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News and information on immigration courts nationwide. Access to forms which may be printed or filled out online. Includes information on access to free legal services for immigrants appearing before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.
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Debates of Oct. 3rd, 2006
House of Commons Hansard #58 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was sudan.
- Question Period
- Committees of the House
- Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Privilege
- Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006
- Criminal Code
- An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
- Conservative Party of Canada
- World Sight Day
- Culture
- Volunteerism
- The Environment
- Hungarian Canadians
- Canadian Forces
- Quebec Intercultural Week
- Peter Naglik
- International Day of Older Persons
- Abdou Diouf
- Jack Stagg
- Veterans
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Liberal Party of Canada
- International Day of Older Persons
- Government Appointments
- Minister of the Environment
- Softwood Lumber
- Afghanistan
- Quebec
- Government Appointments
- Gun Control
- Maher Arar
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Government Accountability
- Immigration and Refugee Board
- Government Accountability
- Official Languages
- Employment Insurance
- Maher Arar Inquiry
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Environment
- Maher Arar Inquiry
- Canada-U.S. Border
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of Supply
- Points of Order
- An Act to Amend Certain Acts in Relation to DNA Identification
- Points of Order
- An Act to Amend Certain Acts in Relation to DNA Identification
- Business of the House
- An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act
- Situation in Sudan
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, as the former chair of the justice committee, I know the hon. member is very well versed in these issues, certainly more so than I.
Seeing she has a lengthy background with the issue of the sensitive subject of collection of DNA, why does she think that nowhere in Bill C-18 does it raise the thorny issue of what we call Lindsey's law? I note the summary is long and comprehensive. It is one full page when usually summaries are one paragraph.
I know many people throughout the recent years, from both sides of the House, have tried, through private members' business, to get the concept of Lindsey's law to the House for debate and, hopefully, for implementation. It seems like such an eminently reasonable thing to a layperson If people lose a loved one or a child is abducted, if parents want to voluntarily have their DNA listed and filed and it would be a great aid to the law enforcement offices that may need to compare DNA for identification for that lost loved one, why should there be obstacles?
In a bill as comprehensive as this, that touches on virtually every aspect of the privacy associated with the collection of DNA, could she expand perhaps as to why the government was reluctant to include such a reasonable thing as Lindsey's law?
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Sue Barnes London West, ON
Mr. Speaker, although I spent a few years as the vice-chair of the justice committee in 1993 and only chaired the committee in the absence of the existing chair at that time, I did so many times. Unfortunately, we were not dealing with DNA legislation, so I actually look forward as a member of the current committee that we will have a look at this and do the visits that some former members of the committee did at the DNA databank.
When visiting the databank, what is very dry and more difficult to understand about the technical way in which this series of bills operates is that when hearing from the experts and those administering the system, they apparently will show all the technical reasons for privacy that surround the operation of the databank.
This exact question is the one which I posed to the Minister of Justice a couple of minutes ago as the first question on this bill. I can tell the House that in his response he was not giving a lot of information out other than saying his department is currently looking at this.
I know there is a private member's bill which was originally put forward by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, who is now a minister of the current government, known as Lindsey's law. We hope that the current government will look at all of the concerns that will be raised around the technical reasons surrounding what the challenges are and whether these can be dealt with through protocols.
I hope I am being clear enough for the member. For instance, if somebody gives a voluntary sample and it matches up with an existing crime scene, there is an incriminating situation that never was intended as it was supposed to be for a match for someone who was missing. There are privacy situations and protocol situations around this.
I do not think any member of the House would be trying to block what is called Lindsey's law because we know the sorrow and non-closure of an issue when a child is missing. The current minister may find out through his technical discussions with the experts who have to deal with it that there may in fact be some challenges to be overcome. I personally hope that these challenges can be overcome because there needs to be some efforts made to assist people with their very real anguish in that situation.
I know it is one of the listed items in the review. It is very important we have this review, but in the meantime the Minister of Justice should work inside his cabinet to push all of the appropriate departments in getting this done so people can have closure.
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, further on this subject of DNA, I am wondering if my colleague is aware that one of the most frequent times the subject of DNA comes up for most members of Parliament is in immigration case work. More and more frequently, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is requiring families to produce DNA evidence to allow families to sponsor, for instance, a child from overseas.
In my own experience, I have found this to be an almost insurmountable barrier for the reunification of families associated with immigration cases, in that the fee is about $900 for DNA testing. Most of the recent immigrants to my riding in the inner city of Winnipeg are from East African countries where the average family income is $200 or $300 per year. Even if the applicant family is in Canada, wants to bring over a child, and has to prove with DNA evidence that it is in fact that family's child, the newcomers in Canada have a heck of a time coming up with this fee.
In the context of talking about the DNA registry and Canada coming to terms with DNA as the single most important identifier that we can point to, is the member aware of this burgeoning problem associated with DNA identification, and is she finding in her own riding that more and more Canadians are being stymied and frustrated with reuniting families by virtue of this near impossible test?
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Sue Barnes London West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have encountered over a number of years situations where DNA testing has actually helped my constituents, people who have come often as refugees fleeing from other countries. I know east Africa was mentioned. I am thinking of one case where a family had a number of children, but because of the refugee situation and civilian strife in their country of origin, they left without any documentation that most people would have to identify their children such as passports and birth certificates.
Some people leave under military situations where they are running away from guns and crossing borders with barely anything other than the clothes on their backs. DNA has been utilized successfully in cases in which I have been involved. Parents were able to identify children who somehow got separated from their families while fleeing. It was one way in which the former government did find a way of reuniting families.
I do understand the point that it is expensive, but it does give certainty and actually helps solve the situation. It is a solution for those families. It brings them together and in a way has helped develop the family reunification objectives of our Immigration Act.
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:45 p.m.
Réal Ménard Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois will support this bill in principle, that is, we want police forces to have the tools they need to solve investigations quickly. During investigations, the police may need to collect DNA samples. We also understand the need to have a DNA data bank managed by the RCMP. We will therefore vote in favour of sending this bill to committee after second reading, and we will raise a number of questions.
We feel it is our duty to do so, especially since, in the very recent past—just now, actually—the RCMP's actions were not beyond reproach regarding the collection and sharing of information. In our opinion, there must be extremely firm guarantees that the appropriate recipients of such information will be correctly identified.
Since 1998, the Bloc Québécois has supported these measures. In 1998, we began voting on the first measures concerning the collection of DNA samples. Furthermore, we supported Bill C-13. This is really a question of judges having the ability to impose an order that will be mandatory in some cases, but optional in other cases. This will allow something extremely intrusive in terms of human rights, that is, collecting DNA samples.
We understand fully—and the minister was right to point it out—that when an individual is imprisoned and convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code, it is not unreasonable to ask for a DNA sample.
I will close by sharing our questions on this matter. Bill C-13 deals with the primary designated offences that involve the most violence and relate to sexual assault, and I will name them. There are 16 cases where the courts must issue mandatory orders to take DNA samples. The DNA information is kept in a data bank that is managed by the largest police force, the RCMP. Sampling is mandatory in the following cases: prostitution, living on the avails of prostitution, murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, etc. This list of primary designated offences also includes offences such as breaking and entering a dwelling house and participation in the activities of a criminal organization.
Section 467 of the Criminal Code was created in response to the conflicts between outlaw motorcycle gangs in major urban centres. A new offence was added to the Criminal Code: gangsterism, which consists in committing an offence for a criminal organization. Now, in cases of luring children using the Internet or procuring, the Crown must prove that the mandatory sampling order will better serve the interests of justice. In the case of secondary designated offences—all crimes punishable by more than five years in prison—the prosecution must request an order and demonstrate that it is in the interests of justice.
The Bloc Québécois was in favour of all these provisions that would give the police additional resources, because we voted in favour of Bill C-13.
One aspect of Bill C-18 that might warrant further discussion is the fact that, in addition to the existing provisions, the government wants everyone who has been convicted since 2000 of conspiracy and attempted murder to be included in the national DNA data bank.
Obviously there is some grey area. Conspiracy corresponds to a fairly broad provision in criminal law. There are situations where conspiracy leads to the commission of criminal acts, but conspiracy in and of itself is closer to plotting than actually committing the criminal act.
I asked the minister a question earlier, but unfortunately he was unable to provide an answer. Our question is on a provision in the bill that will allow the RCMP—the entity in charge of administering this data bank—to use the information, and thus the DNA.
This data bank has two major indices. The first index includes DNA samples of people who have indeed been convicted of one of the 16 designated offences I mentioned earlier. As far as the second index is concerned, it has to do with scenes of crimes, including unresolved crimes. I will give you an example. A murder occurs on a property and the guilty party is not identified, but there are traces of blood, bodily fluid and other substances. The RCMP collects samples and they become part of the crime scene index. Even when no suspect is identified, there is still anonymous information left by DNA, bodily fluids and blood.
This information is found in two major indices. I was somewhat surprised to see that Bill C-18, if passed in its current form, would allow the Commissioner of the RCMP, Mr. Zaccardelli, to use DNA information for all criminal investigations and offences.
I hope the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities shares my opinion, but, at the risk of repeating myself, I maintain that we must be extremely careful when it comes to distributing personal information. The RCMP is not above reproach. That is why we will leave the parliamentary committee to do its work.
I have read the O'Connor report on the Arar case and it is clear that the RCMP was given a lot of power. It can even respond to requests from other countries and both parties may want to share information.
In investigating an offence that is not necessarily on the list of 16 designated offences that I was talking about, if there is information to do with the DNA of bodily fluids and blood, in other words a genetic profile, the RCMP could distribute this genetic information, affecting potential suspects, to different police bodies and to independent investigators. Obviously we are concerned.
Once again, I recognize the importance of Bill C-18 . In 1998, the Bloc Québécois agreed to the creation of a data bank. We even collaborated on Bill C-13, which was passed unanimously, but we have always expressed reservations concerning the extent to which the information may be shared. This is very important for genetic profile information, and it makes a significant contribution to resolving criminal investigations.
In the absence of a perfect match, Bill C-18 would also enable the RCMP commissioner to communicate similar genetic profiles to foreign authorities.
This is extremely important. Since Bill C-13 was passed, the international communication of profiles has been limited to the validation of DNA samples found at crimes scenes outside of Canada. In such cases, the information in the profile is communicated to police authorities in countries that request it. If there is no match—if the DNA sample is not validated—all the RCMP is authorized to say, according to Bill C-13, is that the DNA profile requested for validation does not correspond to any information in the current data bank.
Bill C-18 takes this a little farther. It would permit identification by DNA profile in the communication of possible matches. This may seem very technical, but it is not just technical. This is about the concerns and the balance we have to have. We accept that convicted individuals who have harmed a person or property and been imprisoned may be subject to an RCMP investigation. However, we are not prepared to say that all foreign police forces can have access to the information in the data bank, even if a suspect has not yet been identified.
These are the issues the committee will discuss. I will take a break for member statements under Standing Order 31, and I will continue my speech after oral question period.
An Act to amend Certain Acts in relation to DNA Identification
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Hochelaga will have eight minutes after oral question period to conclude his speech.
Conservative Party of Canada
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Leon Benoit Vegreville—Wainwright, AB
Mr. Speaker, democracy is alive and well in the Vegreville—Wainwright constituency and in the Conservative Party of Canada.
Despite the fact that the last election was only eight months behind us, I was challenged for the nomination. No member of Parliament really likes a nomination challenge, but I fully support the right of party members to do just that.
This commitment to the democratic process is something we simply do not see in the Liberal Party, where Liberal MPs are being protected from nomination challenges.
I thank all 2,100 members who got involved in the process for caring enough to come out and vote. I also thank the members of the board of directors of our EDA, who worked hard to make the process work.
Finally, I commend all Canadians who buy a membership in any political party and get involved in democracy at the grassroots level. To them I say that they are the true protectors of democracy in this country and I thank them for that.
World Sight Day
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Lui Temelkovski Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to host World Sight Day 2006 on Parliament Hill. World Sight Day is on October 12. We will mark the occasion tomorrow afternoon.
My office has been working closely with Christian Blind Mission International, CBMI, whose office is located in my riding. It was after having spoken with its leadership that I decided to include Braille on my business cards.
Vision 2020: the Right to Sight is a global initiative of the World Health Organization, along with national governments and organizations. This initiative aims to eliminate unnecessary blindness to give all people, including those in developing countries, the gift of sight.
My office has issued the invitations. I hope that everyone will take the time to learn more about World Sight Day with CBMI, CNIB, Operation Eyesight, the World Blind Union and other members of the Canadian coalition.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Maka Kotto Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, culture is what enables humankind to create a framework for itself and for its development. It helps us to think for ourselves. Culture is key to having a sense of belonging to a community. It represents the essential fibre of Quebeckers, influencing our thoughts, words, actions and daily life, and enabling the development of individual members of the community.
Given its ideology intended to smother and stifle our museums, theatre, cinema, and creators, the Conservative government is undermining Quebec's hopes for the survival of its culture, here and around the world.
I would like to remind the House of a simple fact. Because it is culture that embodies the history and pulse of a society, soon, in a sovereign Quebec, culture will become both a major challenge and a collective priority.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Tony Martin Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canadians value the importance of the non-profit and voluntary sector in providing social, cultural and recreational benefits. The size of its contribution to Canada's economy and job market is enormous at 6.8% of the nation's GDP, more than the mining, oil and gas sectors combined.
In Sault Ste. Marie, the non-profit sector is valued at $78 million and employs more than 1,400 people, but the Conservative government does not get it. It says volunteers are a "non-core priority", with $200 million in cuts, including the national volunteer initiative serving 161,000 non-profit agencies.
The Muttart Foundation from Alberta says that the cuts hurt the vulnerable and create social deficits that will cost more than $1 billion to repair.
If the Conservatives keep this up, it will not be long before the Conservative government is deemed "non-core" by the people of Canada.
The Environment
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Maurice Vellacott Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, SK
Mr. Speaker, our new Conservative government agrees with the environment commissioner's recent recommendations pertaining to the need for a coordinated and measurable approach to climate change. Our new Conservative government also looks favourably on her recommendations for accountability.
The new Government of Canada will develop a comprehensive and inclusive approach that involves all sectors of industry. It will also work closely with the provinces and the territories as well as key stakeholders.
Canada's new government has already taken a number of actions: a systematic categorization of chemical substances; a tax credit for public transit riders on the cost of their monthly passes; $1.3 billion in investments in public transit infrastructure; and a commitment to 5% average renewable content in Canadian motor fuels
Our environmental agenda will include achievable, affordable and practical measures to clean up the environment and protect the health and well-being of all Canadians.
Hungarian Canadians
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Mauril Bélanger Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, October 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution, after which upwards of 40,000 people fled to Canada for freedom and opportunity.
Tomorrow the National Arts Centre will open a photo exhibit celebrating the contribution of 50 Canadians of Hungarian origin.
Photographer V. Tony Hauser has captured the essence of these exemplary Canadians and their contribution to the arts, business, media, sports and politics, including two of our colleagues, the member for Scarborough Southwest and the member for Kitchener—Waterloo. I would be remiss not to mention my much better half, Catherine, who is also included in the group.
Also, tomorrow morning, with the help of the National Capital Commission, the Canadian Hungarian community will unveil a monument in honour of those who lost their lives for freedom and in gratitude to Canada and to the Canadian people.
Canadian Forces
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Fabian Manning Avalon, NL
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday evening, September 30, Corporal Keith Mooney of St. Mary's, Newfoundland, received a hero's welcome in his hometown on his triumphant return from Afghanistan. A large motorcade, followed by a packed community hall, welcomed Corporal Mooney back to his roots in St. Mary's Bay.
Recovering from severe shrapnel wounds, Corporal Mooney spoke to the people about his experience and about his comrades who had died in an effort to bring peace and democracy to that faraway land. He told us about the success of our Canadian soldiers and the all important difference they are making in that wartorn country, especially in the lives of the children.
While he was delighted to be home again, Corporal Mooney said that if a request came for him to return to Afghanistan tomorrow, he would do so in a heartbeat.
They are winning the fight and our continued support is needed.
When given the opportunity to speak, I thanked Corporal Mooney and his comrades and assured him that the military has the government's 100% support for this mission.
Corporal Keith Mooney's family and community are proud of him. His country and his government is proud of him. God bless him and we welcome him home.
Quebec Intercultural Week
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the fourth edition of the Semaine québécoise des rencontres interculturelles, which takes place from October 1-8, 2006, with the theme "A thousand faces, our future".
This week provides an opportunity to seriously reflect on our citizenship values, particularly in the context of Quebec, and on the invaluable contribution of immigration to Quebec society.
This is also an opportunity for us to take a closer look at the situation of our fellow citizens who contribute to the vitality of our communities. We must acknowledge the difficulties associated with their full integration. We must applaud their success and recognize that we could make better use of their education, experience and their desire to succeed with us.
We would like to work together on initiatives to make immigrants feel more welcome. I hope these intercultural meetings will be used to support and encourage activities in our communities that promote their development.
Peter Naglik
Statements by Members
October 3rd, 2006 / 2:05 p.m.
Jason Kenney Calgary Southeast, AB
Mr. Speaker, we all know that moments of sudden tragedy can arrive that seem to stop the world for a moment and which remind us starkly of what really matters in life: the eternal things like faith and friendship.
Such a moment arrived for many members of this House last Friday when we learned that a dear friend and colleague, Peter Naglik, was tragically taken from us in a car accident.
Peter was well-known to many of us through his lifetime of service to his province and country through the democratic process. He was a stalwart advisor and speech writer in both the Ontario provincial parliament and this House where he served many MPPs and MPs, including former Premier Harris and the current Minister of Public Safety.
He brought his gentle spirit and special élan to dozens of campaigns as one of the leading conservative activists of his generation.
There are members of this place whose election would have been impossible without Peter's dedication and professionalism.
As all who knew him can attest, Peter was a man of deep conviction and enormous kindness. We are consoled only by the knowledge that he lived and died with a strong Catholic faith.
We mourn his passing with his family, his beloved Rossana and her daughters, Rebecca and Leah.
Requiescat in pace aeternam, Peter.


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Niagara shooting suspect in court
By NIKKI YOUNK
Staff Writer
MARINETTE, Wis. – A Niagara, Wis. man accused of shooting vehicles and threatening a female victim with a rifle made his first appearance in Marinette County Court on Thursday.
Cody J. Rose, 23, had originally been scheduled for an initial appearance on Feb. 4.
Officials from the Marinette County Clerk of Courts office said that Rose's initial appearance was postponed because he had requested a change of judge.
Judge David G. Miron had been assigned to the case. Now, Judge James A. Morrison is presiding over the case.
Judge Morrison scheduled Rose for a preliminary examination on March 11.
Rose remains incarcerated in the Marinette County Jail.
He faces one felony count of discharge a firearm at a vehicle, one felony count of burglary to a building or dwelling, one felony count of recklessly endangering safety-second degree, two misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property, and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.
If convicted on all counts, Rose could spend up to 35 years in prison.
The charges against Rose stem from a Jan. 18 incident in Niagara.
According to the criminal complaint in the case, witnesses said that Rose was angry at another man for stealing from him.
Rose allegedly drove to the 700 block of Vine Street in Niagara, where the man's vehicle was parked, and used a rifle to shoot the windows and the passenger side of the vehicle.
Another vehicle that was parked next to the man's vehicle sustained gunshot damage to its front passenger side window.
The vehicle owners were not present when the shooting occurred.
The complaint also alleges that around the same time, Rose entered the man's residence in the town of Niagara and threatened the man's girlfriend with the rifle.
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The Concert for Bangladesh is a live triple album and double DVD by George Harrison and celebrity friends performed in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Performed on 1 August 1971 at New York City's Madison Square Garden, The Concert for Bangladesh was a pioneering charity event, preceding Live Aid by 14 years.
After being made aware of the gravity of the situation in what was then known as East Pakistan by friend and musician Ravi Shankar, Harrison quickly organised two performances in their aid, in addition to composing and releasing a single called "Bangladesh" just preceding the event. With Harrison, highly popular following the success of All Things Must Pass, leading the shows, he wanted to surround himself with his closest musician friends, including Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan (both of whom were in reclusive states at that time), in addition to Billy Preston, Badfinger, Leon Russell, Shankar, and Ringo Starr, among others.[1]
Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney had been asked by Harrison to join, but McCartney felt it was too soon for a Beatles reunion and declined. Lennon was keen to take part, but recanted his acceptance after Harrison stated that he did not want Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, to take part in the concert.
The two concerts on 1 August 1971 were highly successful, with a cheque for US$243,418.50 being immediately sent to UNICEF for relief. All involved were pleased with a job well done.[1] As much as $15 million was made by the album and film, but the money was held in an Internal Revenue Service escrow account for years because the concert organisers hadn't applied for tax-exempt status. It's uncertain how much money actually went to relieve the initial refugee crisis and Harrison himself was said to have been "disgusted" over the matter.[2][3][4]
Album release
Shortly before Christmas in 1971, The Concert for Bangladesh was released in the US, while appearing in the UK shortly after New Year's Day 1972. It was an immediate best-seller, spending several weeks at #2 in the US and becoming Harrison's second #1 UK album during his lifetime. The album's significance was further cemented when it won the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1973.
To enable Bob Dylan's appearance on the album, his label, Columbia Records, was given the cassette distribution rights. Presently, Sony Music has also assumed the CD rights for the album in Europe.[1]
Initially reissued on CD in 1991, The Concert for Bangladesh was remastered and re-released -with some editing of the breaks in between the songs - in October 2005 with the addition of Dylan's rehearsal performance of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", as well as a simultaneous DVD release of the original 1972 Apple film.
The artwork on the original album featured a malnourished Bangladeshi refugee child, which the record companies thought was too depressing and would hurt sales of the albums. They wanted Harrison's image on the cover, but Harrison refused and insisted that the child be put on the cover.[1] Eventually, when the album was re-released in 2005, after Harrison had died, it was Harrison's photo on the cover, though the special-edition DVD retains the original photograph.
Sales of the remastered album and DVD continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.
Track listing
All songs by George Harrison, except where noted.
Side one
"George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction" – 5:19
"Bangla Dhun" (Ravi Shankar) – 16:40
A dhun performed by Ravi Shankar
Side two
"Wah-Wah" – 3:30
"My Sweet Lord" – 4:36
"Awaiting on You All" – 3:00
"That's the Way God Planned It" (Billy Preston) – 4:20
Performed by Billy Preston
Side three
"It Don't Come Easy" (Ringo Starr) – 3:01
Performed by Ringo Starr
"Beware of Darkness" – 3:36
Featuring Leon Russell on one verse
Side four
"Band Introduction" – 2:39
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" – 4:53
"Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)/(Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Doc Pomus) – 9:27
Performed by Leon Russell, with Billy Preston on "Youngblood"
"Here Comes the Sun" – 2:59
Side five
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) – 5:44
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 3:07
"Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 4:07
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) – 4:45
"Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 4:49
Tracks 13–17 are performed by Bob Dylan, accompanied by Harrison, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell
Side six
"Something" – 3:42
"Bangla-Desh" – 4:55
Harrison's studio version of "Bangladesh" was released as a single just two days before the concerts
Bonus track (2005 re-master)
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan) – 4:19
Featured performers
Ravi Shankar – sitar
Ali Akbar Khan – sarod
Alla Rakha – tabla
Kamala Chakravarty – tamboura
George Harrison – vocals, guitars
Ringo Starr – vocals, drums, tambourine
Leon Russell – vocals, piano, bass guitar
Billy Preston – vocals, organ
Eric Clapton – lead guitar
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Backing musicians
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
Jim Keltner – drums
Badfinger (Pete Ham, Tom Evans, Joey Molland) - acoustic guitars, (Mike Gibbins) – tambourine
Jesse Ed Davis – lead guitar
Don Preston – lead guitar, vocals
Carl Radle – bass guitar
Jim Horn, Allan Beutler, Chuck Findley, Jackie Kelso, Lou McCreary, Ollie Mitchell – The Hollywood Horns
Don Nix, Jo Green, Jeanie Greene, Marlin Greene, Dolores Hall, Claudia Linnear – backing vocals
Production notes
This recording was made using up to 44 microphones at one time.
Special thanks go to Gary Kellgren, Lillian, Dennis and Tom of Record Plant, New York and to Norman and Steve mix down engineers of A&M Studio, Los Angeles for their time and energy.
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Ethics in Higher Education
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The most difficult questions that teachers often face have nothing to do with the content of the course or the way it is presented. They focus instead on the ethical issues of teaching, how we relate to our students, our institution, our discipline, and society at large. They ask themselves, what are our responsibilities to each constituency and what do we do when they conflict? Unfortunately, there are no easy answers to such questions. We shall discuss our various responsibilities. First, our responsibilities to our students: for example, the need to protect and encourage the free pursuit of learning, the need to model the best scholarly and ethical standards, the need to avoid exploitation, harassment, or discrimination. Second, we shall look at our responsibilities to colleagues, the institution, and the discipline we represent.
Event to be Offered in Fall 2009
Michael Quick
- CET resource page: Research Ethics
- Ethics in College Teaching, Jan 05 (video), Michael Quick
- AAUP Ethics Resources
- AAUP Statement on Professional Ethics
- The Leadership Compass: Values and Ethics in Higher Education (ERIC Digest)
- IIT Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
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CANANDAIGUA – In partnership with the Ontario County Safety Council and the American Red Cross, the Thompson Guild recently launched a new child safety program called ICE (In Case of Emergency).
At child safety seat checks throughout the county, Ontario County sheriff's deputies and other certified car seat technicians are handing out sticker sets that were provided by the Guild. These stickers give peace of mind to parents who want to ensure that their children receive the best possible care in an emergency.
The sticker sets are also being distributed to new parents through The Birthing Center at Thompson Hospital.
One sticker, attached to the car seat, contains all of the child's pertinent health information and can be used by first responders and hospital personnel when the driver of the car has been in an accident and is unable to communicate. The second sticker in the set is a bright yellow sticker that is affixed to the outside of the car window nearest the car seat to alert emergency responders that the information is available.
For a list of upcoming child safety seat checks, visit www.co.ontario.ny.us and click on the link to the left of the screen for the Ontario County Sheriff's Office page. To schedule an appointment for a seat inspection, call the sheriff's Civil Office at (585) 396-4666.
ICE materials may be obtained by contacting the Ontario County Sheriff's Office at the above number or the Canandaigua Police Department at (585) 396-5035.


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Travel to Cozumel With A Purpose
What Does Travel with a Purpose Mean?
Mention the word vacation and many thoughts come to mind. One imagines everything from a simple backyard BBQ, an overnight campout at a nearby lake or a trip to the beach somewhere as vacation possibilities. But more and more these days vacations are not just about getting away to somewhere but also about giving back.
Traveling with a purpose means not only visiting a destination to see the sights and experience new things but it also means going a step further and taking an active interest to contribute in some positive way to try to improve the area or community being visited.
Contributing to a community usually takes the form of a traveler donating time, money or materials to assist with an important local project. However, travelers seldom consider their own environmental impact on any particular destination when they travel much less give thought as to how to minimize this impact. Even so, it doesnt change the fact that every movement we make spends some sort of energy (uses it) and therefore creates some sort of expended waste as well. Pause a moment and consider that each time a traveler sets foot in any travel destination, trash is generated, sewage systems are used, water resources are consumed, food waste is created and land usage decisions (just to mention a few) are made in order to facilitate any tourism activities.
Wow! Bummer right?! Thats a big bunch of weight to put on some ones shoulders just for one little ole vacation! True but we cant change science! So a lot of travelers just decide to ignore these issues in favor of simply enjoying their vacations and letting others worry about the bigger issues that seem beyond their control. But more and more, todays travelers realize that each of us individually can make a social and/or environmental difference in the world and it is up to each of us on our own to pro-actively try to do this as we travel.
Travelers may not be able to save the world entirely,
but they can have a positive effect on a piece of it if they try to travel with a purpose.
How Can I or My Group Travel with a Purpose and Make a Difference?
Those who travel with a purpose are looking to combine their travel adventures with localized community impact that makes a difference to those living there all the time. For example, some travelers decide to visit an environmentally friendly resort or find a way to neutralize the carbon footprint of their trip while still others decide to build homes with Habitat for Humanity or work to clean trash from a beach area where sea turtles nest. A positive contribution while traveling could be as simple as ensuring there is no lingering trace or effect of a travelers visit on a destination. Or it could involve staying an extended period of time in a location in order to help construct a water well or a medical building.
These are just a few examples but there are literally countless ways for travelers to put more meaning and purpose into their vacation and you can do it, too. And its actually a pretty easy process to begin making a difference with your next vacation. Here are some guidelines and talking points worth discussing as a group or family to help ensure your next vacation is meaningful and filled with positive impact for not only the travelers involved but the destination locations you select as well.
Discussion Framework for Vacation Groups to Travel with A Purpose
Hold a Meeting of All Vacation Group Travelers and discuss the following:
area(s) is the Travel Group most interested in contributing assistance?
Once the group has decided which of these areas is of most interest to them, its then helpful to begin breaking down the interests a bit further. For example:
An interest in
matters could be further refined by deciding to focus on assisting only children, only women, specifically men or families as a whole.
An interest in
matters could be made more specific by selecting a particular faith or focusing on constructing places of worship or providing essential learning materials not available.
An interest in
matters could be further broken down to focus on assisting wildlife, or marine life or indigenous plants and flowers of a community.
Once the travel group has decided on a worthwhile area of interest, then its time to decide how to contribute. Essentially there are 3 alternatives to provide assistance:
Donate Money
Donate Materials
Donate Time (Volunteer)
Once the decision is made by the Travel Group which resource to contribute, then its time to have some pre-vacation fun and get creative as to how to raise the resources needed. These resource gathering events actually serve to extend the upcoming vacation because folks are thinking about all that will happen when they go.
Some examples of resource gathering would be ~
If the Travel Group wants to
events such as car washes or bake sales are common for raising money for a good cause. One way that is really catching on amongst groups that travel together frequently is simply to add a nominal social tax to the price of the vacation. Many folks are just too busy these days with family and work to be able to bake a cake or help wash a car but they welcome the chance to pay a social tax of $25 50 knowing they will get a chance to leave a positive impact on a vacation destination.
If the Travel Group wants to
sometimes its as easy as looking in the pantry for food stuffs or in a closet for excess clothing. Often a travel group will be comprised of folks in the same profession such as dentists or firemen or a bible study group. These groups might have access to specialty items like latex gloves or no battery flashlights or educational materials in Spanish which are typically non-existent in isolated, island locales. A group of teachers might elect to bring school supplies for children and animal lovers might bring bedding supplies for the animal shelter. The possibilities are endless and a travel group can really get excited discussing and deciding what items to contribute.
Its always best to try to work with a LOCAL coordinator
in the destination location on logistics since bringing items in
from the USA or other countries can be considered Importation
and be subject to taxes and fees by Customs authorities.
If the Travel Group wants to
Time (Volunteer)
then it is necessary to work closely with a local coordinator at the destination so that the time available and being donated is used wisely and ends up being a meaningful contribution to the destination community. Travel Groups need to discuss and decide how much of their vacation time will be spent in volunteer efforts. Some groups spend 100% of their vacation time in a destination working toward a cause while other groups may elect to spend only 50% of their time working for others. Each group is unique in this regard and should make decisions about this ahead of time so that all travelers understand the expectations prior to getting involved.
How Can My Family or Travel Group Contribute in Cozumel?
Cozumel is fortunate to have a growing community of organizations that serve as social and environmental stewards of the island. But for travelers coming from other countries, its often difficult to get connected to these organizations where donations and impact can be made.
Cozumel Volunteer Connection
can help families and other travel groups organize a meaningful vacation with a purpose here in Cozumel.
Click here to read more about Cozumel Volunteer Connection!
Click here to see what Cozumel Volunteer Connection can do for your Travel Group!
How Can My Family or Travel Group Contribute in Other Parts of the World?
Click here to read more about Volunteer Opportunities Around the World!
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USA picks up two more mercy rule victories on 'Aiming for Athens' tour
Columbus, GA---The USA Softball Women's National Team opened the NFCA Classic with two mercy rule victories to improve to 7-0 on the 'Aiming for Athens' tour. The U.S. defeated No. 12 Michigan 9-0 in five innings and Virginia Tech 12-0 in five innings.
Jessica Mendoza (Camarillo, CA) smashed her first home run of the tour in the bottom of the second inning to put the U.S. on the board with a 2-0 lead. Lovie Jung (Fountain Valley, CA) reached on a one out single and scored on the Mendoza home run. Kelly Kretschman (Indiana Harbour Beach, FL) then walked, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. A double by two time-Olympic gold medalist Laura Berg (Santa Fe Springs, CA) plated Kretschman for the final run of the inning.
The U.S. delivered three more home runs in the third and fourth inning to push its lead to 9-0. Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, CA) led off the bottom of the third with a homer to left field and Mendoza led off the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot.
Kretschman walked for the second time in the game and moved to second on a sac bunt by Berg. Natasha Watley (Irvine, CA) then had an RBI double down the right field line to score Kretschman. After a pitching change and a walk to Leah O'Brien-Amico (Chino Hills, CA), Bustos launched her second home run of the game and fifth of the tour to give the U.S. a 9-0 cushion.
Lisa Fernandez (Long Beach, CA) improved to 2-0 on the 2004 'Aiming for Athens' tour after allowing only an infield single in the first inning and struckout 10 of the 15 batters she faced. Cat Osterman (Houston, TX) pitched the final inning and allowed just one hit while striking out two.
Bustos and Mendoza each hit two home runs in the game. Bustos collected four RBI and Mendoza picked up three respectively. Despite frigid conditions during the nightcap the U.S. bats remained hot as the Red, White and Blue downed Virginia Tech 12-0 for its sixth mercy rule victory of the tour. Bustos provided the highlight of the night crushing a 1-1 pitch 315 feet for her third home run of the night and her sixth RBI.
"I was just glad she didn't beam one back at my face," said Virginia Tech pitcher Katie Maynard. "You can't do anything but laugh. They're the best in the world. It's Crystal Bustos – she's amazing."
In the first, Watley walked and scored on an RBI double by O'Brien-Amico. A single by Fernandez scored Amico for the only other run of the inning.
The U.S. sealed the deal in the eighth inning exploding for eight runs on five hits. A two RBI double by Fernandez and a single that plated two by Berg highlighted the inning for the U.S. Fernandez and Mendoza each had two hits in the game while Fernandez posted a game high three RBI.
Jennie Finch (La Mirada, CA) and Lori Harrigan (Las Vegas, NV) combined to pitch a five inning no-hitter. Finch struck out 10 in four innings of work and walked only one. This marks the second combined no-hitter for Finch on the tour and she has now pitched 12.1 innings allowing only a bunt single and has struck out a team high 30, while walking only one.
"It shows us where we are and that we can hang with them for a while," Maynard said. "It's also like the coolest thing ever. It's really neat to get the opportunity to play them."
Bustos continues to abuse opposing hitting going 14-for-21 (.667) with two doubles, a triple, six home runs and 17 RBI. After seven games she is carrying an amazing 1.714 slugging percentage.
The U.S. continues exhibition play on Saturday at the NFCA Classic when the face Army at 6:30 p.m. and No. 21 Arizona State at 8:30 p.m.


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Berkeley office is first bank in Alameda County to earn "Green Business Certification"
Berkeley, CA—November 17, 2005—The Mechanics Bank's Downtown Berkeley office has become the first bank in Alameda County to earn the distinction of becoming Green Business Certified. To be certified "green," participants must be in compliance with all regulations and meet high program standards for conserving resources, preventing pollution and minimizing waste.
A public celebration of the achievement will take place Wednesday, November 30th at 5:30 p.m. at the office located at 2301 Shattuck Avenue. Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will deliver a city proclamation honoring the bank.
"As a community bank, we feel a strong obligation to represent the highest standards of business ethics and community stewardship," said Raudel Wilson, manager of the Berkeley office of The Mechanics Bank. "Our customers and our neighbors here and throughout Alameda County appreciate and value those businesses that make the extra effort to become more eco-friendly."
To win certification, the bank had to undertake an extensive survey, followed by four rounds of inspections to ensure that the office was in compliance with all requirements for a Green Business.
"This is a win/win for the bank," Wilson said. "We are not only helping prevent waste and harm to the environment, but we're also saving money by using resources more wisely."
Among the ways the bank achieved the distinction of being an ecologically sound business were its measures to prevent pollution, such as using Green Business approved chemicals for cleaning and pest abatement; water conservation resulting in approximately 20 gallons saved per day; energy conservation by using only machines that carry the "Energy Star" label and voluntarily keeping selected lights off, and an ongoing recycling program. The bank also eliminated the use of Styrofoam cups, initiated a recycling program for cardboard, cans and bottles and instituted policies to ensure that unnecessary power usage for computers is curtailed.
The green certification program http://www.greenbiz.abag.ca.gov/ was developed by Bay Area local governments in collaboration with US EPA, Cal EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control and the business community. The Association of Bay Area Governments coordinates the Program, which is implemented by Green Business Coordinators in 7 participating counties. The regional and local programs are funded by their partners, including local and regional government agencies, utilities, special districts and nonprofit organizations that promote environmental compliance, pollution prevention and resource conservation. Some funding also comes from government and non-profit foundation grants.
So far, over 180 Alameda County businesses and public agencies have formed partnerships with the San Francisco Bay Area Green Business Program.
Headquartered in Richmond, California, The Mechanics Bank celebrates a century of innovative community banking this year. With almost $2.6 billion in assets, it has become one of the largest banks headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Angels' great expectations fall short
SEATTLE – The Angels were officially eliminated from playoff consideration Monday night, 160 games into the season – the same point as last season. But it didn't feel the same, did it?
Last year's 86-76 team was never really convincing as a contender. This year's team was most convincing in December and January.
When the end finally came to one of the most expensive disappointments in franchise history, the Angels had no say about it. They forfeited that right with an 8-15 April and a six-week, mid-season slump by their starting rotation.
The Angels did their part Monday night to keep their playoff hopes alive, battering Felix Hernandez again on their way to a 8-4 victory at Safeco Field. Down the Pacific Coast in Oakland, however, the A's beat the Texas Rangers 4-3, officially eliminating the Angels from playoff contention.
The A's clinched the American League's final playoff spot and long ago laid claim to the role the Angels were supposed to fill this year as challengers to the Rangers' reign in the AL West. The Rangers need to beat the A's once in the final two days of the regular season to claim their third consecutive AL West title.
"It's disappointing now for fans, players, coaching staff, everybody," Angels veteran Torii Hunter said. "It just proves – forget about expectations, excitement all that. No matter what you do, no matter who you acquire, you have to get it done on the field. Expectations are expectations – it hasn't happened yet.
"Just like everybody else, I had expectations (of contending for a championship). We just didn't get it done on the field where it counts."
The Angels have the best record in the majors since August 21 (27-11). But that finish – and even the addition of a second wild-card spot this year – won't get them into the post-season. They will be on the outside for the third consecutive year, the longest playoff drought of Mike Scioscia's tenure as manager.
"What makes it worse, for me, is we were taking care of business," Angels reliever Kevin Jepsen said. "We were playing well, doing what we needed to do. You just wish there was another week to the season.
"In the spring, you always talk about how it's a 162-game season. Then you get to this point and there's only three games left and you're thinking, 'Really?'"
Scioscia wasn't willing to admit the strong finish only highlighted the disappointment of the slow start – exemplified by Albert Pujols' .190 average and homerless start into May – and the post-All-Star break lull.
"The season is 162 games. You can't really chop up the good parts and the bad parts and say, 'Hey, we could have played at this pace or that pace,'" Scioscia said. "We set ourselves back early in the year and never quite got back into a position we wanted to be. We paid a price for it.
"We didn't get in. You can't cut out parts of the season and say, 'Well, we did this or we did that.' The test of the season is 162 games. For, what, 120-plus we played great baseball. We didn't play well enough to get where we needed to be."
Left-hander C.J. Wilson pitched one of his better games in some time in what amounted to an elimination game for the Angels. He held the Mariners to one run through six innings before they scored three times in the seventh.
After the game, Wilson said he has been pitching with a bone spur issue in his left elbow and will undergo arthroscopic surgery after the season. He said the problem affected his delivery and robbed his sinker of movement. Wilson was 9-5 with a 2.43 ERA at the All-Star break (and made the AL team). He was 4-5 with a 5.54 ERA in the second half including an 11-start winless stretch.
The brightest spot of the season, rookie Mike Trout, went 4 for 5 in Monday's win with three RBI. It was his 16th game this season with at least three hits (an Angels rookie record) and his fifth four-hit game (the most by a major-league rookie since Ichiro Suzuki had six in 2001).
Trout also scored twice and now has 129 runs this season. Only two American League rookies have ever scored more runs – Joe DiMaggio in 1936 (132 in 138 games) and Ted Williams (131 in 149 games).
Trout might also have moved back within range of the batting title. With two games to go in the regular season, he is batting .325 while Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera leads the American League with a .329 average.
Pujols, meanwhile, became the first player in baseball history to have three seasons in which he had at least 50 doubles and 30 home runs.
More Angels coverage:
- Trumbo seeing light at end of second-half slump
- Napoli is an avenging ex-Angel once again
- Will Angels' starting rotation require an off-season rebuild?
- Morales considers comeback season a success
- Angels 2012: Attendance has not matched off-season hype
- Dipoto not ready to label Angels season a disappointment
- Is this Hunter's last month with the Angels?
- Hunter has turned back the clock on his game
- Is Trumbo's second-half a slump -- or regression to the mean?
- Do Angels need to make playoffs to pull off awards sweep?
- SI's "Supernatural" cover boy looking more human lately
- Power just another precocious part of Trout's game
- Albert being Albert: Pujols, supporters can say 'I told you so'
- Will Greinke be 'rental' or long-term addition to Angels?
- Angels make big deal, acquire Zack Greinke
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Normally I don't share, but....
This is an email I received last weekend as a result of what I said in the Southern Trout Newsletter in late June. Normally I do not share these, but I thought this might be of interest, as my remarks were regarded as "out of school" by some. The following is sort of backwards (as email responses go). The reply to my statements are first, followed by what Mr. Seehorn is commenting on. I am quite anxious to see how this flies on the forum. It is as it arrived, save for the removal of mr. Seehorn's email address.
This is the first common sense statement or article I've seen on the brook trout, and as far as I'm concerned you're right on target. When you have to separate fish based upon one genetic allele, it's gnat picking. All these isolated populations of "southern Appalachian" strains of the brook trout have low genetic diversity, which simply points out they are inbred to the nth degree. At one brook trout meeting that I attended, the taxonomists pointed out this fact. When I suggested that, since they were staunchly opposed to introducing northern strain fish to the populations, why not introduce fish from geographically separated populations of "Southern Strain" fish in order to broaden the genetic base. They acted as if I had suggested they participate in a "gang bang"!
There are a substantial group of people (Rush Limbaugh would call them the "uninformed public") who would like to see the "Southern Appalachian" strain put on the endangered list. That way they could stop all fishing for them. I told the Park officials when they were contemplating closing fishing on brook trout streams, that such action would simply be a loss of fishing opportunity, and would do nothing for the brook trout populations in those streams. When the brook trout populations were monitored after being closed all those years, population structure was basically the same as before. When you have a fish as short lived as a brook trout (practically never exceeding three years age), I don't know why you need any regulation on it. There is no way even heavy fishing pressure would remove a breeding population. That is the only point you stressed that I don't agree with. There is no way that poaching (fishing) was a factor in brook trout DISTRIBUTION. Poaching could crop off a significant portion of the larger fish, but not completely remove the breeding population. If distribution of brook trout was decreasing, the introduction of rainbow trout was the primary factor just as it was on the National Forests.
Furthermore, for those individuals wanting to recognize or develop additional "unique" populations or strains, why not make the same efforts with blacknose dace, bluehead chub, redhorse suckers, sculpin, or any other species. I have no doubt that they could come up with as much genetic difference between Catawba River NC redbreast sunfish and Chattooga River redbreast in Georgia. There is a good possibility that you could separate them visually, which I defy anyone to do with NC and GA brook trout. As Chairman of the Southeastern Trout Committee, I set up a study over thirty years ago in which Game and Fish Agencies in VA, TN, NC, SC, and GA collected brook trout from their three most pristine or least likely to have been stocked streams, for genetic and meristic (scale counts, color pattern, and all physical measurements) analysis. The result was no separation at the sub-specific level for genetics, and simply no way to separate them using meristic counts. A copy of the final report (two or so inches thick) was given to each State Agency and all Forest Service Supervisors Offices within those States.
Monte E. Seehorn
Gainesville, GA 30506
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It's a Fish
Since the early 1970s, much ado has been made, and many millions of dollars have gone into researching and supposedly saving the brook trout in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. For a variety of reasons these colorful little char are making a strong comeback in many streams. For a number of fishery professionals, the brook trout of the South have become something of a cash cow and one that it may be time to sell at market.
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that there is a new black bass that has been discovered in the southern rivers of Georgia and Alabama as well as in northern Florida. Dubbed the Choctaw bass, it appears to be closely related to the spotted bass. It is a smallish black bass akin to the Roanoke, Coosa, and Flint River basses. It is comparable in that it has a limited range, at least as far has anyone knows for now.
I am not a fisheries expert backed by a ton of expensive research to back up my WAG (wild *** guess), but I feel reasonably confident that the Choctaw bass was in these waters all along prior to its discovery. The questions now are: Is the Choctaw bass endangered, or plentiful? Is the habitat of the rare Choctaw bass shrinking? Does the Choctaw bass need special protection? Do we need emergency funding to study the Choctaw bass to ensure its continued existence? Leaping lizards!
The current hoopla around the uniqueness of the brook trout in the Southern Appalachian Mountains is comparable to this in many ways. With continued advancements in DNR identification, I believe it possible to find some small difference in just about every existing population of these fish found in the Southern Highlands. If you need further proof look at the work currently underway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding national forest lands. A cadre of fishery professionals has literally turned researching these fish in a flourishing cottage industry.
In 1975 the NPS closed miles of remaining brook trout streams to fishing and put a prohibition on keeping brook trout. Then the range of brook trout in the national park was shrinking, and a large part of the problem was poaching. Rather than do their job and adequately police fishing in the park, the NPS closed streams. Containment of rainbow and brown trout encroachment on the range of brook trout, another big problem, was then and is now as simple as allowing fishermen to keep all of the rainbow they catch in these waters, and making brook trout a catch-and-release species.
That would be too easy, and to do so now would certainly end lucrative funding to a handful of fishery professionals. Dont get me wrong, I love the brook trout of the South as much as anyone I know. However, I believe the money spent splitting DNA and studying these fish to death would be better spent putting a few more feet on the ground policing poaching. In reality, what possible difference does it make if there is a .01 percent difference in the DNA of a brook trout native to northern Georgia to those in the Smokies or the Shenandoah? For that matter, does it matter if they differ from the brook trout in Pennsylvania or New York? Sure they are all ever so slightly different. So what is next, the Raven Fork brookie or the Rapidan brookie? I say again, leaping lizards!
Its a very expensive, very slippery slope we are navigating if we continue to fund meaningless research that has more potential to curtain sport fishing under the guise of protecting unique subspecies than to enhance sport fishing. A brook trout is a brook trout.
Here are six brook trout, one each from Tennessee, Colorado, Nova Scotia, New York, Maine and Michigan. See how many you can match to the state where that fish was caught. Im willing to bet heavily that you pick the wrong one.
Having read every paper from the biology primary literature (Ducky can attest to the stack of papers I have) i can get my hands on I'll add a little to this:
The research is ongoing. (Important point because fast genetic testing has only been cheap enough to feasible for the past 10 years(maybe a little longer) and with all the creatures in the world, only a handful of people have done work in this area. We will continue to learn a lot in the coming years.
Second, there were some interesting findings.
Brookies seem to have a preference for breeding with other Brookies from their home stream. On streams that trout from multiple locations, there was some assortive mating that appears to dominate the efforts, leading there to be a theory that planting from several streams, especially the further geographically they are from each other, the less the transplants will mate with Brookies from other streams. Like this has been observed in brookie streams that are all on the same mountain, yet geographically isolated from each other. Odd, but they somehow know. Maybe it has to do with the small differences in their mating time, as on one stream they tend to spawn slightly earlier or later and over time the assortive mating will diminish, but again, this is a long term question we are just beginning to really learn a lot about.
Second, this doesn't necessarily equate to low diversity in each of these streams.
Just a couple of things there. When I get a chance to review all the info I have again, maybe I'll add more.
Hey Don,
You left the guys email address in the reply
To some extent a Brookie may be a Brookie, but to me I'm much more proud of my 10 1/8 inch Brookie from Raven Fork Gorge or the 10 inch Brookie I caught on Sams than of the 15 inch Brookie I caught from the Tuskegee or the 14 inch northern strain I caught on the Clinch. To each their own I guess
In fact, I was a lot less impressed with Jay B and NDuncan's huge Brookies from their trip to VA once I realized they were northern strain. I can go to Cherokee and fish for 20+ inch Brookies there if that were my thing, but somehow that Southern Brook trout just does it for me. To each their own, and Mac and I recently had this same conversation and to him the distinction didn't mean much.
Acid rain not poaching is your culprit so I doubt policing (minus the air) would do anything to help the Brookies on this. Funny how the argument seems to be whether or not "global warming" is happening when the science is concrete that the Acid Rain is killing our streams. I do however like your policy of keeping rainbows out of Brookie streams
There is conflicting data about how rainbows and Brookies exist together, and hopefully we can learn in the future how different restorations seem to work out. Places in the park where rainbows were all removed, or places like Sycamore creek where some rainbows were removed. If this industry was a "cash cow" we would have more data.
I never heard anybody suggest that Brookies should be on the "Endangered list". I have had many conversation with the fisheries biologist, and from your comments doubt that you have. You should spend a day out working with them. I will be happy to make that happen for you. They even have experience with grumpy old men who write fishing books in the Smokies
"Lucrative funding" "Cash Cow" "Cottage Industry"
Come on
The park doesn't make any money off fishing license, has less regulation than either State it sits in, and "Policing poaching" would be a complete waste of time as it would do nothing help park streams. The study you point out is done by KC through Penn State not some major corporation with satellites offices etc If Matt Kulp or Steve Moore is getting rich off these Brookies they sure are doing a good job at hiding the money In the whole park there are only 2 full time fisheries positions. 2 more that work 1/2 the year, then the half dozen fisheries student interns, and a couple more interns that come from weird funding sources. If anything we need more funding for our fisheries staff
I will be volunteering (lucrative venture where I get away from kids and wife you caught me) doing 3 days of genetics work above Fish Camp next week. Let me know if you have any questions for either the fisheries biologists or KC?
Well said DP... on so many levels. Makes it easy for me to just say 'ditto'.
Tight Lines,
The park service only has $19 dollar bills since the sequester Good luck trying to get one of them
Is ditmanson on the $19?
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Skip to comments.Chief Nulty Says Journal News Endangers Undercover Officers,
Posted on 01/12/2013 10:55:43 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Their names have been broadcast in bright daylight. Undercover officers, some who pose as bad guys that should not be allowed to have a pistol permit, outed by their own local newspaper.
Orangetown Police Chief Kevin Nulty joined a growing chorus in blasting The Journal News. I think The Journal-News went overboard on this, he said, noting that in his opinion the listing of names and addresses of gun permit holders jeopardizes their health and safety, and clearly jeopardizes the safety of all local undercover officers regardless of the department for which they work.
Joining Nulty and the County of Rockland Tuesday evening, the Orangetown Town Board publicly criticized the gun map of the Rockland County Journal-News-snip-
The strongly worded resolution, which was approved on a 4-0 vote with one abstention, was introduced by Republican Councilman Paul Valentine of Blauvelt and seconded by fellow GOP member Denis Troy of Pearl River. It was quickly supported by fellow Republicans Thomas Diviny and Thomas Morr.
Resolved that the Orangetown Town Board condemns The Journal-News for publishing the names and addresses of legal gun permit owners in Rockland County, the motion drafted by Morr read. This reporting was unnecessary and potentially dangerous, it concluded. snip-
Additionally, Nulty said the northern suburbs of Rockland and Westchester Counties are home to many federal undercover officers, whose identities are also supposed to be confidential, for their own safety and to safeguard their investigations. They include agents working for the FBI, the CIA, the Secret Service and all four branches of the military. As law-abiding citizens, if they carry guns, which most do, the chief said they apply for and receive local carry permits. Until The Journal-News published this information, however, their identities had always been kept secret.
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Liberals never concern themselves with consequences, intended or otherwise. Their anti-gun or pro-abortion agenda overrides everything.
I wonder if there's some way we can sic the Westboro Baptist Church on the Journal-News?
Read article twice.
My understanding , under cover cops posing as "bad guys" would only have guns illegally .
Flagging them as having permits , shows their not who they say they are.
First hunch is they're cops by the bad guys.
I thought police didn't have permits.
Both those liberal agenda result in the deaths of innocents.
Fairly makes my case that liberals are just plain unadulterated evil.
"I wonder if theres some way we can sic the Westboro Baptist Church on the Journal-News?"
Tell them that the J-N Staff are all gay!
For the undercover guys/gals, maybe that's part of their "cover".
Then I don't understand how the news article hurts them.
I guess I'll figure it out later. No worries.
I concur with you.
Might not even be a lie.
The problem is the 'permit' not the news publishing public info.
The Chief is attacking the press, instead of trying to remove the permit process, so every American can have a handgun in their house without first asking permission from the King.
Why would they need permits?
Can this be done? Sue the idiots who wrote the article and the newspaper for "endangerment" to the police officers.
Contrary to what those who believe the police only shoot dogs do, the policemen's jobs are stressful enough without adding to it.
Smash their presses and shut them down. Sue them to poverty.
Although the police automatically "have permits" for their duty weapons, I believe most (if not all) cops also have personally owned firearms that they keep at home for the defense of their families and themselves in "off-duty" hours. Of course, the requirement for "permits" varies widely by geography.
Y'know, I had never even considered the aspect of undercover police officers being "outed" by that stupid "gun map"
I'm wondering now just how many undercover investigations have been potentially compromised by the arrogance of those idiots at the Journal News. On top of all the private citizens who already have also been put at risk, of course.
Undercover officers, some who pose as bad guys that should not be allowed to have a pistol permit, outed by their own local newspaper.The Other Shoe Drops ping.
My god, how many undercover cops are there?
In some states a cop has to get a carry permit in order to carry off-duty.
How about a no knock dynamic entry search of the newspaper HQ along with the homes of the editor and publisher to determine if there are any improper links and payments from third party sources?
How about a no knock dynamic entry search of the newspaper HQ along with the homes of the editor and publisher to determine if there are any improper links and payments from third party sources?
Now it makes sense.
The liberal mind thinks gun owners are at risk by printing names and addresses.. It never occurred to them that single females WITHOUT guns were put at greatest risk.. What fools the media are for doing as the 0bama regime told them to do. You can bet Holder gave the order. A-hole EH!
The gay lobby was successful in having medical records so extremely private that anyone in the healthcare industry releasing them, however inadvertently, warrants fines that basically put them out of business. Why can't the gun lobby assure that licensing and ownership are NOT matters of public record. That would be "closing the barn door" for now, but would be helpful to future owners/licensees.
Just have people with cameras walking around the building taking pictures for the next few months. Big Cameras, not a dang Iphone
I dunno - I'm kind of fond of the Fourth Amendment.
One of the fringe benefits of gun ownership is that everyone, not just gun owners, enjoys an umbrella of protection by keeping the identity of the actual gun owners hidden. Criminals are deterred by not knowing which home owner is armed to the teeth and which has little more than a dull butter knife for protection. By outing the gun owners, the newspaper has removed an effective crime prevention tool.
You have finally found a use for the WBC. I suspect many would be willing to pay them to make the lives of the Journal News staff miserable for several months.
Don't the Police and their families have the same right to be victimized, Just like the rest of the CITIZENS they are Hell Bent on Disarming??
I love red-on-red action.
Looks like they stuck their little hotdogs into a soup full of piranhas.
Exercising freedom of the press does not allow compromising law enforcement operations or exposing matters of national security.
I hope they're shut down, and the leakers prosecuted.
May God bless and protect all the exposed undercover agents.
All very well and good to protest after.
Where were the protests when the Journal News requested the info?
Only abortion and HIV are private.
How about publishing a list of welfare recipients?
Under New York law, every county, city, town, and village is required at their annual reorganization meeting to designate a newspaper for the publication of legal notices. This is a big source of revenue for the Gannett Rags. The municipalities should protest with their wallets and designate another newspaper.
Only abortion and HIV are private.
I don't believe that's right. Check out HIPAA. A doctor/hospital can hardly admit they are treating a patient or gave him/her a flu shot. And, if any healthcare provider provides confidential information without the patient's signed authorization, s/he or it can be sued and fined big time.
Yes, I know about HIPAA. I was being facetious.
But it is true that if you look at standard medical disclosure forms, HIV requires special extra consent. It used to be that communicable diseases received special treatment in the other direction in order to prevent disease spread.
Also, even foster parents are not entitled to know the HIV status of the child they are caring for (NY law). But they are entitled to other health info.
"... even foster parents are not entitled to know the HIV status of the child they are caring for (NY law)."
Holy cow! I bet that did a lot to encourage families to take in foster children. I would think, however, that the records they ARE entitled to see would reveal enough to deduce an HIV/AIDS diagnosis.
I'm in favor of returning to the older method of informing about especially, contagious disease.
My sister worked in foster care and the stories she told me made my hair stand up.
I am always amazed that AIDS/HIV which is almost wholly a preventable illness is never targeted by the same people who want to limit our salt, sugar, fat etc because of how much it costs the healthcare system.
AIDS/HIV costs est $350,000 lifetime per person. That is a lot of money!
As I'm sure you know, the reason the folk who care about how much soft drinks or salt we consume, or how many cigarettes we smoke look the other way when it comes to highly contagious/deadly HIV/AIDS, is that its largest constituency group is overall very wealthy and politically powerful with all kinds of time on their hands to lobby, and knows no bottom to the depths they will plumb to destroy any who oppose them.
and they control much of Hollywood.
"...they control much of Hollywood."
And New York. And, for now at least, Washington,DC. Really sorry state of affairs. With absolutely no viable countervailing force on the conservative side.
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