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Skip to comments.Government Takeover: White House Forces Obamacare Insurers To Cover Unpaid Patients At A Loss
Posted on 12/14/2013 6:42:25 AM PST by bigcat32
Of all of the last-minute delays, website bungles, and Presidential whims that have marred the roll-out of Obamacares subsidized insurance exchanges, what happened on Thursday, December 12 will stand as one of the most lawless acts yet committed by this administration.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Krauthammer finally spoke out about the real goal.."NATIONALIZED SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE"> All of us for example, knew this from the start.
Insurance companies will raise rates to cover the extraordinary costs to extraordinary levels.
Oooh ObamaCare = "winning!"
Thanks bigcat32.
We haven't heard any comments from the insurance companies that would indicate that they aren't supportive of Obamacare, have we? I feel like they are complicit in this, and I'm not going to spend much time feeling sorry for them. They seem to be going along with these "Presidential directives" without a fight.
An officer of a stockholder owned company has a fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders. If the company is essentially being forced into bankruptcy it is incumbent on the officer to save as much value for the shareholders as possible. By declaring bankruptcy now they could divide up the company's assets before those assets are sucked away by the government. Failure to do this should result in a prison term.
I suspect AARP is loving it.
How is this not a tax by dictat? Even Geo. III wasn't accused of that.
Isn't fascism fun?
So is the. Highness, the Emperor, going to do this by edict, or is Congress going to do go along with it and help the demigod do away with private insurance?
"Thanks bigcat32."
No problem. I didn't see this epic piece of news anywhere until this morning even though the action took place two days ago.
People need to wake up and realize that THIS is THE issue.
Everything else, including the 'get it off the plate so the the election can be about Obamacare' budget deal is just noise.
They're frightened of the regime. They have reason to be. Open opposition would bring about their company's demise sooner.
Since they're going down either way, they may as well go down with guns blazing. But that's hard to justify to board members and stockholders.
This is where the focus needs to be kept. On bh0's illegalities trying to make his "signature" destruction plan for US medical care going.
I believe there a huge storm a brewing and looks like it'll hit on Tuesday, November 4, 2014...The chickens are coming home to roost.
To quote a famous figure from the left, "What difference does it make?" The system will implode, by design, and in the ensuing chaos the hue and cry from the great unwashed masses will be," Government, help us." This is proven history.
Something needs to be done long before November, 2014.
Krauthammer is Doctor Obvious.
At the Forbes article link, Megan Kelly seems to be missing the larger criminal issue of the Obama administration's attempt to intimidate insurance companies into providing free coverage for enrollees to cover for the govt complete failures in the website rollout.
As popular as Megan may be, there seems to be an ongoing pattern with her in missing the key points of a given story. Amazing how she completely glosses over the Obama administration's lawlessness and attacks the insurance companies.
Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution:
No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
The insurer's are complicit alright. I suppose this has something to do with the White House telling them that the government will make good on their losses when (not if) they occur.
I am curious though as to just who and which insurer gets "charged" for a non-insured person who receives care? I wander into an emergency room with a broken arm and they take care of me........what insurer does that hospital send the bill to? How does an insurer cover someone who they have no idea even exists?
I have to wonder why the insurance companies are allowing this to happen.
That's why everyone's premiums will double or triple.
It's called Cost shifting
"It's the Law of the Land".
Rounding them up and taking them to the gallows would end it pretty quick.
"what insurer does that hospital send the bill to? How does an insurer cover someone who they have no idea even exists?"
You are posing practical questions which in their haste to save 0 care the new threatening regs do not address. If they could have designed a system that would work in the real world, they would not have to issue more last minute threatening regs to begin with!
1. You have to present an insurance card to the hospital or doctor. People without insurance on 1 Jan. will not have insurance cards.
2. Hospitals and doctors are not going to send a bill based on a non-existent or expired card. They can't. They will ask the person who is responsible for the bill. The person seeking treatment can only then try to file a claim on their own, if they even believe they are actually insured and have a guess by whom they might be "insured" in a world where they are actually NOT insured because of 0 care!
3. IOW only people with cancelled insurance will even have an expired card and an idea where to file a claim; some of these people signed up for a higher-cost replacement policy with the same insurer, so they have a valid insurance card. The new regs imply the insurer is supposed to cover them based on their PREVIOUS policy which 0 care cancelled, and not the NEW policy which complies with 0 care legislation?? Try THAT! An insurance policy is a CONTRACT.
4. The new regulations attempt to bypass contract law. An insurance policy is a contract between the insured and insurer, based on consideration: e.g. your first check. Without that, a contract does not exist. Try to go to court and sue an insurance company that did not cover you, based on 0's threatening regulations. A court uses settled law to decide cases — i.e. here, contract law.
BC/BS Illinois is honoring this years policies for another year into 2014 as if Democratcare never became law. This is unbelievable.
We absolutely must have a GOP majority in both houses. Once we do we can have investigation after investigation, findings of contempt of Congress, impeachment hearings on these appointees, etc.
"Krauthammer finally spoke out about the real goal..NATIONALIZED SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE> All of us for example, knew this from the start."
Welcome to the party Kraut. Been saying this for years.
Whether intentional or not, that is what this is going to morph into and they will use the Medicaid program as a foundation to build it on.
Well they were fine with it when they salivated over every citizen having to buy policies but now are realizing they got duped by Liar in Chief.
This will lead to the next "too big to fail" bailout—of the insurance companies this time.
It would be easier to rollback OBotCare to the way it was to bring back harmony.
As we all see, the Goobers running the ObamaCare program can't even do the proper programming to get all the interconnecting insurance databases, and the related informational processing to work properly. And by adding additional tasking of government being the only primary insurance provider would entail much much much more programming that these clowns have shown us that they are incapable of doing. A humongous tasking.
Or Obama by decree could nationalize the private companies that would attempt to keep the institutional knowledge and know-how that is in place and that makes them all employees of the state.
Welcome comrades workers, your overseeing commissars will join you shortly with further instructions from your Dear Leader and on high Emperor Obama.
The popcorn will be flowing for 2014!
I feel sorry for them. Keep in mind that Obama wants you to hate them. They seem complicit, but they are being coerced.
Very true. But, I have to agree with St. Thomas' earlier comment that if they disagree, they should go out with guns a'blazing.
That's just plain silly. After five years, so far, of systematically lawless damage to our country, no single act of evil stands out as different from the rest of the Obama Administration's actions to destroy American life, American values, and the American Constitution.
Health insurers largely backed Obamacare.
So they can now sell at a loss and like it.
"as if Democratcare never became law. This is unbelievable."
That is exactly what 0's statements and new regs are attempting to do by fiat — REPEAL [ok temporarily in their minds] 0 care so that people have coverage on 1 Jan!
They are making it up as they go along! They are pushing the mountain ahead with a bulldozer, hoping that with enough pushing forward, they can somehow make 0 care eventually stick even though it is obvious that it does not work. That they can keep pushing it forward and issue more crazy statements and more crazy regulations to prop it up before it totally collapses.
They have already encouraged people to go directly insurance companies and bypass the exchanges in order to sign up for insurance before the deadline. What a concept! ; )
That makes the unworkable exchanges theoretically unnecessary.
These new threatening regs say to the insurers, if you do not cooperate with us and implement these new "suggestions" you could be barred from the exchanges at renewal time.
There may not even BE exchanges by then! HA!
Insurers have to comply with state insurance laws and oversight. Federal regulations, with suggestions, do not overrule law, do not overrule State insurance Commissioners.
And OH BTW, the people who were messed with by the govt, having their policies cancelled, being put through weeks and months of aggravation and stress and fear, are going to be grateful, that they theoretically could have had their same coverage all along, as though 0 care never existed??
Give me a break! People KNOW how much they have been put through, and even if these new regs COULD work, people will KNOW that they have been put through all that since 1 Oct FOR NOTHING!
Again, it is what the majority of voters said they wanted, not once, but twice. Just be patient, their time is coming. Sooner or later, it will be their ox that is the one being gored. Then the weeping and wailing will begin.
So, more people kicked off of their plans? Ingenious.
"HHS says it may throw otherwise qualified health plans off of the exchanges next year if they dont comply with the governments requests.
These exchanges will only attract sick people who qualify for subsidies. This will soon become very high risk pool. The insurance companies will do all they can to restrict access and deny coverage, but I doubt there will be any money left over, so many insurance companies will simply drop out on their own.
Bail-outs for insurance companies will be a tough sell to the public especially when these companies will be accused of withholding coverage for treatment. The smart companies are staying away from this pile of dog doo.
"So, more people kicked off of their plans? Ingenious."
You just can make this stuff up. The idea is that the beatings will continue until morale improves. Classic totalitarianism.
Insurance companies will raise rates to cover the extraordinary costs to extraordinary levels.
"Stroke of the pen, law of the land ... kinda cool."
Every insurance company in the United States should immediately liquidate their assets and close up. But they won't. Why? Because they like the free cheese in the Government's rattrap. The Agents of the Government know this and also know that they can eliminate them at their leisure.
Maybe they are being intimidated like everyone else
BINGO!! But the Low Info voter thinks that the Government is sticking it to the "Evil" Insurance companies.
I think it is a perfect trap. It's being repealed via Executive Action. We can argue that the law is moot and repeal it via legislation, once we have both Houses.
I'd like to see it undone and some innovations passed that would encourage more competition:
1. pricing transparency
2. national purchasing rights
3. let individuals get the same tax discount that businesses get
4. Commerce Clause enforcement. If Wickard proves that everything is in commerce, then why are local, county and state governments allowed to interfere in the medical/healthcare market with restrictive licensing, permitting and regulation? (for this one we need a conservative POTUS, but the top three can be done via Congress)
What do you think of that?
If Wickard [ Wickard v. Filburn ]proves that everything is in commerce, then why are local, county and state governments allowed to interfere in the medical/healthcare market with restrictive licensing, permitting and regulation?
"What do you think of that?"
You're not a bad stalker.
Thank you. I try. Practice makes perfect. ;-]
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How about the Pats thus far... Hoodie swinging for the fences. Not going out on a limb here figuring it will probably work for them.
Kinda surprised Asomugha is still out there, would be ridiculous if he ends up with the NYJ, although that kinda of money on two corners is crazy.
Thoughts thus far?

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Senay, Turner lead NC State past Binghamton 4-1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tarran Senay and Trea Turner homered, and North Carolina State pulled away to beat Binghamton 4-1 Friday night in the teams' opening game of the NCAA tournament.
Logan Ratledge drove in a late insurance run for the top-seeded Wolfpack (45-14). They will face third-seeded William & Mary in the championship bracket after fourth-seeded Binghamton (30-24) plays second-seeded Ole Miss in an elimination game.
Senay's two-run shot to right-center off Jack Rogalla (5-5) came in the first. Turner led off the sixth with a drive to left off Rogalla that put N.C. State up 3-1.
Ratledge made it a three-run game an inning later, chasing Rogalla with an RBI single.
Zach Blanden had three hits for the Bearcats. Their only run came when John Howell's double play groundout in the second scored Shaun McGraw, making it 2-1.
Josh Easley (6-2) struck out four in 4 1-3 scoreless innings of relief for the Wolfpack.


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Banks analysts depart UBS and RBC
Senior banks analysts at UBS and RBC Capital Markets in the UK have left their roles amid a backdrop of job cuts across the City of London.
Alastair Ryan, co-head of European banks research at UBS, is expected to depart the bank, according to a source familiar with the situation. He will not be replaced but instead fellow co-head John-Paul Crutchley will take sole control of European banks research.
Ryan was not immediately available for comment.
The Swiss bank announced plans in October last year to cut 10,000 staff globally by 2014. UBS is restructuring its investment bank and is exiting parts of its fixed-income operations and businesses deemed non-core.
Meanwhile, Alan Broughton, a senior banks analyst at RBC Capital Markets in London has left, according to the Financial Services Authority's register of authorised persons. Broughton joined RBC Capital in 2011 from investment banking group Execution Noble, having also had stints at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley.
Oil analyst Bastien Dublanc and junior saleswoman Lauren Dent, have all also left RBC in London, according to the FSA register, while sources familiar with the situation said salesman Mitesh Kotecha was no longer with the bank. Kotecha could not be reached for comment.
The departures follow the news last week that RBC Capital Markets' head of European equities, Nick Fothergill, had left.
RBC Capital Markets declined to comment on specific departures but said: "Like all well-managed organisations, we review our business regularly to optimise efficiency and our priority is to build on a successful global business for the benefit of our clients and shareholders."
RBC Capital Markets employs over 1,300 people in Europe and Doug Guzman, global head of investment banking, told Financial News this week that the bank had plans in place to grow its business outside of Canada.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- What's happening in small business today?
1. New website details small-business regulations. The House Small Business Committee, led by Republican Chairman Sam Graves, launched a new website Thursday aimed at highlighting rule-making initiatives across the federal government that could affect small businesses. Small Biz Reg Watch will also provide links so that business owners can comment on the proposals, according to The New York Times .
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3. What to do if a former employee sues you. The difficult decision of laying off workers could make small-business owners more susceptible to employment-related legal claims, according to the Hiscox blog . With the overall depressed jobs picture -- despite Friday's BLS data that said 157,000 jobs were added in January -- it's not surprising that employees are filing wrongful-termination suits in hopes of getting additional money.
Hiscox suggests that small-business owners, who know they may need to do layoffs, add policies to their existing small-business insurance coverage to prevent disgruntled former employees from "wreaking havoc" on your small business.
"They can steal equipment from you or one of your clients or even introduce a virus into your IT systems, which could result in the loss of vital information. It's possible to upgrade your business-owner insurance to protect your business from fall-out because of any of these threats," the blog says.


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Nice pot 茶藝! I also really appreciated the previous posts with pictures of the other pots from your collection
Here is a pot got a few years ago:
It is a DiCaoQing pot by Pei Li, the granddaughter of Pei Shiming. It holds about 200ml, I use it for sheng puer. It has an amazing pour. The clay seems to enhance the sweetness of the tea, and I really like its color and texture.


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Can health care reform still pass now that the Democrats have lost their filibuster proof majority? How do the bishops assess the House and Senate bills, especially on the question of abortion? As the director of domestic social development for the U.S. bishops' conference, Kathy Saile has worked to insure that the bishops' voice is heard on Capitol Hill during during the health care debate. Here she talks with associate editor Kevin Clarke about the prospects for reform and why the bishops are still pushing hard for "health care for all."


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Fire Marshall Bill wrote:This too shall pass
Seriously tho, you just haven't figured me out...not that either of us care. It just is what it is.
For instance, I haven't paid enuff attention to you or your posts to have an opinion about you one way or the other
True, I don't recall but 5-6 posts, most of which were in one thread during the PSU/OSU game.
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MEXICO CITY — Silvia Acuña sells soda in increasingly bigger bottles at her mom-and-pop shop near the president's office.
She says the preference is less an effect of Mexicans guzzling more soda than an attempt at economizing as rising prices and new taxes, including a one-peso-per-liter levy on sugary drinks, leave people pinching their pesos and buying bargain brands instead of Coca-Cola.
Numerous tax hikes took effect Jan. 1 to raise badly needed revenue in a country rife with tax evasion and overly dependent on money from the state oil agency Pemex. A growing chorus of critics insists the tax increases are harming the economy, which underperformed in 2013 and shows early signs of struggling through 2014. Consumer confidence has crumbled and people are putting purchases on hold.
"Fiscal reform hit consumption in a way that was much harder than the government expected," says Deborah Riner, chief economist with the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City.
The impact from the tax increase is hurting the popularity of President Enrique Peña Nieto. His agenda of changes in areas such as energy, education, competition and labor markets have won accolades from analysts and international investors, but many Mexicans are not impressed.
Recent polls put Peña Nieto's approval rating below 50%. A survey for the Reforma newspaper found 53% of respondents saying the fiscal changes have not benefited the economy, and 39% reporting their financial situation was worse than a year ago.
"We now have almost a year and a half of a government that has achieved many reforms, which have promised many things that have not materialized in economic growth or improvements in Mexicans' incomes," says Gerardo Esquivel, economics professor at the Colegio de México,
The federal government brokered a deal last fall with factions of the left-wing Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) to win approval for a fiscal change that raised taxes on high-income earners, increased the value-added tax (IVA) in border regions, introduced a capital gains tax and reduced business deductions, among other measures.
Business group Coparmex says the change has increased hiring costs by 7%, while investments by businesses have dropped.
"Modifications must be made that go toward promoting more investment and employment," Gerardo Gutiérrez Candiani, president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), another business group, told Reforma.
Meanwhile, Peña Nieto remains confident on the changes.
"The fiscal reform will raise the productivity of the country because it promotes formality and increases public investment in strategic areas such as education, science and technology and infrastructure," Peña Nieto told an industrial group last month.
The Finance Ministry blames the economic weakness in Mexico on sluggishness in the U.S. economy. It forecast GDP growth of 3.9% for 2014, but many private-sector economists now project an economic expansion around 3%. The slow start follows a tough 2013, when the economy only grew by 1.1%.
"We had a tough first quarter. Why? The fiscal reform was recession-inducing," says Manuel Molano, adjunct-director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness. "We still have a strong export sector that is doing well. But I would say that the domestic market is in a recession, if you take out the figures for exports."
The export sector is showing signs of strength. Automobile manufacturing has increased 5.8% over the first four months of 2014, according to the Mexican Auto Industry Association.
However, Mexico's internal economy appears anemic. The consumer confidence index crashed in February to its lowest level in four years, although it slightly rebounded in March and April.
"People who used to spend their money are using it to pay their taxes," Riner says.
It's uncertain if the attempt at increasing government revenue in 2014 will materialize. The government reported 9.4% lower tax revenue in February than the same month of 2013.
Coparmex President Juan Pablo Castañón expects growth to increase in the second half of 2014 as the impact of government spending — up 19% in the first two months of 2014 — is felt in the economy and ground is broken on infrastructure projects.
The federal government announced plans April 28 to spend 7.7 trillion pesos ($595 billion) on 743 infrastructure projects to be completed by 2018, in an attempt to stimulate the economy further.
"We believe that the (spending) will have a positive impact on the Mexican economy in the medium and long-term," Mexican bank Banorte-Ixe said in a research note.
Some analysts question the track record of government spending in Mexico, calling it "inefficient," and pointing to incidents that prompt people to evade taxes — such as corruption, poor public services and scandals, such as 30,000 teachers being put on the payroll but not teaching classes.
"In order to be good, spending has to be efficient," says César Velázquez, public policy professor at the Iberoamerican University. "It's not clear that's happening in Mexico."


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FSU laxers win SUNYAC opener
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OSWEGO – Fredonia State defeated Oswego, 13-5, in the SUNYAC opener for both teams Saturday.
Marissa Cussins had five goals while Katie Kleine had four goals and three assists for the Blue Devils, who improved to 7-0 overall. Both women also had solid days in the field. Cussins was credited with four draw controls and four ground balls. Kleine had five draws, five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
"We got off to a very slow slart but we played much better in the second half than we did in the first half," Fredonia State head coach Chris Case said. "One area we've struggled in was draw controls and I hope we got that down today. I think we outdrew them 13-6."
Erin Edson, Shelby DePew, Rachael Reinis and Katie Glagolev had one goal each. Reinis also had five draw controls.
Blue Devil goalkeeper Casey Chiesa was called on to make four saves.
Oswego jumped to a 1-0 lead before the Blue Devils strung together the next three goals, two by Kleine and one by DePew. The Lakers (3-4) cut their deficit to 3-2 before the Blue Devils scored eight unanswered goals – two to close out the first half with a 5-2 lead and six straight to open the second half. Cussins had all five of her goals during the run.
"It was also nice to start our conference play with a win,"?Case said. "That moves us to 7-0 overall, which ties us for our best start ever as a program."
The Blue Devils visit Elmira on Tuesday before playing host to New Paltz and Wittenberg next Saturday and Sunday.
New Paltz hangs on
to sweep Blue Devils
Fredonia State's bid to split a doubleheader Saturday with New Paltz came down to the final outs of the second game.
After dropping the opener of the SUNYAC doubleheader, 5-2, the Blue Devils entered the last of the seventh of the second game trailing 6-2 after leading 2-0 early.
Jamie Atkins lined a single down the line in left and Anne Wasik was hit by a pitch to start the Fredonia State seventh. An error loaded the bases before Alyssa Morgan dropped a two-run single to center.
New Paltz head coach Tony Ciccarello changed pitchers, replacing starter Katie Rutcofsky with Erika Traina with the bases loaded and no outs. Traina issued a walk to re-load the bases, then Megan Medina delivered an RBI single to cut Fredonia State's deficit to one run.
Traina induced the next two batters to pop out before recording a strikeout for the final out and earning a save in the Hawks' 6-5 win.
The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 4-10 overall and 1-3 in the SUNYAC. New Paltz improved to 11-4 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
Morgan led the Fredonia State attack with three hits while Medina, Katie Bartkowiak and Tina Schwartzmeyer had one RBI each. Raela Wiley-Delp was the losing pitcher. She allowed two runs on five hits over five innings.
Marissa Monaco led New Paltz's 11-hit attack with a solo homer and two doubles. Shayna Burgess and Chelsea Kull also had three hits and Jordan Fiore had two hits.
New Paltz also rallied from a 2-0 deficit in Saturday's first game. The Hawks scored single runs in the third and fourth innings before Kull broke the 2-2 tie with a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
The Blue Devils scored both their runs in the second inning. Included in the scoring was a double by Medina, a single by Schwartzmeyer, an RBI single by Corinne Christie and a double steal in which Schwartzmeyer stole home.
Medina had two hits in the opener while Andrea Freeney had two hits for New Paltz. Danielle Shelp was the losing pitcher. Amber Carozza pitched a complete-game eight-hitter to get the win.
The Blue Devils are back in action Thursday when they entertain Pitt-Bradford.
Blue Devils
sweep Medaille
BUFFALO – Fresh off its southern swing, the Fredonia State baseball team continued to play solid ball, sweeping Medaille College by scores of 5-3 and 16-3 to improve to 9-4 on the season.
Matt Casilio and Kenny Johnston led the offense in game one with a pair of hits. Casilio also drove in two runs while Johnston scored twice.
Starting pitcher Kyle Morse went four innings, scattering five hits and giving up three runs in earning the win. Kyle Grey picked up his first save of the season, tossing three innings of one-hit ball and striking out four. Neither pitcher allowed a walk.
The Devils pounded out 16 hits in game two, led by Dan Fetes' three safeties. Ian Gallagher and Erik Krohl each had a pair of hits and three RBIs. Conner Lorenzo and John Bennett had two hits each.
Thomas Morris tossed the first three innings allowing two runs – one earned – and striking out five. Zachary Jordan went three innings with four strikeouts for the win. Zachary Hugg pitched a scoreless seventh.
The Blue Devils' home opener is slated for Tuesday at Ludwig Field. The nine-inning affair is slated for a 3 p.m. start.
Track & Field
Dahleiden wins pole vault, Devils go 1-2-3
in hurdles
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Fredonia State finished 1-2-3 in the men's 110-meter high hurdles Saturday at the 2013 Carnegie Mellon Mini-Invitational.
Carl Caughell was first in 15.38 seconds followed by Eric Williams in 15.50 seconds and Spencer Lefort in 16.01 seconds.
Fredonia State had one other first-place finisher as Cody Dahleiden cleared 4.35 meters in the pole vault.
Twelve Blue Devils qualified for the SUNYAC championship meet.
In other events, Zakk Hess was second and Chris Shartrand third in the 5,000. They had times of 15:42.82 and 15:47.95, respectively.
Collin Mulcahy finished second in the 1,500 in 4:05.14.
Max Radley was third in the hammer throw with a toss of 46.85.
Ron Wasik was fourth and Jeremy Kozlowski fifth in the 400. They had times of 52.27 seconds and 52.84 seconds, respectively.
Kozlowski was also fifth in the 200 in a time of 23.52 seconds.
Fredonia State finished fourth in the five-team meet.
In the women's meet two Fredonia State women moved onto the Top 10 lists in their respective events Saturday.
In addition, 18 women earned SUNYAC qualifying status.
Kateri Walsh shaved .43 seconds off her personal best and moved to No. 9 on the all-time outdoor list with a second-place time of 2:24.37. Kim Foltz was fourth in 2:27.96.
Also moving to No. 9 on an all-time list was Lauren Acevedo in the javelin. Her second-place throw traveled 29.14.
Kelsey Travers won the 400 in a time of 1:05.39 while Kelci Yousett won the pole vault by clearing 9-feet 10-inches. Olivia Kurbs cleared 9-4 1/2 to finishing second.
Kathleen Goodberlet was second in the shot put and third in the hammer throw with distances of 10.74 meters and 39.83 meters.
Chelsea Haag finished second in the 5,000 with a time of 19:42.97.
Kim Foltz was fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 1,500 while Lauren Kotas was sixth in the 1,500. Their times were 5:04.34 and 5:05.30, respectively.
Sam Sledge was fourth in the 100 high hurdles with a time of 17.52 seconds.
Brianne Paganello finished fifth in the discus (29.80) and sixth in the shot put (10.10).
The Blue Devils finished third in the team standings. Five teams competed.


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Anyone see any of this story?
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INA—Carl Sandburg College women's cross country runner Haley Bolliger shattered the school record at the NJCAA Division I national meet Saturday at Rend Lake College.
Bolliger, a freshman from Tremont, finished the 5-kilometer race in 19 minutes, 47.3 seconds to place 42nd out of 295 runners. Bolliger's time broke the previous record of 20:04 set by Jessica Hanson at the 2007 national meet, which took place on the same course.
Sandburg's Derek Foley, a sophomore from Galva, completed the 8-kilometer men's race in 29:09.5 to place 152nd out of 286 runners.
Central Arizona won the men's team title with 51 points, easily beating runner-up Spartanburg Methodist's 104 points. Iowa Central's Stanley Kebenei was the individual men's champion with a time of 25:02.6.
Iowa Central claimed the women's team title with 40 points. Central Arizona was second with 145 points. Darroneshia Lott of South Plains was the individual women's champion with a time of 17:48.4.


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Preventing ice dams
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel asks residents to pay attention to the roofs of their homes and businesses to prevent ice dams and the hazards associated with them.
Ice dams form when melting snow runs down the slope of the roof and refreezes near the edge. As more snow melts and runs down the roof, water builds up behind the ice dam and could seep into a home or business, damaging walls, carpeting and cabinets.
We've had perfect weather for ice dams lately – unseasonably warm temperatures followed by a return of cold weather.
This week, for example, we've had above freezing weather and rain Monday, and by the end of the week, we're expected to hit zero or single digits.
"When snow melts during the day and refreezes at night when temperatures fall, coupled with more snow, ice dams can form very quickly," Nickel said in a statement.
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Lily Rossebo to paint: 2 Nov
I'm interested in painting a mural at the forest. Someone mentioned the main stairway still needed to be painted.
Let me know if you are still looking for people, I would love to do it.
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Birthday recaps
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Hi Bellas,
I had a great birthday. It started the weekend before with my celebration with the girls. Each time one of the girls in our core group has a birthday, it always has to be a surprise/themed multi-day event, lol.
Friday Night, they involved the BF in the plan by making it seem like he was taking me to dinner. Instead, they surprised me at Agatha Christie's Mystery Dinner Theater. My BFFs were all there as well as my good friend from college. The show was hilarious! It was Harry Potter/Disney themed...and it was a murder mystery themed improv type show with dinner included. There was audience participating and I had lines! I was Minnie Rat (the ghetto version of Minnie Mouse i guess, lol) and I totally embarassed myself! My cue was when another audience member, Mickey Rat came in and we had an argument. I was just going to be animated with it...but to my shock he came in with a voice 10 octaves higher than I expected. He was trying to be Mickey for real lol. So out of nowhere I decided to make my voice 10 octaves higher (and yall know my voice is already high)! LOL, needless to say nobody could understand us...and the actors totally made fun of us the whole night. He he.
Afterwards, the girls handed me a card with a big picture of Oprah on the front. Inside, the card said that I would need to pack my bag for a girls' sleepover and to get ready for my "favorite things". They also handed me a sephora bag...inside was the Aquolina Chocolate perfume, yum! Chocolate is definitely one of my favorite things. When I arrived at my friend's apartment...the girls suprised me, it was decorated with ballons and confetti and lots of hot pink (another fav of mine)! They all had matching pajamas and they had bought me one too! (yay for victoria's secret semi-annual sale and the discount sleepwear, he he). They handed me a yummy drink called a pink panty (vodka, pink lemonade, whip cream and sprinkles!) and even got me a cake with my Makeup By RenRen logo imprinted on it!
My gorgeous cake
After that we bonded over chocolate fondue and snacks, and watched a bunch of chick flicks. Of course, in the beginning we all thought it would be cute to sleep on the living room floor like a real sleepover...but in the morning, with our sore backs and necks, we decided dang we are too old for that, lol.
In the morning, they told me to get ready. We all put on our makeup and sundresses and they drove me to the next location. It was brunch with all my friends there waiting! This brunch spot called Agnes and Muriel's is famous for their Southern Breakfast menu.
One of the besties Melissa and my former co-worker Sherrie, she just had a baby and still came out!
Group shot!
All the girls!
Talk about yum! We ate, drank, and were merry, and it was one of my best bday weekends ever. Talk about good friends!
Tuesday was my actual Birthday. The BF wanted me all to himself on this night ;)
So I had an amazing time on my birthday. So after going through 2 MAC makeup wipes, I finally decided on a look. I wanted something smokey and sexy like Nai Nai suggested but I wanted something with a bit more flare than usual. I was able to break out some of my fav colors from the last couple of collections and pair it with good old carbon—the key to any smokey eye. I wanted a nude boyfriend friendly lip, lol, so I went with a nude lipgelee and a pink lipliner. On top of it all, I wanted my skin to glow! So I mixed strobe cream with my foundation and then used MSF light flush to give it an extra something something. And of course, I couldn't forget my lashes! I used one of my favorites – Ardell Gisele lashes.
Here's the complete list of what I used (All MAC unless otherwise specified):
-bare study paint pot
-shore leave e/s(all over lid)
-warming trend e/s (middle of lid up to crease)
-carbon e/s (outer v and crease)
-gold reflects glitter
-gisele lashes
-revlon colorstay liquid liner in blackest black
-kohl pencil in smolder
-anastasis brow kit
-strobe cream mixed with satinfinish foundation
-selectmoisture concealer
-msf natural med dark
-sculpt & shape duo
-shy beauty powder blush
-light flush msf
-subculture lipliner
-nude lipgelee
So after I got ready I saw this big bag from my boyfriend and of course I got really excited.
We headed off to dinner. Luckily it was at 8pm so I had time to get my makeup and hair together! He made reservations at this place called Dante's Down the Hatch…it's a really cool fondue restaurant where the inside looks like a pirate's ship or something…they even have a bride over a moat with real alligators. It was fun doing the fondu thing. They had a live jazz band and we had our own booth which was sequestered off and looked like a mini cabin, tres cute!
The food was overpriced, but delicious.
Now for the presents! He already got me the two dozen roses and my hair for Friday so I wasn't sure what all he was going to get me since those items and our $100 dinner were already a lot.
The first thing I pulled out was a dvd—the two disc special Little Mermaid! I love this movie…it's definitely my fav Disney film. It was funny because the other week I was watching youtube videos on some of the songs (I especially love Kiss the Girl and Part of Your World)…and luckily Disney took this one out of the vault so I could add it to my collection.
The next item was so cute…he had a Makeup By RenRen t-shirt made for me! It was black with hot pink writing…it's perfect because I like to wear all black for gigs. He told me the next ones would be better…he has the idea of printing them in mass so I could hand out to friends and clients for walking advertisement. He's so clever!
I thought that the dvd and shirt was pretty much all that he gave me…but then he told me that there was a little bag inside. I didn't even see it with all the mounds of tissue paper. I finally pulled it out…a Tiffany's bag! Mind you…I have zero items from Tiffanys…I'm not huge into labels, but Tiffanys? Come on! I pulled out the perfectly wrapped box and what was inside….a ring!
Okay guys, calm down, lol, it's not an engagement ring. We ain't ready for all that now! Maybe in a few years, lol… But anyways, it's a promise ring…I've been bugging him for one for the last year and he finally came though. I absolutely love it! It's classic and simple and perfect for me since I hardly wear jewelry anymore.
Now the question is…how am I going to top this for his birthday in September? Yikes!
21 comments:
- Yellow Fever said...
oh wow-amazing presents!! I love the bling pic at the end lol!! and the t-shirts are awesome-if you sell some up on your site, I am TOTALLY going to buy one!
- July 1, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- spankedelic said...
awwww your friends and bf are so sweet! for my fiance's bdays, i always write him a list of things i love about him. it gets harder each year, cause i have to add one on. whatever his age is, i have to write that many things for him. i also buy him a BIG bag full of sweets. i put all his favorite snacks and candies in there and put tons of lottery cards in there. i always make breakfast and we go out to dinner. and then i buy him something BIG! he's so sweet to me so after i start working again, i'd like to get him a nice car =) he is taking care of me since i quit working to focus on school. he pays all my bills and gives me money and pays for all my makeup. i think it'd be nice to get him a nice car once i become a respiratory therapist/nurse. don't bug your bf about proposing, though! my fiance had no clue on how to propose and asked me when i was sleeping. lol. so i told him i'd like him to do it over in a romantic way!
- July 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- Anne said...
omg you are soooo loved both your friends and your bf! you deserved everything you got on your special day! your bf is just too sweet ! it makes my teethache LOL. thanks for sharing your bday recap! definitely enjoyed it!
- July 1, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- Linda said...
Hey Ren Ren! Your friends and bf really did it big for you! It looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Everyone looks so fabulous..especially you! That was so sweet of everyone. Can you give me your review on the Mystery Dinner restaurant and where it is located. It looks like a nice place to go. Alright Take carez!
- July 1, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Tracy said...
i can't remember if i wished you happy birthday, so just in case... HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! looks like you had an awesome time!
- July 1, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Ethereal Prey said...
WOW! Damn girl looks like you had TON of fun on your b-day and pre-bday bash! I'm happy that you had crazy fun! Your man is totally sweet! The light from your promise ring is too blingy to me and blinding me! LOL!
The t-shirts are a great idea! cut them up into sexy one shoulder or tanks, or make tanks, girls are more inclined to wear tanks or fitted shirts. Love your cake!
- July 1, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- yummy411 said...
ren you were a queen. you have the best bf and friends!!! i'm glad you had a great time and looked quite gorgeous while doing so! thanks for sharing!! i want a makeup by renren cake!! sooo yummy!!! oh the tshirts are a must! LOL
- July 1, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- Tia said...
You have the most awesome girlfriends and sweetest bf! I am glad all went well for your bday weekend, you totally deserve it all! Agnes and Muriel's is such a nice brunch place, my bf took me there about 2yrs ago when we were still dating. =) I'm jealous of your bling, haha.. I've bugged the bf about a promise ring, but I'll see if he ever come through =[
BTW, I LOVE your smokey eye pic, have you done a tutorial on it before, pls hook it up, hehe! Thank, Ren!
- July 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- mayaari said...
looks like you had a wonderful birthday ren :) love that awesome bling pic at the end - you'll have to show us what the ring looks like without the flash :)
- July 1, 2008 at 8:46 PM
- Askmewhats said...
ohh wow! I love your photos, you looked so happy! You know what? I have to reread what you've written! I thought it was an engagement ring! LOL I was so excited!!!! lol but anyways, it was a lovely bday present and it is definitely hard to top that! LOL Glad you are happy on your bday! :D
- July 1, 2008 at 10:56 PM
- mandilicious said...
Happy Birthday!..sorry for the late greeting..but better late then never, right?..lol..
btw, i love your dress!..it's bold but not too much!..
also your friends and your bf are so sweet..i wish my friends would do something like that for me..
can't even see the ring with all that bling going on!
- July 2, 2008 at 1:49 AM
- Mrs. Lynne, MakeupFix.net said...
awww... that's great sis! what a great circle of love you have :) and talk about BLANG!! :D hah. happy birthday love. may success continue to find you with many more great things.
- July 2, 2008 at 6:16 AM
- xppinkx said...
hey Ren
Omgad looks like you had the ultimate birthday...friends, food, bf, and cake....OH we cant forget tiffany's!!!! in every picture you have this glow of pure happiness...smiles from ear to ear...great post...and thanks for being born!!!
happy belated birthday!!!!
- July 2, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- mina said...
wow what an amazing birthday! Glad you had a great time. I've been to that mystery dinner place and I'm glad I didn't get a solo part cause I would have embarrassed myself too lol.
Congrats on the promise ring! lol I thought it was an engagement ring!
- July 2, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
Yellow fever: lol yah the bling thing was totally his idea…maybe one day I'll have t-shirts up and running…once I get some money, lol
Spankadelic: wow those are some really good ideas! I'm definitely going to cop the lottery ticket thing. Sounds like your fiancée is a lucky lucky man…I can't wait to hear about the story of the engagement re-do, he he, and the car you get him! Now that's a good present!
Anne: yah I have the best friends and BF ever…I feel so lucky to have them…toothache, he he, that's funny
Linda: it was a lot of fun! It's called Agatha Christie's Mystery Dinner theater…it's located downtown and it's sooo much fun. I think dinner and the show is about $50 per person? They should have a website if you google them.
Tracy: thanks sweety, it definitely was an awesome time
Ethereal prey: I was telling my BF the same thing, the shirts would probably have to be tanks for girls to wear them…great minds think alike!
Yummy411: it was a blast! The cake was just as yummy as it looked, it had layers of chocolate frosting and mousse inside, mmmmm
Tia: yup the food at agnes and muriel's was yummmmyyyy! Who knows, your BF might just surprise you one of these days, mine did!
Mayaari: yah that bling was off the chain! Lol…you can see the ring better in my new hair video
Askmewhats: lol, yah definitely not an engagement ring…yall will definitely know when that happens!
Mandi: I loved my lil funky dress, he he…gotta mix it up you know! Thanks for the bday greetings…I know your friends and man who do the same for you
Mrs. Lynne: bling bling, eh he…thanks sis!
Xxpinkx: lol you mean my koolaid smile? He he, yup it was an awesome birthday, thanks for the well wishes!
- July 2, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Vanessa said...
AWWWWWWWWWW he is so cute!!! What a keeper! Very nice birthday it seems! You look gorgeous sis!
- July 3, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
any ring from tiffany's is a fantatic ring!! i think promise rings are very special.
glad you had such a great bday!!
have your BF do tank tops instead of t-shirts. sexier. i was gonna do my biz logo on tank tops with my website on back.
- July 5, 2008 at 7:42 PM
- Katrina said...
Wow! Sounds like fun!
You have great friends and your boyfriend is truly a keeper.
OOoOOo! Maybe you should make a contest of the best idea to top your birthday for your boyfriend for your subscribers and see what they come up with. =]
I bet a few of them are bound to think of fantastic ideas!
- July 7, 2008 at 9:43 AM
- Roselyn said...
Looks like you had a blast my love!!! You look adorable and I am loving the new 'do! Kisses...
- July 8, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Fashion's Darling said...
you have got the best people in your life..seriously!
happy belated bday
- July 9, 2008 at 12:16 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Ren, I'm pretty late to the party, but you honestly had such an amazing birthday! I was jealous reading everything that your friends did for you. :) I think I need to send this link to my bf and have him read it too...hehehe, kidding.
But happy belated birthday! You looked gorgeous. :)
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Debates of May 3rd, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #38 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was sentences.
- Question Period
- Canadian Forces Superannuation Act
- Sébastien's Law (protecting the public from violent young offenders)
- Battle of the Atlantic
- World Press Freedom Day
- Broadband Canada Program
- The Environment
- Amnesty International
- World Press Freedom Day
- Democratic Reform
- Doris Thomas
- Leader of the Liberal Party of canada
- Polish Constitution Day
- Canadian Navy
- The Netherlands
- Firearms Registry
- Conservative Government
- Youth Bowling Canada
- Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Ethics
- Access to Information
- The Environment
- Ethics
- Afghanistan
- Oil Industry
- Forestry Industry
- Science and technology
- Firearms Registry
- Ethics
- International Co-operation
- Fisheries
- Product Safety
- Government Expenditures
- Public Safety
- Agri-Food
- Official Languages
- Arts and Culture
- Pensions
- 400th Anniversary of Quebec City
- Aboriginal Affairs
- International Co-operation
- Vacancy
- Social Security Agreement between Canada and Republic of Macedonia
- Government Response to Petitions
- Standing Up for Victims of White Collar Crime Act
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Sébastien's Law (Protecting the Public from Violent Young Offenders)
- Criminal Code
Sébastien's Law (protecting the public from violent young offenders)
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Brian Murphy Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, NB
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for his speech and his éminence grise character with respect to justice issues. I want to ask a point-blank question though. Does he think the additions to a preamble of a bill to take away from its concentration on children and move it to a concentration on public security, when those factors are already covered, are necessary? Why is it, then, that the Criminal Code does not have any preamble at all?
Sébastien's Law (protecting the public from violent young offenders)
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Derek Lee Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
Mr. Speaker, everyone knows what the Criminal Code is. It is straight, charter-based criminal justice.
Our Young Offenders Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act were designed to shape the hand of the societal intervention. The preamble we put in there is intended to show us why we are doing this, to shape the hand of the intervention so the outcome can be better than it would have been. We are looking for outcome. It is not the societal response. It is not the punishment. It is the outcome in relation to the life of the youth in question.
Sébastien's Law (protecting the public from violent young offenders)
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I will proceed with statements by members at this point. When the debate is resumed, there will be three and a half minutes left for questions and comments on the speech by the hon. member for Rouge River.
Battle of the Atlantic
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Greg Kerr West Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, one of the most important struggles in the second world war was the Battle of the Atlantic. It was a military engagement that lasted six long years.
The campaign was fought on the vast battleground of the north Atlantic, where many Canadian sailors and civilians sailed under constant threat of German U-boats. It was a struggle to sustain the vital lifelines of supplies from Canada's east coast to Great Britain and the European front.
In the end, we were victorious, but a terrible price was paid for that victory. More than 4,600 courageous men and women lost their lives at sea. These Canadians who joined the navy, the air force, the infantry, the women's reserve and the merchant marine to help in the fight against oppression and tyranny must never be forgotten. They helped create freedom for all Canadians.
We honour the sacrifices of those who died in the frigid waters of the north Atlantic and of those who lived to tell the tale. We owe these brave Canadians an enormous debt of gratitude for their valour and sacrifice.
We must never forget these brave men and women.
Canada remembers the Battle of the Atlantic.
World Press Freedom Day
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Todd Russell Labrador, NL
Mr. Speaker, last week, you ruled that it is not the government, not the Prime Minister, but Parliament that ultimately would decide what information could be withheld from the Canadian public.
However, today, on World Press Freedom Day, the organization Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is giving the Conservative government yet another failing grade. More than 40% of access to information requests are not met on time.
Conservative staffers have tried to "unrelease" information. One even forced officials to say that they did not know how much they were spending on wasteful partisan advertising when he had the price tag in his hand.
We still do not know why the Prime Minister forced one of his ministers to resign in the dead of night.
Withholding information from the public for no good reason is unacceptable. It is time to end the Conservative culture of deceit.
Broadband Canada Program
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Claude Guimond Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Speaker, ever since the Minister of Industry announced the creation of the broadband Canada program, hundreds of people across Quebec have mobilized to rally for high-speed Internet access for their regions. Just as the minister asked, these working groups have done their homework and developed projects that meet the program criteria.
Where I am from, the Conférence régionale des élus developed a program that has unanimous support in the region. It would offer high-speed Internet access to almost all constituents in my region.
By working on these hundreds of projects, people from rural areas could finally look forward to having the tools they need to do business in the 21st century and adopting the means to keep young people in the regions.
Unfortunately, while these fine individuals, most of them volunteers, were doing their homework, the minister did not do his and the current delays are still compromising high-speed Internet access in the regions.
The Environment
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, just this weekend I returned from an excellent meeting of progressive minds in Terrace, British Columbia. Renewal Northwest draws together business leaders, environment groups, first nations and local governments, building a plan for sustainable economic development in our region that creates jobs, while protecting the environment. It is looking for the federal government to be a partner and not an obstacle in this effort.
Instead of investing in good green jobs, the government continues to be intent on boosting the oil and gas industry with subsidies and cutting efforts in the wind, solar and other green energy projects around the country. Canadians know where that path leads: increased environmental destruction and holding back green future that we all need.
It is time for new ideas in our regional economy, championed by the people of the northwest. They want a government that listens to them and respects them and does not burden small businesses and low-income families with taxes like the HST.
Government needs to come to the table and support people in building the sustainable future they so desperately want.
Amnesty International
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Terence Young Oakville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the efforts of the members of the Oakville/Milton branch of Amnesty International who work quietly and diligently in the service of people worldwide who do not benefit from the rights and freedoms that Canadians do.
Currently, they are working to support Canadian citizen and prisoner of conscience Huseyin Celil, who is imprisoned in China, with letters of support for him and his family. Their track record is outstanding as they have conducted similar campaigns for others who are now free.
Today, I recognize Wendy Belcher, Moni Kuechmeister, Brenda Buchanan, Rita McPherson and Maria Ferguson, and thank them for their advocacy and success in promoting Canadian values and human rights worldwide.
World Press Freedom Day
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, on this World Press Freedom Day, we are reminded of, and reaffirm, freedom of the press as the lifeblood of democracy, the cornerstone of the search for truth, the precondition of the people's right to know, and the basis for government transparency, accountability and adherence to the rule of law, a right consecrated both in the Charter of Rights and international human rights law.
Unfortunately, this right and the safety of those who exercise it are increasingly at risk in many countries where journalists are attacked, kidnapped, tortured and even murdered with impunity.
Let us join in marking World Press Freedom Day in the hope that freedom of expression will be secured, that journalists who exercise it and are imprisoned will be released and that those predators who assault it will be held accountable.
Democratic Reform
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Michael Chong Wellington—Halton Hills, ON
Mr. Speaker, I want to speak today about parliamentary reform.
A growing number of Canadians are disengaging from the political process. When citizens disengage, the very legitimacy of this institution is at risk.
Canadians across the country may not be able to put their finger on exactly what ails our institutions, but they know that something is wrong. That is why I want to commend the Minister of State for Democratic Reform for introducing a number of bills, including Bill C-12, which demonstrates the government's commitment to institutional renewal.
The heart of our democracy is Parliament and the heart of Parliament is question period. Through the national media, millions of Canadians follow question period each and every day. I am optimistic that parliamentary reform can reconnect Canadians who feel disengaged by political behaviour that would not be tolerated around the kitchen table.
That is why I will be introducing Motion No. 517, a proposal that asks the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to examine specific changes to reform question period. I ask members of the House to consider this motion and to lend it their support.
Doris Thomas
Statements by Members
May 3rd, 2010 / 2:05 p.m.
Josée Beaudin Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge today the determination and commitment of a person from my riding, Doris Thomas.
Ms. Thomas is 50 and will be taking part in the second annual Ride to Conquer Cancer, a 280 kilometre bike ride between Montreal and Quebec City that will take place on July 10 and 11.
The challenge Ms. Thomas is preparing to face is quite remarkable. After a brush with death in a bicycle accident in 2006, she got back in the saddle as a personal challenge to herself, and also in tribute to her father, Fred Thomas, who died of cancer in 2007.
Eight other participants from Saint Lambert will join Ms. Thomas: Élisabeth Masson, Lydie Querin, Nicola DiCiocco, Denis Beauchemin, Renée Boisvert, Nicole Fortier, Martine Riopelle and David Wood
I encourage everyone in my riding to support those taking part in this challenge by going to www.conquercancer.ca.
Leader of the Liberal Party of canada
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader officially took the reins of the party a year ago, and what a year it has been: political flip-flops, election threats, promises to increase taxes, staffing changes, and division within his own caucus on more than one occasion. We have seen almost everything, except a display of real leadership.
While the Liberal leader still dreams of dividing Canadians and increasing taxes, our Conservative government has implemented measures to help our economy make it through these tough times. That is the type of leadership Canadians expect from a government.
Once again, the Liberal leader has shown that he is not truly interested in Canadians and Quebeckers, but that he thinks only of himself.
Polish Constitution Day
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Bonnie Crombie Mississauga—Streetsville, ON
Mr. Speaker, today is Polish Constitution Day, a day Polish people around the world celebrate with great parades and patriotic festivities. This year I feel it will also be a day of healing. It has not been a month since the death of Poland's late president, Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 others killed in that tragic plane crash over Katyn.
It has not been uncommon through history to celebrate this day against aversion and hardship. The Polish Constitution, signed May 3, 1791, only lasted a year, when the Russo-Polish War of 1792 saw Poland partitioned by invading forces. And thus started the long, tumultuous history of Polish Constitution Day. Banned several times throughout history, Polish Constitution Day was restored as an official holiday in April 1990.
Poles have celebrated this day through centuries. It has served as a day of unity and healing across centuries, and it does so again today. I join with my fellow Polish Canadians in celebration, commemoration and remembrance. Today we proudly celebrate our strong heritage and commemorate and remember the many great men and women before us—
Polish Constitution Day
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry.
Canadian Navy
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Guy Lauzon Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, ON
Mr. Speaker, this week we commence the celebration of the centennial of the Canadian navy when we will recognize the vibrant heritage of the navy and its long tradition of serving Canada and Canadians.
Yesterday the Minister of National Defence announced that the executive curl would be reintroduced to the naval officer uniform. This initiative is a result of the unanimous passage by the House of a motion that I introduced some weeks ago.
The curl was part of the Canadian naval officer's uniform from the founding of the Canadian Navy until unification. The curl will play an important role in distinguishing the more than 5,000 naval officers in the regular and reserve forces. We look forward to seeing the executive curl at the west coast International Fleet Review in June.
Today we salute the men and women of our navy and thank them for the 100 years of service to Canada. On a personal note, I would like to acknowledge the service of my deceased brother, André Lauzon, good friend Kendall Dolliver and each and every member present who served in the Canadian Navy during its proud 100-year history.


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Use a quicker connection
If you have access to one, use a quicker connection (DSL, cable modem, LAN) instead of a modem connection to allow for quicker downloads and to reduce the number of interrupted ones.
Increase the modem time-out value
If you are using a modem, increase the modem time-out value. (The modem time-out value is the amount of time your modem waits when a download is temporarily interrupted before it breaks the connection completely.)
Internet traffic is at its heaviest between 15:00 and 17:00 (3:00 PM and 5:00 PM) Eastern Standard Time (EST) and between 19:00 and 23:00 (7:00 PM and 11:00 PM) EST. These times translate to between 20:00 and 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and between 00:00 and 04:00 GMT.