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Debates of Feb. 15th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #131 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was sentence.
- Question Period
- Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the Canadian Arctic Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Abolition of Early Parole Act
- Roy McGregor
- Justice
- International Pediatric Cancer Awareness Day
- Black History Month
- Maple Syrup
- Jean-Marc Léger
- Copyright
- Indonesia
- Taxation
- Wawa Rotary Club
- Iran
- Middle East Protest Movements
- National Flag Day
- International Co-operation
- Foreign Affairs
- Mining Industry
- International Co-operation
- Foreign Affairs
- Quebec City Arena
- Public Safety
- Judiciary
- Early Parole
- International Co-operation
- Securities
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Service Canada
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Champlain Bridge
- Labour
- Citizenship and Immigration
- The Economy
- Champlain Bridge
- Shipping Nuclear Waste
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Abolition of Early Parole Act
- Canada Labour Code
Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the Canadian Arctic Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Larry Bagnell Yukon, YT
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-629, An Act respecting the establishment of a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Canadian Arctic.
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to present a private member's bill that calls for the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Canadian Arctic.
With the melting ice cap and the opening of Arctic passages and trade routes, this is the strongest declaration we can make about our sovereignty in the north. Because of the fragile Arctic ecosystems, the harsh climate making clean up impossible and indigenous peoples depending on country foods, this bill is critical.
It is also my hope that other countries will review the bill and take its intent to the next logical step and begin the process necessary to declare the entire Arctic a nuclear weapons-free zone. If the government truly wants to preserve and protect our Arctic, then I encourage it to endorse the bill and let us act quickly to implement such legislation.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Société d'habitation du Québec
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by a number of residents from all of the municipalities in my riding. As you know, there are 26. This petition was initiated by the Fédération des locataires d'habitations à loyer modique du Québec. It states:
We, the undersigned, are calling on the Government of Canada to provide the public funds needed by the Société d'habitation du Québec to complete its low-income housing renovation plan and to cover the accumulated maintenance deficit.
I am very happy to present this petition on their behalf.
Société d'habitation du Québec
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to present three petitions from the people of Hull—Aylmer, who are calling on the Government of Canada to provide the public funds needed by the Société d'habitation du Québec to complete its low-income housing renovation plan and to cover the accumulated maintenance deficit. Some 500 petitioners are urging the government to meet this social housing objective, which would help improve the quality of life of tens of thousands of households in Quebec.
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Leon Benoit Vegreville—Wainwright, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present, on behalf of constituents from Two Hills, Innisfree, Ranfurly and elsewhere, a petition that calls upon Parliament to maintain the 10-year residency requirement for Canadians to collect old age security. They call on the House to defeat Bill C-428 which would reduce that requirement to three years.
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
John Rafferty Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Madam Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first is signed by literally hundreds and hundreds of constituents in my riding who are concerned that their pensions and retirement security may not be there for them in their retirement years. I know my colleague from Thunder Bay—Superior North has the same concerns.
The petitioners are calling upon the government to expand and increase CPP, OAS and GIS; establish a self-financing pension insurance program; and ensure that workers' pension funds go to the front of the line of creditors in the event of bankruptcy proceedings.
The second petition is along the same lines. It is signed by hundreds and hundreds of petitioners who ask the government to affirm that pension benefits are in fact deferred wages, to elevate defined pension plans, benefit plans, to secured status in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the creditors protection act, and to pass into law any legislation before it that will achieve these objectives.
Multiple Sclerosis
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present yet another petition on cerebrospinal venous insufficiency.
Last week I was joined by Dr. Mark Haacke, Dr. David Hubbard and Dr. Sandy McDonald, leading researchers in CCSVI in North America. We asked the government to ensure proper health care is not refused to a patient who has chosen to seek or has obtained the liberation procedure outside Canada, to provide funding to undertake clinical trials for the liberation procedure in multiple centres across Canada, and to track patients who have received the liberation therapy whether inside or outside Canada.
The petitioners call for a nationwide clinical trial with diagnosis, treatment and follow up for MS patients.
Mineral Exploration
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Madam Speaker, I would like to present three petitions, including two petitions regarding the operations of Canadian mining companies abroad. People across Quebec, including some of my constituents, are calling on the government to urge the Secretary-General of the United Nations to develop an international mechanism for obtaining prior consent, freely given with full knowledge of the situation. Consent should be a prerequisite for all exploratory projects.
Ste. Anne's Hospital
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Madam Speaker, I would also like to present a petition from my constituents regarding Ste. Anne's Hospital. The petitioners are calling for the eligibility criteria for veterans to be expanded to include members of the allied forces.
Public Transit Safety
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Bruce Hyer Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON
Madam Speaker, today I would like to table an important petition from residents in northwestern Ontario, mostly in Thunder Bay and Dryden. Many of them are transit workers and members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 966.
The petitioners ask that the growing incidents of violence against public transit operators, school bus drivers, paratransit and intercity bus operators be recognized formally in the Criminal Code. Violence against these vital operators is not just a workplace safety issue, but it places the safety of the travelling public at risk as well.
Both I and the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River encourage action to be taken on this important issue.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Jim Maloway Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Madam Speaker, my petition is signed by dozens of Canadians calling for Canada to end its military involvement in Afghanistan.
In May 2008, Parliament passed a resolution to withdraw the Canadian Forces by July 2011. The Prime Minister, with help from the Liberal Party, broke his oft-repeated promise to honour the parliamentary motion and, furthermore, refuses to put it to a parliamentary vote in this House.
Committing 1,000 soldiers to a training mission still presents a danger to our troops and an unnecessary expense when our country is faced with a $56 billion deficit. The military mission has cost Canadians more than $18 billion so far, money that could have been used to improve health care and seniors' pensions right here in Canada.
In fact, polls show that a clear majority of Canadians do not want Canada's military presence to continue after the scheduled removal date of July 2011. Therefore, the petitioners call upon the Prime Minister to honour the will of Parliament and bring the troops home now.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Madam Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Abolition of Early Parole Act
Government Orders
10:10 a.m.
Steven Fletcher Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB
moved that Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accelerated parole review) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Abolition of Early Parole Act
Government Orders
10:10 a.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to this motion, just another in a series of extraordinary justice legislation that has been brought forward by this government to restore balance to our justice system. I am pleased to rise today on behalf of the good people of Oak Ridges—Markham.
I want to take a moment to commend the hon. members who have already demonstrated their support for Bill C-59 and are ensuring that these important changes receive quick passage into law. Those hon. members are showing their commitment to ensuring the safety and security of our communities.
All offenders must be held accountable for the crimes they commit. Bill C-59 is all about accountability, about offenders serving appropriate sentences for the crimes committed. That is what we call justice.
Bill C-59 would ensure that all offenders will be treated equally, regardless of the nature of the crime they commit, when it comes to eligibility for parole. Currently, there is a distinction made between crimes committed with or without violence. Parole, in cases of non-violent crime, is presumptive, meaning that the Parole Board of Canada must automatically release the offender into the community under supervision unless it has reasonable grounds to believe that the offender will commit a violent offence if released.
That does not seem fair to me. Fraud and white-collar crimes must not have been committed with violence but the victims are harmed nonetheless. Lives are ruined, entire life savings are lost and the physical, psychological and emotional harm resulting from these crimes can be equally as devastating.
Can we honestly say that justice has been served when an offender who has received a sentence befitting the crime walks out of jail well before the sentence has been served? In essence, many victims are essentially re-victimized by the relatively short amount of time that offenders spend behind bars for their crimes.
Canadians have spoken loud and clear. They are outraged that the rights of offenders seem to be put ahead of the rights of law-abiding citizens. Our government is listening and we are taking the necessary action to crack down on crime and stand up for those who have been victimized. We are ensuring that victims' voices are heard and that their concerns are being addressed. Bill C-59 is just one step in that direction.
Our government has already introduced several initiatives that demonstrate our commitment to victims' rights. The federal victims strategy was introduced in 2006 to improve the experience of victims of crime in the criminal justice system. Since its creation, the government has committed over $50 million to this strategy. We created the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime in 2007 to ensure that the federal government meets its responsibility to victims of crime.
Under our leadership, the truth in sentencing law was passed, which eliminates the two-for-one credit that offenders receive for time served in custody prior to sentencing. We have gotten tough on organized crime, including drug crime, with stiffer sentences and we have passed the Tackling Violent Crime Act, which better protects Canadians from those who commit serious and violent crimes.
In addition, we are facilitating access to EI benefits for family members of victims of crime and the right to unpaid leave for workers in federally regulated industries. The victim surcharge is also being made mandatory to provide better financial support to victim services.
There are several more examples I could give that demonstrate that this government is making victims' rights a priority, but now I want to turn to the accelerated parole review challenges, the very rights that we are working so hard to uphold. By allowing accelerated parole review to continue operating in the justice process, we are, in essence, undermining the rights of victims and trivializing the suffering that they may have suffered at the hands of their offenders.
The current system of accelerated parole review grants parole to offenders convicted of non-violent offences after serving only one-sixth of the sentence and full parole after serving just one-third. This means that a white-collar criminal who has received a sentence of 12 years would actually spend very little time in jail. With accelerated parole review, these offenders can be back in our communities on day parole in just two years and be on full parole in just four years.
The current system requires that the Correctional Service of Canada refers the case of offenders eligible for APR to the parole board. This is done before the offender's day parole eligibility date so that they can be released into the community as early as possible. Parole hearings are not held in these cases, as there is no requirement for the parole board to hold a hearing to determine whether offenders eligible for APR may be released on day parole and full parole.
I, like most Canadians, would expect that the decisions around parole for white collar criminals would entail more than a simple paper exercise. It does not work that way for violent offenders, so it should not work that way for fraudsters either. They should not simply be let out on day parole after serving one-sixth of their sentence, as they essentially now often are.
Other offenders must convince the parole board that they will comply with the law and the conditions of their release. These offenders must make their case at an actual hearing. Unfortunately, as it now stands, white collar offenders do not actually have to explain to anyone why they should be granted parole. They only have to go through a paper review with the parole board.
Compounding the problem, the parole board has no choice but to grant parole to an offender who is entitled to APR, except in those instances where the parole board believes the offender may commit a violent offence before the sentence is up.
This situation is unlike the one facing other offenders and, thankfully, Bill C-59 will put a stop to it.
Let us think about the current scenario again because it offends both me and many of my hon. colleagues in the House. Under the present law, only the prospect of an offender committing a violent offence will prevent that criminal from receiving automatic parole.
Those fraudsters, the ones who may have duped many and literally destroyed lives, will not be denied parole and will only serve a fraction of their time behind bars. Without grounds to believe a violent offence will be committed, the Parole Board of Canada simply has no other choice but to grant parole.
The special treatment afforded to these offenders has to end. All other offenders are subject to a very different standard, one that instills, rather than undermines, confidence in our justice system. Right now, for all other offences, the parole board has set criteria to guide its approach in deciding whether they grant or deny parole.
In these cases the parole board will assess whether an offender poses an insurmountable level of risk to commit any type of an offence if released. If that risk exists for any type of offence, parole is denied.
Let us not miss the importance of that principle; it is one that warrants repeating. With the troubling exception of white collar offenders, all other offenders are not granted parole if the parole board is convinced that any type of offence will be committed once a person is released, whether violent or not.
There are no justifiable grounds for the existing exception for white collar criminals. These are the offenders who have bilked many, washing out entire savings and crippling lives in the most extreme cases. These offenders must no longer enjoy the different standard they face under the current law. The scales of justice seem unfairly tilted in their favour.
This government has made it quite clear that it will not put the rights of any offender ahead of the rights of others. We will stay committed and remind ourselves of a few clear cases where these white collar criminals have benefited from the current APR system. These are cases that make us all question whether justice is being served.
The parole board simply does not have the discretion is so sorely needs in these cases. Bill C-59 would bring about that change, which is why I stand here in the House and turn to my hon. colleagues and ask them to ensure timely passage of this bill.
I for one feel compelled to see the changes proposed in Bill C-59 put into place so that we put victims first. In my riding of Oak Ridges—Markham, we have certainly not been immune from the scourge of white collar crime. Indeed, not long ago a fraudster was at work within my community. After being convicted of her crime, she spent very little in jail and was released back into the community and was quickly found to be in violation of her parole. The police had to track her down and put her back in jail.
I know this person's victims. They are from my small home town of Stouffville. I see the stress they have faced. As this continued to be in the local papers, I watched the person who committed these acts flaunting our current system. It is absolutely positively unacceptable that we have a current justice system that would allow people who commit this type of crime to walk our streets after serving only one-sixth of their sentence.
However, this speaks to the many different things that this government has done.
Of course, when we came into office in 2006, we found a criminal justice system that was tilted not toward the victims but more toward the perpetrators of these crimes. Since then we have been rebalancing our justice system. The Minister of Justice, the Minister of Public Safety and this government have focused on restoring balance to the justice system so that the victims of these crimes can feel that the government is truly working on their behalf to give them a system of justice they can be proud of and so that Canadians can understand that the government will always stand for them and the rights of victims before those of criminals.
There are so many different programs and justice bills that we have brought forward. We have Bill S-10, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act and Bill C-39. As I said, it is part of this government's focus to restore people's confidence in their justice system.
However, when we talk about Bill C-59, it is sometimes forgotten that it deals with incredibly serious crimes. There are fraudsters out in the communities who are seeking vulnerable people in a lot of instances and taking advantage of them and their life savings, the things they have worked so hard for their entire lives. Yet there are fraudsters out there who are doing this and who have no shame. Then the victims are victimized again when a court pronounces a sentence and then the person is released back into the community after serving only one-sixth of their sentence. That is clearly unacceptable to the people I represent in Oak Ridges—Markham. That should be unacceptable to every single member of this House.
It is unconscionable that we have had delays in getting this bill passed and have been spending so much time at committee on what should be a common sense bill. The people from my riding have been calling me and asking why it is taking us so long to deal with this. They do not want to hear about delays. They do not want to hear about the stalling tactics the opposition have been using to try to thwart the bill being passed. They want us to get it done and get it passed so that people will pay the price for the crimes they have committed. They do not want us to make a distinction that would have us treating the criminals better than the victims. They do not want to be re-victimized. They want to know that this government and the Parliament of Canada will stand up for victims' rights ahead of criminals. That is what this bill does; that is what all of the legislation we have brought forward does.
It is interesting that before the government operations committee, we had the head of the Correctional Service of Canada. He was asked if he had the resources required to keep convicted criminals in jail longer so that they could serve the sentences they had been given by the people of Canada. He of course said that he could continue to provide one of the best criminal justice systems in the world, a system that has been looked at by other nations as an example. He talked about the savings that he has been able to find within the correctional service by computerizing scheduling and finding other efficiencies so that he could put that money into keeping offenders in jail longer.
Therefore, I am pleased to support this. I hope that all of my opposition colleagues will join with the government in passing this bill so that the Canadian people can feel confident that the government, and Parliament and the people they elect are putting them first.
When I was asked to speak on this bill, the first thing that came to mind was the individuals in Stouffville who were victimized by this unscrupulous person who took them for thousands of dollars and was later found back on the streets with the exact same group she had used to abuse these people and take their money.
People call me and talk to me and send emails asking how this can be allowed to happen in Canada. How can we allow these victims to go through this time and time again? Why should their names be in the paper again? Why should they be re-victimized? Why can members not get their act together and pass this bill?
Canadians, the people in my riding of Oak Ridges—Markham, find it completely unacceptable that this bill has been stalled and delayed. They have sent me a very clear message to get the bill passed, get it through Parliament and start focusing on all the other crime legislation that has been brought forward in this House to restore balance to our criminal justice system. I am proud that I can do that, and I will be working with colleagues, at least on this side of the House, to make sure that all of those criminal justice issues are brought forward.
The delays to this particular piece of legislation and all of the legislation that we have been trying to get through this House speak to the sad reality of some individuals on the opposition benches who think more of their entitlements than they do of the people of Canada. If we were truly putting the Canadian people first, we would have passed this bill. We would not have spent a full day debating and talking about how we could delay this bill. It would have gone through committee.
In the government operations and estimates committee last week, we had an opposition witness who was talking about some of the crime legislation we had brought forward. It is something that stuck in my head as the father of two beautiful girls. The opposition was very happy with the group of witnesses before the committee. These witnesses did not support this government's agenda to keep violent criminals in jail. They did not support this government's agenda to keep white collar criminals in jail. They did not support our agenda to rebalance the Young Offenders Act. The opposition thought they had a great witness who would counter all of the arguments for keeping violent criminals in jail, but when the member for Peace River asked the witness whom the opposition had been so happy to bring forward, "Do you believe that people who rape children should be put into prison?", that witness said, "Not necessarily."
I know that members, at least on this side of the House, had to take a step back and make sure that the person truly understood the question. The member for Peace River asked again to make sure the witness has understood the question. The answer came back the same: "Not necessarily".
Imagine having to go back to a riding and trying to explain that there are people in this House who support groups and organizations that do not feel that somebody who rapes or victimizes a child should necessarily go to jail. I can say that as a father of two, I found that completely unbelievable. I still find it unbelievable. It was testimony from a witness brought forward by the Liberal Party of Canada. It was jammed through committee in such a quick rush; they had to have this witness in front of the committee and now I know why.
When it comes to standing up for victims of crime, we can never rely on the Liberals to stand up for the victims. They will always find a way to stand up for the criminals, whether it be the member for Ajax—Pickering or others who tour our prisons and talk about how upset they are that the criminals are so demoralized in prison because they have a government that is getting tough on crime.
I can assure the residents of Oak Ridges—Markham that they have a member of Parliament who will always stand up for them. They have a member of Parliament who will always stand up for the victims of crime. I implore the opposition to once and for all vote the way their constituents are asking them to vote. Get tough on crime and do the right thing for victims.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- What's happening in small business today?
1. New York City's beverage ban will crush restaurant franchisees profitability. In a move meant to help fight the obesity epidemic, the New York City Board of Health on Thursday approved a proposal put forth by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban large-sized sugary drinks, which passed despite the restaurant and franchise industry opposing the measure.
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TUPPER LAKE – Planning board members seemed pleased to give approval to The Wild Center's planned new exhibit, the Wild Walk.
"It's quite a project," Chairman Jim Larkin said Wednesday night after Wild Center Facilities Manager Dave St. Onge gave the board a presentation on the project.
The Wild Walk would be built in the woods next to the nature museum, which is off Hosley Avenue. The idea is to create the feeling of walking into the treetops through a series of six towers reaching up to 40 feet high and lightly sloping ramps, all connected to features like a giant spiderweb of ropes and netting, a treehouse and a "dead tree" that will show visitors the forest life cycle. Most of the structure, except for the swinging bridges, is designed to be accessible to people in wheelchairs.
When Wild Center officials first envisioned the exhibit, it was going to be centered solely around birds, and the museum went so far as to get a permit from the state Adirondack Park Agency for that project. But that permit lapsed and was revised to reach people of a wider range of ages and interests.
After a museum has been open for a few years, membership and visitor numbers tend to drop off, and a new feature like this is intended to boost those numbers again, explained museum Executive Director Stephanie Ratcliffe. Museum officials also hope the Wild Walk will turn the museum from a rainy-day destination to an all-weather recreation option.
The Wild Center first opened in July 2006. The Wild Walk is set for a two-year buildout, with the infrastructure being completed in the first year and the exhibits worked on for the year after that. Wild Center officials plan to open the Wild Walk to the public in July 2015, though Ratcliffe said they will probably give tours and sneak peaks to certain locals and community groups in the time leading up to that.
The $4 million project won a $1 million state grant in January, and the museum already has about $375,000 invested into the project's design and engineering.
Since the intention is to give the feeling of walking into the forest canopy, St. Onge said museum officials want to keep vegetation clearing to a minimum.
"We want to preserve as many trees as we can," St. Onge said.
The Wild Walk would not be visible from the Raquette River or anywhere else nearby, according to tests done for the original APA permit, except for one location on Dugal Road, where binoculars had to be used to spot weather balloons floated at the feature's intended elevations, St. Onge said.
St. Onge said the Wild Walk would be the first structure of its kind in the Northeast.
"I think this is going to be a real iconic structure that people are going to come a long ways to Tupper Lake just to see," St. Onge said.
St. Onge said the Wild Walk will be open from June to September, and museum officials intend to install security cameras on it so it can be monitored after hours.
Planning board member Bob Collier, a paramedic for the local rescue squad, asked about the safety of the spiderweb feature. Ratcliffe said there will be layers of ropes and netting to stop anything that falls through the first layer. She said there is a similar feature at the Morris Arboretum in Pennsylvania, and in talks with that facility, there were no safety concerns.
"Safely all along has been a huge design constraint," Ratcliffe said.
Planning board members were anxious to give the project unanimous approval Wednesday night after they heard about it.
Board member Jim Ellis noted that he was construction committee chairman for The Wild Center when the museum first broke ground, and Larkin mentioned that he was the first person to shovel a load of dirt from the site.
Ratcliffe and St. Onge said they don't anticipate any problems with getting APA approval, since a project with the same infrastructure and elevations already passed once before, and they've been working with APA officials all along to make sure they were working within APA guidelines.
"I feel really confident," Ratcliffe said.


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A symposium Friday, Oct. 4, on the Barry University School of Law campus will feature speakers from some of the nation's highest-profile adoption-rights cases. The symposium is presented by Barry Law and the school's Child and Family Law Journal.
"From Baby Lenore to Baby Veronica: The Unintended Consequences of Adoption Law in America' will examine some of the legal cases that have shaped adoption law in Florida and the United States.
Among the featured presenters will be attorney Mark Fiddler, founding director of the Indian Child Welfare Law Center. Mr. Fiddler represented the adoptive parents in the 2013 Baby Veronica case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case led to a major interpretation involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
Other presenters include:
- Nick DeMartino, Esq.: Mr. DeMartino is the adoptive father in one of the nation's first prominent adoption-rights cases. In 1970, he and his wife adopted Baby Lenore. After the child's biological mother sued to regain custody, a lengthy court battle ensued, resulting in key changes to New York law and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (now the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act). Now a resident of South Florida, Mr. DeMartino remains an active advocate for children's causes.
- Michele Nelson, Esq.: Ms. Nelson served as an appellate attorney for the adoptive parents in the landmark Baby Emily case in South Florida in the 1990s.
- Patricia Strowbridge, Esq.: Ms. Strowbridge, President of the Florida Adoption Council, has been practicing law for 25 years in the Orlando area. She was the primary author of the 2003 Florida Adoption Reform Act and has been involved with more than 800 adoption finalizations.
- Linda J. Barnby, Esq.: Ms. Barnby has been an adoption attorney for more than 20 years. She created the Adoption Match Book website as a place for young women facing an unplanned pregnancy to get the information they need to make a healthy decision for themselves and their baby.
- Marsha B. Freeman, Professor of Law, Barry University School of Law and Coordinator of the Child and Family Law Certificate Program. Professor Freeman teaches in the Family Law area and writes on legal/social/economic issues facing American families. She is an advocate of Collaborative Law and Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
The symposium is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Moot Court Room on the Barry Law campus. Lunch will be served in Room 311 of the Legal Advocacy Center.
Members of the Bar, Bench and the public are invited, and registration is free. Attorneys are eligible to receive six CLE Credits for attending.
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WHEREAS, city trees in parks and along streets are critical tother quality of life and livability of America's cities; and
WHEREAS, trees in cities provide numerous benefits including shade, reduced summer temperatures, amelioration of storm winds, improved air and water quality, civic beauty, storm water mitigation; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of their many benefits, cities often plant trees and spend resources to maintain those trees through their public agencies; and
WHEREAS, cities across the country have suffered severe financial and aesthetic losses due to the introduction and spread of non-native insects and diseases, with costs to individual municipalities often running to several million dollars over a period of two to four years; and
WHEREAS, active non-native insects and diseases affecting municipal trees in various portions of the nation now include the Asian longhorned beetle, birch leaf miner, emerald ashborer, laurel wilt, sudden oak death, and the wiliwili gallwasp; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) is the primary federal agency responsible for preventing introduction and spread of non-native insects and diseases that attack and kill these trees through its Emerging Plant Pests Program; and
WHEREAS, the efficacy of USDA APHIS in fulfilling that responsibility is limited by insufficient resources to enforce its regulations and to revise and update those regulations; and
WHEREAS, states and cities are constrained from establishing laws that exceed APHIS requirements by both international and domestic law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors affirms its support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's efforts to address the critical threat of non-native insects and diseases affecting trees; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors calls upon Congress to provide enhanced resources for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Emerging Plant Pests Program in future appropriations bills, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors Calls upon the Emerging Plant Pest Program to provide expertise and resources to assist rural and urban communities in order to implement proactive programs to detect non-native insects and other pests and eradicate them before they become widespread threats to native trees.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Conference of Mayors endorses the Invasive Species Revolving Loan Fund championed by Senator Richard Durbin to aid municipalities in their efforts to fight invasive species, and to replace trees and other vegetation damaged as a result of infestation or eradication measures.


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Global Footprint Network named one of the world's best 100 NGOs by Global Journal
In January, we learned that the Swiss-based Global Journal has named us one of the world's best 100 NGOs for the second year in a row. The honor is in part a recognition of our accomplishments over the past year.
In 2012 alone, we engaged with 18 national governments and several international institutions, conducted numerous presentations and workshops and received multiple awards (the Blue Planet Prize, the Binding Prize for Nature and the Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award).
In October, we highlighted the increasingly worrisome ecological debt of the Mediterranean nations at a two-day international conference in Venice, participated in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) meeting in Laos, presented to a working session on the environment in the Greek Parliament, launched a preliminary Ecological Footprint atlas of Francophone nations, conducted a workshop with the Turkish government on Competitiveness 2.0 and Ecological Footprint accounting, and met with government ministries in Colombia after a conference on sustainable tourism.
In November, we hosted Ecological Footprint training in our California office for members of the Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment, participated in a workshop with the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works and a Green Economy event in Peru, and presented at the annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in Beirut, where our Arab Atlas of Footprint and Biocapacity was featured in the conference report, "Survival Options."
We also completed multiple projects in Asia, including Southeast Asia's first Ecological Footprint report (in the Philippines, see newsletter story). We launched the E-RISC (Environmental Risk in Sovereign Credit) report in London and New York City. The report demonstrates that resource constraints are material for sovereign credit analysis. See the Q&A with Bloomberg's Gregory Elders (Senior ESG Analyst) and Curtis Ravenel (Global Head of Sustainability Initiatives).
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2012 Tech Predictions: A Look Back
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Prior to the end of last year, I made ten predictions for 2012 that I thought would come true in the technology sector.
Some of the companies mentioned were Facebook (FB) , Apple (AAPL) , Groupon (GRPN) , AT&T (T) , and a host of others. Public, private and companies that were public that became private were subjected to my musings about the tech sector, and the economy as a whole.
On a whole, I would say I did okay with my predictions, though not as well as I would've liked. Some I nailed, some I did okay on, and others make me think twice about quitting my day job and becoming a prognosticator.
Here are last year's tech predictions before you go any further.
Facebook Goes Public
This one is almost guaranteed to happen, as The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the company is looking to raise $10 billion in early 2012, at a valuation of $100 billion. The social media giant will also likely be over the 500 individual investor mark by that time frame, and the Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies to file to go public once they have reached that number of investors.
Facebook did indeed go public, in one of the most hyped IPOs of recent times. It raised more than $16 billion, becoming the largest tech offering in U.S. history.
The initial public offering was handled extremely poorly, by all sides, including Facebook, the NASDAQ and its bankers, which ultimately led to the offering being considered a flop . Shares are down 25.9% lower than their offer price of $38, and even lower than where it first started trading, $42.05.
Though this one was pretty easy to see coming, it's still nice to get one pretty much straight on.
Grade: A (Would've been an A+ if I had the foresight in 2011 to predict the massive decline we saw from the IPO price, but I'll take it anyway).
Twitter Gets Acquired
Twitter has become the go-to destination to learn the zeitgeist of any given moment with people able to tweet 140 characters worth of whatever they feel like at any hour of the day, and the micro-blogging service could be approached by a number of different suitors, including the aforementioned Facebook.
An interesting possibility is Google(GOOG) . The Internet search giant launched Google Plus, its own social media presence in 2011, but may still feel increasing pressure to spend some of its $39 billion in cash on an acquisition of Twitter, which was recently valued at $8 billion .
Boy, did I mess this one badly. Not only did Twitter not get acquired by Google, the micro-blogging site is looking to go public, though does not have plans to do so anytime soon. The poor reception to Facebook's IPO may have hurt Twitter's prospects of going public sooner rather than later, but the San Francisco-based firm will most likely go public in the next couple of years. CEO Dick Costolo recently noted it's in no rush to take the public plunge.


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Bus Driver Pleads Innocent
MAYVILLE – A Randolph school bus driver accused of sexually abusing a child last fall pleaded innocent Monday morning in Chautauqua County Court.
John O. Hitchcock, 66, entered his plea before Judge John T. Ward. Bail was set at $50,000 cash or $100,000 real property.
Hitchcock, who had been held in Chautauqua County Jail since his arrest Friday, is accused of sexually abusing a juvenile male from September to October.
Authorities and child advocacy groups from Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties conducted a joint investigation into the allegations.
Deputies in Cattaraugus County were first notified of the sexual abuse that allegedly took place between Randolph and Ashville.
Hitchcock was picked up without incident on an arrest warrant after an indictment was received. The Randolph man was charged with seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
North Boston attorney Brian Attea is representing Hitchcock. When discussing bail options, Attea noted Hitchcock's lack of any criminal record prior to his arrest and his close family ties.
Attea did not return a call seeking comment.
The district attorney's office, meanwhile, pointed out the severity of the charges. Ward eventually agreed on the prosecution's bail recommendation.
On Friday, school officials in Randolph released a statement:
"The Randolph Central School District has learned that John Hitchcock, a bus driver for the district, has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor. The District placed Mr. Hitchcock on administrative leave when this matter was first brought to our attention, and it was immediately reported to police authorities. To protect the integrity of the police investigation, the district cannot provide further comment at this time."
Attea noted during arraignment that Hitchcock's full-time work schedule includes a maintenance job at a golf course.
Deputies were assisted in their investigation by the Cattaraugus County Child Advocacy Center in Olean, the Chautauqua County Child Advocacy Program in Jamestown and the Cattaraugus and Chautauqua county district attorney offices.
A pre-motion conference has been scheduled for Monday, March 25.


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Software development and testing were among the early uses of cloud computing, and development remains one of the first and main functions that companies move to the cloud. But that doesn't mean setting up a development lab in the cloud--public or private--is easy. Cloud labs come with an array of challenges and difficult questions.
Both public and private cloud labs deliver software into production faster and shift lab costs from capital to operational expenses. By putting your lab in the cloud, you give your developers a self-service portal where they can create, replicate, change and delete entire software development projects and test stacks on demand.
The public cloud is the fastest and easiest way to get started with a cloud lab. It lets developers rapidly scale lab infrastructure and speed the deployment of the tools they need without up-front capital investment. But, as with any functions that deal with sensitive, business-critical data and applications, security is an issue in a public cloud lab. In addition, if not carefully managed, public cloud lab costs can escalate, ratcheting up the total cost of ownership. Portability is also a huge concern. Some public cloud vendors charge for data going in and out of the cloud environment; those costs can quickly escalate if you're running a data-intensive lab. App portability can become an issue if you ever decide to switch providers.
Private clouds have their own advantages and limitations. Cost control is easier to manage, and you have direct control of your data and applications. Security is better, and because of that it's more feasible to replicate your production environment in a private cloud if that's necessary for your development work. But private clouds require a significant up-front investment of capital and time. Initial setup work is complex, requiring extensive decisions about the technology and applications needed. To be cost effective, a private cloud also requires large-scale adoption.
This report examines these and other issues, including integration, standardization, the role of back-end processes and governance. These areas all need to be assessed when making a decision to move a development lab to the cloud and determining whether it will be a public or private cloud lab. (S4660312)
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And a 7.5% alcohol, one of the strongest beers you can buy. Drinking four is like drinking ten Miller Lites, a fact I was quickly reminded of last night while watching the World Series.
Love everything made by Great Lakes. We take it for granted cause it's here in CTown, but IMO they make some of the best beers I've ever tasted.
For the last year or do, I've been on a straight rotation of Dortmunder Gold, Burning River Pale Ale, the Holy Moses White, the Christmas Ale .. and the Blue Moon beers. Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale the last month or so.


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Please return my rope
To the editor:
On Wednesday June 5th at about 12 noon I was working on a car back by my shop when someone driving a newer Chevy crew cab or extended cab light silver pickup with the chrome bars going down the sides of the box stopped to pick up tree branches he lost in the street.
The man, 1 would say, was in his 50s, told me his ropes and tie downs were in his trailer so I asked him if he needed to borrow a rope. He was very thankful and informed me he was just going to the compost site and he would be back in 10 minutes to return the rope.
Well guess what, I never saw or heard from him again. I know it was just an old brown woven rope that you can't even buy anymore but it was one I got from my late father, so every time I grabbed it for a split second I thought of him.
I find it hard to believe that someone would actually steal from a person that goes out of his way to give them a helping hand. It gives me satisfaction to help out people in need, borrow out a jack or tire iron to change a flat, jump a dead battery, lend a gas can when someone runs out of gas, you name it; it seems to happen on this corner.
Maybe the guy just forgot to return it or figured he could just keep it but that's not the case. So please, return my rope. Thanks.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Advising
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Because students can often register themselves via the Web, they may think that they do not need an advisor. However, they do. Advisors help students to navigate through the requirements of the core curriculum and make the most beneficial course selections for their pathways and/or for transferring to four-year schools. Advisors can also help to detect and resolve problems. Academic requirements change yearly and advisors keep up with those to make certain that students are informed. ALWAYS speak with an advisor before registering.
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GHC provides many opportunities for advising. Most students do not have an assigned advisor, but you are welcome to visit a Professional Advisor at your instructional site; those people are shown here. If you know your pathway, you may contact the advising specialist for the division of your pathway and find an advisor in your area of study. Here is a list of the advising specialists.
Many faculty members do in-class advising each term, providing information about core curriculum and pathway requirements and other pertinent topics as well as answering questions. In addition, GHC provides an event every term at each instructional site called Early Bird Advising that is focused on long-term academic planning to insure that students can accomplish their program or transfer goals efficiently.
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Complete a change of program of study form available in advising, admissions and site offices. Click here to find form.
Can I register for credit-level courses even if I am still taking Learning Support courses?
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It depends on the number of hours you have attempted. For a thorough explanation of probabation, warning, and dismissal rules, please click here.
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Under the exemption granted to GHC by the Georgia Board of Regents in Spring 2010, if you are a current student, you may complete the Regents Test requirement at Georgia Highlands College by completing ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 with us, with grades of C or better in each class. If you are a current student and you transferred in ENGL 1101 and 1102 with grades of C or better in each class, you have met the Regents Test requirement.
If you are a former student, not enrolled since Spring 2010, and wish to get the exemption, look here for information.
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Twelve enrolled hours constitute full-time student status and Learning Support courses do count when assessing a student's course load, though they do not count in GPA and they are not transferrable hours. Taking fewer than twelve hours in a term usually presents at least two dangers:
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I just received my Breedlove tenor Ukulele back from the luthier after having the Baggs Five.0 pickup installed. I have not read a review from anyone yet so here is my two cents.
I am using a Marshall AS100D acoustic amp. The sound quality from this Five.0 pick is spot on. I played the ukulele through an external mic then used the plugged in pick up and asked two different people standing with their back away from me and the amp to tell me what sounded better. The answer I receive is what I was wishing for. They could not tell the difference. This product was all I could have asked for.


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Valerius Maximus -fl. c. 20
Roman historian and moralist.
A Roman historical writer of the early imperial era, Valerius Maximus produced a single, nine-volume compilation of Latin anecdotal history entitled the Factorum et dictorum memorabilium novem libri (c. 31); Memorable Doings and Sayings). Focusing on selected individuals from the history of Rome culled from its mythic origins to the reign of Tiberius in the early first century Valerius's collection is usually considered part of the exempla tradition. As such, it offers accounts of characters, behaviors, and attitudes that appear to have been exclusively designed to convey a moral lesson. Marred by historical errors and inconsistencies, which the author knowingly manipulated for narrative effect, the Memorable Doings and Sayings is additionally characterized by Valerius's artificial style and pretentious moralizing. Generally regarded as a text of historical interest rather than one of literary merit, the work nevertheless enjoyed a period of acclaim in medieval and early Renaissance Europe and boasts an impressive manuscript tradition.
Biographical Information
Almost nothing is known of the life of Valerius. In his writings, he explains that he was born into a poor family and later enjoyed the patronage of Sextus Pompeius, who would serve as Roman consul in 14 and later as proconsul to Asia from 27. Valerius accompanied his patron to Asia Minor (via the Aegean island of Ceos) and it is during his time in the east that he probably wrote his Memorable Doings and Sayings. (The matter of precisely dating the work, however, has not been satisfactorily settled by scholars.) Aside from very scattered internal references to Valerius's life contained within the Memorable Doings and Sayings, any other information regarding Valerius or the actual composition of this prose collection is speculative.
Textual History
A handful of manuscripts of the Memorable Doings and Sayings survive from the late Roman period, including a crucial fourth-century codex by Julius Paris and an epitome fragment by Januarius Nepotianus from about 500. Remarkably popular in the Middle Ages, Valerius's historical collection circulated in numerous manuscripts. Many selections of the work copied by medieval hands have survived, including one ninth-century text by Heirich of Auxerre. By 1369, it had been translated into German, and in the ensuing centuries it appeared in other major European languages. The first English translation was undertaken by Samuel Speed in 1678. A Latin manuscript edition edited by Pighius was typeset in 1567 and reprinted almost twenty times before the middle of the seventeenth century. Interest in Valerius's work subsequently declined, although further editions continued to appear into the middle of the nineteenth century. The publication of Carl Kempf's authoritative Editio maior (1854) replaced all editions that had preceded it. Kempf's revised version, the 472-page Teubner text (1888), served as the standard critical reconstruction of the Factorum et dictorum memorabilium in the twentieth century. This volume, principally based on the ninth-century Berne manuscript, also includes additional evidence from several later texts from the thirteenth and fourteenth-centuries. A long-awaited update to the Teubner series appeared with the publication of J. Briscoe's (1998) edition of the Factorum et dictorum memorabilium, a work supplemented by the contemporary translations of D. Wardle (1998) and D. R. Shackleton Bailey (2000).
Major Works
An collection of fact-based anecdotes that display a strong moralistic tone and a reverential attitude toward the history of Rome, Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings opens with an adulatory dedication to the Roman emperor Tiberius. Its multiple books feature a host of sketches and stories drawn from established sources, including the writings of Cicero, Livy, and Sallust. In his preface to the work, Valerius wrote, "The history of Rome and of foreign nations supplies us with many deeds and sayings worthy of remembrance, but they … cannot be apprehended quickly and concisely, so I have decided to make a compendium of selections from illustrious authorities." Aside from this vague acknowledgement, only very rarely does Valerius cite his sources. The collection itself chiefly relates moral tales associated with the exploits of famous historical figures—emperors, generals, queens, and the like—although it also concerns itself with persons of humbler stature. Some of its most frequently referenced figures belonged to the Roman elite, among them the republican consul Marius, Julius Caesar, Tiberius, and other members of the imperial family. Each story is designed to exemplify a moral or religious lesson, usually illustrative of some vice or virtue. In order to accomplish this task, Valerius almost invariably accompanied his tales with characteristically effusive and pretentious commentary: Caesar earns his praise, while women, slaves, and other social subordinates are routinely treated with condescension. Arranged by subject, the Memorable Doings and Sayings comprises nine books and is subdivided into approximately ninety chapters.
Book I features broadly religious and supernatural topics, including historical tales involving omens, dreams, miracles, and myths. Among the pieces in this section are a retelling of Calpurnia's dream vision presaging the death of her husband, Julius Caesar, anecdotes involving visionary portents of victory experienced by Hannibal and Alexander the Great, and the widely recounted story of Marius and the donkey. Book II deals with social institutions, offering sketches of Roman customs and behavior, including military practices, marriage traditions, and details of public rituals. Individual chapters within Book III concern the subjects of bravery, constancy, and patience, while Book IV concentrates on such themes as moderation, friendship, justice, poverty, modesty, and restraint. Topics in Book V include mercy, piety, gratitude, filial love, and parental severity. Books VI-VIII are less cogently structured than the preceding volumes. Stories of capricious fortune, marital fidelity, and national loyalty fill Book VI. Book VII remarks on military ploys and stratagems and relates certain legal anecdotes. Something of a catch-all selection, Book VIII describes stories of leisure as opposed to diligence, records oratory of exceptional eloquence, and documents instances of human longevity. Vice is the overarching subject of the final Book IX, a collection of sketches concerned with greed, lust, cruelty, and revenge that culminates in a conspiratorial tale of parricide (generally thought to be that perpetrated by Aelius Sejanus in 31, although Valerius reveals no identity.) Throughout the Memorable Doings and Sayings, Valerius typically presents a tale favorably depicting a Roman figure and contrasts it with another involving a foreign protagonist who was sometimes rendered in an unfavorable light. This scheme, however, is not followed with any great consistency. In cases involving a disparity between traditional and contemporary practices, Valerius unfailingly took pains to emphasize the superiority of tradition, a theme that commentators consider central to the work.
Critical Reception
Scholars have found the early critical status of Valerius and his collection of historical anecdotes somewhat difficult to determine; the fact that Pliny the Elder listed the Memorable Doings and Sayings among the sources to his Natural History and that Plutarch mentioned Valerius twice in his writings suggests only moderate interest. Presumably, Valerius's collection was intended for popular consumption and generally treated as such. However, the critical perception and evaluation of Valerius's work changed radically in the medieval period. From about the ninth century onwards, the Memorable Doings and Sayings became the Latin text favored by scholars, grammarians, and instructors of rhetoric. Petrarch undertook an imitation of the work in about 1343, but his Rerum memorandarum libri was left incomplete. Extensive commentary from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, primarily concentrated in Italy and Germany, followed as the text reached the acme of its popularity, becoming a ubiquitous component of the European university education. Such circumstances later prompted renowned nineteenth-century German historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr to somewhat hyperbolically declare the Memorable Doings and Sayings "the most important book next to the Bible" in the Middle Ages.
For nearly a century after the appearance of Kempf's second edition in 1888, scholarly interest in Valerius's work—outside the realm of manuscript analysis, editorial emendation, and Quellenforschung ("source-hunting") mainly conducted by generations of German scholars—dropped off steeply. The principal cause appears to have been Valerius's prose style, which in the twentieth century generally elicited strongly negative reactions from critics. Adjectives such as turgid, tedious, and bombastic have commonly been used to describe it. Modern critics additionally list rhetorical artifice, clumsy use of metaphor, and a pretentious tone among its aesthetic defects. Some hundred years after the publication of Kempf's second edition, however, a new resurgence of critical interest in the Memorable Doings and Sayings occurred.
Meanwhile, late twentieth-century scholars reopened a once closed debate involving the appropriate dating of the text. The standard and majority view relates a passage in Book IX to the fall of the military leader Sejanus, which suggests that the piece must have been published after 31 and that bulk of the text was probably written between the years 27 and 31. Others have proposed a somewhat earlier composition date near the beginning of Tiberius's reign in roughly 14 to 17. Still other dates have also been suggested within the range of 14 to 37. As contemporary critics have acknowledged both historical indeterminancies and Valerius's stylistic shortcomings, including his relentless use of forced antitheses, clichés, exaggeration, and sententious moralizing, many have opted to focus their attention elsewhere. Admitting that on a factual level the value of the Memorable Doings and Sayings is negligible—owing to its innumerable errors, contradictions, obscurities, and inconsistencies—commentators have concentrated on the moralizing intent and dubious historiography of the work. Most have viewed the collection as part of the exempla tradition. Thus, scholars have pointed out that Valerius frequently altered historical details and events to serve his didactic purposes. Some have argued that the collected tales were effectively "dehistoricized" for specific ideological purposes, including Valerius's glorification of the Roman past and sycophantic praise of the imperial regime. Overall, commentators have asserted that, whatever its shortcomings, the Memorable Doings and Sayings provides valuable insight into early imperial Rome and offers a unique perspective owing to Valerius's nonpatrician social status.
Principal Works
Factorum et dictorum memorabilium novem libri [Facta et dicta memorabilia] (short stories and sketches) c. 31
Valerius Maximus: Memorable Deeds and Sayings Book I (translated by D. Wardle) 1998
Memorable Doings and Sayings (translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey) 2000
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Konrad Gries (essay date April 1955)
SOURCE: Gries, Konrad. "Valerius-Maximus an Minimus?" Classical Journal 51, no. 7 (April 1955): 335-39.
[In the following essay, Gries decries the content of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings as "nothing but a huge collection of anecdotes, drawn mainly from the history of Rome," notes Valerius's rhetorically excessive style, and summarizes the textual history of the collection.]
Modern literary historians do not think much of him. To Fowler, he is "artificial, pompous, and dull." According to Rose, he has a "most atrocious style, bombastic, would-be-clever, full of artificial and at the same time clumsy and obscure phraseology." Mackail,...
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C. J. Carter (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: Carter, C. J. "Valerius Maximus." In Empire and Aftermath, Silver Latin II, edited by T. A. Dorey, pp. 26-56. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.
[In the following essay, Carter surveys the content, structure, style, sources, influence, textual history, and reception of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings, commenting primarily on the work's stylistic limitations and the reasons for its centuries-long popularity.]
The great German nineteenth-century historian, Niebuhr, was perhaps exaggerating when he said that the Middle Ages considered Valerius Maximus 'the most important book next to the Bible'1 but he was certainly...
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Eugene N. Lane (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Lane, Eugene N. "Sabazius and the Jews in Valerius Maximus: A Re-Examination." Journal of Roman Studies 69 (1979): 35-38.
[In the following essay, Lane remarks on a conflation of Sabazius-worshippers and antique adherents of Judaism that he attributes to errors in the manuscript tradition of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings.]
There has long been accepted as a fact in the study of the cult of Sabazius an ostensible reference to Jews who, as early as 139 b.c., worshipped Sabazius, and were expelled from Rome by the praetor peregrinus Cornelius Hispalus.1 The source of this information is often given without qualification as Valerius...
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G. Maslakov (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Maslakov, G. "Valerius Maximus and Roman Historiography: A Study of the Exempla Tradition." Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt (II) 32, no. 1 (1984): 437-96.
[In the following excerpt, Maslakov asserts that a complete understanding of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings requires an analysis within the context of the exempla tradition, claiming that such a reading allows the reader to properly recognize Valerius's historical sensibility as well as his use and manipulation of historical material in the collection.]
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Robert Hodgson, Jr. (essay date July 1989)
SOURCE: Hodgson, Jr., Robert. "Valerius Maximus and Gospel Criticism." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 51, no. 3 (July 1989): 502-10.
[In the following essay, Hodgson contends that contemporary scholarly criteria justifying the denigration of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings may be obsolete and that the work offers insight into the development of the exempla tradition in its transition from secular Roman to Christian forms.]
In the early years of Tiberius' reign Valerius took to reading Latin and Greek history and collecting anecdotes for an anthology of Roman life. Dedicated to Tiberius and...
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Robert Hodgson, Jr. (essay date October 1989)
SOURCE: Hodgson, Jr., Robert. "Valerius Maximus and the Social World of the New Testament." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 51, no. 4 (October 1989): 683-93.
[In the following essay, Hodgson focuses on Valerius's depiction of Tiberius and representation of Roman religion in the early Christian era in the Memorable Doings and Sayings.]
Valerius Maximus, a historian and anthologist who wrote under Tiberius, is a significant source of information for reconstructing the social world of early Christianity. This article presents a few passages from Valerius' Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Nouem (Of Noteworthy Deeds and Sayings Nine Books)1...
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Jane Bellemore (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Bellemore, Jane. "When Did Valerius Maximus Write the Dicta et Facta Memorabilia?" Antichthon 23 (1989): 67-80.
[In the following essay, Bellemore presents internal and external evidence to suggest that Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings was written near the beginning of Tiberius's reign, circa 14 to 16 a.d., rather than at its end.]
There can be no doubt that Valerius Maximus completed the Dicta et Facta Memorabilia during the reign of Tiberius (a.d. 14-37), although he refers to this emperor only in general terms, as 'Caesar', for example, in the preface to the work or, more usually, as princeps. Despite the fact that...
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W. Martin Bloomer (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Bloomer, W. Martin. "Audience and Design." In Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility, pp. 11-58. Chapel Hill, N. C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
[In the following excerpt, Bloomer concentrates on the intended audience for and the structural design of Memorable Doings and Sayings, arguing that Valerius's reasons for composing the work were not antiquarian or historical, but rather were motivated by his desire to reinterpret and "de-historicize" existing material.]
From what Valerius tells his reader Memorable Deeds and Sayings is a time-saving, smooth, and seamless collection. In his proem and the prooemia...
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Clive Skidmore (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Skidmore, Clive. "Valerius's Moral Purpose." In Practical Ethics for Roman Gentlemen: The Work of Valerius Maximus, pp. 53-82. Exeter, England: University of Exeter Press, 1996.
[In the following essay, Skidmore emphasizes the moral-didactic orientation of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings, viewing its central purpose as the depiction of "traditional standards of morality" from a bygone era.]
[T]he true purpose of Valerius's work has been obscured by the gratuitous assumption that it was merely a handbook for rhetoricians and declaimers. That can be seen very clearly in Bloomer's monograph. The author is well aware that Valerius's examples...
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D. Wardle (essay date October 1997)
SOURCE: Wardle, D. "'The Sainted Julius': Valerius Maximus and the Dictator." Classical Philology 92, no. 4 (October 1997): 323-45.
[In the following essay, Wardle explores Valerius's positive evocations of Julius Caesar in the Memorable Doings and Sayings, including his affirmation of the emperor's bravery and divinity and his generalized support for imperial rule.]
The career of the man who brought to an end Republican government for the Romans and who was at the same time the founder of the first imperial dynasty, Julius Caesar, posed particular problems for writers in the principates of Augustus and Tiberius.1 Geraldine Herbert-Brown in...
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D. Wardle (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Wardle, D. Introduction to Valerius Maximus: Memorable Deeds and Sayings, Book I, translated by D. Wardle, pp. 1-25. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
[In the following excerpted introduction to his translation of the Memorable Doings and Sayings, Wardle considers the composition date, content, structure, sources, and textual history of the collection.]
There is very meagre material for a biography of Valerius Maximus; all of it is internal: he tells us that he witnessed the suicide of an old woman in the town of Iulis on the island of Ceos while he was journeying to Asia in the company of Sex....
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D. Wardle (essay date 2000)
SOURCE: Wardle, D. "Valerius Maximus on the Domus Augusta, Augustus, and Tiberius." Classical Quarterly 50, no. 2 (2000): 479-93.
[In the following essay, Wardle stresses the conventional political orientation of Valerius's Memorable Doings and Sayings in its praise for the Roman imperial family.]
Valerius Maximus' Facta et dicta memorabilia provide an opportunity of seeing how an undistinguished talent responded to the demise of the republic and the establishment of an imperial system. Fergus Millar has argued that we should view Valerius as a contemporary of Ovid, that is as an author influenced by the last years of Augustus and writing in...
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D. R. Shackleton Bailey (essay date 2000)
SOURCE: Bailey, D. R. Shackleton. Introduction to Valerius Maximus: Memorable Doings and Sayings, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey, pp. 1-7. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000.
[In the following introduction to his English translation of the Memorable Doings and Sayings, Bailey encapsulates scant facts from Valerius's life and comments on the composition of this collection, noting its moral purpose and modern textual history.]
Nothing is known of Valerius Maximus except what can be gathered from his work. His name survives in early manuscripts and epitomists, but without praenomen. The nomen and cognomen are both common and found combined in...
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Further Reading
Badian, E. "Two Roman Non-Entities." Classical Quarterly 63 (1969): 198-204.
Comments on Valerius's misrepresentation of a speech by the expelled Roman senator Duronius in his Memorable Doings and Sayings.
Carney, T. F. "The Picture of Marius in Valerius Maximus." Rheinisches Museum 105 (1962): 289-337.
Probes Valerius's depiction of the Roman consul Marius in some ninety-three passages of the Memorable Doings and Sayings, arguing that this representation is marred by contradiction and inconsistency.
Fowler, D. P. "Notes on Pighius and Valerius Maximus." Classical...
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