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i know what this dog feels like!!!
May 28th, 2009
April 13th, 2009
all i need to hear today is this song. don't be surprised if i hum this all week.
April 2nd, 2009
March 22nd, 2009
i can see me wearing a flashlight in my hair. i think i will do that tomorrow!
January 22nd, 2009
i know most have you may have read this. but in case...spread the word. liz
Hydro substation in historic buildings is 'under review'
Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 10:44 AM CT CBC News
Manitoba Hydro says it will review plans to place an electrical substation inside three Exchange District buildings.
Manitoba Hydro appears to be putting the brakes on a plan to purchase and gut three buildings in
Winnipeg's historic Exchange District to expand a high-voltage electrical substation inside the buildings' shells.
In a news release Thursday, the Crown-owned utility said it is reviewing its plan and quoted CEO Bob
Brennan as saying "the corporation respects community standards and will work with interested groups
to find a proposal that will work for all parties."
CBC News broke the story that the utility planned to purchase the Allen Building, Daylite Building, and Glengarry Block — three adjoining, six-storey buildings on McDermot Avenue that are on the city's
buildings conservation list — to house the expansion of an electrical substation.
Hydro said it would save the façades of the three properties but wanted them because the utility needs
the space to augment power capacity in the city's downtown.
Local residents and some civic politicians were quick to condemn the idea, saying it would create a dead zone in the Exchange District, which has come alive in recent years with art galleries, restaurants and savvy young businesses. It is also an area where many people have chosen to live.
Developer shocked Bill Thiessen, who has developed and sold several condominium projects in the area, said he was taken aback by hydro's idea when he heard about it this week. "These buildings should be an alive, living part of our neighbourhood," he said. "And the fact that they would cease to exist perpetually, forever, is kind of blowing my mind. If people don't know the Exchange … this is not the peripheral, out in the boondocks. This is right in the middle. I'm just stunned."
The Allen Building, at 288 McDermot (also known as the Wilson Building), was built in 1905. The
adjacent Daylight Building was built in 1904 and the neighbouring Glengarry Block was built in 1910.
The latter two buildings were built by turn-of-the-century railway baron John Duncan McArthur.
Winnipeg's Exchange encompasses about 20 city blocks in downtown Winnipeg, just north of the famed
intersection of Portage and Main. The area gets its name from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, the centre
of the grain industry in Canada, which developed in Winnipeg between 1881-1918.
Hydro said Thursday it is "reviewing its overall plans for improving electrical service and meeting
growing demand for downtown Winnipeg." This includes a plan to expand its existing King Street
substation into the three historic buildings, the utility said.
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Hydro substation in historic buildings is 'under review'
Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 10:44 AM CT CBC News
Manitoba Hydro says it will review plans to place an electrical substation inside three Exchange District buildings.
Manitoba Hydro appears to be putting the brakes on a plan to purchase and gut three buildings in
Winnipeg's historic Exchange District to expand a high-voltage electrical substation inside the buildings' shells.
In a news release Thursday, the Crown-owned utility said it is reviewing its plan and quoted CEO Bob
Brennan as saying "the corporation respects community standards and will work with interested groups
to find a proposal that will work for all parties."
CBC News broke the story that the utility planned to purchase the Allen Building, Daylite Building, and Glengarry Block — three adjoining, six-storey buildings on McDermot Avenue that are on the city's
buildings conservation list — to house the expansion of an electrical substation.
Hydro said it would save the façades of the three properties but wanted them because the utility needs
the space to augment power capacity in the city's downtown.
Local residents and some civic politicians were quick to condemn the idea, saying it would create a dead zone in the Exchange District, which has come alive in recent years with art galleries, restaurants and savvy young businesses. It is also an area where many people have chosen to live.
Developer shocked Bill Thiessen, who has developed and sold several condominium projects in the area, said he was taken aback by hydro's idea when he heard about it this week. "These buildings should be an alive, living part of our neighbourhood," he said. "And the fact that they would cease to exist perpetually, forever, is kind of blowing my mind. If people don't know the Exchange … this is not the peripheral, out in the boondocks. This is right in the middle. I'm just stunned."
The Allen Building, at 288 McDermot (also known as the Wilson Building), was built in 1905. The
adjacent Daylight Building was built in 1904 and the neighbouring Glengarry Block was built in 1910.
The latter two buildings were built by turn-of-the-century railway baron John Duncan McArthur.
Winnipeg's Exchange encompasses about 20 city blocks in downtown Winnipeg, just north of the famed
intersection of Portage and Main. The area gets its name from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, the centre
of the grain industry in Canada, which developed in Winnipeg between 1881-1918.
Hydro said Thursday it is "reviewing its overall plans for improving electrical service and meeting
growing demand for downtown Winnipeg." This includes a plan to expand its existing King Street
substation into the three historic buildings, the utility said.
Note: The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted. By submitting your comments,
you acknowledge that CBC has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any
part thereof in any manner whatsoever. Please note that comments are pre-moderated/reviewed and
published according to our submission guidelines.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/s
annoyedJanuary 15th, 2009
January 14th, 2009
i think this year i will figure out when i should take French classes. this is as far i have gotten on this resolution for 2009. don't ask too much from me, i don't.
January 12th, 2009
okay i have to find my "Russell Crowe"...i thought i had her in my grasp today, but the pickle soup i made was not a strong enough potion! curses!!!
January 11th, 2009
okay so this is the what i loved as a small kid and what i want in a gay bar. c'mon gay people we are resourceful enough to do this!!
October 12th, 2008
October 2nd, 2008
August 22nd, 2008
okay i am completely mad at this computer at work. just got it fixed by the mac helper and it was fine and entered a wack load of email and once again the fricken computer deleted all of my fricken emails. i had a back up now and this is really frustrating me!!!! i don't want to work on it anymore, but i have to get emails out and volunteers organized. i can't believe how dependent i am on emailing!!! grrrrrr!!!!!! i'm going for a walk!!! fucking need a smoke is what i need!!!!
August 15th, 2008
June 23rd, 2008
okay if you have ever seen "Grey Gardens" you may appreciate Rasa Von Werder.
i don't know how old she is, but i have to say i hope i have moves like her when i am her age!!! i am trying to get a few dance moves from her for the caberet that is soon approaching on July 18th. have to say tho she doesn't have too many moves to use (unless i use the squat vag view, which she seems to have a liking too). lol
she is completely bonkers when you hear her talk of her spirituality. geesh! but i have been intrigued by her for a week now.
this is making me worried. Rasa can only entertain me in a humor way not in a lezbiana way. lol. and she is a bit old...oh and she is on you tube...gawd i can't catch a break!!