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In a college game, if a player substitutes illegally (prior to a penalty corner being started) what is the penalty?
Rule 3.4 states: Captains are responsible for the behaviour of all players on their team and for ensuring that substitutions of players on their team are carried out correctly.
A personal penalty is awarded if a captain does not exercise these responsibilities.
Whenever there is an illegal substitution, the captain should be warned with the appropriate card. If the substitution took place after a penalty corner is called and before the penalty corner is started, the substitute must leave the field of play.
If the illegal substitution is recognized prior to the penalty corner insertion, then a green card to the captain is the appropriate first warning and the substitute is sent off to wait for the insertion to take place. Any subsequent illegal substitutions should be yellow, starting with a 5 minute suspension and longer suspensions if there are additional illegal substitutions.
If the illegal substitution is recognized after the penalty corner is inserted then a yellow card to the captain is appropriate, even as a first warning, starting with a 5 minute suspension and longer suspensions if there are additional illegal substitutions because the illegal substitution was able to influence play. The substitute stays on at this point.
It is important for everyone to realize that no decisions can be overturned that were given while the illegal substitute was in the game.
Can goalkeepers in NCAA games substitute from the back-line like in high school?
No. Goalkeepers in NCAA games must substitute from the substitution area (3 meters on either side of the center-line). Substitutions involving fully kitted goalkeepers are managed by the umpires (at an appropriate stoppage of play, the umpire stops the clock and signals the goalkeeper to substitute).
The goalkeeper for the blue team comes out to play an oncoming white attacker. As she makes a slide tackle to play the ball, her helmet comes off and comes to rest in the circle. Play continues as the ball is worked towards the cage and after several additional shots during which the goalkeeper has now returned to play the ball without her helmet, white scores. What is the proper procedure if a goalkeeper loses her helmet during play? Is this considered dangerous play by the goalkeeper at this level?
Keep in mind that safety is a priority and common sense should prevail. It is not a foul if a goalkeeper (or any other player) accidentally looses some equipment. Further, at this level, the goalkeeper may continue to play even though her helmet has fallen off. Certainly, at the first stoppage of play, allow for the goalkeeper to get the helmet back on. If, however, play is continuing and the attack has the chance to score, then the proper procedure is to, "Play on." This situation can be likened to an injury where under certain circumstances play can continue while in other circumstances play must be immediately stopped. Just as in those circumstances, let safety and common sense be your guide. In the situation you described, when there is no foul and the umpire stops active play for the sake of safety, play would be restarted with a bully at the 16.
[ED: In games governed by NFHS rules, play would restart with a bully at the 16 or with a free hit for the team that had possession at the time play was interrupted.]
During a college match, a penalty corner was inserted but did not exit the circle. The attacker at the edge of the circle flicked the ball high towards the corner of the goal, a defender raises her stick to save, puts the ball down into an attacker who plays it back into the body of the defender on the goal-line. What is the call and why?
Based on your description, and assuming the attacker did not play dangerously, the play would be followed by a penalty corner because the defender either played the ball dangerously into the attacker or because the defender accidentally used her body to play the ball within the circle. There would not be a penalty stroke because the ball did not leave the circle so the defender did not use her body to stop a goal as one could not be scored. It is not a foul to attempt a shot at goal even though the ball has not left the circle. All parameters of a penalty corner are in play except a goal cannot be scored nor a penalty stroke awarded until the ball has left the circle.
[ED: In a NFHS game, again assuming that no one played dangerously, the play would be followed by a penalty stroke because the ball doesn't have to leave the circle during a penalty corner.]
On a penalty corner, after the insertion the defensive team wants to sub, do they have to enter the field at the 50 yard line, or is it the nearest point of the substitution area? After a goal and either team who wants to substitute, does the player have to be off the field before the new player can enter?
A substitute coming into the game at the moment the ball is inserted during a penalty corner must enter from the designated substitution area, which is designed to be no more than 3 meters on either side of the center-line.
By rule the substitute must wait until the player is off the field before entering but, given that the NCAA has a modification that the clock is stopped after each goal, the umpires can allow an unrestricted exchange without delay while the clock is stopped.
Time-outs for high school are a total length of 90 seconds. When the umpire blows her whistle and signals the time-out, when does the 90 second clock begin ticking? Does it begin rightaway or only after the teams are huddled?:
The 90-second time-out begins immediately. The total time without play should be 90 seconds. The manner in which a team uses the time-out period is a coaching decision. There is no requirement for either team to huddle.
A player shoots on goal from inside the circle. She lifts the ball high into the air but the ball goes through the net at the back of the goal. Neither the umpire in the circle, nor the other umpire sees the ball go into the cage at all. Is it a goal?
When the umpires arrive they should check the netting, minimizing the likelihood that this type of thing will happen. Regardless, if the umpires as you describe do not recognize that the ball went through the netting they can only judge it as a wide shot. If the umpire recognizes that the ball did actually go through the netting then a goal is awarded.
If a goalie has attempted to block a shot with a dive, and is then stormed by several players who begin swinging thier sticks wildly at the ball and the ball goes under the goalie on a subsequent shot should this be a stroke for covering, or should the wild swingers be called for dangerous play?
All players have the responsibility to play safely. No player is allowed to obstruct an opponent from reaching the ball. Based on your description, the action of the goalkeeper is perfectly legal. As long as the goalkeeper does not intentionally move onto the ball or pull the ball under himself or herself, it is the responsibility of the attacker to play safely and do something constructive with the ball. Beating it under the goalkeeper is not constructive and is dangerous. Therefore, based on your description of the play, a free hit to the defense should be awarded for the danger involved with this play.
New York State high school field hockey game. 27 seconds left in the game. Black team awarded a free hit. Free hit is inside the 25 yard line and almost at the broken circle line. Black team takes time out to set up the following play. Player on the black team stands over the ball. Official blows whistle to restart time. Black player fakes a self start, does not touch ball and moves off seven yards. Another offensive player who was 7 yards away goes to hit the ball. Before the black team's player can get to ball, the white team who was 7 yards away runs up and hits the ball down the field. Please advise what the call is?
In every sense of the rule, the defending white team player has the responsibility to maintain 7 yards away until the ball is played. Any play on the ball or any attempt to approach and/or influence the free hit by the defense should be penalized. None of this as described is an accident...the defending white player did not adhere to the free hit rule.
There is no "do over" and a penalty corner should be awarded with a possible card to the defender. To properly assess the situation, one would have to be the umpire in the situation making the call.
No matter what the attack does to fake or otherwise set up the free hit, the defender(s) must meet the requirements of the free hit rule.
In a college game, the ball was injected on a penalty corner and broke apart. What is the proper procedure? Would the same hold true if the ball broke apart before it crosses the goal line on a shot?
When the ball breaks apart during the insertion of a penalty corner, stop time immediately and reset the penalty corner with a new ball.
In order for a goal to be scored, the whole ball must cross the goal-line. If the ball breaks apart prior to crossing the goal-line it is no longer "whole" and no goal is scored. Play is restarted with a bully at the top of the circle, just outside the circle line.
There is a foul inside the circle by the attack. The goalkeeper kicks the ball towards the top of the D and follows the ball. The ball is still rolling when it gets to within 2 yards of the edge of the circle and the goalkeeper uses their stick to pass it out of the D (on the ground) and to a teammate. Is the goalkeeper's first action of kicking the ball legal for a self pass?
The rule states that a free hit is started with a hit or a push, therefore, all players, including the goalkeeper must use their stick to initiate a free hit. The goalkeeper cannot use a kick as a first action.
If the first shot on a penalty corner is a hit that, without being deflected, strikes the goalie in the chest. The goalie makes the save but then an attacker puts the ball in the goal. The rule says nothing about the first hit being over 18". It only says it cannot cross the goal line over 18". Would that be a goal or should that be a foul on the first hit.
Rule 13.3.k: If the first shot at goal is a hit (as opposed to a push, flick or scoop), the ball must cross the goal-line, or be on a path which would have resulted in it crossing the goal-line, at a height of not more than 460 mm (the height of the backboard) before any deflection, for a goal to be scored.
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If the first shot at goal is a hit and the ball is, or will be, too high crossing the goal-line it must be penalized even if the ball is subsequently deflected off the stick or body of another player.
Therefore the hit that you described would be illegal and should be a penalty against the attack (free hit to defense).
Does "self-pass" negate the old rule about a player who botches a free hit not being able to touch it until someone else (teammate or opponent) touches it? Can a player who attempts an old school free hit and messes up then call it a "self-pass" and continue to play it?
A player who "botches" an "old school" free hit is no longer required to move away from the ball. He or she can simply turn that mistake into the first action of a self pass.
Can you clarify "two distinct motions" on the self pass? What makes them distinct? The player's stick leaving the ball? A change of direction? Is there a limit to the area in which the two distinct motions must take place? Does there have to be some other "distinction" (such as a change of direction) as well?
What makes the "two distinct motions" distinct is a separation between the ball and the stick no matter how small of a separation there may be. This separation should happen relatively close to where the free hit occurred understanding that there may be some extended contact with the stick before the separation occurs.
Attacker has successfully dribbled the ball into the circle and is well into his hard drive at goal (focussed totally on the ball). A defender approached at speed from the attacker's left side and jabs the ball away from under the attacker's stick and there was no body contact, however, the attacker's early follow through on the drive catches the defender low on the shinbone (no shinguards) and opens a nasty wound there that required Emergency Room treatment. After the injury timeout, the umpire awards a Penalty Corner against the defender for a dangerous tackle. Defense is totally upset at this decision because their player was badly injured. Would a bully have been more appropriate? Or should the Penalty Corner stand? Or free hit to the Defense? There was no way the Attacker could have "pulled" his shot.
Based on your description, your judgment was that the play was clean and any danger was on the attacker. The umpire in your statement had the opinion that there was some danger to the initial tackle therefore a penalty corner. We have a disagreement with a call but, because the umpire judged that there was a bad tackle, by rule they must award a penalty corner. There is no option for a bully in this situation.
I have a two part question. First, if Red attack players are in the Blue circle. A ball is shot on goal, hits a defender's stick and flies into the air in front of an attacker waist high. The Red attacker swings her stick (softball swing) and sends the ball into the goal.
Is it a goal under the following conditions?
- It is just the goalie defending (1)
- Red and Blue players are between the shooter and the goal (2)
- Nobody is defending the goal (3)
A college team huddles before every corner. On the next corner they do not. Are they then allowed to go back and huddle on subsequent corners? Would that make a difference if it were high school?
The type of change in behavior you've described is fine. Any reasonable preparation for a penalty corner is allowed at all levels of the game.
The attack has been awarded a free hit inside the 25 yard (23 meter) line just outside the broken line in or about the 20 to 18 yard line. The attack drives the ball toward the circle. A defender just outside the circle line DEFLECTS the ball off of her/his FOOT into the penalty circle. Is this a legal touch? The ball would have gone directly into the circle if had not been deflected off the foot of the defender. What is the appropriate management of this situation? If the incidental contact off the foot is deemed not a legal touch would this be an immediate whistle to award the defense a free hit at the site of the original hit or a held whistle. Essentially if it is not a legal touch the ball has entered the circle without meeting the specified criteria of being played 5 yards/meters before entering the circle. That being said if the ball is deflected off the attack foot what would be the appropriate game management? To give a complete picture - if the foot contact meets the criteria for "advancing" would this be the foul and the attack would place the ball on the broken line (nfhs) or outside the broken line(fih/ncaa).
The illegal contact by the defender that you described satisfies the indirect circle entry requirement. Obviously, if the illegal contact had happened by an attacker, a free hit would be given to the defense.
This situation must be treated exactly like any other contact with the body of the defender inside the 23 meter area and outside the circle. As in all those cases the umpires hold to determine whether or not it is in the opponent's best interest to be awarded a free hit or to play on.
A ball placed on or just outside the proximity markers outside the circle satisfies the placement requirements of the NFHS, the NCAA, USA Field Hockey and the FIH.
A player from the RED team is within the circle and hits the ball. It rises up and like a line drive in baseball and races towards the head of a BLUE opponent who is pretty far outside the circle. There isn't any question whatsoever that the play is dangerous. I have been given conflicting information about the call to make. One person told me that the BLUE team should get a penalty corner because that is where the RED player hit the ball dangerously but lots of people have told me that the BLUE team gets a free hit where the BLUE player almost got hit in head was standing because that is where the danger occurred. They added, if that BLUE player hadn't been there, the line drive wouldn't have been dangerous so, the BLUE player made it dangerous because she happened to be standing there. But the person who told me it's a penalty corner said, "No. The BLUE player has a right to stand anywhere on the field. It isn't dangerous to stand some place. We blame the player who hit the ball up." Which is right, a free hit outside the circle coming in or a penalty corner?
In the situation you described, the dangerous action took place in the circle when the ball was initially hit and had no chance of being played safely by the Blue player, therefore a penalty corner should be awarded to the Blue team.
On a penalty stroke in a NFHS game, both the attacker and goalkeeper have indicated they are ready. Official blows whistle to start the stroke. Before the stroker takes the stroke, the goalie moves to her right (she has fouled). Then the attacker hits the ball (now the attacker has committed a foul). What is the call, and why?
The only foul that matters is the first foul -- the goalkeeper's foul. According to Rule 11.2, Art. 9, (on page 55 of the 2010-11 NFHS rule book), "The penalty stroke may be retaken when the goalkeeper takes a step in any direction after he/she and the stroker have indicated they are ready, and the stroker's shot completely misses the cage."
What is the correct progression for multiple violations of the 7 yard rule on free hits? Warn, bump up, green card or warn, green card, yellow card? Also, what is the progression after the first yellow for this type of foul? Should it be another yellow or a red? It seems to harsh to go to a red card for a 7 yard violation.
The progression for minor misconduct violations would typically begin with the umpire cautioning the player or warning him/her with a green card. For subsequent minor misconduct by the same team, the player would be suspended with a yellow card. Additional yellow cards are acceptable for this violation unless by the same player when a red card must be issued in NFHS games but yellow cards with progressively longer suspensions can be given in NCAA, USA Field Hockey and FIH games. In cases involving different players on the same time, when the umpire deems that the teams are clearly not "getting the message", the players have given the umpire no other choice but to issue a red card for their lack of regard for the rule.
The player restarts the game after a goal has been scored. They self pass and on their second action scoop the ball onto their stick and run with it sitting on their stick. The stick and ball are held at knee level. A defender closes in and hacks down on the stick to make the ball drop. The ref. called it against the attack player saying you cannot play the ball like that for more than 5 yards. Never heard this before...what is your take on this?
There is no rule stating that a ball cannot be carried off the ground for more than 5 yards -- not in the NFHS rules, the NCAA modifications nor in the Rules of Hockey. If that is why the umpire made the call he or she made, it was not correct. Air dribbling should be judged the same as a lifted ball...the attacker lifted the ball safely...when they are close enough for an opponent to play it...it is a lifted ball between two opposing players, therefore creating a dangerous situation. The defense has the same right to play the ball as the attack and nothing good can come out of opposing players trying to play the ball while in the air. The call should be made well before the defender hacked down on the attackers stick and the foul should be against the attacker for creating the dangerous situation.
Please note that in field hockey the officials are called umpires.
When driving the ball on a free hit or just during regular play, can the stick go above the players shoulder and/or can they round-house with stick prior to striking the ball?
In a player's attempt to drive the ball as you describe, there are no restrictions to the height of the stick, in front or in back, provided the action is not dangerous to other players in proximity of the play. It will be the judgment of the umpire based on player positioning that will determine the call. Also, any player coming from the blindside or from behind would be creating the danger if they put themselves in a position where they could be hurt. Everyone has to play safely and umpires will penalize players whose actions they judged caused the danger.


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I bought my last Caputo Pizzeria flour for $52.80 for 55 #. Equals $0.96 per #.KABF $5.89 for 5 # locally. Equals $1.18 per #. KAAP same price.So much for "the flour is expensive". After I made pizza the first time using 100% Caputo flour I threw out the KABF I had been using. I am temperature challenged since I have only a conventional oven with a max. temp. of 500 f. I do the best I can with what I have. All I know is that I got much better results with Caputo flour.I also found a good Ciabatta Bread recipe but that's for a different forum.
I pay 5 bucks for 2.2 pound bag of Caputo, 3.18 per 5# of KABF and only 17 bucks for 50# of All Trumps. None of those are really relative to each other, since they are different volumes and also different type stores.
Two, 00 flour does tend to yield a little bit tougher crumb at lower temperatures than your routine American flour. The crumb can still be plenty tender enough as you've detailed in previous posts. But I can outperform 00 flour using KAAP or a mixture of KAAP/KABF and 00 flour at lower temperatures. (I agree, in fact, with what Varasano had to say; for a 3 minute pie most people are going to prefer the KABF/00 mixture. I have found the same thing personally)While you have those folks who believe that 00 flour is worthless for anything other than Neapolitan pizza, you also have those folks who believe it is simply the best flour in the world no matter the application. I fall somewhere in the middle. While it can be used successfully in any bread making application, I do not think it is simply the world's best flour irregardless of what it is used it for.
I was thinking about ordering some 00 caputo online and read somewhere that it will not make much difference unless you can achieve the higher baking temps. Is this true?
All i have is a stone and a conventional oven (500 degrees).
Is it worth getting this flour without a high temp oven?
The prime characteristics of Caputo 00 flour in relation to your typical American flour are high quality gluten, low ash content, low level of damaged starch and lower enzyme activity. Most of its behavior can be explained according to those relative physical attributes.
I like the way it works e' mano, but it is not my favorite for the oven, WFO or not. The AT bromated is my favorite now.
I'll submit a full, more in depth post later. Although Neapolitans invented pizza, sometimes I wonder whether New Yorkers (lower temps, longer bakes, bit less of a bread-like texture) are the ones who perfected it.
The prime characteristics of Caputo 00 flour in relation to your typical American flour are high quality gluten, low ash content, low level of damaged starch and lower enzyme activity. Most of its behavior can be explained according to those relative physical attributes.
Alright, I give in It would be nice to see these experiments recreated at lower altitudes, but comparing your 3-4 minute 00 crumb to your 3-4 HG crumbs, they seem comparably tender, so that's enough for me.I will, from this point forward, no longer say that 00 has a propensity towards toughness with longer bakes.Just to be clear, though, from a cultural perspective, 00 in NY style pizza is inauthentic, so, for those striving for 3-4 NY style bakes, I will continue to steer them towards bromated HG flours. I also feel that bromated HG is inauthentic in Neapolitan as well, so I'll continue to dissuade aspiring pizzaiolo's along those same cultural lines (along with a larger unburnt window with unmalted flour).But that's obviously not being argued here. What is being argued- 00 tenderness with longer bakes- on that issue, I have been incorrect.
Looking forward to it. Thanks.David can you expand on the as well in layman's terms? Does it fall in line with what I showed here or is what I've done pushing the bounds of the flour?Thanks,Chau
David,I don't think I could have said it any better or more succinctly. Although I am no historian on Italian grains and flours, I also believe that in the early days when the Italians, especially those in Naples and surrounding areas, discovered that their local grains produced fairly weak flours (Marco calls them medium strong flours), they concluded that if they were to be able to make crusts that were soft and tender yet had some color, they would have to bake the pizzas at very high temperatures and for short periods of time. Otherwise, they could end up with crackers. Eventually, they were able to figure out what oven designs worked best for this purpose, using whatever indigenous materials were available to them to construct the ovens. Today, things are changing because the Italians now import grains and flours from many parts of the world, including the U.S., and have widely expanded their flour offerings. And, it seems that the Italians are gradually adopting methods and practices that U.S. pizza operators use, for example, cold fermentation and storage, even though Marco has always contended that the 00 flours are best suited for ambient temperature applications (see, for example, Reply 125 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1298.msg13410/topicseen.html#msg13410).Also, the Neapolitans kept everything simple, just flour, water, salt and yeast (and sometimes natural starters) used in a straight dough system. No sugar and no oil. And no autolyse, stretch and folds and other such bread related measures. And no preferments, although Da Michele seems to be using an old dough method. To my way of thinking, there appears to be a natural beauty and harmony to the way that the Neapolitans adapted their flours, doughs and methods to their ovens. Peter
David can you expand on the as well in layman's terms? Does it fall in line with what I showed here or is what I've done pushing the bounds of the flour?


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These actually brought tears to my eyes because it implies that people are learning to be better to their animal companions and that behaviors that were once standard are being recognized as substandard. It's a cute way to express the regret for former behavior while celebrating the upgrades! And some are hilarious: "I let the biscuit jar run out," and "I made him wear cute outfits." There's no abuse happening, here! These are beloved pets.
Im not a dog owner, but reading all these made me think about my first cat. I used to spank him when he bit me instead of understanding what he was really trying to say to me with those bites! I know better now with my current cat. I have never and will never raise my hand to my dear cat. I understand what boundaries not to cross and what those bites mean if I do.
lol to hungover
My huskies actually love their crates, they will go in them and lay down even when they don't need to be in there, it's "den" mentality, they feel safe. When I leave them out of their crates if I go somewhere it makes them nervous. Knowing my dogs, I think a crate can be an okay thing. If your dog absolutely and obviously hates it then yes, then it should be looked at as negatively impacting your dog. Not mine though, they love theirs.
These things wouldn't have happened initially if the dogs had been loved – too sad to be funny 🙁
I think this is really great. The dog shaming is meant to be funny. This is funny as well, but I think in a much more positive way. Some people seem to forget the role they play in their animal's behavior.
I agree with DogLover. I mean, the lady who kept the dog in a crate all day broke my heart, but I didn't know dog treats were a requirement in order to be a good pet owner. I don't even have a "biscuit jar" because I hardly ever give my pets treats (it tends to upset their digestion) so I must be ultra-cruel? You can't always take your pets with you where ever you go. I hope no one changes their minds about adopting a homeless pet because of these. Pet need love, not perfection.
these pics arent serious…i looked at them as a satire to the "bad dog " pics….lighten up people
I love these people 🙂 and their critters 🙂
There are so many pets that don't have homes. Don't make the requirements for being a good owner unatainable. Many vets, myself included, advocate crate training. Running out of cookies isn't a crime – to humans or dogs. After the 720th time my dog stops to pee on a walk, i give her a tug. I love animals, but according to your standards, I am cruel. This is silly.
really… i'm sorry but the people actually abusing their dogs are not posting things on peta
This is much better than people just saying how good they treat their animals, need more change.
i admire them so much for admitting they did something wrong and changing their ways (more importantly….the dogs were cute:)
the hung over one cracked me up. but seriously dogs are so freaking awesome
Malditos bastardos
I'm glad a "people" version was done. I've seen the dog shaming site, some are funny but a lot of them are nasty and mean. A lot of those owners don't seem to understand that dogs don't magically train themselves and they don't speak English so if there's certain behavior you don't want your dog doing, you need to train them not to do it.
The biscuit one was BS. People who over-feed their pets with treats are the real abusers. My sister works with animals and she sees dogs and cats die everyday who were overfed and paid the price. I call shenangians.
All of you people have done some mistakes in the past. However now you all realized that it should not have happened that way and telling others as well NOT to do the same. This is great. You all deserve compliments in that respect and from now on the bond between you and your loving pet must be focused on due respect to one another. Show the love towards the one who loves you "UNCONDITIONALLY" I am pretty sure all these PETS will forgive youall for your mistakes what you all have done to hurt their feelings in the past.
I am so pleased to see these people have changed their ways Our animals deserve love, respect and a great quality of life.
I have never, ever done any of these things to my dear toy poodle Bow Bow.
Bravo to all of the people in the photos who were brave enough to admit to their mistakes publicly in the hopes of educating others. It takes a lot of courage to do that and to change your behavior. There are all things that we can do better.
Glad to hear you have changed in making things better for your loyal friend.Animals don't deserve to be neglected.They are a responsibilty as long as they alive. Please don't betray your best friend!
I had years when I was a mess. Something happened which I will not go into but it was bad. I used to leave my dogs for too long and did not pay enough attention to them and ignored their needs, one in particular as he was with me longer). I can not tell you how bad it makes me feel even tough it was over 20 years ago. I wasn't that way on purpose and did care about them but I was going through too much. I did not search for either dog, they came to me. I did not beat them, I was negligent though. I became like a convert, doing all i could.can for my dogs. They go in the car, walk in different places, have many beds and treats to name of few ways they live. I should have such a life. I am not proud of I am and it brings tears to my eyes knowing how I was. Sadly sometimes people do not realize that the healing they need is right in front of them in the form of a dog, cat, bird, or some other being who is thankfully not human.
Unfortunately, these are too true to be funny. Thanks
These people are npt bad people. They are good people who got lazy or who were irresponsible. Bad people are Michael Vick people of the world. Let's concentrate on those monsters. Get off of your high horse "Doglover". There is no such thing as a perfect pet owner. Even you, YES YOU, have done something to your dogs that you shouldn't have or have not taken him or her on a walk when you should have. Shame on you for not taking responsibility. You must be GOD.
is it just me or what, but once again there is more woman that are feeling guilty, would any one encourage me and tell me that just as many man are taking action for the well being of animal.
'Dog Shaming" is just a fun thing for people who love their pets. Some days it seems like outdoing each other for silliest behavior of the day! But a lot of these "People Shaming" things are seriously wrong. Clapping loud or flicking a towel at a cat for meowing?!?! That person had problems … that poor cat!
Good for all of you who changed! You make the world a little bit better <3
I would never do any of these things to my dog. I always think ahead and make sure my dogs needs are met. If I'm going for a long hard hike, he's only 5lbs and too tiny for the 2 hour hikes i go on,I drop him off at my mom's so he can run around in her huge yard and play with my mom's dogs. He gets lots of love and attention while he's there too. I hate leaving him all alone at home. I love my dog so much, could never treat him badly. He's my baby. 🙂
Responsibility <3 Share THE Message!
@Jasmine My Dog is not going out when it rains 😀 Hes scard of rain as hell! 😀 I would go out while its raining but he refuses to go with me 😀
People shaming: I yell & chase my cat away by clapping or flicking a towel at her when she meows too much. 🙁 But, I'm going to work on not doing that!!!
Awwwww! Good spin.
love this!!!! How about this one: I used to not walk my dog when it rained or I didn't feel well. (People: walk your dogs rain or shine and when you dont feel well!!)


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Skip to comments.Limbaugh to Leave AM Station in Philadelphia
Posted on 04/10/2012 12:55:01 AM PDT by raccoonradio
click here to read article
The NY Crimes seems to indicate it's a step down but WKDN could be a very good signal, maybe even better than WPHT for some...no static no static no static at all, FM (no static at all...)
Again we don't know the date and we're not certain if WKDN
is the station but it could well be.
Some people point out "oh, Rush has a contract with such-and-such for the next year". Those things can be
broken. In Boston in 2010, the word came out that Clear
Channel/Premiere was starting a cons. talk station that
would be called Rush Radio (now Talk 1200). And people
said, "Wait, WRKO (Entercom) has a contract for Rush
for one more year." Guess what: the contract got broken
(CC/Premiere owns 1200) and Rush was soon off WRKO
and onto the "new" (at the time) 1200.
Stay tuned.
I'll actually be relieved not to have Rush constantly preempted by Phillies games.
Limbaugh's show was pulled from the local talk radio outlet here in Raleigh some time ago (AM680). The folks who own Limbaugh's show moved it to one of their own stations, an FM station that had always been classic rock format.
Two things happened.
First, being now on FM, Rush never sounded so good (there wre other, better rock stations to fill the music void). Second....that AM station just flat DIED.
How do you replace Rush Limbaugh? You don't.
Further conf. from Phil. Inquirer:
>>Updated: Rush Limbaugh is leaving WPHT
>>Rush Limbaugh — the dominant force in conservative talk radio in America for more than two decades — is leaving his long-time Philadelphia perch on 50,000-watt AM station WPHT, apparently for an unknown rival.
The dramatic move shakes up the Philly radio market — and arguably the local political scene as well,. It's not clear how much the move was influenced by the national uproar over Limbaugh calling a Georgetown law student "a slut," which caused a number of major advertisers to jump ship.
>>WPHT confirmed the move just hours after a leading radio industry trade publication, Talkers magazine, reported that "the very hot rumor" out of Philly is that Limbaugh wa about to be yanked from his slot at 1210 on the AM dial — to be replaced by Michael Smerconish, who now airs in the afternoon drive slot.
>>"Premiere recently notified WPHT they will be syndicating Rush Limbaugh on a new station in Philadelphia," CBS Radio said in a statement emailed to the Daily News. "As a result, we are pleased to be able to now showcase Michael, who is a well-known and acclaimed broadcaster in Philadelphia, in this new time period.
>>Smerconish said in the statement: "I have missed not having the chance to take WPHT callers in every hour of my program and am ecstatic that this will soon change. WPHT seeks to be live and local - no one is more local than me!"
>>Industry insiders were speculating that Limbaugh might not leave the Philadelphia airwaves for long, if at all. There are rumors, reported on Talkers and by Radio-Info, is that the new owner of WKDN-FM, 106.9 — a Camden-based station that has carried Christian broadcasting — may look to add Limbaugh as well as popular right-wing yakkers Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, who've been off the air in Philadelphia since they were dropped by WPHT over a year ago.
But if Limbaugh did move to the lesser-known FM station, it would probably be a struggle to rebuild his Philadelphia audience — especially in in a competition with the popular and locally based Smerconish.
And that could have a big political ramifications in Pennsylvania, considered a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race.
The move in Philly is NOT a step down!
Isn't WPGB Quinn and Rose's flagship?
Yes the big move in talk, sports, and news is to powerful FM
In Boston though Rush moved to another AM station at 1200
on the dial; Clear Channel, owner of 1200, has FM stations
doing R&B/hits on 94.5 and 107.9 but they didn't want to change the format, but they offer the talk 1200 station
on the HD-2 signal of 107.9.
But yes, in many places he's moving to FM...or stations
are simulcasting. For example in Worcester MA Rush is on
AM 580 but now that station simulcasts on 94.9 FM...
And in Fargo ND Rush is on a very powerful FM station
now (a "Stop Rush" site is calling them "Hate Radio 102.9"(
Yes, but you approach my statement from the listener's perspective. I was referring to the (losing) AM station's perspective.
Merlin registered several web sites for the station, including FMNewsPhiladelphia.com, FMNewsPhilly.com, and FMNews1069.com. Theyve also registered Fox1069.com.
If the new 106.9 decided to pick up Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity and Mark Levin (who currently airs on tape delay on WNTP), they could kill off whats left WPHT in three ratings books.
It is and the ping list here uses Pittsburgh-ese (dahntahn, yinz etc.)
Wikipedia entry for them:
>>Quinn and Rose is a conservative political talk show. It is syndicated, by Clear Channel Radio from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The show is done by Jim Quinn with "color commentary" from a woman known as Radio Rose (Rose Somma Tennent). It is broadcast from 6 A.M. to 9 A.M., while some affiliates replay the first hour from 9 to 10. Also on XM Radio channel 158.
That's right. You don't replace Rush; but we can replace that thug in the WH.
I have to say, in AM680's defense, here again....it wasn't their choice. "Ownership" of Limbaugh's programming, not the station itself, decided to pull it and put it on another local (FM) station that they owned. IOW, stick it on one of their own properties vs. AM680. I imagine the station management got very, very drunk the day they learned of this.
>>WKDN (106.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Camden, New Jersey and the Philadelphia market. The station is owned by Merlin Media, and is currently operated under a local marketing agreement by WKDN's former longtime owner, Family Stations, Inc..On December 6, 2011, Merlin Media, LLC announced it would acquire WKDN from Family Radio. Since the sale was completed on March 6, 2012, Family Radio has continued to operate WKDN under a local marketing agreement while Merlin constructs new facilities for the station. Based on web domain reservations and programming changes at other Philadelphia stations, Merlin is expected to convert WKDN to a format of news, talk, or news/talk combination. (The former format would mirror that of Merlin stations in New York City and Chicago.)
CBS owns WPHT.
As it says in article:
>>Premiere recently notified WPHT they will be syndicating Rush Limbaugh on a new station in Philadelphia," CBS Radio said in a statement emailed to the Daily News. "As a result, we are pleased to be able to now showcase Michael, who is a well-known and acclaimed broadcaster in Philadelphia, in this new time period.
So maybe Premiere pulled to have WKDN run him (Merlin) and/or
CBS wants to have Smerconish in that slot. Right now
he's 3-7 pm, though he does a national edition at noon
I think (WTKK in Boston runs him)
Also from the philly.com article:
>>Smerconish will be a major change in tone from the bombastic and unfailingly conservative Limbaugh. Although he was once a local GOP official and has conservative views on some issues like racial profiling, Smerconish backed Obama in 2008 and has become a registered independent.
WPGB opens with Q&R, then Beck, Rush, and Hannity. Evenings change a bit, sometimes Savage, sometimes Jerry Doyle. Since I work overnight at Renda Broadcasting HQ (WSHH, WJAS and WMNY in Pgh, around 30 other stations mostly on the east coast) I don't get to listen to the evenings much.
It is a great step up when any talker can move to FM, as daytime AM is the pits.
When I was in TN, 50 miles outside of Memphis, there were days when I could not get Rush due to noise.
I once tuned him in on AFRS (shortwave)
I now get Rush via DAR.fm which records his program for me to play back when I wake up in the morning.
This is a great free service that will prerecord any program you want.
For real time radio, I use www.tunein.com, another great internet service for listening to most any station in the world, as long as it streams online.
>>Michael Smerconish will replace Limbaugh on WPHT, Philadelphias midday schedule.
Did CBS initiate the move? TRI hears CBS considered the Premiere contract renewal, with its inventory requirements and cash payments, and decided to let Rush go. That frees up the early afternoon Rush slot for hometown son Michael Smerconish. His Dial Global-syndicated show can now air live, starting at noon. Remember last weeks TRI speculation that Merlin Media would go talk on its newly-acquired WKDN, Camden (106.9), not all-news? And that Limbaughs deal was up very soon on WPHT (1210)? The pieces appear to be fitting into place on the chessboard. Last night, the New York Times mentioned the story from Radio-Info.com, about Rush leaving WPHT and potentially relocating to Merlin. >>The Times quoted a CBS release saying that Premiere recently notified WPHT they will be syndicating Rush Limbaugh on a new station in Philadelphia. (Probably both sides, CBS and Premiere/Merlin, are going to feel they made the first move with Rush.) It appears Merlin will present an Al Gardner-hosted morning show on WKDN, followed by Glenn Beck (previously dropped by WPHT), Limbaugh, then Sean Hannity (also not currently in the market). Plenty of yakking about talk radio on the Philadelphia Board of Radio-Info.com.
Smerconish went from Conservative to Liberal in one year. I turned him off when I told him to stop taking vactions because every time he did, he came back more liberal.
He's a token on MSNBCDNC, hate TV. Good for Rush. I still have him in Wilmington, DE on AM.
New York Slimes tries to make like Rush got dumped by the station, When it is the opposite, Rush dumped the sation for a better venue.
We get Rush on FM here and it is much better and clearer reception than another one that carries him on AM.
Notice Rush is packing up, not being TOLD to go...
Maybe Premiere is choosing to go to some of the stations it may hold an interest in someday...to withstand the liberal Nazis when they go ballistic again.
Having voted for Republican candidates for president all his life, Smerconish endorsed Barack Obama for president on October 17, 2008.
He has urged the Republican Party to pursue "moderation on social issues in order to advance a suburban agenda for the GOP."
On February 21, 2010, he announced that he had left the Republican Party
On August 20, 2009, Smerconish became the first talk radio host to broadcast live from the Obama White House, a show which included an interview with the President himself. The interview was held in the Diplomatic Reception Room, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats were held. The President took questions from Smerconish and his listeners on a variety of subjects including the recent debates on the pending Healthcare Reform Bill.
Just getting ready to post the WPGB Q&R thread. KDKA dropping Rush and WPBG picking up his show was one of the best moves!
Quinn and Rose are on FM 104.7 WPGB in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Smerconish is a relative rarity on radio: a moderate....Ahhh! Nothing to say, nothing to illucidate on.
"In its place on the station, WPHT, will go The Michael Smerconish Show, hosted by Mr. Smerconish"
You sure as hell don't go with Michael Smerconish. His show is a real sleeper. Not to mention, he's just barely more conservative than Chrissy Mathews, if that tells one anything....
You don't lose an audience by switching stations.....his loyal listeners will simply reprogram their radio dial. (of course I'd have to break out the owners manual to figure how to do it)
Congratulations to WKDN if this comes to pass. They`ll have an exponential increase in audience. WPHT.. well... enjoy your drop-off. Smurky is an 0bama worshipper who still stands by his "man."
Why is ANYONE suggesting this is a bad thing? Rush will now be on live instead of tape delay. The liberal blogs are claiming this is a step down, actually, it's a step UP to be heard live instead of delay.
The NYT suggests bad things in a piece, you have to read to the very end to find out that now Rush will be heard live in a major market, hardly a step down. Typical liberal BS, everyone here is smarter than that.
Ditto Knoxville Tennessee except he has moved to a second FM station. I think it might have a slightly shorter range toward the east. There is mow about a five or ten mile range on I 40/I81 where the overlapping signals are poor
Ah. I was wondering what was going to happen to Brother Campion's radio empire. Does this mean 94.5FM in northern NJ will changing over to news/talk as well? It has a very good signal.
Sad though if all the talk hosts leave the 50,000 watt beacon of freedom WABC-AM.
When the Phillies play I get Rush on 770 AM out of NY.
But I absolutely despise Smerconish. Moderate my foot, a liberal Obama supporter as well as in love with himself.
We have one of those idiots here in the DFW area...Mark Davis! Uggh!
Interesting to go into business to lose money...maybe like a "moderates" AirAmerica...!?
That translates directly to WPHT losing HUGE $$$$......also audience, to state the obvious.
a rare "moderate", eh?
People will really enjoy tuning in to hear a "moderate" discuss the issues?
(in MEdia land, moderate=liberal but without the flying hate spittle)
Actually, he's from one of Philadelphia's most blue-blooded Mainline families, the Smerfs. He has blue skin, a white cone-shaped head and he's red inside.
Smerf perched on Obama's lap when the President graced him with an interview after receiving the talk-show host's endorsement in the 2008 election.
Thanks for the info. I am often at clients during those three hours and reading on the website later is okay, just not the same as listening.
Note: my real home is Collegedale, TN. I am stuck in NC for right now. Just seeing the names of TN cities makes me homesick.
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Debates of May 5th, 2009
House of Commons Hansard #51 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was organizations.
- Question Period
- Government Response to Petitions
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Starred Questions
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Customs Act
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- Criminal Code
- Snowbirds
- Bracelet of Hope
- The Outaouais Wild Ball Hockey Team
- Pensions
- Fisheries
- Quebec Entrepreneurship Competition
- Sri Lanka
- Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
- Pork Industry
- Canadian Red Cross
- Quebec's Place at UNESCO
- Canadian Flag Pins
- Seal Hunt
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- Seal Hunt
- Taxation
- Business of the House
- Science and Technology
- Employment Insurance
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- Foreign Affairs
- Cross Country Canada
- Infrastructure Funding
- The Economy
- Justice
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- Presence in Gallery
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- Criminal Code
- Business of the House
- Criminal Code
- Human Pathogens and Toxins Act
- Service Canada
- Seal Hunt
Airline Industry
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Gerry Byrne Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL
Mr. Speaker, Liberals led the call for an airline passenger bill of rights. The House unanimously approved, 259 to 0, my motion calling on the government to bring forward this consumer protection legislation.
I will point out that both the current and the former ministers of transport voted in favour of this resolution. However, now, one year later, even the airlines cannot hide the fact that the government has done absolutely nothing on consumer protection in this industry.
Will the government ever bring forward meaningful, enforceable consumer protection provisions for airline passengers? If the Conservatives will not, we will.
Airline Industry
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals had 13 years to do the job. They were just getting around to it had they only had that fifth term.
We strongly support greater rights for air travellers. There were many good points in the member's motion. We were pleased to see the airlines come forward yesterday with some proposals to strengthen the rights of consumers. They could be put into force through tariffs or they could be enforced through an independent commission. We certainly will give them fair consideration.
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Raynald Blais Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Mr. Speaker, the European Parliament voted this morning to ban the sale of seal products in the EU. The ban is to take effect in 2010.
Do the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and her government have an action plan prepared to challenge that decision and do they intend, among other things, to lay a complaint with the World Trade Organization.
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Gail Shea Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Mr. Speaker, the EU has dealt a serious blow to the livelihoods of many of our coastal communities across the country. This is totally unacceptable and we will take whatever trade action is necessary to protect the markets for Canadian seal products. Unlike the Liberal Party, we will stand up for Canadian sealing families.
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
May 5th, 2009 / 3 p.m.
Olivia Chow Trinity—Spadina, ON
Mr. Speaker, countless temporary foreign workers, live-in caregivers and undocumented workers are exploited by their bosses because of their precarious status in Canada.
Almost 1,000 Canadians took to the streets of Toronto last weekend, urging the government to crack down on those who prey on the most vulnerable. The House is very aware of just how close to home these injustices take place.
When will the minister take action to stop the exploitation, the ripoffs of the most vulnerable by these bosses who have power and have the money to do the exploitation?
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, first, if people are in possession of information about potential violations of the law by employers, we encourage them to contact the appropriate police or departmental authorities. If they are aware of employees being paid in cash without taxes being paid, we encourage them to contact the Canada Revenue Agency.
When we hear these stories of exploitation of live-in caregivers, it is totally unacceptable if employers take away passports and force people to work outside of the requirements of the provincial labour codes. I am working at the federal level to see that the laws are properly enforced and the rights of these workers properly protected.
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal MP for Brampton—Springdale is in hot water for hiring two live-in caregivers and then refusing to sponsor their immigration applications, essentially keeping them in a position of involuntary servitude. The abuses the Toronto Star documents include improperly seizing their passports, requiring evening foot massages for the member's relatives, cleaning the chiropractic offices of family members.
Could the minister tell me what more the government can do to protect live-in caregivers from these kinds of tragic abuses?
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Again, Mr. Speaker, we have launched consultations with live-in caregivers and those interested in this issue to seek ways that we can better enforce regulations to protect the rights of caregivers. I encourage provincial ministers of labour to do likewise, to follow the excellent lead of the Government of Manitoba in this respect.
Let us be clear. These are often vulnerable workers. They are filling an important labour market need. The program does provide a very important pathway to permanent residency for live-in caregivers, but none of us should tolerate the abuse of their basic rights. I call on the provinces—
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Order, please. I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of His Excellency Ricardo Alarcon De Quesada, the President of the National Assembly of the Popular Power of Cuba.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
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Oral Questions
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct the record on a response I gave yesterday to a question from the hon. member for Pickering—Scarborough East.
Yesterday, I stated that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs had met and spoken with Mr. Kulisek in Mexico. In fact, the parliamentary secretary has not met with Mr. Kulisek, but he has met with Mr. Kulisek's wife in regard to this case.
I would also like to mention that our ambassador to Mexico has visited Mr. Kulisek twice, most recently this past April.
The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (auto theft and trafficking in property obtained by crime), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Criminal Code
Government Orders
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
When this bill was last before the House the hon. member for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe had the floor and there are 16 and a bit minutes remaining in the time allotted for his remarks.
I therefore call upon the hon. member for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe.
Criminal Code
Government Orders
3:10 p.m.
Brian Murphy Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, NB
Mr. Speaker, I intend to use my 16 and a bit minutes to drive home the fact that certainly the official opposition supports this bill, but there are a number of questions as we send the bill to committee that we as parliamentarians might reasonably ask the government.
I left off after my three and a bit minutes of speech before oral questions in suggesting that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and municipalities across the country have been directly and indirectly calling on the federal government to do something about auto theft for some time. As the Insurance Bureau of Canada says in its publications, auto theft is not just an insurance or policing problem, it is not a victimless crime and it is not just a properly crime. Auto theft affects cities and the way we think about our communities. Many mayors are concerned. A mayor's nightmare might be that his or her community ends up in the top 10 list of car theft capitals in Canada. No one wants that.
Unlike a lot of other major crimes that are monitored by the media, such as spousal abuse, sexual abuse, murder and assault, the root causes of which are very difficult and profound for cities and leaders to deal with, auto theft is probably something that can be affected by a community response and not just a federal government response. For example, the communities themselves could help by educating the public as to where not to park and certainly by providing better lighting. That is the minimal end of it.
However, with respect to investment in technology, the government has a very poor record. For instance, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says that investing in industries would give us certain deterrents such as immobilizers. Immobilizers are electronic devices that arm automatically when a vehicle is switched off. They prevent the unauthorized starting of a vehicle. Canada should be a leader in this technology. Instead we heard today about world-leading scientists leaving the country. that is the track record of the government.
Auto theft is a global problem. It is profitable for criminals. It is expensive for law-abiding citizens. In fact, although auto theft might not affect every small community in this country, it does affect everyone's insurance rate. The Insurance Bureau of Canada suggests that up to $35 of one's insurance premium per year is attributable to auto theft. For those of us who have never had a car stolen and paid auto insurance for as many years as we have been paying insurance, one gets the depth of the problem with respect to auto theft. It is a $1.2 billion per year cost that affects not only the people who have had their vehicles stolen, but everyone who pays insurance.
It is an economic issue which the government should be doing more about than presenting a bill. In the last Parliament, Bill C-53, the government's first stab at it, was not really carefully drafted. The Conservatives have come back with advice from the opposition and from the IBC law reform section. They have improved it to put in a separate offence for auto theft. Cheers for that.
There is some literature out there that says that this only affects high-end SUVs and high value import models, but it is not so. To give an idea of how this affects the average Canadian driver, the top 10 stolen vehicles for 2007 include models that are very popular, such as the Honda Civic, the Honda Civic SIR, the Dodge Plymouth Grand Caravan, and everyone who has ever been a van dad or a van mom knows that the Dodge Caravan is a very popular vehicle. Other models in the list are the Grand Caravan Voyageur, the Plymouth Shadow, and the Neon. These are vehicles that average Canadians drive. They are stolen and chopped up sometimes by criminal organizations, which I will get to in a minute.
The statistics indicate that there are over 1,200 instances of auto theft per 100,000 population in the province of Manitoba as a high, down to roughly less than 150 instances per 100,000 population in provinces like Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The mayors of Winnipeg, Abbotsford, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, London and Hamilton must be very concerned that their cities are at the top of the heap when it comes to motor vehicle theft.
We on this side of the House will not be opposing this legislation. The bill will be sent to committee where we will discuss some of the statistics and some of the things that could be done in a better way to tackle the issue of auto theft.
After over three years in government and with cities like that which are not all in Liberal held ridings, and in fact very few of them are, one would think the Conservatives would understand that auto theft is a bigger problem than the bill it brought in two years into its mandate and one which was not really drafted that carefully. Finally, over three years into its mandate, the government has drafted a bill that would do something toward the problem of auto theft.
The mayor of Winnipeg appeared before committee about a year ago. He is looking for federal legislation. With the power the federal government has and the programs and policies it has access to, one would think the federal government would be doing more about auto theft.
People in the cities that I just mentioned from the ground up might push their MP, who in turn might push the Minister of Justice and those responsible for science and technology to do something about auto theft. One would think the government would present a bill that would meet no opposition. After three and a half years, there should be more to it.
The issue of how the Insurance Bureau of Canada has made this information available is quite relevant. The information has been online, for anyone who cared to look at it, for the last seven years. This has been a problem over the last seven years.
I applaud the steps in the bill in defining car theft as a separate offence, and getting at the issue of organized crime as an element, which is the next aspect of my speech. I want to start with how this affects the average Canadian.
Although we think it is important to target organized crime as it profits from the theft of autos and the chop shops and the creation of a whole industry out of the theft of vehicles, the other reality is that only one out of five auto thefts, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, benefits organized crime. The four other auto thefts are auto thefts per se. These are the items that touch every Canadian and the items the government should be doing something about.
Although I said the bill is not perfect, it is a good start in that it is updating the Criminal Code. The Criminal Code is a massive document, a panoply of rights and derogations created by maybe one of the last really good Conservative prime ministers going back two centuries. Sir John Thompson, who was from my part of the world, Nova Scotia, basically wrote or scripted or copied and pulled together the Criminal Code in 1892, I believe.
The Criminal Code has grown. It needs a more wholesome review than just the piecemeal approach that has been taken by legislators for the last 50 to 60 years. We have to look at a more catholic view of codes around the western world, the jurisdictions with common law as their source of law, and do something about reforming the Criminal Code.
As we go along we have to realize, obviously because that document is so old and such a compendium of additions over the last 100 years, that more than Criminal Code amendments could be brought to bear on issues touched by the Criminal Code. The case in point is auto theft and organized crime.
We know that one in five cars in Canada is stolen for the purpose of aiding organized crime or gangs. One of the elements in this bill which has long been suggested is to create a separate offence for tampering with the vehicle identification number. The vehicle identification number is a system of 17 alphanumeric characters that provide a unique identifier for each vehicle.
There are those who will take out the 17 digit VIN unintentionally or perhaps without the purpose of benefiting and aiding gang-related or organized crime coffers. In the code, there is a reasonable hybrid offence dealing with that. In one instance, where it has been proven to the satisfaction of the prosecutor that there was intent for criminal purposes to obliterate the VIN, it is a more serious, indictable offence. However, in the cases where that intent cannot be shown, the hybrid aspect allows a prosecutor to proceed, or I suppose by amendment at a trial, a defendant's lawyer could convince a judge that the case should proceed for sentencing purposes by way of summary conviction. I think the maximum is set at $2,000.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada is certainly in favour of such a move, but the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada recently noted:
The Insurance Crime Prevention Bureau has identified an increase in four main fraud techniques that are used by organized crime to steal vehicles. These include: the illegal transfer of Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) from wrecked vehicles to similar ones that have been stolen; a legitimate VIN is used to change the legal identity of a stolen vehicle of the same make, model, and colour, a process called "twinning."
We would have thought that a VIN might be obliterated by someone selling a vehicle to hide the previous vehicle's imperfections. Mr. Speaker, I do not know how often you have to trade in vehicles, but you want to make sure that the vehicle you have is the vehicle it appears to be from the VIN. However, we are seeing that a vehicle in the wreck heap is actually having its VIN used for another vehicle that has been stolen, thereby purporting to confuse the consumer and perpetuate a fraud.
As in the case of possession of property obtained by crime, in this new aspect of the offence, the property must have been derived from the commission of an indictable offence in Canada or outside Canada. In addition to proving criminal origin, the prosecution would have to prove that the accused had knowledge of the criminal origin. The issue with respect to how this will hurt organized crime will have to be looked at in the discussions at committee.
The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights just returned from a 12-hour day of hearings in Vancouver with respect to organized crime. The discussion was wide ranging. We discussed aspects with respect to the illegal marijuana grow-ops and the currency of organized crime in that part of the world. We also know from our research looking into this bill and now supporting this bill as it goes to committee that some of the currency of organized crime is in stolen vehicles with or without obliterated VINs.
Further, the stolen vehicles are resold, but there have also been vehicles that have been stolen and chopped up into parts for export. In section 355.1 of the code, the definition of "traffic" covers a wide range of activities, including selling, offering and delivering. As we move this bill to committee, it is important for all of us to be very aware that prosecutors and Department of Justice officials themselves will have to convince us that this is a good bill of goods that we are buying here in terms of trying to use the provisions of auto theft prevention as a means also to prevent profit from going to organized crime.
It is all well and good to go on the news and say that we are fighting organized crime and present an auto theft bill. There are two goals: to prevent auto theft, clearly, and for the first part of my speech I talked about the public, the mayors and the FCM from time immemorial having an interest in having that reduced on its own; and also to reduce the cash stream, the lifeblood and currency of organized crime.
Therefore, we need to get underneath this trafficking definition and ensure that as the new law is enacted it will actually have an effect on organized crime. As I mentioned, four out of five vehicles are stolen not for the purposes of organized crime in Canada. As I mentioned, the onus is a little bit higher when it comes to obliterating the VIN number. There needs to be actual knowledge or intent. As I also mentioned, the definition of trafficking might be easier when it comes to things like drugs. There is an item in a cash consideration.
As you know, Mr. Speaker, from your days in law school, consideration can be a mere peppercorn but it also can be wads of cash. With vehicles and chopped parts, it is not that clear.
I want to say finally that, not as an old grey mayor but an old mayor, I am really compelled to do something for mayors. When we had the mayor of Winnipeg in committee a year or so ago, I felt very strongly that as legislators we had to do all that we could.
This is a nice little bill and we will support it when it goes to committee. We are doing what we can on this side to make places like Winnipeg safe. What we also must remember is that the Conservative members have the levers of power. They have the purses that short term political success brings but they can do a lot more with respect to encouraging a reduction in auto theft. One of those things is to talk to the municipalities more often.
For all those ministers to give a score card to us, but the number of times they have been to FCM, I bet, would be pretty pathetic. We will be support the bill as it goes to committee.
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Massimo Pacetti Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Mr. Speaker, the member for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, being a former mayor, spoke about speaking to the mayors of Sarnia and Winnipeg. I would like to hear his opinion about what the mayor of Moncton has said. He also spoke about what the mayor of Montreal said.
We come from a riding in the east end of Montreal where we are close to a shopping centre. Car theft is predominant and not enough action has been taken.
However, I would like to hear, as a former mayor, what his current mayor has said about the issue and if we will need to get the bill moving fast or if there will be many amendments that his mayor has suggested.


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Nearly 300 members of the Einstein community and guests packed Robbins Auditorium on Thursday, August 22, 2013, for the third annual Declaration Celebration — a rite of passage for Einstein graduate students who have completed the first leg of their journey toward a Ph.D. degree.
First-year graduate students at Einstein typically begin their coursework and complete three laboratory rotations. The lab rotations allow students to explore their particular research interests while taking advantage of the breadth of science available to them. At the end of the first year, each student is asked to choose the laboratory where they will conduct their research, culminating in the Ph.D.
Sponsored by the Einstein Board of Overseers, along with institutional advancement and the graduate programs in the biomedical sciences, the Declaration Celebration gives prospective doctoral candidates an opportunity to officially "declare" — before their fellow graduate students, mentors, key members of the Einstein faculty, administration and Board, as well as their family and friends — the next step they intend to take in their academic careers. Among those in attendance was Dr. Ruth L. Gottesman, chair of the Board of Overseers.
Following a welcome by Dr. Victoria Freedman, associate dean for graduate programs in the biomedical sciences, Dr. Edward R. Burns, executive dean, offered introductory remarks. Then, the evening's keynote speaker, Dr. Arturo Casadevall, professor and chair of microbiology & immunology, offered the declaring students advice on successful scientific investigation derived from his own experiences and observations. These words of wisdom included: "Learn to do several things at once," "resist the pull of specialization," "be good to those around you," "find a way to learn more philosophy," and "embrace all aspects of scientific integrity."
Dr. Casadevall, who is also the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Chair in Microbiology & Immunology and director of Einstein's Center for Immunological Sciences, noted further, "In choosing a laboratory you've made one of the most important decisions of your scientific career, for that environment will shape much of what you will become."
He also spoke of the current funding crisis in scientific research in the United States, concluding, "Science is more important than ever and humanity has never had a greater need for scientists."
Next, students representing the departments in which the declaring students will be doing their thesis research came to the lectern, in pairs. After introducing themselves and the research conducted in their respective departments, they invited the declaring students to join them and be recognized. When the entire group was assembled on stage, the students at the lectern asked the faculty from their departments to rise. In all, 49 students made declarations, with 46 joining the departments of anatomy & structural biology, biochemistry, cell biology, developmental and molecular biology, genetics, microbiology & immunology, molecular pharmacology, neuroscience, pathology, and systems and computational biology, and 3 selecting labs that conduct clinical investigations.
The ceremony closed with Dr. Joan Berman, professor of pathology and of microbiology & immunology and senior academic advisor to the graduate division, leading the honorees in a recital of the Oath of Scientists. The students pledged to honor the contributions of prior scientists; to work in order to benefit all of humanity; and to seek truth in an attempt to advance biomedical science.
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Delicate Raw Fruit Crepes With A Chocolate Brownie Filling
Posted By Nadia On June 12, 2012 @ 5:00 am In Full Recipe List,Recipes / Desserts,Recipes / Raw | 8 Comments
Photographer: Nadia
Some of you may already know that I have a brand new dehydrator at home, which is also the reason for the lack of posts lately. I'm diving into the raw cuisine with the open eyes of a new born baby. Raw crackers, raw desserts, "baked" nuts… I want to try it all and my dehydrator is working 24-7!
There are so many recipes I want to taste that the first moment the Excalibur arrived I got totally lost. I had absolutely no idea what to start with, where to begin and how to do it, although I spent the last 2 weeks preparing myself and reading all there is to read about using the thing. I also had a list with favorite recipes sticked to my desktop… Well, I had a list with recipes and no ingredients at all. Yeah, I know, the joke is on me. Instead of reading all days long I could've bought the necessary products, sprouted different things and prepare better.
Anyway, I managed to pull a couple of cracker variations (will share my most favorite one soon) and some desserts. I'm a true believer that you eat with your eyes wide open, so when I see something beautiful I got inspired. This time my inspiration were these cute little raw fruit paper like crepes appetizer from rawmazing.com, I just wanted mine sweet. The best option I could think of for making them sweet was fruit crepes for the bags and raw brownies for the filling. Easy, delicious and so beautiful! Especially if you make different variations, in my case – orange, apples & kiwi ones. Yum!
For the Orange Fruit Crepe
2 oranges
1/2 banana
1-2 teaspoons honey, agave or maple syrup
For the Apple Fruit Crepe
2 apples
1 lemon
1-2 teaspoons honey, agave or maple syrup
For the Kiwi Fruit Crepe
2 kiwis
1/2 banana
1-2 teaspoons honey, agave or maple syrup
For the Brownie Filling
200 gr. raw cashews
100 gr. dates
1 tablespoon coconut oil
2-3 tablespoons raw honey or any sweetener you want
30 ml spring water
2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
a pinch of salt
Instructions For The Fruit Crepes:
1. Peel and cut the Fruits (be sure to remove all the skin from the citrus Fruits).
2. Blend well with the sweetener.
3. Pour the mixtures on a non-sticky parallexx sheets.
4. Dehydrate for 6-8 hours on 110 F
5. Peel and chill in the refrigerator for a night.
Instructions For The Brownie Filling :
1. Blend the nuts leaving some bigger chunks, then add the dates and blend for 30 more seconds.
2. Add the coconut oil, the sweetener, the water and the salt and blend until all starts to stick together.
3. Add the cacao powder and mix by hand.
4. Pour the mixture on a non-stick parallexx sheet and even with a spatula.
5. Dehydrate for 1 hour at 145°F
6. Then for 3 more hours at 110°F
7. Remove from the dehydrator, cut into square bites and chill for a night.
For assembling
1. Cut into 5' square the Fruit Crepe, add 2-3 bites of the brownies inside, fold sides up and tight.
2. The brownies are super delicious and eaten on it's own, so give them a try :)
3. Serve with a cup of raw nuts milk and enjoy!
Time for preparation: 30 minutes. Makes 20 Fruity Crepe bags.
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In short: Very well organised, nice touches, but too hot for me and the first six miles out and back destroyed my soul a bit, making me have to dig deep quite early on.In full: A very friendly and well organised race, with good water supply, nice goodies at the end and I thought good value. However, for me it was just too hot and I didn't get my hydration right and was poorly all day afterwards. I found the first stretch out and back along single carriage way with little views rather hard work which meant a lot of my mental stamina had gone by the midway point, when the route got much more interesting. Also, given that and the heat, when we returned to the park it initially looked like the finish line was just around the corner, but there was a circuit of the park to run first which was a bit of a killer. If the route could be more varied at the start it would help and if there is anyway of getting those run through showers at a couple of spots for a hot day, it would be great. It did make me want to visit Southport for a less energetic day out though! Perhaps a route taking in more of the town would add some variety and support, if feasible.Date of review: July 7, 2014
In short: Fast, friendly and well organised In full: My first time at Peterborough and I ran alone, so wasn't really looking forward to it. But the race had a really good atmosphere, the city was all geared up with full roads closed to allow plenty of room. It's a surburban run, but being a townie I didn't mind at all. Lots of people came out of their houses to cheer people on and kids shouting "you can do it!" at everyone. Nice to feel so welcome when a city is shut down so we can run. Oh and I got a PB.Date of review: October 20, 2012
In short: Very pretty, small, friendly race. A bit hot for me, but water bottles helped.In full: This was my first go at Bassingbourn. It's a pretty route and the ATR is a good start point. Could have used more loos, but not dreadful queues really. Informal approach to starting, no markers for how long you think it will take. Good support from the Marshalls, and lots of kids with Jelly Babies en route. I thought to get a medal and a t-shirt was pretty generous for the price and for a small race - even got my size t-shirt. What made my day was the complete stranger who helped encourage me to pull a little more out the bag to get through the finish line proud. Thank you! About 40 seconds off a PB I think - but it was pretty hot!Date of review: June 10, 2012
In short: A really great day, course broken up into nice chunks, loads of atmosphere.In full: A really nice race, bags of atmosphere, course broken up into nice short loops. Toilet queus a nightmare.Date of review: March 12, 2012
In short: Well organised race with good water and sponge stations. Although mostly flat, very exposed so on a hot and windy day, there was little shade or shelter making it tough to get a PB.In full: A good atmosphere, lovely setting and well organised event. It was, however, a hot and very windy day and felt like the wind was always against the flow. Tough going for me, but the frequent water stations helped and sponges were a nice touch - gratefully received.Date of review: September 12, 2011
In short: A good race to cut your teeth on.In full: My first Half, so not much to compare it to. But excellent support on the way around, pretty villages, nice course. The last bit in the showground is deceptively long on tired legs.Date of review: March 23, 2011
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The Money Pivot: Your Drastic Financial Make-Over Begins Now
By Hal M. Bundrick
NEW YORK (MainStreet)--We have been hearing a lot about "The Pivot" for a while now. Silicon Valley lexicon has entered the mainstream once again. Popular use is defining it as a sudden change in strategy for a business, a politician - even a media mogul. Oprah Winfrey says that her fledgling television network is in the midst of a turnaround: "Let me just say, we have made the pivot," she proclaimed on "Good Morning America" last September.
Businesses make strategic course corrections. They "pivot." Forbes even did an article on it last year: Dizzying Use of the Word "Pivot" Explained.
You've probably heard Albert Einstein's oft-quoted definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Aren't we all a bit guilty of that in some way, especially in matters of money? We finally pay off a credit card, only to repeat the same mistake by maxing it out again in short order. Times get tough, money gets tight - we stop saving for retirement. We swear we'll never go "all-in" on one stock ever again - but bought E-Trade (ETFC) five years ago at $250. It's scraping near $10 a share now. That talking baby doesn't look quite so cute now, does he?
Frankly, you are probably thinking that your personal finances could use a quick pivot right now. An abrupt course correction. A departure from habitual bad financial behavior. So let us begin. Let's start The Money Pivot.
Where to begin? Marc Lynn is a psychotherapist and organizational consultant with a private practice in Los Angeles. He says: start with taking a breath.
"First, the individual needs to slow down their process so they can begin to make more mindful choices," Lynn says. "Delay gratification. It's no different than a toddler wanting something and the anxiety causing an inability to wait and make a more thought-out decision. Asking the right questions is critical."
Self assessment is not always our strong suit, is it? Sometimes we just don't know what questions need to be asked. We know we are in a financial bind, or frustrated with the investment choices we've made in the past, or we're facing retirement without adequate financial resources.