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Rolling meadows, vast lakes and forested mountains; it's not hard to imagine how Wicklow earned the nickname 'the garden of Ireland'. The East coast county is picture-book Ireland at its best, full of quiet rural villages and beach-side hamlets. The region's main tourist attraction lies in the town of Glendalough, the 'Valley of Two Lakes', home to one of Ireland's most important monastic sites.
Dating back to the 6th century, the Christian settlement was founded by St Kevin and still holds a number of impressive remains. A 30-meter round tower and several churches form the highlights, showcasing some impressive carvings and tombs.
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With its verdant scenery and rugged mix of terrains, Wicklow, Ireland, makes the perfect base for exploring the great outdoors and mountain biking, horse riding and angling; all popular activities. Hikers flock to the region's numerous trails, in particular the Wicklow Mountains National Park, which encompasses 20,000 hectares and includes the region's highest peak, Lugnaquilla (925 meters), the Liffey Head Bog and the forests of the Glendalough Wood Nature Reserve.
Most famous is the 127,000-meter Wicklow Way, Ireland's first officially way-marked long-distance trail, running all the way from South Dublin to the Wicklow village of County Carlow. Taking over seven days to complete, it's not for those without stamina, but the trail is celebrated for its wide range of scenery, passing through glacial valleys, steep hillsides and sandy coastline.

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Former S.O.D. and current M.O.D. frontman Billy Milano has accused ANTHRAX of attempting to capitalize on the 9/11 tragedy in order to promote their forthcoming album, We've Come For You All.
"What those Arab scumbags did on September 11th is bad enough, but this shit is a fucking disgrace," Milano stated, apparently referring to ANTHRAX's planned airing of a new song called "Refuse To Be Denied" via their official web site to commemorate the World Trade Center tragedy. "I actually saw [ANTHRAX drummer] Charlie [Benante] twice at Ozzfest and was planning on hooking up for dinner. Until this!!! All their statement proves to me is that [ANTHRAX guitarist] Scott Ian is a fucking ridiculous, soulless bloodsucker who has ZERO integrity. I honestly feel sorry for these guys."
BILLY MILANO: ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Is A Soulless Bloodsucker With Zero Integrity
Former S.O.D. and current M.O.D. frontman Billy Milano has accused ANTHRAX of attempting to capitalize on the 9/11 tragedy in order to promote their forthcoming album, We've Come For You All.
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Some more posts in this specifc thread point out that they had been planning most of the Living Story stuff for months (of course), so they could work on the content and whatnot... So it does make sense for them still pushing Scarlet a bit
It did made me interested though... As one of many, I do not care for Scarlet... No hate, no love, I simply am indifferent about her, and thus the story she stars in...
But since we know it comes to an end, what would they do after it? Create a new Living Story? Progress where we left off with the personal Story (you know, dragons and stuff, you might've forgotten about them), and obviously, what would your feedback be on the Living Story now, and what would you have next?
I know there are countless of threads about expansions and whatnot, so be original... To me personally, they can still use the raw concept of the Living Story... I know, sounds crazy, but to me it would be cool to see a story that builds up every two weeks, and more importantly, can be played after that as well!


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DOYLE firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-02 published
An active life of kindness and empathy
The wife of former Globe and Mail editor and senator always reached out to others
By Allison LAWLOR Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - Page R7
In Florence DOYLE, Friends and family saw someone who throughout her life actively lived her Catholic faith and embodied the qualities of kindness and compassion.
"My mom was always very concerned about the people in her immediate reach," said her daughter Judith DOYLE. " Her sense of empathy and concern for others guided her. People felt safe near her."
Whether it was chauffeuring her family around or taking an elderly neighbour on an outing to the horse races, Mrs. DOYLE, wife of former Globe and Mail editor and senator Richard (Dic) DOYLE, was always conscious of others. Mrs. DOYLE died on March 20 in a Toronto hospital after suffering a stroke. She was 78.
Known as Flo to family and Friends, Mrs. DOYLE also earned the affectionate nickname of "Sarge" from her family for her knack of keeping watch over their schedules and well-being. At one point, she was the only family member with a driver's licence and would faithfully drive her husband to work and their children to various places. She also kept track of the family's money matters and would ensure at tax season that everyone filed on time. Later, she nursed her husband through a bout with throat cancer and with diabetes.
"Her family was the centrepiece of her life," said Colin McCULLOUGH, a former Globe reporter and newspaper publisher.
Sharing in her husband's professional life, Mrs. DOYLE travelled with him, attended functions and opened their home to Friends and colleagues. "I didn't enjoy myself without her," Mr. DOYLE said.
Aside from her responsibilities at home and at church, where she helped with various charitable works, Mrs. DOYLE enjoyed a good game of cards. Her bridge club met regularly for 40 years. One▼ favourite memory was from a trip she and Mr. DOYLE took to China in the early 1980s, when she travelled down the Yangtze River playing cards with their guides.
Florence Barbara CHANDA was born on November 30, 1924 in Lynedoch, Ontario, the youngest of six children to farmers Frank and Franis CHANDA. Her early ancestors had cleared the land in this southwestern part of the province using workhorses. They grew turnips and later tobacco. Mrs. DOYLE was very close to her mother, who considered her last child "a gift" because she had her later in life, Judith DOYLE said.
After her father was killed in a car accident when she was about eight years old, Florence was put to work in the tobacco fields and remained on the farm until her older brother took over and she and her mother moved to nearby Chatham. In town, she attended a Catholic high school but soon suffered another tragedy when her mother died. Left without parents, she moved into a local boarding house run by a generous woman remembered as Mrs. Con SHAY/SHEA.
After high school, she found work at Libby's Foods and rose to the rank of office manager. Around that time, she met Dic DOYLE, a young reporter at The Chatham Daily News. The couple married in Chatham in January, 1953.
Not long after they were married, Mrs. DOYLE moved to Toronto, where her husband was by that time at The Globe and Mail. Hired as a copy reader on the news desk in 1951, Mr. DOYLE became editor and then the paper's editor-in-chief from 1963 to 1983.
Judith DOYLE remembers her parent's house as an open and welcoming place. Late at night after Mr. DOYLE and his colleagues left The Globe's office, they would often venture over to the house to talk and unwind from a busy day.
Cameron SMITH, a former editor at The Globe, said of Mrs. DOYLE: "She was one of the most welcoming people that I've known. She made me feel good about whatever I was doing."
Judith will never forget the only Christmas she experienced away from her mother. It was the early 1980s and Judith was in Nicaragua to make a documentary. Mrs. DOYLE managed to track her down and sent a Christmas cake. When the cake arrived, Judith remembers the joy of slicing it into slivers for a group of foreign journalists.
Years later when Judith made another documentary about an Ojibway reserve in Northern Ontario, Mrs. DOYLE befriended some of the people from the reserve when they visited Toronto.
Mrs. DOYLE extended her kindness to animals. Working in the garden of her Toronto home, Mrs. DOYLE could be heard chattering away to the birds and animals, Judith said. The family has photographs of her feeding foxes in the backyard.
"She was the kind of person who had raccoons following her around, " Judith said.
After Mr. DOYLE was appointed to the Senate in 1985, the couple moved to Ottawa. Their years in the capital were among their happiest. They made close Friends and Mrs. DOYLE enjoyed heading across the river to Hull with a friend and a few rolls of quarters to do some gambling. "She had the capacity for developing Friendships that went on throughout her life," Mr. DOYLE said. "She was interested in people."
Florence DOYLE leaves her husband Richard, sister Clara HILLIARD, son Sean and daughter Judith.
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DOYLE email@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-10 published
The Globe was his church'
The editor-in-chief was mentor to journalists, defender of social policies, respected by those criticized in print, and described as a man with a 'warm human touch'
By Michael VALPY Thursday, April 10, 2003 - Page R11
In his two decades as editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, former senator Richard (Dic) James DOYLE wielded a journalistic influence in Canadian public life matched only by that of George BROWN, the newspaper's founder.
He died yesterday in Toronto, one month past his 80th birthday. His wife of 50 years, Florence, passed away on March 20.
Senator DOYLE -- editor from 1963 to 1983 -- gave the newspaper a boldly independent voice, loosening up its then lock-step support for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Under his direction, the newspaper would praise a government one day and lambaste it the next. He was a passionate defender of civil liberties, intensely engaged in the development of Canada's social policies throughout the 1960s and 1970s and as much concerned with the powerless in Canadian society as the powerful.
"In the time I've been editor," he once said, "we've not supported any party in office. I think we make whomever we support uncomfortable. We're the kind of friend you could do without."
He once said he felt more intellectually comfortable with Pierre TRUDEAU than all the prime ministers he knew, and one of his favourite editorial cartoons was one he suggested after overhearing his daughter Judith talking to a friend in her bedroom. It showed two teenage girls sitting on a bed under a poster of Mr. TRUDEAU. One girl says to the other: "He's not 50 like your father's 50."
His views, although stamped on the editorial page, were never imposed on his reporters. He was concerned with a story's news value -- not the fallout -- and he expected his staff to act with the same concern.
He wanted The Globe to be a writer's newspaper and gave his writers autonomy, even when their views went against his own philosophies. He had a special place in his heart for columnists who expressed contradictory opinions.
The young writers invited to attend the buffet lunches he gave regularly for prime ministers, premiers and cabinet ministers, bank presidents and giants of the arts were treated to superb tutorials in the life of their nation that left an indelible mark on their minds.
Warm, funny, theatrical and gregarious, he was a mentor and model for many of Canada's best-known journalists -- among them, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Michael ENRIGHT and Don NEWMAN, former Globe and Maclean's managing editor Geoffrey STEVENS, his successor as Globe editor Norman WEBSTER, and former foreign correspondent, dance critic and now master of the University of Toronto's Massey College, John FRASER.
"He was absolutely fearless," Mr. STEVENS said yesterday. "He did tough stuff. He did important stuff. And he refused to bow to pressure from business, from politicians and for that matter from journalists. I didn't always agree with him, but I always, always respected what he said."
Mr. FRASER said: "He was an editor who made young journalists' dreams come true. Like many who came under his spell at The Globe and Mail, I will go to my grave grateful for the horizons he opened up to me."
George BAIN, for years The Globe's Ottawa columnist, recalled the only time Senator DOYLE actually complained about something Mr. BAIN had written was when he filed an end-piece to a royal tour and suggested that the institution wasn't appropriate to the Canadian circumstances.
"Dic, as a devoted monarchist, was moved to say, 'Did you have to?' The fact is I felt I did -- and he, despite strong feelings, didn't say, 'You can't.' "
When Prime Minister Brian MULRONEY appointed him to the Senate in 1985, he decided to sit as a Conservative out of courtesy.
Mr. MULRONEY described him yesterday as "a marvellous man, rigorous, thoughtful, with a disciplined approach to life and a very warm human touch to everything he did.
"When he cut people up, including me, there was no malice to it, no ad hominem attack, he was never bitter or partisan in any way.'The full impact of Senator DOYLE's presence as editor was probably first felt by The Globe's readers on March 20, 1964, when a front-page editorial appeared under the heading, Bill of Wrongs.
It was prompted by legislation proposed by Ontario's Conservative attorney-general, Frederick CASS, which empowered the Ontario Police Commission to summon any person for questioning in secret deprive him of legal advice; and keep him in prison indefinitely if he refused to answer.
"For the public good," the editorial stated, the Ontario Government "proposes to trample upon the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Rule of Law.
"Are we in... the Canada of 1964 -- or in the Germany of 1934?
"This legislation is supposed to be directed against organized crime. In fact, it is directed against every man and woman in the province."
Soon after, Mr. CASS resigned.
Senator DOYLE's skills as a writer were particularly evident on an election night when the paper would present an editorial on the results between editions. Alastair LAWRIE, now retired as an editorial writer, recalled that once the results were known, Senator DOYLE would stand in silent thought for maybe a minute and a half and then start to dictate. In a matter of a few minutes, he would complete a reasoned editorial that scarcely required the addition of a comma.
Senator DOYLE preferred to work in anonymity, only accepting honorary degrees and later the seat in the Senate near the end of his newspaper career.
He sat on no boards, belonged to no important clubs, almost never appeared on television or radio, didn't sign petitions and seldom gave speeches. When he met a politician, there were usually witnesses.
He didn't hold a driver's licence and for years arrived at the old Globe office on King Street by streetcar. When The Globe moved to its present office on Front Street, Senator DOYLE took a taxi.
Retired Ottawa Citizen publisher Clark DAVEY, a former managing editor of The Globe and a close friend of Senator DOYLE, suspected "he didn't trust his Irish temper [to drive] and that was probably to the common good."
Mr. DAVEY said Senator DOYLE's low public profile "was part of his own protection against conflicts on his own part. The Globe was his church. Journalism was his religion.
"I think that Dic, in the context of his time, probably had a greater influence on Canadian journalism than any other single individual," Mr. DAVEY said.
"It was Dic's execution that made the Report on Business what it became and is. He was the moving force from within The Globe often unseen -- in the whole question of conflicts of interest as they affected journalists.
"He was really the wellspring of that kind of thinking and, of course, what The Globe did affected very directly what a lot of other organizations did."
Born in Toronto on March 10, 1923, Dic DOYLE seemed destined to get ink on his hands. He said in 1985 that he had decided on a newspaper career at age 7 and joined the Chatham Daily News as a sports reporter after he graduated from Chatham Collegiate Institute. He was promoted to sports editor, city editor and then news editor.
During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with the 115 (Bomber) Squadron (Royal Air Force) at Ely, near Cambridge in England. He was discharged at the end of the war with the rank of flying officer.
He was 23 and felt that life was passing him by, so rather than attending university, as other returning air-force officers were doing, he returned to the Chatham paper. It was a decision he said he later regretted.
He came to The Globe in 1951, initially as a copy editor, the only job available. His first byline appeared in The Globe in December of 1952 over a story about milk bottles.
In the same year, he also wrote a book called The Royal Story, a labour of love that proved to be a standard treatment of the monarchy, and which he was the first to acknowledge, replowed already well-tilled soil.
(The Royal family had a special status at The Globe under Senator DOYLE. One▲ former senior editor, the legendary Martin LYNCH, told of being taken off the front-page layout after he replaced a picture of Princess Margaret, which appeared in early editions, with a photograph of a prize-winning pig.
When The Globe decided to publish a weekly supplement in 1957, Senator DOYLE became its first editor, with a staff that had no experience in the weekly field. The paper was laid out on the carpet of the managing editor's office after he had gone home.
It shrunk over the years because, Mr. DOYLE said, it was ahead of its time. It died in 1971.
From there, in 1959, he became managing editor of the newspaper and then editor in 1963. He stepped aside in 1983 to take on the role of editor emeritus and to write a column -- an experience, he said two years later, that left him chastened. "The guy [columnist] out there has his problems."
Former Globe publisher A. Roy MEGARRY, said, "In my opinion, no one -- including the seven publishers that Dic has served with during his time at the paper -- had made a more positive and lasting impression on The Globe than he has."
Likely among the greatest tributes paid to him as an editor came from the Kent Commission established by the federal government in 1980 to investigate the ownership of Canada's daily newspapers after the Ottawa Journal and the Winnipeg Tribune folded in virtually simultaneous moves by the Thomson and Southam chains.
In its report, the commission credited Senator DOYLE with "adhering to an ideal of press freedom that often tends to get lost in the management of newspapers....
"To a great extent, the editor-in-chief of The Globe belongs to a breed which unfortunately is on its way to extinction.
"The Globe and Mail testifies to the influence that continues to be exerted by a newspaper with a clearly defined idea of its role and substantial editorial resources. It is read by almost three-quarters of the country's most important decision-makers in all parts of Canada and at all levels of government. More than 90 per cent of media executives read it regularly and it tends to set the pace for other news organizations."
The Globe and Mail was bought by Thomson Newspapers in 1980. Senator DOYLE made no secret of the fact that he would have preferred having the newspaper bought by R. Howard Webster, who owned it before it became part of the Financial Post chain. However, in 1985 he said that Thomson was the best alternative among the others in the field.
When Prime Minister MULRONEY named him to the Senate, he became the first active Globe journalist to receive such an appointment since George BROWN in 1873. As an editor and a columnist, Senator DOYLE had often preached Senate reform and had opposed patronage appointments.
His acceptance prompted a flow of letters to the editor that favoured and disapproved of the appointment in about equal measure.Senator DOYLE is survived by his children Judith and Sean and his granddaughter Kaelan MYERSCOUGH. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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DOYLE email@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-12 published
DOYLE, The Honourable Richard James, O.C. Died peacefully on April 8, 2003 in the Toronto Hospital in his 80th year. Dic DOYLE was born on March 10th, 1923 in Toronto and moved with his parents, Lillian and James DOYLE, to Chatham, Ontario where he attended McKeough Public School and the Chatham Collegiate Institute with his brothers William and Francis and his sister, Ruby Louise KEIL, all of whom predeceased him. He would want us to mention that he was the grand_son of Fan Gibson HILTS who taught him when he was ten to draw parallel columns on brown wrapping paper and to write stories to fill them. In January 1940, he joined the reporting staff of the Chatham Daily News where he remained until 1942 when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. After training in Vancouver and Nova Scotia, he joined 115 Squadron Royal Air Force Bomber Command. He was engaged in operations in the European Theatre until the war's end when his crew was assigned to the movement of Canadian Prisoners of War from liberated camps to the United Kingdom. He retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force with the rank of flying officer. In the summer of 1945, DOYLE returned to the Chatham Daily News as city editor. Apart from a one-year stint at a public relations job at the Canada and Dominion Sugar Company, he remained at the Chatham News until 1951 when he was hired as a copy reader at The Globe and Mail in Toronto. He married the lovely Florence CHANDA in Chatham in 1953, and they moved together to Toronto, taking a small apartment on Harbord Street where the University of Toronto Robarts Library now stands. They moved to the Beaches before their children Judith and Sean arrived in the late 1950's. Subsequent jobs at The Globe and Mail included Night City Editor, Editor of the newly-launched Weekly Globe and Mail. When he was called to the Senate of Canada in 1985, he had been editor of the paper for 20 years - a longer period than that served by any editor other than the paper's founder. In the course of that service he received honourary doctorates from St. Francis Xavier and King's College Universities, and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. In his years in the Senate, DOYLE was active in a number of committees, in particular the Internal Economy and Legal and Constitutional Committees. When Prime Minister Brian MULRONEY asked DOYLE to come to Ottawa, he was aware of his record in print as a Senate critic. He invited the editor to share with others in an on-going campaign to enhance the effectiveness of the Upper Chamber in the Parliamentary process. When DOYLE left the Senate, he recalled the challenge and insisted the goal was within sight. Richard DOYLE was the author of two books, The Royal Story and Hurly Burly: A Time at the Globe. He was named to the Canadian Newspaper Hall of Fame. Richard DOYLE is survived by his children Judith and Sean, and his granddaughter Kaelan MYERSCOUGH. After celebrating their 50th anniversary in January of this year, Dic's beloved wife Flo passed away suddenly and peacefully on March 20. They were parted for less than three weeks. Funeral service will be held at Trinity College Chapel, 6 Hoskin Avenue, on Wednesday, April 16 at 2: 30 p.m. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite 101, Toronto M4S 3B1.
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DOYLE email@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-07 published
Bureaucrat 'invaluable' to ministers
Analyst was a key negotiator in talks that led to the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995
By Bill GLADSTONE Special to The Globe and Mail Saturday, June 7, 2003 - Page F11
Gerry SHANNON could have been a professional hockey player like his father, but decided instead to play in a much bigger arena.
Mr. SHANNON went on to become a top career public servant who helped to formulate the federal government's policies on international trade. At one time, he held the No. 2 posting in the Canadian embassy in Washington and was a key negotiator in the talks known as the Uruguay Round, which led to the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995.
Mr. SHANNON, who died recently in Vancouver at the age of 67, is remembered as a fair, tough and passionate trade-policy analyst who was a trusted adviser to ministers in the successive cabinets of Pierre TRUDEAU and Brian MULRONEY in the 1980s.
"Gerry was a larger-than-life character," said Peter SUTHERLAND, a former director-general of the World Trade Organization. "He played a crucial role in the conclusion of the Uruguay Round. He had a belief in the multilateral system that he combined with an intense Canadian patriotism. His personality was also a factor in bringing peaceful resolution to difficult negotiations."
"He was a straightforward guy -- you always knew where you stood with him," said Marc Lalonde, a former Liberal finance minister. "He was a man with a very solid judgment. He was a good team player in that regard, the kind of guy you would want to have as a senior public servant."
Born in Ottawa in 1935, Mr. SHANNON received an early lesson from his father -- hockey player Jerry SHANNON, who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and other National Hockey League teams -- on the necessity of appearing strong, no matter what. Once, after a puck knocked out the boy's two front teeth, his father shouted, "Get up, son, shake it off!" Young Gerry did so and stayed in the game.
The same spirit of toughness also probably helped him cope with the death of his mother when he was 10.
Despite an offer to try out for the Bruins, Mr. SHANNON took his father's advice and went to university. Graduating from Carleton University's school of journalism, he worked as a reporter for the Sudbury Star for several years before lifting his sights once again. He wrote a foreign-service exam and was accepted as a diplomat in 1963. "He realized that being a small-town reporter was great and he enjoyed it, but he wanted to be involved in the big world," said his wife, Anne Park SHANNON.
His first posting was in Washington, where, despite any formal training as an economist, he handled matters of trade and economic policy. "He was good at pursuing Canadian interests with the Americans. They liked him," Ms. Park SHANNON said. "He was very affable and very good at just getting to the essence of things."
He also served as Canada's senior foreign affairs representative in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, and as ambassador to Korea, one of Canada's youngest ambassadors at the time.
In the mid-1970s, at the height of the Trudeau era, he became director of commercial policy for the department of external affairs. After several years, he returned to Washington as the embassy's second-in-command at a time when Canada's national energy program generated heated discussions.
Recalled to Ottawa about 1982, he became the assistant deputy minister of finance for the Liberals, then deputy minister of international trade for the Progressive Conservatives. In these capacities, he advised Mr. LALONDE and Tory ministers Michael WILSON and Barbara McDOUGALL.
"He was a very professional public servant, he had a sense of professionalism, he had a very good mind, he was tough, and he understood very well the role of the senior public servant, " Ms. McDOUGALL said. "He never tried to be the minister and he was a straight shooter, which many of us appreciated when we realized that this was the exception and not the rule.
"I worked with a lot of great public servants, but he was certainly right up at the top," she said.
Anne Marie DOYLE, who worked extensively with Mr. SHANNON in various government departments, recalls that he would go out on a limb for employees when he thought that they were in the right, and he possessed "iron in his spine" that made his superiors respect him as steadfast and trustworthy.
"He had this phenomenal gift -- the ability to take a very complex problem, see to its core and express it in just two or three very articulate sentences so that someone like a minister or prime minister would have found him just invaluable," she said. "They would have his complex briefing and he would say, 'Well, Minister, what it boils down to is just this, ' and it would be just brilliant."
Mr. SHANNON was "one of the giants of Canadian trade policy of the '80s and '90s," said Bill DYMOND, executive director of the Centre for Trade Policy and Law at Carleton University. "The politicians trusted him because he was blunt, honest and loyal to the government."
Known for his enthusiasm and for being indefatigable on the job, Mr. SHANNON performed an astonishing array of official duties while in Geneva from 1989 to 1995. As Canada's chief negotiator for the Uruguay Round, he developed a binding dispute-settlement system that was hailed as a major breakthrough. He was Canada's first ambassador to the World Trade Organization as he had been to its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
As an occasional ambassador to the United Nations, he gave to its committee on disarmament the " SHANNON mandate," a significant negotiating protocol still in use today.
Mr. SHANNON was known as a loyal defender of Canadian interests. Soon after leaving government in 1995 to work as an international trade policy consultant, he wrote an article for The Globe and Mail on Canada's seemingly never-ending softwood-lumber dispute with the United States.
"We always get roughed up in dealing alone with the Americans on issues they deem to be critical to them," he observed. "They simply have too many guns and they persevere until they win."
Mr. SHANNON enjoyed hiking, gardening, opera, travelling, dogs, crossword puzzles and playing hockey.
He and his wife moved from Ottawa to Victoria about a year ago with the intent of retiring there. He was sick only a few weeks before he died on April 26.
He leaves his wife, Anne Park SHANNON, and sons Michael and Steven from a previous marriage. He also leaves a sister, Carol SCHWARZ, of Ottawa.
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DOYLE firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-14 published
SMITH, Ian▼ Wilson▼ (October▼ 5, 1935 - June 8, 2003)
Ian died with great dignity, after a valiant struggle with cancer ending in the caring environment of Lisaard House, Cambridge, surrounded by loving Friends and family. Deepest thanks to the staff at Lisaard House and Hopesprings who provided a beacon of compassion during his struggle. Ian had an extensive career in marketing after graduating from McGill University. In later years, he had his own marketing consulting business. We will remember his great love of the outdoors with a deep affection for Caledon and the Grand River. His enthusiasm for the people and things he loved, his wonderful command of the English language combined with strong opinions and a dry sense of humour made him a colourful conversationalist. Ian was deeply moved by the caring Friendship of Beth SALHANY, Chaplin▼ Ken▼ BEAL, Joe and Getta DOYLE, Jim PUTT, Diane SIROIS, Desmay SMITH and many other special Friends who helped him on his journey. Ian, son of the late Sydney SMITH, will be greatly missed by his daughter Megan THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON (daughter of Daphne SMITH) son-in-law Mike THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and granddaughters Kendra and Kristen. He is survived by his daughter Jennifer FOX, granddaughter Chaelene, mother Dorothy, sister Diane COVINGTON, niece and nephew Tara and Tom McMURTY. Donations can be sent to Lisaard House, Cambridge (519) 650-1121 in Ian's memory.
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DOYLE firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-06-17 published
SMITH, Ian▲ Wilson▲ (October▲ 5, 1935 - June 8, 2003)
Ian died with great dignity, after a valiant struggle with cancer ending in the caring environment of Lisaard House, Cambridge, surrounded by loving Friends and family. Deepest thanks to the staff at Lisaard House and Hopesprings who provided a beacon of compassion during his struggle. Ian had an extensive career in marketing after graduating from McGill University. In later years, he had his own marketing consulting business. We will remember his great love of the outdoors with a deep affection for Caledon and the Grand River. His enthusiasm for the people and things he loved, his wonderful command of the English language combined with strong opinions and a dry sense of humour made him a colourful conversationalist. Ian was deeply moved by the caring Friendship of Beth SALHANY, Chaplin▲ Ken▲ BEAL, Joe and Getta DOYLE, Jim PUTT, Diane SIROIS, Desmay SMITH and many other special Friends who helped him on his journey. Ian, son of the late Sydney SMITH, will be greatly missed by his daughter Megan THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON (daughter of Daphne SMITH) son-in-law Mike THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON and granddaughters Kendra and Kristen. He is survived by his daughter Jennifer FOX, granddaughter Chaelene, mother Dorothy, sister Diane COVINGTON, niece and nephew Tara and Tom McMURTRY. Donations can be sent to Lisaard House, Cambridge (519) 650-1121 in Ian's memory.
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Peter CHENEY -- A man whose car plunged more than 20 metres over Scarborough Bluffs has died of his injuries.
Kelly DOYLE of Scarborough died at St. Michael's Hospital yesterday, four days after the crash.
Mr. DOYLE, 40, suffered serious chest and leg injuries after his 1989 Lincoln Town Car went through a guard rail at the foot of a dead-end street.
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Minecraft is headed to the Raspberry Pi!
If you're a fan of the popular video game Minecraft and just happen to have a little Pi developer board sitting around, well, you'll be particularly glad to hear the title will soon be available to install and play on your uber-mini Raspberry.
So, if you are using the dev board as some sort of custom HTPC, the availability of this popular retro-style video game is good news indeed.
Interestingly, Mojang developers are working on porting version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition to the Raspberry Pi. Meaning, this in official initiative, rather than something put together by hackers that may or may not work correctly.
The game will be called Minecraft: Pi Edition and is slated to be offered as a completely free download. If you think about it , a Pi-specific version of Minecraft could make the little developer board a dirt cheap method of getting into game development and coding mods.
Remember, Minecraft: Pi Edition is more than just a game. Once you get used to playing the title, you can dig into the code, build your own mods and actually learn something useful.
The Raspberry Pi sells for about $35 and can be used to power all sorts of DIY devices. Unfortunately, it's unclear exactly when Minecraft: Pi will be available for download, but we hope to see it go live in the near future.


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The mandate of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is overseeing compliance with both the Privacy Act, which covers the personal information-handling practices of federal government departments and agencies, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's federal private-sector privacy law.
The mission of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is to protect and promote the privacy rights of individuals.
The Commissioner works independently from any other part of the government to investigate complaints from individuals with respect to the federal public sector and the private sector. In public sector matters, individuals may complain to the Commissioner about any matter specified in Section 29 of the Privacy Act. This Act applies to personal information held by Government of Canada institutions.
For matters relating to personal information in the private sector, the Commissioner may investigate all complaints under Section 11 of PIPEDA except in the provinces that have adopted substantially similar privacy legislation, namely Québec, British Columbia, and Alberta. Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador now fall into this category with respect to personal health information held by health information custodians under health sector privacy laws in those provinces. However, even in those provinces with substantially similar legislation, and elsewhere in Canada, PIPEDA continues to apply to personal information collected, used or disclosed by all federal works, undertakings and businesses, including personal information about their employees. PIPEDA also applies to all personal data that flows across provincial or national borders, in the course of commercial transactions involving organizations subject to the Act or to substantially similar legislation.
The Commissioner focuses on resolving complaints through negotiation and persuasion, using mediation and conciliation if appropriate. However, if voluntary co-operation is not forthcoming, the Commissioner has the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths and compel the production of evidence. In cases that remain unresolved, particularly under PIPEDA, the Commissioner may take the matter to Federal Court and seek a court order to rectify the situation.
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Mark Waid, Matt Fraction, Sam Humphries, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Joe Keatinge and Gerry Dugan were joined by Marvel editor Sana Amanat to discuss "Avengers: The Enemy Within," "Age of Ultron," "Daredevil" and more.
ROBOT 6's Chris Arrant speaks with Joe Keatinge about the writer's nine years in the comics industry, including his current "Morbius: The Living Vampire" series and his time in Image Comics marketing.
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In "Morbius: The Living Vampire" #1, the fugitive vampire took refuge in a crime plagued Brooklyn neighborhood. CBR spoke with writer Joe Keatinge about the issue's fallout and his plans for the series.
"Glory" and "Hell Yeah" writer Joe Keatinge speaks about his upcoming Arsenal and Starfire stories in DC Comics' anthology series, "DC Universe Presents" drawn by newcomer comics artist Ricken.
Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Federico Dallocchio take on Starfire in the pages of "DC Universe Presents" #18, bringing readers a closer look at the Tamaran princess in the New 52.
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Writer Joe Keatinge speaks about his upcoming "Morbius: The Living Vampire" series for Marvel NOW! that focuses on Spider-Man's undead sometimes-ally as he lives on the run following an escape from The Raft.
DC's Hank Kanalz talks about publisher's digital expansion! Indian cartoonist T. Samuval passes away. J. Michael Straczynski on "Superman: Earth One"! Joe Keatinge talks Marvel and Monkeybrain! Plus much more!
Marvel kicked off its final day of New York Comic Con devoting a panel to Spider-Man, with Dan Slott, Mark Waid, Joe Keatinge, Declan Shalvey, and more on hand to discuss their amazing, superior, and avenging titles.
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Image Comics PR master turned writer Joe Keatinge tells CBR about everything from the ongoing "Hell Yeah" and "Glory's" price raise to the status of "Brutal" with artist Frank Cho.
Dan Slott, Stephen Wacker, Axel Alonso and more gather at Fan Expo Canada to discuss the wall crawler, Alpha, Stan Lee's role in issue #700 and a new Morbius ongoing.
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ROBOT 6's Michael May takes a look at the relaunched "Glory" comic by Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell, noting that in each issue, "Keatinge has introduced some twist or development that immediately made me crave the next issue."
Marvel Comics' most recent Marvel Mailer retailer update lists the upcoming "Thanos: Son of Titan" #1 by Joe Keatinge and Richard Elson as cancelled. Update: Marvel's Stephen Wacker clarifies cancellation.
Co-Publishers Chris Roberson, Allison Baker and the Monkeybrain Comics creators reveal their upcoming digital-first projects -- and attempt to convince Bill Willingham they're not crazy.
Image Comics has provided CBR with exclusive advance looks at two of this week's new releases: Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' "Saga" #5 and Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell's "Glory" #28!
Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Ken Garing talk to CBR News about "Intergalactic," the newest digital comic book series from Monkeybrain Comics announced at CCI 2012.
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Marvel Comics has announced a new mini series focusing on the origins of movie star villain Thanos with "Son of Titan" which will debut in October from creators Joe Keatinge and Richard Elson.
Today's hottest Image creators—including Brandon Graham, Joe Keatinge, Tony Harris, and Joe Casey—gathered to celebrate the publisher's twentieth anniversary and discuss their own current projects at Emerald City Comicon.
Doug Zawisza gives "Glory" #24 4 stars, saying the second issue of the relaunch by Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell has "absolutely no lag or drag hopping onboard right here."
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Yes, here I am in the land of Weird, Wild and Wonderful at Art Is You in Petaluma a few weeks ago. Sporting our pink tutus in honor of "pink" Friday, we were kicking up our heels in joy with all of the creative energy surrounding us for a few days. In the right hand photo is myself, of course, and my sweet friend, Vickie Orlando. Don't we look cute! And look at those fantastic name badges we were all gifted with......each one hand made by Ellen. Wow the detail in each one....and each and every one (about 200 of them) were unique. I can't imagine how long it took Ellen to design all of these in addition to the ones she made for everyone at Art Is You in Stamford. Thank you Ellen...I will treasure mine.
In the lower left photo you see Vickie and I again with my friend, Betti Zucker from New York....and you have to say that with the New Yooooork accent like Betti does. Both Betti and Vickie surprised me with puppy shower gifts while at Art Is You....what a treat. Thank you both for your kind, generous hearts. Love everything you gave Olive Rose and I.
Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking a class from Sunny Carvalho. Doll making is one of Sunny's many talents. Above you can see some of the results of the class....look at all of those distinctive little personalities that came to life....how fun! My little "Edna" is the blue haired gal on the right. This class was really challenging for me since I had never sculpted before. I learned so much and can't wait to get my hands on more paper clay and see what little souls appear.
On Sunday, I taught my Madame Bijoux Box class to such a fantastic group of people. We played with torches, resin, patina and cold connections. Thank you all for joining me for the day. Above you can see some of the student's finished boxes.....didn't they do a great job!
Sallianne and Ellen (the Art Is You organizers extraordinaire) both dropped by for a classroom visit. Catherine Witherell and Julie Panusis and I pose for a pic (lower right). One of Catherine's romantic Madame Bijoux Boxes takes center stage in this collage. Just love it Catherine! And Miss Olive poses here on one of my work benches....my new studio mascot...and who knows, perhaps my new muse.
Picked up Miss Olive (a Havanese) on my way home from Art Is You....and our lives have been changed. Olive is my first ever puppy as an adult....wow...didn't realize how my life would change. I feel as though I am that 23 year old mom again taking care of a toddler. But, it is oh so worth it. Next Monday we start puppy preschool classes. She is a quick learner, eager to please and a luv.....and sometimes a little brat (just like her mom). Olive is teaching me a lot about myself. Every day brings something new, a bit of insight, laughter, successes, challenges, puppy dog kisses, and about a hundred more "go potty's".
Our grand-daughters came for a visit last weekend and they fell in love with Olive as you can see. They had so much fun playing with her.
Well, that about catches you up on what my life has been like during the last few weeks. If you don't hear from me for a while, you know I am busy being a puppy mom.
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We have developed a Program Logic Model for the Improvement of Outcomes for Children in the Child Welfare System as a Result of Father Involvement. This conceptual model is based upon our comprehensive review of the available research, and displays the ideal model service program, with the goal of developing knowledge about how non-resident fathers and paternal kin impact child safety, permanency, and well being. To view the logic model, click here.
In the link below, you'll find a page of links to reports, fact sheets, articles, and other materials addressing father involvement issues. Please check back periodically, as new material will be added to this page from time-to-time.
Click here for: Materials on Father Involvement
December 2006 federal Issue Brief, "Child Welfare Casework With Nonresident Fathers of Children in Foster Care", please click here
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2008 federal Report, "More About the Dads", please click here
Below you will find a QIC NRF selected resource list that includes available literature on fathers in child welfare. Written materials cover issues relating to law and policy, programs and practice, evaluation and research.
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Kammermusik No.2, Op.36 No.1 (Hindemith, Paul)
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Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.3440, 1924.
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|Kammermusik No.2
|Alternative Title
|Konzert für obligates Klavier und 12 Solo-Instrumente
|Hindemith, Paul
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|Op.36 No.1
|4 Movements
|Year/Date of Composition
|1924 July September, Donaueschingen and Frankfurt
|First Performance
|1924-10-31 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Museumsorchester
|First Publication
|Frau Emma Lübbecke-Job
|Average Duration
|20 minutes
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|Piano and 12 Solo Instruments
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Za'atar Pita Chips Recipe
Submitted By:from Raleigh.
Za'atar Pita Chips Notes
Quick and Delicious Appetizer. Great for that last minute dish to take to a party, or when guests pop by. My first sampling of Spice House spices was eating this simple and yummy munchie with a great red wine and sitting under the shade of a big tree. I'm hooked on Za'atar and The Spice House.
- 4-5 large pita rounds, cut into small wedges
- 1-2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Za'atar
- Home-made or store-bought hummus, for dipping
Serves / Yields
3-4 people
Preparation Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-400 degrees.
In a small sauce pan, warm olive oil and place fresh minced garlic in the oil to infuse for about five minutes. Place pita wedges onto a cookie/baking sheet. Add the Za'atar to oil and garlic mixture and brush onto tops of pita wedges. Place in oven for about 10-15 minutes (depending upon how crisp you like the pita).
Helpful Hints
Try Sesame Pita if your bakery has it...fab-u-lous! Serve with your favorite hummus. A little Za'atar in the hummus doesn't hurt either. Enjoy with a little red wine under a shady tree. Mmmmm.
Editor's Note: Check out the quick, easy, and simply delicious Hummus recipe also on this site.
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Vale Bryson Anderson
Miranda Devine
–, Friday, December, 07, 2012, (12:30pm)
VALE Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson, 45, a humble man, a "consummate" police officer, a leader, a protector, an inspired mentor, and a husband and father of three.
Loved by his family, respected by his colleagues and community, his death is a great loss.
His fatal stabbing at the scene of a domestic dispute between neighbours in Oakville, NSW, on Thursday is a reminder of the dangers facing police, who lay their lives on the line every shift.
We seem increasingly ready to criticise police, second guess actions taken in the heat of the moment, and take away their ability to defend themselves and the community.
Yet here is the reality of the thin blue line.
"Last night I looked into the eyes of a little girl, 15, and two little boys that were 12 and 10," said NSW Commissioner Andrew Scipione.
"They have needs that will go on. I looked at Bryson's wife, who will have debts that will continue to go on long past the passing of her husband."
Tax deductible donations to the Anderson family can be made to a fund established by the NSW Police Association and to be administered by Police Legacy
Account name: Bryson Anderson Memorial Fund
Account No: 273178
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I am sorry for his loss.May his loved ones source real comfort,* deserved.
Society needs respect *for those who sincerely try to coordinate peace and resolution.
Thoughts of goodwill and compassion sent to his friends and work team companions also.Christmas is always a hard time with loss of a loved one.Please consider he would not want for you (his loved ones)to suffer I`m sure, and celebrate with pride the duty he gave… in time.
May one ask what Bank this is please for direct deposit .It would be appreciated to hear of feedback regarding this cause from the recipients, eventually.I hope to afford to assist in a small way.
Fri 07 Dec 12 (04:12pm)
Fri 07 Dec 12 (05:40pm)
My apology, I just read the whole article , via front page , and yes it is @ any Bank.
This is a reminder to us all that police officers really do put their lives on the line to keep the peace. He went to work as most people do, and did not come home.
His wife and three children left behind to grieve .
This should be mandatory life [meaning as long as they live] for the morons responsible for this.
The death of Bryson Anderson puts all our little problems into perspective does't it ?
Fri 07 Dec 12 (04:20pm)
Sympathy's to the family and his colleges, but what I want to know is what happened to his firearm, taser, capsicum spray, and baton. If he was not carrying why was he playing the hero?
Fri 07 Dec 12 (04:57pm)
Fri 07 Dec 12 (09:43pm)
My thoughts exactly John.
Those in authority must be made culpable for this death. For too long now PC has ruled in the police force, and police have to be so careful not to offend anybody, especially those of a certain culture and religion who might be in the throes of ramadan, and police must tread carefully around them so as not to cause any disrespect. It's the fasting you know, that makes them do things they normally would not. Oh, that's it then says the judge, throw out the charges.
Those in authority have taken away the rights of police officers to go about their lawful duty, and given far too many rights to offenders and criminals. thus putting their lives in even more danger, because the police basically have no way to defend themselves, and when they do, and a death ensues, their lives are torn apart, just in case they were 1/200th of a second too quick in shooting.
What Bryson was doing, alone in a house with two ferals, is unknown. Why he was there alone is not known. But he should not have been there by himself, and that he was, well, he should have had his weapon out and ready to go, and if he was attacked, as he was, he wouldn't have to yell, 'Stop, police, put down your weapon or I'll shoot', no, he would have just opened up and taken a piece of slime off the streets, and maybe its mother as well, citing that she also attacked him, even when she did not. That's the price you pay for being a feral and endangering a policeman's life.
Sadly, what with all the rules and by-laws that police nowadays have to be so conversant with, basically on how not to offend, which these days is more a crime in the eyes of our luvvies, than actually killing someone.
I hate to politicise this, but this death is political, and could have been avoided, but the PC that is so prevalent in our society today made it so predictable. And there will be more, due to those in authority not doing everything in their power to protect those under their command.
Same with the military. Ambos. Firies. And others.
Do ambos really need a police escort to enter certain areas of our cities? Or the firies?
That's easy solved. Take with them armed guards, with order to shoot anybody who wants to stop, or stone, or attack any public service vehicle, with no need to shout out anything to get them to desist.
That's the only way to take back the streets, the suburbs, especially those enclaves where us whiteys are practically forbidden to enter, where sharia rules, or some other vile interpretation of some vile culture and religion.
Hopefully the death of Bryson will allow the authorities to see the error of their ways, and hopefully put some behind bars for their aiding these ferals to kill a policeman so easily with their disgusting acquiescence and obsequiousness to the government of the day's plea for harmony with all, at any cost. Wouldn't want riots in the streets now would we?
I am sick to death of PC, not being able to call someone a dickhead, in case I offend, or call someone black, when he is, and not be called a racist.
Miranda, you are in the sights of these toerags who want to curb our freedoms, being part of the press, and it's these same toerags who have allowed for PC to flourish in this and all other decent, normal countries. This is what you should be writing about. Like how the government wants to stifle debate, especially with those who disagree with their policies or differ in views than them.
Why was it so easy for this man to die? Answer that and we'll be 1/4 the way there to understanding and maybe doing something about it, before others die in the same manner.
Sat 08 Dec 12 (06:14am)
It was on a rural property, dispute between neighbours evidently taken from behind knife to the neck then suffered a heart attack.
He was a gentleman and an officer having only met him 5 weeks previously. He was old school and talks to people, listens and understands. He would have done everything correctly by the book. The Hawkesbury Community has lost a decent person doing his job- he did nothing wrong.....R.I.P.
Sat 08 Dec 12 (07:20pm)
PeterF57, added to your list is the even more dangerous issue of drug usage, as under the influence of such substances people consider themselves not only underprivileged but also "bullet proof". Peter,
the very sadness of this is that the victim would have been represented by an organization forming part of a group that actually controls our current government who are hellbent on marginalising our country's white majority just as in the US as a selfish means of achieving a perennial ALP government! I can't see any remaining appeal for
any young people contemplating a career in any of Australia's
police forces while ever the liberal party chooses to allow itself to be tossed around like a half inflated football. The outcome is looking most certainly that Australia will copy those other examples of lunacy,
victims of greed & selfish Left leaning political parties!
So at any bank will they accept payment if made out to this legacy?
Fri 07 Dec 12 (05:36pm)
Sun 09 Dec 12 (05:52am)
Mine went through without a hitch.
This is the time we should remember his sacrifice. His family should not suffer for us.
Fri 07 Dec 12 (06:41pm)
Thank you Miranda, for a touch of class in this sad time.
Fri 07 Dec 12 (08:27pm)
And as generous as those donations willbe, the cost of legal aid to defend these 2 people will be greater just so THEIR rights are protected
Sat 08 Dec 12 (12:17am)
Fairfield has lost too many police to anti police hatred. There is, imho a dangerous disconnect between youth culture and respect for police. So, five years ago I applied for a grant from Fairfield Council to create a work addressing the issue. I titled it "Picking Cotton" and based it on the case of the senseless killing of Nicola Cotton, a police officer who had joined Louisiana PD after Katrina. Fairfield's ALP aligned didn't feel the project worthy of funding.
Sat 08 Dec 12 (10:24am)
I blame the politicans,judges,magistrates,certain lawyers and civil rights people-his death is on their hands-if he had used his taser or pistol he would have been hounded and attacked by these people for using undue force-you people have blood on your hands
Sat 08 Dec 12 (11:16am)
Tue 11 Dec 12 (11:16am)
I have listened for civil liberties "experts" to talk on this matter - silence. They are hypocrites.
A loss of a good man, hushand and father.
He should have been at least tasered or shot. The press are at least partly responsible for recriminating against the police force and senior police officers are far too reactive to this. A less senior officer probably would have tasered him.
Sun 09 Dec 12 (08:11am)
Now all the armchair critics, however well meaning, come out of the wood work. Here is a Police Officer with 30 years service. He was well aware of how to use his firearm, OC spray, taser etc. He didn't get the chance to use them! He was stabbed in the back of the neck. Do you think he saw it coming? Undoubtedly not. Pretty hard to shoot someone or Taser them when they are behind you? No amount of training will stop that.
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Whether these crops are grown on a transit vehicle (e.g., International Space Station) or on the lunar or planetary surface, it will be necessary to determine how to safely handle the vegetables while maintaining acceptability. Since hydrogen peroxide degrades into water and oxygen and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS), hydrogen peroxide has been recommended as the sanitizer.
The objective of this research was to determine the required effective concentration of hydrogen peroxide without adversely affecting the quality of the vegetables. Store bought vegetables were dipped in deionized distilled water, 1% hydrogen peroxide, 3% hydrogen peroxide, or 5% hydrogen peroxide. Treated produce and controls were stored in plastic bags at 5°C for up to 14 days. Sensory, color, texture, and total plate count were measured.
Although each vegetable reacts to hydrogen peroxide differently, the data suggest that with the exception of green onions, which may require a 5% dip, the other vegetables will only require a 0% or 1% hydrogen peroxide dip to reduce the microbial total count while not adversely affecting the quality of the vegetable. More testing still needs to be done on actual chamber grown vegetables. It is expected that chamber grown vegetables will have a lower microbial count and may not need as strong a treatment of hydrogen peroxide.


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Grid'5000 experiment
KadeployFS (Networking)
Conducted byFabien Gaud, Adrien Lèbre, Przemyslaw Sowa
DescriptionKadeployFS is under heavily development. The purpose consists in providing a tool to deploy parallel File system for grid experiments. At the moment, supported distributed file sytems are NFS, PVFS 2, LUSTRE and NFSp. But PVFS, all These filesystems could be use with or without aIOli improvements. KadeployFS is composed of scripts used to deploy and configure a distributed file system environnement on all the selected nodes. Even if the main purpose of KadeployFS consists in making tests on distributed filesytems, it could also be used as a temporary storage point for specific grid experiments. KadeployFS is currently not available with the lastest kadeploy version (refactoring is required). Volunters are welcome !
Statusin progress
- Nodes involved: >1000
- Sites involved: >6
- Minimum walltime: >1d
- Batch mode: no
- CPU bound: no
- Memory bound: no
- Storage bound: yes
- Network bound: no
- Interlink bound: yes
Tools usedNo information
Resultsprovide dedicated storage servers for large Grid'5000 experiments
Shared by: Fabien Gaud, Adrien Lèbre, Przemyslaw Sowa
Last update: 2008-12-12 11:04:36
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'Blight' Gunking Up Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reforms
Few Supreme Court opinions have riled up the masses in recent years like 2005′s Kelo v. City of New London. In the Kelo ruling, the court held that governments can take property for the purpose of promoting "economic development," a broader justification than the court had previously allowed for a "taking" under the Fifth Amendment. Rudy Giuliani slammed the ruling. And a group shortly after the ruling came down proposed "taking" the farmhouse of Justice David Souter, who signed onto the majority opinion.
In the years following, more than 40 states passed laws aimed at limiting the power of so-called "eminent domain," including measures to remove "economic development" as a justification for seizing property. Click here for a story out today by the WSJ's Nathan Koppel.
But Koppel writes that in many states, the effort to blunt the impact of the Kelo ruling has proven elusive. The problem is that many states still authorize the seizure of property that is deemed "blighted," a term often defined so broadly that it enables "virtually any property to be condemned," says Ilya Somin, a professor at George Mason University School of Law.
As a result, property-rights advocates say, states should, and some are trying to, adopt legislation that redefines blight.
Shortly after the Kelo ruling came down, Texas passed legislation designed to limit the sort of seizures authorized by Kelo, but carved out an exception for blight. But some Texas lawmakers are wondering whether to go further, and have introduced legislation that would require blight determinations to be made on a property-by-property basis.
Marvin Rosenbaum, whose family runs a bus company in El Paso, supports the proposed Texas measure. In 2006, he says, he learned that one of his company's bus terminals was in a broad swath of downtown El Paso that was declared blighted, as part of the city's effort to revitalize the area with condominiums, hotels and stores. "We aren't blighted at all," Rosenbaum says. "Blight should be determined parcel by parcel so that you don't suffer due to the neglect of others."
Jim Roos (pictured) has been a long-time warrior against the use of eminent domain. Click here to see an interview with Roos from the documentary "Begging for Billionaires," which is critical of eminent domain and is due to premiere May 2 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.


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Methi paratha is Indian flaky, flat bread made up of whole wheat flour and fenugreek greens or methi leaves. This is really a very healthy and yummy all in one neat little package dish.
Methi paratha is a North Indian dish and popularly made during breakfast and can be eaten during lunch and dinner. Parathas can be prepared in many variations but this is a healthy variation served with curry, pickle and a cup of yoghurt would make a complete balanced meal.
This paratha is a very good way of eating your greens in a tasty dish. Children love it too. It can be eaten at breakfast, lunch or dinner. It is a perfect food to take for lunch or picnic as it is good to eat even after a few hours. You can make the dough and keep in the fridge for 2-3 days and quickly make parathas as and when you want.
In making a paratha, you need first prepare the dough, roll out and then cooked over a flat pan/tava.; ghee or oil is added during the cooking process. Sometimes veggies, greens like fenugreek, spinach are added to the dough making the parathas healthy and delicious.
For this recipe of Methi Paratha, you make a stuffing of methi/fenugreek leaves, onions, chopped green chillies and other spices and cook well. Make a small ball of the dough and roll it into a puri size and place a small ball of methi leaves stuffing seal all corners and roll it back to a shape of paratha. Another way of making is add the methi leaves stuffing to the whole wheat flour and make smooth dough. Spinach paratha can be made in the similar way.
The frozen methi variety does not have the same flavor, zest and aroma as the fresh ones and so do not yield good results. The paratha does not need any elaborate side dish goes very well with raitha or salad or simply plain curds. This paratha is rich in protein and gives a very soft texture.
This Indian flat bread is spicy and contains dried leaves of a herb called "Methi" (fenugreek). It is delicious especially when eaten hot and with some butter and Indian pickle. Methi is very good for diabetic people.
Recipe: Methi paratha
Summary: paratha made with fenugreek leaves stuffing
5 - bunch - methi leaves
Cooking time (duration): 25
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: breakfast
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Methi leaves are rich in calcium, phosphorus and iron and its mineral and vitamin contents are also high and this is easily assimilated by our body. Fenugreek, commonly known as methi seeds, gives a tangy flavour to the dishes it is used in. Fenugreek is grown throughout South Asia. It has a distinct taste and smell. It is native to the Middle East. The name means "Greek hay", which presupposes its widespread use in Greek cooking. It is a leguminous plant belonging to the pea family. It produces long, slender, curved pods, which contain oblong, flattened, brownish seeds. The seeds, which have a slightly bitter taste, are roasted and ground, then used to flavour curries. The fresh leaves have a strong smell and they are used, either fresh or dried, in Arab countries, Turkey and India.
The fenugreek plant grows to a height of two feet with light green leaves and white flowers. Each pod gives 10 to 20 seeds. Fenugreek grows best in well-drained soil with low rainfall. The seeds turn a brownish yellow and have a rhombic shape. In India, it mainly grows in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The fenugreek seeds help relieve sore throat, throat pain, tonsillitis, dyspnoea (breathlessness) and cough. They also relieve hyper acidity and burning sensation in the stomach. The action of fenugreek is significant because all cough medication causes irritation in the stomach, whereas fenugreek relieves cough without this undesirable side effect. Fenugreek powder is an established remedy for dandruff. It also tones the hair, making it silky and shiny. It is a digestive aid and it is also used in diabetes in conjunction with insulin. It lowers blood sugar.
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Fenugreek is an ancient spice, mostly used in pickles. Dry roasting enhances its flavour and reduces its bitterness. In Indian cuisine, it is eaten as a vegetable prepared like spinach and sometimes used in the preparation of Indian breads. In western countries, it is used as one of the main ingredients in curry powder or to flavour spiced vinegar.
Fenugreek is used both as an herb (the leaves) and as a spice (the seed). It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop. It is frequently used in curry.
Fenugreek is frequently used by lactating women to increase milk supply. Fenugreek green is a very popular curry cooked in the major sub-continental region of India and Pakistan, usually together with potatoes and/or spinach, and eaten with Roti or Naan (flatbread) and/or rice. Fenugreek seeds are mixed with yogurt which is used as hair conditioner. It is also one of the ingredients of khakhra, a type of bread.
Summary: paratha made with fenugreek leaves stuffing
Cooking time (duration): 25
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: breakfast
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PIEDMONT -- As a child, Scott Patton, Alameda County's newest Superior Court judge, remembers his parents letting him stay up to watch the returns in the 1968 presidential election, in which Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace.
"We watched the Watergate hearings, and I also found those fascinating. The Vietnam War was going on. My parents talked about current events all the time, talked about women's and civil rights. It was a staple of dinner conversation," said the 51-year-old Piedmont resident.
No wonder that Patton, who grew up in Fair Oaks, decided early on to become a lawyer to fight for justice. He took a circuitous path, however, working three years in construction before going to law school. He worked for an interest group in Washington, D.C., while in college, then clerked at the state Attorney General's Office while in law school.
He received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara and his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law. Patton became an Alameda County deputy district attorney in 1990, remaining in that post until Gov. Jerry Brown appointed him in late November to become an Alameda County Superior Court judge. Patton replaced retired Judge Beverly Daniels-Greenberg.
"Scott Patton will be an excellent jurist," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley. "He is highly intelligent coupled with great common sense. His character is extraordinary; he respects everyone and treats people fairly and honestly. He genuinely likes people in his practice of law -- that made him very popular and valued."
Patton enjoyed his years as a trial lawyer before deciding to apply for a judgeship. It took 18 months to be vetted and accepted.
"I tried 50 jury trials over the years that I look on with pride," said the father of three.
For four years before becoming a judge, he did civil work for the Alameda County consumer fraud division. While working for the fraud unit, Patton handled the far-reaching false-advertising case involving Intelligent Beauty's Sensa "sprinkle diet," in which the company claimed that users would lose weight by sprinkling their "tastants" on food.
An $800,000 settlement ensued in Alameda County, after investigations into the efficacy of the product. District attorneys for 10 counties joined in the suit to "protect the consumer from deceptive advertising in the dietary supplement marketplace," O'Malley said.
The defendants did not admit fault but agreed to abide by court orders to prevent any future unfair or deceptive business practices.
Patton was also involved in the highly publicized murder trial of former Oakland Tribune and Oakland Post journalist Chauncey Bailey, who was investigating the activities of Your Black Muslim Bakery members at the time of his death. Bailey was gunned down Aug. 2, 2007, on his morning walk to work.
"Dramatic things happened. It (the trial) dragged out so long," Patton said.
These days, Patton will be on the bench conducting preliminary hearings on everything from carjackings to robberies to drug sales.
"Witnesses, bare bones, no jury. The judge decides the probable cause the crime was committed," Patton said. "Unlike lawyers preparing cases, these are cases you have not seen before. I have to be nimble on my feet and absorb very quickly. I have to understand the law in a more comprehensive way on a level playing field."
As he did when he was a deputy district attorney, Patton will spend 14 hours a day working. To unwind, he cycles, golfs, skis and travels. During his workdays, he steps out for walks to the farmers market.
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Corruption Currents: From Opening Pot-Linked Accounts to Wooing OFAC Staff
Readers can subscribe to The Morning Risk Report here. Follow us on Twitter at @WSJRisk.
Bhushan Steel Ltd., a debt-ridden company whose managing director was arrested last week in a bribery case, has so far been able to service its loans, its finance director told Reuters. The company denies any wrongdoing in the bribery case.
The Shanghai government's prosecutor's office said it approved the arrest of Wang Zongnan on suspicion of bribery and embezzlement. He couldn't be reached. (WSJ)
What happens when anti-bribery processes themselves are subjects to bribery? (Forbes)
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov lost an election, to lead the game's governing body, that involved allegations of bribery and corruption. (OCCRP)
In local politics: A judge tossed a bribery charge against a municipal judge who was accused of having sex with a prostitute in exchange for help on a traffic ticket. (Plain Dealer)
Thebriberyact.com analyzes the Innospec executives' sentences and proposes a solution for the GSK case. The FCPA Blog follows Florence, Italy to the classroom, flags a report on Canadian anti-fraud enforcement and notes the resignation of an Australian mining chief. Tom Fox wants to know if your company still allows facilitation payments and thinks through risk rankings. The FCPAProfessor runs a guest post discussing Hong Kong anti-corruption law. Richard Bistrong describes the risk of corruption in the context of regime change.
Companies and scholars are grappling with the ethics of having so much data at their fingertips. (NY Times)
Money Laundering:
Banks are beginning to open their doors to legal marijuana businesses after months of fretting about money laundering risks. Dispensaries and strip clubs need loans. (Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Washington Post, BusinessWeek)
Russian police searched the St. Petersburg offices of Finnish dairy-products exporter Valio in a probe unrelated to Valio's operations but involving alleged money laundering by an unrelated entity, Russian investigators said. (WSJ)
Thailand's anti-money laundering office wants more power to seize cash. (The Nation Thailand, Bangkok Post)
Boxer Lee Purdy was cleared of money laundering as part of an alleged fraud by rogue traders to dupe the elderly. (BBC)
FBME Card Services is laying off most of its staff after the company suspended operations amid U.S. allegations of money laundering. (Cyprus Mail)
Barclays PLC hired an anti-money laundering specialist in London. (EFinancialNews)
Uganda launched a new anti-money laundering body. (New Vision)
Banks are wooing U.S. Treasury officials tasked with enforcing sanctions, as they beef up their compliance staff. (Bloomberg)
A U.S. delegation including Secretary of State John Kerry stayed at a hotel in Myanmar owned by a businessman under U.S. sanctions. Could Mr. Kerry have stayed elsewhere? (WSJ, ABC News)
The International Energy Agency said U.S. and European sanctions will have little effect on Russian oil production. Meanwhile, Moscow's food import ban is causing problems in the Baltic states, but schools, prisons and hospitals can thank Russia for the free peaches. Kazakhs are hoarding food because of Russia's bans. (Financial Times sub req, WSJ, Quartz, Bloomberg)
Russia's second-largest state-controlled bank, VTB, which has been targeted by U.S. and EU sanctions, is in talks to purchase a controlling stake in the Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, sources told WSJ. VTB Capital and the Cavalli Group declined to comment.
Schlumberger Ltd. said Western sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis will have a limited impact on the company's financial results for the third quarter. (WSJ)
Iran is using condensate exports to sidestep U.S. sanctions on the country's oil sector. (NY Times)
The U.S. Treasury Department granted a license for certain U.S. companies to work in the Burmese timber industry. (Myanmar Times)
MTN, Africa's largest mobile operator, has billions tied up in operations in Syria and Iran that it can't repatriate due to sanctions. (ITWeb)
The United Nations Security Council threatened sanctions against South Sudanese leaders. (AFP)
OFAC issued an amended general license for its sanctions against Sudan.
Analysis of recent sanctions on a North Korean ship is here. (ExportLawBlog)
General Anti-Corruption:
New York prosecutors charged 12 payday loan companies and their owner with usury. A lawyer for the owner said his client will show his innocence. (Dealbook, Reuters)
The U.K.'s financial markets regulator saw requests for assistance from agencies around the world jump 14% last year, according to a study. (Bloomberg)
An Indian city installed an ATM-like machine to register complaints against cops and fight corruption. (Vancouver Desi)
A column explores private-sector corruption with Chinese characteristics. (Financial Times sub req)
Can Twitter save Turkey from corruption? (Sunlight Foundation)


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There was this Simultaneous Exhibition in which about 30 players played this 2400 player. I was one of them. Now I don't have a USCF standard rating. I'm going to get one in a few weeks when they do a tournament. However my USCF Quick rating is 1299 so I guess you could say my rating is about 1400-1500. It was a pretty good game. I obviously made mistakes that he took advantage of. I obviously lost. But it was a good game. Anyways here's the game:
So I analyzed this, but I was hoping you guys could help me analyze this as well.
I think he just wanted to get you into that Maroczy bind structure and play it by ear.
I'm running it through the computer right now...
right off I think you dont know what the standard plans are in the pawn structure you obtained. Trying to provoke g3 was just bad strategically. White has more space so wants to expand and push you backwards , you need counterplay and thats going to happen via your pawn breaks with ...d5 or ...b5 even if you sacrifice a pawn to obtain activity.
Yeah, need to try for your breaks on d5 or b5. Your knights never really did anything sorry :)
About your comment on move 7, anytime a queen can be posted in the center it's almost always a good place to be. It's just in the opening this usually won't be possible but in some openings it happens, and this game is a good example.
Yeah you guys are right. I was not really counter attacking and got crushed. I was trying to attack on the king side and tried to exploit holes. Provoking g3 was with the idea of exploiting f3. The problem with this was that he had good defense there. I should have attacked on queenside, since that is where my chances were. Also kingside attacks are usually White's thing in the Sicilian. It was kind of a disgrace for me as Black to attack on the king side in a Sicilian position.
Hey, don't sweat it. I, for one, misplay positions all the time... I suspect all us chess players do As long as you can pull a lesson out of the game, it's worthwhile though.
My exchange sacrifice on move 36 was a blunder. I would have won. I had a completely winning position. With that move, my computer says that it went from -3.63 to 0.00. After I blundered, the computer says it was a complete draw position. The next few moves were drawish. Then I played a not so good endgame and slowly gave my opponent advantages until he tad a completely winning position. I should have taken five minutes on the move I blundered at least and calculated everything to see that he couldn't checkmate me. But no, I didn't use any passes that I had remaining to think more and played this bananas move, 36...Rxe7. My downfall was the late middlegame/endgame.
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