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Braves' Mejia plates five runs in Zulia win
Aguilas' first baseman smacks seventh-inning homer two weeks later
Venezuelan Winter League
Zulia 7, Caribes 0
Braves first baseman Ernesto Mejia homered and drove in five runs in the completion of a game suspended Oct. 31, going 3-for-4 to ensure a split in the impromptu doubleheader with Anzoategui. Mejia is hitting .316 with eight homers and 23 RBIs in 28 games in Venezuela. Wilfredo Boscan (Rangers) scattered three hits and a walk with five strikeouts over five scoreless innings for the win. Box score
Caribes 4, Zulia 2
Anzoategui took the regularly scheduled half of the twin bill with Luis Durango (Royals) leading the way from the top spot in the lineup, going 2-for-5 with an RBI. Jake Goebbert (Astros) also provided a pair of hits, an RBI and a run. Former Cincinnati pitcher Ramon A. Ramirez held Zulia to two runs over eight innings for the victory. Box score
Lara 11, La Guaira 4
Gabriel Noriega (Mariners) doubled and plated three runs while Tyson Gillies (Phillies) reached safely three times, going 2-for-5 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored for the Cardenales. Darin Ruf (Phillies) went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and Salvador Perez (Royals) plated three runs as designated hitter in the loss. Box score
Caracas 7, Magallanes 6
Josh Kroeger (Braves) was 3-for-5 with a two-run walk-off homer to give the Leones the victory in the ninth. The Angels' Darwin Perez spurred the Navegantes from the leadoff spot, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk. Gameday box score
Mexican Pacific League
Obregon 11, Mexicali 3
Major League veteran Alfredo Amezaga fell a homer short of the cycle, driving in two runs and scoring twice while former Braves farmhand Barbaro Canizares went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Carlos Valencia plated four. Former A's starter Bobby Cramer scattered just a run on one hit and three walks over six innings for the victory. Gameday box score
Mazatlan 4, Guasave 2
Jay Jackson (Cubs) held the Algodoneros to two runs on four hits and two walks while fanning six over five innings for the win. Mendy Lopez, Jesse Castillo and Heber Gomez all homered for the Venados. Zelous Wheeler (Orioles) hit his sixth homer of the season in the loss. Gameday box score
Los Mochis 9, Hermosillo 0
Jermaine Curtis (Cardinals) smacked a three-run homer while Saul Soto added a solo homer to power the Caneros. Pedro Luis Lazo threw seven innings to anchor the shutout. Gameday box score
Navojoa 3, Culiacan 2
Abel Martinez hit a pinch-hit, two-run double in the seventh to push the Mayos past the Tomateros. Cory Aldridge (Angels) went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs for the losing side. Gameday box score
Dominican Winter League
Escogido 8, Toros 2
No. 5 Angels prospect Kole Calhoun went 2-for-5 with an RBI and Deibinson Romero (Twins) delivered a 3-for-4 outing with a triple and four RBIs. Reds prospect Daniel Corcino started for the Leones, allowing two runs in 3 2/3 frames. Ricardo Nanita (Blue Jays) doubled in a run for the Toros. Box score
Puerto Rican Winter League
Carolina 10, Ponce 6
Gigantes leadoff man Reymond Fuentes (Padres) doubled, plated two runs and scored once while Jobduan Morales (Houston) and Jorge Jimenez drove in a pair of runs apiece. Dickie Thon (Blue Jays) paced the Leones, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run. Box score


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I am in need of financial advice.
I have been building upon my savings for several years now and have tried very hard to prevent taking from it. However, it is becoming increasingly harder and harder to not do so with the credit card debt I have accumulated, as well as a Discover loan I had to take out for a family emergency.
Even though, I can pay everything off, it will severely cut into my savings.
My first thought was to pay a good portion toward my Discover loan balance to bring my monthly payments down. However, after talking with Discover, they told me that the type of loan I have will not bring my payment down no matter how much I paid into my balance. Then I thought about paying down my balance until I could afford to pay it completely off without affecting my savings too much. But then Im stuck with having to continue to make this enormous payment each month, which is currently affecting the rest of my monthly bills. And as a result, I dont want to have to do this either.
I have also been wrestling with the idea of making a substantial payment to each of my five credit cards to bring their balances down to help me deal with my Discover loan payment every month. But then that still leaves me with Discovers huge balance that I will have to continue to pay for another 6 years.
But what really keeps me from just biting the bullet and paying everything off is I know I will not recoup this loss, and as a result, I just cant pull the trigger in taking so much from my savings that I will most likely never get back.
So, what should I do? What would you do in my place?
Thank you for any insight you can provide me.

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Award-winning cartoonist Bill Watterson details the further adventures of Calvin, a mischievous young boy with boundless energy and imagination, and his lovable stuffed tiger.Watterson, Bill is the author of 'Essential Calvin and Hobbes A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury' with ISBN 9780836218053 and ISBN 0836218051.[read more]
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Date Issued: 2000
Abstract: The occurrences of earthquakes in northern Delaware and adjacent areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey are well documented by both historical and instrumental records. Over 550 earthquakes have been documented within 150 miles of Delaware since 1677. One of the earliest known events occurred in 1737 and was felt in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. The largest known event in Delaware occurred in the Wilmington area in 1871 with an intensity of VII (Modified Mercalli Scale). The second largest event occurred in the Delaware area in 1973 (magnitude 3.8 and maximum Modified Mercalli Intensity of V-VI). The epicenter for this event was placed in or near the Delaware River. Sixty-nine earthquakes have been documented or suspected in Delaware since 1871.
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I am compelled to do this tag from my Kumareng Beng because it is for a cause :) I went to the Hershey's Better Basket site and so far there are only about 300 responses, less than 200 more to go! Let's do this, ladies, for the CMN. This is only up to Easter (12PM EST). Be counted now!
Image clickable :) Here are the rules:
- Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
- Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
- Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
- Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
- Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey's there.
- Hershey's is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children's Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
- Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.
Since this is for a cause, I will be sending link to this entry to my twitter friends who are all bloggers, too.
edit: ooopps, the comment section of Better Basket is moderated, so I am not sure how many have done this already. Hmmmmm…


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ON THE ROAD: The green cocktails and lush plants at the Mongrels in Common's showcase in contemporary trade fair Premium's F95 store on Thursday echoed the verdant collection by the designers behind the label, Berlin-based Christine Pluess and Livia Ximénez-Carrillo. It was entitled "Marlene Dietrich on the Road with a Gaucho."
"We thought about how those two characters would adapt to each other's styles and take inspiration from the landscape they were traveling through," explained Pluess. The team also decided to take its show on the road, opting to forgo a defilé for the F95 presentation.
"We wanted our friends and clients to be able to get up close to our collection in the store and touch the clothes," said Ximénez-Carrillo. "And it's been fabulous to finally be showing with retailers present, not to mention that Premium was the obvious place for us to have the presentation, since they have supported us since we were just starting out."


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Costa verde ......
It is so called due to its very prosperous lentiscus, broom, strawberry tree, juniper vegetation, which runs down from the mountains crossing valleys and sandbanks towards the sea.
Costa Verde (the Green Coast) extends on the South West coast of Sardinia for approximately 47 kilometers, It runs through interminable and fabulous beaches, with rocky small bays, dark and impressive cliffs which sheer above the sea and sand deserts with scented Mediterranean maquis.
All around there are mountains and bushes as shaped by the best sculptor: the wind.
It isn't rear to find juniper or other kind of bushes bending to the ground as if they want to bow to a nature which is still virgin and just wants to be respected.
The charm and the magic .....
of an uncontaminated territory with no time relationship due to its economic past which was based on the mining activities till the last mid century. Ingurtosu, Montevecchio and Buggerru were the most important locations providing nearly 10% of the lead and zinc worldwide production.
After the closure of the mining production activities and human activities abandonment, nature took its revenge amazingly flourishing and offering a unique ecosystem.
The villages ruins, the abandoned mines buildings and the galleries where even today you might hear the miners' footsteps who once worked there, are now considered real archaeological mining monuments inserted in a magic and silent ecosystem which offers the most fascinating landscapes of the Mediterranean sea, creating a unique atmosphere.
These areas are now considered as real monuments, forming part of Geomineral Historic and Environment Park of Sardinia, this park had been acknowledged by the UNESCO in 1997 as the first park in the world network of Geos/Geoparks.
This is also the Sardinian deer's homeland, which lived here for centuries and now reigns on these mountains once again, after risking extinction. It isn't unusual, early in the morning, observe deers going by the sea.
Costa Verde (the Green Coast) represents a unique inheritance in Sardinia, as a matter of fact, it has been continuously awarded with the Lega Ambiente 5 sails.
A holiday .....
In Costa Verde (the Green Coast) a holiday can occur by chance, as when you just say I have never been there!
but when you are there you would be involved in an original, no time and even no space, new world. And you may not want to leave that world anymore, a world characterized by dunes, real deserts of sand which sheer towards the sea, creating unique, silent and huge beaches, sandstone walls, fascinating bays, which make you feel fulfilled just by watching them.
There are neither too many hotels, resorts or discos nor animators or beach furniture but only silence, nature, or maybe a few rusty trolleys, together with the ruins of abandoned mineral factories, giving the impression of a ghost village in a western movie.
A holiday in Sardinia, in the Costa Verde and the whole South West coast of Sardinia, you would find a place where you will be able to do long walks surrounded by a total silence, only interrupted by the wind and by the breaking waves, visited by tourists which are mainly looking for peace and their reunion to nature.
You will find a welcome with small accommodation for rent summer houses, bed & breakfast and farm holidays, all with the characteristic of immersing yourself in the typical Sardinian life even more typical in this corner of Sardinia.
It is a paradise which must be explored in detail because it could give great emotions and moments of deep attraction.


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We did a quick internet search and apparently "People who liked DiS, also loved Errors." And then using sophisticated data-analysis we also discovered that Errors - an electronic indie act from Scotland, signed to a label run by a band named Mogwai - have made one of the six best albums of the year.
When asked by the PR company for [insert name of band] if [insert name of website] would like to host the premiere of the new track [running time: 4m 13s] entitled 'Relics' from a mini-album entitled [see below]. Siri said: WHY EEE SSS.
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Errors have announced the release of a brand new 8-track mini-album due for release on Rock Action Records in October and UK tour including a show at Heaven in London. The new record entitled 'New Relics' follows on from the critically acclaimed 'Have Some Faith In Magic' released earlier this year. 'New Relics' was recorded by the 3 piece during the Spring of 2012 in their Glasgow studio and will be released via Rock Action Records on CD, 12", Digital Download and a VHS version limited to 200 copies only that will see the band collaborating with Rachel Maclean (director of their stunning Pleasure Palaces video) and other visual artists to provide a unique visual representation of their music. The VHS version of the mini-album will be available only from selected stores as well as directly from the band's online store.
The band have previewed the album by hosting a sample track 'Relics' via their website which features guest vocals from Bek Oliva of Edinburgh based band Magic Eye.
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YAM is distributed in six LhA archives:
- YAM2x-AmigaOS4.lha – YAM for AmigaOS 4
- YAM2x-AmigaOS3.lha – YAM for AmigaOS 3
- YAM2x-MorphOS.lha – YAM for MorphOS
- YAM2x-AROS-i386.lha – YAM for AROS-i386
- YAM2x-AROS-ppc.lha – YAM for AROS-ppc
- YAM2x-AROS-x86_64.lha – YAM for AROS-x86_64
with 'x' being the revision of the YAM2 version.
Installation by using the installer
Open the 'Install' folder, double-click the 'Install-YAM' icon and follow the instructions given by the installer. If you have already installed an older version of YAM, please restart your Amiga after the installation of YAM.
Manual installation
If you don't have the Amiga Installer or for some reason you are unable or unwilling to use it, proceed as follows:
- Copy the whole "YAM 2.x" directory path to your destination directory.
- Copy all MUI libraries (mcc/mcp) from the directory Install/MUI to MUI:libs/MUI.
- Copy all Libraries located in the Install/Libs directory to LIBS:
- Delete the "Install" directory within the "YAM 2.x" path as you don't need it anymore.
- Reboot your Amiga and start YAM from the new path by doubleclicking its icon.
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SPIES OF INDUSTRY IN ACTION (Nov, 1936)
A Former Operative Reveals Espionage Methods of Unusual But Important Phase of Detective Work Often Required to Keep Up With Procession in Bitter Business Rivalry, FOR several years I was one of those individuals who style themselves "process investigator," but which in most cases is only a polite name for an "industrial spy." The structure of our industrial business is such that large manufacturers must know not only what his competitor is doing in order to keep pace with him; but he must also know whether that competitor is using any processes patented by the former.
A friend of mine has printed on his letterhead in big red type: "ARE YOUR PATENTS BEING INFRINGED? HOW DO YOU KNOW?" To find out whether patents are being infringed and, if so, to get the full details, represents a large part of the work of the industrial spy. For the facts must be known before a suit is filed. Occasionally, too, application for a patent will be filed in the Patent Office at the same time by different parties. In which case all those interested are likely to put spies to work to find out the true facts concerning the development, date of reduction to practice, etc., of each other's invention. It's quite an advantage to know if your opponent is telling the truth!
There are two general methods for getting information. The one necessitates the spy going into the plant either as a visitor, or by stealth, or by actually obtaining a job in the plant. The other involves buying this information from disloyal employes or wheedling it out of them by entertainment, cajolery, etc. The most satisfactory means is for you, yourself, to work at the machine or process being operated illegally, for your testimony from the witness stand then carries much weight. This is assuming you cannot get to the witness stand an employe of the infringing company who would be willing to tell the facts.
Sounds easy, doesn't it? But I assure you that the word demands the skill, ingenuity, resourcefulness and cleverness of a war-time spy. Like the military intelligence, some companies have a net-work of connections over the country to feed information to headquarters. For example, I was established in business as a "Consulting Engineer" in a western city. Two of my associates in this investigational work, all of us employed by the same company, were located in two different cities along the Atlantic seaboard. Each of us had different contacts with scores of men in various plants over the country, and from them received regular reports as to what was going on in each plant. The substance of this information was then passed on by each of us to our "boss."
Photographs are especially valuable as evidence when an infringement suit comes to trial. The problem of getting such views is a difficult one if it is impossible to bribe a disloyal employe to obtain the pictures. As a casual visitor to the plant, you can often get permission from an unsuspecting company to take the photographs you desire with your own camera. If permission to take pictures is forbidden, but you are allowed in the plant, small watch size cameras are used to take photos unknown to your "host"—in reality your opponent. A small motion picture camera, if a chance is given to use one, provides irrefutable evidence.
Large manufacturing companies, as a rule, are highly skeptical of persons seeking admittance when that person has a camera in plain view. Which reminds me of how an acquaintance of mine, a foreigner, and an industrial spy for foreign oil interests, "fooled" an American oil company that had strict rules about cameras, strangers seeking admittance, etc.
For convenience, let's call this foreigner "X." Incidentally, he's no longer in the "game" but now holds a responsible position with an American oil company.
"X" was sent to America to get, among other things, full information concerning the process and equipment that had been perfected by a certain company for "cracking" cheap low-grade oil to make gasoline. He knew that the American company, whose plant he wished to enter, was very secretive about this particular process. So he made his plans . . .
At the office of the head of the refining department of the American company there appeared one day an earnest, convincing young foreigner, who spoke English with difficulty, but who undoubtedly was an expert on the vacuum distillation of oil—the direct opposite of "cracking" which involves distillation under pressure. "He certainly knows his stuff," said the department head to his assistant in speaking of "X." "Why, you know, he's got a patent on a vacuum distillation process we could use; and he's a graduate of ———and studied under Dr. Gurwitsch at——–.
Let's offer him a job at $150 a month and send him down to our southern plant to make some experiments."
Which offer "X" gladly accepted. They had swallowed his bait and he had obtained exactly what he wanted. "X" worked fast. Within three days he knew the smallest details of the construction and operation of the "cracking" stills at this plant. His badge permitted him to pass the gate watchman after working hours and his seemingly foolish questions and general attitude of dumbness, together with his broken English, completely fooled the still operators. They answered all his questions, and let him wander about the units as he pleased. This gave him the chance not only * to corroborate the information given him, but also to photograph all essential parts with a camera he had smuggled past the gateman. He developed his negatives in the darkened closet of his hotel room. His mission was completed.
It was not until three months later when "X's" progress on his vacuum distillation experiments was just about nil, and he was found out to be spending five or six times his salary, that the company became suspicious. "X" sensed their change in attitude and left town overnight, without bothering to get salary due him, and before they had a chance to fire him. I was working for the duped company at the time, resigned to take another position shortly before "X" left, and got the whole story a year or two later when I encountered "X" in a western state.
Women have flirted with me in an attempt to rob me of important affidavits. The reverse of this is charged in the current Philco suit in Philadelphia against the Radio Corporation of America. The plaintiff contends agents of the rival firm obtained secrets by wining and dining young women workers. The defendant denies the charge.
Companies that have drafting or photostatic work done by outside interests run a bigger risk of having information reach their rivals than do concerns who have such work done within their own plant. The reason is logical; employes of commercial photostatic and drafting firms have no personal interest in their firm's clients, usually receive a comparatively small pay, and are therefore more easily tempted by the offer of a bribe. The photostatic machine is an especially valuable aid to the work of the industrial spy. I have gotten the operator of such a machine for a commercial establishment out of bed at midnight and worked him till dawn, photostating material that had to be returned to company files by 8 a. m.
Model-making ability is a specially desirable requisite for a successful industrial investigator. Photographs are not always clearly understood by a judge, whereas a model may show him at once just how the defendant is or is not infringing the patent in question. My friend S——— once spent six weeks making a several hundred pound model of a very intricate device and process, based both on what he himself had actually seen and on information furnished him by an employe of the company using the device and process in question. He was able to complete his model before being suspected, but a small army of detectives was on his trail before he was able to ship the model out of town.
S———wired his "boss" for help, and soon wits were matching wits. S——— and his associates won the skirmish by carrying the model at night in a high-powered open top car from its place of concealment to a neighboring town, where it was turned over early the next morning to an express company and a valuation of $10,000 placed on it. S——— lost 20 pounds on that job, and later spent some weeks in the hospital as a result of an injury incurred when the then uncompleted model fell on him one night and he was forced to lie for hours in a strained position to prevent the complete destruction of his work—but the memories of a job well done, he told me, more than repaid him for all the worry and pain he had suffered.
On the defense, companies employ the counterspy system—just as it is employed in modern warfare. The best defense at all times is to have 100 per cent loyal and satisfied employes. Loyal workers will advise their employers as soon as they are broached by strangers seeking information. But sometimes companies do not take even their employes into their full confidence. I recall the experience of my associate B——– who found, when investigating a process the success of which depended upon the temperature used and which was patented by B———'s employer, that the thermometers in use were several hundred degrees "off." B——– got a job in this plant, suspected what was being done, "accidentally" broke one of the thermometers in use and substituted one of his own. You can easily appreciate what effect B———'s testimony from the witness stand created among the defendant's lawyers! This same B———did some very celver work a few years ago when he was able to prove through witnesses that a notebook containing alleged evidence of experimental work had not even been printed at the time of the dates recorded in the book! Can you imagine the feelings of that supposedly reputable scientist when that evidence was presented?
Like the war-time spy the "game" is not without its thrills. I have participated in tracing down the facts in legal cases where not one million dollars but twenty million dollars was involved. I have had not one detective watch me, but nine detectives—three to a shift, three shifts a day— and have eluded them to go about my business of hunting up prospective witnesses. I have tried to get the essential facts from men who knew the truth, but who feared being murdered (I do not know how rightfully) if the truth were told. I have had my car forced to the side of a muchly traveled road and in less than two minutes been terribly beaten up by four negro hirelings of the company I was then investigating, and none too politely been told to get out of town. I have escaped from traps that have been set for me, sometimes because I was cautious, often for no other apparent reason than that "Lady Luck" was smiling at me.
Detectives have registered at hotels in my name for the purpose of getting my mail. My brief case has been stolen as baggage was being unloaded from a train, and recovered only after a flying tackle on my part that brought down the "detective thief." . . . Sounds like fiction, doesn't it? But more often than we think, truth is stranger than fiction!


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I am considering joining a local OPC. One of the questions I have had for awhile is what does the Bible say about birth control? What does OPC believe?
The Bible says nothing about artificial methods for the reason that there were no artificial methods of birth control in biblical times. "Birth control" could apply to early abortion. Both the Bible and the OPC are dead opposed to abortion.
One form of birth control that should be rejected by Christians is the intra-uterine devices which dislodge a fertilized ovum. In other words, a mere ovum or sperm is not a person. But once conception has taken place, then there exists a living person created in the image of God. It is the OPC view that the life of an unborn child requires the same protections as a child or an adult! So that the use of any device or drug that destroys a living embryo violates the sixth Commandment.
Scripture forbidding abortion is not explicitly given, but murder is forbidden; and unborn children are real people. For these, read Psalm 139:12-16, and Luke 1:39-44.
As to artificial means of preventing conception, we have no help from Scripture. Genesis 38:6-10 is cited as avoiding conception, but the reason that God struck down Onan was for his refusal to raise up seed to his brother who died without an heir. The OPC does not have a declared position on conception prevention (other than abstinence). That doesn't mean that there is no concern over the issue, but, as I said, the Bible doesn't address artificial means of conception prevention because there were none in Bible times.
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The questions come from individuals like yourself. If you have questions about biblical and theological matters, you are invited to send them by e-mail by using the "Pose a Question" link on the OPC home page or by clicking here.
At least one new question is posted each week, so there should always be something new here for you to read. (For those people who would like to look at previous questions and answers, they will continue to be available as well.)
The purpose of the OPC website's "Questions and Answers" is to respond to biblical and theological questions. Matters of church discipline, disputes, or debates go beyond the scope of our work. We recommend that you present your concerns in these areas to the appropriate judicatory. In most cases this will be to a local pastor, elder, or session. We do not want the website to replace personal involvement in, or commitment to, the local, visible church.
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I am from south America, however I found a second hand kite demo to buy, from a store in Canada... After negotiation and at the moment of the payment, the owner of the store told me that could not do that by paypal...to save taxes...
And inside of his website we has the option to pay by pay pal.... He ask me to do the transation straight by VISA, but I didn´t do!
I can not protect me without pay pal!
Is there any list, or related cases of fake dealers?
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Hotties: Boozin' and Cruzin' in Charlottesville
Bang! If red is the color of passion, then Bang's the place to go. Colorful and exotic, Bang's attractive ambiance and decorative fish make this a hot spot even if you're not desperately seeking someone... but it's dynamite if you are!
Mas So hip it hurts, Belmont-based tapas bar Mas is the relative newcomer to the scene. Now that those tractor-seat stools have been replaced with elegant yet industrial cream-colored leather, and booths have been added, it's all the more comfortable to sit, chat, and gather digits.
Escafé Recent renovations make it worth taking a seat at Escafé's new extended bar. Live music on Thursdays and Sundays and a consistent drinking crowd for inside our out on the ideally-situated-on-a-corner patio attract a diverse clientele.
Rapture This may be the downtown spot for pickups, as there's never a shortage of singles actively looking for company. Pool tables provide entertainment. Warning: low lighting and lots of mirrors may exacerbate beer goggles.
Tokyo Rose Into the punk or Goth scene? Attracted to pierced and tattooed women or men dressed in black leather? Tokyo Rose is the place for you. In the basement, gyrate on the dance floor or drape yourself over the bar couches listening to the DJ. Friday and Saturday nights tend to draw the biggest punk and Goth crowds for live shows.
Club 216 A late-night dance paradise, Club 216 is the local gay hot spot until 2am when drag queens and Jim-Bobs mingle without incident. Whether you're a member or just an occasional visitor, you'll find yourself shakin' and shimmying 'til the wee, wee hours.
Baja Bean Open mic night on Mondays and karaoke on Tuesdays are just two reasons why Baja Bean is a hot locale to look for Mr. or Ms. Right. While you're drowning your sorrows in the biggest margarita in town, your future lover could be right in front of you, belting out a karaoke rendition of "What's Love Got to Do with It?"... or "Psycho Killer," if it's not your lucky night.
Miller's With live bands downstairs (only fitting as one of the prime shrines of Famous Local Resident Who Made Good) and pool tables upstairs, Miller's often has people partyin' late into the night, inside and out on the Mall. Who knows, that handsome dog across the bar could be the next... person on your caller ID.
Orbit Billiards Two words: Ladies' Night. Every Tuesday ladies play pool for free, so all the money you're saving on pool can go towards booze. Even if you don't end up going home with someone, at the very least your night of entertainment comes cheap on the corner of the Corner.
Outback Lodge/Down Under Upstairs bands playing everything from blues to grunge keep music lovers coming in; downstairs it's dance hall fever at the Down Under.
Blue Light Wait a second– is this New York or Charlottesville? Hip to the max, Blue Light is packed with "the beautiful people" sipping designer martinis and looking at themselves in the big mirrors. Join the fun because we all know it's really all about us.
Club Rio Tucked behind Wolfie's on Rio Road, Club Rio is one of this town's few places to bump and grind. And if you're not feeling tired at 1am, you can boogey down Rio Road and keep the vibe going at Club 216.


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Now and then you may have extra garbage. As part of your regular garbage service:
- You may place up to 2 extra garbage bags or boxes of garbage next to your garbage cart.
- Items must not fall apart or break when crews pick them up.
- Each bag or box must weigh less than 40 pounds.
- If you use boxes for extra garbage, these will not be returned.
- Extra garbage is recorded by the crew, and any household who continually has extra garbage will be assigned another cart.
- If possible, place bags with raw garbage inside your cart, and those most likely not to attract unwanted animals next to your cart. Squirrels and raccoons are attracted to strong smells, and will chew through plastic bags, and create a mess that you will have to clean up.
Excess Garbage from Moving or House Cleaning
We will NOT pickup more than two extra items. You must request a voucher and take your "extra" garbage to the South Transfer Station for disposal. If you have lots of extra garbage from moving or house cleaning, see Voucher Program.
For a fee, we will come do a special pickup. Go to Special Clean ups for more information or contact our office. You must be approved by Solid Waste & Recycling before a special clean up can be completed.
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Garbage collection is a special service to our paying customers only. Taking or using another resident's collection point is illegal. City Ordinance 225.10 states in part: "No person shall leave, throw, or deposit, or use or permit any other person to leave, place, throw, or deposit, any substances or materials of any kind at a city solid waste collection point for city disposal when the substances or materials were generated at a location other than the residence."
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XML Web Service v2
This is my proposal on how V2 of the XML_Web_Service should work. --warp.
NOTE: As of the beta 2 release on 2010-06-21, most of what is documented below has been implemented.
We have six resources on our web service which represent core entities in our database:
artist, label, recording, release, release-group, work
We also provide a web service interface for the following non-core resources:
rating, tag, collection
And we allow you to perform lookups based on other unique identifiers with these resources:
disc, puid, isrc, iswc
On each entity resource, you can perform three different GET requests:
lookup: /<ENTITY>/<MBID>?inc=<INC> browse: /<ENTITY>?<ENTITY>=<MBID>&limit=<LIMIT>&offset=<OFFSET>&inc=<INC> search: /<ENTITY>?query=<QUERY>&limit=<LIMIT>&offset=<OFFSET>
Of these:
- Lookups, Non-MBID lookups and Browse requests are documented in following sections.
- Searches are implemented by the search server and are documented at Next_Generation_Schema/SearchServerXML.
- ratings and tags are not currently documented for /ws/2.
You can perform a lookup of an entity when you have the MBID for that entity:
lookup: /<ENTITY>/<MBID>?inc=<INC>
The inc= is parameter allows you to request more information to be included about the entity. Any of the entities directly linked to the entity can be included.
/ws/2/artist recordings, releases, release-groups, works /ws/2/label releases /ws/2/collection releases /ws/2/recording artist, releases /ws/2/release artist, label, recordings, release-groups /ws/2/release-group artist, releases /ws/2/work artist
All lookups which include release-groups allow a type= argument to narrow down the release-groups. All lookups which include releases also allow the type= argument, and a status= argument is allowed.
Note that the number of linked entities returned is always limited to 25, if you need the remaining results, you will have to perform a browse request.
inc= arguments which affect subqueries
Some additional inc= parameters are supported to specify how much of the data about the linked entities should be included:
- discids include discids for all media in the releases - media include media for all releases, this includes the # of tracks on each medium. - puids include puids for all recordings - isrcs include isrcs for all recordings - artist-credits include artists credits for all releases and recordings - various-artists include only those releases where the artist appears on one of the tracks, but not in the artist credit for the release itself (this is only valid on a /ws/2/artist?inc=releases request).
Misc inc= arguments
- aliases include artist, label or work aliases - tags, ratings include tags and/or ratings for the entity (not valid on releases) - user-tags, user-ratings same as above, but only return the tags and/or ratings submitted by the specified user
Requests with user-tags or user-ratings require authentication. You can authenticate using HTTP Digest, use the same username and password used to access the main http://musicbrainz.org website.
inc= arguments to include relationships work exactly like they do in /ws/1:
- artist-rels - label-rels - recording-rels - release-rels - release-group-rels - url-rels - work-rels
Non-MBID Lookups
Instead of MBIDs, you can also perform lookups using several other unique identifiers. However, because clashes sometimes occur, each of these lookups return a list of entities (there is no limit, all linked entities will be returned, paging is not supported).
lookup: /disc/<discid>?inc=<INC>
A discid lookup returns a list of associated releases, the 'inc=' arguments supported are identical to a lookup request for a release.
puid, isrc
lookup: /puid/<puid>?inc=<INC> lookup: /isrc/<isrc>?inc=<INC>
puid and isrc lookups return a list of recordings, the 'inc=' arguments supported are identical to a lookup request for a recording.
lookup: /iswc/<iswc>?inc=<INC>
An iswc lookup returns a list of works, the 'inc=' arguments supported are identical to a lookup request for a work.
Browse requests are a direct lookup of all the entities directly linked to another entity. (with directly linked I am referring to any relationship inherent in the database, so no ARs). For example, you may want to see all releases on netlabel ubiktune:
Note that browse requests are not searches, in order to browse all the releases on the ubiktune label you will need to know the MBID of ubiktune.
Linked entities
The following list shows which linked entities you can use in a browse request:
/ws/2/artist recording, release, release-group, work /ws/2/label release /ws/2/recording artist, release /ws/2/release artist, label, recording, release-group /ws/2/release-group artist, release /ws/2/work artist
As a special case, release also allows track_artist, which is intended to allow you to browse various artist appearances for an artist. It will return any release where the artist appears in the artist_credit for a track, but NOT in the artist_credit for the entire release (as those would already have been returned in a request with artist=<MBID>).
- 〜 I think track_artist as described above is important, otherwise you will get client software requesting all recordings for an artist, followed by release requests for each of the recordings found earlier. --warp.
Release-groups can be filtered on type, and releases can be filtered on type and/or status. For example, if you want all the Live Bootleg releases by Metallica:
Or all albums and EPs by Autechre:
Note that filtering is mandatory, if you don't specify type or status the release and release-group resources will not return any results.
Browse requests are the only requests which support paging, any browse request supports an 'offset=' argument to get more results. Browse requests also support 'limit=', the default limit is 25, and you can increase that up to 100.
Just like with normal lookup requests, the server can be instructed to include more data about the entity using an 'inc=' argument. Supported values for inc= are:
/ws/2/artist aliases /ws/2/label aliases /ws/2/recording artist-credits /ws/2/release artist-credits, labels /ws/2/release-group artist-credits /ws/2/work artist-credits, aliases
In addition to the inc= values listed above, all entities (except release) support:
tags, ratings, user-tags, user-ratings
- 〜 we probably want to allow a few more inc= arguments here, though we can always add more later. --warp.
Release Type and Status
Any query which includes release-groups in the results can be filtered to only include release groups of a certain type. Any query which includes releases in the results can be filtered to only include releases of a certain type and/or status. Valid values are:
status official, promotion, bootleg, pseudo-release type nat, album, single, ep, compilation, soundtrack, spokenword, interview, audiobook, live, remix, other
Submitting data
You can use the web service to submit certain kinds of data. Currently tags, ratings, PUIDs and ISRCs can be entered through the web service.
All POST requests require authentication. You should authenticate using HTTP Digest, use the same username and password you use to access the main http://musicbrainz.org website. The realm is "webservice".
POST requests should always include a 'client' parameter in the URL (not the body). The value of 'client' should be the ID of the client software submitting data. This has to be the application's name and version number, not that of a client library (client libraries should use HTTP's User-Agent header). The recommended format is "application-version", where version does not contain a - character.
User Data
You can submit tags and ratings through the web service using POST requests. As described above, client software needs to identify itself using the 'client=' parameter. In the following examples I will use 'example.app-0.4.7' as the client identifier, this is obviously a fictitious client.
To submit tags, perform a POST request to the /ws/2/tag url, like this:
The body of your request should be an XML formatted list of entities with <user-tag> elements. You can validate your XML request against our schema (http://svn.musicbrainz.org/mmd-schema/trunk/schema/musicbrainz_mmd-2.0.rng).
An example request is reproduced below:
<metadata xmlns="http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#"> <artist-list> <artist id="a16d1433-ba89-4f72-a47b-a370add0bb56"> <user-tag-list> <user-tag><name>female</name></user-tag> <user-tag><name>korean</name></user-tag> <user-tag><name>jpop</name></user-tag> </user-tag-list> </artist> </artist-list> <recording-list> <recording id="047ea202-b98d-46ae-97f7-0180a20ee5cf"> <user-tag-list> <user-tag><name>noise</name></user-tag> </user-tag-list> </recording> </recording-list> </metadata>
Because you're sending XML in the body of your POST request, make sure to also set the Content-Type to "application/xml; charset=utf-8".
For examples, see User:kuno/ws/2/examples.
To submit ratings, perform a POST request to the /ws/2/rating url, like this:
The body of your request should be an XML formatted list of entities with <user-rating> elements. You can validate your XML request against our schema (http://svn.musicbrainz.org/mmd-schema/trunk/schema/musicbrainz_mmd-2.0.rng).
An example request is reproduced below:
<metadata xmlns="http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#"> <artist-list> <artist id="455641ea-fff4-49f6-8fb4-49f961d8f1ad"> <user-rating>100</user-rating> </artist> </artist-list> <recording-list> <recording id="c410a773-c6eb-4bc0-9df8-042fe6645c63"> <user-rating>20</user-rating> </recording> </recording-list> </metadata>
PUID submission
PUIDs may be associated with recordings by issuing an XML POST request to:
The body of the request must be an XML document with a list of <recording>s in a <recording-list>, and a list of <PUID>s in a <puid-list> to be associated with the recordings. For example:
<metadata xmlns="http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#"> <recording-list> <recording id="047ea202-b98d-46ae-97f7-0180a20ee5cf"> <puid-list> <puid id="1d9e8ed6-3893-4d3b-aa7d-72e79609e386"/> <puid id="2a232ad3-3893-4d3b-aa7d-72e79609e386"/> </puid-list> </recording> <recording id="66454646-b98d-46ae-97f7-0180a20ee5cf"> <puid-list> <puid id="78787887-3893-4d3b-aa7d-72e79609e386"/> </puid-list> </recording> </recording-list> </metadata>
You can validate your XML request against our schema (http://svn.musicbrainz.org/mmd-schema/trunk/schema/musicbrainz_mmd-2.0.rng).
Barcode submission
Barcodes may be associated with releases by issuing an XML POST request to:
The body of the request must be an XML document with a list of <releases>s in a <release-list>, and a single barcode in a <barcode> element for each release. For example:
<metadata xmlns="http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-2.0#"> <release-list> <release id="047ea202-b98d-46ae-97f7-0180a20ee5cf"> <barcode>9780262560933</barcode> </release> </release-list> </metadata>
You can validate your XML request against our schema (http://svn.musicbrainz.org/mmd-schema/trunk/schema/musicbrainz_mmd-2.0.rng).
Upon issuing this request MusicBrainz will create a single edit in the edit queue for applying these changes. These changes will not be automatically applied, though they will be applied if either no one votes against your changes, or your changes expire (this edit is applied on expiration).
ISRC submission
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With the New Year, it's been a time for starting new projects. You may recall from my last post that I had taken delivery of a large order of yummy yarn (Drops Karisma). I have dived headfirst into that and opted for an African Flower motif, one I have been wanting to try for a while. I looked at a few tutorials and finally wrote out my own and drew myself a little diagram, I find these far easier to work from as I go along. You can find good tutorials at Yvestown and Heidi Bears should you fancy hooking up a few of your own. I am joining as you go, slip stitching into the corners and around every third stitch along the edges. One thing I loathed about my first granny blanket was all the joining at the end, so this method avoids that entirely.
I've continued with it here and there, including at Crafty Wednesday at Stag and Bow.It's going to take me a good while as there are so many other projects vying for my attention.
Talking of which, you may recall that last New Year, a craze swept through the quilting community known as the "Scrappy Trip Along". I made two quilts in that design, one back in January and another just recently with my Christmas version, and this year, the chosen project has been the "economy block along" based on a tutorial at Rita's blog Red Pepper Quilts. I resisted for a while but finally decided to hop on with this quilt along, too. If you are on Instagram, you can search for "economyblockalong" and keep up with everyone's progress. So I have attacked the stash and been cutting like a crazy lady for although you can use any fabric to make this quilt, I decided to follow Rita's example and make an "I-Spy" style quilt. This has a cute novelty fabric for the centre of each block, surrounded by various colourful prints. I don't really buy a lot of novelty prints so I was concerned I wouldn't have enough but it was amazing how many I found in my stash once I started looking.
Rita's tutorial is based on a 5 1/2" block. Kind folk on IG and on their blogs have come up with some different block sizes, going as big as 12" in some cases. I decided to go for the middle ground and opted for an 8" finished block. Here is a suggested cutting diagram below, but I like to make my blocks oversized and trim them so I opted for a 4.5" central square, two 4" squares for the first round and two 5.25" squares for the second round (the 4" and 5.25" squares cut diagonally in half).
It has been fun pulling out all the fabrics from my stash and coming up with interesting combinations.
I decided to have a little clean out inside my sewing machine when it seemed a little unhappy one day. I do this regularly but am always surprised to see how much lint collects in there! The machine always runs better afterwards.
Not content with having the economy blockalong on the go, I decided to start on another simple quilt. For ages, I had been looking for a charm pack I had bought including fabrics from the range "Dream On". I had mislaid it in my Den but I came across it a few weeks ago, tucked behind some teetering piles of fabric. Surely not! It' a gorgeous fabric range based on vintage sheeting of the 1960's and '70s. I supplemented the charm pack with some gaily coloured basics and some actual vintage sheets from my stash.
As if that wasn't enough, once I'd completed that one, I started on another top, this time using my favourite shades of pink, green and a gorgeous lavender-blue. Even the trimmings seemed pretty enough to snap for Instagram!
I cut 2.5" strips across the width of the fabric, joined them in groups of five, then cross cut them to give me some traditional rail fence blocks. A simple and effective design that packs a punch in these delightful colours. Here it is on the design wall before the blocks were joined together.
In the background, the "Dream On" top had come together beautifully and was ready for sandwiching. Orange is a difficult colour to get right, I find, but is spot on in this range.
Well, that was a busy few days! The reason I made those two quilt tops was because I wanted to road test some new machines. It seems January is the month when I get itchy feet and start pondering whether the perfect sewing machine is out there. I did my research on the net and set aside a whole day to go into the shop and thoroughly try out the three machines I was interested in. I took the quilt tops and some other smaller projects. I have learnt from experience that you really do need to try the machines with projects you would actually make at home. It's no good trying out little test squares, because the performance of the machine is entirely different when you make full size quilts on them.
Excitingly, I found a machine whose quilting performance blew me away. Home came Jenny Janome and I am completely and utterly thrilled with her. I've never had a machine produce such perfect results. Everyone looks for different things in their perfect machine. I can't tell you how great it feels to have found mine! This is one machine I know I'm not going to grow out of for a good while. Love!
Jenny Janome had no trouble finishing off the two quilt tops and they've now been hand bound and are awaiting their moment of "ta dah" glory. Then they'll be offered for sale.
It's difficult to tear myself away from that fabulous machine though! I've still the economy blockalong to finish, after all. Here it is on my makeshift design wall yesterday. I think I have fiddled a bit with the layout since then and I've joined half the blocks.
Now I have to tackle the ironing so I feel I have earned a little more time with Jenny Janome!


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Biologists from the Royal Ontario Museum have towed a dead blue whale from the shore of Trout River, N.L., to an area where they can work on the 23 metre carcass.
The biologists tweeted it took three trucks to pull the whale carcass onto shore in Woody Point where they will now work to clean the carcass before loading it into a truck to take it to Ontario. The process should take about five days.
The team is going to work on the Trout River whale, which made headlines after the town's mayor tried to sell the carcass on eBay, before going to get another carcass in Rocky Harbour. The whale in Rocky Harbour is "slightly bigger" than the one from Trout River, ROM deputy director of collections and research Mark Engstrom said in a live chat.
Both Rocky Harbour and Trout River are located on the western part of the island near Gros Morne National Park.
In a blog post on the ROM's website, Jacqueline Waters said the biologists arrived in Trout River this week. They discovered the whale was heavily deflated and seagulls had begun picking at the decaying bits. Large chunks had been taken out of the side of the carcass "apparently to feed some local huskies" and there is bare cartilage and bone "where someone has managed to chop off one of the flippers."
The two whales, which are endangered species, were killed due to unusual ice formations in the ocean, the museum said. The ROM said recovering the carcasses is important because there are only a few complete skeletons in museums around the world.
"This is a real tragedy we're trying to turn into something positive," Engstrom said.
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Reliable on mound, Leake taking a dip at dish
CINCINNATI -- Reds pitcher Mike Leake has been the rotation's most consistent starter this season. Historically, he has also been the staff's best hitter -- but not this season.
Leake, who was 0-for-2 and grounded into a double play in Friday's 5-3 win over the Pirates, is in an 0-for-25 funk since his last hit, a single vs. Braves pitcher Mike Minor on June 8. He is batting .200 overall after he batted .295 with two home runs in 2012. Perhaps the opposition is no longer treating him like a free out during their planning meetings.
"Sometimes that happens. They're definitely pitching me a little bit tougher, I feel," Leake said on Saturday. "They're definitely not saying, 'Here, hit this fastball.' They're definitely making me work more. It's one of those years, probably, where I'm not making the best contact. It's just something where you have to take it, and the next game you'll be better."
During Friday's win, Leake pitched 5 2/3 innings with three runs, six hits and two walks allowed while he struck out five. He is 9-4 with a 2.79 ERA in 19 starts.
"I'm here to be a pitcher. I'd rather be slipping on my hitting than my pitching," Leake said.


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What happens to the wealthy is what happens to the rest of the art world. At least, that's what Artprice's annual contemporary art market report suggests. Every October, Artprice publishes The Artprice Annual Report, a whopping 140-page document about trends in the contemporary art market; they look at art auction records,then talk to dealers and anybody else managing multi-million-dollar art sales to come up with a sense of the health of the market as a whole. We disagree, knowing that what happens at the auction houses doesn't trickle down to the rest of the art world; for all its flaws, though, we enjoy reading this thing.
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The OPP have been abusing the authority of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) for many years, namely section 172 that deals with Stunt Driving and Racing. When that piece of legislation came out the OPP set out to set an example for all the municipal police services. The OPP's Commissioner at the time, Julian Fantino, drafted a memo via his media relations team and had it send out to the editors. In that memo the public can clearly see where the OPP manipulated section 172 of the HTA and added their own authority for laying charges of Stunt Driving and/or Racing to anyone caught operating their vehicle 50 km/hr or more over the posted speed limit. That initial action by the Commissioner is continued to this day.
The truth is that section 172 of the HTA provides no such authority for an officer to lay a charge of stunt driving or racing based solely on a person's operation of their motor vehicle at 50 km/hr over the posted speed limit. The HTA actually stipulates that for anyone travelling in excess of 49 km/hr over the posted speed limit there is no out of court settlement (fine). Such a person has to be given a summons to attend court for speeding if the officer chooses to lay a charge for the full speed he witnessed. Many people have fallen victims of this manipulation of law and abuse of authority by the Ontario Provincial Police that have paved the way for many municipal police services to commit similar abuses of authority.
The memo that started it all:
From: JUS-G-OPP-GHQ Duty Office (JUS)
Sent: November 26, 2009 5:32 PM
To: OPP DL ALL (JUS)
Subject: FW: Letter to Editors re Section 172 from Commissioner Julian Fantino
November 26, 2009
Dear Editor:
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is aware of recent court decisions regarding Section 172 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), commonly called the "Stunt Driving Law." But it is so much more than stunt driving. The impact of those who regularly speed or drive recklessly reaches deep into our communities and into all of our lives. Allow me to explain.
Section 172 subjects anyone who is stunt driving, road racing or driving 50 kilometres or more over the posted speed limit to a fine of between $2,000 and $10,000 and/or a six month sentence. At the roadside, the officer administers an immediate seven-day suspension of the offender's driver's licence and his/her vehicle is towed and impounded for one week.
Aggressive driving and speeding accounted for 28 percent of fatal motor vehicle collisions investigated by the OPP in 2008. Enforcement of Section 172 has been an important part of the OPP's Provincial Traffic Safety Program (PTSP) to make Ontario's roads some of the safest in North America. Since the enactment of Section 172, OPP officers have laid over 11,000 charges.
The PTSP has been an unqualified success and has received international recognition. In October 2009, the International Association of Chiefs of Police recognized the effectiveness of the PTSP, bestowing two awards upon the OPP at its annual conference. The Program uses high police visibility, public education and focussed enforcement to reduce unnecessary injury and death on Ontario highways.
The success of the PTSP – measured in pure statistics – speaks for itself and cannot be refuted by any reasonable person. In 2008, there were 322 deaths on roads patrolled by the OPP compared to 453 in 2007. This represents a reduction of 29 percent or 131 lives saved. The downward trend in lives lost on Ontario highways is continuing in 2009.
Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of injury and death from age 3 to 33. It is impossible to calculate the emotional costs of needlessly losing a loved one to a preventable motor vehicle collision. But it is possible to calculate the economic costs and it is a useful exercise to do so.
A 2007 Transport Canada study, using 2004 data, estimated the total social costs – that's things like traffic delays, health care, tow trucks, police, fire and emergency services, and lost productivity – to be $18 billion annually in Ontario at the time.
Using the fatality and injury costs calculated in the Transport Canada study, the encouraging Ontario statistics from 2008 represent a saving to the Ontario economy of $2.3 billion compared to 2007.
So much of this carnage and the associated financial costs and unintended consequences can be prevented but for the reckless actions of irresponsible drivers. Any police officer will tell you that one of the least anticipated duties of their working lives is to attend the homes of victims to tell family members that their loved one was killed or maimed in a totally preventable collision.
The OPP remains convinced that the presence of highly-visible, engaged traffic officers is one of the most effective methods of mitigating high-risk driving behaviour. Coupled with education and public support, effective law enforcement ultimately leads to a significant reduction in serious injuries and fatalities from collisions.
The OPP will continue to enforce the legislation made available to us to save lives, including the Section 172 legislation. That is what we are mandated to do by those who develop and implement legislation, and we make no apologies for carrying out those duties.
I appreciate the opportunity to clarify our role in this matter.
Yours truly,
Julian Fantino
Does anyone wonder what the HTA actually states in section 172?
Section 172 HTA, Revised Statues of Ontario 1990, Chapter H 8:
Racing, stunts, etc., prohibited
172. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway in a race or contest, while performing a stunt or on a bet or wager. 2007, c. 13, s. 21.
(2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and in addition his or her driver's licence may be suspended,
(a) on a first conviction under this section, for not more than two years; or
(b) on a subsequent conviction under this section, for not more than 10 years. 2007, c. 13, s. 21.
The above excerpt from the HTA can be verified by accessing the act via the Internet.
The truth:
The truth is that, if the legislation intended to include the operation of a motor vehicle 50 km/hr or more over the posted speed limit then section 128 of the HTA would have to have been revised. The HTA already provided authority for the application of a charge of speeding for anyone caught driving 50 or more above the speed limit through the use of a summons under Part 3 of the Act which restricts a Justice of the Peace to apply a fine, subsequent to conviction of a minimum of $600 to a maximum of $2,500 and or six months in jail. However, the OPP, in laying so many charges of racing and/or stunt driving based solely on speed, served a larger purpose of bringing in the fear of speeding.
I am not supporting speeding rather I am against a Provincial Organization, that is supposed to be setting an example for its Municipal counterparts, manipulating the Highway Traffic Act to bring about immediate results. Though it might be true that speeding has dropped considerably (statistical results might be incorrect), one can wonder how such a (perceived) quick change was brought about? By manipulation of the law, that's how!
My heart goes out to the many victims of the false charges of Stunt Driving and/or Racing based solely on the fact that they were operating their motor vehicle 50 km/hr over the posted limit. This speed infraction could easily be realized by one operating their motor vehicle on a country highway like Highway 7, for example and they enter one of those small towns that one can travel through at the blink of an eye so to speak. Where it is common for one to travel 10 to 20 km/hr over the posted limit many officers tend to turn a blind eye to such infractions and should such a motorist upon entering a small town fail to drop his speed immediately, for whatever reason, the driver can easily be stopped by the OPP who might have set up a radar trap in town. Such a motorist, if caught, is falsely charged with Stunt Driving and/or Racing and is further victimized with the impoundment of their vehicle. The OPP later walks away looking good because most motorists, rather than contesting these charges that lack clear authority usually plead guilty to the actual section that ought to have been used: Speeding contrary to section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act. Such people thereby nullify their chances of pursuing a civil action against the officer. And that is a shame because it allows the police to continue breaking the actual law they have been sworn to uphold.
Since the job of the police is to uphold the law and not to manipulate it in any way, what the OPP has been actually doing is nothing short of a flagrant abuse of their authority!


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Wondering where to start on your franchise journey? Well, you've come to the right place. Our resident expert, franchise attorney Andrew A. Caffey, assembled a panel of some of the most esteemed insiders in the business to help you buy the right kind of franchise--and be the right kind of franchisee. Meet Linda Burzynski, president and CEO of Liberty Fitness, who has previously served as the head of successful franchises CMIT Solutions and Molly Maid; Don Fertman, who, as director of development for Subway, sets the tone for how franchisees will be accepted into the number-one franchise system in the nation; and Andrew C. Selden, a franchise attorney with Briggs & Morgan in Minneapolis and former chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. These experts' opinions and insights can help you navigate your way to a fruitful franchise future.
Andrew Caffey: What do you look for when evaluating a prospective franchisee?
Linda Burzynski: Financial qualifications come first, I suppose, but I'm really looking for candidates with people skills, because I've never been in a franchise business that didn't require getting along with people. In addition, and equally important, I look for a track record of high integrity and character. A track record of leadership tells me a person can build rela-tionships. Getting results with people, getting along with others--these are strong indicators of success.
Caffey: I imagine you would evalu-ate leadership skills and integrity in an interview process?
Burzynski: Absolutely. I firmly believe in spending a lot of time with candidates. We also review personal and professional references--not just one or two, and not just pro forma. We ask the references to provide more in-depth information about the character, leader-ship and integrity of our candidates.
Don Fertman: I agree with Linda's comments about integrity, communication skills and the ability to interact with the public. We evaluate candidates in two different phases: One is basic skills. We give people math, English and basic communication skills tests, just to get a sense of what they can do when dealing with people face to face. Then on a more complex, subjective level, do these folks have the ability to think outside the box? Being a successful franchisee is a balancing act. You have to be able to stay within the box, so to speak-work within the operations manual and follow the system, have the characteristics of somebody who will follow a system-but at the same time have enough ability to think outside the box so you can run a successful business and troubleshoot when necessary. We're always looking for hands-on owner-operators. Will the folks be involved in the business on a day-to-day basis? Will they get behind the counter? Will they put their hands in the tuna fish? Will they really get to know the business inside out? Because that's how they're ultimately going to be successful. We're not looking for absentee investors who want to plunk down some money and make a quick buck, because that isn't what franchising is all about.
Caffey: Andrew, you've represented numerous franchisors and numerous franchisee associations. What sort of guidance do you give to a prospective franchisee who comes to you?
Andrew Selden: It's almost impossible to get too much information before you make your first investment in a franchise. You have to wade through the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular line by line to begin the information-gathering process, but I would counsel a pro-spective investor to look at a couple of issues you aren't going to find in the UFOC. The first is the soundness of the underlying business proposition. You could have a UFOC that describes a perfectly structured, perfectly financed, well-managed vacuum tube dealership--even if the franchise is perfect, if the underlying business is weak, that's not a good investment proposition. Second, talk to existing franchisees in that system to determine whether the franchisees have an active and meaningful participation in system decision making, or if the system is more dic-tatorial. There are many large, successful, market-dominant franchise systems in different industries that have taken the partnership rhetoric to heart. They've said, "Look, we've got a lot of equity investors in this system--let's learn from their experience and their entrepreneurialism."
Caffey: Are franchisors using psychological testing or profiling in the evalu-ation process when they look at prospective franchisees?
Fertman: We use something called a "predictive index test." We don't necessarily use it for every prospect; in some international markets, we find a different mind-set that limits the test's usefulness. The predictive index test gives us a sense of how people behave in certain situations: Are they outgoing? Are they go-getters? Are they motivated? Do they have a strong sense of urgency? Those indicators can help the evaluation process.
Burzynski: We use a DiSC personality profile [which tests a person's domi-nance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness; see www.inspiring solutions.com]. We use the test once a candidate becomes a franchise owner so we have a good idea of how to work with them and coach them. We are now considering administering that test as part of our application process.
Common Mistakes, Negotiations and More
Caffey: What are the most common mistakes made by franchisees and franchisors?
Selden: From a franchisee perspective, a common mistake is not getting a good understanding of the franchise system, its track record or the financial performance that you can reasonably expect to get out of the system.
Burzynski: I think a common mistake is that often, individuals buy franchises for the wrong reasons and with wrong assumptions about the business. They may have recently been downsized or disappointed, and they feel that by buying their own franchise, they are completely in control of their destiny and they'll never have to answer to anyone. I often see unrealistic expectations, no matter what we say in the application process. Some owners expect instant success as a result of the system, as if it will happen all by itself. Then, when they actually become accountable, they realize that it is all up to them, that there just isn't a magic bullet. They also realize they are account-able to their clients and their employees, as well as to fellow franchise partners. Too many investors underestimate what it takes to [build a] successful franchise.
Fertman: That's an important point. People can come in sometimes with expectations that are too high; they just don't understand how much work is involved or the commitment it takes. As Linda said, it's not going to happen by itself. The franchisor can be guilty of setting unrealistic expectations as well. Candidates have to talk to other franchisees and understand fully what they're getting into.
Selden: I think it's critical to ask existing franchisees, "If you had it to do over again from the start, would you invest in this franchise a second time?" If the answer is yes, they're sure going to tell you about it, because they're probably enthusiastic about the business, they like the brand, they like the system and they're OK with the hard work. If it hasn't worked out for them, for whatever reason, they'll tell you that, too.
Burzynski: Here's a great question to ask: As a franchisee, if you could do one thing over again to help make your business even more prosperous, what would it be? That's a won-derful question because it helps foster honesty about the lessons they have learned in the business.
Selden: You'd also want to ask existing franchisees if the support services from the franchisor contributed real value, and if the system's marketing support is effective.
Fertman: Another important question is, How much money can I make? Of course, you're going to get all kinds of answers to that, but the financial issue is always an interesting one.
Caffey: Don raises a good point. Andy, how does a franchisor legally answer the question, How much money can I make?
Selden: Well, the hurdles to franchisors making legal and proper financial disclosures today are so low that many companies with a favorable story to tell can-and I would argue should-tell that story in the UFOC. If they don't include financial performance information in their offering circulars, they are not able to legally provide performance information themselves. In that case, franchisors have to refer the candidate to other sources-existing operators, the library and business magazines, their bankers-to ask what similar businesses can do.
Fertman: If I were a new franchise investor looking for a franchise in a particular category, I'd investigate as many franchises within that category as I could find. I would want to get a sense of their average unit volumes and growth rates, and compare them.
Caffey: Should a franchisee expect to negotiate the terms of a franchise agreement? Is that common in franchising, or is it relatively rare? What's your experience in negotiating the terms of a franchise agreement, and what should a franchisee expect?
Burzynski: Franchisee candidates should anticipate that the franchise agreement is the franchise agreement, and it will not be fundamentally altered. I've got to assure every single franchise partner that they all have the same agreement. Now, we have taken steps to clarify some aspects of a franchise agreement by way of a letter of clarification, but material terms generally do not change. Every franchise partner of ours has the same agreement; no one has to guess whether someone negotiated a better deal.
Fertman: For us, the bottom line is: If it's outside the disclosure, we can't change it. Within the disclosure, we describe all the different scenarios that a franchisee will encounter. As we've grown, we've accommodated different situations where we're doing business with oil companies, for example, going into convenience stores and dealing with larger corporations. We changed our rules a bit and modified our franchise agreements somewhat to handle those types of situations.
Electronic Disclosure, Subfranchising and the Future
Caffey: Let's talk about electronic disclosure. Why don't franchisors provide electronic disclosure of their offering circulars--or do they? If electronic disclosure is not common now, is it coming?
Burzynski: I don't see it that often, and I choose not to use electronic documents. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I want to make sure our prospective franchise owners are taking the time to read that document. I'm concerned they will not take the time to print out an electric document and read it carefully. It is surprising, but I still find [people] who come to the table for a serious discussion, and it's clear from their questions that they haven't read the UFOC or the agreement.
Fertman: We still send out that big book to about 600 people every week. A printed version is an expense for the franchisor, but it's easy for people to read. A while back, we made the UFOC available on CD-ROM; we asked prospects if they had a preference for the old-fashioned book or the electronic CD-ROM, and virtually everybody took the book. Electronic disclosure is ultimately a useful tool, but it may take more time for people to get comfortable with it.
Caffey: In the past 20 years, we've seen some strong subfranchising systems arise, and I'm wondering what experience you've had with multi-unit franchising or subfranchising, and whether you think this is a strong direction franchising is taking.
Burzynski: It's definitely growing. Franchising is attracting very sophisticated investors looking to build empires. This is a growth tool that many franchisors will use. I approach multiunit arrangements very cautiously. With Liberty Fitness, we are embarking on a couple of multiunit franchise opportunities, but I'm going to watch it carefully. I want to ensure success for the system and, of course, for the developers.
Fertman: Subway is actually doing more multiunit franchising. We've put together an exclusive area agreement program where we grant a particular territory to a franchisee-or a partnership or consortium of franchisees-and they have an opportunity to develop that area over a period of time. They retain exclusivity as long as they build the business as scheduled. I agree with Andy that multiunit franchising is something we're going to see more of in the future. As our system matures, our franchisees mature and more multiunit operations become available to the owners. They start becoming business-builders as opposed to individual franchisees.
Caffey: What does the state of franchising look like down the road?
Burzynski: The state of franchising is extremely strong. I believe there is a realization not only in our country, but in many countries throughout the world, that franchising is definitely a strong way to expand business. People's desire to own their own businesses and to grow and prosper is growing, not weakening. Baby boomers are consistently disappointed in the corporate culture, so I feel that franchising is going to grow as a strong alternative.
Fertman: I would certainly agree with that. Franchising is indeed a growing proposition. It really is a terrific business model.
Selden: I see a trend-I don't think it's an avalanche, but a trend. Independent economic research and aca-demic literature about franchise systems are telling us that systems following what I'll call a 1950s or 1960s top-down, vertical hierarchy are the ones that never really flourish. Systems that embrace a more holistic, collaborative, internal-governance arrangement are the ones that realize their full potential, and we see more and more of this in big systems and small systems alike. They understand that franchisors and franchisees both have a lot at stake, that they're all rowing the same boat, so to speak, and to the extent they can genuinely work together on system issues, they're all going to come out ahead.
Raise the Red Flag
Does your gut tell you something isn't quite right with that franchise investment? Check out this list of 7 warning signs.
1. No uniform franchise offering circular: Franchisors are required by federal law (and often state laws) to give you a UFOC at least 10 business days before you pay any money or sign a franchise agreement. If you don't receive one, don't even consider investing.
2. The hustle: If the seller tells you the window of opportunity is closing or uses any other hard-sell tactics, be prepared to walk away.
3. Product price squeeze: If you're buying a business that sells the franchisor's product line, make sure its pricing allows you to be competitive in the marketplace. Ask franchisees how the pricing structure works for them. If the product is supplied by third parties, or by the franchisor itself, make sure the supply program runs smoothly. Have the franchisees established a buying co-operative? Do franchisees have input about supply arrangements?
4. High turnover rates: Check Item 20 of the UFOC to confirm how many franchisees have left the system in the past three years. If anything looks suspicious, ask the franchisor about it.
5. Earnings-claim mumbo-jumbo: When you ask how much money you can make with the franchise, listen carefully to the answer. Although a franchisor is legally allowed to provide an answer with either a projection, pro forma or statement about how its franchisees have performed, it must also include the claim in its UFOC (Item 19). If the information isn't in the UFOC, the company must decline to answer the question. If no performance information is given (only about 25 percent of franchisors provide earnings claims), it may be because the true picture isn't pretty. Ask the same question of the franchisees you interview. They are legally free to tell you.
6. Too many lawsuits: Item 3 of the UFOC shows the 10-year history of lawsuits filed against the company. A heavy litigation history may mean franchisees are unhappy, so find out what's going on.
7. Weak financial statements: The UFOC contains three years' worth of the franchisor's audited financial statements. Review them carefully, and take them to a CPA. The poor financial condition of a franchisor magnifies your own risk.
Any of these warning signs should prompt you to ask more questions. If you don't like the answers and your gut (or professional advisor) tells you to be wary, this may not be the right program for you.
Digging for dollars
The biggest challenge most people face when purchasing a franchise is finding the money necessary to build the business. Here are some starting points:
- SBA-backed loans: The SBA's lending program has launched more franchises than any other in history. Talk to your bankers about whether you qualify for an SBA-backed loan for your franchise.
- Family equity: Even if you locate financing, you'll have to inject a slug of equity into the business. Check your own resources. What do you need to pay your bills every month? Do you have friends and family willing to invest in the venture?
- Venture capital: If you approach a venture capitalist, be prepared to provide every last detail of your proposed business and business plan, and be willing to give up as much as 50 percent of your business in return for the investment.
- Angels: An angel investor is a wealthy individual who is not a professional venture capitalist.
He or she has investment money in hand and is looking for a financial home run, or at least a better return than can be expected from the stock market. Angel investors look for annual returns of at least 25 percent. They're often patient, long-term investors who have witnessed the birth of plenty of entrepreneurial ventures.


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