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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20111218_Ocean_City_pizza_icon_slices_up_its_name.htmlMack and Manco's is now "Manco and Manco's".
There is this place I go to eat pizza sometimes called Mama's Brick Oven Pizza. It is in South Pasadena which might be about 7 miles from me. Anyway they are a NY Style pizza place. When I went a couple of weeks ago they had a pizza that looked like a Mack's boardwalk pizza with the swirl sauce pattern. I never saw it there before. I did not have it because I had the "Manhattan" which is a meat lovers type of pizza. Next time I go there I will ask them about the swirl. Now I am wondering if they read this forum and got the idea from this discussion. Remember this is Southern California, and it's unlikely they know anything about a Boardwalk pizza unless they went there on vacation and tried it. Wonder if this discussion prompted them to make this pizza because I never saw it before. Don't think I even saw it on the menu. Check them out -http://mammasbrickoven.com/
Hi Norma!Wow - your latest attempt sure looks a lot like Manco's pizza! I'd just love to try making it at home. I saw the formulation using the KABF on your blog, but I didn't see mixing times or whether you did a cold rise or room temp? Did you post the instructions somewhere? Are you prefermenting? If I don't use starter, I often end up with "yeasty" taking crust. Thanks a bunch, Marie
Marie,I have been using high-gluten flour to make the attempted Macks clone. I usually use Kyrol flour, but you can see in Peters formula how he used KABF and VWG to make a higher protein mix. One of the formulas that worked out well for me is the formula at Reply 784 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,9068.msg153116.html#msg153116 and Peters formula was also in that reply.The dough formulas I have been using dont use a preferment. They are usually cold fermented for 2 days. I mix in my Kitchen Aid mixer. I now add the oil to the water, then add the rest of the ingredients than mix awhile. You can see Peter used a food processor also, and his pizza turned out well too. I dont think the formula I used gave a yeasty tasting crust, but if someone else that has tried my formula for my attempts and think so, I dont mind if they post that.If you need any other links or have questions, just ask.Norma
thanks, Norma! I'll try this out after the holidays...
I have been using sharp or extra sharp (white) cheddar both in a blend and alone. It works better as a blend, alone it bleeds entirely too much oil.
Thanks Norma, The flavors were there, the top of the crust just needed to be more crispy. I made this pizza a while ago and I never posted the results. I probably only preheated the oven for 20 minutes. The temp was most likely between 530* and 540* I really should have taken better notes so I can improve the pizza. I did not use Ganji Pizza sauce from Bova Foods... but I am going there today. Bova Foods prints Pizza Boxes for Mack and Mancos, and supplies them with most of their products. If I get a chance to talk with one of the owners, I'll ask him what sauce, cheese, flour, and spices they buy. That should help out a little.
An update after my trip to Bova - I got nothing. Haha... One of the owners of Bova said he doesn't want to share what they buy, but he said they have their own special blend. No other information on the sauce or which cheeses they blend. In other news - Mack and Manco's have changed their name to Manco and Manco's Pizza!


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Simple assault – domestic violence – Jade Blue Nelson, 25, 502-22nd Ave. NW, Unit 1, $300 fine, $25 court fee, complete anger management counseling, 10 days, credit for two days, eight days suspended.
Drove or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle under the influence – Jimmy Lee Brown, 52, 1127-11th St. NW, $400 fine, $25 court fee, obtain chemical dependency evaluation, attend victim impact panel; Isaac Demont Smith Jr., 37, 903-6th Ave. NE, $600 fine, $25 court fee, five days, credit for two days, also drove with suspended or revoked license, $350 fine, four days, concurrent with DUI charge.
Reckless driving – Ryan Richard Ekstrom, 42, 1612-7th St. NW, $300 fine, $25 court fee, obtain chemical dependency evaluation, attend victim impact panel, three days suspended for 364 days.
Drove with suspended or revoked license – Jo Ellen Marie Davis, 23, Minot AFB, $250 fine, $25 court fee; Robert Clarance Pruim, 24, 2201-2nd Ave. SW, Unit 1, $100 fine.
Disobeyed movement control order – Roger Lee Tallie, 31, 715-11th St. NE, $250 fine, $25 court fee, two days, credit for two days.
Liability insurance required – Taylor Nicole Alford, 20, 3-36th St. NW, $150 fine, $25 court fee; James Dylan Edwards, 27, 1622-12th St. NW, $150 fine, $25 court fee.
Unlawful possession of alcohol – Frank James Rubbelke, 20, 812-3rd St. SW, $175 fine, $25 court fee.


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William H. Rowe
NEGAUNEE, Mich. – William H. Rowe, age 80 of 105 E. Buffalo Road, Negaunee, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at his home while under the loving care of his family and Lake Superior Hospice.
William was born July 22, 1932 in Ironwood, MI to the late Sidney and Anne (Stengard) Rowe. He worked for Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company as an electrical engineer until the early 1980s and later he owned and operated Touch of Finland in Marquette. Bill enjoyed woodworking, fishing and hunting, and was an avid Green Bay Packer fan.
Bill is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mal (Hovila) Rowe, 4 children: Robert (Carol) Rowe of Negaunee, JoEllen (Don) LaChapell of Ishpeming, Rodney (Lisa) Rowe of DePere, WI, and Janene (Don) Johnson of Negaunee, 16 grandchildren: Shelly (Eric) Granger, Michael (Katie) Rowe, Bryan LaChapell, Jennifer LaChapell, Nicole (Nick) Hittle, Andrew LaChapell, Jesse LaChapell, Tyler LaChapell, Jordan LaChapell, Nathan Rowe, Brett Rowe, Linae Rowe, Rachael (Robert) Mager, Donald (Genna) Johnson, Jessa Johnson, and Micah Johnson, 10 great-grandchildren and a host of brothers and sisters in faith.
Bill's family will greet relatives and friends at the Independent Apostolic Lutheran Congregation, Co. Rd. 492 Negaunee on Friday July 12, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday at the church with Chas Prusi officiating.
Interment will take place in the Negaunee Cemetery
Bill's obituary may be viewed at bjorkand zhulkie.com where relatives and friends may leave a note of remembrance.


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A cartoon kind of kid
Two weeks ago I wrote about my introduction to The World's Great Literature – the men's magazines of the '50s and '60s.
They're long-gone and I mourn their demise doubly, for not only have they ceased publication, but because they were printed on cheap newsprint, few copies remain. And the ones that do are prohibitively expensive. I suppose it's just one more of life's bitter ironies: You can't find a copy of Argosy to save your hide, and if you do, it'll cost four arms and three legs but James Joyce's stuff is as omnipresent as air, and about as cheap.
However, there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon for us men's magazine mavens – anthologies.
True magazine published a few anthologies and they can be had for pennies. As soon as I found this out (thanks to internet bookstores) I sprang into action and ordered A Treasury of True, a hardback copy no less, for a paltry $2.05.
When it arrived I was blasted by deja vu: The Saranac Lake Free Library had once had a copy of this anthology. And since the library was my adolescent sanctuary, it was inevitable I'd find it and read it cover to cover, repeatedly.. So when I first thumbed through this copy, I immediately recalled all the articles – "The Kill of the Battleship Tirpitz," "How Houdini Did It," Prussian Lion of Africa," and on and on.
But there was something about True I'd forgotten, something that affected me as much as the writing, namely its cartoons.
Of course I, like all my generation, had been weaned on cartoons and by cartoons, I'm referring to those in print, not the ones in the movies.
The early years
The first cartoon figure I recall, from when I was six or so, was the caveman Alley Oop. I think he was in the Sunday paper because I remember the strip being in color. Beyond that, I remember nothing of his antics; I only know he intrigued me -?so much so, I carried his picture in my wallet. This is noteworthy only because I had nothing else in my wallet.
After Alley Oop, my career as a cartoon reader really took off. By the time I was 8, cartoons were my main source of escape, probably my main source of entertainment, and perhaps my main source of education. There were the comics in the papers, but beyond them were the bubble gum funnies and comic books.
There were two bubble gum comic strips. One, Fleer Double Bubble's, featured the adventures of Pud and his pals. Pud was a chubby little lad in a red and white striped sweater (horizontal stripes, no less), with a matching beanie. Beyond anything else, he was a shameless huckster, since whatever he did, he always touted Double Bubble as his source of success. If Pud were with us today, I've no doubt he'd be making late-night infomercials.
The other bubble gum comic was Bazooka Joe and his gang, whom I liked a lot more than Pud. For one thing, the wit was truly sophisticated. For example, take this exchange:
Bazooka Joe to the waiter: "Waiter, your finger's in the soup."
"It's alright, sir," says the waiter. "The soup's not hot."
Beyond the worldly humor, Bazooka Joe was a dashing figure, in that he had a black eye patch. Why he had an eye patch, Lord only knows, but it lent him a certain je ne sais quoi no kid I knew had.
And finally, Bazooka comics always had an offer for amazing merchandise. In the lower right-hand panel you'd find an ad for a telescope or glider or secret club ring, which could be yours for either a buttload of Bazooka comics or a few Bazooka comics and some cold hard cash. I was intrigued by the offerings (some further examples -?a walkie-talkie, gold-plated state medallion key rings, or even a genuine spy camera), but never could get any due to one sad immutable fact of life: The gum itself made me nauseated. I've no idea why, since I could devour boatloads of crappy candy and apparently thrived on it. But alas, one piece of Bazooka and I was green around the gills.
Then there was my comic book addiction. Comic books were the ultimate kiddy drug, since they were legal, readily available, and cheap. Regular comics cost a dime; Classic comics cost 15 cents. The Classic comics, which were comic book versions of classic novels, were by dint of their cost – and profundity – less preferred. I'd read them from time to time as an intellectual affectation, but my heart truly lay with Green Arrow, Batman, Superman, and the rest.
One other fabulous thing about comic books: We traded them constantly. So unless you actually collected them?- something I was far too disorganized and unfocused to do -?you could, for a cheap initial investment, read an infinite number of them.
The comic books kept me in thrall for several years, but were quickly and permanently replaced by a one-two literary punch – the men's magazines and Mad Magazine.
The peak of sophistication
Unlike today's men's magazines, the cartoons in the old ones were not sexual – at best, they were mildly risque. But they were witty and wonderfully drawn. Without doubt, my favorite cartoonist was Virgil Partch (who signed his stuff Vip). I thought, and still think, his work is brilliant, and it's an opinion shared by every cartoonist I've met that's offered an opinion of him. Luckily, his anthologies can be had cheaply, and if you want a lot of laughs for a very few bucks, give him a try.
As for Mad? Since it was a vehicle of total satire, it made everyone look like an idiot. As kids back then, we thought we were idiots too, since that's mostly what we got told. (Yes, Virginia, there once was a time when sky-high self-esteem among the young was not the norm) So for Mad to make kids look like total jackasses was less satire than simple reality.
But adults, on the other hand, were IT! They had it all going on. They could swear, smoke, drink, spit in the street even while they ordered us never to do it. They ran the show; they ran the world, and according to prevailing myth, they did it perfectly. So for me to see them as flawed, fallible, and fumbling was sheer delight.
And there they were, the Masters and Mistresses of the Universe, spilling drinks, crashing cars, falling on banana peels – always looking like the incompetent boobs we were never allowed to see. I could hardly wait for each new issue, showing grown-ups in new and more foolish lights.
I still read Mad, not often or fervently, but I do read it. And while I may not laugh with the hilarity I did as a kid, I still laugh. And how could I not? They still make everyone look like, in the words of The Bard, "the fools these mortals be."
But now when I read Mad, for reasons I don't understand, I least enjoy their spoofs of adults anywhere as much as their spoofs of kids.


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The fourth World Cup of the 2011 season opened on Thursday in Chengdu, China, with the women's semifinals. Rendy Lynn Opdycke (Mercer Island, Wash.) competed in Group A and Suzanne Stettinius (Parkton, Md.) competed in Group B.
Opdycke had 10 victories and 17 defeats (712 points) in the fencing competition and Stettinius posted 15 victories and 12 defeats (872 points).
Both women followed the fencing with solid swimming times in a relatively "slow" pool. Opdycke posted a time of 2:16.06 (5th place in her group) and Stettinius clocked in at 2:24.01. Heading into the combined event, both U.S. athletes were on pace to qualify for Saturday's final. Opdycke stood in 16th place and Stettinius was 9th. A top-18 finish was needed to advance to the finals.
But the Americans had a rough go of it in the combined run/shoot. Opdycke spent more than two minutes on the shooting range and found the running in the hot and humid environment very challenging. She finished in 14:44.93 and placed 26th.
Stettinius encountered problems sighting her gun during the warm-up and also spent over two minutes on the shooting range, finishing the event in a time of 14:06.40 and dropping to 25th place.
The U.S. men's team of Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa.), Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas), Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo.) and Nathan Schrimsher (Roswell, N.M.) will compete in Friday's qualification round in an attempt to advance to Sunday's final.


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10/11/2012 (4 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
"The 'door of faith' (Acts14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church." With these words Pope Benedict XVI welcomed us to begin this Year of Faith.The Year of Faith, like all gifts, must be received and opened.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
10/11/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Year of Faith, Door of Faith, Pope benedict XVI, Living Faith, Porta Fidei, spirituality, contemplation, meditation, missionary, new Evangelization, pope benedict XVI, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - "The 'door of faith' (Acts14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church." With these words Pope Benedict XVI welcomed us to begin this Year of Faith. The words are taken from the letter with which he announced this season of conversion entitled "The Door of Faith".
He references the missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles at the beginning of the First millennium of Christianity. Upon their return ,"They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith..."(Acts 14:27). That same door of faith is opening for you and me, the disciples Jesus has called on mission to the world of the Third millennium of Christianity. However, we need to knock, enter in and learn to live in the House.
The Gospel of today's Mass is an excerpt from the account of the physician/apostle St. Luke. The account follows immediately after the disciples found Jesus in prayerful communion with His Father. It is a continuation of that encounter. They ask him to "teach us to pray". (Luke 11:1) Jesus told them a story to communicate the mind of God as it relates to our invitation to prayerful communion as a way of life. It speaks to us about knocking on doors:Â
"And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, `Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and he will answer from within, `Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything'?" I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs. "
"And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks, receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:5-13)
The Year of Faith, like all gifts, must be received and opened. The image of the door invites us to reflect on the invitation we each were given when we entered into the Church, through the waters of the second womb of Baptism. Faith is a Verb, a call to a dynamic participation in the life of God; a call to be a part of His ongoing loving plan for the whole world as it continues through the Risen Christ who walks with us now in His Body, the Church, of which we are members. (1 Cor. 12:27)
This call engages our freedom. We must choose to knock, to enter into the House and then learn to live there. Jesus gives us the example of knocking on the door of the house of a friend in which the owner acts because of persistence. He then explains the relational context behind our own persistence in prayer. We are sons and daughters of "His Father and Our Father". (John 20:17).Â
In Jesus we can have the same relationship He has with the Father. The intimate communion the disciples witnessed when they came upon Him prayer. The same relationship they witnessed as they walked with Him daily. We now walk with Him daily. The same Christ, now raised from the dead, is in our midst. We simply need the eyes of faith to see Him and the renewed heart to accompony Him on the way. He is the Way, the Door (John 10:9) into the House of living faith.
Inside the House, we are capacitated by grace, made capable of living an entirely new way of life, and sent into the world to bring people in. In the words of the Apostle Peter, we become "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1). In the Church we receive the grace mediated through the Sacraments, we are instructed in the Divine Life by the Word of God and we learn the new way of life. Prayer is the fuel which keeps that communion alive, precisely because it keeps faith alive.
God fashioned men and women as the crown of His creation, creating us in "His Image", precisely for this loving, relational conversation of life with Him. Living faith fuels that way of life. At the heart of understanding what it means to be created "in His Image" is understanding human freedom and what happened to our capacity to choose - and why we need to be saved from sin and saved for a new way of living, loving and serving.Â
Our relationship with God was broken, separated and wounded through the first sin, the sin of origins or "original sin". That sin, like all sin since, is at its root a misuse of freedom infected by pride and self sufficiency. Our ability to exercise our freedom rightly, to live His Image by directing our capacity for free choice always toward the good, was impeded through the fall. Freedom was fractured.
The "Good News" (which is what the word "gospel" means) is that through Jesus Christ, the way has been opened for an even fuller communion with God. In Him we are being re-created, re-fashioned and redeemed. He comes to live in all who make a place for Him within the center of their lives. he stands at the door of our hearts and knocks. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelations 3:20)Â This "making a place" is the essence of Christian prayer. It is not about doing, but about being.
Isaac of Ninevah, an early eighth century monk, Bishop and theologian, wrote:"When the Spirit dwells in a person, from the moment in which that person has become prayer, he never leaves him. For the Spirit himself never ceases to pray in him. Whether the person is asleep or awake, prayer never from then on departs from his soul. Whether he is eating or drinking or sleeping or whatever else he is doing, even in deepest sleep, the fragrance of prayer rises without effort in his heart."
"Prayer never again deserts him. At every moment of his life, even when it appears to stop, it is secretly at work in him continuously, one of the Fathers, the bearers of Christ, says that prayer is the silence of the pure. For their thoughts are divine motions. The movements of the heart and the intellect that have been purified are the voices full of sweetness with which such people never cease to sing in secret to the hidden God."
Through prayer daily life becomes a classroom of communion. In that classroom we learn the truth about who we are - and who we are becoming - in Jesus. Through prayer we receive new glasses through which we see the true landscape of life. Through prayer darkness is dispelled and the path of progress is illuminated.
Through prayer we begin to understand why this communion seems so elusive at times; as we struggle with our own disordered appetites, and live in a manner at odds with the beauty and order of the creation within which we dwell only to find a new beginning whenever we confess our sin and return to our first love. Prayer opens us up to Revelation, expands our capacity to comprehend truth and equips us to change.
Through prayer we are drawn by Love into a deepening relationship with Jesus whose loving embrace on the hill of Golgotha bridged heaven with earth; His relationship with His Father is opened now to us; the same Spirit that raised Him from the dead begins to give us new life as we are converted, transfigured and made new.
Through prayer heavenly wisdom is planted in the field of our hearts and we experience a deepening communion with the Trinitarian God. We become "partakers of the divine nature." (2 Peter 1:4) Though that participation will only be fully complete when we are with Him in the fullness of His embrace, in Resurrected Bodies in a New Heaven and a New Earth, but it begins now, in the grace of this present moment.Â
God holds nothing back from those whom He loves. He gives us the Holy Spirit, His life and energy. The Year of faith invites us to find living faith by encountering Jesus Christ in a new and powerful way through that very Holy Spirit. Living faith mediates the mystery of God's loving plan and opens our spiritual eyes to behold the Divine Design in our own lives. We see that we walk with Him and He guides our path along a Divine design, a plan, a pattern.Â
For the Christian, the center from which the Divine design proceeds- and through which we discern the beauty of God's perfect plan - is the Cross of Jesus Christ. It is the central patch of cloth from which the pattern proceeds. It is also where the pattern returns. However, seeing this pattern requires ongoing conversion.
We need the renewed vision that comes through such living faith to stay on the path. We find the strength to pull ourselves up, after the inevitable falls which accompany daily life, by grasping the wood of the Cross, the door to the new world to come. The Early Christians of the First Millennium reflected upon the Cross as a "second tree" at which the new creation began again in Jesus Christ.
On that Cross, the Living Word, through whom the Universe was created, re-created it all anew. Theodore the Studite, an eighth century Abbot of the undivided Church of the First Christian Millennium, once proclaimed: "How precious the gift of the cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light. This tree does not cast us out of paradise, but opens the way for our return."
"This was the tree on which Christ, like a King on a chariot, destroyed the devil, the Lord of death, and freed the human race from his tyranny. This was the tree upon which the Lord, like a brave warrior wounded in hands, feet and side, healed the wounds of sin that the evil serpent had inflicted on our nature. A tree once caused our death but now a tree brings life. Once deceived by a tree, we have now repelled the cunning serpent by a tree. What an astonishing transformation! That death should become life, that decay should become immortality- that shame should become glory!"
A fourth century Deacon named Ephrem was in love this wounded warrior of Love, Jesus Christ. He wrote extraordinary hymns which gained him a title, still mentioned in the Syriac Liturgy to this day -- "the Harp of the Holy Spirit". In a sermon he proclaimed: "He who was also the carpenters glorious son set up his cross above deaths' all consuming jaws, and led the human race into the dwelling place of life. Since a tree had brought about the downfall of mankind, it was upon a tree that mankind crossed over to the realm of life."
"Bitter was the branch that had once been grafted upon that ancient tree, but sweet the young shoot that has now been grafted in, the shoot in which we are meant to recognize the Lord whom no creature can resist. We give glory to you, Lord, who raised up your cross to span the jaws of death, like a bridge by which souls might pass from the region of the dead to the land of the living."
"We give glory to you who put on the body of a single mortal man and made it the source of life for every other mortal man. You are incontestably alive. Your murderers sowed your living body in the earth as farmers sow grain, but it sprang up and yielded an abundant harvest of men raised from the dead. Come then, my brothers and sisters, let us offer our Lord the great and all embracing sacrifice of our love and our lives"
On this first day of the Year of Faith, let us open the door through Prayer and learn to live in the Heart of the Church for the sake of the world.Â
By Fr. James Farfaglia
The consideration of Jesus' baptism, gives us an opportunity to remember our own baptism. If you do not know the date of your own baptism, it is a good idea to go through your personal files and find out when it occurred. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic ... continue reading
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I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. HYTHE, KENT, UK (Catholic Online) - I didn't steal any cookies mommy! says a little boy whose mother asked him if he was hungry, wiping the ... continue reading
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It is not accidental that the Bible, from beginning to the end, uses marriage as a metaphor and a symbol to reveal the plan of God for the whole human race. Marriage was God's plan from the beginning as we see in the first book of Genesis. Throughout the Old ... continue reading
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"A sower went out to sow. And, as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for ... continue reading
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Italian painter Domenico Gnoli was just 36 when he died in New York in 1970, but at that point the artist had already been famous for 17 years. The son of art historian Umberto Gnoli and ceramicist Annie de Garon, Gnoli was first noticed for his talent as a printmaker as a teenager. Deriving inspiration from printers and draughtsman like Jacques Callot and Hogarth, Gnoli mixed fine linework and a strong sense of volume with a taste for the surreal. The artist debuted in New York City with an acclaimed solo exhibition of dense, surreal figurative paintings at Sidney Janis gallery just a few months before he died.
A new exhibition at the Upper East Side Luxembourg & Dayan gallery brings Gnoli's paintings back to New York for the first time in 40 years, presenting a rare selection of the artist's several dozen extant paintings. The works are imposing, particularly in the context of a skinny Madison Avenue townhouse. At seven feet tall, "Curly Red Hair" (1969) cascades over viewers in whirls of paint that dive headlong into abstraction. "Chemisette Verte" displays an obsession with the pattern and texture of clothing, detailing intensely intricate embroidery crawling over the gently rounded form of a body. The artist's widow, Yannick Vu, compared Gnoli's characteristic close-up view with the perspective of a child held to a parent's breast.
There is a psychological weight to Gnoli's depiction of seemingly mundane subject matter that makes the paintings hypnotizing. Their monolithic compositions and manic focus seem to hint at some deeper meaning, a secret code that only the artist could crack. In that case, Vu is perhaps the best person to interpret their mysteries. ARTINFO spoke to her at the opening of "Domenico Gnoli: Paintings 1964-1969," and discussed just what makes the artist's work so magnetic.
"Domenico Gnoli: Paintings 1964-1960" runs at Luxembourg & Dayan through June 30.


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Major Mertha Butts
ESCANABA – Major Mertha Butts (retired) 96, of Escanaba, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Bonnie, in Longville, Minn. Majors Orville and Mertha Butts were Commanding Officers at the Escanaba Salvation Army for nine years.
She was born Mertha Anna Britta-inga Johnson on June 6, 1916, in Chicago, the daughter of Charles Hjalmer and Anna Elizabeth Johnson. She was raised in Chicago and had a zest for life with a sense of humor that carried her through many tough times. She had fond memories of riding horses, being the pitcher on the girls high school softball team, awarded roller skating champion of her school district, and being part of thriving youth groups.
Following graduation from Roosevelt High in Chicago she was employed with Vogue Pattern Company at the Merchandise Mart. Five years later she entered the Salvation Army Training College in Chicago. After being commissioned a Lieutenant she was moved to Two Harbors, Minn. She also served at several Corps in Duluth, Chicago, again in Two Harbors, and St. Paul.
Mertha was a Salvation Army donut girl at Navy Pier in Chicago serving the military personnel coffee and donuts on all three floors of the Headquarters – with no elevator – that took two hours to complete the round, and helped out at the USO as well as correspond with several servicemen who were stationed overseas as an encouragement to them. She kept some of the letters dated 1941.
On Nov. 24, 1945, she married Cadet Orville Butts following his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. She remained in charge of a Corps in Chicago while he was at the Training College. After he was commissioned as Lieutenant they moved to their first appointment in Willmar, Minn. Together they served in Boone, Iowa, Duluth, Minn., Omaha, Neb., and Escanaba, Minneapolis, Minn., and Hibbing, Minn. They took an early medical retirement in Hibbing in 1975 and moved back to the Escanaba area.
Mertha encouraged young girls at each Corps through the Sunbeam and Girl Guard programs, and to women through the Home League. She had six granddaughters who were active in Sunbeams at the same time in Escanaba. Her goal in life was to serve the Lord with care and compassion.
Their retirement was very active, and assisted other vacationing officers in several states including North Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, and loving their local grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Orville; Mertha was preceded in death by her sister, Eva; and brother, Art. She is survived by her four children, Bonnie (Jerry) Collins of Longville, Minn.; Lee (Marla) of Wimberly, Texas, Rev. Glenn (Sheila) of West Bend, Wis., and Joyce (Gary) Guindon of Bark River; grandchildren, Jennifer (Steve) Delhanty, Andrew Collins, Sgt. Jacob Collins USA, Leanna (STG 1 (SW) Matthew USN) Land, Karen Chaix, David butts, PFC Paul Butts USA, Matthew Butts, Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan (Amber) Butts, Alisha (Brad) Skorupski, Linnea Butts, Staff Sgt. Calvin (Christina) Butts, Jessica (Dr. Jordan) Povich, Wendy (Nick) Chouinard, and Jordan Guindon, and 17 great-grandchildren. Her grandchildren reside in California, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and China.
Visitation for Mertha will be at the Anderson Funeral Home in Escanaba on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Celebration of her life will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Anderson Funeral Home Chapel. Lunch will be served after the service at The Salvation Army, 3001 5th Ave. S., Escanaba.
Burial will take place in the Gardens of Rest Cemetery.
The Anderson Funeral Home is assisting the family and online condolences can be sent to the family at www.andersonfuneralhomes.net.


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Continuing my coverage of last week's Data Center Conference 2009, my last breakout session of the week was an analyst presentation on Solid State Drive (SSD) technology. There are two different classes of SSD, consumer grade multi-level cell (MLC) running currently at $2 US dollars per GB, and Enterprise grade single-level cell (SLC) running at $4.50 US dollars per GB. Roughly 80 to 90 percent of the SSD is used in consumer use cases, such as digital cameras, cell phones, mobile devices, USB sticks, camcorders, media players, gaming devices and automotive.
While the two classes are different, the large R&D budgets spent on consumer grade MLC carry forward to help out enterprise grade SLC as well. SLC means there is a single level for each cell, so each cell can only hold a single bit of data, a one or a zero. MLC means the cell can hold multiple levels of charge, each representing a different value. Typically MLC can hold 3 to 4 bits of data per cell.
Back in 1997, SLC Enterprise Grade SSD cost roughly $7870 per GB. By 2013, Consumer Grade 4-bit MLC is expected to be only 24 cents per GB. Engineers are working on trade-offs between endurance cycles and retention periods. FLASH management software is the key differentiator, such as clever wear-leveling algorithms.
SSD is 10-15 times more expensive than spinning hard disk drives (HDD), and this price difference is expected to continue for a while. This is because of production volumes. In 4Q09, manufacturers will manufacturer 50 Exabytes of HDD, but only 2 Exabytes of SSD. The analyst thinks that SSD will only be roughly 2 percent of the total SAN storage deployed over the next few years.
How well did the audience know about SSD technology?
- 4 percent not at all
- 30 percent some awareness
- 30 percent enough to make purchase decision
- 21 percent able to quantify benefits and trade-offs
- 15 percent experts
SSD does not change the design objectives of disk systems. We want disk systems that are more scalable and have higher performance. We want to fully utilize our investment. We want intelligent self-management similar to caching algorithms. We want an extensible architecture.
What will happen to fast Fibre Channel drives? Take out your Mayan calendar. Already 84mm 10K RPM drives are end of life (EOL) in 2009. The analyst expects 67mm and 70mm 10K drives will EOL in 2010, and that 15K will EOL by 2012. A lot of this is because HDD performance has not kept up with CPU advancements, resulting in an I/O bottleneck. SSD is roughly 10x slower than DRAM, and some architectures use SSD as a cache extension. The IBM N series PAM II card and Sun 7000 series being two examples.
Let's take a look at a disk system with 120 drives, comparing 73GB HDD's versus 32GB SSD's.
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|SSD system
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|12 GB/sec
|100 MB/sec
|36 GB/sec
|300 MB/sec
There are various use cases for SSD. These include internal DAS, stand-alone Tier 0 storage, replace or complement HDD in disk arrays, and as an extension of read cache or write cache. The analyst believes there will be mixed MLC/SLC devices that will allow for mixed workloads. His recommendations:
- Use SSD to eliminate performance and throughput bottlenecks
- Consolidate workloads to maximize value
- Use SLAs to identify workload candidates
- Evaluate emerging technologies along with established vendors
- Do not expect SSD to drastically reduce power/cooling
- SSD will continue to complement HDD, primarily SATA disk
- Trust but verify, check out customer references offered by storage vendors
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Sure, Caddyshack was funny ...
But golfers at MacDill Air Force Base aren't laughing at these purse-stealing raccoons.
By WILLIAM R. LEVESQUE
Published February 9, 2007
TAMPA — This is a story of a golfer's lament. No, not rain or wind or pricey greens fees.
The problem here is the "stinkers" who haunt 18 otherwise placid fairways at MacDill Air Force Base.
Perhaps the raccoons on the south course at MacDill's Bay Palms Golf Complex are no different than those at golf courses around the world. Maybe they just seem like a particularly deft and talented bunch.
But some golfers swear these raccoons wait until you line up a putt before they emerge from the woods and ransack your cart.
Sure, they love their bags of chips. Candy bars. Soda cans. But leave the car keys in the golf cart at your own peril.
Watches best stay on wrists, otherwise they'll be walked off into the woods. Raccoons have been known to open golf bags.
And they love purses.
"They stole two purses on the same day," says beverage cart driver Roz Schreiber, recalling a ladies tournament that ended in a massive search for the missing handbags. "We took a backhoe to search in the trees because we were afraid of snakes. We found three purses. That third one had been in there a while by the looks of it."
Joan Gust, 69, of San Antonio in Pasco County, calls them "stinkers."
Her husband, Richard, 73, says the raccoons sometimes stand on either side of a cart path and wait for someone to pass, certain of the quarry in an unattended cart.
"Nobody's taken my wallet yet," he jokes.
Just wait. Golfer Don Wolf, 67, of Wesley Chapel, remembers the guy who left his wallet lying in the open.
"All of a sudden, we heard the guy screaming, 'Stop! Stop!' The raccoon had the wallet in his mouth and was headed for the woods," Wolf says. "The guy was chasing it with a club, an iron, I think. Of course, we were dying laughing. We played through."
The offending raccoon dropped its plunder.
Bill Murphy of American Services Technology traps the raccoons when they get too aggressive, relocating them on the base. He says they're not too problematic for golfers, more an amusing distraction.
But golfers have to learn not to feed the animals, he says.
"I actually think Walt Disney did the world a disservice by portraying raccoons as cute, cuddly creatures who wash their hands before they eat," Murphy says.
Air Force Lt. Omar Villarreal plays the south course but has had little problem with the raccoons – compared to the vervet monkeys of Kenya.
Villarreal, a public affairs officer at MacDill, was assigned to Kenya for a short time last year. He played one round in the East African nation.
"You'd hit a good shot, the best shot you'd hit all day, and a monkey would run out, grab your ball and run back into the trees," he says. "You'd look at your caddy, and he'd just kind of shrug his shoulders. You'd hit a second ball. And that ball slices into the trees," hence saving the monkey a trip.
"Now the monkey has two balls," Villarreal says.
Another golfer's lament.
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Laona burglary case advances
By NIKKI YOUNK
Staff Writer
CRANDON, Wis. – One of the two Florence, Wis. men accused of burglarizing the Laona Pharmacy has been bound over to the circuit court level.
Charles E. Hetzer, 27, is set for arraignment in Forest County Circuit Court on Feb. 20.
Hetzer and 26-year-old Sheldon L. Burkart each face one felony count of burglary to a building or dwelling, one felony count of criminal damage to property, and seven misdemeanor counts of theft of movable property.
Burkart is scheduled for an initial appearance in Forest County Court on Feb. 26.
In Florence County Court, Burkart is charged with several related felony and misdemeanor counts of drug possession. He will have a pre-trial on those charges on March 5.
Forest County Sheriff John Dennee reported the burglary occurred on Dec. 12 when a masked individual gained entrance to the Laona Pharmacy by breaking through a wall between the Laona Clinic and the pharmacy.
The individual then stole several bottles of narcotics, he added.
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in an attempt to organise the assembly, fixing and other setup of computers for use in The Forest, i'm putting a call out to for those interested in joining a confederation of IT types who have the occasional time and interest available to help.
are you interested? please comment bellow so i can pm/e-mail out occasional action updates.
do you know of a friend, forum or list through which Edinburgh IT volunteer help (specifically with Ubuntu knol) might be found? please post there with a link to this thread
for those coming here from such a source, please check out http://3.ly/forestguide and/or http://theforest.org.uk for more on The Forest as an organisation.
the most recent to-do list:
* setup a private file share between the admin machines
* build a permanent second admin machine from the parts available in the Action Room. maybe the Dell we found on the street will be a good start? also, set this up software wise and move it to the Admin Office.
* get all 4 glossy black tower machines in the Action Room running well. two have firewire and for potential video editing.
* setup a server box for file storage and more
* get 2 or 3 of the Sun boxes setup as basic web browsing machines
* setup a box to go next to in the café sound area for audio/video recording, streaming (ustream.tv or similar) and playback, karaoke and more.
from details of the above can be found here, there or in other BB threads.


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"Dark money" sounds menacing and foreboding – a financial nomenclature suggestive of gothic masterpieces like "The Raven" and "The Black Cat." Whereas Poe's tales actually contain sinister elements, the phrase dark money is employed by activist shareholders much like the villains of countless "Scooby Doo" cartoons devised illusory ghosts, werewolves and vampires. The evildoers wanted to scare those meddlesome Mystery Machine kids from nefarious moneymaking schemes.
The anti-capitalism messages of "Scooby Doo" are repeated by those ominously intoning the perceived evils of so-called dark money in politics. In ordinary political usage, dark money refers to funds raised to finance an election campaign or ballot initiative without any requirement of public disclosure before voters decide the question.
Shareholder activists have torn a well-worn page from the "Scooby Doo" playbook by adopting the tactics of the show's bad guys. These tactics include attempts to frighten voters with the dark money bogeyman, who lurks behind other pet issues such as genetically modified organisms and fracking (hydraulic fracturing). (more…)


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Yup...pretty spectacular picture here. I left it in its original panoramic size.
Here's the explanation of the picture:
This simply remarkable panoramic photograph captures the greatest stars of the American League Dead Ball era, all of whom had convened at Cleveland's League Park on July 24, 1911 for a benefit game to raise money for the widow of Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss, whose life had been tragically cut short three months earlier in a virulent bout with meningitis. It must be noted that panoramic photographs were very expensive to produce at this time in history, and as such only those participating in the event were given a copy. Frank "Home Run" Baker's personal photo, offered here, is one of the very few to survive the many decades since. Baker is easy to spot, twelfth from right, dressed in the road grey uniform of his Philadelphia Athletics. Three men to his right is the great Walter Johnson in the midst of a season that saw him pitch six complete game shutouts. Other early gods of the diamond present include Shoeless Joe Jackson, Cy Young, Napoleon Lajoie, Eddie Collins, Smokey Joe Wood and the fiery Ty Cobb, who wears a borrowed Cleveland Naps jersey after forgetting to bring his Tigers togs to the ballpark. Behind the chicken wire that separates the stands from the playing field, scores of fans in dark suits and straw hats clamor to get a look at this outrageous assembly of talent, essentially the first All-Star Game in baseball history.
Cheers! ~B
(btw....I found some more great Cobb pic's...they'll be up today as well)
The AL All-Stars are fairly easy to identify. Starting with where the Cleveland Indians' players leave off, (don't count their mascot), they are, starting 16th from the right:
L-R: Clyde Milan, Walter Johnson, Gabby Street, Bobby Wallace, Frank Baker, Jimmy McAleer (Mgr.), Sam Crawford, Tris Speaker, Hal Chase, Russel Ford, Smokey Joe Wood, Paddy Livingston, Germany Schaffer, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Cleveland Indian Jack Graney.
For the historical record, Cy Young is 10th from the left, Joe Jackson is 11th from the left, and Nap Lajoie is 18th from the left.


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Thomas Suedbeck
Dec. 2, 1951-June 22, 2013
HUGO – Services for Thomas Edward Suedbeck, 61, of Hugo, are at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi. Visitation is from 12:30-2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Following the funeral service, there will be a gathering of family and friends at Oneka Ridge Golf Course, 5610 120th St., White Bear Lake, MN 55110.
He died Saturday, June 22, 2013, in his home surrounded by his loving wife and three daughters.
Tom was born Dec. 2, 1951, in Slayton to John and Margaret Suedbeck. He grew up in Marshall, graduating from Marshall High School in 1969.
Tom always dreamed of owning his own business and in 1993 he incorporated Systems Furniture and successfully operated and grew his business over the next 20 years.
He met the love of his life, Lois Bohnsack, and they married in 1994 and adopted Lois' three beautiful daughters, Jennifer, Amy and Christa.
Tom was a sports fanatic and enjoyed keeping up with all of the teams. He coached his daughter's basketball team for several years. He was a member of the National Ski Patrol for 20 years. He loved to hunt and fish and be behind the wheel of the pontoon at his cabin. He was an avid golfer and ran the men's league at Oneka Ridge Golf Course. Tom loved to travel with his wife, family and friends. He was especially excited to be behind the wheel of his RV going to all the football stadiums. Tom was a member of St. Andrew's Church.
Tom is survived and sadly missed by his wife Lois; his three children: Jennifer (and Nathan) McClanahan, Amy (and Andrew) Keding, Christa Suedbeck; and his three beautiful grandchildren; Lucy and Benjamin Keding and London McClanahan; his parents, John and Margaret Suedbeck; sister, Mary (and Reuben) Erickson; and three brothers: Chris (and Jennifer), Jack (and Rose) and Jim (and Rhonda); his father-in-law, Pat Detwiller and his many brothers and sisters in-law, nieces and nephews and many friends.
He is preceded in death by grandparents Edward and Margaret Suedbeck, Anthony and Catherine Kunkel and his mother-in-law, Mary Detwiller.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Does was it says on the box!In full: Killed me - but a more beautiful course, a better organised race, in the company of a nicer bunch of people, you'll never find?Chepstow Harriers and everyone hwho helped out -you should be very, very proud. And love the buff - I'll wear with pride!Date of review: April 14, 2014
In short: what went wrong?In full: one of my favourite races, and always so well organised in the past, but all kinds of problems today in those very areas where the organisers have excelled in the past. Starting the race when people were still queuing for race nos/chips and the loos (through no fault of their own) very poor form. Ditto having no water at the finish (ran-out) Date of review: March 30, 2014
In short: A much better organised race In full: 13.2m for my Garmin - spot-on bearing in mind the inevitably of not being able to stick exactly to the line with so many runners. Not as pretty or fast as previous courses as some have pointed out - but how else to handle 15,000 entries ?? Cycling thru the town centre and down to the start at about 8:20 I was horrified to see 00s still arriving and parking in central Cardiff - clearly they'd left things far too late. Also amused to overhear moans about the 'heat'/sun, inclines ('hills' to some it seems - love to see the reaction if they trying running elsewhere in Wales?) and T-shirt/goody bag. My kids stopped expecting goody bags (at parties) when they were ~10. Better to cut the cost of entry and give any surplus to BarnadosThe organisers and those helping did a good job - but who'd be a race organiser these days? This is why I prefer smaller off-road events Date of review: October 20, 2011
In short: Madness...In full: Great fun, provided you are fast (and so miss the crowds), don't mind being tripped (and jostled for 26 miles) and have never known the joy of running a race like the Rhayader 20.Date of review: April 28, 2010
In short: Well supported and marshalled 20m race - excellent prep for a Spring MarathonIn full: Liked the new course, but some might find doing 3 laps (and the same bumpy bits, x3) a little repetetive. Any way the (disparate and dispersed) start, finish, parking and race HQ areas can't also be brought closer together ? Having raced 20 miles, something to go with the cup of water at the finish would also have been appeciated (a bannana ?) before jogging back to the car park. I'd have died (and payed money !) for a cuppa tea before driving home. Maybe next year ? Someone mentioned cakes - where were these ?! Otherwise, excellent organisation, nice mug, very well supported race, marshalled and lots of friendly people dishing out water on the course. Thanks Gloucester AC + chums. A great club and a great race... Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Don't expect much sleep - some walking may be on the cards though..In full: Strictly hardcore - one for those who like a challenge. And if you do, you'll love it..Date of review: November 29, 2009
In short: Top bannana ! Thanks to Ponty Rodents and everyone who helped outDate of review: February 23, 2009
In short: Well timed fixture, by a great club, over a mildly challenging courseIn full: This year's start was a little bit dodgy though. Handing out the 'freebee' after the race at the HQ, 1 mile+ from the finish, also seemed an odd move ! Minor niggles though. Gloucester AC and those who arranged and supported deserve much credit for this and the other road races they organise. Those marshalling on Sunday should be awarded the Robert Falcon Scott survival medal ! Date of review: January 6, 2009
In short: Rewarding, challenging but very friendly off-roader in stunning countryside In full: Well done Islwyn RC for organising and launching this fine event - always a special occasion when a new race appears in the calender ; this deserves to succeed though and will no doubt grow from strength to strengthDoes what it says on the box ("Challenge"!) but opens up what for many of us is probably a much overlooked chunk of of Welsh countryside - the alpinesque Sidhowy ValleyLooking forward to 2009 !Date of review: May 18, 2008
In short: A great little race - very well organised and easily overlookedDate of review: April 6, 2008
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Debates of April 28th, 2008
House of Commons Hansard #83 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was product.
- Question Period
- Competition Act
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- Unborn Victims of Crime Act
- National Day of Mourning
- British Columbia Southern Interior Communities
- Beef Industry
- Oral History Project
- National Day of Mourning
- The Mercuriades
- Firearms Registration
- National Day of Mourning
- Taxation
- National Day of Mourning
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- The Artis Gala
- Tomb of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Defaced
- Taxation
- The Economy
- Elections Canada
- International Aid
- Finance
- Unborn Victims of Crime Act
- Elections Canada
- Justice
- Television Industry
- Elections Canada
- Bill 101 and the Canada Labour Code
- Ethics
- Agriculture
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- International Treaties
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer
We will move on to statements by members. The hon. member will have three minutes remaining after question period to conclude the questions and comments portion of his speech.
We will now move to statements by members, the hon. member for Edmonton—Sherwood Park.
Unborn Victims of Crime Act
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Ken Epp Edmonton—Sherwood Park, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am really sad that the debate on my private member's bill, Bill C-484, has been so focused lately on misrepresentation of the facts. This is a totally pro-choice bill in the true meaning of that phrase. It explicitly does not apply to elective abortion. It applies to a woman who wants to have a baby.
There is a serious gap in the law that allows a criminal to violently take that choice and the child she wants away from her, against her will, without her consent, and with violence.
People who support this bill understand the difference between a woman who goes to a doctor or clinic and says, "I'm pregnant and I don't want to be. Please help me", and the woman who is lying on the floor while being attacked with a fist, boot, knife, sword or gun, who is crying, screaming and pleading for her life, and the life of the unborn child that she wants.
Detractors of Bill C-484 can stand with the assailant if they wish, but I am standing with and for the woman and the child that she wants.
National Day of Mourning
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Massimo Pacetti Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Mr. Speaker, today is the National Day of Mourning, a day held annually on April 28 to commemorate the workers whose lives have been lost or who have been injured in the workplace.
In Canada, some 786 employees die from work-related incidents each year, an average of 2 deaths every day.
From 1993 to 2006, 11,002 people lost their lives due to workplace incidents. Another 900,000 per year are injured or become ill. That is why making workplaces safer is, or should be, a daily effort.
On this National Day of Mourning, we ought to take the time to remember the dead, injured and ill. I therefore call upon the government to make a serious commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace in order to remedy this serious situation.
National Day of Mourning
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Robert Vincent Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, today is the National Day of Mourning, officially recognized by the federal government in 1991 and observed in 70 other countries. April 28 was chosen as an opportunity for employees and employers to honour those who have been killed, injured or suffer illness as a result of their work, and to recommit to improving workplace health and safety.
There are still on average two deaths per day due to a workplace accident. From 1993 to 2006, over 11,000 people lost their lives in accidents, and each year another 900,000 people are injured at work.
Events will be held throughout the day in honour of this National Day of Mourning. Workers are invited to light candles, and to wear black armbands and ribbons. The members of the Bloc Québécois will do everything they can to help improve health and safety for workers.
British Columbia Southern Interior Communities
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Mr. Speaker, there are many people in my riding who are making a difference in their communities.
First of all, I would like to congratulate Mayor John Dooley and his council for hosting a successful local government conference in Nelson. Thanks also to the mayor for his tireless efforts on behalf of quality child care in my province.
In Osoyoos, I had the honour of attending a gala fundraising dinner sponsored by the Osoyoos Arts Council and I wish it all the best in its future endeavours. In Princeton, I co-sponsored a viewing of the film Tableland on local food security. Thanks to Ann Hughes and others, over 100 subscribers will soon be able to pick up locally grown fruit and vegetables once a month. I would also like to thank all from Kaslo and Oliver who came by our drop-in sessions and to Cindy and others for a tasty lunch in Ainsworth.
Let me close by paying tribute to Nancy Anderson of New Denver, who recently passed away. Nancy was a well respected naturalist, who devoted her life to the environment and the preservation of the cultural heritage in her community. Thanks you Nancy for making our world a better place to live in.
Beef Industry
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Larry Miller Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of the House the work of All County Feed and Grain Ltd. Co-owners Darryl Williams and Mark Kuglin are running a campaign to encourage people to buy beef raised by local farmers. I am proud of the fact that Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is the second largest cattle producing riding in Canada and I fully support this campaign.
The truth is that whether it be tomatoes, apples or beef, food that comes from around the corner is healthy, safe and better tasting than the alternative. There are opportunities here for both businesses and individuals. The menus of the best restaurants now use locally grown meat and vegetables. Hopefully, hamburger stands at Sauble Beach, restaurants in Owen Sound, and bed and breakfasts in Tobermory will all proudly advertise locally grown beef and produce on their menus.
Eat local campaigns provide excellent rewards for health and well-being and they also provide a boost to our local economies. Canadian farmers provide the greatest quality food in the world. I stand up for our farmers. I encourage everyone to do the same.
Oral History Project
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, I recently had the opportunity to meet with a group of black veterans here in Ottawa. They were participating in interviews about their experiences as soldiers as part of the oral history project. The project's goal is to inform Canadians and young people that black people have also served honourably as part of Canada's armed forces.
Interviews occurred all over the country, including Montreal where black veterans Archie Greaves, Anthony Gilbert, Jean Maurice, Calvin Marshall, Roy Heron, Ken Jacobs, K. Robert Jones and Lloyd Husbands participated.
These stories need to be documented as they are missing chapters from Canadian history and when they die, we lose a library of experience and inspiration.
It was an honour to meet with these distinguished Canadian veterans and I wish their project much success.
National Day of Mourning
Statements By Members
April 28th, 2008 / 2:05 p.m.
Patricia Davidson Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to attention that today is the National Day of Mourning. It is on this day each year that we remember workers who have been killed, injured or suffer illness as a result of their duties at work.
Today, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families, friends and colleagues of the victims. No words can ease their pain. The best way we can honour the victims is by striving to create safer and healthier workplaces by striving to prevent accidents and injuries from happening.
I ask all hon. members to take the time to remember the workers who have lost their lives or have been injured on the job. Let us honour them by putting forth our best efforts to foster safer and healthier workplaces through continued education, awareness and cooperation. Let us prevent these needless tragedies from happening again.
The Mercuriades
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Mr. Speaker, since 1981, the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec has been holding the Mercuriades, a competition that recognizes and honours the success of Quebec-based businesses.
I am proud to congratulate two businesses based in Upton, a small municipality in my riding: the Théâtre de la Dame de Cœur and its president, Claude Marchesseault, and Richard Blackburn and René Charbonneau, who took first prize in the "Contribution to regional economic development" category.
I would also like to congratulate the winners of the "Coup de cœur" prize, Christian Champigny and Claudine Poirier, the owners of Ferme Champy, a business known for its production of organic sunflower oil. These prizes highlight the vitality of business people in Upton.
Firearms Registration
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mike Allen Tobique—Mactaquac, NB
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Beauséjour recently announced that he and the Liberal Party of Canada believe that the registration of all firearms is essential to public safety.
Furthermore, he stated that rural communities like the ones he represents need to acknowledge the issues of a "few larger urban centres" over those of his own. Apparently he is not interested in what New Brunswickers really think.
He seems to care more about defending the interests of these "larger urban centres" than addressing the concerns of the people of his province.
The Auditor General reported that the registry wasted taxpayer money and contained unreliable data. The Liberals continuously neglected proper gun control and instead spent $1 billion on a failed, unnecessary registration system.
Our government will keep its promise to eliminate the flawed firearms registry. We believe in targeting criminals, not law-abiding hunters, recreational shooters or farmers who proudly support our economy and our communities.
National Day of Mourning
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Andrew Telegdi Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
Mr. Speaker, today is the National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace.
Last year in Ontario, 378 workers died and over 333,000 claimed compensation for work related injuries.
To mark this occasion, the Canadian flag is being flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower in Ottawa and on all Government of Canada buildings across Canada.
It is a shame that the secretly commissioned report by the Conservative government would abolish the half-masting of the flag on this special day. The half-masting of the national flag is an honour and expresses a collective sense of sorrow shared by all Canadians.
We all need a reminder to work harder to prevent these deaths and injuries and keep our workers safe. There is no greater symbol of this than the half-masting of our flag.
The National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace deserves this recognition.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Daniel Petit Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, with the deadline for filing their income tax returns just a few days away, many Canadians will notice that not only are they paying less income tax this year, but they will also receive an additional rebate for last year's fiscal year.
Last weekend, seniors in my riding told me that they had personally benefited from both pension income splitting and the age credit increase, which are making life more affordable for those on a fixed income.
When it comes to helping Canadians, the choice is clear. The Liberals have no policy, no leadership and no plan for Canada. They have nothing but their ready-made indignation and their intent to raise taxes. As for the Bloc members, by voting against the budget and its tax cuts, they effectively voted against seniors in Quebec. Fortunately, they will always be in opposition.
The Conservative government is achieving real results that families can count on.
National Day of Mourning
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, on this day, April 28, the National Day of Mourning, New Democrats honour our sisters and brothers who have lost their lives or suffered injury and illness in the workplace.
Shamefully, Canada has one of the highest fatality rates of any OECD country. Between 1996 and 2006, close to 9,000 workers died from workplace accidents and illness. Hundreds of thousands more suffered work related injuries and health problems.
Despite the urgent need for safer workplaces, governments are weakening health and safety rules and enforcement.
The Conservative Government is also expanding the temporary foreign worker program, leaving temporary workers vulnerable to exploitation and unsafe working conditions. We are already seeing preventable deaths and injuries because of the poor working conditions faced by these workers.
Workers' rights are human rights. In honour of the lives lost and the families affected, the NDP commits today to renew its fight for safe and healthy working conditions for all workers. We call on government and employers to do the same.
Public Service Commission of Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to pay tribute to the Public Service Commission of Canada, which is celebrating its centenary this year.
In 1908, Parliament amended the Civil Service Act and created the first permanent civil service commission.
The amended act laid the groundwork for a professional, non-partisan public service that has made a huge contribution to our democratic system. Over the years, the non-partisan recommendations of seasoned public servants have helped shape government policies and programs.
Currently, Canada's public service is considered one of the best in the world. Our public servants regularly answer questions from other countries that want to learn more about our system. The PSC has provided South Africa and Ukraine as well as countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with help on issues related to public service governance and staffing.
I want to thank the PSC for the important contribution it has made to the public service, and I hope it will enjoy as much success in the next hundred years.
I would like to mention that from April 29 to May 2, Library and Archives Canada will host a special exhibition highlighting many—
Public Service Commission of Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Saint-Jean.


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Having Fun With Fluency! Part I - A Bridge To Comprehension
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
If you missed out on watching Tim Rasinski's webcast on fluency this month, I strongly urge you to go back and watch the replay and visit the new Fluency page for strategies and teaching ideas that will get your students on the road to a deeper understanding of the stories they read with smooth and expressive reading.
Tim Rasinski On Fluency
However difficult it may be, we have to remember that it is important for us to make time for professional development. The timing may not be right for me to take part in viewing live broadcasts so I'm grateful to have the option to watch a replay when it works for me. This weekend, I sat down in front of my laptop with a bowl of cereal and a large coffee, taking notes as I watched the replay of, Teacher Talks Live Webcast Series: Tim Rasinski On Fluency. Even if you consider yourself well trained on reading instruction, it's nice to sort of refresh your brain on the topic of fluency from an expert in the field. Take 34 minutes out of your busy schedule to watch the replay of the webcast in the comfort of your own home. Or, get a few teacher friends together at school and make it a "lunch and learn". Until then, here's a taste of what you will learn about the teaching of fluency as you watch the replay of the webcast.
What is Fluency?
- It is NOT just reading quickly.
- It IS being able to master the surface level of reading (in order to dive deeper into reading).
- It IS comprehension or the bridge to it.
The fact is, many students who have problems with comprehension are having difficulty with fluency.
Components of Fluency
Word Accuracy
What do readers have to do with the print? They need strategies to figure out tricky words. This falls under word accuracy.
- Students need to know how to decode.
- Students need to understand vocabulary.
- Word study is important.
Need a great resource for word study in the classroom? Check out, Essential Strategies for Word Study: Effective Methods for Improving Decoding, Spelling, and Vocabulary by Dr. Jerry Zutell.
- To do something effortlessly or with little thought.
- If readers are reading slowly, letter by letter, sound by sound, then all of their efforts are in that area and they lose comprehension. Good readers are automatic.
- How do we teach it? Through practice.
Prosody or Expressive Reading
- Use your voice to make meaning.
- Readers get loud, fast, soft or slow, depending on what is happening in the text. But the reader needs to understand what is happening in the story to do this.
- This is the bridge to comprenhsion.
- Meaning changes with the way you say a word- RIGHT? Right! Right.
- No robot reading!
- Little expression usually means little comprehension.
When we teach oral fluency, silent comprehension improves. A student will read in their mind, hear their voice and make meaning.
Seven Basic Principles of Good Fluency Instruction
Note: Each of the chapters in, The Fluent Reader is devoted to these principles.
1. Word Accuracy - You need a word study component in your reading instruction. Use resources such as word ladders and word games.
2. Modeling - Fluency is not just reading fast! Model making meaning. Use read alouds. Show students how you make meaning with your voice.
Check out, Tim Rasinski's Favorite Books for an annotated book list that is sure to help support reading and writing instruction in your classroom. He has a few of my favorite authors on there as well. Want a few more resources to pull from for your read alouds with accountable talk? Read through the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project's Suggested Read Aloud Titles – Grades K-8 for a list of books that will engage students in accountable talk. This is a priceless resource. It includes book summaries and levels of texts as well as a description of the type of book listed across genres and grade levels.
3.Supported Reading- We need to help kids as they begin to become fluent (like giving them training wheels on a bicycle). Have a struggling student read with someone else. They can hear the fluent reader's voice while they try their best.
4.Repeated Reading - Readers need practice! Rereading texts is ok!! Get good at reading and understanding a book before you move on to the next book or next piece of text. Use poetry, songs, and reader's theater to practice repeated reading. Have fun with it!
5.Phrased Reading - Good readers do not read word by word. They read in phrases. They "chunk" text in a meaningful way.
High frequency words shouldn't just live on your word wall or be taught in isolation.Try putting high frequency words in phrases for practice. Examples: "the old man," "my little sister," "your older brother," "in the woods," "by the car." I LOVE this idea and can't wait to use it.
6.Text Difficulty - Make sure that students are reading books at an appropriate level. Model higher leveled texts and have children take part in repeated readings. Give students time to practice texts that are a little above their indepenedent level. The new Common Core Standards are expecting our students to read higher leveled texts across grades. Give students the right support and they can do it.
7.Synergy - Now put it all together. We need to create lessons that combine all of these components.
Where can you fit fluency instruction in your classroom?
- Opening activity - Practice a daily text: a poem or section of text
- Poetry - Have students pick a poem or reader's theater script on a Monday and rehearse it throughout the week so that they can perform it on Friday. Then, start with new material the next week!
Lessons can be tailored by grade. From nursery rhymes and poetry to longer poems with more difficult vocabulary, fluency instruction is essential. Strategies may stay the same, but the content changes.
What can we do to help students who are fluent but can't comprehend? Work on making connections. Get these readers engaged with comprehension instruction.
This Teacher Talk was filled with great ideas and resources that I look forward to exploring further and sharing with my colleagues. Put some of this theory into practice at your school. Shop at The Teacher Store at Scholastic.com and save 25% on Tim Rasinski's teacher resources. I'm putting in an order for myself today!
Be sure to revisit Top Teaching next Tuesday as I will be sharing some of my favorite fluency lessons for you to use in your classroom right away. There will be plenty of downloadable resources and a brand new bookmark that is sure to keep your students focused on fluency during their independent reading. Until then, sit back, relax and take some time to watch the webcast!
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Hi Jen! Thank you so much for taking the time to tell us about these GREAT activities! I'm going to use both of them with the classes I work with this week. And of course, I will be sharing them with others. ;)
There is no doubt that you have found a meaningful way of making fluency fun for your students. Wonderful! (Tim Rasinski would be proud!)
=) Danielle
Hi Monica, If you can't find the time to watch the webcast at home with your little ones running around, we can make time for it during lunch. It's really short, so there will be enough time in one sitting.
Thank YOU for opening your classroom to me! I had fun working with your students on fluency last week. They really showed a love for reading (and worked hard during independent reading time). Expect me back in your room very, very soon! The fluency lesson we worked on will be part of the second half of this post! Revisit the site next Tuesday to check it out.
=) Danielle
I watched the recorded webinar as well and have 2 really quick methods to share for anyone reading:
For expression, write feeling words on cards or dice (happy, sad, angry, nervous, excited, scared, bored, annoyed, worried, disappointed). Give students a simple phrase ("What is that?") and have them read it with the expression they chose. Other students can try to guess what expression they picked, so they can get some feedback on how to change their voice.
The other method is to teach students how to read punctuation appropriately. Students often read right past punctuation, which can make for a confusing story and change the meaning (lots of activities that show this--I like to read the book Twenty Odd-Ducks to show this). So, put about 10 random single digit numbers up, with punctuation (commas, periods, exclamation points, etc.) in between numbers (for instance: 3, 4 5! 2 4? 5 2 6.) Students take turns reading the "sentence" using the punctuation. It takes a few times, but they eventually get it and LOVE to do it.
I am looking forward to that webinar. I tried to remember to watch but is greatful for the replay available. Can't wait to learn about new stategies to follow up the lesson connecting mood to how we read and fluency. Thank you again for coming in and exposing my readers to another way of becoming stronger readers.