends when he swam toward the slow no-wake buoys. But about 50 to 60 feet from the shore, he seemed to struggle and went under, said Weber County Sheriff's Cpl. Mark Horton. The water is about 40 feet deep, he added.
"One of the friends witnessed it, tried to get over to help him but was not able to in time," Horton said.
Divers, working against low visibility, found his body about 9:30 p.m.
The reservoir is a popular spot for swimmers and boaters. An average of one person drowns there every year, Horton said.
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