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Heartworm disease is a very serious health issue for dogs and it is important for pet owners to know the signs of heartworm disease and how to prevent this potentially fatal disease.
Heartworm disease is most commonly passed through mosquitos, and it can take anywhere from a few months to years for evidence of the illness to become clear, according to the American Heartworm Society. VCA Animal Hospitals reports that adult heartworms can live in the heart and large blood vessels of dogs for as long as five years. Unfortunately, clinical signs of heartworm disease—such as coughing, fatigue, reduced appetite and weight loss—may not be present until the disease is very advanced.
A veterinarian can easily determine if your canine companion has heartworms by performing a simple blood test. If this test is positive, your veterinarian is likely to recommend full bloodwork, chest radiographs (x-rays) and possibly an electrocardiogram or even a heart ultrasound to determine how advanced your dog's heartworm disease is.
If your dog has been diagnosed with heartworm disease, treatment depends on the severity of the condition. Most dogs require oral medications and a series of dog shots that kill the worms. VCA indicates that after injectable drugs are administered to kill the worms, dogs must be rested and should not engage in any physical activity for at least several weeks or fatal reactions can occur.
Prevention is the very best approach to heartworm disease. Heartworm disease in dogs is completely preventable with routinely administered heartworm preventatives. Speak to your veterinarian about getting your dog tested and started on preventatives today.


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Rogers Set To Leave? (updated at 8:11 p.m.)
The Columbus Dispatch - December 20, 2011 08:13 PM
Edit at 8:14 p.m. - I just spoke with Robbie Rogers' agent, Shaun Higgins. Here are the highlights of the conversation:
-Rogers is currently entertaining interest from multiple teams in England, throughout Europe and
within Major League Soccer, he said.
-Higgins on if Rogers would immediately be able to obtain a work permit in England: "We're not sure if he will immediately qualify or if he'll have to go through the appeals process."
-A decision will be made "sometime in the immediate future, but we're not in a rush," Higgins said. Rogers will talk things over with his family. Earlier today, Rogers told me he plans to make a decision sometime after Christmas.
-Higgins confirmed that both Leeds and Blackburn are interested in signing Rogers but said he was not a trialist for either team in recent weeks.
-Is there any chance Rogers returns to Columbus? According to Higgins: "I think that there's a chance he could stay there eventually."
That's all for now.
Edit at 11:51 a.m. - I got in contact with Rogers via text message about the rumors of his impending signing with Leeds. His reponse: "Haven't made any decisions that's just a rumor."
It looks like Robbie Rogers might be on the verge of achieving his long-standing goal of playing in Europe. According to this report from the United Kingdom's Daily Mail, Rogers has chosen to sign with Leeds United, a second-tier team in England.
Contacted last night by the Dispatch via text message seeking an update, Rogers replied, "I will decide after Christmas."
Rogers, who is on the front cover of the Crew's 2011 media guide embracing a group of fans alongside Eddie Gaven, has spent time with the United States Olympic Team and was named to the 2008 Major League Soccer Best XI squad as the Crew captured the MLS Cup. However, his contract with the club expired at the end of the season and Rogers has since spent time overseas. After training with the U.S. National Team in mid-November, Rogers remained overseas at the urging of coach Jurgen Klinsmann and spent two weeks in Germany training with Bundesliga club Kaiserslautern.
The Crew included Rogers on its list of 11 protected players for the MLS expansion draft in late November despite knowing he might not be back in uniform next season because, as technical director Brian Bliss said at the time, "If he would sign in Europe and then come back we'd still have his rights. He's a pretty marketable guy."
It is worth noting that Leeds United is often linked with just about anyone when the transfer window opens, but the report on Rogers carries more validity if he has indeed spent time trying out for the club.
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Texas Grapefruit Shrub by Liber & Co.
- 17 oz. Bottle Size (251ml)
- Pairs great with gin and scotch
- Create brand new cocktail creations with unique flavor
Being Texan boys, the folks at Liber & Co. grew up eating Rio Star grapefruits. Brilliantly red and very sweet, The Rio Star is a variety unique to South Texas. They wanted to highlight their home state's iconic citrus by creating a Texas Grapefruit Shrub.
Shrubs are antiquated methods of fruit preservation that offer lively combinations of intense fruit essence and tart acidity. In drinks they can work much like citrus by providing a tart and slightly sweet component.
For their shrubs, they use a cold-press technique to maintain the bright, zesty flavors that are damaged by heat-based extractions. They combine Rio Star grapefruits, coconut vinegar, cane sugar and a hint of allspice. The shrub is sweet and tart, with the zesty grapefruit flavor backed by the subtle allspice note.


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Albany Paranormal Research Society, also known as APRS, consists of a group of people with a common interest in the Paranormal who are willing to dedicate their time to research, investigate and document paranormal events and phenomena. We are based in Albany, NY and we serve the Capital Region of New York State and beyond.
We are a group of everyday people from various backgrounds and religious beliefs. APRS does not go into an investigation with the sole purpose of looking for ghost, we seek ways to debunk or find natural causes for that which the client may be experiencing. We enter the property with respect and confidentiality for the clients personal information and property.
Our services are performed as a free public service to those in need of our investigation services, people who believe they are experiencing paranormal activity in their homes or businesses. We do not charge for investigations. All team members are responsible for their own cost of equipment, transportation and lodging during an investigation. APRS does accept donations to help support the purchase of new equipment.
APRS also takes pride in setting up public meet-ups to help educate the general public, share experiences, demonstrate equipment and investigation techniques, field trips to local haunted locations, and present the occasional guest speaker. APRS Paranormal-Meetup-of-Albany is sponsored by APRS and is a group local to Albany, NY. This group is opened to the general public...please visit APRS-Paranormal-Meetup-of-Albany
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As APRS does not charge for our services, we do accept and appreciate donations to help further our research and educational programs.
Sincerest thanks from Albany Paranormal Research Society Inc.
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The future of hair is here. AMD launched a new teaser site today with the headline, "TressFX: A New Frontier of PC Realism" and an unveiling date of February 26 for their new tech. "Render. Rinse. Repeat." Just off of word association, along with the teaser image found in the header, it's clear AMD's got some new hair technology they're excited about showing.
Resident techy and our communications guru here at Neo, Mr. Gabe, says the word is AMD's got some fresh particle effect and tessellation systems to handle realistic hair volume. Much preferable to, say, typical polygonal LEGO hair. Obviously, this is one of the reasons male protagonists are preferred in video games -- short hair. Good to see AMD taking steps to break the status quo.
Look forward to more news on Tuesday, tomorrow, when AMD unveils TressFX in all of its flowing, beautiful glory. Hopefully with a mind-blowing tech demo involving a space marine taking off his helmet and revealing his luxurious locks, gracefully blowing in the wind. Or, you know, Lara Croft. That would work too.


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At the forthcoming U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue later this month in New Delhi, the United States and India will continue to strengthen our educational ties, knowing the important stakes at hand: the potential to collectively educate and prepare millions of youth for success, while also creating jobs and growing our economies.
Recently, I met with India's Union Minister for Human Resources and Development, M. M. Pallam Raju, who took his first visit to the United States in his new capacity to set the stage for the upcoming event and to underscore India's determination to address a significant educational and vocational demand – educating 500 million students by 2022.
Our countries are starting from a good place – a strong commitment to educating young people in both cultures. On my most recent trip to India last February, I witnessed many Indian parents making huge sacrifices so that their children might benefit from greater opportunities.
This joint prioritization of youth was certainly reflected in Minister Pallam Raju's visit. From his very first engagement here – a roundtable discussion with industry and education experts – he made clear his commitment to furthering the educational partnership, a cornerstone of our bilateral relationship. And while here, he met with U.S. federal and state government, industry, and academia and to explore new avenues for educational collaboration.
Development of community colleges in India is one of his foremost objectives. On this trip, he deepened his appreciation of the U.S. community college model with a visit to Montgomery Community College's Takoma Park campus. One of the high points of the visit for the Indian delegation was viewing the nursing simulation lab, where robotic "patients" exhibit symptoms that students must diagnose and treat. It was a fantastic learning opportunity for students anywhere in the world.
Minister Pallam Raju also met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, and members of the India Caucus. In his meeting with Governor O'Malley, the two discussed ways to strengthen the already strong business, educational, and cultural ties between the India and Maryland, first solidified when the Governor led a trade delegation to the country in 2011.
Describing his Washington trip as "very, very fruitful and engaging," Minister Pallam Raju said that he is looking towards much greater cooperation and collaboration with the United States on education. His visit laid the groundwork for refining and enhancing our educational partnership and conversations begun during the Minister's trip will feed directly into June's Dialogue.
As I prepare to return to India for the Dialogue, I look forward to continuing this important conversation with our vital partner. Minister Raju's visit has solidified our joint commitment to deliver high quality, cost-effective instruction for students to access knowledge. It will be exciting to witness how this relationship evolves over the months – and years – to come.
About the Author: Tara D. Sonenshine serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
this is very good news for indian students , hope the new ties will create a new bond between indians and americans
"Strengthening U.S.-India Higher Education Ties" will turn out to be a revolution. The evolving geopolitical scenario will surely bring a major transformation in the field of education.


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Debates of March 22nd, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #26 of the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was liberal.
- Motion No. 479
- Criminal Code
- Supply
- Kent Ellis
- Government of Canada
- Riding of Compton—Stanstead
- Regional Development
- Toronto Jewish Community
- Rural Communities
- Progressive Conservative Party
- Middle East
- World Water Day
- Conservative Party
- Mitchell Sharp
- Violence Against Women
- Employment Insurance
- Harrison McCain
- The Prime Minister
- Bill C-250
- Homelessness
- Sponsorship Program
- Health
- The Prime Minister
- Fundraising
- Health
- Public Housing
- Agriculture
- National Defence
- Public Service
- Sponsorship Program
- Agriculture
- Immigration and Refugee Board
- Multiculturalism
- National Defence
- World Water Day
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Foreign Affairs
- RAI International
- Presence in Gallery
- Board of Internal Economy
- Privilege
- Government Response to Petitions
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
- Agriculture
- Criminal Code
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 7
- Question No. 14
- Question No. 15
- Question No. 16
- Question No. 23
- Question No. 24
- Question No. 26
- Question No. 34
- Question No. 35
- Question No. 41
- Question No. 44
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 3
- Question No. 4
- Question No. 8
- Question No. 10
- Question No. 12
- Question No. 18
- Question No. 19
- Question No. 21
- Question No. 25
- Question No. 28
- Question No. 29
- Question No. 31
- Starred Questions
- *Question No. 1
- *Question No. 2
- *Question No. 5
- *Question No. 32
- *Question No. 33
- Supply
- Leader of the Opposition
- Supply
- Supplementary Estimates (B), 2003-04
- Interim Supply
Question No. 14
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
William V. Baker, Commissioner of Firearms, testified before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on October 23, 2003 that the gun registry provides "a tool for police to trace firearms", that "it does help police solve crimes and we do have incidents of this by being able to trace the origin of the firearm recovered from a crime scene", and that police are "…using that information to help them, but it can help enforce a court order."; since the government has been registering firearms since 1934: ( a ) what is the total number of attempted firearms traces; ( b ) what is the total number of successful firearms traces; ( c ) what is the total number of crimes that were solved as a result of these successful traces; ( d ) what is the total number of court orders enforced using the information from the gun registry; and ( e ) what is the total number of registered and unregistered firearms seized as a result of the enforcement of these court orders?
Question No. 14
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Edmonton West
Anne McLellan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The national firearms tracing program was initiated in 1974, in cooperation with the U.S. alcohol, tobacco and firearms, ATF, tracing center. The primary goal of the program is to contribute to keeping Canadians safe and secure by providing necessary information to law enforcement authorities on firearms seized in the course of criminal investigations. Assistance is also provided to and by the U.S. ATF tracing center.
In implementing the program, the national firearms tracing unit was established. The unit currently consists of three RCMP regular members and remains an integral part of Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, CISC.
The national firearms tracing unit assists investigators in identifying owners of firearms and provides further information to police agencies regarding unregistered firearms such as: point of origin, name of retailer, name of purchaser.
In regard to a) in 2003, the national firearms tracing unit received 8,726 firearms tracing requests: 7,001 from Canadian law enforcement agencies; 1,471 from the U.S.; and 254 from international agencies. In 2004, up to February 13, the national firearms tracing unit received 1,717 tracing requests: 1,600 from Canadian law enforcement agencies; 99 from the U.S., and 18 from international agencies.
In regard to b) according to the national firearms tracing unit, there were 4,908 successful firearms traces made from January1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. Successful is defined as law enforcement authorities being provided with information on the firearm's history to assist in their investigations. Firearms without serial number, caliber or make cannot be traced.
In regard to c), d) and e) the national firearms tracing unit provides an operational service to law enforcement authorities, domestic and international. Follow-up information as to the use of a firearm trace result is not required by the unit; therefore CISC has no statistics for these questions. There is no agency in Canada, not even Statistics Canada, that can provide this type of information. The information would need to be collected by reviewing all files from all law enforcement agencies in the country who request a trace, which would be extremely labour intensive.
Question No. 15
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
On February 16, 1995, Justice Minister Allan Rock stated in the House of Commons (Hansard, page 9708), "Registration will assist us to deal with the scourge of domestic violence." For each year since 1995: ( a ) what is the total number of domestic homicides; ( b ) what is the total number of domestic homicides committed with firearms, by type of firearm and whether the firearm was registered or not; ( c ) how many of the suspected murderers were licensed to own firearms; and ( d ) in each case in which the homicide was committed with a registered firearm, why did the gun registry fail to prevent the murder?
Question No. 15
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Edmonton West
Anne McLellan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The Canadian firearms program is an important element of the federal government's overall public safety efforts. The deadline for the licensing of individuals passed on December 31, 2000, and the deadline for the registration of firearms passed on December 31, 2002. The program is now beginning to enter the full implementation ongoing operations phase. Nonetheless, since 1998 more than 12,000 firearms licences have been refused or revoked in view of public safety concerns and to respond to the potential for violence or injury.
The government is committed to delivering the firearms program so that it can continue to meet its important public safety objectives in the most cost effective manner.
Question No. 16
Routine Proceedings
March 22nd, 2004 / 3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
—Given that the government has required the mandatory registration of handguns since 1934, how does it justify its past, current and planned spending on a long-gun registry when Statistics Canada's Annual Homicide Reports for 2000 (Table 6, page 9) and 2002 (Table 8, page 16) show that the use of handguns in firearm homicides has been steadily increasing from 26.9% in 1974 to 63.6% in 2002, and that, conversely, firearm homicides with rifles and shotguns, which only started to be registered on December 1, 1998, dropped steadily from 65.8% to 24.8% over the same 28-year period?
Question No. 16
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Edmonton West
Anne McLellan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The Canadian firearms program is one of the key contributors to the government's goal of enhancing public safety and security for Canadians.
On February 21, 2003, the Minister of Justice, together with the Solicitor General of Canada, announced an action plan to improve management, enhance service delivery, and increase transparency and accountability. The program's action plan is being implemented successfully by the firearms centre. There have been important improvements in program efficiency and management over the past year. We are building on these improvements.
The government remains committed to delivering this important public safety program in the most cost effective manner possible.
Question No. 23
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Do Canada and the United States have a fishing treaty and, if so, what are the relevant details?
Question No. 23
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Toronto Centre—Rosedale
Bill Graham Minister of Foreign Affairs
Canada has a long history of fishing treaties with the United States, dating back to Empire Treaties that were negotiated on Canada's behalf by Great Britain. These include agreements such as the 1912 agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States respecting the North Atlantic fisheries, which prescribed the method of promulgating fisheries regulations and the delimitation of certain bays on Canada's east coast.
Aside from historic treaties, Canada currently has seven bilateral fishing treaties with the United States, which are as follows:
Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Pacific hake/whiting: This recently negotiated agreement was signed by Canada and the United States on November 21, 2003 , in Seattle, Washington, but is not yet in force. It prescribes the formation of scientific and management committees for the purpose of determining the total allowable catch of Pacific hake/whiting and the respective harvest quotas for Canada and the United States.
Agreement between the Government of Canada and Government of the United States of America on fisheries enforcement: This treaty was signed on September 26, 1990, in Ottawa, Canada and entered into force on December 16, 1991. It aims to improve the enforcement of fisheries laws and regulations within both countries' respective internal waters, territorial seas and 200-mile zone.
Treaty between the Government of Canada and Government of the United States of America concerning Pacific salmon: The Pacific salmon treaty was signed in Ottawa, Canada, on January 28, 1985, and came into force on March 18, 1985. The treaty obliges Canada and the United States to conduct fisheries so as to provide for optimum production and equitable of salmon stocks and establishes the Pacific salmon commission, a body that directs the joint managment of transboundary pacific salmon stocks and works for the protection and management of pacific salmon runs. The treaty also includes four annexes, creating fishery panel committees and fishery regimes to regulate fisheries activities in the regions specified by the treaty, and a memorandum of understanding which provides for each country to receive benefits equivalent to the production of salmon originating in its waters. Also, an agreement respecting Yukon River salmon was reached in 2002 and incorporated as chapter 8 of the Pacific salmon agreement.
Treaty between the Government of Canada and Government of the United States of America on Pacific coast albacore tuna vessels and port privileges: This Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. on May 26, 1981, and came into force on July 29, 1981. It was amended in 1997. The treaty allows each party to engage in fishing for albacore tuna in waters under the jurisdiction of the other party that are seaward of the territorial seas, and to land, transship or sell their catches in specific ports of the other party. An amendment to this treaty was recently negotiated, but is not yet in force, which provides for annual consultation between the parties on albacore tuna stocks and limitations on the amount of fishing by each party's vessels in the waters of the other party.
Convention on Great Lakes fisheries between Canada and the United States of America: This convention was signed on September 10, 1954 in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and entered into force on October 11, 1955. The convention addresses the decline in productivity of some of the Great Lakes fisheries and seeks to prevent further serious damage to some of these fisheries caused by the parasitic sea lamprey. The convention provides for the establishment of the Great Lakes fishery commission to co-ordinate and implement effective research, conservation and management programs.
Convention between Canada and the United States of America for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: This treaty was signed on March 2, 1953, in Ottawa, Canada, and entered into force on October 28, 1953. The treaty continued the international Pacific halibut commission (the origin of which was the 1923 convention for the preservation of the halibut fisheries of the northern Pacific Ocean), a body that conducts stock assessments of, and performs biological research on, Pacific halibut.
Exchange of notes (March 4 and April 30, 1948) between Canada and the United States of America regarding sanitary practices in the shellfish industries and related matters: This agreement was made by an exchange of notes on March 4, 1948, and April 30, 1948, and came into force on April 30, 1948. It aims to improve sanitary practices in the shellfish industries of Canada and the United States and to facilitate the exchange of information with reference to endorsement of shellfish certifications.
Question No. 24
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
What would be the penalty to the government for cancellation of its contract with Lockheed Martin for the conducting of the Canadian census of 2006 by Statistics Canada?
Question No. 24
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Vancouver Quadra
Stephen Owen Minister of Public Works and Government Services
The current contract does not contain a provision for a penalty per se for cancellation. However, there are two possible scenarios for cancelling the current contract with Lockheed Martin Canada: 1) Terminating the contract for convenience; and 2) Exercising the contract's Exit Plan--Off Ramp. The main intent of the Exit Plan is to provide for a transition, logically after the Census Test in 2004, in the event that Canada decides not to proceed with contracting with Lockheed Martin Canada for the subsequent systems development, hardware procurement, printing and follow-on operations contract. The costs resulting from this scenario would be dependent upon how Canada wanted to move forward. The options are: for Statistics Canada to operate the system developed by the contractor, expected in March 2006, or to totally abandon the developed system.
PWGSC has been advised by Statistics Canada that if the contract were to be cancelled now, it would not be possible for Statistics Canada to deliver a full comprehensive census. Statistics Canada might only be able to collect basic demographic information and only provide population estimates required for the fiscal transfer program. The agency could not provide the information needed by a number of statutes and regulations (Canada pension plan, official languages, multiculturalism, employment equity regulations, etc.) that require a comprehensive census. Statistics Canada is exploring the possibility of re-scoping the contract with Lockheed Martin Canada following the census test. The proposed re-scoping of the contract would permit a comprehensive census to be delivered as well as ensuring that Statistics Canada alone would process the completed questionnaires.
Should Canada terminate the current contract for convenience, the contractor would be entitled to be paid the cost for all completed and partially completed work and capital expenditures, as well as all cost of the termination of the contract including the cancellation of obligations incurred by the contractor. The actual cost would be dependent upon when the contract was terminated and could be as much as the cost to complete the contract. The cost to terminate the current contract could reach $12-15 million.
Question No. 26
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Gilles Duceppe Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
With respect to HRDC's payment of grants and subsidies, in the 75 ridings in Quebec, for fiscal years 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, can the government provide the following information: ( a ) the name of the recipient organization; ( b ) the date; ( c ) the amount; ( d ) the name of the program; and ( e ) the federal riding of the recipient organization?
Question No. 26
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Joe Volpe Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
The data concerning the grants and contributions payments for all of the constituencies, as of fiscal year 1997-98, is available on-line, at the following addresses: 1997-98/1998-99/1999-2000: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/dept/reports/2_lmya.shtml; 2000-01: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/dept/reports/pay-paie/00-01/note_00-01.shtml; 2001-02: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/dept/reports/pay-paie/01-02/note_01-02.shtml; 2002-03: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/dept/reports/pay-paie/02-03/note_02-03.shtml
Data related to fiscal year 2003-04 will be available after the tabling of the Public Accounts of Canada in November 2004.
Question No. 34
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Rob Merrifield Yellowhead, AB
With regard to Parks Canada's attempts to close the Jasper and Banff airstrips, what is the total accumulated cost to the Crown of the court proceedings in this matter?
Question No. 34
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
David Anderson Minister of the Environment
The cost to the Crown for court proceedings related to Parks Canada's attempts to close the Jasper and Banff airstrips is $26,725.07.
Question No. 35
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Rob Merrifield Yellowhead, AB
With regard to natural health products: ( a ) on what legal grounds are federal government officials prohibiting the importation of natural health products from the United States; and ( b ) can the government prohibit the importation of foods or natural health products from the United States or Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and, if so, what are the relevant provisions of NAFTA?


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7 ways to know if you (or someone you know) has a binge eating problem.
Eating disorders are more common in women over 40 than once thought�binge eating included. �When we think of �eating disorders,� we erroneously imagine teenagers suffering,� says Dr. Cynthia Bulik, director of the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders and author of Midlife Eating Disorders: Your Journey to Recovery. �In reality, the most common patient is probably a woman over 30 with binge eating disorder.� Signs and Symptoms But no matter what your age, the signs and symptoms of binge eating disorder (BED) remain the same. They include: Waiting until you�re alone to eat. �Bingers often eat small amounts in public, and then binge in private,� says Bulik. Continuing to eat, even when you�re full. �Binge eaters are unable to put on the brakes,� says Bulik. A 2012 study at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute in Fargo, N.D., found that those with BED ate more calories and felt less control over their eating than obese nonbingers. Post-gorging guilt. �A binge eater will consume a lot of food, and then start beating up on herself,� says licensed psychoanalyst Carol Munter, co-director of the National Center for Overcoming Overeating in New York and Chicago, and co-author of Overcoming Overeating. �The pattern is uncontrolled eating, recrimination, dieting, binging.� Eating weird food combinations. A 2012 study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham involving 552 adults found that at least one in four binge eaters gorge on bizarre concoctions like mashed potatoes with Oreo cookies. Most indicated that craving, not hunger, drove them to such snacks. A conviction that you�re a diet failure. �Ninety eight to 99 percent of people who diet eventually binge, regain the lost weight, and then some, � says Munter. Anxiety and depression. Often bingers are unable to endure unsettling feelings like anxiety or depression.� �Instead they eat to feel better,� says Munter.� According to a 2012 study at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill involving 406 college women, those more anxious tended to both binge and diet�and binge eating increased as anxiety did. Family members who binge. �Sometimes binge eating is a family pattern for handling stress,� says Munter. How to Get Help Binge eaters don�t have to stay locked in a destructive pattern. Below are ways to find help for yourself or someone you love. Approach a family member with compassion. If you recognize that someone you love is a binge eater, gently let them know you want to help. �Find out first what resources are in your area,� says Bulik. �The more you can do to make it easier for her to find care, the better.� Find an experienced therapist. �Look for a therapist who knows about eating problems and who has an anti-dieting approach,� says Munter. �Be clear that you don�t want to stay on a diet.� You want to sit in the middle of the feelings� that drive you to eat. Her website, Overcomingovereating.com, offers referrals. The Binge Eating Disorder Association website, www.bedaonline.com, also offers a �Get Help� section. �Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) remains the treatment of choice for binge eating disorder,� says Bulik.� In a 2012 Yale University study of 81 adults with BED, one group was assigned to an antidepressant, a second to CBT plus medication, and a third to CBT plus placebo pills.� After a year, 35 percent of those who received CBT had had no binge eating episodes in the previous month compared to only 4 percent of those on an antidepressant. CBT examines destructive behavior and thought patterns, and tries to replace those with more constructive ones. �The first thing is to put food back where it belongs: with physiological hunger,� says Munter.� �Start feeding yourself only when you�re hungry.� Figure out what your body needs and when it has had enough.� Brought to you by: Spry Living


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Juliette Binoche
News about Juliette Binoche, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
At Cannes, Women Turn Out in Force
Three female directors are seen as contenders for the film festival's top prize, while the challenges facing female moviemakers have been discussed at length.
May 17, 2016, Tuesday
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Review: 'L'Attesa' ('The Wait') Turns Life Into a Ghost Story
Juliette Binoche stars as the mother of a young man who has just been killed, and Lou de Laâge plays his girlfriend, who doesn't know.
April 29, 2016, Friday
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In Performance: Juliette Binoche of 'Antigone'
Ms. Binoche in a scene from Ivo van Hove's production of the Sophocles play, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
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Review: In 'Antigone' at BAM, Agony and Despair in Inexorable Motion
Ivo van Hove's doom-steeped production stars Juliette Binoche as the fatally rebellious daughter of the house of Oedipus.
September 28, 2015, Monday
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I'm inclined to lean strongly towards the negative argument. I'd suggest that anonymous posting goes against the very fundamental principles behind social media and the importance of authenticity and transparency when operating in online communities. It's therefore very interesting to see that there are new online tools and services popping up that encourage this very behaviour.
Two of the latest examples are as follows:
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The company's tagline is: "Anonymous Tweeting: For what has to be said, just not by you"
One of the services implies tweeting for 'good' and the other for 'bad'.
I'll be interested to see the sorts of tweets that get shared on both of these services. I'm particularly interested to know what sort of tweets make it to the 'Tweet From Above' service. If there's something good to share – a fabulous CSR initiative by a company, something great that a colleague has helped you with, your love of Sunsilk shampoo – why not put your name to it and share it with the world?
I can understand the reason for not putting your name to posts that comes from 'Tweet From Below', but surely this is just another service that has the potential to flare up cyber-bullying!
Are there any valid reasons for commenting anonymously? The assumption would be that one would only do so if they have something to hide. Perhaps what they are posting is factually incorrect or perhaps they are simply gossip mongering. Whatever the case, I don't agree with it.
I'd be keen to hear if anyone has any thoughts on when anonymous commenting would be permissible.


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"Where did you read the Bible?" she asked. My friend Karin used to teach religion in a Swedish public elementary school, which is why her question made so much sense to her but so little sense to me.
"In Europe," she explained, "we see the clips of your news commentators, we see your President getting sworn in on a Bible, we know America is intensely Christian. But where do you learn it? Is it taught in the public schools, or do you just have really active Sunday schools, or what?" I quickly reassured her that in America, we keep religion out of the schools, since we are a secular nation.


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Julian Assange: Cyber-Libertarian or Cyber-Anarchist?
Julian Assange, the notorious founder and director of WikiLeaks, is many things to many people: hero, terrorist, figurehead, megalomaniac. What is it about Assange that makes him both so resonant and so divisive in our culture? What, exactly, does Assange stand for? In this post, I explore two possible frameworks for understanding Assange and, more broadly, the WikiLeaks agenda. These frameworks are: cyber-libertarianism and cyber-anarchism.
First, of course, we have to define these two terms. Cyber-libertarianism is a well-established political ideology that has its roots equally in the Internet's early hacker culture and in American libertarianism. From hacker culture, it inherited a general antagonism to any form of regulation, censorship, or other barrier that might stand in the way of "free" (i.e., unhindered) access of the World Wide Web. From American libertarianism it inherited a general belief that voluntary associations are more effective in promoting freedom than government (the US Libertarian Party's motto is "maximum freedom, minimum government"). American libertarianism is distinct from other incarnations of libertarianism in that tends to celebrate the market and private business over co-opts or other modes of collective organization. In this sense, American libertarianism is deeply pro-capitalist. Thus, when we hear the slogan "information wants to be" that is widely associated with cyber-libertarianism, we should not read it as meaning gratis (i.e., zero price); rather, we should read it as meaning libre (without obstacles or restrictions). This is important because the latter interpretation is compatible with free market economics, unlike the former.
Cyber-anarchism is a far less widely used term. In practice, commentators often fail to distinguish between cyber-anarchism and cyber-libertarianism. However, there are subtle distinctions between the two. Anarchism aims at the abolition of hierarchy. Like libertarians, anarchists have a strong skepticism of government, particularly government's exclusive claim to use force against other actors. Yet, while libertarians tend to focus on the market as a mechanism for rewarding individual achievement, anarchists tend to see it as means for perpetuating inequality. Thus, cyber-anarchists tend to be as much against private consolidation of Internet infrastructure as they are against government interference. While cyber-libertarians have, historically, viewed the Internet as an unregulated space where good ideas and the most clever entrepreneurs are free to rise to the top, cyber-anarchists see the Internet as a means of working around and, ultimately, tearing down old hierarchies. Thus, what differentiates cyber-anarchist from cyber-libertarians, then, is that cyber-libertarians embrace fluid, meritocratic hierarchies (which are believed to be best served by markets), while anarchists are distrustful of all hierarchies. This would explain while libertarians tend to organize into conventional political parties, while the notion of an anarchist party seems almost oxymoronic. Another way to understand this difference is in how each group defines freedom: Freedom for libertarians is freedom to individually prosper, while freedom for anarchists is freedom from systemic inequalities. Continue reading


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Sid as Lord Humongous
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Before Sid was vicious, a psycho, or serving up justice, he was a masked monster from the Valley of Death. He went by the name Lord Humongous, inspired by the Road Warrior/Mad Max movie. But in doing some research on this gimmick, I was surprised to learn that Sid wasn't the only wrestler to don the hockey mask and studded leather ring attire.
The monster appeared in the Continental Wrestling Association in 1984. Several wrestlers through the years played the character, but I'd say Sid was undoubtedly the most well known. Managers for Humongous included the likes of Jimmy Hart, Downtown Bruno (better known to WWE fans as Harvey Whippleman) and Sir Oliver Humperdink.
Jeff Van Camp was under the mask when Humongous was feuding with Jake "The Snake" Roberts in the Mid-South territory. This was right before Jake headed to the WWF, and I remember first hearing about Humongous at that time. The two were embroiled in an epic feud and it was covered by the Apter magazines. Reading those magazines is how I (and all fans) kept up with what was happening in other regions that weren't being broadcast on TV in their particular area.
Sid, Humongous, & Scott Hall
I also read about Humongous (played by Sid at this point) teaming up with a young Shane Douglas to win the CWA tag team titles. Other notables who wore the mask, include the man who eventually became Bull Buchanan and Sid's son Gunnar. In fact, a few years ago, Sid teamed with Humongous and Scott Hall at an event in my area, but I wasn't able to make it. I had no idea that the gimmick that started nearly 30 years ago is still being kept alive on the indy circuit.


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We have just made a change to a DNS record for getpersonas.com affecting its CDN usage, and thought we'd share some of our findings as to it's worldwide traffic patterns.
Prior to now, getpersonas-cdn.mozilla.net pointed to a CDN aggregator service at 3crowd. We use this for several things. For example, aus2.mozilla.org (part of the Firefox Automatic Updater Service) goes through 3crowd. It works very well for this type of thing, where what we're really after is distributing the load across our own infrastructure, in order to gain redundancy.
One of its limitations though is that it is inherently disconnected from the actual CDNs being used. That is, it has no way to know if a particular CDN is really good in one country, but really bad in another. It can't make that type of determination on-the-fly. By default it just assigns a weight to each CDN, and doles out the traffic in whatever ratios we specify.
For a normal website like getpersonas.com, with broad international appeal, this isn't quite ideal. For folks in North America or Europe, it works just fine… generally CDNs have pretty good coverage there, and for the most part it won't make a big difference which one you end up using. Outside of those regions though, CDN coverage is much more hit-and-miss. If you're in Australia or Argentina, which CDN you get routed to might make a very big difference on your page load times.
For example, here's a "before" graph of getpersonas.com load time from our Gomez test node in Sydney, Australia (on Telestra, to be precise):
As you can see, it's quite spikey. If you squint just right you can identify 3 tiers of performance. Not surprisingly, they line up with the 3 different backend services configured in 3crowd.The worst tier is from a local node we control ourselves in San Jose, CA. Clearly, that's a pretty terrible choice from Australia… and yet it's getting 1/3 of the overall traffic, simply because 3crowd doesn't know any better.
This morning I changed this record away from 3crowd towards a new service we're demoing, Cedexis. This is a similar service, but they maintain a database of CDN provider response times around the world… all the way down to the individual ISP level. Using this database, they can intelligently choose which CDN to use for every single request, theoretically using the fastest one from the user's location.
Unfortunately it's too soon to have a useful "after" graph to share. Instead, I'd like to share some information as to just how effective the new service might end up being.
"Global Village" is (as far as our traffic mix is concerned) the 4th biggest ISP in Brazil. They account for approximately 8% of Brazil's traffic to getpersonas.com. Brazil as a whole is 45% of our South American traffic, which in turn is around 9% of our worldwide traffic. That's the level at which we can drill down to. Here's a graph of the "decisions" made by Cedexis for this one ISP in Brazil, over the last 24 hours. Remember, before today it would have been 50/50.
This is 94% vs. 6%. This should give you some idea of just how important choosing the proper CDN could be… far more often than not, we were making the wrong decision for these users. Situations like this generally occur when an ISP has limited peering with upstream providers, and thus does not have a good route to some places. This particular ISP appears to have a good connection to CDNetworks, but a poor one to Edgecast. Obviously this type of thing is more prevalent in smaller ISPs, where they may not be able to get (or afford) more complete peering agreements. You generally won't see this type of thing with very big ISPs.
Now aggregate this around the world, and you can quickly see that even if the worldwide traffic mix still comes out to approximately 50/50 (and it does… within a few percentage points), making better decisions locally can result in a much better experience for a large group of users.
Over the next few days we should get a good idea of how much this is actually helping… I expect small gains worldwide, and possibly large gains in certain regions. Especially outside of North America, I expect getpersonas.com will be substantially improved, with Asia-Pacific and South America seeing the biggest gains. When we have some data, I'll post a graph showing the worldwide before-and-after.


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are the indians still playing?
are the indians still playing?
Man, do I *HATE* the Yankees!!!!!!
I read that one of the Indian pitchers was promoted.
Yes. Rinku Singh (the left-handed one) was called up to the Pirates' short season Single-A State College (West Virginia) Spikes. His numbers have actually been pretty damn good:
Meanwhile, Dinesh Patel has been struggling in rookie ball:
apparently rinku singh will be playing for the canberra cavalry
He's listed down at the bottom of the article
Dinesh Patel has been released -- Rinku Singh is still going strong
Here's what the Pirates' president had to say anout Dinesh:
Meanwhile, Rinku picked up his first win yesterday as the Canberra Cavalry's left-handed specialist out of the bullpen. His 1.69 ERA makes him one of the top pitchers on the team.Both Rinku and Dinesh made tremendous progress in both terms of their baseball development and their overall development as young men since the day that we signed them. For two young men who had never seen a baseball let alone played the game, their feats on the baseball field were and are remarkable. Dinesh was recently released, as it became clear that it was not likely that he would develop into a Major League player. He was very grateful for the opportunity and thankful for the intense training he received from our staff. Rinku is developing very nicely and is currently pitching for the Melbourne team in the Australian Winter Baseball League.
What kind of athlete is Rinku Singh? Did he play other sports in India? What he is doing is remarkable, kind of Ron LefLore-ish development.
Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.-Crash Davis
Both Indians were cricket players.
The vision of the "million-dollar hunt" was or is that in much of the world, involving millions of players, cricket is high-level competitive sport with a specialist bowler role broadly similar to the baseball pitcher role. In many young men where cricket is the hardball game of choice, bowling must develop the arm strength necessary for major league pitching.
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Never did find that article. But I thought I'd provide an update on Rinku. After a so-so stint in the Australian Baseball League, he was invited back to play rookie ball for the Pirates. He spent a short few weeks earlier this month in the Dominican Summer League, and is now back with the GCL Pirates in Bradenton. Looks like the Pirates are having him pitch more innings in middle relief. Just yesterday, he notched his first win for the GCL Pirates, striking out five in 4 innings and giving up only one hit. A good sign: No walks. (Control has been a problem for Rinku.) A great return to Florida for the lefty.
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Last year, by the way, Rinku was promoted to State College, the Pirates' single-A short season affiliate in the New York-Penn League. He made one appearance and pitched well. If he continues to perform in Bradenton, watch for Rinku to get another promotion later this summer.
Update: As expected, Rinku's been promoted to State College. And here's a link to last week's press release announcing Season 2 of The Million Dollar Arm: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrele...1062289971.htm. Looks like MLB is taking a direct role in t he competition this time around, supplying coaches and using their China facility to train the winners. Expect to hear more about this...
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News about TMDA season 2; here are some portions of the article...
Jun 22, 2011
Bengaluru: As the saying goes – The Winner takes it all, making this axiom a reality in India is "The Million Dollar Arm Contest" which is back with a bigger and awe-inspiring Season 2.Season 2 of TMDA will handpick the fastest and power pitches of young participants from across India and groom them under the MLB coaches for 6 months in China. In addition, the winners also get an opportunity for try-outs for professional contracts with the top Baseball Leagues in USA & AsiaSource: http://apnnews.com/2011/06/22/the-hu...ason-2-begins/This year the competition is scheduled from June-September 2011 and will see 5 Vans to target 1000 colleges in 60 cities and nearby towns in India. 50 fastest pitchers will undergo 2 weeks conditioning camp leading to elimination rounds in the final try outs for the fastest pitcher in India.
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Sorry Rally, I thought no one had posted about TDMA 2 yet. What do you think are his chances of getting promoted to Class A?
Rinku Singh is listed on Pittsburgh's Class A West Virginia Power roster. He hasn't pitched for them yet, but let's see how he does at this level.
this interview with the manager of the State College Spikes, who said that the plan was for Rinku to get a lot of innings and then report in the fall to the Pirates instructional league.
This was all before today's exciting news, of course. So we'll see!
It is really hard to believe a Indian is just three steps from the Majors. Great Story.
"(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack
"I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)
The correct answer is that MLB teams evaluate talent. They want to win championships by getting the best players they can. Sometimes a Japanese player fits the bill. Sometimes they don't. And that's that.
The first problem with Japanese players is that they are tied to that system until they're 27-30. That means when they come over most are already in decline. Another problem is that most have been pitchers, and they have tended to use their pitchers hard in Japan, which tends to burn them out--and also makes them subject to that issue when they come over here.
Seen on a bumper sticker: If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
Some minds are like concrete--thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A Lincoln: I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Rinku made his first Sally League apparance last night. The line:
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Sweet Potato Oven Fries with Avocado Dip
- Sweet Potato Fries:
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled or unpeeled, cut into 4-inch long and 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick fries
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or more as needed
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- Coarse ground rock salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Avocado Dip, recipe follows
- Avocado Dip:
- 1 avocado (see Cook's Note)
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup cream cheese
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped.
- 2 scallions, white and light green part only, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
DirectionsSweet Potato Fries:
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
Place the sweet potatoes in a large bowl and toss with olive oil until the sweet potatoes are coated. Add the paprika, chili powder, coriander, salt, and pepper; toss to distribute evenly.
Arrange the coated fries in a single layer on the prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes on the lower rack until the sweet potatoes soften. Transfer the pan to the upper rack of the oven and bake 10 minutes longer, until fries are crispy. Serve with Avocado Dip.
Place the avocado, mayonnaise, cream cheese, jalapeno, scallions, and lime juice into a blender or small food processor. Blend for 1 minute or until you have a smooth paste. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve as a dip for the Sweet Potato Oven Fries.
Cook's Note: We find that Hass avocados make the smoothest and best tasting Avocado Dip.
Recipe courtesy of Ingrid Hoffmann, 2007
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. -- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The first question my dad used to ask me when I found a new boyfriend was, "What church does he go to?" I later learned that question did not mean is he a Methodist like us. That question meant is this boy hopefully being raised in a home that is helping him develop a conscience.
I do not, and never will, like a politician who campaigns using his specific religion as a sign of who he or she is. I want a politician to campaign on examples of past acts to earn my vote. Don't wear a fish or a cross on you lapel and expect me to believe that you have a good heart. Instead wear a pin of your lifetime of outstretched arms telling me you are willing to embrace our entire country and not just those who share your religion.
Haven't we all learned by now that a person's religion is certainly not a window into their soul? We cannot define a person's heart by their religion but only by their example of living. Simply by saying that I am a Christian causes some people to immediately determine a lot of things about me that are totally off base.
Needless to say I strongly believe in separation of church and state but not separation of morals-ethics and state. Let's stop re-electing politicians who say they are religious but have committed a multitude of crimes and harmful and selfish indiscretions that simply lead us away from our country's agenda of being the greatest nation of freedom in the world.
Yikes! Give me a hand stepping down from this soap box will you? Thanks.
28 comments:
- ♥ Sonny ♥ said...
I enjoyed your post.. I too am more interested in someone's Rightness of Spirit, versus what Religion they are. To me thats like which club did they choose to join, versus, what GOOD have you done in this world, as our actions speak far louder than our words or the labels we choose to put on ourselves for others sake.
ya know that song, LOVE is all there is- well it really IS.
have a great week ~!
PS~ I've feel the LOVE a lot more if you'd turn that " word verification" OFF.. lol lol
- Changes in the wind said...
You said it all well...However it makes one wonder why or who rubbed you the wrong way.
- Brown English Muffin said...
I was wondering the same thing as "Changes in the wind" what prompted this? But I have to agree with you on the entire thing though...a person is determined by their actions...
- Granny Annie said...
Sonny -- I could have saved a lot of words by simply stating the fact as well as you. Yes our actions should speak louder than our words.
Changes in the wind -- This tirade had to start for me in the 70's while working in the Bible Belt of Oklahoma and having to contend almost daily with "Christians" demanding special services because they were "Christians" and expressing I could not possibly be one or I would waive their fees, not put holds on their checks or return their checks for insufficient funds. They had the word Christian branded all over themselves yet abused it by being some of the least Christ-like people I ever met. But it's not just Christians, it is everyone who excuses bad behavior by using religion. I just don't think it is necessary for political candidates to tout their religion instead of how they treat others as examples of their faith or telling what they have done to help our country. I also believe any church that preaches politics should lose their tax exempt status. It is stereotyping just like people who label me a racist because I did not vote for Obama. We have got to stop lumping everyone into one category because of the words liberal or conservative or Christian or Jew,etc. Oops, there I went again.
- Granny Annie said...
Brown English Muffin -- I think I answered you and Changes in the wind as you were typing your question. Exactly why I got on this kick this morning is beyond me unless it is some comment I heard from Rick Perry on TV yesterday that rubbed me wrong.
- TALON said...
It's always amusing to me that some people believe that being religious guarantees a person's moral standards are high. If only life (and people) were that simple.
- Granny Annie said...
Talon -- Yep, that's what I was trying to say.
- Granny Annie said...
Sonny -- Okay I turned off the word verification. I think I have good spam control set up on my blog now but if it gets bad again I'll have to turn it back on. Always glad to oblige my blog friends when I can.
- Tabor said...
Don't fall as you step down because most Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, Atheists, Agnostics, Pantheists, etc. and those who have dropped out from all philosophical thought are on your side. The Golden Rule works for us all.
- Granny Annie said...
Tabor -- All zealots from every ilk want to undo us rather than do unto us.
- ♥ Sonny ♥ said...
aww bless your heart... much appreciated...
see ya soon.
- Nancy said...
When my SIL died we promised her husband,who was my husband's brother that we would always look out for him as he grew older.
The main thing he worried about was not being able to stay in his beloved home. We promised we would help him stay there as long as he could.
So he lived alone and did very well until he was over 90 years old and then a woman came out of nowhere and latched on to him thinking he had money. First, she came over during the day or take him out to dinner. Then she started to stay overnight. Next she moved all her things into his house.That was OK with him and with us, because she was company for him and he liked her.
Then one day the phone rang and it was our brother crying that there were a lot of people in his house and he didn't know who they were. He was now 92 years old.
When we got to his place there were the woman,her daughter and her husband and two children all established in his house.NONE were working.
When my husband asked them to please leave the house they cried,"But we're Christians. You can't put us out. We,as Christians would never put YOU out of our house."
We told them that the day we moved into their house they would have every right to put us out even though we were also Christians.
They finally moved out but the woman stayed because my BIL liked having her there for company.
Your comments about the people wanting special consideration at the bank because they were Christians is what made me think of this incident that happened a few years ago.
P.S. I am going to the store today to buy the cake mix, bananas, and cranberries for the you know what.
- Lynn said...
I'm with ya, GA! I was embarrassed several years ago when a man working at my voting precinct thought he recognized me from somewhere and asked, "Where do you go to church?" I was estranged from church just then for various reasons and just said it must be from somewhere else. It's an awfully assumptive question, but I get where you are coming from in your post, too.
- Oh great One said...
Help you down from your soap box? NO WAY! Granny Annie for President! ;)
- Granny Annie said...
sonny -- I hope commenting is easier for everyone now.
Nancy -- What a nightmare. Now that's a story for the Elder Storytelling Place.
Lynn -- You made me wonder about when I ask people a similar question. But I don't say what church to you attend, I ask if they attend Boston Avenue if I recognize them and can't place them. Our church has 8000 members so it's a good chance I saw them there. LOL
OGO -- No way is right but about the Granny Annie for Pres. Then our country would really be in trouble. LOL
- Riot Kitty said...
I love this post. You sum things up so well! So many of my relatives are judgmental because someone isn't their specific brand of "Christian." It's a turn off and so unlike what I feel Christianity is supposed to be.
- Cliff said...
I would agree with this but having said that I also don't agree with the media who will pry until they find a Christian and then use the info to try to find something wrong with them based on common beliefs. In other words they are held to a completely different worldly standard than would be a Muslim or a non believer.
- Granny Annie said...
Riot Kitty -- Thanks for your comment. I guess it easily boils down to: There are good people and there are bad people. Now that is easy to understand. My response to certain folks who call themselves Christians and tell me my "brand" of Christianity won't get me to Heaven with them is: Good because I couldn't stand to spend eternity with you.
Cliff -- I could not have said that better. You are exactly right. I hate what the media does to fine persons of Christian faith. It is as if the media is on a mission of destruction. They do not account for one-sided religious zealots being very similar to one-sided journalistic zealots.
- Pheromone Girl said...
Religion, AA Affiliation, Belief in a certain form of government... all of those things, as you say, shouldn't define people.
Some of the best people I know believe in absolutely nothing on the list - and do absolutely everything for others.
- Pat MacKenzie said...
I loved this post. I was attracted to your blog initially by your Angie Worth quote "Faith is what holds us together while religion tears us apart". There's nothing wrong with being any of the many brands of Christian, or any other religion for that matter. It's what you do with your life that makes you a good person, religion is incidental and certainly shouldn't be traded upon for favors.
- Holland said...
For me there is only one way to comment to your post:
"Hear, Hear...."
- Granny Annie said...
Pheromone Girl -- My best friend in the world once asked me if I was concerned that she did not have any religious affiliation and if I thought she was a good person. I thought she was the best person in the world, always giving of herself and helping others and loving her sweet family and I couldn't see religion doing anything more for her but I could see a lot of good she could do for religion.
Pat MacKenzie -- Loved your comment that religion shouldn't be "traded for favors". It sure seems like it is quite often. By the way, I am also Angie Worth:)
Holland -- Thank you friend!
- bj said...
Hi, I don't think we've met. I'm bj from Sweet Nothings...an olden woman with many grandglories and one little great-girly. I'm over from Sonny's.
Wow, you DID get on a soap box here, didn't you. Mr. Sweet and I usually get on ours every evening during the news. :)
I am curious to know what my man, Rick Perry said that you didn't care for.
Won't you please come by my site if you answer this? I seldom come back over after I've left a comment until the next time you post something.
Now, I am going to read more of you blog and get to know you a little better.
xo bj
- Granny Annie said...
bj -- Thank you for visiting my blog. I shall be over to meet you on yours as well. Rick Perry stood the best chance of being my man in the 2012 election before he moved from his stance of "reluctance to share his beliefs" to "wearing them on his sleeve like a badge" in these difficult times. We are getting so caught up in trivia in these political events that we fail to make decisions on important matters of government such as over taxation without representation, human rights for all legal citizens, health care, military support, etc. Religion and other personal freedoms already guaranteed us are thrown out on the table like something we can or should change and we can only argue about them to no avail. We need to focus on our nation and I thought Perry might do that until he hosted a "prayer fest". What place does that have in politics. We can each and every one pray when or where we want without turning it into a campaign rally.
- cube said...
I agree with you about religion being a private matter, but Perry is just trying to court the fundamentalists in the GOP who will not vote for anyone who doesn't espouse their Christian beliefs. He is a politician, after all.
It's too soon to tell, but if Perry turn out to be the GOP candidate, then I'll vote for him, warts and all, because he will be an infinitely better president than Obama.
- ancient one said...
WOW.. you started something.. LOL
I love to read your blog, but didn't know you answered everyone when they comment. This was just as entertaining as your post. Well, now I know, I'll start sticking around a little longer (or checking back occasionally). I've often heard there are two things you don't speak of with friends.. that's religion and politics.. On my blog, I let the goats talk politics..LOL
- Snaggle Tooth said...
My Mother nearly fainted when I became friends with the sons of a nearby Jewish family! The nuns were whispering about us when I brought one to my Catholic School Prom too... Well he was my dance partner for years before that- An excellent person too. I was a bit of a boat-rocker.
I agree about the politician- religion point you made.
- Granny Annie said...
cube – And that was my point…use of religion as a campaign "courtship" item. He is a politician, after all, as they all are, after all, and as I am sick and tired of, after all. LOL
Ancient one -- Yes there are lots of similar opinions on this matter. Who knew? I try to answer commenters on most of my blog posts. Notice that when you comment there is a box you can check to notify you of other comments and you don't have to come back to see the response. It will be emailed to you.
Snaggle Tooth – Boat rocker? Sounds like you knew the right way to pick friends. Good dance partners are hard to find.


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