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My lo and I have been co-sleeping since she was born. Usually she only starts to wiggle when she wants to nurse (she sleeps in my arms so I feel it pretty quickly). But latley she's started wiggling an awful lot. I'll offer her the breast sometimes it's not what she wants and immediatly starts using me as a soother, sometimes she continues to wiggle and i have to get up out of bed to rock her to sleep. Is this just a phase (she's 4.5 mos old)? My family (who don't really get co-sleeping) are telling me maybe she doesn't want to be in my bed any more, so i've tried setting her beside me out of my arms but she continues to wiggle. Another mom suggests that since at her 4 o'clock change she's not very wet she's holding her bladder and I should Potty her. Any suggestions?
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my oldest is the squirmiest kid. we are still quite sure that, at age 5, he'll never be in a mattress that isn't directly on the floor. i think some kids are just more prone to thrashing about.
My daughter does the same thing. She's 7 weeks 3 days and co-sleeps with us too. She does it around 6:00 AM and wiggles and wiggles. Sometimes I think it's because we make each other hot (she sleeps on my chest). My oldest used to wiggle a lot too, and she still wiggles in her sleep constantly and she's 5 1/2. I'm just accepting the fact that I'll be waking up at 6:00 every morning until she gets her own room.
My 6 mo old, Twila wiggles a lot too. While she's plays, at the breast, in her car seat and yes sometimes in bed. She recently began wiggling and sometimes whining in her sleep yet refuses the breast and soothie. When this happens I just sit up in bed and rock her back down. She never really wakes up all the way. My assumption is that she's just experiencing discomfort for some reason. Sometimes I swear she acts as if she's having a bad dream. Do babies have bad dreams? This is our first. Anyway, I just started reading and posting on this forum but I quickly gathered that I am not the only one who hasn't had REM sleep in six months and I unfortunatly may not get any until Twila is ready for her own bed. I figure hey, I made it through 5 yrs of college without sleep what's another 2.
Originally posted by smurfsammy View PostIs this just a phase (she's 4.5 mos old)? My family (who don't really get co-sleeping) are telling me maybe she doesn't want to be in my bed any more, so i've tried setting her beside me out of my arms but she continues to wiggle. Another mom suggests that since at her 4 o'clock change she's not very wet she's holding her bladder and I should Potty her. Any suggestions?
There is no substitute for your own intuition. Trust that your baby does belong in bed with you, Baby Matters is a great book that looks at the biochemical/physical reasons why a baby needs to sleep next to her mother. One thing that confirmed it for me was that in this book (which had over thirty pages worth of scientific references) the author says that a baby's heart rate and breathing are regulated by being in contact with their mother's body. So maybe if you're restless in bed the baby will be too. I think that the best way you can help your baby sleep well is to take care of your sleep too. Be sure that you rest during the day when you can and use some relaxation techniques to help wind your own body down to bed. That way when you do have to get up and rock the baby back down you will have the energy to do it and be less frustrated. You can also try white noise or soft music to keep the room soothing, this may help prevent wake ups. I use a soft blue night light so if and when I wake up to pop a boobie in her mouth or rock her back down there is never a need to turn on a light or get out of bed.
One way I recover from a long night of restless baby is to bring her back into bed with some toys after she wakes and gets changed. That way I can still lie down and rest for a little while longer until my body is ready to get up. I now drag this out as long as I can some days because it's precious to spend my morning watching her coo and smile and play. It remind me why I choose AP.
on a side thought, is the baby breathing well? congestion or breathing irritants could be a factor. Have you recently began eating solids? Introduced anything that may affect the baby's sleep?
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i have not really added anything to my diet that I can think of. She has no cold but has been teething on and off. She has learned how to roll from her back to her side and from her side to her back. lol I can tell by watching her throughout the day she is terribly frustrated that she cannot move herself. Lately she has started attempting to lift her head up while laying on her back in a desperate attempt to sit up. She becomes immediatly frustrated and starts crying I wondered if it was her desperation to move that could be affecting her in her sleep as it does throughout the day


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Andrea Pirotti the Executive Director at Enisa said she hopes that the report will raise awareness of the alarming growth of ATM attacks. "ATM crime is likely to become even more attractive as the latest generation of ATMs is designed to dispense other services and products, such as phone top-ups and stamps." According to the reports from Enisa, "The thieves collect cad numbers and, if necessary, alter the PIN for the cards they are planning to use. The thieves then sell the cards and their data to other thieves."
William Beer, the head of the security OneSecurity team at consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, argued that companies needed to wake up and realize that their ATM's are becoming a much easier target. "Once upon a time they were running proprietary hardware and using operating systems and network protocols that were definitely not off-the-shelf, and these were difficult for the common criminal to replicate," said Beer. "The fact that they've now moved to off-the-shelf hardware, standard operating systems and open network protocols makes the end game easier for the criminals – there needs to be a clearer recognition that these systems are vulnerable."
It seems that with ATM attacks on the rise and bank security procedures becoming less and less effective, customers are going to have fewer places to safely store their money. The banking companies that are so concerned with keeping our business should spend some time increasing their security so fewer people start reverting to hiding their money under their mattresses.
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Skip to comments.Lunatic, Left Wing Relatives on Thanksgiving.
Posted on 11/20/2012 1:10:36 PM PST by albie
My 89 year old Mother in law (a conservative) is spending Thanksgiving with me and my family. My wife has requested that her looney left wing grandchildren be allowed to visit with "Granny" on Saturday. They voted Obama and are in their 20's and are actually very nice people. However, I've made it clear that I can not tolerate Obama voters in my house. Nice or not, family or otherwise. I'm still on the fence because I do love my Mother in law. What do you think? Also, are there others with similar problems?
I understand and try to.
One of my daughters is a Freeper also! Thank God! I don't feel like a total failure as a mother...
I tell ya, they had barrels all over the store like they were just giving it away.
If I had only known....
My family voted for Romney in 2012, McCain in 2008, Bush in 200,2004 and Bush in 1992. And Conservatives in the State races. And so did I. If that is voting to destroy the Country, so be it. I plead guilty. You got me.
If my liberal sister in law shows up for dinner
I will be playing this on my hubbies video game computer that sits in the dinning room (huge monitor with very loud speakers )
She'll get an education while we eat or she will leave =P
That I can agree with. There is no excuse for your elderly neighbors. They were educated before the public school system was corrupted.
You forget just how many in this country flirted with Communism in the 1930s.
I've got a very lib step-daughter who never shies away from voicing her liberal convictions. But I have to bite my tongue, because if I get into an argument i.e. friendly discussion about politics, she gets perturbed and has shut out other family members (like her mother-in-law) for trivialities. I wouldn't want to be responsbible for my wife not being able to see her grandchildren. So I smile and say nothing when she says stupid things.
"nation is falling apart - but I would like to know, is there a point where you draw the line in the sand?
You just said it: When the nation is at stake it is time to put away the pleasantries and bare the fangs.
The election is over. Your family is still your family.
Be gracious and avoid the topic of politics.
"If I eliminated Obama voters from my life, Id be pretty lonely."
My parents are conservatives, they were even friends of the Reagans, however, my siblings, not so much. All are Obama voters even though they talk a good game about not being Obama voters. Interestingly, all of them also rely on my parents for free money to some degree. I don't and never have.
Am I loney? Nope. I could live in a cave all by myself. Not having those freeloaders in my life has been great. I cut them off about six years ago and things couldn't be better in that department.
No joke! One delivery truckload of that = Early retirement!
Best wishes and God bless you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, whatever you choose to do!
"and are actually very nice people."
No, Obemba voters are NOT nice people. If they voted for Obemba then they are ENEMIES and should be treated thusly.
I have a stepson who is a liberal/Obemba voter. He knows the he is not to bring up politics while he will be here this weekend. His mother has already informed him that if he does, I'll run him the hell out of my house.
My entire family will tell you quickly that I am a hardheaded a-hole. Once I draw the line, that's it. My mother would not be allowed on my property if she supported obama and she knows it. We have parted ways for several years before over less.
This is WAR for the survival of the Republic which equals freedom and liberty for all.
An opportunity to educate.
Don't let the reelection of the jackass turn you into a bitter family member. It's not a requirement to regain our Liberties.
I have a sister, in fact, my only sister,that I haven't spoken to in years because of her liberal political views. I don't care if they are family or not, I have drawn the line, you are either with us or you are against us.
With good dogs you are never alone.
Create a stink and don't let the kids visit. Now, suppose Granny kicks the bucket the day after Thanksgiving.
The wife would not be pleased.
One day they may see the light. How you treat them in the meantime could determine how hard or easy it will be for them to admit you were right.
I don't know about how many of them flirted with communism. You mean the Progressives? The thirties were just not ever covered when I was in school. They used to end the history with WWI, saying that WWII was not far enough in the past to evaluate either the run up to it, the war itself or the aftermath. Heck they barely even covered the depression, except to say that it happened as a result of traders buying on margin.
That's part of the reason that I was so interested in reading the book, In the Garden of the Beasts. It was written from actual journals of the ambassador to Germany during the thirties.
For guidance on this issue consider the Thanksgiving scene from Atlas Shrugged.
Not only that, but we were an assassins' bullet away from potentially having a Fascist dictatorship under Huey Long.
You can be cordial. Cordial is non-commital, changes the subject when the awkward and contriverisal is raised. Cordial does not particularly like the person, but embraces the situation or the holiday and stands above the pettiness of disagreements.
Are you that obtuse? Maybe an accountant, and attorney, or a bureacurat, totally unable to deal in the hypthetical of a message board thread? Unable to follow a conversation?
Apparently you are. You never did understand the natural progression of this conversation. Bye.
If "pettiness of disagreement" is how you define voting for Obama, you are totally clueless as to the dire situation the nation is in. Totally.
The election is over, so all is fine and dandy now? You don't understand the mind of the liberal nor the consequences of elections.....
Treat them the way they think. After they fill their plates and sit down, confiscate half the food and tell them you are donating it to the homeless.
If they complain, tell them they are greedy evil bastards that don't want to pay their fair share.
Buy or rent tents for them to stay in outside the house and call it "Occupy My Lawn" and inform them if they complain they are nothing but 1% greedy evil bastards that hate the poor and want college kids to have to pay back their school loans.
Put a TAX on everything in the house they'll use like toilet paper and ice and water, etc. Tell them you run a "progressive house".
If they whine, call them evil Republicans.
Tolerate them until she leaves then kick 'em out.
Never talk politics with a fool.
Yes I consider voting for Hussein a mortal sin. Yes, I understand that the country is in dire straits. This is a short holiday meal with lifelong family members, not the Committee of Correspondence. Politics can be checked at the door.
Personally I think you are doing your 89 yr old MIL a favor by not inviting her liberal grandkids over. How depressing to know that your GKs voted for Obama. My mom was VERY conservative and it would have killed her during her last years to find out that any of her family was stupid enough to vote for Obama. Fortunately everyone in the immediate family is conservative so we don't need to deal with any liberals during the holidays. Legacy is important to people in the twilight of their life and I think it is important that your MIL be surrounded with family who will reflect her conservative values and won't cause her distress. Just remember those Grand kids knowingly voted for a guy who would give their grandma a pill instead of medical treatment so they can have free birth control and student debt relief.
"The election is over. Your family is still your family."
The election may be over but we now are stuck with dealing with the consequences of that election brought about by the liberal dopes that voted for Obama. I doubt I would be able to sit at the same table with any of them.
Again, if you think politics can be checked at the door, I still say you are clueless as to the dire situation the country is in. Nothing is petty, and nothing can be "checked at the door" in a nation that is falling apart. That is my point. You don't get it. You think it's bad, but you don't understand how serious it is.
That's fine. You will soon enough.
Good for you. Tell her maybe Michelle will save her some from the White House "garden".
Play Rush replay all day.
Have them over and rip the bark off their backsides.This bullshit of being nice to family who are idiots is plain stupid.Just remember your immediate family will suffer because of their stupidity.Got the right frame of mind yet?I have a stupid brother that I plan to rip the bark off during Christmas in Texas.I suffer no liberals and that includes supposed family.
keep a taser and pepper spray nearby in case he gets obnoxious
Again, if you think politics can be checked at the door, I still say you are clueless as to the dire situation the country is in. Nothing is petty, and nothing can be checked at the door in a nation that is falling apart. That is my point. You dont get it. You think its bad, but you dont understand how serious it is.
Thats fine. You will soon enough.
I understand how bad it is. I am not a drama queen about it but I understand. CWII will make CWI look like a walk in the park.
Good point.
Never give animals the oppurtunity.
You could always invite them over to visit while making crystal clear to them (not her) that you are only doing it as a concession to your regard for her. I see lots of talk about family, but I don't think "family" votes to use the state to steal your wealth and liberty.
"However, I've made it clear that I can not tolerate Obama voters in my house."
They can meet her out in the front yard, the barn, or a handy tool shed. Perhaps a car port. Sophistry, but it allows you to keep your word and still act in an accommodating way towards the Bolshevists.
You done good livius,you done good.
Hypothetical: You're a 20-something conservative. You want to visit your 89-year-old grandmother, whom you love even though she's a liberal. Alas, she's spending the holiday at the home of your uncle or stepfather, who's a diehard leftist and who refuses to allow into his house anyone who didn't vote for Obama.
Would this experience cause you, as a young conservative, to see the error of your ways, and realize that there were bad consequences to your conservatism, and have a conversion? Would you ask the family liberals where you can send a donation to help re-elect Al Franken?
Or would you just think that the Obama partisan was being a jerk?
Most of us would go with "jerk." You should figure that, with the shoe on the other foot, the grandkids would answer the same way. You can believe that the country is in mortal danger and yet also believe that excluding these relatives from your house would do no practical good whatsoever.
Now that I think about it, my own grandfather was accused of being a communist and was reported to the HUAC and was investigated by the FBI for years. It was all a lie, though. It was the CIO that reported him.
My grandfather had been elected the first president of the Electrical Workers and Machinists at RCA and the CIO officials were not pleased. They tried to get him moved to management so that he couldn't serve, but my grandfather refused. So, he was run down by a hit and run driver before he could take office, but he didn't die.
RCA responded by closing the plant and moving to Indiana and the people of Camden County responded by electing my grandfather to the NJ State Assembly. He only served one term before the CIO accused him of being a communist. It was a particularly serious charge because my grandfather was the model maker for RCA and had a top security clearance. It just about ruined his life. I bet if he had been a communist, he would have been the only communist that was also an elder of the Methodist Church.
My wife is a Democrat. We manage to get along just fine. I don't tell her how to vote, she doesn't tell me how to vote, we agree to disagree about the things we disagree on and we always remember that at the end of the day our marriage means more to us then our politics.
Everybody is different I guess. Me, I think family is more important then politics. As somebody else on this thread pointed out, in a few years Obama will be ancient history, but your family will always be your family.
With due respect, this is not merely politics. If you think that is the case, you do not understand what is going on at all. If you think Obama will ever be ancient history, you do not know what is going on. I can only assume you have a job or an income stream that is temporarily immune to the destruction.
When an Obama Care bureaucrat pulls the plug on you, I wonder what you will think "politics" is about then?
I didn't say everything was fine and dandy, and I'm painfully aware of the consequences of elections.
People can be civil for one day. I will be civil when I go to my MIL's house for Thanksgiving with my idiot liberal brother-in-law. If I refuse to go, the state of the country will not change one iota and my MIL will be the one hurt. I choose not to do that to her.
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Debates of Nov. 1st, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #41 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was firearms.
- Question Period
- Commissioner of Lobbying
- Government Response to Petitions
- National Renewable Energy Strategy Act
- Income Tax Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Ending the Long-gun Registry Act
- Insurance Industry
- Benoit Simard
- Firearms Registry
- Food Banks
- Association of Consulting Engineering Companies
- Winnipeg Chinese Community
- Veterans
- Price of Peace
- Algerian War
- Aboriginal Veterans
- Prostate Cancer
- Firearms Registry
- Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame
- India
- Asbestos
- White-Collar Crime
- Firearms Registry
- The Economy
- National Defence
- Poverty
- Persons with Disabilities
- Seniors
- Poverty
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Justice
- Omar Khadr
- National Defence
- Science and Technology
- G8 Summit
- Firearms Registry
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Auditor General
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Rail Transportation
- Veterans
- Foreign Affairs
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- Justice
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Ending the Long-gun Registry Act
- Points of Order
- Ending the Long-gun Registry Act
- Business of Supply
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Winnipeg Chinese Community
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Rod Bruinooge Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Speaker, today the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre is celebrating an exciting event. The community centre will be unveiling significant renovations to its kitchen and boardroom facilities, as well as officially launching a commemorative book entitled Celebrating 100 Years—A Remarkable Achievement.
This book was commissioned by the community centre in 2009 to commemorate Winnipeg's Chinatown's centennial year. After much hard work by the dedicated late editor, Philip Chang, and a group of community authors, it is finally off to the press.
Renovations to the centre will ensure that it remains a vibrant cornerstone of the Chinese community. By investing in projects like this, our government is following through on the commitment to fully implement our infrastructure stimulus package. These investments are creating jobs now, when they are needed most, and are positioning Canada for long-term growth and prosperity.
I ask the House to join me in applauding the community centre on its achievements and hard work in support of Winnipeg's vibrant Chinese community.
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Blake Richards Wild Rose, AB
Mr. Speaker, on this first day of the eleventh month, as we prepare our hearts for the eleventh hour of its eleventh day, I would like to share a story of remembrance.
Ray Hoffman is 87 years old and lives in Cochrane in my riding of Wild Rose. He was still a teen when he went overseas to defend Canadian freedoms in World War II. Mr. Hoffman was an infantry machine gunner with the Calgary Highlanders. Once, while running supplies to the forward positions, his driver was killed in a German ambush that he survived by shooting his way out. He was in the Highlanders' final battle of the Second World War in Oldenburg on VE Day in 1945.
Last month, Mr. Hoffman returned for the first time to tour the battlefields where he so valiantly fought. He revisited the places that he remembers, where his friends and comrades died.
This month and at all times, our debt to veterans like Ray Hoffman demands that Canadians remember the great sacrifices made for our freedoms.
Price of Peace
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Peter Goldring Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, we pause today to reflect on the price of peace. Since Confederation, two million Canadians have served in uniform, 115,000 have paid with their lives, and hundreds of thousands have suffered lifelong grievous injuries to self and soul.
In Ortona's Piazza del Plebiscito is a poignant memorial of two soldiers, one lying dead and one bent over in grief, created by Ottawa artist Robert Surette.
Entitled "The Price of Peace", it speaks of the supreme toll in the "Stalingrad of Italy", the battle for Ortona, and for all who have faced their soul in the finality of the theatre of war.
Flowers are laid daily by citizens who know too well the price paid by Canada for their peace. Fourteen hundred sons of Canada rest in nearby Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, never to return home.
The price of peace is paid in war. We ought never to forget those that serve, those who truly pay the price of peace.
Algerian War
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Tarik Brahmi Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is with great emotion that I rise today to commemorate the date of November 1, 1954. Today, in many countries, including Canada, Algerians are remembering and paying tribute to fallen heroes. November 1 is not a celebration so much as the commemoration of a day that marked the beginning of the last Algerian war, which was a heartbreaking conflict that would last eight years.
A few minutes ago, at the Algerian embassy, two colleagues and I took a moment and paused to remember. Canadians of Algerian origin are proud to be Canadian, proud to be part of the cultural mosaic we live in and proud of their contribution to Canada. They are also grateful to those who welcomed them. In the election on May 2, 2011, Canadians chose three Algerian-Canadians to represent them in this House.
I invite all members to join me in recognizing this important date in Algeria's history.
Aboriginal Veterans
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2:10 p.m.
Shelly Glover Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, aboriginal Canadians have demonstrated time and again their great service and sacrifice for our country through their participation in Canada's military, particularly during times of conflict.
As Veterans' Week approaches, we are reminded of the many aboriginal Canadians, including my grandmother, who joined in the fight to protect the values and freedoms we enjoy today. First nations, Inuit, Métis and non-status aboriginal people served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.
That proud tradition of service continues today. Their courage, sacrifices and accomplishments are a source of pride for their families, their communities and all Canadians.
This Veterans' Week, we honour their legacy. This Veterans' Week, we remember.
Prostate Cancer
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2:10 p.m.
Glenn Thibeault Sudbury, ON
Mr. Speaker, today is the first day of November.
It is the day that many of our significant others dread as thousands of men across Canada grow a mo. Movember is a campaign in which men grow moustaches throughout November to raise awareness about prostate cancer and to raise funds for research.
This year the New De-mo-crats are looking forward to doing their part in changing the face of men's health, so every time we see a man with a mo, we should think about a man in our lives and encourage him to get his prostate checked.
Last year New De-mo-crats raised close to $16,000 for movember and this year we will surpass that number.
I encourage every MP to give, and I suggest $228.11, which represents the 22nd day of the 8th month of 2011, the day we lost one of the most iconic mo's in this House. It is a way for us to pay tribute to Jack Layton, who fought this disease.
With Jack's spirit among us, let us change the face of men's health so we no longer lose the faces of men we know and love.
Firearms Registry
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Rob Merrifield Yellowhead, AB
Mr. Speaker, it is hard to address all the glaring factual inaccuracies that the NDP has been spewing recently in the Toronto Star, but let me try.
The NDP has claimed that we are delisting and declassifying firearms. This is completely false. Bill C-19 does not address the process in which firearms are classified as non-restricted.
The process in which firearms are determined to be non-registered was laid out by the previous Liberal government of 1995. Our government has made no changes to that process since coming into office.
Let me be clear: the ending of the long gun registry act does exactly what that title suggests. We are putting an end to the wasteful, ineffective system that has not prevented one single crime. We promised to end the long gun registry, and rather than flip-flopping like the NDP, we are keeping our promise to Canadians.
I would like to call on the NDP to stop its false and misleading statements, get on board and support Bill C-19 when it comes to a vote right here in just a few short hours.
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Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Wayne Easter Malpeque, PE
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize William Cairns of Freetown, Prince Edward Island, on his recent induction into the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Mr. Cairns has made outstanding contributions to the Island farming community, among them being a member of Junior Farmers of P.E.I., vice-president of the Federation of Agriculture, member of Dunk River Dairy Company, and being the lone surviving attendee who pushed ahead with Amalgamated Dairies Limited.
In 1952 Mr. Cairns became the first Islander to be accepted as a Nuffield Scholar, which fosters agriculture leadership through international study. As a result, he became a Canadian pioneer in adapting innovations for the dairy industry.
Mr. Cairns and his son continue to operate Willscott Farm Ltd., which has been in the family since 1852, and is a seventh-generation farm.
Our sincere congratulations to Mr. Cairns. We thank him for his lifelong dedication to agriculture, to P.E.I., and to Canada.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Parm Gill Brampton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, 27 years ago today, following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, thousands of innocent Sikh men, women and children were mercilessly killed in the streets of Delhi and other parts of India.
During this violence, at great risk to themselves, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and others sheltered and rescued their Sikh neighbours from the mobs.
As Prime Minister Singh stated in his apology on behalf of the nation in 2005, "what took place in 1984 is the negation of the concept of nationhood enshrined in our Constitution...I bow my head in shame that such a thing took place".
Last year during his trip to Canada, Prime Minister Singh also stated that the perpetrators of these crimes need to be brought to justice, and I agree.
Like Canada, India is a highly pluralistic society known for its tolerance and democratic values. These shared values and our strong people-to-people bonds underpin a strong and vibrant relationship between our two countries.
Statements by Members
2:15 p.m.
Pierre Dionne Labelle Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, a growing number of people oppose the fact that this government, which is completely out of touch with reality, continues to support Canada's deadly asbestos industry. Scientists, miners and ordinary Canadians are calling for a formal ban on asbestos. Even more important is the dissension that exists within the governing party. A former Conservative cabinet minister has come out strongly against the government's position. Chuck Strahl said that for thousands of Canadians, working with asbestos in the past has set them on a deadly course without their even knowing it.
We know that Mr. Strahl is not the only Conservative to take this point of view. Any Conservative members who oppose asbestos have an opportunity here today to support the NDP motion to ban the substance. The Prime Minister should not be muzzling his members and forcing them to protect asbestos, thereby damaging Canada's reputation even further.
White-Collar Crime
Statements by Members
2:15 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are concerned about crime, and that is why they gave the government a strong mandate to make our streets and our communities safe. Today, Bill C-21, the standing up for victims of white collar crime act, comes into effect.
The effects of fraud resulting from such crimes as Ponzi schemes, insider trading and accounting fraud are devastating. Bill C-21 will ensure that fraudsters are given sentences in keeping with the severity of their crimes, including a mandatory minimum sentence of two years for fraud over $1 million. The bill adds new aggravating factors that the court may apply to increase sentences, such as the impact on victims and the fraudster's conduct.
We are determined to do everything in our power to ensure that fraudsters face the consequences of their actions and that victims are taken seriously by the judicial system.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
November 1st, 2011 / 2:15 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, we are seeing some absurd situations as a result of the Conservatives' irresponsibility when it comes to the firearms registry. For example, owners will no longer be required to register the semi-automatic Ruger Mini-14. The Ruger Mini-14 is the weapon that was used in Norway this past summer. It is also the weapon that was used at the École Polytechnique.
If the Prime Minister were a police officer, I would think that before walking into a building, he would want to know whether there was a Ruger Mini-14 inside.
Why destroy all the data? Why endanger our police officers?
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the firearms classification system has been around for a long time. We are following the process that was set out a long time ago. There are no changes to that in our bill.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Nycole Turmel Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, we know where the Conservatives stand. They would rather destroy the data and put the police and the public at risk, but we do not understand why.
Say that in a house there is an armour-piercing gun, a Steyr HS .50, an L115A3 long-range rifle and a TAR-21 assault rifle, but the police do not know because the Prime Minister decided to destroy that data.
Abdicating his responsibilities is one thing, but why refuse to give the provinces the existing data?
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this government committed to eliminating the ineffective long gun registry and we do not intend to help other levels of government create registries.


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Save the train
To the editor:
There are more than 1,700 signatures from people all over the state on the petition listed below wanting to KEEP the train. We also have letters and emails to add to this list. If you would like to save the train, please go to the link and voice your opinion. The Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Transportation need to hear from all of us.
The newspaper stated that the DOT had 425 emails, plus a stack of letters, as of this past Monday. When they include the comments on this petition, the DOT will not just have 425 comments and signatures to look at, but more than 2,000 comments, and from what I can tell, most will be in support of keeping the train.
Do we really want to not hear that train whistle? Do we really want to take away one of the only activities disabled people have in our town that allows them to see the Adirondack Park without having to be in a van? I am not willing to tell my ARC friends that I did not fight for them to keep the train that they love so much. Are you willing to take that from them? I won't even bring up all the kids that love going on a "choo choo ride."
How many people with oxygen tanks can bike/sled through the woods? How many ARC people bike or own a snowmobile? Are we being fair to them? Has Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates thought about how they are going to get the Adirondack Park Agency to allow bathrooms on the trail? If they are going to make that trail handicapped accessible, they would have to include bathrooms for disabled people. ARTA can't act as if it is going to make the trail handicapped accessible and not include bathrooms. The train can add bathrooms at any time if more are needed at a fraction of the cost. Has ARTA even looked at how expensive paving and APA permits cost? You can't say your idea costs less when in reality it is more than what train people need. I also would like to know how the trail people plan on putting restaurants on that path. It is a good idea, but I have a feeling the APA may not agree.
Has ARTA thought about the possible fires that are going to be started on that 90-mile bike path? I know I always start a fire when I find a nice camping spot. How do you get the firemen to the fire without the train?
Has ARTA thought about how they are going to police that 90-mile bike trail? The FIRST woman/kid to be molested on that trail is going to bankrupt us. I know I would feel much safer on a 90-mile bike trail with a train going through four to five times a day vs. nothing for the entire day. Just go online and look up a man named Altemio Sanchez, the bike path rapist. He is living right down the road from us in one of our prisons now, but at one time he really enjoyed being on secluded bike paths with just bikes. A train can be used to drop the police off if there is a complaint. (www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/article/bike-path-rapist-and-murderer-altemio-sanchez/index.html)
This is the link to the petition: petitions.moveon.org/sign/adirondack-railroad-lake.fb20?source=c.fb&r_by=5234116.
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#2 Work an Aid Station
It's sometimes not enough to run a mile in someone else's shoes (and, besides, who knows what sort of foot fungus thrives there). Often the best way to discover a fresh perspective on trail running is to not run. Instead, swap the steely-eyed focus of Race Day for the furrowed brow and warm heart of an aid-station volunteer.
"I think it's an essential element of the sport to spend some time volunteering," says 39-year-old Brian Wyatt of Berkeley, California. "I feel a debt of gratitude to the volunteers giving up a day to help me pursue my passion, so [working an aid station] helps balance out the self-indulgent aspect of the running lifestyle."
Matt Hart, a 34-year-old ultramarathoner from Seattle, agrees and practices what he preaches. In early 2009 Hart volunteered for the Orcas Island and Chuckanut 50Ks. "When I can't race or a race doesn't fit into my training schedule, I still really enjoy being a part of it," he says. "It keeps my fire for the sport burning."
The best part? Volunteering is as easy as slicing bananas and clapping your hands. What's more, it's easy to find work; it will be a cold day in hell before any race organizer turns down volunteers. Simply look up a race (see Trail Runner's Race Calendar), and send an email.
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Calls: Phonology/Morocco
Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <di
LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3!
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Full Title: 8th Old World Conference in Phonology
Short Title: OCP 8
Date: 20-Jan-2011 - 22-Jan-2011
Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Contact Person: Nabila Louriz
Meeting Email: OCP8
Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2010
Meeting Description:
The University of Hassan II, Ain Chock, Casablanca is proud to announce
that it will host the eighth Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP8). It will
take place in Marrakech, and it will follow the line of previous OCP
conferences which have been held in Leiden, Tromsø, Budapest, Rhodes,
Toulouse, Edinburgh and Nice.
There is no specific theme for the main conference, abstracts can be
submitted on anything. However, there is a half-day thematic pre-
conference workshop on 'The Contribution of Arabic and Amazigh in
Phonological Theory'
Call for Papers
Keynote speakers:
- Karim Bensoukas (Mohammed V University, Morocco)
- Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University, USA)
- Janet Watson (Salford University, UK)
Main conference: we invite submission of abstracts
-either for 20 min oral presentation, followed by 10 min of discussion
-or for poster presentation
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Abstracts are submitted through the EasyAbstracts system of Linguist List.
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just have to send us the latest version.
Instructions for abstract submission
-upload your file to the submission page:
-abstracts are no longer than two pages, with an eventual third page
containing examples and references
-submissions are restricted to one single-authored and one co-authored
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-deadline for submission: September 20th, 2010
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October 2010, and we will contact those who have sent abstracts as soon
as the decisions have been made.
Important dates:
Submission deadline: 20th September, 2010
Notification of acceptance: 15th October, 2010
Early registration: before 15 December, 2010
Workshop/conference: 19/20-22 January 2011
Advisory board:
Albright, Adam (MIT)
Bendjaballah, Sabrina (CNRS, Paris 7)
Bermúdez-Otero, Ricardo (University of Manchester)
Blaho, Sylvia (RIL HAS Budapest)
Botma, Bert (Leiden)
Brandao de Carvalho, Joaquim (Paris 8)
Cyran, Gienek (Lublin)
Ewen, Colin (Leiden)
Hall, Tracy (Indiana)
Hannahs, S.J. (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Harris, John (UCL)
Honeybone, Patrick (University of Edinburgh)
Kula, Nancy (Essex)
Lahiri, Aditi (Oxford)
Laks, Bernard (Paris 10)
Nevins, Andrew (Harvard)
Nguyen, Noël (Aix en Provence)
Oostendorp, Marc van (Meertens Instituut)
Piggott, Glyne (McGill)
Pöchtrager, Markus (Istambul)
Rice, Curt (Tromso)
Silverman, Daniel (San José State)
Szigetvári, Péter (ELTE Budapest)
Trommer, Jochen (Leipzig)
Uffmann, Christian (Sussex)
Vihman, Marilyn M. (York)
Wauquier, Sophie (Paris 8)
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Nabila Louriz (Hassan II University, Ain Chock, Casablanca)
Karim Bensoukas (Mohammed V University, Rabat)
Abdelaziz Boudlal (Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida)
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Chloe Munroe achieves her college soccer dreams, committing to play at Whitworth University
Lee Riley, CEO Idaho Rush, "Chloe achievement doesn't surprise me at all she seldom missed a practice or a game and was always the first one there and one of the last one to leave. Status quo is never good enough in anything she did and she was constantly striving for more knowledge and training. Chloe never let her unquestionable talent get the best of her as she is a very modest young lady. Her determination to succeed has paid off, congratulations Chloe".
Olly Frick, Head Coach "This has been a goal of Chloe since meeting her day one on the training field. Chloe has a huge competiveness drive not only on the field but in the classroom. She is a great role model to our female athletes and is a proven success of playing at the Rush.
Carlos Correa, College Advisory Director, "Very pleased to see Chloe take the next step towards her development. This is an achievement few young ladies experience and we will look forward to watching her continue to grow at the collegiate level. Chloe's achievements will set an example for the younger female athletes as they progress through the club. "
On behalf of the Rush coaching staff and club we want to Congratulations Chloe on this achievement.
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A quick look at the Bucks' verbal commits thus far:
Chris Wells, RB (Akron Garfield)
- MVP of the HS All-American game in San Antonio a few weeks back. Wells is a big, bruising back that will enroll early and should see significant playing time along with returing starter Antonio Pittman.
Conner Smith, OL (Cincy Colerain)
- Big-time prospect who dissapointed with a poor performance in San Antonio.
Ross Homan, LB (Coldwater)
- An athletic linebacker who has great speed and quickness. Outside shot at some playing time with the loss of three starters.
Robert Rose, DE (Cleveland Glenville)
- Opened some eyes at the All-American game with a terrific performance. Big commit from Ginn's program that can be called Columbus North. Only played two years on high school football, so he is raw, but obviously he has a very high ceiling. Could turn out to be an excellent player at the next level.
Jake Ballard, TE-OL-DE (Springboro)
- Very athletic and versatile. Could play any number of positions. If he bulks up, he could develop into an excellent OL or DE, because of his athleticism. Played on OJ Mayo's AAU b-ball team.
Antonio Henton, QB (Georgia)
- Already drawing comparisons to Troy Smith because he can run and throw. Relatively under-the-radar coming into his senior season. I will be interested in seeing his arm strength in the Spring Game.
Josh Chichester, WR (West Chester)
- Very tall (6'8''!) receiver who should become a threat in the red-zone. Interesting prospect.
Kurt Coleman, CB-S (Northmont)
- Very smart player. Tough guy who isn't afraid of contact.
Tyler Moeller, LB (Cincy Colerain)
- Has good quickness and plays hard. Not sure he has the frame to play LB and might be better suited as a S at the next level.
Grant Schwartz, S (California)
- Not very highly regarded OOS player who some were surprised Tressel offered. Don't have enough info on him yet.
Dexter Larrimore, DL-OL (Indiana)
- Underrated OOS prospect who IMO will be a pleasant surprise for Buckeye fans. Extremely strong. Looks like a DT to me. High-school wrestler, just like former DT Tim Anderson. Chose OSU over Notre Dame.
Mark Johnson LB (California)
- Big-time get for the Bucks out of LA. Has good speed and quickness. Had offers from the California schools as well as Florida and Miami.
Chimdi Chekwa, CB (Florida)
- Lightly-regarded prospect out of the sunshine state. Another surprise by Tressel.
Walter Dublin, DE (Florida)
- Solid, if unspectacular OOS prospect who chose the Buckeyes over Iowa. Good speed for a big guy and is a pass-rush specialist.
Andy Miller, OL (Pennsylvania)
- Played TE in high school but will bulk up and play OL for the Bucks. Has great height (6'7'') and could project as a tackle.
Bryant Browning OL (Cleveland Glenville)
- Great student. He is a big kid who could be a great guard at the next level. Another Tarblooder heads to Columbus.
Aaron Gant S (Michigan)
- DB from Michigan chose the Buckeyes over UM and MSU. Has great size and plays physical.
Aram Olson FB (South Carolina)
- Chose the Buckeyes over Auburn, whose fans were quite disappointed. Big, strong, and powerful. Should be opening holes for Wells for years.


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What does everybody think? Here's my best guess.
Trade Exception (around 14 mill I think): Gerald Wallace type contract and maybe a middle first rounder, possibly substitute a worse player/contract and a little better first rounder
Jamison(13 mill this year, 15 mill next year): Expiring contract and a low first rounder
Mo(9.3 mill this year, 17 mill the next two years): Expiring contract if we're lucky, might need to take on someone who expires next year
Parker(2.8 mill this year): Chick-Fil-A combo meal


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Vanguard Fires MSCI; Should You Fire Vanguard?
Background: On Oct. 2, Vanguard announced a huge change. Over a period of six months, 22 Vanguard index funds will change the benchmarks used to measure their performance. Six international stock funds will transition from familiar MSCI indexes to established, yet less popular FTSE benchmarks.Additionally, 16 U.S. stock funds will move to newly developed benchmarks from the University of Chicago's Center for Research in Security Prices, or CRSP. These changes will apply to all the funds' share classes, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Vanguard announcement linked above has a list of affected funds.
The changes will take place gradually during the first six months of 2013, although Vanguard does not intend to reveal the schedules for individual funds. An added twist for the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) is it will be tracking a specially developed transition index during that time. Additional information on this process is available in the FTSE Transition overview (pdf).
Vanguard's ETFs are structured as an additional share class to their mutual funds. The affected funds are typically available in three share classes: Investor, Admiral and ETF. Therefore, up to 66 fund tickers may be affected by these changes.According to Vanguard, assets in these funds total about $537 billion. This is not a trivial change.
What does this mean to you?
The primary implication for investors is to understand that when you choose an ETF, you are also choosing an ETF sponsor/manager and choosing an index. This has always been true to some extent. However, with multiple ETF providers basing their offerings on the same indexes, the choice was previously just a matter of choosing the ETF provider.
When building portfolios based on multiple index providers, investors need to be cognizant of overlap and underlap. The most talked about example of this appears in the international indexes and the classification of South Korea. In the MSCI methodology, South Korea is an "emerging market" while in the FTSE methodology it has "developed market" status.
You can argue about which one is correct or better, but that misses the point. When Vanguard and BlackRock's (BLK) iShares were both following MSCI benchmarks, you could easily choose one vendor for your emerging markets exposure and the other for developed markets exposure. Since they had the same benchmark, you did not have to worry about overlap or underlap.


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"Vote Farmer-Labor All the Way," 1937.
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Was it a Dream, lithograph on paper by Adolf Dehn, 1945.
Wife and Son, oil-on-canvas painting by Elof Wedin, 1935.
Wilderness, Elsa Jemne's mural for the Ely Post Office, 1940.
Detail view of Wilderness, Elsa Jemne's mural for the Ely Post Office, 1940.
"Woman in a Rocking Chair," c.1885. Watercolor on paper by Robert Koehler.
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Charlotte Frearson
UCL Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
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Archaeology of the Near East from 2000 to 300 BC
In this course we shall study major developments in the archaeology of the Middle East in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and the Iron Age, focussing particularly on the areas covered today by Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Turkey, and to a lesser extent Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia and Iran. Through study of a range of political entities including the Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Elamites, Canaan and the Achaemenids we shall consider broad themes such as imperialism, trade, sedentism and nomadism, urban and rural dynamics, cult and religion, economy and social structure. Students will gain an intellectual appreciation of important past cultures as well as an understanding of how contemporary archaeology in the Middle East is situated within a shifting social and political setting.
Teaching will be through lectures and a visit to the British Museum.
A broad spread of assessment methods will be used. This course is normally a prerequisite for the third year course ARCL3051 Archaeology of Mesopotamia.
Course information
- Code: ARCL2034
- Course unit value: 0.5
- Coordinator: Mark Altaweel
- Prerequisite: Normally ARCL1009
- Handbook: open»
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For those of you on Twitter, you can experience public diplomacy in real-time as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Colleen Graffy, travels to Bucharest and twitters along the way. It is "International Education Week" in Romania, and she will be meeting with students, Fulbright scholars, conducting media interviews, visiting the University of Bucharest, and speaking at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, among other things. Follow the details of Colleen Graffy's trip here, and don't forget, DipNote is also on Twitter.
Andy in California writes:
@ Colleen Graffy -- I am so darned proud of you. Have a safe trip.
I hope your family was untouched by the Montecito fires. Scary stuff.
Adrian in Romania writes:
@ Colleen Graffy: I hope you enjoy your stay here in Romania and i think i can say this in the name of all colleagues that we are really looking forward to the meeting that will take place tomorrow morning.
Pauletta in California writes:
Hi Colleen -- Thanks for sending. International Education Week sounds fantastic. The best of public diplomacy at work. I'll pass a long to our SPP students here at Pepperdine. Cheers!
Mark in Tennessee writes:
Hi Ms. Graffy -- As a J.D. I am keenly interested in the foreign relations of the US. Will you be meeting with any of the original signers of the Warsaw Pact? I don't know if any Romanian individuals signed the document. If you do meet any, what would you like to ask them in regard to NATO? Please respond to my EM as well. Thank you.
DipNote Blogger Colleen Graffy writes:
Hi, Mark -- No plans to meet with any of the original signers of the Warsaw Pact -- not sure who the Romanian signatory was and if they are still alive -- but Monica Dragan here at our Information Resource Center (there is one at every embassy) is going to try and find out.
DipNote Blogger Colleen Graffy writes:
How about that -- the Director General of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (whom I met with earlier today -- see my tweet) knew the answer to Mark from Tennessee's question. Gheorghe Gheorghiv Dej was the Romanian signer of Warsaw Pact, and he is no longer alive.


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Senate Democratic Leader Tim Lanane has put forward a bill that would make gender identity and sexual orientation protected classes in Indiana; A local task force will host discussions tomorrow about human trafficking, protective orders and the influence of technology on domestic violence; The past two weeks have yielded over $48 million in donations to Indiana University; Last night the …Read More »
Daily Local News – October 7, 2015
A vigil is set to begin at 7 p.m. tonight in Dunn Meadow to honor two Indiana University students who died recently; Union membership in Indiana is on the rise despite the passing of right to work legislation in 2012; The McDoel Gardens Neighborhood Association has scheduled its annual Fall Harvest Neighborhood Party, for Saturday, October 17th; A new exhibit …Read More »
Daily Local News – October 6, 2015
The Carmel City Council voted last night to add protections for gender identity and sexual orientation to the city's non-discrimination ordinance; Actor Jessie Eisenberg has pledged to match up to $100,000 in donations to support Bloomington's Middle Way House; Hoosier Energy is set to begin construction next fall on a $12 million dollar facility that will produce electric power from …Read More »
Martha's House: The Story behind Bloomington's Longest Running Homeless Shelter
This past June, Martha's House Incorporated officially dissolved. The organization had run the Martha's House emergency shelter since 2003. Located on South Rogers in Bloomington, the facility offered forty beds, on a temporary basis, to residents of Monroe, Lawrence and Owen Counties experiencing homelessness. It also provided food, clothing, and personal hygiene products to residents, as well as coaching for …Read More »
Daily Local News – October 5, 2015
The body of 20-year-old Indiana University student Joseph Smedley was found in Griffy Lake on Friday evening; Secretary of State John Kerry will be speaking at Indiana University on October 15th; The Town of Ellettsville is moving ahead with its 2016 budget, a new town hall, and the Heritage Trail project; The Bloomington Animal Shelter is hosting Adopt-A-Dog Month throughout …Read More »
Daily Local News – October 1, 2015
A man and woman were found dead last night in what investigators believe was a murder/suicide on the east side of Bloomington; The dedication of the Women in Government Plaza at the Monroe County Courthouse is scheduled to take place this Sunday, October 4th at 1pm; The Bloomington City Council recommended approving a 72.4 million dollar city budget last night; …Read More »
Daily Local News – September 30, 2015
The Monroe County Community school board approved a collective agreement with its teachers yesterday; Fish and Wildlife officials are urging residents to obey fishing laws in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of Monroe Lake; Duke energy has reached a new settlement with its consumers that is expected to lower consumer costs; The City of Bloomington has set this year's …Read More »
Daily Local News – September 28, 2015
A census report from the Indiana Institute for Working Families has found that more than one-third of Hoosiers live below self-sufficiency levels; Parents of students in local schools are expressing opposition to the gradual shortening of summer break; The state's utility regulators are inviting residents in Ellettsville to comment on a proposed water rate increase. FEATURE Earlier this month, the …Read More »


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*Western front. Theater of World War I in which German forces faced the Western Allies along an extensive series of battlefields that ran from the Belgian coast south into northern France. (The eastern front was the line along which Germany confronted Russia.) Much of the western front was made up of intricate systems of trenches from which troops sallied forth across treacherous "no-man's-lands" in mostly futile attacks on enemy positions. Through most of the war, the battlefronts moved very little, and many troops stationed in the trenches endured continuous bombardment and suffered from appalling health conditions as formerly peaceful farmlands and pleasant countryside were converted into bloody battlefields.
It was along the western front that the French and British armies and those of their allies aligned themselves against the armies of Germany and its allies, using such modern weapons and implements as poison gas, tanks, powerful explosives, flame throwers, hand grenades, machine guns, long-range artillery, aircraft, and barbed wire. Thanks to modern technology, the scale of death and injury was catastrophic. Individual soldiers were considered expendable in outmoded military strategies governed by policies of attrition dictating the winners would be the last side to have soldiers still standing. This was especially true on the western front, where battles continued for months while corpses and casualties mounted.
The novel neither locates its protagonist, Paul Baumer, in any specific battlefield nor focuses on the larger strategies or battles of the war. Instead, it reveals the war only as it is experienced through the limited and subjective perspective of Paul, who knows little about the larger purposes of the war. Paul represents all the nameless soldiers who fought on the western front. To him, the battles seem both meaningless and frightening; ordinary days with his comrades are interrupted by unreal but frenetic periods of battle. Ironically, it is during one uneventful day on the front that the young, poetic Paul is unexpectedly shot by desultory enemy fire shortly before the Armistice is declared and the fighting stops. The impersonality and randomness of his death brings home the entire character of war on the western front as depicted in this novel—the inconsequential value of the millions of individual soldiers who died.
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Home front. While most of the narrative takes place on the battlefront lines, one section of the novel takes Paul back to his hometown in Germany, allowing readers to contrast that world with his experiences on the front lines. During his leave, Paul returns home to a typical German small town of the time that is accustomed to the comforts and securities of peaceful middle-class life. The unnamed town represents all small German towns of the time.
Remarque uses Paul's visit to his home to indicate the vast gulf between his perspective of the war and that of those who remain on the home front. The people at home, while suffering some deprivations, have no idea of the dimensions and depth of the suffering on the battlefields of the western front. Paul's trip back home consolidates his feelings of a generational shift in which he and his peers represent a dramatic break with the past.


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Rory Bosio changes her shoes and refuels in the rain with help from the author at UTMB's first checkpoint. Photo by Chris Hunter.
Post UTMB I had scored several recoup days in Switzerland. And, thankfully, the weather improved—clear skies and an easy breeze gave way to a warming morning as we ran along the Jungfrau course.
"European races are so exciting because of the spectators," Stevie said. While I'd expected the huge crowd at UTMB, I was surprised to see the same energy at Jungfrau. In the U.S., support like this only happens at the biggest road marathons.
Each aid station was a well-oiled machine that seamlessly dispensed water, electrolyte drinks, broth and energy gels. Mountain running in Europe is part the culture. "There is a genuine love of endurance, an infatuation with the mountains that you just don't see in the U.S.," said Gina.
After about 20 kilometers, we reached Lauterbrunnen, a small town nestled beneath towering cliffs where BASE jumpers flock by the hundreds. While known as "The Valley" to BASE jumpers it is also macabrely referred to as "Death Valley," because of the extreme danger of most of the area's jumps.
"It has been a privilege to run with you ladies," Brandy said, knowing that we'd all soon separate on the uphill. We wished each other good luck.
I leaned from my ankles and tried to avoid hunching over at the start of the 6000-foot climb. The wide gravel trail switched back and forth, relentless and steep. Melody ran ahead. I could see Brandy a few switchbacks below, Gina a few more. I thought of Mont Blanc, of the mountain's unpredictability, challenge, and said to myself, "My feet are dancing. I am dancing with the mountain." And with that thought, my mind again wandered back to Chamonix.
It was too dark and cloudy to make out the silhouette of Mont Blanc, too cloudy and rainy to see the stars. Chris and I were warming up inside a crêpe and espresso house, hollow-eyed, watching runners pass through UTMB's 35-mile checkpoint. Conversation came in waves, but, mostly, we just stared at the tar-like dregs in our cups.
Next to us, a boisterous group of French patrons were enjoying what seemed like a typical late-night Saturday. They drained a bottle of red wine, picked at several plates of sugary crêpe creations and cut off each other's sentences, laughing and hugging. I imagined that they would probably leave here and go home to listen to music, maybe drink some more wine and chat before falling asleep in warm beds. I stared at them, envious.
I turned back to my empty espresso cup and nodded to Chris. We headed for the door and back into the cold night to meet Rory. We waited outside the checkpoint tent for an hour. I was getting worried. I had already counted seven or eight women when she finally came trotting up a set of stone stairs. Everyone ahead of her maintained a quiet, methodical focus, but Rory was still all smiles, waving her arms when she saw us. I let out a cheer and quickly traded shot blocks for old wrappers, handed her a bag of potatoes and opened her a cold double-espresso drink.
"This is awesome!" were her only words before she took off down the road.
At the last checkpoint, I mumbled to myself to stay awake and slowly chewed a frozen candy bar. Mud-covered runners passed through in a shuffle-like stiff-legged run with determined but tired expressions that meant the finish line was near and getting there was the only thought left.
Then Rory rounded the corner, now in fourth place, looking strong. "My pack is too heavy," she said as she stuffed some aid-station food into her mouth and took a big gulp of broth. "Take out the potatoes, that coat, everything unnecessary."
Five miles later, Rory crossed the line in the grey morning light, still fourth woman. We hugged and cheered and stood around for photos before trudging back to our hotels to attempt some afternoon sleep before post-race celebrations.
Lying in my room with the window shades down, though, I struggled to fall asleep with the lyrics of a Broadcast song playing in my head:
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Topic: Brain freeze ... testing updated/created_at parameters...
Is there a best practice for testing how the magic created_at/updated_at timestamped files are updated?
I have a standard has_many :through, with the join model having the created_at as an extra parameter. This join model related "couples" to "events" through "event_registrations". The normal interaction is that from a couple-based form a list of event_ids is returned (checkboxes). I'll compare the list of event_ids to the saved list to derive the events-to-add registrations for and the events-to-delete registrations for. (This part is easy...) And while my initial implementation is correct, the tests don't properly constrain it -- I need to add the test that if an event was already registered it doesn't change the created_on. (Ie, the implementation shall not do a "drop all current registration for the couple and then add the selected list").
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This Tuesday marks what I hope will be the beginning of a dramatic new direction for our country. The relevance of President-elect Obama's inauguration falling one day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is not lost on any of us. The swearing in of the first African American president will be one of the great moments in America's history and a massive leap toward the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, not only because of Obama's race, but because the movement that swept him into office was born of the American people's desire to pursue a more just path as a nation. That in itself is something that Dr. King would have been proud to have witnessed.
I said that I "hope" this will be the beginning of a big change in direction because it's up to all of us to make sure that change actually happens, to make sure the new administration corrects the last president's worst mistakes in a timely fashion. And it's not just the Obama administration that needs to feel constant pressure from us, it's Congress as well. I've seen reports of senators and representatives showing some reluctance to make many of the bold changes we need. And as expected, we're seeing the resurgence of the Far Right as a backlash to new progressive power. The Radical Right is not only in a position to strengthen its grip on power in the Republican Party, it's ready to pounce on any anti-government sentiment that may bubble up in the coming months and years, especially -- and ironically -- as a result of the economic hard times their very policies have left us with. Long story short: People For the American Way is more needed than ever, and we need your support and your vigilance in the months and years to come.
When a group of activists confronted him shortly after his first inauguration seeking a list of specific reforms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said, "I agree with you. I want to do it. Now make me do it." That is what grassroots democracy is all about -- making our leaders do what's right. January 20 is the end of our eight-year national nightmare, but it's just the beginning of a new chapter in which we must all do our part.
In the first two weeks of 2009, People For's been fighting the good fight -- our long-term efforts on two pay equity bills are paying off and the legislation has passed the House and is making its way through the Senate. And we've been answering the Right's attacks against Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder, whose Senate confirmation hearing I attended yesterday. Let me say that it was VERY gratifying to hear Holder clearly state that he believes waterboarding is torture, that renditions to countries where there reason to believe they will torture is wrong and that he is committed to restoring the DOJ's Civil Rights Division to a position of prominence and effectiveness). After this week's release of the Inspector General's report on politicization in the Justice Department, it's even more apparent that confirming Holder will be a great beginning to undoing that damage.
On the legal front, the Supreme Court handed People For the American Way Foundation (and the First Amendment) a victory by upholding the policy of the Fredericksburg, Virginia, City Council requiring that the official prayers recited at the beginning of its meetings be non-sectarian. Accepting one of the most important cases of the term, it also chose to hear an appeal of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Mukasey, in which People For the American Way is defending the constitutionality of an important provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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Board partially restricts hunting in state parks
Some residents voice concerns over safety
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has approved a plan restricting hunting in state parks. It also limited the dates hunting will be allowed.
The board met Tuesday in Madison, where it heard from scores of residents upset about the new law opening up nearly all of Wisconsin's state parks and trails to hunting.
Because of public backlash in recent weeks, the state Department of Natural Resources proposed a compromise for the board to consider. The DNR suggested making about 36 percent of state parkland off-limits for any hunting.
The board accepted that proposal, and went further by limiting the hunting seasons. Whereas the DNR proposed allowing hunting in the remaining parks between mid-October and late May, the board restricted hunting to one month in autumn and another in April.
The law prohibits hunting and setting of traps within 100 yards of trails and other designated areas. Still, some speakers at Tuesday's meeting said they are concerned about gunfire and traps in areas frequented by families and pets.
"A state park is not for hunting," said Denny Dewing, speaking at the Natural Resources Board's hearing.
Other speakers said hunters already have enough access to hunting grounds.
"I'm just requesting that they go back to the legislature and admit that they cannot safely implement the law," said Sheila Williams, a speaker at the Natural Resources Board's hearing.
The law, Act 168, otherwise known as the "Sporting Heritage Bill," gives hunters and trappers permission to use state park land starting next year.17742156
Dan Schuller, director of Wisconsin's state parks, said he believes there's enough room for everyone at the parks.
"By separating out these activities, we're providing a quality experience both for our hunters and trappers, as well as our other users in parks," Schuller said.
Schuller said wildlife control is another advantage to opening up park land to hunters and trappers.
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How 77-year-old ultrarunner Barbara Macklow endures
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Although Barbara Macklow calls herself "an average runner," there's nothing average about seeing the 96-pound great grandmother at the starting line of an ultramarathon. At 77 years old, Macklow, of Bellingham, Washington, is one of only two women in United States history to have finished a trail 100-miler in her 70s. She is the oldest woman to run both the JFK 50-Mile Run in Washington County, Maryland, and the Umstead 100-Mile Endurance Run in Raleigh, North Carolina.
"Running is a part of my life," says Macklow. "You know, you get up, you brush your teeth, you do what you do. Well, I get up and I go for a run." But just as inspiring as her level of fitness at 77 is the fact that she didn't discover running until she was 51 years old.
Standing five feet tall, Macklow has never been one to shrink from a challenge. She wanted a big family and had five children. For a couple years in the 1970s, her family lived aboard a 40-foot boat, while they sailed from their home in Connecticut to the Bahamas. Though two of her children were born with a debilitating muscular disease, Macklow insisted on teaching them to be independent and undeterred by circumstance. "She showed us how to be strong," says her daughter, Karen, of their upbringing.


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July 8, 2006
Area leaders plan to meet regarding growth challenges
Eastern New Mexico leaders will meet with a federal agency next month to discuss growth challenges that may emerge with the new mission at Cannon Air Force Base, according to a joint press release from the cities of Clovis and Portales and the counties of Roosevelt and Curry.
The Local Growth Management Committee — comprised of commissioners from Clovis, Portales, and Roosevelt and Curry counties — will meet with representatives of the Office of Economic Adjustment, a federal agency tasked with helping communities with bases being downsized or expanded, the release said.
The meeting is to be held Aug. 16 at Clovis City Hall.
"We feel we are already ahead in the process of planning for growth as this was something we looked at last year," Clovis Mayor David Lansford said in the release.
The Air Force 16th Special Operations Wing will assume ownership of Cannon in October, according to Air Force officials.
State leaders have estimated the base could grow threefold with the new mission.
Boeing plans training venture Tuesday at CCC
Training for a Boeing venture in Clovis will begin Tuesday at Clovis Community College, according to Boeing spokesperson Chick Ramey.
Boeing will conduct training at the college for personnel who use its unmanned aerial vehicles, called ScanEagles. Test flights for the drones at Melrose Bombing Range, near Cannon Air Force Base, will begin at a later date, Ramey said.
Prior to the start of training, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the venture will be held 10 a.m. Monday at Clovis Community College.
Boeing dignitaries will be on hand to provide more information about the venture, Ramey said.
State Guard to conduct monthly drill today
The New Mexico State Guard will conduct its monthly drill 10 a.m. Saturday at the Clovis National Guard Armory.
The public is welcome to observe.
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Attorneys recommended to fill district judgeship
Two attorneys were recommended to the governor Friday as candidates to fill a fifth judgeship position in the 9th Judicial District Court, according a University of New Mexico Law School press release.
Albert Julian Mitchell Jr. and David P. Reeb Jr. were selected from three candidates following a meeting of the District Judicial Nominating Commission in Clovis.
The position was created by the 2006 State Legislature, the release said.