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Juice for Jane: Youth raises funds for bombing victim
ESCANABA – Some youngsters learn early to have compassion for others, but few have the ability to act on their feelings in ways that benefit others outside their homes, neighborhoods and schools.
But 8-year-old Amber Nelson of Escanaba recently decided to reach out to help another youngster – this girl only 7 – almost 1,100 miles away in Boston, Mass.
It was while watching the news of the Boston Marathon bombings unfold on television with her mother, Melissa Nelson, that Amber learned of the Richard family, whose 8-year-old son, Martin, was killed in the blast that cost his 7-year-old sister, Jane, her leg. The children's mother, Denise, suffered a serious head injury. The family was near the finish line watching their father, Bill Richard, complete the race when the bombs went off.
While thoughts of the Richard family are heart-wrenching to most Americans, it was the plight of little Jane that captured the heart of young Amber – particularly the fact that Jane had been a dancer since the age of 3 and, with the loss of her leg, might never have the ability to dance again.
Why merely watch and feel sorry for the family? Why not try to make a difference?
The Lemmer Elementary School second-grader, with the help of her mother and brother, Dustin, decided to do just that She made it a point to try and raise a little money to help Jane on her road to recovery. Amber used much of her recent birthday money to purchase Sunny D drinks and packets of animal crackers, as well as styrofoam cups, and set up a refreshment stand on the family's front lawn. The treats were offered at a cost of 50 cents.
Melissa made the large colorful sign that read, "Juice for Jane! In Boston! To help 7-year-old Jane Richard Run Again, and Amber sat manning the stand on Saturday and Sunday afternoon for two hours each time.
In the process, the youngster raised $70 from the stand but received enough last-minute donations to bring the total of $130.
"We were all pretty supportive of Amber when she told us what she wanted to do," said Melissa. "If she really wanted to do this for Jane, were inspired to let her."
Melissa said her family was inspired by seeing a child on CNN who raised money to help a friend with cancer.
"This little girl, from what I understand, lost her leg above her knee and will need a lot of help with prosthetics that will have to be changed as she grows," she added. "That will be pretty expensive for the family."
Although there are many requests for donations for the bombing victims, Melissa said she learned of a fund established for the benefit of the Richard family and checked on its authenticity. She said she already went to her credit union to have a cashier's check made out for the $130 when she received word that her daughter was invited to set up her stand at the Big Brothers/Big Sisters event in Ludington Park on Saturday morning. She said she will be happy to issue another check if Amber is able to raise more money for Jane.
Perhaps Amber can obtain a pen-pal in the process and she smiled shyly at the suggestion. She also nodded at the prospect that perhaps she and Jane might some day have the opportunity to meet face-to-face.
Melissa said she is hoping to raise both her children to be compassionate and caring individuals.
"Usually people ask why things like this happen and where is God to allow this, but in reality, we don't have any answers – they just do," Melissa said. "Maybe Jane's family is thinking the same thing. There's nothing we can do to change the circumstances, but we can reach out and do just a little to help restore this little girl's faith and let her know that there are people who want to help her. I'm sure there are lots of kids who want to raise money for things, but they are limited. By doing this, Amber wants to let her know that she matters and that she thinks she's great and wants her to dance again."


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Research program:
The Skalny Center offers a new research program that involves graduate and post-doctoral fellows. The program attracts very high caliber graduate students, including students from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. They have been hired to teach in the nation's top universities. In addition, each year the Skalny Center offers one post-doctoral fellowship in international and Central European politics for applicants whose work focuses on Central and Eastern Europe. Fellows offer two courses during the academic year and spend several months in Poland doing research.
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The Skalny Center sponsors a Certificate in Polish and Central European Studies and plays important role in the new undergraduate major in International Relations.
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Summer study on location at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland – the Skalny Center offers grants to make it possible for students regardless of financial need.
Courses offered by visiting faculty - there is a long-standing exchange with Jagiellonian University which brings one scholar each semester to the University of Rochester. Recent visitors have taught courses on Cold War, Post-Communism in Central Europe, the Politics of the European Union, the Political Economy of Post Communism, Polish History, Russian Politics, and Democratization.
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Before the Beatles
John Lennon would have turned 70 next Saturday. The Quarrymen, his first band, is still at it.
By REED TUCKER
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome John, Paul, George . . . and Colin?
Ah, what could have been for the now-71-year-old upholsterer from Liverpool. Colin Hanton was the original drummer for the Quarrymen, a little skiffle band you may not have heard of that would ultimately become a band you have: The Beatles.
As a boy, Hanton liked drumming along to jazz records, and because he was one of the few boys in town with a kit, he was asked to join the John Lennon-fronted band in 1956.
The group shuffled members over the years, eventually expanding to include 17-year-old Paul McCartney and 15-year-old George Harrison, and in 1960, the group permanently changed its name.
In 1997, the founding members reformed (minus Lennon, McCartney and Harrison), and three of those musicians — Hanton, bassist Len Garry and banjo player Rod Davis — continue to tour. They play New York this week to mark John Lennon's 70th birthday and promote Friday's "Nowhere Boy," a biopic about Lennon's early years.
Hanton, who quit the Quarrymen in 1959 because he got tired of riding the city bus to gigs, says he has no regrets.
"You do think sometimes that the money might have been nice, but no," he says. "And if I would have gone off to Hamburg, I could have ended up like [drummer] Pete Best, going almost all the way and dumped at the last minute [for Ringo Starr]."
Instead, he decided to stay in Liverpool and take an apprenticeship as an upholsterer. He didn't touch the drums for nearly 40 years.
"Music wasn't my life," Hanton says. "I never had any dreams of becoming Elvis Presley. That was Paul and John. They wanted to be someone eventually."
And they would each become someone — a turn of events that surprised the other Quarrymen.
"That was impossible to see," he says. "John didn't seem more talented than the rest of us. His mum, Julia, taught him to play the guitar because she could play banjo. He tuned his guitar like a banjo. Paul joined, and he taught John [how to tune] and to play a couple guitar chords."
Lennon first met McCartney after a 1957 Quarrymen gig at a church garden party. Paul played rockabilly star Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" for John.
"Paul knew all the chords and the words," Hanton says. "That was quite impressive, and that's why he was invited to join the group."
"Paul was a better guitarist in the early days than John."
The band began scoring paying gigs around Liverpool, including dates at the Cavern Club, which at the time was known for jazz and skiffle — a raucous offshoot of blues and folk music played on homemade instruments such as jugs, washboards and tea-chest basses.
"One time when we were playing in the Cavern, and we'd stopped playing so much skiffle and started doing rock 'n' roll," Hanton recalls. "And John got a note handed to him onstage, and I think he was quite impressed. He thought someone was making a request. Then he opened the paper, and it said, 'Don't play any more rock 'n' roll,' signed the management."
Throughout its entire career, the Quarrymen made just one record. In 1958, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Hanton and piano player Duff Lowe went into a Liverpool studio and recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day," as well as an original song by McCartney and Harrison called "In Spite of All the Danger."
A single acetate record was pressed. The band members passed it around, each keeping it for a week, until it was believed lost. It resurfaced in 1981 in Lowe's possession, and McCartney bought it from him.
It's estimated to be the most valuable record in existence, at more than $100,000.
Hanton says he lost touch with McCartney shortly after leaving the band, but the Beatle did send the Quarrymen an e-mail last week before the premiere of "Nowhere Boy." It read, "Keep on rockin', lads."


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There's been a lot of talk about how the London Olympics will best be remembered as the Women's Olympics. Not only because of the individual performances of gymnast Gabby Douglas, or swimmer Missy Franklin, or heptathlete Jessica Ennis, but because of the collective achievements of women who participated in these London Games.
The statistics are amazing: Two thirds of the gold medals, and more than half of all medals won by Team USA, were won by American women. And this was despite the fact that women were eligible for 30 fewer medals than the men! The American women did not stand alone in leading their countries to the top of the medal tables. Women from China and Russia (#2 and #3 behind the U.S. in the total medal count), also took home more medals than their male counterparts.
Forty-four percent of all athletes at the games were women, and with the exception of three countries, every participating national delegation had a woman athlete on its team. The vast majority of these women never came even close to a medal ceremony. Tahmina Kohistani, the only woman on the Afghan team, came in 31st out of 32 women in the 100 meters. But she triumphed by competing in London. She overcame great odds, including defeating the voices of those who did not believe women should compete in the games. Kohistani, with determination and discipline, and wearing the red, green and black of her country on her headscarf, posted a personal best time in Olympic Stadium. I am hopeful that there will be more Afghan women following in her footsteps. She is an inspiration and a true Olympian, as are women like runner Habiba Ghribi, who became the first Tunisian woman to ever earn an Olympic medal -- a silver in the 3000-meter steeplechase. And yet it is frustrating that when she got home, there were voices who did not embrace her victory as a moment of national pride and celebration, but instead condemned her for the clothes she wore during her race.
I have no doubt that for the U.S. women -- especially perhaps for those who won their medals as part of a team -- soccer, basketball, water polo, volleyball -- their success can be traced in a straight line directly to Congress' decision 40 years ago to pass Title IX, the landmark law that ensures that women and girls have equal opportunities to participate in school-based sports teams. Even for those women whose athletic careers might have been nurtured outside of school -- the gymnasts, for instance -- Title IX certainly made it easier and more acceptable for women athletes of all stripes to pursue their training at an elite level.
America now has the highest sports participation rates for women and girls in the world. We know from experience that sports can be an essential tool for promoting women's leadership and empowerment. That is why under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's leadership, the State Department has undertaken a global effort to mobilize all of its diplomatic tools to use sports as a means to empower women and girls worldwide.
In London, we saw the contributions to national pride and achievement that women could make when they were given an equal chance to perform to their greatest God-given potential. Women proved themselves in sports in London, but imagine what more they could achieve on behalf of their countries when given equal rights and opportunity to participate not just in athletics, but in every sector of society -- in business, government, education. The World Economic Forum has found that those countries where women and men are closer to enjoying equal rights are far more economically competitive than those where women have little or no access to medical care, education, elected office and the marketplace. Imagine the progress we could make in economic and technological development, in global health, in democratic governance, if the potential of women in each of these fields could be finally and fully unleashed.
I hope the world can look to the Olympics as just the tip of the iceberg of what women can achieve not just for themselves, but for their countries and world, if only given the opportunity.
Editor's Note: This entry also appears on The Huffington Post.
Tom in India writes:
Congrats to all winners in Olympics 2012. Specials greetings from ssvtechno team to the gems whose mentioned in the above list -- thank you.
P. Eisner in Washington, D.C. writes:
Forecasting that the London Olympics might "best be remembered as the Women's Olympics" insinuates that women will never again reach such heights. One would hope, instead, that this will merely mark one milestone among many on the journey towards greater sex equality.
Nice update i love to reads articles which have updates about olympics .Famous personalities of sports love to wear t-shirts form polo because it keeps the body relaxes for the whole day.


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This week, NVIDIA released the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost, a mid-range card designed to fill the S$250-$350 price gap currently found between the S$250 GeForce GTX 650 Ti and S$350 GeForce GTX 660. In our review of the reference card, we found it to offer great performance and value for its specifications. In fact, it topped our price-performance ratio chart, offering the most FPS per US$1. Our only nitpicks were that the reference design cooler was quite a bit larger than the original GTX 650 Ti, and that its overclocking capabilities seemed quite average. Today, we're going to find out if a custom cooler edition can solve those problems, as we look at models from ASUS and Palit.
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ASUS' GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost uses ASUS' popular DirectCU II custom cooler that comprises of two copper heatpipes in direct contact with the GPU, cooled by two 80mm fans. The card is overclocked on the core to 1020MHz with memory remaining at the reference 6008MHz DDR.
The cooler design is thankfully much smaller than the reference design with the card measuring 214 x 117 x 37 mm - although, it is still not as compact as the reference and custom designs for the basic GTX 650 Ti.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost DirectCU II OC is priced at S$309 and comes with a 3-year limited warranty.
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Palit's GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost also uses a dual 80mm fan custom cooler design with two copper heatpipes in contact with the GPU. The card is running a very modest overclock on the core to 1006MHz, with memory also raised to 6108MHz DDR.
The card is slightly more compact than ASUS' design, measuring 194 x 111 x 37 mm, and has a more complete fan shroud that covers the entire PCB.
The Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC is priced at S$299 and comes with a 2-year limited warranty. You can compare the full spec-list between the tested cards in this table below:-


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Sony Computer Entertainment said that over fifty stereoscopic 3D games are incoming for the PlayStation 3 game console and will be available in foreseeable future. Moreover, the company believes that stereo-3D (S3D) is one of the key elements of the future home game consoles.
"I can say that overall we have more than fifty titles currently being converted into 3D, and this number is growing fast. I can tell you, games are leading the way when it comes to the driving the whole 3D revolution," said Mick Hocking, the director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Studios, in an interview with Develop web-site.
According to Mr. Hocking, it takes roughly 2% of a game development budget to convert a title into S3D depending on rendering and conversion techniques. That said, a lot of game developers seem to be interested in such a move: at present Sony is developing about twenty S3D titles internally and over thirty are created by third-party studios.
Although stereo-3D home industry has all chances to take off even slower than the Blu-ray disc did in the consumer electronics industry back in the middle of the oughts, Sony considers the technology as one of the key elements of future video games and game consoles.
"The first is that interest in 3D is growing fast, and many different industries are investing heavily in 3D right now. The 3D market is going to continue to grow with film, TV, websites and games all set to embrace the technology. There is a lot more 3D films on the way in cinemas, and over the next few years 3D will begin to dominate the home space. [...] The industry is behind our unique message that 3D is a key element in the future of home consoles," said Mr. Hocking.
A natural problem with Sony's perception of stereo-3D is that the company believes S3D is the key element of the future of home consoles as the firm needs to sell its stereoscopic 3D televisions as well as promote Blu-ray 3D standard. Meanwhile, the success of Nintendo Wii clearly demonstrated that innovative ideas that do not require expensive hardware (e.g., an S3D HDTV for $2000+) may create a leader out of outsider and the very slow start of PlayStation 3 showed how easily a leader can lost its lead. If stereocopic-3D hardware takes off even slower than Blu-ray disc did, game developers will implement it as an element or option, but not as the key technology.
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On May 18th, the Stop the Ban Coalition (STB) -- a broad coalition of groups opposed to criminalizing the homeless -- held a judicial candidate forum in Palo Alto, CA. Annrae Angel was the only candidate to attend, and she along with candidate Julianne Sylva submitted written responses presented by coalition member Aram James. The forum, and written correspondence, is precedent setting in that it serves as the first time judicial candidates were asked to respond to the homeless community and advocates. All 2014 Santa Clara County judicial candidates -- Judge Diane Ritchie, Deputy District Attorney Matt Harris, Defense Attorney Annrae Angel, Deputy District Attorney Julianne Sylva, Defense Attorney Dennis Lempert, and Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott -- were invited by the Stop the Ban coalition to participate in the forum and submit written responses, and were told their writings would be posted on the De-Bug website. Below is a summary of Annrae Angel's verbal responses in the forum from the moderator STB member Edie Keating, and Annrae Angel's and Julianne Sylva's written responses to the separate set of written questions by the STB coalition. Forum organizers say the candidates who have not responded in writing to the questions from the coalition are encouraged to submit writings up until June 2nd, 2014.


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Winter Institute goes green
Monday, February 20, 2012
Richard Morgenstern, whose expertise is economic analysis of environmental issues.
Green economic growth is the focus of the 50th Winter Institute, St. Cloud State's signature summit on economic affairs.
Headlining the Feb. 29-March 1 conference will be some of the nation's leading voices on the nexus between economic success and sustainable stewardship of Earth's resources.
Register at the Winter Institute website. Registration closed Feb. 22.
View the conference program (PDF).
Lynn Scarlett is a scholar at Resources for the Future (RFF) in Washington D.C., one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious environmental think tanks, noted for, among other things, its pioneering work in resource economics. A former deputy U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Scarlett is co-drector of the RFF's Center for the Management of the Ecological Wealth. She is an expert on subjects such as climate change adaptation and ecosystem services. She holds a master's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Judy Poferl is president and CEO of the Northern States Power Company-Minnesota division of Xcel Energy. Poferl has more than two decades of experience in energy and energy regulation. She serves on the board of directors of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minneapolis Downtown Council. She holds masters degree in public affairs from the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
James Hamilton is a professor of economics at University of California, San Diego, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The NBER is in its ninth decade of work as one of the nation's leading non-partisan providers of economic data and analysis. Based in Cambridge, Mass., the NBER has counted 19 Nobel laureates among its scholars. Hamilton is co-author of the Econbrowser, a blog that analyzes economic conditions and policies. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Richard Morgenstern is a senior fellow at RFF and former director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the federal Environmental Protection Agency. His expertise is economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies, especially economic incentive measures. His analysis also focuses on climate change, including the design of cost-effective policies to reduce emissions in the United States and abroad. Morgenstern holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Michigan.
Chris Farrell, a Winter Institute regular, is economics editor for American Public Media's "Marketplace Money" show. He is a contributor editor for "Bloomberg Businessweek," one of the nation's leading business magazines, and the author of "The New Frugality," a book about consuming less and saving more. Farrell is a winner of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for oustanding achievement in electronic journalism. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Stanford University.
The first day of the conference, at the Best Western Kelly Inn, downtown St. Cloud, includes an economic outlook panel. Joining keynoter Hamilton on the panel will be Wells Fargo senior economist Scott Anderson, St. Cloud State economics professor King Banaian and Steve Hine, director of the state Labor Market Information Office.
Also on Feb. 29 will be a business panel on "Going Green: The Whys and Hows." Sponsored by the Initiative Foundation and the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce, the business panel will feature regional business leaders.
March 1 events are in Atwood Memorial Center and Ritsche Auditorium. View the Campus Map.
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Boy, I would just love to find a way to zing phishersPosted Sunday, May 1, 2011, at 9:44 PM
MacGyver could find a way.
Better yet would be if I could put them through the same frustration, apprehension, and loss of savings that they are trying to put on us.
If they catch them and lock them up, do it with just the essentials. No cable, no internet, no fancy workout gyms, no air conditioning or heat, (except to sustain life) no extra NOTHING!
I better stop before I suggest pulling their fingernails out so they never want to type on a computer again. Am I going too far?
I have over ten e-mails from someone claiming to be from the UK wanting to buy my item on eBay. Several others also want to buy something they will need financing for but want to make sure it is the same as the item on this link.
Right. I am going to click on the link to see what they want to buy and from there it will be all downhill. I just want to scream back into their computers, but instead, I release my frustration writing here.
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There are professional cyber-techs who can pull off just what you are imagining (minus the damage to dastardly digits).
These bad guys need to wonder when (not if) they will run into the folks who can identify and take action against them.
Their next keystroke may lead them to destruction of their equipment,a sting against their operations,arrest and punishment.
The direness of their fate might depend on whether the wrong target who brings them down is employed by government crimefighters or a disgruntled underworld kingpin.
Sooner or later,people who maliciously attack and exploit others get "zung".
Think of the unrepentant getting all the frustration,apprehension and loss they inflict on those they betray.
Let them endure the headaches and ulcers.
Banes such as those they would have earned honestly.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Mon, May 2, 2011, at 4:45 AM
Why aren't you on here encouraging the American people that this recession isn't that bad and will be over soon?
I have predicted that Obama would be re-elected as the next and last United States President.
It appears to me that today Obama has just won the election of 2012, unless he does something really stupid between now and then.
I have also predicted that the current triple recession will not ever recover, but go right on into Inflation.
-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Mon, May 2, 2011, at 11:27 AM
Hey,I *know* some of the crackers who are on the side of the angels.
I'm not even close to knowing the extent of their skills or how deftly and thoroughly they are being applied.
As for the recession,I do believe that an overcoming attitude helps reach solutions more than complacency or pessimism.
Whatever our situation,I believe it can evolve and deteriorate yet be corrected with a generous application of grace and common sense.
We will resolve our problems a lot easier if we stop looking for quick fixes and scapegoats and
start looking for ways we can "make the difference we want to see in the world."
I don't know how the future will be scripted but
taking each day and making the most of it by giving it our best can't hurt whoever our leaders are and whatever our destiny has in store for us.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Mon, May 2, 2011, at 10:02 PM
Unique Lies,
Please man, stop with the non-topical crap, None of what you say adds to the conversation whatsoever. None. It's like you are trying to convince yourself how true you are. It's sad.
-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, May 2, 2011, at 10:29 PM
Hey,I'm sure he can work in computer tech,eBay or gardening topics in there somewhere.
They could be relevant to self-sufficiency and other aspects of frugality,morality and preparedness for oncoming crises.
Between natural disasters and those we inflict on ourselves,being aware of what's going on with Man and Nature can only make us stronger-even in peaceful times when we turn to activities because they are fun and intriguing and not just because they are necessary for survival.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 5:22 AM
It did get a bit off-topic, didn't it?
Since you brought up gardening QC, missed you at the last meeting.
Getting back to topic, these two e-mails I mentioned originally are unrelenting. Maybe they think if they annoy enough, I will finally click on one.
When they were all coming from the same name I could quickly dispatch them, but now the names are different and since we do sell on eBay, I need to check each one out to see if even one is legitimate. @#$%^&!
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 6:47 AM
It's obvious that these people who do this are intelligent, and it's a shame they don't use it for creating something good. Instead they try to take away from someone else's hard work.
-- Posted by bellbuckletn on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 10:05 AM
Apology accepted UL, at least from me. I understand that at times our enthusiasm for a subject just can't be contained.
There are few things that I take real seriously anyway. I would have an ulcer several times over if I did not learn to chill out, EXCEPT PHISHING E-MAILS!.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 3:02 PM
I apologize for jumping on you like that, but it just gets old. All day long the media is shoving this in our face, newspapers, tv, advertisements online etc.
When I saw Steve's blog post, I was interested in seeing what type of stories, information etc to come out on the topic of Phishing.
-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Thu, May 5, 2011, at 2:48 PM
I'm looking forward to making a meeting soon.
I did manage to get a little yard work done.
(Many thanks to my family for their providing most of the plants and labor.)
I knew I had roses and magnolias,etc. but I think one of the volunteer plants we culled was a hybrid of hackberry,Triffid,kudzu and Audrey II from "Litle Shop of Horrors."
UL,EM,I hope I'll see you at the Weed 'em and Reap meetings.
It sounds as if the topics and attendees are getting better with every session.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Thu, May 5, 2011, at 5:44 PM
I don't have much problem with phishers and emails, but I would like to zap those who put out those phony antivirus programs (that are viruses themselves). Every year I get infected with at least 3. We should be able to bring some kind of charges against those guys too for the inconvenience and often the damage these programs do.
-- Posted by craftin_mom on Thu, May 5, 2011, at 6:48 PM
Here is where the government might be able to help. Have a centralized address that we can send the phishing e-mails.
A certain threshold number triggers a warning to help those who have become zombies get their machine fixed. Don't try to sell anything, just recommend that they have their computer checked.
Then a second threshold triggers a proactive response to shut the network down.
A third threshold triggers a response that shuts their operating system down and requires major format of their drive or maybe even trashing the machine altogether.
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, May 6, 2011, at 8:17 AM
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The U.S. National Poomsae Team has apponted Ibrahim Chishti (Carlsbad, Calif.) as men's team trainer and Akiko Reyes (Chatsworth, Calif.) as trainer for the women's team. They will help with the team at the World Poomsae Championships in December.
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Each year we take four singers and a pianist out and about, travelling the highways and byways, by land, air and sea, to take a musical mix of opera highlights across Scotland.
This season we're celebrating Opera Highlights' 20th anniversary and we're out on the road again, bringing you a fun-filled evening of music and good company. This year's show explores the theme of love, one of the driving forces of opera. From passionate declarations to weeping for missed chances; love unrequited or wholeheartedly returned – we're showcasing the full range of emotions.
The programme is packed full of operatic gems, with much-loved pieces from Mozart's Così fan tutte, Verdi's Rigoletto and Puccini's La bohème to lesser-known works by Nicolai, Heuberger and Orefice. There's also a world premiere from Scottish Opera's Composer in Residence Gareth Williams.
So whether you're new to opera or a seasoned fan, there's sure to be something for you, be it a tune you're discovering for the first time or an old favourite you'll be humming all the way home.
This year's singers are mezzo-soprano Máire Flavin (Orpheus in the Underworld, 2011), tenor Paul Curievici (In the Locked Room, 2012), and two of our 2013/14 Emerging Artists – soprano Sarah Power and baritone Andrew McTaggart.
Opera Highlights toured to: Livingston, Ardfern, Mull, Ballachulish, Skye, Gairloch, Carrbridge, Orkney, Fortrose, Crieff, Midmar, Montrose, Cupar, Dalbeattie, Selkirk, Arran, Maybole and East Kilbride.
25 February to 5 April 2014
Listen to extracts from Opera Highlights:
Leoncavallo Si può
Juan Pons / Riccardo Muti / Philadelphia Orchestra (Philips)
Rinaldo Lascia ch'io pianga
Cecilia Bartoli / Christopher Hogwood / Academy of Ancient Music (Decca)
Rigoletto La donna è mobile
Luciano Pavarotti / Richard Bonynge / London Symphony Orchestra (Decca)
La Bohème Quando m'en vo
Elizabeth Harwood / Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker (Decca)
Così fan tutte Soave sia il vento
Carol Vaness / Delores Ziegler / Claudio Desderi / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (EMI)
The Gondoliers We're called gondolieri
Richard Lewis / John Cameron / Pro Arte Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent (EMI)
Licensed by agreement with Decca Classics and Warner Classics. All excerpts taken from recordings of the full opera, which are available on the labels' websites www.deccaclassics.com and www.emiclassics.com
Supported by The Friends of Scottish OperaRunning time 2 hrs approximately


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Attic room with private bathroom close to city centre.
Size15 m²
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|Moncrieffe Road, S7 1HQ Sheffield, United Kingdom
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A bright attic room with a double bed in a friendly household in the leafy suburb of Nether Edge, Sheffield. 1.8 miles (20 minutes walk) to the city centre, Sheffield Theatres and both universities.
Private Bathroom
The room has its own private bathroom with washbasin, bath, shower and toilet.
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There is a kettle with some free tea and coffee in the room, or you are welcome to use the kitchen downstairs. There is free wifi.
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The room is on the top floor of a large Victorian house - home of a couple and their 4-year old son. There is a small sunny garden at the front of the house and a patio garden at the back.
On road parking is easily available right outside. The bus stop is just over the road: no. 22 goes straight to the city centre. From there it's a short train ride to the Peak District (great walking, Chatsworth House, climbing and hang-gliding). Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Lincoln, Nottingham and Derby are all under an hour away.
House rulesNo smoking. No pets. We're a family house, so quiet please at night. We will give you clean bedding once a week.
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Simon and Krassie were very welcoming, and they sent useful information regarding the area by email before we travelled. The room we booked was very comfortable, directly opposite a bus stop to the city. Even though our stay was only a single night on a road trip, we would recommend them as good hosts.
nice residential area close to shops and transport
beautiful Victorian house, 42 steps between the kitchen and the rest room very comfortable, breakfast not included apparently ..!
so British cordial reception
joli quartier résidentiel proche des commerces et des transports
belle maison victorienne, 42 marches entre la cuisine et la chambre du reste très confortable, petit déjeuner non compris apparemment..!
accueil cordial so british
very friendly family. the room is good. in 20 min walking you can reach the city center or using the bus, the station is directly in front of the house door.
Ich hatte eine wunderbare erholsame Zeit, nur leider viel zu kurz. Ein herzlicher Empfang. Ein ruhiges Zimmer - jederzeit empfehlenswert
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Skip to comments.Al on Remainder ( Bore's books aren't selling well )
Posted on 11/25/2002 12:15:08 AM PST by KQQL
Al Gore is said by associates to be surprised that his newest books on family aren't selling well. The pair of books co-written with wife Tipper Gore (one of them is a coffee-table book intended to serve as companion to the "heavier" tome) are apparently headed toward the remainder bin as bookstores move more popular and potential Christmas gift fare into the line of sight of customers.
"We aren't selling any," says a sales associate for Borders Books in Bethesda, Maryland. "And we thought given that this is kind of a political book and that it's by Gore that it would sell in this area."
It hasn't worked out that way. The audiences at Gore's book signings have been skimpy, and worse, those that do come to hear him haven't been buying the books. In San Francisco, Gore's appearances were met by crowds of people apparently rounded up by his former Northern California presidential campaign staff. "We were invited to come and cheer him on," says a former volunteer. "We were chanting, 'Gore in 2004,' and he loved it. But I wasn't going to buy the book."
The Gore books haven't yet cracked the New York Times bestseller list after more than three weeks in stores, an indication that it won't make the list. "They tried getting them [The Sunday New York Times Book Review] to list it as a book in the 'Bear in Mind' section, so at least it would make the page where the bestseller list is placed, but we couldn't even get that," says a former Gore aide. "It's another indication the public isn't buying Gore as a serious candidate in 2004."
The Prowler won't go so far. We see it as an indication that the American public is still in recovery from Earth in the Balance.
This is what a Gore run in 2004 will look like, too.
Apparently, it's is easier to buy voters than it is to motivate buyers.
They may have been chanting "Gore in 2004" but I ain't buyin' that either!
Well he can always follow the example set by William Jennings Bryan and be a perpetual loser. I'm sure that the Rat party would keep throwing their support to him (snicker...).
Compare Algore's invisible sales to the mega sales of Coulter, Goldberg and Hannity which had only negative reviews on network TV. It just shows how irrelelvent lamestream network televsion is becoming to politics compared to radio, the internet, and FOX.
My mother inlaw is a liberal and is always getting on my case for buying books
She says I should go to the library and get them for free .. LOL
And you're right .. Gore is a Bore
|Reviewer: A reader from USA
From Publishers Weekly
Complemented by a three-page introduction and a smattering of quotes from John Milton, Plato and others, this impressive collection showcases more than 250 photographs of contemporary American families, taken by the likes of Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Sally Mann and Nicholas Nixon. The so-called spirit of these images ranges from heartbreaking to smile inducing. Al and Tipper have arranged the photographs by theme (e.g., photos of farming families, families at mealtime, couples reading the paper, parents smoking around children, white children with black nannies, etc.). Without explanations, some are confusing, e.g., two little girls-one white, one black-stand side-by-side in their bathing suits. Are they sisters? Cousins? Friends? Yet this approach allows the more complex work here to maintain its socio-sexual zing. A nervous-looking bride walks through a park with her fiance, while a couple sits on a nearby park bench, kissing. A trio of pudgy adults smiles as they dig into a meal of ribs, corn on the cob and Diet Pepsi. Teens mourn over the casket of a classmate. A laughing woman sprays a young girl with a garden hose. A family of four stands at a busy intersection in Manhattan, underneath a Calvin Klein billboard showing an underwear-clad hunk. The book includes families from all walks of life and potential voting demographics-and it is oddly successful at describing the beauty and awkwardness of family in its current incarnations, including same-sex couples. The ambient tolerance, plus a few less-than-clothed figures, may provoke responses from a variety of camps.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The 'rats are stuck in the tar pits of time; their base is too busy watching MTV, BETV and Jackass, and don't vote.
Welcome to the reality of an open market of ideas. It won't even make "required" college reading lists like Earth in the Balance.
The problem with having an open mind is that sometimes your brains fall out.
Al who?
I like to take books by liberals out back and shoot holes in them and then leave them in coffeeshops and other leftist Schumerholes. Usually, I have to get them at used book sales so I can afford lots of targets. Sounds like I might be able to collect a bunch for cheap at the bookstores now!
Libs love sci-fi. With only pictures and very little text they might have bought it. HA!
During the democratic national convention, those of us monitoring the event on C-SPAN were treated to a video of Gore and his family, and a tour of their home. Gore went to special pains to make sure the cameraman caught the NUDE, SELF-PORTRAIT OF TIPPER THAT SHE PAINTED WHEN APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH NOTHING HIDDEN. This picture was hanging in the hallway, where her children and grandchild could see it. This was shown to the entire convention and on national television.
Tipper is quite disturbed, in my opinion, and Gore is obviously nuts.
Coupled with the fact that this is a book that has NO market in paying customers, I think we can expect it to hit the remainder bins any day.
In fact, I think we should have a contest to see who spots it first at Half-Price Books.
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Topic: Noob to Rails...
Hey, I've kept my eye on Ruby on Rails for a while, and decided to delve into it. Although, I do have a question as I can't figure out my ass from my head so far.
Do you develop rails applications on a local server, and then upload to a webserver?
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Featuring full chaise seating design, head to toe comfort is provided for every situation. With ease of operation, the control wand offers smooth and quiet movement from a flat position up to a thirty degree standing position, and anywhere in between! The Hayden Power Lift comes encased in charcoal colored microsuede fabric and offers assistance for someone who requires help standing up or sitting down. In the event of a power failure, the battery backup will reset the chair to its normal position, preventing any inconveniences. It's time to finally relax and let the Hayden Power Lift take care of you!
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Here's soup photo of 2011 Dayi Jin.
Yes, it's really 2011 Dayi Jin soup.
Before you get too excited about it, what I did was I brewed up some 2011 Jin and put it inside a thermo flask without any tea leaves inside the flask. I went out and carried the flask with me and by the time I'm home in the evening, I still have half a flask of tea left. Then I poured it in a cup and noticed the changes of colour.
It tastes different and difficult to describe but without any sign of "wet storage". The body and texture are still there.


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Smart Drive Classic Hard Drive Enclosure
The SmartDrive Classic hard drive is designed to dampen the vibration of your hard drive, while keeping your 3.5" hard drive as cool as possible, in order to make your drive almost completely silent. The SmartDrive Classic can cool and silence hard drives up to 15,000 rpm (which are by far the noisiest drives available).
The SmartDrive's reduction of hard drive noise will, of course, be more noticeable on noisier hard drives. Already quiet hard drives, such as the Western Digital Red 3.5" hard drives which we use in our quiet PCs, will only have a slight reduction in noise levels (because they are already so quiet - 21 to 28 decibels).
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Welcome to Hands On History, the exciting new experience that brings Yankees history to your fingertips!
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Debates of Sept. 18th, 1995
House of Commons Hansard #225 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was development.
- Recognition Of Same Sex Spouses
- Points Of Order
- Auditor General Act
- 1999 World Rowing Championships
- Status Of Women
- Reform Party Of Canada
- Ports Canada
- Hants County Youth For Youth
- New Brunswick
- Small Business
- Creating A Quebec-Canada Partnership
- Expo 2005
- Fourth World Conference For Women
- Quebec Referendum
- Antidrug Videos
- Demilitarization
- Military Spending
- Justice
- Robert Charlebois
- Quebec Referendum
- Camp Ipperwash
- Quebec Referendum
- World Bank Report
- Health Care
- Quebec Referendum
- Bosnia
- Nuclear Tests
- Presence In Gallery
- Right Hon. John Diefenbaker
- The Late Jean-Luc Pepin
- The Late Dr. Charles Willoughby
- Privacy Commissioner
- Committees Of The House
- Canada Elections Act
- Government Response To Petitions
- Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
- Committees Of The House
- Motions
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Questions Passed As Orders For Returns
- Request For Emergency Debate
- Auditor General Act
Hants County Youth For Youth
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
John Murphy Annapolis Valley—Hants, NS
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to recognize the efforts of the Hants County Youth for Youth, a group working in my riding of Annapolis Valley-Hants.
Under the Youth Service Canada program, this dynamic group is working to meet local community needs by focusing on a youth newsletter, a project in tourism and to establish a youth centre, which will officially open September 30.
In return, these participants are gaining valuable experience in communication, personal development, entrepreneurial skills and community development. I am proud of the efforts of these young people.
I want also to thank the Hants West District School Board and their partners, the Windsor Plains Recreation and Social Development Committee and the Hants Shore Community Health Centre for making this program a success.
I would ask that all members of the House join me in congratulating everyone involved in the Hants County Youth for Youth program.
New Brunswick
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Guy Arseneault Restigouche—Chaleur, NB
Mr. Speaker, just a week ago, Frank McKenna led the Liberals to a third victory in a row, forming a majority government.
New Brunswickers gave the McKenna government the mandate to carry on with its action plan based on job creation, a plan showing that New Brunswick is always at the forefront.
I would like to congratulate all the elected MLAs, especially those from my riding: Jean-Paul Savoie, Restigouche West; Edmond Blanchard, Campbellton; Carolle de Ste. Croix, Dalhousie Restigouche East; Albert Doucet, Nigadoo-Chaleur and Alban Landry, Nepisiguit who all won their seats, keeping Restigouche-Chaleur Liberal red.
I am also proud to say that the Confederation of Regions Party, an anti-bilingual and regionally based party, was wiped off the electoral map. Let this be a warning to the regional parties in the House: Canadians have had their fill of one issue and regionally based parties.
Small Business
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Andy Mitchell Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and compliment the newly named Business Development Bank of Canada for creating a new micro business loan for small business.
This program is aimed at helping both existing and new small businesses with amounts up to $25,000. It will help ensure that the entrepreneurial spirit in Canada is encouraged and that ideas that will lead to new businesses and new employment will not be starved for lack of capital.
An important component of this program is training. All participants will be required to demonstrate their ability to handle the financial aspects of operating a small business.
This is an example of the bank's new role as a complementary lender. It is an example of the government's commitment to small business and it is an example of how government can create an environment in which the private sector can create jobs. I applaud this initiative.
Creating A Quebec-Canada Partnership
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jean-Paul Marchand Québec-Est, QC
Mr. Speaker, last weekend a CROP poll reminded us once again that 50 per cent of Canadians are open to a partnership with Quebec after a yes vote.
Beyond the unyielding stance of politicians who do not want to have anything to do with any kind of association with a sovereign Quebec, the people show plain common sense, realism and pragmatism. As a matter of fact, half of the respondents agree that the rest of Canada should maintain an economic and political association with a sovereign Quebec.
This should be no surprise for government members. Even before the federalist scare campaign, the majority of Canadians outside Quebec said they were in favour of maintaining an economic association. As we can see, they have not changed their mind. The Canadian people knows where its true economic interests lie.
Expo 2005
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jan Brown Calgary Southeast, AB
Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the city of Calgary. After many months of hard work and patience, Calgary has won the competition to host Expo 2005.
The bid committee for Ottawa-Hull deserves tremendous credit and congratulations for all the work it did on its bid. The healthy, high quality competition only serves to raise the performance of Calgary as it moves on to compete internationally to bring Expo 2005 to Canada.
On behalf of Canada, Calgary will make its submission au Bureau des Expositions Internationales, a winning bid that will make all Canadians proud.
I would like to congratulate again all participants in the competition to host Expo. Calgary, Alberta and the federal government must now work together to win the international competition for Calgary to be a good hostess to Expo 2005. Once Canada has won the right to host Expo 2005, I would like to invite everybody to celebrate with us in Calgary.
Fourth World Conference For Women
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Audrey McLaughlin Yukon, YT
Mr. Speaker, the Fourth World Conference for Women has ended in China amid conflicting claims of great success and monumental failure.
As Canadians we have much of which to be proud. We have a reputation world wide as a country which supports diversity and equality. Canada's contribution to the United Nations' discussions and Canada's non-governmental organizations played a large role in promoting human rights and social and economic justice for women on all continents.
However there are those who choose to present the results of the conference as anti-family and to make outrageous claims about the intent of the platform of action. I challenge those who choose to manipulate the facts to Canadians to answer why it is anti-family to condemn female genital mutilation of the girl child and neglect of girl children; why it is anti-family to condemn rape as a war crime; why it is anti-family to take measures to combat the feminization of poverty; and why a platform of action which recognizes the family as a basic unit of society that should be strengthened is anti-family.
I now call on the government to put some force behind its words and to have an action plan for implementation.
Quebec Referendum
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Paul Devillers Simcoe North, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week, the Leader of the Opposition showed us how much he scorns democracy. According to him, a yes vote would clearly reflect the opinion of Quebecers while a no vote would only give separatists the excuse to impose referendum after referendum to Quebecers, until sovereignty finally wins.
The words of the Bloc leader reveal a paternalistic attitude and are an insult to the intelligence of Quebecers. People of Quebec are often victims of such partiality because whatever separatists cannot obtain with truth, they will try to obtain through cheating and deception. In spite of all the PQ and BQ schemes-
Quebec Referendum
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker
My colleagues, we should not use such hard words. Words like cheating seem too harsh to me. I would ask you not to use words of that nature please.
Antidrug Videos
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Denis Paradis Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, young people in the Matane region just discovered another aspect of the intolerance of separatists. Last June, students at the Matane secondary comprehensive school joined forces with the local community service centre of that municipality to produce a video against drugs. Since the beginning of the school year, that video has been shown on the Radio-Québec channel in eastern Quebec.
The director of the yes committee in Matane, a separatist, protested against that video which underlines the courage of young people who say no to drugs. There, I have said the n word, no to drugs. The separatists put so much pressure on the LCSC that it decided to withdraw that publicity from the air until the end of the referendum campaign.
Obsession and paranoia have prevailed over the initiative of a group of young students who had decided to do something worthwhile for their community. No to drugs was for their future, that of our youth. No to separation is also for their future.
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2:10 p.m.
Robert Bertrand Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, in exchange for a pseudo-commitment on the part of France to recognize an independent Quebec, the leader of the PQ and his faithful lieutenant, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, have refused to condemn France for resuming nuclear testing.
Until recently, the PQ had always advocated peace and demilitarization. The PQ's political program published since 1970 states that Quebec will have to gain recognition within the international community as a pacifist people by favouring disarmament over war as a way to settle international disputes and by opposing the testing and use of nuclear and bacteriological weapons.
René Lévesque, the founder and former leader of the Parti Quebecois, would be ashamed to see his so-called heirs make this kind of shady deal.
Military Spending
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jean H. Leroux Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, by awarding to GM, in Ontario, the $2 billion armoured vehicle acquisition contract, the federal government is once again making it clear that Quebec does not get its fair share of defence contracts.
In addition, with total disregard for correct procedure, Chatham, New Brunswick, was awarded the contract to refurbish old tanks as compensation for the closure of the base.
On the other hand, in Saint-Jean, base operations were reduced and the college was shut down. Why was Oerlikon not even considered as a potential supplier of turrets for the new armoured vehicles? Talk about a double standard!
It is clear now why the Minister of Defence stated, referring to Quebec, that they could not afford the luxury of being totally fair. That is what Canadian federalism is all about: while jobs are created and R and D funds invested in Ontario, Quebec is left with measly maintenance contracts.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Margaret Bridgman Surrey North, BC
Mr. Speaker, I call attention to the need for appropriate sentencing in order to prevent habitual offenders from victimizing communities.
The tragic death of Melissa Deley in my riding of Surrey North so horrified my constituents that they were moved to march spontaneously in the streets of Surrey. The police were vigilant and swift in their pursuit and capture of the man accused of ending this innocent child's life.
However, my constituents were horrified to learn that previous to this, the accused stood before a judge and a crown attorney pleaded with the judge to incarcerate this man because of his record. He had attacked a guard while he was in custody. Instead the accused was released by the judge with a $500 fine.
Melissa's parents and my constituents refuse to believe this is the way our justice system should operate. They refuse to believe the crown is powerless to protect law-abiding citizens from habitual criminals. Surrey North wants criminal justice reforms that work and it wants them now.
Robert Charlebois
Statements By Members
September 18th, 1995 / 2:10 p.m.
Eleni Bakopanos Saint-Denis, QC
Mr. Speaker, contrary to what the PQ and the Bloc Quebecois would have us believe, not all Quebec artists are sold on separation. In an interview carried by almost every major newspaper in Quebec, singer-brewer Robert Charlebois expressed very little enthusiasm over the prospect of Quebec separating.
His fear is that it will divide Quebecers, the end result being a royal mess, with bitterness and jealousy on both sides, since the whole process was based on hate and frustration; nothing great is to be expected.
Like most Quebecers, Robert Charlebois would rather have governments focussing on job creation and the economy instead of wasting time on futile quarrelling.
Robert Charlebois believes, and our government shares his view on this, that the real solution for Quebec is an economic solution. His way of helping Quebec, he says, is by providing employment.
Quebec Referendum
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Nick Discepola Vaudreuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, we heard the news that the Bloc Quebecois will not accept as final a No vote in the referendum. The Leader of the Opposition said it in so many words: "It is a non ending issue as long as it would not be resolved by a Yes".
Please allow an English speaking Quebecer to teach some French to Mr. Bouchard. The Robert dictionary says-
Quebec Referendum
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
The Speaker
I would ask hon. members to refer to each other by the names of their ridings. I will permit the member to continue.


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 I just listened to your interview and I agree with you
I just listened to your interview and I agree with you wholly. I shall try to do with less in life.
Christel Lessard

I thought it rather hypocritical that she came to this
I thought it rather hypocritical that she came to this country seeking the freedom to do what she wants, and yet she puts down Americans for that very quality. The fact that Americans aren't totally selfless bothers her, though she's come here to have whatever she wants? Now that she's come to America she is critical because we don't act Chinese. Interesting.

Speaking of faith is something I am really grateful that
Speaking of faith is something I am really grateful that I happened to have heard about twice recently, first in my church and then on the radio on Sunday when I was heading to work feeling sorry for myself that I could not go to Church that day.
I realized that this and my small discussion group at church are really gifts to replace what I may be missing or more exactly to perhaps provide what I truly need not just what I think I want.
I think I should realize that I am not entitled to go to church just because I have most of my life but I should be grateful for those many opportunities that I have gotten to go. I am also aware that after being laid off after having the same job for over 28 years, in January, I should be very grateful to have a job to go to even if I do have to go on Sunday.
The interview with Chinese born novelist Anchee Min struck me the most. The American sense of entitlement bothers her. It has bothered me for a long time too even though, I too suffer from the condition, often without realizing it or questioning it.
Even so, quite often I feel disconnected from my own culture (perhaps, partially, because of my religions upbringing) and I can relate to how she feels. I'm not sure why exactly, but it was certainly refreshing, to say the least, to hear a different point of view expressed. And I am grateful to her for having the courage to express that point of view.
I guess several of the interviewees on the episode hit on a similar theme of Americans being caught unawares of what we are actually doing. I found it fascinating to consider what Vigen Guroian pointed out about students at Loyola College pursuing business degrees so that they could make money but they weren't really sure why.
I think the why comes from the fact that we are so driven by advertising and business to need so many different things that we as a culture can become almost hypnotized by it all. We end up powerless to even begin to wonder "why". Practically all we know is the need to buy, buy, and buy.
I think we have not only the sense of entitlement that Min speaks of but also a very deep sense of need that is indoctrinated in us perhaps not unlike the indoctrination she was subjected to while she was growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China.
Thank you for a wonderful, thought provoking show.

As I listened to your comments I recall what my
As I listened to your comments I recall what my grandmother once said..use it up, wear it out or go without. During these trying times that is my credo. I also realize after listening to Anchee Min and others that the universe has something else in store for me. I'm letting go the illusion of the American dream, and I realize that for many it's an american nightmare.
I keep from feeling sorry for myself by recalling a bumper sticker I saw yesterday, God bless the whole world, NO EXCEPTIONS.

I was so glad to hear Anchee Min say what I have felt for
I was so glad to hear Anchee Min say what I have felt for many years. Especially when she spoke of students. I teach at a middle school level and I see it on a daily basis. Students want something without doing the work. Parents will complain that they shouldn't have to work or they should get the better grade that they haven't earned. Their parents continually give and give without children doing anything in return. At the end of the year we have piles and piles of clothes, shoes etc. left behind because students have the attitude that their parents will buy them another and unfortunately they do. It is so persuasive. I also agree passionately that we are a country that feels entitled and we do not appreciate enough what we have even if we have lost things during these difficult times. I was lucky to have parents that taught me to work hard and even with that at times in my life I have been drawn in to the want, want want when I really couldn't afford it. I am now paying for that mentality. I hope with these difficult times that people will stop and reflect and move in a different direction.

I listened to Anchee Min's interview twice. I wholly
I listened to Anchee Min's interview twice. I wholly appreciate what she has to say and completely agree with her. I'm sick of listening to people complain about dealing with the consequences of their actions, such as the price of gas, yet preferring a SUV to a gas efficient car, or house payments, when they bought a house they couldn't afford,... etc...
I believe that Americans are smart and creative, and that our "can-do" spirit is admirable. Yet, too many people believe they "deserve" things they can't afford. I recently moved from the Midwest to Southern CA - wow, what a change in values. I think both areas have positive and negative values, yet I'm proud of my parents for not giving me everything I wanted, not letting me come and go as I please, and for making sure I work for what I want.

What has made this country great, are just the virtues
What has made this country great, are just the virtues Anchee Min now rightly accuses the American born citizens of abandoning. History tells us of the newly arriving immigrant coming to these shores with nothing but the shirt on their backs and a few dollars in their pockets, working hard to make ends meet and with each new generation within their families things got better. Recent history, within the last fifty years, has seen a shift to the " entitled " mentality that has been used by political groups to seek favor with their constituents. Promises of free everything, citizenship, food, education, health care, and more makes our countrymen feel entitled because our leaders have told us we are entitled. This has become the United States Cultural Revolution, and unfortunately I feel until we have suffered the same fate as the citizens of China we wont stop this self destructive behavior. God Bless the USA and may he wake us all up soon.

I listened to the interview twice and completely agreed
I listened to the interview twice and completely agreed with Anchee Min's perspective on the negative values American society posses. I recently moved from the Midwest to Southern CA, and wow, what a change in values and perspectives. I don't think either culture is right or wrong, but I'm proud that I was raised not getting whatever I wanted, not being able to come and go as I pleased, and having to work for what I wanted.
I'm sick of people not appreciating the consequences of their actions,... I'm tired of listening to people complain about high gas prices who drive SUV or people complain about their mortgage payments on houses they really couldn't afford.
I've been extremely broke in the past, living off of a part time job, going to college, and getting loans for school. I also studied abroad and survived off of the small amount of money I had saved. That was only a few years ago, but I'm doing better now during this crisis then I did in the past four years of college.
I hope the economic issues wake people up to values that fall outside of money and entitlement, such as responsibility, hard work, and ingenuity. I believe Americans still hold these things are important, but I think they got lost at the wayside of an explosion of economic growth.
I'm staying positive and thankful for the abundances I do have.

As a teacher of American literature, I was very
As a teacher of American literature, I was very interested in hearing Anchee Min's remarks and hope to integrate them into my lesson on the American Dream. Fifteen year old girls can be extremely self-centered, and I'd like them to hear the immigrant view of the American Dream and American character.


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The charismatic movement is a recent development in the history of the church, but its distinguishing belief is not. The idea of modern prophets who receive special revelation from God is nothing new.
In the following video, R. C. Sproul discusses the Montanist movement of the second century. As he explains who the Montanists were and what they believed, consider the parallels between that movement and twenty-first-century charismatic theology.
New revelation is old news. And whether intentional or not, it always amounts to an assault on the sufficiency of Scripture. The early church fathers properly brought biblical truth to bear on the errors of the Montanists in their day.
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Why would 30 young entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East travel to Dubai for the second annual Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative Technology Idea (Tech-I) competition? Certainly, the top prize of $25,000 may have had something to do with it, but that was not the only factor. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides said it best in his keynote speech at the third Global Entrepreneurship Summit. He explained, "Our Global Innovation through Science and Technology program, or GIST, runs start-up boot camps and business plan competitions to spark creativity and inspire young entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams."
GIST is funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented in partnership with CRDF Global. It has reached over one million youths with tools and resources to spark new businesses. GIST has trained over 2,500 startups and created a network of young motivated entrepreneurs eager to take on the challenges and joys of being their own bosses, starting their own companies. GIST helps youth translate their innovative ideas into new companies, generating new jobs along the way.
How were these lucky top 30 participants selected? During this 2nd GIST Tech-I competition, applications poured in from more than 33 countries. All Tech-I applications included a video pitch and an executive summary judged by experts. The top 90 entries were posted online for public voting, which helped determine the top 30 contestants to be invited to Dubai for the third Global Entrepreneurship Summit where they pitched their businesses in the final round of the Tech-I competition.
The GIST finalists also participated in the Summit's Youth Entrepreneurship Forum, a joint program of the GIST initiative and Startup Youth. They discussed the challenges of balancing family life with building a new business and heard from about new partnerships between government and the private sector to spur innovation. John Defterios of CNN International led a discussion among GIST alumni and mentors and regional media on how new technologies and entrepreneurs are changing the media industry.
The Summit closed with the GIST Tech-I Awards Ceremony. Natali Ardianto from Indonesia won first place for his startup Tiket.com, which is an online travel and entertainment gateway based in Indonesia. Runner up went to Mohammad Taha from Lebanon for ma2too3a!, an application where users can alert others in real-time of roadblocks, riots, traffic jams, and news. Khaled Wagdy from Egypt was awarded second place for Motion Capture Systems, a high-quality, affordable 3D motion-capture systems for people creating games and animation movies.
These young entrepreneurs, who serve as role models in their home countries, have created remarkable technological innovations, from creating customized self-sanitizing surfaces to developing a new web-based diabetes monitoring platform. They have inspired all who attended the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. I wish the GIST Tech-I competition participants great success with their ventures.
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Stocks Finish Mixed as Apple, Bank Shares Fall
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages were mixed Monday. Apple(AAPL) shares fell, and bank stocks declined ahead of earnings reports this week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19 points, or 0.1%, to 13,507 to boost the blue-chip index's winning streak to four sessions.
Breadth was positive, with winners outpacing losers 17 to 13. The top percentage blue-chip gainers were Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) , Cisco(CSCO) , UnitedHealth(UNH) and Boeing(BA) .
Hewlett-Packard shares jumped 4.9% after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to "neutral" from "underweight" and raised its price target to $21 from $15.
Financial stocks were some of the biggest decliners in the Dow ahead of their earnings later in the week. Bank of America (BAC) shares fell 1.3%, and JPMorgan(JPM) dipped 0.54%.
Also falling were IBM(IBM) and Intel(INTC) .
The S&P 500 shed 1 point to 1,471. The Nasdaq was off 8 points, or 0.3%, to 3,118.
Sectors in the broader market traded mixed. The biggest sector decliner was technology, followed by services. Sector advancers included transportation, consumer cyclicals and consumer non-cyclicals.
Apple shares plunged 3.6% at final check, after opening down 4% on reports that the tech giant has cut orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand , people familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal .
Both Bank of America and UBS said Monday morning that this is "old news" from December and the stock has recovered from its lows.
Kevin Pleines, equity market analyst at Birinyi Associates, said that looking at the 20 instances since 2009 when Apple has opened down more than 2%, "there is no clear trend for the trading day. From the close after the gap down (today's close) the stock has had a tendency to trade higher over the next week and month."
Major bank releases later this week include JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs (GS) on Wednesday, and Bank of America and Citigroup(C) on Thursday. Morgan Stanley (MS) reports on Friday.
JPMorgan Chase's board is expected to dock the 2012 bonuses of CEO Jamie Dimon and another top executive because of the "London Whale" trading debacle, the Journal reported, citing people close to the company.
"What we're really focused on is the banking institutions and what is the quality of their earnings, what is the quality of their revenues," said Keith Bliss, Cuttone director of sales and marketing.
He said two things are "vastly important" when looking at these companies. One is net interest margin. "Right now it's been shrinking for the big banks primarily because of the low interest rate environment and the flat yield curve that we've had for the last two years."
"The other is the loan-to-deposit ratio," Bliss said. Most banks, to make money, want to be at a 100% loan-to-deposit ratio. "Most of them are riding in the 70% category right now, which means they want to lend the money out, but they're just not finding good quality borrowers," he explained.


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Is anything going right?
The debt ceiling, a government shutdown, Obamacare, more shootings, where does it end? This past week we have once again found ourselves watching another mass shooting in what one could reasonably presume to be a safe place. All the while our elected officials in Washington are positioning themselves for yet another down to the wire fight.
Everyone understands that in order for the government to pay "its" bills, the debt ceiling has to be increased. To put it plainly, the "debt ceiling" determines how much outstanding federal debt the government can incur. According to the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., "the debt ceiling would have to be raised between $730 billion and $1.25 trillion, in order to extend the government's ability to borrow through 2013. This increase would need to be between $1.3 trillion and $2.2 trillion to extend borrowing through 2014, according to projections."
What about balancing the budget, reducing spending, looking for ways to cut costs? These are things that are talked about, but rarely done.
When it comes to national debt and spending, we have abdicated our voice to a Congress who is more concerned with politics than they are with balancing the budget. Congress voted for every appropriation that has been passed, whether or not there was the revenue to pay for it. It is the elected officials in Washington who have created these bills, approved slashing taxes for the wealthy, (thereby cutting revenue), while the spending levels have continued to rise. Congress approved costly stimulus packages in order to mitigate some of the problems caused by the recession. But throughout, each member of Congress had their pet projects and spending priorities that added to the national debt – and now in order to pay "our" bills, we must raise our debt ceiling or credit limit. But alas, it is all a show.
Everyone knows the debt ceiling will be raised once again. The Republicans will blame the Democrats and the Democrats will blame the Republicans, but it will be raised nonetheless and there will not be a government shutdown. Government shutdowns are costly, and we can't afford them.
According to the economists, a government shutdown is predicted to cost up to one hundred million dollars a day. However, the mention of a government shutdown is just another idle threat to get to the real burr in the saddle of the GOP Obamacare!
There have been over 40 attempts to defund or repeal Obamacare; the key word here is "attempts" it ain't happening! It's the law! Like it or not, the Republicans need to find a way to work with the good parts and fix those that aren't so good.
Congress needs to stop beating the same old drum, and take care of business. Even though many Americans may be opposed to Obamacare, we should remember that there are two sides to every story. There are some good things in the act. For instance, a child living at home can remain on their parent's insurance until age 26. Individuals cannot be denied health insurance based on a pre-existing medical condition, and there are health care exchanges where individuals can "shop" for the best deal. How could anyone object to those things? But things are not always as good as they look.
It was recently reported that Home Depot plans to end medical insurance coverage for about 20,000 part-time employees next month as they revamp their benefits to fit the Affordable Health Care Act. UPS, Trader Joes and other employers have also been cutting benefits ahead of next month's roll-out of Obamacare. This is not what was to happen with the implementation of the Act.
According to industry consultant, Robert Laszewski, "Obamacare is predicated on employers maintaining coverage. Its intent was to pick up the relatively few who can't access health insurance because they're self-employed or work for small employers who can't afford it. The big guys were supposed to stay committed."
A recent AMA report stated that, "as a group, they are generally supportive of Obamacare, but are still in a wait and see mode."
Like it or not, for the Republicans to use Obamacare as a bargaining chip to keep the government from shutting down is not a smart move.
So where does all of this leave us. When Congress returned from vacation on Sept. 9 there was a full agenda. Syria was at the top of the list, followed by a Sept. 30 deadline to increase the debt ceiling and prevent a potential government shutdown.
What happened?
Putin took the wind out of the president's sails when it came to Syria, and Congress seized the opportunity to once again use a threat of defunding Obamacare as their weapon of choice to avoid a government shutdown.
Whether you like the act or not. Whether you believe in a balanced budget or not. In Washington, whether Republican or Democrat, it is time to stop pointing fingers and get to work. The Navy Yard shooting was a tragedy followed by more innocents used as target practice in Chicago. We need to stop accusing and begin to heal as a people and a nation; we need to once again be the beacon on the hill. A nation that stands for what is right, not a nation of bickering ideologues. To quote Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief medical officer for the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, when speaking of the recent tragedies in our nation and specifically about the shooting, she said, "This is not who we are."
The time is now to get things right, not bigger or better, stronger or taller, let's just get things right for America and all Americans.
Have a great day.
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6/8: Around the Cubs Minor League System
Another successful day in the Cubs organization as every team won, the only lose came in game two of a doubleheader, where Iowa fell. Included the link to all the box scores, sorry for no recap today.
FULL BOX SCORE – Game 1
FULL BOX SCORE – Game 2
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A representative for Microsoft Corp. said that the world's largest maker of software would release its Natal motion sensor for Xbox 360 game console in October, 2010. The launch that is scheduled to occur well ahead of the holiday season may indicate that the software giant is confident in the success of the device.
"So I do have great news to share with everybody. Project Natal will be launched in Saudi Arabia the same time it will be launched in the world. That is going to be somewhere in October. Microsoft will be in a position to confirm the date after E3, which is in June. But definitely, it is going to be October 2010," Syed Bilal Tariq, a marketing manager at Microsoft's Saudi Arabia division reportedly told Saudi TV station KSA 2.
The U.S.-based representatives for Microsoft reportedly declined to specify the launch timeframe for the highly-anticipated device for Xbox 360 game console. Nevertheless, since the original comment comes from Microsoft itself, it is highly likely that Microsoft indeed plans to release the motion sensor in October, 2010.
Microsoft needs Natal motion sensor not only in order to more successfully compete against Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3, but also to attract casual gamers to the Xbox platform.
Microsoft has said a number of times that the Natal is more than just a motion sensor and will enable a brand new quality of multimedia and gaming experience. Pricing of the device is projected to be low enough and some analysts even expect Microsoft to bundle the motion sensor with the forthcoming Xbox 360 console.