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MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. (8/12/14) — Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company informed the Kentucky Public Service Commission today that they will withdraw their application for a second natural gas combined-cycle generating facility, but plan to continue to pursue a solar generating facility.
The announcement comes as a result of nine municipal utility customers' decision to terminate in 2019 their wholesale power contracts with Kentucky Utilities. Those contracts total approximately 320 megawatts of peak demand.
LG&E and KU filed the request with the KPSC in January to build an approximately 700-megawatt NGCC generating facility in Muhlenberg County and a 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility in Mercer County. The need for the NGCC, which was expected to be completed by 2018 and cost approximately $700 million, was based in part on energy forecasts through 2035 that included serving the municipal customers.
Following the municipal utilities' termination notices, LG&E and KU put the new generation requests on hold for 90 days to weigh the impacts of the termination notices on future generation plans. As a result, LG&E and KU have decided to withdraw their application for the NGCC. Plans remain in place for the $36 million solar facility at KU's existing Brown facility. If approved, the solar unit would go online in 2016.
"We've analyzed the situation carefully and believe that it is in the best interest of all of our customers to withdraw our current application for the natural gas combined-cycle unit in Western Kentucky," said Paul W. Thompson, chief operating officer. "Removing more than 300 megawatts of demand changes our load forecasts and thus delays the need for new generation."
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MIDLOTHIAN - As three Midlothian police officers and a Texas Department of Public Safety state trooper continue down the road to recovery, community members and leaders are rallying around them to provide unwavering support.
Midlothian Police Officers Cody McKinney, Dustin Compton, Sgt. Brian Woolery and Texas Department of Safety Trooper Rick Smith are recovering from their injuries sustained during a standoff Sunday Aug. 20.
The officers were ambushed by 25-year-old Richard Wayne Miles Jr after arriving at an apartment complex to investigate a broken window. A fund has been set up by the Midlothian Police Community Service League to ensure all the money collected would be distributed to the four officers.
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In addition to our usual list of television recommendations, we've included this week our top choice for the horror movie being aired each night, and there are some good ones, but some of our favorites are shamefully absent from the airwaves (Psycho, The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, anyone?!). Oh well, we'll take what we can get. Do your best to get good and scared this week -- Happy-almost-Halloween!
Monday Bored to Death - "The Black Clock of Time" (HBO 9PM EST)
30 Days of Night (FX 10:30PM EST)
Monday Bored to Death - "The Black Clock of Time" (HBO 9PM EST)
- "Crotch open or crotch closed? George gives Jonathan some advice."
- John Carpenter's classic chiller about the escaped masked maniac known as Michael Meyers who returns to his Illinois hometown to continue his bloody rampage. A nineteen year olf Jamie Leigh Curtis stars. And if you're interested in the sequels AMC will be playing them all week, but my heart will always belong to the original.
TuesdaySons of Anarchy - "Family Recipe" (FX 10PM EST)
- "An important club vote gets side-tracked when SAMCRO is forced to deal with dangerous external threats against the club."
- "Goodbye to newsman Brandon Armstrong."
- "A couple and their six-year-old son move into an old Connecticut house where the boy soon becomes distraught with thoughts of monsters dwelling in the attic. When their friends and guests abruptly go missing or die mysteriously, it becomes a race against time as the family's lives are in peril."
WednesdayModern Family - "Halloween" (ABC 9PM EST)
- "Claire prepares to make the Dunphy house spooky for Halloween; Cameron does not like the holiday because of a traumatic childhood experience; Jay and Manny tease Gloria about her accent."
- "While Brad and Jane are house-sitting in the suburbs, the rest of the gang attends a warehouse party."
- "The line between the living and the dead blurs on Halloween. Two of the house's previous residents give the Harmons decorating advice."
- "Abandoning recent stylistic trends in Asian horror, Korea's Lim Dae-Woong pays tribute to slasher cinema with a striking exercise in full-blooded mayhem. Told in flashback, BLOODY REUNION follows a gathering of former schoolmates and their ailing, wheelchair-bound teacher Mrs. Park. As the event progresses, it becomes clear that Mrs. Park's enduring influence was seldom positive and justifications for ill will are many. Alas, the students aren't the only ones harboring festering resentment."
ThursdayCommunity - "Horror Fiction in Seven Steps" (NBC 8PM EST)
- "The GCC gang tells scary stories while Britta discovers that one of her pals might be a psychopathic maniac. "
- "April and Andy throw a Halloween party while Tom brings his flair to Leslie's campaign."
- "Erin struggles to pull off the ultimate Halloween party, juggling the expectations of Robert California, Andy and the staff." While I'm less than anxious to watch an episode that focuses heavily on the painfully moronic and uninteresting Erin, The Office's Halloween episodes have pretty much always been fantastic in the past, so maybe it'll balance out...
- This sounds good..."What's The Gang to do on a rainy day but play the most twisted (and self-made) board game ever. Dee and Dennis square off against Mac, Charlie and Frank in this battle of wits, wild cards and wine."
- I never thought this day would come. Some of my earliest and most lasting life lessons came from watching Beavis and Butthead, and I credit the duo with making me the person I am today. At last they are back where they belong: on television, molding the minds of young, impressionable Americans, and I for one, couldn't be happier about this. Obviously, a lot has changed since the 90s, so expect the boys to be including Youtube videos, reality TV, and social networking sites in their astute cultural commentary. And let's hope that Beavis doesn't discover Redbull.
- "Kevin struggles with getting older. Ruxin is so desperate to get rid of his au pair that he gets Rafi's help. Taco finds a market for Kevin and Jenny's wedding cocktail napkins. And Pete learns a new sexual position, and regrets it."
- "A teen (Jess Weixler) learns that she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth after a sexual encounter with a classmate takes a grisly turn."
FridayChuck - "Chuck Vs. The Zoom" (NBC 8PM EST)
- "Chuck, Sarah, Casey and an Intersect-enabled Morgan start their own spy firm. Mark Hamill and Craig Kilborn guest star."
- "In the aftermath of recent shocking events, things really escalate when the translucent shapeshifters return. As the threat and circumstances intensify, a former Massive Dynamic scientist Malcolm Truss (guest star Arye Gross) enters the fold. Meanwhile, Nina Sharp pays Walter a visit in the lab."
- Okay, while it's admittedly not even close to being in the same league as Tobe Hooper's 1974 original, this remake did have some pretty gore-tastic moments: "In 1973, teenagers (Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker) taking a road trip wander into a farmhouse belonging to a family of cannibals." Both movies inspired in part by the necrophiliac activites and art and crafts of Ed Gein.
30 Days of Night (FX 10:30PM EST)
- These vampires are waaaay cooler than any of the one's you'll find in Twilight: "After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires."
SaturdayBedlam - "Committed" (BBCA 9PM EST)
- "When Mark receives phone calls in the dead of night, he thinks a woman may have a vendetta against him, but Jed knows the truth is darker. Meanwhile, Ryan finds a photo of Jed's mother and begins to unravel the mystery of Jed's birth. Kate suspects Warren might be hiding a dreadful secret, as Jed faces his toughest test yet, to save Mark from a gruesome fate."
- "A writer (Jack Nicholson) goes mad while serving as caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and clairvoyant son (Danny Lloyd) at a snowbound Colorado hotel."
SundayAllen Gregory - Pilot (FOX 8:30PM EST)
- After watching the trailers for this series back in early spring I have been super-stoked for this addition to FOX's Sunday night animated comedy line-up. Allen Gregory "tells the story of one of the most pretentious 7-year-olds of our time...Although Allen Gregory (voice done by Jonah Hill) has allegedly already composed operas, written novels and dated Chloe Sevigny, he's about to embark on his greatest challenge yet: leaving the safety of his father's homeschooling and attending elementary school with children his own age." Finally, Jonah Hill will be doing something other than being Jonah Hill.
- "The group await Shane's return, unaware that he's trapped in a school surrounded by zombies; Daryl and Andrea scour the woods for a missing person. "
- "Dexter receives spiritual guidance from his new friend, Brother Sam, while his search for the Doomsday Killers leads him in a new direction. Later, Quinn and Batista visit Prof. Gellar's former university; and Debra is required to undergo post-shooting therapy."
- "Bad news from Harry Daugherty in Washington, D.C., could make things tough for Nucky, who assembles quite a crowd to organize a liquor delivery in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Jimmy talks business with Leander Whitlock but turns to Manny Horvitz to get results; Margaret prepares her son for his first confession; and Van Alden struggles to maintain his composure as a fallen colleague's condition deteriorates."
- "Backpackers (Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson) find that their decision to stay at a Slovakian hostel is a gruesome mistake."
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The world will once again be blessed by Beavis and Butthead!
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I first saw the movie only a few months ago. Now, I'm in love with this show. I hope it's just as good now as it was then.


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The Not So Scary, Very Merry Christmas and Birthday Celebration! 5 Weeks in WDW and a Dream Cruise! October November 2013
Hazaa .. Palapalapa Maliki Liki .
Hi Everyone!!!
Today marks 57 days until we arrive at Disney World so we thought that we would start our pre trip report to share all our wonderful upcoming plans.
My name is Shannon and my sister is Amanda her username is Disney_Princess83. We are sisters from Sydney,Australia and best friends who share a love of all things Disney, Starbucks and Musicals.
We are headed to WDW on October 17th for a 5 week Disney vacation. During the 5 weeks, we are doing a Disney Cruise on the Dream, MNSSHP, MVMCP and Food and Wine Festival.
Last year we visited WDW for 3 weeks in January/February and loved it so much, that we had to come back again this year! We really wanted to do both the Halloween and Christmas parties. Halloween isnt really celebration here in Australia so we are very excited to get dressed up as our favourite Disney characters and go trick or treating around MK.
Thanks to my iPhone - that has been diagnosed with pixlexia, it often creates new words. Our personal favourites have been Crusta for Crystal Palace and the Wild Dress Lodge for the Wilderness Lodge. It also helped give us a great new word Palapalapa. We dont really know what it means but we now use it when we are happy and excited. It usually goes hand in hand with Hazaa and Maliki liki - taken from POTC 2 from the tribal villagers when they are attacking my future husband Jack Sparrow (Okay maybe not but a girl can dream .)
So feel free to pull up a Magic Carpet or Teacup and grab yourself some Starbucks (or a Dole Whip, or Coke Float) while we introduce ourselves.
Twitter: WickedDreamer
Favourite Park: Animal Kingdom followed closely by Magic Kingdom
Favourite Disney Resort: Polynesian and Animal Kingdom Lodge
Favourite Ride: Peter Pans Flight, Pirates of the Caribbean, 3 Caballeros, Dinosaur, Soarin, Kilimanjaro Safaris and the Monorail- coming into MK at night with all the lights on along Main Street.
Favourite Princesses: Tiana, Ariel, Mulan, Vanellope and Jasmine
Favourite Princes: Eric, Naveen, Aladdin and Shang
Other Character: Stitch, Pluto, Timon, Rafiki, Daisy, Ralph
For me it feels like we have arrived at WDW when .. Even though this is our second time back it will be going to DTD and grab Earl of Sandwich , going into the Pin shop and then riding the carousel.
Favourite Memories from last trip: I have so many memories from last trip ,running around MK at 1:30am with hardly anyone around and skipping along main street as we exited on our last night, having all the characters in the parade wishing me a Happy Birthday, a CM giving me a Figaro pin in AK, running around Adventureland during a rain storm and riding the Magic carpets 6 times back to back without getting off, getting stuck on Pirates with a bunch of strangers but we all had so much fun getting unstuck, the day we literally got stuck on every ride we rode Peter Pan, Pirates, IaSW. The Elephants squirting me with water with their trunks on, Timon writing number one fan in my autograph book. Captain Jack picking me for the pirate Tutorial
Other Information: I am looking forward to going on our first Disney Cruise this trip, its been a long time planning for us to go, and I cant wait till we finally get to embark on the Dream. Im a big animal fan so loved spending time at AK wandering the trails, on the Safari and observing all the little details.
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Favourite Park: Animal Kingdom
Favourite Disney Resort: Yacht and Beach Club, Boardwalk Inn
Favourite Rides: POTC, PhilHarmagic, TeaCups, Tiki Room, Buzz Lightyear Spin, Its A Small World, Kilimanjaro Safari, Dinoaur, Soarin, Mission Space, Spaceship Earth (basically EVERYTHING except Stitch)
Favourite Princesses: Merida, Tiana, Mulan, Aurora
Favourite Princes: Beast, Naveen, Phillip & Shang
Other Character: Ralph, Vanellope, Mike, Mickey, Giselle
For me it feels like we have arrived at WDW when: We go to DTD, buy our APs and visit the Pin Shop and eat at Earl of Sandwich.
Memories from Last Trip: The look on my sisters face when she saw Pluto for the first time. Running through Fantasyland as the clock struck midnight (literally) and a manager told a CM to let us onto the Carousel we were the only ones on the ride in an empty Fantasyland. Watching the Jammin Jungle Parade twice in one day (twice in the loop) and getting a hug from Timon. My sister telling me that Goofy meets in a bikini at Blizzard Beach. Being freezing cold in Liberty Square, huddled under a blanket and watching MSEP, asking a CM if I could get a refund on my magic wand since it clearly was faulty it wouldnt pack my suitcase no matter how many times I said Bibbity Bobbity Boo.
Over the next few days we shall post up our plans for WDW, the Parties - including our costumes and party dates and our dining reservations. Hope you have enjoyed this Introduction and :
'Please make sure your arms and legs stay inside your ride vehicle at all times during this Pre Trip report and and remember at the end of this trip report the doors shall open Automagically !!!'
Shannon and Amanda
First Visit to WDW: January 2012
Second Visit to WDW: October 2013 - Celebrated Halloween and Christmas with Mickey!!!
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Wow! 5 weeks at WDW and a cruise sounds awesome to me! Hope you guys have a great time.
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I love catching trip reports right at the beginning! 5 whole weeks?! and a DCL trip? I am so ready to hear of your adventures! The Wilderness MUST be Explored!
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Potential Plans to Avoid Going into any Parks.....17th-20th October
Hey everyone,
Thanks so much for reading our introduction to this trip, hope you have left a bit of your Starbucks, Dole Whip or Coke float left for the next update
Were flying out on the 17th October to LAX and have a 3 hour layover before boarding our plane to Orlando (AKA destination Disney!!) After travelling for almost 25 hours . (yes really!) we arrive at about 5:10pm and have decided to organise a town car to pick us up and take us over to hotel.
After checking in, our plans are to head over to Guest Relations at DTD and purchase our APs and grab some dinner at Earl of Sandwich, possibly a quick ride on the DTD carousel and more than likely (read: definitely) a quick run into Goofys Candy to make a rice Krispy!! (My sister said she cannot live any longer without making Goofys Candy!) We made about 4 over the course of our last trip to share between us:
We have decided to TRY and not go into any of the parks on the 18th and 19th - Im not sure how successful this will be since well have APs. On the 18th our plans are to head over to DTD and walk over to Saratoga Springs resort in the morning. Im a massive horse lover and thought the décor of this resort looks really cute and am hoping to maybe buy a few souvenirs from the gift shop. We might (read: definitely) take a peek into the pin shop to see if the board is open before walking to our lunch reservation at T-Rex for 11:30am.
For this afternoon our plans are to head over to the Boardwalk to spend a few hours and possibly heading over to try out Mini Golf. We really want to try Beaches and Cream after hearing some amazing reviews and seeing some incredible photos of all the deserts available. We have made a dinner reservation at Portobello so might try and fit in some time at Disney Quest.
On the 19th we are hoping to wake up early enough to head over to Port Orleans and try the Beignets Princess and the Frog has become our favourite movie this year, we didnt see it when it was first released at the movies, but this year our local movies reshowed most the Disney Princess movies and we decided to go and see it and the rest if history as they say [Side note- OMG our movies are showing the Little Mermaid this weekend]
We want to go over to Fort Wilderness to check out the horse stables, and then shall head over to the Wilderness Lodge to have a look around before jumping on the Monorail for our High Tea reservation at the Grand Floridian. We have made a Kona reservation for dinner this night, the best time we could get was 5:10pm we made this reservation quite late, so are hoping for a later time if possible, but would like to be able to hang out on the beach for a little bit and watch Wishes and hopefully the water parade as we only saw the tail end of that last trip. Then we will head back to our resort for a slightly early night.
Sunday the 20th is the day we embark on our cruise, we will be checking out of the hotel in the morning and heading to the Hilton character breakfast at Covington Mill. We arent sure what characters will be appearing but know it will more than likely be Minnie Mouse and friends.
We have organised a town car to drive us to Port Canaveral, so it will be picking us up at about 10am after the breakfast, the drive is approximately an hour and half so we should be at Port around 11:30-12pm
We are embarking on the Disney Dream cruise for a 4 night Bahamian Cruise, stopping at Nassau and Castaway Cay with a day at Sea before heading back to Port Canaveral. We have decided to stay in a Concierge Family room with a balcony. This is because it is our first cruise and we would like a little bit of extra space in our room and also to get away from the busier parts of the ship particularly on our at Sea Day. We haven't organised too many activities to do but have booked brunch for the two us at Palo for the at sea Day and are also planning on taking part in the Stingray encounter at Castaway Cay.
Thats all from us today. We will update again in the next day or so with our reservations (there is A LOT!)
Shannon and Amanda
First Visit to WDW: January 2012
Second Visit to WDW: October 2013 - Celebrated Halloween and Christmas with Mickey!!!
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You are sailing on the Dream cruise just before ours I guess we will be getting on as you are getting off.
We once did wdw/universal for a 2 week stretch. We had a blast. Such great memories with our kids.
We basically did 8 days in the parks and other things the other few days. Don't know if you are interested in doing other things than Disney but if you check out the goorlando card it is a great deal.
Also the Gaylord Palms resort is pretty awesome too not Disney but you can def spend several hours in there. My firiend and I spent like 5 including lunch
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OMG, 5 weeks in WDW and a cruise!! It sounds so much fun! Can't wait to read more, really!!
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It shall be a cross over between our disembarkation and your embarkation! We can't wait to do the cruise,and now they have also added Halloween events to the sailings around than as well!! Are you planning on dressing up for the night?
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Following along as well! I can't imagine 5 weeks of Disney Magic, but would love to give a go at it
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Extended Plans and ADR List
Hey Everyone,
Can't believe it's been over a week since we updated our pre trip report, where is the time flying? I remember when we first started counting down at 355 days, and now it is only 43 days till we fly to Orlando !!!
Because we have been planning this trip since last year September/October, we created a few mock up versions of our ADR lists and the ones that we HAD to fit in no matter what. These versions changed over a dozen times and we're not joking, I don't know how I could fit in all our favourites in a 5-10 day trip!!! We always made sure either one of us would be home in time, particularly for the more popular ones like CRT, BOG, Akerhaus ETC.
So I though thought I would do a quick overview of our park days and what ADR we have chosen to do. We normally TRY and just have one ADR a day, we don't like feeling pressured and like we have to continuously be clock watching, that was one of the mistakes we made last trip, we decided to book Coral Reef and Le Cellier on the same day, and then had plans to go off property at night, let's just say it didn't really end well that afternoon, but we have learned from these mistakes.
For the beginning part of the trip the Food and Wine Festival is happening in Epcot. We have tried to stick to one ADR either in the morning or later into the night to take advantage of all the different food booths. We are real "foodies" so are looking forward to trying all the new types of food around the World.
BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER….. Warning this post might make you hungry, thirsty, and Wish your next meal, snack or drink would be coming to you from WDW Property…. I know I wish mine was [There is a condensed list also here of all our ADRS]
Thursday 24th October – We will be heading into Magic Kingdom finally!!! We have decided to grab some QS at either Casey's Corner or Pinocchio's Village Haus, and maybe (definitely) Starbucks and Funnel Cake for a mid afternoon snack. There is a Halloween party on tonight so we have decided to make a reservation at Chef Mickey for dinner, the park shuts to non-party guests at 7pm. We have made our CM reservation for 7:45pm so we might be able to go out and watch Hallowishes after dinner.
Friday 25th October- Animal Kingdom today!!! We have made a 10:10am reservation for our favourite character meal breakfast on property, Tusker House. We went there on our last trip one of our last days, and we both wished we had the time to add it again before we left. We found the chefs and CM's here one of the best on property. Amanda has a few (MANY!!!) different allergies so the Chef came out and talked to us about what was available at the buffet, and made sure to come out and check a few times. He offered to make us fresh food to avoid any cross contamination. [Currently we do have a reservation for Raglan Road for the evening, but think we are swapping it to another night in the trip]
Saturday 26th October Magic Kingdom- – Heading back into MK for our first full day, we have made a reservation for Crystal Palace – funny story last trip, we ending up missing our reservation completely for CP, we both slept through our alarms, our reservation was for 8:15am in the morning, and we both didn't end up waking up until after 10am, but we still ended up in MK that day by 11am, not too bad considering we had to get ready, grab the bus from downstairs and go to TTC to get the ferry across to MK. So hopefully we won't miss this reservation. I think we will be getting a wakeup call this time, we did decide for a later time of 9:40am, so we still have time for breakfast and to try the famous Pooh Puff Toast.
One of the toughest things we has heard about was making an ADR for Be Our Guest, this restaurant was a number one priority for us, not only is it one of Amanda's favourite movies, it is now the only place on property where you can meet Beast!! He is one of our favourite Princes, and a visit wouldn't feel complete without being able to meet him at least once. Our reservation is for 4:15pm – which is a little early for us for dinner but we couldn't say no when the time became available on our first attempt.
Sunday 27th October- SEA WORLD – we will be spending the day at Sea World participating in a Beluga Interaction program and maybe the Wild Arctic Tour as well. We have made a new Raglan Road reservation at 9:30pm, as SW is open till 8pm that night, so we will head back to the hotel and drop of our things before walking over to DTD.
Monday 28th October – HS- This is our least favourite park in WDW, we have only allocated a few afternoons after our first full day, to see Fantasmic and the Osbourne Lights later in the trip. We have made a reservation at Sci-Fi Dine In for 2pm, we have both heard some wonderful things about the food here including the onion rings and the shakes!!
Tuesday 29th October –MNSSHP!!! OMG our first time celebrating Halloween!!! We have made a breakfast reservation here for Kona Café – we both want to try Tonga Toast and also the Macadamia nut pancakes. We are sort of hoping to be able to swap this ADR for one at 1900 Park Fair breakfast, and make this reservation later on in the trip if possible.
Because this will be our first Halloween party, we have decided to make a reservation for Cinderella's Royal Table for 4:15pm, we both love the idea of being dressed up as our favourite characters in the castle.
Wednesday 30 October – Epcot – this day feels quiet late in the trip, but we decided to swap this day in order to take advantage of the EMH hours in the evening. We have booked Teppen Edo for 6:10pm. During the day we will take advantage of the Food and Wine Festival and possibly duck into Sunshine Seasons before or after going on Soarin and Living with the Land [this is honestly one of the rides I LOVE at Disney, it's so much fun looking at all the plants and fresh food.
Thursday 31st October
– HALLOWEEN –We have decided not to make any reservations for today. We are not actual sure where we will end up during the day. Our plan is to go into AK in the morning to meet Mickey in his Halloween outfit and possibly resort hop if any characters are meeting. We have also bought tickets to the party tonight in MK. We will definitely be attending the party, we aren't sure if we will be going in costume due to the hopping around earlier in the day, but we would like to go and celebrate the holiday, as it isn't a day that is celebrated commonly in Australia.
Friday 1st October – MNSSHP – we will be attending the Halloween Party again tonight this time in our costumes!! We have an ADR for 1900 Park Fare for breakfast at 10:05am which we are currently trying to swap around with Kona on the 29th October.
Saturday 2nd November – Animal Kingdom!! – Because we will have a later night on the 1st we have decided to have no ADR for Breakfast so we can sleep in, and wake up when we're ready and go into AK for a few hours in the afternoon before heading over to the Grand Floridian for our dinner ADR for 1900 park Faire at 7:05pm
Sunday 3rd November – Magic Kingdom!! - we have a lunch ADR for the Plaza at 1:20pm, giving us time to head out to find a spot for the parade, [What Time is it on again??] - don't worry of course we know what time the 3pm parade is on!!
Monday 4th November – Epcot - We have made a ADR for my second favourite Character Breakfast on property where else could you meet an Alien, a Mouse, a Dog and a little girl AND receive a flower Lei! We have made an early reservation at 7:55am for O'hana so we will be able to catch the monorail over to Epcot and be there just after opening for our quick dash to Living with the Land Pavillion for Soarin.
Over the past few months, Amanda has been showing me episodes of Rescue Rangers, and so I have a new fondness for Chip and Dale, but I'm sorry Dale, I have a favourite of the Duo which is of course Chip!! We have made a ADR at Garden Grill at 6:30pm, hopefully we can try and grab a FP for Soarin for before or just after our ADR.
Tuesday 5th November – We will be taking part in the Wild Africa Trek today, we haven't booked any ADR's for today as lunch is provided on the trek, we aren't sure how long we will spend in AK after trekking through Africa.
Wednesday 6th November – MK/Epcot – we are going to be hoping between these two parks so have made an ADR for Liberty Tree Tavern , we just miss out on celebrating Thanksgiving in America, we we wanted to try out the Pilgrims Feast, we today shall be the day we celebrate our own little Thanksgiving!! We have no night ADR so will grab QS somewhere along the line probably somewhere in World Showcase.
Thursday 7th November – Epcot/MK – doing a park hop day again, we have an ADR for Coral Reef at 1:15pm. This another one of the restaurants that we experience wonderful CM's and Chefs, the chef made both our meals from scratch last time to avoid contamination, our items weren't on the normal menu, but he made us each both a salmon fillet with risotto. [share photo]
Friday 8th November – Festival of the Masters and our first MVMCP!!! We have no lunch ADR but will possibly try out Wolfgang Puck Express after checking out the festival in DTD.
Saturday 9th November – Blizzard Beach- heading over for a few hours in the morning to BB and than we have a reservation at Narcoossee's at 5:40pm. Depending on park hours we might head to MK after dinner to as MSEP and the fireworks.
Sunday 10th November - Epcot- going to spend the early afternoon in Epcot and then head out through International gateway to the Yacht and Beach Club, for dinner we have an ADR at the Yachtsman Steakhouse for 6:30pm, hopefully this will give us time to walk back into World Showcase to view Illuminations, or we might just sit at the Beach Club boat dock.
Monday 11th November – Going to use the morning to go over to Art of Animation to look around the hotel and will take a walk over to POP As we would like to try the Tie Dye Cheesecake if it's available. We have a reservation at Crystal Palace [Crusta] for 4pm and then will be going to the MVMCP for the evening!!
Tuesday 12th November – Sea World – no ADRS for today. If we come back to the hotel earlier we might go over to DTD to grab some dinner or just something at the hotel.
Wednesday 13th November - 4 Parks 1 Day – we want to try and complete the challenge, our rough plan is to start in AK, then head over to HS, walk over to Epcot and then get the monorail to MK.
Thursday 14th November – Animal Kingdom!! We have a dinner reservation for Boma at 7:40pm , we might head over to the resort earlier to check out the animals in the safari section and check out the lobby. We visited AKL last trip and loved the outside sections along the savannah and the chairs around the fire.
Friday 15th November- Heading to Discovery Cove for the Day.
Saturday 16th November – Free Day – we have allocated the morning to head over to the outlets to do some shopping and have kept the afternoon/night free, we so might go into one of the parks or go to the Polynesian and watch the fireworks from the beach.
Sunday 17th November – Epcot - We have a reservation for Akerhaus at 11am this morning, going to head into Epcot earlier to ride Test Track and Soarin' before the reservation as we won't be back in Future World, as we want to use the early afternoon to walk through world showcase. In the evening we have gotten tickets to the WTT Charity tennis match at ESPN, so will head over there and grab dinner from the QS that is available.
Monday 18th November – MK Morning/Free Afternoon – we have a reservation for CRT at 8:30am, our plan is to have breakfast and then spend some time in MK. We have kept the afternoon free so we might park hop depending on EMH and park hours.
Tuesday 19th November – Sea World – Heading over to Sea World again, depending on what we want to do , not sure how long we will spend over at SW, we might come back in to afternoon and visit the Boardwalk or DTD.
Wednesday 20th November – AK/ HS – going to send the day in AK and than hope over to HS after the parade to do a few rides and watch Fantasmic, and maybe check out Osbourne Lights.
Thursday 21st November – Animal Kingdom Day- this will be our last day in AK this trip we have made a Tusker House reservation for 8:15am. We have no other reservations for today, we want to be at AK all day, and might finish the day off with Festival of the Lion King .
Friday 22nd November – MK & MVMCP – we have a reservation at O'Hana for 7:55am at the moment, but are going to try and swap to a later breakfast as we are also attending the MVMCP the same night. We also have a reservation for Tony's Town Square at 1:15pm – for us this is one of the nicest restaurants we visited on our last trip, and one of MK's hidden gems.
Saturday 23rd November – Epcot – we will be spending the day in Epcot, but have a reservation at Chef Mickey at 7:55am , we like finishing our character dining experiences with CM as it gives us a chance to say goodbye to the fab 5 and grab last minute photos with them. We have booked Le Cellier for 2pm, we had to keep changing our ADR for Le Cellier but have finally managed to fit it in for our last day in Epcot.
Sunday 24th November – MK – our last day ;( - this will be our last day this trip at MK, so our plan is to hit rope drop and stay will the park closes. We have made another ADR at Tony's Town Square, it is one of our favourites and we couldn't seem to be able to fit it in any earlier in our plans. We also have a last minute Be Our Guest reservation for 5:50pm, Amanda is a huge B&tB fan so we wanted to be able to have a chance see see Beast again, and we also can't wait to try the food after reading all these reviews and drooling over all the amazing photos!!
Monday 25th November – the day you wish would never come… the day you leave WDW!!!!!!! In the morning we will do some last minute packing and then we will check out of the hotel before heading to DTD. We will probably get either Earl of Sandwich or maybe head to Wolfgang Puck Express for lunch. Our flight doesn't leave MCO till 7pm, so we will head back to the hotel and wait for our town car to pick us up and take us to MCO.
Sorry it took us so long to type this up, Thanks so much for reading along, we promise we'll update ASAP with our costume plans for the parties and we will start sharing some photos from our last trip to Disney!!
Shannon and Amanda
First Visit to WDW: January 2012
Second Visit to WDW: October 2013 - Celebrated Halloween and Christmas with Mickey!!!
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So what came first the chicken or the egg?
A few years back my husband and I decided to have backyard chickens. I use the word "decided" loosely because there was not a whole lot of thought put into it on our part. One afternoon, we had a conversation that it would be nice to have chickens roaming our suburban backyard and to have fresh eggs everyday.  So, to humor this little daydream I called over to our township office and with a giggle, asked if we were zoned to have chickens. To my surprise, I was told we were allowed to have four chickens.  The even greater surprise came home with my husband that night. Four very yellow, fluffy newly hatched female chicks!! The kids were very excited! I was dumb founded!! We had nothing to feed them, no place for them to live and very little other information. However, within the first hour my husband had the chicks nestled in a cardboard box, with food and water and heating under a nice warm light bulb. As the chicks grew my husband searched around for wood and started making our chicken coup.  Hence the beginning of my chicken education.
In a way it has been magical! The chicks from Spring usually lay their first egg between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That first year we were so excited…or "eggcited" as I used in our Christmas card. That egg really felt like a gift. A gift from the earth, so simple and so pure! My daughter was certain the eggs would be green inside and taste like grass because that was what she saw "the girls" eat. It has been three years now that we have never had to buy a single egg from the store.
Yes, it has been an education. A chance to learn about chickens and eggs, but so many other unexpected things as well. We usually have more eggs then we can use so it has been a good excuse to leave the comforts of home and gift a neighbor with a fresh dozen of eggs. I have learned this is a rare practice. Many people do not know their neighbors. I challenge you in this new year to make an effort to meet at least one new neighbor.
So…what did come first the chicken or the egg?
I don't know that answer, but I know one would not exist without the other. Just as in life, it is a delicate balance and if we take time to nourish ourselves, then in that moment we are ready and able to stretch out and give. How will you nourish yourself in 2013?


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Then there is Art Huffine, another PCO for Island County's Progressive Democratic Socialists, who recently said, "I am not a member of the NRA, nor am I "anti-gun." I have served in the military and understand and respect weapons. I am for responsible gun ownership and use, and I believe it is time for a serious local and national conversation about gun control."
Then became a DICTATOR and started stripping away the rights of others when he said:
"There is also a legitimate limit to the type of weapons, equipment and ammunition that should be legal. In my opinion, there is no legitimate reason for civilians to own automatic weapons or other weapons of war. Large capacity clips should be illegal."
"Consideration should also be given to limiting the volume of ammunition owned by an individual."
"Licensing of weapons and gun safety classes should be considered requirements of gun ownership much in the same way we control the use and licensing of motor vehicles."
"In the utopian world of Art Huffine and his fellow Progressive Democratic Socialists, every human activity and endeavor is illegal unless permitted by government, and government must control and regulate all activities and endeavors." KJ Wolf
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." Ayn Rand
Here she says veterans returning from combat duty should not have guns, and you should not be able to take your legal gun out of your house….
Wonder what the comparison would be between people killed with a gun and babies aborted (killed) through a medical procedure? ANY loss of life, other than by natural causes, is a tragedy!
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|18 Apr 2012
Acronis Try and Decide / error / BOOTMGR is corrupt.System cannot boot
I am using Try and Decide to install a software . When I reboot after install, the computer does not start Windows 7 Ultimate 64. I just have a black screen with the message "BOOTMGR is corrupt.System cannot boot!!! I power off and start up again and the Acronis loader comes up with the choice to Try and Decide or go back and disable.
I tried Try and Decide without installing the software and just rebooting and the same result.
If I choose to revert back to disable Try and Decide, then Windows boots up ok.
I uninstalled - reinstalled Acronis but same results.
Can you help me, please ? Thats really annoying.
Thanks in advance.
PS : Do you know some similar programs ( like Try and Decide from Acronis ) which give me the option to install something on my PC, but to have the option to keep it or discard changes during reboot ?
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|18 Apr 2012
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Hello stereo,
While I do not know how to resolve your issue, Sandboxie is an excellent program to use instead of Acronis Try and Decide. I did hear a lot of issues regarding Acronis Try and Decide, I think Sandboxie will be safer, but I don't think it will have the option to do discard/keep it during reboot.
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|18 Apr 2012
Win7 x64 + x86
I use 3 uninstall programs:
- Revo Uninstaller (everyday use)
- Mirekusoft Install Monitor (freeware) - works well, but not (IMO) as thorough as the next one (but still very good):
- Total Uninstall (30 day free trial, then costs $30 (US) - tracks every durned thing that happens while installing a program - then gives you the option of uninstalling all of it!
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|18 Apr 2012
While I do not know how to resolve your issue, Sandboxie is an excellent program to use instead of Acronis Try and Decide.
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So, there is no similar software like Acronis Try and Decide ?
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|20 Apr 2012
There is similar software to Try&Decide, it's just not Sandboxie. Sorry, I'm on my mobil right now thus not typing up a long response.
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Looking at the system, not the parts
Ta-Nehisi Coates has a brilliant post up about weight loss, the American food industry, environmentalism, racism, and stuff. He's one of my favorite bloggers anyway, and this post exemplifies why; in essence, he's trying, as always, to get his readers to look at the bigger picture and not point fingers at individuals. This is a huge part of what I try to do with etiquette, and what part of my whole "epidemic of rudeness" post was about — looking at systemic causes for why people behave the way they do, instead of just running around shrieking "Narcissism! Internet! Mindlessness! Selfish bastards!"
You really have to read the whole thing to understand how he gets from low-fat Oreos to racism, but here's two key paragraphs:
But more than that, I understand enough to be wary of inveighing against people who eat at McDonalds–or even McDonald's itself–of harshly interrogating the morality of flesh-eaters (I am, of course, among them.) It's not that any of this is wrong per se, so much as it's limited. When you're constantly naming people for their sins of consumption, it's very hard to get them to act against a system of consumption. More than that, it often misses the point of how hard it is to pull oneself out of the Matrix, and thus underestimates the Matrix, in that it assumes we can win by yelling.
Likewise, I think in my best writing here, in the writing that really matters, I've worked to steer us away from the reductive parlor game of "Is this/he/she racist?" It's useful to a point, but ultimately self-serving. It underestimates our demons and it underestimates how an entire system warped nearly every institution in this country, and continues to warp it to this day. What I'd rather we us understand is some sense of the big system, some sense of American white supremacy as mechanized racism.
You might disagree with some of his specific points, but the overall thrust of his argument is, I think, profound.
(Also, while we are on the topic of the U.S. food system, did anyone catch "Parks & Recreation" last night? Yes, it tripped some of my body-acceptance triggers, but I thought for a sitcom, it did a damn good job of showing some of the problems of our current food system and legitimate points of view from both the liberal and libertarian sides. And all that along with a B-plot featuring an iPod/Roomba hybrid called "DJ Roomba" and a C-plot of April becoming disenchanted with her two gay boyfriends. No small accomplishment, that.)
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February 9, 2010 8:56 pm
Both you and TNC have indeed said a mouthful here.
I have a couple of pet issues where I always want more discussion of the system instead of the individual, whether hero or villain–but I should know by now, there's just not enough time.
One of them is "Jackie Robinson is the first Black Major Leaguer! ((In the Modern era–blacks were excluded by a "gentlemen's agreement" in the 1890′s, and as commissioner, Kennesaw Mountain Landis kept the racial divide firmly in place for many years…))
Another is "Rosa Parks, simple seamstress…" ((–who had been secretary of Montgomery's NAACP chapter, hence friends with Mr. E.D. Nixon, (a protege of A. Philip Randolph) who gave Martin Luther King a firm shove in the direction of leadership, and what about the women who printed those leaflets…))
Any trope you hear as often as those, about any lone hero, must have such an iceberg under it, and there just isn't time to learn about them all, let alone repeat them every time. But sometimes I feel it would be nice.
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Analysis: Macklemore apology echoes the past
Macklemore's "apology" to a fellow rapper may have been more surprising than his winning the Grammy for best rap album.
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After winning four awards Sunday at the 56th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Seattle rapper Ben Haggerty — who goes by the handle Macklemore — posted an "apology" to fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar on the photo-sharing site Instagram. He wrote, "You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have."
Macklemore was referring to his award for best rap album, for "The Heist," a win that came as a shock to rap insiders, since the competition included favorite Lamar and Kanye West, one of the most famous and accomplished rappers alive.
One might say the apology was even more surprising than the win, especially given the (continuing) firestorm it ignited on social media.
But for those who follow American popular music, it was more like déjà vu. Sixty years ago, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck apologized to Duke Ellington for getting on the cover of Time magazine before Ellington.
"I was so hoping that they would do Duke first, because I idolized him," Brubeck told a reporter. "He was so much more important than I was."
In Brubeck's case, the embarrassment came in part from his admiration for an elder. But the subtext, as with Macklemore, was also race. Brubeck, like Macklemore, was white; Ellington, like Lamar, black.
Thanks to slavery, racism and segregation, America has an ugly cultural history that has resulted in a succession of travesties. The first jazz record, for example, was made by a white group (Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 1917).
White musicians historically have earned 10-fold to a 100-fold what black musicians do, playing the same music — "Stan Getz the money," black tenor saxophonist Lester Young once quipped about his successful white stylistic heir. And Elvis Presley, not to mention the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, made millions playing music "borrowed" from black culture.
Even in our more enlightened, post-Motown era, when black musicians from Smokey Robinson to West also can and do make millions, the paradigm persists. Black innovation; white imitation; white wealth; black anger; white guilt.
In his brilliant analysis of minstrelsy, social historian Eric Lott has dubbed this paradigm "Love and Theft," which unpacks the curious fascination — and envy — white people have had from the start with black culture.
Macklemore was operating squarely in this paradigm, one that should be familiar and comprehensible to all Americans, even if they haven't thought about it.
What they likely haven't thought about is who and how and why people vote in the Grammys, which are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
To be a voting member, you must have participated — as an artist, engineer, producer, writer of liner notes, etc. — in making a recording. The folks who vote in the Grammys are part of a trade organization meant to honor not only artistic excellence, but also craftsmanship — and, yes, success.
That's why, every year, millions of fans shake their heads, wondering, "Why didn't my favorite cool, new band win a Grammy? They're so much better!"
And the reason for that — other than in the "best new artist" category, which Macklemore handily won — is that the Grammys are not about your favorite cool, new band no one has ever heard of. They are about excellence, craft and success.
That said, Grammy voters also tend to behave like investors — they flock to a perceived winner. Which probably explains Macklemore's wins in three rap categories — best song and best performance (for "Thrift Shop") and best album.
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LONDON (AP) - By the time Allyson Felix was done with her part, her third gold medal of the Olympics was all but hanging around her neck.
Staking the U.S. team to more than a 2-second lead at the halfway point Saturday night, then watching Sanya Richards-Ross bring home the blowout victory, Felix added the 4x400-meter relay gold to the titles she won earlier in the 4x100 relay and 200-meter sprint.
"By the time I got the stick," Richards-Ross said, "it was basically a victory lap."
The United States finished in 3 minutes, 16.87 seconds _ good for a 3.36-second rout over Russia, the biggest margin in the final of the long relay at the Olympics since East Germany beat the U.S. by 3.58 seconds in 1976.
Jamaica took third in 3:20.95.
"I think we were all pumped before this race," Felix said. "There was a lot of emotion. We just wanted to close it out."
The U.S. extended its Olympic winning streak in this event to five straight, dating to 1996.
Felix became the first U.S. woman to win three golds in Olympic track since 1988, when Florence Griffith-Joyner won the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay in Seoul.
Felix's victories came nearly a quarter-century later and half a world away, though she's now in the same stratosphere with some of the U.S. greats.
"London is very special to me," said Felix, who now has a total of six Olympic medals.
The one she really wanted, of course, was the gold for the 200-meter sprint that eluded her in Athens and Beijing. After that, everything else was gravy in Britain, though Felix was hardly going through the motions in her last race of the games.
Handed about a 10-meter lead by teammate DeeDee Trotter, Felix ran the second leg in 47.8 seconds _ 1.8 seconds faster than Russia's Antonina Krivoshapka _ to put a huge swath of track between her and the Russians before she handed off to Francena McCorory.
McCorory expanded the lead by another .49 seconds, then delivered it to Richards-Ross, who was basically running alone, loosely holding onto the baton as she breezed across the finish line.
All she had to do was pace herself and make sure she didn't fall.
"It is a bit challenging to run at the front because you don't want to run too fast and mess it up," Richards-Ross said after earning her fifth career medal.
When it was over, Richards-Ross tucked the stick under her arm and started clapping. Then, one-by-one, Felix, Trotter and McCorory came over and the whole group embraced, huddling with their arms around each others' shoulders. Also receiving gold will be Keshia Baker and Diamond Dixon, who ran in the preliminaries.
"It's unbelievable," Felix said. "I think about how I ended in Beijing, just feeling discouraged there. Four years later to have all this happen, to really accomplish every goal that I set out, is such a blessing."
It marked yet another success for a U.S. track team that had pegged 30 medals as the goal to reach at the London Olympics. After Felix and her teammates were finished, the men's 4x100 relay team and high jumper Brigetta Barrett both took silver to lift the U.S. team to 29. The marathon closes out the track schedule Sunday, with 2004 silver medalist Meb Keflezighi in the race.
"I think the pressure was on to go out and do what we are capable of doing," Trotter said of the 30-medal goal. "I think we finally hit the mark this time. We hit the center of the target. We got it done."
The track meet could have been an even more rousing success for the United States had the men won more than the one medal they took in the 100, 200 and 400 _ events they dominated for decades, until Usain Bolt came around.
But that's not Felix's fault.
And she'll leave London having accomplished the same things Bolt did at these games: Three gold medals and one world record. Felix got hers (40.82 seconds) Friday night as part of the 4x100 relay team. Bolt got his in Saturday night's men's 4x100 (36.84).
Felix does, however, have one loss at these Olympics _ her fifth-place finish in the 100 meters to open the track meet. That was the race she qualified for after finishing in a dead heat for third at Olympic trials, then earning the spot when her teammate, Jeneba Tarmoh, dropped out of a run-off.


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It's a great pleasure to be here in Brampton this morning. This city is one of the reasons why the Toronto area is considered among the most multicultural places on the continent. But over the years Brampton has also done an excellent job of building a thriving, globally minded business community.
Over 8,000 businesses call this city home. It's been quite a journey over the decades—from bedroom community to growing business hub.
I encourage you to continue your efforts to put your community and its many advantages on the "business map," so to speak. I also applaud your group's efforts to help your businesses expand globally.
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Janice is responsible for the Ontario region. She can point your members in the right direction, and help match them with global opportunities—including international investors who can help them grow, innovate and prosper.
Our trade commissioners also work closely with other groups within the business support network, including our partners in Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Strengthening Canada's economy
We understand that when our businesses succeed, Canadians succeed—especially today, as we work toward a lasting economic recovery. While many countries struggled during the recession, Canada fared relatively well. We were the last G7 country to enter recession, and we're well on our way to recovery.
But we're not out of the woods yet. We need to continue creating the right environment for our businesses to succeed. Our government understands this. That's why we're putting such a strong focus on Canada's Economic Action Plan—to create jobs, ease credit markets and help workers get back on their feet.
Over the medium term, we're continuing to make good progress toward balancing the budget—well before any other G7 country, I might add. And we're taking steps to ensure that Canada emerges from the downturn faster, and in better fiscal shape, than nearly every other industrialized country.
But in order to do this, we also need to expand our trade links abroad.
As a member of the North American free trade zone, Canada's experience with free trade has been enormously positive.
Think of the jobs and prosperity supported by this relationship. The lesson is clear: open doors, rather than closed, protectionist doors, hold the key to long-term economic success. This approach guided our efforts with the United States to negotiate an exemption to the "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. Recovery Act [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act].
It's also why Canada is continuing to eliminate tariffs on imported equipment and machinery, positioning us as the first tariff-free zone for manufacturing imports in the G20. Our manufacturers can now buy the machinery and equipment they need from other countries more easily, and thereby become more productive and competitive in the global marketplace.
Our government believes that a free and open approach to trade can help spur export activity and create opportunities for everybody.
With this in mind, Canada is moving forward on an ambitious free trade agenda to help Canadians compete—and win—in global markets.
Canada's ambitious free trade agenda
Our achievements speak for themselves. Our free trade agreements with Peru and the European Free Trade Association are now in force. We recently introduced legislation in Parliament to implement our free trade agreements with Jordan and Colombia. And two weeks ago, I joined my Panamanian counterpart to sign the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement.
These are all important victories that will help Canadians working in a number of sectors succeed.
But we're not stopping there.
We're now engaged in free trade negotiations with the Caribbean Community, the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Ukraine and the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. We're working closely with India on a joint study that we hope will lead to a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. We also remain engaged with the members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and are watching those negotiations with interest.
And we recently concluded the third round of negotiations with the European Union—the most significant Canadian trade initiative since the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This weekend, I'm heading to China and Japan to strengthen our economic and trade relations there. In Shanghai and Beijing, for example, I'll be meeting with senior officials and business leaders to promote closer commercial ties.
In Japan, I'm going to take every opportunity to make the case for an economic partnership agreement—an initiative that would create new opportunities for both Canada and Japan.
I'll also be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting in Sapporo [Japan]. As I do on every visit, I'll take every opportunity to talk about the expertise that Canada offers in many different sectors.
Promoting Canada's investment advantages
I'll also be talking about Canada's many investment advantages—including at an investors round table at the Shanghai World Expo.
Many bold and important initiatives were introduced by our government's Economic Action Plan to strengthen the economy. Everywhere I go, business people and government officials tell me how impressed they are by Canada's economic strength. The difficulties faced around the world during the global recession actually underscored for many people why Canada is such a great place to do business.
Canada has a lot to offer as an investment destination:
- an open and attractive free-enterprise environment—the best place to do business in the G7, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit;
- the strongest fiscal position in the G7;
- a low corporate income tax rate, on track to being the lowest in the G7 by 2012;
- the fastest predicted economic growth in the G7 over the next few years, according to the International Monetary Fund in 2010, 2011 and 2012;
- a skilled workforce, with the highest proportion of post-secondary graduates among countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development;
- a strong commitment to good governance and the rule of law;
- a high quality of life; and
- a vibrant environment for innovation, with one of the most generous research and development tax incentives in the developed world.
Our strong financial system is another core advantage.
Canada did not experience any bank failures. No major Canadian bank required a bailout.
Not many countries can say this.
Our banking sector is responsibly managed through balanced regulations.
While banks in other countries were making high-risk investments, Canadian banks were adhering to higher standards for investment and risk, as set out by our regulations. These regulations put our banks in a stronger position to weather the storm than many other banks around the world.
This makes us very attractive to foreign investors.
Our excellent performance is one reason why Canada does not support the introduction of a global financial levy or tax to pay for the bailouts used in other countries.
Why punish our financial sector for good performance?
We prefer to remain focused on the financial reforms agreed to by the G20 at the Pittsburgh Summit: to achieve high standards for capital, liquidity and leverage among global institutions.
I can tell you that this will be a core part of our message to the world, as Canada prepares to host the G8 and G20 summits in Huntsville and here in Toronto.
Indeed, these summits will cap an extraordinary year for Canada.
From our performance at the [2010 Vancouver] Olympics to our economic performance as we emerge from the recession, Canadians can be very proud of 2010, Canada's year.
But we also think that our leadership in certain areas—such as our commitment to free trade and lower taxes—should attract the attention of a world looking for business opportunities.
These are all ingredients in a successful economy, as important as organizations like your own.
As we move further along the path toward economic recovery, let's work together to keep the doors of opportunity open for Canadians around the world.
Let's create the jobs and prosperity future generations will need to make Canada an example to the world of the power of free enterprise and free trade.
Thank you.
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