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A final decision will be made later in Albany on the future of a proposal to repower NRG Energy's Dunkirk plant to a gas-fired facility
If the number of people attending means anything, Monday's hearing at the SUNY Fredonia Williams Center on competing proposals to provide electric system reliability in parts of the Southern Tier would give the nod to NRG's $500 million repowering proposal over National Grid's plan to upgrade its transmission system to meet those reliability needs.
The New York State Public Service Commission held the hearing before a crowd estimated at about 1,600 by SUNY Fredonia officials, while others felt the crowd was closer to 2,500. The PSC hearing was part of a process that began in January to determine which of the proposals it will select.
Ths issue came to the forefront in March 2012 when NRG announced it planned to mothball its coal-fired Dunkirk facility because the low price of natural gas made the plant non-competitive. In July 2012, National Grid determined that mothballing of the Dunkirk plant would impact transmission reliability in western New York. At that time Grid entered into a reliability support service agreement with NRG that will expire in 2015.
The PSC members present first heard from representatives of both companies, who presented their cases in an off-the-record session.
Both NRG and National Grid officials presented their proposals and reasoning why their option should be selected.
National Grid official William Malee said their proposal would be less expensive for ratepayers and its proposed transmission upgrades would eliminate the need for an NRG Dunkirk for system reliability needs. NRG officials Jon Baylor and Lee Davis countered, stating that Grid's proposal failed to take into account all the factors the PSC has asked to be included.
During this portion of the session, Assemblyman Andrew Goodell was the first speaker after the company officials concluded. He questioned where the replacement power would come from. Grid's William Malee, the director of transmission commercial services, said under the current system, Grid purchases power from the lowest-cost provider, and that would continue.
Goodell pointed out that Grid's proposed transmission line upgrades in the Falconer area would allow it to import power from Pennsylvania. Malee replied that while the work would provide the capability to use all the power it needed and would get from the Niagara Falls area, the upgrades would also provide capability to import power. Goodell also questioned Grid's, and its consultants, findings as he and Malee went back and forth. Malee admitted new efficient generation usually leads to lower costs.
"The question is, if its subsidized generation, will that impact and ultimately force other generators to retire, which then drives the price back up," Malee stated.
Goodell said it would only be subsidized if the cost quoted by NRG is higher than the cost Grid could buy power for. Malee said that was a fair explanation.
Goodell questioned Grid's environmental analysis, saying a natural gas plant would help. Malee said a new gas plant would have less of a footprint on the environment than a coal plant built in 1950.
Goodell said the environmental footprint of the replacement power compared to the footprint of a repowered plant would be greater.
"Your statement suggests that eliminating the plant would eliminate air pollution and that only would occur if you're buying power that is produced by an even cleaner source of energy. Isn't that correct?" Goodell asked.
Malee agreed that was correct but the transmission upgrade would reduce the environmental impact as well.
A few more speakers were heard in the first session before the PSC began its on-the-record hearing, with state Sen. Catharine Young leading off. Young thanked people for attending and said it was the "proudest moment of my time representing you."
Young ran through the downsides of an NRG closing in Dunkirk, massive tax hikes, cuts in the school system and city work forces, private sector job losses, higher electricity bills and reliance on out-of-state power. She cited possible property tax increases of 47 percent for the school district and 42 percent for city taxes as other areas of concern.
Young stated the NRG project meets Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Energy Highway goals to assure long-term reliability of the electric system is maintained, contributes to an environmentally sustainable future for the state, encourages the development of utility scale renewable generation and creates jobs for New Yorkers. Young said her research has lead to several questions.
She asked why Grid's proposal shouldn't be rejected outright because it hadn't met the PSC's requirement for showing reliability for 10 years or greater and doesn't the Dunkirk proposal match up with the transmission construction upgrades to move power from upstate to downstate.
Young asked how the PSC defines which ratepayers benefit from the project and how the PSC will allocate the costs of the project if the benefits extend across the state. She questioned whether Grid was using a bait and switch tactic with its up-front cost estimate of $66 million for its transmission upgrades, while the cost could actually reach over $150 million with a 20-year cost of nearly $500 million. Another concern was that New York is a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, while Pennsylvania and Ohio, two possible sources for replacement power, are not.
"The NRG plan is the most cost effective for ratepayers, with millions of dollars in private investment and ratepayer benefits exceeding costs by $350 million per year," Young stated. "Repowering Dunkirk will provide clean, reliable, local energy at a guaranteed price, all the while benefiting our local economy and putting our energy future in our own hands. That is the right choice for New York."
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If you're thinking of breaking the law in downtown Williamstown, think again because you might find yourself on camera.
The Williamstown Police Department has received a $46,324 grant from Homeland Security to buy cameras which will be placed at various locations throughout the city. The cameras will be tied into the city's cable system so that they can be monitored from a remote location.
"Six cameras will give you eight eyes on Williamstown at any time and that's a good thing," said Sgt. Robert Reed of the Williamstown Police Department.
When my daughter proudly presented me with an ultrasound of my grandson, to be honest, I didn't see anything that made sense to me. I was excited at the prospects of my first grandchild, but I had no connection to the gray swirls pictured. I had no emotional bond to what my daughter told me was my grandson. But, sure enough, a few months later, he was born. He looked a lot different, but it was the same child that I had strained to see in the cloud of gray swirls, and he's the same child who is one of my greatest joys today.
Dry Ridge residents soon will be paying more for water and sewer services.
The city council approved increased rates during its Jan. 4 meeting to help pay for construction on a new $15 million sewer plant on KY 36 in Williamstown.
Construction will begin in March, which is when the new rates take effect.
Funding for the plant is coming from more than 1,800 sewer customers in Williamstown and Dry Ridge, as well as tap on fees.
The city of Williamstown also recently increased their sewer rates.
As the second week of the 2010 General Assembly winds down, the Grant County News checked in with local legislators, Rep. Royce Adams, D-Dry Ridge, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown.
With an estimated $1.5 billion budget shortfall, what is the best way to balance the budget?
At the start of the year, the Williamstown girls' basketball team set a goal of "filling the spot."
The "spot" was an empty space in their gym where they hoped to hoist a banner commemorating an All A regional championship.
The Lady Demons got close to playing for the championship, but were unable to make enough plays, falling to Gallatin County 41-39 in the All A semifinals on Jan. 15.
Growing up in Dayton, Carl Wenderoth caught basketball fever at an early age.
As a 10-year-old, Wenderoth watched Dayton High School make a run to the state tournament, where they eventually finished as the state runner-up.
"I was weaned on basketball in the 1940's," Wenderoth said. "I found it neat with all the people, all the noise and all the glory that the team had. We all went crazy. That's how I got started."
When the Grant County and Williamstown boys' basketball teams faced each other in the Forcht Bank/Dry Ridge Toyota Invitational in December, the Braves took control of the game with an offensive attack in the third quarter.
The Demons and the Braves matched up again on Jan. 5 and Grant County followed the same script with a 19-3 run to start the third quarter on their way to a 72-54 victory on their home court.
• The Grant County Band Boosters will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Jan. 19 in the GCHS band room. For more information, call Jeff Shelton at 859-391-8555.
• The Chamber breakfast meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Jan. 18 at the Grant County Extension Office on Barnes Road in Williamstown.
• The Williamstown F&AM No. 85 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14.
• The Williamstown Kiwanis will meet at noon Jan. 16 at El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant in Williamstown.
(Editor's Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)
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Deputy Mike Wright charged Robert B. Flege, 50, of Williamstown, with fourth degree assault (domestic violence) at 1:02 p.m. Jan. 2. Flege was lodged at the Grant County Detention Center.
The Northern Kentucky Health Department will be conducting a swine flu vaccination clinic from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Grant County High School.
The clinic will be open to families in the Grant County and Williamstown School Districts.
Parents who do not have kids in school can get the vaccine at the Grant County Health Center, 234 Barnes Road in Williamstown.
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Since we are discussing a bit about storage, I took a few things out of my off-site storage, which apparently is kept at 60'F and 73% humidity. I mentioned before that the humidity level at the off-site was at 60%, and apparently this is not the case.
The reason I took these beengs out is to do a side-by-side visual and tasting comparison with the same teas I keep at home, where I keep my pu'er teas in a closed cabinet with a bowl of water in the corner to keep things less dry. Btw, I don't keep the '05 YQH Yiwu Chawang at home, so it's alone in the photos below.
I haven't tasted these beengs side-by-side yet. So first, here are the photos I have taken of them for comparison. The whole (untouched) beengs are the ones from off-site and I place them on the right side and on the bottom when the cakes are stacked together. So, the ones from home are always on the left side or on the top when stacked.
Let me know what you think from these visual hints. I have some thoughts, but I'd rather hear yours first, if you have a moment to spare. Thanks.
1. L-R: '05 YQH Yiwu Chawang, '06 XZH LBZ (yang), '06 XZH LBZ (yin), '01 Menghai Special Order Yiwu "One-leaf"
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I wanted to be a Industrial Engineer because I liked making changes. As a Industrial Engineer in industry you are seen as a change agent. You will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and evaluating systems. If you enjoy making changes, evaluating systems, and finding ways to keep a system in control then this field will be good for you.
I am not aware of any case studies within the past 5 years. Industrial Engineering is not Mechanical Engineering. I have seen industries that hire mechanical and industrial engineers as manufacturing engineers. I know that different schools offer new programs since I completed my master's in Industrial Engineering, but I believe Industrial and Mechanical Engineering are different.
The USPS will have openings posted on their website. They ask specific questions pertaining to industrial engineering KSA (knowledge, skill, and ability). When answering these questions then you must show your knowledge, skills, and industrial engineering abilities. I believe a week or two after the posting closed then I received a response from the USPS. Be your self and make sure you have examples that display your knowledge, skills, and abilities in industrial engineering.
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8 Great Irish Beers That Aren't Stouts
Like the local American Legion Hall that slaps a shamrock on the door and considers itself "Irish" for the day, equating stout with St. Patrick's Day misses the mark a little bit. We've said it before and we'll say it again: There is no "official beer of St. Patrick's Day." It's a religious holiday that has no more traditional ties to beer than Hanukkah or Halloween do.
Even if St. Patrick's Day did have an official beer, Guinness wouldn't be it these days. As much as beer drinkers may love what the nitrogenated dry stout has done for Irish-style pubs and low-alcohol drinking sessions, it makes up less than 1% of the U.S. beer market and is less than a third of the beer drunk in Ireland. Ask folks at a pub in Galway what they'll have and nearly two times out of three they'll answer with Anheuser-Busch InBev's (BUD) Budweiser, Stella Artois, Carlsberg, Heineken or some other light lager.
Also, while we're very sure Guinness stout is Irish, we're not so sure it's actually stout . Arthur Guinness' original recipe for Guinness Stout was originally his Extra Superior Porter. True porters didn't return until the initial American craft beer boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s. To this day, judges at beer competitions insist stouts are darker, use roasted barley and use less water than porters. Unfortunately, even brewers and beer experts don't believe there's much separating porters and stouts beyond what a brewer decides to call them.
It helps to keep making a low-alcohol product that won't have you stumbling out the door after long sessions at the pub. But at the very least, it should have something in its makeup, character or even heritage that would make it at home in an Irish pub. To make sure Ireland's brewing heritage isn't shortchanged and to give pubgoers an alternative to a plastic cup of hastily poured stout this St. Patrick's Day, we've come up with eight beers that are every bit as Irish as Guinness, but aren't just yet another frothy pint of stout:
8. O'Hara's Irish Wheat
"Wait, isn't wheat beer Belgian?" Stick a County Cork in it and hear us out. This particular wheat, sometimes known as Curim Gold, has Irish Celtic roots and spurns the citrus and coriander flavor of typical witbiers for a more Teutonic blend of plum, peach and banana. At a scant 4.3% alcohol by volume, it's just as mild as stout while more refreshing and less roasty and bitter.


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U.S. high schools are graduating more students and could reach a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, according to Building a Grad Nation by America's Promise Alliance.
Gains were strong for minority students: African-American students saw a 6.9 percent increase in graduation rates from 2006 to 2020, and Hispanic students had a 10.4 percent increase.
In the Davis Guggenheim documentary "Waiting for Superman," Americans learned about "dropout factories," high schools where fewer than half of all students graduated on time. Bob Balfanz, a Johns Hopkins University professor, coined that term — and in the report out Monday, he found that the number of "dropout factories" has declined. In 2011, according to the report, there were 583 fewer such schools than there were in 2002. "The schools have gotten better, and some have closed," Balfanz said.
In 2002, 46 percent of black students and 39 percent of Hispanics attended a high school where most students failed to graduate. By 2011, that fell to 25 percent for backs and 17 percent for Hispanics.


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Sir Paul McCartney, and a host of the world's best loved and well-known house-hold names from Music, Film, TV and sport have pledged their support to male cancer awareness this International Men's Day, by donating their signed and worn ties and scarves, all to be auctioned as part of the Cahonas Scotland 'Loosen Up' eBay campaign.
With men often "tongue tied" when discussing or dealing with male health issues it is hoped that the auction and campaign will provide an innovative way to help bring positive change in Male Cancer Awareness.
Sir Paul McCartney has kindly donated one of his owned and worn Harvie & Hudson ties which he has signed. Other top celebrities who have been "positive role models" to the campaign, International Men Days 2012 theme, include Eric Clapton, Damian Lewis, Piers Morgan, Stephen Fry and Olly Murs as well as international stars Brad Pitt, John Slattery of hit TV series Mad Men and Killers front man Brandon Flowers.
Enthusiastic fans eager to get their hands on their favourite stars item can go online to bid from Monday 19th November until Sunday 25th November via the Cahonas Scotland eBay store by visiting the link www.loosenupauction.com. All money raised will help Cahonas Scotland to advance education of the public in matters relating to male cancers and to undertake where necessary the prevention of discrimination and stigma arising from diagnosis and the cancer experience.
Commenting on the launch of this years 'Loosen Up' campaign, Cahonas Scotland Founder and Chair, Ritchie Marshall said, "As a charity focussed on positive men's health, we at Cahonas Scotland fully support International Men's Day, and particularly this year's theme of positive role models for men. We would like to thank the many celebrities who have taken the time to engage with us, learn more about what we do and support our year end fundraiser, the Loosen Up Auction 2012."
"With their support and generosity we will make a real difference to the profile of men's health issues in 2013."
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Cahonas Scotland exists to advance education of the public in matters relating to male cancers and to undertake where necessary the prevention of discrimination and stigma arising from diagnosis and the cancer experience. For more information visit www.cahonasscotland.com
About International Mens Day
International Men's Day is celebrated in over 60 countries of the world. Objectives of International Men's Day include a focus on men's and boy's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models.
The complete list of celebrities with autographed ties and scarves include: Akon, Alan Shearer, Brad Pitt, Brandon Flowers, Brian May, Caroline Flack, Chris Moyles, Craig Revel Horwood, Damian Lewis, Dawn Porter, Derren Brown, Dita Von Teese, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Frank Skinner, Jay Leno, Jeff Stelling, Jessie J, Joanna Lumley, John Bishop, John Slattery, Katy Perry, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Schumacher, Mika, Olly Murs, Piers Morgan, Robert Carlyle, Sienna Miller, Simon Baker, Simon Pegg, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Stephen Merchant and Ty Burrell.
Other items will also be up for auction include an Andy Murray signed Match Shirt, One Direction signed hooded top and signed t-shirt from the Foo Fighters.
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In a new video from Biola University, Dallas Willard explains how "business is a primary arrangement, on God's part, for people to love one another and serve one another." (HT)
Willard goes on to explain how God does not wait for Christians to use business as a means for serving the needs of the world:
If God wasn't in business it wouldn't even be there. It has this natural tendency to reach out to the neighbor and the neighbor and the neighbor and the neighbor all around the world. That's in the nature of business…It's like most of God's operations, they are running beyond the conscious motives of the people who are doing it.
Business is a primary moving force of the love of God in human history, and it doesn't wait until Christians get a bright idea about it…It's just there. That's God. That's the kingdom of God at work…We have to recognize that God is always out front of the church and he's working in many ways.
Yet even though God doesn't wait for us to perform his work, this needn't lead us to throw up our hands. Rather, such truth should inspire us to be more active and discerning in the larger economy. Through the work he's already doing, God is openly inviting us to participate. (more…)


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The Audacity of Oracle Cloud
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- When is a cloud not a cloud?
When it's an Oracle Cloud (ORCL) , announced officially yesterday.
Cloud computing has many elements.
- Virtualization. We don't care what operating system that program was written under. It will run in our cloud because our hypervisor will make it do so.
- Distributed computing. We don't care that your data and software are too big for one machine, or that demand might overwhelm one quite suddenly. Use the whole server room.
- The ability to handle big data sets. Analyzing haystacks to find needles? Cloud does that in a jiffy.
Oracle Cloud has all this. But there are other things Oracle Cloud doesn't have. Commodity hardware? No. Open source? No. Vendor choice? Definitely not.
So why was Larry Ellison smiling yesterday and throwing out attacks on competitors like Muhammad Ali in his prime? That's the audacity of Oracle Cloud.
If you think it would be tough to leave your iPhone for Android, or Windows for the Mac, you know nothing about the pain one of the Fortunate 500 feels in thinking about their database vendor. For a big company, the database is the company. It's the crown jewels, it's the money vault. Lose that and you might as well put out the "gone fishing" sign.
Beyond the database are the key applications that run on it. Your customer relationships. Your business processes. Your enterprise planning. It may have cost millions to build, but it's worth billions, and would cost hundreds of millions to replace.
Oracle's database applications are the pinnacle of what's called enterprise computing. What was once client-server has evolved into an architecture. You increase capacity by buying a server. You pay for your software with per-server license fees, and maintenance fees, every year.
Even if you wanted to switch, who could you switch to? Microsoft(MSFT) ? IBM(IBM) ? OK, name three. And you're talking about a multiyear plan that might cost your CEO his job because it might not completely work. So even what looks from the outside like monopoly control looks from the inside like a devil's bargain that must be made.
Oracle has built a virtually impregnable moat around its customers. They know it, Oracle knows it. If you were Ellison, you'd laugh like Guy Fawkes too.
Real cloud threatens to destroy all this. Amazon's(AMZN) EC2 can take workloads directly off these enterprise systems. VMWare(VMW) and Red Hat (RHT) offer software that can let you do the same on your hardware, in your IT department. In many cases this is open source software. Rackspace's(RAX) sponsorship of an open source cloud infrastructure, OpenStack, has taken it from a sleepy San Antonio, Texas, Web host to an enterprise powerhouse in just three years.


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Immigrants are protected from employment discrimination by laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This pamphlet answers questions often asked by people who think that they have suffered discrimination in employment. It describes what the law covers, how to file a complaint, and typical examples of employment discrimination.
The EEOC is a federal agency responsible for enforcing laws prohibiting employment discrimination and harassment because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and over and physical or mental disability. Employers with 15 or more employees (20 or more for age discrimination), employment agencies, unions, employer-union apprentice programs, and local, state, and federal agencies must obey these laws. If you think that you have been discriminated against on the job or while applying for a job, you should contact the EEOC. The law has strict time limits for filing a charge of discrimination, and in some cases the EEOC will not have jurisdiction unless the charge is filed within 180 days of the occurrence of discrimination. Because of these filing limits, we suggest that you contact our office as soon as the discrimination has occurred.
When a charge of discrimination is filed, EEOC conducts an impartial investigation to determine if the laws were violated. You may call 1-800-669-4000 to be connected with the nearest EEOC field office to you.
The law protects people against employment discrimination on the basis of their national origin. Following are some examples of employment discrimination based on national origin.
Treating employees differently because they have a foreign accent is lawful only if accent materially interferes with being able to do the job.
The EEOC has stated that rules requiring employees to speak only English in the workplace violate the law unless the employer can show that they are justified by business necessity.
Discrimination based on a person's ethnic appearance violates the law.
Discrimination based on citizenship is expressly prohibited by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, commonly referred to as "IRCA." IRCA also prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin by employers with between four and fourteen employees.
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OSC Employer Hotline: 1-800-255-8155
OSC Employee Hotline: 1-800-255-7688
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A memorandum of understanding between the EEOC and the Office of Special Counsel (OCS) provides for the EEOC to refer to the OSC charges filed with EEOC that allege IRCA violations. EEOC will forward these complaints to OCS in Washington for investigation. Examples of prohibited citizenship discrimination under IRCA:
The laws enforced by the EEOC also prohibited employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, age, and physical or mental disability. In addition you cannot be retaliated against for filing a charge, protesting or opposing employment discrimination, or participating or serving as a witness in an investigation or lawsuit. These laws cover all aspects of work including recruitment, hiring, promotion, demotion, termination, layoff, compensation, employee benefits, work assignments, and all other terms or conditions of employment.
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Philip Garber Jr. isn't afraid to speak up, despite his stutter. When the 16-year-old was told not to ask or answer questions in his history class at County College of Morris — the adjunct said he was wasting other students' time — Garber complained to the dean, who switched him to another instructor. The New York Times ran a front-page story, the college is investigating and the adjunct isn't likely to be rehired.
After the first couple of class sessions, in which he participated actively, the professor, an adjunct named Elizabeth Snyder, sent him an e-mail asking that he pose questions before or after class, "so we do not infringe on other students' time."
As for questions she asks in class, Ms. Snyder suggested, "I believe it would be better for everyone if you kept a sheet of paper on your desk and wrote down the answers."
Later, he said, she told him, "Your speaking is disruptive."
After 30 years as a middle-school social studies teacher, Snyder began teaching history at the community college 10 years ago.
Garber is taking history and composition at the local community college, while finishing his home-schooling curriculum. He travels into Manhattan once a week to "work on acting and playwriting with Our Time Theater Company, a group for people who stutter," reports the Times. He hopes to be a photojournalist.
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November 3, 2005 WIC Update
Attached are the WIC 24 copies for the first three months of FFY 2006.
The FFY 2006 is unchanged from the FFY 2005 WIC-24 except for cosmetic changes. The only changes you should notice are yellow headers on the WIC24-A, WIC24-C, S.G.1 and S.G.2 BFPC grant tabs. This is to help you, and us, distinguish one year from the next, especially for now when we are processing two years at the same time. Some formulas have also been cleaned up but you should not see any impact.
Although three months' templates are attached, most agencies utilize the feature on the WIC24-A tab of changing the month number in Cell L16 to increment to the month desired, and then saving the changed form with the new month's name. In this fashion names, salary and benefit rates, and some other data carry over and do not have to be re-entered. There is danger in this but it seems to work well overall. The remaining months of FFY 2006 will be sent later, after we are sure any bugs have been identified and corrected.
Jim Schindler
James A. Schindler, M.B.A.
Management Analysis Specialist-II
WIC and Nutrition Services
Section for Chronic Disease Prevention and Nutrition Services
Division of Community and Public Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
Phone: (573) 751-6204
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von Däniken, Erich
Erich von Däniken 1935–
(Also transliterated as Daeniken) Swiss nonfiction writer.
Von Däniken is known for his controversial Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1968; Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past) and its companion volumes in which he concludes that extraterrestrial beings visited Earth in ancient times. Von Däniken speculates that these beings were worshipped as gods and that they may have advanced the evolution of human beings by mating with them. Although von Däniken's unconventional theories are dismissed by religious and scientific authorities, his work has attracted wide interest among the general public and was the basis for several television documentaries.
As a student in a Catholic boys' school in Switzerland, von Däniken began to doubt his religious teachings. While reading the Old Testament, he found references which suggested a multitude of gods rather than one. In his studies of other religions and cultures, he also found evidence of multiple deities. Von Däniken's worldwide travels to ancient ruins and to such archaeological enigmas as the stone monoliths on Easter Island helped confirm his hypothesis that visitors from outer space may have been the gods of past civilizations.
In reviews of Chariots of the Gods? and his other writings, critics have contended that von Däniken's research methods are unscientific and that his theories are based on misleading documentation. His technique of presenting evidence by asking rhetorical questions has been called deceptive and his premise racist. His work has been described as fantasy and as "science fiction in reverse." However, von Däniken comments that scientists "are doing yesterday's thinking. I try to see with tomorrow's eyes."
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 37-40, rev. ed.)
- ERICH von DÄNIKEN
- Wilhelm Roggersdorf
- Sr. M. Marguerite, Rsm
- Jack W. Weigel
- Poul Anderson
- Publishers Weekly
- Raymond L. Hough
- S. K. Oberbeck
- Robert Molyneux
- Ted Peters
- Robert Molyneux
- Choice
- John J. Begley, S.J.
- The Booklist
- Kenneth L. Feder
- MARY ANNE BONNEY and SUSAN JEFFREYS
- Julia M. Ehresmann
- Stephanie Zvirin
- Jo-Ann D. Suleiman
ERICH von DÄNIKEN
[The following excerpt was originally published in German as an introduction to Erinnerungen an die Zukunft in 1968.]
It took courage to write [Chariots of the Gods?] and it will take courage to read it. Because its theories and proofs do not fit into the mosaic of traditional archaeology, constructed so laboriously and firmly cemented down, scholars will call it nonsense and put it on the Index of those books which are better left unmentioned. Laymen will withdraw into the snail shell of their familiar world when faced with the probability that finding out about our past will be even more mysterious and adventurous than finding out about the future.
Nevertheless, one thing is certain. There is something inconsistent about our past, that past which lies thousands and millions of years behind us. The past teemed with unknown gods who visited the primeval earth in manned spaceships. Incredible technical achievements existed in the past. (p. vii)
But how did these early men acquire the ability to create them?There is something inconsistent about our religion. A feature common to every religion is that it promises help and salvation to mankind. The primitive gods gave such promises, too. Why didn't they keep them? Why did they use ultra-modern weapons on primitive peoples? And why did they plan to destroy them?
Let us get used to the idea that the world of ideas...
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Wilhelm Roggersdorf
[The following excerpt was originally published as an introduction to the German edition of von Däniken's Gods from Outer Space in 1968.]
Erich von Däniken is not a scholar. He is an autodidact, which the dictionary defines as a man who is self-taught. Probably this helps explain the success his first book [Chariots of the Gods?] met with all over the world. Completely free from all prejudices, he had to demonstrate personally that his theses and theories were not unfounded and hundreds of thousands of readers were able to follow him along the adventurous road he took—a road that led into regions that were surrounded and protected by taboos.
Besides, his fearless questioning of all the previous explanations of the origin of the human race seems to have been long overdue. Erich von Däniken was not the first man who dared to challenge them, but his questions were more impartial, more direct and more audacious. In addition, he was able to say exactly what he wanted to say, unlike a professor, for example, who would have felt bound to take the opinions of his colleagues or the representatives of similar academic disciplines into consideration. What is more, he came up with some startling answers.
Men who bluntly ask bold questions that cast doubt on time-honored, accepted explanations have always been a nuisance and people have never been overfussy about how they silenced them. In the past their books were banished to secret libraries or put on the index; today people try to hush them up or make them look ridiculous. Yet none of these methods has ever succeeded in disposing of questions which concern the reason for our very existence. (pp. vii-viii)
Wilhelm Roggersdorf, "About Erich von Däniken," in Gods from Outer Space: Return to the Stars or Evidence for the Impossible by Erich von Däniken, translated by Michael Heron, Bantam Books, 1972, pp. vii-viii.
Sr. M. Marguerite, Rsm
[Chariots of the Gods?] raises a bewildering amount of questions—most of them unanswered. It challenges future research in the light of the far-distant past. It widens the imagination as to the number of planets that possibly support life, possibly not under conditions laid down by scientists for supporting life on this earth; but who knows if there are other conditions and other kinds of life?…
According to von Däniken's thesis and/or theory there were long ago godlike men who descended, jet propelled, to the planet earth. The illustrations of them in the thousands-of-years-old rock formations, whether in South America, Alaska, Easter Island, Africa or Asia all show headgear that on first inspection seems awkward, but in later years can be likened to the headgear of the astronauts; and what was at first supposed to be horns are really antennae.
These being—gods, if the primitive natives on earth thought them so—taught the inhabitants such facts as are recorded in the inscriptions at Palenque, Mexico, or in Assyria, or in Honduras—or wherever—impregnated some of their women, and returned to their own habitat. The convincing fact to the author is that the pictures and inscriptions, though so far apart geographically, are all similar in content and theme. His hypothesis is that there were cartographers who were able to fly far above the earth and make maps similar now to maps so made. (p. 421)...
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Jack W. Weigel
[In Chariots of the Gods? Von Däniken] pursues two lines of argument: first, many reputable scientists believe there are probably a number of different sites in the universe where intelligent life has arisen; second, shreds of quotations from ancient texts and modern archaeology prove human development took a sudden leap forward several millennia before Christ. He shrugs off the more mundane interpretations of the data which are favored by archaeologists as being obviouly ridiculous. His "proofs" are essentially circular; he cites many remarkable achievements of ancient civilization, but insists they only serve to confirm his theory, since they couldn't possibly have been accomplished by mere ancient humans…. Unless a … furor should arise over Von Däniken's book, there is little reason for any library to invest in it.
Jack W. Weigel, in a review of "Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past," in Library Journal, Vol. 95, No. 3, February 1, 1970, pp. 492-93.
Poul Anderson
Here we go again.
It would be interesting and perhaps important to know why men have such a perennial fascination with the idea of wildly spectacular events and civilizations in the distant past….
The pattern is always the same: an omnium-gatherum of what myths, legends and historical records will fit the author's thesis, they being trimmed to fit if necessary while those that can't be so treated are ignored; a snowstorm of data either irrelevant or erroneous; page after page of rhetoric; and a repeated reminder that the dogmatic Establishment also persecuted Galileo. The trouble with refuting any of these books is not that it's hard—rather, it's unsportingly easy—but that to go down the line, point by point, takes more time and print than is worth anybody's while….
In justice, I should say that [von Däniken] seems quite sincere, and concerned with raising questions rather than erecting new orthodoxies…. His glorious culture of the past was not terrestrial at all; it belonged to visitors from space who, guiding and interbreeding with primitive man, gave rise to the religions, technologies and societies of early historical times.
Now it is orthodox these days to believe that probably many inhabited planets exist in the universe. The feasibility of interstellar travel is debatable, but equally good men are ranged on both sides of the argument. As reputable a scientist as Carl Sagan has wondered whether the nonhuman benefactors of man in Sumerian chronicles may actually have been visitors from another star. The point is that Sagan admits this is sheer speculation with no strong evidence to back it, while von Däniken claims he can demonstrate that something of the kind did in fact...
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Publishers Weekly
As in his "Chariots of the Gods" …, Däniken once more strains scientific credulity [in "Gods From Outer Space"], but intrigues and fascinates with his bold theories and speculations about mysterious "visitors" from outer space in ancient and prehistoric times…. His interpretations of the old myths and writings are less provocative and exciting than certain of the tangible evidences he discusses, such as possible ancient "airports" in Peru and Chile and artifacts found around the world which science has never explained. Däniken may be a "Sunday archaeologist" but such open-ended possibilities as he proposes make for absorbing reading and appeal to the eternally curious amateur in each of us....
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Raymond L. Hough
[Gods from Outer Space] reads like a transcript of dictation; the author leaps suddenly from one topic to another. This fault is somewhat redeemed by the content—much of his archaeological evidence is unknown outside professional circles. Von Däniken gives us his answers to questions for which there will probably never be enough evidence to find the truth. His book may be interesting reading for some, but one must have faith to believe.
Raymond L. Hough, in a review of "Gods from Outer Space: Return to the Stars or Evidence for the Impossible," in Library Journal, Vol. 96, No. 14, August, 1971, p. 2503.
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S. K. Oberbeck
OK, Bible scholars, fasten your seat belts and hear this: Moses used a laser gun on the Israelites' enemies. The Ark of the Covenant was really a two-way radio transmitter by which Moses kept contact with what came to be called "God." Those "wheels within wheels" Ezekiel spied in the heavens were a spacecraft, or space station, from which superior interstellar visitors looked down on the crude ways of men. Thus, the avenging "angels" who rained fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah were actually spacemen who zapped the wicked cities with atomic holocaust.
Readers inclined to take this gospel with a grain of salt as large as Lot's wife will fly in the face of some 14 million other readers who have...
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Robert Molyneux
The irrepressible von Däniken is back with more evidence of ancient astronauts. He's a curious writer: others have treated the subject better and more intelligently, many before him; his books aren't even particularly well written. But von Däniken does have a disarming ability to ask penetrating questions, and most of the current popular interest in this area can be traced to him. [The Gold of the Gods] is in many ways his weakest, though he does present some information which may prove (or disprove) what he has been saying all along. He discusses a huge South American tunnel system which he claims was used by the "gods" when they first arrived here—von Däniken even tells us how to find the tunnels. There...
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Ted Peters
How has von Däniken managed to get such a grip on the curiosity of Europeans and Americans? I submit that his views are received so avidly because they appear to wed scientific method with religious doctrine. A decade ago, as Theodore Roszak and others have pointed out, our young people repudiated the West's scientific mind-set. But today's college students have turned away from the counterculture of the '60s and, like the older generation, profess to value science. At the same time, both groups are in quest of new religious foundations. Unfortunately, most of these people are not sophisticated enough in either science or religion to be able to discriminate between good and bad science and between true and false...
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Robert Molyneux
Von Däniken can be readily criticized on several counts, but he is at least entertaining. Here [in "In Search of Ancient Gods"] he returns with more nagging questions and sometimes outlandish statements, all delivered in a machine-gun pace which can leave his readers and critics breathless and outdistanced. His latest rehashes much of what he has already written….
Robert Molyneux, in a review of "In Search of Ancient Gods: My Pictorial Evidence for the Impossible," in Library Journal, Vol. 99, No. 19, November 1, 1974, p. 2858.
(The entire section is 83 words.)
[In Search of Ancient Gods] is another rehash of [von Däniken's] theme with plenty of pictures. The photographs do present genuine archaeological mysteries, but what this amateur makes of them is incredible. Unfettered by the logical constraints imposed upon a scientific theory, von Däniken freely mixes non-sequiturs and circular arguments in a transparent appeal for sympathy, asking the lay reader to have faith in one whom the scientists scorn. The rambling, choppily written text is a string of sentences with no chapters, table of contents, or index. The bibliography is a pretentious token of scholarship. Perhaps as romance this stuff is good escape literature, but once is enough....
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John J. Begley, S.J.
I cannot take [Miracles of the Gods] seriously. I say this not because of the author's thesis concerning the origin of what constitutes a peripheral concern to both theologians and believers alike, visions and miracles; but because the author treats with contempt much that believers take very seriously: the Church, the New Testament, and theology. The Church is condemned for its arrogance and dictatorial behavior in withholding its approval from all reported visions and miracles. The New Testament is rejected for its alleged inconsistencies, misrepresentations, and basic untruthfulness. Theologians and pastors are castigated for their duplicity in withholding from the faithful the truth about the New Testament...
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The Booklist
Certain adherents of the Christian religion and readers who demand that a book develop a single, consistent thesis will be turned off by von Däniken's sprawling effort [Miracles of the Gods]. His declared subject is "visions," yet in building a case for the autogenesis of healing miracles and visions, von Däniken dismisses much that he observed at Lourdes as manipulative hoax, then reverses himself to say that visions emanate either from the conscious residual energies of the dead or from extraterrestrial beings. No doubt the popularity of his Chariots of the Gods? will generate sufficient interest in this production. (pp. 1219-20)
A review of "Miracles of the...
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Kenneth L. Feder
It is about as difficult for an archaeologist in 1979 to avoid the theories of Erich von Däniken as it was for a sixteenth-century European peasant to avoid the Black Plague. This analogy can certainly be extended to the dread experienced when faced with these representative phenomena. (p. 20)
[Chariots of the Gods?] was impossible to read in one sitting. It was easy reading in that the average syllable content per word approached unity. However, because so much of the information was erroneous in terms of misleading statements and out-of-context references, characterized by verbal sleight-of-hand or out-and-out untruths, a lot of time was wasted in teeth gnashing and walking around the room...
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MARY ANNE BONNEY and SUSAN JEFFREYS
[Signs of the Gods] gives us a number of novel theories—the Ark of the Covenant was, obviously, a portable nuclear reactor (you will be immediately won over to this view by a photograph of a model and a drawing of a photograph of the same model); ancient religious sites can be joined up to form a pattern of pentagons (a map with all the sites unnamed and the majority at the bottom of the sea bears out this theory). Von Däniken is good at coming up with bold and imaginative theories but sloppy over his evidence; he doesn't argue his case—just shoves in a few screamers and an inadequate diagram and moves on to the next theory. With a bit more work and a bit less hysteria he could have produced a book that at...
(The entire section is 158 words.)
Julia M. Ehresmann
With as much speciosity as ever, the original popularizer of the theory of prehistoric extraterrestrial visitors brings forward [in Signs of the Gods?] more "unexplained" phenomena to repeat his "gods-astronaut" proposal…. Along with typographical errors, there are quotes from encyclopedias, names of esteemed professors, and plenty of von Däniken's exclamation-pointed epigrams.
Julia M. Ehresmann, in a review of "Signs of the Gods?" in Booklist, Vol. 77, No. 7, December 1, 1980, p. 488.
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Stephanie Zvirin
Von Däniken's continuing search for traces of ancient astronauts takes him to the South Pacific's Kiribati Islands, where he examines giant footprints and monoliths as still further evidence of intergalactic visitations…. Whether considered as a piece of radical reinterpretation of world history or as a bit of unconvincing comparative hucksterism, von Däniken's [Pathways to the Gods] still reads like a daring and exotic adventure story.
Stephanie Zvirin, in a review of "Pathways to the Gods: The Stones of Kiribati," in Booklist, Vol. 79, No. 6, November 15, 1982, p. 410.
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Jo-Ann D. Suleiman
[Von Däniken's usual arguments are presented in Pathways to the Gods], but valuable space and reader attention is taken up by a polemic against detractors and by name dropping. These qualities, and the sloppy organization of the book, detract from the precision and objectivity required of such an argument.
Jo-Ann D. Suleiman, in a review of "Pathways to the Gods: The Stones of Kiribati," in Library Journal, Vol. 108, No. 2, January 15, 1983, pp. 128-29.
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Debates of Feb. 9th, 1999
House of Commons Hansard #177 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was nafta.
- Government Response To Petitions
- Canada Labour Code
- Petitions
- Question On The Order Paper
- Committees Of The House
- Supply
- Injury Prevention
- Taxation
- Co-Operative Housing
- Economic Development
- Calgary And Quebec City Information Exchange
- House Of Commons Interpreters
- Government Expenditures
- Publishing Industry
- Homelessness
- Year 2000
- Justice
- Sisters Of Charity Of Quebec
- Government Expenditures
- Junior Achievement Globe Program
- National Film Board Of Canada
- The Late Denise Leblanc-Bantey
- Conscience Rights
- Devco
- Year 2000
- Apec Inquiry
- King Of Jordan's Funeral
- Homelessness
- Kosovo
- Taxation
- Social Union Agreement
- Taxation
- Apec
- The Budget
- Status Of Women
- Year 2000 Bug
- Justice
- National Defence
- Business Development Bank
- Canadian Farmers
- Year 2000
- Jean-Lesage Airport
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Publishing Industry
- Revenue Canada
- Year 2000
- Export Of Candu Reactors
- Homelessness And Poverty
- Publication Industry
- Taxation
- Privilege
- Points Of Order
- Supply
- Division No. 312
- Division No. 313
- Military Missions Beyond The Boundaries Of Canada
- Division No. 314
- Energy Efficiency Strategy
- Division No. 315
- Canadian Human Rights Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Clifford Lincoln Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out to my colleague from the Bloc Quebecois that I find it most unfortunate that he would once again be so narrow-minded in his interpretation of this rather broad motion, which encompasses the federal government and the provinces. I would like to inform him that, when there was a major federal program on cleaner water for Canada, in the 1970s, Quebec was the only province that did not take advantage of this program.
Quebec was the last province—and I know what I am talking about, having been the Quebec minister of the environment—to establish a water purification program. To start telling us that this is a purely federal, or purely provincial, affair, that Quebec is as pure as the driven snow in this matter, and that the federal government has full responsibility for this, is to once again start up this business of picking quarrels, blaming the other guy, without even looking at one's own faults.
This is most unfortunate, because the question of water goes far beyond narrow-minded parochialism. It is a question that defines the cycle facing us. We should look at the far bigger picture, and try to associate ourselves with a motion that refers not only to the federal government but also to the association of federal and provincial governments in the development of a shared water policy. This, I feel, is the key to everything.
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Pierre De Savoye Portneuf, QC
This is not narrow-mindedness, Mr. Speaker. The motion before us is very clear. It states that the government should place an immediate moratorium on the export of bulk water shipments. It goes on to say "in co-operation with the provinces". Such co-operation ought to precede the motion. It ought to be verified with the provinces, and with Quebec, whether the moratorium is necessary and desirable.
They are putting the cart before the horse, and yet when we protest about this happening, we are told that we are being too narrow-minded. No, we are not, but we are capable of reading between the lines and capable of protecting Quebec.
Injury Prevention
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Gary Pillitteri Niagara Falls, ON
Mr. Speaker, a recently published study is telling Canadians that the economic and social costs of unintentional injuries in Canada are staggering.
From this study we learned that each year these injuries leave 47,000 Canadians partially and permanently disabled. For example, in the Niagara area alone we had more than 30 deaths this year all due to vehicle accidents.
The officer in charge for the Niagara region at the public health department wrote to me, saying that citizens of Niagara Falls should find this figure totally unacceptable, especially when it is known that 90% of these deaths are both predictable and preventable.
There is a need to acknowledge and seriously address the magnitude of this staggering health and economic problem. Today I am adding my voice in support of those who are calling for a national injury prevention strategy to be established. We must take action so as to cut costs for all Canadians and ultimately save lives.
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have just received the following e-mail message: "Fraud alert. Persons receiving an envelope from an organization calling itself Revenue Canada should treat the contents with great suspicion.
"This group appears to be operating a scam in which it claims the recipients owe it money to pay for the essential operations of the Government of Canada. The money is actually used to fund an endless list of inefficient and pointless social engineering programs.
"Revenue Canada also has ties to a shady outfit known as the Canadian pension plan, whose paycheque deductions have been known to end up financing the same type of wasteful government boondoggles supported by Revenue Canada.
"If a solicitation for funds is received from Revenue Canada, keep in mind that the entire annual taxation scam originates not with it but in the office of the Minister of Finance. It is time that he was held accountable for bilking so many hard working Canadians out of billions of dollars every year".
Co-Operative Housing
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Recently the minister responded to the strong and united voice of the Ontario Liberal caucus by ensuring that co-op housing funded by the federal government will not be part of a transfer of the management of social housing resources to the Government of Ontario.
As a result, some 21,000 individuals and families in Ontario will have their homes preserved in federal hands.
In my riding of Etobicoke North, members of the Comfort Living, Summerlea Park and West Humber Community Co-operatives are fiercely proud of their community lifestyle and applaud the minister for protecting their co-operative.
They, like other co-op members from across the province, will now sleep better knowing that their housing is in safe hands.
Economic Development
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Guy St-Julien Abitibi, QC
Mr. Speaker, on February 2, the Canadian government announced an investment of close to $1 million in the regions of Quebec, under the Canadian Rural Partnership Program. Of that amount, $475,000 will got to 11 regional projects in Quebec.
Our government is committed to strengthening rural communities and helping rural citizens take advantage of new economic development and employment opportunities.
This type of governmental action has a direct impact upon the communities concerned. We hope to continue this partnership with as many rural communities as possible, in Quebec as well as in the rest of Canada.
Calgary And Quebec City Information Exchange
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Val Meredith South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, this past weekend I had the pleasure to attend le Carnaval in Quebec City. I would like to report to this House that it is possible for friendly people and good cheer to overcome chilly temperatures.
One thing I noticed this past weekend was that there were a number of Calgarians attending the Quebec carnival. I later found out that Calgary and Quebec City signed a new agreement to co-operate in promoting the exchange of information in the areas of science, technology, economics and tourism.
The two cities also renewed an agreement on the youth exchange program. This agreement has all the elements of improving the prospects for national unity in this country: goodwill, direct communication and above all else, keeping the federal Liberal government out of the process.
House Of Commons Interpreters
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Carolyn Parrish Mississauga Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, 40 years ago, on January 16, 1959, the House of Commons took the innovative step of providing simultaneous interpretation in English and French thereby giving Canadians an opportunity to follow the debates in the language of their choice.
Today I would like to pay tribute to those individuals who have been our partners ever since.
I urge all members of the House to join with me in paying tribute to the invaluable contribution of our interpreters. They make it possible to share our ideas and everything we feel most passionate about in both official languages as well as in sign language.
Public Works and Government Services Canada and the Translation Bureau can take pride in having such professionals on their staff. Their work does parliament proud.
Congratulations to all of our interpreters. Félicitations.
Government Expenditures
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
John Williams St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, there is something wrong with the government when the Department of National Defence spends $1,000 on a tricycle. That is one sample of the insane spending in my latest waste report. It shows that there is plenty of rot in the system. Taxpayers deserve better than this.
Taxpayers' blood will boil when they hear that foreign affairs spent $113,000 on Royal Doulton china and that an admiral had a $120,000 hotel bill while some of our sailors were standing in line at the food bank.
Finally, the government is spending $4,000 on the provincial flags unity project. The concept is to express national unity, which is quite appropriate because if it keeps spending money like this, Canadians will all be in the poorhouse together.
Publishing Industry
Statements By Members
February 9th, 1999 / 2 p.m.
Dennis Mills Broadview—Greenwood, ON
Mr. Speaker, Bill C-55 is imperative for the continuing success of the Canadian magazine industry.
Advertising revenues represent the single most important source of revenue for Canadian periodical publishers. These revenues have allowed them to nurture the careers of some of our most important literary figures and social commentators.
Without Canadian magazines, how would the first works of future Canadian authors and poets find their way to Canadian readers? Would large foreign publishers print the poetry of a future Margaret Atwood or the historical commentary of a future Jacques Lacoursière?
Advertising revenues allow Canadian publishers to provide a venue for thousands of Canadian photographers, journalists and editors. These revenues help pay the salaries of many creative Canadians.
Allowing foreign publishers unlimited access to the Canadian advertising services market would mean the death of a vital cultural industry, an industry that has played an essential role in the cultivation of Canadian literature, photography and political thought. This is what is at stake in Bill C-55.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday community members in Toronto held a vigil in memory of a homeless man known only as Al who died on a heating grate across from Queen's Park.
In January I travelled across Canada and saw for myself the devastating impact of this government's deliberate policy to kill social housing. How many more people will have to suffer? How many more people will have to die before the Prime Minister responds to this crisis?
Ten mayors and more than 400 organizations have endorsed the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee's urgent call to recognize this as a national disaster.
A few hours ago, busloads of homeless and poor people left Toronto for Parliament Hill to demand a meeting with the Prime Minister. His response? He turned them down flat. This is an outrage.
I want to know, will the Prime Minister have the guts to meet with the poor and homeless people who are coming here tomorrow? Will he visit the sites of this national disaster and see the devastation firsthand? Does this government have any compassion?
Year 2000
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Susan Whelan Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, this week is Year 2000 Preparedness Week. Yesterday I had the pleasure of tabling the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Industry outlining Canada's state of readiness in several key industrial sectors.
The committee found that most Canadians and Canadian companies and institutions are well aware of the year 2000 problem. However, many small and medium size enterprises have not yet addressed the issue. Firms should begin testing now if they have not already done so. Businesses must realize they could be fully accountable for failure to act. Firms need to prepare contingency plans and business resumption plans to ensure that their business thrives in the new millennium.
There is help for those organizations that do not know where to begin. The year 2000 first step program is a joint Industry Canada and CIBC initiative to give Canadian SMEs access to an affordable customized first step for preparing for the year 2000 challenge.
If we all plan for the worst and hope for the best, we will be able to ring in the new year and millennium with a small sigh of relief.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
John Harvard Charleswood—Assiniboine, MB
Mr. Speaker, an article in a weekend newspaper has left me with a feeling of deep concern.
In the article Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Antonio Lamer indicated that judges may avoid making unpopular decisions in cases of heinous crimes rather than suffer severe public criticism. I can empathize with Justice Lamer's comments. No one likes to be publicly vilified. However, I urge our judiciary not to succumb to the kind of bullying that we often hear from Reform Party members.
An essential part of our judicial system is the independence of judges to make decisions according to their understanding of the law. There can be no compromising of that, even in the face of irresponsible acts by the Reform Party.
The recent controversial decision on child pornography offended many Canadians, myself included, but there is an appeal process to deal with that. This is not the time to lose faith in our judges. The rule of law must be respected.
Sisters Of Charity Of Quebec
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Antoine Dubé Lévis, QC
Mr. Speaker, our history books often forget or minimize women's contribution to society's development.
For this reason, I would like to honour the very significant contribution to society made by Sister Marcelle Mallet, who, 150 years ago, founded the Congrégation des Soeurs de la Charité de Québec, and 140 years ago, the Couvent de Lévis, now the Marcelle-Mallet school.
The Congrégation's history was marked by all the women who, in Lévis and elsewhere, taught our daughters and, in recent years, our sons. We owe them thanks for that, but they did more. They also visited prisoners, supported victims and helped the sick. They fed the poor, protected orphans and sheltered the aged.
As the member for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, I would like to thank the Sisters of Charity for all they have done for us and for what they continue to give us.
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Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
John Herron Fundy Royal, NB
Mr. Speaker, tonight we resume debate on Bill S-11. It will add "social condition" to the Canadian Human Rights Act and will help put an end to the discrimination faced by our most marginalized citizens. The Liberals have indicated that they will not support this bill.
While many Canadians do not have the luxury of maintaining adequate housing or the ability to open up a bank account, the PMO last year spent a whopping $7.5 million federal tax dollars on travel expenses, making the much criticized $465,000 Mulroney trip to Russia seem like mere pocket change.
An examination of the public accounts reveal that the Prime Minister spent $1.3 million for a trip to Italy last May with 58 personnel tagging along. An overnight trip to New York took just over $175,000 out of the coffers to accommodate the PM and 18 advisers.
This blatant disregard for taxpayers must end. I urge this Prime Minister to rethink how he spends our money.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a higher open on Wall Street Wednesday after Alcoa(AA) kicked off the earnings season with an upbeat report Tuesday and Constellation Brands (STZ) followed up with a solid quarterly release of its own.
Corporate earnings season is expected to kick into high gear next week as the big banks release their quarterly results. Wells Fargo's (WFC) report is scheduled for Friday.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 26 points, or 31.15 points above fair value, at 13,293. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 2 points, or 2.75 points above fair value, at 1454. Futures for the Nasdaq were up 1.25 points, or 3.03 points above fair value, at 2715.
Major U.S. stock averages slipped for the second straight day on Tuesday as investors waited on the sidelines for the unofficial start of the earnings season with Alcoa's report.
Alcoa reported in-line fourth-quarter earnings of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.9 billion, which beat top-line estimates . Analysts expected profit of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.6 billion.
Shares of Alcoa were up 2% in premarket trading Wednesday.
The company said it expected to be in good position for 2013 on global demand growth in aluminum.
During an interview with CNBC on the company's earnings, Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld warned that the U.S. must resolve debt ceiling issues or see the destruction of market confidence.
Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, issued a note saying that fourth-quarter S&P 500 company growth estimates have steadily come down from September, and have been even lower excluding financials.
Greenhaus said that a major reason for the drop in estimates is expectations that the tech sector may take a hit from Apple(AAPL) . Expectations are that the tech giant may suffer a rare year-over-year drop in quarterly earnings.
Apple shares were down 0.37% in premarket trading.
During this earnings season, investors will also be watching for corporate commentary on whether fourth-quarter profits suffered any collateral damage from the "fiscal cliff" battle.
No major U.S. economic releases were expected for Wednesday.
Gold for February delivery was up Wednesday by 70 cents at $1,662.90 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while February crude oil contracts were up 5 cents at $93.20 a barrel.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was up 2/32, diluting the yield to 1.865%. The dollar was up 0.23%, according to the U.S. dollar index.
Overseas markets got a boost from Alcoa's positive report, which offset data showing a smaller-than-expected rise in German industrial output in November. The FTSE 100 in London was higher by 0.58%, while the DAX in Germany was up 0.09% Wednesday.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng finished ahead by 0.46% and the Nikkei Average in Japan rose 0.67% as the yen declined on anticipation of more stimulus from the Bank of Japan.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (181 votes).
In short: Tough but brilliant atmosphere.Date of review: September 6, 2011
In short: my all time favourite raceIn full: Great course, great atmosphere, cool T shirt, fantastic organisation. On my must do list for next yearDate of review: September 5, 2011
In short: tough but rewarding and very well organisedIn full: as always well organised, lovely pub finish, a must on your to-do listDate of review: September 5, 2011
In short: Great raceIn full: Well organized race, scenic and reasonably challenging route through scenic countryside. Lucky to have a nice sunny day too - great race, thanks to Wolds Vets for organizing it.Date of review: September 5, 2011
In short: Tough but thoroughly enjoyable race.Date of review: September 4, 2011
In short: Well worth doing mainly for the hills, atmosphere, T'shirt and the burger In full: Great atmosphere at the beginning and support in the wings , not really a pb race due to the undulating hills through out.Good race to enter mainly as a very hard training run with great scenery and opposition. Just so you can judge whether you need to fit some more hill sessions in before winter.The 3 water stations well organised even having a bin too throw your cup in as you run.Quality printed long sleeved Teeshirts when you finished. Another bonus was the BBQ for a welcome burger and pint.Well done Wolds Veteran Running Club for a great day out. Mark Estienne (ACORN RUNNING CLUB YORK) Date of review: September 4, 2011
In short: Excellent race, testing but rewarding. Very good GNR training run.In full: Great value race organised very well by the enthusiastic Wold Vets!Challenging course which is a good test and the beer and bbq at end were great. Good warm up for the Great North Run.Date of review: September 4, 2011
In short: Very well organised from start to lovely BBQ finish .Date of review: September 4, 2011
In short: Another great day and hot weatherIn full: I have done this race since the first one in 1983, my favourite race, will always be there, injuries permitting. The Carling of road races. Date of review: September 4, 2011
Date of review: September 3, 2011
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THUMBS UP: It was nice to have Tippi Hedren come back to New Ulm on Thursday night to talk about her acting career and her work in rescuing and providing sanctuary for animals.
Hedren, born in New Ulm and raised in Lafayette, went on to fame and fortune, starring in "The Birds" and "Marnie" for Alfred Hitchcock. Her attention these days is focused on providing a safe, cageless home for exotic animals at her California sanctuary, Sahambala.
Thanks to the Traverse Des Sioux Library System for making Hedren's talk in New Ulm possible.
700 for Mertz
THUMBS UP: Congratulations to Bob Mertz, softball coach at Cathedral High School, who recorded his 700th win on Thursday as the Greyhounds swept a doubleheader against Springfield.
Mertz has won games with teams that featured big stars like pitcher Stef Klaviter, who pitched the team to three straight state titles in the 1990s, but reaching the 700 mark shows Mertz has had more than an occasional superstar going for him. In high school sports, the talent level may rise and fall over the years, but Mertz has managed to develop his players and coach them to success year after year.
Way to go, Greyhounds, and Coach Bob Mertz.
Teachers of the Year
THUMBS UP: Congratulations are in order as well for the District 88 Teachers of the Year, who were recognized Wednesday night at the annual District Employee Appreciation Banquet.
Kindergarten teacher Julie Petersen, Washington Elementary special needs teacher Geri Groebner, and NUHS science teacher Sharon Holzer were honored as Teachers of the Year. We salute them for their dedication and enthusiasm in a very important and demanding job which too often goes unrecognized.
Congratulations as well to Paster Ric Jacobsen at Oakwood United Methodist, recognized as the Outstanding Lay Educator; and honored support people, including bus driver Fred Groebner, technology director Michael Milbourn, and "New Eagle" honoree Douglas Rakoczy.


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By now, we know what to expect from Alexander Wang's runway bags: neutrals, weird shapes, athletic references. Every season, only a few of the designer's cash-cow handbags make it onto the runway, and they're generally not the ones that end up selling briskly at retail. Some brands use their runway shows like accessories ads (bags are a critical source of revenue for most of the designers who make them), but Wang chooses to use his runway accessories strictly to flesh out the mood of the collection instead.
That means there's often not much to look at, handbag-wise, but the Alexander Wang Spring 2013 collection did offer a few clues about what we can expect from the contemporary leader for the season. As you might expect, there's more stark black and white coming, plus some unexpected netting and terrycloth that made sense in the context of Wang's athletic tendencies (but not in any other context.) It was also a collection of weird handbag proportions - well, check out the collection after the jump, you'll see what I mean.
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Recently, a number of celebrities showed up for the premiere of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in Los Angeles, and Amber Heard was one of them. Heard is known for her roles in movies, such as Zombieland and Pineapple Express. On the red carpet at the premiere, she quickly became known for something else - her impeccable sense of fashion and makeup.
Heard sported fire engine red lipstick, which created a beautiful contrast with her blonde locks. On her eyes, Heard played it simple with just a dab of eye liner and a little mascara to add a bold look to her already-glistening eyes.
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If we were going to enter the laundry category, we couldn't enter it with a jug just like everybody else."everybody else. We had to do something different.
In order to really disruptively innovate, you have to take far more risks than your business is structurally allowed to take."that's greener and better but a lot less certain. So it's a tough spot if you're the incumbent. In order to really disruptively innovate, you have to take far more risks than your business is structurally allowed to take. We killed our 3X laundry businesses even though it was 30 percent of our business. The role an innovator like Method can play is to disruptively innovate and force our competitors to follow us.
I wanted to challenge industry and show them that there is no excuse to not be using the plastic that's already on the planet.40 percent of the total carbon footprint of the liquid, you save over 90 percent of the water associated with laundry detergent, and I'm forgetting the numbers for fuel to truck it around, but they're massive because it's more concentrated. But the most compelling thing about the product is you can hold it in one hand and it gives you both a precise dose as well as the control for using a little bit less or a little bit more.
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Today Fun. announced their Radio City Music Hall show in New York City on February 2nd, 2013. Presale tickets begin on October 8th and general on sale of tickets starts on October 12th.
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|October 04, 2012
Click HERE to read a new blog from Andrew Cook of A Rocket To The Moon. Don't forget to download That Old Feeling EP available on iTunes HERE!
What a week this has been! I can't believe after so long that we've finally released "That Old Feeling" into the world. While it's only a little glimpse into the album that is "Wild and Free," it still feels great to have new music out there for you all to enjoy. - Andrew Cook
|October 04, 2012
Click HERE to see twenty | one | pilots in the latest issue of Naked Magazine. Scroll to page 42 to read an article about the band.
Our sound was formed in a live setting, playing in front of almost nobody sometimes... I think what we draw from that the most is making sure that we're not going to be background music. Whether you like [our live set] or freak out, whether or not you can stand it, you are going to remember it.
|October 04, 2012
Head over to the Kellog's Pop-Tarts Facebook page HERE to see more photos posted of Gym Class Heroes from the Crazy Good Summer Concert in New York City.
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Sierra rocks her style among a bunch of big boulders for Brash by Payless. The video features the new song 'Burn' available on iTunes HERE.
|October 03, 2012
Here's a great shot of A Rocket To The Moon posted by American Songwriter when they premiered the song 'First Kiss' earlier this week. Click HERE to read what the band had to say about writing this song from That Old Feeling EP.
"This song was inspired by Nicholas Sparks, I guess you could say. Our love for chick flicks is rather obvious (or pathetic). The Notebook, A Walk to Remember… all the good ones!" - Nick Santino
Click HERE to download That Old Feeling EP on iTunes now!
|October 03, 2012
Watch the video above to see Fun. perform 'Some Nights' on Belgium's Channel EEN this past weekend. You can see their performance of 'We Are Young' as well HERE.


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Yes, Sorrento makes some good cheese... what is it that you prefer in the "gold"? Your pie looks great Tom, do you ever cook with a stone in your oven? Your sauce looks interesting to me...mind telling me a 'lil about it? Thanks.Bob
After trying Great Value (don't know what I was thinking, people on the forum said it was ok), then Polly-O I finally tried Sorrento which I had automatically written off because I have always seen it in the grocery store and considered it common. The Polly-O gave me the oil I wanted but turned into a dense chewy rubber when I cooked it! Yuck! The Sorrento however turns creamy for me, it has a great texture! I haven't got the gritty results like you have, but it could be differences in the oven. The Sorrento has the right texture, but not enough flavor IMO. I wish I could come across that Danish variety you have posted, I would LOVE to try it.One time I came across a "tube sausage" shaped stick of Bel Giosso provolone and I mixed that with my Sorrento being 1/3 Provolone and 2/3 Mozz. That was the best blend I have ever had! The provolone immediately became unavailable anywhere I could find and their fancier provolone on a rope did not give the same flavor. If someone has a good provolone I reccomend it to blend with the Sorrento.


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Ron Guth: The "punctuation" on Punctuated Date 1795 Half Cents looks like a long comma between the 1 and the 7 of the date. While this seems like a perfectly normal place for punctuation, the "comma" was purely unintentional and is merely a die defect. The "comma" appears on the following 1795 die varieties:
Cohen 2a - Lettered Edge
Cohen 2b - Plain Edge
Cohen 3 - Plain Edge
Cohen 4 - Plain Edge
Only the Cohen 2b, 3, and 4 varieties qualify as the Punctuated Date, Plain Edge varieties.
As can be seen above, the Cohen 2 variety bridged the transition from heavy weight (104 grains) to light weight (84 grains) planchets following a change in the law designed to reduce the cost of making Half Cents and Cents. The light weight planchets were too thin to received edge lettering, so they were issued with plain edges.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"American Half Cents (Second Edition" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.


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desdemona1230 wrote:It's pretty important to me. I wish Adagio offered more organic options.
AdamMY wrote:We don't? I've been doing Gong fu wrong for years!
Charles wrote:Good news. You'll be seeing a few more organic options in the future.
LauraW wrote:Organic really has very little impact for me. Honestly, I'd rather see Fair Trade products.Charles wrote:In short, I believe in the drive for environmental sustainable agricultural practices but am wary of the impact of the certification bureaucracies on small farmers, and believe the rules and regulations still leave a lot of room for improvement.
I can agree with this; sustainable is good, but at what cost to the small farmers? Also (and I know that this isn't the case, I just find it amusing), "organic" just sounds like a ploy - "Oh no, I must get organic food; I wonder what I ate yesterday, since it was apparently inorganic!" What'd they do, make bananas out of copper or iodine?
As per my knowledge, tea plants require spry to disinfect. How to be organic?
Because natural pesticides and fertilizers are not as effective as their synthetic counterparts, organic production typically results in a 30% to 40% reduction in output (in tea at least).
Charles wrote:I'm curious how important "buying organic" is to you? What percentage of the tea you buy today is organic? Finally, how important is organic to you in other foods you buy? (Meat, cheese, produce, wine, etc.?)
rabbitsib wrote:Organic to me means starvation of thousands, more negative environmental effects and the people misinformed effects of organic foods. I say organic is only for your gardens not for the masses. In the end the placebo effect makes me smile.


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