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Catch a Fire(trail)Founded by a Bay Area trail-running legend, the Dick Collins Firetrails 50-miler continues a tradition of being rookie friendly and blue-collar casual.
As the sun rises on the hills behind Oakland, Victor Ballesteros (1) and Hal Koerner climb the MacDonald Grade in Anthony Chabot Regional Park, around mile 9 in the Dick Collins Firetrail 50. Photo by Rod McLean.
This article appeared in our 2009 Race Issue.
On the second Saturday of last October, a breeze blew east from San Francisco to the darkened shores of Lake Chabot and fanned the anticipation of 159 jittery runners at the start of the Dick Collins Firetrails 50. The wind, carrying the scent of eucalyptus from the dense groves in these hills near Oakland, made runners rub bare arms and blow into cold hands. Even back-of-the-packers geared up and greeted each other with a tighter tempo.
Wedged between the East Bay Area's cities and suburbs, the race pays tribute to the trailblazer who created it 26 years ago. For many, it's their first 50-miler. For others, it's their last chance of the year to qualify for the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. For the legendary husband-and-wife race directors Carl Andersen and Ann Trason, it's an opportunity to channel all the intensity they brought to their competitive running into directing a race they love. "We carry on this tradition so we can put something back into the sport," said Andersen, otherwise known to some Bay Area runners as the "Quad Dipsea King" for his all-time record and two separate age-group records on that famed course.
As runners mentally prepared to climb 7800 feet on the glorious greenbelt stretching from Hayward to Berkeley and back, some locals glanced with curiosity at an unexpected out-of-towner. 2007 Western States winner Hal Koerner, coming off a win at Angeles Crest 100 just four weeks earlier (where he recorded the second-fastest time ever), signed up at the last minute and drove down with six buddies from Ashland, Oregon. "The race has always been on my radar, mainly because Ann and Carl are the RDs," he said before the start. "They are two great people and inspirational runners you want to be around. And the hills above Oakland are so picturesque and inviting that I couldn't help but try to grab on to the waning moments of summer running."
Racers knew that anything could happen on this race day. After all, it's the time of year when the Bay Area marks the anniversaries of major earthquakes, firestorms, floods and stock-market crashes. This particular year, the event provided a blessed escape from the prior week's financial meltdown that sunk the Dow and sent D.C. into a tailspin. "Seize the day," one might say—or as this crowd would translate carpe diem, "Hit the trail and run like hell!"
Koerner, 32, took a spot at the start near Victor Ballesteros, 38, of San Rafael, California, who won the previous year as a 50-mile rookie with the third-fastest time in the event's history. In the women's field, many past winners and local favorites were absent, but 33-year-old Darcie Gorman, a top trail runner and marathon winner in her hometown of Salt Lake City, had traveled here to escape Utah's early snow and make her 50-mile debut.
This year, the cool temps and mud-free footing made for ideal conditions. Would Trason's and Andersen's seemingly untouchable course records finally fall?
Andersen, preoccupied with checking in runners and moving pallets of water, brightened when asked about the prospect of seeing his record of 6:26, set at age 34 in 1994, blown away. "It would be great! Ann and I have always felt weird that we put on this race and are the record holders," he said before adding, with the admiring tone he uses when speaking about his more-famous wife, "I think my record might be easier to break. Ann did this race [in 1987, at age 28] on a lark after riding her bike for eight weeks without running at all, so she feels her record [of 7:31] is soft, but obviously any record that Ann sets is way out there."
With minutes to go before the 6:30 a.m. start, Andersen hastily directed runners to the edge of a darkened path and addressed the headlamps flickering like lighters held by concert fans. "Ann and I have been putting on this race for nine years, and Dick Collins before us," he said. "We're really glad to have all of you out here and hope you have a wonderful day." And then Koerner, Ballesteros and all the others went out fast, no doubt eager to get past the paved stretch curving around the lake.
The real trail starts after a single-file wooden bridge in mile two. Heading up the first switchbacks, the orange glow of sunrise and the crimson sheen of poison oak came into view, while a glance over the shoulder revealed the twinkling lights of the East Bay cityscape reflecting off the water's glassy expanse. It won't be long before runners reach a ridgeline boasting the Bay Area's best vistas.
The seasonal winds, which put people in the tinder-dry hills on edge, do have one benefit: They blow away pollution and polish the views to hyper-clarity so that midway on the course, at 1800 feet, runners gaze on the Golden Gate Bridge framed by the sparkling skirt of San Francisco and the majestic rise of Mount Tamalpais. To the east, they see forested canyons and softly sculpted hills that buck the 'burbs and rise to the double-humped Mount Diablo. On this clear day you can even make out the Sierra Nevada.
"If people knew this view existed, they would travel from all over the world to see it," said Kevin Swisher, a competitive trail runner in the East Bay and Dick Collins Firetrails 50 veteran. "This race embodies everything that's great about living and running here."
Along with wide-angle shots of the bay and the mountains, the course captures close-ups of redwoods flanked by ferns and meadows baked to golden brown. The terrain is as varied as the views: wide, flat fire roads entice runners to lengthen their stride, and steep, narrow climbs threaten to trip them with roots and rocks. Some stretches seem sliced from the Sierra foothills, or maybe from a remote corner of Mendocino, but, no—when you're on the Firetrails 50, you're never far from urban centers stereotyped by crime and counterculture, or by rabid Raiders and Bears. Oakland and Berkeley manage to capture all that the greater region has to offer trail runners, right in its extended backyard.


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MUSTANG HOOFPRINTS: SMSU celebrates homecoming this weekend
Hello Mustang Fans!
Homecoming week on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University is in full swing!
This year's homecoming theme is, "Paint the Town Brown & Gold." You can find the full schedule of SMSU Homecoming events at SMSU.edu. Here are just a few of the events on Friday and Saturday:
– 12 p.m. – Alumni Awards luncheon, Conference Center Ballroom
– 6 p.m – University Gala, R/A Facility
– 10:45 a.m – Alumni parade hospitality tent, Memorial Park, corner of Main an East College Dr.
– 11 a.m. -Homecoming parade
– 2-6 p.m. – Homecoming Tailgate/Family Fun Fest, R/A Facility parking lot area/Green Lot
– 6 p.m. – Kickoff, Mustangs vs. University of Sioux Falls, The Schwan Regional Event Center
– 9 p.m.-12 a.m. – 176 Key Dueling Pianos, Brau Brothers Brewery
The SMSU homecoming football game versus the University of Sioux Falls is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Saturday. The pre-game festivities will begin at 2 p.m. in the R/A Facility parking lot with family activities, music, food, beverages and a great social environment. Prior to the kickoff, there will be a ceremony at the 50-yard line dedicating the facility, the Schwan Regional Event Center.
On Sunday, the SMSU Department of Athletics will honor the 2012-13 academic and athletic achievements of the teams, student-athletes and department at the annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony. The event will begin with a social at 1 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom and the ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m.
SMSU News
Mustangs still ranked 18th
The No. 18 SMSU women's soccer team (8-0, 5-0 NSIC) did not move in the national rankings this week after going 2-0 last weekend. The Mustangs beat St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Duluth to cap off an undefeated five-game homestand.
This weekend the Mustangs hit the road heading north for games versus Bemidji State on Saturday and Minnesota Crookston on Sunday. The Mustangs are currently tied for first place in the NSIC with Augustana and Minnesota State all with a 5-0 records.
Congratulations to soccer player Danica Requejo who was named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for her performance this past weekend.
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SMSU (2-2 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South) returns home Saturday to open NSIC South Division play versus the University of Sioux Falls (2-2 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South).
The Homecoming game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at Mattke Field at The Schwan Regional Event Center.
The Mustangs are coming off a tough loss on the road at Bemidji State 40-41, last Saturday.
No. 7-ranked SMSU (10-3, 5-0 NSIC) will continue NSIC action on the road this weekend, heading north to the University of Mary on Friday and Minot State on Saturday.
The Mustangs are coming off two home wins versus Northern State and Moorhead State last weekend. SMSU is currently tied for first place in the NSIC with Concordia St. Paul.
Women's golf
The Mustangs will compete in the twelve-team NSIC Fall Championship on Saturday and Sunday at The Classic at Madden's in Brainerd.
SMSU is coming off a third-place finish in the Mustang Invitational at the Marshall Golf Club.
This weekend's competition will conclude their fall schedule.
Cross Country
The SMSU women's and men's cross country teams competed at the Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, last Saturday.
The Mustangs finished 27th out of 40 teams in the 8,000-meter men's race, while SMSU earned a 29th place finish out of 32 teams in the 6,000-meter women's race.
Trent Smith led the Mustangs with a 64th-place effort in 26 minutes, 40 seconds.
Amanda Grengs posted an SMSU-best 25:52 to earn 177th place.
On Friday, both teams will compete in the South Dakota State Classic in Brookings, S.D.
I would like to wish all of our teams the best of luck this weekend!
Go Mustangs!
Trivia Contest
No one provided the correct answer to last week's Mustang Hoofprint's trivia question: What SMSU Volleyball player holds the record for career service aces?
The answer is Mary Alice Studer (1993-96) had 252 career service aces as a Mustang.
NOTE: Chris Hmielewski is the athletics director at Southwest Minnesota State University. His column 'Mustang Hoofprints' appears in The Marshall Independent each week throughout the school year.


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IBM has announced a technology allowing IBM zEnterprise users to integrate Microsoft Windows apps into the mainframe environment. The new tech allows clients with multi-tier programs - e.g., Windows apps connected to mainframe data - to be integrated and consolidated on the same system. This tech is designed to ease the cost and complexity of data centers and improve management of workloads spanning mainframe and distributed environments.
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Debates of June 16th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #117 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
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An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
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David Christopherson Hamilton Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this is interesting, because the Conservatives do not support either. The fact of the matter is that if we look at what happened in this place and to the finances of the country under Brian Mulroney, they should blush at the memory of it.
In terms of child care, we know that the Conservatives do not really want to have a universal child care system across Canada. They prefer their own little way of going on, where the more money one has, the more services one can have, and one can also pay less tax. That is why there is not enough money to provide a universal program that everybody can access.
Listen, I say, the fact of the matter is that once again the Conservatives do not have the guts to stand up and attack where the money is being spent.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, the member equates spending increases with tax cuts. It seems that the most fundamental thing about the NDP is that it knows full well how to spend money, but it does not seem to understand how it is generated.
It comes down to a simple word called competition. Business creates jobs. Jobs mean employment. Employment means that people can pay taxes. We are falling behind. Canada's productivity is down. This week the finance minister sounded the alarm on Canada's lagging productivity. He was speaking in Halifax. Business groups and economists are saying:
--the Liberal government's spending promises made in anticipation of a spring election, coupled with a $4.6 billion NDP budget deal, leave it with little or no financial room to focus on productivity enhancing initiatives.
The head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said:
We wished he had converted prior to agreeing to spend $4.6-billion as part of the NDP deal...and placed the country in a straightjacket.
Canada's productivity is falling behind. We are 18th out of 24 industrial countries. If we continue this spending spree, we will not have the jobs to generate the income for the programs we would like to see advanced. What is it about this that the NDP member fails to understand?
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
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David Christopherson Hamilton Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, not a word do we not understand. The fact of the matter is that the leader of the federal New Democratic Party entered into negotiations with the Prime Minister of Canada and said that we want the $4.6 billion corporate tax cut rolled back so we can make investments in the lives of Canadians in a way that will improve their quality of life.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
An hon. member
You missed the point.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
David Christopherson Hamilton Centre, ON
If the member would stop heckling, I would answer the point.
The answer is that we made sure the cuts that we agreed are legitimate economic investments stayed, and that means the cuts for small and medium sized business, not the Stronachs of the world, not the other billionaires in Canada or large corporations. Small and medium sized businesses are the ones who need the tax cuts and that is why we supported this aspect staying in the original bill.
An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
Government Orders
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Gerry Ritz Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to the second half of the Liberal budget bill, Bill C-48, that the NDP and the Liberals put together in the dark of night in a hotel room to save the government basically. It is not outside the realm that this is basically an IOU. There are only 19 people in the country who believe that IOU will ever be fulfilled and they sit at that end of the chamber. For $260 million a vote, the government bought a little more time. That is really what Bill C-48 does.
The finance minister of the day had made statements in the media. When we questioned the original budget and said we would support it but wanted to see some amendments done in committee, and we talked about some of those amendment, the finance minister went on record at that time with a bit of a rant saying that there was no room for any amendments. This was the most complete budget. He was not going to change a thing. Nothing was going to persuade him to change or tweak anything in the budget. He is on record saying that a number of times.
Not long after that we suddenly get an edict from the Prime Minister, without consultations with his finance minister, saying that the Liberals were going to add another $4.5 million worth of spending in programs that they already agreed with. They did not put them in the original budget but they certainly agreed with them.
There is a problem with that. If that type of thing had happened to the now Prime Minister when he was Chrétien's finance minister, he would have gone berserk. He cut the legs out from underneath his finance minister. The finance minister of the day will tell us straight to our faces that he has not got legs to spare. He is already height impaired. To cut the legs out from underneath him like the Prime Minister did to buy votes is just unconscionable in this country. That is $260 million a vote.
Canadians will assess before the next election and during the next election as to whether that was a good use of taxpayers' money. I would argue that it was not and not anywhere close.
This is a modern day fairytale. I do not know how many years ago the old fairytale of Jack and the Beanstalk came out. The bumbling guy, Jack, on his way to town traded off the family cow, the cash cow, for a few magic beans. We have the same situation here. We have Jack bumbling on his way to Ottawa, trading off the cash cow, taxation, on a few magic beans, some promises that will never ever be fulfilled. It is an IOU, as I said.
If we want to talk about the Prime Minister standing behind his IOUs, then we want to talk to Premier Danny Williams. We want to talk to Premier Hamm of Nova Scotia and find out how that Prime Minister lived up to his IOUs. We can also talk to Premier McGuinty in Ontario as to how the Prime Minister and his finance minister are standing up to their IOUs. We can talk to any province across the country that had their health and social transfers cut by $25 billion. We can ask them how the Prime Minister then finance minister stood up to their IOUs. They will all tell us that their track record stinks.
Now we have more IOUs piled up. We have 19 people here who believe this. They swallowed it hook, line and sinker and it does smell fishy. When we look at all of the things that are outlined in the bill, they are holding the so-called corporate tax cuts for big business in abeyance. They did not kick in for four to five years to begin with. We needed the cash flow from that in order to pay this type of wishful thinking, this budget that is never going to happen.
The NDP members love to rant and rave about how they stopped the tax cuts for big business. Yet we had the leader of the NDP stand in the House last week decrying the fact that General Motors, one of these big businesses, is going to pull out of Canada because of productivity. It cannot make a go of it here because the regulations and taxation are too high. Yet his own budget is the thin edge of the wedge that is pushing big companies like that out of the country.
We cannot have it both ways. When we flip a coin there are two sides. The NDP members say it is going to land on its edge and they can have the best of both. It is never going to happen.
The NDP members say that these promises that are in the bill cover everything on the NDP wish list. They completely missed agriculture. They talk about being there for the little guy. There is absolutely nothing in the Liberal-NDP budget to address agriculture.
We talked about putting amendments through on Bill C-43 to address the shortfall in agriculture. The government programs do not hit the mark and do not get out to the mailboxes on the farm. Therefore the NDP missed on that one.
There is nothing for shipbuilding. Members of the NDP stand here day after day decrying shipbuilding in this country while the Prime Minister gets his done in China at discount rates, yet there is nothing in here about shipbuilding. There is nothing for seniors. There is nothing in here addressing the problems we have with the equalization formula.
It is fine that the NDP made this backdoor deal in the dark of night with Buzz Hargrove and the Prime Minister, but it missed the mark. The NDP could have built on Bill C-43 and instead it is going to tear it down. The good news is that we put through an amendment that $2 billion of the debt has to be addressed in the next two fiscal years before any of this takes place. That is the poison pill, and by putting through our amendment to make it $3.5 billion, this will thankfully never happen.
We need to see some common sense applied in this place and it is not in this particular budget. We sat fast and allowed Bill C-43 to go to committee. That is the right thing to do. Canadians had to see what was in there. We talked about amendments. We brought it back to the House. It is better than it was. It is still not good enough for Canadians because we also see the finance minister agreeing with us that Canadian productivity is lagging.
How do we address that? We do that by taking the boot off the necks of taxpayers, letting them do what they do best, and produce things in this country that we can export. We are an exporting nation. This bill will be regressive. I could never sit on my hands or not vote against this type of a bill.
There is good money going after bad. The government talks about money for housing. Everybody agrees with that, but we spent $2.2 billion in the last little while with no benchmarks that there has ever been any positive effect. We are going to add another $1.6 billion. I can hear the toilet flush now. There has to be a plan.
The finance committee brought four of the ministers who will be involved in this before the committee. None of them could say how this money will be spent. Where is the plan? There is nothing in the original budget other than a big bill for the environment, but no solid plan other than the Kyoto accord which everybody knows is a flawed document.
We are seeing good money flushed after bad in this one. Jack got the magic beans, but they are not going to grow. As I said, it is just a major IOU. We have economist after economist and all the major banks decrying this. We have the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, that represents big, medium and small sized businesses, saying this is ridiculous.
We have become a laughing stock to the rest of the world because of this type of economic action. If any of this was reasonably good to begin with, why was it not in the original budget? Greg Weston in the Ottawa Citizen says:
In practice, here is how the money will flow -- or more likely, won't flow: First, nothing can flow anywhere until the government determines if it has a surplus--
The government is great at spending that surplus, so there is no surplus. There never will be any money to address this and these guys fell for it. They sucked it all up and said, "Look what we did". They sold themselves out for an ideal that the government will never ever respond to.
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1:55 p.m.
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The hon. member will have another couple of minutes after question period to complete his speech.
Bastille Day
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Mario Silva Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, on July 14, France and its friends around the world will celebrate Bastille Day.
As the president of the Association des amis de la France au Canada, I am pleased to invite all the members of this House to join me in celebrating this important day.
On July 14, 1789, the people of France marked the start of a new period of change in France and the dissemination of new ideas around the world, such as equality, liberty and fraternity, along with new ideas on governance, which are still valid today.
Let us join France and the world as a whole and celebrate Bastille Day 2005.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
James Moore Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, after almost 12 years of Liberal government, the results on transportation policy for British Columbia are clear. The Liberals have failed. By contrast, a Conservative government will deliver real solutions for B.C.
A Conservative government will work to eliminate, not just raise, the borrowing limits imposed on the port of Vancouver, so it can continue to serve as a pillar of B.C.'s economy. We will ensure that all of B.C.'s harbours are safe and well maintained, and we will put gas taxes into roads to ease congestion, fight smog and build the communities we need.
We will cut airport rents and the air security tax to help Vancouver International Airport grow. We will eliminate needless regulations on B.C.'s smaller airports so they can serve British Columbians.
A Conservative government will help ensure that the 2010 Olympics are a success by supporting all necessary infrastructure demands. We will work with Fraser and Delta Ports to protect communities all along the Fraser River from flood danger by addressing the dredging issue. A Conservative government will work to expand commuter rail into Vancouver.
Our agenda is clear. A new Conservative government will deliver on transportation for British Columbia.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Denise Poirier-Rivard Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC
Mr. Speaker, all too often, unfortunately, we hear that many of our young people are not finishing high school. Dropping out is a social issue as well as an educational one.
Well, in Saint-Constant, in my riding, there is a school called "Le Tournant". As its name suggests, it marks a turning point for young dropouts between 14 and 18 and is devoted to them alone.
On May 30, several hundred people were invited to a gala organized by and for the students to mark their efforts and to showcase their many talents. It provided an excellent opportunity to show that success, although not always easily achieved, in the end rewards those who go after it. This is all the more true when it applies to young people, the future of our society.
I congratulate the school's principal, Lucie Legault, and her hard-working staff, who have given back to our youth a belief in their abilities and their future.
Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of the House the national aboriginal youth suicide prevention walk. Six young people are making this trek and they are set to officially walk into Ottawa on Friday, June 17. These dynamic young adults have walked from Duncan, British Columbia, giving presentations, taking part in lobbying, and in general, bringing to the forefront the alarming numbers of youth suicides in our aboriginal communities.
I would like to applaud these young people for their determination in completing this walk while achieving public awareness. They would like as many people as possible to join them in their final stretch of the walk from Victoria Island to Parliament Hill beginning on Friday at 11 a.m on Victoria Island. I invite everyone to join them on the last leg of a long coast to coast journey.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Susan Kadis Thornhill, ON
Mr. Speaker, last Sunday marked York region's fourth annual walk to cure diabetes. Similar walks took place in 28 other cities across Canada. All funds raised will go directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation toward finding a cure for diabetes.
This year York region's walk alone included 1,000 participants and hoped to reach a fundraising goal of $275,000. The event was organized by Lynn Conforti, chaired by police chief Armand La Barge, Harvey Kessenberg, Brian Johnson of Monarch Development and youth ambassador, four year old Coner Doherty.
Coner is one of 200,000 kids currently living with juvenile diabetes in Canada. Diabetes strikes infants, children and young adults suddenly, makes them insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications.
Events like this raise money to help find a cure and give great hope to the thousands of children and their families that have to live with diabetes every day. We are making breakthroughs, but we must continue to fight vigorously and never give up until we find a cure for our children, our future.
Turnaround Achievement Awards
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Rob Moore Fundy, NB
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to congratulate students from Quispamsis, Kingston Peninsula, Hampton, Belleisle and Sussex, who are the recipients of the Turnaround Achievement Awards.
The Turnaround Achievement Award program recognizes students in grades 6 through 12 who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and perseverance in turning around their lives. This program is founded on the principle that rewarding students for their hard work and celebrating their success is an essential part of building self-esteem.
Last month I was honoured to join these remarkable students, their parents and teachers from school district 6 in celebration of these achievements at the official awards ceremony.
This is the time of year when we recognize the accomplishments of high school, college and university graduates at graduation ceremonies across Canada.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to all secondary and post-secondary students graduating this spring in my riding of Fundy Royal. I thank them for the contributions they have made to their communities and the contributions they will make in the future.
Pay Equity
Statements by Members
June 16th, 2005 / 2:05 p.m.
Françoise Boivin Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to salute the commitment my government has made to equity in the workplace.
As a matter of fact, it was a Liberal government that created the pay equity task force in 2000, and we are determined to implement its recommendations and make the legislative reforms needed.
The Liberal government has provided constant support through concrete initiatives, such as the employment equity embracing change support fund, in order to help federal departments meet their equity objectives.
I want to remind the House that the Leader of the Opposition asked the government to repeal what he referred to as this ridiculous pay equity legislation and said that taxpayers are being misled about pay equity, which he felt had nothing to do with gender equality.
My government is proud to have continually worked for pay equity in Canada, since the Liberals came to power in 1993.
Canadian Cancer Society
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Speaker, a Relay for Life was held on June 3 in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Over 700 walkers and more than 250 survivors of this terrible disease were in attendance. Together, they raised over $151,000. I thank the many donors, who doubled their contribution to this cause this year.
These funds will help finance promising research projects, provide information services and support programs, advocate for public policies to prevent cancer and improve the quality of life of those affected by this disease.
I thank everyone for their generosity and attendance. I had a lot of fun spending the night with them.
I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the organizers on their resounding success.


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Farewell concert, then school
Billy Norris moves on to music school in Manhattan, but not before a performance.
By JON WILSON
Published July 5, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG - Billy Norris, 18, made a mark in his eight-year journalism career.
Familiar to St. Petersburg Times readers as a film critic, Norris started as a member of the newspaper's X-Team, a group of youngsters who write about topics of interest to youth.
He was 10 years old and a fifth-grader at Ridgecrest Elementary. X-Team organizers chose 12 children for the program; 100 had applied.
"From the start, he was a kid who you knew you could always count on. He seemed to have a knack for talking to people and getting the stories done," said Gretchen Letterman, his first editor.
Several hundred movie reviews later, Norris is getting on with life.
After graduating as Seminole High School salutatorian this spring, Norris is bound Aug. 16 for the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Friday night , the Tampa Bay Jazz Association is host to a farewell concert in his honor. Show time is 8:30 p.m. at the Palladium. The band is ABCD, in which Norris plays bass, sometimes guitar.
"When we found out he was going to go to the Manhattan School of Music, we thought, you know, it would be kind of nice to do a little concert with him," said the association's Bette Gregg.
Norris, she said, got to choose the band.
Wait a minute. Journalist bound for music school? Playing his own farewell jazz concert? Who knew?
Certainly not his editors, at least at first.
"The thing about Billy that's surprising is, here's a kid you think is a journalist. He loves film. But what sneaks up on you is his love for music and jazz," said Sherry Robinson, another Times editor who worked with Norris.
"It's kind of a neat part of his reviews about epic films. He will also comment on the score because the music means so much to him," she said.
Norris said he started playing an electric guitar at age 9. By then, he also had earned a karate black belt - but that's another story. At 11, he was fingering an electric bass; by 12, an upright.
On the side, he once pitched a baseball on a Seminole Youth Athletic Association team.
"A mediocre pitcher," Norris said. Strong arm, but not so accurate, he said.
He decided his strength lay in music and at some point, he knew he wanted to make it his life.
"It was just something that felt like it should happen," Norris said. "It wasn't something I thought about long and hard."
His first bass teacher was Mark Neuenschwander, a University of South Florida jazz studies adjunct professor who Norris says "really straightened me out." Neuenschwander lived just two minutes from Norris' Seminole home.
The instruction polished Norris' technique. He already had a passion for jazz and blues. As he did in journalism, he turned the music into a youthful career. It has taken him far.
He has led his own band, a blues-jazz-fusion-funk group called the Billy Norris Project.
In 2005, he was chosen as one of 29 high school musicians to play with the Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensembles. More than 400 applied.
Norris' three-piece combo appeared on Late Show With David Letterman before heading to Los Angeles and the Grammy events.
It was actually his second Letterman show. In 2002, Norris traded repartee with the late-night legend about life as a teen movie critic.
This year, he enjoyed a repeat appearance with the Grammy ensembles.
He has played gigs with trombone great Buster Cooper, performed with Seminole High School's jazz band and wind ensemble and was named to the Florida Music Educators Association All State Jazz Band.
He plays drums in a contemporary worship group at Anona United Methodist Church.
ABCD, named for the inititals of its members' first names, is special.
Andrew Carroll, the piano player, is an 18-year-old from Syracuse, N.Y. Corey Fonville is a 15-year-old drum prodigy from Virginia Beach, Va. Norris met them before the 2005 Grammy awards.
"We had that musical connection from the start," Norris said.
Dave Palma, 19, is a saxophone player in the University of Miami's jazz program. He joined the group after playing in the Grammy big band.
Carroll, Fonville and Palma are flying in this week before Friday's concert. They will be rehearsing at Norris' house.
Norris promises an energetic show of about 2½ hours.
"The chemistry that's there is just awesome," he said of the group.
Norris will have a few more Tampa Bay area gigs before leaving for his new campus in Morningside Heights, upper Manhattan. He might not give up journalism entirely, but he wants music to be his first world.
After college he is hoping to tour and get into studio music.
"I have this Utopian vision of being able to support myself without a day job," he said.
WHAT: Moving on to Manhattan, featuring ABCD, sponsored by the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association.
WHEN: Friday, 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg
HOW MUCH: $15 adults, $10 students


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As Jesus with the disciples of Emmaus, so the Church must become the traveling companion of young people…
– Pope John Paul II
warm welcome to the Youth Ministry pages! Through trust in Divine Providence, we've grown and taken root in the parish. It's our desire to use this website to share our faith with you through tidbits from our different activities and information on young saints. God Bless you and please visit us often!
Youth Ministry fosters the personal and spiritual growth of youth in Grades 6 -12 through fun-filled, interactive activities and catechesis, leading them to a deeper relationship with Christ. We are a member parish of the Life Teen movement serving middle school youth in Gr 6-8 at EDGE, high school youth in Gr 9-12 at Life Teen.
The EDGE for grades 6-8
EDGE meets every Friday from 7:30-9:30pm during the school year in the JP2 room in the school.
- It's a fun, safe place to spend time with their Catholic friends.
- They get answers to their unanswered questions about their Catholic faith.
- They experience Jesus Christ in a profound, personal way.
- They feel like they are important to everyone else in the parish.
- EDGE gives middle schoolers a chance to build strong Catholic friendships before they enter high school.
- They are given talking points via email after every EDGE night. Now parents can take the EDGE Night further during conversations on the drive home.
- Their children are given Catholic role models on the Core Team who reinforce what is already being taught within the home.
- EDGE understands the physical, psychological, cognitive, relational, and spiritual maturation of middle school youth.
For registration and details, please contact Youth Ministry Coordinator, Jenny Mary Ng at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Life Teen for grades 9-12
Life Teen meets on Friday nights, 7:30-9:30pm during the school year in the JP2 Room in the school building (we usually break off to Room 110 after the opening section).
The mission of Life Teen ministry is to help teens fall deeply in love with Jesus in the Eucharist. We organize multiple events during the year, such as justice and service projects, retreats, outings, camping trips and bible study. We want to provide teenagers healthy spiritual and recreational activities during their secondary school years that will not only strengthen their bonds with each other, but strengthen their relationship with God as well.
In the Fall 2014 semester, we went through the Youth Alpha Film Series program. Through 12 episodes filmed in Vancouver, London, Paris and Jerusalem, the Alpha Youth Film Series explored timeless questions about life, faith and God for a new generation. This past Spring, we finished off the year with a series on Theology of the Body.
For registration and details, please contact Youth Ministry Coordinator, Jenny Mary Ng at email@example.com.
Youth Lectors
Teens in high school and university are invited to read at 11:15am Sunday Mass on the 1st and 2nd Sundays of each month.
Through this ministry, God's living Word continues to be proclaimed to His people. Young people who can speak distinctly and address the Assembly in a convincing manner are eligible to be lectors. Training sessions are provided in the fall.
Please contact Youth Ministry Coordinator, Jenny Mary Ng at email@example.com.


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Skip to comments.Lavabit (email service) owner fears arrest for non-compliance after secret surveillance order
Posted on 08/18/2013 4:37:52 AM PDT by Libloather
The owner of the encrypted email service used by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden says he could face criminal charges for refusing to comply with a secret federal court order issued last week.
Ladar Levison abruptly shut down his company, Lavabit LLC, last week to avoid being forced to hand over customers personal information and communications.
James Trump, a senior litigation counsel at the US attorneys office in Alexandria, Virginia, contacted Levinsons lawyer on August 8 - the day Levinson ended Lavabits services, NBC News reported. The attorney was told that Levison had violated the court order, leading to speculation that he may be charged with contempt of court.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
So how do we GET a conservative media that is not afraid to tell the truth and that reaches large numbers of people? How do we get REAL freedom of the press - where the people speaking are actually free to say what is true?
I'm sure this is going to be another double post. Sorry about that. Server error every other time I try to post.
I have for a long time believed that the years of President Wilson were just a noticeable political fence post in the subjugation of the USA Constitution to foreign powers, government, and especially financial. Europeans in the ilk of the Rothchilds were dismayed and frightened by the rise of a free government such as the USA. The depression years of the 1930s was a big opportunity for the socialism and elitism of FDR who tried to pack the SC so he would have favorable rulings for his programs. WWII made FDR stop and take a look at what was going on in the world. The USA by then was betwixt and between the two terrible groups of fascism and socialism. I'm sure a choice had to be made and for the USA looking at the guns of Japan the better choice was made. However, after extricating the Nation from the choice of WWII the politicians in the USA again under foreign influences put the USA on the political auction block such as the United Nations. It has been such for years but now exacerbated by all the feely-goody indoctrination especially as to Muslims, Latinos and even Eastern European criminal refugees.
You do realize that is hidden from you, your attorney and the courts is that the information was secretly (and illegally) obtained by the NSA, and then "laundered" to make it appear as if it was obtained legally.
Try to keep up with the news, if you are going to get snarky.
typo: "you do realize that WHAT is hidden from you" etc.
Well, Jeff Bezos just bought the Washington Post for $250 million.
Surely there are million/billion/butterdezillion-aires somewhere within the conservative ranks?
If it's not a baby...yer not pregnant
Do you really want to hear the answer?
Paging Anonymous. Please pick up the red courtesy phone...
Lol. How cute. It is impossible to use it against you IN an OPEN court, but it definitely is not impossible to use it against you. For example, we now have SECRET courts eg FISA. And numerous SWATTed up non-judicial fedgov agencies.
Are they willing to tell the truth? Willing to face the risk that they'll be tagged an Alex Jones right out of the gate? How will they establish their credibility, and with who?
Glenn Beck dutifully mocked the birthers, to keep his secretary safe. Then he created his own media company. But he couldn't come clean on the birther issue without admitting that he lied when lives had been threatened and wouldn't expose the lies he knew had been happening. Since then he's tried to break some big stories but knew it couldn't come from him because it would just be written off as crazy talk. Even with absolute proof that he handed off to the supposedly "credible" news sources, he could not get any editor to allow the reporters' stories to run.
This is part of the reason I say that we have to have people who mocked the "birthers" come clean. It's the only way to start over. I believe Breitbart was about to do that but the government listened in on his phone conversation with Joe Arpaio, knew he was thinking about turning and had the credibility, resources, and new willingness to turn things around, and so they killed him less than 5 hours later. The story that Michael Hastings was working on, about John Brennan, could well have included information about Brennan's role in sanitizing Obama's passport record. And he also IMMEDIATELY ended up dead in suspicious circumstances that the LAPD refused to investigate.
For the media to come clean on this issue is the thug regime's worst nightmare. Whoever gave the signed statement to Doug Hagman has the ability to turn this country around. What he needs is the courage to do it. And a country that he and his family can get asylum from.
I'd LOVE to hear the answer.
I wonder what would happen if David Petraeus sued the US government for illegally retrieving his emails and making them public. That was done in full view of everybody for no legal purpose. Just to get him to step down so they could get a yes-man in there to cover for Benghazi. IMHO.
I think many of us would put our lives on the line to stand up for principle. But most of us are susceptible to some threat or other. Would you put your child's life on the line? Your spouse? Your parents?
This story must be getting really close to some really big secrets if they've got people this scared.
Most of us who are patriotic would be more than happy to keep secrets in the interest of national security. But not to cover for political corruption.
I have not seen an example of this... do you actually have a case? So far the NSA scandal has been data collection, phone calls, etc. Do you have proof that illegally obtained information was used in an actual court case? Further more until the Supreme Court says otherwise, FISA is a legal entity whether you like it or not. You may beleive it's unconstitutional but that doesn't make it so. You should choose your words carefully.
I have not seen an example of this... do you actually have a case? So far the NSA scandal has been data collection, phone calls, etc. Do you have proof that illegally obtained information was used in an actual court case? Further more until the Supreme Court says otherwise, FISA is a legal entity whether you like it or not. You may beleive it's unconstitutional but that doesn't make it so. You should choose your words carefully.
What if the secret they told you was, "You are correct, we are operating outside of the boundaries of the constitution. There are many programs that operate this way. We will kill you and perhaps your family if you breath a word of this. We monitor everything. Now go along your way and live."
Tough call - No?
Did you miss the NSA/DEA illegal surveillance laundering news of the past few weeks?
Google it.
Did you miss the NSA/DEA illegal surveillance laundering news of the past few weeks?
Google it.
More Surveillance Abuse Exposed! Special DEA Unit Is Spying On Americans And Covering It Up--Forbes: Rick Ungar 8/05/2013.
If they were, they wouldn't warn or threaten. They would 'do'. There are many Obama functionaries that are already there. There are still a lot of career employees that aren't and never will be there.
Yeah. Right.
"As Reuters reported Monday, the Special Operations Division of the DEA funnels information from overseas NSA intercepts, domestic wiretaps, informants and a large DEA database of telephone records to authorities nationwide to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. The DEA phone database is distinct from a NSA database disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Monday's Reuters report cited internal government documents that show that law enforcement agents have been trained to conceal how such investigations truly begin - to "recreate" the investigative trail to effectively cover up the original source of the information."
Give it 3 more years and it will be unrecognizable.
You make some excellent points.
I have never shied away from being called a birther. I explain to anyone who is interested that I don't necessarily believe Zippy was born in Kenya, but I don't believe either they nor I can say where he was born. I point out that the purported BC posted online is an obvious forgery. I point out that the only reason I can imagine for a forgery is because Zippy is hiding something. Whether it is his place of birth, his date of birth, his parents' names - who knows.
I am not afraid of being mocked. None of us should be when the facts are on our side. It's like being bullied until you say "uncle." I refuse to say it. If someone bullies you into saying you're a kangaroo, that doesn't mean you really are one. It just means you've been bullied and you've given in. Same is true for being bullied into saying the usurper is eligible to be POTUS. It doesn't make it true.
FReepers! Don't be bullied! Demand facts.
"You should choose your words carefully."
Or else what, exactly? Is that some kind of threat or warning? About whom?
"that its impossible to use information against you if its hidden from the court."
No, it is not. The judge can see "classified" information that you cannot, and you cannot cross examine the information. Just like confidential informants can remain out of view in court; their names are not released and they do not have to testify.
" have not seen an example of this"
Then do try to keep up. The use of NSA data by other federal agencies is breaking nearly daily now.
Calm down.. I was suggesting that because you are making claims you can't back up. Spreading fear for the sake of spreading fear is a mistake.
While disturbing in some regards, it doesn't back up the claim that NSA information is used against defendants. In fact the article actually describes that the information cannot be used, it simply opens up an investigation which clues the government into wrong doing and then a case that would actually have to hold up in court has to be created with REAL evidence that would be used for all to see in court.
We could go back to the fact of whether or not an investigation should of even gotten started because of the "spying", but it actually goes to my point that NSA information is not being hidden from the courts and then used against defendants to put them away.
First off the cartoon says that the information is withheld from the court, so your comment about a judge seeing "classfied" information is actually off topic.
It's fruit of the poison tree. All of it.
If you kept up with the news you would know that the NSA has been sharing information with federal agencies who then lie about where the information came from. So, no, comments to that affect were not untrue as you claimed.
Read post 79 in response to post 72.
I'm surprised he even has anything to give them. Back in the day when anonymous remailers were the rage amongst crypto-anarchists, the logs and such were routinely routed straight to /dev/null. You can't be forced to turn over that which you do not have.
Any order such as this should be completely ignored by anyone interested in securing justice.
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by XUDawg » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:04 am
FightDr wrote:No Arreola with no explanation.Coleman came on and was great.
by Guest » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:19 am
by XUDawg » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:30 pm
FightDr wrote:It's a very interesting fight just because we haven't seen either guy much recently.Coleman was great in the past but has suffered some big KO losses. Those were all at heavyweight however.Shogun looked horrible against Forrest.There is some bad blood in this also so I'm very excited for it. Coleman has always been one of my favorite fighters.If Shogun comes in prepared and in shape, he should win but I would love to see "The Hammer" beat him down.
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Just mention the term "add-on sales" and nightmares of fast-talking car dealers usually come to mind. But the art of selling a little bit more to the tile or stone customer isn't that hard. It boils down to maintenance. This type of add-on sale usually happens when the sales person reminds the customer that they just invested hundreds or thousands of dollars in a beautiful glass, porcelain or stone surface, so how are they going to keep it looking beautiful for years to come?
David Fatula, technical services manager of Oceanside Glasstile, recognized a need in the tile market and recently developed a line of products that answers that very question. The Oceancare series of cleaners and sealers solves many of the most common questions asked about tile and natural stone maintenance.
"Over the years, our technical services team has fielded questions on how to best take care of glass tile installations," Fatula said. "So we asked ourselves: how can we help the consumer protect their investment?"
Through three years of extensive development and a thorough understanding of both trade and consumer needs, Fatula said he and his team produced a comprehensive program of products that have been designed to work the needs of glass tile. This maintenance solution is not just limited to glass tile, however; the product works with natural stone, ceramic and porcelain the same way.
"The goal was to create something that was easy to use, safe for glass tile, environmentally friendly but still highly effective," Fatula said.
The collection consists of a Ph Neutral Tile & Stone Cleaner, All Natural Degreaser, Glass Tile Shower Cleaner, Calcium Releaser and High Performance Penetrating Sealer. The suite is color-coded and clearly named to help identify each product. Fatula said that Oceancare is simple to use, safe, highly effective on most types of tile, including porcelain, ceramic, natural stone, glass, and iridescent glass tile. There are no adverse effects to the tile finishes that can sometimes result from using bleach, acid, and ammonia cleaners.
To make things easy for the dealer and the customer, Oceancare created a handy little application and usage chart that clearly shows which product can be used on which type of surface.
"This is easily a $60 to $80 upsell for the tile dealer," Fatula said. "Or, they can use the product as a gift with purchase to thank the customer."
Bottom line: once the customer gets on an easy maintenance program, they will be back to the store repeatedly to pick up another bottle of cleaner or sealer every time they run out.
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Topic: Where are the tons of rails systems/apps?
So many people/developers/rails sites say: "Ruby on rails is great, is simple, is beauty etc." I agree with them but why almost all of this people (and this forum also) use php systems (Wordpress, punBB...)? It's more comfortable? Maybe, but I think it's pity! Everyone talk about rails but nobody can't create great rails apps which can compete with php apps.


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Beautiful updo with shaven sides for African American women
Wavy black hair is sculpted into an updo for an haute women's hairstyle. The entire crown section of hair, a dense black interwoven with locks of reddish-brown, is prepped for the locks and curls to keep their shape. Everything is then pulled up and sprayed in place, no mean feat with the volume of the short lustrous curls. Edges are tamed so that no spikes ruin the slightly rounded outline of the updo. Sides and back are cropped very closely to the skull, leaving the jawline and ears clear.


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Inbreeding In Aion
Next time you're playing Aion keep your eyes open for signs of inbreeding. You'll probably be surprised at how abundant and rampant it is. Typical signs of inbreeding include avatars who are exceptionally large and brutish or utterly minuscule and tiny. These represent the two extremes of inbreeding known as gigantism and dwarfism. The more ugly and disturbing form of inbreeding though can be seen in a few cases when the avatar is fantastically deformed with hugely disproportionate limbs. Their name may also be rather strange and be either an attempt at comedy or reminiscent of redneck America.
A classic example of inbreeding can be seen below.
Unfortunately this sort of thing is inevitable when there are so few races available to encourage inter-breeding. Without the option to select an Ogre, Gnome or Dwarf, avatars are forced to be created in their desired style which often goes against the nature of the race in question. The result is of course is an immediate break from whatever immersion is currently being felt as one is reduced to fits of laughter over the poor, disfigured soul.
In all seriousness though, if you wish to see an example of a heathly, non-inbred population even when faced with limited race options, travel to Hyboria in the Age of Conan. There one can witness a diverse culture that has managed to thrive in the face of endogamy and produce attractive offspring and a large variety of uniquely appearing avatars.
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Calumet, stop apologizing
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The Vertin Gallery's closing leaves, as close to objectively as it is possible to be in this context, a major gap and loss for art in Calumet. My wife and I stood sadly outside an impressive and, in many ways, one of the most significant buildings in Calumet, which lies empty in cold, locking out draughtsmen and collage artists, locking out the sculptress and the cubomaniac, the etcher and laborer in encaustic.
A past and, I hope, future exhibitor in Calumet, I have noticed how the village's "art scene" is often characterised as "vibrant." However, in newspaper articles this is nearly always followed by questions posed in that particular tone which would never be done with any other legitimate field of endeavor. The auto mechanic would never fret, in the unfortunately masochistic tone that artists and even some gallerists have adopted, that Calumet had too many muffler shops, the restauranteur never maintain that even as the number of restaurants plunged it had enough places to eat, so more certainly didn't need to open. The very modest number of galleries in Calumet mask a town's outstanding yet neglected potential, in its people, in its remarkable faades of sandstone.
Supposed benefactors decided we would be better off without being burdened with the gold of noblemen. Thus, the system of galleries. But we are expected to play along with the self-perpetuating myth of the "starving artist." This despite art producing millions for Michigan, artists being knights and millionaires, even noblemen themselves. A ridiculous game probably contributed to the closing of the Vertin.
I was asked at an art opening "What do you do?" Even in Manhattan I have listened to the director of an art association speak out passionately against art at a meeting. And while by no means specifically, or across the board, applying this accusation to Calumet, generally, artists have suffered from the common belief that the arts should be supported in every possible way (warm feelings, no sense of particular ill-will) except actually buying paintings.
Not only should the Vertin Gallery reopen and even be improved, but rather than retreating or standing pat, the residents of Calumet should open more galleries, more loci where the creativity of this land can break out. Calumet, you have nothing to apologize for. Artists, we have nothing to apologize for. Stop acting like it.
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Kick of the Month Winner
January 2009
Thomas Miller
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Anti-gun measures
President Barack Obama was in Minnesota Monday, the first stop on his tour around the country to push his agenda to reduce gun violence.
We know there are many who react negatively to anything the president proposes, but if you really look at the proposals he talked about Monday there is much that makes sense.
First, look at the issue of universal background checks for all gun buyers. Everyone agrees that there are some people who are too dangerous, or too unstable, to have guns. Background checks should sort them out, and lead to keeping legal guns out of their hands.
Anyone who buys guns from a licensed gun dealer has to go through the check. But there is no background check for someone buying a gun from an unlicensed dealer at a gun show. This is a major loophole, and it's hard to argue that it shouldn't be closed.
Next, there's the proposed ban on military-style assault rifles. Their fire power, especially when combined with high-volume magazines, makes them particularly dangerous in incidents like the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. But they aren't that much different from a semi-automatic hunting rifle. We think their looks work against them, much like someone driving sports car five miles faster than the speed limit might be more likely to get a ticket than someone driving a minivan at the same speed. Far more gun deaths are a result of handguns than assault rifles, so why focus on assault rifles?
Finally, Obama wants to ban high volume magazines. We don't see much need for 30-round magazines, unless one is involved in a shootout with someone else. They make it easier to shoot a whole bunch of people without reloading, so there is an argument for not selling them.
State Rep. Tony Cornish (R-Vernon Center) thinks the president's visit will do little more than stimulate gun sales in the state. We hope it will also stimulate some discussion that will lead toward meaningful action to reduce gun violence.


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Thanks John, good read.
I too have purchased a Vacu Vin and have had so so results. Cnet.com had an article this month under their "gadgets" section about a thing called a Wine Balloon. So for a few bucks I ordered one as the idea is similar to the floating disk. The balloon sealed the bottle for three days. When I went back for a glass I still tasted subtleties of the wine with no apparent residual effect from the balloon, it worked pretty well. Was wondering if you've heard or tried it?
Funny Martin, but I have always thought that a balloon was the ideal wine preservation concept, but was concerned that a chemical, rubber, or plastic aroma or flavor might be imparted to the wine. It is interesting to see that someone is using the idea to seeming good effect. Thanks for sharing the news. -John
We're still in control of the company. Cooler heads prevailed. Thanks for your comments and support of the Wine Balloon
We are still in touch with the Sharks. You never know what will happen down the road.
I was a total mad-house in there as you sure witnessed.
We have NOT sold the company and cooler heads prevailed. Please don't boycott the Wine Balloon. We still own it.
Were in contact with the Sharks, and that was the ultimate goal. If you bail and walk, you have zero contact with them later on.
I have written that the Vacu-vin sucks (literally and figuratively), and although I use Nitrogen at work, I thought a balloon to be a great wine preservation gizmo for home use if the balloon didn't impart weird rubbery chemical off notes to the wine.
According to the Wine Balloon's FAQ page, "The balloon is manufactured in the United States of a Natural Rubber Latex (biobased elastomer) material. All ingredients in the balloon meet U.S. FDA Standards for food contact – (FDA 177.26)," and, "Wine Balloon will not alter the taste of your wine."
The product is simplicity itself. After opening a wine bottle and pouring a glass or two, a washable balloon at one end of a tube is inserted into the wine bottle until it contacts the surface of the remaining wine, a grape cluster shaped squeeze pump on the other end of the tube is squeezed inflating the balloon and the remaining wine is effectively protected from the harmful effects of oxidation without the stripping away of aroma that comes with other more famous wine preservation gizmos.
Of greater note, this is the first wine preservation gizmo that allows a user the opportunity to see that the product is functioning. Vacuum pumps leave invisible Oxygen while pressurized cans pump invisible Nitrogen into the bottle. Where faith was required in the past while much has been written about the lack of efficacy some of these wine preservation systems offer, the Wine Balloon is remarkable for leaving no question as to whether it works or not.
At $22, with additional replacement balloons available affordably, the Wine Balloon is a solid, easily recommendable product for home use by many wine drinkers.
I know of many people who live alone, want just one or two glasses, can open a bottle now and thanks to the Wine Balloon will be able to come back to the bottle days later and finish the bottle without a loss of aroma or flavor.
In fairness, the product needs a slight modification to make it more useful in my house, or any home where multiple bottles are open at the same time. With Wine Balloon, you need one system for each bottle open, and at $22 per unit, that would run over $100 in Wine Balloons in constant use at my house. That is why I use Nitrogen both at work with 12 bottles of wine open and home where I have 6 bottles open.
I'm not really who this gizmo was made for, but I am happy to point friends at it, and more happy that Eric appears to have not taken the Sharks money but instead taken advantage of the opportunity to market his product directly to millions of viewers.
Good luck Eric and Wine Balloon.


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By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
Handling breast milk is important for mothers who use the breast pump to feed their babies. It is vital that complete hygiene is maintained.
Simple measures like washing hands before expressing and keeping the instruments and bottles and nipples clean goes a long way in making the practice a success.
Breast milk is collected by pumping using manual, mechanical and electronic breast pumps. Pumped milk should be collected in clean glass or hard BPA-free plastic bottles with tight-fitting lids. Milk storage bags may also be used to stored expressed breast milk.
Disposable bottle liners or other plastic bags should not be used to store breast milk.
After each pumping the date and time should be labelled on the container. The child's name needs to be mentioned if the milk is given to the childcare provider.
After pumping the breast pump should be thoroughly cleaned.
After the milk is completely frozen the lid should be tightened on the container. At least an inch or so must be left on top of the level of the milk to allow it to expand while freezing. The milk that would be used later should be refrigerated or chilled immediately.
Milk can be stored in small 2 to 4 ounce packs for later use.
In the fridge the milk should be stored at the back of the freezer and not at the door.
Milk may be stored in the refrigerator up to three days, at a temperature less than 40 degree F.
Similarly breast milk may be stored in the freezer up to 3-4 months, at a temperature less than 32 degree F.
Milk may be stored in a deep freezer for 6 months or longer at a temperature less than 0 degree F.
For thawing the milk before use one of the most important points to remember is to use the oldest expressed milk first. Breast milk does not need to be warmed. It can be served at room temperature or be given cold.
Frozen milk, however, needs to be thawed. It can be thawed by leaving the tightly lidded container in warm running water.
Breast milk should never be warmed in a microwave. Microwave can over heat the milk or create hot spots causing burns and more importantly may damage some of the beneficial nutrients, antibodies and cellular components of the breast milk.
It is normal for pumped breast milk to vary in color and thickness. Stored milk separates into layers. Cream will rise to the top as the milk warms. Before feeding the milk needs to be swirled gently to mix the cream of the milk.
Shaking the milk is not recommended as it may break or damage some of the cellular components of the milk. Temperature may be tested by dropping a few drops of the milk into the inner skin over the wrist. It should be comfortably warm.
Thawed breast milk should be used within 24 hours. If the milk is left at room temperature it needs to be used within 1 hour. Thawed milk should not be refrozen.
Any breast milk that is left in the bottle after a feed should be discarded. This is because the bacteria in the baby's mouth can spoil the milk and make it unsafe. Small 4 to 6 ounce storages are thus helpful and they cause less waste.
If the stored milk has a sour or strange smell or if there is a doubt about its safety, it should not be used.
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Imagine, you get dumped out in the desert and abandoned. You have nothing but the clothes on your back and the possessions in your pockets with you(not including a cell phone) and you spend the entire day in the desert heat walking until you finally come upon a road and a 7/11 or a Quickie Mart. You are obviously very thirsty, but you don't have your tea leaves and tea pot and the store is out of water. What do you buy to drink?
A Arizona iced tea or a Lipton? Perhaps a root beer or a Mountain Dew? Or you feel you've had a very stressful day, why not have a beer?
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Hey guys, just moved to Cleveland and have tickets to a few Browns games this year. Where is a good place to go for a bite and some beers before a game? I went to the preseason game vs the Jets and we went to Blind Pig and Dive Bar. I'm thinking this board is a good place to find some inside info. I've been to plenty of Tribe games and know The Jake's side of downtown pretty well but was interested to hear the hotspots on the other side. Thanks.
P.S....I will be sure to attend any TCF Tailgates that I can