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Herb-crusted Lamb Loin
Roasted "Silk" Potatoes
Local Radish/Haricot Vert Salad
The following instructions are for each 1/2 'Frenched' rack of lamb, approximately 7 to 8 chops, and about 1.5 - 2 lbs total, which will serve 2 people. Increase the number of lamb loins and coating as needed to serve your party.
Prep: Remove meat from the rack and remove any silver skin and excess fat. For each loin, rub with 1 Tablespoon wholegrain mustard. Roll each loin in a mixture of: ¼ cup chopped mixed fresh herbs (parsley, basil, mint, rosemary, thyme, etc.), 3 chopped black olives, ½ teaspoon cracked-black pepper, 1 teaspoon sea salt, and 1 Tablespoon of breadcrumbs. Tightly wrap seasoned loin in plastic wrap and let stand in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
Cooking: Remove loin from refrigerator and bring to room temperature. Heat a heavy sauté pan to high heat. When the pan is hot, add 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of butter. Quickly add in loin. Sauté each side of the loin for 1-2 minutes (here there are actually 4 sides - basically like a square), you want each side to brown. Once browned, take the pan off the heat and tightly cover with tinfoil (just place the piece of tinfoil over the meat directly). Let meat rest 10-15 minutes, which will result in a rare doneness. Increased doneness can be achieved by placing the lamb in a 350 degree oven for an additional 5-7 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Slice loin as desired and plate, make sure to taste for salt and pepper just prior to plating.
Lamb Sauce:
For the veal stock, use the following:
2 lbs veal bones, roasted in an 400F oven until brown
2 onions, peeled and chopped in 1 inch pieces
3 carrots, peeled and chopped in 1 inch pieces
2 celery stalks, peeled and chopped in 1 inch pieces
2 cups red wine
At least 3 quarts water
1 bay leaf
6 sprigs of thyme
8 peppercorns
3 peeled and seeded tomatoes
Stir the bones often while roasting so that they brown but do not burn. Sauté the onions, celery, and carrots (mirepoix) in a small amount of oil until lightly browned. Place bones in a stock pot and add the water. Bring to a boil over moderately high heat. Skim off the scum and reduce heat to a simmer. Add the sautéed onions, carrots and celery and the wine tomatoes. Add the thyme and peppercorns in the form of a bouquet garni or sachet.
Simmer for 6 hours, strain and chill overnight in the refrigerator or chill by setting the pot in a larger bowl of ice water. Skim fat. Reduce strained veal stock into a thick sauce, at the very last moment before service whisk in 1 Tablespoon butter.
Roasted "Silk" Potatoes:
1 lb medium sized Yukon Gold potatoes that have been stored at room temperature for at least three days.
2 cups heavy cream
½ cup cream cheese
½ cup Gruyere cheese
½ cup butter
3 grates of nutmeg
Salt and white pepper
Preheat oven to 425F
Line a ½ sized heavy aluminum, high-sided sheet pan with parchment paper. Butter the paper liberally (1/4 cup). Peel and slice the potatoes using a mandolin set on the next to the thinnest setting (i.e. very thin). Mix the cream, cheeses, nutmeg, and the salt and pepper in a bowl. Layer the potato slices on the buttered paper. Drizzle mixture on each layer. Repeat to make about 6 layers. Finish the top layer with remaining mixture and dollop with remaining butter. Tent with aluminum foil and bake until potatoes are very soft (about 1 hour), remove foil at the end of cooking to achieve a brown top. Let stand for 15-20 minutes. Slide or cut as desired.
Slide lamb loin on a bias and arrange all elements as desired to serve.
Local Radish/Haricot Vert Salad:
Haricot vert can often be found at local farmers markets or they can be grown within weeks in even the simplest of gardens. Make sure that these are no thicker than your finger and not longer than 3 inches or so.
½ lbs "French radishes", julienned to the size of the haricot vert
½ lbs haricot vert with stems removed.
3 tablespoons walnut oil
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
Salt and pepper
Blanch the beans in well salted boiling water for 1-2 minutes and move quickly to an ice bath to stop the cooking and set the color. Mix all remaining ingredients and serve (can be warmed quickly prior to serving, or served cold).

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About the Author: David J. Kramer serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Today is International Human Rights Day, the date sixty years ago when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I have the privilege of serving as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, so this occasion is especially meaningful to me and to the men and women in my office. We see it as an opportunity to reflect on and rededicate ourselves to the work of protecting and promoting the rights enshrined in the Declaration. President Bush and Secretary Rice have made the promotion of human rights a priority not just for my bureau, but for the entire State Department and our embassies around the world.
Those who charge that the championing of international human rights standards is just an attempt to impose alien values on other countries or meddle in their internal affairs conveniently forget the words of the Universal Declaration: "Every individual and every organ of society … shall strive…to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance…".
Earlier this week, Secretary Rice said: "The Universal Declaration is celebrated by men and women of every culture and creed, every race and religion, in countries large and small, developed and developing. The Declaration transcends political and ethnic differences and national boundaries, even as it embraces humanity in all of its diversity. The Declaration speaks directly to the desire inherent in every human heart for freedom."
Across the globe, men and women have invoked the Declaration to press for their rights to be respected and their governments to be responsive. They have used it to demand that their voices be heard and their votes count, to advocate for just laws and justice for all. There also has been a growing recognition that democracy is the only form of government that protects the human rights and fundamental freedoms set forth in the Declaration.
I fully recognize that no democracy, including my own, is perfect. The United States' national journey toward liberty and justice for all has been long and difficult, and it is still far from complete. Yet, over time, our independent branches of government, our free media, our vibrant civil society and our openness to the world have helped us keep faith with our Bill of Rights, our international obligations and the precepts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the international commission that produced the Declaration, emphasized that it was intended to be a tool placed in the hands of ordinary citizens to help them secure their liberty and dignity. And that is exactly what the Declaration has been for six decades.
Over the sixty years since the Declaration's adoption, there have been remarkable gains on every continent for the rights that it enumerates. Yet, in every region of the globe, there are governments that respond to the growing demands for fundamental freedoms not by accepting their obligations to their people, but by oppressing them. In many countries, brave individuals who peacefully press for the rights of their fellow countrymen and women are targets of persecution and imprisonment by state authorities.
Since assuming my current position, I have traveled the globe and have had the privilege and honor to meet many of these courageous defenders of freedom and liberty. They are a true inspiration to all of us who advocate for basic, universal rights: inter alia, the right of every person to think, act, worship and shape his or her future without fear of repression. It is they whom we salute today.
On Monday, I participated in a ceremony hosted by Secretary Rice in commemoration of International Human Rights Day. Like others in the room – leaders of non-governmental human rights and democracy groups, the press and the men and women of the State Department – I was deeply moved when the Secretary recounted the experiences of the three people to whom she presented the annual Human Rights awards.
Two of the honorees were diplomats. Our Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee received an award "for his inspiring leadership in demonstrating U.S. and international solidarity with Zimbabwe's besieged defenders of democracy as they bravely pressed a brutal regime to respect the rights of their fellow citizens." And the chief of the political section at our embassy in Sri Lanka, Michael DeTar received an award "for his creative and compassionate work at Embassy Colombo, crafting strategies for exposing and ending human rights abuses, holding abusers to account and protecting the persecuted."
The third award, the Freedom Defenders Award, went to Yulia Latynina, an independent journalist, writer and radio host from Russia, a country I know well from more than two decades of work in the area. It is a country in which members of the independent media have been the victims of violent – and even deadly – attacks committed by perpetrators, most of whom have yet to be brought to justice. Latynina received the award "for fearlessly using the power of her fiercely independent pen under conditions of great personal risk to report on serious human rights violations, expose gross abuses of authority, combat corruption and defend the silenced."
The examples of the three outstanding award winners remind us that the Universal Declaration is much more than a catalogue of rights – it is a call to action. The most fitting way to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration is for all of us who are lucky to live in freedom to work in support of the courageous men and women across the globe who serve, and sacrifice for, the cause of human rights every day.
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
Happy 60th Birthday, Human Rights!
Let us remember that governments are constructed by the people, for the people, and it's up to the constituency, and no one else, to decided what its purpose for being is. If the Raison d'etre is to put our hands out to those who need help, then we will surely be a force of progress and hope for our fellow humans and the world as a whole.
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
~ Dalai Lama
SNP in Syria writes:
It is has been ratified by all the dictators and genocidal warmongers of the world Sixty years ago, when it will go into effect? Is there any chance the U.N. will put this charter to effects sometime in the next 3 decades.
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
Speaking of human rights, I encourage everyone interested in the democratic process of China to visit the website for the documentary "The Gate of Heavenly Peace."
More specifically, I suggest those interested to read the article "THAT HOLY WORD, "REVOLUTION" by the Chinese intellectual Liu Xiaobo, an acount of the Tiananmen Square massacare five years later. A deep and insightful look at the cultural and psychological factors behind a protest that may have been a few years too early.
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
(addendum to previous statement)
I strongly encourage, insist, the U.S. Department of State to make a statement condemning this act of government terrorism!
If the administration could move forward unflinchingly in the face of global protests to attack Iraq, then now is the time, at the 60th anniversary of the human rights charter, to not cower in the shadow of our 2nd largest commercial trading partner, but to stand up and hold high the torch of Liberty to shine its bright rays of Justice upon the dark oppression that is happening RIGHT NOW!
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
Link to THAT HOLY WORD, "REVOLUTION"
Liu Xiaobo
Kirk in Kentucky writes:
"Press Statement
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
December 11, 2008
Harassment of Chinese Signatories to Charter '08
The United States is deeply concerned by reports that Chinese citizens have been detained, interrogated and harassed as they prepared to commemorate Human Rights Day and the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We are particularly concerned about the well being of Liu Xiaobo, a prominent dissident writer, who remains in the custody of authorities. We call on the government of China to release Liu Xiaobo and cease harassment of all Chinese citizens who peacefully express their desire for internationally-recognized fundamental freedoms."
I'm proud of our country for standing up for the rights of those who wish to bring positive changes to the world. China, who has historically sought to obscure their interior dealings from foreign eyes, must realize that their increased clout on the international scene entails a corresponding increase of international scrutiny. If they wish to be respected by the world at large they must retain a degree of moral authority that reflects international norms.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
How ironic that the Canadian Parliament has been suspended by the British Queen and her Governor General during our celebration of Human Rights.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Kirk, You'd think the Chinese gov. would take some example from its own history of European colonialism and not proceed to repeat that mistake in places like Tibet, and the Sudan.
It is a myopic foreign policy based on its own ecomomic needs, coming at the expense of human rights and a better world to live in, including the negative ecological aspects of their economic development.
These policies will hurt China in the long run as stability and security prove elusive, and the'll have only themselves to blame in the not so distant future for their failure to recognize the legacy they are creating for themselves today.
And for what it's worth, Iraqi's may throw shoes at the President and call him a "dog", but the bottom line is that they have a future free from Saddam, and the ability to make Iraq what they will of it, for better or worse.
But hey, no good deed goes unpunished, and it is often unappreciated.
Perhaps this is why some nations seem to have failed to uphold their "responsibility to protect".


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I haven't felt like posting lately.
Some of you have wondered why.
Nothing's wrong. No, my life isn't perfect—life never is. I feel blue some days, and I'm often extremely tired because I stay up way too late, get up way too early and sleep fitfully in between.
But I also feel pretty good fairly often, even invigorated. I catch myself singing. One afternoon, a few of my coworkers laughed at me because I was humming and snapping my fingers in the hallway, lost in my imagination, oblivious to what was going on around me. Unusually peppy behavior for me, I admit, and perhaps I could write about it. It's just that right now I feel more private. And I can't adequately express some of my thoughts, feelings and experiences on a blog with words.
Pictures, maybe.
Which is why I was excited to hear about a new meme that's making its way around the Internet. I don't know what "meme" means—I truly don't, and I'm too lazy to look it up. But the way I understand it, for the next 30 days in a row I'm supposed to post a photograph that expresses the theme for the day. Although I'm not much good at photography, I enjoy it a lot, always have, and have resorted to it in the past in lieu of writing, as some of you may recall. The meme is called Thirty Days of Photographs.
Doesn't get much simpler than that, does it?
I'm going to start my Thirty Days of Photographs on Monday, tomorrow, with a photo of a member of my family. I considered using a shot of my Uncle Earl, but he said he was really drunk when the cops threw him in jail and that he didn't have time to shave or comb his hair when they took his picture. So out of respect for his vanity and the new friends he's making at the Graybar Hotel, I'll keep that photo to myself.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this artistic exercise. I will, and maybe it'll get me in the habit of posting again. Here's the list of themes I'll be working with for the next 30 days:
Day 1: A member of my family
Day 2: A favorite object
Day 3: My addiction
Day 4: My hobby
Day 5: Evil
Day 6: Green
Day 7: Happiness
Day 8: Music
Day 9: Death
Day 10: Desire
Day 11: Monday
Day 12: Light
Day 13: Pain
Day 14: A winter picture
Day 15: Love
Day 16: Old
Day 17: A moment
Day 18: Tears
Day 19: Black
Day 20: Different
Day 21: When I was young
Day 22: Self portrait
Day 23: A summer picture
Day 24: Wet
Day 25: Dinner
Day 26: Chocolate
Day 27: Two, a pair
Day 28: Weather
Day 29: Night
Day 30: God
I hope to see you around, and thanks to those friends who've been thinking of me in my absence.


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My intent with this post was to point to that the definitions of Detroit style or even Sicilian style seem to be missing from the actual glossary on the start page and 'sticked' to the newbie thread. Maybe I should have done that by PM to Pete-zza, though.
Mike,Take a look at the main forum index page, and you will see that the major styles are defined under their topic header. For example:---Sicilian StyleA deep-dish style pizza characterized by a thick, bread-like crust with a crunchy exterior, and is most typically baked in a dark, well-seasoned, well-oiled rectangular or square pan. ---I'm sure you can appreciate the time and difficulty that would be involved with trying to identify and define all the various sub-styles and regional styles of the main styles - particularly when there may very well be multiple competing definitions. Nobody here gets paid to do what they do here, and everyone should contribute when they see an opportunity. My suggestion would be, rather than ask Peter to do work that you could easily do with the search function, perhaps you could write up a definition that you think is needed and ask that it be added to the glossary?


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RAW Episode 2 - Daniel Popper
RAW Episodes is a series of G-Star RAW collaborations that showcase unconventional artists, creators, and craftsmen. The second episode features the multitalented South African artist, Daniel Popper.
Daniel is known for creating massive installations at festivals and events around the world. Now he's expanding his talents by designing the interior for a new Cape Town nightclub and building the four story Nelson Mandela Tree of Wisdom.
We visited Daniel in Cape Town to discuss everything involved in his creations, from the initial inspiration, research and raw materials, to the collaborations with people who help him get it made.
The studio Daniel works in is filled with art pieces from the past, like his large party robots made from recycled wood that shoot lasers from their eyes, and drawings and models of projects that are currently in construction, like his model for a phoenix that he's making for a festival in Australia.
With such diverse projects, Daniel enjoys the challenge of having to quickly learn about a variety of materials. "If I'm making a sculpture and I don't have a big budget, I'll often try to find recycled or reclaimed materials, so I'll go to the recycling dumps or to saw mills and try to get off-cuts and try to use those however best I can."
Daniel likes the workwear quality of G-Star. "For me, functionality is always the best choice when it comes to fashion. What's really cool about the work that I do is that it allows me to just be myself every day. So whatever clothes I put on that day I know that I am being true to myself and I don't have to dress up for anyone or any occasion."
Daniel takes lots of inspiration from all the beauty that Cape Town has to offer. "Cape town is an amazing combination of nature and architecture. It's a city with one of the most diverse natures in the world… taking time out in nature really helps me to relax and opens up pathways to creativity."
He's constructing his biggest project to date with the fabrication team at the Rootform art factory. It's a four-story tree he was asked to design in honour of Nelson Mandela for the Nelson Mandela School for science and technology being built in the Transkei region of South Africa.
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This four-story hotel is located in northwest Miami within 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) of Miami International Mall and the renowned Doral Golf Resort and Spa. There is complimentary shuttle transportation (with advanced notice) from 6 AM to 10 PM (except at 2 PM) to and from Miami International Airport, which is less than 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) away.
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Now that the confetti and campaign corks had been swept up after news leaked that The Washington Post was probably going to, finally, charge for its digital content, the question arises: Will people pay, and for what?
Worries about a shrunken newsroom are legitimate. This, after all, is the main value-creator.
Yesterday's page-one profile of Tabitha Rouzzo, a lower-middle-class (that is, very poor) high school student with dreams of getting out of a depressed New Castle, PA, presents the question another way.
The story is just plain old public-interest reporting. It does, in my view, one of the more valuable things that journalism can do: connect elite readers with places and people they wouldn't otherwise know about. "Public interest" usually means something that doesn't benefit anyone much in particular, but everyone some in general. It is original. In other words, it's not pegged to some news issued by an institution. You can read it as a profile, or, as clearly intended by the Post, as a description of, and metaphor for, broad swatches of the US economy, where schools are declining, manufacturing is gone, and all the jobs are low-wage. Deer skinning, we learn, is a job.
Seriously, the personal and social toll of a low-wage economy are all visible in the microcosm described here. The value, in Herbert Gans's phrase from long ago, is in allowing a different set of representations into the "symbolic arena."
But let's face it, the downer subject, and the five screens of copy, all but cry, "skip me." It had other obstacles to popularity. It's written in newspaper-feature-ese, so some of the writing might seem strained, depending on your taste. I couldn't find it on my mobile phone, either on the Post's mobile app or via my browser. The piece is economics-statistics-free—a smart editorial decision, but it doesn't leave much room for interactivity. This is just a story.
Plus, it didn't come cheap and required reporting over several months. Unfortunately, that's how long it takes to accumulate just the right amount of telling detail and just the right quotes. Here's a snippet, for instance, that speaks volumes about the economic chasm between Tabi and a middle-class friend after a trip to visit a nice campus with him and his parents. Forget tuition, she was blown away by the bill at lunch, and we're not talking about the Four Seasons.
On the way back to New Castle, they stopped for dinner at Olive Garden. Tabi couldn't help noticing the bill. "It was like $70!" Tabi said. "And it was no sweat off their back."
And this quote says quite a bit about the differing worldviews of the grimly determined daughter and her single, public-assistance-dependent mom.
Her mother had five kids and no husband at age 23. Tabi, the last born, was a welfare and WIC baby who grew up with evictions and lights getting cut off. Her 39-year-old mother remembers it differently.
"I tried to give them everything," Patricia said. "You wouldn't find one of my kids without a matching bed set."
Pretty good.
And I'll just add this bit because I found it moving: a description of the crowd of teenagers at one of the bright spots in their lives, a Wednesday night heavy-metal concert and motivational sermon held at a local church.
"There's more to life than nothing," Seth [a motivational speaker] said, as the electric keyboard softly lulled and the lights dimmed. "There's more to life than this town."
Words to Tabi's ears. She was not exceptionally pious and she had made her share of transgressions, but she always felt better at this moment when she closed her eyes and let go. The kids from the bus had their heads bowed, too. Some were wiping away tears, a few were sobbing, their shoulders heaving in the darkness of the church.
This is one of those pieces that benefits from being produced by a large news organization, MSM, if you will. It takes time and money and has impact precisely because the institution already has a mass audience.
And you know what? It beat anything in the Times yesterday.
But will people pay for it? I don't know. But here's one hint, as of about 8:30 this morning:
If you did a time-motion study, I doubt that story pays for itself, strictly speaking. But in a broader sense, I bet it does.


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I'm very pleased to report that mezzo soprano Rachel Calloway and cellist Jason Calloway will be, to my knowledge, the first musicians to perform my music in Florida. Tomorrow (Saturday 9/29) at 8 PM, they present a free concert at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami.
Part of the Acoustica 21 series run by FETA (Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts), the program will include pieces by Peter Sculthorpe, Andrew Waggoner, and Carl Schimmel, and my own triptych of Jane Kenyon settings.


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Bob Knight will go down as one of the most notable coaches in sports history for his relentless coaching ability and also for his temper that led him to burst into outrage quite regularly.
We'll always remember Coach Knight as the chippy coach who would snap on a dime and chew his players out and maybe even give them a smack on the chin if they weren't looking at him while he was giving them "the business."
He was fiery, relentless, but above all a very passionate coach. Coach Knight's passion was unfortunately expressed in heated exchanges with players and the press, but his love for the game can't be questioned.
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Recover RightWhat should be in your post-run recovery drink?
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At the end of a hard run, your muscles quiver with fatigue, mouth is dry and heart pounds. You wipe the sweat from your forehead and swig water. You may not feel hungry but this is when your body needs food as much as water. Running suppresses the appetite because blood is sent to working muscles instead of the digestive system. Ironically, what you consume right after a run largely influences the quality of your recovery. As soon as you stop running, your body shifts into repair mode to heal muscle microtears, replace glycogen stores and build lean-muscle protein. These cellular reparations are what make you stronger and faster.
"Research indicates that replenishing energy stores within 30 minutes after exercising helps you train harder and better the next time," says Lisa Dorfman, Sports Nutritionist for the University of Miami Athletic Department, professional triathlete and author of Performance Nutrition for Football. Immediately after a workout, your body is starving for carbohydrates, protein and electrolytes. Since solid food can be difficult to digest, recovery drinks (either commercial or homemade) are an effective way to take in necessary nutrients.
"Recovery drinks can reach your bloodstream within 10 minutes of consumption," says Richard Smith, a kinesiologist and co-founder of Fluid recovery drink (see next page). "Whereas a protein- and carbohydrate-rich meal of salmon and whole-grain rice will take up to an hour to digest."
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Facilitator hired for new lake group formation
The Department of Planning and Economic Development is taking a step toward organizing all of the groups and ideas surrounding Chautauqua Lake.
During the Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting, Fred Croscut, R-Sherman, announced the hiring of Peter J. Smith as facilitator for the creation of a Lake Management Group. He said it was the hope of the Department of Planning and Economic Development that the group be together by this fall.
In November of 2012, Croscut and Keith Ahlstrom, D-Dunkirk, requested that the county attorney develop a synopsis of available options for future management and improvement of Chautauqua Lake and its watershed. That same month, the county attorney developed a memorandum, which put together the structure and functions of various water management organizations throughout the region.
The Chautauqua Lake Management Commission then made a presentation to various foundations in January, to discuss the need to create a new entity to manage Chautauqua Lake.
"We have come so far since Keith Ahlstrom set this CLMC committee up," Croscut said. "We are at a point where we have got to finish. And, it's not going to be easy, but you know, anything that's worth doing is not easy."
According to Ahlstrom, $10,000 was requested from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation in order to fund a facilitator. However $5,000 was given to get a facilitator on-board with the plan. He anticipates the other half of the money will be following.
"We've done management plans, we've done studies, we have more than enough studies on the shelf collecting dust," Croscut said. "What we need is some kind of management group. And, the only way you do that is to request some funding for an outside facilitator, someone who will come in and meet with each group."
As facilitator of the Lake Management Group, Smith will first meet with two other groups, the Chautauqua Lake Management Commission and the Inter-Municipal Committee, and report back to the Department of Planning and Economic Development. Croscut said the goal is to include the county's summer residents in lake plans as well.
"We are very cognizant of the land owners," he said. "There are land owners all around the lake, there is agriculture, there are property owners and they have a vested interest in this. Plus, we want to do this during the summer when we have all these second-home owners here. Even though those second-home owners don't have a voice, they contribute to the tax base and they contribute to the wealth of Chautauqua Lake."
According to Croscut, Smith will begin meeting with various groups soon, and will be getting back to the Department of Planning and Economic Development with recommendations. The goal of having the facilitator, Croscut said, is having someone who will be able to meet with each group and make recommendations as to how money should be spent on Chautauqua Lake.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (835 votes).
In short: Loved nearly every minute of it!In full: Why is everyone moaning so much about the parking?!?! I thought this was supposed to be a review about the race! OK so the organisation is part of the whole experience but the website did advise parking in the town. I parked at Gunwharf Quays and got out with no bother at all(a bit of a walk to and from the race but that only serves as a good warm up and down before and after the race - despite looking a bit of a pillock walking round a shopping centre with a foil blanket!)This was my first GSR and first ever race. Didn't manage the time we were hitting in training and would have liked to have done better (never content me!) but I enjoyed the whole experience. The rail works didn't help the volume of traffic - nice planning National Rail!!! Doh!The organisation I thought was excellent - bit congested so question the 18,500 limit being too high. Nice course though and above all else I would really like to thank and congratulate Portsmouth on it's atmosphere and the people who made the effort to cheer perfect strangers on despite the atrocious weather - good on ya people.The last 2 miles were hell and the finish line was bliss - will be back again next year to shave 10% off our time - or else!Date of review: November 1, 2007
In short: Excellant race, great atmosphere, lousy parking arrangementsIn full: This was the first time for me and it proved to be a fantastic day, despite the atrocious weather. The atmosphere was great and the route very comfortable. What spoilt it were the appalling parking arrangements. The stewards were totally disorganised both on arriving at and leaving the common. Leaving was total chaos with no signs for the exits, most people trying to leave through one exit and others being turned away from other available exits. what a shambles and we paid £3 for it!!! Get that right next year and you will have the perfect race.Date of review: November 1, 2007
In short: Play up Pompey.In full: Pompey is special to me so running here is always a treat - despite the weather!!!Atmosphere and crowds fantastic and the bands, they really were a treat. Thank you to each and everyone of you.Getting in and out took ages, even with local knowledge and short cuts. Parked on common but didn't have to pay £3 for some reason.Think entry fee is very high but it was for charity so I didn't mind. Tee-shirt and medal of good quality.Knew it would be busy so didn't set out to get a pb, really enjoyed the day for what it was.Will most certainly run again next year.Victory 5 early December is another race worth doing and it's in Pompey!Date of review: November 1, 2007
In short: Just getting too expensiveIn full: While I cannot fault the volunteers who spent hours standing in the rain, and the support of the crowds, it just isn't worth £30. The previous day, I did the Beachy Head Marathon, which was almost half the price but included a cooked meal at the end, and not a box of fish oil in sight!The £3 parking fee on the common for the marshals made absolutely no difference to last year in terms of getting off the common, so that was a waste of money.Not going to do this again as I don't want my running to fund Brendon Foster's retirement fund.Date of review: November 1, 2007
In short: Loved it........ In full: Loved it, the queing for the loos, logistics of getting everybody on the start line, running in the wind and rain, skating on fluid sachets, dodging flying water bottles, recieving the quirky goody bag, using a space blanket as a parachute and watching everybody trying to get out of Portsmouth while I walked past them all to the ferry.Love it, love it. Oh yes plus I got a PB.Date of review: October 31, 2007
In short: My third GSR and a PBIn full: The wind and rain at the last 2 miles were tough but made me push even harder, enjoyed it as much as the last two years and will do it again, crowds great again. Well done to the guy who ran past dressed in only a thong and devil horns! He must have suffered some chaffing!!Date of review: October 31, 2007
In short: Enjoyable despite the weatherIn full: Well it's all been said really. Great atmosphere and great course. Many thanks to the supporters and organisers for turning up in the atrocious weather conditions.However, leaving the common car park at the end of the race was a nightmare. It took 1 and a half hours to get to the race and 4 and a half hours to get home. One and a half hours of that spent waiting to get out of the car park despite returning to it well within 2 hours of the race start. Please can EXIT signs be erected in future and can the car parking attendants actually direct the traffic instead of there being a total free for all. We were almost out of the car park only to be turned back and told to go to another exit where we sat for a further hour only to look in the rear view mirror to see other cars exiting from the exit we had been turned away from.This did mar my experience and I would question whether it was worth doing the race again. I certainly wouldn't park in the common car park again and would possibly get a hotel for the night as the roads out of portsmouth were totally congested too.Date of review: October 31, 2007
In short: Had a great race but once again shame about the weather. Many thanks to all the spectators and volunteers around the course and a big thanks to the Guide Dogs team for whom I was running. Great atmosphere all through the Date of review: October 31, 2007
In short: You know its bad when the waves are crashing over the top at mile 9!!!In full: Seriously, I think the weather was worse than last year which was a shame as I was on for a pb and then it all went Pete Tong at mile 8 - even though I knew what was coming! I know some were not happy at paying £3 for car parking but having travelled some distance, I had to book a hotel at £125 per night RO, so £3 seems reasonable! The ground matting at the finish this year also made a big difference.Date of review: October 31, 2007
In short: Wet and Windy contestIn full: My first outing at the GSR. Pompey is a familiar town for me but this was another way of seeing it. The course is nice, pretty flat and scenic. It has PB potential and if you are lucky enough to be in the first wave, there werent too many congestion points. It was just a shame about the rain and the wind in the last 2 miles along the sea front.Date of review: October 31, 2007
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Skunked on the Caney...Again.
O.k. so I took my nephew to the Caney down by Lancaster (The Steps?) and started out fishing the middle of the river with a dry stimulator with a black bead head zebra midge dropped down about 4ft (I usually go 2ft, but Grumpy said he likes to fish deeper, so I thought I would give it a shot). I tried the middle, closer to the bank and nothing. I was mending my line well, I think. I couldn't get the last two feet of tippet to mend just right, but it was o.k. I did get one bite. Saw some guys in a drift boat catch one a couple hundred feet to the left of us (looked like a huge brown), so we moved down and tried there when they left (this place is on the bank directly across from the steps from the road). Still nothing. I finally tried a Light Elk Hair Caddis alone on top and still nothing. I saw a really small white fly hatching, but I don't know what it was. I think I'll try a blue winged olive with a midge dropper...Any suggestions?
I think when Grumpy is talking about fishing deeper he is referring to using an indicator rig. It will take some split shot to get the fly down. A zebra midge is great as a dropper as long as you keep the dropper length short. In flowing water, it isn't able to sink fast enough on its own to get particularly deep quickly enough. I would suggest keeping your droppers shorter (at least that is what has worked well for me). When fishing out at Lees Ferry in Arizona (where the zebra midge originated I believe), I was told that a fish will come up in the water column to take this pattern and not to let your dropper get too long. If they aren't taking midge pupa then it will be a long day even with this normally amazing pattern. There are always a few fish that can be caught on this rig but you need to learn where they are apt to be feeding if most of the fish aren't keyed on pupa. Let the fish tell you what they want. Some days you can fish a dry/dropper all day and other days it will be very slow on that rig...
If you want to fish a deep nymph rig, stick to using an indicator and split shot...
"Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" Matthew 4:19
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I don't know how you could get skunked on the Caney...
David- Isn't Lancaster where we parked and we all almost fell? The place with the shack across the pull off? If it is, then Lancaster hasn't "shock and awed" me by all means. It seems like fantastic water but when we were there we saw at least a dozen fishermen and only one 17" brown was caught, along with a few that David pulled in. Gerry and I didn't catch any at Lancaster.
BRF, I'll tell you my favorite- a tan sz. 14 EHC with a black and silver zebra midge under it. I've had multiple strikes on the indicator, but I haven't been able to bring one in on the indicator just yet. But I PROMISE that if you go up to Happy Hollow right around daybreak it is IMPOSSIBLE not to catch a fish, it's unreal how many fish are in that shallow water not even 10 feet out.
To your question about length of tippet, here's a method I made up that has worked great for me- make your elbows touch your side, and hold the spool of tippet with both hands in the middle of your chest. Grab the end of the tippet on the spool, still keeping elbows on your sides, pull your hands apart until your arms go straight out from your body. Grab the place where the tippet meets the spool with your left hand, keeping your right hand straight out, and pull one more length until your left hand becomes straight out from your body. Make sense? Sorry it might be a little confusing
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Blame it on the Almanac
Yesterday was supposed to be a bad day to fish........
I know a couple who plan everything around the almanac, maybe their right!! LOL
It's a good excuse for you.
I agree with Plat. Ditch all that Stimulator mess and say if you are fishing in 3-4 ft. of slight current or more tie on your terminal tippet of about a foot. Add to the surgeons knot or blood knot area some Loon Soft lead(trick i use is leave the ends of the excess mono a little longer than usual, about 2mm and it helps hold the lead on). I then use Lefty's Indicator yarn in white. IF there is current add about 4-6 in more than the actual depth to compensate for the bend in the leader/tippet from the current. IF no current, make it the same as the depth.
Rule of thumb. If you have a great fly and no strikes. Make the indicator 4 inches longer to get the fly deeper. Do this about every 10 drifts until you either start picking up fish or you start hitting the bottom. If you pick up the bottom then back up 2-3 inches and you should be putting it on their nose!
I am a great admirer of spectator sports, especially on television; it keeps the riffraff off the trout streams.
Guys thanks for all of the advice. I will try all of it on my next trip. Lancaster does seem to be tough, but I want to keep trying until I catch on there. I figure if you can catch one there, you can catch them anywhere. Also, is an indicator easier to move that a dry? Because if I'm constantly moving my dry, I'll be adding and taking off tippet like crazy. So far, I've just used a dry as an indicator.
Never mind...Googled it and I see that an o ring indicator can indeed be moved up and down the line without tying it off. Thanks again for all of the help.
I'm sending you a box of dynomite. Check your certified Homeland Security messages.
Ha! The sad part is: I probably still wouldn't get a fish.
I can change the depth of a yarn indicator in 10 seconds or less.. but then again I have been using them forever, and I work with my hands.
Buy some of the Lefty's little secret indicator. It is good for big water and especially skinny water where you can use like a micro indicator in 8-10" of water. Seriously, it's great. Take along a pair of scissors. I use the scissors/pliers combo from Dr. Slick. The secret to loosen or remove the indicator is to pull both tips/wings of the indicator at the same time and it loosens the knot. I little practice and you will never use another indicator again. Also. it comes with a double twist of yarn together. Use only one twist and sometimes only a part of it. If you go out west buy some ahead of time, because I once search 4 flyshops in W. Yellowstone before finding some. Seems they like those huge ones and put them back about 6 feet from the fly. I can't figure that out for the life of me. Think VERTICAL!
PS.. What is a Blue Raider anyway?
I am a great admirer of spectator sports, especially on television; it keeps the riffraff off the trout streams.
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Debates of March 31st, 2008
House of Commons Hansard #68 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was finance.
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Opposition Motion—The Economy
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1:45 p.m.
Jeff Watson Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the last two NDP speakers and of course I remember the last time the New Democrats were in government in Ontario. That government was Dalton McGuinty's high-tax-and-spend government on steroids, which in 1995 took us near the brink of being a have not province. Our government has been concerned, of course, that the same direction could happen again. I think that explains why, in the prebudget period, we had a very public prebudget submission, so to speak, that business taxes had to start coming down to create jobs now.
We seem to accept, for example, that it is okay for provinces to very publicly make their demands known for what should be in federal budgets. This may be a bit unusual, but the federal finance minister has made the case why we need business taxes cut now. Unlike the way it used to be in Ontario when Harris was cutting taxes, the federal Liberal finance minister, the member for LaSalle—Émard, was slashing billions from the CHST. No such situation exists today.
In fact, transfers to the provinces for health care are up. For post-secondary education, they are up. For all the social programs they are up, as are per capita transfers in everything except health care spending. Our case is actually a solid one. It is one which says that Ontario could afford both to invest in social programs and to make the business tax cuts now. Proof positive is that $2.1 billion in business tax revenues, unexpected in the Ontario budget, would have paid for business tax cuts now, which could have created jobs starting today. That is the right track.
What the NDP is talking about is the absolute wrong track. The NDP took us to the brink of have not status in Ontario in 1995. That is exactly where the Ontario government is going now, on a slower track. We need better than that.
I would like to hear the member account for the high taxes and high spending that took Ontario to the brink of have not status. That was the NDP's political strength.
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1:45 p.m.
Peggy Nash Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, I will remind the hon. member that NDP provincial governments have a stronger record for balanced budgets than those of any other party in the country.
I will also remind the hon. member of the tens of thousands of jobs that have been lost in the province of Ontario and of those that are on the chopping block. Eleven hundred jobs just went out of the third shift at Chrysler in Bramalea and 1,200 jobs were lost at a truck plant in Oshawa. There are many more plants and jobs on the chopping block.
I would answer with another question. If this tax cut strategy is working so well, why are so many people losing their jobs in the province of Ontario?
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1:45 p.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, for the member for Parkdale--High Park, one of the things that I find particularly annoying is that the Conservative government seems to talk about tax cuts as the panacea for almost everything. It is an ideologically driven agenda and argument.
Let us look at some of the measures the federal government could have done to help Ontario manufacturing, such as, for example, extending the accelerated capital cost allowance so that companies, especially with the Canadian dollar the way it is, could import technology, machinery and equipment to increase our productivity. Why did the government extend it to only one year when the planning horizon for corporate Canada is three to five years?
Second, tax reductions are good only for companies that are paying taxes. What about making these research credits refundable so that companies can take advantage of that?
These are things this government could have done and did not. I wonder if the member could comment on that.
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The hon. member for Parkdale--High Park has 45 seconds to comment on that.
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1:45 p.m.
Peggy Nash Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, clearly there are many measures in the industry committee manufacturing sector recommendations that this government could act on and should have acted on. When the hon. member says that tax cuts are not the solution, I agree, but I wish he would convey that message to the Leader of the Opposition, because he has argued that he will bring in corporate tax cuts further and faster than the government will. I wonder how he squares that circle with the comments he has just made.
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1:50 p.m.
Bryon Wilfert Richmond Hill, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to participate in today's debate. I must indicate that it is actually a rather sad commentary that we need to have this debate.
The debate obviously is centring on supporting and investing in the province of Ontario, the economic engine of Canada, on the need to have good federal-provincial-territorial cooperation, and on the fact that almost a year ago, on March 19, the finance minister said that we really needed to end this unproductive bickering between the provinces and the federal government. Certainly at that time I would have agreed with him.
I am rather disappointed that over the last seven weeks we seem to have gotten into very unproductive verbal warfare with the province of Ontario. It clearly is not helpful for the province. It is not helpful for the country. It certainly sends out the wrong message when it comes to investing in this country, particularly in Ontario, which has been hard hit in a number of sectors. I will certainly go over that.
Clearly if we are going to respect not only jurisdictions but the fact that we need to work together, particularly when we are seeing bumps in the road with regard to the economy, this kind of strategy, if we can call it that, certainly does not augur well in terms of dealing with plants that are shut down and with workers who are now thrown out and need retraining. To invest in this province is critical. The messaging we have heard from the federal government has not been at all helpful.
For example, before we even get into the economy, I note that the government produced Bill C-22 on the issue of representation for a future Parliament. Again, based on the numbers and the increase in population, one would have assumed that Ontario would receive 20 additional seats. Under the legislation, we in Ontario receive 10 seats. We of course support more seats for British Columbia and Alberta, but not at the expense of the province of Ontario.
Where were the Ontario members on that side of the House when this issue came up? They were silent. That silence has been deafening. It is this side of the House and the Liberal Party that have stood up, along with the premier of Ontario, to say that this cannot go forward, that this is obviously not in the interests of the people of Ontario. Again, the members on that side, particularly the members from Ontario, have been very quiet when it comes to this particular piece of legislation. That is not in the interests of Ontario. That is not in the interests of the country at all.
The question becomes why. There seems to be a pattern developing here. Again, when we look at the issue of the economy, we look at the area of infrastructure. We know that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities released a report late last year which said that there was a $123 billion infrastructure deficit in Canada and that this infrastructure deficit needed to be addressed.
We know that the Conservative Party has always been silent on infrastructure. It certainly was when former prime minister Mulroney was in power. In 1983 when the FCM proposed the original infrastructure program, it lay dormant under that government. It was not until the government of Jean Chrétien came in that we in fact embraced a national infrastructure program whereby all three orders of government were able to contribute.
Unfortunately, however, infrastructure is not simply about roads, bridges and sewer plants. It deals with issues of productivity and issues of innovation. In order to make our cities and our communities more competitive, we need to address the infrastructure deficit. Unfortunately, the finance minister said that the government was "not in the pothole business". In fact, as a former president of the FCM, I had not heard that language in over 10 years. I thought it was Back to the Future.
When it comes to infrastructure issues, we need to be investing, not recycling. The government proudly announced its $33 billion program, of which $17 billion was recycled money. Mayors and councillors know when somebody is trying to hoodwink them. The reality is that we cannot simply recycle. We need to make genuine investments in these areas in order assist our cities and communities so that we can be competitive, not only at home but obviously on the international stage. We cannot do that if governments only think that the role of the federal government is certainly not to be in "the pothole business".
I can tell members that there are many mayors and councillors across this country who took issue with that and very clearly believe that at the end of the day, if we do not invest, it is going to get worse. A deficit of $123 billion is obviously one that we need to address and to address very carefully.
For the province of Ontario to move goods and services, whether it be at the border or between communities, we need that kind of support and leadership from the federal government. It is the leadership that the Liberal Party has shown over the years. We did it in 1994 with the national infrastructure program, which was renewed by successive Liberal governments, again demonstrating that we understand the issues.
We also have a national Liberal caucus that deals with cities and communities. It understands these issues. Again, there is silence on the other side when it comes to those kinds of investments for our cities. In fact, if everything were as rosy as some of the members on the other side suggest, then one wonders why the big city mayors caucus of the FCM, and others, continually say that those members do not get it. The government does not get it. Until it does, we are going to have this continual problem.
In terms of an investment issue, on infrastructure alone we know the government does not get it. We know the Conservatives do not get it on the environment. Clearly they do not get it when it comes to transit and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They do not get it in terms of investing in subways and buses and understanding that there is a crying need out there.
Again, we should be partners. It is all about partnership. Confederation is about partnership. It is not about "my way or the highway". It is about working together collaboratively with our partners, whether they be the provinces and territories or the cities and communities across Canada. Again, it is disappointing that we are not seeing that kind of leadership from the other side of the aisle. This is something that we on this side have articulated. We repeatedly have demonstrated partnership when it comes to dealing with the $123 billion deficit on infrastructure.
Another thing, of course, is that we have heard the House leader refer to our premier as "the small man of Confederation". If a government is trying to build collaborative relationships between the federal government and the provinces, then why on earth would those kinds of cheap comments be made about the premier of any province? Certainly in the province of Ontario that was not viewed very positively. In fact, it certainly demonstrated the small-mindedness on that side of the House, and again it shows that the Conservatives do not get it.
It all comes down to the fact that the Conservatives do not understand how this country works and what it means to be collaborative. Of course provinces and territories are not always going to agree with the federal government, and vice versa, but it is not done by finger pointing and name-calling. The two governments need to work together.
I understand I am going to have to wrap up until after question period because of what is going to happen next, but I thank members for their attention.
Opposition Motion—The Economy
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau
The hon. member for Richmond Hill will have 12 and a half minutes left when we resume debate.
We will now have statements by members. The hon. member for Saint Boniface.
Women's World Curling Championship
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Raymond Simard Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, a month ago I stood in the House to congratulate the Jennifer Jones team the day after they clinched the Canadian women's curling championship. Ms. Jones and her foursome hail from the St. Vital Curling Club in the heart of my riding of St. Boniface.
Today, I have the privilege to once again herald their success, but this time as the world curling champions. Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin fought their way through the round-robin and then through two playoff games to defeat the young upstarts from China in the final on Sunday.
The last time that Manitoba won a world championship was in 1984, under Connie Laliberté, another one of my constituents.
The Jones team drew on their international experience and skill to emerge as champions, and Canadians had to be filled with pride and emotion as they watched their team walking up the ice waving their Canadian flags.
I would ask my colleagues in the House to acknowledge these four amazing Manitoba athletes and newly crowned world champions.
Quebec Social Workers' Week
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Yves Lessard Chambly—Borduas, QC
Mr. Speaker, March 23 to 29 was social workers' week in Quebec, with the theme "a humanizing presence". This week aims to promote public awareness of this profession, of all it has to offer, and of the many areas in which it makes a contribution.
There are over 7,100 social workers in Quebec in the health and social services sectors, in education, in community organizations and within the legal system. Their work is based on universal and humanitarian values, and their motto is "people first". The primary objective of these professionals is to treat each person with dignity and respect, so that they can achieve their full potential.
My Bloc Québécois colleagues and I would like to honour the dedication, compassion and humanizing presence of all social workers in Quebec.
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Rod Bruinooge Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Speaker, Monday, March 31, 2008, marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
Since 1998 this organization has worked tirelessly to encourage and support aboriginal people in creating and sustaining healing programs which address the sad legacy of Indian residential schools.
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation helps aboriginal people help themselves by providing resources for healing initiatives, promoting awareness of healing issues and needs, and nurturing a supportive public environment.
The foundation has distributed 1,300 grants to healing programs across the country. It has played a pivotal role in healing and helping countless former students of residential schools, their families and communities.
I am pleased to note that the Indian residential schools settlement agreement, which was finalized by our government in May 2006, provides for an additional $125 million to allow the foundation to continue its important work over the next five years.
On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate the Aboriginal Healing Foundation on its many achievements to date and thank it for its contribution to the lives of former students of Indian residential schools across Canada.
House of Commons Security Services
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Peter Stoffer Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw the attention of all my colleagues in the House of Commons to those great people who protect us and guard us on a regular basis in the House, our House of Commons Security Services personnel.
The reality is that 24 hours a day, seven days a week, they stand on guard so that we and our staff in turn can do the great job that Canadians ask us to do.
Three constables from Security Services have now reached their retirement levels and I would like to mention them in the House: Edward Burke, who retired on March 16; Gerald McAteer, who retired on March 15; and Bobby McDonald, the great Bobby Mac, who will be retiring on April 24.
I ask my colleagues to stand and applaud the great men and women who wear the blue and protect us on a regular basis.
We wish the three constables a very happy retirement. We thank their families for the opportunity to share their professional lives with us.
We thank all Security Services personnel who provide a great service to us and to all Canadians.
Women's World Curling Championship
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday some of Manitoba's finest athletes curled their way to a stunning victory at the world curling championship in B.C.
While the final game against China was close, Canada prevailed with a sensational performance. Skip Jennifer Jones led the women's team to Canada's fifteenth women's world curling championship and only the third gold medal on home ice.
These women have shown that teamwork, commitment and devotion can result in a world class victory.
As a fellow Manitoban, I am thrilled to congratulate Winnipeg native Jennifer Jones and her teammates Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin on winning the gold medal and bringing great pride to all Canadians, especially Manitobans.
Magdalen Islands Tragedy
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Denis Lebel Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada offers its most sincere condolences and sympathy to the families and friends of the crewmembers of L'Acadien II. On Friday afternoon, L'Acadien II broke down in the ice northeast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. In the early hours of Saturday, the vessel capsized while under tow by a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker.
We are saddened by the tragic loss of Bruno Bourque, Gilles Leblanc, Marc-André Deraspe and Carl Aucoin, but grateful to the master and crew of the Madelinot War Lord for their invaluable assistance in the rescue of two crewmembers.
The investigations being undertaken by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Coast Guard and the Transportation Safety Board will allow us to shed some light on the incident.
At such a tragic time, I think it appropriate to pray that seal hunters enjoy safety and prosperity commensurate with the daily efforts they put forth for the well-being of their family and community.
Ingrid Betancourt
Statements By Members
March 31st, 2008 / 2:05 p.m.
Caroline St-Hilaire Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Mr. Speaker, the release of Ingrid Betancourt, who has now been held hostage by FARC for six years, is all the more urgent considering that, according to the latest reports, her health is deteriorating ever more quickly.
President Uribe signed a decree allowing Colombian authorities to immediately release hundreds of FARC guerrilla fighters from jail, if rebels release former Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. French Prime Minister François Fillon said that France is prepared to accept FARC members, to speed up Ingrid Betancourt's release. According to the Élysée, President Sarkozy ordered a medical plane to be ready at all times to take Ingrid Betancourt to a hospital, if she is freed.
The Bloc Québécois joins its voice with that of the family of Ingrid Betancourt and of all those who are making the necessary efforts to ensure her release at the earliest opportunity.


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But I also feel like that would be the same for the Indians, Buckeyes, and Cavs.
Here is my thing on that, today, you can look back within the last ten years and have memories of a positive relationship with ALL OF those teams and the Blue Jackets.
The Browns since 1999 have given you ONE ONE AND DONE.
That is the difference.
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Chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., a leading supplier of graphics processing units and a provider of core-logic sets for various microprocessors, said in an interview that the company had no intentions to acquire a stake in Via Technologies.
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia, said in an interview with DigiTimes web-site that the fabless semiconductor developer's current relationship with Via Technologies is limited to cooperation in creating support for Via's microprocessors by Nvidia's second-generation Ion platform.
Earlier this year rumours transpired that Nvidia might potentially invest up to $81 - $105 million into 300 million new shares of Via Technologies. The report claimed that the graphics chip designer was in talks about acquiring "a portion" of new shares. Via said that possible candidates for the private placement would be made clear after a shareholder meeting scheduled on June 19, 2009.
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I have long admired Elie Wiesel, and only wish that I
I have long admired Elie Wiesel, and only wish that I were half as eloquent as I write this, yet wanted to offer that his prayer is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard. I feel that it is as moving and healing as St. Francis's prayer, or the Serenity Prayer, or even the Lord's prayer. It must've been divinely inspired.

Yes,Eli Wiesel has said in humility,the greatest gift we
Yes,Eli Wiesel has said in humility,the greatest gift we can ask of ourselves,of each other and from G-d is to listen to each other and our own inner voices. I like the part of praying that G-d not give to those create suffering" his countenance",as our souls our imbued with the metaphoric countenance of G-d.and lastly ,he is correct that love is an earthly matter to bestowed upon each other.

reading this, and listening to the mp3 is a wonderful way
reading this, and listening to the mp3 is a wonderful way to start my day. thank you

A beautiful prayer.

A beautiful prayer.

Peace to all on this day.

Peace to all on this day.

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I grew up in Poland and when
I grew up in Poland and when I was 7 or 8 my parents took me to see Auschwitz, from that point on I have been obssesed with learning everything I could about the Holocaust. I have every children's book ever written about it (and many adult books) and movies and everything. Although I am not Jewish, many Poles perished in concentration camps as well since they were regarded as the second lowest race. My grandparents siblings were sent to work camps in Siberia. I cannot imagine what all these people went through, I cannot understand those that do not believe it happened, but I totally agree with you that it should never be forgotten....to honor those who died, fought, or survived. On my mother's side there is some speculation that her father came from a Jewish family...he left my grandma when my mom was little so we really cannot find out more information (he has passed). All my mom knows is that their family name was shorteded during the war, and once as a little girl she got in trouble from her grandmother when she cam across a menorah and "kippah" (sorry if that is incorrect, I'm not sure what the proper name is) at her grandmothers house.
Hmm - coming across a menorah
Hmm - coming across a menorah and a kippah (you spelled it right) really does sound as if your family was Jewish, and maybe hid it, in order to stay alive! How interesting! I wonder if your mother's father left in order to try to help his loved ones survive - not being associated with a Jew... How incredibly, deeply sad the Holocaust makes me! I wish we had more prayers and theology about it. Are you a Catholic? I am a Jew by birth - and I still love Jews and Judaism, am learning Hebrew and all - but I have been led to become a Catholic, too. Just feeling a strong sense of love and help from Jesus. It's hard sometimes - with people who know me and love me, I am open about being a Jewish Christian, but with those who don't I tend to keep secrets. Anyway, I wish you well and hope your spiritual journey brings you light and love.


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Add a new dimension to your holiday when you set off to discover the Lycian civilization, the most mysterious milestone in Anatolian history, accompanied by an expert professional guide. Delve into the annals of Turkey's storied culture, folklore and legends as you tour and explore some of the world's most spectacular ancient monuments and breathtaking landscapes.
Kaya KöyOnce a bustling market town, the "Friendship and Peace Village" of Kaya Köy is traditionally renowned as the region's cultural and religious melting pot. Marvel at the engineering feat of stone structures decorated with pebble mosaics built into the rocky hillside and reaching up into the horizon. Its main attraction is a church with intricately designed inlaid flooring, still intact.
ÖlūdenizOne of the most photographed beaches on the Mediterranean, Ölūdeniz's blue lagoon is 40 meters deep, stretching across a vast golden beach in a secluded bay. A national nature reserve, construction is prohibited on the Blue Flag-certified lagoon. It's also famous for its magnificent shades of turquoise and aquamarine and frequently rates among the top five beaches in the world. From sea to air, go paragliding and take in spectacular panoramic views set against Babadağ Mountain.
Tlos and SaklıkentOne of the most important religious centers of Lycia and the oldest city in the region, Tlos is known as the mythological home of Bellerophon and Pegasus. Surrounded by fields and pomegranate trees, Tlos features an acropolis and perpendicular cliffs with sarcophagi and temple-type tombs cut into their rocky faces. At Saklıkent, 3,000 years of beauty and history at the water-carved canyon await exploration. The 20-kilometer gorge is the second longest in Europe with sculpted walls soaring high, where you can stroll, visit hot springs or go rubber-tubing.
XanthosA UNESCO World Heritage Site, Xanthos is known as the city that destroyed its own acropolis and people rather than fall to the Persian Empire. A treasure trove of ancient monuments, tombs and architectural achievements, every stone in this area has its own story – allow our guide to share their narratives with you.
PınaraThe ancient city of Pınara is renowned for hosting Anatolia's first ever beauty contest and a heart-shaped temple dedicated to Aphrodite. Other magnificent ruins include temples, royal tombs, an acropolis, theatre, odeum, agora and a church.
PataraOnce a flourishing maritime city and the rumored birthplace of Apollo, Patara is one of the region's most beautiful spots and its sprawling 18-kilometer beach is its piece de resistance. An ancient sand-buried city has been uncovered, with stunning masonry in remarkable condition being excavated every year.
Kalkan and KaşDiscover two of the most beautiful coastal towns in ancient Lycia, unspoiled and full of diving and outdoor activities. Between lush nature and the Mediterranean Sea, ancient history, stunning architecture and local shopping infused with the warmth of traditional Turkish hospitality will have you feeling at home in no time.
Cadianda and ÜzümlūThe ancient Lycian city of Cadianda is perched 900 meters above the sea, offering stunning views of the Fethiye area and the captivating ruins left behind by the ancient Turkish and Greek people. Explore tombs intricately carved with fine relief, city walls, a stadium, temple, stoa and other former Roman buildings. We'll conclude this fascinating education of the region's archaeology in Üzümlū, known for its lushly woven fabrics and delicious wines.
Myra and KekovaAs you approach Myra, you'll be astonished by the plethora of rock-cut tombs carved into the cliffs above its ancient amphitheater, the largest in Lycia. Its Church of Saint Nicholas was once a popular pilgrimage center and is listed as the third most important Byzantine structure in Anatolia. Kekova is one of Turkey's most scenic spots, home to the mesmerizing sunken city of Simena, featuring underwater tombs, and Kaleköy, a charming fishing village where buildings mingle with ancient and medieval structures dominated by a well-preserved castle. This is also the hometown of Saint Nicholas.
Dalyan and the Blue CrabsTake a leisurely sail along the spectacular scenery of the Mediterranean coast, such as reeds and ancient ruins. Arrive at the village of Dalyan on the Turkish Riviera, where we'll pull up by local fishing boats and sample the area's famous blue crabs fresh from the water.
Dalyan, Kaunos and the Caretta Caretta TurtlesFrom the famous Dalyan Caretta Caretta sea turtles and the breathtaking four kilometer-long İztuzu Beach to Köyceğiz Lake, discover heaven on earth on a relaxing and luxurious sail. Dalyan, one of the last corners of paradise in Turkey, is surrounded by pine forests and cotton fields, a national conservation area resplendent with unspoiled natural beauty. Home to the Caretta Caretta turtles, easily recognized for their large heads and reddish brown shells, this endangered species mates in the Dalyan waters before nesting on İztuzu Beach from May to September. The ancient ruins of Caunos date back to 8 BC, and a stunning Romanesque 5,000-seat amphitheater is its main attraction. A broad, placid lake, Köyceğiz is home to its charming namesake village, and leads to the mud baths at Sultaniye Kaplıcaları, renowned for its benefits to overall health and beautiful skin.
EphesusEphesus is one of the most well-preserved historic cities in the world, and its remarkable Artemis Temple is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Dating back to the 3 BC, Ephesus is one of the most important centres of antiquity. For many years, it was the second largest city of the Roman Empire, ranking just behind the capital in stature. Home to one of the seven churches of Asia cited in the Book of Revelation, the Book of John was believed to have been written here.
PamukkaleA UNESCO World Heritage Site by the fascinating ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis, people have bathed in Pamukkale's hot springs for more than 14,000 years. Terraces formed from travertines feature sparkling white castle-like cascades and unbelievable formations of stalactites, potholes and cataracts. The bubbling waters, comfortable for relaxing in all year round, are known for its benefits to the eyes and skin, and has curing properties for asthma and rheumatism.


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Winter 2002
Volume 6 Number 2
"A Witness to Truth"
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Eulogy
for PTS Alum James J. Reeb
"A Witness
to the Truth"
And if he should
These beautiful words from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet so eloquently describe the radiant life of James Reeb. He entered the stage of history just 38 years ago, and in the brief years that he was privileged to act on this mortal stage, he played his part exceedingly well. James Reeb was martyred in the Judeo-Christian faith that all men are brothers. His death was a result of a sensitive religious spirit. His crime was that he dared to live his faith; he placed himself alongside the disinherited black brethren of this community.
The world is aroused over the murder of James Reeb. For he symbolizes the forces of good will in our nation. He demonstrated the conscience of the nation. He was an attorney for the defense of the innocent in the court of world opinion. He was a witness to the truth that men of different races and classes might live, eat, and work together as brothers.
James Reeb could not be accused of being only concerned about justice for Negroes away from home. He and his family live in Roxbury, Massachusetts, a predominantly Negro community. [They] devoted their lives to aiding families in low-income housing areas. Again, we must ask the question: Why must good men die for doing good? "O Jerusalem, why did you murder the prophets and persecute those who come to preach your salvation?" So the Reverend James Reeb has something to say to all of us in his death.
Naturally, we are compelled to ask the question, Who killed James Reeb? The answer is simple and rather limited, when we think of the who. He was murdered by a few sick, demented, and misguided men who have the strange notion that you express dissent through murder. There is another haunting, poignant, desperate question we are forced to ask this afternoon, that I asked a few days ago as we funeralized James Jackson. It is the question, What killed James Reeb? When we move from the who to the what, the blame is wide and the responsibility grows.
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Caesar Salad
- 4 garlic cloves
- 4 egg yolks*
- 2 anchovies
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Juice of two fresh lemons
- 1 cup olive oil
- Salt
- Cracked black pepper
- 2 large heads of romaine lettuce, washed, ribbed and patted dry
- 3 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 12 ounces of salad croutons
Rub the inside of a large wooden bowl with the garlic cloves. Remove the garlic cloves, and finely chop. Add the egg yolks, remaining garlic, anchovies and mustard to the bowl. Whisk until all of the ingredients are incorporated. Whisk in the lemon juice. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, while whisking constantly. Whisk until all of the ingredients are incorporated. Season the dressing with salt and pepper. Gently tear the lettuce into bit-size portions and add to the salad bowl. Using a hand-held grater, grate the cheese into the bowl. Add the croutons. Toss the salad completely and reseason if necessary. Serve the salad on cold salad plates.
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
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