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120 West Vernon Street, Manchester 48158
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08/05/2016 at $200,000
This is an incredible house! Over 2,300 sq.ft. of living space! Quality finishes include a custom kitchen with stainless appliances and solid surface countertops....gorgeous! Beautiful wood floors in this fantastic house and an absolutely beautiful staircase! The woodwork is fabulous! Wonderful decor and is move in ready! The lower level...wow...it has a family room, full bath, kitchen, and bedroom! Wonderful for the extended family and it has its own private entrance. The oversized yard features a large garden area and there is a fire pit for relaxing around on a summer night! I just can't say enough about this home ...you must see it! Wonderful location to the village, schools and parks. Very easy to make a 4th bedroom upstairs. Totally remodeled and perfect!
Property Information
- Status
- Sold
- Address
- 120 West Vernon Street
- City
- Manchester
- Zip
- 48158
- County
- Washtenaw
- Township
- Manchester Vlg
- Possession
- Zoning
- Res
- Listing Date
- 06/13/2016
- Total Finished SqFt
- 2,358
- Lower Finished SqFt
- 800
- Above Grade SqFt
- 1,558
- Garage Desc.
- Detached, Door Opener
- Water
- Public
- Sewer
- Public
- Year Built
- 1920
- Home Style
- 2 Story, Colonial
- Summer Taxes
- $629
- Winter Taxes
- $1,239
- Association Fee
- $0
Rooms and Land
- MasterBedroom
- 1st Floor
- Bedroom2
- 2nd Floor
- Bedroom3
- Lower Floor
- Dining
- 1st Floor
- Family
- Lower Floor
- Kitchen
- 1st Floor
- Living
- 1st Floor
- Basement
- Daylight, Finished, Full, Walkout
- Cooling
- Central
- Heating
- Forced Air, Gas
- Acreage
- 0.45
- Appliances
- Dishwasher, Disposal, Range/Oven, Refrigerator
- Fireplace Desc.
- Gas, One
- Interior Features
- 1st Floor Master, Ceiling Fan(s)
- Exterior Materials
- Brick/Vinyl
- Exterior Features
- Cable Available, Invisible Fence, Porch
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Hong Kong Maritime Museum has set sail on a voyage to develop partnerships with countries that share a rich sea-going history, starting with Chile.
In a symbolic move seen as a transpacific handshake, the museum signed a co-operation agreement on Friday with the National Maritime Museum in the port city of Valparaiso.
As part of the deal, the museum at Central's Pier 8 got a present in the form of a model ship, the General Baquedano.
The vessel, Chile's first naval training ship, was launched at the turn of the 20th century and sailed into Hong Kong in 1900.
Chile's consul in Hong Kong, Mario Artaza, said the memorandum of understanding was about trust between two old friends.
"We're two economies of the Pacific and we're not unknown to each other, and in today's world scenario, you must work alongside those you really trust and understand," he said.
Hong Kong Maritime Museum director Richard Wesley said the deal would cover staff exchanges and collection loans between the two museums.
The museum plans to sign similar deals with Macau's maritime museum and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
A guest at Friday's signing was the secretary general of the Chilean Navy, Rear Admiral Humberto Ramirez, 53, who said the pact was also about staying connected despite the distance.


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A Process for Reclaiming Your Life
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Mediobanca: A Titan Trembles
For Milan's discreet financial powerbrokers, it was a rare bare-knuckled confrontation. In September, dissident shareholders of Italy's largest merchant bank, Mediobanca, publicly lambasted Chief Executive Vincenzo Maranghi for flouting the bank's own rules and ignoring the interests of investors. Then, tension mounted for weeks as the rebel shareholders openly plotted to install a new chairman over Maranghi and bring the management to heel. Never before in the history of obsessively secretive Mediobanca had such flagrant boardroom discord erupted in public.
The opposition forces failed to win enough backing at an Oct. 28 board meeting to sack Chairman Francesco Cingano. But the revolt nevertheless signals a seismic shift in Italian finance. Founded just after World War II as a vehicle to help rebuild Italian industry, Mediobanca has long been the covert power behind Italy Inc. For years it provided the only source of private capital in the country's state-dominated economy, and often took stakes in the many enterprises it funded. But now, critics charge that the influence it enjoys through its cross-holdings, industrial alliances, and shareholder pacts is wielded more for power than for profit. Worse, at a time when Italy is becoming more integrated into a united Europe, this blocks a much-needed consolidation of Italian companies, undercuts competition, and thwarts the modernization of the country's financial system.
The struggle to drag Mediobanca into the 21st century is just beginning and could take at least a year to play out. But as antitrust watchdogs begin circling, investors agitate for reforms, and competitors pry away more business, there is a growing sense that clinging to the old ways is a losing cause for Mediobanca. "We are witnessing an unprecedented battle for transparency and accountability of the management of Mediobanca," says Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffe, a professor of strategic management at Bocconi University in Milan. "It will be forced to change."
A key step in making that happen, critics say, is the ouster of Maranghi. Hand-picked by Mediobanca's founder, Enrico Cuccia, who ran the bank from 1946 until his death in June, 2000, Maranghi, 65, carried on Cuccia's tradition of operating as an all-powerful overlord unaccountable to shareholders. Mediobanca executives still refuse to meet with analysts or grant interviews to journalists. Requests for information are directed to the company's Web site. You won't easily find Mediobanca's headquarters, a tightly guarded 17th-century palazzo off central Milan's Piazza della Scala; there's no nameplate on the door.
But powerful forces are determined to push open that door and change the bank's culture. Leading the charge are two of Italy's biggest commercial banks, UniCredito Italiano and Capitalia (formerly Banca di Roma), which are also Mediobanca's two biggest shareholders. "Mediobanca is not playing the role it should of supporting industry," says UniCredito CEO Alessandro Profumo. While criticisms like this aren't new, few executives voiced them openly until recent weeks. Now, even the country's top banking authority has entered the debate. On Sept. 25, Antonio Fazio, governor of the Bank of Italy, called for a "needed renewal" of Mediobanca as a financial institution.
With Maranghi battling on all fronts, Mediobanca's investment banking business is under pressure from tougher competition and the bear market. For the fiscal year ended June 30, Mediobanca's profit dropped 14%, to $255 million, on revenue that fell 35%, to $1.14 billion. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, write-downs of its holdings resulted in a $346 million loss. The bank's shares--viewed as a proxy for Italian industry because of its diverse holdings--have plunged 40% this year.
In fact, Mediobanca's shares are trading at a 35% discount to the market value of its assets. Those assets would soar in value if Maranghi were ousted, a recent poll of Italian fund managers concluded, because investors would then expect Mediobanca to be split in two--a holding company with industrial stakes and an investment bank--unleashing a wave of stock sales, consolidation, and restructuring across Italy. Suddenly in play would be a treasure trove of assets ranging from Europe's No. 3 insurer, Assicurazioni Generali, to HdP, the parent of media group RCS and Italy's largest newspaper, Corriere della Sera.
Generali, in fact, has become a sore point with shareholders. Antitrust officials are investigating Mediobanca's impact on competition in the insurance industry, putting the bank in an unwanted spotlight. And shareholders are enraged by Maranghi's summary firing of Generali CEO Gianfranco Gutty on Sept. 12 without consulting the Mediobanca board. Maranghi replaced Gutty with a 78-year-old former partner at French investment bank Lazard Freres, Antoine Bernheim, who reestablished ties with Maranghi after having been ousted himself from Generali's management in 1999. With three chairmen in less than four years, investors worry that the performance of the $230-billion-in-assets Generali is being hurt. "Mediobanca doesn't care about value generation," says one Milan-based bank analyst. "Generali's strong brand is not being exploited to advantage." Indeed, Generali's shares have plunged 55% since the beginning of last year.
In Milan's stylish corridors of power, Italian bankers and industry chieftains concede that removing Maranghi won't be easy. For one, he can count on the support of shareholders who are also creditors and fear Mediobanca's wrath. He also controls a cash hoard of some $1 billion, generated partly by the recent sale of some industrial stakes. In June, Maranghi wrested a deal away from the clutches of UniCredito and Capitalia by paying cash-starved Fiat a rich price for a 34% stake in its Ferrari unit. "This was Maranghi saying: `I'm the most important banker in Italy,"' says one Milan bank analyst.
To bolster his position, the embattled Maranghi has brought new shareholders into Mediobanca. French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré, Generali Chairman Bernheim, French insurer Groupama, and the family owners of aerospace group Dassault Aviation together hold at least 7%. The French may stick by Maranghi, despite Mediobanca's mediocre performance, to get a seat at the head table of Italian dealmaking. "Maranghi is definitely a good fighter," says Gabriele Capolino, director of the financial daily Milano Finanza. "He gives his best when on the ropes." The trouble is, the longer Maranghi stays, the higher the price that Mediobanca, and Italy Inc., will pay.
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Santa Pod (the fast show)
British MXGP
World championship super moto (Mallory Park)
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Daily Sport girl next door
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MPG Girl competition (London-Pynk Studios)
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vogue-models.co.uk & soul model management
Envy London Photpgraphy (Micheal Lewis)
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Harry Pseftoudis shoot for publication&syndication
George Richardson shoot for publication&syndication
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Face of - http://www.juniperbeach.co.uk/
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Spain 10 day art nude shoot/project
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Elton John
Paloma Faith
Justin Bieber
Juicy couture
Eden Sessions
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Feterati Girls latex catwalk show 2012
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MissTerri calendars
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Underlying credit trends continue to improve. The bank said it expects to release $150 million in reserves in its card and auto loan division in the fourth quarter. It also expects to release more mortgage reserves if charge offs continue to trend down.
The bank reported a Basel III Tier I Common Capital of 9.3% at the end of the third quarter. Management said during the media call that it still plans to finish the year with a target of 9.5%.
It also said that the bank's legal issues would not interfere with its plans to buy back shares or pay dividend.
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5 features that will revolutionize your smartphone in the next 5 years.
Stop for a moment. Reach into your pocket and pull out your phone. Take a long hard look at it. If you were reading this 5 years ago you would quite literally be pulling out a "phone" — a device whose primary purpose was telephony (a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound), not unlike Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone from 1876. In the past 5 years the phone has evolved so drastically that calling it a phone is simply a misnomer. We read news, write emails, check Facebook, listen to music, take pictures, and play games far more than we talk on our phones. The iPhone was a game changer essentially revolutionizing the way we connect with the world, but also the way we connect with personal devices.
By relying on a large and precise touchscreen screen rather than an array of fixed buttons, the iPhone and subsequent smartphones became chameleon digital appliances, instantly transforming for any necessary function, be it a telephone, a thermometer, or calendar. But what truly made the modern smartphone revolutionary was its combination of I/O (input/out), which allowed almost endless functional possibilities when combined with software. The first iPhone featured a capacitive touchscreen, accelerometer, camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microphone, speaker, light/proximity sensor, and a high-speed 30-pin data connector. Future smartphones would add front-facing cameras for video-conferencing, GPS, gyroscopes, NFC (Near-Field Communication), and better/faster versions of pretty much every earlier feature.
So if this revolutionary transformation of the telephone all occurred in just the last 5 years, what will the next 5 years look like? What kinds of new features can we expect? Given the fierce competition between iOS and Android, (and to a lesser extent Windows Phone and BlackBerry), and the disruptive growth of mobile devices, we're certain to see some incredible progress. Here are 5 features and improvements that will transform smartphones (again) in the next 5 years.
1. The Screen
Given the incredible quality of current mobile screens, resolution will no longer be a selling point 5 years from now. The idea behind Apple's present "Retina Display" is that at a resolution of 326 ppi, the iPhone's screen is sharper than the human eye can perceive. Resolution has plateaued. While screens will improve incrementally, we won't see leaps and bounds in image reproduction. However, current capacitive screens have one major shortcoming. While they're quite accurate, and can process multiple inputs at once, they cannot translate the quality of a touch. They don't know a gentle caress from a frustrated prod. Not to get poetic about touchscreens, but without pressure sensitivity our current touchscreens are simply incomplete. Just imagine the possibly of painting, or playing a game, or playing a musical instrument on a touchscreen that responds dynamically to input pressure.
There have been some workarounds and hacks. For instance, GarageBand on the iPhone and iPad uses the device's accelerometer to measure the force of the initial impact of fingers hitting the screen, and translates this data into virtual piano dynamics. Unfortunately this technique wouldn't work for a virtual paintbrush, which oscillates in pressure multiple times in the course of just a single stroke. It's a neat parlor trick, but it's not a true pressure-sensitivity solution.
Another technique is the Wacom Tablet approach, which would use a stylus to measure pressure and then relays the data back to the device via Bluetooth. This would be great for sketching and painting; but one thing we've learned in the past 5 years is that the masses don't want to carry a stylus, especially one that would be bulky enough to house its own battery.
Given how mobile devices are rapidly turning into digital canvases, you can be sure that there are plenty of great minds devoted to making the perfect capacitive pressure-sensitive touchscreen.
2. The Camera
The smartphone has essentially killed off the point-and-shoot digital camera. With current smartphones sensors ranging from 5-12 megapixels and shooting video at full 1080p HD, there's no reason to carry around a dedicated device when you have a decent camera with you at all times. Add to that the fact that smartphone cameras are connected to some of the most amazing filters and effects, and are completely social. Just look at Instagram.
While smartphone cameras will surely improve in terms of ISO and megapixelage (a measurement which is becoming less and less important), the true leap will be the "Smart Camera." If you want to see a current example of a Smart Camera, just look at Microsoft's Kinect. Simply put, Kinect is the future. I would argue that Kinect is Microsoft's most revolutionary achievement, since Windows is derivative, and Office is… office.
It's said that half of in-person communication is through body language. Imagine a device understands who you are, and how you move in space. Perhaps your phone looks at your face and based on your disposition plays the right tune to match your mood. Or just as with Kinect, you can use your body to play and interact with your mobile device.
The technology is already there. It's just a matter of scaling it down and optimizing it for mobile devices.
3. Voice Control
The human voice is our most accurate, natural, and effective mechanism for communicating and interfacing with the world. Consider that a newborn is prewired to communicate with sound way before it has any dexterity or physical control. What's more, most of us can hear a pitch and reproduce the exact frequency using our voice, without training or even knowing how we're able to. Think about it this way… if I hum A440 — the note "A" on a keyboard with a frequency of 440hz – your brain is so sharp that it can literally count the frequency and make your vocal chords replicate it perfectly. On the other hand, if I show you a basket of apples, the chances of you perfectly guessing how many there are after just a glace, are almost nil. That's the power of our vocal system.
We're already seeing the power of Voice Control with Siri on the iPhone. Rather than relying on commands, Siri uses "natural speech" – a technique that interprets diction and syntax the same way people do, rather than responding to the pattern of a sound wave like older voice-recognition systems have.
While Siri is great for some things, Voice Control is still in its infancy and has a ways to go. Even Apple acknowledges this much. Siri is technically in Beta, despite being one of the key features and selling points of the iPhone 4S. This is quite unusual for the Cupertino giant which usually doesn't release products until they're fully baked.
Five years from now, Voice Control will always be on, always be listening, and ready to comply whenever needed. It's self-defeating if we have to use our hands to activate Voice Control, as we currently do. Right now, another major bottleneck is data connectivity. Siri has to record what the user is saying, send it to its servers for processing, then retransmit the results back to the device. This makes sense if we're searching the outside world for answers, but is redundant if we want Siri to do something locally, like playing a U2 song on the device.
Voice Control in the future will be an order of magnitude better either by way of faster network connectivity, or by a more efficient combination of local and cloud databases.
4. Projector
Ever since we saw R2D2 beaming Princess Leia's desperate plea, we've beamed about the possibilities projectors would bring. For the past several years, we've been hearing about video projectors entering our smartphones. Texas Instruments has dramatically scaled down its DLP (Digital Light Projection) technology into what it calls Pico Projectors. These projectors measure just millimeters in width and height. The technology is not new, and even found its way into smartphones as far back as 2009. However, the devices were bulky, suffered terrible battery life, and not surprisingly, didn't catch on.
The future of projectors in smartphones and mobile devices is not simply about watching movies on a big screen when we go camping. It's about using the projector in concert with Voice Control and Smart Cameras to create fundamentally different interactive experiences with our smartphones and mobile devices. Just imagine the possibilities for gaming if your smartphone is at once a big-screen TV, a game console, and a completely innovative controller akin to Kinect. Or in the spirit of every futuristic sci-fi computer interface, imagine waving your hands through thin air to effect and move objects on screen.
One of the problems keeping this from happening is that we expect thinner and thinner smartphones. While Pico Projectors have shrunk dramatically, they've been outpaced by the devices expected to house them. Another limitation is luminance. The smaller the projector, the less light it outputs. A company called MicroVision has created a laser-based Pico Projector. Using a laser not only provides higher luminance in a smaller package, but because laser is in essence concentrated light, the device does not require the added bulk of a mechanical focusing mechanism. No matter where you beam from, the image is always in focus. That's a must for a device that will constantly be moved around.
5. Inter-device communication
Every feature I've mentioned thus far pertains to how we will interact with our smartphones and mobile devices in the next 5 years. But what of the devices themselves? How will they communicate and interact with one another? Right now, smartphones talk through systems like Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Google has been fist to market with its NFC-based Google Wallet in some of its Android phones. Google Wallet uses NFC, which is build using a technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), as a payment method – swipe your phone instead of your credit card. It makes sense integrating payment systems into smartphones. The user is offered spatially/temporally relevant deals in exchange for metrics and insight into his or her consumption habits. NFC can also be used pay bridge and subway tolls, as well as clock in to work.
But NFC must be used in close proximity to other devices, and is not a high-bandwidth conduit like Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi and derivative systems like Apple's AirPlay can be used to beam videos to TVs or music to portable speakers. But while Wi-Fi (and AirPlay) is fast and getting even faster, one of its limitations is the need for a wireless router. Basically, you can't connect two devices directly to one another without having a wireless router in between. Fortunately new standards like Wi-Fi Direct are emerging, which let devices communicate and transmit large amounts of data without the need for an intermediary wireless network.
Five years from now, you will be able to enter a store or restaurant and have access to a wealth of information without having to search for it. Devices will recognize each other, and will automatically calibrate based on use-habits and context. You may, for instance, walk into a clothing boutique and instantly receive a rendered video of not only what you would look like wearing their latest garments, but how you would look in various social settings – all compiled from for your photos and social network data. Another example – you might be taking a stroll around your neighborhood. When you get home, your smartphone will share with you all the things it has collected; an album from a music bar, a new recipe an Italian restaurant is showcasing, a short story a neighbor is sharing. You get the idea.
Take another look at your "phone." Hardly a phone, is it? These are just some of the things we can expect in the next 5 years. It's difficult to even imagine what we'll have in 10 years, or 15 years, given how much things have changed in the last handful. So, what do you think smartphones are going to look like in 5 years?


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Turning Over a New Leaf
"Would you want to sell it to me?" the young automotive mechanics boss, Ed, asked Indeana, my daughter. "I am looking for a powerful truck like this for myself." Indeana inherited this mammoth machine from her recently deceased friend. The truck had been sitting around for a while and she wanted to get it checked out for her mother's sake.
"No, I don't think so," was her response. "My mother wants to use this truck instead of her little Ford Focus once you have fixed what needs fixing. Can you imagine an eighty-eight year old woman driving this he-man truck, this deep black Toyota Tundra V8, all side windows tinted dark, the passenger seat piled high with CD's, the backseat taken up by powerful speakers? Actually she doesn't care for this kind of CD's and wants the speakers taken out, but still … "
"Maybe she wants to turn over a new leaf," retorted Ed without batting an eye. "You never know. More power to her!"
I am the little old woman in this story and haven't met Ed the truck mechanic yet, but like him already. What a considerate, even warm-hearted response, instead of snickering and making fun of an old lady seemingly wanting to have one last kick at the can by bombing around in this intimidating monster truck.
To tell the truth, though, I have decided to relocate from the flat and easy to cycle farming country of Lacombe, Alberta, to the physically demanding mountain town of Canmore in the Rockies, the high-burg of cross-country skiing and cycling. I have fond memories of training and competing at the Canmore Nordic Centre, built for the 1988 Olympics. It continues to host countless world-class competitions since. The first event of note at the then barely finished Nordic Centre (and miles of challenging trails!) were the 1987 Canadian Masters' Cross Country Ski Championships. That was my launch to Masters' World Cup Competitions. No wonder Canmore occupies a special spot in my heart. Since my youngest daughter―who is calling Canmore home for some time already ― is much of the same ilk now as I was at her age, I took her up on her invitation to share a home with her. I still can enjoy much of what Canmore has to offer while most of my physical facilities are still intact. I consider this opportunity an exciting new lease on life. "Turning a new leaf" all right, before it gets too late for skiing, hiking and cycling.
That brings me back to that loaded Toyota Tundra V8; I want to use it for moving horse-fence panels and other large items still stored where Indeana used to run a string of riding horses at Gull Lake. I want to bring it all to Canmore where she is "horsing around" now. My lovely little car can't handle such items. I intend to start a new garden on part of Indeana's horse paddock near where she lives, although I am very much aware that there will be more gardening challenges than one can shake a stick at. Not only will I have to build up a layer of fertile soil on the rocky ground, I will also need those fence panels and even chicken wire to keep out scores of―oh so cute―bunnies that abound around there. Horses will love my veggies, as well. Not to forget the high-jumping elk. And then I am not supposed to raise berries because they attract bears … well …
Challenges are there to be overcome. Speaking of―happily― "turning over a new leaf!"
Turning Over A New Leaf
Turning Over a New Leaf
Petition to Extend Age Categories at the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games
July 17, 2015,
At the Cycling and Athletic Venues of the Alberta 55plus Summer Games.
To Lea Dashkewytch, President
and the Board of Directors of the Alberta 55 Plus Games.
Please note the included petition to extend the age categories of women cyclists to at least the age category of men cyclists, which is 75plus. More going with the times would be 85plus, like the track and field competitors enjoy. After all, Cycling is an athletic endeavour, just like running, jumping and throwing!
This is a similar petition to the one already handed in to the Board of Directors after the Alberta 55Plus Summer Games in 2013, without the desired results. It appears that when these wonderful, health-promoting games started 35 years ago, no women cyclists 75-plus years of age came forward to participate, but times have changed. People now live healthier and longer lives. More people than ever before are actively involved in keeping themselves fit to a high age. Some enjoy competing in sports, like they did in younger years. These people set high goals for themselves. They are a good example that human beings can be healthy in mind and body for a long life and these are the people who do not burden society and the health care system with high expenses, even at a high age!
Here is a quote taken from the internet in regards to the Alberta 55plus Games Association; "The Association believes that sport and recreation for mature adults is a provincial issue. It has a direct bearing on the quality of life in this province. It can become a way of life for the individual and the province as a whole. That is the ideal. We are working to make it a reality."
We enthusiastic and fit older athletes come close to this ideal, but it is humanly impossible to keep "up to speed" with our adult children as we are expected to at present. It is impossible to even win a place to the games in the play-offs for someone who is 10-20 and more years older than others in her 65-plus age category. Are we older athletes supposed to "throw in the towel"? "Retire" from competing because we can't be faster than our offspring at play-off time to qualify for the games?
We hope the Board of Directorswill agree to increase the age category for women to the same age as men, to at least 75-plus, but 85 plus―as in athletics―would be more fair for women AND men cyclists!
Respectfully yours
Margrit de Graff (With ALL approached backing up this request, wholeheartedly.)
P.S. My daughter (64) and I (88) didn't approach more than 55 competitors because that seemed to be a good number ―a good omen! That's our world; more power to 55-plus―and beyond!
Cc The Honourable Sarah Hoffman, Minister of Health for Alberta.
Reaction to a Petition
…signed by a group of people asking the City of Lacombe Council to stop trains from engaging warning whistle at railway crossings.
For most of my long life I have lived in the country, away from any noise. Especially the 40-odd years before moving into Lacombe it was so quiet where we lived, we could have heard a needle drop. When the time came to move into town I was lucky enough to find a place at the edge of Lacombe, with only one neighbour to the north, the other three sides open country. Perfect! Or so I thought until I happened to be there one day―before moving in― between 5:00 and 7:30 pm –rush hour! I was just wondering if I would ever get used to one car after the other zipping by both sides of my new home―when the train let loose with its powerful horn! I didn't think I would ever get used to THAT, yet!
A lady walked by with her dog and I asked her, "Do you live in this neighbourhood?"
"Yes," she replied.
"Does the train whistle bother you?"
"Not at all, one gets used to it. I actually like it. It's a sound of home." And so I came to think as well, after living with it now for eight years. It IS a sound of home! I wake up to the train's horn in the morning, when it is time to wake up, anyhow. Late at night the train's horn reminds me that it is high time for bed. It has never woken me when asleep and I find the sound familiar and re-assuring, often remembering that at one time it saved my life.
I was driving on the gravelled part of the Calgary-Edmonton Trail from Blackfalds to Lacombe. Just before the trail crosses the railway tracks and highway 2A south of Lacombe towards the Experimental Farm, there is a cluster of trees concealing the tracks. With that and my car radio on I neither saw nor heard the train coming. The trail curves around the trees and one finds oneself at the tracks rather suddenly and so did I when the blast by the train's horn stopped me "dead in my tracks", so to speak. Only a split second later I would have been ON the tracks! If it wouldn't have been for the ear-shattering train whistle I would have "died in my tracks" for sure!
Please keep the train whistles going as long as there are no barriers coming down automatically at every railway crossing in the country! There is no way to save lives more economically!
Let's not forget that Lacombe came into existence because of the railway, not the other way around. As for me, I like to see – and hear―the train go by. To me it personifies lively trade and commerce, bustling activity. Just watch the sea cans coming from everywhere in the world sitting on flatbeds going by! Isn't that exciting? The train's whistle thrown in makes just the right mix. Come on! Look at it this way; see the bright side of things, don't be morons. Enjoy!
Back from the 2014 Canada 55+ Games
Gallery on Main May 2014
This is a rather skimpy replica of the well-attended reading at the Gallery on Main in Lacombe on May 23, 2014. Reported by Brian Vossen, Editor of the Lacombe Express, published by Black Press. I will try to get a better copy of this article out, soon. Anyhow, that's Yours Truly reading to the "riveted" listeners.


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" Archaelogical site. "
The sun was beating down despite the early morning and I scuffed the toe of my flip flop in the dust and looked around for shade. Having got over the flight and the car journey, The Boyfriend and I had enjoyed a few lazy days sitting on the patio at his mum's house and finally managed to drag ourselves up early enough for a day out. Together with his little brother we stood high up the sun-baked mountain of Castellon Alto outside a single storey white building, watching lizards and calling each other names.
The Boyfriend's stepdad emerged with a smile under his sunglasses to announce that we could head inside. The guide who was charged with opening and shutting the gates for the tour had half expected more people, but given that the opening time was long gone and even by laid back Spanish standards (she'd arrived well after us and we weren't on time) they were spectacularly late, she'd decided to go ahead. Inside, the building was chilly, but after the temperature inside the local cave houses I'd been expecting it and stole The Boyfriend's jumper. We sat down on the hard wooden benches in front of the screen, the lights dimmed and the show began.
The first step of the tour is a discovery channel style projection, well illustrated and informative, it recreates the lives of the Bronze Age inhabitants of the cave town. With all the usual computer imagery, this details how they kept their water, their animals and their homes. Anyone who has studied history (that'll be me then!) knows that the differences between a past people and modern society are the key to understanding them, but if we're honest, it's always the similarities which bring them to life. Between 1900 and 1600 BC, Castellon Alto was a thriving community and since the settlement fell into disuse it's remained fairly untouched. The show can be watched in a few languages, we chose English for the benefit of myself and The Boyfriend, his stepdad and brother both speaking fluent Spanish and English.
After the show, we smiled our thanks and shuffled out through the shop of replica pots and guidebooks. The guide, a short friendly looking woman in black, locked up and we started up the hill through a haze of heat to see it all for real.
The first time we glimpsed Castellon Alto from the road a few years ago, I was intrigued. Ten minutes drive from the town of Galera, Castellon Alto is a magnificent cliff of a place and the views of the surrounding farmland and dried up ravines are worth the trip alone. Looking from a distance, the thick layers of sediment, the stalactites and stalagmites, form an immense sculpture of rock riddled with caves.
Modern Galera is no different, with almost all the houses either cave houses or part cave. As you drive through this part of Spain, cave houses are common and often you can think an area totally uninhabited until you spot the garage door and satellite dish in the side of the hill. Looking at the layers of homes embedded in the mountains, there seems little difference between then and now.
Our guide swung the gate open at the top of the hill and sat down to rest while we looked around. The sheer drop is the first thing to catch your eye and we began at the top of the hill. The original paths are still cut into the rock, assisted here and there by metal steps or occasionally barriers at the steepest points. Disobedient children or clumsy tourists should be warned, the Spanish don't really do health and safety and one wrong step could potentially send you flying. In fact, the same thing happened to plenty of Bronze Age people, whose bones were discovered at the bottom.
Following the paths, the burial holes at the side have been unsealed and replica skeletons put in to represent the ones removed. This has been done very sympathetically, with the original position of the bodies and the grave goods maintained. Pots from the kiln further down the mountain lie in the dust and a fully thatched replica house with textiles and firewood gives a good idea of size. The low remaining walls of the houses are reminiscent of Pompeii, with doorways and the holes, which carried hinges from wooden doors clearly visible.
Overall, the site is huge and we enjoyed it in total isolation, wandering as we pleased. The Boyfriend's little brother lay in a burial hole, aping the position of the skeletons for a photo; we pretended to push The Boyfriend over the edge of the cliff (which made him really angry, although it was a joke he'd started first); The Boyfriend's Stepded translated the Spanish from the well placed and frequent information plaques. Between us, we discussed the Bronze Age lifestyle and individually lingered to see or read more on the bits that interested us most. The roofed pool where water was stored is mostly intact, there are details of the grains found in the houses to show what people ate and the burials are all around you in the walls of the houses.
It seems almost unfair to put this in the category of sightseeing, it's as though you've unintentionally stumbled across the site and the view over the valley and stopped to enjoy a well-informed wander. There are a few stories surrounding the discovery of the Alto, the main one being that the skeletons and pots were unearthed accidentally by a local shepherd. However, it has only entered public consciousness in the last 20 years, remaining free of grave robbers, and nearby Orce holds the discovery of human bone reputed to be 1.5 million years old. (If confirmed this would be the oldest huminid palaeontology discovery in Europe.) Even after trekking all the way round, you still haven't seen it all. There are caves at the bottom which are as yet un-excavated and could only really be reached by abseiling, areas which remain untouched due to the significance of the finds on top of them and places which no-one has yet had the opportunity to look at.
We spent a couple of hours at the site and it would be perfectly possible to spend more depending on your level of interest. The Boyfriend's Stepdad paid for the four of us as a treat, so I'm not certain of the exact price, although I think it was around 11 Euros.
Climbing back up the mountain, we stopped at the gate to have our questions translated for the guide, who proved to be very knowledgeable and subsequently turned out to also work at the museum in Galera when we arrived there. The Alto makes for an amazing and very complete visit on it's own, but I'd certainly recommend visiting the museum in Galera alongside it. This has lots of artefacts and a well preserved Bronze Age body complete with hair and spears lying in the centre hall.
Getting back in the hot car, we were still talking about it. There are toilets, a small shop and an exhibition at the site, but even the least fanciful visitor could visualise the Bronze Age tribe alone on the windswept mountainside, looking out over the plains.
For the best picture of the site, see <.http://www.huescar.org/mm/stationery/SlideShow/galera23.jpg>
Or for more information on the local area < http://www.casas-cueva.es/WEB.CUEVAS/ingles/galera.htm >
All the information at the site can be provided in English tour guide pamphlets at no extra charge.
Archaelogical site. Just 1km from the centre of Galera on the left bank of the Galera River, Castellon Alto was once home to the el Algar people during the lat Bronze Age.


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Tarentum Council president to face trial on theft charges
The criminal case against Tarentum Borough's council president started because his wife turned him in to state police.
Trooper Alfonso Santucci testified on Monday that council President Timothy Kurt Rapp's wife, Robin, showed up at the state police barracks in Kittanning on Feb. 3 with photos she said showed stolen tools and other items from his long-time employer, ATI-Allegheny Ludlum.
Following the preliminary hearing on charges of theft and receiving stolen property, Harmar District Judge David J. Sosovicka ordered Rapp to stand trial.
Rapp, 56, of 204 E. Ninth Ave., Tarentum, remains on council. He entered a not guilty plea before Sosovicka on Monday.
Santucci testified Robin Rapp said her husband brought the items home in an ATI truck or inside a backpack at the end of a shift. The ATI items, found in Rapp's basement and garage, ranged from gloves valued at less than $5 to a thermometer worth more than $500, The total value was $4,562, the trooper said.
Santucci said the stolen items were returned to ATI.
Rapp worked about 38 years for the company until February. Most recently, he repaired cranes.
Defense attorney Francis C. Rapp Jr., who is Tim Rapp's cousin, questioned if all of the items in the state police report had been taken by Rapp or given to him by someone else.
He said a firefighter helmet valued at nearly $600 was given to Rapp about 10 years ago by a fired employee and argued the defendant didn't know it had been stolen.
Attorney Rapp also said it was routine and acceptable for Allegheny Ludlum employees to take tools or other items no longer being used by the company rather than scrap them.
Timothy Rapp was appointed to Tarentum Council in 2004 and elected as a First Ward councilman in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009 and 2013.
Chuck Biedka is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-226-4711 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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U.S. airlines are getting a lot of attention of late, with dire tales of gridlocked traffic and passengers trapped for hours because of weather problems, stretched-thin logistics chains and full flights. It's a zoo out there, which is good for business aviation because the alternative has never looked worse.
"Civil aviation in the United States is at a tipping point," said Delta Air Lines COO James Whitehurst, testifying on July 19 before the U.S. Senate subcommittee on energy, natural resources and infrastructure. "Over the next decade, commercial aviation either will continue to grow and fuel our entire national economy, driving upward of $1.2 trillion in U.S. economic activity and 11.4 million U.S. jobs, or it will slide into a troubled and unreliable system plagued by inadequate infrastructure and facilities that are unable to meet the demands of the flying and shipping public."
While what Whitehurst said is probably true, the airlines are also trying to shift blame onto business aviation, claiming that business jet operators are not paying their fair share of ATC costs and that they are not subject to the same delay-causing constraints that affect the airlines.
The airline's lobbying group, the Air Transport Association (ATA), has asked the FAA to impose the same constrictions on business jet traffic flying out of Teterboro as it does on airlines using the big three New York-area airports–Newark, La Guardia and Kennedy–ignoring the fact that air traffic controllers cannot play favorites between airline and general aviation aircraft. "Since corporate jet flights now represent roughly 30 percent of all New York terminal radar approach control activity," the association wrote in a July 2 press release, "ATA has asked the FAA to impose restrictions on operators that today may be unaffected by ground delay programs."
In fact, ground delays occur at general aviation airports. At the end of June, for example, an ATC advisory constrained departures from Teterboro (and other New York-area airports) to South Florida due to thunderstorms and high traffic volume.
NBAA responded to the July 2 ATA release, pointing out that:
• Department of Transportation (DOT) data show that almost all delays are caused by weather and the airlines themselves.
• General aviation aircraft rarely use the same airports as the airlines: FAA traffic data for 2006 reveals that, at the nation's 10 busiest airports, general aviation accounts for less than 4 percent of all aircraft operations. Furthermore, general aviation aircraft operators prefer to fly above and below the altitudes used by the airlines; the operators also commonly have the ability to change schedules and flight routes, all helping to reduce aviation system congestion.
• The number of turbine business aircraft in the U.S., which the airlines blame for system congestion, is deceptive because the figure overlooks the fact that turbine business aircraft average only about 370 flight hours per year– less than 10 percent of the flight hours averaged by each aircraft in an airline's fleet. The hours flown by business aircraft have remained essentially constant for several years, while airport hub operations have increased.
• National Air Traffic Controllers Association president Patrick Forrey recently stated, "Severe weather accounts for over 70 percent of delays, which are exacerbated by the hub-and-spoke operation, and the rest is either airline staffing woes, air traffic controller staffing shortages or the airlines' own operations."
It is difficult to assign numbers to both sides of this issue. The airlines have plenty of statistics showing how often they are late or cancel flights, but the general aviation industry has no such statistics-keeping service. There are anecdotes: James Coyne, president of the National Air Transportation Association, mentioned at the June NATA Air Charter Summit that he had been delayed six hours one day in early June trying to depart from Teterboro in his King Air.
According to FlightStats, which tracks airline-delay statistics at 40 North American airports, June 2007 was one of the worst months for the airline business. "It's really bad out there," said a spokeswoman. But this past June wasn't the worst in the history of airlines, she added. "Other months this year have exceeded it in terms of certain length of delays."
Comparing the first six months of this year to the same period last year, FlightStats found that while total scheduled airline flights for those 40 airports decreased by 1 percent, on-time flights dropped by 6 percent. Cancellations were up 54 percent, and more flights were late (up 7 percent), very late (up 14 percent) or excessively late (up 23 percent). Late is defined by FlightStats as a flight delayed 15+ minutes; very late as delayed 30+ minutes; and excessive as delayed 45+ minutes.
For the month of June compared to the same month last year, total flights increased by 14 percent and on-time flights climbed 6 percent, but 133 percent more were cancelled, 24 percent more were late, 29 percent more were very late and 43 percent more were excessively late.
"Regardless of what ATA wants you to think," said AOPA president Phil Boyer, "every user of the National Airspace System feels the pain when severe weather limits the amount of traffic the system can handle. And the biggest issue confronting the airspace around New York is the overwhelming number of airliners scheduled in and out of three hub airports. Corporate aircraft using the area's satellite airports are routed under or around the paths flown by the airlines. And when that won't work, they sit on the ground, too."
There is no question that airline scheduling practices, weather and the limited number of airports that they serve are causing major traffic bottlenecks. What to do about these problems is still being debated. Some legislators think a segment fee for business jets will help pay for NextGen, which will allow ATC to handle a lot more traffic.
The Government Accountability Office has determined that the existing financing system can easily pay for the NextGen ATC upgrades needed to accommodate more traffic. Whatever method is used to pay for NextGen, perhaps someone needs to add in the legislation a requirement that delays for general aviation traffic be measured so that there are statistics to reveal how non-airline aircraft truly impact the U.S. air transportation system.


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Canadian food entrepreneur Peter Ricchio was sipping an espresso in a café in Venice, when he became transfixed by the pretty little packets of flavoured sugar on the table and the incredible sambuca flavour of his shot. Unbeknownst to him, the bartender had added only sugar to achieve to sambuca taste. He couldn't believe it wasn't the real, boozy deal, so he ordered a second and added the sugar himself.
Made in Novara, in Italy's Piedmont region – a place more famous for white truffles, Asti Spumante and the Turin winter Olympics – the sugar looks just like regular white table sugar (because it is), and the all-natural aromas and flavours are intense without being overly artificial tasting. Mr. Ricchio liked them so much, he started importing them to Canada, so we, deprived of Venetian cafés, could at least add a touch of Italian flair to our Timmy's.
Mr. Ricchio says the sugars have been embraced throughout Europe by barristos wishing to serve a traditional espresso corretto – espresso with a shot of sambuca – without having to serve liquor, and by bakers and chefs who use the stuff to add a sweet, subtle flavour of cinnamon or hazelnut to baking and cooking.
The flavoured sugars are delightful in coffee, tea, lattes and even cold drinks, but they're capable of so much more. Try rimming a cocktail glass with them or add a finishing sprinkle to cookies, scones, pastries and pies. A pinch of cocoa sugar in a dry rub for steak would add a welcome depth of flavour and the anise sugar over orange sorbet would create a tiger tail flavour – the stuff truly tastes like black jelly beans.
Where to buy: Novaroma Aromatized Sugar is currently available in gourmet shops in Ontario and Quebec, and in B.C. in the spring. Or order online from anywhere in Canada by visiting www.svlacosta.com. The individual sugar packets come in 400-gram boxes – that's 80 sachets of five flavours: anise, cocoa, hazelnut, vanilla and cinnamon, for a suggested price of $5.99.
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Around 4000 children are accidentally poisoned every year.
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High Chairs: Most accidents happen when Children fall out. Use a harness which goes over both shoulders. A crotch strap is essential and wheels must be lockable.
Stair Gates: Act as a barrier to prevent your child from falling downstairs - they can also fit into doorways.
Fire Guards: These should have a top as well as sides with hooks so it can be fixed to the wall.
Cooker guards, electric guards, kettle guards, cupboard locks are necessities in every home.
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Fitness Basics: Swimming Is for Everyone
No pain, plenty of gain from water workouts
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Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD
Angela Lane has great memories of swimming during her childhood, spending endless summer days at the pool to find refuge from the Arkansas heat. She became a lifeguard as a teen, and she swam for fitness during high school and college.
Two years ago, things were different. At age 31, Lane weighed 200 pounds. She hadn't been in a pool for more than 10 years.
She began a weight loss program, and started to think about exercising again.
"People would tell me, 'You need to run or walk,' but when I tried that, my ankles and knees hurt," she says. "When I finally realized I needed to exercise, I said, 'OK, what do I like?' because if you like it, you're going to do it more."
She took to the pool. Her first goal was completing just one lap.
"Each week, I would get stronger and stronger," says Lane. "Swimming really began to strengthen, condition, and tone my body without those harsh, jarring effects of some of those other exercise programs."
Lane, a makeup artist in Little Rock, Ark., didn't realize how much swimming was helping her until she took a business trip: "I was running through the airport with my carry-on bag and I started to think, 'Wow, this is easier.'"
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GRIEVING daughter Chris-tine Faulkenerhas been left distraught after thieves took every flower left on her mother's grave.
Mrs Faulkener, 60, of Chippenham, buried her mother on Friday, leaving several floral wreaths at her grave at Ladbrook Lane Cemetery, Corsham.
When her sister Mary returned to the grave on Saturday morning to take photographs for her mother's great grandchildren, who were unable to attend the funeral, she was shocked to discover the heads had been removed from every flower.
Mrs Faulkner said: "The flowers had been cut right off, every single one of them was missing.
"I searched the grave and the whole cemetery, in compost bins, even right down the lane, but I couldn't find them anywhere. If it was just vandals they would have left them on the grave, but someone's removed them.
"I'm doing everything I can in my power to find as much relief for me and my family as I can. I know there is no hope, I just think it's evil what they've done."
Mrs Faulkner's mother, Joan Hemmings, died on January 17, aged 83. She lived in Lacock, before moving to Corsham. She said: "She was well-liked, she worked for St John's Ambulance, and wouldn't do any harm to anyone. The cemetery has been really helpful, they couldn't believe it when we told them."
Mrs Faulkner is hoping anyone who was in the area between 3pm on Friday and 11am on Saturday may have seen something to help identify the culprit. She said: "I know there was a couple there walking at the same time, and another man nearby. I can't get it out of my head, I just keep wondering who it could be."
Ladbrook Cemetery is operated by Corsham Town Council. Peter Biggins, deputy town clerk and council burial officer, said: "I would like to offer my sympathy to Mrs Faulkner and her family for the distress that this incident has caused at such a sensitive and difficult time.
"I understand the police are aware of the incident and I hope that the person responsible for this callous and thoughtless act is apprehended promptly.
"This is the first instance that I am aware of floral tributes being stolen from the cemetery, which is located in a peaceful rural location and is not suitable for coverage by CCTV."


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But before we head off into the evening to freak out about what to wear to the Midwinter Ball, what did we learn?
- The debt levy has got the Senate stamp of approval
- But the co-payment remains a slippery little sucker
- Bill Heffernan is the gatecrashing champ of the Parliament, and
- Peter Dutton ain't afraid to heckle
Thanks for tuning in today. Alex Ellinghausen, Andrew Meares and I will see you tomorrow.
Labor's Mark Bishop, who was elected to the Senate in 1996 is now giving his valedictory speech.
The WA Senator begins with a humungo thanks to his wife and two daughters.
Time in politics is served by "the entire family," he says.
There is a long line up of senators to congratulate Ron Boswell.
Even Christine Milne is there, despite those digs at environmentalists.
As she shakes Boswell's hand, Milne notes "after all I the help I gave you with bananas and ginger!"
"One of the things that has given me the greatest pleasure is seeing Barnaby Joyce emerge ... as a future leader of the National Party," Boswell adds.
Both Trussy and Barney are in the chamber to hear the valedictory speech.
But it's not awks!
The outgoing senator says that Truss has the "total loyalty" of the Nationals party room.
"I've always been a voice for traditional family values," Boswell says, recalling his opposition to abortion and porn.
He describes his defeat of Pauline Hanson in the 2001 election as his "greatest political achievement".
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Boswell notes how he has always opposed environmental activists and their scare campaigns.
He says he is proud to say he has given the environment a "bloody nose" on more than one occasion.
Nationals senator Ron Boswell is giving his valedictory speech in the Senate.
(Yup, he might not be a fan of the paid parental leave scheme, but his term ends on June 30.)
He has been around Parliament for AGES, having been elected in 1983.
(Boswell says he is the sixth longest serving Senator.)
No wonder both Tony Abbott and Warren Truss have journeyed to the red room to hear him speak.
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"This is a very fluid situation ... we're following it minute by minute."
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is on Sky News talking about Iraq.
She confirms that Australia's focus is still on protecting the Australians who are there.
And that Iraq don't want Australian troops on the ground.
She is also adamant that there is no change in government policy towards Israel and Palestine.
While we're talking about the budget, we note an excerpt of the NSW Treasurer's budget speech today:
"There is no point pretending that the broken agreements of the federal budget won't hurt the people of New South Wales ... The Commonwealth should suspend its cuts until a review of the federation can be completed," Andrew Constance said.
"In the next four years alone, $2 billion will be wiped off our books with National Partnerships and agreements in health, education and pensioner and senior concessions cut off by Canberra."
The GP co-payment continues to noodle itself.
Health correspondent Dan Harrison reports that Liberal MP Angus Taylor has incorrectly told his constituents that the proposed $7 payment will not apply to those who can't afford to pay it.
After question time, Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie moved to suspend standing orders over Iraq.
He wanted the Parliament to call on the PM to provide a "clear public statement" ruling out Australia sending combat forces to Iraq.
And to initiate a royal commission into the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"There is an urgent need to understand what Australia's intentions are at this point in time," he said.
Wilkie was seconded by Greens MP Adam Bandt.
Leader of the House Christopher Pyne then complained that the government was not told in advance of the motion.
"Today is not the day for it," he argues.
The motion is put to a vote, with only Wilkie and Bandt voting in support.
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"Take your medication."
What do you think?
Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert has the final question - a dixer about ADF gap years.
He ends by telling Shorten that it is a shame he didn't go on one.
"Otherwise you would have learned a thing or two about leadership."
At 3.16pm, Tony Abbott calls an end to question time.
After letting Labor's Shayne Neumann ask the PM a question on indigenous programs, BS comes back to TA.
This time, the question is allowed.
Yesterday during question time the Prime Minister said: "This is the budget that the Australian people elected us to bring down."
When did the Prime Minister tell the Australian people before the last election that he would cut $80 billion from schools and hospitals, cut pensions, hit families with a GP tax, hit Australians every time they fill up their car with petrol?
"We said we would fix the mess," the PM tells the House.
There is much shoutin'.
Wayne Swan is asked to withdraw a heckle.
And then Tanya Plibersek points out that the Minister for Health said: "take your medication".
"That is highly, highly inappropriate."
Dutton too, is asked to withdraw.
A question to Peter Dutton sees the Health Minister return to a favourite Liberal sport of late - Andrew Leigh baiting.
"I want to pay tribute to the member for Fraser, who, as everybody in this place knows, is a political lovechild of Bob Hawke and Jenny Macklin. He is a believer in a co-payment because he wants to make Medicare sustainable," says Dutton.
Leigh interrupts with a point of order:
"The Minister is welcome to say what he likes about my comments at university. If he wants to talk about the present, he might focus on what he said last year while campaigning for election."
(This is a change from Leigh's usual ripostes, which involve him holding up a copies of his recent books.)
BS to TA.
And it is an air swing.
I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answers that this is an honest budget. Prime Minister, how on earth can anyone ever believe anything you ever say again?
Madam Speaker rules it out or order.
"It is not a question of substance."
She asks him to rephrase.
"Happy to," Shorten says.
I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answers ... describing the budget as an honest budget and ... that there are no broken promises. How on earth can anyone ever believe anything that this Prime Minister ever says again?
Unsurprisingly, Madam Speaker knocks this one back, too.
"I'm sorry, that's the same question," she says before moving on to the next dixer.
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Organizers at Youville Centre are looking for volunteers with an appetite to help nourish vulnerable students at Archwood School.
The centre — a St. Vital-based non-profit community health resource organization — runs Nutrition on the Go, a food security program that offers a healthy in-school lunch or snack twice a week. Usually, a homemade meal is served on Tuesday and a homemade snack on Thursday.
Local seniors are integral to the intergenerational initiative, as they not only prepare the meals from scratch; they are also involved with menu planning and grocery shopping alongside Youville staff.
Marian Jones, Youville's fund development and communications officer, said the need for volunteers is heightened at this time of year, as many snowbirds leave behind the Winnipeg winter for warmer climes.
"While working with older adults is very rewarding, there is a natural attrition within that age group," Jones said.
"It's critical to have continued recruitment of volunteers to maintain our program, especially in the winter months when many are migrating south, which causes a diminished volunteer base."
The reality is the program serves an important need based on the school's student demographic, Jones said.
"It is an uncomfortable truth that without this program, some of the students at this school would go hungry," she said.
"Many of these children go to school poorly nourished, which means their energy levels, memory, problem-solving skills, creativity, concentration and behaviour are all negatively impacted."
The volunteers also benefit from the program, as it helps reduce the risk of social isolation and loneliness, and helps provide purpose and a chance to impart wisdom, said another key organizer.
"It's actually a two-fold thing here, as part of what we're looking at with the adult volunteers is keeping them connected," said Cesar Gonzales, a community health nurse at Youville, who lives in River Heights.
"There's a meaning and purpose here, as the volunteers are able to give back to the community," he added, noting Nutrition on the Go evolved from an initiative called Kitchen Table Wisdom at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church in St. Vital.
He said the program works on a four-week rotation cycle, with a new option introduced every fifth week. Current weekly menu items include chicken soup, spaghetti soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, mac and cheese with vegetables and soft tacos.
Gonzales said the program also caters to kids with cultural dietary requirements, such as using halal chicken for Muslim students.
Volunteer Mary Zyloway, a mother-of-six who lives in Southdale, said the program is a chance to give back.
"When you work for your pleasure, you get more pleasure, rather than just expecting something," she said.
Archwood principal Jack Fraser said the school community is grateful for the efforts of organizers and volunteers.
"Research tells us that students who are properly nourished do well in school," Fraser said. "We are very appreciative of the work of Youville and the volunteer seniors, who are helping to make this happen for our students at Archwood."
For more information, visit www.youville.ca or call 204-255-4840.


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Chinese media outlet Sina used the report of a Hong Kong press to release the photos of the rumored couple shopping at a children's clothing store in a mall in central Hong Kong on the 11th. The report stated, "Following her leave from [Girls' Generation], Jessica has started residing in Hong Kong and moved to Tyler Kwon's apartment in Seymour Road where they have been living together." According to the report, Jessica has been frequenting Hong Kong since six months ago.
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Johannesburg – Proteas' fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe admits he is not entirely satisfied with his performances for the Dolphins so far this season.
He said on Monday that he hoped to improve when his new franchise hosted the Highveld Lions in Durban this week.
The left-arm paceman, who was dropped by the national selectors for the test leg of their tour to Australia, has taken just five wickets in 33 overs during the One-day Cup until now.
"I always look to try and take wickets up front," he said.
"I'm not totally happy, but I've been happy with my bowling figures and I think I can do better."
The 28-year-old, who is currently the number three ranked one-day bowler in the world, was hoping that taking wickets would propel him back into the national set-up.
"I get so angry when I don't take wickets. So hopefully I can pick up wickets, which will put me on top again," he said.
Lions' pair Chris Morris and Hardus Viljoen, who has the most wickets in the competition with 15 wickets in five games, as well as the Knights' Ryan McLaren have all staked their claims for national selection with impressive showings already this season.
However, Tsotsobe believed his variations would continue to offer the selector something different.
"It is getting tougher, but I would like to think that with the variations I have, I can be in the set-up, especially for the one-dayers and T20s," said Tsotsobe.
"But it's up to the selectors to select me."
He insisted, though, that his focus for now was on the Dolphins and helping them improve after a difficult start to the season.
"I'm here to enjoy my cricket, just giving it my all to perform 100 per cent for the Dolphins," he said.
The KwaZulu-Natal franchise failed to win any of their opening three games, before bouncing back with successive wins over the Knights and Titans in the past six days.
Tsotsobe praised the way his new team-mates had remained focused even during the difficult periods.
"It's not a great feeling when the team loses, especially with me personally it doesn't sit very well," he said.
"When a lot of teams lose, they start blaming their team-mates, but what they've done very well here at the Dolphins, is that everyone kept their calm.
"We've all stuck to our processes as individuals, what we do best and have not worried too much about other teams.
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Branson is a city in Stone and Taney Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Branson is in the Ozark Mountains. The community was named after Reuben Branson, postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s. The population was 10,520 at the 2010 census. The Branson Micropolitan Statistical Area embraces Stone and Taney counties.
Branson has long been a popular destination for vacationers from Missouri and neighboring areas. The collection of entertainment theaters along 76 Country Boulevard (and to a lesser extent along Shepherd of the Hills Expressway) including Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, has increased Branson's popularity as a tourist destination. Branson now draws visitors from all regions of the country, mostly by car or bus.
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Eva Longoria Has No Worries
Eva Longoria couldn't have smiled any bigger out in LA earlier this week. Eva is a magazine cover girl this week, but probably not in the way she wants to be — the piece about Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's marriage being on the rocks includes details of a night Eva recently spent in Vegas with Marc. It doesn't look like Eva is too stressed, as it was probably nothing worth blinking an eye over and hopefully won't get in the way of either couple's lovely holiday.
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- Family: Unknown
- Species: Alatreon
A perfect example of a Dangerous First-Class Monster, Alatreon is an Elder Dragon feared by the gods. Though Alatreon doesn't have any known relatives, it is believed that it and Disufiroa share the same ancestors. There is also the rumor of the Shining Blue Dragon. This monster is said to be a Subspecies of Alatreon with the ability to produce blue flames that make its white scales sparkle.
Habitat Range
In the New World, Alatreon are said to live in Sacred Land. Alatreon is also said to travel to the Ingle Isle of the Old World.
Ecological Niche
From Alatreon living isolated from all other monsters, it is hard to say where it fits in the ecological niche.
Biological Adaptations
Known as the Glittering Black Dragon, Alatreon possesses control over the Dragon, Fire, Thunder, and Ice elements, and is said to be elementally unstable. In its scales are each of the four elements. Alatreon's sheer wing size and natural agility make it an adept flier, it can attack from the air with incredible speed. Another note is that when it is enraged, not only does it glow, it releases energy in the form of whatever move it has used or it will use. For example, when it does an electrical attack it will huff little lightning bolts, and when it uses a fire move it will huff flames. The adaptation of having multiple elements making locals believed the Alatreon possesses god-like powers to overpower strong predators, some locals even believed that the Alatreon is a god or demon which is transformed into an Elder Dragon. However, many of Alatreon's abilities seem to be unnatural, much like the Fatalis.
Alatreon are monsters capable of destroying the world.
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