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Adaptive Fitness Therapy
This program provides practical skills and knowledge for those interested in a career in the health and fitness fields, working with special populations such as older adults and person with disabilities. Graduates of the program will be qualified to work as paraprofessionals in the following occupations: fitness professional, personal trainer, physical therapist aide, home health professional, activity director, and others. Individual classes can be taken for professional growth.
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to demonstrate and explain basic adaptive fitness skills and concepts to older adults and individuals with disabilities.
The student will be able to recognize basic patho-physiology of chronic conditions seen in adults and provide accommodations appropriate to the disabling conditions.
The student will be able to lead small and large group classes.
Career Opportunities
This program is an open door to a profession that is expected to expand in employment opportunities over the next five years. Possible career options include: physical therapy, personal training, assisting in gyms and fitness centers and senior centers.
Units required for Major:
Units required for Certificate:
Degree Requirements:
English proficiency: ENGL 1A, 1AH, 1S & 1T, ESLL 26 or equivalent.
Mathematics proficiency: MATH 57, 105, 108 or equivalent.
A minimum of 90 units is required* to include:
Completion of one of the following general education patterns: Foothill General Education, CSU General Education Breadth Requirements or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
Core courses (35 units)
Support courses (8 units)
*Additional elective course work may be necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement for the associate degree.
Program Type(s):
= Associate in Arts Degree.
= Certificate of Achievement.
Core Courses:
(38 units)
KINS 8A Theory & Concepts of Exercise Physiology I (4 units)
KINS 8B Theory & Concepts of Exercise Physiology II (4 units)
KINS 15 First Aid & CPR/AED (1 unit)
KINS 65A PNF: Introduction to Upper Extremity (3 units)
KINS 65B PNF: Introduction to Lower Extremity (3 units)
KINS 81 Introduction to Adaptive Fitness (4 units)
KINS 82 Principles of Therapeutic Exercise (4 units)
KINS 83 Physical Dimensions of Aging (4 units)
KINS 84 Functional Fitness & Adaptive Movement (3 units)
SPED 61 Introduction to Disabilities (4 units)
Support Courses:
(8 units)
BIOL 40A Human Anatomy & Physiology I (5 units)
BIOL 40B Human Anatomy & Physiology II (5 units)
BIOL 40C Human Anatomy & Physiology III (5 units)
COMM 3 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (5 units)
GERN 10 Sociology of Aging (3 units)
GERN 11 Psychology of Aging (3 units)
GERN 15 Issues in Death, Dying & Bereavement Across Cultures (3 units)
GERN 52 Health & Aging (3 units)
GERN 56 Aging & Diversity (3 units)
HLTH 55 Emergency Medical Response (5 units)
KINS 55 Introduction to Aquatic Exercise (3 units)
KINS 85 Principles of Therapeutic Water Exercise (3 units)
PSYC 1 General Psychology (5 units)
SPED 57A Teaching Adult Learners (3 units)
SPED 63 Learning Disabilities (4 units)
Certificate of Achievement in Adaptive Fitness Therapy -
(43 Units)
The Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon completion of the core and support courses. General education courses are not required.
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Current status: Approved
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The Trial of Alphonse Capone opened on the morning of October 5, 1931 at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago. Capone, accompanied by his bodyguard, smiled at jurors as he strolled into court in his mustard-colored suit. Judge Wilkerson took his seat at the bench and looked out over the packed courtroom. He called the bailiff to the bench. "Judge Edwards has another trial commencing today," he told the bailiff. "Go to his courtroom and bring me his entire panel of jurors; take my entire panel to Judge Edwards."
Al Capone (left) en route to prison in 1931
Al Capone,
head of the most
profitable crime syndicate of the Prohibition Era and mastermind of the
notorious 1929 "Valentine's Day Massacre," seemed above the
law. In the end, however, Capone would be brought to justice not
murder, extortion, or bootlegging, but for failing to pay his income
Credit for his conviction is due less to Elliot Ness and The
Untouchables than
to the dogged work of Bureau of Revenue investigator Frank Wilson and a
surprise pulled by a federal judge, James Wilkerson. Al Capone
complained about the bad reputation of his criminal enterprise: "Some
it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a
business." The lesson of The People
vs. Al Capone is that a
profitable businessman, no matter
how he earns his income, does have to
pay his taxes.
The Treasury Department Launches an Investigation
Treasury Agent Frank Wilson
Capone in 1929
might have been worth about $30 million, but no income tax return had
ever been
filed in his name. Two years earlier, in United States v.
Sullivan, the Supreme Court
had ruled that the Fifth Amendment's privilege
against self-incrimination did not protect Manley Sullivan, a
convicted of failing to file a return showing the profits from his
businesses. With the Sullivan case in mind,
President Herbert Hoover instructed Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
" I want that man Capone in jail." Secretary Mellon summoned
Elmer Irey, head of Treasury's Special Intelligence Unit, and told him
office was charged with the responsibility of putting Capone behind
For the day-to-day job of gathering incriminating evidence for Capone's
evasion case, Irey turned to Frank Wilson, his most aggressive and
To convict Capone would require help from inside Capone's illicit operation, but--for reasons all too obvious--few on the inside wanted to step forward to help the government make its case. One who did was Eddie O'Hare, owner of the patent for the mechanical rabbit used in greyhound racing. O'Hare ran dog racing tracks for the Capone syndicate in the Chicago area, as well as in Florida and Massachusetts. (Years later, just days before Capone's release from prison, O'Hare would pay the ultimate price for the leads he provided the government over the course of their two-year investigation. While driving on a Chicago street, he was gunned down by two men in a passing car. His son, Edward O'Hare, was the first naval aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. In 1949, Chicago's new international airport was named in Edward's memory.)
The first big break in the investigation came in the summer of 1930 when Wilson stumbled across three bound ledgers seized in a 1926 raid of one of Capone's establishments. The ledger was divided into columns with labels such as "Craps," "21," and "Roulette." Every few pages totals were entered and then divided into smaller amounts among "Town," "Ralph," "Pete," and "A." With the ledger also including a few references to "Al" it wasn't much of a leap to conclude that the ledger recorded the monthly income from a gambling hall that went to Capone and his associates. Building on the ledger evidence, Wilson collected sworn testimony from persons whose participation in a citizen's raid on a Cicero gambling hall had left them convinced beyond any doubt that Capone was the proprietor of the place.
An even more significant potential witness was located by comparing the handwriting in the ledger with that on deposit slips from local banks. Investigators identified the likely author of the ledger as Leslie Shumway, the same man who signed deposit slips that turned up at a small Cicero bank. Agents tracked Shumway to Florida, where they interrupted a breakfast at his home to offer him a ride down to the Miami Federal Building to talk to agents. Threatened with a not-so-secret subpoena and well aware of what Capone might do to someone about to disclose embarrassing facts to the government, Shumway agreed to talk. In his affidavit, Shumway described the nature of the gambling businesses and stated that "I took orders relating to the business [from] Mr. Alphonse Capone." Almost immediately after Shumway put his signature on the affidavit, agents took him off to California, where they hoped he could be safely hid until trial.
In April 1930, Capone's tax attorney, Lawrence Mattingly, contacted Treasury and expressed the desire to have his client meet with agents to settle his indebtedness with the government. At the Federal Building in Chicago, Wilson and other agents interviewed Capone. In response to the question, "How long, Mr. Capone, have you enjoyed a large income?", Capone replied, "I never had much of an income." At the end of the interview, Capone grew testy. As he prepared to leave the room after the interview, he inquired, "How's your wife, Wilson?" If there doubt as to whether that was a question or a threat, the doubt was resolved when Capone added, "You be sure to take care of yourself."
On September 30, Mattingly met with Wilson to discuss Capone's tax liability. He took a letter from his coat pocket and threw it over to the agent, saying, "This is the best we can do. Mr. Capone is willing to pay the tax on these figures." The so-called "Mattingly letter" conceded taxable income for the six disputed years ranging from $26,000 in 1924 to $100,000 in 1928 and 1929. Wilson filed the letter away. A year later, the letter became the trial's most contentious piece of evidence.
Wilson, not a person easily intimidated, continued to identify witnesses and amass incriminating evidence. One of the last and most important witnesses to be discovered was Fred Reis, the named payee on numerous large cashier checks that Treasury assumed found their way into Capone's coffers. Reis decided to talk after having four solitary days to think about it in a cockroach-infested jail in Danville, Illinois. He admitted, first to agents and then in testimony before a Chicago grand jury, that his boss was Capone, and that the checks represented Capone's net profits at his Cicero gambling hall.
With Reis's statement, prosecutors decided they had enough evidence to go before a grand jury. (After completing his grand jury testimony, Reis was shipped off to South America for safekeeping until trial.) On March 13, two days before the statute of limitations would have run, the grand jury indicted Al Capone for evading federal income taxes in 1924. Two months later, the grand jury added counts for the years 1925 to 1929.
Over the three months that followed, Capone's attorneys met frequently with U. S. Attorney George E. Q. Johnson to discuss a possible plea bargain. With witnesses to try to keep alive and with thorny legal questions concerning the charges, Johnson was willing to listen, hoping to get a two-and-a-half year sentence out of the negotiations. With an agreement for the two-and-a-half year sentence apparently in place, Al Capone appeared on June 18, 1931 before Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson and entered a plea of guilty. Wilkerson adjourned court until July 30 to consider the plea.
On the day before his expected sentencing, Capone told reporters, "I've been made an issue and I'm not complaining, but why don't they go after all those bankers who took the savings of thousands of poor people and lost them in bank failures?" The next day, Judge Wilkerson surprised nearly everyone. Addressing Capone in his pea-green suit, Wilkerson announced, "The parties to a criminal case may not stipulate as to the judgment to be entered." There would be no plea bargain. There would be a trial. Wilkerson continued: "It is time for somebody to impress upon the defendant that it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal Court."
The Trial
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson
About two weeks before the scheduled start of the Capone trial, informant Eddie O'Hare notified Wilson that Capone's organization had a complete list of prospective jurors and was already "passing out $1,000 bills," promising political jobs, giving away tickets to prize fights, and "using muscle too." Skeptical of O'Hare's claim at first, Wilson quickly came around when O'Hare produced the names and addresses of ten jurors, names 30 to 39 on the jury list. Concerned that thousands of hours of work was about to go down the drain because of a fixed jury, Wilson and U. S. Attorney Johnson related O'Hare's story to Judge Wilkerson in his chambers. Wilkerson told the men that he hadn't yet received his jury list for the Capone trial, but when he did he would call them. When the names on Wilkerson's list turned out to match exactly with the names on O'Hare's list, the judge met once again with Wilson and prosecutors. The judge seemed curiously unconcerned. "Bring your case into court as planned, gentlemen," he told the government's attorneys. "Leave the rest to me."
After a jury of twelve was seated, and after Assistant U. S. Attorney Dwight Green outlined the 23 charges of tax evasion against Capone in the government's opening statement, George Johnson called his first witness. Charles W. Arndt, a tax collector for the United States, told jurors that Al Capone failed to file any tax return at all during for the years 1924 through 1929.
The Hawthorne Hotel and Smoke Shop in Cicero, Illinois
The prosecution presented evidence that Capone owned gambling halls and derived substantial profits from those businesses. Chester Bragg testified that when he participated in the citizens' raid on the Hawthorne Smoke Shop, a gambling hall in Cicero, Capone arrived on the scene. As Bragg guarded the front door while other citizens carted out gambling machines and loaded them into trucks, Capone attempted to push his way in. Bragg testified that he asked Capone, "What the hell--do you think this is a party?" and that Capone answered, "I'm the owner of this place." Reverend Henry Hoover, leader of the Cicero raid, also testified. Hoover said that Capone complained to him during the raid, "Why are you fellows always picking on me?" and warned, "This is the last raid you'll ever pull." Leslie Shumway, the cashier at the Hawthorne Smoke Shop, presented the most damning evidence of the day. Shumway described the accounting procedures used at the gambling hall and estimated that the profits for the two years he worked there were over $550,000. When Shumway balked at positively identifying Capone as the owner of the establishment, prosecutors tried a different tack, asking questions whose answers seemed to assume Capone exercised control over the business. Jacob Grossman asked Shumway, "Did you any time after that have any conversation with Al Capone about carrying money over there?" The witness answered, "It was some time later that Al asked me what I would do if I got stuck up, and I told him, I says, 'I would just let them take it,' and he says, 'That is right.'"
On October 8, the courtroom erupted in heated debate when the prosecution sought to introduce the letter of Capone's tax lawyer, Lawrence Mattingly, which expressed his willingness to settle his client's tax liability for the years 1924 to 1929. Defense attorney Albert Fink argued, "A lawyer cannot confess for his client." Surely, Fink noted, Capone never meant to give Mattingly the "authority to make statements that may get him into the penitentiary." The controversy developed with Frank Wilson on the stand, describing the events in his office the previous fall when Mattingly first tossed the letter in his direction with the statement, "This is the best we can do. Mr. Capone is willing to pay the tax on these figures." After argument on the letter's admissibility with the jury excused, Judge Wilkerson announced his decision: the letter would be admitted to show that the statement was made, but the contents of the letter could not be considered by the jury as proof of the statements made.
A series of prosecution witnesses presented evidence of Capone's lavish lifestyle. Parker Henderson testified that he sold Capone his Palm Island, Florida estate, with the title placed in his wife's name. "I asked Al if he was interested in buying any property and he said he was," Henderson told jurors. "So we made an appointment with him and carried him out and showed him several places. This place on
dock-builder H. F. Ryder testified that he saw enough money in Capone's
Palm Island estate cupboard "to choke an ox."
Grossman asked Reis about 43 cashier's checks, representing the hall's
profits, that were purchased from a Cicero bank. Reis testified
that he had bought the checks (made out to "J.C. Dunbar," an alias used
by Reis) and turned them over to Bobby Barton. Underneath the
signature of "J.C. Dunbar" on one of the checks was the signature of Al
The team of prosecution lawyers that convicted Al Capone (U.S. Attorney George E. Q. Johnson is seated)
In his summation for the defense, Albert Fink told the jury to stand as a bulwark against an oppressive government that was just using the tax law "as a means to stow Al Capone away." He described the government's evidence against his client as "chaff" that "does not prove gross income." He urged the jury not convict Capone merely because he was "a bad man": "He may be the worst man who ever lived, but there is not a scintilla of evidence that he willfully attempted to defraud the government out of income tax." Then Fink switched gears and concluded by arguing that far from being a bad man, Capone was "open-handed," "generous," and "the kind of man who never fails a friend." Capone was not the type of "miser" or "tinhorn" or "piker" who would try to cheat the government out of its due, Fink said. Michael Ahern, summing second for the defense, returned to the theme of an oppressive government bent on using questionable means to put Capone in jail to satisfy the newspapers and the persecutors. "You, gentlemen," he told the jury, "are the last barrier between the defendant and the encroachment and perversion of the government and the law in this case."
Prosecutor Jacob Grossman noted in his summation that Capone described himself as "a gambler, a realtor, a cleaner and a presser and a dog race-track owner." He pointed out that the defendant lived "like a bejeweled prince" and "spent thousands of dollars without thinking twice." Samuel Clawson emphasized the incriminating nature of the "Mattingly letter," which he said proved that Capone knew he was guilty of tax evasion. He added that "even a child" could deduce from Capone's lavish lifestyle that he had a huge income. The last lawyer to address the jury was U. S. Attorney George Johnson. Johnson said, "This is a case that future generations will remember....They will remember it because it will establish whether a man can so conduct his affairs that he is above the government and above the law."
At 2:42 P.M. on October 18, the jury left the courtroom to begin its deliberations. They filed back into the courtroom eight hours later with their verdict in hand. When the clerk pronounced the word "Guilty" (on the charge of tax evasion for 1925) reporters dashed to phones to report the news. Six days later, Judge Wilkerson imposed a prison sentence of eleven years, the longest term ever handed down for tax evasion. Capone, as he was led in handcuffs to a courtroom elevator, yelled, "I'm not through fighting yet."
Appeals failed. Capone served time in federal penitentiaries in Atlanta and at Alcatraz. In November 1939, after serving less than eight years, he was released while suffering from paresis caused by untreated syphilis. On January 25, 1947, Capone died of a stroke in Palm Island, Florida.

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Updates have been a little scarce as of late. My life has been either consumed by work or by Super Obama World. (I don't know why I haven't beaten it yet) Anyway, here are some highlights from the past three days.
Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery
The L.A. Times' Culture Monster has posted a shot of Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery's post prop 8 warning. It reads:
"WARNING: This area may contain homosexuals, which are known by the State of California to be harmful to the sanctity of heterosexual marriage."
That is awesome.
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The Art Institute's Modern Wing
I am sure many of you have probably read the Chicago Tribune's article on the new modern wing of the Art Institute. If not, check it out.
Damien Hirst New Music Video
I usually steer away from posting most things about Damien Hirst but I had to link to The Hours new video "See the Light". With shots of splattered paint, dead cows, and medical cabinets its not to hard to guess that Hirst was art director. Best part of the video happens at 3:30. And I don't mean best as in good.
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Teemu Selanne ripped NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in his Finnish blog on Monday.
Roberto Luongo faced 42 shots and gave up three goals as the Panthers lost a 3-2 contest to the Coyotes 48 seconds into overtime on Monday.
Patrick Marleau exploded for four goals in the third period to give the Sharks a 5-2 win over the Avalanche on Monday night.
Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal and added an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Jets in Winnipeg Monday night.
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen made 26 saves en route to a 4-0 shutout of the visiting Calgary Flames Monday night.
Nazem Kadri produced two goals Monday night -- including the 100th of his career -- in the Maple Leafs' 4-0 shutout victory over the visiting Calgary Flames.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist kicked out 36 shots to spark New York to a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Los Angeles Kings Monday night.
Dmitry Orlov scored two goals to lead the Capitals to a 6-1 rout over the Carolina Hurricanes in Washington Monday night.
Matt Duchene will miss Monday's game against San Jose because of an illness.
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Ask the Ambassador -- Colombia: Ask U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William R. Brownfield a question online.Jane Carpenter-Rock serves as an Assistant Information Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
Embassy Bogotá has hosted scores of Congressional Delegations and cabinet-level visitors on their tours around Colombia to asses the merits of passing the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The Public Affairs Section (PAS) has been heavily involved in each visit, generating national and international press coverage and accompanying the delegations on all their travels. As an Assistant Information Officer, I have been on over eight of these trips alone. As an Embassy press office, we had seen it all before. But when word came that Secretary Rice would be bringing a Congressional delegation to Colombia during her visit, the whole Embassy was immediately excited and knew this visit would be different. As a press section, we knew this was a great opportunity to demonstrate to the U.S. Congress and the world the dramatic transformation that has occurred in Colombia.
From the moment Secretary Rice's trip was announced, everyone was aware of its historic implications. For one, this would be the first visit by a U.S. Secretary of State to Medellin, Colombia's second largest city. It is a city that once had the misfortune of being labeled "the most dangerous city on earth," but after a dramatic transformation, it is now one of the most prosperous and hopeful cities in Latin America. And who can resist its beautiful Parque Lleras and its amazing nightlife! Also, this would be one of the first instances that Secretary Rice would host a congressional delegation during her international travel.
The Secretary's visit was from January 24 – 25, and she was accompanied by WHA A/S Thomas Shannon, EB A/S Daniel Sullivan, and nine members of Congress: Melissa Bean (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Jane Harman (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ron Klein (D-FL), Rick Larson (D-WA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Ed Perlmutter (D-CA), and David Scott (D-GA). Upon arrival, the delegation was greeted with cheers from the citizens of Medellin who spontaneously gathered in the streets and at various venues to catch a glimpse of the delegation. As one of the traveling press members later reported, "They smiled, waved, applauded and saluted -- from poor people in front of brick shanties to richer ones from office balconies….What was behind it? It was spontaneous, and maybe some were just gawkers. But there was no mistaking the happiness people showed that the American Congress was coming to see their city, and would perhaps hear their pleas for free trade."
We organized press coverage for all of the Secretary's public events, including a visit to Parque Explora, a unique hands-on science and technology museum in the heart of the city; a tour of El Trigal, a USAID supported flower farm that employs Colombians displaced by violence; meetings with pro- and anti-FTA labor union officials; a reception with local business leaders; and finally, a live press conference with President Uribe that included over 70 members of the national and international media. This was the first press conference in recent memory that President Uribe conducted with a U.S. cabinet official. After the press conference, President Uribe surprised everyone with a special performance by his prize-winning paso fino horses that trot in a way unique to Antioquia, the department of which Medellin is the capital and Uribe's ancestral home. It was a fun way to conclude the trip.
In the end, we here at the Embassy hope that the Secretary and her delegation had an enjoyable and productive visit and that their visit and our efforts will help pass the Free Trade Agreement.
Dan in Oklahoma writes:
Ambassador Brownfield,
What percentage of Columbia and its population is still threatened by terrorists, narcoterrorists, and/or insurgents? How will these problems be fully resolved?
Dan in Washington, DC writes:
@ Joe in Oklahoma -- You posted your question to the U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, Richard Brownfield, to the wrong blog / website. Here is the link where you should ask your question for Ambassador Brownfield:
P.S. - Go Sooners!
DipNote Bloggers Comment: Thanks Dan. We noticed this as well and already added the question to the queue on the other website.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
QUOTE: What percentage of Columbia and its population is still threatened by terrorists, narcoterrorists, and/or insurgents? How will these problems be fully resolved? END QUOTE.
The same situation occurs in any poor realm even in America. Don't forget that.
The primary problem does lie in economics. As long as the citizens can pay for groceries with Coca paste they are prone to support those who take advantage of their poor situations.
With such economic FREE TRADE agreements, it opens them up to more exchange of product, thus resulting in increased infrastructure for development of land use toward produce rather than Coca, manufacturing, logging, etc.
There has been a vast improvement in all South America since the 1970's in education, life span and health care. It is for this reason democracy is developing, regardless of the attacks and threats.
This is icing on the cake that was baked long ago. Look at how long it took us to develop and we still are.
Ronald in New York writes:
Cut to the Chase.....
Free Trade in Colombia?....During the 80's and 90's there was free trade in Coca and according to the morning drive-time radio guy from Medellin, violence raged when the U.S. dealers paid in dollars and guns.
Don't tell me you can put a NAFTA band-aid on this one.


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- The U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team defeated Netherlands 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-21) on Wednesday at Christian Heritage Academy in Northfield, Ill.
The match was played in the practice gym of the Adversity Volleyball Club, which also provided support.
Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) scored 15 points for the United States on 11 kills, two aces and two blocks. Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.) added nine points on four kills and five blocks. Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.) contributed seven points on three kills, two aces and two blocks.
The lead changed many times in each set, but Team USA put together strings of points to finish each set.
U.S. Head Coach Mike Hulett (Des Plaines, Ill.) said he tried playing a setter out of the back row for the first time in 2008 after using it at the Shanghai Invitational in July 2007.
Team USA and Netherlands are in the Chicago area to prepare for the Paralympic Games on Sept. 6-17 in Beijing. The U.S. Women are the defending Paralympic bronze medalists from 2004, when the Netherlands won silver. Both teams will also be playing at the first World Organization Volleyball for the Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup on April 22-30 in Cairo, Egypt.
The teams are also playing in the Chicago area to raise awareness of sitting volleyball and the 22 other Paralympic sports.
The two teams will play their final exhibition match at 7 p.m. today (March 20) at the Sky High Athletic Center in Crystal Lake, Ill.
CBS2 in Chicago ran a story about the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team, view it at
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
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U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Training Team Roster
Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.)
Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.)
Alex Gouldie (St. Paul, Neb.)
Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.)
SuGui Kriss (Ravena, N.Y.)
Kendra Lancaster (Sheridan, Ind.)
Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.)
Brenda Maymon (Sellersberg, Ind.)
Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas)
Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.)
Kari Miller (Washington D.C.)
Tatiana Rivera Torres (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.)
Head Coach: Mike Hulett (Des Plaines, Ill.)
Assistant Coach: Denise Van De Walle (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Assistant Coach: Cara Bartolic (Sartell, Minn.)


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Around the world, American diplomats are engaged in the most critical issues of our day. Today's international agenda includes challenges and opportunities.
Secretary Clinton said, "[W]ith more states facing common challenges, we have the chance, and a profound responsibility, to exercise American leadership to solve problems in concert with others. That is at the heart of America's mission in the world today."
What issues should top the international agenda in 2010?
Christine in California writes:
Please bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bob in Florida writes:
The entire world is United as never since 9-11 and the time is now to unite it more by doing the right thing and not disappoint and wreck all that has been gained. Here are ten things that can put us on that track.
#1 Justice
A. Do no harm, or perhaps better put, stop doing harm. There must be a lawyers committee to seek out all activities that the Bush Administration was doing that violate ethics, the Constitution, the law, human decency, and the Geneva Conventions and call a halt to all of it.
B.To allow all that has happened in the past eight years to pass uninvestigated much less prosecuted is to ensure that it will happen again and soon and very much worse, just as Bill Clinton not pursuing the facts of Iran Contra and the S&L bomb gave us Enron, Bush2, and the current economic meltdown.
Fortunately there are people who have been looking at most of the details for several years now. It would not be a problem to sort them out and organize a program that will find wrong doers and have a Special Prosecutor sort out
#2 Honor
A.The War on Totalitarian Theocracy - There is no war on "terror"! Terrorism is a technique. The only one open to anyone fighting overlords (like the Founding Fathers)and/or seeking to become them (like in Iran). It is used because it is effective, and because the military is the worst way to fight it.
It is not a war on Muslims. This is not about fundamentalist religion but eliminationism, Bin Laden or C-Street, they do not want negotiation but conquest. But they cannot be defeated by military but only on the field of ideas. It is only there that they are poorly armed. Attacked they swim in a sea of supporters, defending their policies they are a fish out of water as few would support if they knew the facts.
Unfortunately Israel is also led by Neocons and Theocrats. One cannot support the freedom, safety, and democracy of Israelis and at the same time support those who would use a perpetual war on Muslims, to give and keep themselves in power, and there will be no peace as long as Gaza is a concentration camp. The choice is only Apartheid or Secularity where there can be NO favored religion, the only other choice is the German path of extermination, and final solution, and I don't think even the most theocratic Jew could live with that.
3. Real Socialism- Not Soviet "government owns everything""Socialism" but Socialized Person / child/ dog Socialism (the Soviets also claimed they were democracies. Why didn't everyone think one was as phony as the other?)My understanding of Socialism is an agreement to all work for a world where every person can contribute at their highest ability. That a person who has the talent to invent the solution to world energy needs not find themselves on the night shift of a 7-11 because their path was blocked on social or financial grounds. And not just the stars like that but at every level the whole society benefits if each person is as productive as they can be.
1. The National Bureau of Standards - One very great place that the Government can be crucial and reinvigorate the auto industry, as well as create industries as yet undreamed of is to rebuild the National Bureau of Standards to take back Government primarity of standards that corporations work to create their own standards to control and thus limit free trade, often crushing competition.
By taking control of everything from Computer Operating systems to bolt patterns on car parts, so that there was one published standard or a limited group of standards, managed as the GNU software is managed or the way that any hard drive fits in any computer, than any garage mechanic could produce the next generation of Green Car and become the American Honda.
2. The Electronic Commons
a. The Internet Al Gore was right that the government must create and defend a major Internet backbone that no other entity foreign or domestic can rule that Internet. Do that and demand Net Neutrality but allow other backbones as we have both USPS and FedEx will keep all sides honest and competitive.
A national investment in targeted satellite WiFi would also be a major leap that no NGO could do or should control that backed up with a program to make Internet available to every person no matter who or where, and especially backed up with a national education program that anyone could have college graduate level knowledge just by spending the time to learn it.
b. The Electromagnetic Spectrum - The electromagnetic spectrum is a limited resource, and more importantly it is one home to the font of information that our society bases it's Democracy. If that is captured Democracy fails, as indeed it would have even now but for the rise of the Internet to provide a surprise alternative. The ownership of even two television stations, or other media is a restraint of trade.
There is more here http://tinyurl.com/modsug
Bob in Florida writes:
The Science Commons
a Chemicals - There was a time when most research was funded and run by the Government. Folks like the EPA went out and measured what was happening themselves, and HEW did basic research on chemicals to find beneficial and harmful chemicals like penicillin that drug companies competed to produce at the best quality and price.
There needs to be a return to Government research labs to build unbiased data in all fields. It can be easily paid for by charging a tax on all use of Government patents for private profit like the penicillin. Or taxing income from private patents funded by government research. Just collecting what is already owed would go a very long way to paying those bills.
b Biology- like the drugs genetic engineering all exists on the shoulders of research of hundreds of years, and like the Chemical and Drug Industries the Socialized dreams painted of abundant food and health have become unsocialized nightmares as power and profit rule ahead of social good.
Today one only has to patent a gene, even if it is detrimental overall, and have it spread to the entire ecosystem to be able to sue everyone in possession of the gene for patent infringement and control an entire food source. Such is the case with Soybeans, Corn, and many major crops. Instead it must be the patent holder that is responsible for the gene spread, that if the gene spreads beyond the control of the patent holder the patent cannot be enforced.
The Knowledge Commons
We need every brain with the chops to manage the maximum contribution possible lest we all go the way of every previous civilization.
So what is needed is an Internet based National education program that anyone can obtain the knowledge and have a means of certifying that knowledge.
To open a well planned and managed system that organized what the Internet already makes available, and added all the libraries and other forms of commons would leapfrog the entire civilization. Limiting the current copyright and fair use laws back to sanity would also be a necessary step.
Robert in Florida writes:
Corporate Criminality
The US abandoned Royalty and Baronies in 1776 but they have come creeping back and threaten to overwhelm even the concept of National Government. Eventually they become "Too big to fail" and "Too big to oppose" but no one dares to say "too big to exist".
The first Step must be a special Prosecutorial team to prosecute and jail all persons in charge of corporate conspiracies to sell or cover up fraud and murder from the Vioxx case to the mass environmental disasters like Bophal. Any decent civil litigation lawyer can point to a hundred grievous cases where massive death and destruction was protected because the corporation was at fault and the people involved felt immune.
Corporate Governance
There is no such thing as "Free Enterprise" where there are no rules but only Government enforced rules that till now have only been written by those wishing to protect only themselves. As a result it is not a surprise that CEO's who are supposedly only hirelings of the investors are walking off with what is often more income than the entire Corporation managed to net.
It is possible to create a path for the emergence of the new Argentine style of Corporation that is owned and operated by all the people who work there in an American style Democracy that all levels of management are elected by those below.
Tom in New Jersey writes:
The return of a NJ boy after 5 1/2 years of unlawful retention in Brazil has finally focused media attention on the growing problem of international child abduction. There are currently about 2800 American children held hostage in various countries around the world, including 65 more in Brazil. The US State Dept needs stronger tools to deal with this problem and our legislators need to pass laws to address this issue. Bills like HR3240 and HR2702 need to be pushed through the legislative process with utmost urgency.
This serious problem will only get worse if not addressed, and the victims are our most vulnerable citizens, our children.
The Goldman case demonstrates that appropriate efforts can indeed be successful, but it should not take 5 1/2 years to get a just resolution to a child abduction case.
The solution is readily available with concerned efforts of our government. Do not allow lack of effort and apathy to preserve the status quo for these innocent victims of international child abducton.
Matthew R. in Wisconsin writes:
The Amanda Knox case in Italy!
Adelchi in Italy writes:
First Amanda knox and Raffaele Sollecito has to be freed.
Second USA immigration law must require a good heart, honesty, loyalty, good moral and spiritual values, from people who are applying for the green card, USA dont need investors or people with particualar skills. Needs good people. I am a good person do you hear me?
Ron in New York writes:
Heart of the U.S. Mission: Global Ethics
2010 should mark the start of a program of Global Ethics. With the implementation of this program, we will see many other opportunities and challenges come into better focus and balanced perspective.
Jeff B. in Virginia writes:
Amanda Knox. This young American student was railroaded into prison without a fair trial by a foreign 'justice' system that assumes suspects guilty unless proven innocent. Proof of guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt' is a concept they apparently don't understand. Wild speculation, flimsy 'evidence' and media hype was sufficient. Clearly, anti-Americanism played a significant part.
Until this issue is resolved, I don't care about Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, health care or fixing the economy. If the U.S. government allows this young woman's life (and the lives of her family) to be unjustly destroyed without lifting a finger to help, then it has no moral authority to do anything else. The U.S. has a responsibility to protect its citizens from this kind of abuse and if our government abandons Amanda Knox, then for the first time in my life, and after twenty-four years of military service, then I am ashamed of my country.
Donald K. in Texas writes:
Be considerate of your neighbors and friends. Lend a helping hand to the many vetrans who served our country. Leave no man behind!!! The world knows Amanda Knox is Innocent; so send her Home!!! FREE AN INNOCENT AMANDA KNOX!!
Donald in Virginia writes:
1. Protecting our homeland and ensuring adequate secuirty measures are in place to deal with the extremist who intend to do harm against our Nation.
2. OCTAGON - In Geometry it's an eight sided shape. What I can visualize is the creation of HOMELAND SECURITY OCTAGON having all of our major Security agencies located in one OCTAGON building. The CIA, FBI, DSA, NSA, Including the four branches of US Military intelligence all working and combing actual intelligence, this would be far smarter centralizing all of our Secuirty Agencies, so they all can stay on the same page.
3. The Pentagon is good, but with the OCTAGON can operate on its own like an Operations Center for all Homeland Security Issues and addressing current threats, issuing warrants, and providing the best possible security means to the highest office in our Nation.
4. The Field Offices can still be used, but the OCTAGON HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER would be the first line of defense for our Nation.
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Sorrel in New York writes:
Unbalanced sex ratios, especially on the Indian subcontinent. Large numbers of young men who are both beset by extreme poverty and unable to integrate into adult society through the mechanism of marriage, should be viewed as a global security concern. Many wonderful scholars have and continue to address this issue, but it seems to receive remarkably little attention in the- forgive the phrase- mainstream media. It seems to get even less attention in what might be called the public consciousness. One hopes to see not just a continuation of efforts to address this issue, but increased attempts to make the average citizen more aware and informed.
John in Greece writes:
@ Donald in Virginia -- Indeed extremely thought provoking post as always. However, "tough debate.â€
There are 2 schools of thinking on this. At least as I understand it:
School1.: (they say) If we concentrate all Services in 1, we can have a better collaboration. This circle of thinkers say that we wouldn't have suffered from 9/11 if all Services were in touch. It's a thought!
School2.: (they say) Nevertheless, if you concentrate everything in 1 you have to deal with a major national security problem. If someone put some "rats" in your "houseâ€, you are "deadâ€. It's a fact!
So, I'd go with the old school of thinking. Neither a 5gon, nor a 8gon. I think that the "16 way to go†school of math is the most wise. Only this way you can detect "rats."
Obviously, I vote 4 2X8 all of which makes us 16! (ways to be sure about the truth)
Best Regards Sir and HAPPY NEW YEARS!
Tom in Maryland writes:
To stop the horrifying 21st century witch hunt of Amanda Knox. This case is a threat to all of our civil liberties. The worst case of predatory journalism I've ever scene. Justice by rank speculation with no evidence required.
Jeannette in Pennsylvania writes:
To see Amanda and Raffaele freed this year to go back to their families.
Karina in Florida writes:
I would say the top priority should be to unrelentingly bring the unemployment rate down in the U.S., but speaking about foreign affairs, America needs to be more culturally open-minded and focus on rebuilding its image with humbleness.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I mentioned to my dad that it seems Al-Quaida has matasticized into a beaurocracy and thus has become incompetent in its implementation.
He replied, "Could be."
Now the question above is qualified by the word "should" in reference to what may or may not become an issue, and maybe we should make this an issue by creating better conditions for their incompetence, seeing as how we could just as soon be questioning ourselves after a tragic event.
While at the same time, the philosopher in me reflects on the fact that the civilized world is again witness to the fact that not even the most prestigious education can prevent terminal stupidity from becoming a career path for some.
In fact it is the governments that sponsor terror that keep al-quaida from running out of bullets and willing idiots, for they would have run out of human and financial resources long before this.
The Iranian people are not involved in a simple protest, they are out in the street trying to preserve some semblance of sanity within the Iranian cultural idiom, and constitutional order. This is about self preservation of anything decent and civilized in their value structure, and there is this concept that drives them we as Americans can identify with, and should support with all available resource.
Because at its root, what they are fighting against is terrorism itself, and that is self evident by the regime's own actions in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan....just about anyplace on Earth there is terrorism, the Iranian government aids and abets it through material means, commits terrorism on its own citizens, and the body of evidence to these crimes against humanity SHOULD now be presented in the UN as an international issue of the highest order, as these actions also stand directly against all the good work done in conflict resolution that the UN is engaged in globally.
Failure to take imminent corrective action will cost more lives in the long run than taking the direct route of declaring war and removing the regime from power next week, as a collective international mission to end the sponsorship of terrorism on a global level.
We are witness to the beginnings of cival war in Iran, and this is not the time to be fence-sitting, hoping for diplomacy to save the day, or wait for sanction to fail to work, again and again. Eventually one must be convinced "behavior change" just isn't in their vocabulary.
Frankly sportsfans, peace on Earth is in the play-offs, or at least hangs in the balance, so in this new decade we better start getting serious about nations that publicly advertize government recruitment of wannabe martyrs in state-run publications, and send terrorist missionaries abroad to recruit them directly out of their embassies.
(the things one learns from the inside, playing the part as a friend so boldly did in a visit to an Iranian embassy)
This issue is not in the "should" catagory- per se....simply because it has been designated "inevitable" by the regime's design.
It only takes one to start a war.
Carissa in Texas writes:
END the 7 year genocide and hurtful rapes, 2+ million deaths, and starvation by the Sudan army in Darfur. UN and AU unite and work together to :
1. 1.Immediately press for multilateral targeted sanctions against Sudan and government officials at the UN Security Council.
2. Press for immediate and full deployment and logistical support of the UNAMID peacekeeping force.
3.Press for immediate deployment of EUFOR, the EU peacekeeping force for Eastern Chad.
End the "Devils on Horseback"!
LC in U.S.A. writes:
Free Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
End the Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq
AR in Washington, DC writes:
We still believe that, the United States should not let its desire for secure oil resources obscure its goal of expanding democracy in Post-Soviet countries, like Azerbaijan, which will hold parliamentary elections in autumn 2010.
BTW, this country has never had a free election. Instead, Heydar Aliyev took command in a 1993 coup after the fall of the Soviet Union. His son Ilham, the current president, ascended to power after a fraudulent election in 2003. Aliyev has cultivated ties with the Bush administration by cooperating with American counter-terrorism efforts and reliably exporting oil and natural gas.
Donald in Virginia writes:
@ John in Greece
Happy New Years!!!!
16 sounds reasonable, a National Security Empire that would use all the resources, collect data, issue warrants, track down terrorist networks, using wide screen displays, Professionals from every level Top Security fields monitoring major International Airports, Subways, and Bus services. Issue Security Bulletins, Conduct training, Crime Scene Investigations, homicide and investigate fraud, protect the American Public at large. The ability to dispatch warrants for the arrest of known terrorists, using State and local law enforcement. Inside the facility can have the state-of-art electronics survillence, all units are combined jointly on Missions. The mission of this Command should be to find the terrorist before he or she carries out their mission, to also include tie ins from Europe and around the Globe. This type of Command would be the "Brain" of our Security Operations Center.
I think Mr. Tom Clancy made a tv sitcom years ago, "Operations Center" which is what our country needs to stay ahead of the extremist that would do harm against our country.
John in Greece writes:
@ Donald in Virginia
Well, I didn't exactly attempt to say this, but you made me think. However, this is my last post on this, because I'm really "smallâ€. I'll leave it to the pros…
People say: "Small people talk about other people, Great people talk about ideasâ€. So, it's my honor to discuss this matter, especially with you, but I do not want to cross the line, on the ground that I am not an expert on Security. Not even a sophomore.
Nevertheless, I will clarify my thesis, although not an espionage writer. I owe this to our readers and you.
You have a great point concerning this "Empireâ€. (I would not call it this way, though, because you also know that all anti-American propagandistic mechanisms use this word in order to characterize America as an "Empireâ€. U.S.A. is a democracy and teaches the Democracy all around the globe. So, Certainly not an Empire!)
Anyway, this is not the time for a marketing analysis concerning the name of this "brain†proposal. Secret Services don't care about marketing. Let's call it "Central Processing Unit†in a virtual way of definition.
You have a point! I absolutely agree with this centralization of various Services that have to be in touch in order to collaborate in a A+ level.
Recently, reading the Statement by the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Mr. Michael E. Leiter, I noticed under the logo of the NCTC this very important phrase: United To Protect. I absolutely agree!
However, Security has to deal with more than counterterrorism…
That's why, I'd leave CIA out of this security infrastructure, working independently, or at least working in a different format in order to be sure that all the others do not "feed rats†and everything works OK.
So, as an "elementaryâ€, I'd go for a bigger CIA budget and role, but at the same time, I agree with the rest of your scenario.
But, we are amateurs! (LOL)
I apologize if I crossed the line in such a tough matter.
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Recently escapes from the method which exacts the principle which is custom and disciplined must prepare in election and thinks that - with economy. Meets so first and thinks that tuning is necessary.
2010? The answer spoke already in me. Me only " job" Thinks. With whole world-wide, new investment place about investment field thinks the investment which does not rest. So, "three person" meet and thinks that. With the direction which applies the strong point of each one.
"The middle classes namely, thinks that again must create the consumer."
Is an opinion which is personal.
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Sarkaut in Iraq writes:
In 2010 finding the factors of rising terrorist groups should be prioirity. We need a world without fear and nuclear bombs.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to...
2010? only, "JOB"
international and domestic`s important issue
Is appropriate in the new world and must apportion a new role. detais? i don`t know.
please discuss with. world is changed.
thank you.
Anna in Washington, DC writes:
I think the issues of 2010 will be the same as the ones from 2009: keeping the United States safe from terrorists and economics. We also must be cognizant of often having an ego-centric mentality and look towards working together with other nations and promote open-mindedness both domestically and abroad.
On a different note, I really like the image chosen for this question. Like the individuals in the picture, we must work together! It is inspiring for the new year.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi, Gentlefolks of the Department of States.
The Most Important Issues Of 2010 Are ?
1. Farming and Agricultural improvements in the ways we produce our foods.
2.Communication with Everyone even the little Gray men from outerspace hehe. :)
3.World Peace
4.Feeding the Hungery and helping their familys.
5.Finding jobs and training for careers for Everyone, for free if possible. :)
6.Save the World from Global Warming
7.Find a new green energy source for everyone.
8.Fix the Health Systems and Insurance problem.
9.Fix aging roadways and infrastructure of our country .
10.Find more things too, do hehe. :)
...."Happy New Year....Everybody "
......See Ya....:)
Val B. in Minnesota writes:
I agree we need to focus on Peace. We spend too much money, time and effort on War. War is an assault against poor people, women and children. Its seems our American Government spends much of its time assaulting and hurting poor people here and abroad. One solution I would like to see is more stronger support, ties, programs, between poor people here in American and abroad. To me thats the strongest disconnect. Poor people around the world are not communicating often and daily. The Impact could be phenomenal.
Farah in California writes:
Limit on military spending and spend more on global awareness education to promote world peace, tolerance, compassion and eradicate, AIDS, discrimination, bigotry, child Abuse, human trafficking, labor exploitation, hunger.


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Debates of Feb. 9th, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #45 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was industry.
- East Coast Music Awards
- Liberal Government
- Braille Day
- Year Of The Dragon
- Youth Criminal Justice
- Human Resources Development Canada
- Gilles Kègle
- Inuujaq School Exchange Students
- Volunteers
- Doug Henning
- Human Resources Development
- Bill C-20
- Food Freedom Day
- Health Care
- Merchant Navy
- Human Resources Development
- Bill C-20
- Human Resources Development
- Gasoline Prices
- Human Resources Development
- The Budget
- House Of Commons
- Points Of Order
- Order In Council Appointments
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Export Development Act
- Criminal Code
- Committees Of The House
- Division No. 665
- Message From The Senate
- Criminal Records Act
- An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference
- Criminal Records Act
- Shipbuilding Act, 1999
2 p.m.
The Speaker
As is our practice on Wednesday we will now sing O Canada, and we will be led by the hon. member for Saint John.
East Coast Music Awards
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Andy Scott Fredericton, NB
Mr. Speaker, in that spirit I have the pleasure to rise today to congratulate the musicians of Atlantic Canada on the occasion of the 12th annual East Coast Music Awards in Sydney last Sunday night.
The evening was a terrific celebration of traditional and contemporary music emerging from the east coast. Great Big Sea, An Acoustic Sin, John Gracie, Glamour Puss and Natalie McMaster were among the big winners of the evening as were Morning Star, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir and John Curtis Sampson.
Music has long been important in defining who we are in Atlantic Canada, so it is gratifying to see so many of our artists rise to the top.
Congratulations to the honoured artists. As J. P. Cormier said upon accepting his award, when one of us wins, we all win.
Liberal Government
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Rick Casson Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, in the past month I have had the pleasure of attending several Action for Struggling Agriculture Producers meetings in southern Alberta.
I want to thank the hundreds of farmers who came out to these meetings and shared with me their thoughts on the farm income crisis. As I travel across my riding and as I travel across the country, I am told over and over that the Liberal government has completely lost touch with Canadians.
This arrogant government has turned its back on farmers, promising help but not delivering. It has turned its back on families, promising to cut taxes while secretly raising them. It has turned its back on the sick, promising to defend health care while slashing billions.
Canadians pay the highest taxes in the western world and what do they get? An arrogant, out of touch Liberal government squandering billions upon billions of their hard earned tax dollars.
The time has come to restore hope. The time has come for change.
Braille Day
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate Canada's first Braille Day as proclaimed by our Deputy Prime Minister.
Today we honour the memory of Louis Braille. It was Mr. Braille who developed and introduced a system of six raised dots that revolutionized the lives of blind and visually impaired people around the world.
A combination of these six magic dots have made it possible for a person who is blind to read. The ability to read the printed word opens countless doors.
Braille Day is an opportunity to highlight the importance of this invention and the impact it has on literacy.
I ask my colleagues to join in celebrating Canada's first Braille Day. This year's theme is Braille equals equality.
Year Of The Dragon
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Sophia Leung Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, right now we are celebrating the year of the dragon. The dragon symbolizes vitality, prosperity and power.
When the dragon enters into this new century it makes a magnificent year for Chinese communities in Canada and around the world. It is a golden chance to celebrate the richness of Chinese culture and the contributions of Chinese Canadians. The celebrations will enhance the understanding and appreciation of Canada's diversity and its multicultural society.
Today the 40 groups of the national capital region Chinese community and I will host a Chinese New Year celebration on the Hill. Many members of parliament will participate in this non-partisan joyful event to exchange good wishes.
May you have good health, prosperity and success in the year of the dragon.
Youth Criminal Justice
Statements By Members
February 9th, 2000 / 2 p.m.
Chuck Cadman Surrey North, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are tired of the government's promises to bring in effective youth criminal justice legislation.
We are nearing the third anniversary of the appointment of the present justice minister. After months of promises she finally introduced Bill C-68 and then Bill C-3 as her response to the highly criticized Young Offenders Act.
Press releases were long on talk of getting tough on crime. Now Canadians are discovering that the proposals leave far too many opportunities for even more leniency toward violent young offenders.
There is a groundswell of opposition developing across the country. Two individuals, Bruce McGloan from Calgary and Joseph Wamback from Newmarket, Ontario, have joined forces and have been collecting petitions to oppose the government's actions on youth justice. They now have hundreds of thousands of supporters.
These individuals are just two who have been victimized by violent crimes against their children. Bruce lost his son to a young killer. Joseph's son is now paralyzed after a violent assault. Bruce and Joe are to be commended for their efforts, but the government should be ashamed of its record.
Human Resources Development Canada
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Eleni Bakopanos Ahuntsic, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out how great a need there is for Human Resources Development Canada's programs, including the Canada jobs fund.
It must be made clear that the mandate of this fund is to create jobs and provide financial support to private sector industry to enable it to compete with businesses internationally.
Since our government has been in power, over 1.7 million jobs have been created. In my riding, textile manufacturers such as Christina Canada, Tricot Exclusive and Heritage Decoys have created 239 jobs. In 1998-99 my riding was able to create a total of 291 jobs.
This is just one program in one riding but I can speak about all the HRDC programs which help Canadians find jobs, school help dropouts learn skills and find employment, help the disabled and illiterate become productive members of society. So why are the opposition members attacking a program that does so much good for so many Canadians?
Gilles Kègle
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, this afternoon, Gilles Kègle, a remarkable resident of my riding of Québec, will become a member of the Order of Canada.
Affectionately known as the friend of the poor, the street nurse and the knight of the down and out, he has focused all his energies since 1986 on relieving human suffering in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood of Quebec City.
This man works without pay tirelessly 16 hours a day, seven days a week, with the seniors and the disadvantaged in Saint-Roch. Maison Gilles-Kègle, which he has founded, serves as kitchen, laundry, infirmary and meeting place for the team of 77 volunteers that form the Missionnaires de la paix.
Many expressions of gratitude have cited and continue to cite the devotion of this modest man, devotion that knows no bounds and that puts hope and dignity in the hearts of the abandoned people of society for whom he works so hard.
To Gilles Kègle and his missionaries of peace, thanks for making people the focus of your work.
Inuujaq School Exchange Students
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome to Ottawa students from the Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay, Nunavut who are participating in an exchange program with Hillcrest High School.
These Inuujaq School students are excellent role models for Nunavut youth for they are community minded individuals who have shown great initiative in the various ventures they undertake. As volunteers in the non-profit High School Café, these students have raised money for many worthy causes and have brought great joy to many lives.
I wish the Inuujaq School and the Hillcrest High School exchange students continued success in their endeavours. I know they will treasure the memories of their visit for a lifetime. Thank you. Mutna .
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Monday, 25 people from the Montreal region were honoured by the governor general. These were all people who had served others in various ways, examples of solidarity reminding us that there is always a place in a society like ours for lending a helping hand to others.
These volunteers earned recognition for what often seem very simple acts, but these are acts perceived almost as a blessing by their recipients.
This opportunity to celebrate unsung heroes should make us realize that it is possible for each and every one of us to be a hero, by extending a helping hand or an act of courtesy when the opportunity presents itself in our daily lives.
I would also like to draw attention to this ability we all have within us to show generosity and human kindness at a time when we are seeking to return to old-fashioned values in order to give a more human face to our society.
Doug Henning
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Rahim Jaffer Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the late Doug Henning who passed away yesterday.
Doug was born in Winnipeg in 1947 A city that he might say could be a little closer to heaven.
As a child Doug had become fascinated with tricks And as a student was well known for his psychedelic hippie shticks.
Doug flew with friends and heroes in high places of sorts Houdini, Ivan Reitman, and fellow Canadian Martin Short.
Doug's middle name became known as "Levitation" An act that earned him world fame and many standing ovations.
But who would have thought that the creator of spellbound alone Had an idea to make the House of Commons his home.
For in the end it was this entertaining magician Who dreamed of turning himself into a natural law politician.
I wish that Doug could have worked his magic in this place To elevate government to a new space.
Doug, you blessed us with your lighthearted, free-spirited rise If only we could have seen the world through your eyes.
It is with sadness that we say goodbye And with new wings may you always fly high.
Human Resources Development
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ben Serré Timiskaming—Cochrane, ON
Mr. Speaker, in my riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane communities are 100% behind HRDC. Here is what they have to say.
From the town of Cochrane: "I trust the federal government will continue with this program despite the negativity created by opposing parties".
From the town of New Liskeard: "I request your continued support for financial assistance programs to improve the quality of life in Timiskaming—Cochrane".
From the town of McGarry: "We wish to advise you of our support for your government. We trust that your government will continue to provide funding for these very important programs".
From Cochrane Public Utilities Commission: "Without the assistance of HRDC, 76 people would still be unemployed in Cochrane".
From the town of Iroquois Falls: "Please be assured of my community's full support on this issue".
From the town of Kirkland Lake: "I would like to express my support to the HRDC minister".
Finally from the town of Charlton: "We would like to support our MP in fighting the official opposition and extreme right wing media who want to eliminate these"—
Human Resources Development
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Sydney—Victoria.
Human Resources Development
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Peter Mancini Sydney—Victoria, NS
Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear many people support the program.
I am prepared to say that this government has seriously jeopardized that program essential to areas of high unemployment in the country. The government has tainted the transitional jobs fund through at best, mismanagement, at worst, patronage and old style pork-barrel politics. By bungling and mismanagement the government has hurt the people who need the program most, the unemployed.
My colleagues and I in the NDP stand behind programs to help the unemployed.
The shadow cast over this program by mismanagement has fueled the Reform Party's call for an end to such programs. The Reform Party would gladly abandon those in need in high unemployment areas. The Liberals would help them if it means passing the money around to their friends. Only the NDP stands for job creation free from political interference.
Bill C-20
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government seems prepared to do anything to get what it wants. After violating the parliamentary rules last December in making their Bill C-20 public, now we again have the Prime Minister making a mockery of democracy.
Yesterday the Prime Minister said "We do not want to waste too much of the House's time on this. We want to move ahead as quickly as possible".
The Bloc Quebecois would like to remind the government that, in a democracy, there is but one rate of speed, the one which allows the people to have their voices heard and heeded. This is particularly the case because of the vital importance of Bill C-20, since it lays open to question the fundamental rules of democracy and freedom.
The members of the Bloc Quebecois wish to hear what the groups in society have to say, and they call upon the government to organize extensive public hearings on this bill.


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Born Standing Up
January 18, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: banjo picker, bestseller, Books, clarity, comedians, drivel, earl scruggs, ego, gesture, grabs, honesty, improvising jazz, jazz musician, josh jackson, last stand, memoir, persistent memory, scruggs style, standup comedy, steve martin, time a place
Steve Martin one of the funniest comedians of all time. He's also a talented banjo picker in the Earl Scruggs' style. Lately, however, Martin's writing consistently grabs my attention. I'm almost finished with his new memoir, Born Standing Up.
[disclosure - my wife works for the company that publishes this book. Then again, they also publish such intellectual drivel like the recent bestseller, The Secret.]
Martin walked away from standup comedy in 1981. While he was still on top. Born Standing Up offers his personal take on a time, a place, and a person (himself) that no longer exist. It's a fascinating real life story, expressed with astonishing honesty and clarity. When Steve Martin writes about standup comedy - being alone on a stage, in front of an audience that expects you to entertain - he refers to it as "the ego's last stand."
His description of the act is very much how I think an improvising jazz musician must feel at times:
"My most persistent memory of stand-up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next."
Fortunately for musicians, silence is an option.
- Josh Jackson


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In the eighties he worked with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Eric Stewart, Elvis Costello. Would it be a good idea to start doing this again? I would love to see Paul doing something with Sting (late seventies/early eighties-Sting, that is), or some old rock 'n' roll geezer like Little Richard.
Or maybe even with so-called contemporary artists, like Santana did? Maybe Travis? Or Moby? Or Noel Gallagher? [gettin gunder the table, fearing someone might hit me]... Robbie Williams? [getting up again, nothing has happened]


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I love walking into my home after a long day and smelling this lovely pot roast. You can add potatoes and carrots to round out the meal, and the leftover meat makes a comforting soup for the next night. —Susan Burkett, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Recommended: 39 Ways to Make Meat Loaf
- 1 boneless beef chuck roast (2 pounds)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown beef in oil on all sides; drain.
- Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle with onion. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over meat. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Skim fat. If desired, thicken cooking liquid. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Sassy Pot Roast in Healthy Cooking December/January 2013, p67
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