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City seemingly threw away their hopes of winning the Barclays Premier League a year ago, only to produce a remarkable late charge to snatch the crown from Manchester United's grasp.
This season they have struggled to match the intensity of that glorious campaign and their hopes of retaining their crown seem remote.
Mancini does not put that down to any collective lack of desire on the part of his players, but accepts intensity could have dropped.
The Italian said: "I think the players always play 100 per cent.
"I don't think they play just 50 per cent, but this can happen with a team like us, that for 40-odd years didn't win a title.
"The year after a team wins a title, it could be that you don't play like when you won the championship, without the same intensity. Maybe you think, 'Okay we are strong, it's enough to play'.
"This can be normal, but I think the players always play at 100 per cent because they want to win the title.
"Until now, I think United have been better than us, but I think the only difference is that we didn't score enough goals."
With City faltering in their title defence, and with a second successive Champions League failure still fresh in the memory, speculation over Mancini's future has been rife.
The Italian has dismissed this on a number of occasions and expressed confidence in his position, based on his record of delivering FA Cup success in 2011 and the Premier League last year.
He has also said finishing runners-up this year would be far from disastrous, particularly with the club still involved in the FA Cup, but that does not mean he intends to settle for it.
The 48-year-old said: "We should do our best. We don't know if we can finish in first place, second place or third place.
"We have 12 games and we should do our best from now to the end.
"Then at the end of the season we will see what's happened.
"If you ask me if I'm happy to finish in second place, I would not be happy.
"I would be disappointed, but we have 12 games and we can't think that it's finished now."
The odds on City winning the title lengthened considerably after a damaging defeat at Southampton a fortnight ago.
They now face a critical match against third-placed Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, in which defeat would not only hammer another nail into their challenge, but bring their position in second under threat.
Mancini is aware of the difficulties but his side did pull off a vital win over the Londoners under considerable pressure at home last March.
City had already started to fall behind United and faced another damaging loss after conceding on the hour but fought back to win 2-1 win a late winner from Samir Nasri.
He said: "It was important but it's always difficult. They're a good team and have good players.
"They have had some problems but it's always difficult against them."
Nasri's form this season was the subject of strong criticism from Mancini in an explosive interview this weekend.
The Frenchman is not the only player to have under-performed this term as City have struggled to replicate last season's standards.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart came under fire after his display at Southampton and he is expected to return to the side after sitting out last week's FA Cup win over Leeds.
Mancini said: "I love Joe. Two years ago when no-one wanted him in goal instead of Shay (Given) I put him in because I trusted him and was sure he was a good goalkeeper.
"But sometimes it's difficult for a goalkeeper. He can do a mistake and if they do they can let in a goal - but we trust Joe 100 per cent."
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In fiscal year 2009, the federal government spent over $4 billion specifically to improve the quality of our nation's 3 million teachers through numerous programs across the government. Teacher quality can be enhanced through a variety of activities, including training, recruitment, and curriculum and assessment tools. In turn, these activities can influence student learning and ultimately improve the global competitiveness of the American workforce in a knowledge-based economy. Prior GAO reports have noted that sustained coordination among key federal education programs could enhance state efforts to improve teacher quality.
Federal efforts to improve teacher quality have led to the creation and expansion of a variety of programs across the federal government; however, there is no governmentwide strategy to minimize fragmentation, overlap, or duplication among these many programs. Specifically, GAO identified 82 distinct programs designed to help improve teacher quality, either as a primary purpose or as an allowable activity, administered across 10 federal agencies. Many of these programs share similar goals. For example, 9 of the 82 programs support improving the quality of teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM subjects) and these programs alone are administered across the Departments of Education, Defense, and Energy; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation. Further, in fiscal year 2010, the majority (53) of the programs GAO identified supporting teacher quality improvements received $50 million or less in funding and many have their own separate administrative processes.
The proliferation of programs has resulted in fragmentation that can frustrate agency efforts to administer programs in a comprehensive manner, limit the ability to determine which programs are most cost-effective, and ultimately increases program costs. For example in the Department of Education (Education), eight different offices administer over 60 of the federal programs supporting teacher quality improvements, primarily in the form of competitive grants. Education officials believe that federal programs have failed to make significant progress in helping states close achievement gaps between schools serving students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, because, in part, federal programs that focus on teaching and learning of specific subjects are too fragmented to help state and district officials strengthen instruction and increase student achievement in a comprehensive manner. While Education officials noted, and GAO concurs, that a mixture of programs can target services to underserved populations and yield strategic innovations, the current programs are not structured in a way that enables educators and policymakers to identify the most effective practices to replicate. According to Education officials, it is typically not cost-effective to allocate the funds necessary to conduct rigorous evaluations of small programs; therefore, small programs are unlikely to be evaluated. Finally, it is more costly to administer many separately authorized federal programs because each program has its own policies, applications, award competitions, reporting requirements, and, in some cases, federal evaluations.
While all of the 82 federal programs GAO identified support teacher quality improvement efforts, several overlap in that they share more than one key program characteristic. For example, teacher quality programs may overlap if they share similar objectives, serve similar target groups, or fund similar activities. GAO previously reported that 23 of the programs administered by Education in fiscal year 2009 had improving teacher quality as a specific focus, which suggested that there may be overlap among these and other programs that have teacher quality improvements as an allowable activity. When looking across a broader set of criteria, GAO found that 14 of the programs administered by Education overlapped with another program with regard to allowable activities as well as shared objectives and target groups (see table). For example, the Transition to Teaching program and Teacher Quality Partnership Grant program can both be used to fund similar teacher preparation activities through institutions of higher education for the purpose of helping individuals from non-teaching fields become qualified to teach.
Areas of Overlap among Selected Programs Administered by Education That Support Teacher Quality Improvement
Note: The 14 programs shown in the table are a subset of over 60 Education programs supporting teacher quality improvement either specifically or as an allowable activity. Specifically, although Title I, Part A, School Improvement Grants, and Even Start allow program funds to be used for teacher quality activities, this is not their primary focus. The 14 programs presented above overlapped with at least 1 other program across objective, target group, and activity.
aEducation has proposed consolidating this program under a broader program in its proposal for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
bThis is not an exhaustive list of activities allowed under these programs, but rather the activities GAO determined were most relevant for the purposes of this analysis.
Although there is overlap among these programs, several factors make it difficult to determine whether there is unnecessary duplication. First, when similar teacher quality activities are funded through different programs and delivered by different entities, some overlap can occur unintentionally, but is not necessarily wasteful. For example, a local school district could use funds from the Foreign Language Assistance program to pay for professional development for a teacher who will be implementing a new foreign language course, and this teacher could also attend a summer seminar on best practices for teaching the foreign language at a Language Resource Center. Second, by design, individual teachers may benefit from federally funded training or financial support at different points in their careers. Specifically, the teacher from this example could also receive teacher certification through a program funded by the Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow program. Further, both broad and narrowly targeted programs exist simultaneously, meaning that the same teacher who receives professional development funded from any one or more of the above three programs might also receive professional development that is funded through Title I, Part A. The actual content of these professional development activities may differ though, since the primary goal of each program is different. In this example, it would be difficult to know whether the absence of any one of these programs would make a difference in terms of the teacher's ability to teach the new language effectively.
In past work, GAO and Education's Inspector General have concluded that improved planning and coordination could help Education better leverage expertise and limited resources, and to anticipate and develop options for addressing potential problems among the multitude of programs it administers. Generally, GAO has reported that uncoordinated program efforts can waste scarce funds, confuse and frustrate program customers, and limit the overall effectiveness of the federal effort. However, given the large number of teacher quality programs and the extent of overlap, it is unlikely that improved coordination alone can fully mitigate the effects of the fragmented and overlapping federal effort.
In 2009, GAO recommended that the Secretary of Education work with other agencies as appropriate to develop a coordinated approach for routinely and systematically sharing information that can assist federal programs, states, and local providers in achieving efficient service delivery. Coordination is essential to ensure that programs do not work at cross-purposes, do not repeat mistakes, and do not engage in wasteful duplication of services. Education has established working groups to help develop more effective collaboration across Education offices, and has reached out to other agencies to develop a framework for sharing information on some teacher quality activities, but it has noted that coordination efforts do not always prove useful and cannot fully eliminate barriers to program alignment, such as programs with differing definitions for similar populations of grantees, which create an impediment to coordination.
Congress could help eliminate some of these barriers through legislation, particularly through the pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and other key education bills. Specifically, to minimize any wasteful fragmentation and overlap among teacher quality programs, Congress may choose either to eliminate programs that are too small to evaluate cost-effectively or combine programs serving similar target groups into a larger program. Education has already proposed combining 38 programs into 11 programs in its reauthorization proposal, which could allow the agency to dedicate a higher portion of its administrative resources to monitoring programs for results and providing technical assistance. Congress might also include legislative provisions to help Education reduce fragmentation, such as by giving broader discretion to the agency to move resources away from certain programs. Congress could provide Education guidelines for selecting these programs. For example, Congress could allow Education discretion to consolidate programs with administrative costs exceeding a certain threshold or failing to meet performance goals, into larger or more successful programs. Finally, to the extent that overlapping programs continue to be authorized, they could be better aligned with each other in a way that allows for comparison and evaluation to ensure they are complementary rather than duplicative.
The information contained in this analysis is based in part on issued GAO products listed under the "Related GAO Products" tab. Additionally, it is based on recent GAO analysis of overlap among teacher quality programs among a broad range of 82 federal programs that support teacher quality efforts directly as a primary purpose, or as an allowable activity. GAO reviewed programs that it had previously identified as teacher quality programs and refined the initial list of programs based on a keyword search of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) for programs that included "teacher quality," "teacher training," or "professional development" in their descriptions. GAO then reviewed agency Web sites, budget documents, and other information to verify that these programs support teacher quality improvements directly or allowed funds to be used to support teacher quality improvements. Education verified that the 63 programs that they administer and that GAO identified as supporting teacher quality improvement did so either directly or as an allowable activity; GAO did not ask other agencies to verify other programs on the list.
To specifically identify potential fragmentation and overlap among these programs, GAO reviewed the CFDA descriptions and other documentation to determine if programs had similar objectives, served similar target groups, and provided similar types of assistance. For purposes of this report, GAO focused on Education programs, which further narrowed the list of potentially overlapping programs to 14. GAO then interviewed responsible program officials to obtain more detailed information about each of these programs. GAO also interviewed Education officials to determine if progress had been made in addressing previous recommendations aimed at improving coordination among agencies administering teacher quality programs, and to obtain information about the potential impact of consolidating or eliminating programs that GAO identified as being potentially duplicative.
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The highlight of the Strange Fire conference is going to be the opportunity to hear from several different godly preachers who come from a variety of settings, all united by their love of the Lord and their conviction to faithfully teach His truth.
Steve Lawson is the pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama. He's also a prolific author, particularly on the topics of preaching and church history. We're eager to hear him bring his considerable expertise to bear on topics like the Person and work of the Holy Spirit, and the nature of God's revelation to us.
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Question: Do you believe that the period of "visions and dreams" has already past? This would be the period spoken of in the passage of Acts 2:17-21, "In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Our sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams..."
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Joyce, #2 asks:
Do you believe that the period of "visions and dreams" has already past?
If by "visions and dreams" you mean to say God speaking and imparting divine revelation to individuals apart from Scripture with the use of vague "hunches" or vivid dreams, then yes, that period has past.
Of course, the way the typical charismatic understands "visions and dreams" as being hunches, or other vague, personal feelings that could be interpreted any way the person desires has never been what the Bible means about "visions and dreams." God doesn't give "visions and dreams" to individuals to confirm their choice as to what car to buy, or where to move for a job, or direct them to take some foolish blind leap of faith to spend money they don't have on some spiritualized capital venture.
"Visions and dreams" implies the giving of new, divine revelation directly from God and in that He used specifically chosen individuals to accomplish that task. Rather than getting hung up on the idea of what Joel means by "visions and dreams" and whether people in today's church still receive such things regularly, it is better to look at the individuals who will receive such things, which is men and women, old and young.
The point being is that the Spirit is going to be poured out on a much greater population of individuals than just the nation of Israel and it will encompass ALL kinds of people from all walks of life. So that the young maiden will receive the saving work of the Spirit in the same fashion as an older man.
The notion of divine revelation only given to select individuals to impart to a group of followers has been an abused practice for a long time. Look at how multitudes have been deceived by such charlatans. The Hagins, Copelands, and Benny Hinn are just a few. Then, you have the groups that want to move families into secluded places to rule over them with distorted doctrine like David Koresh or Jim Jones, and commit unconscionable acts.
The people that listen to these so called teachers either get assimilated into false doctrines and stay there, or fall away, thinking Christianity is false and live any way they want or to the dictates of their fallen flesh.
I'm thankful to good teachers like John MacArthur and others that call these people out and expose their practices.
Joyce (2), I would also ask you to remind yourself of the 13th chapter of Mark. Jesus also quotes from the prophet Joel in Mark 13:25, just as Fred reminds us that Luke is quoting Joel in the Acts passage you cite and ask about.
In Mark 13:14 you will notice the addition of the (uninspired) words 'let the reader understand'. So what is it the Holy Spirit intends for us to understand? His intent is that we not miss the fact that Jesus is speaking (directly or indirectly) to the generation alive and living in Jerusalem at the time (verse 30), that is, those who will witness and those who will escape the events of 70 A.D, (no connection to John's Revelation which is a glorious future event in which we eagerly await). Jesus is warning His beloved elect, who by the way, can not possibly be led astray (verse 22).
So, Fred hits the target when he reminds us "yes, that period has past" in reference to Luke's quotation of the prophet Joel.
It has passed just as sure as the year 70 AD has passed. Jesus and Luke are quoting Joel for the sole purpose of communicating events to living saints that are about to take place in their generation, in real time. But most importantly Joyce, "were written for our instruction so that we might have hope." Romans 15:4. Amen?
After reading Mark 13 and Matthew 24 more intently since my previous post (6), I must confess that much of what I stated in the second paragraph is wrong with the exception of the last sentence. Forgive me.
I absolutely agree that we should look directly at God's Word, and that it is a slippery slope indeed when we add to it! I am concerned, however, that that is a lot of what I see in the anti-charismatic movement: adding to God's Word. For instance, how is it not adding to God's Word by saying the spiritual gifts have ended when we all know the Bible doesn't say that? How is it not adding to God's Word by saying that evidence that the gifts ended is because they are not mentioned in the later epistles, when we all know that the epistles were primarily discussing issues? Not to mention the fact that the word "gifts" is used in 2 Timothy, the same word used for "spiritual gifts." How is it not adding to God's Word when anti-Pentecostals say if someone had the gift of healing, then they would heal everyone every time, when we know that isn't biblical (Jesus didn't heal everyone, and Paul obviously didn't because he told Timothy to take a little wine for his illnesses)? And how is it not adding to God's Word by saying that speaking in tongues is pagan, when no such issue is addressed in the Bible? And on the subject of tongues, one noted scholar's commentary on 1 Corinthians 14 says that Paul is talking about languages when he mentions "tongues," but when he mentions "tongue," he's talking about paganism except in certain verses which appear to be at the sole discretion of the scholar's taste. And it is the same exact Greek word. Also, this scholar says that in verse 2 that Paul doesn't really mean "God" but "a god." This scholar is a leader in the anti-charismatic movement. And how is that not adding to God's Word?
Once again, the gifts have been evident in my own life through healing, words of knowledge that led to salvation of someone and that kept one of my children out of potential harm.
And I am afraid that many of the solid Pentecostals that I know who appear to love God with all their heart and have a burning desire to see the lost saved are going to be lumped in with everyone who is a phony and a fake at this conference. And I am saddened by that, and frankly do not understand the motivation.
In addition to the questions I posed, could you perhaps consider powerful testimonies of Pentecostal movements where hundreds of thousands have been saved? Consider the 1904 revival of Wales. Please research it. Consider Bernhard Johnson who led 1.8 million people to God, and he was Pentecostal. Consider the Buntains who fed millions in India.
Thank you.
Timothy #9 asks,
how is it not adding to God's Word by saying the spiritual gifts have ended when we all know the Bible doesn't say that? How is it not adding to God's Word by saying that evidence that the gifts ended is because they are not mentioned in the later epistles, when we all know that the epistles were primarily discussing issues?
I don't think the primary talking point for our cessationist convictions is limited to no mention of spiritual gifts in the later epistles. There is much more evidence for the ending of gifts than that.
For example, there is yet to be any serious instance of a spiritually gifted individual laying hands on a person and healing him or her of say cancer, or paralysis, or even missing limbs. These types of healings happened with frequency during Christ's ministry and the early stages of the apostles ministry.
Continuing, you write,
How is it not adding to God's Word when anti-Pentecostals say if someone had the gift of healing, then they would heal everyone every time, when we know that isn't biblical (Jesus didn't heal everyone, and Paul obviously didn't because he told Timothy to take a little wine for his illnesses)?
First off, the uniqueness of Christ's ministry is that he did heal practically everyone during his ministry. He banished disease from the land of Israel for those 3 years he ministered. But more to the point, when Jesus healed, the healing was undeniable and fantastic. IOW, Jesus wasn't doing the kind of stage show follies you typically see in our day. Especially those terrible antics where people with genuine illness and crippling disease are pushed aside in an inaccessible area and are passed over by the "healer" whereas all these people with back pain, and so forth are given access to the stage.
If the gift of healing is certainly existing today and there are gifted people with the gift of healing, then they need to demonstrate that giftedness. It wouldn't be some hidden or unknown thing. Jesus healed publicly for everyone to see. There was no doubt as to what He did. I know of no Pentecostal historically or living now, that could honestly testify of such workings of God.
In addition to the questions I posed, could you perhaps consider powerful testimonies of Pentecostal movements where hundreds of thousands have been saved?
Timothy, men being saved in the thousands is different than men being healed in the thousands. I don't doubt there were faithful people who were in the Pentecostal movement who led thousands to Christ. But there are no men who healed thousands and did undeniable works of power and extraordinary miracles.
One passed over problem with the early Pentecostal movement is the failed efforts on a number of missionaries who left for various foreign lands with the belief God would give them the gift of tongues to speak with the nationals, but had to abandon their plans when the gift failed to materialize.
Fred, what do you think of Smith Wigglesworth? Do you think he was of God? I never really hear much about him and wondered what you thought of him.
Joyce, #11, I know who Smith Wigglesworth was, and I have heard the fantastic stories often attributed to him and his ministry. Folks can do a simple websearch and find out what I mean.
Again, those stories of him raising people from the dead, which is probably the primary claims made by his supporters, are still in the realm of heresay and not verified.
When you evaluate the gospels, the works Jesus did were very public. The people knew about him. Even the secular folks, Roman centurions for instance, knew about him. Like all modern era faith healers, Wigglesworth's miracles are confined within controlled situations, with just a few people witnessing it.
Was he of God? Honestly, from what I read of him, he comes across as a typical TV evangelist showman before TV existed.
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If you are just joining us this week we are kicking of December with BasicGrey!
If you haven't heard, we have a BasicGrey Core Impressions line that we just LOVE! There are TWO Core Impression packs in this line that are fabulous. The Whimsy Collection is full of bright colors and whimsical patterns that match BasicGrey papers and embellishments. And the Ornate Collection has beautiful blues, greens and pinks that coordinate with BasicGrey papers and embellishments as well. You will be seeing both of these collections in action this week along with LOADS of BasicGrey goodies, too!
Each pack has FOUR embossed patterns in FIVE colors totaling 20 unique sheets and we sell certain sheets individually as well.
And you know it wouldn't be complete if we didn't have a giveaway! We are giving away one of EACH of our BasicGrey Core Impressions lines!!!
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If you know anything about BasicGrey it's that their papers are full of gorgeous colors. Design Team member Lydia Jackson created a layout that showcases just that using some Picadilly. Lydia shows off on this layout that you can pair your BasicGrey with our other collections, too! Lydia used some Core Essentials and Jillian Spotted cardstock on this layout.
And do you love love love love Black Magic like we do?
Design Team Member Debbie Standard created this layout for us using the Black Magic Sarsaparilla cardstock from the Whimsy collection. Don't be afraid to pair the whimsical patters with the more ornate ones like Debbie did on this layout…it looks awesome!


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Date:Saturday, September 12, 2009Time:8 10:30 a.m. (check-in);
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Debates of Nov. 23rd, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #156 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was history.
- Question Period
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Veterans
- Pakistan
- Violence Against Aboriginal Women
- Canadian Islamic Congress
- Member for Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar
- Order of Canada
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church
- Volunteerism
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Team Saint John
- Pay Equity
- Operation Rudolph
- André Cherrier
- Sponsorship Program
- Charles V. Keating
- Air-India
- Government Contracts
- Government Policies
- Air-India
- Public Safety
- The Environment
- Canada Steamship Lines
- Immigration
- Textile and Clothing Industry
- Income Trusts
- Transportation
- Automobile Industry
- Lobbyists
- Terasen Inc.
- Employment Insurance
- The Environment
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Justice
- Taxation
- Justice
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Pointe-au-Père Wharf
- Public Service
- Presence in Gallery
- Canada's Performance 2005
- Air-India
- Certificates of Nomination
- Order in Council Appointments
- Government Response to Petitions
- Canada Elections Act
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Excise Act
- Blood Samples Act
- Parliamentary Librarian
- Ways and Means
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- Points of Order
- Business of the House
- Bank Act
- First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act
- Ways and Means
- First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act
- Bank Act
- Business of the House
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Old Age Security Act
- Parliament of Canada Act
- Canada Labour Code
- Message from the Senate
- Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act
2 p.m.
The Speaker
As is our practice on Wednesday we will now sing O Canada, and we will be led by the hon. member for Don Valley East.
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, a historic meeting will take place in Kelowna between the Prime Minister and aboriginal leaders at the first ministers meeting.
The dedication shown by this government in addressing the many issues facing aboriginal peoples of Canada has been steadfast.
This government is committed to closing the gap in living standards between aboriginals and other Canadians, not because it is the interest of the week or to score cheap political points but because we want real partnerships and community solutions, and chances for the first peoples of Canada to establish their rightful place in this country as contributors to society and because it is the right thing to do.
Jose Kusugak, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, always notes that Inuit are first Canadians but Canadians first, and they want to do their part for a healthy united Canada.
I know a great deal of hard work and collaborative efforts by all partners have gone into preparing for this meeting and I look forward to the concrete results. I wish the Prime Minister great success.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Werner Schmidt Kelowna, BC
Mr. Speaker, in the final days of the Year of the Veteran, Canadian veterans are being punished by the government.
Under the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, veterans who marry after 60 cannot leave their survivors a portion of their pension, but veterans married before 60 can. These veterans have contributed equally to that pension plan, yet they are not entitled to the same benefits.
The government tells them to put aside money, overlooking the fact that veterans are senior citizens living on fixed incomes. Is this the dignity the government says they deserve?
Decorated veterans like Pete Buell of Halifax, Helen Rapp of Ottawa or Gordon Read of Kelowna want change. Veterans associations across Canada want change. On this side of the House, we also agree.
Give the veterans fair and equal treatment. Amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act. Our veterans stood up for Canada. Is it not time the Ministers of National Defence and Veterans Affairs stood up for them?
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton, ON
Mr. Speaker, I remain concerned about religious discrimination against minorities in Pakistan. In the face of persecution in Pakistan, Ahmadis and Christians advocate universal human rights, tolerance and deliberation. Much more work still needs to be done to ensure the rights and protection of women and minorities in Pakistan.
I call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs to engage in a dialogue with his counterparts in Pakistan, encouraging them to review current laws that discriminate against religious minorities and to intervene on behalf of Ahmadis, Christians and other minorities by calling for the repeal of the anti-blasphemy provisions under the authority of international law. Until international law speaks to the issue, the persecution of minorities will continue.
The right to freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right that must be protected in Pakistan and around the world.
Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bernard Cleary Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC
Mr. Speaker, in a recent report, Amnesty International calls Ottawa's handling of this issue a "shameful" lack of concern for missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Action is urgently needed, especially since the whereabouts of some 500 of these women remain unknown.
The Prime Minister should raise this important issue at his upcoming meeting with aboriginal leaders.
Also, the Minister of Canadian Heritage should give aboriginal women the $10 million requested for their campaign to raise awareness of the tragedy they are experiencing.
The Bloc Québécois denounces violence against aboriginal women and blames the silence of the federal government.
Canadian Islamic Congress
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Eleni Bakopanos Ahuntsic, QC
Mr. Speaker, last week the Canadian Islamic Congress hosted its seventh annual gala dinner on Parliament Hill. The theme of this year's gala event was "Honouring Canadian Muslims' Contributions to the World of Business". During the dinner, a series of awards were given to a number of deserving individuals.
It is my pleasure to note that among those honoured was Youssef Hariri, a law student and member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Islamic Centre located in my riding of Ahuntsic. He received the CIC 2005 Youth Community Award, which honours young Canadians under 30 years old who have given outstanding service to the Muslim community in Canada.
Congratulations, Mr. Hariri.
Member for Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Carol Skelton Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK
Mr. Speaker, today I speak from a personal perspective. I would like, first of all, to thank Noel and the rest of my family, as well as my dedicated staff in Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar and Ottawa. They have allowed me to fairly and fully represent my constituents.
A minority Parliament has required me to be in Ottawa more than in the past. Being in attendance for every vote meant that I had to miss events I have attended in the past, but the understanding of my constituents has made this possible.
I also wish to thank the thousands who took the time to return my surveys. I enjoyed reading every one of them. It has truly been an honour to serve the thousands of Canadians that call our special part of Saskatchewan home. This overwhelming support and encouragement from my constituents makes me look forward to another term as their member of Parliament.
I look forward to seeing as many people as possible during the election and I encourage all Canadians to get out and vote. They can make a difference.
Order of Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Walt Lastewka St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise on this occasion to offer my sincere congratulations to Mr. Paul Bosc Sr. of Château des Charmes wineries on his investiture as a Member of the Order of Canada.
Paul immigrated to Canada from his native Algeria about 40 years ago and settled in Montreal. Not long afterward, he relocated to Niagara to work for the former Chateau-Gai winery. Paul was its chief winemaker and director of research for 15 years. In 1978 he established his own winery, creating Château des Charmes. The winery now has more than 250 acres of vineyards and was one of the first wineries to cultivate European grapes.
Paul Bosc Sr. has played an important role in cultivating the wine industry in the Niagara region. He helped establish Brock University's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute and Ontario's Vintners Quality Alliance or VQA.
As one of the pioneers of the Niagara wine industry, he is a most worthy recipient of the Order of Canada. Congratulations Paul Bosc Sr.
Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation Church
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Marcel Gagnon Saint-Maurice—Champlain, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation church in Shawinigan south is the home of famed painter Ozias Leduc's last major pieces of work and, as such, has been designated a historic site.
I want to acknowledge the hard work of the committee for the protection of the works of Ozias Leduc in securing this designation.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the renowned artist, the committee wanted to display the exquisite decor inside this church. Regarded as his artistic legacy, these works blend spirituality and the history of the development of the Mauricie region.
I invite my colleagues to come and visit this historic site in Shawinigan, located a stone's throw from the Cité de l'énergie scientific theme park. One can enjoy a beautiful view of the Saint-Maurice River while strolling through the gardens surrounding the church. This is one more reason to visit the Mauricie region, a destination no one should miss.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Colleen Beaumier Brampton West, ON
Mr. Speaker, many immigrant volunteers in Canada rarely get the praise due to them. Because they are not yet part of the mainstream, their work goes unreported.
Today I would like to pay tribute to a group of Punjabi seniors who meet in Brampton every week to discuss issues which are of concern to them as a group and to the community at large. Most of them are retired and have small or no pensions, yet these fine men are truly lions. Most recently they financed 35 tents to be sent to the earthquake victims in Pakistan. There was no fanfare. They merely acted upon the teachings of their gurus.
We should be taking lessons from our immigrant communities. Age should be treated with respect. We warehouse our seniors, some in deplorable conditions. We ignore their opinions, dismissing them as out of fashion and we eliminate their visibility when they become an inconvenience.
I would like to name the group members, but there is no time. I am proud to call these Singhs my friends and will continue to seek their guidance in many fronts.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Merv Tweed Brandon—Souris, MB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Auditor General released a report that stated that the Liberal government was underfunding the RCMP. In Manitoba alone the government has cut 25 officers from the highway patrol unit.
Last Friday a local business woman from my constituency of Brandon--Souris had to call three RCMP detachments and wait five hours before an officer showed up, following a robbery at her rural grocery store. She stated that she felt very frustrated as they helplessly were forced to watch thieves take off with their goods.
In light of the Auditor General's report, the increasing street crime in Canada's cities and the lack of police manpower in rural communities, I call on the government to admit its Liberal soft on crime approach has failed Canadians and to state that a new Conservative government will end the useless long gun registry and give more support to our front line officers.
Team Saint John
Statements By Members
November 23rd, 2005 / 2:10 p.m.
Paul Zed Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon to recognize some visitors from my home town of Saint John, New Brunswick.
It has been my pleasure to host the five mayors from Greater Saint John. Mayor Norm McFarlane, Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop, Ron Maloney of Quispamsis, Grace Losier of Grand Bay-Westfield and Jim Huttges of St. Martins are all part of Team Saint John.
Last year we had an extremely successful trip, and this year we have expanded our team to include the mayors and community leaders like Steve Carson and Dale Knox from Enterprise Saint John, Bob Manning from the Saint John Board of Trade and Tom Gribbons from Vibrant Communities.
We have been meeting with ministers of the cabinet, the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the finance, ACOA and immigration ministers. We have discussed the issues of concern to Greater Saint John, such as harbour cleanup, immigration and affordable housing.
Welcome back Team Saint John.
Pay Equity
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Jean Crowder Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Mr. Speaker, recently I was asked by a student who was writing a paper on federal pay equity why the government was taking so long to draft proactive legislation. The Ministers of Labour and Justice appeared at the status of women committee this week to answer that question and their response was not reassuring.
Although the ministers referred to pay equity as a fundamental human right, they said nothing to indicate that we would see draft legislation any time soon.
The pay equity task force studied and consulted for more than three years. It produced a comprehensive report that called for proactive legislation and the establishment of an independent pay equity commission. That report was completed in May 2004 and still nothing from either department.
Women have read the report, have studied the recommendations and know there is no reason for this delay. The departments of justice and labour could immediately draft legislation based on the report's recommendations and move forward.
Canadian women want legislation, no more studies, no more consulting and no more Liberal excuses. Where is the legislation?
Operation Rudolph
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Stockwell Day Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today to thank and congratulate the Canadian Coalition for Democracy for launching Operation Rudolph. Operation Rudolph is a grassroots initiative that will result in the delivery of gifts to each of 1,000 soldiers currently fighting on our behalf and for the people of Afghanistan. Included in these packages will also be personal "thank you" notes from supportive Canadians, many of whom are school children with a passion for our country.
Earlier today MPs and Senators of the Conservative Party of Canada proudly gave $2,500 toward Operation Rudolph's stated goal of $25,000. Anyone willing to do this also can contribute by visiting www.canadiancoalition.com for more information on Operation Rudolph.
From all sides of the House, we want to personally thank our troops worldwide for courageously standing up for Canadian values, the universal values of freedom, individual rights and democracy. Our gratitude and prayers go out to them and their families through this Christmas and holiday season.
André Cherrier
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Monique Guay Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, at the 18th international festival of the Order of the Canardiers, held on October 22, in Rouen, Normandy, André Cherrier from Prévost was awarded the title of master duck breeder.
This honour is all the more prestigious since the owner of Canards, Délices et Pommes is only the third person in the world to receive this title.
In addition to adeptly managing his business, Mr. Cherrier invented a beautiful and modern duck press, which was used during this renowned festival's reception.
Today, it is my pleasure to welcome André Cherrier and his wife, Diane Couët, to Parliament Hill and tell them how proud I am of their success.
The Bloc Québécois salutes your company's contribution to the Laurentian region, applauds your success and congratulates you on this well-earned international honour. Three cheers for you.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (Nov. 16, 2012) - Vicente Hernandez is known around UMES for his colorful bow ties and composing poetry.
PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (Nov. 16, 2012) - Vicente Hernandez is known around UMES for his colorful bow ties and composing poetry.
Hernandez, 22, recently dipped into his own pocket to rent studio time and purchase blank compact disks. He recorded and produced 10 original poems, which he debuted at a recent "album release" party at the Get'n Grounded café in Princess Anne. He estimates he spent several hundred dollars to produce the album.
About 60 people, including fellow students and some UMES faculty members, turned out for the Nov. 9 event. The first 20 fans who showed up for the "open mic – talent show" received a free copy of the 18-minute CD he's calling "Courageous."
Hernandez said he's sold an additional 30 disks since the debut.
A senior majoring in business, Hernandez is a regular on a café circuit in the mid-Atlantic region where he and fellow poets deliver their interpretation of life through free-verse poetry. He says he's performed in front of small, but enthusiastic, crowds in his native Washington, D.C., in Newark, N.J. and New York.
While his poems avoid standard rhyming techniques like the one employed in the headline on this story, listeners, he says, can derive a "rhythm that comes from the way I recite them." The poems on his debut album are inspired by his Christian faith, "believing in dreams" and his family.
When he enrolled at UMES, Hernandez initially wanted to pursue a degree in graphic design. In fact, he created not only the album cover, but also an attractive poster promoting the Get'n Grounded event, where he doubled as the event's host.
His long-term goal is to use his business education and become a restaurateur, perhaps owning a café where the next generation of performers could find a place to showcase their talents much the way he does now.
Bill Robinson, director, Office of Public Relations, (410) 621-2355.
Bill Robinson, director, Office of Public Relations, (410) 621-2355.


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The perfect hairstyle for that bride to be. This medium length hairstyle is taken up and styled back into this fashionably chic, updo style. On the forehead, a fringe is styled to one side. From the sides, the hair is brushed back and gathered into the updo. The hair is styled into soft curls at the back.The cut is medium length.This hair colour is a medium caramel brown.
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Letter, photo off base
To the Editor:
Mr. Vetter: While I agree with your sentiment, the photo published in the Sentinel on Jan. 3 is not a good vehicle to use to express it. I find it incredibly perplexing that not only have you taken precious time from your life (and now mine) to quickly judge someone, but over an instance where – I am maintaining the same vein as your opinion, here – you should probably be thinking "Well, hey, at least they're at the library and he doesn't have them plopped in front of the TV, soaking up whatever instantaneous ADD causing shenanigans that Spongebob Squarepants is dishing out." (No, that is not my own opinion, the study can be found here: http://bit.ly/1amdZDf)
My children and I spent around two hours at the Martin County Library that afternoon, reading and exploring the activities there together. This photo was taken the one time I took out my phone. Well, second if you want to count when Gunner and I were putting together the rocket that put the Mars Rover, Curiosity, into space through the one of several NASA apps that I have on my phone. Since it is called a "smart phone," I maintain it as such. Besides, how could you possibly know that there wasn't something important happening here? From this picture that captures an infinitesimal fraction of a moment, how can you infer that I was using an electronic device to ignore my children, and not, say, responding to a pertinent text message from their mother, or pulling up the aforementioned NASA application?
I knew that a picture of my children and I would be in the newspaper, but it didn't occur to me that this would be the picture used; to be honest, I didn't even know pictures of us had been taken until I was approached by the photographer when she asked for my permission to use them. I was actually caught a bit off guard since I was focused on my children, and it certainly didn't occur to me at the time to ask to see the pictures she took. And I still don't think I would have, anyways. Like I said, we were there for a while, and I had assumed that she had gotten a good picture of us while I was helping my youngest read a book, or when he was putting on a performance with the bald eagle puppet that was there, or after we all went and found a good book on which dinosaurs were found on which continent (on the "grown up" side, I might add, because those two boys are that smart) and we were all huddled around it. Seeing that this was the picture that made the front page infuriated me far more than you, trust me.
Your letter to the editor is well-written, but unfortunately fallacious.
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Now that Sen. John McCain appears to be this year's presumptive Republican presidential nominee, one developing storyline is whether he'll have the support of the pro-life movement this fall. A glimpse into that debate can be found in the pages of the National Catholic Register. A column last week headlined "McCain Sits Down for Life," which took the senator to task for being "weak" on the issue, led to a strong defense of his record this week by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., whose own race for the White House last fall had been endorsed by numerous pro-life leaders.
Is McCain pro-life?
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Edwin Goddard
GODDARD, Edwin Eugene, 93 of Mikado died Sept. 5, 2013.
He is survived by his children, Gary (Helen) of Black River, Judy (Alan) Fraser of Black River, and David (Terry) of Davison; 10 grandchildren, Jeff, Steven, Jenny, Chris, Wendy, Amy, Heidi, Matthew, Emily, and Noah; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Sept. 7, at Calvary Baptist Church, Mikado at 1 p.m., with visitation beginning at 11 a.m. Interment will be at Mt. Joy Cemetery, in Haynes Township. Arrangements were made through Gillies Funeral Home, Lincoln.


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Google's $199 Laptop for a Blue Christmas
This comes after Wahlman's coverage of Google's $249 laptop .
For his work, I praise him.
Beyond that, I can't subscribe to the notion that there's anything even remotely encouraging about Google's approach.
In fact, the whole WalMartization of tech is bad for the space.
For as crazy as Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer might be , you've got to at least credit the guy for not selling out and undercutting Apple (AAPL) on price.
Wahlman gleefully lists Google's alleged bargains: A $349 smartphone that's $300 less than an iPhone; the $149 Nexus 7 tablet counters the $329 iPad mini; the 10-inch model is $100 cheaper than iPad 4; and Google's new Samsung and Acer Chromebook builds come in 60% to 80% less expensive than most new Windows 8 laptops and Apple Macbooks.
If this is what tech has come to the space is in worse shape than I thought.
When it became clear Apple was going to do iPad mini, I feared a $199 product. At least Tim Cook stayed somewhat true to Steve Jobs-form by building a high-quality tablet at a premium price.
If Apple jumped into the low-priced gutter with Google and Amazon.com (AMZN) , it would have been akin to saying we give up .
There's this flawed notion that if a product is more affordable, its maker accomplished some incredible feat.
From a business perspective, this is not a case of Amazon breaking even on mediocre hardware to drive e-commerce sales. Instead, it's Google "competing" against Apple the only way it can -- on price.
This is Google!
You mean to tell me there's not enough talent in the building, available for hire or at Motorola to put together top-of-the-line laptops -- even if in conjunction with Samsung and Acer -- that generate profits, respectable margins and a top-notch user experience?
All Google can do is give us a glorified Web surfer and market it as a spare computer or something that gets knocked around in a hotel lobby?
Wahlman tells us that the $199 Acer/Google Chromebook might fit the bill for "those who do computing-intensive tasks, perhaps gamers."
Really? The Intel (INTC) Celeron processor and 2GB of memory will power "computing" intensity for "gamers?" I'm not sure these specs can effectively handle the arcade version of Pac-Man.
This approach shows that Google has no idea why Apple succeeds with consumers, business and educators. It doesn't produce, using Wahlman's words here, "disposable" products. It churns out aspirational ones that serve multiple purposes for a variety of users at several premium price points.


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come chat
come chat
Don't see a link to a chat room, how do we get to it?
Milk Cows Not Taxpayers
The sticky thread above this one takes you to it. You have to register with user name and password as if it were a new site.
You folks can make links to the chat room in any of at least about 114,000 ways. A couple are to right click the link address above and add to your favorites, copy the address and right click your desktop and add a new shortcut. Give it a name and it will open with your system default browser.
The official site link location is off of the homepage / digital dialog on the left side of the page. http://beesource.com/bee-l/index.htm
If you don't ever see the official homepage of beesource.com then you must obviously already know how to create bookmarks and shortcuts to go directly to the forums and bypass the homepage to get there.
I placed a sticky link at the top of the chat forum some time ago because there were so many complaints that there wasn't a link in the chat forum and folks didn't seem to want to add a shortcut or favorite beside the one they must have obviously already made for the other forums.
I guess maybe I'm getting a little cynical about this silly link issue. But come on folks, it really ain't that tuff............
If I run across a way to build a telekinetic link on the web somewhere, I'll be sure and post it here and share the joy.
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"There is still the youngest," Jesse answered, "but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives." So he sent and had him brought in. —1 Samuel 16:11-12
Have you learned to recognize God's setup? This is what we find in John 6. When Jesus went so far as to say, "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (v. 53), that did it. "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it? ... From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him" (vv. 60, 66). They could not have felt more justified in their disgust. The offense in some people's anointing is camouflaged by God's setup. This way people can rationalize and dismiss the person and feel completely justified.
Eliab, Jesse's firstborn, was a setup. This is surely the one, even Samuel thought at first. But fortunately, Samuel kept listening to that voice he trusted.
If we are not truly tuned in to the voice of the Holy Spirit, we can let any prejudice of our own charm us to miss the authentic. On top of this, God may well test us by allowing our prejudice to overrule when someone's outward appearance is not up to what we think should befit an anointed servant of Christ.
Once Samuel saw David, despite his young age and utter lack of experience, the Lord said, "Rise and anoint him; he is the one" (1 Sam. 16:12). How did Samuel know? I only know that he knew. He knew he was not deceived. But he would not have been able to supply evidence to Jesse or anyone else that would be totally convincing. The pain of being today's man is that you can't convince another person of what you see unless the same Holy Spirit shows them as well.
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BEIJING (AP) Athens champion Xian Dongmei has won China's first gold medal in judo at the Beijing Olympic Games, defeating An Kum Ae of North Korea in the women's 52-kilogram division.
Xian brought the sellout crowd to its feet Sunday when she outscored An in an aggressive match, which had followed a series of winning throws that got her through to the final with little danger.
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Skip to comments.Film showing tonight: Rebel Without a Cause
Posted on 05/09/2013 9:13:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The 1955 American classic about teenage alienation and rebellion, Rebel Without a Cause, will be shown at Tripolis Art House tonight.
Starring James Dean, who died before the film was released, and directed by Nicholas Wood, the film explores teenage feelings of alienation and disillusionment with society.
Tonights film-screening is organised by the Arete Cinema Club. Cinemas and theatres in Libya were closed for decades and the cinema club aims to reintroduce films to the community.
Rebel Without a Cause is in English with Arabic subtitles. The screening starts at 6 pm on Thursday 9 May, with refreshments are available beforehand. The Art House is on Al-Sekka Road in Tripoli.
Incidentally, the script of RWAC was written by Stewart Stern who is still alive at 91.
It was risque in its final form as well.
Not like the original uncut version. I'll freepmail you if you like with the details. Won't post them on a family forum.
How risque could it have been in the late 1940s?
Didn't know that. All I can think about is that red jacket!
See your freepmail.
Hollywood is not a place where excellence and quality dominates or is even the goal, I trust my judgement over theirs in judging their goods.
A more desolate place you wont find.
Oh yes you will. Just cruise on over to Lost hills.
It's generally not Hollywood figures who are the cinephiles it's fans and film scholars.
Speaking for myself, I never claimed Dean was gay. RWAC is admittedly a solid, well-made film. It's just that as the culture has become more and more self-absorbed, feminized, and even celebratory over this fact, issues like "teen angst" have worn really, really thin with me. Not saying the message of RWAC is endorsing this, but that it's the topic that has become a visceral turn-off.
Wait'll they learn that Sal Mineo was gay and that James Dean dated Vampira.
Toronto, Canada was then hard scrabble for new immigrants as myself. Hardly anyone seemed to own a car, but all talked about getting one. A Hungarian refugee had remarked to me, after discussing Canada and the weather this:
California! That is our dream.
There was this youth with a huge boat of an automobile (his Dads). He had doting parents. In the wonderful climate of California he basked. He had a smashing girl friend to boot (portrayed by Natalie Wood). I could not figure it out. Only in later years did I realise that the harder things are to get, plus the struggles some have to make to get them, seem to make many people value just what they have.
Thus the film did indicate to some extent about "rebellion;" maybe human beings are not geared to be absolutely satisfied. A bit of a ramble here, but I must mention I had read Steinbeck's East of Eden and then re read it. Dean's portrayal was genius. The novel had more authenticity to it than "Rebel Without a Cause". I will always remember the portrayal of the sweet girl next door. It was Abra, acted by Julie Harris, who is still with us, though sadly not so well, I believe. She was born in 1924.
James Dean and Marilyn Monroe are "icons" because they never age. They died young and left behind a strong body of work.
Hitchcock kept making movies past his prime and had a lengthy career before he truly got up to speed.
They were also "icon"ed with t-shirts and pop art paintings to truly become "iconic".
Che is an icon and most of the public doesn't know crap about him. Icon != worth or valued just as chart success != quality or "best of the era". iconic
Giant was released after his death ... not Rebel Without A Cause. I'm old enough to remember the movie not long after it was released. My recollection is that I saw the movie before he was killed in a automobile accident.
I didn't think Dean was a bad actor, just that the "tearing me apart" scene looks overacted (sorry). I DID enjoy him in the rest of the film though. He was very cool.
Yes, Julie Harris was a genius of an actress. Great movie. I can understand an immigrant wanting California! It was the golden land after the war!
Sal Mineo was indeed gay and working on a gay play when he was brutally murdered in his drive way in L.A. I believe they never found the killer. Vampira, at least, was a woman.
Too many of the young actors in Rebel met untimely ends. Nick Adams is another one.
I wonder what their reaction would be to seeing Elvis and Mary Ann Mobley in "Harem Scarem."
Two longtime favorites of mine are in the cast of RWAC... Rochelle Hudson and Ann Doran.
What do you think of country music? Is it a complete travesty to ya? (duck'n & runn'n)
You actually draw a distinction between Lost Hills and Cholame
in a world this large? Hmmm. If you find there is that much
of a geographic difference then for the sake of accuracy I will
revise my statement to reflect that the intersection of CA 41
and CA 46 near Cholame is among the most desolate areas
you can find anywhere in the Lower 48....... Fixed?
Now, why would you run away? I happen to very much like country music - but only the old stuff. Any kind of cross-over music drives me wild. When my husband and I drove across N.C. and Tennessee a few years ago, we could not find a station that played authentic country music or bluegrass. When I directed a lovely play that takes place in the South, I used country music between scenes.
PS this was a collaboration between me and Ronnie Houser. I wrote the words, and Ronnie Houser wrote the music and created and produced the performance. The truck picture on the You Tube, I created from a licensed image, split it in two, and used it as the cover art for a privately released album of the same name as the song.
I am a fan, and my judgement is better than the leftists that populate the Hollywood world and it's world of critics and scholars, and professors.
If you want to worship at the altar of the short lived actor and a kind of weird movie, feel free, but I consider the film one for beer and laughs.
Country used to be very rough and earthy. as did the people listening to it before the 1970s and pot reached the country world. "Knoxville Girl" is kind of a shocker, it was a hit from a very popular duet, the Louvin Brothers.
Here is the song that reached number 19 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1959, "Knoxville Girl"
""Its perhaps their most powerful rendering of traditional folk musics bleak vision of a dark and forlorn land, where love is absent and death is the only certainty. Its the centerpiece of what is arguably the Louvins' finest album."The album is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die."
There are some more examples here. Violence is a part of our folk music history
Thanks for the link. I will listen. I love low brow as much as the middle and high end. As long as it's good.
Hey, I liked it! Patriotic country music is always good. You're a song writer - that's great.
My big concern about country music is that it has gotten very homogenous, if that's the right word. Bland might be a better word. The kind of bumper music Sean Hannity plays. I always listened to Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, early Dolly Parton as a kid and young woman. Then I moved further back in time and became interested in bluegrass.
With all due respect this is part of a genre sometimes known as "Hicksploitation."
To me it's like comparing Stephen King to Mark Twain.
Thank you for the compliment, knowing what a highbrow it comes from... :-)
I've never heard country called that, when did you discover country, were they singing about cocaine and killing, and destroying property and cutting guys and cheating then?
Are you old enough to remember how violent and brutal the country world of bars and partying and life was before the 1970s?
Well I had an album of that stuff... it was marked hixploitation. Ranged from a song from the viewpoint of a gal who was going to commit suicide by letting a train run over her, to a hideously overdone (to the point of farce) version of Amazing Grace. Great if demons are what you're into.
Oh, stop it! Actually, I very much enjoyed it. I love patriotic country songs - even the new ones. I just remembered that several years ago, I directed a play and the music I used was "Take This Job and Shove It." The play was about two guys on the assembly line.
I think you are misguided if you think that country hits of the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s and 1970s were because the
American people listening to country were of the demonic worshiping segment of the population.
Knoxville Girl for instance is centuries old, when you listen to old country hits, you don't hear the sordid sex and cheating and cheap wives leaving husbands, the Honky Tonk violence and the casual taking of life, fighting and killing over cheap women and wives and husbands and easy sex? You don't hear much sordid stuff in the Hank Williams songs, from Johnny Cash? Prison and killing men just to watch them die and cheap sex was a part of country music because people lived it and identified with it.
You said "" Today you're likely to hear about the pleasures of some questionable tryst if you tune in to the country hits of Nashville (which I live next door to, by the way, now)."", listen to old country, pre-1970s it is a staple of country music and always has been.
Seriously, your cadence and construction are almost lyrical in a way that reminded me of how we were taught, long ago in the midwest, to (hopefully) think and (surely) pattern any writing we may attempt.
Anyway, thank you :^)
Anyway, not to ramble on too much, but today up in Great Lakes Country at the Canadian American border of Sault Ste Marie, it snowed. Lots of wet heavy snow. About 35 deg tonight as well. I have a modest rye whiskey in hand and will enjoy it, as I enjoyed your post. Cordially. PL.
Hit the wrong button and you have my mail for all to peruse. (chuckle).
Cheers, and enjoy the quiet of the snow
It's a masterpiece which is taught as one of the prime examples of cinematic expressionism. The director studied with Frank Lloyd Wright And it shows.
The good news for you is that it is on DVD, so you can enjoy it as much as you like, it sucks, but as long as the usual crowd likes it, then great.
The crowd knowledgable about cinema yes.
That is your liberal arrogance and tribalism speaking, not all of us knowledgeable about cinema agree with your views.
You do tend to circle the liberal wagons though when other people have opinions that differ with the left side of the Hollywood world.
LOL What does liberal have to do with this? They aren't just my views. It's a classic that's taught in film schools. Period. What you personally think of it is irrelevant. I know people who don't like Citizen Kane and 2001. They are still great films.
Actually my personal opinion is incredibly important, regardless of what you people teach to each other and repeat back and forth among you, but then I am the guy (and other observers like me) who you couldn't believe was insightful enough to know about Ebert being liberal when you didn't know and couldn't see it with your own eyes.
Ebert's politics are irrelevant to him being a great critic in his prime. What's 'you people'. Lol.
Your inability to break from your crowd, and your lack of discernment was revealed in your inability to be aware of the bias that he brought to his personal opinions on films and Hollywood, you came late to that realization if you ever did realize it, and you still don't seem to care much for people knowing it, like James Dean, Ebert seems like some sort of God to you.
Your incredible ego doesn't make you anything more than just another movie fan with opinions, and not very original ones.
Ebert was a childhood inspiration. He contributed mightily to American culture by teaching people about cinema. All critics have some sort of bias. Telling someone to keep their opinions out of their criticism is like telling someone to keep their opinions out of their posts on FR.
I obviously believe you.
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Now that I've found it though, it's time to push myself out there. Therefore, 2012 will be the year for exposure. I dare say you'll start seeing me in more publications and juried shows. It's not 2012 yet, but I'm off to a pretty good start. the Painting above, City Dwellers, is already committed to California Art Club's 101st annual Gold Medal show. Though I've been a member off and on for years, I haven't really participated in many of their shows till now because, as I've said above, I didn't have a voice to push.
Also in the current issue of Plein Air Magazine, I have small mentions in pgs. 83, 94, 95, and 96.
Keep an eye on the February issue of American Art Collector, too. It'll be a cityscape issue, a good place for my work to be seen.
We're visiting family for the holidays so there won't be much painting - if at all - for the next few weeks, but if I get a chance, I'll try and post. I hope you have a safe and enjoyable Holidays too~