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USA Field Hockey Weekly Report-Week of May 6, 2013
Yesterday we announced the addition of three divisions to the 2013 National Hockey Festival Under-14 girls and Under-15/Under-21 boys will be joining us at the world's largest amateur field hockey event this Thanksgiving in Palm Beach County, Fla. This is exciting news and a necessary step in growing the base of the
Two of Hockey's Luminaries are Honored Sharon Taylor and Karen Marley were both honored during the recent American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Convention in Charlotte, N.C. during the latter part of April. Both awards were highly significant and recognized years of valued work completed by both Sharon and Karen (Marley as she is affectionately known).
I read the description of both Sharon and Marley and their myriad accomplishments in the pamphlet presented at the award ceremonies, and it is just astronomical the amount of work both have put forth in behalf of and for hockey. Sharon was presented the AAHPERD Presidential Award, and Marley The Pathfinder Award. It is equally impressive that two hockey women would receive these awards in the same year. That shows the prominence of hockey at AAHPERD. Good on you Sharon and Marley. Both of you are very deserving.
Assimilation into Lancaster We have an amazing transition taking place as we soon will have our Women's National Team domiciled in Lancaster, PA at the Home of Hockey. But, the transition thing is not as simple as just picking up stuff and moving into new digs. It is far more complex than that, and the following will give you a little snippet of what we are doing. When I say we, I really mean USA Field Hockey's Laura Darling. Laura has spent literally hundreds of hours working with real estate agents, local businesses, educational institutions, media, transportation companies, medical providers (our partners the Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster), and a sundry mix of others preparing the community of Lancaster for the arrival of the team in mid-August. This is being done as we thought it very important to listen to the concerns of team members as we move to a new locale, and follow through with positive results. The concerns expressed to us, in a nutshell, were : (1) athletes wanted to be in a community that was generally close to home (almost all team members are from the Northeast);(2) our team needed career opportunities that were hopefully in disciplines from their college curricula and with flexible hours for training and traveling to competitions. That was a critical need; (3) athletes wanted economical and comfortable living circumstances (many options have been found for them in the Lancaster locale); (4) for those athletes wanting to pursue educational opportunities locally while concurrently training, opportunities are being sought; and (5) there was a need to open the community for athletes to examine cultural and other opportunities. That effort fell in line with our continuing effort to help our athletes become multi-faceted as whole people and contributors to local society. Laura has been doing amazing work for our athletes, the support staff, and coaches. Later this year, she will host an Assimilation Week in Lancaster for the staff and athletes and help them understand options and learn more about the new people they will be working alongside.
FIH Olympic Program Thoughts Quite a number of weeks ago in the weekly report I mentioned the recent vote by the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee to remove wrestling as a core sport from the Olympic program beginning in 2020. Wrestling will be permitted to compete for a program spot on the 2020 Olympic program and beyond, but they must do this in competition between wrestling and six other sports. It is not a great position for the long-time Olympic sport to find itself. The reason I mention this is that Field Hockey found itself among the five current Olympic sports facing elimination and, in fact, during the final vote was next in line to wrestling for ousting. Ouch. That was a complete surprise and an unexpected issue our international federation, the FIH, now has to confront. And, they are doing so. In recent FIH executive committee meetings, options were considered, and in June during the national association CEO meeting in Rotterdam (USA Field Hockey is a national association member of the FIH) the FIH execs will present an Olympic Programme Review and International Relations Strategy. This topic, whether you are an international competition and Olympic fan or not, has a great deal to do with the sport maintaining its legitimacy as an authentic mainstream sport on a global basis. I will report back learnings as appropriate upon my return from that gathering.
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Rite of SpringTraditions run deep at Maryland's HAT 50K
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To mid-Atlantic ultrarunners, March Madness isn't about beer, chips and college hoops. We gladly forego the comfort of sofas and barstools and head for northeastern Maryland, to a park that's spitting distance from where the Susquehanna River dumps into Chesapeake Bay. We conduct personal rituals, lubricate body parts and layer according to the latest forecast. We hit the trail en masse to give our legs and lungs the first real test of the year: the HAT 50K.
The race's 20th anniversary last March was my 15th time toeing the line. As I glance around in the brisk morning air, my mind fills with the usual abstractions and thoughts. If only I'd had one more long run. I see many repeat offenders, familiar faces I haven't seen since the fall. Are you running with gloves? And there are more starters, more new faces than ever before. Yo, what's the skinny on the course change? Far too many people look lean, fierce and overly fit.
Jeff Hinte (the "H" in HAT) gives the start signal and Phil Anderson (the "A") heads out across the field on his mountain bike, leading participants onto a short out-and-back road section that acts as a prelude to the trails (the "T"). Within minutes, we pass the turn-of-the-century buildings that comprise the Steppingstone Museum, run through the Pavilion-turned-aid-station and disappear into the woods.
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Hinte, of Aberdeen, Maryland, and Anderson, of nearby Bel Air, first ventured into ultrarunning in the fall of 1987 at Maryland's famous JFK 50 Mile, and as they extended the length of their training runs in preparation for a second attempt, they thought about staging a race of their own. "We had a great 7.5-mile loop in the Susquehanna State Park," recalls Hinte, "and figured four laps was 3.8 miles longer than a marathon. That's an ultra by any standard, so we gave it a shot." Of the 46 who started the inaugural HAT run, 17 finished. The race doubled in size the following year and was led by its first international entrant, a Russian ultrarunner named Nail Bairmgalin on his first visit to the United States. Six of the 48 finishers were female.
Today, the field reaches its 450-person limit well in advance, due largely to the co-director's focus on making the experience about the runners. "We have strived to improve the quality of the event every year," says Hinte, "and our incredible volunteers are the main reason we have been able to succeed." Though the course has changed many times over the years (it currently consists of a short starting loop followed by two repeats of a long loop), the aid stations are well placed and liberally stocked with everything from soup to nuts.
And then there's the schwag. "My philosophy is that if I wouldn't use it, I won't give it to runners," says Hinte. There's always a technical running shirt, goodie bag and bonus finisher's reward. The awards have evolved over the years, with hydration packs or courier bags replacing medals and plaques. "If you finish the race, you get everything you paid and then some back in good, useful gear." With a number of top-10 finishes at the Wasatch and Vermont 100s and a victory at the original Old Dominion 100-miler, Hinte has used his own HAT caps, coolers, jackets and vests with impressive results.
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Two miles into the race this year, the trash talk has already begun. "Do you know who that is?" asks an unfamiliar voice from behind me, pointing to a red-shirted runner who is already building a lead.
"Nope," someone responds, toying with the dangling bait.
"That's Redpath. He won last year. Had a pretty good time."
"Do you know who we are?" asks 42-year-old Ian Schouten, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, nudging my arm and flashing a wink. Schouten, a fixture at the top of Pennsylvania's trail-running scene for years and two-time HAT winner, is accompanied by 35-year-old Alex Barth of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Barth is another scary-good talent who has been winning everything in sight in recent years—including the Seneca Creek Trail Marathon, Nipmuck Marathon and Long Island Greenbelt Trail 50K—and his best still lies ahead.
The three of us are running side by side, reminiscing about a winter training weekend that saw us fastpacking through snow-filled woods from dawn until dusk. "Redpath might be good," adds Schouten, "but he'll be looking like that coyote we saw out there hiking by the end of the race. Dead meat is all I can say." We burst into laughter at the words of bravado, but I for one, have nothing to say. The HAT course punished Barth last year, and, despite his victories, it has taken its toll on Schouten as often as not.


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Skip to comments.When Work Disappears: What do we do with people whose livelihoods are destroyed? (Left waking-up?)
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Paul Krugman has a column today on a topic you don't normally get much of from economists: sympathy for the Luddites. Back in 2001, when I sat in on my last formal economics class, this was about as daring a proposition as "Sympathy for the Devil" was as an album title.
But I have started worrying about what's taking place at the bottom of the economy. In much of the industrial world, it seems to be increasingly difficult for people to earn a decent living without a fairly elite set of skills--or an elite set of credentials that mimic skills, like a BA in English Literature from an Ivy League institution. The ability to earn a decent living, either yourself or as part of a family, is one of the basic criteria for a decent life. (And yes, before you ask: I think trust funds can be just as toxic as lifetime welfare benefits.)
For starters, it is politically difficult to imagine a really large class of people who simply permanently live off the state. The safety net is rooted in human instincts about reciprocal exchange. Of course, it isn't all that reciprocal--the majority of people who are net taxpayers are extremely unlikely to collect much in the way of food stamps, TANF, or even unemployment insurance. Nonetheless, the moral arguments are founded in the premise that these benefits are for emergencies, and anyone can have an emergency. They will lose political support if you have one group of people paying taxes, and a different group of people who can expect to live their entire life on the dole.
Such an arrangement would also be socially toxic....
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And we are about to import another 30 million + of them.
As of now, I personally know of 4 men in my small circle of friends, all aged between 55-60, who have lost their jobs, just a few years after loosing a sizable portion of their retirement savings a few years back. They are slowly beginning to realized they're never going to find jobs again, even if the economy improves. Among the unemployed are huge numbers of people like these who have been forced into early unfunded retirements.
Gee off shoring perfectly productive and profitable manufacturing off shore was such a good idea. /sarc
The free traders will be here soon to yell at you.
Lobbying Congress to offshore jobs and get more low wage Indians in America sure added to Bill Gates' pocketbook and now he has the balls to suggest that Americans should shut up about Socialism and cough up more taxes.
To me, he LIED to Congress in stating that there were insufficient people in America to do the work. Lock him up and let him rot awhile.
They will tell us all those laid off line workers have had plenty of time to train as neurosurgeons and software engineers.
Luddite: a member of any of various bands of workers in England (181116) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
Our problem isn't luddites. It's a government that makes going into business for oneself almost impossible. Between the IRS, the EPA, OSHA & the rest of the alphabet soup of gov't agencies, trying to start some kind of enterprise is just too formidable for most people. And since it's so easy to get on the dole & stay there, why bother?
It isn't free trade when billions of dollars of R&D are done abroad and the software is imported via the internet without paying import duty.
Make knick-knacks?
So far, the only solution anyone seems to have is: Tax the bejeezuz out of anyone who is productive, and give government charity to anyone who is unemployable.
That's a really rotten solution.
But if there is no work for a large percentage of the population, then I just don't know what you do. We can fiddle with tax policy, and we can stop off-shoring, etc. To some extent, that is re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. In a world in which average and below-average tasks are performed by machines, and above-average people have real work -- it starts to look like a free ride for all the average and below-average people is the way to go.
And, as I say, that's a rotten solution.
Yeah, I was going to also say our problem isn't the Luddites.
It's the socialists.
The reality is that if you're in your fifties and aren't on the fast track to upper management, you're living on borrowed time. I found this out the hard way.
A Civil War followed by a World War might whittle down the untermensch.
I'm in agreement with you. America also doesn't have slave labor.
Yep, meanwhile we circle the drain.
I hate to say it, but the Black Death killed more than a third of Europe off in the 14th century, and it sparked enormous economic and cultural growth.
Free traders and Liberals should occupy the same lower levels of a fiery and sulphurous Hell. Expedited delivery, of course.
And. . . when we DO have need to get some of the help we've paid in for for decades. . . strangely, we're not eligible. . .
"For starters, it is politically difficult to imagine a really large class of people who simply permanently live off the state"
She's kidding, right?
The problem is greed. Every tom, dick and harry wants a mobile phone, cable tv and a euro sedan. These things were luxuries 30 yrs ago. I remember my Dad bringing home our first color TV - in 1967. It was a big deal. We got a window A/C unit and I thought we were royalty...
Brave New World. Betas will all do construction work in return for section 8 housing and food stamps.
They will tell us all those laid off line workers have had plenty of time to train as neurosurgeons and software engineers.
And Microsoft will still hire Indian engineers with degrees "earned" simply by paying the enrollment fee who passed their finals by sharing answers with 20 of their closest friends... but it's OK , on their resume they will state that they (magically) have 6 years of experience on a software platform that has only been around for two years ... but it's all OK because that is exactly what MSFT will put in the req. .
Roadwork and the like to be more specific. Doesn't have to be too automated. Only shovels if necessary.
a really large class of people who simply permanently live off.
Those jobs are not coming back.
Yep, I know the feeling.
In retrospect we should all have gone to work for big banks, where you not only don't get punished for bad business and criminal acts, but are rewarded with bonuses and bailouts and sometimes loot right out of customer accounts.
And we are about to import another 30 million + of them.
The other thing is that it takes increasingly fewer people to make stuff. This is independent of offshoring as its is being caused by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation. A few years ago, we saw the state of AI with Watson beating human contestants on "Jeopardy". And those were the elite contestants. That technology is being applied to the medical field and customer service. Cars are now able to drive themselves (see the Google Car). And AI will continue to get exponentially more capable in the coming decades. Many college graduates with "knowledge" jobs will find themselves out of a job. The rise of 3D printing will also eliminate a lot of manufacturing jobs. If you want a secure job, pick something that involves working with your brain or hands that is difficult to automate (e.g., plumber, electrician, hairdresser, etc). But there are only so many jobs in that category.
Another factor driving policy is that companies just want a population to BUY THEIR STUFF. And, at the end of the day, they couldn't care less, if the $$ people spend comes from legitimate work or welfare. In the end, public assistance is a subsidy to retail (Walmart), consumer products (Proctor and Gamble), and healthcare companies, etc. If you look at things from that perspective, a lot of the madness starts to make more sense.
If you want to know what the future will be like, read a book called "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut. It was written back in the 1950s, but it increasingly looks like Kurt got it right.
The woman is saying that it "would be" a toxic situation "if" one group pays the living expenses for another group spending their entire life on the dole.
Hey, lady, it's not a hypothrtical situation. It's happening now and has been happening for too many years.
I'm in Group A.
...Then that means they missed the life lessons of the business world of the 1980's.
This is America. America is not about 'finding work.' America is about making money, finding our own bootstraps, and pursuing our dreams.
You see...this is the core difference between Democrats and Republicans. Jobs in America have never been a finite resource, because Americans have always been able to pursue their dreams.
0bama and his ilk have killed that ability, but these men, those of us in this age group lived the turn around of the 1980's. Sure we were young 20-somethings...but the age group of 55-60 then found themselves in the same position.
But...post Jimmy Carter and with a President with a vision for a renewed America...those men dared to pursue their dreams when society gave up on them. Us young folks...well we chased after them with those dreams.
WE know how to turn this around...the question is do we recall how they did it and did we learn anything from their tenacity?
"Our friends in the other party will never forgive us for our success, and are doing everything in their power to rewrite history. Listening to the liberals, you'd think that the 1980s were the worst period since the Great Depression, filled with suffering and despair. I don't know about you, but I'm getting awfully tired of the whining voices from the White House these days. They're claiming there was a decade of greed and neglect, but you and I know better than that. We were there."
I am really good with my hands and I should have been a tradesman and worked tax free. I would have still filed a return with bare minimum amounts to make it look good.
When the first 2 words are Paul Krugman, you know you'll need to break out the correcting pen. 90% of what he surmises has no relation to reality, logic, history, or basic economics.
Barry's "change" has come home to roost. May the democrat party bear the stigma of anger and disgust by people whose lifestyles have been forever changed to multiple jobs, lost homes, lost vehicles, and lost savings due to their job killing, economy killing policies. This democrat push for amnesty for illegals is like the cork on a wine bottle about to pop.
I agree but how do we make that jive with Obastards reelection?
That will be doubleplusgood.
We have to find a way to restore the American dream. We have to give back to people the ability to have their 'pursuit of happiness.'
The progressives/liberals/democrats have destroyed the American Dream. A smart politician would start chattering about restoring the dream.
"If you want a secure job, pick something that involves working with your brain or hands that is difficult to automate (e.g., plumber, electrician, hairdresser, etc)."
What's that? You say the trades are fashionable again?
The problem is that we have an entire generation or two now that have absolutely no mechanical ability whatsoever and aren't interested in it in the least. I'm continually amazed by it in our young people. Boys especially.
When Work Disappears: What do we do with people whose livelihoods are destroyed?
Well... What about Obamacare and the "Death Panels". I think that makes it obvious what the left plans on doing.
I have never been formally trained or employed doing it but fabricating and repairing little things is one activity that brings pleasure to me — like a little clamp I made for a motorcycle this morning. Wish I had invented the Easy-Out screw extractor — which I need for another project right now.
Bring in another 30 million or so immigrants who would otherwise have entered ILLEGALLY. Then with the 30 million or so ILLEGAL immigrants already here.. make the whole lot of them legal and eligible for all things public support. We are a nation of immigrants on public support.
Our problem isnt luddites. Its a government that makes going into business for oneself almost impossible.
What's wrong with "fiddling" around on the internet?
Well, this problem certainly couldn't have a single, bloody thing to do with the government extorting so much protection money from small businesses that they can't stay in business and go under, taking away god knows how many entry-level jobs young men like me use.
The cafe I've been working at for the past four years is closing down this Thursday or Friday. From working there, I was able to learn how to cook, take and serve food and drink orders, attend the State Fire Academy, become EMT certified, and earn the respect of both myself and others...and it enrages me that the people who did all that have given their heart and soul to their business and are now being shut down so dear leader and his @$$hole buddies can bribe voters to stay in power a few more years and try and kick the can a little further down the road.
So help me, people who put dear leader in office had better pray he isn't the one who finally smashes us into the bottom of the cliff (we went over long ago), because without his goon squads, there won't be anyone or anything to prevent them from getting what they deserve.
Oh, and to add insult to injury, the owners are walking away from their business not with a decent pay-off, but thousands of dollars in debt.
"And we are about to import another 30 million of them"
The final victory of Cloward-Piven.
The shAmnesty is going to create the Cloward_Piven Army.
Elections have consequences. The voters said, via their votes, which route they wished to travel on November 6, 2012. Perhaps the Good Lord will honor their choice,
Don't knock knick-knacks.
I developed a line of sewing notions in 1985. I sell mostly wholesale. They earn me a living and have a low price point. Yes, like any business, even hand manufacturing has problems related to the government, alphabet agencies and Green enviro-nannies. No, it isn't a 6-figure income, but it has been secure throughout the Long Recessionary Depression. I continue on at age 70+ and foresee that I will be able to continue unless I become totally invalided.
I am currently working up prototypes for a second,
retail-only line using the same production process and materials, but aimed at a different market. It also has the advantage of needing less production assistance than my main product.
We all do what we can, as we must, to survive.
Note that any repatriation of major industry will benefit the unions and the Dems.
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The biblical Exodus story has inspired believers and non-believers, Jews and Christians — and more than a few Hollywood movies. But this is no simple story of heroes and villains; it is a complex picture of the possibilities and ironies of human passion and human freedom. If you're not familiar with Exodus, you're in for a deeply sensual experience; and, even if you're well-versed in the text, you just might be surprised.
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I loved this show! Missed a lot of it. When she talked about Moses asking God about his name, Avivah's reflections made sense to me as did God's answer(I think because of my recent studies of Budhism). It was a great clarification, and fascinating. I loved how God was evasive and how Moses was skeptical.
As the show progressed, I felt more and more like I was in meditation.
Beautiful and fascinating.
Thank you for your show Christa and the staff of On Being.
Marvelous interview re passover! I learned more in one session than in 9 years at a talmudical academy.( I am a humanistic Jew )
We all have elements of Moses (being open)and of Pharaoh (kaved). The struggle to find the balance is ongoing. Each time I hear AZ tell the mirrors story, I marvel.
Look forward to the 'Murmuring Deep' interview.
Thanks for a wonderful series.
"The sense of seeing one's pain as experienced through the eyes of the other [God} is the beginning of the people's redemption."
What a beautiful statement for Passover and Holy Week
I want to share that I learned something about this art of Midrash in a 'Bible as Literature' class at the University of Minnesota some 15 years ago under an incredible Bible and Shakespeare scholar named Prfessor David Hale. Professor Hale had us read the translator and literary master Rober Alter who used the same reading techniques that Avivah displayed so lucidly and beautifully on your show: close reading of ironies and complexities, characterizations by way of subtle sometimes 1 word narrative touches, and overarching narratives containing sub-plots made by the Hebrew scholars oh-so long ago with conscious and beautifully ambiguous art.
It is a real gift that scholars like David Hale and Avivah Zornberg give to humanity. Their scholarship and mastery open texts rather than trapping them in dogma, fundamentalism, and a monopolized form of interpretation. Their love of these writings allows others to love the writings - and, even as importantly - to love the act of reading, a sacred act, apparently, in many traditions. They show that everyone can share 'a reading' of a text while also 'reading' a text in a multitude of different ways, simultanously creating dialogue and creative individual meaning. No one person can provide one definite, exclusive reading of these stories, because they are muli-faceted, multi-dimensional, thick with irony, complex moral issues, and very personal spiritual content. This is a very beautiful effect that these scholars are able to bring to light.
Your show is helping me and my wife with our scholarly pursuits, as we plan on a close-reading of the 17th century novel 'Don Quixote' this summer, comparing it with certain elements of trickster tales in the oral traditions of Ojibway stories. Thank you so much for your hard work and belief in what you do! Please thank your guest for her work as well!
I really appreciated her emphasis on asking questions, and especially how the ability to ask good questions is really important -- even more important than having an, or "the", answer. It's such a valuable way to approach and interact with Scripture. I think this is actually a way to take Scripture more seriously than just trying to get all the facts straight. Truth is so much bigger than fact. Asking pertinent questions in each generation is what keeps Scripture alive, and makes it truly the "living word" of God.
I am struck by the quote from Primo Levi regarding 'it is a time to put one's elbows on the table, a time when evil becomes good' etc. I'll have to read the original, but to conflate table manners with the tension of good vs. evil seems a leap I cannot imagine a wholesome, intelligent mind making. Is this the Seder speech at every Seder? Or just Primo Levi's? I'm confused. I'll read more.
Avivah starts off stating that Moses was not a simple character because he was an Israelite raised by Pharos sister but nursed by his mom hired by pharos sister.She also sees significance with Moses refuting God at the burning bush because God being angry at Moses also represented the problem God had with trying to redeem the people, a resistance of unwillingness to open oneself up. The reason because people find they are not fully capable, by their own short falls to be used by god.
Avivah talks about how Pharos hardened his own heart and after the six plagues God hardened his heart, she describes that when it is said that God hardened his heart it let Pharos off the hook. She also says that Pharos didn't just harden his heart he doesn't hear what Moses or God is saying. Pharos did this intentional he doesn't have to say no by not hearing and he doesn't outright refuse to let the people go.
I like how she went into the importance of the pain and suffering being seen by Moses and God and how this is a big part of redemptions possibility, because the barrier has been removed. Even seeing ones own pain was the beginning of the people's redemption, it makes them apathetic. I agree with her about how God is aroused by humans just as humans are aroused by God, showing the relationship is mutual, god is moved by human beings and vise versa.
In talking about the Passover, Avivah brings out it happened to be a stimulus for a good story, not something happening making the story. This was done to make the Egyptians rush Israel out and for God to rush his redemption. Also why Pharos came after Israel after he rushed them out was because he felt it was a crazy idea, irrational to let them go, he felt as long as he had the children of Israel in his power and God was sending him messages, he felt he had a relationship with God. Now that was gone and he was bored, a mentality many leaders have, this lead to many Egyptian deaths in the Red Sea.
She talks about human freedom and human liberation and the need for those having to be liberated to achieve in themselves some sense of the possibility of change. I like this because it goes to people seeing in themselves that a change is needed and they are tired of sin and need salvation before salvation can even take place.
I really enjoyed this discussion with Avivah Zonberg, it reminded me of the readings we just finished on Pagels and how there was more or less to the stories in the bible. I understood the Mardish story more than the Gnostic stories. To me this was more believable because he didn't try to change or just pull stuff out like the Gnostic's he just brought out hidden stories, which seemed more like more insight on what happened in Exodus.
Arthur Crutch
The interview whetted my interest and took me to Zornberg's website. There I discovered that she would be speaking in Berkeley, California. Today I was blessed to sit in Avivah Zornberg's talk on 5 sisters, the daughters of Zelophehad. (See Numbers 27.) What an exhilarating experience. As an Episcopal priest and weekly preacher, I was challenged by the holistic and thoughtful approach to a few seemingly obscure verses from a book I usually skim through. Thank you for introducing me to Avivah Zornberg.
Slavery, liberation, both oppressors and oppressed become automatons; her peaceful voice and the flow of questions.
God wants the best for us but
God wants the best for us but we have to be willing to trust him completely!
Very good discussion about
Very good discussion about the Exodus and Passover! The miraculous fact of this event is that it points to The Christ, The Messiah who came to willingly suffer and die, then was raised to life so we, all mankind could have redemption (be saved from our elements called sin). Thanks for a great dialogue!


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From the ESPN recap: "Westbrook was 0-4 against the White Sox last season in five starts."
This was better.
As discouraging as the loss Sunday was, this makes me feel good about the character of the team. Walk-free relief pitching helps, too. (How did Mota look? The box score says a perfect ninth, but it also says 3 fly balls...)


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by Squints » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:35 pm
by Triple-S » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:40 pm
Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.
by Cerebral_DownTime » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:18 am
by danwismar » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:08 am
Squints wrote:I would still like to see another player work his way into the rotation even if it is to spell the starters a few extra minutes a game.
by Squints » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:58 am
by Triple-S » Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:27 am
Squints wrote:Triple S- don't think for one minute that we think you watched that game, said "meh" and turned it off.
by statmasta » Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:51 pm
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I was there. Purpoo was just awful. Aaron Craft's crossover was sick.Sullinger is the best and I won't hear anything different.This backloaded schedule is awesome.
by neoleo » Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:40 am
statmasta wrote:Fredette scored 43 points on the #4 team in the country. He's truly unstoppable.
by Triple-S » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:05 pm
by peeker643 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:19 pm
Triple-S wrote:so guys did you catch the game today?
by FUDU » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:41 pm
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by neoleo » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:50 pm
peeker643 wrote:Triple-S wrote:so guys did you catch the game today?You know, I've watched a lot of Buckeye basketball this season and I can't get past the fact that if these kids played with the same intensity that the far less talented kids at CSU played with they'd still be unbeaten and unlikely to be beaten.They get lazy as hell at times. The careless passes today from Diebler, the indecison and allowing a triple team to reach him with Sullinger, all of it was hard to watch. They look like they're going through the motions at times. And FTR, Lighty makes me nervous as shit at the free throw line and he's a guy that's going to always be on the floor in games whatever the score.I understand Purdue is a really good basketball team as is Wisconsin. But match their fucking intensity at the very least.
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by danwismar » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:31 pm
by peeker643 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:45 pm
danwismar wrote:Credit Painter for a good plan...keep Buford and Diebler from getting 3-point looks, and give Lighty as many as he wants.....and credit the Purdue kids and staff for some great man-to-man defense for 40 minutes. Toughest defense they've seen all year. And Moore was en fuego. Lighty and Thomas were 1 for 13 or something. Buford never got going. Craft turned it over more than usual, but still had an impressive game.
by pup » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:04 pm
by peeker643 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:15 pm
pup wrote:Find me a collection of 18-22 year olds that don't lose focus from time to time.
by pup » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:51 pm
by peeker643 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:31 pm
pup wrote:Scratch it was Purdue and consider it was a team you just assaulted a couple weeks back.This year, they all have some serious negatives to them. Bucks included. But if losing @ Purdue and Wisconsin are the worst performances they put forth, they will be ok. Especially since I didn't think the Wisconsin loss was because they played poorly. Wisconsin played a great final 15 minutes. Today is really the first time I watched them this season and thought "who are these cats?".
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Agnes V (Boedeker) Flodin -- Pawtucket
Pawtucket – Agnes V. (Boedeker) Flodin passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 30, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Gilbert E. Flodin. Born in Providence, she was the youngest of nine children of the late Charles and Jennie (Flynn) Boedeker. Agnes worked for the American Heart Association; Cherry & Webb; Home Insurance/Home Indemnity and New England Telephone. She was a longtime member of Newman Congregational Church, Rumford. Agnes also belonged to many local organizations including the Pawtucket Women's Club; Order of VASA, Pioneer Lodge 506; Lincoln Garden Club; Notre Dame Hospital Women's Club; Friends of The Scandinavian Home and St. Teresa Senior Citizens Club. She was a volunteer at Hamilton House; Memorial Hospital of RI and the American Red Cross. Agnes leaves a daughter, Dale J. Coupe and her husband, Robert of Cumberland; a son, Donald G. Flodin and his wife, Kimberly of Windham, NH and two grandchildren, Christina M. Flodin and Harrison G. Flodin. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Newman Congregational Church, 100 Newman Ave., Rumford. Interment will follow at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence. VISITATION will be held Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at WILLIAM W. TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket. TRIPPFUNERALHOME.com
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When I wrote an e-mail to University President Jehuda Reinharz and all of Brandeis' trustees last summer saying Brandeis was in "revolt," little did I know the big revolt was yet to come.
The Rose Art Museum controversy is just the latest issue to put the president's judgment in question. With a declining endowment, donor outrage, withering press coverage, a sharp decrease in applications and extensive faculty and student resistance, Brandeis is only one or two steps from the brink of chaos. It cannot afford a leader whose decisions lack transparency and reasonable decision-making processes.
Given these conditions, I can understand why tensions are high. But this recent string of incidents is not the first episode that eroded trust in the administration.
The most notable incident was the "Hindley affair" last year. By attempting to resolve this issue, Brandeis would once again show respect for student and faculty views and demonstrate an intent to maintain a fair, open relationship with the rest of campus.
Last year, Provost Marty Krauss put a monitor in Prof. Donald Hindley's (POL) classes to keep him from racially harassing his students. The problem was that he never did any such thing in the first place.
After Prof. Hindley explained the historical connotations of the term wetbacks in a relevant course, he was found guilty of racial harassment. He never even got a hearing, and after a few months the provost simply declared the matter closed.
Following that, however, the faculty withdrew support for the harassment policy. The Faculty Senate also passed multiple resolutions about the abuse of power in the current administration, regretting that this issue "has damaged the collegiality of our University, its academic and intellectual function, its faculty governance procedures and its public reputation." Meanwhile, the faculty's Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities stopped hearing new grievances essentially because the administration couldn't be trusted in such matters of faculty governance.
In a Nov. 6, 2007 editorial, the Justice called the idea that the Hindley fiasco was designed to punish Hindley for his outspokenness about unrelated issues "disturbing".
Indeed, many students have become quite concerned about the issues of general student rights and free speech on campus. For one thing, the new Office of Student Rights and Advocacy is a major initiative of the Student Union. Even more new student organizations formed to protect student rights, including Advocates for Event Education with Police Instruction and Brandeis Students for Free Expression and Academic Freedom.
Now the lack of transparency and process has reared its head once again in the Rose decision. Even those who support the decision can criticize the administration for its bungling, keeping the facts hidden and then having nowhere to go when the sun came out.
Brandeis needs to restore a campus culture in which most faculty members and students actually trust the administration. Brandeis should be a place that truly values academic freedom, freedom of speech and due process. The alternative to healing these wounds is another year of diminishing confidence in Brandeis' administration both on and off campus.
My organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, put a full-page, color advertisement in U.S. News & World Report, right next to the annual college rankings, warning prospective students that they should think twice before applying to Brandeis. Brandeis is one of only five schools in the country with this notorious "Red Alert" classification. The case also has been covered in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Providence Journal, Huffington Post and many more media outlets.
Expressions of lack of confidence will build until Brandeis' administration changes course and earns back the trust it has squandered. The blogosphere and freelance columnists like Nat Hentoff will keep speaking out, and FIRE will keep reminding students that their rights are in jeopardy if they go to Brandeis.
On campus, faculty members and students continue their involvement in rights issues. Indeed, as the Faculty Senate suggested, the Hindley case will keep impairing Brandeis' reputation, which will limit Brandeis' ability to recruit students and faculty and to raise funds.
Brandeis could be a great school again, but it is not there yet. The president's apology over the Rose fiasco was a good start, but until the Hindley affair is resolved and that finding of guilt is rescinded, bad blood will pervade Brandeis.
President Reinharz doesn't even have to say he was wrong about anything. It will be enough that people know that his administration finally did the right thing and rescinded Hindley's guilty verdict. Now is the perfect time. Brandeis is focusing its attention on staying solvent, but bringing justice for Hindley would win the trust, credibility and respect the administration deeply needs.
The writer is the director of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education's Individual Rights Defense program.Download file "5"
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Copper. Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University website. Available at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals/copper. Updated January 2014. Accessed June 30, 2016.
Copper deficiency. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated June 20, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2016.
Dietary reference intakes: elements. Institute of Medicine website. Available at: http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/News%20Announcements/~/media/48FAAA2FD9E74D95BBDA2236E7387B49.ashx. Accessed June 30, 2016.
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Topic: ApplicationController Argument Passing
I have a method in the application controller for authenticating users, and I'm using the before_filter hook in order to call it in my other controllers...
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
def authorize
unless session[:user_id] and session[:user_password] and session[:user_right
redirect_to(:controller => "users", :action => "login")
before_filter :authorize, :except => :login
I'd like to have a required rights parameter (int) in the class and have the before_filter hook pass it in. I've tried some things but nothing works. Symbols are still somewhat of a mystery to me; as is application inheritance.
PS. Is there a way to filter individual methods in a controller?
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"I'm pleased to announce that the Marijuana Policy Project will be hosting a major fundraising party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on July 7, from 8:00 pm to midnight. And you're invited.
The ticket price will increase approximately once a month as the event nears, so get yours today, before the next price increase on April 1. Please visit www.mpp.org/pb2011 for more details.
Part of the price of each ticket is tax-deductible, and 100% of the proceeds will go toward our efforts to end marijuana prohibition in the U.S.
In other words, this is a win/win/win situation: You attend a great party, you receive a tax deduction, and you help change our nation's absurd marijuana laws.
In addition to the Mansion's famous attractions -- the monkeys, the arcade room, and the grotto -- there will also be a major music act, comedians, fire-dancing, and a few surprises.
These tickets almost sell themselves, so please consider forwarding this message to your friends, family, and colleagues who you think might be interested in joining us for this event.
And perhaps you'll want to purchase a few tickets today, before the price goes up at the end of this month.
I hope to see you on July 7.
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Washington, D.C."
Steve Bloom of Celebstoner.com posts on facebook;
"Boycott this event!"Many have supported Bloom's remarks with a few in the movement countering in support of the MPP Playboy event.
"This is the kind of event that led to the forming of the NORML Women's Alliance. After everything that has happened with Rob Kampia and the MPP, it's extremely insensitive and actually appalling that they would return to the Playboy Mansion for another fundraiser..."
"That's not the point. Using scantily-clad fake-boob blonde babes to sell tickets for a marijuana event is tacky and classless and demeans the movement..."
"Rob Kampia and Playboy Mansion shouldn't even be used in the same sentence at this point. Kampia's up to old tricks. I pity the fools who buy into this scheme.."
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Debates of Feb. 7th, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #125 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was penalties.
- Supply
- Bill Keriens
- Unemployment
- The Deficit
- Infrastructure Program
- Transport
- International Development Week
- Ferry Service
- Parents Of Sick Children
- Reform Party Of Canada
- Ontario Building Code
- Fisheries
- Air Commodore Len Burchall
- Goaltender Patrick Lalime
- Official Languages
- Team Canada
- Order Of Military Merit
- Clandestine Work
- Culture
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Public Inquiries
- Bill C-46
- Krever Inquiry
- Pearson Airport
- Employment
- Persons With Disabilities
- Pearson Airport
- Grain
- Cultural Policy
- Penitentiaries
- Youth Initiatives
- Cultural Policy
- Employment
- Zaire
- Presence In Gallery
- Point Of Order
- Taxation
- Export Development Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Excise Tax Act
- Supply
- Impaired Driving
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Vic Althouse Mackenzie, SK
Mr. Speaker, today I have found out something that has been going on for a few weeks.
The double tracking of Canadian Pacific between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay is being torn up. This was a wonderful infrastructure program that was the pride of many previous governments to speed up the delivery of grain, potash, sulphur and so on. Along with this we are watching the deterioration of the terminals in Thunder Bay and the tearing down of some of them. This was the big infrastructure program the country was so proud of. The seaway has now become redundant. It has been described by transport officials as a wonderful heritage park.
If the government were truly interested in jobs and infrastructure, it would have taken more care with its other policies of deregulation and of signing international trade agreements which have made those infrastructure investments redundant and useless.
International Development Week
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, international development week gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the unique role that Canada is playing worldwide in international development.
The main players in development are the developing countries themselves. It is within their governments, their volunteer organizations, their institutions and their communities that the real development experts are to be found.
However, in co-operating with these partners, Canadians have also done their share. From Peru to Zimbabwe, Canadian technologies and communication equipment have freed many communities from their isolation. By providing legal support, the Canadian program has helped countries such as Haiti and South Africa develop laws to ensure the respect of human rights and of the rule of law.
In our typically Canadian way-which respects countries and cultures and aims at concrete results-we have helped developing countries. International development week is the opportunity to celebrate these achievements and to anticipate future successes.
Ferry Service
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Paul Devillers Simcoe North, ON
Mr. Speaker, Christian Island and Georgina Island are home to the Beausoleil and Georgina Chippewa Bands. The islands are the location of cottages belonging to hundreds of non-natives and they are the destination of thousands of visitors.
In 1995, the Governments of Canada and Ontario agreed to jointly fund the replacement of the ferries that provide service to the islands, an improvement essential to economic development. The Government of Ontario, a Conservative government, now refuses to honour its commitments in spite of the fact that transportation is a provincial jurisdiction.
This is not unlike the unilateral and arbitrary decision made by the Government of Ontario to renege on the agreement reached with the First Nations on the distribution of the Casinorama's revenues.
An agreement is an agreement. It is sad enough that our history is littered with agreements we did not honour but it is an outrage that agreements with the ink barely dry are being unilaterally and summarily dismissed.
Parents Of Sick Children
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Maurice Dumas Argenteuil—Papineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute today to the parents of sick children. We often forget how courageous and dedicated they are.
The Séguin family, of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, is a model of love, courage and dedication. Two of the Séguin children, Sylvie and Patrick, have muscular dystrophy. For their parents, caring for them is a full time job. Patrick no longer has the use of his upper limbs. His condition requires constant care and assistance, as spinal muscle atrophy causes severe muscle tissue degeneration.
Sylvie is a bit more independent; still the condition of her lungs is extremely fragile. Mr. and Mrs. Séguin have invested time, energy and money. Without the assistance of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, they would not have been able to buy all the necessary equipment.
To give to the associations and foundations providing assistance to those suffering from this disease is to recognize their courage.
Reform Party Of Canada
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, democracy works only when well informed voters have accurate data about their options. Therefore I deplore the vast amount of misinformation about Reformers. I am deeply hurt when people incorrectly label me, attributing prejudices to me that I do not have.
As an employer I hired people based on ability and merit. Some of these people are called visible minorities here in Ottawa but I did not notice. As an instructor I had students who had different
coloured skin or spoke with different accents but I did not notice. We have members of our family who have different racial backgrounds but we love and care for them and do not notice. My wife and I were especially proud that our son and daughter-in-law worked as volunteers in Rwanda. They looked after 400 beautiful children whose parents were killed in the awful conflict over there.
I joined and became involved in the Reform Party because I was attracted to its policy of equality for all citizens regardless of race. I believe in being charitable and kind. How I wish my colleagues in this House would extend this same charity to me.
Ontario Building Code
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Charles Caccia Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Ontario government is currently examining changes to the Ontario building code whereby the amount of insulation required in new homes would be reduced by one-third. This ill-conceived proposal will increase heating and cooling costs for homeowners and subsequently result in more carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere compounding the problem posed by climate change.
This shortsighted proposal to reduce insulation in new homes is advocated by the Ontario Home Builders' Association. Instead of yielding to this lobby, the Ontario government should act in the interests of future homeowners and the environment to ensure that the building code becomes more energy efficient and respectful of environmental concerns and consumers.
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Derek Wells South Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, Nova Scotia is Canada's leading fishing province. My riding of South Shore is heavily dependent on fishing and related employment opportunities. I have been working with industry for over a year to document the impact of user fees. This week the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans heard testimony about the cumulative effects of service fees.
Yesterday the President of the Treasury Board announced that a multi-sectoral committee of stakeholders has been formed to study this issue with a view to easing the burden on businesses caused by the imposition of service fees.
I congratulate the minister for making this commitment to review fishing and related fees. He has my full support in this undertaking.
Air Commodore Len Burchall
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Peter Milliken Kingston and the Islands, ON
Mr. Speaker, Air Commodore Len Burchall was hailed by Sir Winston Churchill as the saviour of Ceylon for warning the defenders of the island of an imminent attack by the Japanese. On April 4, 1942 his plane was shot down after he spotted the Japanese fleet and radioed his message. He was held as prisoner by the Japanese for the duration of the war.
On Wednesday, Len Birchall received from His Excellency the Governor General the fifth clasp to his Canadian forces decoration. He is the first Canadian ever to have been so honoured. The clasp recognizes 62 years of good service in the Canadian Armed Forces.
As his member of Parliament, I was privileged to witness this event. As Canadians, we salute his service to his community, his patriotism and his valour. Len Birchall is a great Canadian hero.
Goaltender Patrick Lalime
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of Saint-Bonaventure and the entire riding of Drummond, I would like to pay tribute today to a local hero, whose name has become synonymous with courage, talent and success: Patrick Lalime.
On January 15, this goaltender recruited by the Pittsburgh Penguins broke Ken Dryden's legendary record by winning his first 16 games in the National Hockey League, with three shutouts as a bonus.
He pursued his dream without ever giving up hope, putting all his energy into his work. He made his way up the ladder of success one step at a time, with courage and confidence, reaching for his goal. Patrick's feat reminds us that no dream is out of reach for those who put in the time and effort.
I wish Patrick Lalime a long and successful career in the NHL. We are proud of you, Patrick.
Official Languages
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Cliff Breitkreuz Yellowhead, AB
Mr. Speaker, over 30 years ago the Liberal Pearson government changed Canada's flag and created the B and B commission. Then for years Pierre Trudeau led the onslaught of the government's divisive language legisla-
tion. One by one they were forced to succumb to linguistic engineering: the civil service, Parliament, the armed forces, crown corporations, and yes, even the RCMP.
Over the years the billions of dollars spent have added $50 billion to the federal debt, all in the guise of promoting national unity. I have not even mentioned the weekly chauffeur driven limousine service between Ottawa and Montreal for the languages commissioner, courtesy of the Canadian taxpayers.
Now the twins from Quebec are talking of granting distinct society to the separatists. My gosh, what else will they give the separatists to keep them in Canada, the rest of the country?
What this distinctly Canadian dilemma deserves is a fresh start, Reform's fresh start.
Team Canada
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Eleni Bakopanos Saint-Denis, QC
Mr. Speaker, FRE Composites Inc., a company located in Saint-André-Est, in the Argenteuil region, was part of the last Team Canada mission in Asia.
Team Canada's visit to Thailand turned out to be beneficial to this Quebec business, which currently employs 85 people. The company signed an agreement with a Thai partner to jointly build a production facility in Bangkok. FRE Composites will provide the new venture with its manufacturing technology and its skills. The project is estimated at $4 million.
Team Canada opened the doors for this Quebec company to export its state-of-the-art technology. This, dear Bloc members, is another example of the benefits to be gained from being part of the Canadian team.
Order Of Military Merit
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Jack Frazer Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, Wednesday, Governor General Romeo LeBlanc, Commander in Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces, honoured 52 members of the regular and reserve forces with the Order of Military Merit, reminding us that despite current problems, Canada's military has distinguished itself not only in armed conflicts but in peacekeeping missions and rescue efforts.
Eighty-one year old Air Commodore Leonard Birchall was one of the 52 distinguished with the Order of Military Merit and is the first Canadian to receive the fifth clasp to the Canadian forces decoration, signifying 62 years of honourable military service to Canada.
While on a reconnaissance patrol on April 4, 1942, Squadron Leader Birchall sighted Japanese ships swiftly moving in for a surprise attack on Ceylon. He alerted the British fleet of the impending attack but was then shot down and taken as a Japanese prisoner of war.
As the senior prisoner, he made continual although not always successful efforts to protect his fellow prisoners from brutality. For his efforts he was awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry and Winston Churchill dubbed him the saviour of Ceylon.
I am sure this House joins me in congratulating Len Birchall.
Clandestine Work
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Mark Assad Gatineau—La Lièvre, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is time all levels of government start taking measures to address the issue of the underground economy, which is getting worse. This situation is largely due to the over-regulation imposed by the governments themselves, unions and other stakeholders.
All these regulations have a price, which is paid directly or indirectly by the public, mainly consumers, who find they have to pay a lot of money for services. It is obvious that the problem of clandestine work will get worse.
The time has come to implement reforms to make clandestine work unappealing, not only for workers, but also for consumers. One of the first measures should be that all bidders who are awarded government contracts comply with the law and be subjected to a compulsory verification.
Oral Question Period
February 7th, 1997 / 11:15 a.m.
Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Témiscouata, QC
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Twenty-two groups from the cultural sector of Canada and of Quebec, representing 900,000 workers, have unanimously petitioned the Canadian government to maintain and strengthen existing cultural protection measures. This request comes on the heels of the statement by the Minister for International Trade that cultural protection measures that have been around for 30 years are going to be scrapped.
Yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister told us that cabinet was unanimous on the cultural question. If that is the case, how can she explain the statements by her colleague at international trade, who said that the rules of Canadian ownership and Canadian content are obstacles to the cultural development of Canada and of Quebec?
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Hamilton East
Sheila Copps Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage
Mr. Speaker, I think that when we respond unanimously to the demands of cultural groups this morning, it is by saying that we wish to do everything we can not just to strengthen existing cultural protection, but to improve it for the twenty-first century.
We know that we are living in a time of turbulent change, and we want to be prepared and to be on the cutting edge when it comes to new cultural possibilities, as we were when we became the first country to set up a CRTC.


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Fed Judge Rakoff Sees No Prosecution for Top Wall Street Execs (Update 1)
Updated from 1:17 p.m. EST to reflect comments of SEC and CFTC officials.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan can't speak about the propriety of bank loans and securities issued during the housing bubble given pending or future litigation. However, he is ready to make definitive statements about a lack of criminal prosecutions against top-level Wall Street executives five years after the financial crisis.
The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission's reticence to bring charges against top executives of Wall Street firms is "technically and morally suspect," according to Rakoff. That is, if there was widespread fraud in the mortgage market, as many independent investigations such as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Senate banking committee investigations allege.
Judge Rakoff's comments, made at the New York Bar's Annual Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute on Tuesday, aren't surprising. He was the judge that rejected a settlement between Citigroup
What is surprising is that Rakoff is commenting on Wall Street prosecutions at all.
Rakoff cannot comment on matters surrounding mortgages originated during the housing bubble given an onslaught of current litigation levied against firms such as JPMorgan
Don't expect any Wall Street perp walks, according to Rakoff's comments -- a contrast to previous crises where bankers as prominent as Michael Milken of Drexel Burnham & Lambert and Charles Keating of Continental Illinois were criminally convicted and sent to prison.
"[Not] a single high level executive has been successfully prosecuted in connection with the recent financial crisis, and given the fact that most of the relevant criminal provisions are governed by a five-year statute of limitations, it appears very likely that none will be," Rakoff said.
Criminal investigations against firms like JPMorgan and Bank of America, nevertheless, continue to be disclosed in their quarterly filings with the SEC .
For Judge Rakoff, a lack of prosecutions against individuals may reveal alarming and systemic failures of the criminal justice and regulatory system.
Explanations for not prosecuting Wall Street executives, such as difficulty in proving intent to defraud investors, the sophistication of Wall Street counterparts, and instances where prosecutions could undermine the economy, are "hollow" and "lame," in Rakoff's words.
Indeed, according to Rakoff, if there was widespread fraud in the mortgage market, prosecutors should have been able to prove executives acted with criminal willful blindness. Government prosecutors, meanwhile, wouldn't need to prove that sophisticated investors relied on disclosures made by a firm for a fraud to have been committed.


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Forgiveness and the ability to forgive has long been a
Forgiveness and the ability to forgive has long been a subject of interest to me. It is interesting to look at the personality traits of people who are more inclined to forgive than others, as your guest does in the article cited in your post. But I think that forgiveness is not generally something that comes easily to any human, regardless of personality inclinations. It is something that needs to be worked on; one needs to make the choice and then actively work at it. Granted, it may be easier for some people to recognize and opt to make that choice than it is for others, but I think it does not come naturally.
Many years ago I participated in a workshop on "Active Forgiveness". It transformed my life at the time and, although I no longer remember any of the specific content details, the concept has stayed with me all this time. The premise of the discussion was that one must actively engage in the process of forgiveness. It is not something that comes naturally, regardless of the nature of the transgression, transgressor and/or victim. But the effort will be worth it in the end. Simply put - it is not easy to forgive, but if you actively and honestly make the effort you will be rewarded.
In my own life I have found this to be true. When I make the conscious effort to acknowledge the need for and then actively work at forgiving, I am indeed rewarded, often in unanticipated and unexpected ways. Sometimes it is a daily choice that needs to be made over and over again. Similarly, if I don't take these steps I suffer consequences.
Although I consider myself to be a spiritual person, I am not a part of any religious group and do not consider myself to be religious. But I have often been baffled by the lack of focus on forgiveness among many people who claim to be religious. To me it is one of the central tenets of the teachings of all of the most prominent religious prophets throughout the ages.
From a researcher's standpoint, I can understand why it would be useful to know if there are people who because of their personality traits are, perhaps, constitutionally incapable of forgiving. Is it something that can be taught? There is a researcher in Boston who teaches a course on forgiveness to inmates in a local prison. Perhaps this type of effort could/should be expanded. Seems like it couldn't hurt!
Anyway, I am eagerly looking forward to this program!

Peg, I think you'll enjoy the program, although
Peg, I think you'll enjoy the program, although McCullough does take a quite different tack, in that through his research, he's actually arguing that our social bias (if you can call it that) to consider forgiveness something difficult is perhaps over-emphasized. If we keep calling it difficult, then we make it so, we turn that into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
What he's ultimately saying, I think, is that it's a daily choice, like you said. There are everyday acts that, if we build on them, can lead us to be more gracious overall. Maybe that exceeds what we label "forgiveness," but our definition of forgiveness is something he's keen on challenging.

Shiraz - thanks for your response. I will wait for the
Shiraz - thanks for your response. I will wait for the program before commenting further. I do want to mention, though, that I LOVE the podcasts. Gives me an opportunity to re-listen to each program. I find that I pick up new things each time I listen. I live in a rural area where radio reception is unreliable - especially when walking in the woods as I like to do when listening. So I truly appreciate being able to download the podcast and listen static-free whenever I like. Thanks for this great service!

Peg, I myself started listening to SoF through the
Peg, I myself started listening to SoF through the podcast, as we didn't get the show up in Montreal. Well, there was a faint signal coming across the border from Vermont, I think, which I'd only hear in other people's cars (never mine for some reason). So I <3 Internet.
Oddly, working at a large radio station, I never get to listen to the radio...
We've had some programming changes and that program is now slated for the first week of October. We're in production but we're moving a few things around to respond to events in the news.


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Swatch Girls Pro Surfing France 2012: Overall Event Highlights
The Swatch Girls Pro France 2012 at Les Bourdaines, Seignosse, France ended with excellent surfs from the girls. Courtney Conlogue was crowned champion of the event and while Bianca Buitendag was named 3 Pro Junior winner. The four-day event took place in the European country from May 30th, 2012 to June 3rd, 2012. In this WatchMojo.com Presents video, we get the overall highlights from the Swatch Girls Pro France 2012.


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Introducing Melody™, Levana's digital audio baby monitor. Listen to baby with the portable, handheld monitor and soothe with your own voice from another room using the talk-to-baby intercom. These valuable features work in perfect harmony, giving you peace-of-mind in knowing that your child is safe from up to 2,000 ft away.
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- Soothe your baby from a distance with the talk-to-baby intercom
- Monitors the temperature of your baby's room - ideal nursery temperature is between 61°F - 68°F (16°C - 20°C)
- Soothe your child to sleep with three well-known lullabies
- Built-in night light provides additional comfort
- Built-in timer to help keep your baby on schedule for feeding time
- Parent unit includes a built-in LED flashlight to help navigate in dark rooms
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South Africa has placed a moratorium on future fracking permits until the environmental impacts can be evaluated.combination of water, sand, and chemicals to crack the subterranean rock where gas (and oil) are trapped. And as intensifying publicity about the environmental risks of fracking has spread from the United States to South Africa, opposition to hydrofracturing in the Karoo has grown, prompting the South African government to place a moratorium on all future fracking permits until the practice's environmental impacts can be evaluated.
'How will these companies be made accountable for the damages they might do?' asked one farmer.is one reason residents in the Karoo are more resistant to fracking.
The worry is that the Karoo will become the arid twin to another drilling center, the Niger delta.healthy environment. Fracking in the Karoo threatens those rights, said Pugh.
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