PCs ram through budget bill, sending environmental protections back to the days of Mike Harris
In 2020, Ontario has gone back to the past, the threats of a changing climate be damned.
Repeated reports from government commissioned panels, independent scientists and research bodies have all predicted what is in store for a world that is unable to keep global temperature from rising 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
It is an apocalyptic list of misery that includes more intense and unpredictable weather events, frequent flooding, prolonged droughts, food scarcity and unbreathable air, all of which will create waves of environmental refugees fleeing affected areas for safer ground.
A bleak picture.
Unlike earthquakes or tornadoes — natural disasters that shatter places in minutes — this calamity is unfolding over decades, and it can be difficult to respond to something so far in the distance.
The PC government displayed this unfortunate lack of foresight on Tuesday when approving Bill 229 – The Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act.
On one side of this omnibus budget bill is Premier Doug Ford’s plan for investing and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an ambitious, three-year, $15.2 billion strategy to bolster Ontario’s economy through investments into healthcare, long-term care and small businesses across the province. On the other is Schedule 6, a small section of a lengthy Bill that, in the long-run, has the potential to reverse all of the economic investments the budget has outlined.
The approval of Schedule 6, which makes a number of changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, some of which never received any public consultation when pushed through at the 11th hour, strips power away from Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities.
These agencies are responsible for maintaining, monitoring and protecting Ontario’s network of watersheds that 14 million residents call home, and support the province’s array of animal and plant life. To do this job, a key piece of the conservation authorities’ work is to review development applications that are proposed within its watershed. These reviews are crucial to not only ensure the protection of the watershed, but to make sure the proposed home or business being proposed is protected from risks such as flooding and erosion.
Should the developer wish to continue with a proposal to build in a risky area, despite the denial of the conservation authority, Schedule 6 allows an applicant to appeal directly to the Province, and with a newly created veto power, Queen’s Park can now order the conservation authority to issue a permit, even if their scientists say it is damaging to the environment, or even dangerous.
“The gutting of Conservation Authorities shows that this Ontario government ignores the people. It’s a government for land speculators and the worst sorts of developers,” said Tim Gray, Executive Director of Environmental Defence in a released statement following Tuesday’s vote. “This undermining of Conservation Authorities takes the province back over 70 years, to a more dangerous time when we didn’t know better. Now, however, we do know better, and we recognize that Ontarians deserve more, including wetlands, forests and flood plains that are intact and not paved over.”
“This is an unbridled march toward environmental disaster,” said Mitzie Hunter, Liberal MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood.
The encroachment on the authority of the conservation agencies began almost as soon as Ford and his PC majority government took office in 2018, putting in motion what was clearly a pro-developer agenda. The clues were there even before Ford was elected, when he was caught on a secret video during the campaign promising a room filled with developers that, if elected (with their help) he would open up a big chunk of the protected Greenbelt for them. Then, after the election, the PCs attempted to pass a Schedule in Bill 66 that would have allowed municipalities to override environmental protections by passing “open for business” bylaws.
Last year, an open letter was sent to the province’s conservation authorities, including Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) in Peel Region. Environment Minister Jeff Yurek basically told them to stop doing what they’ve been so successfully doing for the past 60 years. Yurek said things have to change, especially now that Bill 108 (More Homes, More Choice) had passed – the Act that has opened up a wide avenue so developers could build more single-family homes – just like it did during the last time a PC government (Mike Harris-Ernie Eves) was in power in the late '90s and early 2000s.
Wrote Yurek: “We will review your activities and wind down those activities that fall outside the scope of your core mandate.”
This idea of returning conservation authorities to their “core mandate” was a theme during the lengthy debates over Schedule 6 at Queen’s Park.
Andrea Khanjin, PC MPP for Barrie-Innisfil and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, said that some conservation authorities in Ontario had become “more focused on zip lining than flood mitigation.”
“The changes we’re making, make sure that conservation authorities are focused on their core mandate,” she said in the Legislature.
The PCs never explained how the Schedule will do that. It is illogical to believe the job of a conservation authority to manage and mitigate environmental damage and flooding within its jurisdiction, is improved by not having a strong say in any proposed construction process that takes place within their watershed. Conservation authorities use scientific expertise, with the help of watershed monitoring data and floodplain mapping to inform their decision-making around development applications in order to ensure growth is done safely and without any avoidable damage to the ecosystem. Removing them from the process does not return them to their “core mandate”, it alters that mandate completely by effectively handcuffing conservation authorities during the crucial development application process.
Builders have long complained the conservation authorities became too bureaucratic and overstepped their mandate, often causing unnecessary delays and added costs for the private sector.
Conservative governments have typically been in favour of stripping regulatory oversight. Unfortunately, from the Walkerton E. coli crisis to the recent disaster in long-term care homes, the deadly consequences of this approach is only realized when it’s too late.
“The Budget Bill is all about financial recovery from pandemic conditions and this could have easily been accomplished in ways that didn’t sacrifice Ontario’s environment and our unique watershed approach,” Kim Gavine, General Manager of Conservation Ontario, the agency which represents conservation authorities, said in a press release. “A more proactive approach may have been to use this bill to support the development of a stream of new, greener economic activities that would boost the economy and help to build environmental resilience, not break it down.”
The changes created by Schedule 6 are a shift away from green, sustainable development at a time when such philosophies are needed more than ever.
In many of its reports, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has noted that municipalities play a key role in mitigating the effects of climate change through their urban growth policies.
“A wide range of adaptation options are available to reduce the risks to natural and managed ecosystems … and urban areas (e.g. green infrastructure, sustainable land use and planning, and sustainable water management),” a 2018 IPCC report states. “Urban governance is critical to ensuring that the necessary urban transitions deliver economic growth and equity. The proximity of local governments to citizens and their needs can make them powerful agents of climate action, but urban governance is enhanced when it involves multiple actors, supportive national governments, and sub-national climate networks.”
The IPCC makes clear that cities are a key focus in the climate change battle. According to supporting documents in the 2018 report, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in urban centres by 2050, placing a large burden on municipalities to build sustainably amid unprecedented expansion.
It’s a tall order for a city like Brampton, where developer interests have been entrenched in the planning system and where elected officials have shown little backbone in the fight for smart growth.
The Ford government has completely ignored the prevailing approach to governance and climate change, shredding policies such as subsidies for electric vehicles and refusing to cooperate with Ottawa’s carbon taxation platform. Now, it has handed a veto power to a minister who has no scientific background, allowing developers to ram through projects that could see environmentally protected areas across Ontario, including the GTA, devastated. As Gray said, the clock has been turned back and environmental proponents now question how the country’s largest province could get it so wrong.
Brampton NDP MPP and the party’s Deputy Leader Sara Singh says she has had many calls from her constituents, some of them in tears over what the changes could mean for the future.
“I was tearing up, thinking about what the implications of this are going to be for future generations, it’s really heartbreaking and disappointing that this is what this government has chosen to do,” she told The Pointer. “In 2022 we have to vote differently. This is what Conservatives do and they’ve shown that time and time again.”
Brampton NDP MPP Sara Singh says some of her constituents are deeply troubled by the PC party's pro-developer policies
The problem, Ford and his PCs are enjoying huge popularity across the province right now. A just-released poll from Mainstreet Research commissioned by 338Canada shows 46 percent of Ontario voters support the ruling party, with the NDP at 23 percent and the Liberals at 20.
For many experts, the potential destruction of Ontario wetlands will have significant impacts on watersheds across the province, while municipal budgets will suffer.
“The GTA is one of the fastest growing urban areas in North America, so there is huge developmental pressure that are there already and if we take away these remnant pieces of nature and take away the protection that these small wetlands around the landscape offer, that means our beaches are going to be closed more often, there’s going to be more instances of algal blooms, the rivers are going to have more pollutants, there are multiplicative impacts, which feeds back to costs municipalities will have to bear,” says Nandita Basu, associate professor, water sustainability and ecohydrology at the University of Waterloo.
A vital service provided by wetlands is flood mitigation, and the more wetlands that are paved over, the more flooding that will result as rain and snowmelt run out of places to go.
“Flooding is not going to go away, it’s only going to get worse,” says Andrea Kirkwood, an associate professor of biology at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa.
Municipalities will need to spend big to mitigate impacts that will only get worse. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities projected earlier this year that an annual investment of $5.3 billion in municipal infrastructure and climate adaptation measures is needed in Canadian cities to keep up with the impacts of a rapidly changing climate.
The evidence of these significant rainfalls and ill-prepared infrastructure has been seen in Peel for the last several years. In October of last year, Brampton and Mississauga firefighters had to rescue three people when their vehicles became submerged in flooding on Torbram Road. In January, Peel Public Works issued a warning to drivers on Coleraine Drive when the roadway became impassable because of flooding. Similar alerts were issued for parts of Heritage Road and Wanless Drive during the same storm, prompting Peel Regional Police to close the roads and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to issue a flood warning, stating rivers will be experiencing “higher flows and water levels.”
Most recently, in August, several severe thunderstorms rocked the GTA, leading many conservation authorities, including Credit Valley Conservation, to issue flood alerts.
There have been a number of once-in-a-century storm events in the GTA, over the last decade.
In July of 2013 huge areas of Mississauga were submerged after a massive flash-storm that saw some parts of the city receive more than 100 millimetres of rain in less than an hour. Brampton and the rest of the GTA were also hard hit.
Not only does flooding lead to dangerous conditions on the streets, it creates havoc for homes. Thousands of basements and even main floors were flooded out in 2013. It was the most expensive natural disaster in Ontario’s history, with a billion-dollar bill. The City of Toronto alone had to cover more than $170-million in losses because of the flooding, and the devastating ice storm that hit at the end of the same year. Peel municipalities joined others across the GTA that needed emergency funding.
In defence of the changes in Schedule 6, Premier Ford and the PCs have continuously reiterated the Greenbelt will not be opened for development — if true, it will leave one of the largest and most significant green spaces in the province intact — and recently announced funding for the protection and restoration of existing wetlands.
On Monday, after a weekend that saw 7 members of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council — a government body that included many members from conservation authorities — resign in protest over the changes in Schedule 6, including chair, and former PC MP, David Crombie, the Provincial government announced $30 million in funding to conservation organizations to restore wetlands in priority areas across the province.
The move was immediately criticized by experts who pointed out that ecosystems do not have interchangeable parts. It’s not a matter of destroying one wetland and building another somewhere else. These ecosystems are adapted to the areas where they formed and serve specific, crucial ecological functions. Any wetlands created with the new PC funding will do nothing to alleviate the pressures put on watersheds from development in the coming years.
“If you restore a wetland, or build a new wetland, it takes decades for it to be really functional,” Basu says.
“That makes no economic sense,” Kirkwood says of the multimillion-dollar announcement. “It’s far, far, far cheaper to protect remnant wetlands — there are 30 percent left in Ontario and in the GTA there’s, I’d say, probably less than 10 percent that’s still intact — and so because we have such few original remnant wetlands, they just absolutely, full-stop, need to be protected.”
Yet, the government is forging ahead with not only Schedule 6, but has been using Ministerial Zoning Orders, a heavy-handed policy tool that overrides local planning decisions, to push through damaging developments.
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark has issued more MZOs in a little over a year than the entire 15 years of Liberal governments that preceded him. Nearly half of the 33 MZOs issued in 2020 were for residential developments, and four issued in a single day in April led to the destruction of three small wetlands, claiming the developments are essential to help the economy recover from COVID-19.
“I think when we look at perhaps why this is happening, as much as we don’t want to feel that the government is acting in this way, it does seem they are seeking to hand out political favours and hand over large tracts of land to their developer friends,” Singh says. Analysis from the NDP alleges that 19 of the 37 MZOs that have been issued, benefit individuals or companies that donated directly to the PC party or Premier Ford’s election campaign.
With Bill 229 past third reading, all that remains is Royal Assent. Conservation authorities and members of the public are bracing for what it will mean, both for the practical work done by these agencies, and for the future of growing communities like Peel.
“I heard from constituents who are really concerned about the urban sprawl that we see and the types of development projects that are coming into our city, and something like this doesn’t give municipalities, and the conservation authorities, the tools they need to oppose these projects,” Singh says. “Once that landscape is gone, it’s gone.”
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Children in foster care have the same needs essential to every child: security, safety, and love. Just as each child is unique and may require differing parenting styles for success, fostering is no different. Fostering a child requires a balance of open-mindedness, dependability, and patience.
Children in care have sometimes been neglected, physically, sexually, mentally and/or emotionally abused. The children can be angry, resentful and sad and may take it out on their foster parents. It’s important to recognize behaviors as possible effects of that child’s history and to not take it personally. This can be harder than it seems in highly intense emotional situations. Lastly, a foster child may require at times extra attention, affection, and empathy.
There are specific responsibilities and duties that the foster parent is held accountable for. The foster parent must keep records and maintain the child and family’s confidentiality. The foster family will also be asked to go through an intensive and time-consuming “interview” process which includes background checks, home inspection, SAFE study and training classes.
Foster parents are asked to love and care for a child as if he /she were your own, but also be willing to support the child’s reunification with mom, dad or the child’s family. Another expectation is that the foster parent be willing to work with a “team” of professionals involved in the child’s case which include monthly visits with social workers. This goal requires excellent communication skills on your part, and a commitment to follow the plan set forth by the fostering agency even when you may be in disagreement with it.
Foster parents believe that the child will be grateful and relieved to be out of their home situation. This is rarely the case. Abuse is all that the child may know. The child’s bad situation is her/his “normal.” Be prepared for the child to be anything but happy about being in your home. In other words, examine your expectations. What are you expecting? Not only from the child but from his or her parents, the state and the fostering experience itself? High expectations can lead to your fall!
Most children come into the foster care system because they have been removed from their parent or guardian due to abuse or neglect. Many come from homes where substance abuse and/or domestic violence are present.
Children are removed from homes for a wide variety of reasons such as lack of supervision, unsanitary housing conditions, educational neglect, medical neglect, physical abuse, or constant exposure to domestic violence, and sexual abuse.
All of the children entering the foster care system have experienced trauma in one form or another. Being able and willing to help a child heal from trauma is a necessary quality in a foster parent.
A child or teen may be in foster care for one night, several months or, in some cases, several years. Every effort is made to reunify children with their parent. The time spent in foster care is dependent upon each parent’s situation and their ability to engage in services to keep the children or youth safe so that they can be reunited.
Children may leave foster care to live with a relative or another adult with whom they have a significant relationship. This is called kinship care.
Most likely, a child entering foster care is coming from a situation that may have consisted of severe neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, parental mental health issues, parents with addiction problems, or ongoing abandonment, to name a few. As a result, it makes sense that we see similar behaviors in children that they most likely experienced from their parents. These include:
- Withdrawn or depressed mood
- Lack of understanding regarding consequences
- Physical aggression towards others or animals
- Sexually acting out
- Lack of impulse control
- Difficulty connecting with others
- Property destruction
- Emotional sensitivity
Because these children did not have a comforting, loving, and secure environment as their “stable base,” they can appear lost, distrustful, and angry.
These children are not “bad” or “damaged” like they may appear initially. Instead, they are simply having a normal reaction to the negative past experiences of their lives. Because of this, it is important to have a clear understanding of your child’s history in order to better understand what you are seeing now.
By gaining a deep understanding of your child’s experiences, you will be more competent as a parent and better able to work with the child in a calm and therapeutic manner. The good news is that these children can and will change with the security, warmth, and structure they can receive from a positive and therapeutic parent.
Discipline teaches a child that there are limits and is very important in a healthy family. In Colorado state regulations prohibit any form of punishment (physical, mental, or verbal) to a foster child which may be considered abusive, degrading or vindictive. Chaffee County DHS strictly endorses and enforces this regulation. Physical punishment, including slapping and spanking, is prohibited.
Participating and engaging in activities including travel with your family is strongly encouraged. Although travel is permissible, Foster families are still required to meet court requirements that may include mandatory visitation with parents or family. If an out of state travel is requested, special permission must be granted by the DHS department and GAL (Child’s Guardian ad Litem) with at least 30-day notice.
We encourage contact between foster parents and parents based upon the treatment team’s recommendation. Sometimes “Icebreaker Meetings” are scheduled at the beginning of placement to allow the foster parents and parents to meet and focus on the needs of the child. Topics may include foods they like or dislike interests, routines and other important information that will reduce the trauma and help with the transition into the foster home.
Contact with the birth family can reduce anxiety and reduce loyalty issues for children in foster care. There are many levels of contact, which may include:
- Sending written information about the child or youth
- Telephone calls
- Face-to-face contact
- Inviting and transporting parents to appointments.
- Coaching on parenting techniques that work for the child
The situation is different for each child and foster family. Many birth parents do have an opportunity to meet foster parents at scheduled visits or meetings.
Foster families will receive all necessary information prior to these visits and are expected to transport children to and from a visitation site or meeting place.
Foster parents receive a monthly reimbursement to offset the costs of providing food, shelter, clothing and other related expenses. The rate varies and may depend upon the age of the child and their level of care they need. The foster parent is not expected to pay for medical or dental care. These expenses are generally covered by Medicaid.
On any given day in Colorado, there are between 3,000 and 5,000 children in out of home placement. There is a never-ending need for caring foster parents who can provide safe, nurturing homes for children.
Yes. Through the extensive questionnaires and paperwork you complete and through personal interviews with our staff, you are encouraged to evaluate the type of child that you are best equipped for and provide a home for.
Throughout this process, you may select an age range, ethnicity, gender, and types of behaviors you will feel best prepared to parent. In addition, you will have opportunities for ongoing training that may expand your confidence in dealing with challenging behaviors of some children.
After you are certified, when one of our staff calls to discuss a possible child placement with you, we encourage you to ask any questions. We will provide you with all of the information we have about the child and work with you in creating the best possible fit for a child in your home
This varies by circumstances and individual cases. An “average” stay of a child through a foster care program could be six months to eighteen months. A child’s stay in your home could range from two days to a lifetime, depending on the child’s needs and your family’s plans and capacities.
Again, throughout the training, screening and assessment process that takes place between you and our staff, we ask you to give serious thought to your motivation in providing foster care.
In some cases, yes. A permanent, loving home is the goal for each and every child. If a child becomes eligible for adoption and there are no known relatives available, the foster parents can be considered first. Reunification is the primary goal for every child.
After you receive your foster home certification you may be anxious for a child to be placed quickly. You have already committed much time and energy toward this end.
First, it is very important to understand that the placement process is not on a “first come, first serve basis.” Matches between a foster child’s needs and a foster family’s strengths are carefully made.
The hope and expectation is that this will prevent having to move the child to a different foster home. Flexibility around gender, age range, ethnicity, and behaviors is also a factor. In addition, placements can occur more quickly if your family can parent a sibling group of two or more children.
No. A foster child must have at least 40 square feet of bedroom space, so a bedroom that measures 8ft. by 10ft., not counting closet space, can accommodate two children. However, each foster child must have his or her own separate bed or crib, with sheets and coverings. Children cannot share beds. Also, bedroom space must be planned so that children over four years of age are not sharing bedrooms with children of the opposite gender over four years of age. Children ages 5 years and younger need to be on the same floor as foster parents or have a monitoring device.
Yes. It is most common for foster families to enroll their children in their neighborhood school.
There may be occasional exceptions if it is very close to the end of a semester and the caseworker, case manager, and the foster parents can arrange to allow the child to finish the semester in his/her current school.
Another exception may be made if a child were receiving special education services that require the school to transport the child to and from another school where those special services would be provided.
Foster children are covered by Medicaid insurance. This covers their basic medical costs to include dental and vision. It does not cover such items as orthodontics (braces). You will receive information from the assigned case manager at the time a child is placed with you on how to access Medicaid coverage for this child.
Yes. All of our licensed families are able to provide “respite care” for foster children in their homes, availability depends on family schedules. We also allow an approved adult to provide respite in your home. This allows foster parents to take an evening or a weekend off, knowing that their foster child is in good hands.
Yes. The rate of reimbursement varies, depending on the child’s individual needs. Typically, the reimbursement rate is determined prior to the child being placed in the foster home. The referring county caseworker and the LFSRM staff review the child’s special needs and the payment amount is determined.

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"The number of women joining terrorist or extremist organizations is growing annually, the ministry’s statement said. "Along with men, they are actively promoting radical ideas and set up women’s groups." While ten years ago women accounted for 1,1% of extremist crimes, this year this figure rose to 25%. "To date, women in the country make up about 7.4% of the total number of identified active members of extremist organizations," the document said. "Women from different regions of the country continue to leave for Syria and Iraq."
The ministry said that nearly every fourth person travelling to these countries to take part in hostilities on the side of armed groups was a woman. According to official statistics, a total of 500 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have left for Syria and Iraq.
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- Victoria Police seize a record $8.5 million in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to dark web drug dealing — the largest crypto seizure in Australia’s history
- Law enforcement offers raid several properties in Melbourne and East Gippsland on Thursday
- The raid follows an investigation carried out through the year into the dark web platform Silk Road, which was shut down in 2013
- Victoria Police Crime Commander Mick Frewen says the bust highlights the “modern nature” of serious and organised crime
- Two people were arrested in the raids but both have been released pending further enquiries
Victoria Police have seized a record $8.5 million in cryptocurrency allegedly linked to dark web drug dealing.
The drug bust involved several property raids in Melbourne and East Gippsland on Thursday, resulting in the largest cryptocurrency seizure in Australia’s history.
According to Victoria police, police seized a total of $13.1 million in assets alongside the cryptocurrency.
A 30-year-old man from Preston and a 31-year-old woman from Kinglake were arrested as part of the raids. The Kinglake woman was bailed and is due to appear in court in March, while the Preston man has been released pending further enquiries.
A 33-year-old man was also arrested at the Preston residence and was cautioned for possessing cannabis.
Victoria Police Crime Commander Mick Frewen said the bust highlighted the “modern nature” of serious and organised crime.
“This is the 21st century version of drug trafficking and money laundering, with a criminal using technology to enable immense amounts of community harm and misery,” Commander Frewen said.
The arrests come as part of an investigation into the dark web platform Silk Road dating back to 2012.
The Silk Road platform was used for three years to facilitate all sorts of illegal transactions such as the sale of drugs and weapons, along with services such as computer hacking. Users could even discuss murder for hire on the platform, with all messages completely anonymous.
Silk Road users could only pay for the illegal goods and services and using Bitcoin.
The dark web platform was eventually shut down by the FBI in 2013.
The Victoria Police investigation began earlier this year after a tip-off by the FBI.
“Police actively work on these forums and receive information from a wide range of sources including our Australian and international law enforcement partners,” Commander Frewen said.
“There may be a perception that trafficking drugs online is a ‘safer’ option or one less likely to lead to detection due to relative anonymity. However, this result highlights that this is absolutely not the case.”
Police said cannabis, mushroom, MDMA, prescription medication and other drugs were all seized as part of the string of raids.


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The resources on this page are provided to help you prepare for your participation in
the National Civil War Field Music School. They
include rudiments, beats, calls, and tunes from a variety of sources.
Some are direct facsimile reprints of original manuals, and others
are instructional materials that have been created or compiled by
members of the music faculty. Some sound files will be added to
this page as well, and additional materials will be available at the school.
- Primary Sources
- The Army Drum and Fife Book
"Containing Full Instructions, the Reveille, the Tattoo, the various Calls and Beats used in the Service, and a Choice
Collection of Music. To which is added the Bugler's Call Book, containing all the Infantry General Calls and Calls for Skirmishers,
used in the U. S. Army." Edited by Keach, Burditt, and Cassidy. Published by Oliver Ditson and Co. Boston. 1861.
- Howe's United States Regulation Drum and Fife Instructor
"For the use of the Army and Navy, containing Full Rules and Exercises, the Duties of Musicians on all
Occasions, and the full Camp Duty, Signals, Calls, &c.
Also the complete Bugle Calls for the Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry.
Also the Pay and Emoluments of Musicians, and of every Grade in the
Army or Navy. To which is added several popular National and Patriotic Songs as
Quartettes." By Elias Howe. Boston. 1861. Note: To obtain a wonderfully cleaned-up,
new-looking copy of Howe's, please visit the page on Ed Boyle's website "www.beafifer.com.
The Manual of Instruction for Drummers (Klinehanse)
"On an Improved Plan. Containing the Rudiments of Drum-Beating; With Rules for Common, Quick, and Compound Time: Together with the Whole of Camp Duties, etc.
Prepared under the Direction of the Adjutant General of the United States Army, Approved of by the Commander-in-Chief, and Adopted for the Use of the Army of the United States."
By George D. Klinehanse.
Washington, D.C. 1853.
- Henke-Moore Manuscript
A manuscript, compiled circa 1856-1859 at Fort Columbus (Governors Island) by School of Music instructors,
Sergeants Charles Henke and Michael Moore. The manuscript was found in the archives of the US Army War College
at Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Col. H. C. Hart's
"New and Improved Instructor for the Drum" 1862
- Army Regulations for Drum, Fife, and Bugle (Nevins)
"Being A Complete Manual For These Instruments, giving All The Calls For Camp and Field Duty to which is added Suitable Music for Each Instrument." by William Nevins 1861
- More Sources
Civil War Bugle Calls
Downloadable audio files recorded by Jari Villanueva October 2014
- Duty of Musicians
A short description outlining "the duty of the Field Music"
A Bevy of Reveilles for Fife and Drum
(Compiled by Joe Korber, teacher at the Don Hubbard Field Music School)
A Bevy of Reveilles for fife and drum - a comparison of reveille sequences from various period sources
The Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments as adopted by the National Association of Rudimental Drummers
Rudiments and Rudimental Drumming
(Compiled by Bill Maling, teacher at the Eastern Field Music School)
"This booklet focuses on rudiments and their uses in Ancient Style Rudimental
Drumming......used the most in frequently played Civil War repertoire."

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Have you ever come across a social media influencer that makes you wonder about their age, height, and net worth? Well, Agustin 51 is one such influencer who has been the subject of much speculation. In this post, we will discover the mysteries surrounding Agustin 51 and answer some of the most sought-after questions about him.
The first mystery surrounding Agustin 51 is his age. There is no clear information on his date of birth on his social media pages or any other platform. However, it is estimated that he was born in the late 1990s, making him in his early-to-mid 20s.
Another mystery is Agustin’s height. Unfortunately, his height is also not clear, and there has been much speculation about it. Some sources suggest he is around 5’11”, while others believe he could be as tall as 6’2″.
Agustin 51’s net worth is another mystery that social media users are intensely curious about. There is no clear information available on this subject, but it is estimated to be around $1 million – $5 million, which is a considerable amount for a social media influencer.
Agustin 51 is a social media influencer who gained popularity on the video-sharing app, TikTok. His comedic sketches and lip-sync videos earned him a massive following. As his popularity grew, he branched out to other social media platforms, including Instagram, with over 3 million followers.
Although Agustin 51 has shared personal stories on social media, he keeps his private life out of the public eye. There is no information available about his family or relationships, if any.
Like many influencers, Agustin 51 has collaborated with other social media personalities and brands. Some of his notable collaborations include working with brands such as Hot Pockets, American Eagle, and HBO.
Agustin 51 has become one of the most successful social media influencers in recent times. He has successfully used his platform to gain massive followers and even inspired other creators. There is no clear information about his plans for the future, but his continued success is very likely.
Influencer marketing continues to grow, and Agustin 51 is an excellent example of the success that can be achieved by social media influencers. Successful influencers use their platform to connect with their followers and work with businesses and brands to promote products and services.
1. How old is Agustin 51?
Agustin 51’s age is estimated to be in his early-to-mid-twenties.
2. What is Agustin 51’s height?
Agustin 51’s height is not very clear. Various sources suggest he is between 5’11” to 6’2″.
3. How much is Agustin 51’s net worth?
Agustin 51’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million to $5 million.
4. What’s Agustin 51’s career?
Agustin 51 is a social media influencer famous for his TikTok videos, skits and lip-sync videos.
5. Has Agustin 51 collaborated with any brands?
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What are white spots on the tooth ?
White spots on the tooth are hypomineralized, chalky-white areas of the tooth, also called white spots. These are an altered enamel structure due to :
- Decalcifications based on carious events
- Altered enamel development during the formation of the tooth.
- Fluorosis: deposits due to increased fluoride intake in infancy
Therapy of white spots / decalcifications on the tooth
With the ICON treatment (infiltration therapy more info: here), the chalky porous areas can be "filled up" again by means of thin plastic liquids. No drilling is necessary. The white spots thus become less or no longer visible.
What is MIH ?
Molar Incisive Hypomineralization. When brownish white spots appear on the anterior teeth and also molars.
Depending on the severity, loss of tooth structure, increased caries risk and higher sensitivity (temperature, touch) may occur. The whitish-yellowish to brownish stains are also an esthetic burden, especially in the anterior region. The cause of MIH is still unclear. In science, causes before and after birth are considered.
Therapy of MIH
Depending on the severity, special fluoride pastes, removal of the soft tooth substance areas or, in particularly severe cases, early removal of the affected molar with possible adjustment of the tooth behind it are recommended.
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Review: Green Lantern Corps #30 was a great improvement from the previous installment to “Sin of the Sapphire” arc. The last issue suffered from not seeming to accomplish much even for an intro to a new arc. But this issue, while mostly talking heads issue, gives the reader some insight on two sides of the upcoming war with each side (The Guardians and Zamaronians) arguing which side is right and which side is doomed to failure. With each appearance the Guardians are showing how dictatorial they are becoming with the Green Lanterns. First it was creating a new version of the Manhunters with the Alpha Lanterns and now declaring that no Green Lantern can have a relationship as long as they serve the Green Lantern Corps.
The scarred Guardian, who is working two sides, continues to be the most interesting of the Guardians. It seems that this one Guardian has a lot more pull within the Guardians and she is leading the Guardians to their current mind set. Also it seems she is trying, and from the looks of it succeeding in corruption Ion. It will be interesting to see were Tomasi takes this development especially once she betrays the other Guardians and were that takes Ion.
The Sinestro Corp member that is abducting babies and that is being Kyle and crew gives a nice little side track that adds some action to all the “talking” that is done in this issue. And hopefully in the next issue we will see more action than these past two issues have provided. This being a Green Lantern title at times it doesn’t feel right that we go two issue with little action happening.
Patrick Gleason’s was average in this issue and his biggest problem is drawing character faces. The faces of all the chracters, outside the Guardians and Zamaronians, are just to squarred and inconsistent at times. Still Gleason’s background especially the Zamorian homeworld are some impressive designs.
Review: Even with the knowledge that Nightwing, along with Robin and Birds of Prey, is being canceled that did not stop me from enjoying the end of this Nightwing vs Two-Face story. Again the strength of Tomasi’s run on this Nightwing continues to be his characterization of Dick Grayson. While some may hate the fact that Tomasi has floded his run on Nightwing with guest stars I think it is a smart move showing how Dick has connections with almost the whole DCU from the JLA to the JSA to the Bat-family. And the latest guest star to show up in this issue is Barbara. It was nice to see Barbara show up in Nightwing since she and Dick haven’t really interacted since the failed engagement (read Nightwing Annual #2). While I have never really choosen a side in the Dick-Starfire and Dick-Barbara pairing I do enjoy seeing Dick joking around with one someone in the Bat-family especially with Barbara since it shows that while the Titans may be his closest friends, and peer group, in the DCU his true family will always be Bruce, Alfred, Tim, and Barbara.
Also the opening pages were we are shown all the scars on Dick’s body and Barbara pointing out his change of voice when talking about his Two-Face case it is obvious that Tomasi may have been brought on to this title to give all the Batman fans a reason why Dick is the rightful heir to the Batman mantle. And if Bruce ever retired and chose someone to take up his mantle it would be Dick. While many Batfans can make a good cases for Tim or Jason to pick up the mantle but I think when it comes to choosing one of these three characters it is only the logical thing that Dick pick up the mantle and not just as a placeholder (ala “Prodigal Son” arc), but as a permanent replacement. I could continue to write about this topic but I am actually waiting to see for the conclusion of “Batman RIP” to write a post talking about a proper replacement for Batman.
A story is only as good as the villain that the hero has to face and I like how Tomasi wrote Two-Face and his split personality. With this story Tomasi presented the idea that Two-Face is to Nightwing what Joker is to Batman. It seems that many writers forget that out of all of Batman’s rogues Two-Face is probably the one with the most history with Nightwing. Two-Face represents Dick’s first true loss as a superhero. And I like that Tomasi wrote Two-Face as having two distinct personalities and this is the first time that I can remember that the Harvey Dent and Two-Face personas have an arguement with one another. The fight that Nightwing and Two-Face have at the end of the issue was a great bloody battle that was a good way to end this story.
Don Kramer provided some great art and I love how Kramer draws Two-Face. The fight scene that ended this story was nicely choregraphed and Kramer added to Tomasi’s Nightwing vs Two-Face story.
Review: After a delay we finally get the next part and it hurts this issue and the flow of this story. Wolverine #69 acts as the end of act II of “Old Man Logan” and transitions into act III were we are going to learn about what happened to Logan during and after the great war. In these last four parts of “Old Man Logan” we have been shown short flashback scenes of what happened that caused Logan to be the way he was and we are finally going to get the whole story. Also from what Logan and Hawkeye were talking about during there drive through the mid-west their may be hope two other fallen heroes may help Logan and Hawkeye and give hope this world can become better.
I continue to enjoy how Millar is writing Logan. As Logan says he is at a point in his life were he has finally found some happiness with the life he has build with his wife and kids even though the world isn’t the bright and happy world he would like to live. I like that one of Logan’s greatest fears is turning back into his Wolverine persona and as seen in the short flashback scene were Logan stands over the bodies of Lady Deathstrike, Omega Red, and Mr. Sinister it seems that Logan did something that even he thought hewould never do. While some might find these short flashback scenes I have actually enjoyed these brief glimpses into the past and can’t wait to finally hear the whole story.
I also have been enjoying how Millar has been writing Hawkeye and I hope that Bendis and the other Marvel writers take a cue from Millar in that Hawkeye caan and should be one of the most badass characters in the Marvel Universe. I like that even after taking so many lives Hawkeye says that his greatest joy was seeing Ashley’s birth and how said he is seeing how she turned out. “Old Man Logan” is as much as a redemption story for Logan as it has become for Hawkeye and I hope that Millar doesn’t go the obvious route and kill Hawkeye at the end of the story in order for Logan to turn into Wolverine again.
Steve McNiven’s artwork really helps out Millar story a lot and keeps this issue from being an average read. McNiven’s artwork gives this story the big event feel with all the scenery and the little things like Loki’s dead body laying over the Baxter Building and the Venom Symbiote hanging on a hill in South Dakota shows how much time has passed in this world and history there is. The Mount Rushmore spread is really a well drawn scene giving the issue a grand scope of things to come.

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As an area of great importance to life safety and social stability, the demand for drones in the police field has already surfaced and has developed rapidly in recent years. At the moment when the drone pushed the door of the police market, we also saw a vast application world.
In anti-terrorism reconnaissance, the development of drone technology provides another possibility for police to counter terrorism: UAVs can quickly fly to the area of trespassing, 360-degree stereoscopic monitoring of target conditions, and the number and size of criminals. And then return to the command center to provide reference for anti-terrorism deployment. At the same time, the drone can carry out uninterrupted screen shooting, and the criminals will be transmitted back to the command center in real time, in conjunction with the police officers to carry out accurate and rapid arrests. Moreover, when the terrorists or suspects are arrested or screened afterwards, the high-definition images of the drones can provide the police with first-hand visual evidence.
2. Search and rescue
There are precedents at home and abroad for using drones for search and rescue. Using drones to search for trapped people, drones can track the heat signal, help rescuers quickly locate the trapped person in the forest or disaster area, and even load some life-saving equipment, such as water and dry food into the disaster area, become An important tool for saving lives.
3. Patrol monitoring
For border defense patrols, traffic patrols, scenic patrols and many other fields, the application of drones has penetrated into every aspect. In terms of border patrols, due to the long borders in China and the harsh natural conditions, drones can replace manpower and monitor and guard the jungles at the border between countries.
In terms of urban patrols, China's current urban expansion is very fast. The rapid growth of vehicles leads to traffic congestion. Manpower patrols are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and their efficiency is not high. Sometimes there are casualties. The drone participates in traffic management and remotely grasps the traffic conditions of the road section through “automatic patrol”. Especially during peak hours, the drone can collect traffic data and assist the ground traffic police to guide the flow of people and traffic. In addition, the scenic area patrols. In China, the full-length tourists have become a common problem in the scenic spot, and the drone can monitor the scenic spots and road conditions in real time to ensure the tourists swim.
4. Riot search
UAV anti-riot search for this Hollywood blockbuster application is now coming into reality, providing air technology solutions for police raids. The drone can track and monitor various escape modes adopted by fugitives. It can also be equipped with infrared equipment to monitor night fugitives. It can scan the flight suspects hiding in the jungle and search for fugitives. The escape route was notified to the police in advance to improve the speed of arrest and accuracy of the arrest.
When an emergency occurs, the drone can fly over the target area of the accident, and carry out an all-round uninterrupted monitoring of the target area to help the public security police to fully control the development of the situation. The data taken by the drone can also be used as the basis for the proof of the responsible party. After the installation of the airdrop device, the drone can also deliver special items or add tweeters to transmit government information to the ground personnel.
Search for rescue, patrol surveillance, anti-terrorism reconnaissance, anti-riot search, drug inspection... With the application of drones in these fields, it is conceivable that a vast market will be built in the future, and any one needs police feet to leave the ground. The work may be done by drones in the future.


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Rep. Randy Hultgren of Illinois Named as Commission Co-Chair
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) has been named the Republican Co-Chairman of the prestigious bi-partisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights instruments. The Commission is chaired by two members of the House of Representatives who are appointed by the Speaker of the House and the Minority Leader. Rep. Hultgren served previously on the Commission’s eight-member Executive Committee.
The full press release is available here [PDF].

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As Charlotte grows larger, there have been increasing inventory woes in the region. There is now under a half-month supply of homes for sale. This is leading people to look further from the center of the city to find a home, leading to more urban sprawl. The new 2040 Comprehensive Plan that has been proposed could change all of that by eliminating single-family only zoning in addition to many other changes.
The Comprehensive Plan has been pitched as an aspirational guide for how Charlotte could grow over the coming years. The plan has many supporters and critics, but has time for community feedback and changes before it will be implemented.
One of the first things to know about the plan is that it will not eliminate single-family zoning. It will eliminate single-family only zoning. This means that new construction neighborhoods could be required to have a multi-family component which many of them are doing anyways with townhomes, condominiums, or apartments as part of the plans. It would also allow people with a single-family designation to add for instance a garage apartment for use as a rental unit or Airbnb to create a revenue stream.
The plan will also not affect existing neighborhoods unless there is a plan to tear down an existing home. There is a chance that a new structure could have multiple units instead of just building the same kind of housing in that space. This could mean that more neighborhoods could end up looking more like Dilworth or Elizabeth where there are residential buildings with multiple units throughout the neighborhoods. Most of those infill projects only have the space where a single-family dwelling stood so they are typically duplexes, triplexes, or townhomes.
This is an interesting way to try and bring in more density to the Queen City, and could mean more equitable neighborhoods. Right now many people are priced out of neighborhoods close in to town. This can be a problem with many lower income people having long commutes to work.
Much of this proposal is meant to help developers so they don’t get mired in the process of rezoning a property. This can slow down construction considerably especially in cases where community support is needed for the change. There have been some epic battles from residents when zoning changes occur if they do not agree with what a developer is trying to do.
This “Not In My Back Yard” or NIMBY attitude has held up construction in many cases. And in other cases it has caused a developer back to the drawing board to create a project that meets the needs of the community and not their pocketbooks. Opponents of the Comprehensive Plan are worried that they will no longer have a say in the new construction in their own neighborhoods. Many people are also concerned that residents could get pushed out of neighborhoods by developers wanting to tear down small houses.
Many of the neighborhoods closer to the center of town are walkable with housing and businesses together. The further out you go, the farther you have to travel to a grocery store, restaurant, or entertainment venue. If the zoning were to change, more services could be closer to where people live. This could be an interesting way to include people who have been historically excluded from entry to certain neighborhoods due to HOA’s, deed restrictions or covenants.
However, making these changes does not mean that close in neighborhoods will get any more affordable. Price alone could continue to keep separation between the haves and the have nots. This could continue the lack of diversity in some neighborhoods for years to come. This means that the plan may not do what community leaders hope, but without a plan, nothing will change.


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I've been following Toronto sports closely for almost 40 years. Ok, 37 years to be specific, but I prefer round numbers.
Now that I've had a couple of sleeps since witnessing The Shot, I find myself literally stuck in that moment. That shot was a true moment. It was a high arching buzzer-beater with some lengthy rim bounces that made it feel like time stood still for a few seconds. Kawhi took the shot and we all watched and waited to see if it would fall. It did, and the Raps advanced to the conference finals.
True, we're only halfway there, but that was the first buzzer-beater to end a game seven in NBA history. That's literally never happened before, and I can't personally remember a buzzer-beater in any game with that much bounce and suspense. I still can't believe it fell, but it did. Right?
I just checked the replay for the 529th time to confirm it did indeed fall. I haven't felt this jazzed about a moment in Toronto sports since Joey Bats flipped his bat in that crazy seventh inning. That wasn't that long ago, so now I'm thinking of where Kawhi's shot ranks in terms of Toronto sports moments.
Here's my top ten. Feel free to agree or disagree in the comments, just know this is a personal list of moments that have happened since I started following Toronto sports. I watched every one of these moments live and remember the feeling. Every time I question why I give a shit about sports, I remember these feelings...
- Joe touchin' them all
- Kawhi's shot
- Timlin to Carter
- Joey Bats' bat flip
- Edwin's wildcard walkoff
- Gilmour's wraparound
- Alomar's HR off Eckersley
- Ed Spague's World Series HR
- George Bell catching '85 AL East clincher
Yesterday was a very good Friday for Toronto sports fans. We won 'em all!
In a crucial game five in Boston, the Leafs held on for a 2-1 win and a 3-2 series lead. This was a biggie.
Meanwhile, in Orlando, the Raptors beat the Magic 98-93 to take a 2-1 series lead. Pascal Siakam led the way with 30 points and 11 rebounds.
At BMO Field, TFC staged a comeback when Jordan Hamilton scored two goals at the 77th and 79th minute to defeat Minnesota United FC 4-3. Alejandro Pozuelo scored TFC's first two goals.
In AHL action, the Toronto Marlies kicked off the North Division semifinals on the right foot with a convincing 4-1 win over the Rochester Americans to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
Blake Wallace and Gareth O'Brien scored three tries apiece as the Toronto Wolfpack rallied from a 12-0 deficit Friday to beat Barrow Raiders 52-26 in Betfred Championship rugby league play.
And the perfect day was capped when the Jays beat the A's 5-1 in Oakland. This has never happened before, in fact, this is the first time the Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, Raptors, and Toronto FC have all won on the same day.
Yesterday, we were perfect.
Bob Cole is my favourite hockey pxp announcer of all-time. I've hardly been shy about this fact. I wrote about it nine years ago, eight years ago and six years ago. When the stakes are high, nothing beats Bob Cole's poetic flavour and irreplaceable timbre.
As I type this, Bob Cole is calling his final game for Hockey Night in Canada. As discussed on episode 385 of Toronto Mike'd, Bob Cole is being retired. He doesn't want to retire, but his employers aren't giving him a choice. This is the end of the line, whether he likes it or not. And he's made it very clear he's not.
That doesn't sit right with me. I still love his call of a game, and knowing he'd still like to call game, I wish he'd be allowed to continue. I'd like to hear him in the playoffs. I'd like to hear him next season. I'd like to hear him until he's ready to retire.
It was a tremendous run, I just don't know why it has to end.
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Jaromir Jagr has cleared waivers and has been lent by the Calgary Flames to the HC Kladno in the Czech league. With Jagr's NHL career seemingly over, something has become true for the first time in my life...
I am now older than every player in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Heck, you can throw MLS and the CFL in for good measure. I've never been able to make this claim before, and going forward it will forever be true.
No matter how old I felt, I could always point to Jagr and say "he's older than me, and he's still playing in the NHL". It's the end of an era.
The first time I wrote about Sidney Crosby was October 6, 2003. He was tearing it up with the Rimouski Oceanic as a 16-year old and I had just read a quote from Wayne Gretzky claiming he was the most talented prospect he'd seen since Mario Lemieux. That got my attention.
I closed that entry with "No pressure...." After all, he was only sixteen, and all hockey eyes were affixed upon The Next One. The Leafs had a 1.92% chance of drafting Crosby, but Pittsburgh won the lottery. I remember being relieved that it wasn't a team I disliked. In fact, thanks to Mario, I actually liked the Penguins.
Sidney Crosby is now 29 years old. Last night, I watched him win the Stanley Cup for the third time. He won the Conn Smythe trophy for the second year in a row. Along with his three cups, he's won two Olympic Gold medals, a World Cup and even a World Championship. The World Championship might not mean a whole lot, but it makes him the only person to captain a team to gold in the big three tournaments. All Sid does is win.
And by all accounts, Sid's work ethic is second-to-none. He trains and competes harder than anyone else on the ice, despite being the most talented player in the world. In my opinion, Wayne Gretzky was exactly right. Crosby is the best player since Lemieux.
And I still think he's underrated.
I've always loved sports. My first love was the Toronto Blue Jays when I discovered them during the summer of '83. Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth were my guides and I listened as often as possible.
I discovered the Toronto Maple Leafs shortly thereafter, mesmerized by Rick Vaive's scoring touch. My sports diet primarily consisted of baseball and hockey until I started diversifying in the late 80s. Then I was enamoured by Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls and Jim Kelly's Buffalo Bills. Throw in some tennis, Indy cars, NCAA basketball and Argos and I've been a sports fan ever since.
As I age, I've realized the deeper the dive the less fun it all is for me. I love to watch the Leafs, enjoying our talented rookies, but I don't really care for the new analytics. I appreciate that possession stats are important, but I prefer to stay a step behind. Entertain me, and just win, baby.
With baseball, I enjoy the stats I grew up with. Batting average, HRs, stolen bases, walks, ERA, strikeouts, saves.... Data is important, but I can only absorb so much before it detracts from my enjoyment of the games. When sports stop being fun to follow, it's time to abandon ship. This is precisely what happened to me and football.
I don't know if this makes me less of a sports fan, but I definitely prefer my sports shallow. Today we have instant access to hyper analysis of every minutia. I'm glad it exists, but I'm going to pass.
Go Leafs go.
I watched yesterday's Super Bowl in its entirety and it eerily reflected the recent US presidential election. It appeared as if the good guys would win easy until a historical reversal awarded the crown to the other guys. At one point in the third quarter I considered bailing on the game because I didn't think there was a chance of New England coming back.
I'm glad I stuck with it, because it was the greatest Super Bowl comeback ever and the first time the game went to overtime. I still can't believe what I saw. What a game!
It got me thinking of how amazing championship games have been lately. With the exception of the Stanley Cup final, won by Pittsburgh in six games, it's been one epic game after another.
2016 MLS Cup
Admittedly, I was only watching because TFC was in the final, but it couldn't have been closer. Seattle won in penalty kicks.
2016 Grey Cup
It was the only CFL game I watched in 2016 and it was a dandy. Again, decided in overtime, with a thrilling comeback by Calgary who ended up losing to Ottawa.
2016 World Series
One for the ages, with the Cubs coming back from a 3-1 game deficit to win game seven in extra innings. I'm still blown away by this game seven.
2016 NBA Championship
Another one for the ages, with LeBron James carrying the Cavs to victory late in game seven. The Cavs were down 3 games to 1 to the Warriors before the magic happened. I'm still blown away by this game seven.
If you're keeping score, we have epic conclusions to the last Super Bowl, Grey Cup, World Series and NBA Championship. Even if you have no horses in these races, it's been a constant reminder of why sports fans love sports.
Have you ever watched old footage of an NHL hockey game and remarked that the boards are ad-less? They're quaint in their starkness. At some point ads were introduced and we just got used to it.
Watching TFC matches, it's impossible to ignore the BMO ad on the jerseys. If the same ads appeared on a Blue Jays, Maple Leafs or Raptors jersey, there'd be outrage I'm sure. After all, this isn't Europe.
Brace yourself, sports fans. Jersey ads are coming. First to take the plunge is the NBA who are allowing teams to sport a 2.5 inch by 2.5 inch ad on jerseys, beginning next season. The historic Boston Celtics just struck a deal with General Electric and they join the 76ers and Kings.
Without a doubt, the other North American leagues will follow suit. Leagues love "free money". And over time, as we all get used to the ads, they'll get larger and multiply. I guarantee it.
I've been blogging here for 14 years, and during that time there were some pretty low times in Toronto sports. Just four years ago I wrote this about the new bottom for Toronto sports teams. Things were very, very bad for the big five.In 2016, things got a whole lot better. In fact, there's something great to report about every team in the big five not nicknamed the Argos. Although we didn't win a championship, we were close!
Ten years after their birth, TFC hosted the MLS Cup final, losing a heartbreaker to Seattle. That second leg against Montreal in the semi-final was absolutely thrilling.
Toronto Blue Jays
For the second year in a row, the Blue Jays played in the ALCS. Unlike the hype train of 2015, this didn't seem likely in September as we sputtered into the playoffs, but an Edwin walk-off against Baltimore in the wildcard game and a sweep of the Rangers in the ALDS helped recapture the joy of the previous year.
For the first time in franchise history, the Raptors won a best-of-seven playoff series. And we did it twice! We even took two games against Cleveland in the conference finals, making this far and away the best Raptors season, ever.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Last season, the Leafs were bad. Very, very bad. This is a good thing, as it helped us land Auston Matthews with the first overall pick in the draft. Now, with Matthews, Marner and Nylander, the future actually looks bright and the present is a lot of fun, too.
Let's not ruin this entry with an Argos update.
In addition to successful developments for the big four teams in this city, Toronto hosted the Grey Cup, World Cup of Hockey and World Juniors. 2016 was a very good year for Toronto sports. Let's hope for a championship in 2017.
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The New Orleans Saints announced several changes to Dennis Allen’s 2022 coaching staff, including the promotion of quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry to passing game coordinator, some shifting responsibilities at other spots, and the finalized hires of two co-defensive coordinators. Here is everything you need to know from Wednesday’s news:
Ronald Curry: quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator
Let’s start with something we haven’t previously discussed: Curry has steadily climbed the ladder in New Orleans as a position coach, working with the wide receivers in 2019 and 2020 before turning to the quarterbacks in 2021. And he’ll continue coaching the quarterbacks in 2022, but he’s added passing game coordinator to his responsibilities. Having someone with experience coaching those different position groups in the role makes sense. Look for him to work closely with offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael in getting the Saints passing attack back on track.
Darren Rizzi: special teams coordinator/assistant head coach
Rizzi has worked as the Saints special teams coordinator since 2019, following a decade-long stint with the Miami Dolphins. And after interviewing for the head coaching job in the wake of Sean Payton’s sudden resignation, Rizzi will now work closely with Dennis Allen as his assistant head coach. That could give Rizzi some great opportunities to learn on the job and help pad his resume in auditioning for future openings around the league, but his main focus will remain on the kicking game.
Doug Marrone: offensive line coach
Marrone’s return was previously reported, and now it’s been made official. The former Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills head coach worked with the Alabama Crimson Tide offensive line in 2021, and he’ll have the same responsibilities in New Orleans. This is a critical hire with young draft picks like Cesar Ruiz entering a make-or-break season. Zach Strief will remain the assistant head coach after working with Brendan Nugent last season.
Kodi Burns: wide receivers coach
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The Miami Marlins have traded white-hot RHP Chris Paddack to San Diego in exchange for Fernando Rodney. Paddack was an eighth-round draftee in 2015 and was signed for a $400,000 bonus. He dominated prep competition at Cedar Park High School in Texas, striking out 134 hitters in 75 innings during his senior year. He fell to the eighth round, in part, because he was 19-and-a-half on draft day. He was also a fastball/changeup guy without great breaking-ball feel. Arms like that tend to slot after fastball/breaking-ball pitchers because orgs think it’s easier to develop a changeup over time than it is to learn how to break off a curveball.
Paddack was solid during Gulf Coast League play after he signed last summer but looked so good this spring that Miami let him bypass the New York-Penn League and sent him straight to Low-A. He had made some physical strides, strengthening his lower half and repeating a delivery that was often inconsistent and stiff in high school. The results this season have been staggering: 48 strikeouts and just 2 walks — plus only nine hits allowed — in 28.1 innings over six starts. Paddack hasn’t allowed a hit in his last three starts and two of those came in consecutive appearances against a Rome lineup that failed to make adjustments to his stuff or sequencing.
A broad-shouldered 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds, Paddack has a well-paced, easy delivery. He commands a low-90s fastball – with terrific plane and run, which help the pitch play as plus – to both sides of the plate and has been up to 95. The meal-ticket secondary pitch here is the changeup. It’s already plus and Paddack will use it against both lefties and righties. It’s difficult to identify out of his hand, dies as it reaches the plate.
Perhaps one of the key components of Paddack’s step forward this season has been the development of a curveball. Paddack struggled to find consistency with any sort of breaking ball in high school and public-sector reports on what he was throwing were all over the place. Dan Farnsworth’s offseason Marlins prospect list had Paddack presciently ranked as the #2 player in the system but listed the breaking ball as a slider. The curveball Paddack throws is of the 12-6 variety and rests in the 73-77 mph range. It’s a fringe-average offering right now but is flashing average and should mature there, though Paddack’s expedient breaking-ball improvement might be a sign that the pitch has more development in the tank than is typical.
When pitches get away from Paddack they do so up in the zone, and while pitch movement has been his saving grace in those situations — and while he’s still been able to miss bats — it may become more of an issue at the upper levels. He’ll also have to improve upon sequencing and pitch usage, but Paddack is just a year removed from high school and it isn’t reasonable to expect much more than he’s shown to this point.
There are also those who think sudden upticks in velocity like the one Paddack has experienced over the last several months are harbingers of ulnar-collateral doom but there’s nothing beyond anecdotal evidence to support that and Paddack’s build and delivery don’t sound any alarms.
I think, given Paddack’s relatively short track record of success and the fact that he’s just a year removed from high school, there’s still a good bit of risk associated with his prospectdom, but he has mid-rotation stuff right now and that changeup might just continue to improve.


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We loved the pom pom project from Noa’s Barcelona baby shower earlier today so much. Such a fun idea for an activity with your lady friends before bebe arrives, right? The entire shower was adorbs, but we thought you might like to see a few more ideas for projects using pom poms too.
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4. Pom pom tassels from Crafting Community on Instagram.
5. Peruvian fringe pom poms on sale at Summerland.
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8. Bright flower pom poms from Mr. Printables
9. Pom pom tassel wall hanging from Jessica Comingore