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Debates of Nov. 4th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #148 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was liberal.
- Question Period
- Privilege
- The Arctic
- Housing
- Remembrance Day
- Rotobec
- Canada-Israel Friendship Group
- Agriculture
- Remembrance Day
- Veterans Week
- Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association
- Liberal Government
- New Brunswick Businesses
- Veterans Affairs
- Yitzhak Rabin
- Sponsorship Program
- Iran
- Sponsorship Program
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Sponsorship Program
- Government Appointments
- National Defence
- Sponsorship Program
- Public Works and Government Services
- Sponsorship Program
- Election Campaign Financing
- Government Spending
- Justice
- Job Creation
- Democratic Reform
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Justice
- Aboriginal Veterans
- Human Resources and Skills Development
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- The Environment
- Forest Industry
- Airport Customs Services
- Official Languages
- Agriculture
- Airports
- Points of Order
- Government Response to Petitions
- Nuclear Waste Management Organization Report
- Committees of the House
- Excise Tax Act
- Hazardous Products Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Criminal Code
- National Appreciation Day Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 181
- Question No. 185
- Question No. 190
- Question No. 192
- Question No. 205
- Question No. 211
- Privilege
Hazardous Products Act
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Alexa McDonough Halifax, NS
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-436, An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (prohibited product—hooks).
Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to introduce this bill which is an act to amend the Hazardous Products Act.
The purpose of the bill is to prohibit the advertising, sale and import of elongated display hooks that can cause a threat to the safety and health of persons.
Together with the unsafe products act introduced by my colleague the member for Halifax--Needham in the Nova Scotia legislature, these measures are designed to remove dangerous display hooks from the marketplace that have caused blindness, sight impairment and brain injury to countless children and some adults. The continued use of these deadly hooks should be illegal, period. I hope all members will see fit to support this simple effective measure.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Employment Insurance Act
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Gerry Ritz Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-437, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code.
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to table this bill today. It is a short piece of legislation that would open the definition of family member within the HRD code to include siblings and in-laws, something which was certainly an oversight by the government.
There has been a lot of talk about it. The government is paying some lip service. There have been motions by other members in the House. I am certain that this is the type of bill someone will grab and run with and that it will receive unanimous consent when we finally speak to it.
The Liberals originally announced $200 million to address this shortfall. They were not able to spend any more than close to $8 million, so there is certainly room to expand that definition.
We look forward to debate on the bill. The genesis of the bill is from a woman named Heather Chisholm in my riding. She is a seniors worker and understands the need for this type of legislation.
I look forward to speaking to the bill in the future.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Peter MacKay Central Nova, NS
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-438, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (murder of parole officer or firefighter).
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Fort McMurray for seconding the motion. My colleague from Calgary Centre also vehemently supports this bill.
The bill, if adopted, would amend the Criminal Code. The bill is aimed at basically bringing parity to Criminal Code section 231(4) which I believe is just an oversight. Reference to a parole officer or firefighter has been left out of the listed individuals where a murder occurs and it would be considered first degree murder.
The bill itself is introduced in memory of the horrible murder of Louise Pargeter and out of respect to her parents, Mike and Judy and her partner, Anne Lynagh. The murder occurred in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories when Louise Pargeter was working as a parole officer. In a letter to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the family asked that this type of legislation be tabled.
Currently, parole officers and firefighters are not specifically mentioned. The distinction is very important. Police officers, wardens and jail guards are currently listed in the section. It would make perfect sense to include parole officers as well.
An automatic first degree murder charge would create a significant deterrent and would minimize similar offences being committed against parole officers in the future.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
National Appreciation Day Act
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Daryl Kramp Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-439, An Act respecting a National Appreciation Day.
Mr. Speaker, I would certainly like to thank my colleague from Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre for kindly gracing me with seconding the motion. It is a national issue and a national concern.
Today I am pleased to introduce a bill entitled the national appreciation day act . This enactment designates the third day of March in each and every year as the day for the people of Canada to express appreciation for the heroic work of members of the Canadian Forces and emergency response professionals, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics.
I believe all members of all parties in the House of Commons would agree to support a very speedy passage of this bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
November 4th, 2005 / 12:15 p.m.
Bonnie Brown Oakville, ON
Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 16th report of the Standing Committee on Health, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
The Speaker
Is there unanimous consent?
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
(Motion agreed to)
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Dave MacKenzie Oxford, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition from the congregation of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Tavistock, Ontario, most of whom are constituents of mine.
They call upon Parliament to ban the production, promotion and distribution of a film based on the murders of Tammy Homolka, Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Colin Carrie Oshawa, ON
Mr. Speaker, children suffering from autism spectrum disorder, ASD, are among the most vulnerable sector of Canadian society. Diagnosis of ASD is increasing at an alarming rate. Currently, it is one child in 195. Therefore, I would like to thank my young friend, Josh Bortolotti, for taking the lead on this issue.
In this petition, the petitioners are requesting funding for intensive behavioural intervention and applied behavioural analysis for children with ASD and to provide teaching of these therapies at the Canadian university and college levels.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to introduce three petitions today, the first of which deals with the issue of autism spectrum disorder.
The petitioners call for a national strategy for autism and specifically want the amendment of the Canada Health Act and corresponding regulations to include IBI and ABA therapy for children with autism. As well, they are calling for research to happen through the university chairs in each province to teach the proper treatments necessary to assist persons with autism in Canadian society.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, my second set of petitions relates to the issue of employment insurance.
There are several hundred petitioners who are calling upon the government to make it 360 hours to qualify for the entry level of employment insurance benefits anywhere in Canada. They call for a benefit rate of 60% of normal earnings based on the worker's 12 best weeks. They also call for an increase in maximum benefits during the duration of 50 weeks as employment insurance is a backstop to many different problems.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, this petition is regarding a very serious issue. The member for Windsor—Tecumseh as well as hundreds of petitioners across Windsor-Essex County are calling upon the government to assist the minister of immigration to enact his ministerial powers by granting Mr. Ahmad Abou Ramadan a ministerial permit on humanitarian and compassionate grounds before his removal date of December 22, thus allowing Mr. Ramadan to remain in Canada.
This is a very important issue. I hope the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration will take this issue very seriously.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Michael John Savage Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from residents in my constituency and the surrounding area on the issue of autism.
The petitioners recognize the tremendous burden that is placed on families who have children with autism. They are calling upon Parliament to amend the Canada Health Act to include IBA and ABA therapy for children with autism and to contribute to the creation of academic chairs at universities to teach IBA and ABA treatment. It is my pleasure to present this petition.
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Mark Warawa Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, before presenting the petition, I would like to thank the Speaker for hosting a lunch yesterday for the Governor General's performing arts awards. It was very much appreciated.
This petition is from residents in Langley, British Columbia. They are saying that charging GST on the federal tax and other taxes is double taxation and they would like to see that eliminated.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
New Brunswick
Dominic LeBlanc Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 181, 185, 190, 192, 205 and 211.


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/30/14 -- Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. ("Dynasty" or the "Company") (TSX: DMM)(OTCQX: DMMIF) wishes to provide the following update on the preparation of revised Technical Reports for its mineral projects. As previously announced, the Company is preparing an updated Technical Report in respect of its Zaruma Project and amended Technical Reports in respect of its non-producing Jerusalem and Dynasty Goldfield Projects in order to address the results of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission. Due to further delays in the preparation of such Technical Reports, the Company now anticipates that such reports will be completed and filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com in May 2014. Readers are reminded that the mineral resource estimates contained in the Company's public filings should not be relied upon until such time as the Technical Reports supporting such estimates have been filed.
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Up until last year, enterprises that were looking into cloud services usually undertook a long-term pilot with one of the large cloud providers, running test and dev workloads in the cloud. With cloud's transition to mainstream adoption in 2015, and with enterprises migrating more and more workloads into the cloud and in between public and private environments, the single-provider approach must be revisited. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Yoav Mor, multi-cloud solution evangelist at Cloudy...
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Gov. Mark Dayton heads a roster of dignitaries at the noon Oct. 27 groundbreaking for ISELF, the university's $45 million science teaching-and-research facility.
The 100,000 square-foot structure, which is expected to open in 2013, will be built on Eighth Street South, east of the Education Building, at the site of the former 801 Building.
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Known formally as the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility, ISELF will be the largest single construction project, measured in dollars, in Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system history, according to university officials.
Construction will create 325 on-site jobs and a total of 961 off-site, direct and indirect jobs, according to Dan McKay of McGough, the St. Paul-based construction manager at-risk.
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Baker, Carlos
Carlos Baker 1909–-1987
(Born Carlos Heard Baker) American biographer, novelist, critic, and editor.
Baker is best known as the official biographer of Ernest Hemingway, but he also published critical studies of other literary figures, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Faulkner. His biographical account of Hemingway's life garnered much praise for its wealth of invaluable material but drew negative reaction for its lack of insight and interpretation. Yet Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (1969) is still regarded as an important biographical work and Baker is remembered as an influential biographer and literary critic.
Biographical Information
Baker was born on May 5, 1909 in Biddeford, Maine. In 1932 he received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and a year later received his M.A. from Harvard University. After spending a few years teaching high school, he became an English instructor at Princeton University in 1938. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1940 and became a full professor in 1951. He was appointed chairman of the English department in 1952, a position that lasted until 1958. In the early 1950s, Baker initiated a correspondence with Hemingway, a relationship that would continue until a few months before Hemingway's death in 1961. This exchange of letters allowed Baker to gather personal information from the author, even though Hemingway forbade the writing of any biography of himself. From 1954 to 1957, Baker was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of English at Princeton. He received a Fulbright lectureship at Oxford University in 1957 and in Nice, France, in 1958. After Hemingway's death, Baker maintained a privileged relationship with Mary Hemingway, the author's widow. In this way he was able to become Hemingway's official biographer. In 1969 his biography of Hemingway was published. In 1977 Baker retired as professor emeritus. He died after a short illness on April 18, 1987.
Major Works
Baker's 1952 interpretive study of Hemingway's oeuvre, Hemingway: The Writer as Artist, succeeded in establishing his credentials as a leading Hemingway scholar. He revised the study three times, adding chapters to explore later fiction and appending a bibliography. Baker's often contentious relationship with Hemingway is retold in The Land of Rumbelow: A Fable in the Form of a Novel (1963), a novel chronicling the complex relationship between a famous author and a literary critic. Through information garnered from Hemingway and his widow, as well as interviews with associates, family, friends, and acquaintances, Baker compiled his comprehensive biography, Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, which was published in 1969. Considered the official biography of Hemingway, the book was a commercial success and has been translated into several languages. With the permission of Mary Hemingway, Baker published Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961 (1981), a collection of approximately six hundred unedited letters. Because Hemingway had forbidden the publication of his correspondence, even after his death, the appearance of this book garnered critical approbation as some scholars disparaged Baker as opportunistic and dishonorable.
Critical Reception
Although some of Baker's facts have been challenged, Ernest Hemingway is regarded as an invaluable resource on Hemingway's life. Commentators have noted a few inaccuracies in Baker's biographical account, a result of Hemingway's tendency to invent his own truth and Baker's willingness to accept it. In general, however, Baker has been commended for exposing most of Hemingway's myths by presenting objective accounts of the author's life. The copious amount of previously unpublished information reported in Ernest Hemingway has also been a matter of critical discussion: most commentators praise the extensive amount of new material in the book; yet several assert that the research could have been presented more judiciously and with more insight into Hemingway's personality. Some critics maintain that Baker's privileged position as official Hemingway biographer impacted his interpretation of the material—that, in fact, he treated the author with too much respect. Yet critics recognize his accomplishment and the importance of his work, as well as his considerable influence on Hemingway studies.
Principal Works
Shadow on a Stone (poetry) 1930
The American Looks at the World [editor] (essays) 1944
Shelley's Major Poetry: The Fabric of a Vision (criticism) 1948
Hemingway: The Writer as Artist (criticism) 1952
The Major English Romantic Poets: A Symposium in Reappraisal [editor with C. D. Thorpe and Bennett Weaver] (criticism) 1957
A Friend in Power (novel) 1958
Hemingway and His Critics: An International Anthology [editor] (criticism) 1961
Ernest Hemingway: Critiques of Four Major Novels [editor] (criticism) 1962
A Year and a Day: Poems (poetry) 1963
The Land of Rumbelow: A Fable in the Form of a Novel (novel) 1963
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (biography) 1969
The Gay Head Conspiracy: A Novel of Suspense (novel) 1973
The Talismans and Other Stories (short stories) 1976
Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961 [editor] (letters) 1981
The Echoing Green: Romanticism, Modernism, and Phenomenon of Transference in Poetry (criticism) 1984
Emerson Among the Eccentrics: A Group Portrait (criticism) 1996
Arthur Mizener (review date 18 October 1952)
SOURCE: Mizener, Arthur. "Prodigy into Peer." Saturday Review of Literature 35, no. 42 (18 October 1952): 25.
[In the following favorable review of Hemingway: The Writer as Artist, Mizener contends that Baker succeeds in focusing on Hemingway's "essential character" and considers the study "a considerable accomplishment."]
This first systematic study of Hemingway as a writer [in Hemingway: The Writer as Artist] is a fine, sensible book, and when you think of all the possibilities for going astray about Hemingway's work and of all the irrelevant things it would be easy to write about his personality, you feel, I think, very grateful to Professor Baker for having written the kind of book he has.
He is not trying to startle the reader with "Freudian fiddle-faddle" or another trick kind of interpretation; he is trying to give precise definition to what we can all see, if only vaguely. Consequently he fixes from the start on what is certainly the essential characteristic of Hemingway's work, the way he is able to embody a structure of values and feelings in a meticulously "true" representation of "the way it was." Professor Baker makes us see how this central intention has governed Hemingway's work through all the changes and developments of the thirty years between Three Stories and Ten Poems and The Old Man and the Sea. It is a...
(The entire section is 572 words.)
Patrick F. Quinn (review date 24 October 1952)
SOURCE: Quinn, Patrick F. "The Measure of Hemingway." Commonweal 57, no. 3 (24 October 1952): 73-75.
[In the following review, Quinn asserts that Baker repudiates many of the critical perceptions about Hemingway and his work in Hemingway: The Writer as Artist.]
Perhaps the most important generalization that can be made about modern literature, fiction as well as poetry, is that its method is dramatic rather than expository. It seeks not to explain but to imply.
Some day this axiom will be taken for granted. Ignoring it, many people are baffled by the apparently inflated reputation of Hemingway. The man can write—obviously. But what a...
(The entire section is 863 words.)
Ray B. West, Jr. (review date spring 1953)
SOURCE: West, Ray B., Jr. "The Sham Battle over Ernest Hemingway." Western Review 17, no. 3 (spring 1953): 234-40.
[In the following review, West compares Baker's treatment of Hemingway and his work in Hemingway: The Writer as Artist to Philip Young's Ernest Hemingway.]
Present-day criticism of Ernest Hemingway appears to be in a confused and unhappy state. The blame, I think, lies with the over-zealous friends of Mr. Hemingway, and with Mr. Hemingway himself. There is a kind of person who can abide no criticism of Ernest Hemingway, and Ernest Hemingway himself seems to be one of these people. In those pleasant days—say between the publication of For...
(The entire section is 3674 words.)
Joseph Warren Beach (review date spring 1954)
SOURCE: Beach, Joseph Warren. Review of Hemingway: The Writer as Artist, by Carlos Baker. American Quarterly 6, no. 1 (spring 1954): 79-83.
[In the following mixed assessment of Hemingway: The Writer as Artist, Beach commends Baker's analysis of specific stories and novels, but criticizes his treatment of Hemingway's aesthetic.]
Even if he is not always satisfied with Professor Baker's approach to the esthetic problem, the devoted reader of Hemingway must hail this study [entitled Hemingway: The Writer as Artist] as of decided importance for an understanding and evaluation of Hemingway's writing. To begin with, it is full and detailed in its...
(The entire section is 2243 words.)
Ben Ray Redman (review date 24 May 1958)
SOURCE: Redman, Ben Ray. "Politicking Profs." Saturday Review of Literature 41, no. 21 (24 May 1958): 16-17.
[In the following negative review, Redman deems A Friend in Power dull and unfavorably compares Baker's novel to C. P. Snow's The Masters.]
For some years now the groves of academe have been loud with the voices of professor-novelists telling the outside world what life is like within the learned woods. Some of the revelations have been shocking to innocent readers who had previously believed that universities were staffed exclusively by dedicated scholars and teachers, indifferent to the rewards of a competitive society, seeking only the...
(The entire section is 566 words.)
Gerald Weales (review 27 June 1958)
SOURCE: Weales, Gerald. "Politics of the Academy." Commonweal 68, no. 13 (27 June 1958): 333-34.
[In the following review, Weales provides a negative assessment of A Friend in Power.]
If a man teaches at Princeton, as Carlos H. Baker does; if he is high enough in the academic echelons to know something about the intimate mechanics of university administration, as Baker, former Chairman of the Department of English, presumably is; and if Princeton chooses a new president, as it recently did, it is not surprising that the tangentially involved man should decide that the process of president-hunting might be the basis of a novel. If the observer is concerned with...
(The entire section is 1062 words.)
Granville Hicks (review date 19 April 1969)
SOURCE: Hicks, Granville. "Hemingway: The Complexities That Animated the Man." Saturday Review of Literature 52, no. 16 (19 April 1969): 31-33, 43.
[In the following favorable review, Hicks regards Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story as objective and superbly researched.]
Of seven books about Ernest Hemingway and his writings that have appeared in recent months the most important is Carlos Baker's semi-official biography, Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story. In his foreword Baker describes the nature of his authority: "This biography was undertaken at the invitation of Charles Scribner, Jr., president of the publishing company which brought out all of...
(The entire section is 2392 words.)
Jeffrey Hart (review date 22 April 1969)
SOURCE: Hart, Jeffrey. "Hemingway: Sunlight and Night-Face." National Review 21, no. 15 (22 April 1969): 390-91.
[In the following laudatory review of Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, Hart praises Baker's prodigious accomplishment.]
On trouve au fond de tout le vide et le néant.
—Eugénie de Guerin
In a famous passage in Death in the Afternoon Hemingway remarked that "the dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water," and he intended this as a comment upon his own writing, where much of the meaning is beneath the surface, its...
(The entire section is 1583 words.)
Charles Thomas Samuels (review date 26 April 1969)
SOURCE: Samuels, Charles Thomas. "The Heresy of Self-Love." New Republic 160, no. 2835 (26 April 1969): 28-32.
[In the following mixed review of Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, Samuels disparages the objectivity of and amount of minute detail in Baker's biographical account.]
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story tells so inconclusive a tale about so narrowly conceived a life that it is hard to acknowledge Baker's virtues without seeming smug. Commend his factual abundance, and you seem to be praising unglamorous gifts like industry and perseverance; whereas the abundance is so striking that one means a more handsome compliment. During seven years, Baker...
(The entire section is 3112 words.)
Elizabeth Hardwick (review date 5 June 1969)
SOURCE: Hardwick, Elizabeth. "Dead Souls." New York Review of Books 1, no. 11 (5 June 1969): 3-4.
[In the following unfavorable review, Hardwick describes Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story as "an extensive, exhausting, repetitive record of the events of Hemingway's life."]
Carlos Baker's biography of Ernest Hemingway [Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story] is bad news. The friendliness with which it has been received would seem to give sanction to this unfortunate development in the practice of biography. Baker's work is an enterprise of a special kind, not the first of its sort, and, one supposes, not the last. It is a form of book-making that rests upon...
(The entire section is 2191 words.)
Edward Weeks (review date June 1969)
SOURCE: Weeks, Edward. "The Peripatetic Reviewer." Atlantic Monthly 223, no. 6 (June 1969): 110-12.
[In the following review, Weeks offers a favorable assessment of Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story.]
Shortly after its publication I remember discussing A Farewell to Arms with a famous obstetrician. "How did you like it?" I asked. "Great," he said, "I thought it was great. But I couldn't bear to read about Catherine Barkley's death. It was too near the real thing."
That criticism by one professional of another expresses what many of my generation felt about Ernest Hemingway: he did bring us so dangerously close to the real thing....
(The entire section is 926 words.)
Mark Schorer (review date January 1969-1970)
SOURCE: Schorer, Mark. Review of Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, by Carlos Baker. American Literature 41, no. 4 (January 1969-70): 592-94.
[In the following essay, Schorer applauds the abundance of research and fact in Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, but perceives the biography as lacking interpretation and insight into the true character of Hemingway.]
Carlos Baker tells us at the outset what his book [Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story] will and will not be, what we may expect and what we are not to expect. He will not critically explore Hemingway's "literary output." He will not propose any "thesis" to explain Hemingway's "psychological...
(The entire section is 1299 words.)
Alfred Kazin (review date 16 April 1981)
SOURCE: Kazin, Alfred. "The Battler." New York Review of Books 28, no. 6 (16 April 1981): 3-4.
[In the following review, Kazin maintains that Hemingway's selected letters "make a sometimes unbearably continuous and too emphatic record of the man's life, vehemence by vehemence."]
Hemingway liked to write letters; his biographer Carlos Baker, selecting nearly six hundred here [in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961], thinks he wrote six or seven thousand in the fifty years preceding his death in 1961. He liked to write, scoffed at Conrad and others for grumbling. Since Hemingway's "real writing" came so hard (he counted each day's...
(The entire section is 1965 words.)
Anthony Burgess (review date April 1981)
SOURCE: Burgess, Anthony. "Opening Hemingway's Mail." Saturday Review 8, no. 4 (April 1981): 64-65.
[In the following positive review of Hemingway's selected letters, Burgess praises Baker's fine editing job of the volume.]
As one who earns his precarious living by writing, I find the writing of letters—even necessary ones like rebuttals of accusations of libel or plagiarism—a source of chagrin and even guilt, since being a letter-writer gets in the way of being a man of letters. Some authors manage to fuse the opposed claims of letters and letters by practicing what is termed the epistolary art, anticipating the posthumous publication of their collected mail...
(The entire section is 1420 words.)
Townsend Ludington (review date 2 May 1981)
SOURCE: Ludington, Townsend. "Papa Agonistes." New Republic 184, no. 3460 (2 May 1981): 32-36.
[In the following mixed assessment of Hemingway's selected letters, Ludington maintains that the collection will be "fascinating to a substantial audience who doubtless will find many details boring and references obscure."]
Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald, from Burguete, Spain, July 1925:
To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town; one where I would have my wife and children and be monogamous...
(The entire section is 2736 words.)
Bernard Oldsey (review date 9 May 1981)
SOURCE: Oldsey, Bernard. "Papa's Private World." Nation 232, no. 18 (9 May 1981): 575-77.
[In the following review, Oldsey contends that Hemingway's selected letters provide valuable insight into his life and work.]
A dying writer in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" realizes that he "had sold vitality, in one form or another, all of his life." The author of that story seems capable of doing the same thing even after life. Ernest Hemingway's career has been extended by a string of posthumous publications, including A Moveable Feast, By-Line: Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream and The Nick Adams Stories. Now, twenty years after his...
(The entire section is 1557 words.)
Vincent D. Balitas (review date 23 May 1981)
SOURCE: Balitas, Vincent D. Review of Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961, by Carlos Baker. America 144, no. 20 (23 May 1981): 430.
[In the following favorable review of Selected Letters, Balitas asserts that Baker "has provided us the opportunity to learn a bit more about the man and his art."]
His reputation is lower now than at any time in the past, but Ernest Hemingway nevertheless retains his appeal for a wide variety of readers. Perhaps that appeal has more to do with the legend he worked so hard to create than it does with the work itself, but few can doubt that his contributions to the art of fiction were once of major importance....
(The entire section is 750 words.)
Jeffrey Hart (review date 29 May 1981)
SOURCE: Hart, Jeffrey. "Swell Letters: The (Mostly) Sunlit Hemingway." National Review 33, no. 10 (29 May 1981): 618-19.
[In the following positive assessment of the selected letters, Hart claims that "the true Hemingway devotee will savor every word, and every brief explanatory footnote by Carlos Baker, who has done a superb editorial job here."]
Malcolm Cowley once wrote that Ernest Hemingway was one of the "nocturnal" American writers, and compared him with Hawthorne. I myself have compared him to Picasso's famous painting of the woman looking in the mirror: one countenance is painted in warm colors, cheerful; the alternative countenance is greenish and...
(The entire section is 1610 words.)
Sean French (review date 17 August 1984)
SOURCE: French, Sean. "Trade between Giants." Times Literary Supplement (17 August 1984): 925.
[In the following review, French offers a negative assessment of The Echoing Green.]
Literary criticism is a collaborative process and, as F. R. Leavis argued, the crucial collaboration is that between the critic and his audience. But what if you have no confidence in any common ground with your audience at all? [In The Echoing Green], Carlos Baker seems to conduct his argument within a literary-critical version of Forster's Marabar Caves, that symbolic locale where there is no returning echo at all, simply a blank "bou-oum" representing the ultimate...
(The entire section is 584 words.)
Robert Gleckner (essay date March 1985)
SOURCE: Gleckner, Robert. Review of The Echoing Green: Romanticism, Modernism, and the Phenomena of Transference in Poetry, by Carlos Baker. American Literature 57, no. 1 (March 1985): 158-59.
[In the following essay, Gleckner finds The Echoing Green limp and disappointing.]
Jacket copy, publishers believe, helps to sell books. Perhaps it will sell some copies of this book [The Echoing Green], but those who buy on this account will learn to their disappointment, especially if they know Carlos Baker's previous work, that you can't always tell a book from its jacket blurb. This jacket tells us that Baker "examines and interprets" the works of...
(The entire section is 810 words.)
James W. Tuttleton (review date 4 April 1996)
SOURCE: Tuttleton, James W. "The Discord at Concord." Wall Street Journal (4 April 1996): A12.
[In the following positive review, Tuttleton asserts that Emerson Among the Eccentrics "is a massive, readable, at times witty, always erudite biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson."]
At his death in 1987, Princeton Prof. Carlos Baker had virtually completed Emerson Among the Eccentrics. Luckily for us, the manuscript has now been rescued and published (with a graceful introduction by James R. Mellow).
This book is a massive, readable, at times witty, always erudite biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82), one of America's most...
(The entire section is 875 words.)
W. Clark Gilpin (review date 9 October 1996)
SOURCE: Gilpin, W. Clark. Review of Emerson Among the Eccentrics, by Carlos Baker. Christian Century 113, no. 28 (9 October 1996): 943.
[In the following review, Gilpin offers a favorable assessment of Baker's biography of Emerson.]
Carlos Baker, who had a long and distinguished career as a literary critic at Princeton University, is perhaps best known for his magisterial 1969 biography of Ernest Hemingway. But for more than a decade thereafter Baker focused on Ralph Waldo Emerson, and this distinctive biography is the welcome result. Virtually complete at the time of Baker's death in 1987, Emerson Among the Eccentrics details Emerson's life in Concord,...
(The entire section is 440 words.)
Further Reading
Allen, Bruce. Review of Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961, edited by Carlos Baker. Christian Science Monitor (14 April 1981): B4.
Considers Hemingway's selected letters "a publication of enormous significance both for the study of Hemingway himself and for our understanding of modern American literature."
Kazin, Alfred. "He Sensed the Disenchantment in Our Time." Book World—The Washington Post 3, no. 15 (13 April 1969): 1, 3.
Postive review of Baker's biography of Hemingway.
Lisca, Peter. Review of Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story, by Carlos Baker....
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In short: Loved it!Date of review: July 17, 2015
In short: Great if you like trail running or want to test yourself. Mix of abilities and friendly. Super organisationIn full: My first half marathon and it was great, but I'm glad I did some significant hill training before hand! The first 2-3 miles are gentle with an extended downhill and then it becomes either up or down (again some extended ones - not used to that as I've trained on shorter, steeper hills).Overall it's a great challenge with supporters / cheerers at multiple points through the course. Water stations (4 or 5 of them) also had gels to hand out (which I thought generous and useful). I spent an afternoon there a few weeks before to familiarise myself with the course (roughly speaking) and I'm glad I did, because it would have been a shock otherwise.Thank you to all the great staff, marshalls who created a friendly, happy vibe (loads of families, groups, mixed abilities etc). I would thorougly recommend it and am definitely going next year.Date of review: July 15, 2015
In short: This is a fantastic challenging small half marathon in the beautiful surrey hillsIn full: Brilliant stuff from Nikki and the ETL team. Excellent, cheery marshalls and helpers all round. LOVED the jelly babies at all the water stops. Such a special race, will keep coming back. Love Denbies for the start/finish too. Thanks for the free photos this year!Date of review: July 14, 2015
In short: Challenging run, lots of hills, fantastic organisation and encouraging marshals, fruit was nice at the finish nice t-shirt but but would have liked a medal for recognition as it's such a challenging course.Date of review: July 14, 2015
In short: Challenging but fun course, well organised, very enjoyableIn full: The course is definitely not a PB option, but has been well designed with some challenging but not brutal hills and lots of downhill recovery. Brilliantly and enthusiastically marshalled (which is a must as it would be very easy to get lost in the woods) and small enough to make it a relaxed race, e.g. enough loos available to avoid five-minutes-before-start-and-still-in-the-queue stress! The free beer at the end is a great touch and the t-shirts are well designed. One small improvement would be bottles of water not cups at one or two stations, but I appreciate that raises the likelihood of littering on a really beautiful course. Having a 10am start on a hotter July day could be an issue, but this year the slight drizzle made it very reasonable temperature-wise. Keen to come back in 2016!Date of review: July 14, 2015
In short: Amazing race, one of my favourites.In full: It is a tough route but it makes it all the more rewarding. Great organisation and marshals. The views are incredible and a great venue to start from. Would def recommend. Always enjoy the sing along to start.Date of review: July 13, 2015
In short: A challenging well planned route!In full: Really enjoyed this race. It was very tough with many challenging hills to tackle. The whole event was organised perfectly and all ran like clockwork a totally stress free enjoyable race! Date of review: July 13, 2015
In short: Al that for a Badger's Bum and a BeerIn full: Yesterday morning after the lung busting first three uphill miles, we turned off to start the zig zag up to Norbury Woods, and the guy running by me looked up and saw runners ahead on the helter-skelter that lay ahead and he turned and panted 'I had better say my Hail Mary's now!' But once you have run up you are then in the woods twisting along the trails over a very clever course. At the end there is another helter-skelter down out of the woods on the other side from where you entered. Then back to Denbies for a fantastic finish and rewardewd with revitalising fruit, a t-shirt which this year has rather wittily given us 13 Badgers and a Badger Bum for the .1 and to round off the goodies a bottle of beer. So I ran all that for a bit of a badgers bum and a beer! But heck I had a blast! As ever the marshalls and organisation were outstanding with special mention to the exuberant lady marshall by the exit from the woods, she ra-ra'd us all in style. Well done to Nicky and all the ETL Badger sett another fabulous event executed with aplomb.Date of review: July 13, 2015
In short: Challenging undulating route with some lovely woodland trails. Even managed a PB!!Date of review: September 19, 2014
In short: Scenic course with undulations, excellent organisation, beer at the end In full: One of my favourite halfs. Always well organised, brilliant location/facilities, love the hills and just a pleasant race to runDate of review: August 9, 2014
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ALPENA – Two local banks announced in a press release on Thursday that they have reached an agreement to merge.
First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of First Federal of Northern Michigan, and Alpena Banking Corporation, the parent company of Bank of Alpena, jointly announced "execution of an agreement and plan of merger that provides for the integration of the two companies and their subsidiary community banking institutions."
The joint announcement was issued by Michael Mahler, president and chief executive officer of First Federal Bancorp, and Craig Kus, president and chief executive officer of Alpena Banking Corporation.
"Our respective boards and executive management teams share a common vision for this opportunity, that being a true union of complementary institutions," Mahler stated in the press release. "We believe the transaction will create a stronger community bank with enhanced asset generation capabilities that could not be achieved individually."
In connection with the all-stock transaction, which is based upon the pro rata tangible equity contribution of each company as of Sept. 30, 2013, each share of common stock of Alpena Banking Corporation will be converted into the right to receive 1.549 shares of First Federal Bancorp common stock. The transaction is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes.
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The combined company's leadership team will be comprised of executives from both organizations. Mahler will serve as the CEO, and Jerry Tracey will continue to serve as the executive vice president and chief lending officer. From Bank of Alpena Kus will serve as the president and CEO and Joseph Garber will serve as the chief credit officer. Board composition will be a combination of the majority of each company's board, including five members from First Federal Bank and four members from Bank of Alpena.
The merger agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of each company. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the shareholders of First Federal Bancorp and the shareholders of Alpena Banking Corporation and applicable banking regulatory authorities. It is anticipated the transaction will close late in the second quarter of 2014 or in the third quarter of 2014.


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The not so light side of sportsPosted Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:33 AM
As sports fans, we typically take our love for whatever game and use it as our escape from reality. Some people read. Some people hunt. Some people shop. We watch grown men play boy's games and we love it.
If I wanted reality, I'd watch CNN, right?
Once in a while, though, real news seeps its way into the sports world. The last three weeks sports fans have dealt with more reality than any of us have ever wanted to.
When that happens, we as sports fans have to take time to remember that this is only a game. There are much bigger things in this world and sometimes we just have to face that.
The last few weeks have been no exception. I can't recall so many sad sports stories all crammed into just a few week.
Here's a brief synopsis in case you're not up to speed on all of these.
* First we have the Penn State incident(s). One of, if not the most, well known names in college football, Joe Paterno, is implicated a child rape case against another big name, Jerry Sandusky, for not doing enough to put a stop to what was allegedly going on. In the three weeks since, Paterno, as well as plenty of others at Penn State, have been fired or have resigned. I still expect more to come out of this one.
* Smack dab in the middle of the Penn State scandal, and in my opinion under-reported, was the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos. Its stories just like this that have a lot to do with why so many athletes in countries like Venezuela desire to come play in the United States. I was really shocked to hear how common this apparently is there. They referred to them as express kidnappings. They grab someone, ask for a small enough amount of money that they will actually receive it, and send them off (usually). The only good nugget from Ramos' story is that it actually had a happy ending. Following an impressive rescue, he was returned home safely to his family. It's a shame they can't all end like this.
* In the past few weeks, several prominent athletes and coaches have died. Cardinals pitcher Bob Forsch, who threw out the first pitch at Game 7 of the World Series only a week earlier, died in his home. Another for Cardinal, Matty Alou, died as a result of complications from his diabetes.
* Late last week we learned of a plane crash that killed the head and assistant women's basketball coaches from Oklahoma State University. The plane crash reminded many of a similar crash in 2001 when a small plane carrying two Oklahoma basketball players and eight others affiliated with the university's men's basketball program crashed in Colorado, killing everyone on board.
* Monday morning news broke on another sad story in professional sports when we learned that Seattle Mariners prospect, Greg Halman, was stabbed to death in an apartment in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A report Tuesday morning says the incident is believed to have began when he went to the basement to turn his brother's music down. What happened after that is unknown, but the brother has been arrested in Halman's murder.
* Missouri Tigers football coach Gary Pinkel was arrested for a DWI. There's not a lot to say about this one because, frankly, we've heard it regarding plenty of other athletes.
I'm sure there's something I've missed. It's important that we keep the people involved in all of these in our prayers. Some things are bigger than rivalries and petty arguments, but as fans we all share a common bond. We all share that love for the game that brings us back every year.
In the coming week's we'll lose focus on this and things will return to normal. While it's perfectly fine to move on and get back to life, it's also important that we take these events to heart and remember that these athletes we love to watch are just people. They live and breathe just like we do. They have families who care for them and lives when they walk away from the stadium. They also make mistakes, just like we do. Their mistakes, however, play out in public. Aren't you glad yours don't?
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The Glenwood volleyball team dropped a five-game decision to Council Bluffs St. Albert 17-25, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 6-15 on Thursday.
"Games two, three and four were played at a very high level and a great tempo for us," said Glenwood coach Kara Huisman. "It was one of our best defensive matches of the year. We just didn't do what we needed to do offensively in game 5. This is a tough loss but we got better tonight."
I guess it was nice to learn that I wasn't being singled out or picked on.
Judging by some e-mails I've received in the past week, I wasn't the only Glenwood resident slapped with a sizeable rate hike on my water and sewer bill this month from the Glenwood Municipal Utilities.
Seventeen bands from western Iowa will perform before judges at Ram Memorial Field in Glenwood at Saturday's Iowa State High School Marching Band Festival.
The Glenwood Board of Directors voted unanimously in approval on Monday to proceed with the purchase of a parcel of land with the intent of relocating the district's bus barn and maintenance facilities.
An outdoor swimming pool being proposed for the city of Glenwood will be the focus of discussion at a public forum Monday night, Oct. 18, at the Mills County YMCA community room. The forum begins at 7 p.m.
The Fremont-Mills volleyball team swept East Mills 25-4, 25-10, 25-19 in the opening round of the Corner Conference volleyball tournament last Monday.
The second seeded Knights (21-3) used its aggressive attack (31 kills) and took advantage of some Wolverine (1-19) errors in the win.
In what head coach Andy Irwin called his team's most "complete" performance of the season the East Mills football team rang up 536 yards of total offense in a 60-18 victory over Nishnabotna on Friday.
In a crowded 21 team field, the Glenwood girls cross country team placed ninth at the Atlantic Invitational on Thursday.
Tri-Center was the meet champion with 81 team points. Dallas Center-Grimes was the runner up with 104 points and Harlan was third with 130.
The Rams' compiled 239 points, 10 points behind eighth place A-D-M.
The Glenwood volleyball team defeated Council Bluffs Lewis Central 25-27, 25-17, 25-19, and 15-12 in a Hawkeye 10 Conference match on Thursday.
"That was a fantastic night of volleyball," said Glenwood coach Kara Huisman. "Shelby Brewster and Megan McKern came off the bench and provided us with great play. Lexi Fisher continues to be a constant force in all areas of the game. We have prepared for that type of match and it was a great night for our seniors and team."
The Glenwood football team struggled to slow a physical Winterset offense in a 40-7 loss Class 3A, District 1 loss on Friday.
Winterset ran the ball on 62 of its 73 plays from scrimmage. Their three-back, power running offense ground out 354 yards on the ground, mostly running right at the Rams.
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As much as we work towards getting the perfectly square joint, it is
often difficult to achieve with the tools and
machinery we have available to us. One or a few bad adjustments can multiply and instead provide us with a
close but not perfectly square joint or miter. The time- proven method to ensure that corners and miters on
smaller boards are square is to use a shooting board. The shooting board was developed over a century ago
to address this very issue. The shooting board is especially suited to thinner work which cannot be hand planed
easily due to the narrow bearing surface. A good example of narrower stock is the components of a small drawer
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narrow rails and stiles.
Shooting boards can be assembled to be as simple as possible or assembled with a few extra features which
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shooting board as in the second photo below.
A fence is installed
onto the baseboard of the shooting board. This fence provides both a
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People ask me all the time how to get ready for an interview with an airline, and how to do well in an interview. There are two pieces of advice that I frequently offer, and in many cases the advice applies to non-aviation interviews as well.
First, keep a diary. If you are interested in an airline job, do a search online for common questions. Most of them fall into the category of "Tell me about a time…" Also called TMAAT, these questions are just that: relaying a time that you had to deal with a given situation. For those going into their first airline job, you can substitute the opener with "What would you do if…./How would you handle…." You may be surprised at how many other experiences relate to this besides flying.
The best way to avoid coming up empty-handed is to keep a diary. Download the list of questions and start answering them on paper as best you can. If you don't have a story, then wait. At some point, you probably will. There are only a few questions that you don't want to have an answer for. For example, if an interviewer asks if your integrity has ever been questioned, the best answer to have is a solid "No." That isn't to say that you'll never have disagreements (you will), but you don't want your motives or character questioned.
Another reason to keep the diary is to make sure that you have stories that span a long period of time. You don't want be stuck with a bunch of stories that took place in a six-month window, and it isn't worth risking a lie to make it sound better. As events happen, write them down with dates, places, and names. You can with-hold the names in the interview (and you should, or refer to everyone as John Doe). Also, know where to find the entries in your logbook that correspond to the stories.
The second piece of advice that gets mentioned by me and ignored by others is to pay for professional interview preparation. Most people don't realize that they make certain mistakes when they speak, whether grammatical, speaking too softly, or using "um," "ah," or the dreaded "like" too, like, often like. A professional will help you polish up your answers, put them in a coherent order, and tell you how to emphasize your accomplishments without sounding like a braggart or an arrogant jerk.
Other common mistakes consist of answering questions that weren't asked or giving too much information that may create doubt, or worse, a whole new series of questions that you had not anticipated.
A good, professional interview prep will cost a few hundred dollars, so prepare for it just as you would for an actual interview. Better still is if you can get it video recorded so that you can review your performance.
There is a lot of hiring going on now, and those that are best prepared will get the best jobs first. Who knows? Maybe the work you put into the interview will be a good story in your diary for the next job that you really covet.—Chip Wright


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'Cold' – Open Ocean
This song was recorded using the built-in mic of an MP3 recorder, but rather than take away from its appeal, this lo-fi approach gives 'Open Ocean' a real blues-era grit. The intro's a bit long and could do with trimming – generally it's best to cut to the chase. And if we have to have another grumble, the lyrics are a little repetitive. The songwriter could think about developing the theme on each verse rather than simply repeating the previous verse. But hey, the dude is only 14 years old and this is a promising start!
Check it out: http://www.numu.org.uk/artist.asp?lngUserID=16987
'Forever' – Falling Charlie
'Forever' is played well throughout and the structure's interesting enough to hold the listener's attention. The only area that needs some work is the vocal department. The vocal needs more conviction– sing it like you really mean it, especially the last line 'I'm forever alone'. This should be screamed at the top of your lungs to give the song a suitable climax. Charlie could also consider using the death metal vocals in other sections of the song. Oh and try halving the intro. This will give the song a greater sense of urgency. Sometimes less is more.
Check it out: http://www.numu.org.uk/artist.asp?lngUserID=14615
'Guitar shred solo' – Shredder
Wow! There's no doubt this young guy can play, as he shreds the living daylights out of his axe at a recent live performance. Top marks for your alternate picking and legato, but wait a minute… isn't that Van Halen's 'Eruption' in the middle?! Plagiarism aside, this is an impressive feat of imagination, not to mention stamina as the 15-year-old Shredder performs unaccompanied beyond the four-minute mark.
Check it out: http://www.numu.org.uk/artist.asp?lngUserID=17524
'Love Is Like A Road' – Sasha
There are elements of this song that remind TG of Incubus but also the kind of UK bands who populated the 'Skins' soundtrack. It's an intriguing mix and with a bit of editing, this could be a seriously decent tune. Unless you're a prog rock act or have something so special you could fart in a crisp packet and people would declare it 'genius', steer clear of flabby arrangements. Keep the song structure tight and intros/interludes as short as possible. That said, 'Love Is Like A Road' is our pick of the bunch this month. Well done, Sasha!
Check it out: http://www.numu.org.uk/artist.asp?lngUserID=8116


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Editorial: Alcona Drug Court shining example of alternative way to deal with drug users
We all have heard the Chinese proverb "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
We're reminded of that after reading this week the story that Alcona County Probate Judge Laura Frawley was recognized by the Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals for running one of most successful drug courts in Michigan.
For years now law officers, the courts and substance abuse counselors have tried to work together to get at the root of crimes involving substance abuse issues. While incarceration certainly works, and is still an option, often a better alternative to that is educating the abuser about the choices they make, offering them support and counseling them through their addictions.
In Alcona County last year, only 14 percent of those who went through the county's drug and sobriety court ended up back there as repeat offenders.
While the main benefit to a successful drug court is the rehabilitation of the offender into a contributing member of society, certainly a secondary benefit for citizens is the cost saved them from not having to jail the offender.
Alcona County, and in particular Judge Frawley, have done a remarkable job in giving offenders an opportunity to turn their lives around.


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Area district wrestling roundup
2A qualifiers move on
HARLAN – Greene County advanced three wrestlers to the state meet, while South Central Calhoun pushed two on.
East Greene's Jeremy Scheuermann was the Class 2A district champion. Jordan Challen (132) and Aaron Beaman (220) advanced as runner ups.
South Central Calhoun's Chase Goodman (126) and Rylan Richardson (182) also were runners-up.
126 pounds
Championship: Cole Race, Clarinda dec. Dylan Forkner, Greene County, 4-3; Second place: Chase Goodman, South Central Calhoun dec. Forkner, 6-2.
132 pounds
Championship: Colton McCrystal, S-BL pinned Jordan Challen, Greene County, 3:04; Second place: Challen, advanced.
145 pounds
Championship: Jeremy Scheuermann, Greene County dec. Luke Strong, Clarinda, 3-2; Second place: Strong pinned Matt Smith, Alta, 2:46.
182 pounds
Championship: Cole Bonde, Bedford pinned Rylan Richardson, South Central Calhoun, 3:43; Second place: Richardson, advanced.
220 pounds
Championship: Tyler Nguyen, S-BL pinned Aaron Beaman, Greene County, 3:30; Second place: Beaman, advanced.
Humboldt pushes five through to state
SPENCER – The Humboldt wrestling team advanced five wrestlers to the state tournament.
Kylie Zender (113) was the lone champion for the Wildcats. Runners-up were Thaylan Bowman (138), Nikko Wheeler (182), Reed Dreyer (195) and Dylan Hendricks (285).
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Championship: Zach Skopec, Spirit Lake Park, tech fall Thaylan Bowman, Humboldt, 15-0; Second place: Bowman, advanced.
182 pounds
Championship: Dallas Rozeboom, BH/R pinned Nikko Wheeler, Humboldt, 1:34; Second place: Wheeler, advanced.
195 pounds
Championship: Christian Brobst, Bishop Heelan pinned Reed Dreyer, Humboldt, 1:32; Second place: Dreyer, advanced.
285 pounds
Championship: Michael Rosewall, Cherokee pinned Dylan Hendricks, Humboldt, 2:59; Second place: Hendricks, advanced.
E-Hawks win title, advance seven
MILFORD – The Emmetsburg wrestling team claimed a district championship and advanced seven wrestlers to the state meet.
Pocahontas Area was second with four moving on and Manson Northwest Webster advanced three.
Emmetsburg's Brady Bailey (152), Andrew Wellik (182), Austin McCartan (195) and Taylor Wegner (220) all claimed district titles. Jake Miller (120), Tyler Leuer (132) and Nick Schany (170) moved on as runners-up.
Pocahontas Area's Joe Minkler (106) and Mitch Brinkman (113) advanced as champs and Tyler Hubrich (152) and Jeremy Watson (195) moved on as second place finishers.
Manson Northwest Webster's Harley Janssen (120), Payton Rice (138) and Connor Alne (145) all claimed district titles.
106 pounds
Championship: Joe Minkler, Pocahontas Area pinned Treyton Virtue, CL-G, 5:18; Second place: Virtue, advanced.
113 pounds
Championship: Mitch Brinkman, Pocahontas Area dec. Alex Hoffman, GT/R, 4-1; Second place: Alex Hoffman, GT/R dec. Hoffman, 2-0.
120 pounds
Championship: Harley Janssen, MNW pinned Jake Miller, Emmetsburg, 1:16; Second place: Miller, advanced.
132 pounds
Championship: Alexander Schmitz, Kuemper dec. Tyler Leuer, Emmetsburg, 3-1; Second place: Leuer, advanced.
138 pounds
Championship: Payton Rice, Manson NW pinned Jason Kenny, Ridge View, 1:22; Second place: Kenny pinned Jon Mitchell, Okoboji, 3:03.
145 pounds
Championship: Connor Alne, Manson NW pinned Kolby Hilgenberg, Kuemper, 5:45; Second place: Hilgenberg, advanced.
152 pounds
Championship: Brady Bailey, Emmetsburg pinned Tyler Hubrich, Pocahontas Area, 1:43: Second place: Hubrich, advanced.
170 pounds
Championship: Jacob Meehan, MA-M dec. Nick Schany, Emmetsburg, 5-2; Second place: Schany major dec. Tyler Case, Pocahontas, Area, 18-6.
182 pounds
Championship: Andrew Wellik, Emmetsburg pinned Justin Theisen, MA-M, 1:54; Second place: Dylan Brockshus, S-BL dec. Theisen, 6-4.
195 pounds
Championship: Austin McCartan, Emmetsburg major dec. Jeremy Watson, Pocahontas Area, 12-4; Second place: Watson pinned Travis Vander Streek, CL-G, 4:45.
220 pounds
Championship: Tayler Wegner, Emmetsburg pinned Michael Davidson, Ridge View, 3:13; Second place: Davidson pinned Ben Starr, CL-G, 1:33.


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Skip to comments.Live Thread: Benghazi Whistleblowers Hearing 11:30 A.M. EDT 5/08/13
Posted on 05/08/2013 6:00:25 AM PDT by kristinn
Hearing details:
WASHINGTON House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee. They have critical information about what occurred before, during, and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks that differs on key points from what Administration officials including those on the Accountability Review Board have portrayed, said Issa. Our committee has been contacted by numerous other individuals who have direct knowledge of the Benghazi terrorist attack, but are not yet prepared to testify. In many cases their principal reticence of appearing in public is their concern of retaliation at the hands of their respective employers. While we may yet add additional witnesses, this panel will certainly answer some questions and leave us with many new ones.
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Mr. Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé dAffairs in Libya
US Department of State
Mr. Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
In October 2012, the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on the Benghazi attacks, which exposed denials of security requests and forced the Administration to acknowledge that the attacks were not sparked by a protest of a YouTube video, contrary to claims made by Obama Administration officials.
*** NOTE: Press seating will be reserved, but limited. Please arrive early (hearing room will open to press at 10:30 AM) to guarantee a seat. An overflow area will be available. ***
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming live at oversight.house.gov.
The hearing is also scheduled to be shown live on C-SPAN 3 and Fox News.
Live stream at C-SPAN.
Also check Fox News live stream.
I hear you!!!!!
Testimony, we did not respond to a terrorist event.
He stated at the beginning he was running for some office like The Association of Diplomatic whatevers.... not in the other sense.
Unreal. Three hours into a day-long hearing, the idiot declares that nothing of importance will be learned. The dems are not only psychotic, they're psychic! Who knew?
She offered him any post in the world to go too.
It is indeed. Also I think that is Joe DiGenova behind his left shoulder.
Well, as I'm a Southerner, I would point out our friends in OK, TX, WY, UT, MT and ID are mostly with us also...
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., top Democrat on the oversight committee ...
Top Democrat on the committee?
How sad that he is the top guy for the Democrats...
The Armed Services committee needs to get some Generals on the stand. Who ordered the Stand Down?
I want to know WHY they were told to stand down. There is a really big a$$ being covered with huge resources. The WHY is the point.
Issa is from part of CA.
I'm originally from San Diego.
She was hoping he'd respond, "Siberia, ma'am."
I just can't believe we're gonna hear from these lightweights more than once. Honestly, who wants to hear that moron Clay again, mumbling about hearings he may or may not have attended.
(On a side-note, Jodi Arias verdict is coming soon. Hope she fries)
" Well, as Im a Southerner, I would point out our friends in OK, TX, WY, UT, MT and ID are mostly with us also..."
Yeah, you brought up the best ones.
I believe it was Obama, or perhaps Jarrett who is in all ways that matter the actual POTUS
Here is the tragic reality we must face. The majority that have elected the rot that now represents our country in all branches of government at every level could care less about Benghazi. From abortion to obamaphones to their pet environmental causes, to glorification of sodomy and all manner of perversion, liberals across our once great land have gotten what they wanted. They have no empathy for the dead Americans in Benghazi and their democratic reps know this.
Nothing will happen with this because a majority of Americans in their self-centered Id dominated lives simply do not care that the POTUS and the future POTUS ( hillary) are guilty of Treason.
And throw in ND for good oil field measures!
I am CONSTANTLY in a "dangerous" situation during the summertime. BEES!!!! They want me and constantly buzz around me....just wanting to sting me!
Doesn't say much for their bottom, now does it? :)
He should have said, "To Tasmania, to get as far away as possible from the scum in DC"
Reading your comment, I just realized that Valerie Jarrett has all but disappeared from the public view...
No steno in the room during interviews!
Well, the drivebys have their diversion. Jodi Arias verdict to be announced in two hours.
That is definitely racist. :o)
Many years ago, I gave individual IQ tests to young children, 5-6 yr. olds. There is definition of words section. One of the words to define was, "knife". White children said, "You use it to cut with." Black children said, "You use it to cut SOMEONE with." I guess that means white children don't know the definition of "knife". :o)
It seemed like the Republicans were more interested in asking questions that would elicit a recounting of events, whereas the Dims just wanted to play prosecutorial "gotcha" by asking questions where they only wanted a yes/no response.
It was beyond obvious that they were there only to protect Hillary, Obama, Rice, et al.
Oh, rat Duckworth is up now. Put aside politics? And again, she's talking about moving forward. These rats would prefer the gravestones demolished and all records of Benghazi stricken from any public record.
lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move onlets move on lets move on lets move on
Duckworth say this is not bipartisan? Another dupe! Duckworth doesn't want the truth!
Another biggie bombshell!
We need to count them all up after this hearing!!
Shep Smith is doing handsprings..
And now Duckhead repeats the 'what difference does it make now', just in a different style. I wonder if Axelgreasy is editing the talking points minute by minute, to herd these dead souls into saying his talking points in different ways so stupid democrats will be sufficiently misdirected?
Oh, good GOD!!!
This country is REALLY a three ring circus...
Whatever happened to prioritizing the news?
It seems that most of the DEM speakers who have had a turn, have LEFT THE BUILDING. Must be anxious to cash their checks.
Here we go again, lets fix it. What needs to be done, this is making me sick and so far it is a bust.
Duckworth is off topic.Isa shut here down
Did this Elgin Ill Lady (couch couch) just basically say ..what difference does what happen matter...BUT how can we correct it in the future..........
I am stunned!
No steno in the room during interview!
Duckworth - D-Ill
Again, going to irrelevancies. The D's dare not ask questions about the actual testimony.
"Well, the drivebys have their diversion. Jodi Arias verdict to be announced in two hours."
Also, the issue of the kidnapped ladies in Cleveland provide another out for the drive-by whores. Sadly, these hearings will not be covered in any meaningful way.
Clearly the Dems and Barry have moved on, why they haven't blamed former President Bush for anything./s
Help me I am not able to hear, What is the context of the no Steno comment please.
Of course she doesn't want the truth. Not one democrat on that panel sought the truth...NOT ONE!!
This chickie is working very hard to divert attention from what happened. Changing the subject!!
I notice the ladies change the subject well.
lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on lets move on
Want to make sure YOU get the lessons learned.
As far as Hicks knows (from ARB witnesses he has talked to) NO ARB witness had been allowed to read the classified report.
No stenographer
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Do you use the WFO to cook anything other than pizza? How often do you use it?Do you feel you got your money's worth with the 2stone or WFO?How long does it take for the WFO to heat up to 700 degrees on the floor?
We found a brick layer who would like to market WFOs and would do ours as an experiment at a low cost. It's been hard to find good insulation locally, but we found someone selling thermal ceramic cerablanket that goes up to 2400 degrees Fahrenheit. Is this the right product to use to insulate it? Has anyone used it?I wouldn't be starting the fires myself; my dad said he would do that.Thanks!-Jake
What type of oven is he making, a barrel vault or a pompeii?
One thing I was surprised to find out is how much wood is used to get the oven to temperature. It takes a couple hours to get my oven to temp, so if you're only planning on making a couple pizzas, it's hard to justify all that wood.
Thanks, shuboyje!Hmm...I always thought the vent was there to provide the proper flow of heat to reach the desired temperature, but, of course, that makes sense about the smoke.My dad would like to know how do you light your ovens. Will simple paper-and-matches work to get it going?When you say 1000 degrees, do you mean in the dome or on the floor?Thanks!-Jake


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TBAC Gallery features grandfather/grandson artists
Thunder Bay Arts Council Gallery currently is featuring the art of grandfather/grandson duo Jim Shaffer and James Manning. While the two share a special appreciation for the world around them, Shaffer depicts it with watercolor and pastels, and Manning with his camera.
An open house will be held in their honor Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the gallery, located at 127 W. Chisholm. The event is free and open to the public.
Before being introduced to painting by his daughter Bethany, Shaffer said he couldn't even color within the lines of a coloring book. Since then he has taken several workshops in different media, his first an oils class with Nan Katzenburger. His focus is now on using chalk pastels because retirement doesn't allow him the luxury of time that watercolors require. Like his grandson he strives to capture the essence, often whimsical, of what a scene means to him.
Included in Shaffer's exhibit are hand-carved wooden spoons and spatulas.
Manning's love of nature began long before he got his first camera. As a boy he roamed the fields and forests around his home. When he was 9 he accompanied his granddad on the first of many back-packing trips with Alpena High School's Bike and Boot Club, which ranged from the Appalachian Trail to the Rockies.
At 11, Manning got his first camera from his dad and began focusing on photographs of wildflowers, following in the footsteps of great grandfather Harry C. Lund, author of "Michigan Wildflowers."
Fifteen years and six cameras later Manning's work has taken on new meaning. It is his hope that he can inspire folks to enjoy and protect Michigan's wild places. To do this he uses some unusual techniques. His latest landscape photo, for example, features a sunset over the Jordan River Valley that could be taken only from the top of a tall tree. He has mounted this within an old multi-paned window and hopes it will encourage viewers to explore what is outside their own windows.
This is Manning's first formal exhibit.
Thunder Bay Arts Council and the TBAC Gallery present a Shaffer and Manning as artists in-residence for the month of October. Formore information, contact the TBAC office at 356-6678.


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Topic: Million Dollar Question?
I've been knocking on the door of this question for the last two weeks and no one seems to open?
Two weeks ago, I posted http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=3521 on the March 1st and received 80+ views and ZERO responses.
Obviously, I'm a newbie and I do very much appreciate the character and quality of those I've meet through RonR, but why isn't this the "Million Dollar Question"?
After all, doesn't everyone realize that the days of running Win32 desktop applications is going to fade into the sunset with multi-user web applications taking their place? Look at QuickBooks now and many others.
The key to entering this market and prospering is to learn the 'bones' of handling many distinct user databases INSIDE one monolithic database (such as Basecamp).
If I can get some help here, I'd love to create a new category of this forum called "Splitting the Monolith".
I see on page 313 of Dave Thomas's AWD where he explains "Compositing Data with Aggregations". I've got to believe this is the heart of the solution. Building upon this idea, I frame my question. (What throws me in his explanation is that he puts all his code on one "Aggregation.rb" file).
I use the term, "project" as the distinct sub-data set for each user's universe. The PROJECT table will be the top hierchical table (Integer key) in this monolithic database with every other table in the database having (some type of) FK relationship. Even though we've been taught in the many RonR books that we can transcend through any level of parenting, my 'gut' feeling is that this might be very slow. Thus, I'm thinking that 'Aggregations' might speed things up by forming 'compound fields" with the two integers (Project_id and AnyTable_id). Then when a user wanted to perform a Tablename.Find(:first) they could simply pass the session[project_id] at this to find the first row in this table for this project.
I've also contemplated a 'front end' design to allow the user to login and securely access their PROJECT(s).
If there's anyone out there that is trying to accomplish this type of endeavor, I would be grateful for any reply.
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