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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦💉 Profile picture
@ZiadFazel
May 6, 2021 • 8 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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Premier Kenney imposed #COVID19AB restrictions without any exit criteria.

4.4m Albertans aren't going to do this again without a clear "Are we there yet?"

Let's meet or beat last summer:
• We did it before
• We have vaccines to help us now
• Summer-Summer comparison is fair
I propose this clear, balanced scorecard.
• Mix of leading & lagging indicators.
• Existing, official data sources.
• Measures of success or trouble we already know
• Simple to update or replicate

#LastSummer #BalancedScorecard #COVID19AB
I propose targets from 1 July 2020 (Canada Day).
• We were out of lockdown
• We thought we had #COVID19 under control then
• Symbolic date for all 🇨🇦 (like 4th of July 🇺🇸)
• Achievable again, especially with vaccines

Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Timed
#SMART
Where is "Are we there yet?" for Alberta's current restrictions?

What truly would be:
• "One last time"
• using the help from vaccinations
• low risk of 4th Wave or Miserable Plateau
• near the end of the tunnel
• and back to life more like normal?

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Need help from @GosiaGasperoPhD or @imgrund for an R(t) for 1 July 2020.

For current R(t), I will use alberta.ca/covid-19-alber…

For all other stats
alberta.ca/stats/covid-19…
Premier Kenney has already given a target R value of 0.8 before lifting restrictions, endorsed by our CMOH. So I'll go with that.

Great work as usual by @JWongGlobalNews
globalnews.ca/news/7507443/a…

and @Emily_Mertz
globalnews.ca/news/7521181/c…
Are we there yet? Meet Summer 2020 to lift #COVID19AB restrictions.

We did it before - despite all our anti-mask, personal irresponsibility, same MLAs - without vaccines.

Premier Kenney's habit of "benchmarking" to the worst (Ontario hospitals, Peru lockdowns) made us worst. Balanced scorecard of leading & lagging indicators comparingBenchmarking to the worst made us worst in Canada or US, mor
I know #ZeroCOVID is THE solution to #COVID19. New evidence proves that every day:
• Deaths
• Economic Recovery, and
• Civil Liberties.

I'm trying to establish the process of benchmarking AB to AB with a balanced scorecard, independent of FINAL goal.

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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I have watched, and learned from, fellow professional engineers responsibly warning govs + public for over 35 years.

@cityofcalgary Infrastructure GM Michael Thompson, over 10 years.

Can't recall warnings so grave as #BearspawSouthFeederMain yesterday.

Gm Michael Thompson, PEng, begins his update
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I see hard limits to Calgary's growth: short + long term.
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It can no longer reliably carry flow & pressure from heart = Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant. Medical diagram of aorta from https://www.vch.ca/en/your-heart-and-how-it-works
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Dec 2, 2025
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On #GivingTuesday, my surprisingly bushy #Movember broom and I would like you to support @YYC_counselling. Here's why.

Today, 2 Dec 2025, is the LAST day for donations from you to be matched by an anonymous donor, thereby 2X your money.

1/
In August 2011, @BalBrach @CBCCalgary was assigned to the story, because IIRC 18% of victims that @CalgaryPolice encountered were men, but there was no gov program to support them/us.

@YYC_counselling offered a donation-funded program, and they recommended me to interview.

2/
@BalBrach @CBCCalgary @CalgaryPolice @YYC_counselling I'd recently completed a 14-week group therapy program for Male Victims of Domestic Violence.

CCC continually improves, so you can see its successor here "Turn for the Better" in its list of Group Counselling Programs, but only "On Demand" due to $$.

3/
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The drummer in this video is my favourite person this weekend. Everything about her is energetic performance:
• drumming of course
• hair
• silver jumpsuit
• attitude.

I want to power into EVERY Monday morning with that energy.

@FionaMattatall

@FionaMattatall Here is the same band performing:

Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Live from Paisley Abbey)

They're all having a great time, but she is a combination of Determined and Delighted.

I just found my wake-up with or without caffeine videos.

@FionaMattatall Found her! Thanks to @YouTube always working to make lists + mixes for me, her name is Cherisse Osei @Cherissedrums and she is deservedly a @ZildjianCompany artist.

This is a technical showcase. Watch her light up in front of a big live audience.

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Jul 9, 2025
Yesterday @Rogers @RogersHelps [sic] "Terry in Charlottetown, PEI" cancelled my home office internet service AGAINST MY EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONS in order to upsell me to new plan.

Can @TELUSsupport move up my install date from 16 July to add @TELUS TV & Internet to my mobile plan? Page 1 of 3-page chat transcript between me and Rogers
Page 2 of 3-page chat transcript between me and Rogers
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Rogers INSISTS that they have not outsourced their support to India, or anyone. Given that my phone call of two (2) hours on Saturday was with 2 Indians with insufficient authority or account access, including "Jaz the tech support supervisor in Calgary" [what a coincidence!]...
I say that is BS. I was a loyal Shaw customer for years because they were based in Calgary. The transition to Rogers was a mess: passwords + challenge questions/answers got lost in the shift.

Rogers does not empower their "support" to support. Only to stall, obstruct or upsell.
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Jun 16, 2025
If you come to Palomino early enough on a weekday, the soup of the day may still be available.

Having lunch here now at 1.30pm and first time for me, and it is heaven.

Clam chowder with a delicacy in the spices and herbs you wouldn’t expect from a “BBQ Joint”.

Thank you Chef. My photo of my clam chowder with unexpected cornbread loaf on the side.
My mistake. CORN chowder, not clam chowder as I said above.

First bite blew me away, so I tweeted right away. They have a similar classic base, IIRC.

I can’t eat pork, so I got it without bacon garnish (therefore also vegetarian).

For those who do 🐖, party on people. My photo of chalkboard sidewalk sign.
For “main course” you need video, not photo.

This is Elote Taco Salad, with the smoked turkey I added, to the music of Talking Heads “Burning Down the House” which Palomino provides with your meal.

After the soup, at least half of this will go home for dinner/midnight snack.
My screenshot of “Greens” section of menu.
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Jun 7, 2025
I was going to tweet about my early dinner tonight at Palomino (cliché food pics) but just got hit with wall of SWEET sound when I went downstairs to use the washroom, and opened the steel door to basement concert hall.

WOW.

This is "Olde Ghosts" warming up - in this program. My photo with permission of Olde Ghosts 4-piece band warming up (I'd say they're already on fire) as I went to basement washroom at Palomino (shared with underground concert hall).
In the program they are listed as "Old Ghost" which may just be a miscommunication between Palomino mgmt and Band mgmt. Still gets the message across.
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