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Debates of May 19th, 2006
House of Commons Hansard #27 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Question Period
- Points of Order
- Budget Implementation Act
- Hockeyville
- Bowen Island
- Noëlla Tremblay Carreau
- Human Rights
- Trade
- Agriculture
- Afghanistan
- Clothing and Textile Industry
- Child Care
- Afghanistan
- Holy Cross High School
- Health
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Gaétan Lord
- Order of Merit of the Police Forces
- Afghanistan
- Foreign Affairs
- Auditor General's Report
- The Environment
- Firearms Registry
- Kyoto Protocol
- Firearms Registry
- Foreign Affairs
- Agriculture
- Public Servants Disclosure Act
- Agriculture
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Human Resources and Social Development
- Public Works and Government Services
- Human Rights
- The Environment
- Natural Resources
- Port Facilities
- Taxation
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Fisheries
- Natural Resources
- Heritage Canada
- Veterans Affairs
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Canada Evidence Act
- National Capital Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Budget Implementation Act, 2006
- Points of Order
- Budget Implementation Act, 2006
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Carolyn Bennett St. Paul's, ON
Mr. Speaker, Wednesday's rush debate on Canada's mission in Afghanistan highlighted once again the disdain and disrespect the Prime Minister has for the institution of Parliament. Even before the debate was concluded, he was announcing that he would only respect the results of that vote if we agreed with him.
Why would Canadians believe that their members of Parliament can protect their interests if the Prime Minister keeps implying that MPs do not count?
If we want our citizens to be fully engaged in the political process, we must create a culture that respects and encourages that engagement, and that culture is determined by the attitude from the very top. If the Prime Minister cannot demonstrate respect for this institution, why should Canadians?
I call upon the Prime Minister to apologize for his behaviour and to make a commitment that starting today he will work to create a culture of respect toward and within the institution of Parliament.
Holy Cross High School
Statements By Members
May 19th, 2006 / 11:10 a.m.
Lynne Yelich Blackstrap, SK
Mr. Speaker, it has been said, "Without music, life would be a mistake", which is why I take great pleasure in welcoming Saskatoon's Holy Cross High School to the nation's capital as the students compete in the 34th annual MusicFest.
Holy Cross has grown from its modest beginnings in borrowed classrooms nearly half a century ago into one of the most well-respected educational institutions.
Continuing this tradition is a gifted group of 170 students which make up the two bands and a choir here today.
The grades 11 and 12 bands are under the direction of John McGettigan. The combined grades 11 and 12 choir is lead by directors Leanne Baldwin and Kristen Dorgen-Lee.
All of us in Saskatoon wish Holy Cross students great success this weekend and we thank Holy Cross for making us proud.
As the City of Saskatoon marks its 100th birthday next Friday, May 26, I ask all members to join with me in congratulating Saskatoon as it shines even brighter with these students on its 100th birthday.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Paul Dewar Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this year, 153,000 Canadians will learn that they have cancer. While lifestyle changes can help to reduce some risks of cancer, we have a responsibility to eliminate the causes of cancer before they start.
Yesterday, I joined with Prevent Cancer Now, a coalition of environmental, health, labour and social justice advocates, to urge the government to commit to making primary cancer prevention a national health priority.
A significant portion of the $260 million committed to the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control must be dedicated to cancer prevention. In the words of Prevent Cancer Now:
We are no longer prepared to grant that cancer has become a recognized disease of childhood; that our women friends are expected to stoically sport scarves and turbans while awaiting an uncertain fate from breast cancer; that young men are increasingly diagnosed with testicular cancer; and that workers in many occupations are dying in order to make a living.
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Michael Savage Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday in the House I asked the Minister of ACOA a question. His response to the question included a reference to me "going cap in hand, begging for ACOA projects in my riding".
In a news article today he goes further by suggesting that I should not "bite the hand that feeds", and that it will not help to get projects approved in my riding.
I have a number of responsibilities in this Parliament, like all MPs, being critic for ACOA among them. However, my number one job is to represent the people of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and to advocate on their behalf, including organizations and businesses that interact with ACOA.
It is disgraceful to suggest that my constituents will get less attention because I am doing my job in Ottawa: asking appropriate questions of the minister.
In opposition, the member loved to dish out criticism but in government he reacts with anger and threats. That is not my style, nor will it be, but I will not allow my constituents to be victims of the minister's rants. He should apologize to the people of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and retract his ill-advised comments.
Gaétan Lord
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Diane Bourgeois Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, last month in my riding, Gaétan Lord won the jury prize at the Allostars Gala for his contribution as founding president of Canada's first centre for "allosexual" or queer youth, which offers support to gays, lesbians and young people who are unsure about their sexual orientation.
He began working to understand these young people, who often suffer and hide themselves, when his own son told him he was gay. He immediately accepted his son's sexual orientation and has supported him through every stage of his life.
Mr. Lord was aware of this problem in society, so he dedicated himself to this humanitarian cause and really put his heart into it, volunteering over 1,000 hours to get the house up and running in Terrebonne.
The members of the Bloc Québécois join me in congratulating Mr. Lord for the openness and acceptance he has shown homosexual youth.
Order of Merit of the Police Forces
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Shawn Murphy Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate an outstanding member of the Charlottetown Police Department.
Corporal Mike Quinn is one of the newest members of the Canadian Order of Merit of the Police Forces.
Corporal Quinn received his award this morning from Governor General Michaëlle Jean at a special ceremony at Rideau Hall.
The Order of Merit of the Police Forces honours a career of exceptional service and outstanding merit displayed by the men and women of the Canadian Police Services and recognizes their commitment to this country.
Corporal Quinn is a highly respected member of the City of Charlottetown Police Force and is well-known for his passion and his dedication to his community. He is the first municipal police officer in Prince Edward Island to have been successfully nominated to receive this very prestigious award.
On behalf of the residents of Charlottetown, I congratulate Corporal Quinn, his wife, Charlene, and family. It is a real honour for the community to have a member of the Charlottetown Police Department receive this recognition.
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Jeff Watson Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is not just Liberal members who backtracked on their commitment to our troops in Afghanistan. The member for Sackville—Eastern Shore originally said:
The answer is yes, I support the mission and the troops in Afghanistan and so does my party....
Then, in an odd twist of logic, he said that he would abstain from the vote because he supported our troops. Finally, he showed up and voted against our troops.
The member for Halifax said:
It's not a question of should we be in Afghanistan. Yes, we should, we need to be, we need to be in for the long haul.
She too voted against our troops.
The member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie said:
Well, I think supporting the troops... I do agree with that... we think we should have a debate... So we still like to have a vote, and we'll vote in favour.'
Yet the member turned around and voted against our troops.
I find it sad that opposition members would play politics with this mission.
Not long ago many opposition members pledged full support for our troops. On Wednesday they flip-flopped and chose to vote against the government instead. Our military men and women deserve better.
Foreign Affairs
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are shocked and appalled to hear reports today that indicate Iran is about to pass a law requiring non-Muslims to wear coloured badges identifying their religious beliefs. Jews would have to sew yellow strips of cloth on the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges. This kind of state-run bigotry is both disgusting and frightening to Canadians and all citizens of the world who believe in tolerance and religious freedom.
What steps is the government taking to protest the actions of this rogue state?
Foreign Affairs
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada is obviously deeply concerned about these reports. We have been unable at this point to independently verify the reports. Our officials are working diligently in Iran to establish independent verification of these deeply troubling reports.
We can say that should these reports turn out to be true, and we all hope they are not, this government will condemn in the strongest terms possible this kind of revisiting of the darkest period of the last century. If this turns out to be true, it is something that the entire civilized world must condemn.
Auditor General's Report
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday at the legislative committee studying Bill C-2, government members grilled the Information Commissioner. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice suggested the Information Commissioner had deliberately leaked his report in an effort to embarrass the Prime Minister. Talk about shooting the messenger, this is one more example of the government's pattern of absolute contempt for officers of Parliament.
As the government is so clearly concerned about leaks, can the Prime Minister inform the House as to the status of the internal investigation into the leak of the Auditor General's report by his office?
Auditor General's Report
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I would say the member asked a good question except for the suggestion that such a leak may have come from within the government. We have not been able to establish that. I can tell the hon. member that the Prime Minister takes this matter very seriously and has made very direct inquiries within the government to establish whether or not the apparent leak of the Auditor General's report with respect to the firearms registry originated from the government.
Yesterday members of the government expressed their concern as well, about the leak of a report of another officer of Parliament, the Information Commissioner, who did ultimately take responsibility for the leak of his report prematurely.
The Environment
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Karen Redman Kitchener Centre, ON
That is one week and no results, Mr. Speaker.
During the last Parliament, the parliamentary secretary repeatedly called on the government to respect the will of the House and to act on resolutions passed by its members. He once famously said, "We live in a parliamentary democracy--not an elected dictatorship".
Yesterday Prime Minister Howard committed Australia to meeting its Kyoto targets. Now that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister is in government, does he intend to put his money where his mouth was? Will the government respect this week's vote of the House calling for Canada to meet its Kyoto obligations?
The Environment
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this member and this government always put our money where our mouth is. That is why we have delivered on our key election commitments. That is why in 100 days we have managed to achieve more of our election commitments than the Liberal government did in 13 years.
As it relates to Kyoto, the difference is that the Liberals talked for 13 years and did not deliver. What they did deliver was a 26% increase in greenhouse gas emissions over 1997 when they signed the accord. They missed their Kyoto targets by 35%. This government is not going to replay that record of failure. Instead, we are going to act with a concrete plan to reduce emissions and clean up Canadian air for our health.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, the lack of respect the Conservatives have for Canadians and their Parliament is getting worse. An increasing number of people are speaking out against the abolition of the gun registry without a vote in this House: the Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec, the Fraternité des policiers et des policières de Montréal, the Association pour la Santé Publique du Québec, the Centre de prévention du suicide 02, and the Coalition for Gun Control.
Will the government listen to these agencies, which are saying that the registry saves lives?
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this week the Auditor General proved that the gun registry was a colossal failure. We support effective control of guns, which is why we will keep the handgun registry, the permit system for gun owners, and training for owners and extend prison sentences for crimes committed with guns. Perhaps that is why the Liberal member for Outremont said, "The gun registry is a disaster, an outrageous scandal that cost $1.2 billion". It was a Liberal member who said that.


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HPS976 - Issues in Professional Psychology
Unit details
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1 x 3 hour seminar per week
This unit will prepare students for professional practice. It will ensure that students are familiar with ethical, legal and professional practice requirements and responsibilities. The unit examines: the Psychology Board of Australia requirements for registration as a psychologist; requirements of the APS colleges of Clinical Psychologists; Forensic Psychologists and Health Psychologists, the APS Code of Ethical and Professional Standards; the nature of supervision and the responsibilities of the supervisor and the psychologist in-training; the effect of the different contexts in which psychologists works; the mutual responsibilities of team members; the law as it applies to professional practice; and common practical problems in working with clients; legal and ethical issues, and issues involved in working with other professionals.
Assessment task 1: Presentation (30 minutes) 20%
Assessment task 2: Case report (1500 words) 20%
Assessment task 3: Self-reflection diary on weekly issues (1500 words) 20%
Assessment task 4: Ethical dilemma examination (1 hour) 40%
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The Toughest Race You've Never Heard Of - Page 2
The Glacier Trail. Photo courtesy of Whatcom Museum Photo Archives
Harvey and the Bull
The original race plan was extreme. Contestants would depart Bellingham via either a steam train or in souped-up Model Ts careening over the dirt roads at over 60 miles per hour.
The train would deposit the runners at the hamlet of Glacier, where they would race up the Glacier Trail to the top of Mount Baker and back, a 28-mile roundtrip. The racers in the Model Ts would begin their run near the community of Deming and ascend the Deming Route to the summit, a 32-mile out-and-back undertaking. Either way the elevation gain was 9700 feet, much of it up glacial ice, in the dark.
After summiting, the runners would return to their motorized transport and return to the finish line in front of the Chamber of Commerce office in Bellingham. The winner would receive $100 in gold coins and a buffalo robe.
It was a grand idea, the leaders of the Mount Baker Club agreed, and just the thing to put Mount Baker, and Bellingham, on the map. An excited Craven described the race as "the the greatest advertising feature for Whatcom County and the Northwest that has ever been pulled off."
The Bellingham Herald was no less given to hyperbole, extolling the Marathon as "the most spectacular mountain climbing contest ever held within the confines of the United States."
Mountain runners (left to right) Peter George, Harvey Haggard (winner 1912) and Paul Westerlund (co-winner 1913). Photo courtesy of GOA To It Films/Whatcom Museum Photo Archives.
The Stage Was Set
On August 10, 1911, at 10 p.m., the starting gun sounded and the first Mount Baker Marathon began. The streets were crowded with excited spectators as the 14 participants raced down Dock Street in downtown Bellingham toward the train and Model Ts.
The automobiles reached the Deming Route start first and six racers plowed up the trail. Although this route was slightly longer than the Glacier Trail, it offered a somewhat gentler incline—at least until treeline.
Shortly after, the other eight runners started up the Glacier Trail. Both routes were covered with slippery mud and roots. Heavy rains and snowmelt had caused the creeks to overflow and the runners found themselves sloshing through "Cascade Soup" for much of the first few miles in the pre-dawn blackness.
"My carbide light gave out and for 10 miles I stumbled along the trail in the dark," racer Turner Riddle explained. "I had a candle which lasted me four miles, but this did not give me much light."
By the time they reached the glaciers, eight of the runners had abandoned the race. The six that remained donned hob-nailed logging boots for the climb across the crevasse-riddled ice to the top of the mountain, where judges had been stationed to verify their summit.
With the exception of Mount Rainier, Mount Baker is the most heavily glaciated of the volcanoes of the Cascade Range. The largest of these ice sheets is the Coleman Glacier, with a surface area of more than three square miles—a labyrinth of seracs, snow bridges and crevasses. Above the Coleman, the runners faced the ascent of the Deming Glacier, culminating with what's known as the Roman Wall—a 35- to 45-degree, 1000-foot ice face—the final obstacle to the summit. A slip on the Wall promised severe consequences—in all likelihood, death.
Harvey Haggard, a local mule packer who ascended the Glacier Trail, reached the summit in second place after negotiating the Roman Wall, behind N.B. Randall. Riddle followed soon after. He said later: "When I got near the top, the judges were blue with cold."
Although he was well off the pace, Riddle impressed the freezing judges with his stamina as he headed back down from the summit. "He started straight down the declivity," marveled Judge J. Will Collins, "and never stopped for crevasses, leaping them like a mountain goat."
Farther down the mountain, an exhausted (and by now, aptly named) Haggard passed Randall and reached the waiting train in first place. After boarding, the train steamed toward Bellingham and Haggard disrobed for a massage.
According to the American Reveille (a local newspaper), "As soon as Haggard boarded the special he was assisted to a cot prepared for the first man down and was being rubbed down by his friends to prevent his muscles from seizing up."
The train rounded a bend and collided with a massive bull that had wandered onto the tracks. The impact derailed the train (and killed the bull). Harvey was pitched naked into the brush.
Harvey Haggard (in bathrobe) after his train was derailed by colliding with a bull. Photo courtesy of GOA To It Films/Whatcom Museum Photo Archives.
The crash was witnessed by a passing farmer in a horse-drawn buggy, making its way toward Bellingham on the cart road that paralleled the tracks. Dazed but not seriously injured, Haggard was wrapped in a robe and helped into the buggy, which sped off to the village of Maple Falls. Upon arriving, Haggard hopped on a horse, which galloped away with the mule packer barely hanging on. At Kendall, a waiting Model T spooked the horse, and Harvey was thrown onto the dirt. He was picked up, dusted off and hoisted into the car, which sped off toward Bellingham. He fainted twice along the way.
By the time Haggard reached Bellingham, Joe Galbraith, one of the runners on the Deming Route, had been declared the winner, with an official time of 12 hours 28 minutes. Haggard's arrival, 32 minutes later, earned him a disappointing second place. Although Galbraith received the $100 purse, the story of Haggard's tenacity spread through the crowd. A hat was passed, and the woozy mule packer was declared the "King of Glacier" and given $50.
Later that night, the townspeople of Glacier organized a gala banquet in his honor. The main course: the unfortunate bull.
Craven and his cronies at the Mount Baker Club were ecstatic. The Marathon appeared to have real potential. The next day The Herald chimed in, calling it "the most famous mountain race that has ever been held in the United States." The newspaper also perversely described Haggard's experience as "undoubtedly the most wonderful of its kind in the country."


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Broccoli Cole Slaw
- 2 bags (3-ounce) Ramen Noodle Soup in Oriental (other flavors will work, too)
- 3/4 stick butter
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 2 bags (12-ounce) bags broccoli cole slaw (in the bagged salad section of the grocery store)
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- Chopped green onions, for garnish
- Dressing Mix:
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup brown or white sugar
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 ramen noodle seasoning packet
Put the ramen noodles in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin while melting butter in a large skillet over low/medium heat. Add the crushed noodles and slivered almonds to the skillet and saute, stirring occasionally (keep temperature at low/medium heat). Meanwhile, whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Place the shredded broccoli into bowl and toss with the noodles, almonds, and sunflower seeds. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with chopped green onions.
Recipe courtesy of Linda Fuller and Christine Lakhani
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In praise of maps/Out There
Days like this, it's nice to have maps. It is Sunday morning, May 12. The wind is howling outside, temperatures in the low 30s under a gray sky. There is fresh snow on the ground.
On this kind of morning, the best possible thing to do is to sit down at the kitchen table with a plate of buckwheat pancakes, a cup of hot coffee and a good map.
Maps, printed on paper, have a refreshingly tactile reality in a time when we increasingly rely on satellites and digital technology for purposes of navigation.
Global Positioning Systems have their place. But a GPS tends to favor interstate freeways, ignoring what William Least Heat Moon termed the "Blue Highways," let alone the scenic county roads. A GPS tends to corral the traveller on the most direct path to a destination, neglecting other possible routes.
A map shows the land all at once, shows the spatial relationship between places: the place of origin, the intended destination, other possible destinations in between. It is possible a GPS can provide a more holistic view of the land on the smaller scale of hiking or mountain bike trails, but I've never tried to use one in the woods.
I have always been a lover of maps. When I was younger, I wore out the spine of my paperback copy of Tolkien's The Hobbit flipping back to the hand drawn map at the beginning of the book, tracing Bilbo's path to the Lonely Mountain.
More recently, I was admiring the aesthetic virtues of a Goode's World Atlas: muted pastel pinks, grays and blues showing the height of the land and the depth of the ocean; gray shadows describing the shapes of mountains. I tried to imagine what it would have been like walking from Novi Sad to Belgrade along the banks of the Drava River in Yugoslavia. It was an old atlas.
The map I have unfolded on the kitchen table this morning offers a more realistic escapism. It is a map of the North Country Trail from Cascade Falls to Ironwood. This map shows land I have walked on, some of it many times. Its contour lines trace hilltop overlooks I've climbed to.
I can picture that terrain, its flora and geology, in my mind as I trace the line across the map: birch trees that are probably just now budding out, trout lilies poking out of the leaf litter on either side of the trail, a cairn I built last year on a bare-rock hilltop. I wonder if it has toppled during the winter.
Familiar as I am with the many of the places depicted on this map, it still provokes questions to wonder about over morning coffee. How is the view from the top of Miscowabik Peak in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park? What characteristics define the Jessieville, Aurora and Norrie locations, separated by train tracks in the city of Ironwood.
There are creeks on this map with inscrutable names: Chipping, Match, Bebo. Another creek is called Buckless Creek, and it is easy to imagine a disappointed hunter trudging along its bank in the twilight of the last day of deer season. This map shows railroad tracks, campsites, tailings ponds, Lake Superior, scenic overlooks and parcels of publicly owned land (the green rectangles representing state park and national forest cover much of the map).
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About the Authors: Rachel Miller and Clarissa Unger serve as U.S. State Department Interns posted at the U.S. Mission to the European Union.
When someone thinks about Brussels, waffles, chocolates, NATO and the European Union usually come to mind. Secretary Clinton is likely to hit each of these while she is here (with only the waffles and chocolates being questionable!). Though her main purpose for coming to Brussels was the Foreign Ministers' meeting at the NATO Headquarters, Secretary Clinton also made a point to speak not only with the current leaders of the European Union, but with the future leaders of Europe as well.
At a town hall meeting in one of the buildings of the European Parliament, the home to the world's only democratically elected international institution representing 27 member-states, Secretary Clinton addressed nearly 400 young people, who are making an impact in Europe today and will be the movers and shakers on this side of the Trans-Atlantic relationship tomorrow. Participating in the conversation with the Secretary were young professionals, EU, NATO and other interns; think tank staff; students and others.
Before the Secretary spoke, there was great excitement in the crowded room that had completely filled 45 minutes before she was scheduled to speak. Close to 800 others began gathering in various overflow rooms throughout the EU Parliament. One guest from Ireland even told us that after working as "stagiaire" (the French term for interns) for five months, getting to see Secretary Clinton speak would definitely be the highlight of his time in Brussels.
The excitement only grew once Secretary Clinton and the President of the EU Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering entered the room. President Pöttering opened the town hall thanking the Secretary for her life-long contribution to public service, calling her a role model for generations old and new.
Secretary Clinton then gave brief remarks to the young professionals stating, "The future we are attempting to shape is one that certainly poses many challenges…It will be up to you, the next generation, to take it to the next level." Before taking questions from the participants, the Secretary encouraged the next leaders of Europe to continue to work with the U.S. to strengthen the Trans-Atlantic alliance and to tackle global issues.
As soon as the Secretary opened the town hall for questions, hands went up around the room. Questions ranged from the U.S./NATO relationship with Russia to combating climate change in the midst of the global economic crisis. To a question posed by a Moldovan wearing an "I love Hillary" t-shirt, the Secretary's response that "human rights is one of the pillars of our foreign policy" drew warm applause.
The town hall ended with a standing ovation for the Secretary. For these two interns from the U.S., it was exciting to see one of our highest officials so well received by our peers on this side of the Atlantic. We agreed with a participant from Bulgaria who called the town hall with Secretary Clinton and the next leaders of Europe "inspirational."
Tommye in Texas writes:
I wish I could travel with Madame Secretary. Great job.
Marilyn in Kansas writes:
Great job with the blog, girls. You make a good team.
Terry in Connecticut writes:
Thanks for all the videos on covering Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's travels. the media is covering her a bit better than before but i still get most of news on this website.
Wendy in California writes:
Dear Ms. Miller & Ms. Unger,
How cool that there are so many stagiaires in Brussels. How cool that our SecState Hillary gave them & you a quantum jolt to stay engaged in the diplomacy arts and crafts.
What a frisson to see all you smart young people changing the world with each other. I sing. I dance. I find glee contemplating all of you. Hurray!
How extensive is the U.S. diplomacy intern program? We'd all love more details about how it works.
I hope SecState Hillary got at least one waffle and some choco.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
To Rachel Miller and Clarissa Unger,
It would be nice for the two of you to co-write an entry on internship in general.
With specificity on what it takes to become one for State, and the hoops you had to jump through to get to where you're at now.
Best, EJ
Scott in Wisconsin writes:
Excellent work covering the Clinton town hall meeting... I'll be excited to read your next edition!
p.s. Hey Rachel!


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Topic: How to test whether present? is called in rspec?
Dear all,
In rspec, how can I test whether present? or blank? (or similar) is called? Normally I'd do something like this:
But this doesn't work as 'sanity' can be nil, so rspec spits out a rather odd message on failure:
(nil).present?(any args)
expected: 1 time
received: 9 times
How can I test whether the user's sanity was checked as present?
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The resulting executable is huge: 784 MB. I've tried executing it, but so far all it's done is generate a couple dozen lines of debugging info. Although it hasn't terminated (it stills shows up in ps), there's no sign of life; even the debug comments have stopped. I'm uploading a file with the captured debug output, in case anyone can make sense of it.
I have no experience with the Linux version .. I only learned of Xara two days ago, but it sounded like a potential alternative to commercial programs like Adobe Illustrator. I had already shelled out for the Windows version of AI and was reluctant to do it again now that I've switched to the Mac world.I hope after all this you aren't going to be too disappointed when it doesn't work as well as on Linux. We have some endian problems we know we need to sort out on ppc MacOS, plus (no doubt) some other issues.
Re endian: I'm attempting to build Xara LX on an Intel-based Macbook. I assume the endianness is the same as for Linux on Intel machines.
I don't understand it either. It seems to be finding everything else wx-related. But it definitely halts when it can't find the one library in /usr/lib, and creating the one symbolic link as described ended the impasse.I don't quite understand why you need the symbolic link: if it's finding the correct wx-config, then
wx-config --libs
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Tokyo-3 still stands after most of civilization was decimated in the Second Impact. Now the city endures the ceaseless onslaught of the deadly Angels, bizarre creatures bent on eradicating the human race. To combat this strange and ruthless enemy, the government agency NERV constructs a fleet of towering humanoid machines - the Evas - and Shinji Ikari is called into action, reluctantly taking his place at the controls of Eva Unit 01. Living a life of loneliness and questioning his existence, Shinji struggles to accept responsibility for mankind's battle for survival. Shinji will fight the Angels alongside the only person who might understand his plight - Rei Ayanami, the elusive and frail pilot of Eva Unit 00.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — When Willis McGahee reported to the Denver Broncos earlier this week, after skipping the team's voluntary offseason program, he confidently said he believed he would be the team's starting running back on Sept. 5.
The Broncos clearly had other plans, and released McGahee on Thursday morning before the final day of the team's minicamp. McGahee, who will turn 32 in October, was scheduled to make $2.5 million this season.
Maybe he knew something was coming.
"I'm always on the bubble. Not much you can do. It's a business. If something happens, it happens," McGahee said Tuesday when he reported.
Well, something happened two days later.
"It's never easy to part ways with a veteran player who made so many positive contributions to our team and community," Broncos executive vice president John Elway said in a statement. "I appreciate all the competitiveness, toughness and leadership Willis brought to the Broncos. He was an integral part of our team's turnaround the past two seasons, and I wish him the best as he continues his NFL career."
Denver will now move forward with 2012 third-round pick Ronnie Hillman and rookie second-rounder Montee Ball as the top two running backs, with 2009 first-round pick Knownshon Moreno and veterans Lance Ball and Jacob Hester competing for roster spots.
McGahee's release is a sign that Broncos coaches as well as quarterback Peyton Manning must be confident in the development of Hillman and Ball in learning the offense. Hillman played little during the early part of last season as he worked to earn trust that he would not miss assignments, particularly in pass protection.
McGahee did not attend the voluntary portion of Broncos' organized team activities that began in April, citing "family obligations." He spent most of that time in his hometown of Miami, and earlier this week, Broncos coaches praised the physical shape McGahee was in when he arrived.
He knew people were wondering how much he had left in the tank.
"For the last seven years, I've been written off. Getting too old. I love it, though," McGahee said Tuesday. "There are people out there who have their doubts. And my job is to prove them wrong."
McGahee did little work in the first day of minicamp on Tuesday. He and Broncos coaches explained his lack of work as the result of McGahee needing to catch up with the changes made to the Broncos' offense this spring. He did more work in practice on Wednesday, including several snaps with Manning on the first-team offense.
McGahee signed with the Broncos immediately after the NFL lockout ended in 2011 and rushed for 1,199 yards that season. He was a significant part of the Broncos' offense last year before tearing his medial collateral ligament in his knee on Nov. 18.
He spent the rest of the season on short-term injured reserve. He would have been allowed to play had the Broncos advanced to the AFC Championship Game.
McGahee said he wasn't bothered by the team selecting a running back high in the draft.
"I'm a different breed. I can block, I can run, I can get the tough yards," he said. "Everybody can't do that."


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Celestial Sun by participating 50 Artists 50 Bucks artist Steve Brouse
The second annual 50 Artists 50 Bucks event will kick off this Saturday, September 7 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Armory Art Center. The unique live auction, showcasing 50 up-and-coming and well-known local and regional artists, will afford guests the chance to watch as they each create one-of-a-kind pieces that will then be put up for bid.
Over the course of the evening, which was designed to promote local artists, attendees will be able to look on as each artist transforms simple 16" x 20" blank canvases into original works of art using acrylic paint to ensure the canvases will be dry in time for bidding. Upon completion, each piece will be brought to auction starting at a minimum of bid of $50. For those overly-eager to hang the piece in their home, there will be a buy now option to purchase a piece on the spot.
- Tickets for the event are $10 and include a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
- Additionally there will be other refreshments provided by a local food truck.
- For more information and tickets, call 561-832-1776 ext. 33 or visit armoryart.org.


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Hardware news tagged HP
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
PC Shipments to Fall by 6% in 2014 and Decline Through 2018 – Analysts.
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Tough Times Ahead for the PC Market
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
ARM Reveals Initial Server Platform Standard.
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ARM Servers Begin to Get Standardized
Monday, January 27, 2014
Foxconn to Expand Manufacturing in the U.S.
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Foxconn to Open New Facilities in the USA
Friday, January 24, 2014
Apple and Samsung Remain Top Semiconductor Buyers in 2013.
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Apple, Samsung Remained Top Chip Buyers in 2013
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Qualcomm Acquires Mobile OS-Related Patents from Hewlett-Packard.
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Qualcomm Buys Bitfone, iPaq and Palm Patents from HP
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
HP Returns to Smartphone Market with Slate VoiceTab Family.
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Hewlett-Packard Reveals Phablets for Developing Countries
Thursday, January 2, 2014
LG's First WebOS-Based HDTV Pictured, Detailed.
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LG to Unleash Its First WebOS-Powered TVs at CES


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RC to get dredging permit process under way
ROGERS CITY – In anticipation of receiving state funding for emergency dredging of the Rogers City Marina, city council members approved spending money to get the permitting process started.
In February, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced it would ask the state legislature to appropriate $21 million to dredge 49 harbors across the state. The plan is a reaction to record-low water levels in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, which are considered to be the same due to their link at the Straits of Mackinac. Out of this money, $227,500 will go to Rogers City to dredge the city marina.
Before the city can take advantage of this money, Rogers City needs a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality to dredge the harbor, City Manager Mark Slown said. City council members approved his request for $2,000 to begin the process of applying for a permit.
"We do not have a permit to do the dredging," he said. "I did not think we would get the funding for it until recently, and our old permit has expired."
Normally, getting a permit would take anywhere from 90 to 120 days, Slown said. However, he has been told by state officials that the process would be fast-tracked for Rogers City, as well as for other grant recipients. Nevertheless, he'd like to get the process underway sooner rather than later in case the clamor by other municipalities causes the process to take longer than the DEQ anticipates.
There's also the question of when – or if – the state will approve the plan. Until then, Slown said, the city won't get the money.
"It appears that may take some time yet," he said.
Another reason Slown wanted to get the process under way is the rapid approach of boating season, he said. Once the permits are in place and the city has the money, they'll contract with a firm they've worked with before. The marina will be closed for about a month while dredging is under way, and he would like to get this done before boaters are looking to use the marina.
Mayor Beach Hall said he was pleased to see the state working so fast to do something about the situation. At the same time, he was disappointed the DNR opted to hold off on another grant for a floating fuel dock until next year. Either way, this match-free grant means the city will be able to dredge its marina, something that otherwise would have been cost-prohibitive.
While Rogers City doesn't have as much depth as it used to, it's in much better shape than other marinas in the state, Hall said.
"There are some harbors that don't have two feet of water to get into them," he said.
In other business:
* Ann Gildner, a member of Friends of Ottawa Park, told council members about a project to bring sculptures to Rogers City, as well as Onaway, Mackinaw City, Indian River and Cheboygan. The sculptures would be moved on a rotational basis. There's no cost to the city, but officials would need to decide on a location for the sculpture platform. Slown suggested North Shore Park, and council members said they'd decide within a month.
* council members opted to hold off on a proposal to engineer changes to the US-23/M-68 intersection until after the next budget workshop. Councilman Gary Nowak said he supported the idea, but wanted to see where the money would come from and how the city would fund the next phases.
* council approved a request from the Rogers City Area Chamber of Commerce to use Lakeside Park for Family Fun Day and Fireworks on June 6.
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Under the new Common Core Standards, students would spend half their reading time on "informational" texts in K-5 and 70 percent in middle and high school. This will weaken the public school curriculum, writes Sandra Stotsky, who directed the development of Massachusetts' English Language Arts standards.
Standards writer David Coleman overstates the percentage of the elementary school day spent on literary stories and misunderstands why teachers use stories, Stotsky writes. It's easier for poor readers to understand narratives.
If anything, elementary teachers reduced reading instructional time after the 1960s to make more time for writing and revising experience-based stories. Over the years, sales of history, science, grammar, and spelling textbooks declined for a variety of reasons. Education schools stressed hands-on science (which most elementary teachers were not trained to teach) and "more engaging" history materials, much of which came to be written in story form for the sake of struggling readers. Reading instructional series (A.K.A. basal readers) then integrated spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and composition study as part of their programs to make the language arts cohere with what students were reading.
Schools didn't eliminate science, history, and geography; they just eliminated the means by which these subjects could be taught systematically and accurately by teachers who knew little about these subjects. In addition, struggling readers couldn't read (or didn't want to read) history and science textbooks, no matter how much publishers lowered the reading levels of these textbooks.
As tracking fell out of favor in middle schools, English teachers "began teaching more literature written at an elementary school reading level and fewer challenging or even grade-appropriate literary texts," Stotsky writes.
An elementary teacher can make time to teach students to read literary stories and understand informational texts, she writes. A secondary-school "English teacher has only 45-60 minutes a day . . . to teach everything assigned to the English curriculum."


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Skip to comments.Study: Universe 13 Billion Years Old
Posted on 04/24/2002 6:30:34 PM PDT by longshadow
By Paul Recer
AP Science Writer
Wednesday, April 24, 2002; 4:21 PM
WASHINGTON The universe is about 13 billion years old, slightly younger than previously believed, according to a study that measured the cooling of the embers in ancient dying stars.
Experts said the finding gives "very comparable results" to an earlier study that used a different method to conclude that the universe burst into existence with the theoretical "Big Bang" between 13 and 14 billion years ago.
Harvey B. Richer, an astronomer at the University of British Columbia, said the Hubble Space Telescope gathered images of the faintest dying stars it could find in M4, a star cluster some 7,000 light years away.
Richer said the fading stars, called white dwarfs, are actually burnt out coals of stars that were once up to eight times the size of the sun. After they exhausted their fuel, the stars collapsed into Earth-sized spheres of cooling embers that eventually will turn cold and wink out of sight.
Earlier studies had established the rate of cooling for these stars, said Richer. By looking at the very faintest and oldest white dwarfs possible, astronomers can use this cooling rate to estimate the age of the universe.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Richer said the dimmest of the white dwarfs are about 12.7 billion years old, plus or minus about half a billion years.
Richer said it is estimated that star formation did not begin until about a billion years after the Big Bang. He said this means his best estimate for age of the universe is "about 13 billion years."
Three years ago, astronomers using another method estimated the age at 13 to 14 billion years. That was based on precise measurements of the rate at which galaxies are moving apart, an expansion that started with the Big Bang. They then back-calculated like running a movie backward to arrive at the age estimate.
"Our results are in very good agreement" with Richer's estimate, said Wendy L. Freedman, an astronomer at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, Calif., and a leader of the group performing the universe age calculations three years ago.
Bruce Margon, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, said both conclusions are based on "a lot of assumptions" but the fact that two independent methods arrived within 10 percent of the same answer is important.
"To find an independent way to measure the age and then get essentially the same answer is a fantastic advance," said Margon. It may not be the final answer for the universe's age, he said, but is "very, very, very close."
To get the new age estimate, the Hubble Space Telescope collected light from M4 for eight days over a 67-day period. Only then did the very faintest of the white dwarfs become visible.
"These are the coolest white dwarf stars that we know about in the universe," said Richer. "These stars get cooler and cooler and less luminous as they age."
He added: "We think we have seen the faintest ones. If we haven't, then we'll have to rethink" the conclusions.
The faintest of the white dwarfs are less than one-billionth the apparent brightness of the dimmest stars visible to the naked eye.
M4 is a globular cluster, thought to be the first group of stars that formed in the Milky Way galaxy, the home galaxy for the sun, early in the history of the universe. There are about 150 globular clusters in the Milky Way; M4 was selected because it is closest to Earth.
The new age estimate for the universe is the latest in a long series of attempts to measure the passage of time since the Big Bang. Edwin Hubble, the famed astronomer who first proved that the universe is uniformly expanding, estimated in 1928 that the universe was two billion years old.
Later studies, using the very expansion that Hubble discovered, arrived at an estimate of about nine billion years for the universe age. This created a paradox for astronomers because some stars were known to be more ancient and it is impossible for stellar bodies to be older than the universe where they formed.
Freedman and others then determined, using proven values for the brightness and distance of certain stars, that the universe throughout its history has not expanded at a constant rate. Instead, the separation of galaxies is actually accelerating, pushed by a poorly understood force known as "dark energy." By adding in calculations for this mysterious force, the Freedman group arrived at the estimate of 13 to 14 billion years.
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Hubble Images: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/2002/10
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov
What you are seeing is lots of estimation rather than contradiction. As more measurements are made, the results seem to be in better agreement. There should be error indicators with each estimate, if not, it's sloppy reporting.
It is only a contradiction if you ignore the measurement errors in BOTH. We already know the WHite dwarf methodology has an acknowledged error of 0.5 billion years. We don't know the error estimate for the observation in your linked article because it does mention it, but let's use 5% as a round number.
Taking the White dwarf estimate to it's upper most value (13.7 billion + 0.5 billion) yeilds 14.2 billion years. Taking your estimate of 15 billion years and using the minimum value based on a 5% measurement error, yeilds 14 and a quarter billion years.
Both measurements are within their error limits of each other.
In conclusion, there is no contradiction.
I'll have to defer to "Physicist" and ThinkPlease" on details such as those....
and from the other article . . .
Inside a gravastar, space-time would be "totally warped," the researchers say. Further, the inner space would exert an outward force, which would enhance the durability of the bubble
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Mottola and Mazur have taken their extreme idea to a mentally dizzying new level: The say our entire universe may be the interior of a giant gravastar.
For some reason these two articles together got my brain lobes flapping.
I have to admire the guys who wouldn't stop looking until they'd found the faintest dwarf. I guess they had a comfortable number of dwarves to work with.
Now you're talking!
Maybe it's me, but what I see is lots of potentially out-of-date estimates, and NO scholarly references to back them up.
If I were so inclined, I could put up a website that said the Universe is 13 days old, and it would have as much validity on your list as any other internet website estimate.
Also, you fail to note the error range for each estimate. As I pointed out earlier on this thread, 20 years ago, they thought the Universe was 10-20 billion years old (or 15 +/- 5 billion, if you prefer). Today, they think it is 13.7 +/- 0.5 billion years old. There's no contradiction; the later measurement lies entirely within the earlier estimate.
Exactly; and if there were evidence that these methodologies were erroneous, you'd have posted it by now.
Lacking any evidence that they are erroneous, we conclude this is the best estimate we have, and our confidence in it is much greater than before we had this independent methodology that produces virtually the same answer.
Ahhh, excellent question!
In the press conference Wednesday, they described their methodology as using exposures of such long duration that had their been fainter dwarfs, they would have been detected. In other words, the minimum detectable magnitude was below that of the faintest dwarf they saw, sufficiently lower such that they feel confident that they would have seen them if there were fainter ones.
The new Hubble camera is MUCH more sensitive, and they plan to use it to look for much fainter dwarfs (to verify that what they found WAS the faintest (and thus oldest), and to look at dwarfs in a completely differnt type of cluster, and in cluster much more distant.
I'm not sure about the error in either of these studies. I've never heard of the 5% standard you cite. For this article, they seem to be using .5 billion ly vs. 5%. But you're definitely right about the contradiction thingy; i.e., I should've said discrepancy instead of contradiction because even if the interval estimates do not overlap we wouldn't necessarily have a contradiction in the strict sense of the word.
They apparently are running at the edge of the sensitivity of the old Hubble scope equipment; this is why they selected M4 -- they just didn't have enough sensitivity to see dwarfs that old any farther away that M4 is.
Calling Robert Reich!
A bottle of Scotch 20 years older??????
This will still not tell us how the universe got here. It may help in the investigation, but it will not tell us the important question of, where did it come from?
Pascal trembled at the immensity of the universe and saw no point apart from God. Modern scientists can guess all they want (and who can disprove their claims...after all, no one who existed x-billion years ago is here to disprove them).
The next thing I want to hear from a scientist is that, after having seen the immensity of the universe, they fell on their faces before the Living God who WAS there whenever earth was created.
I's possible, yes. But two preconditions would have to be met: (1) such galaxies would have had to exist 100 billion years ago; because (2) the universe would have to be at least 100 billion years old, so that the light from such galaxies would have had time to get to us.
I don't. Assuming the error estimates were done honestly, they will not all overlap. Statistically, we would expect approximately 2/3 of all measurements to include the correct value, and 1/3 of the measurements not to. Do a weighted average of the independent numbers, and then do a chi-squared. You might find that the agreement between them is suspiciously good.
Uh, you do understand the difference between a measurement and a theory, don't you?
I don't think that's the case, I think space is eternity. But anything's possible, which is why I'm skeptical of claims like the ones being made in this article. There's too much to know yet before drawing these sorts of conclusions.
The universe does bend, but unlike a road, the light bends along with it.
If the universe stops where the last stars we see about 13+ billion light years away, then we must be contained in something would you agree, similar to the gravastar theory?
The universe does not have a boundary. If you think in two dimensions, for a moment, it could be akin to the surface of the Earth: there could be a finite amount of space, but you could travel infinitely in any direction, if you wanted to.
I don't think that's the case, I think space is eternity.
Space may or may not be infinite, but in the first place, the amount of "stuff" we can in principle travel to (which is what I mean when I talk about the "universe") is demonstrably finite, and the "stuff" we can see is of finite age. Look out into the universe, and you see that it was a very different place 10 billion years ago.
But anything's possible,
That's just it. Some things are possible, but not just anything. At its core, the universe behaves according to one set of universal laws. Even in the complete absence of theory, our measurements have constrained pretty severely what those laws might be. We don't know nothing.
Don't be fooled by the overblown rhetoric of a journalist. Physicists are always waiting expectantly for the latest violation of muon g-2. If you read the FR discussions here and here, you'll find my explanations of the significance of muon g-2 violation, and why we expect such violations to appear.
The muon g-2 result hardly turns physics on its head. We've always known that the standard model of particle physics is incomplete. What the measurement does is pare down the myriad extensions to the standard model that are floating around out there. At most one of those theories is correct. In any case, is highly unlikely that the correct model will overthrow much of what we already believe we know about particle physics.
That's not to say that we can now see everything we could eventually see, if we last long enough. Some galaxies that are just beyond our current horizon will eventually be visible; we can't see them now because (as far as we can see in our reference frame) they haven't formed, yet. We can in principle watch the process of star and galaxy formation in the early universe, as the universe evolves. As the universe expands, however, the recession velocity of the earliest observable universe increases, and time dilation dictates that it evolve ever more slowly, as the velocity asymptotically approaches the speed of light. That puts a strict outer limit on the matter we'll ever be able to see.
What? You're accusing the supernaturalists of hostility?
At least there was no attempted thread hijacking this time.
I have seen less of that since the religion forum has been provided.
That makes me wonder, do the science minded go there to argue
or attempt thread hijackings?
Ah, great men do think alike... and De Gustibus Non Disputandum.....
They explain their thinking, their evidence, and how they arrive at their conclusions. Very stimulating reading. Try it.
More like imaginative thinking, as in science-FICTION.
Absolutely. That's exactly what it represents: a lower bound on the age of the Universe.
As to whether they found the faintest white Dwarf, they will get answer to that when they use the new Hubble camera, which is vastly more sensitive that the one used for this study.
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CANANDAIGUA – F.F. Thompson Hospital recently received designation from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at the New York University College of Nursing as a NICHE site, signaling the hospital's resolve to continue providing and improving patient-centered care for older adults.
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) is a national designation that provides Thompson's nurses with access to an array of courses, webinars and discussion boards.
Clinical Nurse Leader Diana Ellison, MS, RN, CNL, is the NICHE Coordinator for Thompson. She says that through the hospital's participation in the program, Thompson will be better equipped to offer evidence-based, interdisciplinary approaches that promote cooperation and coordination, ensuring care is comprehensive, continuous and effective for older adults. Combined with enhanced training in geriatric care, these approaches are expected to lead to greater satisfaction among patients, who will receive individualized care plans based on keen understandings of their unique "stories" and needs.
"Through NICHE and by implementing and maintaining quality improvement approaches, we will be in a better position to meet individual needs and support healthy behaviors on the patient's part," Ellison says, noting that this will not only improve the patients' experiences, but nurses' as well. "We want to be the employer of choice for caregivers who enjoy coming to work and being recognized for their elder care experience and their loving care of patients."
The NICHE designation comes at a time when nearly 65 percent of the inpatients on Thompson's medical/surgical units are over the age of 65. That percentage is only expected to increase as the region's population ages, and Vice President of Patient Care Services/CNO Hazel Robertshaw says that whether they are aware of Thompson's NICHE designation or not, the older adults treated in the hospital will recognize that they are in a place where their care team will pay close attention to every detail of their particular condition.
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For only 6 months that looks really good, looks like you've been doing it for a while.BTW what brand oven is that, is it an Ambrigo?
What a beautiful set of pizzas. The dough looks spot on. Congrats to you.John
Nick,Glad the tools are working out ! Its what they are turning that looks even better! great work on the pies!! dough looks awesome. It was a pleasure meeting you and your lovley wife and the new little guy hes adorable ! Allways great to talk pizza with a fellow Mobile operator Best of luck its a no brainer with poies like that!John C.
weemis,This is just awesome man...so glad you finally found time to post up what you are into...dang you are look'in good!! A close up of that killah wrap on the truck would be fun for all....not to mention that new walking stick you're sport'in ! Thanks and good luck.....
Is the oven a dragon? Killer looking setup.
weemis, pm me i got a request to do a ohio state tail gate party 9/1/12 ,to far for me. looking at your pies i see they would be a happy group. i will give you the contact info.
The pies look great Nick. Glad the oven tip helped.A couple questions on the first pies in the thread.- Where do you get sunflower sprouts and what do they taste like?- Were the smoked oysters canned? If so, how did they work out on the pizza? Do they get dry? Did that pie taste as good as it sounds?
wee: Those are some nice looking pizzas you're putting out. Good luck! I want to know the story behind that truck and beer can dragon...lol
weemis,I agree you are making tasty looking pizzas! Norma
I really like the look of the bottom of that pizza.
Very nice pies! Have you tried a room temp fermentation before and compare it with your usual cold ferment? Marlon
Yes it's definitely worth trying so you can compare the pros and cons. Try reducing yeast to 0.03-0.04% (it's a very small amount, maybe, half a gram or so for 12 dough balls) and ferment for at least 24 hrs at 60-65F then ball.


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Local band to release CD, money to benefit late member's family
Many musical artists are often honored posthumously or have albums that are released after death.
On Sunday, a local musician will be honored posthumously.
Ken Vendette Jr. passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 12 and was a member of the local band, Goic. Prior to Vendette's passing, he had been planning a CD release party for the album, "Miawliin." Vendette had written and produced the album with other band members, Ray Rosario, Brandon Bey and Dale VanValkenburg.
"Kenny had already made plans to release it. We already had the CDs cut and ready to go. A week after he had passed away was when he was trying to plan this and it never came to fruition for him," VanValkenburg said.
VanValkenburg and Vendette were cousins and he was the last member to join the band. Vendette and Bey had known each other since they were young. Both men kept in contact as they grew older and started playing music together. Later Rosario joined. This will be the first CD the band is releasing.
"(Vendette) wanted to make music just to make music, and let people hear it. We were never planning on going out and trying to sell out arenas … we were just trying to see what people thought about the first CD," VanValkenburg said. "If they liked it, we were going to make another."
Vendette was also trying to send the CD out to production companies to gain exposure musically. According to VanValkenburg, Vendette was a well known musician in the area.
He recalled a conversation with Rick Napoli, owner of Cool Little Music Shop in Fredonia.
"He really touched a lot of musicians in the area. There are a lot of fans in the area," he said. "I was talking to Rick from Cool Little Music Shop. He said in the past couple years, he has had kids come in and when they're buying guitars, say Kenny either showed them how to play or played with them."
The release party will be held on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at Rookies On the Lake. CDs will be on sale for $20. All proceeds from CD sales will benefit Vendette's family for funeral expenses. VanValkenburg said he would like to purchase a headstone with the proceeds. If you cannot attend the benefit but would like to purchase a CD, call VanValkenburg at 203-7194.
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Quake you're a bad troll (no)
We don't need more divisions.
Why not? It would make the whole theme of the clan much more realistic! Not to mention it will complete the fire-water-grass combo!
Blaziken FTW!
Well, thanks for listening anyway! Enjoy your clan! I think I will go away, sorry for bothering
Blaziken FTW!
Kso, if this is not an "April fools trololol" by Hiro, bye everybody. Kinda have an outstanding agreement with the owners from Lucs' last stint here, that I would be gone if he came to ownership; even if this is not as applicable now I am still keeping true to my word. Most of the people I talk to have my number and/or skype, so please contact me if you want to talk. Anyways, the past 2 years have been cool and fun, bye everybody.
^ btw April fools
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This thing about Hiro better be some April BS, otherwise WHAT'S THE POINT IN THIS CLAN?!!! *sad face*
Lol these new showdown sprites are the best
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After what happened today, it's clear that without one of the main staples in the guild in the form of hiro, this place isn't and will not ever be like it used to be. We've lived 3 years and 4 months today, and honestly, there's nothing to be ashamed of with that. With that being said, we are closing the guild before it becomes stained with having dead in poor condition. We will continue to use the xat as a social gathering like most of you use it as anyways, and some of us may even use that or another social media method for several more years with the close ties we've all made with each other. Nobody wanted this to come, but all good things must come to an end, no matter how great they are. I'd like to thank everyone for their support with the clan through all these years, both current and old members, for contributing to this great guild. When me, purple, and hiro dug this place out of a major slump the summer of its first year, we had no idea it would live to become what it is today. Many have come and gone, and many have stayed as well. It's clear that we've become a great social place for even the entire guilds section, but there's no need to continue on with a thread with us not battling much anymore.
To the fellow leaders and any who previously have, thanks for helping in running this guild. It's quite stressful at times as we've all learned, but when it comes down to it we came back the next day to be a part of what we loved. There's simply nothing more one could ask for, and all of you have been great leaders to the guild.
To the members, maybe one day we can come back, but at this point i prefer the legacy of Dracaena to be untouched. We've built up quite a story filled with joys, sadness, anger, and plenty of humor. This doesn't need to end, we can still keep the chat as a social group like Team America. However, this thread has reached its time, and now it needs to rest.
To any other guilds seeing this, wow, where to start. We've seen many come and go, and many of them we've had good friends with. TEG, you're looking strong as ever, and I hope your success continues on as the other great nature guild on serebii. We have some members who are good friends with yours, and i can attest to the fact that you guys have an amazing leader and guild in general. To Creamery Command, we've seen you twice now, but that doesn't change the fact that you're also a respectable guild too. We've had good ties with you, and I hope that anyone looking to stay in the guilds considers you as another option after this split up. To what remains of TA, you guys were great partners as well, what else can we say? We could've been partners in crime, and that victory cup final match was a highlight to our history. To the rest of the guilds, thanks for putting up with us. We've been pains, we've been trolls, and we've been just that guild that's just there sometimes, but to see other guilds succeeding is quite satisfying for the guilds section's future. I can say that much has changed since I joined serebii several years ago, and most of that is for the better. You're working with a great crew of mods.
Once again, thanks to everyone for making this guild what it is today, member or not. With all that being said, I have contacted sena to put the final lock on this thread. Goodbye drac, you'll forever be remembered.
R.I.P. Dracaena - 1/1/2010 ~ 4/1/2013
Happy April Fool's y'all
(In case you missed out, we locked the thread for about 20 minutes)
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April fool's you sons of *****es!
now bgp post
Spoiler:- Credits & FC:
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White FC: 3826 6575 2087
When are you getting the posts switched back? Do it quickly before Lucs posts several pictures of weeds!!!
It's still 4/1 over here, MAKE IT END.
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Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce has $500,000 in incumbent worker grants is still available to Tennessee employers looking to avoid layoffs.
The grants are designed to assist employers with the expenses associated with skills upgrade training for the company's employees or process improvement training of the company, thereby keeping the business competitive.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis reminds all employers in the state about new requirements to demonstrate that they are hiring and maintaining a legal workforce.
"This online verification process is designed to be convenient for employers and only takes a few minutes to complete," Davis said.
"The department can provide assistance to employers who don't have Internet access."
Kevin Kile, interim general manager of the Roane County News helps Leslie Henderson, president and CEO of The Roane Alliance, draw the winner of the $500 shopping spree. Doug Young of Rockwood is this year's winner of the drawing, which is part of the Roane County Chamber of Commerce's annual Shop Roane First campaign.
The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services will present a Jan. 25 program designed to introduce the business owner or manager to methods and steps toward doing business with the federal government.
The session will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce offices at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
Paul Middlebrooks, marketing consultant for UT's Center for Industrial Services, Procurement Technical Assistance Center, will lead the program on U.S. General Services Administration schedule contract training.
"Out to Lunch" readers know my wife, Carol, and I like to explore unique places for our lunch adventures. Miss Olivia's Table in Maryville exceeded our expectations with good food and an enjoyable visit with Miss Olivia.
The restaurant is in a two-story house built in 1900, surrounded by similar large restored homes in the historic district at 1108 W. Broadway. We kept comparing it to Adelaide's at Pennybacker House on Third Street in Kingston.
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Fraker and her family – including husband Ernie, daughters Sunshine Whitus and Phyllis Fraker and son-in-law Matthew Whitius – work to provide a caring family-oriented business to help other families through their grieving periods.
Roane County's unemployment rate continued to drop in November, according to statistics released late last month from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The state's figures indicate that the jobless rate for November was 7.3 percent, down 0.5 percent from October.
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United Way contributions at the Y-12 National Security Complex reached a record high in 2011, according to the company's managing and operating contractor, B&W Y-12.
Contributions from employees, retirees and the corporation totaled $961,225, the highest United Way contribution level ever at the complex.
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Maneki Neko wrote:I had never tasted genmaicha before...
minor_glitch wrote:Maneki Neko wrote:I had never tasted genmaicha before...
I take it you've never been to a sushi restaurant?
The special point about this sencha's cultivation is that just prior to harvesting the grower directly covers the tea bushes for about 7 days with black netting which blocks around 50% of sunlight. This coverage is similar to kabusecha, only shorter. The coverage does two things, it causes the leaf pigment to become greener, and increases the amino acid and chlorophyll content in the new growth. The purpose behind this is to give the resulting tea a greener infusion color and a sweeter deeper taste.
futurebird wrote:This is my first attempt at matcha :
Matcha came today! Mixed it in a normal bowl how sacrilege!
It looks pretty foamy, though I hope to do even better. The Matcha was much "greener" than I thought ti would be but I'm already excited about having some tomorrow.
The little canister won't last long!
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I am pleased to see that the Lyric for Classical guitar is here.
I would like to fit one to the Fleta copy that I built, when I checked out the bracing pattern, I noticed that there could be an option to mount the mic between main and the diagonal tone bars as well as the recommended position.
How do I attach a picture?
Can anyone offer any advice?
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