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April 30, 2013
APPROVED – May 14, 2013<= /p>
CALL TO ORDER – approximately 6:30pm
Mr. Edmund Gleason, Mr. William McDevitt, Mr. Doug Viger, Mr. Hal Lynde, Town Administrator Tom Gaydos
Mr. Robert Haverty
April 16, 2013= b>
(4-0-0) The motion carried.
April 16, 2013 (non-public minutes= ) – Mr. Gleason stated that the Selectmen had approved minutes. =
Raffle Permit Application: Pelh= am Square and Compass Club Inc. for May 1, 2013-November 9, 2013
Raffle tickets would be sold during the period of May 1, 2013 through November 9, 2013.
(Lynde/McDevitt) To approve the Raffle Permit Application for the Pelham Square and Compass Club Inc. for the period of= May 1, 2013 through November 9, 2013.
(4-0-0) The motion carried.
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D= iscussion – Sale of Warrant Approved Land
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Mr. Gleason stated there were two parcels of lan=
d the
voters authorized the Selectmen to sell.&n=
Mr. Gaydos provided suggested approaches to the land being sold. There was a brief discussion regar=
how to advertise the sale so it would have broad public exposure. Mr. Gaydos felt if there were
advertising costs, there should be a minimum bid to recover those costs.
Mr. Lynde confirmed that neither lot was buildable. Mr. Gaydos said th= at was correct; they were both too small. Mr. Lynde felt an advertisement should be done to describe the lots. Mr. Viger asked what the legal obligations were for posting. Mr. Gaydos said the present meeting had been posted and the topic had been discussed several times in public.&nb= sp; He believed the only obligation was to make a sincere effort to make sure they got the broadest number. He felt they would meet that threshold if they advertised on the Pel= ham website, message board and public television. Mr. Viger questioned if there was = value in sending the abutters notification that the property was available. Mr. Gaydos said he had already been contacted by the abutters; they brought the parcels to the Town's attention. Mr. McDevitt commented that the parcel's build ability should be left out of the advertisement. He said at the time the parcels were being considered, it was commented that theoretically any lot could be built upon if the Zoning Board granted approval. He said the Selectmen weren't in a position to say someone couldn't build on the parcels. He noted one par= cel is very small being only several hundred square feet. The other was approximately a quar= ter of an acre. Mr. McDevitt said one abutter expressed a specific interest in acquiring one of the parcels to cl= ean it up. He said the advertisem= ent should indicate the parcels would be sold 'as is'.
Mr. Lynde suggesting drafting the advertisement = for Selectmen review and posting it on the website, message board and public television. Mr. Gleason felt = the ad should have some distribution within one of the regional newspapers. He felt there should be a policy t= hat bids cover the costs incurred. He also wanted the caveat that the Town reserved the right to reject all bids. Mr. McDevitt suggested obtaining an estimate for advertising costs. Mr. Gaydos told the Selectmen he w= ould draft the announcement and find out what the costs would be. Mr. Gleason suggesting having a 30= -day period for accepting bids. Mr. Gaydos asked that the period be extended to 45-days given that the Pelham/Windham newspaper was circulated bi-weekly. The Selectmen had no objection; Mr. Gaydos will proceed.
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P= hone Service RFP
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Mr. Gleason said the Selectmen had been provided= with a draft RFP and modification to such based upon the input of Victor Danevic= h, Technical Advisor. He said th= ey had received a letter of concern from a local resident (Spaulding Hill Networks= ). Mr. Gaydos said he turned that let= ter over to Mr. Danevich who would respond to them. He said if they wanted to b= id, they would be able to do so. = Mr. Gleason received correspondence from Selectmen Haverty indicating he had no objection to Spaulding Hill Networks either being a consultant to RFP (with= out bidding) or a bidder (without being a consultant). He believed Mr. Danevich also felt= they could bid if they desired. Mr. Gleason said Spaulding Hill Networks raised two issues of concern: 1) Cisco System would not integrate with the Schools; and 2) Town would not be CGIS compliant. =
Mr. Lynde said he had several comments that he w= ould e-mail to everyone.
Mr. Gleason questioned if Mr. Gaydos had receive=
d additional
comments from Selectmen Haverty.
Mr. Gaydos said Selectmen Haverty indicated that he felt Mr. Danevich
made good comments. He said o=
thing to consider adding was clarification that the RFP was for equipment
acquisition and initial installation services only. A contract for ongoing maintenance=
be awarded separately. <=
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Mr. Gaydos discussed the draft RFP and the requirements specified. He no= ted it was based on the original RFP that was put out.
Mr. Lynde reviewed the draft and felt further explanation should be given about the system the Town currently used. Mr. Gaydos said rather than having multiple pages about the functions they wanted the phone system to have they listed the specifications desired to determine what was comparable. Mr. Viger said the RFP seemed to categorize everything they were looking for. He said if anyone bidding could co= me up with a system that could accommodate all the features they could provide a quote. He said an RFQ would reference the system the Town used and list what they wanted so a price for just that could be submitted.
Mr. Gaydos told the Board that the current syste= m had been moved to the new fire station and was functioning. He said the final i= tem was to make a new connection for the copper wires to connect through the To= wn Hall so the line from the old fire station could be cut. =
Mr. Gleason commented that Mr. Lynde would meet = with Mr. Gaydos to refine the RFP. He confirmed that Spaulding Hill Networks would be contacted relative to wheth= er or not they want to be involved with the bidding or be advisory. Mr. Gaydos said contact had alread= y been made, once they respond to Mr. Danevich they can be asked how they would li= ke to fit into the process. Mr. Gleason also confirmed that Mr. Danevich was working on the CJIS compatibil= ity issue. Mr. Gaydos answered yes. Mr. Gleason questioned i= f it would have to factor into the RFP. Mr. Gaydos didn't believe that to be the case. Mr. Gleason wanted to = know if there would be a quasi-review committee for the RFP process and review of the bids for adequacy. He also wanted to know what role the Board would have in that process. Mr. Gaydos said he would like to t= ake things one step at a time by having Mr. Danevich review the technical items with M= r. Haverty and bring information back to the Board. The Board could decide the process= from there and if they wanted to meet with the bidders. Mr. Gleason said he would like to = defer the technical aspects to Mr. Danevich along with the input of Mr. Haverty a= nd Mr. Lynde. The Board had no objection. =
Mr. Gaydos said he would speak with Mr. Lynde an=
d Mr.
Haverty to review the RFP and bring it back to the Board at the next meetin=
g in
two weeks. Mr. Gleason said f=
the system would be a secondary issue for discussion at the next meeting.
B= udget Reductions for Monthly Review
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Mr. Gleason stated he had a meeting with Mr. Gay= dos and the Finance Director to capture the format Mr. McDevitt previously suggested. The Board was in f= avor of the budget reduction spread sheet format provided. Mr. Gleason said the Board will sc= hedule a once a month budget review. Finance Director Cindy Kelley was commended for her work in preparing the budget sp= read sheet.
The Selectmen reviewed the information contained within the spread sheet.
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O= ld Fire Station Generator Move to Senior Center – Funding= u>
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Mr. Gleason said the Selectmen had discussed the= topic a while back as a wise approach to emergency situations in which the facili= ty would remain open to accommodate some of the older senior citizens. He said the discussion was how they would pay for the move of the generator from the old fire station to the se= nior center.
Mr. Gaydos outlined the work that had to be done= for the move and told the Board they received an estimate of $12,000 for the complete job with Tim Zelonis doing the work and D.E.M. Electric to do the switch. This would incl= ude moving all the switching equipment currently inside the old fire station th= at would tell the generator to automatically turn on when power is cut.
Mr. Gleason said he asked Mr. Gaydos to put toge= ther the FEMA account balance summary. = span>Given that the initial discussion of the generator occurred during a hurricane se= ason and was an emergency related FEMA funds should be used. Currently the FEMA account contain= ed $129,710 (after the previous expenditures authorized).
Mr. Viger questioned if the relocation had gone through the typical bid process. He said $12,000 was over the threshold. Mr. Gaydos said there were separate costs for each part of the relocation. He didn't recall there being anything over $7,500 from any one company. Mr. Viger understood. He simply wanted = to make the process as consistent as possible. It was noted that the genera= tor was presently in the old fire station which was going to be demolished. Mr. Viger felt the policy should be consistent. He commented that= the Board knew they would be moving the generator from the beginning and just because time was short, they shouldn't forget about the policies that were created because of their lack of planning. Mr. Gaydos believed since they wou= ld be using individuals the costs remained low; if a general contractor was used = they would have taken a markup on the services.= He noted that the people who would be involved with the move were familiar with the system and had worked on it in the past.
= (Lynde/McDevitt) To authorize up to $12,000 = to be spent on relocating the old fire station generator to the Senior Center a= nd related items going with it. The money (for the relocation) to come from the FEMA account.
(3-1-0) The motion carried. Mr. Viger voted no.
Mr. Gleason asked that the costs be broken out separately and have Mr. Gaydo= s to meet with Mr. Viger to look at the costs;&= nbsp; if portions were high, they might be bid out. Mr. Lynde took Mr. Viger's c= omments to heart and assumed that the move needed to be done now. Mr. Viger said the Board knew the generator was going to be moved as soon as they knew they were getting a new fire station. He said now, be= cause they had to get it moved, they weren't going to bid which went against the policies being established. Mr. McDevitt said he saw it similarly to Mr. Gaydos' view; the Selectmen = were their own general contractor. He said this wasn't one bid; it was an aggregate of smaller jobs. However, if one of the costs was mo= re than the threshold it would be a different story, but he didn't belie= ve that was the case. He comment= ed further when they weren't acting as their own general contractor the situation would be different. Mr. Viger wanted the Board to consistently respect the bid process.
Mr. Gleason asked how difficult it would be to b= id the work out. Mr. Gaydos said he = would have to put just about all his efforts into it and at least two weeks to put together the timeframes. He s= aid he thought he was acting in the best interest. Mr. Gleason said through discussio= n he was trying to satisfy the Board. Mr. Viger said he held no ill will = toward the vote; but felt there was a policy they should adhere to in the future.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Mr. Gleason felt it was a valid po= int and going forward they should adhere to bidding policies.=
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D= iscussion – Drug Abuse Forum
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Mr. Gleason was in receipt of a communication fr= om Selectmen Lynde that indicated he felt it was an appropriate time to have a discussion about drugs based upon a personal experience. Mr. Lynde said the Board had been advised several times in the past by the Police Chief of issues in the Town regarding the use of drugs. H= e said the thought occurred to maybe discuss the topic through a forum and invite = the Police Department, Health Officer, School Board and others. He called the Drug and Alcohol sec= tion of Health and Human Services who referred him to a representative that specifically covers the Pelham area. Mr. Lynde proposed contacting the representative and find out how th= ey approach the subject. He̵= 7;d like to formulate a plan of approach and come back to the Selectmen with a report. Mr. Gleason said he applauded Mr. Lynde for the initiative. There were no objections by = the Board for Mr. Lynde to proceed.
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V= illage Green Guardrail by Fire Station
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Mr. Gleason said he received correspondence from Selectmen McDevitt relative to a potential safety hazard of two drainage ditches adjacent to the roadway at the new fire station. At night these areas are virtually invisible. There was a questi= on as to whether a safety rail or notification should be installed. Mr. Gaydos said he could provide Selectmen with photographs of fencing that would go along with the colonial look of the Village Green. Mr. Gleason asked the Selectmen if they felt it was significant enough to warra= nt action.
Mr. Lynde didn't notice it, but felt it wa= s a valid concern. He suggested h= aving Mr. McDevitt lead the action. Mr. Viger questioned if there would be value in having the Highway Safety Commi= ttee ('HSC') review and determine the safety aspects. Mr. Gleason felt that would be appropriate.
Mr. McDevitt noted on a dark and rainy night the distinction between the edge of the road and the ditch would be lost. In addition they would have to dea= l with parking issues during activities on the Village Green. He would like to meet with the HSC= when the topic was brought up. Mr. Gaydos will include Mr. McDevitt in the discussion with the HSC.
C= onservation Note Anticipation
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Mr. Gaydos said the first issue was that the Con= servation Commission would be closing on a piece of property they have approval to buy. He said they would have = to borrow money to do so. He spo= ke with Mr. Paul Gagnon of the Conservation Commission and felt $300,000 would= be enough to handle closing costs etc. He said they were approximately three months out and would like to s= peak with banks for recommendations. He asked what the Board would like to do in terms of paying back the note.
Mr. Gleason clarified that they had $1.7 million dollars authorization remaining under the warrant article, which gave them = the authorization to proceed. Mr. Gaydos answered yes. Mr. Lynde thought a system had been set up to allow borrowing of up to three million dollars. He questioned if that system was still in effect. M= r. Gaydos said in the past they only borrowed once for what they needed, which kept the borrowing costs down.
Conservation Commission member Paul Gagnon of 103 Dutton Road came forward for the discussion. He said the warrant article author= ized the Board of Selectmen to take out bonds up to a total of three million dollars. He believed the Boar= d made a wise decision to not take out the total three million dollars all up front and start paying on it when they didn't have over $300,000 worth of l= and to buy. He said the Conservat= ion Commission agreed to not borrow money until they needed it. He discussed the parcels that had = been purchased that totaled $1.4 million dollars to date. This left approximately $1.6 milli= on dollars that had not been borrowed or incurred interest charges. Mr. Gagnon said the question was i= f they would borrow $300,000 for the next purchase.
Mr. Viger asked if there were any anticipated purchases within the next few years that may have them choose a different timeframe for the note. Mr. G= agnon answered yes. He believed Mr. Gaydos was interested in setting up a relationship with a bank that would s= et up a system for borrowing when there were known purchases. Mr. Gaydos said currently interest= rates were low and it would be less expensive for a bank to hold a note in their portfolio versus selling it. = He said when the Board discussed the upcoming purchases in non-public, the Boa= rd could then make an informed decision as to what amount should be borrowed a= nd the term. <= /p>
Mr. McDevitt questioned if there was a remaining balance in the current use tax fund that could offset the costs. Mr. Gagnon said the fund was sligh= tly overdrawn due to expenditures of attorney fees to do purchase and sales agr= eements.
Mr. Gleason asked if the Board wanted Mr. Gaydos= to get an RFP out to banks relative to borrowing up to $300,000. Mr. Gaydos felt it would be import= ant first to determine what would be coming forward in the near future. He said the purpose for the discus= sion was to get the topic on the 'radar screen'. Mr. Gleason didn't have an objection to Mr. Gaydos meeting with Mr. Gagnon to determine what would be coming forward and what amount of money would be needed. He said the Selectmen could then b= e given the information for discussion at their next meeting. There was no objection by the Sele= ctmen.
Mr. McDevitt acknowledged and thanked Victor Danevich for his volunteer efforts assisting the Town to ensure communications (at the new fire station) were proper, computers were working etc. This work saves the Town untold amounts of money.
Mr. Lynde had no report. He comme= nted that he toured the new fire station and commented to the Fire Chief that it= was obvious that a lot of thought went into the station. He was impressed with the details = and everything that had been done in the process of the project.
Mr. Viger said the enthusiasm by the fire fighters and the crew moving into the= new station was unbelievable. He = said it was heartwarming and gave him a tremendous amount of pride to be part of= the process. He said the Town sho= uld be proud of the accomplishment. =
Gaydos had no report. =
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Mr. Gleason reiterated what was said about the new fire station. He said it was a matter of civic p= ride and improvement to the Town. = He said the fire fighter's union deserved recognition and appreciation f= or their contributions to the facility. He congratulated the Fire Chief for the seamless move into the building. <= /p>
Mr. Gleason said the Selectmen were invited to the Girls Softball Opening Day, Saturday, May 4th at 10am.
Mr. Gleason told the Selectmen that he received the County budget and the Town would be hit with an increase of approximately 2%-4% due to pass downs from= the State. The State budget will = have an impact on the tax rate this year. At present, the magnitude is unknown. Mr. Gleason saw that an MS4 was re= ceived during the week for approval.
(Lynde/Viger) Request for a non-public session=
RSA 91-A:3,II, a, c & d (Personnel;
Matters which, if discussed publicly, would affect adversely the reputati=
of any person; Consideration of acquisition, sale or lease of property)
Mr. Gleason-Yes; Mr. McDevitt-Yes; Mr. Viger-Y= es, Mr. Lynde-Yes
It was noted that when the Board returned, after the non-public ses= sion, the Board would not take any other action publicly, except to possibly seal= the minutes of the non-public session and to adjourn the meeting. The Board entered into a non-public session at approximately 7:55 pm. = span>
The Board returned to public session at approximately 9:30 pm. =
= (Viger/Lynde) To seal the minutes of the non-public session indefinitely. = span>
(4-0-0) The motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT= u>
(Viger/Lynde) To adjourn the meeting.
(4-0-0) The motion carried.<= /p>
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30 pm.
 = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp; Respectfully submitted,
 = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp; Charity A. Landry
 = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp;  = ; &n= bsp; Recording Secretary
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TRAVEL CHANNEL'S: MEGA RV COUNTDOWN High Noon Entertainment, the producers of Cake Boss, Heat Seekers, Bang for Your Buck and Food Network Challenge is thrilled to be producing a no holds barred special for Travel Channel that takes an inside peek at America's most tricked out, pimped out and over-the-top RVs. From the converted school bus to the Boatorhome and everything in between, America's Craziest RVS is looking for the most outrageous vehicles and the people who own and design them. Want to share your recreational vehicular creation with the rest of America? If you can drive it and sleep in it, we want to see it! All interested vans, buses, campers, trailers and their owners are welcome to apply. Please contact us at email@example.com Watch as we feature your favorites voted on by viewers at http://www.travelchannel.com/ Source: High Noon Entertainment Press Release Mark Polk RV Education 101 RV Consumer RV101.TV Read More →
Vintage Trailer Restoration Project Captured on Video
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Earlier this year video producer Mark Polk, of RV Education 101, decided to produce an online RV series, titled "Mark's RV Garage." Polk explained the goal of the show was to help educate and entertain RV consumers and RV enthusiasts. When considering a feature segment for the new RV series Polk decided to tackle a vintage trailer restoration project. Little did he know at the time the scope the restoration project would entail. Unforeseen damage, below the surface of the exterior metal, would result in dismantling the project trailer down to the bare frame and rebuilding it from the ground up. Adding to the complexity of an already daunting challenge Polk's plans included upgrading the old trailer with modern day RV equipment and amenities. As season one of the new RV series progressed each step of the vintage restoration project was captured along the way. What initially began as a 10 episode season evolved into 17 episodes, culminating in the season finale where the finished product was revealed to viewers for the first time. When asked to recap season one of "Mark's RV Garage" Polk responded, "I think anybody who likes RVs, or is thinking an RV might be in their future would not only enjoy watching the vintage restoration project unfold, but could learn a great deal from the series too. To view season one episodes of Mark's RV Garage visit this You Tube link Happy RV Learning, Mark Polk RV Education 101 RV Consumer Read More →
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RV Education 101 releases the season finale of the new Internet based RV How-To series titled "Mark's RV Garage." The new episode is available for viewing at www.rvconsumer.com and on You Tube After 16 bi-monthly episodes the highly anticipated season finale is released, revealing the completed vintage trailer restoration for the very first time. Season finale highlights: * The Old Yellowstone trailer gets a fresh coat of paint. * Polk installs a new 3,500 pound Dexter axle. * The electric brakes are converted to disc brakes with the addition of new brake rotors, calipers, and a Actulink electric/hydraulic brake actuator. To complete the new braking system Polk adds a DirecLink Network Enhanced brake controller. * Before the trailer can hit the road for the first time Polk installs an Equalizer hitch. * Mark Polk reflects back on season one through a series of Q&A. * All of this and more on the season finale of "Mark's RV Garage" If you missed previous episodes of Mark's RV Garage they are archived at www.rvconsumer.com for easy retreival and viewing Happy RV Learning, Mark Polk www.rvconsumer.com www.rveducation101.com Read More →
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RV Education 101 releases Episode #16 of the new Internet based RV How-To series titled "Mark's RV Garage." The new episode is available for viewing at www.rvconsumer.com and on You Tube On this episode of Mark's RV Garage: * Polk installs stabilizer jacks on the rear of the trailer and an electric tongue jack on the front. * For safety the trailer gets a combinationLP gas and Carbon Monoxide detector. * The trailer gets new LP gas cylinders, and the LP gas system gets checked for proper operating pressure and for leaks. * For entertainment the trailer gets a 24 inch Jensen LCD TV. *All of this and more on this episode of "Mark's RV Garage" If you missed previous episodes of Mark's RV Garage they are archived at www.rvconsumer.com for easy retreival and viewing Don't miss the season finale, coming soon Happy RV Learning, Mark Polk www.rvconsumer.com www.rveducation101.com Read More →
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Doctor describes Harper government "pathology" at Kelowna JRP
Dr. Warren Bell is one of the founders of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, a family doctor with a background in psychology. Dr. Bell spoke yesterday before the Kelowna Joint Review Panel hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, outlining "four diseased elements" that put the proposed Enbridge pipeline in context and condemning as dangerous Prime Minister Stephen Harper's concentration of power.
Dr. Warren Bell is one of the founders of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, a family doctor with a background in psychotherapy. Dr. Bell spoke yesterday before the Kelowna Joint Review Panel hearings on Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, outlining "four diseased elements" that put the pipeline proposal in a social and political context and he condemned as dangerous Prime Minister Stephen Harper's concentration of power and the apparent depth of his associations with corporate interests. When Bell finished speaking, he was surrounded by reporters. Here's what he said:
I am a family physician, in clinical practice for just over 36 years in rural BC. As a professional reflex, I have a sensitivity towards the behaviour of others, and towards the impact of my own conduct.
While still in medical school, I learned that many of the most important influences on a person's health derive not just from what doctors do, or even from the choices made by patients themselves, but from broad trends in the community – from the immediate neighbourhood right up to the planetary environment.
When I began my practice, however, the term "ecosystem" was unknown, and the term "environment" referred almost exclusively to a person's immediate social or physical situation.
Today, thanks to global telecommunications and transportation, and especially the Internet and social media, our worldview has expanded greatly. As we humans have multiplied exponentially, we have learned that we can degrade the functional capacity of our planetary home, which in turn affects our survival.
In 1995, I helped to found the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment or CAPE. Our purpose was to scientifically examine the intimate inter-relationship between human and ecosystem health, and improve the former by addressing the latter. With 5,500 members, CAPE has become the environmental voice of the medical profession.
Today, however, I am here not as representative of CAPE or any other organization. I am speaking as just one person, and as a physician.
I want to address what one might call "structural pathology" in the governance system in Canada, which has led to the contention surrounding the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project – which I have followed closely since its inception.
Your work as members of the Joint Review Panel is taking place in a social context. As a medical professional – with, I might add, extra training in psychotherapy – I would like to examine four diseased elements in this social context, and suggest remedies for them.
The first pathological element is historical.
Up until about 400 years ago, the land base subsumed within Canada was home to various peoples, originally from Asian roots, broadly connected by culture and race. They lived, like all our forebearers once did, seeking survival in an unforgiving but also bountiful natural world. Through a combination of force of arms, disease, mass immigration and various legalistic arrangements – including a genocidal strategy called the residential school system – the land base occupied by the original inhabitants of this country was progressively reduced, and their role in society was relentlessly marginalized. The small land base and the few prerogatives left to them thus have become critically important to their well being.
In Salmon Arm, I have patients, neighbours and friends who are aboriginal, who embody the experiences I've just referred to, both in their physiology and in their psyches. Many First Nations communities, with similar individual and collective experiences, are in the path of the proposed pipeline.
The second element in this structural pathology is the electoral system.
Elections to the House of Commons are based on the "first past the post" system. The elected candidate just has to get one vote more than any other candidate – even if only a minority of citizens actually vote in the first place.
This kind of selection procedure, in a community with many disparate parts, is psychologically grossly inefficient. Especially in complex or conflictual situations, it generates a mixture of cynicism, despair and anger.
The third element in this structural pathology is the nature of the Prime Minister's Office, or PMO.
In Britain, the PMO is surrounded by powerful committees and advisory bodies whose comments and decisions have a major influence on government decision-making and cannot be readily ignored.
In Canada, the PMO has vastly more political power. It has, in fact, absolute veto power over several hundred different government bodies.
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Regardless of your accusations of the speaker, the speach is valid and well written. Any discredit you have given did not strike down anything he had spoken about. You are acting like this man is the devil.
Thank you Dr. Warren Bell for this insightful response. Thank you Linda Solomon for this report. It is clear, easy to read and resonates with chilling authenticity.
Absolutely concise and on the nose. Funny I'm not seeing it on FB.
Repost from Chris Hedges (Pulitzer Prize winner and former war correspondent for the New York Times) on Canada's right-wing neocon Prime Minister Stephen Harper:
Harper is a poster child for corporate malfeasance and corporate power, just sort of dismantling everything that's good about Canada. So he's the kind of species that rises to political power and is utterly subservient to corporate interests at the expense of the citizenry.
Yeah, he's a pretty venal figure.
Thank you for publishing Dr. Bell's testimony.
I congratulate Dr. Bell for the time and effort he gives to not only his patients but also to the living world.
I have been told by a few who testified before the JRP in Vancouver of how impressed they were of the presenters to the JRP and how we, as citizens, were not afforded at least the highlights of these presentations in our local media.
Again, thanks for doing this and assisting in reaffirming my own personal actions to prevent this and any other oil/gas pipeline for export in my province.
Dr. or not, that statement is still just personal opinions. I work with many educated people, engineers, geologists and scientists, and they are just people.People with opinions and personal morals.I respect the education system, but not all educated people. Trying to relate a pipeline to symptoms of depression in young people, our democratic shortfalls or the plight of aboriginals is rediculous. The U.S.A. will be oil self sufficient soon. Our P.M. is trying to replace the loss of exports to the U.S.A. with exports to Asia. Those exports pay for our education system, roads, police,payments to aboriganal peoples,hospitals and everything else that makes us a developed nation and allows us a comfortable lifestyle.We live in a democratic country, and I invite anyone who doesn't like our form of democracy to go live somewhere else.The people who need to see a Dr. of this nature are NOT a good representation of the average Canadian.When did we start letting maladjusted, depressed people set public policy? Our P.M. will be remembered as the man who saved Canada. He was right when he said "those who oppose pipelines are an enemy of Canada" Pipelines cause depression? Rediculous. Pipelines are responsible for misstreated aboriginal people? Rediculous. Pipelines ruined our democracy? Rediculous.


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Chris Talbot recently argued that the semantic web is and will be instrumental to the effective analysis of Big Data. He writes, "As big data stores continue to grow and require additional management, enterprises are faced with the task of managing their explosive data growth while also trying to find the best way to analyze that data. According to the recent InformationWeek 'Database Discontent' report, a top item on IT departments' 2012 to-do list is handling big data in a way that allows for change over time."
He continues, "As the amount of data available in an enterprise continues to grow, it's becoming a chore to track, manage and understand that data. Additionally, data is scattered in different places–on-premise storage, cloud-based storage, virtualized systems, desktop and notebook hard drives, and across a growing number of mobile devices (some owned by the enterprise and others owned by the worker). The process and productivity improvements gained through the Web and implementing new and more integrated transactional systems have created a certain level of process entitlement within enterprises."
He adds, "With the significant depth and breadth of data contained inside and outside the enterprise, in addition to the high volume of transactions that are continually generating more data, there is no reasonable way for people to know where to look when seeking out actionable knowledge, [David] Read said. Predictive analytics will likely outpace reporting and traditional business intelligence efforts in the future, and they will be used to inform SMEs about where to invest their business intelligence efforts, he added."
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By Steven Dahlman
Bankrupt commercial owners forced to sell
Born in 1945, Ellison Trine Starnes, Jr. was the son of a Texas evangelist. He attended Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.
In 1983, his financial health improved enough for Continental Savings Associates to loan him $25 million. Marina City Associates, a limited partnership led by Starnes, paid $11.6 million to Charles Swibel to buy from him the 16-story office building, which had cost at least $10 million to build. However, with no equity in the property, it was an $11.6 million profit for Swibel.
Continental may have identified Starnes to Swibel as a potential buyer. Howard Swibel says Continental loaned his father, Charles, all of the money to purchase the commercial property at Marina City in 1977, the same year in which the residential property started being sold to the public as condominium units.
Why did he want to sell? Says Howard, it was an offer he couldnt refuse.
Charles Swibel continued to manage the commercial property for Starnes for at least three years after he sold it to him. They definitely sought his advice. He gave them advice about tenants because he was the one who had most of the connections with the tenants.
In 1984, just eight years after his first bankruptcy, Starnes had rebounded, controlling 175 companies and real estate partnerships, 50 properties, and 500 employees. With his net worth estimated at $222 million, Starnes had million dollar homes in Houston, Dallas, and Vail, Colorado, a luxury skybox at Texas Stadium where the Dallas Cowboys played, and a private airplane.
One of the first things Starnes did when he took over the Marina City property was to evict many of the office and retail tenants, in order to renovate the complex. The renovation, however, ran into financial problems and Marina City Associates fell behind on its mortgage payments to Continental.
Says Howard Swibel, These people had represented themselves as being savvy operators. And then they got themselves into financial distress.
Howard thinks his father felt bad about the problems because people blamed him, even though by that time he was not involved and had no control over it.
Starness roller coaster ride tipped downward again in 1986. He defaulted on three business loans totaling $77.5 million from Silverado Savings and Loan, directors of which included Neil Bush, whose family included two U.S. presidents. The collapse of Silverado in 1988 cost taxpayers $1.6 billion. Starnes was left with enough money, however, to donate $30,000 to an organization that gave money to Oliver North, an official with the Reagan administration who was at the center of a scandal involving the clandestine sale of weapons to Iran.
Continental Savings Association of Houston, which held the $12.5 million mortgage, filed for foreclosure in 1987. But they were declared insolvent and taken over by the now-defunct Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Before the foreclosure could take place, Marina City Associates declared bankruptcy in 1988 and because a bankruptcy takes precedence over a foreclosure the property was put under the control of a federal bankruptcy trustee.
On November 3, 1988, it was announced that the commercial property everything except the residential towers would be sold at an auction later in the month. This included the 19-story parking ramp at the base of each tower, the commercial block below the ramps which consisted mostly of Marina City Restaurant, the marina below that, the office building which was only 15 percent occupied, and the vacant 1,350-seat theater building.
Seay & Thomas Inc., a Chicago real estate firm, was hired to sell the property. They hired an Indiana company, Kruse International, to conduct the auction. According to the prospectus sent to potential bidders, the commercial property was ideal for redevelopment with potential for over one million square feet of development.
At 11:00 a.m. on November 22, 1988, bidders gathered at the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel a few blocks from Marina City, each bringing a certified check for $1 million as earnest money.
Kruse had said the value of the commercial property could be as high as $200 million. This was much higher than what the property actually sold for, $22.7 million.
Matas Corporation, a north suburban office development firm, was the successful bidder. It was their first venture into downtown real estate. Their most recent development had been a $90 million office park in Deerfield, Illinois.
Without going into details, they announced major renovation plans for the property. We feel the property has tremendous upside potential, Steven G. Levin, vice president of Matas, told the Chicago Tribune. A lot of things are beginning to happen along the Chicago River, and were excited that we are going to be part of it.
Rest of 1980s not kind to Starnes
In 1988, Starnes declared bankruptcy again, leaving behind more than 800 creditors, including 21 banks and savings and loans. He and his wife had 34 checking accounts with 22 financial institutions. He listed 48 pending lawsuits against him, including a suit by the FDIC that claimed he had defrauded seven failed banks. Although he listed $103 million in total debt, the Associated Press estimated his debt just to banks and savings and loans was closer to $500 million.
Since then, Starnes has kept a decidedly low profile. The most recent mention of him by any media outlet is a real estate notice in 2008 stating he had sold a condominium unit in New Orleans for $150,000.
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|Kitchen as it looks now
|Refrigerator and kitchen cart
Do you see how close everything is on the wall where the refrigerator is now? Right now, that's the only place where that cart can go to hold the microwave. It makes using the counter space there in the corner next to impossible to use, which leaves only one work surface where I can cook or do anything.
Here's another view that shows you how close it is.
|Tight Squeeze
Then of course, there is this little awkward space. Right now we have the coffee pot there, which works okay, but I don't have any surface space next to the stove.
|The stove stuck in a corner
The curtains hide a little shelf that I put there to fill in the empty space. I put a large cutting board on it to give the shelf a little more surface space. It added a little storage also. At first I didn't have the curtain up and it looked cluttered, but I kind of like how the curtain gave it a country feeling. Even though it does look nicer, it still isn't very efficient.
|China Cabinet
Right now this is the only part of my kitchen that I like. I still love my china cabinet, and it still makes me smile This is where I'd like the refrigerator and kitchen cart to be moved. We move everything around a few months ago, and it really opened up the kitchen, probably because the huge 36 inch refrigerator wasn't sticking out into the middle of the room, and it is the first thing you see when you walk in the kitchen.
|The Over-powering Refrigerator
It's also an eat-in kitchen, because we don't have a dining room. So not only are we working around limited storage space, large appliances and poor layout, we also have to eat in there. I smaller table would be nice, but we have a very nice solid oak table that is in perfect condition, so right now it doesn't make sense to replace it.
Jim was very good about letting do what I can to make the kitchen more efficient, but there have been some limitations we just haven't been able to overcome yet, because of upgrades that needed to be made to the house. One of those upgrades was the electrical, which Jim took care of having done this past autumn. Now we just need some plumbing done to be able to move the refrigerator so the water dispenser and ice maker will work.
I'm not sure when that will happen, but in the mean time, Jim has agreed to painting the kitchen this weekend!!! Hurray!!! I'm so excited! Even if the kitchen won't be easier to work in, it will be more pleasant looking! We've selected a Dutch Boy color, Jade Frost DC447. It is kind of a muted green, and it will make the white china cabinet really pop. The trim will be painted white, and I think it will look very crisp and clean. I'm hoping it will also update the look of the dated look of oak cabinets since Jim will NOT let me paint them.
I can hardly wait to get started!!!
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i'm not very up with the times and therefore i am not on tinder. it's not that i'm opposed to tinder, it's just that i still have hope that i will have my rom-com moment, [begin day-dream] the one where i knock down an entire display at trader joes and a handsome stranger helps me up and even though i'm covered in marinara sauce he insists we go grab coffee, which i tell him i don't drink but he doesn't care, he says we can go anywhere as long as he can hear about my life, my hopes and my dreams. he's most likely some sort of doctor or world traveler or better yet, a world traveling doctor, who spends his free time volunteering and racing cars. [end rom-com day-dream]
if i keep putting out the vibe its bound to happen (or so my mother tells me). but tinder to me represents everything that is wrong with our generation. you're hot….oh you think i'm hot too? cool let's meet up with the hope of having sexual intercourse*. and i know what you're thinking, not everyone who is on tinder is just looking to hook up, but i think it's safe to say that 97.9% of dudes on tinder are just looking for females in close proximity to have sexual intercourse** with and/or an aggressive make out session.*** and i'm not willing to take that risk. plus my key chain mace is empty, so again, not worth the risk. but anyways i'm digressing…
so i met a guy organically. he was cute, funny and we had a few things in common. so we hung out a few times, i questioned if it was going anywhere and sure enough all my questions were answered when my roommate was scrolling through tinder and scrolled right past him. so i guess that clears up the whole exclusivity thing? on to the next one…****
*you're probably thinking "ap, why can't you just say sex? why must you always say sexual intercourse?" i really don't have a good answer for you except i find it amusing. you're welcome.
**and i did it again. can't stop. won't stop.
***i do have friends and family on tinder so i am in no way bashing it. its just not for me. and to my family and friends that are on it i just simply ask you to be safe and remember that only 2.1% of people on it have good intentions. scroll wisely!
****preferably one that is not on tinder.


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@chrissaad said on twitter: "No it's not just conversational marketing – it's actual participation. Not just spreading the word, but acting on the feedback."
We need more complimentary thinking, not critical thinking!
How about
"Your family comes first"
Particularly promoted by corporations whose employees feel compelled to work 14 hour days.


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Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) were previously known as Education IRAs. They were originally established by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34), and then subsequently expanded by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, P.L. 107-16 (EGTRRA).
Coverdell accounts are trusts created exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified education expenses of the designated beneficiary of the trust. They are exempt from federal taxation and have the following characteristics:
Note: Certain provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 are scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2010 and later extended through the end of 2012. (Note that the EGTRRA improvements made permanent by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280) appear in section 402 of EGTRRA. The improvements relating to Coverdell appear in section 401 of EGTRRA.) These include:
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 permanently repealed the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16), so these improvements have now been made permanent.
Note: Computers are included as a qualified expense for students in elementary and secondary schools even if they are not required by the school. For students enrolled in postsecondary institutions, however, computers are allowed as a qualified expense only if required by the school.
Note: Dear Colleague Letter GEN-04-02 from the US Department of Education clarified the financial aid treatment of Coverdell Education Savings Accounts.
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A few months ago, Laura U., a typical 16-year-old at an international school in Paris, sat at her computer wishing she looked just like the emaciated women on her Tumblr dashboard. She pined to be mysterious, haunted, fascinating, like the other people her age that she saw in black and white photos with scars along their wrists, from taking razor blades to their skin. She convinced herself that the melancholic quotes she was reading—"Can I just disappear?" or "People who die by suicide don't want to end their lives, they want to end their pain"—applied to her.
Among Tumblr's 140+ million blogs, social communities form around specific topics: music, fashion, photography, and also kinds of disorders. Months ago Laura was part of one such community, scrolling through hundreds of photographs on Tumblr that evoke negative emotions through art and call it depression. Black and white photographs of mystical emaciated women who stare off into the distance put psychological torment and beauty on the same page, and quotes like "So it's okay for you to hurt me, but I can't hurt myself?" and "I want to die a lovely death," try to justify self-harm. All this is at the tip of anyone's fingertips: anyone can search tags like "self-harm," "depression," or "sadness," and find thousands of blogs with a similarly distorted vision of what it means to be depressed.
"Even those people who are 'wannabe depressed' still feel the same emotions. It's dangerous to talk about 'wannabe depressives' because we don't know for a fact that they are in fact wannabes," Laura says. "There are a lot of people that suffer."
Certainly those who are "wannabe depressed"—a term Laura used to describe those who seem to seek out and share imagery associated with torment, but are not clinically depressed—believe in their own pain, but they often blur the line between depression and commonplace negative emotions. This makes it difficult to tell what's "wannabe" and what's clinical depression.
This online cultivation of beautiful sadness is easy to join: anyone can take a picture, turn it black and white, pair it with a quote about misunderstood turmoil, and automatically be gratified with compassion and pity. And this readily accessible sea of dark poetry could easily drown out those whose suffering has reached the clinical level. During the vulnerable years during which adolescents seek out self-affirmation and recognition from others, this new, easy promise of being recognized as strong, beautiful, and mysterious by Tumblr "followers" can be very tempting, says Dr. Mark Reinecke, chief psychologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Too often, it just leads to more teenagers believing and feeling they are depressed, self-pitying, self-harming.
"When you look at secular trends and epidemiological research completed over the last several decades, there seems to be a slow and fairly consistent increase in levels of depression for each succeeding generation of teenagers," says Reinecke.
Tumblr isn't the only place this glorification of self-pity happens.
"Tumblr is a very easy place for people to feed off of this kind of frenzy because of their 'reblogging' system, [which makes] it very easy to [spread] pictures and gifs… particularly gifs, which can be quite graphic," Laura says. "But there are specific sites [for] specific conditions, like 'Prettythin', for pro-anorexics. It's grown like wildfire."
The short, soundless, looped video of gifs makes self-hatred into practical bite-sized packages. On Tumblr, Laura came across many of these, some of which show teenagers cutting themselves.
This sort of exhibitionism of self-harm, suicide, depression, or self-loathing under the pretext that it is beautiful, romantic, or deep is hardly unusual. Today the depression many teenagers, like those on Tumblr, say they have is one that's linked to a notion of "beautiful" suffering.
"Tumblr was, at the start, a photography and art website," Laura says. "If you link that together with depression blogs, you end up with a glorification of these conditions. There's definitely a growing community of people feeding off of each-other's strong emotions, and it's definitely visible online."
Searching the "depression" tag on Tumblr now brings up this disclaimer at the top of the page: "If you or someone you know is dealing with an eating disorder, self harm issues, or suicidal thoughts, please visit our Counseling & Prevention Resources page for a list of services that may be able to help."
"There is more interest in the topic and more self-identification," says Dr. Stan Kutcher, an adolescent psychiatry expert and the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, who says he sees a trend of romanticized depression, of self-victimization. "I see that on lots of social media. Not just Tumblr," he says.
Kutcher says the problem is in misinformation. Adolescents are getting a lot of information from the media, on websites such as Tumblr, or from their friends, not from reputable sources.
"In this waterfall of information there is a lack of critical understanding," Kutcher says. "You see kids self-identifying as having that depression, but they don't have a depression. They're upset, or they're demoralized, or they're distressed by something." In other words, adolescents are confusing the clinical disorder called "depression" with normal, everyday challenges.
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Early signing of deal in national interest: GilaniBy Javed Hamim Kakar Dec 17, 2013 - 08:57
KABUL (PAN): Former jihadi leader and Mahaz-i-Millie-I-Islami head Pir Syed Ahmad Gilani has said early signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is in the interest of Afghanistan.
In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, he said the text of the vital pact had been endorsed by last month's consultative Loya Jirga. He was a member of the tribal assembly.
He said the deal was essential for peace, security and stability of the country. "Elections can be held in peace and security because better law and order is needed for fair polls. Keeping this in view, we need cooperation from the international community."
The BSA is in the supreme interest of the country, according to Gilani, who stressed inking the deal as soon as possible. Referring to neighboring countries' opposition, he said it was their personal stance. "We believe it is in the interest of Afghanistan and must be inked sooner."
Gilani urged the Taliban to take part in the peace process and stressed direct talks between the Afghan government and the armed opposition. As Islamic countries, Saudi Arabia and Turkey could play a key role in jump-starting the stalled process.
About the upcoming ballot, he said he had neither any contender nor supported a particular candidate. "We will support someone whom our party deems relevant and deserving."
In response to a question, he said corruption was a kind of malady that needed a durable solution. Poverty and absence of good governance were contributing to the menace, he believed.
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