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We just launched Opinion Space 3.0! This is a new, social media technology developed at UC Berkeley working with the State Department that helps communities generate and exchange ideas about important issues and policies.
Using an experimental gaming model, Opinion Space incorporates techniques from deliberative polling, collaborative filtering, and multidimensional visualization. The result is a self-organizing system that uses an intuitive graphical "map" that displays patterns, trends, and insights as they emerge and employs the wisdom of crowds to identify and highlight the most insightful ideas.
Opinion Space invites anyone from around the world to contribute to the discussion and evaluate the responses of others. The position of each participant on the map is based on similarity of opinion. How does collective diversity of viewpoints generate new ideas? How are the most insightful ideas identified? These are some of the interesting questions that I consider when looking at Opinion Space.
Want to know more about how Opinion Space works?
1. New participants use graphical sliders to express the degree to which they agree or disagree with five baseline statements such as: "Climate change poses a threat to political stability around the world." The responses are combined from these five statements to display the new participant as a unique point in a map.
2. Every participant thus chooses a "point of view" on a global opinion map. The map is not based on predetermined categories, but on similarity of interests, behavior, and perspectives. Those who agree on basic issues are neighbors, those who are far apart have agreed to disagree. The system is designed to "depolarize" discussions by including all participants on a single level playing field.
3. Participants can instantly see where they stand in relation to other participants. Participants click on the points of other community members to read ideas and suggestions on discussion topics such as, "What new approaches could be used to address issue C?" By reviewing comments, participants help the community highlight the most insightful ideas. Participants earn points as "reviewers" based on how they evaluate the ideas of others and earn points as "authors" based on how others rate their own ideas.
Version 3.0 of Opinion Space has a completely redesigned and streamlined interface with improved splash page, colors, fonts, more intuitive welcome process, registration, user experience, animated point and score displays, and enhanced response reputation metrics.
When we launched Opinion Space 2.0 last April, Secretary Clinton said, "Opinion Space will harness the power of connection technologies to provide a unique forum for international dialogue. This is...an opportunity to extend our engagement beyond the halls of government directly to the people of the world."
Today, we pose a new question for the global Opinion Space community:
"What are one or two specific new technologies or interfaces that could help governments around the world enhance open public dialogue?"
I welcome you to join the community, share your ideas, consider and evaluate the ideas of others, and help generate insightful ideas for the future.
Gary L. in California writes:
Hilary Clinton ask the president and congress to turn off there heat to save money. I have a handicap brother & sister in law maybe u help, Gary L. Upland, CA.
Ajiroba O. in Nigeria writes:
As we have continued to see rising revolution along the Arab territory that has been spear-headed by young people, Young people 9 more in Africa) should continued to be supported/strengthened through various initiatives to bring about conflict resolution. I am putting this forward because quite a number of African countries are going into elections this year and the position of most African leaders are the sit-tight position (not wanting to relinquish power).
I believe peer education will be a wonderful way to engage young people. I pray the labor of our heroes past and present will not go in vain.
Long live America! Long live Africa! Long live live Nigeria!
VNM in Vietnam writes:
Thanks for this really useful article.
Margaret L. in New York writes:
What American DOES in the Middle East Is more likely to hurt our interests because although it may satisfy those who expect our support, it will alienate many on the other side who THOUGHT America was on their "side" and, miscalculating, now have a disincentive to support our interests. On tge other hand, it will reap few additional rewards from those who already take our support for granted.


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Topic: ActionMailer, tls and Gmail in Rails 2.3.3 with Ruby 1.9.1
For some time now, folks have been trying to get ActionMailer to work with Gmail, which has been challenging due to the fact that Gmail requires tls, which Ruby and Rails for some time did not offer. Some plugins happened to address the issue, the people rejoiced. Then Ruby 1.8.7 came out and tls was prepackaged. I think you may have needed Rails to be of a version greater than or equal to some minimum for everything to work out of the box, but given that, all would be green meadows.
Well, seems that I'm still managing to have some trouble. I have set everything up in my environment.rb file as such
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
:address => 'smtp.gmail.com',
:port => 587,
:domain => 'gmail.com',
:user_name => 'email@example.com',
:password => '**gmail password**',
:authentication => :plain,
:enable_starttls_auto => true
and am using the email authentication code from restful_authentication and I get the following error
Net::SMTPAuthenticationError (530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. 23sm1922646pzk.0
Have other people running 1.9.1 and 2.3.3 had issues with this or, on the contrary, gotten it to work properly? I would be great to know either way. I may end up having to resort to paying for smtp service elsewhere, but it would be nice if this worked.
Thanks for your time

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Those curls are just awesome and suit her to perfection, Glamour nailed it with this one which has to be one of her classiest and sexiest shoot so far in our opinion. Those retro curls are just mesmerizing and really work on her than again which hairstyle did not really suit her!? One thing is for sure Glamour magazine definitely captured the Bajan Queen in her essence and I will definitely be picking up a copy of this November's issue.


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As time progresses, things change, sometimes for the better in the right direction, sometimes a step backwards, and sometimes just different enough to be annoying. I wrote my blog post about [A Box Full of Floppies] a week ago, and posted in Monday. Let's take a look at how time and change impacted that one post.
- The weather has warmed up here in Tucson so I started my Spring Cleaning early this year...
If there is ever a good time to brag about how beautiful the weather here in Tucson, it would be when everyone else in the country is digging themselves out of piles of snow. When my friends on Twitter were complaining how cold it was in Scottland, Ireland, Canada, or the East Coast of the United States, I would remind them that I am wearing a tee-shirt and shorts. I played golf for a week last December!
Sadly, a few days after my post, Tucson had the coldest days of February, breaking records set back in the year 1899. Water pipes were frozen, outdoor plants have suffered, and over 14,000 homes and businesses were shut off from natural gas. The 1,400-plus employees at the IBM Tucson facility have been asked to telecommute until restroom facilities can be restored to working order.
While we should all pay more attention to [climate change], this latest chill is probably just a seasonal flucation thanks to [La Niña] that happens every 10-15 years.
- Here is a YouTube video of an astronaut ejecting a floppy disk...
Back in 2009, YouTube decided to [stop supporting Internet Explorer 6 (IE6)] to view its videos. However, that is what most IBMers were on, and this posted a problem when I embedded a video on my blog. To get around that, my friends at Microsoft provided special "conditional HTML tags" that allows me to suppress YouTube videos when viewed from Internet Explorer. The video shows up for those using Chrome, Opera, Firefox or other browsers, but is suppressed for IE users, and that allowed IBM employees to at least read the text.
Fortunately, last July, IBM decided to switch from IE6 over to Mozilla Firefox as the standard browser, so I thought this would no longer be an issue.
Unfortunately, my friends at YouTube have done it again. They changed the generated embed code from using "object" tags to "iframe" which messes up blogs written in various blogging systems, including Lotus Connections that I have here on DeveloperWorks, as well as WordPress. The new method is intended to either promote the new HTML5 standard, or to piss off [iPhone users]. In any case, several readers found they could not read my entire post about floppies because the "iframe" prevented the rest of the post to be shown. I have since reverted back to the old "object" tags and re-posted for everyone's benefit.
- I may have to stand up an OS/2 machine just to check out what is actually on those floppies...
For any data that you keep for long term retention, it is important that you be able to access the data in a meaningful way when you need it. IBM has identified five ways that this can be done:
- Museum approach -- keep old servers, storage and applications around. In my case, I have computers that can handle 3.5-inch floppy diskettes, but no hardware to read my Zip cartridges or 5.25-inch floppies.
- Emulation approach -- emulating old systems with new systems. I remember the first CD players had "tape cassette" attachements so they can be used in car stereos.
- Migration approach -- migrating data and applications to new technology. This is what most businesses do. For example, if you keep archives through IBM Tivoli Storage Manager or DFSMShsm, the software will migrate data from old tapes to new tapes as part of its tape reclamation process.
- Descriptive approach -- including sufficiently descriptive metadata, such as with HTML or XML tags, that would enable future rendering.
- Ecapsulation approach -- encapsulate the data, metadata and related application logic for future processing. While the "descriptive" approach might help display the contents of proprietary formats, the encapsulation approach would include application logic, perhaps written in Java, that could be used to actually operate built-in macros, pivot tables, or other active features of a document or database.
IBM Research is working closely with industry standards groups, like the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards [OASIS], to help promote the use of open standards for long-term retention.
For my readers who follow American Football, enjoy the [SuperBowl]!
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Speaking of…….4-HPosted Monday, August 22, 2011, at 6:10 PM
You've heard me talk about 4-H before. I am a whole hearted supporter of the way 4-H can help children of all cultures, ages, and backgrounds. I couldn't help going to the Valley County 4-H Horse show.
forgive me for not knowing names, but this is their 4-H Extension Agent..(I think) giving a great pep talk to the kids about to participate in their horse show.
Valley is a pretty small group of kids, but they were as polite and attentive as I've seen.
Here are some pictures of their project tables. I was very impressed!
One thing that never changes, is that you can see sheep, pigs, heifers and horses at a 4-H barn. Same but different place
Do you suppose this kid has a good relationship with his steer? One of the things that kids have to do, with whatever animal they take. Some do what's necessary, and not much more. Somehow, I get the impression that this kid went above and beyond. He learned a lot this year, I'll vouch for that. I don't know him, but I can not describe to you in words what these pictures mean. He got it right though
Another thing that is the same no matter where ya go, is that the kids are responsible for the majority of the work. And at times, they don't love it. Plain and simple. But learning responsibility makes for stronger backbones, in more ways than one. It's hot on the day of these pictures, and this boy was working hard, and not thrilled about it. What impresses me, is that there is NOT a Mom or Dad sitting around nagging him to do it. He's just doing it, cuz it needs to be done.
But they take the time to have a bit of comraderie too. Fun can be found anywhere.....even in a cow barn.
Something that I love about 4-H is that these kids chatted with us as we walked thru. 4-H can teach children the ability and the confidence to talk with strangers proudly about what they've done during the summer. And these kids didn't just watch TV and play video games. This is PRICELESS
Snoring Pigs...somehow adorable
And sleeping out on the bleachers..... When tired enough, any flat surface will do!
4_h Cost about 20.00 a year. hmmmmmmmmmmmm..... Do you know of a better deal?
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I always liked going to the livestock pens. The smells and straw were wonderful and awful at the same time.
You always had to be careful of where you stepped, as good as 4H'rs are about keeping the pens clean, the walkway sometimes got the better of them.
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Dear Helena and Lucas,
When I was growing up, my family and I spent a lot of time shopping. Some of those weekend afternoons were spent looking for deals at malls – to which we had to drive for an hour because we lived in a small town – but mostly we went window shopping. We would browse tiny antique boutiques in charming tourist towns, or luxurious coat sections and cosmetic counters of high-end department stores. Likewise, we would often drive around the neighborhoods built on the local country club, admiring the columned colonials and eaved tudors.
These excursions had two messages. One, that there were things out there that we could not afford, and those things represented a better life. While my mom spent a lot of effort making my two brothers and me feel loved and special in many important ways, window shopping for things that were better than what we had told me that the people who could afford them were better than me.
The other message was that there is happiness in things. If life in our tiny rental were tense or stressed, somehow those homes and trench coats and china would make things right. Those possessions promised a worry-free life. They also took away responsibility for being happy regardless of finances.
By osmosis, I learned that things equal worth at its most profound level. The message was that money equals happiness.
When I grew older and started earning my own money, I quickly found that money can indeed be a fantastic asset. But money's greatest power is not its ability to help you acquire pricey furniture or luxury cars.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Brilliant day outDate of review: November 15, 2016
In short: why head eastIn full: Yet again I find myself thinking why would people run around the streets of London?Brilliant course, brilliant scenery, brilliant organisation and marshals. Thanks everyone involved [my legs feel as if I've done a marathon - today!!!!]Date of review: April 27, 2015
In short: WSR rock!In full: Yet again a great event from WSR. Opted for the half today and got to admit during the first few miles there was quite a high % of road ........... then BAM!! hills, mud, more mud, more hills!! should have kept my thoughts to themselves. Brilliant absolutely brilliant race loved it. See you for the OX - bring it onDate of review: March 15, 2015
In short: Just AWESOME!!In full: I cannot believe this was the first'running' of this event. Bustinskin, always brilliant with their events and organisation absolutely excelled themselves today. This is an absolute MUST for any offroad runners' bucket list. I cannot even begin to describe the scenery. The course, you'll have to do it to see. You wont regret it I assure you....Date of review: February 17, 2015
In short: Bustinskin do it againIn full: Awesome, brilliant event and venue. Thanks Mark and the crewDate of review: January 19, 2015
In short: ShamlblesIn full: What a shamles!!! Course and registration both changed since LAST NIGHT!!. Ran out of medals. Too many people for a tech course/multi lapsDate of review: November 16, 2014
In short: AwesomeIn full: Simply a fantastic event!!!. Tough as nuts, beautiful scenery and cat 2 hills!. Brilliantly organised (again) by DBMAX with loads of goodies. Excellent vfm.You've missed it this year - don't miss it next year!Date of review: July 5, 2014
In short: awesomeIn full: ITB pain for the last 4 miles didn't stop this being one of my favourite runs EVER!, just awesome! best aid/water stops I've ever encountered..and the goodies at the end seriously put other events to shame - tech tee. pint glass with logo. and excellent quality medal Bucket list run for sure........Date of review: June 29, 2014
In short: AwesomeIn full: Just the BEST thing to do. london marathon or offas???? ummmmmm (for us) a nice day out, lovely scenery, beautiful course, not crowded, oh yeh and CHEAP as chips not much of a decision really.FANTASTIC dayDate of review: April 14, 2014
In short: One for the bucket listIn full: Well although things didn't go according to plan (too hard underfoot/too hot) I still had a FANTASTIC day out. Organisation was some of the best I have seen - water stops every couple of miles [well-manned), loads of signage, runners/walkers/cyclists and canix. Brilliant day for all. Well done Wilts Wildlife. Definitely one for your bucket list people...Date of review: May 6, 2013
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Today I will be flying to Vegas as you know for the World Tea Expo...what I great opportunity..again, many thanx to adagio! Mary and I will "be away" but will be checking in to TeaChat as time allows.
While in Vegas, Victoria will crank out TeaDays, a nice break for me. I am sure she will offer a nice change, a breath of fresh oolong air to TeaDay! Please be sure to offer her your support and appreciation by posting lots of times through Monday.
Welcome everyone to TeaDay! Wooohooo it is Friday...let's brew massive quantities...and of course share what is in your cup today...all day! Check out what others are sipping as well...half the fun right there! If you need to, you can reflect back on your TeaDay.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. A day or two early, but what has been your favorite tea for the month of May? Please share specifics.
I look forward to seeing everyone of TeaDay. Bottoms up...refill...repeat.


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Debates of Dec. 5th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #60 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was organs.
- Question Period
- Canada Labour Code
- Business of Supply
- Operation Red Nose
- Food Banks
- Foreign Affairs
- National Cultural Tourism Award
- Brantford's Farmers Market
- Volunteerism
- Canada Cup of Curling
- Volunteerism
- National Defence
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- The Belle-Baie TV Series
- Violence against Women
- Graham Dennis
- Afghanistan
- Asbestos
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Kyoto Protocol
- Telephone Calls to Mount Royal Constituents
- National Defence
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Economy
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- National Defence
- The Environment
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Suicide Prevention
- Foreign Affairs
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Justice
- Aviation Safety
- Agriculture
- Foreign Affairs
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Persons with Disabilities
- Fisheries and Oceans
- National Defence
- Natural Resources
- Public Safety
- Seniors
- Employment
- Foreign Affairs
- Committees of the House
- Canada Labour Code
- Committees of the House
- Income Tax Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Business of Supply
- Privilege
- Business of Supply
- Supplementary Estimates (B), 2011-12
- Safe Streets and Communities Act
- Organ Donations
Opposition Motion--Climate Change
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Laurie Hawn Edmonton Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, we hear a lot of talk about the Keystone pipeline and how it would go over all these sensitive areas that everybody is suddenly concerned about.
Would my hon. colleague like to address the fact that well over 25,000 miles of pipeline already exist in those same areas, and that this is all about the 2012 presidential election and nothing else?
Opposition Motion--Climate Change
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Claude Gravelle Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to advise my colleague that we did not just suddenly become concerned about the pipeline. As far as the U.S. presidential election goes, I have nothing to do with that and I have no concerns about the presidential election.
Opposition Motion--Climate Change
Business of Supply
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to speak to the official opposition motion on climate change. I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Nickel Belt, for his very personal and graphic description of the changes that have taken place that he has seen from the air when he is flying over his community in the north. It is a very good example of how serious this issue of climate change is here in Canada, and of how much we are missing the boat on what needs to be done.
As the Durban conference gets under way, it is very timely that the NDP has put forward this motion today calling on the federal government to show leadership on climate change. This is nothing new for the NDP; it has been doing it almost every single day. Certainly our environment critic, the member for Halifax, has been very front and centre, and very forthright in calling on the federal government for leadership and action.
This motion today is an opportunity for us to debate this important issue and to show where NDP members stand. We hope that the federal Conservative government will move and change its position.
For New Democrats, some of the key priorities for the next international climate change protocol include ensuring that there is a fair, ambitious and binding agreement. We want to ensure that there is adequate financing for the green climate fund from 2013, and we want to close the gigatonne gap between promised emission cuts and actual action. This is critical, because saying one is going to do something is one thing, but actually not following through and doing it is very serious. This is why Canadians in the environmental movement generally feel so hugely disappointed in the government's lack of performance.
We also want to make sure there is no gap in legally binding commitments.
What has the NDP been calling for? It has had an astounding track record on this issue. When our former leader, Jack Layton, came into the House, the first thing he did was ensure that we tabled a bill on climate change. That bill passed through Parliament by a majority vote. Then we had an election. We reintroduced the same bill after that election, and for a second time the bill passed through Parliament. However, as we know, it was killed in the Senate. In terms of climate change, that was a very bad day for Canada; we had a fantastic bill that was doing everything that needed to be done, and it was killed by the unelected Senate.
New Democrats have a very good track record on this issue. We have always said that we would put a price on carbon and establish hard emission caps for large industrial emitters. We have said that we want to enact a climate change accountability act. This will now be the third time. It would put into legislation a framework for achieving the national target of 80% below 1990 emission levels by 2050.
We have said that we would establish a permanent federal energy efficiency retrofit program for residential energy use, cut GHG emissions, create jobs and save Canadians money.
We have said that we would establish an effective program to help communities deal with the impacts of climate change. One very important element of that is the transition fund for jobs. The issue of jobs is very important in this debate. They are linked. As we move to a greener environment and a greener economy, we have to make sure that people are not put out of work. We have to make sure there is a transition to new jobs, new training, and good-paying jobs.
We would also fulfill our international climate change obligations and cut the over $2 billion in annual subsidies to fossil fuel industries.
Let us contrast that plan with what the federal government is not doing. It is a fact that Canadian greenhouse gas emissions were 24% above the 1990 level in 2008, setting Canada up to exceed its Kyoto commitment by almost 30% in 2012. A recent study from the International Institute for Sustainable Development makes it clear that Canada's plan is inadequate and that the current and planned measures by the provinces and the federal government combined will only achieve an emissions reduction of 46% of the government's own, and very weak, GHG emissions target by 2020.
What kind of record is that? It deserves an 'F' as a failure.
We know that the government has weakened its climate change targets by 90% since 2007. To make matters worse, on the 2010 annual climate change performance index, Canada finished 54th out of the 57 countries evaluated. There will be a new index published tomorrow, and we fear that it will not be any better for this year's index. Of course, to add insult to injury, Canada won three Fossil of the Day awards during the first two days at Durban. Unfortunately, we are a repeat winner.
This is a terrible record, and it is all the more reason we need to have this motion debated today.
I want to contrast that performance with what one city in Canada is doing. It is my own city, Vancouver. The City of Vancouver launched a program called Imagine 2020, which aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world in just nine years. The program's goals include green buildings, green transportation, growing local food and becoming a centre for green enterprise.
This is what is quite incredible: emissions have already been reduced to 1990 levels, and Vancouver is on track to meeting the Kyoto target, which is 6% below 1990 levels by 2012, at the same time that its population has grown by 27% and its jobs by 18%. As a result, Vancouver has the lowest per capita emissions of any major city in North America, at 4.6% tonnes per person.
I offer this because to me it is a brilliant example of how, when there is a political will--in this case, from the Vancouver City Council under the leadership of Mayor Gregor Robertson--the targets can be met and can be exceeded. We have seen this with the City of Vancouver.
Vancouver tops the chart of Canadian cities leading the fight against climate change, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The city ranks the highest on the organization's list, released in March of this year, based on indicators such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, using renewable energy and encouraging green building and transportation. It can be done.
In fact David Cadman, who is an outgoing city councillor in Vancouver and well known in his role as president of Local Governments for Sustainability, was in Durban. I would like to quote something that he said. I quote:
Fundamentally unlike the nations of the world we are committed to action and a future for humankind. While the nations of the world like Nero fiddle while the planet burns, cities and millions of their citizens are doing the right thing and urging the nations of the world to come off this precipice that big oil gas and coal have taken us on to.
That is an initiative of a local municipal government. Here we have a federal government that claims it is interested in responding to climate change, yet every indicator, every report, every record that we have shows us that we are falling further and further behind, and now Canada is an embarrassment in the international community.
In British Columbia we have some very special and key concerns about climate change. One of them is the Enbridge pipeline. We know this massive proposal would carry over 500,000 barrels of tar sands crude each day over very sensitive and precious mountains, farm land, the Fraser and Skeena Rivers, and straight through the Great Bear rainforest to the Pacific coast, where it would be picked up by supertankers that would try to navigate some very difficult waters. I am very proud of the fact that Rob Fleming, the NDP environment critic in B.C., along with our B.C. NDP members of Parliament, have been very outspoken on this issue.
This motion today is absolutely critical if we are to see the federal government change course and move to action. That is what we need: a move to action to say that climate change is a priority, that we are not going to divide people or pit jobs against the environment, that we are going to recognize that we have to deal with the problems of fossil fuels and energy resources in Canada and that we have to move to a new green economy.
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Mark Warawa Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member said that the purpose of the motion today was to call the government to action. In fact, this government has been acting ever since it was elected in 2006. It has been acting aggressively to ensure that something, finally, is happening on the environment. We all know that for 13 long years the former Liberal government did absolutely nothing. However, that ended in 2006. We have received a strong mandate and we have been acting rigorously and have been providing the leadership that the world needs to take action on climate change. We recommended internationally that the world move toward an international agreement that included all the major emitters, and that is exactly the direction the world is heading.
Why would the member want to move back to the Kyoto accord that did not work? It only covered 27% of greenhouse emissions. We are now moving toward 85% when we include all the major emitters. Why would she want to choose 27% instead of 85%? Why would she want to go back to something that does not work? The world has moved on. Why would the member want to go back to the past to a program that does not work?
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Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, I know the member is the former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment and probably has a special interest in this, but the fact is that the government's record here is terrible. The Conservatives are the only ones who actually do not agree with that because, obviously, they do not like to admit it. However, any other independent assessment of our government's record on greenhouse gases and meeting our international obligations is just appalling. There is no two ways around it.
The only thing I would agree with him on is that, yes, there were a lot years when we had a Liberal government where it made very little progress. The Conservative government did not exactly inherit a great record. However, the Conservative government had an opportunity to move forward on this file and it has not, which is why Canada is now a laughing stock in the international community. That is why, at this particular upcoming international conference, we need to ensure we meet our international obligations. Do they mean nothing? Do we just throw them out the window?
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Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that the Liberals did take action. It was project green, which the Conservatives killed when they came to power.
Our party focuses on maternal and child health from the millennium development goals. I think it is important for people to understand that malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds and remains one of the most important threats to the health of pregnant women and their newborn. An estimated 20% of the world's population is at risk of contracting malaria. The disease causes more than 300 million cases each year and kills one million people. Malaria is the disease most sensitive to weather and climate.
Our government has an opportunity help prevent malaria and save lives through taking action on climate change.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member has put forward information about malaria and how controllable and easy it is to deal with and yet it is still a disease that is affecting millions of people and is exacerbating because of climate change. She has a very valid point to raise that. It shows us how, when we do not deal with the fundamental issues of the environment, of climate change, of income inequality, of poverty and of the growing gap between the north and the south, we can see that it comes right down to something called a mosquito that actually kills people. If we cannot solve those kinds of problems in our sophisticated world, then I think we have all failed.
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Mark Warawa Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Wellington—Halton Hills.
The motion today talks about leadership. It is this government that has provided the leadership through the international negotiations to deal with a changing climate. I am very proud of the accomplishments of the government. In fact, we are already seeing greenhouse gas emissions going down in Canada because of the breadth of actions of the government.
The previous member for Vancouver East mentioned that she thought Canada was a laughing stock. That is not true. The fact is that Canada has great respect internationally. The only people who were laughing at these international conferences were some of the opposition members. They go on these junkets at taxpayers' expense and laugh at Canada disgracefully. That should never happen.
I appreciate the opportunity to highlight the government's recent announcements to help Canadians adapt to a changing climate, and changing it is. The government recognizes the need to address adaptation to climate change in Canada. The reality is that the climate will continue to change, regardless of the effectiveness of greenhouse gas reduction measures. Our commitment to this important area of climate change is part of our national plan with a strong, corresponding international component.
Unfortunately, the members across the way have consistently voted against these strong, concrete actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At a time when economic recovery, jobs and prosperity are the primary focus at home and abroad, it is more important than ever to ensure that we remain committed to providing a clean, improving environment. That means, even though we are currently in a period of real fiscal restraint, something this government takes very seriously, it is the right time to make investments that will protect the environment and position Canada's economy for the future. It is important that the reality of climate change be well understood and proactively managed.
In 2007, our government announced funding for six climate change impacts and adaptation programs totalling over $85 million. These programs have laid the foundations for future work by strengthening the climate science knowledge base and addressing urgent risks in the north, infrastructure and human health. One would ask why opposition members would vote against that. It is actually shameful that they would vote against climate change and the environment.
Northern communities are of particular concern as they often are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As a result, we are actively consulting with aboriginal and northern groups on climate change adaptation issues.
Our government recently announced $148 million of new adaptation programs to enable the government to continue to provide Canadians with information that supports their efforts to better understand and plan for climate change impacts. Building on the work already under way, these programs focus on four priority areas of action to ensure the safety and prosperity of Canadians for the future. Did the members opposite vote for that? Tragically, no.
This important funding, which extends and expands 10 programs across 9 government departments, will help us frame a credible science-based response to the impact that climate change has and will have on our economy. It is science-based, not rhetoric-based. This will ultimately serve to improve our health, our security and, in particular, our northern and aboriginal communities. There has never been a government in Canada that has cared more about our northern and aboriginal communities.
Our adaptation efforts do not just stay within our borders, though. Internationally, the government is also engaged in adaptation efforts. We believe that if we want Canada to meet the environmental challenges ahead, we need to help others do the very same thing.
That is why Canada, which I am so proud of, was one of the first countries to step up with its fair share of climate change adaptation funding for developing countries, something we pledged to deliver under the Copenhagen accord and we are delivering. The one thing this government is known for is getting it done and taking action on the environment.
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The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. I must interrupt the hon. member at this point. He will have five minutes remaining when the House returns to this matter.
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Kyle Seeback Brampton West, ON
Mr. Speaker, as we enter the Christmas season and enjoy time with our friends and family, it is important to remember to be safe and not to drink and drive.
Operation Red Nose is a nation-wide initiative committed to preventing drinking and driving. Since 1984, this volunteer-run organization has been offering free, confidential driving services during the holidays to drivers who are not fit to drive.
Although this operation is offered across Canada, I am pleased to say that Brampton was the first GTA city to implement it three years ago. By calling 905-459-2440, Bramptonians who feel they are unable to drive can get home safety.
I commend all of the organizers and volunteers for continuing to offer this service in my riding. Without them, it would not be possible.
I encourage my constituents and all Canadians to support this service to help ensure the holidays are, indeed, happy ones.
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Pierre Dionne Labelle Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, according to the latest Hunger Count, 18 regional food banks in Quebec—which supply some 1,064 food assistance organizations—have reported a dramatic increase in the number of people using the service. Requests for food assistance have jumped by 22% since the 2008 recession.
Unfortunately, while food banks can barely keep up with the demand, a growing number of households are being forced to rely on this service on a more permanent basis. Moisson Laurentides provides assistance to 15,000 people a month, including 5,000 children. That is the harsh reality of the economic crisis.
Last Saturday, the mayor of Saint-Colomban and I took part in the traditional food drive. Despite the best efforts of all the volunteers, the fact remains that all the food drives in the world will never replace a real plan to fight poverty. This government spent billions of dollars to rescue the investment banks from the crisis. Let us now address the crisis facing our food banks.
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Bob Dechert Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Mr. Speaker, last November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs issued a statement concerning Asia Bibi's incarceration in Pakistan under its blasphemy law.
At the time, the Government of Canada registered its concerns with Pakistan at the highest levels. We have also called on the Government of Pakistan to repeal laws criminalizing blasphemy which restrict religious freedom and expression and target religious minorities.
We remember the brave stance taken by Governor Taseer and Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, both of whom have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their promotion of the rights of religious minorities, tolerance and legal reforms.
The promotion and protection of human rights are an integral part of Canada's foreign policy. Canada continues to stand up for human rights and takes principled positions on important issues to promote freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
I call on Pakistan to release Ms. Bibi and to ensure equal rights and equal protection for all members of minority communities.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today with pride to extend my congratulations to Celtic Colours International Music Festival for winning the National Cultural Tourism Award at the Canadian Tourism Awards last week here in Ottawa.
The festival was recognized for its commitment to the development and promotion of authentic and innovative cultural tourism visitor experience.
Celtic Colours, which just marked its 15th anniversary, extends the tourism season in Cape Breton to the end of October, attracting thousands of visitors from every corner of the globe and generating millions for the local economy. It touches communities from Louisdale to Louisbourg, from Mabou to Marion Bridge.
Hundreds of artists from the Celtic world join our celebrated Cape Breton musicians for nine days of concerts, workshops, demonstrations and lectures.
This festival would not be possible without the legions of volunteers who give their time to drive artists around the island, cook meals and perform many other tasks.
I congratulate everyone involved in the Celtic Colours Festival on receiving this very prestigious national honour.
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Mr. Speaker, throughout the 19th century, the fertile land of the Grand River watershed attracted settlers from around the world, spurring farms and settlements across Brant county.
To this day, places like Paris, Glen Morris and St. George are among Ontario's most beautiful and inviting rural communities.
Brantford established a farmers market in 1848, and it is no surprise that it remains our community's largest weekly social gathering. The market is a place where people can learn about and purchase great local products that reflect the agricultural diversity and ethnic mosaic of our community.
Thanks to an investment from our government and the Brant County Federation of Agriculture's Bountiful Brant campaign, which encourages people to buy fresh, locally produced products, market vendors are reporting that business is up and more customers are visiting.
If people want to find Ontario's most delicious fresh food grown from farms with decades of hard-won experience, they need look no further than Brantford's farmers market.
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Mr. Speaker, Cuso International and Volunteer Canada have partnered to launch the first State of the World's Volunteerism Report, launched today at the UN General Assembly and in 70 other countries, coinciding with International Volunteer Day. The report calls for making volunteer action an integral part of sustainable human development, highlighting the need to measure volunteerism and its inclusion among the greatest assets of nations. It recognizes volunteerism and its underlying values, demonstrating its relevance for the millennium development goals.
The generosity of Canadian volunteers has made a significant contribution to the well-being of our communities. Volunteerism embodies the drive to help at home and abroad. It fosters inclusion and helps people make a concrete positive impact in our world.
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Max Brooks is gonna be mad....
But, the trailer looks pretty good.
Along the same lines I would love to see DMZ make it to theaters, or get made into a TV on AMC show at least.
"DMZ?" Whassat?
Thank you for the ping and the delightfully appropriate comment with regard to our current predicament.
Best ping I've gotten all week FRiend. Movie looks fun, but it's nothing like the book, would have preferred an HBO miniseries, but at least this looks passable.
Were those super fast zombies? That was just freaky.
The WWZ book was very good, but thought the story (as written) would be impossible to translate into a movie for American audiences. A series maybe, but not a 2 hour movie.
I also agree with their choice of Fast Zombies for the Zombie Apocalypse. Never found the premise that slow moving zombies conquering the world compelling. For every zombie that showed itself, you'd have a 100 people with guns blowing the crap out of it.
That will always be the big plot hole in EVERY zombie movie or TV show.
What starts out as a couple of zombies cant be stopped by 6 billion people? Please.
bump for later. can you please add me to the ping list?
Swarming like FREAKING ANTS!!
OH! Okay.
Looks like a good movie. Thanks, RF!
Yer on. Thanks.
Yup. The vast majority of the living suddenly disappear in a matter of hours. As if no one has guns or ammo. And in a country this vast, the zombies always seem to mass around the survivors.
The only Zombie movie plot I ever found plausible was "28 Days Later" with the rage virus. A disease like that could actually have the advertised effect.
I kind of wonder if that's what WWZ will be based on, as opposed to the (implausible) reanimated dead.
Please add me to the list. Oh, I hate fast zombies!
Yer on.
youtube Gray State when you get a chance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy7FVXERKFE
Good God I hope it doesn't come to that!
But I'm not sure anymore.
Fiction is really starting to scare me.
Rule Number 1. Cardio...
Brad Pitt and the UN. Humanity is so screwed.
According to Max Brooks (The author of WWZ and The Zombie Survival Guide), the zombies were the result of a virus called Solanum. He gets into extreme detail in TZSG. This movie could follow that plotline.
LOL. A war on Obamabots running for free stuff:)
I've never heard of an Obamabot with that physical drive to achieve a goal.
Have you listened to the audiobook? It's pretty good. Rob Reiner, Carl Reiner, Mark Hamill...
This is not fiction. Its what will happen if the EBT cards ever get turned off.
While I agree with both of your assessments, in part (not only armed populace, but also Spectre gunships and Daisy Cutters would wreck havoc on any swarming horde), keep in mind that over 6000 people die a day on average in the U.S. Immediate containment would be imperative, but not outside the realm of possibility in major cities for an outbreak to get out of control, at least initially.
The most realistic scenario is the one put forth in "28 Days Later". A virus that renders people violently insane in under 1 minute and is spread by bites & bodily fluid. It would be very hard, if not impossible, to contain such a thing even with weapons of mass destruction.
The dead coming back to life (let alone being able to run) is just pure fantasy. But wouldn't put it past some nation state to develop a "Rage"-like virus.
Forgive me. You're correct that the dead re-animating and coming to hunt the living is a completely unrealistic scenario (over at Cracked.com they give several very good reasons as to why it would be short-lived, even if it could happen), and that a rage-like virus is how it would/could occur. I was speaking merely within the mythos of the zombie genre, and that within that mythos, slow moving zombies could become an apocalyptic threat. But in Real Life, no, no such thing could happen.
Agree. For every shambling zombie that showed itself, you'd have a hundred people pulling guns on it and blowing it to smithereens. You might initially have chaos, but the phenomonon would quickly become more of a sport than a threat. ["Shaun of the Dead" makes this point too]
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4wt ok in Cherokee trophy section?
I posted this on another forum and have 20 views with no replies (I guess no one has an opinion to express over there) Anyone here have some advice or thoughts?
My wife and I will be going to Cherokee for a few days in May and our resources are limited in that she has a 4 wt and I have both a 5wt and 7 wt.
Presuming she sticks with her 4 wt.... What tippet size should we go with? I was thinking a 4x floro but I've never fished those waters. She is using a 5 ft uni-thread furled leader but we can switch to a floro leader if we need to. Is the 4wt asking for too much from her and should I just give her my 5 wt and me fish the 7wt?
A 5wt-6wt is perfect. There are some huge fish in the Oconoluftee River C&R section, so a stouter rod is better. They can be pretty picky, but if you stay consistent you'll hook up. Palomino trout (albino rainbows) are found here which is just an added bonus to an excellent fishery.
Thank you, Tyler. I presume you are saying that the 4wt is a little too light for the C&R section with those big boys cruising around. Guess I'll let her use my 5 wt and I'll use the 7 wt
I think if you used the 4wt and her the 5 , will work out just fine. I used a 4wt and 5x with no problems - you might tie into a hot fish here and there, and as stockers go, may give you some fight (mostly momentum from thier porcine builds)- but nothing a 4wt coudln't handle. 'Course I only make it over the mountain once a year in the wintertime, they may put in bigger fish than the 5+lbers we were yanking on...
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I think a 4wt is fine. If she is concerned about it, you can trade with her. You have to remember that the rod weight is really what is able to throw the line which will throw the fly and not the size fish you are able to catch. To exagerate the point, you can point the rod directly at the fish and fight him from the reel. Of course then you lose any tippet protection from the flex of the rod. Since switching over to bamboo, I have learned to fight the fish with the butt section of the rod and not with the tip, and it is amazing how much control you have over the fish and how quickly you can tire them. Fish the 4wt and use your normal tippet for the size of the fly and enjoy yourself.
I use a 4 weight rod with a reel rigged with 5 weight over there, I use 6X fluro if i am going small using small myphs or SJ's but I will tie on bid streamers and fish heavier fluro tippet material, gmreeves is on the $ about using the rod to work fish. If you have ever seen the rod-to-water bottle- over the chair, trick (thank you Mr. Kent Edmonds) it really showns you where your power in the rod is. Put em on the reel and work those fatty's
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Hey Barry,
Can you give some more info on Mr. Edmonds demo, I would like to see that.
I've fished a 4 wt there and it works fine. For tippet, 5x or 6x depending on how picky the fish are...make sure you use fluoro...
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Wow...excellent responses. It clearly shows that folks have different ideas on what to use. I'll take all three rods and just see which seems to work best for her and the fish we might happen to get on.
The 4wt has Airflo Ridgeline Polyfuse XT on it and my 5 wt has Rio Gold. I've had a complete brain fart and just remembered that my son has a 5 wt and it is loaded with SA GPX line. I didn't even think about snagging his rod!! I can take his rod/reel with us and that will probably be better than taking my 7 wt (my bass rod).
Seriously, thank you to everyone!!!
Hey John, OK Mr. Edmonds did this demonstration at a fly shop when i first met him and it I think that it is highly effective in revealing where the power and strengh in the rod is. Take a fly rod 5, 6, 7 whatever weight, rig it with a leader doesn't mateer the length or size, then tie the end of the leader around the top of a regular water bottle that has water in it, next let out some line and get a regular folding chair, or any chair you then put the bottle on the ground behind the chair and run the leader over the back rest so that the bottle is on the ground behind the chair which is facing you, what you are going to do is rais the fly rod so that the bottle of water rises off the ground as the back of the chair is between the rod tip and the bottle acting as a fulcrum ( i think fulcrum is what it is called?) first rais the rod on an angle such that the rod tip is what is raising the bottle, see how much the tip flexes in relation to the amount the bottle is lifted, next point the rod tip at the chair/bottle and rais the rod in a manner that is parallel to the ground allowing the rear section of the rod to take the brunt of the work, you will be surprised how little effort and strain it takes to move the weighted bottle using the rear section of the rod versus the tip, so this translates in to more pressure and power you can utlilze while fighhting a fish. Now this isn't something that is critical when caching small trout or whatever, this is a power thing and shows you what angles you need to take to put the most effective pressure on big fish to get the most out of the rod, Hope i explained that well?
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Soft, plush and absorbent, these mats are perfect for little ones, and also add a fun and adventurous element to their bath.
- 20" wide x 32" long
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2 tickets in the Upper Dawg Pound. Face value is $45 apiece. You can have the pair for $80. We can arrange a meeting someplace on the westside to exchange the cash/tickets. I share these seats with Al if you have any questions about the legitimacy of the offer.
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A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice.
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Vein patterns in the wings of developing fruit flies never vary by more than the width of a single cell.
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Studying handedness in chimps may shed light on the mysterious trait in humans.
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Scientists use optogenetics to swap out negative memories for positive ones—and vice versa—in mice.
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Hemocytes can form neurons in adult crayfish, a study shows.
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From cortical neurons, researchers have engineered rat tissue that formed complex networks of functioning neurons and appeared to behave normally after an injury.
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Stephen Heinemann, who along with his colleagues identified the genes encoding the major excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the brain, has passed away at age 75.
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Early neurons reprogrammed from human skin cells show unprecedented axonal growth in a rat model of spinal cord injury.


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Topic: respond_to in Rails 1.2.0rc1
I want to use the respond_to function with the 1.2.0rc1 version of Rails.
My application skeletton was created with Rails 1.1.6.
The application I write should have a dynamically created sitemap. So I have this in my controller:
def sitemap
@articles = Article.find :all
@tags = Article.tag_list.map {|tag| tag.name}
respond_to do |format|
format.xml { render :type => :rxml }
In the routes.rb I've added this line:
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'
When I want to view articles/sitemap action, I see what I want.
But when I go to articles/sitemap.xml I always get this error:
Routing Error
no route found to match "/articles/sitemap.xml" with {:method=>:get}
Has anybody an idea what I'm missing?
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (835 votes).
In short: a quick course for all levels of runnersIn full: The course is flat and fast. It was well organised but should be for the price. My only moan was how slower runners were allocated to Orange A and B, some were jogging slowly and even walking after 2 miles and were clearly never going to be sub 90 minutes. It was good to see Paula win (well hearing that she had won). Overall an excellent event.Date of review: October 29, 2008
In short: My first 10miler and worth every stepIn full: Setting a pb of 1:46 was fantastic as I wasn't expecting it. The atmosphere in the sports centre was welcoming. Only real complaint was that i couldn't get a decent breakfast anywhere. We were lead to believe that food would be available at the sports centre but all they had was sausage or bacon rolls and very little else. That was the only low point for me. It was great to be able to have a shower and a swim afterwards. I really enjoyed it and hope to get a place next year.Date of review: October 29, 2008
In short: Great race despite madness in the method of start zone allocationIn full: The way the numbers were allocated within the sub sections of the starts was madness. I emailed the organisrs who confirmed that Orange wave is up to 90 minute runners, and that these runners were then randomly allocated A, B or C. Its complete madness, so a 65 minute runner who was placed in group C would have perhaps three thousand people to overtake! Luckily it was not strictly policed so people could apply the common sense that the Great Run people were lacking and start in the appropriate place. Apart from this and some peoples results going missing it is a well organised race. Brilliant atmosphere, great to have the bands and enthusiastic spectators despite the rain and wind. Huge PB potential - which could be even greater if this race gets good weather.Date of review: October 29, 2008
In short: Weather and cost downers but still fun.In full: The organisers really need to sort the weather out is that too much to ask? ,-) Again an excellent race. I was worried the new wave system would mess everything up but I got close enough to the front before messing up my race! A PB nearly certain here. It is expensive bit well organised. If you don´t run many big races it is worth while as there is a good atmosphere and the pompey locals are good supporters.Date of review: October 29, 2008
In short: Weather terrible, but still enjoyed, could have done with more signs up showing where the baggage drop is etcDate of review: October 28, 2008
In short: Fifth time of running and as good as alwaysIn full: Great race my fav of the year ! even if it always rains and the wind is never behind us runners.I agree that the wave system was a bit odd - I don't recall putting down a time but was suprised to find myself in orange A - as I only manage about 77mins I thought this was to far up the field so started at the back of my wave - still found myself darting through people for the first mile so feel very sorry for faster guys than me in waves further backDate of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My first big raceIn full: This was my second only race ever, first being a 5k back in June. Seemed very well organised and with some lovely supporters who obviously didn't mind the weather. Apart from a short period of rain the weather was ok as not too much wind. I noticed an awful lot of runners overtaking me and I gave an over estimation of my time (more than 2 hours) and was at the back of white wave C but given green wave A (couldn't get through to the green wave as made it to the baggage area late).Apart from all that was simply glad I made it to the end quite frankly! Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My 1st 10 Miler- Really EnjoyableIn full: Rasied loads of cash for a superb Charity, met loads of nice people on my way round. Great crowd support.Superb !Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: A great 10 Mile raceIn full: The weather aside, this race was organised perfectly (as you would expect from the great run organisers). However, it would have been nice to have more bands around the course as well as for them to keep playing for the people all the way at the back coming in after 2 hours. Excellent goody bog. Lovely medal. Lovely t-shirt. I will definitely be back next year.Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My 1st race so nothing to compare with, but no hills was very encouraging.In full: Well worth doing, well organised and I expected trouble getting out of the Car Park but it may have taken 45 minutes but these things happen with so many runners. I thought it was well organised and well supported on a damp day, roll on 2009.Date of review: October 28, 2008
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Reality Check: McCain's New Ad Touts Energy Dependence
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MADISON, Wis. - As gas prices hit record highs, the presidential candidates know that reducing the energy pinch is on the minds of voters.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has a new ad touting his energy policy.
Energy independence is major issue for presidential candidates and in his latest ad, McCain claims energy independence is on par with space exploration.
"American technology protected the world. We went to the moon, not because it was easy, but because it was hard. John McCain will call America to our next national purpose: Energy Security," the ad says.
McCain is making it clear here that he believes what he's proposing is an ambitious plan.
A WISC-TV analysis found that the candidate is trying to compare his declaration of the need for energy independence to John F. Kennedy's declaration of the nation's intention to put a man on the moon, a move to make him look more presidential.
The ad calls for "A comprehensive bipartisan plan to: lower prices at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil through domestic drilling."
WISC-TV found that needs clarification. McCain supports lifting the federal moratorium on drilling on the outer continental shelf. He and other Republicans say trillions of dollars worth of oil are off-shore and exploring it would lessen dependence on foreign interests.
But many Democrats argue it would take years to tap the nation's oil so any claim of lower gas prices would be years or decades away.
The ad continues, "And champion energy alternatives for better choices and lower costs."
WISC-TV found that needs clarification as well. McCain's ad leaves out his call for an increase in nuclear power. He wants 45 new nuclear plants by 2030, with a goal of eventually creating 100 new plants.
Whether that constitutes a "better choice" depends on who one asks. Opponents say McCain hasn't said how he'd dispose of the dangerous waste created by nuclear plants.
One thing you don't see in this ad according to a WISC-TV analysis is any mention of the fact that McCain is a Republican.
Energy independence has traditionally been a democratic issue and this is likely trying to move him more toward the center, a WISC-TV analysis found.
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Fishing with Dad: It's not about the fish; it's the memories
I remember the first fish I ever caught. I was 4 or 5. I was with my Dad and my two brothers. We were fishing off the bank of Joe's Valley, somewhere on its northeast side. I remember the first fish I ever caught wasn't all that big. I remember my ...
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