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RIP Captain.
Now lets go after the rest of our people left in the hell holes of infamy and to Hell with what Sen John McCain thinks about it or is trying to hide!
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Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was called the first casualty of the 1991 Gulf War. But his true status was a mystery, and the Pentagon didn't know whether he was dead or missing.
For nearly two decades, Speicher's family, from outside Jacksonville, Fla., pressured the Defense Department to find an answer. Finally, the Pentagon announced Sunday that his remains had been found.
Shot down over west-central Iraq on a combat mission on Jan. 17, 1991, Speicher was declared killed by the Pentagon hours later. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney went on television and announced the U.S. had suffered its first casualty of the war.
But 10 years later, the Navy changed his status to missing in action, citing an absence of evidence that Speicher had died. In October 2002, the Navy switched his status to "missing/captured," although it has never said what evidence it had that he ever was in captivity. More reviews followed, without definitive answers.
His story never waned in Jacksonville. A large banner flying outside a firefighters' credit union has a photo of him with the words "Free Scott Speicher." At his church, a memorial was put up in his honor. The tennis complex at his alma mater, Florida State University, was named for him.
A high school classmate who helped form the group "Friends Working to Free Scott Speicher" said Sunday his biggest fear was that Speicher had been taken alive and tortured.
"This whole thing has been so surreal for all of the people who have known Scott," said Nels Jensen, 52, who now lives in Arkansas.
Jensen said the group was frustrated the military didn't initially send a search and rescue team after the crash, and then grew more perplexed as reports of his possible capture emerged. "Never again will our military likely not send out a search and rescue party for a downed serviceman," Jensen said.
In a statement issued Sunday, Speicher's family said, "We find some solace in having transformed the search process, so that no serviceman or woman is ever, ever, left behind again."
President Barack Obama thanked the Marines who recovered Speicher's remains. "As with all our service men and women considered Missing in Action, we remain steadfast in our determination to bring our American heroes home," he said.
Former President George H.W. Bush, who was commander in chief in 1991, said, "history will finally record — that he was one of the very first patriots to give his life in the liberation of Kuwait."
Over the years, critics contended the Navy had not done enough, particularly right after the crash, to search for the 33-year-old Speicher. A lieutenant commander when he went missing, Speicher later reached the rank of captain because he kept receiving promotions while his status was unknown.
Officials said Sunday that they got new information last month from an Iraqi citizen, prompting Marines stationed in the western province of Anbar to visit a location in the desert that was believed to be the crash site. The Iraqi said he knew of two other Iraqis who recalled an American jet crashing and the remains of the pilot being buried in the desert, the Pentagon said.
The military recovered bones and multiple skeletal fragments and Speicher was positively identified by matching a jawbone and dental records, said Rear Adm. Frank Thorp. He said the Iraqis told investigators that the Bedouins had buried Speicher. It was unclear whether the military had information on how soon Speicher died after the crash.
While dental records have confirmed the remains to be those of Speicher, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Rockville, Md., is running DNA tests on the remains recovered and comparing them with DNA reference samples previously provided by family members.
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, conveyed condolences to Speicher's family in a statement from Baghdad. "Although we cannot fully understand the sense of loss, or the pain his family has shouldered throughout the years of waiting, we hope they can find solace in his dignified and honorable return home," he said.
Associated Press writers Kim Gamel in Baghdad, Ron Word in Jacksonville, Fla., and Jacob Jordan in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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RIP Captain.
Now lets go after the rest of our people left in the hell holes of infamy and to Hell with what Sen John McCain thinks about it or is trying to hide!
Bryan, I agree with your post, but I'd like to open up a possible irony.
It took 18 years to discover the remains of this young officer. You know this young officer, a biological being, most likely rapidly deteriorated after death and especially under such profound weather and terrain conditions, would most likely become nothing more than a few bone fragments over 18 years.
A human body really doesn't possess any inert materials that could help it be detected if buried underground (or disintegrated enough over time, while laying on the earth surface). There's no magnetic properties that would be seen by metal detectors and such. And most likely, since human bodies kind of blend in with the elements after buried, it's highly unlikely that they would absorb heat and reflect that heat back up into the atmosphere or surrounding air mass…allowing for detection by special instrumentation.
How fast could Weapons of Mass Destruction deteriorate after Bush made the claim they existed?
In all probabilities…most such items would possess way less degradable material of that of a human being. And they most likely would possess substantial magnetic properties. Also it would seem like they might have heat absorbing and reflecting properties…if buried, which could be detected with long-time existing instruments used to find such things.
Will it take another 10 years for alleged WMD emerge, appear, or be found? Tsk, tsk, tsk…me thinks not because of the obvious.
While human bodies may be difficult to find…BOMBS and SUCH shouldn't be…even if buried.
Thanks for that perspective Austin, and I agree as we speak it's getting later and later in the game.
My real angst concerning POW/MIA's stems from the governments apparent refusal to go into extra innings and put real effort into resolving the situation.
I know that a full accounting is impossible but I feel badly for those without closure whose inquiries have fallen on deaf ears or have been shouted off of the hearing room floor by individuals with something to hide.This type of conduct alone tells me there is something much more destructive buried than WMD's.
If on the other hand the effort was done clandestinely to protect our interests/face, why after all this time should it not be revealed to the public that the search was always active and being conducted in earnest. This alone would assuage at least some of the emotions that the families deal with every waking moment and would allay many of the fears that Big Gov just doesn't care.


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Aproxima thought for a moment " Well...that's a difficult question. You see if we tried to change her then we would only change her into a bad person because she is almost embodiment of kindness and self-sarcifice. She is really a tricky one. I think in the end there is not much we can do. You see, she most likely wouldn't accept your help because she'd think it is troublesome for you. "
"But at the same time it lets people like Michael take advantage of her. I think she would have defended him had I tried anything."
Aproxima nodded " Indeed. Like I said, it is difficult. " She went in front of the bar and sat down on a bar stool " Well most likely she would, but who knows what would happen. That girl is difficult to read. "
Zarina sighed slightly. "I'm not sure what would have happened had we come to blows. Yes she has those eyes but killing someone would probably kill her as well, more than likely on the inside then out." She looked at Proxy and smiled. "At any rate, anything I can get you while you're here dear? I'll take your bill."
Aproxima said " Well, I am not exactly sure of her combat abilities, but what I've learned is that she is the protector, though at some times her eyes acted violently. I think only Suk can use her abilities offensively, or at least willingly that way. " Proxy turned around on the stool and smiled " Well, I don't want to ruin you, so I'll have a glass of water please. " (( Slower replies, doing something for the laboratories. ))
Zarina fetches the water and sets it in front of her. "Proxy you know I've got over 500 million valorans in the bank, I could buy this place and still have money to spare."
Aproxima smirks and gently slaps her across bottom " Oh Zari, I was just joking. " She took a sip of the water and laughed a bit " So this is the thing Hikari talked about? "
"What thing? Oh yes this is what he wanted me to do."
Aproxima laughed " So, how does it feel to be a owner of quite a lot of restaurants who works as a waitress in a small cafe in Noxus? "
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Outages and downtime not only create issues for IT, but put the business at risk. When systems are down, so is the workforce who relies on them to do their jobs. While not always an onsite issue, it's always a huge concern. The need to get back online quickly takes priority over anything else. While getting back online fast is the prescription, Unresolved Problems are often the lingering cold that is left unchecked in busy IT environments.
So we have to ask ourselves, what's worse? Going offline or never fixing the problems that caused downtime in the first place? Tough call, but in the end, business screeching to a halt because the network is unresponsive has the potential to cost a lot. Therefore, Outages and Downtime is pulling out the ladders and the scissors and will be cutting down the nets.
The final trip to the Final Four is a battle between two really annoying and problematic issues coming out of the Influx Region. Point-in-Time events, such as NCAA's own March Madness, create a drain on the network that can distract and slow down critical business functions. Any event that has the potential to create widespread delays and timed out sessions is something IT has to take serious. On the other hand, random Traffic Spikes creates its own set of issues because they often come when it's least expected. Nothing can hurt productivity like a network that has a traffic jam.
Think about a trip to your favorite vacation spot on the Fourth of July and you get the picture about what a network may look like when an unexpected spike hits. So what is worse, the event sure to create a large spike, or the potential for a spike to come out of nowhere? When IT can plan for an event, they can usually handle it with relative ease, it's when it comes out of nowhere that cause them to scramble. So therefore its midnight Cinderella for Point-in-Time events as Traffic Spikes moves on to the Final Four.
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Possessing a voice that the New York Times calls "heart-stirring" as well as a "charismatic" and "powerful" stage presence, American baritone Kelly Markgraf is rapidly distinguishing himself on the opera and concert stages.
Kelly Markgraf's 2014-2015 calendar begins with the world premiere of As One with American Opera Projects at Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Kennedy Center. He also debuts the role of Don Pizzaro in Fidelio with Madison Opera, and essays the role of Heathcliff in Carlisle Floyd's Wuthering Heights in concert with Florentine Opera, which will be recorded and released. He returns to Florentine later in the season as Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, and makes his debut with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in a concert of love songs. Future seasons include a debut with Opéra de Lausanne.
The baritone's 2013-2014 season brought a debut with Austin Lyric Opera as Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, concert performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Donato Cabrera and the Green Bay Symphony as well as Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Kent Tritle and the Oratorio Society of NY at Carnegie Hall. He was also the featured vocalist on a chamber music program of Barber, Schubert, and Rorem with Frank Almond's Frankly Music. Additionally, he returned to the San Francisco Symphony for its traditional New Year's Eve Concert, under the baton of Michael Francis, in a program of Viennese operetta and popular showstoppers.
Highlights of his 2012-2013 season include appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for Le rossignol and L'enfant et les sortilèges under Charles Dutoit; the Los Angeles Philharmonic, for Bach's O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel;Madison Opera, for the title role in Don Giovanni; a recital with the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, and an art song program, "Love Songs", with the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Kelly Markgraf debuts with the San Francisco Symphony in summer 2013, as Bernardo in performances of West Side Story, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. He subsequently returns to Aspen Music Festival, as Ned Keene in a semi-staged performance ofPeter Grimes, conducted by Robert Spano.
In the 2011-2012 season he took the stage as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Kentucky Opera, made his role debut as Malatesta in Don Pasquale at Hawaii Opera in Honolulu, and sang his first Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra. In concert, he joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for Ned Rorem's Aftermath. His 2012 summer season brought appearances with the New York Philharmonic for concerts with Music Director Alan Gilbert, the Oklahoma Mozart Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Music@Menlo Festival with acclaimed pianist Gilbert Kalish.
His 2010-2011 season included the US Premiere of Shostakovich's War Front Songs at Symphony Space, Escamillo opposite mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke with Brazos Valley Symphony, the title role in Don Giovanni with Opera Omaha, Allazim in Mozart's Zaide at Carnegie's Zankel Hall with Maestro David Robertson, and the role of Zebul in Handel's Jephtha with Kent Tritle for Sacred Music in a Sacred Space. He also appeared in a leading role in a workshop of Michael Torke's opera Senna as part of the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater Opera/Theater Commissions Program, sang Mahler and Brahms at the Caramoor International Music Festival, and Schumann Lieder at the Music@Menlo Festival with internationally renowned pianist Wu Han.
In the 2009-2010 season, Mr. Markgraf made his New York City Opera debut as Masetto in Christopher Alden's new production of Don Giovanni, followed by Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Omaha and the Crested Butte Music Festival. He also made his role debut as Escamillo alongside Kate Aldrich as Carmen with Pittsburgh Opera. In concert, he appeared as the baritone soloist in Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Paul Moravec's Songs of Love and War with Princeton Pro Musica, followed by Schumann's Dichterliebe at the La Jolla Music Festival with pianist Ken Noda. In recital, he appeared at Carnegie Hall as part of the Marilyn Horne Foundation's The Song Continues series.
Kelly Markgraf is a distinguished graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center, where his work included Mamoud in a staged concert of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer, conducted by the composer, Ken Noda's Winterreise project, and Ford in Verdi's Falstaff in a production directed by Stephen Wadsworth and conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson. In fall 2008, he participated in the knockout West Side Story portion of the all-Bernstein program, which opened Carnegie Hall's season and was nationally televised under Michael Tilson Thomas. Mr. Markgraf also made his Pittsburgh Opera debut as Ragged Man in Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath, a role he created at Minnesota Opera in 2007.
Mr. Markgraf is a former member of the Resident Artist Program at Minnesota Opera, where he sang Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Frédéric in Lakmé, Dappertutto and Coppélius in Les contes d'Hoffmann, as well as Ragged Man in the world premiere of The Grapes of Wrath. At Opera Theatre of St. Louis, he performed Dick McGann in James Robinson's production of Street Scene, of which the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "Kelly Markgraf was terrific as Dick McGann: dancing up a storm, singing as well as he danced, and projecting palpable, hilarious lust." As an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera, he sang the role of the Bosun in Paul Curran's production of Billy Budd, under the baton of Edo de Waart.
The artist's honors include a First Prize Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition (2010), the Sullivan Foundation's Sullivan Award (2009), the Grand Prize in the Opera Index Competition (2009), awards from the Giulio Gari Foundation and the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation (2009), a Richard F. Gold Career Grant (2009), an Outstanding Apprentice Award from the Santa Fe Opera, a Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant Nomination, the Civic Music Association Competition Grand Prize, and an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Markgraf holds degrees from Boston University, the University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music, and The Juilliard School.
Florentine Opera – Wuthering Heights
Markgraf sang with great power and presence, while creating a dark, brooding Heathcliff."
Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As Heathcliff, Kelly Markgraf cut quite a figure and would have been great in a staged production. His authoritative baritone resounded powerfully at all times."
Express Milwaukee
Madison Opera – Fidelio
Markgraf is already a local favorite in roles of the villains we love to hate, and has an imposing physical presence to match his dark and stirring vocalism."
Greg Hettmansberger, Madison Magazine
Austin Lyric Opera – L'elisir d'amore
Markgraf is sensationally funny as Sergeant Belcore. His booming baritone voice will give you goosebumps, but the physicality of his performance is even more memorable. Tall and handsome, Markgraf has the look of a soldier who is not only cocky enough to propose to Adina upon their first meeting but arrogant enough to expect an immediate answer.
Jeff Davis, Broadwayworld.com
San Francisco Symphony – West Side Story
…Kelly Markgraf's Bernardo blazed with intensity.
Erica Miner, Broadwayworld.com
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – "Love Songs"
The rich-voiced baritone Kelly Markgraf, ably accompanied by Ms. Wu, offered a characterful rendition of the 'Liederbuch des Hafis,' by Viktor Ullmann…Mr. Markgraf offered vocally and physically compelling interpretations of the four songs, including the sardonic 'Vorausbestimmung' ('Predetermination') and 'Betrunen' ('Drunk')."
Viven Schweitzer, The New York Times
Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall – Marilyn Horne's "The Song Continues" Recital
Kelly Markgraf brought his round, erotically charged baritone to five songs by Charles Martin Loeffler…"
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times
Chamber Music Northwest – Dover Beach
Baritone Kelly Markgraf collaborated with the Orion String Quartet to give a superb performance of Barber's 'Dover Beach' (which is based on Matthew Arnold's famous poem). Markgraf struck just the right amount of sentiment to give this piece enough heft yet not sink under the weight of the text and the dark colors of the music."
James Bash, Oregon Music News
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra – Die Zauberflöte
Kelly Markgraf was an endearing nervous wreck as Papageno, the bird catcher, and he used his focused baritone to splendid effect."
Donald Rosenberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hawaii Opera Theatre – Don Pasquale
Markgraf, in his HOT debut, ruled the production, his powerful, spot-on baritone commanding both the music and action."
Ruth O. Bingham, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Zankel Hall – Zaida
The baritone Kelly Markgraf was a robust and earnest Allazim."
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
La Jolla Music Festival – Dichterliebe
Dichterliebe baritone Kelly Markgraf and pianist Ken Noda offered a carefully calibrated rendering…Markgraf's rich, assertive voice seemed to grow in warmth and flexibility as the cycle went on…"
James Chute, San Diego Union Tribune
Opera Omaha – Le nozze di Figaro
…Kelly Markgraf, as the Count, sang with a voice that was so beautiful and burnished that you almost forgot his character's vengeful, prideful nature."
John Pitcher, Omaha World Herald
Juilliard Opera Center – Falstaff
…Kelly Markgraf was a powerful, imposing Ford."
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Juilliard Opera Center – The Death of Klinghoffer
…Markgraf was magnificent in his pivotal scene with the Captain, in which Mamoud sings alluringly…"
Joshua Rosenblum, Opera News…especially the charismatic baritone Kelly Markgraf as Mamoud…"
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Minnesota Opera – Roméo et Juliette
Among the comprimario roles, Markgraf's nimble Mercutio was the standout: in the quicksilver "Queen Mab" ballad, Markgraf did full justice to the text while executing director David Lefkowich's demanding choreography."
Opera NewsKelly Markgraf's nimble Mercutio is especially strong; his 'Queen Mab' ballad is three minutes of magic.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bellini | Riccardo | I Puritani |
Bizet | Escamillo | Carmen |
Bizet | Zurga | Les pêcheurs de perles |
Britten | Billy Budd | Billy Budd |
Delibes | Frédéric | Lakmé |
Donizetti | Malatesta | Don Pasquale |
Donizetti | Belcore | L'elisir d'amore |
Donizetti | Enrico | Lucia di Lammermoor |
Gordon | Tom Joad | Grapes of Wrath |
Gounod | Valentin | Faust |
Gounod | Mercutio | Roméo et Juliette |
Leoncavallo | Silvio | I Pagliacci |
Massenet | Albert | Werther |
Mozart | Guglielmo | Così fan tutte |
Mozart | Don Giovanni, Masetto | Don Giovanni |
Mozart | Conte Almaviva | Le nozze di Figaro |
Mozart | Papageno | Die Zauberflöte |
Puccini | Marcello, Schaunard | La bohème |
Puccini | Ping | Turandot |
J. Strauss | Falke | Die Fledermaus |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Eugene Onegin |
Verdi | Rodrigo | Don Carlo |
Verdi | Ford | Falstaff |
Adams | The Wound Dresser | |
Bach | B Minor Mass | |
Bach | Magnificat | |
Bach | St. John Passion | |
Bach | St. Matthew Passion | |
Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | |
Brahms | Liebesliederwalzer | |
Britten | War Requiem | |
Ellington | Sacred Concerts | |
Fauré | Requiem | |
Haydn | Lord Nelson Mass | |
Haydn | The Creation | |
Handel | Messiah | |
Handel | Jephtha | |
Mozart | Coronation Mass | |
Mozart | Missa brevis | |
Bridge | 3 Songs with Viola | |
Mahler | Kindertotenlieder | |
Mahler | Des Knaben Wunderhorn (various) | |
Montsalvage | Cinco canciones negras | |
Musto | Shadow of the Blues | |
Ravel | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée | |
Ravel | Chansons Madécasses | |
Rorem | War Scenes | |
Schubert | Winterreise (various) | |
Schumann | Dichterliebe | |
Schumann | Vier Husarenlieder | |
Vaughan Williams | Songs of Travel |


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March 31, 2007
Spring Break was a lot of fun, but it really is nice to be back. When I left, about three feet of snow was blanketing the ground and the temperature had been freezing for several days. Upon returning to campus, almost all of the snow had melted and with the gradual climb in temperature, it seems like spring is finally here. The daylight savings adjustment was a big help too, obviously. Now we can eat dinner, come back out side and it is still light out!
Right now, it is a crisp 51 degrees outside. There is a sizeable group of people on the Hill outside my window taking advantage of the nice weather. I can see some lacrosse and Frisbee action. There is even someone carrying a big plastic playground ball. I can also hear music – somebody lugged a pretty powerful sound system outside to provide some entertainment.
This kind of scene is pretty typical for springtime at
My first week back hasn't been all fun, though. I had two term papers due on Thursday, which was also the same day that I picked up a rather unpleasant stomach virus. So, I got to suffer through the day in my room. Thankfully, there was an "Office" marathon on Thursday night, and I think that cured me of my illness. After all, laughter is the best medicine. All my teachers were very understanding and allowed me to hand in my work on Friday, and I have already made up the work that I missed.


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Can someone please explain to me were the logic is for a Council that is likely to merge in the next couple of years can 'invest' in this sort if system by them selves. With the technology platforms available today Wrexham along with ALL Councils should have a common interchangeable back end system and share the costs. The only variation would need to be the front end and personalized for each county -- the database with all the information would be behind it.
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They've tried Pan Wales projects before with little success. Strange when bearing in mind that all the councils data can back up to a WAG server in Cardiff.
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Being a commercial web developer, I've got no idea what on earth they're supposed to be getting built that would cost anywhere near this much for what they've detailed as functionality (on the surface, I haven't read the full 63 page PDF).
However, the best part is the naivety that the system will last 10 years - look at how much technology has changed in the past 5 years. I know there is an annual figure (Ł135k, also ludicrous) for licenses (so the council won't own the system) and development but I doubt this would cover any considerable changes likely needed in the future as technology evolves. I'm also confused by this line: "Evidence suggests that households who do not shop or pay bills on line can lose on average Ł560 per year. With Wrexham's total households amounting to 57,029* at the last Census in 2011 that means Wrexham residents are missing out on just under Ł32 million extra into the County Borough. Surely the savings listed are down to cheaper prices online for goods and discounts for paperless billing etc. If people don't use the Internet to shop now (when there are obvious well-known advantages), why would the council having a better website make a current non-Internet user more likely to do so? Are they going to offer discounts on council tax or other bills for paying them through the site? If so is that taken into account when listing the costs/savings of the system? Also this line: The Council say "The new technology will provide a full range of on line services such as viewing your Council Tax account, reporting Streetscene issues or requesting a licence. If that's the main focus of it, what benefit does that bring to the majority of Wrexham on a regular basis? Having worked in the public sector previously and seen money wasted like no tomorrow due to management making decisions on matters they know nothing about, this all seems a bit too familiar. Why they couldn't do a shared system across Wales and split the bill as suggested above I don't know. It's like Wrexham CBC is striving to be the "first", "biggest" or "best" at something in Wales but "competent" or "mediocre" would often be a big step up for them. |
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I'm also confused by this line: "Evidence suggests that households who do not shop or pay bills on line can lose on average Ł560 per year. With Wrexham's total households amounting to 57,029* at the last Census in 2011 that means Wrexham residents are missing out on just under Ł32 million extra into the County Borough. I am also confused by the Ł32 million Wrexham residents are missing out on.57,029 households @ Ł560 per year = Ł32 million.The Councils evidence is surmising that nobody in Wrexham buys anything on line.Another set of figures that do not add up as usual coming from WCBC. |
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Glad others have felt the same as me-- this is going to yet another fiasco. In view of potential county mergers - these are the types of schemes that the Welsh Government should freeze until the new structures are in place. This is not a party political issue but one of common sense.
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AFAIK you don't get a discount on your council tax for paying by direct debit, and there's no extra charge for paying in cash at the payment office. Quote:
It seems you can already pay your council tax online, and apply for licenses online: WCBC: Pay It - Pay It… Making a payment to Wrexham Council? |
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dreamSTATE vs. Heiki "The North Shore" CD
Awaited for longer time with quite big expectations, but when the mailing finally arrived and I exposed the album, my eyebrows were raised immediately. A glass mastered CD, packaged in attractive 4-panel digipak with additional art cards included and signed by the artists. Wow, I simply couldn't ask for more!!! Yes, even if dreamSTATE guys are known as skilled multimedia performers, who are involved in all kinds of audiovisual projects, I didn't have any idea about their landing at Paper+Sound label. Now the mystery is solved, dreamSTATE aka Scott M2 and Jamie Todd, have teamed with Heiki Sillaste, their fellow veteran of the Toronto electronic music scene, who started his career with Digital Poodle, an industrial-tekno project, in the late 80's. Some good old memories from my pre-ambient era are awakening... Among many other projects, Heiki also founded in late 2009 Paper+Sound label, so I am really happy about this collaboration. "The North Shore" CD was released at the end of September 2012 as limited edition of 250 hand-numbered copies. Bonus points for the artwork were awarded already and it took me only few seconds after pressing the play button on my CD player to raise my eyebrows once again. "Snow Drifter" unfolds with some of the most splendid winter drones I have ever encountered. 7 minutes of pure dronescaping ecstasy, colored with assorted eerie, but warmly nostalgic soaring fragments and processed, let's say something that evokes seagull calls. I can easily imagine wandering through the wintery suburban shores of Lake Ontario and "Snow Drifter" would be my ultimate soundtrack to journey with!!! I have explored these shores for many times during the period of years 1983-1993 while visiting Toronto with its suburbs, but unfortunately, never during the winter time. So my inner journey unfolds now, 20 years later...
I must add, these deep winter soundscapes were explored for the first time during the preparation sessions for the January 10th, the dreamSTATE's Drone Cycle 2012. Originally launched in 2000, when dreamSTATE performed monthly shows of improvised performances based on the notes of the chromatic scale, with special guests on each event. Now, 12 years later, beginning January 10th, 2012, dreamSTATE reintroduced this format again, with Heiki Sillaste as their first guest, for traversing the scale back downward, so January in C and "The North Shore" is one of the results of this amazing project.
Back to "Snow Drifter", besides the fact it's properly entitled, the drones, slightly high-pitched, are ebbing, gliding and cascading through the stunningly colorful and exceptionally beautiful icy sceneries in absolutely fascinating manner. Great piece, Scott, Jamie & Heiki, an Ambient Hall of Fame nominee!!! "Expedition" leaves the suburbs and moves towards vast open, freezing landscapes of Ontario, masterfully wrapped by hissy expansions, outbursts and blankets with deeply evocative, at times strongly ethereal impact. These panoramic winter vistas are magically beautiful and wondrously tranquil!!! "Ice Flow", the long form piece, nearly 41 minutes in length, moves through various transitions, ranging from more captivating, minimally droning, through more immense, intense and dramatic to more abysmally freezing and frightening. Yes, it's an all-inclusive journey adventurously traversing from cinematic panoramas of quiet "Ice Flow" with snowflakes gently floating down to harsher, more experimental dronescaping rumbles evoking morning after stormy, freezing night rain with spectacular ice formations, where the water is frozen on the branches of the trees or as it dropped from them. Fascinating and ultra-moody tour de force!!! The closing "Winter Light" reveals with some cyber-tech infusions, but it promptly transfers into serenely drifting and meandering expanses. Just close your eyes and the following could be one of your visualizing scenarios. You are walking on the shores of Lake Superior, the night is dark, sky is clear, it's time to experience the magic of shimmering green northern lights over the ice coated landscapes, the Aurora Borealis. A truly breathtaking conclusion!!! "The North Shore" is utterly magnificent winter postcard from Ontario, Canada, a huge treasure from start to end!!! Certainly one of my most fave dronescapades of 2012, a must have!!! Once again, The Ambient Ping gang rules!!!
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