Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Pepper Boyz Catering

The purpose of this document is to describe a proposed new management and operations plan for PLANET CATERING (the Planet)

This initiation seeks the commitment of the Planet, M. Shane David and Key Staff. The plan while general at this time will support the needs of the Planet, M. Shane David and the existing key staff members. With many possible strategies and the real desire to culminate much individual experience, discussion, research and lobbying over the years by the Planet and M. Shane David, we propose to create in a team environment new goals and directions for the Planet. Within this plan lies a new corporate structure or joint venture arrangement having real ownership for the Planet, M. Shane David and Key Staff members.

The essence of the plan is in the personal standards of the management team, the quality of the staff we build, the procedures, the service standards and ultimately the client’s perception of the deliverables. The Plan is dedicated to developing staff through training and will do so in part by providing all operations, orientation, sanitation, recipe and procedural manuals. The benefits of such a plan include the efficient use of resources and a plan that is more apt to produce the desired results. The primary goal of the plan is to structure a program that both operates efficiently and generates enough sales to meet and exceed the corporation's goals.

With our mutual acceptance of this strategic plan and desire to produce a preliminary operations guide, a document will be drawn up that outlines in detail, the “Company” the exact time lines, operations schedules and including a memorandum of understanding.

Delivering world class whole natural food catering, products and entertainment services to clients primarily based in downtown Calgary is a realistic goal. In order to build the Planet into the profitable, market-oriented corporation it seeks to become, one of its most urgent needs is strong management planning and control coupled with a marketing program dedicated to sourcing new markets while delivering excellence of service to existing clienteles. A well thought out and documented plan that takes into account the state of the industry, the Planet’s current position in the industry, and the Planet’s goals.
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Looking forward from September 2004, our vision is to become the leading Calgary catering organization. Our values are to conduct business with integrity, to develop staff through training, to provide our customers with top quality products and services leading to long term alliances with our clients and to mutual success and growth.
To do this, a strong, highly organized and efficient catering team must be in place when the marketing plan goes into action. A comprehensive plan requires looking at today's needs and those that are likely to develop in the near future as a result of more exposure and more sales. The long-range sales goals and sales team-operating plan should be considered so that strategies and internal systems will not become obsolete.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Past Event Details

Past Event Details: "Special Offers from Audi

Audi Driving Experience
April 1 -December 31
Audi dealerships across North America
Auburn Hills (Audi Headquarters) , Michigan



I,Robot. In theaters July 16. In your driveway today -- thanks to the See the Future Sales Event. The 2004 allroad quattro or the A6 2.7 T S line. Special lease offer available now.

See Offer Detail


Regional Offers from Audi
See the Audi of the future in I,Robot at a theater near you this summer. See a dealer today for the Audi of your future. Offers vary by region. Visit one of Audi's regional dealer web sites to find out more about the latest special offers in your area.

View Regional Offers from Audi



The Audi Service Advantage:
Come see the difference passion makes.
Visit any of our Audi Service Advantage dealerships during our Spring promotion and you'll find expert service and very competitive pricing. You'll also understand that what sets us apart from the competition is our passion. We strongly believe we are the best people to maintain your Audi. "

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

matrixz service

matrixz service: "Matrix Service Stock Report
Get quotes, ratings, returns, performance charts, valuations, company financials, owners, news, and more. All from an independent resource you can trust - Morningstar.
www.morningstar.com "

Matrixz' Page

Matrixz' Page
MSN/Mail:
ingegjoestoel@hotmail.com
ICQ: 171207722
AIM: Matrixz127
Y!: matrixz15

Matrixz' Page

Matrixz' Page

Megaman 3 - 6 Level Formats

Notes on how levels are built up in megaman 3-6, offsets for level data in each game, and some other data. Previously included with MegaFLE. Might be revisited sometime.

Bionic Commando ROM Offsets

A collection of level data offsets, asm offsets, and other notes on Bionic Commando. It's previous released somewhere, but this one is updated and improved.

Bionic Commando Reassemblable

Plans on a "source code" version of Bionic Commando, so one can recode the game in nes development form! You get the idea. How im doing this is by my own disassembler, and putting data into include files. Not aviable until i've worked out the whole rom, and gotten my disassembler to spit out good stuff.

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

titan sports

titan sports: "YearrDescriptionPrice Each
... ..
..1990 Titan Sports Inc. W.W.FEach
..Hulk Hogan$10.00 ea
1990Rauishwo Rick Rude$10.00 ea
1990Jake the Snake Roberts$10.00 ea
1990Ax$10.00 ea
1990Smash (2)$10.00 ea
1990Macho Man Randy Savage$10.00 ea
1990Brutus the Barber Beef Cake $10.00 ea
1990Big Boss Man$10.00 ea
1990Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase$10.00 ea
1990Ultimate Warrior$10.00 ea
...
1991 1991 Titan Sports Wrestlers Made in China (for Hasbro)EACH
1991The Rockers. Sets of Twins 1-set w/ Green Legs$10.00 ea
1991The Bushwackers.1-set w/ Black&White Camafloge$10.00 ea
1991Roddy Piper. T-shirt (says 'Hot Rod')$10.00 ea
1991Jim Duggan, Hacksaw. Blue shorts, Blue knee pads, Brown hair, wrist bands"

Monday, June 14, 2004

Calgary Entertainment, Calgary Nightlife, Calgary Night life - Yahoo! Travel

Calgary Entertainment, Calgary Nightlife, Calgary Night life - Yahoo! Travel: "Tickets for events at the Calgary Centre for "The Titan Entertainment Group Inc." are available at Ticketmaster outlets at the Calgary Centre box office or can be charged over the phone (403/270-6700 or 403/266-8888). "

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Web hosting, domain names and web design services by FortuneCity

Web hosting, domain names and web design services by FortuneCity: "FortuneCity offers ad-free web hosting, domain names, free web site and email address services. Our affordable hosting makes FortuneCity the best place to host your small business website or personal web site. Our reliable ad-supported free web space services are also ideal for first-time webmasters. We are your web host for everything from web design, internet marketing tools, domain names, email addresses and powerful web hosting services."

Welcome to E! Online

Welcome to E! Online: "
On E! Tonight


7 p.m.
E! News Live
7:30 p.m.
It's Good to Be Kate Hudson
8 p.m.
Williams Sisters: True Hollywood Story ALL NEW
9 p.m.
Anna Kournikova: True Hollywood Story
10 p.m.
It's Good to Be Posh & Becks ALL NEW
11 p.m.
Howard Stern LIVE IN VEGAS!"

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

savethemales.ca - The Judeo Masonic Roots of Modern "Culture"

savethemales.ca - The Judeo Masonic Roots of Modern "Culture": "True culture is based on refining our animal instincts in terms of our spirituals ideals (like truth, justice, goodness and beauty.) Modern anti culture is based on demoralizing and destroying society by disparaging these ideals."

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Google's Gmail Is Great -- But Not For Privacy

BW Online | May 3, 2004 | Google's Gmail Is Great -- But Not For Privacy: "Gmail looks to be the most usable Web mail service I have tried. But it does accentuate the privacy issues that have always surrounded Web mail, especially considering, as Brin reminds people, that 'the political climate does fluctuate.' It could be a good choice when it becomes available later this year, but you should be aware of the risks."

Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail

Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail: "But not all is rosy. An attempt to send a message in Hebrew to an Outlook Express user was received on the other end as a series of squares. And a message containing a picture, sent from an Outlook Express account to the Gmail account, came in as a collection of ASCII letters. As if that isn't enough, when a Word document was added to a Gmail message and sent to an Outlook Express account, it came in as an unidentified file that could be opened by the Microsoft Notepad program, and was full of gibberish. "

Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail

Haaretz - Israel News - Agog over Gmail: "Agog over Gmail

By Yuval Dror

Gmail, Google's revolutionary new email service, promises users humongous mailbox space."

Marc's Outlook on Productivity

Marc's Outlook on Productivity: "I listen to the Wall St. Journal every morning on Audible.com. Thursdays are one of my favorite days because I get to hear Walt Mossberg's Personal Technology column. Regular readers know I think Mossberg is one of the best writers we have on technology and how it impacts our everyday life.
Today, he weighs in with the opinion that GMail, Google's new ad-supported e-mail offering (still in beta), is 'a little creepy' and may infringe on consumers' privacy or be misused by Google and/or the government sometime in the future. These are not new observations and my point here is not to debate the merits of this opinion.
What I found interesting, and indicative of why Mossberg has become the dean of tech writers, is the spin he puts on his analysis. Rather than calling for the immediate death of GMail, he suggests instead that Google offer GMail without ads on a subscription basis to provide consumers with the choice of whether their incoming mail is scanned to display relevant advertising messages. What a brilliant alternative to the draconian fear-mongering some privacy advocates and misguided legislators have been guilty of!
Good call, Walt."

Marc's Outlook on Productivity

Marc's Outlook on Productivity: "Another freeware gem found via Lockergnomes: Starter. This very nicely designed freeware tool displays all startup items on your system, broken down by where they 'live' - Registry, Startup Items folder, or win.ini file and allows you to turn unnecessary items off. While it doesn't display any information about the items like The Ultimate Troubleshooter I wrote about a while back, if you know what you're doing, the price is right."

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Google Search: gmail

Google Search: gmail: "There's been a lot of fuss about the privacy implications of gmail, but the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. ... No one is going to be forced to use gmail. ... "

Google Search: gmail

Google Search: gmail: "Welcome to GmailGmail, Welcome to Gmail, A Google approach to email. Gmail ... Gmail Sign In. Gmail requires Javascript and cookies to be enabled. Gmail ...
gmail.google.com/ - 8k - 20 Apr 2004 "

Friday, April 16, 2004

Fool.com: The 6% Solution [Motley Fool Take] April 15, 2004

Fool.com: The 6% Solution [Motley Fool Take] April 15, 2004: "Imagine that you and the seller agree on the price of the house at, say, $200,000. You then ask the seller for a 6% seller concession. What this means is that you add (up to) 6% to the price of the house. That's right, you're now going to pay $212,000 for that house -- but the seller is going to give you that $12,000 back when the sale takes place. You're going to use that money to cover all of your closing costs."

If we pretend for a moment that those costs add up to precisely $12,000, then what you've done is folded those closing costs into the mortgage. Points, title search, recordation fees, and all other closing costs -- most of which are not tax-deductible -- have effectively been included in your mortgage. Since your mortgage interest is tax-deductible, these costs have effectively become tax write-offs.

In addition, you don't have to come up with all that extra cash at settlement. Your down payment will be somewhat higher (if you're putting down 20%, then in the current example your down payment would be $42,400, versus $40,000) and, of course, your mortgage payments will be higher, but it ends up saving you money.

The seller has no reason to refuse this -- after all, the agreed-to price is still the same.

The catch with the 6% solution is that the house has to appraise for the higher value. If the appraiser comes back and tells you that this house won't appraise for more than $200,000, you can't do it.

Let's look into this a little further. Say you buy the house for $200,000. Your $40,000 down payment leaves you needing a $160,000 mortgage. You get a 30-year loan at 8%. Your monthly payments for principal and interest are $1,174.

Now, say you decide to use the 6% seller concession strategy. You buy this house for the price of $212,000. You put down 20%, and this leaves you needing a $169,600 mortgage. Your monthly payments will be $1,244, or $70 more per month. Is it worth it?

To begin with, many people aren't going to feel an enormous pinch paying the extra $70 per month -- not nearly as much as they would feel having to fork out an extra $12,000 all at once to cover closing costs. But, what about the fact that now you have to pay this extra money over the course of 30 years? Well, over the course of 30 years, you're paying $25,200 more for that extra $12,000 ($70 more per month x 12 months in a year x 30 years = $25,200).

However, remember that's $12,000 less out of your pocket at the time of closing. If you take $12,000 and invest it at 10% (less than the market average has returned over the past 35 years), then your money will grow to more than $200,000 (before taxes) at the end of 30 years. So, in this scenario, it can be well worth it.

Naturally, you'll want to run the numbers for your particular loan to see whether it would be worth it for you.

Music Business Directory, Music Business Resources, Search Over 100 Music Business Databases Online!

Music Business Directory, Music Business Resources, Search Over 100 Music Business Databases Online!: "Looking for Something and Can't Find It?
Do You Wish there was One Location Where You Could Go
to Carry Out All Your Music Business Related Searches?

Problem Solved.



Music Business Directory Online!
The Ultimate 411 Locator Website
This Site is Music Business Search Central�


It Is Truly The Music Expeditors Dream Come True�
A Music Merchandiser's Genie in a Bottle!!"

Fool.com: Is Whole Foods Overvalued? [Commentary] April 15, 2004

Fool.com: Is Whole Foods Overvalued? [Commentary] April 15, 2004: "One analysis of Whole Foods
Some quick analysis of Whole Foods' financial statements provides us with the pieces needed for the discounted cash flow analysis. The company's fundamental business model is pretty clear: It finances growth in stores from the cash flow that it generates. In the last five years, cumulative cash flow from operations has been $923 million. In the same time period, Whole Foods used $877 million to develop new stores, acquire other companies, and upgrade existing stores. The store count has increased from 87 in the beginning of 1999 to 146 today, and square footage has more than doubled from 2.1 million to 4.6 million.
Since 1999, the company has grown sales from $1.5 billion to $3.1 billion, a 16% annual growth rate. Indicating that it has ample cash to fuel the growth of its business, it just initiated a small dividend last year. At $0.60 per share for a total of just over $35 million per year, the dividend is not a significant factor in its valuation, but it does indicate that management feels the operating cash flow is more than enough to fund growth"

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Matrixz Consortium

Matrixz Consortium: "Ma'trix (ma'triks; mat'riks), n.; pl. MATRICES (ma'tri�sez; mat'ri-; rarely, ma�tri'sez); MATRIXES (ma'trik-sez; -siz; mat'rik-).[L] A place or enveloping element within which something originates, takes form or develops. The natural material in which any metal, fossil, pebble, crystal, or gem is embedded. That which gives form, origin, or foundation to something enclosed or embedded in it "

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Ancient Gods - The Titans

Ancient Gods - The Titans: "The Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against Zeus and were punished by being banished to Tartarus. During their rule the Titans were associated with the various planets. "

Friday, April 02, 2004

CCNMatthews: Newswire, Media Directories

CCNMatthews: Newswire, Media Directories: "
16:49 ET Stanley Mourin: Press Release


16:48 ET Media Advisory-1,000 Veterans into 1,000 Schools


16:48 ET Brookfield Properties Corporation: Conference Call and Webcast of 2004 First Quarter Results; Wednesday, April 28th, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. (E.T.)


16:32 ET Ontex Resources Limited: Update on Exploration


16:30 ET Environnement Canada: Des projets communautaires pour r�duire les �missions de gaz � effet de serre


16:30 ET Environment Canada: Community-Based Projects To Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions


16:28 ET Grey Island Announces Resignation of Board Member


16:24 ET Western Troy Capital Resources Inc.-Announcement


16:15 ET Musicrypt Closes Private Placement


16:01 ET Dundee Bancorp Inc. Reports 2003 Results


16:01 ET Dundee Wealth Management Inc. Reports 2003 Results


16:00 ET Placer Option Expires On The Fuller Property: Vedron Plans Exploration Drilling For Fuller


16:00 ET First Venture Program Underway on Four Additional Wine and Distilled Alcohol Beverage Yeasts "

AIDA32 - Worldwide Sysinfo Tool

AIDA32 - Worldwide Sysinfo Tool: "
AIDA32 development is finished / Befejezod�tt az AIDA32 fejleszt�se
2004-03-24 02:57 CET (Fiery)
As of March 24, 2004 we have decided to discontinue the development project that we all know as AIDA32. Development of AIDA32 has been started years ago, and the project went first public in April 2001. AIDA32 has become the de facto standard for both home and corporate system diagnosis and network audit, winning several awards including 'Freeware Product of the Year' by Support Alert newsletter in December 2002.
Aida32.hu has well served this project almost without any issues, providing access to over half a million of users in 150 countries worldwide. For the exceptional quality of service, we'd like to send our special thanks to Hunet Kft, our internet service provider and software supplier.
To help you find products to relieve AIDA32, hereby we publish our favorites:
1. Freeware system diagnostics, hardware monitoring, benchmarks
Lavalys EVEREST Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.com
Motherboard Monitor by Alex van Kaam: http://mbm.livewiredev.com
Panopsys CPU-Z: http://www.cpuid.com
ScienceMark 2: http://www.sciencemark.org
2. Commercial system diagnostics, network audit, benchmarks
Futuremark PCMark04: http://www.futuremark.com
HWiNFO & HWiNFO32 Hardware Analysis: http://www.hwinfo.com
Lavalys EVEREST Professional: http://www.lavalys.com
SiSoftware Sandra 2004: http://www.sisoftware.net "

Matrixz Consortium

Ma'trix (ma'triks; mat'riks), n.; pl. MATRICES (ma'tri·sez; mat'ri-; rarely, ma·tri'sez); MATRIXES (ma'trik-sez; -siz; mat'rik-).[L] A place or enveloping element within which something originates, takes form or develops. The natural material in which any metal, fossil, pebble, crystal, or gem is embedded. That which gives form, origin, or foundation to something enclosed or embedded in it.

Thursday, April 01, 2004

Google Technology

Google Technology: "Why Google's patented PigeonRank� works so well
PigeonRank's success relies primarily on the superior trainability of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) and its unique capacity to recognize objects regardless of spatial orientation. The common gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying only the minutest differences, an ability that enables it to select relevant web sites from among thousands of similar pages.
By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings.
When a search query is submitted to Google, it is routed to a data coop where monitors flash result pages at blazing speeds. When a relevant result is observed by one of the pigeons in the cluster, it strikes a rubber-coated steel bar with its beak, which assigns the page a PigeonRank value of one. For each peck, the PigeonRank increases. Those pages receiving the most pecks, are returned at the top of the user's results page with the other results displayed in pecking order.
Integrity
Google's pigeon-driven methods make tampering with our results extremely difficult. While some unscrupulous websites have tried to boost their ranking by including images on their pages of bread crumbs, bird seed and parrots posing seductively in resplendent plumage, Google's PigeonRank technology cannot be deceived by these techniques. A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.
Data"

Google Technology

Google Technology: "Why Google's patented PigeonRank� works so well
PigeonRank's success relies primarily on the superior trainability of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) and its unique capacity to recognize objects regardless of spatial orientation. The common gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying only the minutest differences, an ability that enables it to select relevant web sites from among thousands of similar pages.
By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings.
When a search query is submitted to Google, it is routed to a data coop where monitors flash result pages at blazing speeds. When a relevant result is observed by one of the pigeons in the cluster, it strikes a rubber-coated steel bar with its beak, which assigns the page a PigeonRank value of one. For each peck, the PigeonRank increases. Those pages receiving the most pecks, are returned at the top of the user's results page with the other results displayed in pecking order.
Integrity
Google's pigeon-driven methods make tampering with our results extremely difficult. While some unscrupulous websites have tried to boost their ranking by including images on their pages of bread crumbs, bird seed and parrots posing seductively in resplendent plumage, Google's PigeonRank technology cannot be deceived by these techniques. A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.
Data"

Google Technology

Google Technology: "Why Google's patented PigeonRank� works so well
PigeonRank's success relies primarily on the superior trainability of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) and its unique capacity to recognize objects regardless of spatial orientation. The common gray pigeon can easily distinguish among items displaying only the minutest differences, an ability that enables it to select relevant web sites from among thousands of similar pages.
By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings.
When a search query is submitted to Google, it is routed to a data coop where monitors flash result pages at blazing speeds. When a relevant result is observed by one of the pigeons in the cluster, it strikes a rubber-coated steel bar with its beak, which assigns the page a PigeonRank value of one. For each peck, the PigeonRank increases. Those pages receiving the most pecks, are returned at the top of the user's results page with the other results displayed in pecking order.
Integrity
Google's pigeon-driven methods make tampering with our results extremely difficult. While some unscrupulous websites have tried to boost their ranking by including images on their pages of bread crumbs, bird seed and parrots posing seductively in resplendent plumage, Google's PigeonRank technology cannot be deceived by these techniques. A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.
Data"

Google Technology

Google Technology: "The technology behind Google's great results
As a Google user, you're familiar with the speed and accuracy of a Google search. How exactly does Google manage to find the right results for every query as quickly as it does? The heart of Google's search technology is PigeonRank�, a system for ranking web pages developed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University.

Building upon the breakthrough work of B. F. Skinner, Page and Brin reasoned that low cost pigeon clusters (PCs) could be used to compute the relative value of web pages faster than human editors or machine-based algorithms. And while Google has dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of our service on a daily basis, PigeonRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools."

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Sharing Climate Data over the Internet

Try out these operational servers (or look at the complete list)

NVODS (National Virtual Oceanographic Data System)
PFEL (Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory)
ESSC (Environmental Systems Science Centre)
AVISO (Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data)
The Live Access Server (LAS) is a highly configurable Web server designed to provide flexible access to geo-referenced scientific data. It can present distributed data sets as a unified virtual data base through the use of DODS networking. Ferret is the default visualization application used by LAS, though other applications (Matlab, IDL, GrADS, ...) can also be used.

LAS enables the Web user to

visualize data with on-the-fly graphics
request custom subsets of variables in a choice of file formats
access background reference material about the data (metadata)
compare (difference) variables from distributed locations
LAS enables the data provider to

unify access to multiple types of data in a single interface
create thematic data servers from distributed data sources
offer derived products on the fly
remedy metadata inadequacies (poorly self-describing data)
offer unique products (e.g. visualization styles specialized for the data)
Here are a couple of reports about LAS topics

LAS Overview. January 2001.
LAS for In Situ data, a PDF file. January 2002.

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

SatSmart - Satellite Smart Solutions, Global Wireless Comm.

SatSmart - Satellite Smart Solutions, Global Wireless Comm.: "SatSmart designs, develops, sells and implements wireless data systems, products and applications for service providers in the telematics industry



SatSmart's solutions are based on global satellites for global communication, optional dual mode GPRS Cellular Data Communication, GPS for global tracking and the Internet for global customer access.



SatSmart is partnering with service providers and system integrators to sell its products and service to end customers. Service providers include service bureaus, OEMs or enterprise fleet managers."

Sat-Comm - Outside Broadcast and Satellite Uplink Vehicles for Television and Webcast

Sat-Comm - Outside Broadcast and Satellite Uplink Vehicles for Television and Webcast: "Sat-Comm Ltd. is an innovative satellite & broadcast systems integrator, specialising in flight-cased and vehicle borne SNG systems.
From low cost, lightweight flyaway systems capable of delivering high quality streaming video, to fully redundant hybrid SNG & multi-camera production vehicles, Sat-Comm has an increasing portfolio of satellite enabled mobile communication solutions."

Monday, March 22, 2004

Ken Gillespie artwork from Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna

Ken Gillespie artwork from Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna: "Born in Vancouver in 1948, Ken Gillespie has always lived in western Canada. He has done some travelling to other countries now that his daughters have shown him how. He recently met them in Nepal where they trekked around the foothills of the highest mountains in the world. He also enjoys kayaking and hiking around the west coast of British Columbia. He started putting the images of the Canadian landscape to canvas at the age of forty, and a few years later left a successful career in the geophysical sector to pursue art full time. This change has met with much success, including sell out shows in recent years in Calgary. In 1996 he achieved senior status with the Federation of Canadian Artists. His work hangs in public, corporate and private collections world wide.
Collections:
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Bennett Jones Verchere
The Prokosh Group
BERMAC Electric Ltd
Morguard Investments Ltd
Cana Construction Ltd
Mustaugh Resources Ltd
Geo-X Systems Ltd
Pulsonic Corporation
Sunwest International Aviation Services Ltd
Tortuga Investments
In the Spring of 1999, Ken's work was published in 'International Artists' magazine in a feature entitled 'Master Painters of the World'
He is now concentrating his efforts in the Okanagan Valley where he moved just recently.
Ken will be highlighted at a one man show at the Hambleton Galleries in the Spring of 2001 from April 19 to May 5. We look forward to seeing you in Kelowna. Ken will be there for a wine and cheese reception from 5:00 to 8:30. "

the Projects - For Bermac

the Projects - For Bermac: "
Detail or LocationJob Description
Amoco, Empress Westinghouse PLC Program AuditConducted a PLC program audit and made recommendations on how to optimize the program, increase diagnostics, and eliminate control problems.
Bearberry Compressor 16-32 Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
Dominion Fort St. John SCADA projectSCADA applications using Wonderware interfacing to PLC and ROCs
General Support for Allison Turbine Control SystemSix Allison 501 gas turbine-generator sets did not run properly and downtime was costing huge throughput losses on an oil pipeline. Tarco was hired to review the design and solve the problems. We analyized the problem from Calgary and solved the problem with a one-day visit to site.
Empress Expander sequencing AB PLC program to control expander sequencing on a Turbo Expander. This program interfaced with a Honeywell DCS system.
PLC Programming - Alliance Tie-in to Amoco KaybobAllen-Bradley PLC programming
PLC Programming for Pemex Glycol Regen Package GE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
GE Cimplicity HMI Programming - Dolch Smart DiabloHMI programming using Cimplicity software and Dolch Diablo hardware
PLC Materials for Pemex Glycol Regen PackageGE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
PetroCanada 7-9 Compressor Station - D330-11105Moore DCS programing to add a new vessel to the Petro Canada Wildcat Hills facility.
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Energy Ind. P-013GE Fanuc PLC based recip. compressor controls
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Collicutt P-005Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
AEC/Energy Ind. Recip P-013 � Run Test/CommissioningRecip. compressor PLC control. Project include design, implementation, and field start up.
AEC/Collicutt"

the Projects - For Bermac

the Projects - For Bermac: "
Detail or LocationJob Description
Amoco, Empress Westinghouse PLC Program AuditConducted a PLC program audit and made recommendations on how to optimize the program, increase diagnostics, and eliminate control problems.
Bearberry Compressor 16-32 Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
Dominion Fort St. John SCADA projectSCADA applications using Wonderware interfacing to PLC and ROCs
General Support for Allison Turbine Control SystemSix Allison 501 gas turbine-generator sets did not run properly and downtime was costing huge throughput losses on an oil pipeline. Tarco was hired to review the design and solve the problems. We analyized the problem from Calgary and solved the problem with a one-day visit to site.
Empress Expander sequencing AB PLC program to control expander sequencing on a Turbo Expander. This program interfaced with a Honeywell DCS system.
PLC Programming - Alliance Tie-in to Amoco KaybobAllen-Bradley PLC programming
PLC Programming for Pemex Glycol Regen Package GE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
GE Cimplicity HMI Programming - Dolch Smart DiabloHMI programming using Cimplicity software and Dolch Diablo hardware
PLC Materials for Pemex Glycol Regen PackageGE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
PetroCanada 7-9 Compressor Station - D330-11105Moore DCS programing to add a new vessel to the Petro Canada Wildcat Hills facility.
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Energy Ind. P-013GE Fanuc PLC based recip. compressor controls
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Collicutt P-005Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
AEC/Energy Ind. Recip P-013 � Run Test/CommissioningRecip. compressor PLC control. Project include design, implementation, and field start up.
AEC/Collicutt"

the Projects - For Bermac

the Projects - For Bermac: "
Detail or LocationJob Description
Amoco, Empress Westinghouse PLC Program AuditConducted a PLC program audit and made recommendations on how to optimize the program, increase diagnostics, and eliminate control problems.
Bearberry Compressor 16-32 Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
Dominion Fort St. John SCADA projectSCADA applications using Wonderware interfacing to PLC and ROCs
General Support for Allison Turbine Control SystemSix Allison 501 gas turbine-generator sets did not run properly and downtime was costing huge throughput losses on an oil pipeline. Tarco was hired to review the design and solve the problems. We analyized the problem from Calgary and solved the problem with a one-day visit to site.
Empress Expander sequencing AB PLC program to control expander sequencing on a Turbo Expander. This program interfaced with a Honeywell DCS system.
PLC Programming - Alliance Tie-in to Amoco KaybobAllen-Bradley PLC programming
PLC Programming for Pemex Glycol Regen Package GE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
GE Cimplicity HMI Programming - Dolch Smart DiabloHMI programming using Cimplicity software and Dolch Diablo hardware
PLC Materials for Pemex Glycol Regen PackageGE PLC programming using VersaPoint Distributed I/O System for glycol regen systems
PetroCanada 7-9 Compressor Station - D330-11105Moore DCS programing to add a new vessel to the Petro Canada Wildcat Hills facility.
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Energy Ind. P-013GE Fanuc PLC based recip. compressor controls
Recip Control Systems - AEC/Collicutt P-005Design and install a PLC based recip. compressor control panel
AEC/Energy Ind. Recip P-013 � Run Test/CommissioningRecip. compressor PLC control. Project include design, implementation, and field start up.
AEC/Collicutt"

oildirectory.com - Public Services - Employment - Online Resumes - View Resume - Entry Level In Production Accounting Or General Accounting Position In Oil

oildirectory.com - Public Services - Employment - Online Resumes - View Resume - Entry Level In Production Accounting Or General Accounting Position In Oil And Gas Company.: "Peter Lui
Accounting Assistant
Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation Ltd
403-287-6026 ext 425

Dennis Bishop
Safety Manager
Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation Ltd
403-287-6026 ext 515
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Monday, March 15, 2004

Where is Raed ?

Where is Raed ?: "So I assume you have been reading the blog and already know that the prophet announced before his death that whoever sees a leader in him should see a leader in his cousin Ali. Which the Shia took as a sign that the rule of the growing Muslim empire should be in the hands of the descendants of the prophet. Things didn�t happen like that.
The revolution that was led by an orphaned man to make all believers equal in the eyes of Allah wasn�t gaining much ground with the big rich families of Mecca. If you have read Salman Rushdie�s [Satanic Verses] you�ll see how he hinted at the disgruntlement of the big rich families, they were calling it a revolution of �water bearers and slaves�. This is not just fiction, in a book titled [the political left and right in Islam] � please excuse me for forgetting the name of the author - it is suggested that after all of Mecca became muslin, willingly or by force, the older tribes were not going to allow the rule of this growing institution go to the hands of an unknown, an orphan. This gap between the old and the new power, the author suggests, has always been at the heart of Sunni/Shia trouble in the early days of the Caliphate.
Four Caliphs down the line, as we get into the Ummayad period, things are getting more and more decadent and. When Yazeed comes to become Caliph in Damascus he wants to make sure that there will not be anyone from the Prophet�s family to contest his right to the throne. He sends someone to kill al-Hussain, the next in line of Imams.
In the mean time al-Hussain is getting messages from Kufa/Iraq telling him that they support his cause and wish he would come to Kufa and lead the believers there. Seeing that he has no choice al-Hussain moves to Iraq. He takes with him all his family, the prophet�s family and followers of al-Hussain i.e. Shia. It is a small entourage since he is expecting th"

Where is Raed ?

Where is Raed ?: ":: Saturday, March 06, 2004 ::
I am sorry, please accept my apologies for not updating. My mind doesn't seem to be able to multi-task any more, I am in filming mode, and with a certain person here with a whip in her hand, I can't even get a chance to check my emails.
Karbala was one of these things I will never ever forget in my whole life, I don't care what you think of the rituals that are practiced, the fact is that the atmosphere was beautiful. Peacful and so much passion and devotion, it brings tears to your eyes. I have seen things that left me baffled for hours.
I, my mother and my cousin were out of the center of the city, running, by the third mortar. it was the last two that did the damage and it happened near the shrine of Abbas not al-Hussein where we were staying.
I am not sure I am more phased out by the rituals I saw and witnessed there or by the attacks and their consequences. I have gone thru the footage I have from the 4 days over and over again. The world being a very unfair place I can't show you the 400 minutes I have and tell you about them, people will chop it down to 12 minutes.
There was such a feeling of solidarity and unity and peacefulness, you had to be there to feel it. People were sleeping on the street, stands giving out everything, from tea and milk in the morning to full meals, for free. 2 million people squeezed into this one place and not even a small fight.
I frikkin' met an Ayatollah! a real life Ayatollah, I watched him eat a banana and then he put his hands on my shoulder and prayed that I get married soon, my mom was beside herself with joy and I just couldn't stop laughing.
The heretic fagot getting a blessing from an Ayatollah. that is how great those four days were.
I have to go now and finish all the things my lovely producer asked me to do, otherwise I will be "

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Prairie Business Magazine: "Fast Facts
The travel & tourism industry generates $104 billion a year in revenue
The travel and tourism industry employs 2 million people
Congress just allocated $50 million to promote travel & tourism
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www.fargodome.com
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www.hilton.com
www.spiritlakecasino.com"

Prairie Business Magazine

Prairie Business Magazine: "Driven To Develop
Quick, who is America's most prolific mid-range private hotel developer? If you answered Gary Tharaldson and his Tharaldson Lodging Companies of Fargo, you win the jackpot.
Starting in 1982, this Valley City (ND) insurance executive began a new career with the purchase of a Super 8 motel in Valley City. Sixteen motels later, Tharaldson made the transition into fulltime hotel development and he's just now slowing down to catch his breath ... after 350 properties being created across the United States.
'We did about $120 million in new development in 2003 and will do about $180 million in 2003. Then we're backing off a little to about $150 million in 2004,' says Tharaldson, who is grooming his son to manage the family side of the business, while about half the properties are owned by some of the 200 employees through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP). 'We were lucky during the economic downturn because of our financial strength. Our bankers and hotel groups have been calling us to develop new sites. With low interest rates and reduced construction costs our profits have risen by 50 percent, with about 40 percent in interest savings alone.'
Tharaldson's financial strengths have also enabled the companies (there are several involved in the process) to start building larger properties�with 117 rooms as the average size compared to 65-room properties in 1996�and developing sites in larger markets.
Another time-tested developer in the region is the Dakota Hospitality Company of Fargo, which made its claim to fame in Fargo with the Holiday Inn (opening in 1972), then developed nine more hotels in Minneapolis, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Kansas City, and Denver.
Steve Hanson, director of operations for the firm, says 'heads and beds is where the money is at' when he speaks "

Prairie Business Magazine

Prairie Business Magazine: "Filling The Mid-Range
Before the 'titan' venues emerged in Fargo and Grand Forks, there were civic centers and armories in the region that met most of the basic needs for events. Just about every community with populations over a couple thousand people still have these facilities for hosting gatherings.
Minot, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Brookings, Watertown, Valley City, Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Dickinson ... the list of towns with large floors is endless and most of them will always be a backbone to local hospitality events.
Dick Petersen, executive director of the Bismarck Civic Center since 1992, credits the Bismarck-Mandan community for its continued support of expansions and improvements for the ongoing success of his facility. The city of Bismarck approved a one-cent city sales tax in 1989 and the revenue has been put to good use in periodic projects that have turned the $1.5 million original structure (in 1969) into a versatile assemblage of buildings worth an estimated $60 million now.
'In 1991 we added the $10 million exhibit hall; we renovated the arena in 1999, and in 2002 we made mechanical improvements and added a grid system for Broadway style shows for an additional $500,000,' says Petersen, a South Dakota native. 'The difference between building an arena for basketball compared to football, like the Fargodome and the Alerus Center, is the caliber of seating for smaller events. We've got basketball and arena football who use us as their home, which means we're nearly completely booked the first quarter of each year.'
Due to the sports schedule, Petersen admits the Bismarck facility has to pass up some concerts, which offer the highest revenue potential, but he also feels the trade shows and other events provide a great return in terms of economic impact because th"

Prairie Business Magazine

Prairie Business Magazine: "Battle Of The Titans
About 11 years ago, something truly monumental took place after much public debate and agonizing in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Following the lead of Fargo's former parks superintendent, Goose Johnson, and other community leaders, the $44 million Fargodome became one of the largest buildings on the landscape near North Dakota State University and the Hector International Airport.
The airport had completed its new construction a few years earlier, so with the Dome's addition, Fargo-Moorhead ushered in a new era for the hospitality industry in 1992 when it opened. It rapidly became the venue that would attract many of the entertainment industry's top performers�like Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Garth Brooks, KISS, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, and Neil Diamond. With a maximum capacity of 22,000 for staged events, the economic impact of the Dome on lodging and restaurants was easily measured in the millions of dollars (a new economic impact study is presently underway at the time of this writing).
'It added to the quality of life; people began talking about it when they thought of Fargo-Moorhead,' says Paul Johnson, executive director of the facility since 1995.
The other side of the Dome was its ability to host football, basketball, and other sporting events, along with trade shows and business conventions. In 2001 the facility added more lobby space and 10,000 square feet of meeting rooms to 'complement events in the building that need additional breakout space,' according to Johnson.
With a new 5-1/2 year management contract recently passed by the City of Fargo (owner of the Dome), Johnson reports to both Global Spectrum and the seven-member Dome authority appointed by the city commission. Twenty fulltime employees and up to 500 part time staff members report to"

Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech

Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech: "What about the medical monitoring equipment McCoy had in his sick bay?

It could track heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc. I don't think those devices existed before Star Trek hit the air. Granted we don't have the 'no-contact' versions yet (and I stress 'yet') but we still have a few hundred years to perfect it.

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Re:missed this one? (Score:5, Informative)
by djh101010 (656795) on Monday March 15, @05:18PM (#8572813)
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Temperature and heart rate should be easy - infrared pyrometers are used in industry to measure, with accuracy, the temperature of a surface, no reason it shouldn't work to point it at a person & get a number. Heart rate - several optical ways, no problem, or a directional microphone and appropraite sound processing - again, nothing too complicated.

Blood pressure, though...since BP is measured by finding the two points where (1) the pressure in the cuff blocks all flow, and (2) the pressure in the cuff blocks no flow, I can't see an easy way to get that without actually blocking and unblocking said flow.

Non-inavsive blood pressure systems work by 'listening' to the pulse with a pressure transducer & working some fairly mundane math to get the numbers, but I just can't see a way to find out how much pressure it takes to occlude a blood vessel without...occluding that blood vessel. "

Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech

Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech: " how many of the inventions of Star Trek have made early appearances, 2 centuries ahead of Captain Kirk's time. They talk with one of Palm's UI designers, who admits that '...my first sketches were influenced by the UI of the Enterprise bridge panels', and also notes: 'When we designed the first Treo... it had a form factor similar to the communicators in the original series. It had a speakerphone mode so you could stand there and talk into it like Capt. Kirk'.' "

Friday, March 12, 2004

Titan Rocks

The campus like setting of the Titan project in downtown Calgary, Canada’s business centre will bring very positive results. Titan intends to be a very noticeable corporate citizen committed to improving public life, preserving cultures, providing educating experiences and entertainment while changing and touching the very fabric of people’s lives

Matrixz to be Retained as Consultants

Matrixz to be retained for a consulting role to entertainment specialists The Titan Entertainment Group Inc. Company officials are pleased to accept this new contract and expect it will be great for the company. The Company is to assist in the development of the Titan Entertainment Groups venues worldwide. Officials of both companies expect a 3 - 4 year commitment and plan to open facilities in the near future in Calgary, Alberta Canada as well as Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Group will also suppy talent to venues branded under the Titan name in Italy and Thailand. Interested parties should contact M. Shane David at info@matrixz.com


Matrixz

Monday, March 08, 2004

Bad Science

Bad Science: "Be very, very careful what you put into that head,
because you will never, ever get it out.
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (1471-1530)
Bad Science
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These pages are maintained by Alistair B. Fraser in an attempt to sensitise teachers and students to examples of the bad science often taught in schools, universities, and offered in popular articles and even textbooks.

However, it will gladly link to other sites which explore the same pedagogical isues of bad science.
Here, I explain what I mean by bad science and provide pointers to specialized pages on bad science within various disciplines. In particular this page points to Bad Meteorology , a page also maintained by Alistair B. Fraser.

MusicMoz - Regional: North America: Canada: Styles: Rock: Bands and Artists

MusicMoz - Regional: North America: Canada: Styles: Rock: Bands and Artists: " the entire directory only in this category
Top: Regional: North America: Canada: Styles: Rock: Bands and Artists (22)

Jeck out MusicMoz!

Thursday, March 04, 2004

Titan Entertainment Group: "Titan: noun
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn "

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

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인터넷은 신비.
웨브는 순간에 변경하면 아주 exacting 인습의 높게 작용하는 meticulous 세트 이다. 간계는 즉시적으로 그것 올라간것을 이고 넓은 장학금안에 너의 눈에 여행은 연다.

Monday, February 23, 2004

The Titan Project in Calgary encompasses an 8,000/9,000 seat venue, a world-class destination hotel, a retail complex and a 300-400 seat restaurant. We are working closely with the city and community. We are in the final site selection process and intend to start this spring/summer on the site engineering. The site we prefer has the Cities’ endorsement and is connected to light rail transit, and major transportation routes.

The campus like setting of the Titan project in downtown Calgary, Canada’s business centre will bring very positive results. Titan intends to be a very noticeable corporate citizen committed to improving public life, preserving cultures, providing educating experiences and entertainment while changing and touching the very fabric of people’s lives

What we ask for is your endorsement of the cultural benefits an entertainment venue brings to a community. We ask for you to investigate the relationships you could have with us such as branding opportunities, volunteer work, product supply, philanthropic and many others. We would like to have a relationship with you for our non profit fund raising and community liaison needs. We intend to give generously to charities of all kinds allowing easy access to the facility for fund raising and community activities and invite your participation.

Calgary and two other cities in Canada need venues now and The Titan Group intends to build and manage them. We have an impressive number of endorsements to date and a growing list of supporters. We also have a growing number of world class promoters and talent buyers who intend to book the facilities.