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For He's a Jolly Good Scoundrel
Posted on Apr 18, 2012
How evil is this? At a time when two-thirds of U.S. homeowners are drowning in mortgage debt and the American dream has crashed for tens of millions more, Sanford Weill, the banker most responsible for the nation's economic collapse, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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Weill is the Wall Street hustler who led the successful lobbying to reverse the Glass-Steagall law, which long had been a barrier between investment and commercial banks. That 1999 reversal permitted the merger of Travelers and Citibank, thereby creating Citigroup as the largest of the "too big to fail" banks eventually bailed out by taxpayers. Weill was instrumental in getting then-President Bill Clinton to sign off on the Republican-sponsored legislation that upended the sensible restraints on finance capital that had worked splendidly since the Great Depression.
Those restrictions were initially flouted when Weill, then CEO of Travelers, which contained a major investment banking division, decided to merge the company with Citibank, a commercial bank headed by John S. Reed. The merger had actually been arranged before the enabling legislation became law, and it was granted a temporary waiver by Alan Greenspan's Federal Reserve. The night before the announcement of the merger, as Wall Street Journal reporter Monica Langley writes in her book "Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World ... and Then Nearly Lost It All," a buoyant Weill suggested to Reed, "We should call Clinton." On a Sunday night Weill had no trouble getting through to the president and informed him of the merger, which violated existing law. After hanging up, Weill boasted to Reed, "We just made the president of the United States an insider."
The fix was in to repeal Glass-Steagall, as The New York Times celebrated in a 1998 article: "... the announcement on Monday of a giant merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group not only altered the financial landscape of banking, it also changed the political landscape in Washington. ... Indeed, within 24 hours of the deal's announcement, lobbyists for insurers, banks and Wall Street firms were huddling with Congressional banking committee staff members to fine-tune a measure that would update the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act separating commercial banking from Wall Street and insurance, to make it more politically acceptable to more members of Congress."
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Although Weill has shown not the slightest remorse, Reed has had the honesty to acknowledge that the elimination of Glass-Steagall was a disaster: "I would compartmentalize the industry for the same reason you compartmentalize ships," he told Bloomberg News. "If you have a leak, the leak doesn't spread and sink the whole vessel. So generally speaking, you'd have consumer banking separate from trading bonds and equity."
Instead, all such compartmentalization was ended when Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in late 1999. In his memoir Weill brags that he and Republican Sen. Phil Gramm joked that it should have been called the Weill-Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Informally, some dubbed it "the Citigroup Authorization Act."
Gramm left the Senate to become a top executive at the Swiss-based UBS bank, which like Citigroup ran into deep trouble. Leach—former Republican Rep. James Leach—was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 to head the National Endowment for the Humanities, where his banking skills could serve the needs of intellectuals. Robert Rubin, the Clinton administration treasury secretary who helped push through the Citigroup Authorization Act, was the most blatant double dealer of all: He accepted a $15-million-a-year offer from Weill to join Citigroup, where he eventually helped run the corporation into the ground.
Citigroup went on to be a major purveyor of toxic mortgage-based securities that required $45 billion in direct government investment and a $300 billion guarantee of its bad assets in order to avoid bankruptcy.
Weill himself bailed out shortly before the crash. His retirement from what was then the world's largest financial conglomerate was chronicled in The New York Times under the headline "Laughing All the Way From the Bank." The article told of "an enormous wooden plaque" in the bank's headquarters that featured a likeness of Weill with the inscription "The Man Who Shattered Glass-Steagall."
That's the man the American Academy of Arts & Sciences now honors, among others, for "extraordinary accomplishment and a call to serve." Disgusting.
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By ger, April 21, 2012 at 7:36 am Link to this comment
I wonder if President Clinton regrets that he did not veto the Gramm-
By LordByng, April 20, 2012 at 2:40 pm Link to this comment
The problem exemplified by Weill is not that
Managed, regulated capitalism works. And the largest
When you have an elite that believes, as Greenspan
The problem is this orchestrated, massively funded,
The people will have to find a way to fight back if
By nikto, April 20, 2012 at 10:33 am Link to this comment
Sanford Weill should be locked away in solitary confinement, along with a 1200 lbs, un-fed, Grizzly Bear.
Hopefully, the Grizzly will be too big to fail.
By stand to reason, April 19, 2012 at 10:12 pm Link to this comment
Stands to reason that he would be elected as the academy is just
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Obama's plan: Stall and find ways to discreetly shovel money to the banks until the
By Jack Stevenson, April 19, 2012 at 12:40 pm Link to this comment
The Congressional vote to repeal Glass-Steagall looks like this:
Senate: 90 to 8
House: 362-57
Seems to have been a bi-partisan vote to repeal and, perhaps, one of the poorest Congressional decisions in U.S. history.
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The Bilderberg Group is in a process of takeover of the world governments. It is the old aristocracy that hated democracies and freedoms that came with the American and French revolutions. This is a concerted effort to make us all peasants again. From Wall Street swindlers to Bluffdale, UT spying centers, a system is being put in place by the richest to make us fearful objects of their exploitation.
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a "savvy businessman."
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Some banks may be too big to fail but no banker is too big to jail.
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Another great, good Jew!!!, just doing the good work of Zionist-controlled America!
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Labatt Woodbine Oaks winner Sealy Hill faces the biggest test of her career when the 3-year-old filly takes on a strong group of fillies and mares in the $1-million E.P. Taylor Stakes (Can-IT) on the Woodbine turf course Oct. 21.
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Subject: Re: [DEPUY] Revra Depuy
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Wayne, Revra's company later became DePuy, Inc., in which we held stock
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Revra DePuy was born March 22, 1860, at Grand Rapids, MI. His father,
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formula for sugar coating pills.
He was considered a prominent member of the community. The November 1,
1895 Daily Times reported, "A very fine little dancing party was given
by Dr. Depuy at Webber's Hall last evening. It was a program affair,
and the small but happy crowd thoroughly enjoyed the evening's
The Daily Times reported in its March 9, 1896 edition: "Revra DePuy and
Miss Winifred Stoner, daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Stoner, were quietly
united in marriage." They went to Cincinnati for their honeymoon; he
was 25 and she was 17 at the time. After their marriage, they resided
at the Hotel Hays in Warsaw.
Revra died of heart trouble on October 9, 1921. He and Winifred were
childless. She remarried to Herschel Leiter, who took control of the
His obituary read: "Revra Depuy, who has manufactured wire splints for
25 years, was one of Warsaw's substantial businessmen and his advice was
frequently sought in a business way. He was a well-educated, self-made
man and had a knowledge of nearly every subject far beyone the average.
He was generous and courteous and had many warm personal friends among
those who knew him well."
I hope that this might stimulate some more postings, as this list has
been quiet for some time.
Take Care,
Wayne Shepard
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RACING GREATS TO COMPETE IN 2nd ANNUAL TOYOTA/ADT CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS AT '99 HILL CLIMB Mears, Jones, and Stewart Will Race on Pikes Peak COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 4, 1999) - Racing greats Parnelli Jones, Roger Mears, and Ivan Stewart...
RACING GREATS TO COMPETE IN 2nd ANNUAL TOYOTA/ADT CHALLENGE OF CHAMPIONS AT '99 HILL CLIMB
Mears, Jones, and Stewart Will Race on Pikes Peak
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 4, 1999) - Racing greats Parnelli Jones, Roger Mears, and Ivan Stewart will race in the 2nd Annual Toyota/ADT Challenge of Champions, which will serve as the official race-day kick-off for the 1999 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The 77th annual "Race to the Clouds," presented by ADT Automotive, is slated for July 4 on the Pikes Peak Highway, near Colorado Springs.
The venerable trio will race in Toyota Racing Celicas from the Start Line to Glen Cove on Pikes Peak Highway at 9:30 a.m. on July 4. Mears won last year's Challenge with a time of 5:53.70.
"I'm looking forward to defending my Challenge of Champions title," said Mears, a 22-time off-road racing champ and Hill Climb winner. "It's a terrific event and lots of fun to race against such great friends and competitors."
Jones, an Indy 500 and Hill Climb champ, said: "It's always fun to compete at the Hill Climb. I'm looking forward to racing against Roger and Ivan."
Stewart, a 16-time Baja 500 winner and off-road racing legend, will be making his first appearance on the Hill as a competitor. "It's always been a dream of mine to race on Pikes Peak," he said. "It'll be a real thrill to race against such experienced Hill Climb drivers, but my learning curve will probably be steep."
The '99 Challenge of Champions and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will be televised on ESPN2 in August.
Tickets for the 1999 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb are available online at www.ppihc.com, the Hill Climb Auto Educational Museum in Manitou Springs, King Soopers throughout Colorado, Tire Centers Inc. in Colorado Springs, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Colorado Springs military installations.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is held annually on July 4 in cooperation with the City of Colorado Springs and the U.S. Forest Service. The Race attracts an international field of auto, truck, and motorcycle competitors. Its 12.42-mile course on a groomed gravel highway to the 14,110 ft. summit of Pikes Peak is open to the public year-round.
The event is presented by ADT Automotive. Other sponsors include: Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., Pirelli Tire, Toyota Motor Sports USA, The Robert Bosch Corporation, Ultra Wheel Co., Contract Freighters, Inc., Kenworth, and Barnett Tool. The Hill Climb is the principal fund raising event for the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum.
The 1999 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is dedicated to racing legend and longtime Hill Climb competitor Bill Daniels, who died suddenly of cancer in April, 1999.


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Kentucky Hits the Road for Meet in Missouri
Oct. 25, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky swimming and diving teams will hit the road for the first time after opening the season at home last Friday at the Lancaster Aquatic Center. The Wildcats head to Columbia, Mo., to face Southeastern Conference opponents Missouri and Arkansas in addition to Southern Illinois at 2 p.m. CT.
"We are looking forward to our first road trip," said Kentucky head swimming coach Gary Conelly. "It is full of challenges. The women are facing very good teams in Southern Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
"We are looking for great performances from our divers. If we get a good performance out of them and Megan Eppler, Tina Bechtel and Mandy Myers can win their events, we will have a good chance of coming away with two or three wins."
Eppler had a strong opening run in her first meet of the season coming away with second place finishes in both the 50-freestyle and 100-freestyle. Eppler and Mandy Myers were joined by Abby Myers and Julia Gerotto to pick up a second place finish as well in the 4x100-freestyle relay. Mandy Myers and Gerotto each grabbed third place finishes in the 100-butterfly and the 1000-freestyle respectively.
Sophomore Lucas Gerotto helped Kentucky get their lone victory of the meet as he placed first (49.70) in the men's 100-butterfly.
The diving team is hot off three first place finishes last Friday at home. Junior Greg Ferrucci was victorious in the three-meter event (423.25) while taking second place in the one-meter (361.95). For the women, freshman Rebecca Hamperian picked up her first collegiate win in the one-meter with a score of 298.35 with sophomore Sarah Chewning placing second (282.20). In the three-meter event, Christa Cabot (308.05) placed first with Chewning (305.05) taking home third.
"This meet is going to be a good challenge for both the women and the men," said Kentucky head diving coach Ted Hautau. "Arkansas and Missouri have very good divers with SEC and NCAA championship credentials. We look forward to the competition."
Missouri's men's and women's swimming teams are coming off wins over cross-state rival Missouri State. The host Tigers (1-0, 0-0 SEC), along with Arkansas' women (0-1, 0-1 SEC) and Southern Illinois (1-0) round out a competitive field for the Wildcats in their second meet of the season.


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Tall Grass
Also see John's review of Smokey Joe's Cafe
The first play, The Business Proposal, is the story of a timid underachiever named Trevor and his driven, work-obsessed girlfriend Paula. It covers a little over six months of their lives as they sort out what they really want out of their professional lives, and their relationship with one another. What they really want comes as a surprise to both them and the audience. The two main characters are written and played with comic interest and depth.
Stacy Schwartz as Paula is funny and smart. She and Jim Ballard, as her boyfriend Trevor, work the dialogue with the smoothness of two people who know each other well. Reiss Gaspard shows his ability with accents as he quickly slips in and out of several different characters.
The second play, The Gerbil, is the story of a burglar caught breaking into the home of a dysfunctional married couple. The couple, who possess all the marital charm of George and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, hold the burglar at bay as they argue their way to a most unexpected resolution to the situation. The end ties everything together with poetic justice.
Jim Ballard shows his diversity in this play as husband James. Stacy Schwartz plays his wife Margaret. She keeps an eye on the acting beats of the piece, finding moments to change tempo and energy. Reiss Gaspard takes center stage nicely as the burglar, Dog.
The third play, Tall Grass, is the story of an elderly married couple living alone on the outskirts of town. Though they are not in the best of health, and have not had driving privileges in several years, they prize their independence. They are visited by a representative from an unnamed government assistance agency who supposedly is drawn to their home by the unmown front yard grass. He indicates that the grass is a sign that perhaps the residents inside are in need of intervening care by his agency. The couple is understandably wary of losing their independence and of the veracity of his intentions. In the end they manage to work out a solution that is palatable.
Reiss Gaspard is the cuddly and spunky husband Chester. Stacy Schwartz as his wife Dottie reminds one of Carol Burnett. Jim Ballard as Howard is as smarmy and nervous as a used car salesman trying to sell a hot car.
Brian Harris's writing is fresh and witty, with a dark comedic twist. His theatrical voice is a welcome addition to the new and emerging works featured in South Florida. Harris's short plays have won The Strawberry One-Act Festival and The Jean Dalrymple Award for Best Comedy Playwright at the American Theatre of Actors. He is also co-author of the Simon & Schuster book Lay Low and Don't Make The Big Mistakes.
The Inside Out Theatre Company production of Tall Grass will be presented through February 17, 2008 at the Museum of Art at One East Las Olas Blvd., in Ft. Lauderdale. The inside Out Theatre Company is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization hiring local Equity and non-union actors and actresses. In addition to their shows at the Museum of Art, they have extensive shows and classes for children, including a teen touring group. For information and tickets you may reach them by calling 954-385-3060, or online at www.insideouttheatre.org. Their mailing address is P.O. Box 267355, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33326.
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Is there a new owner of all the shares of the corporation?
How many shareholders before the sale?
I have a settlement statement from the lawyer showing the sale of stock to an individual. There is no mention of inventory and equipment.
How many after?
The inventory and equipment are part of the corporation.
You sold the corporation if you sold all of the stock
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Whose basis?
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It's nobody's basis. It's part of the corporation
Inventory and equipment are the assets of the corporation
the corp is liquidating
The shareholders sold the company, not individual assets
Whose tax return are you preparing? The new owner or the old shareholders?
the old shareholders
the old shareholders and the final s corp return
The old shareholders will have a final K-1 based on the last day they were shareholders. There is NO liquidation if they sold their shares.
I'm also assuming you are not preparing the corporation tax return
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Do you represent the purchaser of all the shares?
When was the sale completed?
June 2012
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There was no liquidating event.
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"Be Careful Who You Wish For"
de Ben Winestone
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Since entering adulthood, Joe Mullin has lived a simple, yet sometimes lonely life. Content with not evolving with the times, he's watched the age of technology bloom like a wildflower, while leaving him tangled up in its roots. Joe sees no reason to change his simple ways. Simple had always worked, but he knew he was also missing out on things.
Pushing 40, this awkwardly shy simpleton is determined to find true love for the first time. He turns to his two worldly, but very compulsive friends for help, and their dating advice is about to turn Joe's dull and routine life upside down. They lead him into a dangerous and unpredictable world where even the strong and confident have been reduced to tears and misery many times over. It's a world where trouble and deceit lurk around every corner and although many play to win, only few prevail.
Joe Mullin is entering the world of Online Dating and is jumping in with both feet. A new laptop computer and high tech cell phone pave the way for a hysterical journey full of "interesting" women and crazy situations that violently rip Joe out of his comfort zone and take him on the wildest ride of his life. But will it all be worth it in the end, or will he crash and burn like so many before him?
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North Carolina Congressman and Mitt Romney supporter Patrick McHenry made the following statement on the Democratic National Committee's misleading advertisement and press conference call:
"It is clear why the Obama campaign does not want to talk about the economy: President Obama's policies have been categorical failures. On jobs and spending, this Administration has not met its promises. And so instead of trying to create jobs and help the middle class, the Obama campaign has resorted to trying to tear down Mitt Romney. They would rather try and distract voters than try to defend three years of failure."
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A new television campaign designed to combat community ignorance about depression will hit the nation's screens today. One might have thought the community had caught up with an illness that affects one in five Australians, but not so, says beyondblue, the national depression initiative. A recent study by that organisation of community attitudes to depression is almost as alarming as the prevalence of the illness itself.
Less than 5 per cent of Australians believe depression is a serious health problem. Most people cannot spot the signs and symptoms of a depressive illness, and one-third believe that telling someone experiencing depression about their own problems would be helpful. Perhaps most alarming is the finding that 36 per cent of Australians believe people with severe depression should simply "pull themselves together", as if a bit of old-fashioned stoicism might help. The same number think people with depression in positions of responsibility "should quit their jobs".
Depression is so common that most people are likely to know someone affected by it. Depression can be treated. It is certainly not grounds for stigma or discrimination. Most of all, those who are affected need the understanding, help and respect of those around them. Anything less diminishes our community.


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Journal Article - Cooperation and Conflict
Measuring the Impacts of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Placing the Global 'Success' of TRCs in Local Perspective
Truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have emerged as an international norm and are assumed to be an essential element of national reconciliation, democratization, and post-conflict development. Despite the increase in the number of TRCs being initiated around the globe and the international consensus regarding their positive effects, there is little understanding of the longterm effects and consequences of TRCs. Specifically, currently there are no established methods or mechanisms for measuring the impacts of TRCs; furthermore, the few examples of efforts to measure these impacts have serious limitations. This article explores both the rise in TRCs as an international norm and the contradictions and inadequacies in existing efforts to measure the impacts and successes of commissions. Through this examination, we aim to demonstrate the need for more critical, interactive, and inclusive mechanisms of assessment for understanding the effects of TRCs. The objective is neither to promote nor to criticize a specific TRC or TRCs in general; however, this article emphasizes the need to think rigorously about how we assess the effects of TRCs and offers insights into the value of more comprehensive mechanisms for assessing the impacts and local perceptions of commissions.
Over the last decade, many truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have been initiated in countries emerging out of conflicts or political turmoil across the globe. Truth commissions are truth-seeking bodies set up to investigate past records of human rights violations. The underlying assumption is that the investigative process itself and the resulting historical narrative will lead to justice and reconciliation (Hayner, 2002). In general, in both policy and academic literature, TRCs are associated with several goals and expected outcomes, including healing, justice and peace-building. Among its goals, a truth commission purports to offer victims, witnesses, and perpetrators a setting to tell their stories, thereby creating a historical, and often public, record of past human rights violations (Von Zyl, 2000). Unlike legal records, the narrative produced by truth commissions does not abide by rules of criminal evidence collection, which allows for a broader perspective on the pattern and causes of violence. The unifying national historical narrative is supposedly a crucial first step in nation-building (Christie, 2000: 117). In addition, the commission's hearings, as well as the final report, if it is a public one, serve as an official acknowledgment of the victims' suffering and loss. This public acknowledgment is meant to have a therapeutic effect by providing closure and healing for individual victims as well as for society as a whole.
Above all, truth commissions are associated with multiple democratizing effects, which lead to the view that truth commissions are essential for democratization processes. The process of establishing and executing truth commissions is meant to signal a clear break from the practices of the former regime and the new regime's commitment to the rule of law, thereby promoting the legitimacy and accountability of the new regime. In addition, truth commissions make recommendations for political, judicial, and educational reforms that are intended to set the new transitioning state on a better path toward a stable and properly functioning democracy.
Beyond their multiple positive effects associated with the democratization process, truth commissions have been closely tied to the concept of reconciliation. Although the relationship between truth-seeking and peace was not new,1 it regained interest following the South African post-apartheid truth and reconciliation process. One of the legacies of the South African truth commission is the emerging consensus about the nexus between truth and reconciliation (Moon, 2008)....
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1The Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (1992) was the first truth commission to emerge out of a negotiated peace accord brokered by the United Nations. Two years later, the Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission (1994) was established under similar circumstances. In these two commissions, however, the scope and the stated goals of the truth-seeking process were defined rather narrowly: a fact-finding process aimed at the disclosure of previously unknown or suppressed information. Reconciliation was by no means a main goal of these commissions as reflected by their mandate and reporting.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa - On Friday night, the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team faced its second Big Ten opponent in six days. Unfortunately, Friday's game followed a pattern similar to the Quakers' loss last Saturday. Iowa dominated every facet of the game in the first half, and cruised to an 86-55 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Penn is now 1-3 on the young season, while the Hawkeyes -- who entered the game ranked 25th in the latest ESPN/USA Today poll -- remained undefeated at 5-0.
Penn actually held the lead through the first seven minutes, as Miles Jackson-Cartwright's shot from the left elbow put the Quakers up 13-12 with 13:52 left in the first half.
It was all Iowa after that. The Hawkeyes scored every which way, benefited from a lopsided foul count (17-6), and took full advantage of Penn's 17 first-half turnovers with a 24-4 advantage in points off turnovers. By the break, the score was 48-27 and the drama was drained from this one.
Penn briefly stirred to life at the start of the second half, scoring the first seven points as Tony Hicks had five of them. The Quakers got within 13 points on two occasions after that, at 49-36 and again at 53-40, before Iowa returned to form and put this one away.
The knockout blow was delivered over a five-minute period midway through the second half. Iowa was up 64-46, then reeled off 10 of the next 11 points to blow out to a 27-point lead. Penn knocked down the next four points, to make the score 74-51, but the Hawkeyes ran off the next 10 in a row to make it 84-51. The lead crested at 34 (86-52), before Camryn Crocker scored the game's final three points.
Darien Nelson-Henry finished the game withPenn highs in points (13) and rebounds (6), while Hicks had 10 points and five assists. They remain the only players to reach double figures in points in every Penn game this season. Fran Dougherty had eight points, while Henry Brooks and Jackson-Cartwright had six each.
For Iowa, Jarrod Uthoff finished with 19 points while Roy Devyn Marble had 13 and Mike Gesell added 10. Marble also picked up six of Iowa's 14 steals, and the Hawkeyes enjoyed a glaring 30-10 advantage in points off turnovers in the game. (Penn committed an unsightly 25 on the night.)
In the battle between the Jok brothers, Peter ended the night with eight points in 14 minutes. Dau Jok, did not score for Penn, going 0-for-6 on three-pointers over 15 minutes. The two brothers were matched up on each other a few times down the stretch, briefly stirring an otherwise sleep second-half crowd.
Penn returns to action on Tuesday, hosting Niagara at The Palestra. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.
Game Notes: The game marked Penn's first trip to the state of Iowa … The game matched up Penn senior Dau Jok against his younger brother, Iowa freshman Peter Jok. Peter finished the game with eight points, while Dau went 0-of-6 from the field and had two rebounds … Iowa's head coach is Fran McCaffery; the game matched up Jerome Allen against a fellow Penn alum for the second time. (He also coached against Andy Toole when Penn played Robert Morris on Nov. 19, 2011.) … Senior Fran Dougherty matched a career high in assists (2) and steals (2) … Sophomore Tony Hicks matched a career high with five assists … Senior Steve Rennard saw his first game action of the season; he missed the first three games due to injury.
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5 Tips for Post-Purchase Email Marketing
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It's been a while since I was active in the dating world, but a lot of my single friends constantly preach that it's "all about the chase." Make the other person want you and then pump the brakes just a bit because as the saying goes, "you always want what you can't have." This might hold true in the world of all is fair in love and war, but in the email marketing world, it is not all about the chase – it's all about the follow-up.
Long gone are the days when the role of the company ended with the sale.
In this age of email and social marketing, you aren't maximizing your revenue if you aren't soliciting 'Forwards', 'Retweets' and 'Likes' as soon as you earn your customer's business. In a nutshell, the life of the eTailer extends far beyond the Thank You page at checkout.
Unfortunately, there are still far too many premier companies who fail to master the art of the post-purchase follow-up. For those of you who still believe that the sale is all about the chase, it's time to take a step back and digest these five tips for post-purchase email marketing:
1. Send a Survey
The post-purchase survey is ideally delivered via email a few days after sale completion and gives eTailers the opportunity to ask for feedback on their checkout process, selection, customer service and overall user experience. This shouldn't be confused with a review because this is just to garner feedback on the user's buying experience, not the product itself. This particular method of contact is vital to the continued evolution of your business and will undoubtedly earn the respect of your customers. There aren't many things more refreshing than a company eager to get immediate feedback, whether positive or negative, and have the humility to acknowledge their constant quest to improve their business. Additionally, this can always provide for some excellent testimonials.
2. Invite Your Customer to Follow Social Channels
As I detailed in my previous blog, "A Look Behind the Mask: Humanizing Your Brand Through Social Media," every company should be taking advantage of social media to give their customers a glimpse into their personality. However, as it pertains to post-purchase email correspondence, promoting your social media networks is the way to go to keep these customers living and breathing your brand. As long as you are consistently delivering unique, quality content while sprinkling in some promotions and giveaways, these customers will continue to keep putting dollars back into your piggy bank if you keep them engaged and invite them to tune into your social media channels.
3. Ask for a Review
This is the most time-honored of the tips, but that doesn't mean its purpose doesn't still resonate and that it isn't still a vital component for massaging the customer life cycle. This particular means of follow-up is paramount to the continued success of your business and its ability to provide honest feedback to fellow customers and instantly add credibility to your company. Additionally, these reviews provide outstanding unique, quality content to add to your product pages and boost your search engine rankings. In the example below, Nordstrom reached out to me 2 weeks after I purchased this watch – I appreciated the well-timed follow-up and it was refreshing to know they cared about my opinion. Another option is to offer an incentive for the review – many companies offer a Free $25 gift card or 20% off a purchase. The discount offered will be paid back many times over for the valuable feedback and the search engine rankings boost.
4. Keep The Emails Coming
This might seem like a no-brainer, but I've realized this is the post-purchase email marketing follow-up method most often mismanaged. While there is a fine line between a steady stream of emails and crossing the line into "auto-delete" status, most companies completely drop the ball when it comes to consistently touching base with their customers. Whether it be to solicit reviews, remind them to link up socially or even to re-engage with newly released products or specials, companies can't let their campaigns go dormant, or the customers will do the same. Some customers will inevitably go rogue, but you must stay consistent and stay fresh on their minds with new content and you will groom a dialed-in and loyal fan base.
5. Send a 'We've Missed You' Email
In the previous tip, I mentioned that some customers would inevitably go silent. More often than not, it isn't personal. Customers get busy just like the business owners do, and they inevitably fall off the sale wagon. However, if you can master the art of the "We've Missed You" email, the long lost customer will be a thing of the past. Dick's Sporting Goods recently sent me an email with an offer for 20% off my next purchase within 48 hours. It successfully re-engaged me and enticed me to do some browsing when I may have not gone back to their site for months. Not to mention, it added urgency to the matter with a 2-day sale window.
If eTailers can begin incorporating these five simple tips for the tail end of 2012 and carry that momentum into 2013, they are sure to see an uptick in email responsiveness and customer engagement.
In this age of social networking and electronic communication, it's no longer enough to just say thanks for the purchase and move on. Post-purchase is the perfect opportunity to collect data, garner feedback and continue to massage these customers so they keep coming back for more.
When it's all said and done, you want to make sure your post-purchase email marketing is focusing on the art of the follow-up and not merely the mastery of the chase.
Want some help? We are definitely not lacking follow-up here at Groove Commerce so if you want to fine-tune your Online Marketing, contact us today!


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The drive followed yet another injury to a Georgia offensive lineman, and Boling was once again the glue holding the line together. It was a role he played with precision all season, helping him earn All-SEC honors, but it took its toll.
"Toward the end of last year, I don't know if I came off the field," he said, "which is a good and bad thing."
Playing nearly every play while attempting to remain versatile enough to shift to different positions on the line, Boling said he had trouble keeping his weight up last year. While he still isn't sure where he'll be playing in 2009, he's hoping to avoid wearing down the way he did last year by preparing this offseason.
"I've always been a smaller guy," Boling said. "I've always had a hard time putting on weight, and then when we start practicing every day, it's hard for me to keep it on. I've to do all the shakes and everything like that and be able to eat a ton just to maintain."
Right now, Boling said he weighs in around 297 pounds. He would like to add about 15 pounds to that total by the time fall practice begins in August.
Getting bigger and stronger is one thing. Where he'll put that size and strength to use, however, remains a mystery. Georgia is likely to open the season with eight offensive linemen with starting experience -- although Josh Davis may have a bit later timetable to return to health -- and the only certainty among the group is that Boling tops the list of candidates likely to have a starting job in 2009.
"We've got so many players that are capable of playing right now, and we have a lot of options, and I think Coach (Stacy Searels) knows I'm able to play a lot of positions, and that helps out a lot," Boling said. "I think Coach Searels will also have the confidence to put some other guys in so we're not just playing the same five guys the whole game."
His biggest offensive stars may be gone, but Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo isn't expecting to tone down his play calling in 2009. In fact, he's hoping for even better results.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford, running back Knowshon Moreno and wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi made up a huge chunk of Georgia's yardage last year and all will be playing in the NFL in 2009. But Bobo looks at their departure as an opportunity rather than a setback.
"We're not looking to settle for anything because we lost three guys from last year that made up probably 75 percent of our offense," Bobo said. "It's not only a challenge to me, but to all our guys offensively."
As good as Stafford, Moreno and company were a year ago, Bobo thinks improvement isn't only possible in 2009 – it's necessary.
In the Bulldogs' loss to Alabama, the offense failed to score in the first half. A month later, Georgia mustered just three points with its first-team offense against Florida. Both games resulted in painful losses.
This year, Bobo hopes his new cast of offensive playmakers can match the productivity of last year's stars while offering the consistency Georgia occasionally lacked a season ago.
"I'm not satisfied with the way we played last year," Bobo said. "We had some productive guys and offensive stats, but that doesn't really mean anything. We lost three games, got blown out in two of them, basically disappeared at some stretches during those games and lost to our archrival Georgia Tech in our last game. There's still a bad taste in our mouths around here, and we've got a long way to go. That's what this offseason is about."
Fred Munzenmaier can't lose an argument with coaches when he tells them he should play more. He has a statistical anomaly on his side that acts as the ultimate trump card.
The sophomore fullback has carried the ball two times in his career, and each resulted in a touchdown for the Bulldogs.
"We joke around about it, and I'll give them a hard time when we're looking at film and stuff," Munzenmaier said. "I'll say, 'You know coach, if you'd given it to me, I probably would have scored if you look at the statistics.' But it's nothing serious. I'll take anything they'll give me when I'm out there."
Munzenmaier hasn't been on the field often, but that could change in 2009.
Last year, fullback Shaun Chapas handled the majority of Georgia's fullback duties, starting all 13 games at the position. He split time with the departed senior Brannan Southerland, however, with both players on the field at the same time on numerous occasions.
While Chapas figures to handle the load again this year, Munzenmaier hopes a strong spring could vault him into the role Southerland manned last season – meaning more playing time and potentially more chances to find the end zone.
"Obviously Shaun has earned his spot and done a great job, so you can expect to see him in that No. 1 spot," Munzenmaier said. "In the past, we've played two fullbacks. I think the main thing is just proving to the coaches that you're dependable and you're ready and that you've shown enough accountability they can put you out there in any situation."


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Singapore (AFP) Dec 6, 2012
Two crane operators staged a high-rise protest at a construction site in Singapore on Thursday, its second industrial incident involving mainland Chinese workers in less than two weeks.
The workers, reportedly demanding payment of back wages before their return to China, perched themselves on top of separate cranes before agreeing to come down after hours of negotiations with rescuers, an AFP photographer said.
The crane protest came 10 days after a work stoppage by Chinese bus drivers erupted at a transport firm -- Singapore's first industrial strike since 1986.
The protest came as four drivers accused of instigating the November 26-27 strike at state-linked transport firm SMRT appeared in court.
Liu Xiangying, 33, Gao Yue Qiang, 32, Wang Xianjie, 39, and He Jun Ling, 32 appeared in handcuffs and told the court they would engage defence counsel.
Twenty-nine other drivers have already been fired and sent back to China and one has been sentenced to six weeks in jail after pleading guilty to involvement in an illegal strike.
Activist groups have expressed outrage over the crackdown on the bus workers.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement Thursday calling on Singapore to drop the charges against the four drivers and put an end to pay discrimination.
The striking drivers complained they were being paid less than Malaysian colleagues for the same work.
"Singapore defies basic labour rights by criminalising migrant workers for a work stoppage and threatening them with prison terms, fines, and deportation," said Phil Robertson, HRW deputy Asia director.
"As a country that depends on migrant workers, Singapore should recognise it's playing with fire by permitting private and state-owned companies to discriminate based on the nationality of the workers," he added.
Involvement in an illegal strike in Singapore is punishable by a maximum one-year jail term and Sg$2,000 ($1,640) fine, or both.
Last week's bus strike highlighted the country's heavy dependence on migrant labour to drive its economic growth amid a labour shortage resulting from falling birth rates.
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Reward offered in 2013 murder
The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, is asking for the public's help in locating a wanted murder suspect.
23-year-old Lonnell Demarcus George has a murder warrant in connection with the March 27, 2013 homicide of 18-year-old Edward Jewell Paden Jr. The homicide occurred at Northeast 60th Avenue and Killingsworth Street in the Cully neighborhood.
George has a history of firearms offenses and gang activity. Detectives consider him to be armed and dangerous.
Anyone seeing George is asked not to approach him but to immediately call 9-1-1.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony, and tipsters can remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers first offered a reward in this case on May 3, 2013.
Leave a Crime Stoppers tip online at http://crimestoppersoforegon.com/submit_online_tip.php text CRIMES (274637) and in the subject line put 823HELP, followed by the tip, or call 503-823-HELP (4357) and leave the tip information.
Visit http://www.tipsoft.com to download the Crime Stoppers App for the iPhone or Droid.


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Danny Hathaway's Folk Tales
I've had the pleasure a few times to teach and experience Maine Folk Dance Camp, while Mary Ann Herman was still crackin' the whip. It was not quite our style, no focus on live music, but we loved the place and the people with both our hearts. Initially my wife Joan and I had the fortune of Mary Ann's smile and favour. I always found some job that needed being done around the camp and set about doing it, gladly, something extra to say thank you for the privilege of being there. At one camp, I spent a couple of hours under the dance hall floor shoring it up, and cutting away some of the building that was pressing up against the record player column and causing the records to skip. Whenever there was movement or dancing across the floor and the whole building would rock and the needle would jump, and this was doing considerable damage to records, even having destroyed some. I was being eaten alive by mozzies, sweating buckets, bugs drowning in it and dripping off me. But I felt good about doing something that worthwhile. When it was over, I had the pleasant surprise of a gift of Mary Ann, a bottle of one of my favourite Islay single malt Scotchs, courtesy of Mary Ann, and a kiss and a hug. Wow! Nice!
But there were rocky times to come later when our dear friend Henry the cook died, which put an end to that mutual mischief, and the care he used to show us, the love amid welcome. I think things were getting hard for Mary Ann, something we couldn't be aware of as we weren't there most of the time. We only had those couple of weeks a year. And, for some awful reason, it seems that for a couple of camps running, Joan got ill. Quite sometime ago, at my parents, Joan was with my folks enjoying chatting in a hot tub out on the veranda while supping a strawberry daiquiri, new experiences for Joan and not a good combination, heat and alcohol. Poor Joan rose out of the tub and passed out, falling flat on her face and damaging here upper front teeth. Over years they have died one after the other and gone into abscess. Would you believe it, this happened twice when we were doing Maine Folk Dance Camp, Joan in severe pain, her face swelling up to distortion.
We found a great dentist in the nearby town that Joan liked and she was well treated. However, it sometimes meant our going back for return visits, and that meant we needed to be in the area. Joan had Rheumatic fever as a child and this meant she had to have antibiotics and these had to kick in before any real dental work could be done. Mary Ann showed compassion and was great about this, at least initially, that first time. We were allowed to park our VW camper van beside the house at the entrance to the camp. We could use the facilities in the house, and even sleep there if there was a free room. We were made welcome. I made a point to help with any chores, chopping wood, fixing a door here and there, moving furniture, learning some Spanish out of our respect of the camp handyman, and asked regularly if there was anything needed doing, always willing. I did some trips, picking people up, delivering them to the airport, etc. Joan wasn't well, as can be expected given the painful and embarrassing circumstances, so she was less visible, less able to contribute, but she did anyway, what she could.
But, that misfortune of an abscess happened again, and while we were invited to stay for that extra week, things just didn't feel right. It was never made clear to us why. I still feel a bit sad thinking back on it. That was the last time we spent time with and saw Mary Ann.
We had some great times at the house the two times we stayed, playing music with the likes of Jaap Leegwater and others. One day, feeling exploratory and a little down about the distance I was aware of growing between Mary Ann and me, and doing my usual thing, looking for work to do, I turned to the barn. With Jaap, Joan, and one or two others in tow, keys in hand, in we went. It was dark and musty and dust hung in the air. An occasional hole somewhere let light in, cutting a bright slash swirling with the dust it lit up as it crossed the room. There was what we took as bat guano all over the floor, slick and vile, and the occasional flapping of wings overhead, a disturbed owl. We were stepping in this soup with plops, squishes, and the occasional slip. It seemed too even and thick to be just bird dung. Things scurried away, and I saw enough to know there were rats. I think I remember Joan shouting out as something darted across her path. There were boxes everywhere, stacks of them, cardboard, damp and rotting, and there were other things stacked here and there, circular? I felt something give, crack underfoot, and had a sinking feeling. What had broken now? Having done a bit of muck shovelling, and to be frank, lobster bait is worse, I ignored the muck and reached down to pull out what I'd broken, and a black semi-sphere slipped out of the ooze. It was a record, a broken shard. I wiped the slime to reveal a bright yellow-orange label -- Doudblebská Polka, The Michael Herman Orchestra. The sinking feeling grew. I remembered coaxing a developing folk group to play this for our regular dances, and even getting my old square dance band in Olympia to learn it so we could use it as something different, one of our choices of mixers, during an evening of square dance. And, it was one of the first folk dances I'd ever learned, with the "la, la, la" some bewailed, and at least three different clapping patterns. Not put off by the layers of ooze or the rotting carboard or the wildlife, and Jaap with his usual bravado, we moved some of the stuff and peeled off some of the cardboard and muck. It was records, boxes and boxes and stacks and stacks of records -- Michael Herman's records! More names of dances and artists were rubbed into view or revealed when the top record was moved. There were also quite a few cracked and damaged records, 78 RPMs. We walked more carefully now. It was a treasure trove. It was both exciting and sad.
I wish I'd had the nerve back then to have asked for and taken at least one of everything home ("it would have blown all four tires and broken both axels on our Volkswagen"), to clean up with care and to to put them lovingly back into use for dancing and teaching others the music, or to use on our old Victrola. I didn't, and I regret that. But, I did ask if I could take a few. I think, if I remember rightly, Jaap got a stack or two, as did another of those present. Me, still concerned, I looked for every record with calling on it I could find, avoiding all the other temptations. Though I did look for but didn't find another Doudlebska Polka. I admit that, in the end, I took more than just a few, but I did choose some of those that needed attention. I must have ended up with at least a small box worth myself, Don Armstrong, Ralph Page, an amazing list of luminaries. I was thinking about folks back home in the Portland / Vancouver area and the dance community we were also quite active with, contras and squares and the like, and Bill Martin, who was showing an interest in calling at the time, our guitarist and close friend, something that would add to ther resources we'd been building up for that community of musicians, dancers, and callers.
We got back to the Pacific Northwest and I diligently cleaned every record after a long soak to start with, soft brushes, special cleaners for vinyl, at least two weeks to clean them up one at a time in our spare time. The grooves were filled with muck, often dried and hardened. Those recordings and the calling eventually became a seed for Bill Martin to learn, practice, and develop his calling. It also became a resource for others, directly and indirectly. While not by any stretch of the imagination the only influence, Billy welcomed it with appreciation and I am sure it has helped him to become the excellent caller he is, along with the innate charm, consideration, and talent we knew he already possessed naturally -- a sweetheart.
Billy also had access to other recordings of mine, gathered together over time, to add to the resources we had for developing callers, such as the publications of Don Armstrong and others, and including an album of Dick Leger's calling. We founded and created a lending library of books and recordings for the Portland Country Dance Community (PCDC) that I hope is still there, known about, and being used.
History and traditions pass on in many ways. It is nice that a few of these recordings could be brought alive again and prove useful, inspirational, and productive beyond themselves and the artists who made them. I like that.


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Army set to get first female four-star general
Dunwoody tapped for Materiel post
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WASHINGTON � For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general.
The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann Dunwoody to head the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping, outfitting and arming soldiers throughout the Army.
If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman in the U.S. Armed Forces to attain the rank of a full general. By law, the Army is limited to 11 active-duty four-stars, including the Army chief of staff, Gen. George Casey.
Women haven't reached four-star rank because by law they are excluded from serving in combat roles, which historically have been the path to the highest-ranking positions. That exclusion still applies, but with Dunwoody the Army has chosen to cast aside its customary limitations on promotion.
Dunwoody is one of only two female three-stars in the Army; the other is Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, director of logistics on the Joint Staff.
"Her 33 years of service, highlighted by extraordinary leadership and devotion to duty, make her exceptionally qualified for this senior position," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement.
Dunwoody currently is deputy commander of Army Materiel Command. Among her earlier assignments, she was commander of Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Army deputy chief of staff for logistics.
Dunwoody, a native of New York, received her Army commission after graduating from the State University of New York in 1975.
"I am very honored but also very humbled today with this announcement," Dunwoody said. "I grew up in a family that didn't know what glass ceilings were. This nomination only reaffirms what I have known to be true about the military throughout my career � that the doors continue to open for men and women in uniform."
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Abstract Birds Sugar & Milk
Shaped as abstract birds, this sugar and milk set is truly modern.
Ah, charming indeed.Added 8 Years Ago from MoMA Store
Thank you, Bodum, for designing an iced tea pitcher that allows me to brew loose leaf tea without all the floating bits.
Use these for creamer and sugar or opt for small snacks and condiments.


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City council votes to increase fees for summer sports
Airdrie City Council Briefs:
Thursday, Feb 06, 2014 11:23 am
Airdrie athletes may feel a hit to their wallets this summer as council approved fee increases for the City�s parks on Feb. 3.
The most significant increase will be felt by adult soccer players, who will see an increase from $27.50 to $39 per player per season.
All youth fees for soccer and baseball will also see an increase - 2.5 per cent per player - and adult baseball will be increased by the same percentage.
The increases were made in order to keep up 100 per cent cost recovery of maintenance costs, according to Airdrie Parks Director Archie Lang as well as maintain the current level of taxpayer support for the fields of around 69 per cent.
�The maximum youth field use by user groups is 31 per cent,� said Lang.
�So this level of general taxpayer support is appropriate.�
In other words, only 31 per cent of the time that the youth fields are in use, they are occupied by youth sports user groups. At other times, as specified by Lang, they can be used by the general public for activities such as Tai Chi, kite flying, Frisbee or other recreational activities.
In 2013, field maintenance for youth fields was $93,907 and the revenue derived from youth field bookings was $29,259.
The 2013 maintenance cost associated with adult sport fields was $18,912 and the associated revenue was $26,168, despite the costs per player in Airdrie�s adult leagues being among the lowest in southern Alberta.
Airdrie�s rates were compared with those of Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Grand Prairie and Calgary. For adult baseball in 2013 Airdrie rates ranked second lowest at $38.50 per player per season, while adult soccer ranked the lowest at $27.50 in 2013 per player per season, compared to Medicine Hat which ranked highest at $76.80 per player per season.
�Airdrie is seen as having a fairly high standard of field maintenance,� said Lang, who made note of the biggest increase coming in adult sports as, �raising the fees for youth developmental sport could have negative impacts on minor sports as the fees become less affordable for families raising young children.�
New drainage bylaw
City council approved all three readings of a new drainage bylaw on Feb. 3 that was developed by Public Works, Engineering Services and Municipal Enforcement.
The bylaw will take affect immediately and the need to pass all three readings at one meeting was a necessity, according to Adam Carroll of Airdrie Engineering Services.
�We want to have this bylaw in place as soon as possible so that we are able to enforce it for the coming construction season.�
Carroll explained that the previous enforcement regarding the City�s drainage system was somewhat scattered between three different bylaws, and by having this new bylaw in place, it establishes an outline and increases the City�s ability to enforce it.
The bylaw will allow the City to prohibit the discharge of products such as oils and grease, solvents and paints, industrial waste, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, soil, sediment or solid matter and any substance that emits odour into the City�s drainage system.
It will also allow for enforcement against obstructions to surface drainage facilities such as concrete swales, grass swales and easements, which will prevent flooding.
The drainage bylaw supports council�s strategic priorities pertaining to fiscal balance, in particular a priority that states, �Develop and implement an asset management strategy to maximize cost-effective life of the City�s assets, incorporating conservation and water management strategies.�
Any person guilty of breaching the provisions of the bylaw can be fined anywhere between $100 and $2,500 depending on the severity and frequency of the breach.
Carroll made note of the importance of residents familiarizing themselves with the bylaw and said if they spotted someone breaching it, to notify the City�s Bylaw Enforcement department.
Victory Church
The Airdrie Victory Church will soon be on the move from their location at 308 First Ave. SE to the former Airdrie Legion building at 508 Third Ave. SE.
Council unanimously approved final reading of the land use bylaw pertaining to the plot of land on which the Legion sits, to include religious assembly as a discretionary use.
Representatives from both the Legion and Airdrie Victory Church spoke to council and thanked them for their cooperation in the process.
�I�d like to say a big thank you to mayor and council for their help in this,� said Legion President Bob McNevin.
�The Legion isn�t leaving Airdrie, we�re here to stay, but we just needed to downsize.�
On the flipside, Airdrie Victory Church is in need of an upgrade after 19 years at their location on First Avenue.
�We�re a growing church and we�ve outgrown our current building,� said Pastor Nick Williams.
�The Legion addresses our needs and I think that adding in religious assembly as a discretionary use is compatible with the other accepted uses at that location. This will help us increase our capacity and continue to grow.�


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Have been to this restaurant twice now and would never go back again. The first time was during the week and the food was average for a carvery and the waiting time for a table only about 10 minutes. Made the mistake of going back on a Sunday - waited 40 minutes for a table in a very crowded bar. Once seated then joined the very long queue for the carvery. There was only one person carving the meat and the queue was very slow moving. The potatoes and parships were undercooked and tasteless and the other veg overcooked. They have the cheek to charge more on a Sunday too! This wasn't lunchtime it was 5.30 p.m. Goodness knows what it is like at lunchtime. This restaurant needs more people carving the meat and less people walking around asking you if everything is OK. My advice? Go somewhere else.
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Celebs Eating: See What Hilary Duff, the Vamps + More Ate This Week! [PHOTOS]
Summer may be winding down, but celebs — and their amazing meals — are only heating up! We're not ashamed to admit that we love seeing what's cooking with our favorite stars and living vicariously through their awesome food choices. Check out the photos below to see what celebs ate this week!


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The Federal Communications Commission once again has the Internet in its sights. And once again, the FCC needs to be stopped.
Julius Genachowski, FCC chairman, has announced that the commission will take up a new strategy for regulating the Internet at its Dec. 21 meeting. New or not, the FCC is pushing what is known as "net neutrality," rules that forbid Internet service providers from blocking lawful content.
The fear this regulation seeks to find off is that ISPs that are also content providers might seek an advantage for their own material by blocking material from other content providers, thus blocking the freedom of the Internet.
If this were indeed a problem, then it might be time for the FCC to step in. But it isn't and most likely won't ever become one. Consumers like open access and if that access becomes less open, it is far more than likely that consumers would simply switch ISPs. It is how the free-market works.
But the biggest concern is that the FCC technically doesn't have the statutory authority to regulate the Internet in this way. A federal appeals court confirmed that ruling in April. Congress also stymied a previous attempt by the FCC to gain more control over the Internet.
The current proposal by the FCC is certainly less invasive than previous attempts. But if approved, it would be the crack in the door the FCC has been seeking to control what is and should be a free enterprise. Just one crack could easily lead to rate regulation, detailed mandates and perhaps even censorship. And certainly would lead to drawn-out court battles that could deter further development of the full potential of the Internet.
The FCC should drop this proposal. Once again.
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